The Sun. — London, England, 1842-04-06 00:00:00

• SPIRIT ofthe PUBLIC JOtJRNALS. _ FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF :MONDAY. STANDARD.—When a nation or an individual gets into debt, or finds that expenditure greatly exceed; income, or both (which happens to be our present un fortunate condition), two courses are open—either to " put off the evil day," with the certainty of its ar rival sooner or later in aggravated terror, or boldly „ , to meet the difficulty by such sacrifices as may be - neeesSary. There is no middle course. We may (leeeive ourselves, or (which more frequently hap ' 'pens) pretend to deceive ourselves, by expedients for discharging debts or demands. without paying anything; and there never will be wanting persons to help us' with such expedients—as wise as Lord John Russell's late budget, or the scheme of Swift's philosopher, who proposed to extract sunbeams from cucumbers. But the truth is, . that money due must be paid by money, in one shape or the other, and money cannot be paid without making some sacrifices. If, therefore, the country is prepared to pay the debts incurred during the last seven years of peace, and to meet, without incurring further debts, the augmented expenditure rendered necessary by the ministers who have incurred these debts, the coun try must be prepared to make sacrifices. Neither Sir Robert Peel, nor any other minister, can make a de ficient revenue an adequate revenue : "ex nihilo nihil fit." This is a very plain propositi on , and any attempt to make it plainer would only obscure it obvious truth. But this proposition is admitted on all sides—all are agreed that the country must make a sacrifice, and all are perfectly contented that the country should make it; but, somehow, every one has' an excellent reason whyhe and his class should be exempted from the necessity of contributing to the offering. How is a statesman to deal in such a case ? Is he to accept every excuse offered upon any grounds more or less plausible, or upon no rational . grounds at all ? I s h e t o spare the annuitant because he thinks that the proprietor of a perpetuity will be taxed too little in proportion ? or to spare the land owner and farmer, because other measures theatened • to fall heavily upon him ?—while all object to the cruel necessity of being obliged to expose the true con dition of their affairs. The truth is, that they do not like to pay. They liberally profess their readiness to make a common sacrifice ; but their interpretation of a common sacrifice, is a sacrifice which is to cost them selves no thi ng . Now, if a Minister were to yield to • these and like objectors, it is not difficult to say . what would be the fate of his expeCted revenue. And, therefore, in the circumstances supposed, a Mi nister has but one course, and that is to look for revenue to all who are able to contribute it, and who can he made to contribute it, but to look no further. GLOBE.—The "tug of war" between Sir Robert Peel and the firmly-compacted Opposition, by which his odious income tax is resisted, will be'resumed to . night. The Easter recess has been well employed by the public press, in bringing before the country the incurable evils involved in the principle arid inseparable from the essential machinery of the impost. The universal discontent which the Government measures have excited out . of doors, will impart fresh vigour to their assailants within the walls of Parliament; while the Premier, who has taken upon himself the onerous task of encountering, almost single-handed, the ar guments of the Opposition, must, necessarily be dispi rited by the threatened defection from his ranks, and the consequent advantage conferred on his opponents in the strife. Whether Sir R. Peel will continue to ' "wage this unequal fight" throughout the protracted • discussions of the principle and:details ofthe measure— in the various stages through which it is yet fated to . proceed, ere a majority on the third reading of the place it beyond reach of danger in the House of Commons —we, of course, are unable to predict. The "holding back" of his colleagues from contributing such aid as they could afford him, must be attributed to one of two causes, neither of which says much for '• the position of a Premier so circumstanced. Either ' he has' not sufficient confidence -in them to entrust them with the defence of his financial scheme, or they . so littlir'approVe of it as to be unable to defend it with advantage to the discussion, or with credit and safety to-themselves. As to the tariff, that has fairly set the several class interests together by the ears. Let the discussion of the Premier's proposed modifications . of existing duties come on when it may, we will pro mise him such a reception from the different interests it will affect, that the disturbance of a hornet's-nest would be scarcely equal to it. The Corn-law project has also roused the farmers to revolt. These regard the " re duce(' protection" to their staple commodity, with the ad mission of foreign cattle to compete in the markets with those of their feeding, as little less than treason against them, by whom, at the bidding of their landlords, he was elevated to the post which, they say, he ungratefully em ploys against the interests of those who placed him in it, and from which they would now, most gladly, de pose him. The " Parmers' Friends" in the House will have a difficult game to play. Between their sense of duty to their constituents and their desire to uphold the Premier, they will find their double alleeiance most embarrassing. Their appearance on . the Ministerial benches on the nights of the discussion of the tariff measures, may be appropriately described in. the words of Shakspeare "They spake not a word ; • But, like•dumb , statues or unbreathing stones, Star'd at evil other, and looked deadly pale." To return to the monster-grievance sought to be imposed by Sir It. Peel in the form of an income tax, we hive already, in several foriner articles, ob served on the inequality of the pressure, and conse quent injustice, of this obnoxious impost. To the objection founded on the inquisitorial character of the machinery by which the tax must, if imposed, be necessarily collected, we have seen no reply, save one, to which the Government is indebted, in the amount it may be worth, to its evening organ, the Standard—that none but preverse and dishonet per sons will be subjected to surcharges, and therefore none but such persons will he subjected to the inquiry into their private affairs, which is, in its very nature, obnoxious to the feelings, and in its consequences likely to prove injurious to commercial credit. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTEHDAY. f-;.FANDARD.—The intelligence brought by the Indian mail yesterday, though rendered more than probable by preceding accounts, has created an im pression such as cannot be remembered. The dis graceful calamities at the Dardanelles and at Buenos Ayres, under a former Whig Administration, filled the country with shame; but it was shame un clouded by private sorrow or public sympathy for suffering, as few of our gallant countrymen had perished—the 'disastrous retreat to Corunna had, indeed, its melancholy accoinpaniment of losses to a. , :cravate the sense of failtirc ; but the failure and tlhe less were relieved by the glory of the victory that concluded the sad drama. The deplorable events made certain yesterday have, unhappily, no' mitigating circumstances. 'ley tell of failure —.of utter failure—of, not the capitulation -of • a British army, but of its complete annihilation— de slaw4lit( r of more than ten thousand of our fel low subjects, and all without a single 'ray of glory to lighten the dismal scene of blood. What would otherwise atipear impossible, we see some thousand British soldiers, armed and diSciplined, swept away in one ghastly butchery, as if submitted to the hands of executioners. How was this passible ? Was the i:lnate valour of the troops extinct? Oh, no; that • ehn! , l riot be; it was there as active and energetic rs - ever ; but it was unprofitably exercised in ob . ')!' :cure individual exertions for safety, and, there - 'Ore, squandered without effect and without honour. . Discipline served only so far as to bring the gallant men to the slaughter-house, where disci line could no longer aid then), and then—but e will not prosecute the horrid story. The peo p'e deeply feel the indignity and tlie injury that t.ley have suffered, but the prevalent feeling is sorrow for the brave men that have perished, and sympathy with their surviving fr:ends. These are feelings which it would be impossible to ggravnt o, and which it would be scarcely in nocexit to exasperate, were it possible . to do so. Ihe Indian journals concur in laying the blame of the deplorable event upon General Elphinstone. That blame attaches somewhere cannot be matter '• cf one moment's doubt. A British force of 10,000 men—for in extremity camp followers might be roil— dered efficient—ought not under any circumstances to • have been so totally destroyed without one pitched' feld upon fairground. Indeed, we cannot let go the opinion that an attempt ought to ha ve b een ma d e to regain the city, as 4 is plain, from the in " hiNtants being able to maintain themselves, that in the city the British could not have wanted sufficient provisions to support them until the arrival of reinforcements' ; this' is also said to have been the cipinion of our allies, and of the civil authorities upon .,dhe spot; but it is also said that General Elphin stone overruled it, and that he, the European • robber, the 'last "man who ought to propose such dateeerOu4 and dishonorable course deter mined for capitulation and retreat, in defiance of the remonstrances of ASiatic Princes and mere civilians. This may be false, but the fact that capi tulation and rOreat were determined on—capitulation with Men whose practice, whose genius, morality, and even religion, are perfidy; and retreats through 90 . miles of' a defile, with no guarantee but the faith of .such a capitulil ion, that these were determined on is certain, and equally certain it is that General Elphin stone had the chief command. GLOBE.—General Nott had defeated a force of • foe thousand AffghanS , in Candahar—th e commence ment, we trust, of a series of successes by which the fate of our brave countrymen, and their native companions in arms, w ill be signally, th oug h w i th no cimilar crimes and cruelties, avenged on their per-. lidious murderers. How many brave fellows—lured within the power of the enemy, to die without 4he power of resistance, . while sinking beneath the' stroke of the assassins—looked up to their God for mercy, and to their country for redress ! Their appeal -shall not be in vain. Whatever may be thought of the opinion which prevails in this country to a considerable and increasing extent, of the inexpediency of extending our Eastern possessions, there will be but one feeling as to the necess i ty im posed upon our Government of vindicatin g its own character, by convincing the native powers of India, that though perfidy may oecasi ona ll y b e suc cessful, it is invariably punished. Akbar hhan must be subdued, or other. Akbar - Khans will arise, who, encouraged by his impunity, will imitate his duplicity and cruelty ; and thus the British Empire in the lEast may,cease—solely throu g h a want of prompti tude in applying our p ower to pun i sh an act almost ' i I unexampled n the history of Eastern faithlessness. A Contemporary has, with accustomed precipitancy, condemned Gener a l El p hi nstone and the other B ritish authorities, for agreeing to the convention in . vio lation of which our b rave troops were massacred. Agreeing fully in th e d eman d f or searc hi ng investiga tion, we think even that demand should suggest a suspension of opinion, and especially a forbearance from unqualified condemnation, in the absence of all evidence as to the circumstances which determined the General, and those who acted with him, to sign the convention.. We give, among our extracts from the Indian papers, an account of the fate of the offi cers engaged in this disastrous affair. With the ex ception of the 44th Regiment, which was composed entirely of British-born, all but the officers of the other regiments, includin g th e camp-followers, are Sepoys and natives of India. ELECTION COMMITTEES. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) WIGAN. The Committee decided aiai;;ClVlr. Austen's objection. The case of Haig was then proceeded with, and the Com mittee not having decided when it was announced that the Speaker was at prayers, the formal declaration of the decision was deferred till to-day. The Chairman, however, an nounced that the vote was retained, still leaving Mr. Standish in a majority of one over Mr. Crosse. GREAT MARLOW. Mr. Cocs:Buaw addressed the Committee ,and it being near four o'clock when he concluded, the Committee adjourned till to-morrow, when Mr. Wrangham is to be heard. The parties are, therefore, in the dame position they were on Monday. • The Toulon Journals announce that orders have been received to lay down two new schooners, to be mo. delled after the Dauphinoise, and to be carried on witi such expedition, that one may be finished by the end 01 the present year, and the other early next year. The German papers contain intelligence from St. Petersburgh of the 16th nit. Prince Paskewitch had pre sented to the Emperor the accounts of his administration of the kingdom of Poland from 1835 to 1839. The popu lation of the kingdom amounted, in this last year, to 4,428,546 souls, of whom 469,930 were Jews, having in creased by 325,350 souls since 1834. Warsaw contained then 139,295 inhabitants, including 36,531 Jews. 97 persons had reached the age of from 100 to 120. The concierge of a house in the rue de Grenelle, Faubourg St. Germain, having perceived the day before yesterday a strange pigeon perched and immovable at the edge of the roof; as if exhausted by fatigue, went up and attempted to catch it. He had nearly laid his hand upon it, when the bird flew away, and the poor man, in making an effort to grasp it, slipped and fell headlong to -the pavement. He was immediately taken up and carried to the hospital of La Charite, where in a few minutes he expired. The Aloniteur publishes the account of the opera tions of the Bank of France during the first three months of 1842. On the 25th of March there were 211,909,148 f, in specie deposited in its vaults. The commercial bills discounted amounted to 152,259,492 f. ; the advances on ingots and money, to 3,023,600 f. ; the advances on public securities, to 10,662,071 E ; the current accounts, debtors, to 16,146,188 f. ; the capital of the branch banks, to 20,000,0001'. ; the reserve, to 10,000,000 f,; the lodgments in public securities, to 50,187,018 f.; the hotel and furni ture of the bank, to 4,000,000 f; and Various debts and other objects, to 362,620 E, making the assets ofthebank amount in all to 478,550,140 f. The bank-notes in circulation at the same period, exclusive of those issued by the branch banks, represented a sum of 228,180,500 E; and the bills to order, 1,102,969 E The discounts, advances, and loans, on commercial bills during the three months amounted to 229,120,0001'. ; on ingots and money, t o 7,335,6 00 f. ; on public securities, to 1,006,900 f. ; on Mint bonds, to 863,700 E—in all, to 247,326,600 f. The Phare of Bayonne announces the arrival in that town of M. Telleria, canon of the Cathedral of Toledo, who has been condemned to eight years banishment by the Royal Court of 4Tadrid, for refusing to recognise in his diocese the authority of the Council appointed by the Government. He was accompanied to the French fron tier by a police agent of Madrid. According to the last census, the population of Lyons amounts to 155,939 souls—viz., 43,800 single men and boys, 28,904 married men, 2,149 widowers, 44,752 single women and girls,, 28,777 married women, and 7,557 widows. The number of effective horses for the military service in the inner territorial divisions of France amounts to 56,865. Deducing those of the Gendarmery and Municipal Guards, of the officers of the other corps, and those at the Riding-school of Saumur, there will remain 38,944 'for mounting the cavalry in general. The horses are renewed by eight s or 5 , 86 8 per annum, costing a yearly expenditure of 2,716,191 E, whiell may be thus divided, viz. :-806 horses for the heavy cavalry, at 750 f. each ; 1,343 for the Dragoons and .Lancers, at 550 E each ; 1,208 for the Chasseurs and Hussars, at 480 f.•; 37 picked horses for the School at Snumur, 533 E.; 1,070 for the Artillery and waggon traint, at 500 E; 414 for the Horse Artillery, of which 332 are geldings at 600 E, and 82 mares nt 540 t. If to the above sum of 2,716,191 f be added 199,946£ for the pur elmase of officers' horses, the total annual expense for the general remounting of the army, according to its effect ive force on Ist January 1841, will be 2,916,131 f. In the above calculation are not included the newly-formed regiments of Chasseurs and Hussars, comprising about 2,200 horses, the annual cost of which may be estimated at 132,000 f. The daily ration of each horse, according to the contracts entered into for -five years from Ist January 1830, was If. 13c., but since 1840 this price has been increased by 2 cents. a ration. The Courrier de Lyons states that Messrs. Grand, brothers, of that city, have just manutaefured, for the granl saloon of the apartments of the Duke of Orleans, at the Tuileries, a suite of silk hangings, which sur passes in richness and splendour the most sumptuous of the times of Louis XIV. The pattern is of the moresque style in the purest taste, of gold on a crimson ground. The draperies for, the windows are all of one piece, three yards wide by one yard sixteen inches deep. This is the most complete specimen of the great progress which has baen made in this branch of the arts. We understand that letters have been received in town, stating that a strike has taken place among the sailors and canal porters of Lynn, and that it was found necessary to send to Norwich for thu military. Several of the ringleaders have, however, been captured, and the riot has been suppressed. Her Majesty has fixed Saturday next, for receiv ing the Dublin Corporation Address, on the Throne. Mr. O'Co,neh, the Lord Mayor, will present it, accompanied by the officers of the Corporation. A correspondent writes from St. Petersburgh, 16th inst.:—" Prince Paskewitsch has presented to the Emperor the accounts of his admini-tratiun of Poland during the five years from 1835 to 1839 inclusive. In 1839 the population of. the kingdom amounted to 4,428,546 souls, of whom 469,930 were Jews. Since 1834 the population had been increased by 3 5,350. Warsaw contained in 1839, 139,295 inhabitants, of whom 36,531 were Jews. There were 97 persons between the ages of 100 and 120. It is announced as certain that the new railroad will be finished in 1849. In the mean thne, applies tio,:s will be made to the Government to authorise the forma tion of two branches; one in the direction of Nischni Novo gorod, the other in that of Kolonia, which is the principal sent of commerce for the southern provinces. This distance will then be performed In 24 hours, instead of requiring as now four days." MYSTERIOUS DEATIL—About three weeks since Miss Stabbins, whet resided with her brother and sister at ‘Vorle, Somerset, alter she ha I retired to her bedchamber, at ten o'clock, said to her sister, " I will go down and see if th e street. door is locked," which s h e did, but not returning, her sister went down to ascertain the cause, and found on the table the young lady's cloak, shawl, and purse, containing several pounds, and the street-door open. The distracted relatives continued making every inquiry, b u t cou ld h ear no t i d i ngs of her until Monday last, when her body was discovered by John Cox in the river Yeo, full five miles from the house of Mr. Stabbins, at Worle.—Bath Journal. • FAILURE OF THE RENFREWSHIRE BANK, GRIM NOCK. —This Banking Company has stopped payment. This is a finishing stroke of the most dreadful description for Gree nock, as many wealthy individuals have lost their all, and are bankrupt. Several have al. eady announced them selves as down, amongst them an extensive shipowner. The notes in Greenock were first sold at Its., and as the day wore on, the price gradually lowered to 2s. 6d. A very severe run was made upon the Savings' Bank, in Greenock, last night ; but, of course, the parties. in charge were prepared for it. There are only three partners in the bank, and it is said, instead of having any capital in the concern, they are collectively indebted to the Company up wards of 40,000/. The deposits are said to be from 170 0001. to 200,0001. Glasgow Paper. PETITIONS AGAINST PEEL'S INCOME TAY.---We have learned that several petitions against Peel's income tax, are being got up for presentation to Parliament, in the East Ward of Westmoreland. We wonder who Alderman Thomp son represented, when he declared himself in favour of this abominably unjust and odious measure ?—Kendal Mercury. The Leinster Express of Friday, announces the stoppage of the large manufacturing firm of Beale and Co., of Meuntmellick, and that a thousand persons have been thrown out of employment in consequence. - The Handelsblad of Amsterdam relates the follow ing lamentable occurrence on board the steamer Desire van Amsterdam, during her last passage back horn Hamburgh. Among the passengers was a lady, a native of Coblentz, with a son about ten years old, and a much younger child. Her hus band, a German, had emigrated to America, and two years ago invited her to join him. She went, but was so ill-treated by him, that she returned to Hamburgh, and was on her way back to her country on the Rhine. ' Her misfortunes created a depression of mind which was apparent to all who saw her. This affliction degenerated into lunacy, and while-in this state she threw her younger child from the vessel into the sea, and was in the act of springing after it, when she was caught and secured. The poor infant perished, and the distressed mother has ever since remained completely deranged. Every care was taken of her and her boy until the arrival of the steamer at Am sterdam, whence they will be sent to their family. On the 29th ult., says the Precurseur de r 0 uest, a boat was upset in a large pond belonging to the convent of the Bon Pasteur, at Angers. It would appear that nine of the nuns having got into a boat, which upset, and precipitated all, except one, into the water, their cries aroused the neigh 6urs, and several soldiers, who were passing, rushed to the convent -gates to lend assistance, but were peremptorily refused entrance. They , got over a wall twenty feet high, and suc ceeded in rescuing six of the women, v, ho were supported in the water only by their clothes. Two others were beyond all human aid when taken out of the water, and a third, who was restored to life with great difficulty, expired the same night. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDA EV_ENING, APRIL 6, 1842, FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. INDIA BOARD, APRIL 5, 1842. A copy of the following notification, which had been issued by order of the Governor-General of India in Council, has been this day received at the East India House : IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. lIOUSE OF COMMONS, APRIL 5. The House met at the usual hour. The Clerk of the Crown attended to amend the return for the borough of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis. Mr. 13ERNAL and Mr. CHRISTIE took the oaths and their seats for the borough of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis. SOUTHWARK IMPROVEMENT (No. 2) BILL. Lord JOHN MANNERS moved that the Report' on this Bill be received. Mr. R. PALMER hoped the Noble Lord would consent tr) let the consideration of the Report stand over until the Report on the Southwark Improvement (No. 1) Bill, should be brought up, in order that justice might be done to certain parties whose interest was involved in the measure. Lord BARRINGTON, as a Member of the Com • mittee on the Bill (No. 1), thought the postponement of the Report desirable. Lord J. MANNERS thought he should not be acting fairly by the Committ ee if h e acce d e d to the Hon. Gentleman's request. After a few words from Mr. LAMBTON, the House divided, when there appeared— For the motion 5 For the amendment 36 Majority for the postponement —3l The Earl of MARCH presented petitions against the importation of cattle and live stock under the projected duty. Mr. WALKER presented four petitions for a repeal of the Corn-law. Lord H. VANE presented a petition against the pro posed duty of 4s. on coals. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented a petition from 260 prisoners against imprisonment for debt. Sir H. DOUGLAS presented petitions from the operative cork-cutters, the leather-cutters, and other per sons in Liverpool, against the proposed reduction of duty in those branches of trade. MAYNOOTH COLLEGE. Mr. BAYLEY COCHRANE presented a petition from Bridport, against the grant to Maynooth College. Captain PECHELL presented a petition against the proposed scale of duties with respect to boots and shoes. CORN-LAWS. _ _ Mr. FERRAND presented a petition from some place in the county of Kent, praying that the present protec tion to British agriculture might not be interfered with. Mr. VILLIERS presented a petition from 3,160 in habitants of Darlington, stating that they considered the Ministerial proposition for the alteration of the Corn laws, a mere mockery, and praying for their immediate and total repeal. Also petitions, with a similar prayer, from the working-men of Barnard Castle, from -I.'ra bridge Wells, from Blackley in Lancashire, and from several other places. SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS. Mr. KEMBLE presented petitions from several per sons connected with scientific institutions praying that those institutions might be exempted from the payment of rates and taxes. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. ( Front tla , _London New Price Current of April 5.) SUGAA.—The Market for West India Sugar has been in a quiet state since,our last report; grocers as well as refiners havo operated with much caution. Bengal and Maufitiu, Sugar have submitted to a reduction on former rates of 6d to Is per cwt. To-day the trade evinced little desire to operate in West India Muscovadoes Sugar, and the market presented a dull appearance; the purchases amounted to only 70 hhds and trs, but the merchants were enabled to obtain Friday's rates. REFINED.—.Since this day week a 'fair demand has existed for Refined Sugar for home use, and prices have been steady. To-day it met with a slow sale, and easier rates accepted. Sales of standard lumps were made at 80s 6d to 81a. In Bas tards large sales have been made at •13s to 60s, for common to fine. l'ieces moved off stadily at the rates quoted above. Treacle firm and wanted at 27s to 325. Bonded crushed Sugar in fair request at 29s for the best. MAURITIUS.—The demand has been limited for this de scription ; good and fine yellow sorts have declined in value 6d to Is per cwt, but common and brown qualities have brought steady rates ; at auction 9,166 bags 46 casks went off quietly, the whole however found purchasers at and after the sales, v;z. fine yellow at 67s to 69s 6d, good 65s to 66s 6d. mid 63s to 64s 6d, low 61s to 623, fire brown 60s to 61s 6d, good middling and good 57s 6d to 58s 6d, mid to good grey 62s to 64s 6d per cwt ; the supply has con sisted chiefly of bright strong yellow sorts. The deliveries have again exceeded those of last year. There have been some ar rivals. This afternoon there was a better demand, and 4,555 bags at public sale were all sold at full rates—fine yellow at 68s, good 658 Gd to 665, mid 64s to 655, low mid 63s to 63s 6d, fine brown 61s 6d to 625, good 58s 6d per cwt. Four vessels are near at hand. EAST INDEA.—This afternoon the trade operated freely in Bengal Sugar, and at public sale 5,250 bags were all sold at full rates; the lowest sort of brown, however, went rather cheaper, good strong bright yellow (Dobah) 66s 6d to 675 ; mid 63s to 63s 6d, very low damp brown 393 to 44 mid to good 45s to 493 6d. Of Java 200 tons brown have' been dis posed of privately at 15s 6d to 17s 6d per cwt. FOREIGN.—To-day the large quantity of 460 chests 42 half ditto 5 brls &c. white Pernambuco, and 170 chests 6 half ditto 186 brls 129 bags brown and iyellow Pernambuco were offered at public sale, nearly the whole of which was brought in at full rates, viz—good white at 24s to 255, good mid 23. to 27s 6d, mid 22s to 22s 6d, low mid 20s to 21s 6d, very inferior soft 18s 6d to 19s 6d, good and fine yellow 18s to 19s, mid in brls 17s to 17s 6d, low 15s 6d to 16s, fine brown bags 16s to 17s, good 15s to 15s 6d, low 14s to 14s 6d ; a few lots damp yellow sold at 15s 6d to 16s 6d, and washed 15s per cwt. ; since the sale, however, some of the bought in lots have been sold at the buying in rates. MOLASSES.—In West India a fair business has been trans acted but at rather lower rates : the purchases have been 300 puns at 24s to 27s for Demerara, St. Kitt's, St. Vincent's and Tortola of common and good. Foreign Molasses are in fair requestat 83 tots 6d per cwt. Honey has met with less attention. COFFEE.—The stock of West India Coffee being small, holders general y have beeen enabled to obtain full rates. For Ceylon the demand has been limited by private treaty, and at public sale 902 bags went 6d to is under former rates ; low good ord sold at 75s Gd, good ord pale Xs to 775, fine ord coloury 78s to 795, fine ord 83s, mid B. P. sort 101 s td to 105 s tid. Triage 27s per cwt. Java has met with few purchasers, and at asetion 3,853 bags, via Cape, were all taken in *.zs under former prices, viz., good ord at 475, low good ord 45s ; there were some buyers of the best at 453. Company's have been taken sparingly, at 55s to 56s for good quality. Mocha is not offered at any further decline. In other sorts of Coffee the transactions hare been extremely limited by private treaty. This afternoon there was no public sale of any kind of Coffee, and by private treaty few purchases were made ; holders, are, however, firm, and have refrained from pressing sales ; some small parcels of Ceylon were sold privately at 76s for good, 77s to 78s for fine ordinary, and good Co.'s Java at 55s per cwt; stocks of all s •rts are diminishing. Of West India the stock is 914 casks 901 brls and bags less than last year at this time ; but of Mocha it is 1.664 bales and of Ceylon 239 bags greater than at this time last year. Of other East India and Cape sorts the stock is 21,950 bags less than in 1841 at this time. COCOA. —A fair demand exists for West India Cocoa; 38s to 44s paid for common to good red. Prices are firm for Fo reign, and the demand has been steady; 335 to 34s 6d is the value. TYA.—The market for free trade Tea presented a quiet ap pearance all last week ; prices further gave way for both black and green sorts, and by private contract the operations have been upon a small scale only. At auction on Thursday 4,000 packages were nearly all disposed of, but at a reduction on last sales' rates of id for Congou and Twankay, and id to Id per lb for Hyson, Young Hyson, Imperial, and Gunpowder. Congou, good ordinary coarse, and flat sold at is 10d to Is 10 1 4 d, but mid ra coarse burnt Is 10d a is 10 1 4 d, but mi&burnt fresh Is lObd to Is 10 3 / 4 d, but mid ra strong Is 10 3 / 4 d to Is I Id, but blackish leaf rather strong ls 11 id to 2s ; Twankay, but mid coarse Is 9 1 4 d; Hyson, mid rather strong burnt 2s 8d to 2s 9d; Young Hyson, mid. Ca strong 2s 8 3 / 4 d to 2s 9lh, mid strong as to 3s id. Imperial but mid 2s sid to 2s 6d, mid strong 2s 7 1 ,0 ; Gunpowder, mid ra strong 3s id to 3s 1 ,0, mid strong 3s 2id to 3s 3d per lb. In Co.'s Congou the , operations were upon a small scale only, at Is lld cash. For auction on Thursday 10,000 packages, and for the 12th 14,000 packages are declared. The deliveries of Tea during the past week have amounted to 450,600 lbs, during that time 12,900 packages were received. This afternoon the market closed with a quiet aipect, ,still holders are generally firm; Is lld is the , value of CoropatiyNr Congou, cash. ). Rice.—Prices have further given way. 3d to 6il per,esei n for Bengal rice ; at auction 4,918 bags were all disposed ufolow - white at 8s 6d to 9s, middling 9s to 9s 6d, good middling9s,fld to lOs per cwt. 756 bags of Java were Sold at We •6d to Its 64 for middling and good middling bold white,t, by private contract white sorts have been selling at,9e, 6it to 12s for common to fine, and yellow at 8s 6d to 9s per cwt. • The stock of Rice is heavy ; the deliveries, however, continue un a large scale ; prices are lower than they have been for seve ral years for Bengal. To-day stiffer rates were paid for Bengal ; sales were made at 9s 6d to 10s for mid white, and good at 10s fid to 1 is per cwt. Rust, BILANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—The announcement of a Government contract for 100,000 gallons of Rum, has produced more firmness amongst importers of Rum generally, snd buyers have come forward with more alacrity. East India Rum without certificate has been in brisk request, and prices have advanced id per gallon ; the purchases since this day week have been 300 hhds—proof Calcutta at Is 5d to Is'sid, and it is difficult to make further purchases under is 6d per gallon: Rum, subject to the 9s 4d duty, has secured a fair sale, and 400 hhds have beers sold—proof good quality at Is 9tl to is 10d, mid is 84 to Is Bd, and common Is 7d to is lid; at auction 50 hhds averaging 20 per cent. over proo were taken in at 24 3d per gallon. Leeward Island Rum ha been in good demand, and prices have improved Id, the supply being small, the sales have been 200 hhds—proof quality at2s 3d to 2s 4d, 7 per cent. over 2s sid. Brandy has been taken spar ingly, both for home consumption and shipping, and prices have further given way—Cognac, first brands of ,the vintage of 1836 selling at 5s 7d for hhds, puns 5s 5d ; do. 1837 hhds 5s 3d, puns 5s Ist ; 1838 hhds 5s Id, puns 4s Ild ; 1839 hhds 4s 6d, puns 4s 4d; 1840 hhd s 3 s 11d, puns 3 s gd per gallon, Genevl at le lldto 2s for common ; fine at 2s 6d to 2s ea for home consumption. For British Corn Spirits the de mand is increasing, and the distillers are firm at 9s 8d per gallon, cash. This afternoon several inquiries existed for Rum ; sales of Leewards made at 2s 4d proof, 16 per cent. over 2s Sd ; St. Kitt's 26 over, 3s 4d per gallon. Otis.—ln Linseed Oil a fair business was transacted in the middle part of last week at 32s to 32s 3d on the spot, and 32.5 . 6 d to 32s 9d for delivery; during the last two days, however, the demand has been limited, and prices declined to 31s 3d a 3ls 6d or. the spot, and 32e a 325 3d for delivery. The quantity of Oil is small. Rape Oil, brown at 47s to 47s 6d, and pale 48s to 48s 3d per ,cwt. In Olive Oil large purchases have been made; Galli poli at 581 to 591, and Spanish 541 to 55/ per tun. Cocoa Nut Oil is rather cheaper, 40, to 4ls accepted for the best. Palm Oil 31/ The to 321 for the best. Sperm Oil first sort 861 to 87s, and inferior 85/ to 851 15s per tun. For common Fish Oils prices have been steady. Pale Seal Oil has fetched 391 to to 39155, yellow and strong colour 301 to 37/, brown 271 to 291 lOs ; Cod Oil 211 lOs to 211/: Southern low to line 30/ 10, 33/ lOs per tun ; but for export there are few orders. For auction 100 tuns Southern, from New Zealand, are declared. I'o-day Linseed Oil met with more attention, and several par eels were disposed of privately for home use at 31s 6d percett. rLovv.—This afternoon the market was inactive for P. Y. Candle, and 46s to 46s 3d the value on the spot. Of South American 212 pipes 96 hide 10 brls were disposed of at public sale, at 36s Od to 41s Od for common to fine quality. For auction on Friday 439 casks St Petersburgh, and 203 casks New`fork Town melted are declared. HAMBUR►r .MARKETS. Git AIN. %Vont, Masks 360 to 4152 Barley, 51ecklenourgh ;S3 to 150 - Magdeburg :!3t) to 408 i -- Magdentargh... 144 to IL3 -- Anhalt, 'rune 3:6 to 468 --- Holstein -- Teti ...:9) to 454 i —_- Odeibruck 165 to 144 --13rumirtick ...... NW to 462 Oats, Eider Bl to 11-2 -- AlecKleuburg.. ::d1 to , 456 -- Mecklenburg -- Polish 05 to 480 -- Holstein l2O to 1,.9 -- Holstein - Upland - W3 to 13ii Rye, ecklenburg .....28 to 255 Pease, Meikletiburg M Marks 246 to 270 Beaus "5B to 28c1 -- Elbing and Ko. Buck Wheat. 231 to 25,, nigsburg ' O l to 2811 Rapeseed, Hanover ~., 00 11 to t 36 -- Pomeranian 240 to 255 Malt Ants - tit corroN. Carolina and Tennessee 7%t0 9% Marviiham Cteorgia, Ist suit 7% 8 Madras 5 6% 26 6% 6 3 4 Surat i 3d and 4th ... 4% 0 Domingo ' 6 6 COF FEN. Mocb!t, I'l to 13% Domingo 3% too Batavia 4l,j 54 La I Guayra 4 6% . Sumatra Port o Ri co ' H a tl% nio 2 4 -1 5% Havannah 'A 6, ', Bahia 2% 5% SODA ti..—(With 8% Discount.) Havannah, White...— 3 to 3% Baum, White ok Loo!„ , ; Brown 24, 2N Brown 1% . 2 1 / 4 lite', White 2% 4 Pernambuco, White ...t% 3 Brown . 1 34 1 7i Brown ...IN 2 Manilla. Brow, 'n, 2% to 9.1 i CONJUGAL INFIDELITY.—The inflexible rigour of the Emperor of Russia in cases of conjugal infidelity was dis played in the most striking manner at his last visit to Odessa. A rich Boyard of the country, Count Skrena, who for many years had been notorious for his extreme parsimony, appeared on this occasion with new carriages, the finest horses, the most splendid liveries, and a sumptuousness which out -rivalled all who came to do honour to their Sovereign. At the same time a young and pretty woman, the wife of Colonel Muller, who had been on a visit to the family in the Count's neighbourhood, also was at Odessa, and made herself equally 'remarkable for the style and grandeur of her establishment and all its appointments. Scanda soon imputed all this display of wealth and parade to an inti macy of a too close nature between the Count and the lady. On the Emperor's arrival, Count Woronzow, the Governor of the province, gave a grand ball, to which the Boyard and Madame Muller were invited, and were prepared to appear with all the eclat which money could produce. Mme . N fuller was adorned with pearls and diamonds, gold and brocade, fin e linen anti laces, to se cure universal envy and admiration. Sin • was about descending from her dressing-room to enter her can iage, when the arrival of one of the Emperor's aides-de-camp- was announced. The lady's heart beat high with expectation. of some mark of favour 'horn her Sovereign ; but her exultat ion was in an instant changed into grief and shame, by an order for her on the in stant to rejoin her husband at St. Pets irsburgh, unless she pre ferred going to a convent at Moscow, s and amain there in se clusion for five years. tsThe made her' election for the latter, and in a very few minutes was on her way to the ancient ca pital of the Muscovites: At the same tin se the aide-do-camp went to Count Skrera with a'peremptoty order for his being banished to Koursk for five ears, which was carried into execution with equal promptitude. A Lyons journal relates that an inhabitant of a neighbouring town, some ti me ago, grassted to another the use of his wife for nine years, at an aunt al rent. The sum agreed upon not having been paid, and being precluded by the immorality of the lease from recovering tie a sum due by course of law, the husband threatened the perm in to whom he had transferred his wife with vengeance, and k ept arms about him with the intent of carrying his menaces is Ito execution. This disgraceful affair being made known to the police, the husband was arrested, and tried for unlawfully car- ying arms, ,and con demned to imprisonment for fifteen days. • NOTIFICATION. Fort William, January 31, 1842. Intelligence having been received which leaves no room to doubt that, after the British fqree, at Cabool, had maintained its position against overpowering numbers of insurgents for more than six weeks, the officer commanding had judged it necessary, in consequence of a failure of provisions, to agree to a convention with the enemy, and to retire, in reliance of the faith of that convention, towards Jellalabad, when the troops, exposed to the worst rigours of cold and privation in the moun tain defiles, and harassed by treacherous attacks, suffered ex treme disaster,—the Governor-General in Council deems it proper to notify, that the most active measures have been adopted, and will be steadfastly prosecuted, for expediting powerful reinforcements to the Affgban frontier, and for assist ing such operations as may be required in that quarter for the maintenance of the honour and interests of the British Go vernment. The ample military means at the disposal of the British Go vernment will be strenuously applied to these objects, so as at once to support external Operations, and to ensure efficient protection to its subjects and allies. A faithless enemy, stained by the foul crime of assassination. has, through a failure of supplies, followed by consummate treachery, been able to overcome a body of British troops, in a country removed by distance and difficulties of season, f rom the possibility of succour. But the Governor- General in Council, while he most deeply laments the loss of brave officers and men. t egards this partial reverse only as a new occasion for displaying the stability and vigour of the British power, and the admirable spirit and valour of the Bri tish Indian army. _ By order of the Right Hon. the Governor-General of India in Conned, T. H. MADDOCK, Secretary to the Government of India. WHITEHALL, MARCH 14. The Lord Chancellor has appointed C. P. Titt, of Wallop, and of Broughton, in the county of Southampton, Gent. to be a Master ExtraorldviiinalrTyEinHtAheL, MARCHHLighCour 30. Court of Chancery. The Lord Chancellor has appointed C. Carter, the youn2er, of Bideford, in the county of Devon, Gent., to be a Master Ex traordinary in the High Court of Chancery. ADMIRALTY, MARCH 26. Notice is hereby given, that Turkish medals for the Officers and men employed during the campaign in Syria, belonging to the undermentioned ships, have been received at this Office, viz.: —Asia, Bellerophon, Benbow, Cambridge, Carysfort, Castor, Cyclops steam-vessel. Daphne, Dido, Edinburgh, Ganges, Gorgon steam-vessel, Hastings, Hazard, Hecate steam-vessel, Hydra steam-vessel, Implacable, Magieienne. Medea steam-vessel, Phoenix steam-vessel, Pique, Powerful, Princess Charlotte, Revenge, Rodney, Stromb o li steam-ves sel, :Talbot, Thunderer, Vanguard, Vesuvius steam-vessel, Wasp, Zebra. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. HENRY GRATTON, hatter, Liverpool. EDWARD SMITH, woollen warehouseman, Lawrence lane, C ty. JAMES FISHER, spi it merchant, Lynn. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. WILLIAM BYRT MORGAN, woollen cloth dealer, Bristol BANKRUPTS. THOMAS PLOWMAN, saddler, Yeovil, to surrender April 12, and May 17, at twelve, at the Antelope In n , Dor chester. Fennell and Willi ams , Bedford-row, London; Watts, Yeovil. THOMAS FIRTH, maltster, Elland, Yorkshire, April 25, at four, and Alay 17, at ten, at the White Lion Inn, Halifax. Emmett and Allen, Bloomsbury-square, London; Alexander, Halifax. JOHN HOUGHTON JONES, spirit•merchant, Man chester, April 25, and May 17, at ten, at the Commissioners'- rooms, Manchester. Bower and Back, Ch ancery- l ane, Lon don'; Russell, Manchester. JOHN BRIDLE, grocer, Shepton Mallett, Somersetshire, April 14, and May 17, at eleven, at the Mitre Inn, Wells. Sorrell, Tokenhouse-yard, London ; Hyatt, Shepton Mallett. JOHN FLINTIFF, innkeeper, Rastrick, Yorkshire, April 26. at eleven, and May 17, at twelve, at the Wisite Lion Inn, Halifax. Rickards and Walker, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London; Barber, Brighouse, near Halifax. HENRY REWARD, innkeeper, Waltham-cross, Hertford, April 15, at two, and May 17, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Scott, St. Mildred's-eourt, Poultry. GEORGE REACH, miller, 13ardwell, Suffolk, April 15, and May 17, at twelve, at the Globe Inn, Bury St. Edmunds. Hankins, Bl oxam , an d Stocker, New Boswell -court, Lin etJn's Inn ; Golding and King, Walsham-le.Willows, Suffolk. JAMES BEDFORD, ironmonger, Westminster-road, April 15, at one, and May 17, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Lackington, official assignee, Coleman-street-build ings ; Mayhew, Johnson, and Mayhew, Carey-street, Lincoln's Inn. WILLIAM BUSHELL, innkeeper; Evesham, April 14, and May 17, at eleven, at the White Hart Inn, Evesham. Bell, Bedford-row, London ; Cheek, Evesham. , WILLIAM ROBERT RAYNE, - paper manufacturer, Haughton, Northumberland, April 29, at eleven, and May 17, at one, at the Commission-room, Newcastle.:iipnn-Tyne. , Meg gison, Pringle, and Manisty, King's-road;" Bedford-row, Lon • don ; Brockett and Philipson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. ' ".. .. ' . 'DIVIDENDS.. " " At the' Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street; C. Daly, bookseller, Red Lion-square, April 28, at half. past 1 aneL-N: 'Parker, lamp maker, Argyil-plaq,, Regent-street, '2B; at two—W. Keep, tailor, NOrthumberland-street, Strand. April 2t3,. at eleien—J: Colnett, War keeper, Graves end, April '2B, at twelve—J. Gieenlees,-.'shSAlVarehouseman, Friday-street, Cheapside, April '2B; at twelve—A. and J. Phil lips, window-glass cutters, Whitechapol-rnad, April 26, at eleven—M. Glascott. G. M. Glascott, and T. T. Glascott, copper merchants, Great Garden. street, Whitechapel-road, April 27, at one. In the . Country. • ' • J. Rutter, grocer, Stockton-upon-Tees, Durham, April 27, at twelve, at the Black Lion Inn, Stockton—G. Forster, woollen draper, Neweastle-upon-Tyne, April 28, at eleven, at the Bankrupt Cuiomission-room, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—J. Bailey, innkeeper. Burslem,_StalTordshire, Ap r il 28, at t wo . at the George Inn, Burslem—S. Cartwright, ironmonger, Great Bolton, Lancashire, April 27, at one, at the Swa n I nn , Bol ton-le-Iloors—R.tHaslam, cotton spinner, Little Bolton, Lan cashire, April 27, at two, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Swan Inn, Great Bolton—J. Lawless, commission agent, Manches ter, May 13, at twelve, at the Cumsnissioners'-roorns, Manches ter--J. Fletcher, P. Fletcher, and B. Fletcher, cotton spin ners' Patricroft, Lancashire, April 27, a t e l even, at t h e Cla rendom-rooms, Liverpool—T. Barker and R. • Ainsworth, cot ton spinneis, Warrington,. Lancashire, May 13, at eleven, at the Commissioners%rooms, Manchester—J. Ashton, printer, Liverpool, May 13, at two, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool NV. Hobhouse, J. Pbillott, and C. Lowder, b an k ers , Bath, May 2, at eleven, at the White Hart Inn, Bath—J. Uns y' .oLiverpool, Ma y 26. 12, at two, at th e Clarendon rooGrmt.llBllla tkn joiner, and J Liverpool.iLievr. CERTIFICATES—Aran Buxton, grocers, Chorlton-upon-Aledlock. Lancashire—J. Hopkins and J. Drewitt, bankers, Arundel, Sussex—J. S. Lennard, victualler, White Conduit-fields—H. Greves, timber merchant, Leamington Priors, Warwickshire— T. F. and .1. E. Beales, drysalters, Manchester—J. Siddons, J. M. AVathew, and .1. Siddons. jun., coal masters, Nuneaton, Warwickshire--J. Jervis, draper, Wells, Somersetshire—J. Appleton, ironmonger, Hounslow—W. Jones, currier, Carnar von—P. Leicester, stite merchant, Longsight, Lancashire. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. T. and E. B. Price, St. Martin's-lane—T. and J. E. At kinson. curtiers, .Wyld's-rents, Bermondsey —S. Dart hex, jun., F. Pegler, and 1.. Darthex, merchants, Austin-friars, City --F. Sollier and J. Leguillier, marble merchants, Sirand—f. Lidbury and C. Worth, carpenters, Gower-place, Euston square—S. Lench, sen., and S. Lench, jun., tin-plate workers, Liverpool-street, City—J. F. Iloldernesse, jun., and J. Ranger, jun., hosiers, Wells-row, Islington —AV. Thomas and J. Oliver, shipbrokers, Cardiff, Glamo. ' eanshire—J. Acraman a n d R. Mulford, timber merchants. Ilridgwater, Somersetshire--E. Wanstall and E. Edwards, milliners, Oswestry, Shropshire— J. H. Hummel and H. W. Anderson, paper stainers, Bridge road, Lambeth—A. Jackson and W. Crocker, bark merchants, Bermondsey-street—S. Risley, E. Jennings, an F. P. Chap pell., attorneys, Quality-court, Ch ancery -l ane ( so far as regards E. Jennings )_ G. an d F. A. Bond, farmers, Mayfield, Sussex —J. and T. Edwards, earth enware manufa6urers, Burslem, Staffordshire—J. Britlgart, G. 13ridgart, and It. Bridgart, joiners, Derby—F. Lane and T. Robinson, wine merchants, Leicester—M. lon and 11. Rutt, woollen-cloth manufacturers, Old Jewry—T. Knowles and J. Knowles, jun., lamb's wool yarn manufacturers, Horbury, Yorkshire—J. and H. P. Si. mends,' dealers in Last and. West India produce, Bush-lane, Cannon-street—H. N. Evans and W. C. ilaines, surgeons, Hampstead—R. Wain and J. Goodwin, tea dealers, Strange ways. Lancashire—T. Orme and G. M. &tidy. wine merchants, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire—T. Allen and W. Stevens, jun., commission agents, Liverpool—J. and W. H. Phillips, grocers, Stnethwick, Staffordshire—W. Booth and J. French, jun., flint glass manufacturers, Deptford, Durham—G. Croafield, Jn. Crosfield, W. Crosfield, and Js. Cro , field, wholesale grocers, Liverpool (so far as regards Js. and Jn. Crosfield)—W. Ball and J. Walker, steel-pen manufacturers, Birmingham—E. and 11. Thoinas, linen drapers, Newport, Monmouthshire—W. and B. Rathbone, corn merchants, Corn Exchange. Upper Thames street—R. Wardle and J. E. Taylor,painters, Newcastle-upon- Tyne—H. E. Gerlach and C. G. Allhusen, general commis sion merchants, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—T. B Jenkins, J. Jen kilis, and J. Coles, maltsters, Chepstow, 'Monmouthshire (so far asiqregards J. Coles)—F. Jeyes and W. H.. Smith, attorne ! s, Chancery . -lane—J. Davies and S. Morgan, Welch ale con. signees. Queen-street, City. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. ROBERT MARSHALL, builder, Glasgow, April 11 and May 7, at twelve, at the Black 13u11 Inn, Glasgow. DUNCAN ROBE RT SO N, innkeeper, Dingwall, Edin burgh, April 9 and May 3, at eleven, at the Royal Hotel, Dingwall. WILLIAM JOHNSTON. shipbuilder, Greenock. April 12 and May 3, at twelve, at the Office of Muir and M'Clure, Greenock. JOSEPH GRIMSHAW, postmaster, Glasgow, April 12 and May 10, at one, at the Royal Exchange Rooms, Glasgow. THE RENFREWSHIRE BANKING COMPANY, Greenock, April 11 and May 2, at twelve, at the Tontine Jan, Greenock. The plan of the new prison of La Force, the in tended erection et which we have noticed, is in the form of an open fan, composed of six different buildings diverging from one point. At this point will he placed the inspection-room, from which all the corridors will he visible. Above this room will be the chapel, the altar of which may be seen from all the six passages, which will be divided by five open courts. The buildings for the director and his officers will be in front and distinct from the fan, 'and have an entrance court from the Boulevard. The prison will contain 1,216 cells, of which 1,000 will be for ordiniry purpows, and 216 reserved for baths . &c. Besides these there will be between 200 and 300 under-ground dungeons. The erection will he two stories high, above the ground-floor, and will be entirely constructed of stone and iron. At an Laster parish meeting the other day, a fe male having been nominated to serve the office of overseer for the ensuing year, it was objected to by some of the parish ioners, upon which she indignantly exclaimed, that as they had a woman for a king, she did not see why they should not have a woman for overseer. She persisted in the appointment, which was afterwards duly confirmed.—Essex Herald. COUNTY MEETING.—The agriculturists of the county are about to make a general move against th e legisla tive measu res w hi c h so ser i ous ly affect their interests. We have just learned that Lord Rarleigh and Lord Western have, at the instance of several of the leading farmers of the neigh bourhood, signed a requisition requesting the High Sheriff to convene a county meeting at an early day, to take into consi deration the alterations proposed in the Corn-laws and in the tariff.—Essex Herald. SUICIDE AT CIIATIIAII.—A melancholy case of self-destruction occurred on Thursday evening in Ordnance place, Chatham. The Rev. J. Porter, head master of the Proprietary School, after attending to his scholastic duties as usual, having retired to bed, with a penknife opened an artery in the thigh, and is supposed to have died in the short space of two or three minutes. The Rev. Gentleman wa s highly esteemed. N o c ause h as b een assigned for the melancholy catastrophe.--Essex Herald. THE TARIFF. Mr. ALDAM presented a petition from Leeds against any alteration in the duties on leather. Lord WORSLEY presented a petition, agreed to at a public meeting, in Lincoln, against the Corn Importa tion Bill, and the proposed Tariff, stating that the petitioners regard with extreme alarm, the reduc tions of duty on corn and other articles, and espe cially that articles at present prohibited were to be admitted at a low rate of duty. The Noble Lord moved that the petition be printed, and gave notice that he should, to• morrow, draw the attention of the Committee to what occurred at that meeting. Mr. R. M. MILNES presented a- petition signed by upwards of one hundred of his constituents at Pontefract, against the reduction of duty on liquorice, in the yew tariff. The petitions stated that this reduction would cause their entire and immediate ruin. They had a large capital embarked in the cultivation of liquorice ; its cultivation occupied three years, so that they could not at once withdr aw th a t ca pit a l, w hil e i t employed a large number of the population. They, therefore, im plore the House not to permit so large a change in the duty on this article. - NOTICES OF MOTION.—GREECE. Mr. TOMLINE gave notice that on Tuesday, the 19th, he should move that there be laid before the House cer tain papers, relating to their diplomatic intercourse with the kingdom of Greece. THE INCOME TAX. Mr. WILLIAMS gave notice that when the Report on the income tax resolution was brought up he should move certain amendments, to the effect that a tax should be imposed on all payments out of thQ public revenue above a certain sum, on the principle of the sliding scale, and that real property in descending to heirs should pay duties to the same amount as personal property. • LEAVE OF ABSENCE. Mr. W. S. O'BRIEN , moved for and obtained leave of absence for a fortnight for the O'Connor Don. TURNPIKE TRUSTS. Mr. M.SUTTON rose to move for leave to bring in a Bill to continue for a limited term Local Turnpike Acts, and to provide for the better regulation of Turnpike Trusts in England and • Wales. Considering the great amount, of • wealth—a sum exceeding 7,ooo,oooL—that had been invested in this ki n d o property ; con sidering the, nature of the securities on which it had been advanced, and the state in which many of those trusts were now placed, from the effect the great increase of rail ways had had, and would have, in the traffic on those roads, from which traffic the revenue of the trusts was derived, he was sure the House would see that it was now expedient to enact some measure that should im prove the securities of the mortgagees, should maintain and repair the roads, and, if possible, guarantee the gradual yet certain repayment of the monies advanced. Before he explained the provisions of the Bill he pro posed to introduce, he wished to say that it was not his intention to extend its operation to those roads which were not under the management of trustees, or to those roads the maintenance and repair of which were pro vided for by special Acts; neither did he intend to in clude in the provisions of the Bill those trusts to which loans had been advanced by the Exchequer Bills Loan Commissioners, inasmuch as those loans were accompa nied by peculiar privileges and responsibilities with which he did not wish to deal under the present state of the law. The trusteesi under general local Acts, were under the necessity, when those Acts expired, of making an application to Parliament for their renewal, but that application was usually attended with much ex pense and inconvenience. He believed that a great im provement would be eacted if the Legislature consented to continue those Acts for a certain and specified time. He proposed, therefore, that they should be continued for a period of forty-one years ; and he proposed, se condly, to alter that provision of the present law which empowered a single mortgagee to take possession of the whole tolls and revenues nominally, for the purpose of paying himself and the other mortagagees. He believed that that power was liable to great abuse, and might tend to much inconvenience; and that it practically led to a dimi nution of the security of the general body of mortgagees. An alteration in the existing law would confer great benefit upon the land, because when the trust became insolvent, by 'common law the main tenance of the trust fell upon the land. lie (Mr. Sutton) proposed, •in order to increase the se cur:ty of the mortgagee, to divest the trustees of the power which they at present possessed of incurring fresh burdens, and negotiating fresh loans—not to take that power entirely, but to prevent them unduly exercising it, by placing a pontrolling power in the Exe cutive Government. Under the existing law, it was in cumbent on the general body o f t rustees to hold a general annual meeting, at which annual meeting the accounts (if the revenue and expenditure of the trust should be laid down for the purpose of examination, and to be audited. Ile proposed that it should be incum bent. on the trust itself to appoint a Finance Com mittee, not exceeding seven in number, and not less than five, whose duty was to he' to call half-yearly meet ings for the purpose of auditing the accounts of the revenue and expenditure of the trust, as well in the esti mates of the expenses to be incurred by such trust in the following half-year; and these accounts and these estimates to be transmitted by them to the Secretary of State, to be approved of by him. Under the existing law in every instance the payment of the interest on mortgage was by a lien ; but that was not sufficient, for it was not a sufficient security to the mortgagee, not from the inability of the trustees to pay the money, but from their applying this money to other purposes. He (Mr. Sutton) proposed not only that certain half-yearly payments should be made to the mortgagee upon a lien upon the trust, but he proposed that it should be incum bent on the 'treasurer of such trust to retain in his hands such part of the revenue of the trust as ,would be sufficient to satisfy the creditors, and to be applied to no other purpose whatever. He proposed that the mortgagees should receive five per cent. per annum. Having improved the security, he did not propose that this suns of five per cent. should be entirely in the nature of interest, but that it should be applied partly in the payment of interest, and partly in the repayment of the principal. He conceived that, having improved the interest in the way proposed by his Bill, the interest could not fairly be calculated at more than four per cent., whilst the remaining one per cent. should be considered as a first payment of the principal of the debt. It had been ascertained by the calculations of an eminent actuary, that the pay ment of one per cent. per annum at the expiration of 'forty-one years would fairly and honeStly repay the principal. Subsequently to this payment of five per cent. per annum he proposed that the second lien on the roads should be for their maintenance and repair. He believed he had now explained to the House the objects he had in view, and he would therefore move that leave be given to bring in the Bill.—(Hear, hear.) The question having been put, Colonel SIBTHORPE said that the distress of the trusts arose from the confounded system of railways.— (Laughter.) He had always foretold what would be the result of the establishment of railways throughout the country. Mr. E. TURNER said that the effect of this Bill would be that money lent out for more than 5 per cent. would be immediately withdrawn. Mr. M. SUTTON said that that could not be done under his Bill. Leave was then given to bring in the Bill. FISHERIES (IRELAND). Lord ELIOT moved for leave to .bring in a Bill for regulating fisheries in Ireland. The measure which he intended to introduce did not differ essentially from that which had been proposed by his Noble prede cessor. Every gentleman acquainted with the subject must acknowledge that the present state of the law on the subject was most unsatisfactory, and required amend ment; such being the case, he should abstain from dis .cussing the merits of the question, unless the House should particularly. desire that he should do so, until the Bill should be before the House. Leave was then given to bring in the Bill. BARRISTERS (IRELAND). Sir V. BLAKE moved for leave to bring in a Bill to Ater the law relating to the admission of barristers in Ireland. • Lord ELIOT, in consenting to the motion, wished to guard himself against any rniscunstruction. He had ,received no representation whatever on the subject, and he trusted that h is consenting to the present motion would not be construed into an expression of his approbation of the measure. Ho did not think the measure was called for, but he should reserve his opinion until the Bill should be before the House. - Leave was then given to bring in the Bill. ANNUAL INDEMNITY BILL. On the motion or Sir G. CLERK, leave was given to bring in the Annual Indemnity Bill. THE FLOATING BREAKWATER Lord INGESTRIE, in rising to bring forward the , motion, of which he had given notice, for a cop . % of the letters patent for England, granted on the 4th July, 1838, to Joseph Needham Taylor, and also fir re printing the minute or paper presented by Mr. Bentham to the Navy Board, on the subject of the Breakwater at Plymouth, ordered by the House to be printed Feb. 18, 1812, said that it would not be necessary to trouble the House at any great length. The Bill to which the motion referred, viz., a Bill for the Formation of a Floating Breakwater, on the principle for which Capt. Taylor had obtained a patent, had been referred to a Committee up stairs. He (Lord Ingestre) understood that the grounds on which that patent had been obtained were fallacious, and the widow and residuary legatee of Mr. Bentham asserted that the principle had been announced by that gentieman to the Navy Board in the year 1811. With regard to th e latter part of the motion he should not press it, as he understood that a sufficient number c.f copies of that minute were already in existence. Ile should, there fore, merely move for a copy of the patent granted to Captain Taylor, and a statement of the grounds on which such patent was granted. Captain PECHELL did not know what was the Noble Lord's object in bringing forward this motion. If it was to show that Captain Taylor was not the original inventor -of the plan, or that the plan itself was not a good one, it became him to make some farther statement to the House, in order that those who a dv oca t e d th e formation of these floating breakwaters might know what his objections were. He found that in 1811, Mr. Bentham, feeling annoyed at not being employed in the construction of the Stone Breakwater at Plymouth, suggested the plan of a floating breakwater on the same principle as Captain Taylor's. The recommendation was made to the Board of Admiralty of the day, and consequently was not attended to. He thought that, in stead of crying down and putting aside the plan of Capt. Taylor, the Noble Lord, as a brother officer of Capt. Taylor should have promoted it. Mr. Bentham did oriiiinat€ a plan that would have cost a m illi on l ess th an t h e Ply mouth Breakwater, but Captain Taylor's was by no means a copy of it. He hoped that the Noble Lord would not press the motion. Lord INGESTRE had no object whatever but to elicit the truth. From what he understood, Sir Samuel Ben tham being, in 1811, Civil Engineer to the Admiralty, was asked to give his opinion on the project of erecting a breakwater in Plymouth Sound. Sir Samuel furnished two, plans; one of them was a plan of a floating break water, being similar to that proposed by Captain Taylor. Now, the representatives of Sir Samuel Bentham were of opinion that Captain Taylor had obtained his patent on false grounds, not having been the original suggestor of the floating breakwater. The object of the present motion was to • enable the House, before a Bill that' was now before a Committee, passed, to form an opinion as to which was the original inventor of the breakwater. He (Lord' I.) meant no disre pect to the service in withholding his titles from Capt. Taylor, for he (Lord I.) believed the usual form was merely to mention Christian names and surnames. He repeated that in moving for a copy of the patent, his object was only to obtain those details which would show the facts connected with the case in dispute between the parties. Mr. LABOUCHERE thought that this was a subject which the House could not entertain, for they had no jurisdiction over patents, If the parties spoken of by the Noble Lord thought that they were the representa tives of the original inventor, their remedy was, not to appeal to • that House, but to proceed by action in a Court of Law. It was evident, therefore, that if the Noble Lord carried his motion, he still could not ad vance his object, for the opinion of that House could not decide any disputed right between the parties. Lord INGESTRIE did not want the House t °judge between the parties. He only wanted the House to know who was the real inventor of the breakwater before it was called upon to assent to a Bill to carry Cap tain Taylor's plan into effbct. Sir CHARLES DOUGLAS, in supporting the mo tion, said that a Company had been formed upon the pa tent which Captain Taylor had obtained, and there was now a Bill of Incorporation before . a Committe up stairs. Now, as the House would have to adopt or reject the Bill, he thought they should have before them every important fact connected with the case, and those theta his Noble Friend's motion would produce. The motion was then agreed to. ORDERS OF THE DAY. Sir EDWARD KNATCHBULL having moved that the 'Orders of the Day be now read, the Parish Property Bill was read a third time; some clauses were added, and the Bill passed. Sir G. CLERK brought up the Annual Indemnity Bill, which was read a first time: CORN IMPORTATION BILL. The House then resolved itself into a Committee of the whole House upon the Corn Importation Bill, Mr, GREENE in the chair. Clause 9 having been put, Mr. BARCLAY rose to move, pursuant to notice, that it was not expedient to make any addition to the number of towns from which returns are now made for the cal culation of the averages. The Hon. Member said that he did not mean to express any opposition to the principle of the measure of the Right Hon. Baronet ; and his only object was to alter one of its details. He did not think it was necessary for the purpose of attaining the ob jects which the Right Horn Baronet had in view, that any addition should be made to the 168 towns from which the averages had hitherto been taken ; and if no such necessity existed, it appeared to him that it would be better to make no alteration in that part of the existing plan. The only object of the Right Hon. Baronet in introducing the change was to prevent frauds \ in the returns. But the Right Hon. Baronet himself had stated that those frauds had been very greatly exagge rated ; and he (Mr. Barclay) agreed with him in that opinion. He believed further that there had been frauds on more than one side ; and that if some parties had attempted to raise the price in order to reduce the duties, there had been others who attempted to depress the price of corn in order to raise the duty. He believed that the frauds which had been committed had been caused by the expectation of high profits, by the parties making large purchases, but still those pur chases -were bone fide, and could only: be made at considerable risk to the parties.—(l-lear, hear.) He was confirmed is his opinion with respect to the proposal of the Right Honourable Baronet, by the speech of the Honourable Member for North Lin colnshire, that Honourable Member having stated that in the opinion of many the introduction of these towns would cause a depression equal to ss. a , quarter, whilst, in his own- opinion, it wo u ld cause a depression of 2s. From a statement of the average prices of wheat in 15 agricultut at and 15 manufacturing towns, it appeared, that out of 54 weeks the average price was much higher in the towns connected with commerce and manufactures, than in those connected with agriculture. If, as he strongly believed, any addition to the towns at which the averages were taken was not necessary to prevent frauds, and as the addition was calculated to excite some suspicion that on one side the average prices might be depressed, and on the other hand that they might be raised, he asked whether it would be desirable, under those circumstances, to make the proposed addition. If the effect of the addition of 139 towns would be to depress the average prices to the extent of 2s. per quarter, it was clear that to that extent the clergy would suffer, whose income would be regulated by the former averages. He would ask the Right Hon. Baronet how he would propose to settle accounts with the clergy under th,,se circumstances? Would he adopt the old system or the new one, or would he adopt a two-fold plan, based partly on the former system of averages, end partly on the present system, whereby 139 towns were to be added to the present number? Every dlr.• ficulty would be removed if the Right Honourable Gentleman would strike out the 139 towns from the schedule which he proposed to add. He was not actuated by any hostility towards the Right Hon. Gentleman's measure in making his present proposition, but while he would bow to the decision of the House on the general principle of the mea sure, he could not alter then the view which he had before expressed of a fixed duty being much preferable to any that should be regulated by a sliding scale. He would conclude by moving, " That it is not expedient to make any addition to the number of towns from which returns are now made, for the calculation of the average prices." Mr. GREENE said that the motion of the Hon. Member was informal, as it must be brought forward when the schedule was under consideration. The motion was then withdrawn. Mr. CHILDERS said, that as he had a motion relative to the averages he would now move it. He did no: mean to obstruct the Bill, but he thought the point was one worthy the conside ration of the Right Hon. Baronet and the House. He did not wish to prevent a greater number of towns from taking the averages, if by that means they would be rendered more sound, fair, and just ; but as these averages, if once passed, may never be recalled, he thought it would be well to consider the subject at that time. His object was that those towns should be intro duced into the new schedules, and that the averages should be taken from those towns immediately, but that they should not proceed to act upon those averages for the next t welve months, but that the importation of corn should be regulated according to the old system, so that they might he able to compare the two systems, and discover if there were any substantial difference between the two. It had been stated by Hon. Members on both sides of the House that the introduction of these new towns would reduce the annual average price of corn in this country, and it would be most important to ascertain that point. The Hon. Member for Somersetshire had stated that in his opinion the change in the method of taking the averages would lower the annual averages by at least 35. to 45., and that Hon. Mem ber was, from his connexion both with the agricultural and trading interest, in the best possible position to form an opinion on the subject. In his opinion the duty would be found very heavy when they came to the higher rates of prices ; but if by a lower rate of averages the difference should be still farther increased, the infliction would be found almost intolerable. He could not perceive any reason for retaining the h ig h figures of 70s. and 735., unless it was that being the same prices as under the old system, the farmers would be more ready to support the new one. Another advantage of taking the averages, as he proposed, was this, that if before next harvest they should require a large supply of foreign corn, th ey would see whether there Was any ten dency to act p art i cularly in those towns where the averages were taken, rather than those towns where averages were not taken, and would be able to detect whether there was any tampering with the averages when prices were rising. It was proposed that the income tax should cease its operation in three Years, and should there be a great change in the Corn laws, he thought, by an analogy, there ought to be a power to change the averages at the end of a year. With these ._ obser vations he would move his amendment In substitution of o of f clause 29, That from the passing of this Bill, up to th May, 1 843, the duty to be paid on the importation of foreign corn shall be regulated by the averages of those tower which have hitherto made returns in accordance - with the 9 Geo. IV., but that from and after the Ist of May, duties shall be regulated by the averages of all the townslOr i in the sched u l e o f th e present Bill, un l ess P ar liament On' the meantime otherwise direct." Sir R. PEEL said, in fact, the proposal of the Hon. Gentleman was to strike out the whole clause, exeell t ; word " and."—(Laughter.) The Hon. Gentleman of thought the exi s ti ng num b er o f towns oug ht to be rata' -1 yet the effect of his clause would be to , throw out ought t at least to m ove th at t h e o ld t owns from uhl'",„s averages were taken o ug ht to b e re t a i ne d. Certainly tion w worded in a very extraordinary manner. don d Mr. CHILDERS said, his wish was to have the elle: - averages settled now. The 11° SR R. P.e.EL could not agree t o th e pro posal. oft ie. Gentleman suggested that, w h en corn reac h e d the price ond or 68e. no duty shou d be i m p ose d upon f ore i g n cern; „ the (Sir lt. Peel) wished to m a k e a f ew. o b ser vations Ur - fthe point. The proposal formerly ma d e on th e other sule, e ue r , House was, that a fixed duty o f Bi. s h ou ld be imi 03cn n I t p foreign corn, no matter what m i g ht b e the price' country, or how Unfavourable to the - harvest' i of proposal, it appeared to hi m , wou ld, w h e n the P_l re aro er corn was high, operate very u n f avoura bl y f o r the co"_ n lyi By the measure which h e i n t ro d uce d, t h ere would he ctej duty upon foreign corn of Bs. a quarter when the price iet:t;bh 734. ; and he had reason to conclude that, upon th at r, l o rdt° plan was preferable to that of the Opposition. With re behich the proposal of an increase in the number of towns-from . :•f r ,ie the averages were to be taken, he had reason to believ:tio: the communications he received, that it would work s „ t h torily, and that it would produce no effect whatever r e ef( averages. The Hon. Gentleman said that frit' o i t s practised both ways—that they were practised r it : , view to raise the price as well as with a view to defitelao The Hon. Gentleman said they accu,ed the corn -d en r e speculator with an attempt to raise the averages for the . 1 : 0 11 1 0 of bringing in foreign corn at a low duty. Nose th at , b l ee lion might be justifiable, but it would apply to 1 0 °` ~,,o se of men to try to depress the averages for the P e '', 0' reducing the return. But they could not set (;)rilet justice against the other ; his (Sir R. Peer a) ° ' F oe' widening the range of the averages was for the pis preveatßAßCLAYing all fraud. 41) 0 Mr. rose to explain, but w as me , cries of order, in the midst of which he sat claim ll (0' Sir R. PEEL wished to t a k e precaution 0.0115*-Itly He thought that th e ext en t o f th e f rau d h a d been 5 aggerated, more esp ec i a lly o f l ate years, and h i s (Sir ke Oa' object in addin g t o th e num b er o f towns, was to °r oe of th e still more scarce. H e re li e d on the gradual dectl,9 duty. He did not, attach more importance t° c ultor agricultural towns because they were the chief towns, than to the fifteen manufacturing t nw e ,. 9 :,ber '- thought it would be seen that prices were "f t oivi'!' the manufacturi ng t owns t h an in the ag 'col tura,! l rl J c o He wished to ascertain the precise average price T o le' the country, and he did think that it was a ration!'olv proceeding to take the ptincipal towns. He deew hat ihei B jetted to the m o d e pr o p ose d b y t h e H on. Gentleman r ot of r r should be a double be t o f re t urns, an d t h at t h e n es sir "„' turns should come into eperation a year hence, for .a s re' Peel) thought 'such a course wou ld necessar ily lead eoebr; newal of the late discussions on the subject: He di fiber " 4 j lieve that the avera g e s wou ld b e mater i al l y e ff ec ted el ouse, by the proposition which he had submitted to the therefore he must continue to adhere to it. geode' Mr. HAWES said he underst oo d t h e Ri g ht n yse man to say that his object was to prevent fraud. 0 1;1 which had been raised f o r a n a lt era ti on o f t h e system ° off', the averages had been r a i se d by th ose w h o wer e an l „ o esn ° 4 an alteration in the av erage price of corn, and tbeit'itotl9 was, how far the Right Hon. Baronet had lent hill's' ho be e object. - He had wr itt en l et t ers to severa l person ' w ash's engaged in the c o rn t ra d e , to ascerta i n w hat 01 0 1 ,, opinion with r e spe c t t o th e a ddi t i on o f the new to wns, 'O ., opinion was almost unanimous that the average price n oh jec i i , lowered. A gentleman to w h om h e h a d spo k en o n tb e f s o isi!,, had remarked that the adoption of new towns was O n in fer!:„ most exclusively to dist r i c t s i n w hi c h t h e so il was of a r ' coo nn quality. Mr. M'Cullo c h, i n hi s wor k , h a d u i ven the of Kent, Essex, S u ff o lk, H amps hi re, Rutland, Her tt i' u r eed l ',,t Berkshire, and Hereford, as the districts whi c h Pr e( „ a lii!; e e best quality of wheat. and stated that the average 1,,5 rf the wheat grown in Wales was inferior. Let them ; r at' i I what were the -counti es se l ec t e d i n which ,the the towns for taking the averages was proposed t i c!, , 5 th In the county of K en t th e y a dd e d f our towns, in r'''' 4 , o 11 '11 in Suffolk none, in Hampshire one, in Rutland one , , / ,, ford our, in Berkshire f our , an d i n H ert f or d one . l orn et t o now take the great produci n g coun ti es . H e s h ou ld at were great p ro d uc i ng. count i es i n t h e sout h alni is , to t;;, 0 districts, in which the q ua li t y o f t h e w h eat was i n fo! b tot ia i grown in the countie s h e h a d j us t name d , an d in 01 “„ e e e • qire towns were added. In L ancas hi re t h ere were th-sird,'",ter added, and in Yo r k s hi re th ere were f ourteen. I n there were ten towns added, in Stafford nine, ag t re is pe twelve. In the wes t ern an d southern districts t he Ono, added, in Somerset f our t owns , i n Devonshire tl' t [the d Cornwall four. Thus fifty-nine towns were added '" oe ni tricts in which wheat of an i n f er i or qua li ty was gill P r e( only twenty towns in those in which th e best, qualitL'sbe r h j er t duced. They were confining th e b u lk o f t h e townsts,t, list, where tie averages were to b e t a k en , to t h ose dis"-etee'e ~ wheat of an inferior q ua lit y was grown. He nog ..7d the return of towns i n th e fif teen agr i cultura l 31. 3 1 1 110 1 ;;„ facturing districts. They left out London , acommercial town, and added Liverpool, leaviog sw,l where the high es t pr i ce was o b ta i ne d , while Liverf; ,Ite t ' o s the lowest p i i ee was o b ta i ne d , was added. —(,„001 They had not kept up the original proportion in th,`'';.,,i , t h t and the greater number were selected from towns w i n e t hil t i of an inferior quality was grown. He confessed that '''`Wbe A ft the proposed alteration would be against the public. a a r the effect. of fraud under the old sysiem ? It was at ioc tior‘ favourable to the public. The public gained in a ren ti oti ef price by the attempt to work up the averages. Hu t het' lE :r , new system the reverse would take lace, and if t . ,,i just they ought to alter the seste t and lower . ", h yti, 'fhe Honourable Member for Somerset had 'stated present system of taking the averages would be equiva e l ; se t " r , 4s. duty. He thought that the proposed scale of prl c t t hst the present Bill, should be tried for a year or two, h ° ,, e ,l ° o system of averages under the old should not be 'conent nri it. The Hon. Gentleman did net ask - tbe Gaols/el that $ ,;(; 1' bring the present Corn-law 'into operation; was, that the two systems should be tried tog,ether, ;00 le that they might be compared one with the other. ‘ t telt' r „s Government afraid of putting its own system to tus thi , r i v (Cheers.) If so, they were right in the oppositioe s it po3al. —(Cheers.) Before. he sat down, he wou la f ,d Right Hon. Gentleman to show that he had made a 4, lection of towns from the districts growing wheat ef f ,,,ion w t, quality, as he had from the dish iete growing wheat 0 'ids the' quality ; and if the Right - Hon. Gentleman could In n Ir o il then he (Mr. Hawes) would contend that the selecti n t . s i r lOV would have the effect of lowering the average 4 n?„,„e bl e would be contrary to the pledge which had been gt" e sta,t Right Hon. Gentleman when he first introduced the, ere P o e Mr.' DARBY said the Bill ought to be 011 0 4;e fil ie t whole.—lts object was to get rid of the mischiefs of ,l eo plal Cornllaws, and one of those mischiefs was the ( 1 1 0 0 1 which it offered to speculators to force up the Or l 4, o rr e , at certain states of the market. The object of L iii teo+,l Bill was to prevent this from being done. By th beoil,' of of the London dealers, the average were raised ~.„ they were in the country. Was the object of the ti f u r ; t d ; ,O her to keep up that system under which enorinon 4 is 01 been committed? He altogether disputed the f ac i seteitill Hon. Member as to the country districts and und er the cumetances the fair way was to take and whole of ot r together. He should opp ose th e mo ti on . t h* „ Mr. GLADSTONE sa id, b e f ore h e procee ded substantial allegations of the Hon. Gentleman, he ° , l , ° aside the assertion th a t a ll th at h a d b een done hit-oes'.",,-f the view of doing harm to th e p u bli c. I n a gr eat that kind, calculated to agitate the minds of largee, 4 10 0 , interests throughout the cou n t r y, it was excee dingu io f in making any alteration, that it should be done onerd'iere any alteration the H o u se s h ou ld ma k e, i t was e xeee eo n rable, unless there were very strong reasons to tbe i tt that it should be made at once.—( Hear, hear) t hi l de tti' Gentleman had complained that all the Governtnef, tha, tic s in proposing a change in the averages, was doner o t l!e went of the public. Now, the Government bau d scn o r. against the prevalence, and, as fix as p r t hr, against the possibility of fraud.—(Cries of " " — tha t I', The plea of the Honourable Gentleman wt s ' e .) the frauds were in favour of the publi c .--( H ear , " k e r , r o g . b .ijo il was the sentiment he expres s ed ; he said that r "0,1 1c o ro!, was great mischief in the f rau d s as t h ey a ffeete" f ie; yet on the whole they told in f avour o f t h e pu blic. tre e• of! , ; be a sorry plea, even if it were true, b ut was i t , ptin' tMA would admit that in th e i r apparent effect of low erine e er if e the frauds did seem t o f avour t h e public, but i n sa) . tr e as "( did so favour the public, the Hon. Gentlenia n r yg pd e counter to all h,s own arguments aga i nst the °pat What was the great mischief of the sliding scale? , t tingor" it speculators had a facility of raising rices, and coin in at th e m i n i mum of duty, and were thus Ivo; ;; t' i ' l t, corn back in s t ea d o f b r i ng ng it to market. I,ll',teee' tleman had referred to auth or iti es . H e (Mr. (31 " igh r 'j ; refer to authorities which were entitled to great °' t es co og rie opinio n o f t h ose to w h om he referred was, that, Ibe change of three or four shillings, there would rie„e of as many p ence i n t h e average pr i ces ? B u t let rh o had tiL the matter f or th emse l ves . H e con f esse d that ono i; n',:t with astonishment the statement of the Hon. Gender' o el' e in the neighbourhood of the towns selected to be a 0 , li Q io t t h j old list, the wheat grown was titan inferior descrieti t : i ed hardly have been more surprised had he heard it g o sh tipoi to wheat was of a finer description ; there was ~,a9 Cl e f ",;,, for the one allegation as for the other. The tin i r;, e On gave them eight counties, with which the nun' J - Jed! ' i teto b d old list was 28, and the number proposed to be a se enin e e so The total number added all over the kingdom " ‘ ' n r , Gi' th er less than the old list. It appeared also to him O' l l ottele. e h th e that the selection of the Hon. Gentleman wa s • %111 t o , arbitrary one. There were 'several counties T oe eri , wheat grown was quite as fine as in those we e had 0' t 0 Hon. Gentleman. In Surrey three new tu we ' n eel ; eluded to one of the old list ; Worcester, three o fi d Isst,4 one old ; Somersetshire, four new towns to °. „oat Shropshire seven new towns and not one old 01' eeTerirro in Staffordshire, that great manufacturing a n , i g hes'it e rt , county, where there was the finest corn and the f there was n o t one s i ngle town in the ol d list, e o i e t ,n e new one ei g ht were in cluded ; so t h at , in et of t he those five counties grew the finest c f le gati en country, and thi s would test the very rash al fl Hon. Gentleman that there was a total of " ye w , the lfsr 4 e , Now he (Mr. Gladstone) would like to know, On. re c io Gentleman meant to substantiate his allegat l n iece ''', F s' 3 l, l would be well to state what had actually take" i t pee . 3e spect to this new list. The ,dajeet of it was, °riee of t o c o , fraud, and to obtain more accurately the real _r ent was _ o l€. o the large towns, and the desire of the Governt r ,,, s t tf sth i t iee tarn a considerable number of towns of the . ta,. 1 7 0 For that purpose they communi o e f at ‘ e h d t, s i v ar i t a h ,b i a i neadi of the Board of Excise, and they called an market) place, to make out to them a list subsequently to make a correction of that li n stl e 0; 0 to regulate the list of agricultural towns, _oovr": this " I . g o the manufacturing towns on the other. Pi rico , rt o f the f ore.; t p o :e wn n s ar b r e a i t n i g ve 4 . 3. Torhse3l:lhonig.hGerenitnlerntia„ni nelpittsnkuecoielluPrina, martial towns than in the agricultural pa _,, er rtt * and he qucted a return made last SePt e e s tr, ate ,a .a t7, 41.• his proposition. When he ( Mr. Gladstone) s Why, sotto, thousands of averages had be , a , h p a a t rt i s ie t u r l a a e r period, particular f i t c h u e i a H r Hun. period n , t , l o.atr, ; 0 ; 00: Atahrre, b n t a i t °n wouldo the not Ho showse,a thend e m re en w s, a , s ff n e o e t t rat occasions in particular markets, b •specud 1 0 , 1 0; thate vv of e a n s t Fi c e is t u t r o h n/ er ; sl than that the prices of that comity should b a a ,f re ter r i r titular time, and nothing could be more ludi,ero_n support t ( l , i n ni tis a . n e o t t li n b u :; - e e ( s o ll e i e vt; ll ,e ( . l l prices i r i o a f n h o i t is he v r ie p w a , rt t .. th T e h r e et l u lo rn n s . G ui e ( n l the course of prices in the 15 agricultural tiny"- on the and the 15 manufacturing and commercial towns °" to 0 ; Now the principle of selecting those fifteen torsos we t he ,r the largest markets. The Hon. Gentleman b! e ver'. vernment for including Liverpool, where very I ° .o , I ' 4 g prevailed instead of high ones. This censure., t e " ver y against his own proposition, which was. that '" e: o 7e town the range of averages was necessarily , e r L a i n v g e e rp v o er o I y o proved that f t o h r a n i s n ta v n e e r e y , large when townstre thuhile4bs.a.s3ecrrnii!dArs:;Ei c'Ansumption of corn imported from foreign places' it h5 . " . „0.0 foreign corn was not entered in the returns when Ge ptio" effect of keeping down British corn. The Hon. wh I , ry 11 t ,it yi c e l ee e e f i s ie : yo k u tsi ' lli i r ti o, u r ' eu 3 a d rgl vworef. ns hyaoelll.a:ai ( the the s: e quality th e i ude , Ing e uerable. nufactur. l ie had in tik outh s of the v the three 1 .ee ye, '6ll tow ns th ough this, the y wet. or indirect t vere the • th ey had be e ' 'Y might i y et' the cony Mr. HA W kinds of towns kitertion ;watl be undi duty. H, Za r inst the C influenc 114 ,? . z ade. afi re sir E. liD it.oo lcery ki r iml t° th ext princip Mr. GUM: 41r • VILE tO Wus E hacil be 4 sy: t " l tet oppo syste m it had Trade Hon. ito t ' Wher f 14 4 ? 14:41 : PeeleL8 : 11Pfr a e i i d egeetshhthal t u h gtamto a dellat t Pr i Oct. Oct. of the l All i l l r efore, did merchat t h 4 ed what w r 3" expect a n te:v alteratio ,t. u Yprodu c k I; r isehiel to i 41 :11d fo r doin 1 4 , 44 n of his ol }./c y an opport latleivas at a t e ,,, r motion c it' had sal kktould revive 1 1 „ the flight s aid that it til4.t,reat questioi hi6ii at (i et ::(1 a deg re hear men on 4 Q this Cori t:t',,ultoral in (ti ed —he rehad (ti the gat Pe O et2 hear.) 'l4 P ' e WOUid t, 4 k te ee o f 1 41 , 14 a ten-fol tLie 'rep ea l o f t th e a Nto amoun i t , Principle fol feet,RLast year th ° °—that it i s „ a gitation, a: h :oe law. 11 T,'Yillin g had eou:d not d e r ! rest question, ci xL i Td out, and d hi 1 4 , r ! their mind i tti o:ruier:lntale''':eitslttle:iobPrio:seers'u'eoilf.i lo urs. Ilk 'e they opp: g Il k 7. HARM t a n very diffic on LABOU th e "°Pting the ei, N 4 ' °merit of 144 'net the sp , a gainst frA Hon. Ge 1, tal a,r e ' to r eferr th,l, l id on this rai d Ott . Gentle t he' You ju ;kid : 131, SUITIer." "iat fraud i,,•` t no l ourabl 14 : ri g. syst that s t ttN e in giog intc tiir O ther el re ‘r e ,j c t , ensi• tin that ft lees th e 1 :8•,, th a t ti the arket, and j~rti" the to try n Y 1 0 tthich ll; f)w 2. 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