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INDIAN NEWS. BENGAL. ADDITION TO TILE INDIAN ARMY.---The following extract from the Calcutta Government Gazette Extra 'indicates the intention of Government to make a much more substantial addition to the Indian army than that intimated in the proclamation noticed :in our lasts , There are seventy-four regular regiments in the Bengal army. A company added to each will be a virtual augmentation of nearly 8,000 men. ' l ,he addition in Bombay will amount to 2,600; that cf . Madras s,4oo—the total augmen t a ti on to ',..?"16;000 men. This is reckoned an economical method '",itincreasing the army as compared with an increase -.the number of regiments. It saves European cers, but it makes a regiment of 1,200 strong. a snot unwieldy mass of men. We are already short of European offi cers . I n 15 roya l reg i men ts now in Bengal, there are 580 officers ; in 91 .cavalry and in fantry, and 10 battalions of artillery—equal to 101 regiments of Company's troops—there are 1,500 offi cers ; nearly 40 to each - Queen's regiment, and 15 for each one of the Company's ; or, in fact, the officers in the Queen's, as compared with those in the Company's regiments, are nearly as three to one. FORT WILLIAM, F EB . 5. _ _ _ a portion of the native troop horse artillery was also stationed there, every one ready to act if re quired. About two r. s. orders were received that the cavalry were taken prisoners, and for the above parties to withdraw. I learn also that a native officer of the cavalry, who has two sons among the troopers, 243 in number taken prisoners, had also refused to take his pay and had given up his sword. A number of the troopers absconded and are not to be found. C a mp equipage, I learn, was prepared, and had in readiness for the 4th light cavalry, 7th and 48th regi ments N. 1., which corps it is in contemplation to remove from this force, but their destination is not known. The General, arigadier, and staff yesterday morning proce e d e d to t h e parade of the 48th regi ment N. 1., who were paraded without arms awaiting their arrival. After addressing them, the men re plied that they would not take their pay without batta, and ordered all those that were willing to take their pay to fall out. A great number fell out of each company, and among those that remained two men who were anxious to speak to the General were called out to the front, which they accordingly did. The General endeavoured to induce them to take their pay ; they positively refused, one of whom was ordered to be confined. He was seized and was taken away a very short distance, when the rest of the men all rushed upon them and rescued him. The Lambs who were ready paraded in the rear of the mess-house of the 48th regiment came up immediately, and formed round them. Eight men were selected out of 134, and sent to the main guard, the remining 126 were marched to the vacant barracks of the 21st regiment to the left of the arsenal. The men of the 32d and 48th re giments N. I. in confinement have been ordered to march to-morrow morning to Mulkapore, escorted by 300 men of the Ist European regiment with a gun from the horse artillery and one of the Ist battalion artillery, where they are to be made over to the charge of the 25th regiment N. 1., under the command of Major O'Dell. The sth Nizam's horse are to proceed with them to Mulkapore. After leaving duffadar's party with the 25th N.I. they are to re turn. The Ist European. regiment only escorted them clear out of the cantonments. The 25th regiment N.I. are at present halted at Mulkapore. On the arrival of the prisoners, the corps will march with them, leaving three companies under an experienced officer, there to await further instruc tions. A European and two native commissioned officers, and four havildars, from each of the above corps, are to accompany the families of the prisoners (for whom carriage has been provided by the Com missariat department) towards Warapilly. It is ru moured that these men are to be taken down to Madras, and put on the - roads to work. Another rumour is that that the D. troop horse artillery are ordered down from Jaulnah, and one or two troops ofl the 15th hussars.—Madras Atheneum. Right Hon. the Governor- General No. 32 of 1842.—The Ri of India in Council has been pleased to resolve, that a tenth company of the present strength shall be added to each native infantry regiment of the line of the Bengal, Madras, and Bombay armies. The necessary communication has been made to the Governments of Madras and Bombay, and his Excel lency the Commander-in-Chief in India has been requested to issue such orders as may be necessary for giving effect at this Presidency to the resolution of Government. J. STUART, Lieut.-Col., Secretary to the Government of India, Military Department. MADRAS. By this morning's tappal we have received the fol lowing letter from a correspondent at Secunderabad, dated the 10th instant : " The 10th regiment native infantry arrived here on the 2d instant, and occupied the quarters on the left of the Bowenpilly road on the sth. The 25th regiment native infantry marched hence on the morn ing of the sth instant, en route to Cuddanah. " Pay was drawn for the 7th regiment N. I. on the 4th, and the bad effects of the ill judged and nar row-minded policy of the Supreme Government were immediately perceived in the refusal of the troops to receive pay without batta 1 I cannot describe to you the feelings which pervaded all ranks of society in the cantonment on the sth, (and also up to the presetit time) when the truth had spread abroad of the 7th N. I. refusing to a man to receive their pay (excepting, of course, the native commissioned, non-commissioned naigues, drum and lance naigues) who in every corps see the wisdom, nay, the neces sity, of accepting their pay quietly as good and faithful soldiers. The 7th N. 1. on the sth, having positively refused to receive pay, the circumstance was immediately reported to the Acting Ackjutant- General, Captain Grant, who proceeded to their bar racks, and with great difficulty succeeded in getting them to take their pay. "This corps was ordered to parade in heavy march ing order on the morning of the 7th by their Com manding Officer, but refused to turn out on the bugles being sounded for their assembly. This resolu tion, it appears, was made known by the men on the previous evening, and which was accordingly re ported to the authorities. On the morning of the 7th, Major-General Fraser and Brigadier Riddell, at tended by the whole of the staff, proceeded to the barracks of that corps and got the men assembled in close columns ; they were asked by the Major-Gene ral two or three times whether they would return to their duty, when they all replied that they were willing to do duty provided they got their batta ,• till the batta was given to them they would attend no more parades for drill, &c., but only do general and regimental duties. The services of the Lambs were in requisition for them, who did not approach to them, though ready to act if called upon. The Gene ral and Brigadier and staff, after dismissing the 7th N. 1., proceeded, about half-past eight, A,M., to the barracks of the 48th native infantry, who were then under arms awaiting their arrival, the corps having been previously out in heavy marching order. The corps (right wing) was ordered to be formed in close column of companies, when the Major-General passed round and then addressed them through Cap tain Grant, Acting Adjutant-General. After express ing the Major-General's displeasure at their conduct against the 7th N. I. (which that corps, it would appear, complained about to the General of having received abuse from them, though the complaint was more imaginable than real, and exaggerated in all their variations of relating it), he trusted that there would be no recurrence of the subject; should there be any, that he would place sentries all round their lines, and not let even a child out, and that every hour there should be roll call for them ; also pro bably that they would draw pay this day or to morrow (the Bth), and, when issued to them, they were to receive it, and should they refuse, that he would get every one of them discharged the service; but after having taken their pay quietly, he had no objection to any proper representation being made of any real or supposed grievance they laboured under— that the General never heard of such a thing as mutiny' in the Madras turves. About nine, A.M. the General pro ce ed e d f rom t h ence to the barracks of the 32d NJ., who were also under arms awaiting his arrival. After addressing them, they were asked whether they would not receive their pay ; they one and all (excepting the ranks above stated, as in the 7th N. 1., in which the musicians are to be in cluded) declared that they would not receive pay without batta.' There seemed to be great con• fusion and noise among them for some time. Silence was ordered by the Assistant Adjutant. General, who again addressed them by order of the Major •General, and said that all those who were will ing to take their pay were to go on one side, and those who d •clined to stand still. On this the native coin ted, non-commissioned, naigues, drummers, lance naigues, and private musicians fell out, and by strong persuasion a very few privates (about twenty) also fell "out; but the remaining men were inflexible n their refusal —every endeavour to bring them to terms was tried, but in vain, when a staff officer was sent off to bring two companies of the Lambs, and an artillery officer for the artillery. Previous to the arrival of the Lambs, the men were ordered to gr,,und arms, which they did, and shouted loudly, Dheeo, diteeo;" they were ordered to face to the right and march, when they again shouted, " Dheen, (lheen." The men who consented to take their pay were paraded in line on their right flank ; the arms, &c., were put in the barracks ; after war d s t hey were ordered to take off' their accoutrements, which they did, and which were also put in the barracks and locked up. The Lambs having come up and halted in a street in rear of the barracks, were ordered to march and form round them, when they called out " kill-kill niaurrow-maurrow." The whole of the men, amount ing then to 280, (but since increased to about 360), were marched off to the vacant barracks known as the 21st to the left of the arsenal, and are kept there in confinement, under a guard of the Lambs, for whose accommodation tents have been pitched. The Gene &c., proceeded home a little after 10 A.M. In the course of the morning, I heard that the 4tl. light cavalry had also told their officers that they would not on any account receive their pay without h.itta. In the evening two or three companies of the Lambs proceeded to Bowenpilly, anti also the artillery, with the General, Brigadier, and staff', but the whole returned after three P.M., their visit proving unsuc cessful in bringing-them to terms. It appears also that the men pelted the officers out of the lines with currycombs and brushes. The next morning (Tues day the Bth) the General and staff proceeded again to Bowenpilly, anti directed the cavalry to prepare to march on the following morning out of the Nizarn's dominions, which they agreed to do, provided they got pay and batta for the period they were in Secunder abad, mid a month's pay and batta in advance; and still not succeeding in quieting them, four companies of the Lambs were ordered down, and also part of the. European native foot artillery, and a troop of horse artillery, about 10 A.M. This corps, perhaps one of the best of the mounted arm, turned quit( the exception of the native commis refractory (with sioned, non-commissioned, naigues, trumpeters, &c., and eleven troopers, who consented to receive their pay without batta) and severely ill-treated one of their European officers, the junior Adjutant, and a trooper (one of the eleven that a gree d to take his pay), who was obliged to be sent to liospitalinunetliately. They had possession of their arms, and were in a state of open mutiny; the ar tillery formed close upon them with their guns loaded .with canister grape, and the Lambs with charged bayonet. They were directed to ground arms, which therrefused to do, when the Lambs were closing non them by degrees, and the Russell brigade, or IV izam's lancers, from Bolarum, who had been sent far, came tearing up to their lines; on perceiving th e m, they threw down their arms, which were taken possession of and lodged in the arsenal 4fter the affair was ended. On being ordered to march as prisoners to Bolarum, they would not stir, but were obliged to move on, w h en the Lambs brought down their Brown Bess to the charge, and at the point of which they were escorted a short distance and made over to the charge of the Nizain's lancers, who escorted them to Bolarum, where they are now in confinement. When the Lambs a n d artil lery proceeded to Bowenpilly on the morning o f th e Sth, two companies of the European regiment with a portion of the native horse a rtillery, European and fatit artilL in were paraded in line front of the church. The European and native commissioned and non-commissioned, na i gues , d rum mers, and musicians (,t* each corps were all under arms in their respective barracks ; the guns at the arsmal were manned by the warrant and non-commissioned staff•officerst an I A private letter received in town from one of the captive officers in India, furnishes the following list of persons who escaped the slaughter at Cabool, and were safe in Fort Buddeeabad, Lughmanee Valley, about 60 miles from Jellalabad, on the 18th January, 1842 : Gen. Elphinstone Lieut. Mein Brig.-Gen. Shelton „ Melville Major Pottinger • Mr. Ryley and fatr;ly Capt. Lawrence „ Fallon - „ Troop Lieut. Eyre and family „ Mackenzie Lady M`Naghten „ Boyd and family ~ Sale „ Antierson and do. Mrs. Sturt Lieut. Waller and do. „ Mainwaring ~ Johnston They have been very k Akbar. indly treated by Mahmood It must be satisfactory to the friends of the officers named, to know that they were in safety up to the date specified, and that Mahmood Akbar had just told theni that, as soon as the road was clear, he would himself escort them all safely to Peshawur. STATE AND PROSPECTS OF BU 'SINESS in the_UNITED STATES. The following is an extract of a letter from one of the oldest merchants in New York, dated March 15, and received by the Hibernia:" With respect to cotton, I anticipate a further decline in your market, unless the Corn-laws are mo dified so as to meet, in some degree, the wishes of the bUlk of your population. I observe that Sir Robert Peel intends the continuance . of the sliding seale, which will keep bread so dear that the people cannot clothe themselves, and, of course cannot pay for the goods they make ; and we cannot sell them, except at a great loss, if they are sent here. The produce of all kinds in the United States is so low in price that it will not pay for transporta tion, and our farmers must make clothing for them selves, which is the case, to a great extent, at present, particularly in the cotton growing States and in the northern sections of the country. There is enough to eat, for a man can earn a bushel of corn for his day's work, and mechanics two bushels ; so they are not likely to starve, as Englishmen are doing, but they have not money to buy clothes, and, therefore, must make them. -" lam quite of opinion, that low as the prices of cotton are, it will lose money to ship it to England. " You will be disappointed in the orders for manu factured goods from the United States : they will be much curtailed from want of consumers able to pa v for them. Your newspapers say it will not do to sell goods to the Americans, unless they pay for them. We do not want your goods, whether paid for or not. Englishmen will not trust Americans who wish to pur chase on credit, but, in lieu thereof, send theirgoods out here and sell them at a loss of 25 to 50 per cent. Our mutual friend, D. S., wit°, you know, lived in Liverpool nearly thirty years, and has a thorough knowledge f manufactured goods, confirms what I have said as to the loss of 25 to 50 per cent. on imports of new goods 1 The reason of this loss , that our agricultural population are unable to pay for goods, and, therefore, make their own clothi ng . "I well rememb er when every farmer made his own clothes, and were thed independent, and they must do the same again. They own their own farms, and have scarcely any taxes to pay. " Trade, generally, has been much depressed, and will, I fear, continue so. I anticipate a bad trade all this year, and think that those who will do the least business will, ultimately, be the better for it."— Liverpool Albion. TURKEY and the HANSE TOWNS. TREATY OF COMMERCE AND NAVIGA'T'ION. COASTANTINOPLE, MARCH I.s.—The ratifications of a convention of navigation and commerce, concluded between the Sublime Porte and the free Hanseatic Re publics were.. exchanged at the Porte, on the 10th instant, by his Excellency Sarim Effendi, Ottoman Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Dr. Colquhoun, Hanseatic Charge d'..Mraires, on a special mission. the following is a textual translation of this document. the publication of which cannot fail to be interesting to various States of Germany, that have or have not negotiated commercial treaties with the Sublime Porte :- 4 ‘ IN THE NAME or GOD—Ill order the better to explain the treaty of friendship, commerce, and navi gation, recently concluded between the Sublime Porte and the Senates of the free 'Hanseatic Republics of Lubeck, Brennen, and Hamburgh, and to regullte the duties payable upon merchandise imported from Turkey as well as that imported into the Sultan's dominions, and in order to establish and consecrate the rights, privileges, immunities, and obligations of Hanseatic merchants, trafficking, or residing within the limits of the Ottoman Empire, it has been agreed to regulate, by special additional Act, the commercial intercourse of their citizens and subjects, with the view of augmenting the trade be tween their respective States, and of facilitating the exchange of the produce of one country for that of the other. They have consequently named for their plenipotentiarie3, his Imperial Majesty Abdul Medjid Khan 1., his Excellency Mohamed Sadjk Rifaat Pacha, one of the noble ministers of the exalted mon archy, actually Minister of Foreign Affairs, decorated ,vith the particular insignia (nishan) of his high rank, c., and the Senates of the free republics of Lubeck, Bremen, and Hamburg, each for itself separately, Patrick Colquhoun, LL.D., who after having com municated their respective full powers, found to be in due and proper form, have agreed upon the follow ing articles :-- " Art. 1. All rights, privileges, and immunities which have been conferred upon Hanseatic citizens, subjects, or ships, by treaties already existing-, are nosy and for ever confirmed, excepting 'such as may be specially modified by the present convention, and it is, moreover, expressly understood that the rights, privileges, immunities, and pr eroga ti ves , w hi c h th e Sublime Porte" now grants, or may accord hereafter to the ships or subjects of any foreign power, or which it may permit to be enjoyed by the ships or subjects of any other power shall b e equally granted to Han seatic citizens, subjects, and ships who s h a ll possess the rights, exer c i se , and enjoyment thereof. "Art. 2. The citizens and subjects of the free Hanseatic Republic s , or their a gen t s , s h a ll , f rom this time forth, be at liberty to purchase, at all places within the Ottoman empire, whether fol. internal trade or exportation, all articles, without exception, the growth or manufacture of the said empire. " The Sublime Porte formally engages to abolish all monopolies affecting agricultural produce, and all other articles whatsoever within its territory, and likewise to abandon the custom of Teskeres (per mits) demanded from local authorities, either for the Purpose of merchandise, or for its removal from one Place to another when purchased. Any attempt that 'hall be made, by any local authority whatever, to Compel Hanseatic citizens or subjects to provide them selves with such Teskeres, shall be considered as an infraction of treaties and the Sublime Porty sh a ll forthwith severely punish any Vizier or other public functionary found guilty of such infraction, and the Sublime Porte shall cause Hanseatic citizens and sub jects to be indemnified for any loss or vexations which they prove themselyes to have suffered thereby. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—The Resolutions of which Lord John Russell has given notice , for . to-morrow (Thursday), on the bringing up of the Report of the Income 'lax Resolution, will, we predict, remain unanswered in debate, though they may be negatived on division. These resolutions, in fact, em b o d y the common sense, of the question between Government and the country. The truth is, that the same conviction which inspires Lord John Russell's resolutions, lurks in the argu ments and admissions of the Premier himself on his new measures. A correct sense of the real state of things' is discernible in the one and the other. The only difference is that 'one can, and the other cannot, afford to bring his conclusions into practical conform ity with his premises. Sir Robert Peel is compelled to extract a plea of justification for ati income tax from the same facts which enable Lord John Russell to show such a tax unnecessary. In effect Sir Robert himself has not affirmed the income tax to be ne cessary for the sole purpose of meeting the exist ing deficit. He has eked out the necessity for the tax by giving up more of the revenue. He has pursued, without the excuse of any doubt resting on the result, the same policy which he has made the subject of so much censure in his predecessors. How repeatedly have they been charged, as the head and front of their financiAl offending, with reducing the rate- of postage, in the face of a merely incipient deficit 1 We have now the timber duties struck down in the face of ascertained and recurring defieiency. In fact, the Premier felt the necessity of "doing the Liberal'? in one line or other; and finding himself precluded from doing it in lines which would have in creased the revenue, was obliged to do it in a line, which would increase the deficit. So far, there fore, as • that part of his commercial and financial policy goes, he simply repeats what has been charged on the Whigs as the popular vice of their administra tion, and repeats it under aggravated inopportune cir cumstances. He catches their knack of diminishing revenue, just as they had begun learning to in cease it. The only difference therefore between Whig and Tory finance hitherto, is that, whereas the Whigs incurred a deficit before their eyes were well open, and So soon as- they were open, adopted commercial measures to fill it up, the Tories adopt com mercial measures to render the deficit greater, and then declare that they cannot make up the public revenue without an income tax. STANDARD.—The revenue returns more than realise the satisfactory anticipations which we have offered. The increase upon the year'ending yesterday, as compared with the year preceding, amounts to 687,9411.; the increase upon the quarter, as compared with the April quarter of 1841, to 111,3121. The only decrease upon the year appears under the heads of Stamps 'and Excise, 123,589/. upon the former ; 65,427/. upon the latter. For the diminution in the re turn of stamps it is not easy to suggest a reason. The decline in the Excise is small, but it is important, as an unequivocal proof of the distress of the humble classes ; for it is a decrease upon decrease, where, if the people were in a right condition, there ought to be a progressive increase, proportioned at least to the increase of population ; it is more important in refe rence to instruction when we compare it with the great increase upon taxes—the most important increase of the year—amounting to no less than 422,1881. Now, if we were' to take this increase alone as the test of the condition of the whole people, we Must conclude that that condition is prosperous, for otherwise , than prosperous the condition of a people, whose. annual contribution, according to a fixed scale, adjusted to their mode of life, augments at the rate of nearly half - a million annually, can not be. Buthere comes the dccrease in the Excise, to warn us that, the assessed taxes are net a fair test of the . condition - of .the whole -people ; for were they,- the Excise, iffeetink articles universally consumed, must advance part - paSsti with them. We are th us brought to the'infreac 'Oat, the ass es sed.taxes are' a test only or: time, condition of class es and these classes must -b e the.ligher. classes and : middle classes ; while the Exeise .isy as far as it goes, the only' test of the ieoliditibh 'of • the :less affluent. W e say as far as it s,. because as the higher and. middle' classes, proved by : the assessed taxes to be prosperous to,some _extent; are, in common with the lower classes, consumers of exciseable articles, and, therefore:being prAperOuS; consume more than here-, tofore,, it is plain, - iiiikhe deficiency in the E xc i se does not adequately 'represent the degree of de pression among the latter. To arrive at such an adequate representation, we must add the pro bable increase 'of consumption by the higher • and middle - classes t 9 . :the actual decrease; an d this will exhibit a ver y gloomy view of the state of: the poor. The true, use t ofthe instruction of the past and present, however,, respects the f u t ur e ; an d t h e view of the r evenue - for the last year, and for several preceding years, plainly points to an income tax, in one shape or other, as the only just and politic mea sure of taxation. ' " Art. 3. All llanseatic merchants; or their agents, who shall purchase any article whatever, the growth or manufacture of Turkey, with intent to re , sell the same for internal consumption in the Ottorhan Em pire, shall pay, upon the purchase or sale thereof, the same duties that are paid under similar circum stances by Mussulman subjects, or by the most fa voured class of Rayas who may be engaged in in ternal trade. " Art. 4. All articles, beinc the growth and manu facture of Turkey, bought fo'r exportation, shall be conveyed, free of every - charge or duty whatever, to a convenient place of shipment ; upon their arrival and entry there, they shall pay a fixed duty of 9 per cent., ad valorem, in li eu o f a ll f ormer d ut i es on in ternal commerce, which are abolished by the present convention. Upon exportation, they shall pay' the duty of 3 per cent., as formerly -established, and now existing. "It is well understood, however, that all articles purchased for exportation at the place of shipment, and which have - already paid the interior duties, on entering the same, shall only pay the original import duty of 3 per cent. " Art. 5. All articles being the growth or manu facture of the free llanseatic Republics, or of States forming part of the Germanic Confederation, and all merchandise whatsoever embarked in Hanseatic ves sels, being the property of llanseatic citizens or sub jects, or conveyed by land or by sea from other coun tries by the same, shall' be admitted as heretofore into all parts of the Ottoman dominions without excep tion, upon the payment of 3 per cent., calculated upon the value of such articles. " And in lieu of all interior duties at present levied upon such produce or manufactures, whether the im porter shall sell them at the place of reception or send them for sale into the interior, he shall pay one fixed additional duty of 2 per cent. If after this such pro duce or merchandise be re-sold in the interior, no fur ther duty shall be demanded of the seller or pur chaser, nor from him who having purchased may de sire to export the same. " All merchandise that shall have paid the old im port duty of 3 per cent. at one port, may be sent to another free of all further duty, and it is only when sold or conveyed thence into the interior, that the a& ditional duty of 2 per cent. shall be paid. "It is always understood that the Governments of the free Hanseatic Republics do not pretend, either by this, or by any other article of the present Con vention, to stipulate for more than the natural and precise construction of the terms employed, nor in any manner to deprive the Government of his Imperial Majesty of the exercise of its rights of in ternal administration, in so far as the exercise of these rights does not manifestly infringe upon the stipulations of the treaty (18th May, 1839), or upon the privileges accorded by the present convention to Hanseatic citizens and subjects, or their property. " Art. 6. All llanseatic citizens and subjects, or their agents, may freely trade throughout all parts of the Ottoman empire, with merchandize brought from foreign countries ; and if these goods shall have paid upon entry the importation duty, Hanseatic merchants, or their agents, shall have the faculty of trading with the same upon paying the additional duty of 2 per cent., to which they shall be subjected, upon goods that they themselves may have imported for sale, or for transmission with the intention of selling them in the interior. This pay ment being once made, the merchandise shall be -free from all further duties, no matter what may be its ul terior destination. " Art. 7. No duties whatever shall be levied on passing the Straits of the Dardanelles, Bosphorus, and Black Sea, upon Hanseatic merchandise, whether the growth or manufacture of the free Hanseatic re publics, or of states forming part of the Germanic confederation, or upon merchandise the growth or manufacture of other foreign countries, when these two kinds of mer c h an di se s h a ll b e loaded in Hanseatic vessels, or shall belong to Hanseatic citizens or sub jects, whether such goods shall remain on board the vessels which brought them, or whether they be transhipped into other vessels, or whether, being in tended for sale elsewhere, they be landed for a limited time, and then shipped into other vessels to continue their voyage. " All merchandise imported into Turkey for the purpose of transmission to other countries, or which, remaining in the hands of the importer, shall bo trans mitted by him for sale in other countries, shall only pay the first importation duty of 3 per cent., and on no pretext whatever shall he be subjected to any fur ther duty. " Art. 8. The firmans required to be issued to Hanseatic vessels, on passing the Dardanelles and Bos phorus shall always be delivered to them in such man ner as to occasion the least possible delay. "Art. 9. The Sublime Porte consents to the legis lation established by the present convention shall have affect throughout all provinces of the Ottoman empire, that is to say, in all the possessions of his Im perial Majesty situated in Europe, in Asia, in Egypt, and in other parts of Africa, belonging to the Sublime Porte, and that it shall be applicable to all classes of Ottoman subjects. " Art. 10. In order to prevent all difficulties and delays in estimating the value of articles imported into Turkey, or exported from the Ottoman dominions by Ilanseatic citizens or subjects, it has been agreed to adopt, and it is hereby adopted, according to the sti pulations of the present convention, the tariff drawn up in conformity with the stipulations of the English convention, which fixes the sum, in coins of the Sultan, that must be paid as the duty of three per cent. by Hanseatic citizens and subjects, upon the value of all articles of commerce exported or imported by them, as also the fair valuation of the interior duties to which Turkish produce and manufactures, destined for exportation, are subjected .by the present convention. " The tariff thus adopted shall remain in force for the period of seven years from the date of exchanging the ratifications. At the expiration of this period each of the high contracting parties shall be at liberty to demand a revision of this tariff. But if, within the six months succeeding the expiration of the seven first years, neither one or other should exercise this faculty, the tariff shall continue to have legal force for another seven years, dating from the day when the first seven years shall have expired, and the same shall he the case at the end of each succeeding period of seven years " Conclusion—The present convention shall be ra tified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Con stantinople, within the space of six months, or sooner if possible, and it shall commen ce t o h ave e ff ect imme diately after the exchange of ratifications. The ten preceding articles having been agreed upon and concluded, the present act has been signed and sealed by us, and has been delivered to the plenipo tentiary of the Ilanse Towns, in exchange for that which he has delivered to us. " Done at Constantinople this 21 Redjieb, 1257 (Sept. 7, 1841.) -Signed " RIFAAT, " P. COOUN " Ratified, 26 Moharrem, 1258 (Mar c ch QUH 10, 1842).. " Such are the contents of the Hanseatic treaty, which, it, will he seen, is based upon that concluded by Lord Ponsonby in 1838. This convention cannot fail to produce a salutary effect upon the commercial interest of northern and central Germany, the greater portion of whose export trade must pass through its natural ehannelg, the Ilanse towns. Of the ex tent of this trade, as regards the latter place, some idea may be formed from the fact that the value of the exports and imports of Prussia, passing through the Hanse towns prior to the existence of the Customs Union, exceeded 49,771,000 rix dollars, or nearly 73- millions sterling. This sum amounting at that pe riod to two-thirds.of the total Prussian annual trade, has much increased, and will continue to increase in proportion to the progress of the Silesian, and Saxon, and IVestphali tm manu f actures. From the number of Georgian and other merchants engaged in the Persian and Levant trade, who fre quent the fitirs of Leipsic and the Hanse towns' markets, especially that of Hamburg, combined with various advantages local and administrative, causes the above convention, may be regarded as not less useful to the interior of Germany than it is to the ports immediately interested ; and the more so, since the facilities afforded by the cheapness and security of the Hanseatic navigation tend to draw towards them the produce of States which are either devoid of mari time convenience and carriage, or whose ports, like thoso of Prussia, are less favourably situated. Indeed, 'the convention thus negotiated, by the llanse Towns' charge d'affaires may be said, as regards the States forming part 'of the German Customs' Union, to be a completion of that of a similar cha racter concluded by Prussia. For the treaty made by the latter, however -useful to her subjects per sonally, could only be considered as a dead letter, in a general point of view, until the Hanse towns entered into an arrangement with the Sublime Porte, by which the produce and manufactures of Prussia and the Customs Union could be exported freely into Turkey. However beneficial the Customs' Union may be to internal circulation, yet, with regard to distant countries, and epecially the Levant and Persia, their external trade must chiefly depend upon the assistance of the Hanse towns, their best and natural carriers. Impeded during many months by the ice of the Baltic, and its expenses at all times increased by the Sound dues and length of navigation, Prussia finds herself in a cer tain measure landlocked, and unless she avails herself of the aid of Hamburgh or Bremen, has no eastern channels open to her, save those by the Danube and Trieste, rendered tedious and expensive by long and complicated carriage, by transhipments, by Austrian transit duties, and other incidental risks and charges. BRIG H TO N—WEDNESDAY. LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY: - Yesterday (Tuesday) considerable anxiety existed at Brighton through the delay in the arrival of the first train from London, which was heightened by the recent accident on another line. The train reached the terminus about three-quarters of an houi• after time, causei by an acci dent occurring to the engine, near Holley, where they were delayed for a considerable time in repairing it. Not the slightest injury happened to any of the pas sengers. ITEPRESENTATION O ft I i f t IGIITON.---Mr. Summers liar ford is succeeding beyond his most sanguine expecta tions in the canvass, and has already more promises than the Tories polled at the last election. 'Although Mr. Harford only started on Monday there is every prospect of Success, notwithstanding that his adversary was in the field three weeks before him. - A Chartist meeting was held ,last night to secure the. return or Mr. Brooker, but little notice is taken of their. proceedings. - A great meeting of the electors w ill. take place at the Town-hall on Thursday (this day), to which both "the candidates and Captain Pechell, the sitting Members, have been invited. . . • ____________ LEC TI ON COMM 1 TTEES. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) WIGAN. The rote of John . Coyle was then objected to by Counsel for the sitting Members, on the ground of insufficiency of value. The case was not decided on at the r'sing of the Committee at a few minutes before four o'clock. GREAT MARLOW AND 51ELCOAIBE REGIS. The vote of Janice Putey was then objected to by Counsel, for ten petitioners, on the ground that he had been bribed to' vote for the sitting Member. It appeared that Povey was a butcher in Marlow. Mr. Rudd stated, that he had canvassed the voter for Messrs. Williams and Hampden, when he declined to make any promise, adding- that others were making money by their votes. and he did not see why he should not be paid for his.. The witness called at the hous e o f P ove y on a subsequent day, when h e was t o ld by the man's wife that others had been tam pet ing with her husband, and that he had been promised to be rewarded if he voted for Sir W. Clayton. Mr. Caldcott, another witness, stated that he had also been canvassing for Messrs. Williams and Hampden ; the wife of Povey had asked him for 2dl. for her husband's vote, which she said they would take in stock. The w:fe afterwards stated that her husband had been offered ' his 'ID 'e of a portion of 158 sheep, on condition that he should vote fo Sir Wm. Clayton. The witness further deposed to the appi re illy improved circumstances of Povey since the election. 'I he investigation into the vote was not - con:luded when the Committee ro e. Tne sitting Members still continue in a majority of one. IM PERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF CO7WMONS, APRIL 6. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four o'Cloek. CHELTENHAM AND GREAT WESTERN UNION RAILWAY. • On the order for bringing up the Report of the .Cheltenham add Great, Western Union Railway Bill being read, ' • , Mr. LAWSON rote and moved that the Bill be re-committed, The- Hon. Gentleman, who spoke in a manner so indistinct as to be at times Completely unin telligible, was understood to say that the p_esent Bill had bees introduced by the Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway Company in direct breach of an agreement entered into by that CoMpany with the Bir mingham and Gloucester Railway company. In 1386 these Companies had each obtained an Act of Parliament —the Birmingham andGloue,esterCompany for the con - struction of a railway from Birmingham to Glouces ter, and the Cheltenham and Great Western Union Company, f or t h e formation o f a li ne from Chelten ham to j o i n th e G reat Western li ne near Swindon. The lines of th ese t wo ra i lways ran parallel to eac h other frOm Cheltenham to Gloucester; and it was agreed be tween the .two Companies that only one line of railway should be constructed between Cheltenhain and Glou • cester, such line to bo constructed for the joint use and at the joint e xpense o f t h e t wo c o m p an i es, the Bir mingham and Gl oucester C om pa n y - being the o wners of the one half o f th e li ne lying next Gloucester a n d. and Cheltenham, and the Great Western Union Com pany being owners of the half nearest to Cheltenham. The time gr an t e d b y t h e A ct t o th e Ch e l ten h am and Great W es t ern U n i on Company for the p urc h ase sa ,. lands, was two years, and for the completion o f th e railway, seven years. They applied for an extension of these periods in the year 1838. • This application was opposed by the 13irmingham and Gloucester Company for the purpose of procuring the insertion of clauses securing the completion of the line from Cheltenham to Gloucester, a matter o." the utmost importanes, to the Birmingham Com pany, 'inasmuch as they had no power to form that portion of the line under their own Bill. The Committee on that Bill intimated an opinion that the clauses required by the Birmingham and Gloucester Company ought to be inserted, and ac ordingly an agreement was entered into be nts INCOME TAIL —Meetings of remonstrance tween c the two Companies, the second clause of ,which was to the against the new Corn-law, the tariff. and the income tax of Sir Robert Peel, have been.held at Canterbury ; at Birmingham, following effect :—" If of the shoe trade; at Shrewsbury, of th e l ea th er tra d e ; th e Cheltenham and Great Western Union Rail- Malin, of the agriculturists of Herts ;at York, 'of a large corn- way Company do not complete their line between mercial body; against the income tax particularly, at Norwich, . Cheltenham and Gloucester by Midsummer-day, 1840 : Yarmouth, and other places. I the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Company THE' STTN, LONDON, TIIURSD4Y EVENING, APRIL 7, 1842 .nay eister, on the same, and do all such works as may 4 in such cases was to reject the Report on the bring be necessary to complete it, or to concur in , corn- 1 ing it up, and to - compel the parties to begin pleting it for their own benefit so as to insure its open- I de novo. He thought they ought to take that course mg at the earliest possible period; but the Cheltenham , now, but under the peculiar circumstances of the case, and Great Western . Union Railway Company to be . he would yield to the more indulgent course proposed entitled to re-purchase all their rights under the exist-P1 by the Noble Lord, and adjourn the considaition of it. ing Acts, by paym en t o f one -h alf of what may have Sir R. IL INGLIS said he differed frWis Hon. been- expended by the Birmingham and Gloucester Friend and Colleague, who certainly had an advantage Railway Company, -in the completion of that portion that he had not, namely, local knowledge, which might of the line between Cheltenham and Gloucester, possibly alter his view of the case. He desired to speak, ' provided a continuous line of Railway from the not in reference to this peculiar railway, but in reference Great Western Railway to Gloucester shall have been to the practice of this House. He could not understand completed within a period to be limited for that for ivhat purpose they delegated their functions of purpose by the Bill ' now before Parliament.' " inquiry to a Committee, and afterwards, when The period fixed upon for the completion of the line lit had made its Report by the hands of the was the 21st of June, 1845, and upon the faith of Chairman, himself a selected Member, that they that agreement the Birmingham and Gloucester Com : should have to re-discuss the matter. If it pany withdrew their opposition. In June, 1840, were contended that there had been any great the Cheltenham and Great Western Union Company irregularity in the proceedings of the Committee, he not having completed the line gave it over, under could understand' why the motion for re-com the provisions of this Act, to the Birmingham mittal should be made. It had been said and Gloucester Company, receiving from that by an Honourable Gentleman that the 'pro- Company a large sum of money for the works ceedings were singular, because clauses in manu they had already const ruc t e d on t h at l i ne, and the. script had been introduced into the Bill. He line was completed by the Birmingham and Glou- (Sir R. 11. Inglis) would appeal to the youngest cester Company at a considerable additional expense. Member of the House, if twenty or thirty clauses were He held in his hand a copy of the agreement not frequently introduced in manuscript into Bills. entered into between the two Companies, in which His Noble Friend wanted to have the evidence taken it was distinctly stated that the time for the before the Committee printed. Why, it was printed completion of the railway should expire on already ; besides, it was never sought to have such the 21st June, 1845, so that they had three years evidence printed, except for the purpose of im yet unexpired, in which they could complete this pugning the decision come to by a Committee. railway. Now, by the present Bill, which was in His Hon. Friend, in fact, sought to impugn fact an amendment of an already amended Act, the decision of this Committee. The House was they sought not only for a still further ex- bound to respect the decision of its Committees, and tension of the time for the completion of their should not, without sufficient cause, reverse their line, and consequently for the redemption of that decisions. He should, therefore, support the original portion of it between Cheltenham and Gloucester proposition, that the Report be now brought up. from the Birmingham Company, in violation of Mr. LABOUCHERE thought there was a great their agreement, but they also sought to have the tendency evinced on the part of the House during power of disposing of their line, or of any portions of the present Session to relax the rules laid down in it, to any other parties or companies they •might see such cases as the present. It was a matter of the fit. Now, a s it appeare d that the line might greatest consequence to adhere to these rules; so much , be finished in . two years, which was 'within so, .that it was not a mere prima facie case that, the time limited by their present Act, and ought to make the House de'part' from them. The at a cost under 200,0001., and as they had not raised case for reversing the decision of a Committee must be all the money th 4 had the power to raise under very strong indeed that should induce the their present Act, he was of opinion that the powers House to depart from these rules.—(Hear, hear.) they now sought were totally unnecessary, and there- He thought that no case was made out, and therefore fore he thought the Bill ought to be recommitted. he would oppose his motion. He thought that the time taken up by the Hon. Mem- Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET thought, as it bers employed on that Committee had been entirely was said that the local Members had a bias in favour wasted ;if this Report were received, he should consi- of this measure, the best course was to move the ad der that they had been most unprofitably employed, journment of the debate until the Minutes of the' and he for one must say, that if the time of Hon. Committee were laid before the House, so that they Members on Committee were thus to be wasted he might .be able to judge whether the accusations were for one must decline, unless by order of the true or not. Another reason he had for Speaker, again sitting on one. He trusted that the moving the adjournment was, that at the very House would support the motion which he had to last moment of. the sitting of the Committee, make, for if they did not, he should not entertain that some important clauses were brought up., high opinion of the justness and fairness of the House in manuscript. It was necessary also that the House which he at present held. should have an opportunity of considering those Lord WORSLEY said that, as Chairman of the clauses. Until they had had those documents before Committee on this Bill, he went into the Committee- them, it would be impossible for the House to discern room without kno w i ng anyt hi ng o f t h e l ocal circum- the real facts and merits of the case between the ac stances of the Bill, but from hearing counsel on both eusations and recriminations of the opposing parties. sides of the question, he must say that he came to the Sir R. PEEL fully concurred in the principle laid conclusion which would have led him, had he been in down by the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite, as a, a position to v o t e , t o h ave vote d i n di rect opposition departure from fixed rules, must tend to shak e the to the Honourable Member. When the Bill was authority of the House. But not as yet knowing so before the House, it was considered desirable much on the subject as he desired to know, he would that a certain . portion of the line should be abstain from voting at present. finished at the same time that the Birmingham and Mr. LAWSON also agreed with the general prin- Gloucester Railway had finished their line, so that ciples laid down by the Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. the communication between Birmingham and Bristol Labouchere), still he (Mr. Lawson) felt obliged to might be complete ; and he believed it was agreed that divide the House on his motion. if the Cheltenham and Great Western Union Company Lord WORSLEY explained.—(Divide, divide.) ' did not complete that portion by the specified Strangers were then ordered to withdraw,' when time, the Birmingham and Gloucester Corn- there appeared— pany were to be at liberty to - purchase For the motion their portion of th e o th er li ne an d fi n i sh it. It For the amendment .. . 74 110 ..... . ..... . appeared to hi m , un d er a ll th ese c i rcumstances, Majority for the motion —36 that it was not preposterous to ask fel- an extension of Mr. LAWSON then withdrew his amendment, time. He might state, that on the Committee, there and the Report was brought up and received. was a large-majority in favour of the Bill, and he also FLOATING BREAKWATER: agreed with them in their opinion.. He trusted,' Mr. GALLY KNIGHT presented a petition from therefore, that the House would not consent to the the widow of the late General Sir Samuel Bentham, motion of the Hon. Member. praying that his claims to the invention of the floating Mr. CRAVEN BERKELEY said that he was a breakwater might be investigated. Member of the Committee, and as such, he thought The petition was ordered to be referred to the Corn it right to support the motion of the Hon. Member mittee on Taylor's Patent. opposite. His reason for doing so was that when MA-RYLEBONE BILL. they got through the Bill, the Parliamentary agents Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented a petition from brought in a great number of clauses which were read the churchwardens and vestrymen of a parish in at the table, so that it was impossible for Members to Westminster, against the Marylebone Bill: • ascertain what they contained; that he considered SIEBERT'S NATURALIZATION BILL. was not a proper way to conduct ' private On the motion of Mr. M. PHILIPS, this Bill was Bills, and it was very unsatisfactory both to the Mem- read a second time. hers who composed the Committee and to the public. NATIONAL EDUCATION (IRELAND). When he knew the composition, of the Committee Lord BERNARD presented a petition against the who sat on the Bill, he knew that the interests of his system of National Education in Ireland. Hon. Friends were so preponderating that the Bill, COLLEGE .OF MAYNOTH. no matter what was the evidence brought forward, Mr. COLVILLE presented a petition from Derby would pass. One of the clauses to which he objected against the grant to*Ma.ynooth College. was that important one relating to money at six per - - ' CORN-LAWS. cent. That was an imposition on the public, and one ' Lord WORSLEY presented a petition from a that ought not to be sanctioned by the House. farmer in Lincolnshire, against the Corn Importation The Bill was a contest between two Com- Bill. panies, and two engineers were examined--Mr. Mr. DIVETT presented a petition to the same Brunel on the part of one Company, and effect. • Mr. Wishaw on the part of the other, and when one Sir G. GREY presented a petition against any gentleman stated that white was black, the other alteration in the duty on foreign manufactured gloves. said that black was white.—(Laughter.) He should, THE TRUCK SYSTEM. therefore, support the motion of the Hon. Member Mr. FERRAND presented a petition from a place for Knaresborough. in Glamorganshire, signed by 176 inhabitants, com- Mr. SCOTT said that it appeared to him that plainink of the open violation of the law practised by the Committee were not in a position to be some manufacturers. The petitioners stated that they able to raise the funds necessary for coin- had greatly suffered from the iniquitous practice of pleting the line. It was complete in part, and remunerating industry by the Truck system. They they were not able to obtain the money necessary added, that within an area of twenty square miles for finishing the remainder. The line was of great they knew of nine shops connected with manufac importance, as it was to convey goods be- tortes ; and they prayed the House immediately to tween Birmingham and Bristol. It appeared pass a Bill, compelling employers to exercise plain, to him most important t o th e pu bli c that the justice towards th e emp l oye d i n the matter of wages. line of 'traffic should not be interfered • with. and enforcing the weekly payment of labour in money. The Company, of the 250,0001. which they sought to and the abolition of the tally-shop system. raise, were not able to raise more than 20,000/., and • THE RAJA OF SATTARA. the shares had fallen to 21. 10s. They had, however, Dr. BOWRING presented a petition agreed to at s. A n d public meeting in Dublin, praying that the House declared a dividend of 1/. to the Shareholder what object could they have in •so acting, except to would interfere to compel the East India Company raise the shares in the market when the Compa were to furnish to the Raja of Sattara the documents which actually insolvent and not able to carry on their works.' he might deem necessary to enable him to establish It was his belief that the Company were not able to his innocence ; also six petitions from various parts complete the works. They had already had ample of the kingdom, praying for a total abolition of the time to bring it to a conclusion if they had been en- Corn-laws. abled properly to conduct the undertaking. The Sir 11. DOUGLAS presented a petition from the powers of the Company would terminate in 1845 ; and master and journeymen cordwaincrs of Lirpool they now asked th a t th ose powers should be extended egainst the proposed alteration in the duty one boot:: to the year 1848. But the undertaking had first and shoes. fr been contempl a t e d i n 1 836, so that it appeared that a Sir R. PEEL .presented a etition, numerou s l 3 period of twelve years was not sufficient to enable signed by inhabitants of the County of Roscommon, them to finish th e wor k. H e was sure that the House n Ireland, stating that in th a t county, which was one would now come t , the conclusion that they were not of- the greatest grazing counties in Ireland, no advan - deserving of the powers which they asked for ; and tage was derived from the present prohibitory duties for these reaso ns I .e s h ou ld most willingly su pp or t on the importation of forei gn cattle, and praying that the amendment. . other duties might- be substituted. Mr. MASTERS, who spoke in a very indistinct . ' THE INCOME TAX. tone, was understood t o say, t h at he thought it would Lord JOHN RUSSELL sa id he held a petition not now be advisable to thwart the progress of the in his hand, with respect to which he wished to ask undertaking, and he should, therefore, oppose the the opinion of the Speaker as to whether it could be motion for a re-committal of the Bill. . presented according to th e ru l es of the House.. Mr. P. SCROPE sa id , as far as his ()Pinion entitled It was a petition from certain farmers in the county him to judge, he believed that motions for re-commit- of Roxburgh with respect to the income tax. tal were never made, unless there were some infor- the petitioners, after stating the amount of rental to ' mality, which required that the Bill should - be re-com- which they were subject, prayed that instead mitted and re-argued. He thought that if the House of being taxed according to the system proposed by agreed to the motion, they would be casting an un- the Right Hon. Baronet, namely, taking one-half . ol merited stigma on the Committee which had alr ea d y the profits, they might be taxed according to a seals investigated the matter. ' varying with their income. The petition seemed to Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET said he would be directed rather against some of the details than pronounce no opinion whatever with respect to the against the tax altogether. Committee which had already investigated the merits The SPEAKER said that, according to the strict of the Bill. His object in rising was to propose that rules of the House with respect to petitions, the pe the evidence brought before the Committee should be tition in question could not be received. . laid on the table of the House before they were Sir R. PEEL said if the petition were that the tax called upon to pronounce their decision. 'He should' be fixed according to their actual incomes, thought neither party could fairly object to instead .of according to an arbitrary assumption of that proposal. He would take this opportunity value, it might be received ; but as it stood he thought •f deprecating the praCtice of Making extensive mane- it was against the rules of the House, and could not script alterations 'which was now so. prevalent. Ile be received. thought it was very- desirable that that practice should Lord J. RUSSELL—The objection of the peti - be discontinued. in addition to the proposal for tioners was that the criterion of half the rent would Having the minutes of the Committee laid on the not be a just or safe one, but they had no objection to table of the H ouse , h e ' should also propose Pay a fair pr o p or ti on. He at present could not say that the Bill so committed be re-committed, in order whether their statements were correct or not ; but that Members might have an opportunity of looking if the petition were informal, he would withdraw it. at those clauses. If it should appear that those clauses The SPEAKER, being asked for his opinion, said were of an importa n t c h aracter, h e trusted that a .he thou g ht th e petition was not admissible. strong case would be made out for the Bill ; on the ' SCOTCH FARMERS. contrary, if it should appear that they were not of the Sir R. PEEL took this opportunity of adding, that slightest importance, then he should be prepared to ex- he was desirous of considering the peculiarities of the press his opinion with regard to the measure. - He condition of the Scotch farmers, and to place them sub rhought it his duty, under allthe circumstances, to op- stantially in the same position as the English farmers. pose the committal of the Bill, and should, therefore, The petition was withdrawn. move that the committal be adjourned till this day •• WORKING MEN AND MANUFACTU RERS. week. . Mr. FERRAND gave notice that on Tuesday, the Lord WORSLEY hoped the Noble Lord would 19th of April, he would move a resolution of the not press , his motion, as the adjournment would House for the full and adequate protection of work• put the parties to very great expense. H e - ing men corning to give evidenc e b e f ore Committees hoped th e H ouse would do him the credit 'of of the House appointed to inquire into the 1 'relieving that he had done ' his utmost to treatment, by manufacturers, of people employed rive the Bill a fair and candid examination, and the by them, and also for the condign punish ment of all who should intimidate or persecte such Committee having come to a conclusion on the Bill, . witnesses ; and also that he should move for g e Select he did not think it necessary that the House should manufacturers in the put off the committal. Committee to inquire into the frauds, aggressions, and Mr. SCHOLEFIELD said he thought the reasons ill-treatment perpetrated by given by the Noble Lord fe: deferring the consideration United Kingdom, on the men in their employment, of this Bill, were good reasons. In the Committee 'extending also to the treatment of working men it had been proved that one party had brought up in mines and colleries, and on railways. clauses containing most important matter, which had NEW WRIT. writ was d ir ected • been introduced, the other party not being aware of A new to issue for the borough them. He should, therefore, vote for the ad' . t ' journmen of Montrose, in the room of Mr. P. Chalmers (Libe moved by the Noble Lord. rap, who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. Mr. T. B. ESTCOURT said no practice was so TILE INCOME TAX. much to be deprecated, so far as the public interest Sir ,C. NAPIER gave notice of his intention to was concerned, as the practice of bringing , up move, in Committee on the income tax that clauses in a Bill in the manner alluded to. The all officers in the Army and Navy under the Noble Lord had stated that in this case the clauses rank of General and Admiral, whose income is derived were not of very great importance. - solely-from their , pay, and who do not receive pensions • Lord WORSLEY was understood to that the say. either for wounds or good service, should be exempted clauses referred to another Company. from the operation of the income tax. Mr. ESTCOURT said the practice of the House i . BOARD OF HEALTH. ' Mr.F. FRENC H gave notice of the following mot i o n ; i " Retur ns of the numb er o f B oar d s o f Health, e -4 blished since 1818, with to the George ILL, c. 47, with names of localities " t y such were formed, and name of req oruisitionist ti/ Lord. Lieut enan t ; — order of Lord-Lieutenant, thorising f orma ti on o f Board ;—names and tlor tiber of Co mm i ss i oners, acting. pursuant Wytile order, together with dates of said requisition, an",,, order of appointment in each locality respectlve l V of all monies ad vance d f rom Consolidated Ft';‘,)lo such Board of Health, specifying the period fi t such - sums were severally applied for and advancott. of all monies repaid to Consolidated Fund deration of such advances, specifying the such repayments severally, and the brify. if any, remaining un p a id ; — o f a ll we ell.j, ports from the Commissioners forming Boards during the continuance of power - 0..0t, quired by th e sa id A c t) t o t h e Lord-Liellte:oll' with the names of Commissioners signing s uch ull. Reports ;—of any R eport or ot h er evidence, pof to which the Lord-Lieutenant caused the polo any such Board s t o cease , spec if y i ng t h e date a Vi to of each Board consequently ceased to act, and the do , the order to that effect from the Lord-Lieutena nt. WE ST INDIAN BARRACKS. r _ fi ber Major VIVIAN sa id t h e N o bl e L ord, the 3 14 '4 for Sunderland, having cast some reflections- on ef, disgraceful s t a t e o f th e b arracks i n the West .-".',did though no bl ame was a tt ac h e d to a N o bl e RAatt- e o his, yet that no s l ur m i g h t ,b e 'aulP)36.of oo be cast on him, h e b egge d to move for a ret urn v Order of Jan uar y 1836, a dd ressed to t h e r espec t o l e e officers on that stati on , re l a ti ng to t h e super intel o of the barracks. tin e Captain BOLDERO said it would take a long to prepare the returns for England and Irelan d ' t Major VIVIAN was understood to say the would confine his . motion for returns relative ° West Indies. CANTON RANSOM. if. in the Lord JOHN RUSSELL w i shed to know --orter accounts of the revenue made up for the ' l . re' ending the sth i ns t., any sum was inclu d e d 11 spect of the money received by us from the C“ in for the evacuation of Canton ?* o.l o° Sir R. PEEL s a id th a t th ere was a sum in the accounts under the head alluded to. Il e e lj~c not state the exact figures, but from generaLr e— btell :ion, he thought th a t th e sum was 340, 000' vr would of course increase the revenue to that an' ou. COPYRIGHT BILL. On the Order of th e D ay f or the further consider tion of the Report on this Bill being read, 1 the Lord MAHON said he wished to recoi l:1 00 attention of the House to the understanding an a former occasion. It was understood Full and free discussion on this Bill ',Ake place when it should be re-committ ed ' re . -sow, therefore, beggedsto move that the Bat Du committed. The motion was the n carr i e d , and thelle u ' 0 re,3 solved itself int o a C omm i ttee, M r. G urE ssln o Chair. The Preamble was p os t pone d , an d on the I" io that clause 1 stand part of the Bill, Lord MAHON rose and said, that in P r Nor vlit mg a measure on th e subject of copy— A v, ut te' the consigeration of the House, h e cou ld not ° and ~ r et the absence of that accomplished schoh ir re ttft tdvocate, Mr. Serj ean t T a lf our d , an d he wass i l a iiagf there was no Ho n . M em b er, w h atever h i s party l'.'ofed Jut must regret that th e H ouse no l onger en) ;00 the benefit of his talents and acquirenaent s i ne ptif though he had a gr ea t ma j or i ty o f political opr f tbril liad not one personal enem y. I n t h e absence ,0.1 'gentleman, however, h e (L or d M a h on ) had, ul , 1 ti ) * taken at his reque s t t o b r i ng t hi s measure before douse. He inte n d e d, i n th e fi rst place, to dire attention of the House to th e p rogress o f leg 's on thts subject up to th e p resent ttme , .o detail the changes which he prop os 7;et7 .nake in the ex i s ti ng l aws on this se,lll,e'plee Ile practice and prec e pt s o f f ormer t i mes, a re,o to which was so me ti mes so use f u l in nuthi c o?' loubtful legislation, did no t a p p l y i n t h e pres en Cor two centuries after the discovery of Ilt 0-0 . readers were so fe w - an d f ar b etween, that! co lil, Almost impossible th a t any quest i on of eopyrigt bt.ol arise. The small sum for which the coprgoi° Paradise Lost" w as so ld prove d rat h er the pa"c'te 'e number of readers than the want of " s t clsl the . . purchasers of b oo k s. Th e readers o f tlia. er ,of night be diVid e d i n t o t wo c l asses, the gay cour t ' Or iharles 11. who on ly purc h ase d wor k s of a ligh t tile / volous tendency, and the readers of worlth of the° 05, 3ontro*ersy. This want of a public institution sfy 'iowever, in a great measure supplied .by t - em of patronage. Wycherly and Congre v 4 field sinec u r es; a n d P ope, a l t h oug h prev en t e d i f :he laws against Catholics from holdl f r o" office under the Crown, yet received a , .pen si° o iie.l:' secretary Craggs out or th e secre t ser vice L i £his system of patronage e n d e d un der r il.e t hed ninistration of Sir R. Walpole, who said t o attot that the reading of books was an idle pastime, fln, e j uP AO papers were worthy of respect, except those li t olcs ffi with red tape, an d con t a i ne d i n an official poO k l t fre, sir be Rort Walpole withheld all:CoUntenan' 'Pt he interests of authors, and the consequence NVl6 jilir 19 t great many of th em t oo k a part against .his. 1 •• 0 • • tration. When that adMinistration was oviith. r l th e reading public coi n t nence d , ' an d t h en i t Act is; COt ' question of copyright . was brought under t it lier.g" leration of the . public. In the re i g n of je jer' he Third th e case o f D onaldsonz . lx for!, Lnd other trials relating to copyright,. call j - t oti e ' he tribunals, w h en it. was d ec i ded by Chief Mansfield and Mr. Justice Williams,' that ae. c° e 3 * to the common l aw o f E ng l and, authors c"1o4,111:: perpetual copy r i g ht. Tha t was the state of tilutioel the common law of England, hut, in the reign ° f 0 4 1 : J x i . Anne, in the y ear 1709 , t h e perpetual eccop)as inadvertently b ro k en t h rong h . *..„ ,nadvertantly, b ecause t h e f ramers of tor lad no such int en ti on ; on t h e contrary, the in ters i t 17, vas to encourage learning,' .and to afford , T otl' lC :. .;reatest protection, but by the inadvertent iZ or teey :ion of three words the right was limited to 1.01, re; veers. In 1735 an injunction had b'en obt 8 , 1 0 0 1 ; le .training the publication of the " ole DLO' j o g t h e Lnd in 1739 an injunction was gran7ed, restrain o ft 4 ,', mblieatioa of " Paradise Lost.." The opera ll°9 s o.!` t o .ct of 1709 was not altered till 1774, when the bv same before the . Ho use o f Lords, who deekl eil, a I, that the o p erat i on o f t h e Act of 1709 34 ' te so" h e ;opyright to 14 y ears a f t er t h e author ' s d e a d'' he same extent of time if the author were dea d ' % tel e year 1814 the present A c t was passed, w hi c h ..he copyright to 28 years. That was the law , re ;ought to alter, as h e did not t hi n k the ter m V t the'p sient. He should o b serve , i n t h e f i rst place, t' a , 1 01 , 9 0 appeared t o b e an i mpress i on in some that authors had .no claims to an c. . 0 3 011 `0 !opyright the Hon. Me m b er f or D er b y , for 1 0 , or k had argued that an aut h or was entitled ' to tits o f t l it , ung only as it existed in his brain; and that .ht to i, ' mblication he had no longer any exclusive lot 1,1 Yow lie (Lord Mahon) entirely di ff ered from e tiP,„ • don, and it appeared to him that an author s“ s r .o the fruits of his labour as much as any (Ith i l e ,rs some 'men laboured with their hands, find °t heir minds, but in both cases the labour was eq, pi11 ) .,%4 lw ;crying of reward—he was equally benefiting 1 `,,,. I, it Lid equally entitled to the protection of the ' 3 _410 us part, he was at a loss to know upon what F t `;, fte„ r sould be said that a man who had reclaimed waste was afterwards to' be its possessor, wloy,cll7 or eau was refused a right in those work s c jaiin h ot le was the author. lie did not, indeed, r , l' eir writers a perpetual copyright any lu ett ell .er le would claim for other parties a perk _ o c h 0 . - ail for an es t a t e ; b u t h e did say that in o n lie right of property was equally just, eq .d Ili h e c 1 loubted, and should b e h e ld equa ll y s eer' crie b , .vere some, however, wh o , lik e hi s Ri g ht 11" 1 .1 the . - he Member tbr Edinburgh, while they admito:d ;tract right, thought that it should be restr;;Vl, joy :ertain limits for the public good. He felt it 1 1, ' „ ea r. hat occasion to allude to the speech made 13 , s , t i e j o 54 ,41 us Right Hon. Friend, who had urged hi , ' , o clo‘ o , ;o much eloquence an 4 ability, and who ' t hat re . lich an effect upon the - House. He believ !nain objection upon which his Right Hon. -5 a coP io tied, whil e h e a d m i tted the just necessity °I p rivorA Fight, was the possible risk of the suppression oir'or , t l h ,n a u t ld e b as e e c s iispu ay the authors' heirs. His right Hon. Fri • e nt i ,cs smighted if which the public were greatly interested ; 3 occ ur f ‘ t O o cC su ll p r p i r n es : i l e v h or t k h , e in hors of riven two instances in which that had actual l yweii. )ne of those instances was that of 13 ° 5 e s t o ,va s said that Sir Alexander Boswell_ fero c, o Teinely annoyed to see or hear any r il e d that teat his father's acquaintance with Barwell, a .1 feeling induced him to desire the suppreselO;_jog .vork. He quite admitted that there were sorn the writings of Boswell which might create o _ti ti ( ot i 4 , 0 : the cool hem! sire in the mind of his son ; but, when ti . 1 . 0, be e . copies had already been published, how weir/ti er ': o ,,s i ir ,ible to effect that object ? To guard, howenvua the possibility of suppression where conttio the roi l desirable, he had inserted a clause, g g ivin- The oPi iii°ll l o Council a control over the publication. ua , , et o Dr. Johnson was in favour, if not of a perpet io id you e oli bi, very extended copyright ;he certainly s_ diminished the amount of the time asked fo r Ile (-Q a Mr, Sergeant Talfourd asked for sixty years.. tbst extending it to a century. The present cronis_iadtel3le,ei. • than I no case the whole term shook' be less ~d M.) limited the claim to twenty-five years ; niu st ' i v ork'' say that their former proposal . was u literary v or of the decision required on ; t „ eight years. However, he (Lord Mahon) °, 1 , 1 ,04 In speaking dto scienti fi c works, and in the A L"L bt regard research there InT Society with regard to works of he said that in the Council of the Royal S.one!,e,..o.yarobi; something like such a tribunal, but still w } tha t )ere t ha • ht tribunal for every class of works. It might _ haPPe" r ide all the literary wen of a period might be all o 'ln s to in politics. In Scotland, for example, heTa w ' bs poetry ot any nieri__‘ . _ o( i it thatsay hj t a h l e l t s h i e de po o li f ti . political Jacobites. How 7, o f Isar 1 possible in similar cases to secure a reputatst.o ness, and freedom from bias, towards their o , : i ti l t i c 'friends ? For the sake of procuring a reputatioce they would sometimes become unjust, and g .1 _,,, r 1 ; 13 ce tion to works that did not deserve it, in Prur p to Or works that did. It was alleged as an obie eti _ b ° , bolo law of copyright that it had a tendency to Ina' .: ticitttiti"."""aw!i•rh, iehThita, 1 " 1, _qt: ~. } ii denied, rhroe et: telo ._lyeLi wouldii re f t aepedttrne,vh there feaiedeen, but rs.,avdke3eace: 1 „,:; - .Z.,veri ts re t 1., 44), xPensivocic ‘-'° re collect( ' sq...nse th e Iv p res . or( th -- mea n( `. a dopt a / , tha som e n th e , al :. "tli d it 1; 7 merit, there„ or book wol bat 'lxPence. • r a m • t.... rather a s tribute to the iere was an, !consider3bl and that was treat h p ll PPlauser ' • t i!' 141.3411 could de 41412; and ra v rroundinp• t 'ate, ii . He w s /41terature. I Inient to - "uOr to • tro und , tinl tip he ur , b s e , 4 tY-five ; lE4lied that ki ve s hould no tilt l ' t to the p er c i qt ghout Et 4.1 (4 Of Cor to; been mad' irk the of t t ea e event of xi 1 it; , i l i i w 'lne o l 1 . : - 1 14 1 g i e. B 41 it' l l, l leu tt d} l i'ae t :es e t ( l's d a.3 a ihr i tifoi 81 . 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