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Btmuclerk, said that it was the intention of the Government, with re3pect to the Regent's -park, that the portion shut up on the north side of the banks of the canal should be opened entirely .to the public. H e was not aware t h at i t was th e i n t en ti on of the Government to open any other part. TITHES (IRELAND) BILL. The- House then resolved itself into a Committee on the Irish Tithe Bill, Mr. Bernal in the chair, Mr. O'CONNELL said, the c l .;suse then before the House (the 3d clause) involved thq entire principle of the Bill, and it would have a mast irovi;ortant effect on the remaining clauses. He did not tnow whether the attention of the English and Scotch Members had been called to this fact, namely, that this clause made the King, for the first time, the levier of tithes in Ireland. By this clause the Crown became the sole owner, and the duty of co ll ect i ng t h ose tithes fell on the officers of thei Crown, and the responsibility fell upon the Crown, that was the public.—( Hear.) He objected to this clause, be cause it was placi ng th e C rown i n a situation of direct and im mediate hostility to the people of Ireland. It was a decla ration of war ; the Crown getting the right vested in it raust enforce it by armed power. Whatever might be the opinion of the Government and the House on the subject, he hoped it would be understood that they were to take the sword and draw the knife, in enforcing the payment of tithes. When 60,0001. of arrears of tithe was lately due to the Crown Lord Anglesey declared that he would collect it to the last farthing with the whole force of the British Crown. What followed? That declaration raised a general spirit of resist ance. In the neighbourhood with which he was connected, for instance, it rose to insurrection; the peasantry and the troops came into collision, and several lives were lost, and what was the final consequence ? Why, the 60,000/. was abandoned. ( Hear, hear, from some Irish Members.) When the House was called on to incur the responsibility of paying the amount of tithes, would it be prepared to make good the payment and hand over till the Ist of November an Exchequer bill to each claimant for his amount? There were two things the House should consider—first, the amount proposed to be raised; and secondly those from whom it was to be raised. Now, the great source of the popular discontent' in Ireland was the levying of tithes to the full amount, and from the poor ; and if the Government now pursued the same course, instead of tranquillizing the country, they would raise a civil war there, while at the same time they would embarrass the public funds. The Government offered an appeasing bonus to the rich. But it was not from the rich but from the poor hostility was to be apprehended. The plan of the Noble Lord was to levy the full amount, and the Government said that so pressing was the necessity for pacificating Ireland, that they could not wait till next session. But let the House consider their process of pacification. They proposed to levy the full amount against which the people cried out and stood out, and levy it on the very persons who made resistance. Surely, if they hoped to pacify the country, they would not still work on the same causes of disturbance, but would rather change the amount and the persons who should be forced to pay, or at all events postpone the measure to another time. But in place of doing either of these things they rushed on in the old course, which would be a revival and aggravation of former discontent and disturbance. Was there ever such inconsistency ?—( Hear. hear, from the Irish Members.) That might indeed be called a blundering Irish mode of legislation.—( A laugh.) He (Mr. O'Connell) would propose to take the burden off the poor occu piers and place it on the landlords, and also diminish the amount. With that, then, he should commence. The present plan of Go vernment showed a foolish sort of cunning in laying traps and holding out baits to the landlords. It was not wisdom, for - wisdom was open and straightforward, and did not resort to by-ways. They should rather court the people and miti gate their sufferings ; but in place of that they said they would call out the King's troops to collect the present amount. But they would fail in obtaining the co-operation of the landlords, for very many landlords could not enter into the composition. Some were abroad, some were minors, some were lunatics. Besides, many of them were embarrassed , all these could not accede to the proposed terms. Not long go nine tenths of the property of Connaught was mortgagrd ; he be lieved much of it was so at present ; and when the landlords were embarrassed the tenantry were not to be expected to be in the most prosperous state. He recollected Lord Redesdale once in a Connaught case say that it was monstrous that a tenant should delay the payment of his rent three months ; he should be prepared with a checque to the very day. There was not a Connaught man in Court who did not burst into a fit of laughter in his face.—( Laughter.) In fact the landlords who wanted the bonus most, could not, from their embarrassments receive it. The Bill, he would affirm, could not be carried into operation, for it afforded no relief to the people, though the Government were fools enough to fancy they could tame the people into submission by throwing salt on the tails of the Irish landlords.--( Laughter.) Nothing could be more unwise than to call out the troops, and array them against the whole body of the people. They should avoid exhibiting the military in contrast with the people. When it was proposed in Rome to put on the slaves a particular dress, the proposal was rejected, and the reason was ne servi nos nu merare possent. The different modes of rating parishes was not the least objectionable part of the Bill ; in one parish there was one mode, and in another another mode. In one parish one man took the payment on himself, and paid sixty per cent. ; in another he refused and was assessed to the full amount. All these things would be known in Ireland though they might not be fully reported in that House ; indeed he was not much supriscd at that, for it Tro, not one reporter in ten that under stood those details of law. Besides, the subject might not be very interesting to the British public, though it was vitally important to the British Government and the Irish people. Ile (Mr. O'Connell) would then propose that in place of all the tithes now claimed there should be substituted three-fifths of the whole amounts, and that this sum should, in place of being laid on those named in the clause, be laid on those here after mentioned. That would give 40 per cent. to all, and the poor would be objects of the benefit. To pay only 12s. in the pound would undoubtedly be a relief to the Irish slave. Oh ! would those white slaves were black !—(Laughter.) If they were then would the House lend them its warmest sympathy— then would the Hon. Member for Weymouth appear in his place, large as life, crying out against the sufferings of th e Irish black s , an d propos i ng to grant the poor niggers 20,000 , 0 00/.—(Retiewed laughter.) England owed a large debt to Ireland for seven centuries of oppression, and she should now think of doing her justice. The Hon. Member then moved his resolution to the foregoing effect. Mr. LITTLETON repeated the reasons- he had so often before advanced in favour of fixing the period for the esta blishment of a compulsory rent charged at six years. He had no apprehension that the Government would be unable to levy the tax. The proposition of the Hon. and Learned Member involved too important a principle to be discussed without formal notice, and therefore he suggested that it should be withdrawn for the present, and on a formal notice discussed on bringing up the Report. His own impression was unfavour able, but if it should appear that making the rent-charge com pulsory at once would be more satisfactory to the Irish land lords, he on the part of the Government saw no objection to such a course. At the same time he could not pledge the Government. Lord CLEMENTS thought nothing could be worse than the footing upon which the Hon. Secretary for Ireland was ready to put the question. It was the good of the whole of the people, and not of the landlords only, that they had to con sult. The question had been long before the House, and might at once be dealt with. He also thought the Hon. Secretary was wrong in his expectation that the Government would be able to collect the land tax. He was decidedly fa vourable to charging the landlord at once. Colonel O'GRADY took the same ;iew of the subject. Sir E. HAYES thought the Government ought to pause before they placed the landlord in the odious position pro posed. Every experiment ought first to be tried. It should be recollected that the passive resistance of which so much had been said was still unabated. Mr. WALKER hoped the Government would adopt the suggestion of the Hon. and Learned Member for Dublin, and by so doing give peace to Ireland. M. S. RICE considered the proposition as one of great importance, and one, too, in furtherance of the principle of the Bill. Indeed, in all measures since 1832, it appeared to have been more or less the object to throw on the landlord the payment of tithes, to the relief of the occupying tenant. The proposition, however, went further than that, and had due notice been given of it, he should have been ready to enter tain it. He thought, however, that notice ought to be given of a matter of so much importance. He was certainly favour able to the principle, and he thought it ought to be finally adopted; but - still no person ought to be left able - to say that he bad been taken by surprise. - Sir R. PEEL quite agreed that there could not be a sub ject better worthy of consideration, than that of the means by which they could best charge the landlord in Ireland with the pa)ment of the tithes, to the release of the occupying tenant. At the same time he felt that the great objection to their at tempting to decide upon it was the extreme lateness of the pe riod of the session. It could not be denied that the good will of the landlords was most essential, and that, in fact, with out it, it would be impossible to make the alteration a benefit. Also for the change to be efficacious the provision must be compulsory ; and then came the question, as to how they could with justice, or with propriety, impose such a responsibility on the landlord without giving him any notice. He did not believe that there were at present a sufficient number of Irish landlords in the metropolis, to be considered fairly to represent the general feeling of that body. He threw out these remarl. s merely as suggestions. but if the pro position were resolved upon, something must, in justice to the landlords, be done by Government in reference to the ar rears. There had now been two years of intermission in the collection of tithes in Ireland, and, however the ques tion might be shrunk from, the time must arrive when the law should Be vindicated. The proposition now started with respect to the arrears was, that two-fifths should be cancelled. But would the persons owing one shilling be content to pay eightpence or nine pence b eca use by passive resistance' they had h a d a portions f the debt remitted? The Honourable and Learned Member for Dublin had asked, " What ! would they call out the military to collect one shilling?" But he ( Si r R. Peel) wou ld ask, What, would they call out the military to collect eightpence? The time must come when the Govern ment would have to vindicate the law, and the law must be vindicated before there could be any just and satisfactory set ent of the quest i on. He decidedly thought that it was for the benefit of all p ar ti es concerned that the landlord should take upon himself the payment of tithe to the release of the occu pying tenant, but he would also take good care to encourage as much as possible the principle of redemption.—( Hear, hear. ) That appeared to him the just and best or only way of really settling the question. He did not, however, think that after the session they had had they could hope to consider and effect a Bill in the month of August. At present the vindication of the law ought to be the first object, and when they had taught persons who had refused a legal payment that the law was paramount, then They might well call upon the landlord to take the part which Vrottid at once be beneficial to the commu nity and himself. Mr. O'CONNELL said the Right Hon. Baronet had mis understood hia proposition, which was, that the landlords, and not ',:ne Government should collect the arrears. It was said, vindicate the law. How ? By making war on the people. The law was a very fine thing, but not in opposition to the people. He would let the law go, and conciliate the people. He contended that his proposition only went to work out the principle of the Bill. As to the landlords being taken by sur prise, that could not be the case, for he had given a notice in volving the principle on the 2d or 3d of May. The Hon. Member for Limerick, too, had given similar notices. Sir R. PEEL contended that he had not misunderstood the Hon. and Learned Member. The landlord was to collect that which a man refused to pay ; and must he not then apply to the Government for assistance ? Mr. LITTLETON said the Right Hon. Baronet had spoken of a total intermission in the collection of tithes for two years. Such was not the case. He defied any man to name an instance in which the assistance of Government had been formally applied for, and in which it had been refused. Mr. SHAW would not then discuss that point with the Right Hon. Secretary, although he easily might, for he had sufficient materials ; but he would ask what had made an ap plication to the Government for assistance necessary? Why, the conduct of the Government.—( Hear, hear.) The Go -1 vernment had superseded the law, withdrawn from the tithe proprietor the ordinary means of making good his rights, and hence the difficulty. Those who had been anxious to see the law violated would hardly wish to sec the law vindicated— ( Hear, hear)—but he contended that it would be most unjust to thrust the proposed responsibility on the landlord until the law had been vindicated. Lord ALTHORP thought that it was in no wise inconsis tent, with his anxiety as early as possible to relieve the occu pying tenant from the pressure of tithes, by placing them upon the landlord, that he should desire to pass the present Bill before the close of the Session. If the Bill did not pass they would be compelling the landlords to pay for the entire support of the Church, without at the same time affording them the smallest prospect of being able to reimburse themselves. Had it been possible he would have been glad to have intro duced a Bill at once imposing the tithe upon the landlord, but as that was at present impossible he thought they had no course left but to agree to the present Bill. Such being his view of the case, it was unnecessary for him to say he would feel bound to persevere with it. After a few words in explanation from Sir R. PEEL, Mr. PERRIN supported the amendment of the Hon. and Learned Member for Dublin. Mr. SHEIL was adverse to any delay in the final adjust ment of the question. If the Government were anxious to establish peace in Ireland they ought at once to pass a just Tithe Law, and not threaten to bring in year after year further measures upon the subject. Mr. A. LEFROY quite concurred with the Noble Lord ( Althorp) in thinking it would be unfair to impose the pay ment of tithes upon the landlords without giving them oppor tunity to consider the terms upon which the proposition was offered as the means of reimbursing themselves. He admitted that in the early part of the last year the Government did give every assistance in their power to ensure the collection of tithe, and that the people were then willing to pay it ; but he was bound to say that since the time the Noble Lord (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) used the unfortunate expres sion that tithe was done away with, not only had the people resisted its collection, but the Government had considerably relaxed in their endeavours to assist it. Mr. ABERCROMB Y contended for the expediency of passing the present measure, always having it in view that in the end the tithe was to be transferred to the land. Lord CLEMENTS said a few words in support of the original clause. After a short explanation from Mr. SHAW, Mr. CALLAGHAN Said that as a tithepayer and a tithe collector he felt himself bound to support the amendment of the Hon. and Learned Member for Dulin. Mr. LEFROY opposed the making it compulsory on the landlords to be responsible for the payment of tithe, particu larly as the present measure was not a final adjustment of the tithe question. Colonel O'GRADY said that he should support the amend ment, for he had some reason to know that it would be acceptable to the landlords of Ireland. This very subject had been made a matter of consideration and discussion with the Grand Jury of the county of Limerick in his presence, and they unani mously concurred in taking upon themselves the payment of the tithes. He could, he believed, speak with equal confidence of the concurrence of the Grand Juries of the counties of Cork and Kerry ; and as the members of all those Grand Juries were necessarily landed proprietors,- this was, he thought, a pretty good criterion of the feelings of the landlords of Ireland on the point of compulsory power. Mr. O'RE IL L Y could not entirely concur with the propo sition of the Hon. and Learned Member for Dublin, because it called upon the landlords to burden their 'estates, without knowing or feeling that their doing so would conduce to the peace or tranquillity of Ireland. The only way of giving peace to Ireland would be to relieve the rack-rent tenants from all connection with tithe, and without this it would be vain to think of peace in that country. An HON. MENinna (whose name we could not learn) said that the greatest curse that could befal Ireland at the present moment would be any change in the Government. Such a ca lamity would at one?: put an end to all the operations of the law in that country. The law was now dethroned there, and if a change of Government were to take place, the law would never be able to resume the throne again, such would be the political excitement that it would create. Mr. O'CONNELL wished to impress on the House that the object of his amendment was, that if the landlords would not take the boon that was offered the tenants should have the advantage of it. Lord ALTIIORP said that the object of the Government was to hold out to the landlords a temptation to take upon themselves the payment of tithes. Dr. LUSHINGTON said that to save Ireland from a civil war he should support the amendment of the Hon. and Learned Member for Dublin. After a few words from Captain JONES in support of the original clause the gallery was cleared for a division— For the amendment For the original motion 33 Majority against Ministers On our entering the gallery we found Lord ALTHORP addressing the Committee, and as soon as the confusion of the House would admit of our hearing the low tones in which his Lordship spoke, we understood him to say that after what had just taken place he thought the best course would be to postpone all the clauses which referred to this part of the subject until the close of the proceedings upon the Bill. With respect to this question he would say that it was a hard measure on the landlords, at least the great majority of the Irish landlords in that House thought so.— ( Hear, hear.) The clause would have carried more speedily into execution the principles of the Bill. Mr. O'CONNELL said that whatever course the Noble Lord proposed he thought it the duty of every Hon. Member in that House to give all the aid in his power to the Bill. Mr. SHAW said that, after the sort of opposition which the Hon. and Learned Member for Dublin had received from Mi nisters, the Noble Lord was entitled to the support of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman.—( Hear, hear.) Lord ALTHORP had never wished to press on the House to vote in favour of any measure against which the House en tertained a decided objection. The Hon. and Learned Gen tleman forgot the change that had just taken place.—( Hear, hear, and cheering.) He (Lord Althorp) was ready to admit that on occasions when he thought some great principle in volved, if a motion were carried against him, he had declared that he could not conscientiously carry on the Government. He should make the same declaration now if the clause in question had been'of such a tendency. Mr. SHAW believed that the Noble Lord had not wished that the clause should be carried in the way he had proposed Cries of " Hear, hear," and " No, no.") He could only say that the clause had been opposed by Hon. Gentlemen who had been in the habit on all occasions of giving their support to Ministers- He had heard some of these Hon. Gentlemen confess that Ministers secretly wished the clause to be lost— (Cries of " Name, name.") An Hon. MEMBER corroborated the latter assertion. Lord ALTHORP said that he had not wished the Irish Members to vote against their opinions, but at the same time he denied that he had wished the clause to be lost. He thought that the effect would be injurious in carrying the Bill. into execution. Mr. O'CONNELL said it was impossible for the House to go on with the other clauses that night, and, if they were postponed till to-morrow, after that his opposition to the Bill would cease.—(Hear, hear.) On the motion of Mr. LITTLETON, clauses 4 to 41 were postponed. Clause 42 was negatived, and clauses from 49 to 56 were omitted. Mr. SHAW objected to this omission, for the clauses in volved the whole principle of the Bill. The large majority within these two minutes had not altered his opinion on the subject. In answer to a question from Mr. LEFROY, Lord ALTHORP said he considered that the rent charge was less liable to objection than any other mode of redemption proposed. LEPROY said that notwithstanding all he had heard, he was still ignorant of the views of Government on the sub ject of appropriation. He was now told that the principle was fixed upon. If the principle was that the Church property of Ireland was to be applied to other purposes than those of the Church, it would be no longer in his power to support this Bill. Indeed the rejection of the redemption clause would be quite sufficient inducement with him to reject the Bill altoge ther, and confirmed his opposition to it more and more. An objection of the Noble Lord ( Althorp) to the plan first pro posed, was the quantity of land that might in consequence be thrown into mortmain. The objection was very plausible, and if there was no answer to it, would justify the Noble Lord. He would, however, beg to call to the recollection of the House that by the Church Temporalities Bill more land would be brought out of mortmain than would be throw n into it by the measure first proposed. He could not admit that the se curity of a rent charge was equal to that of a redemption. The great object of redemption was to do away completely with all those recollections connected with the nature and the ap plication of tithe in Ireland. A rent charge would not have this effect. It would be liable to the very same objections as tithe itself. It would still be levied as a charge for the supp ort of the Protestant Clergy, and occasion not fewer difficulties and objections than it did under the name of tithe. An in vestment in land would not be liable to the same objections. He ventured to pledge himself that in three years there would arise the same conspiracy against the rent charge as existed against tithe. There wouldin levying th ound e h a w s ionlaen. The y difficulties in levying three-fourths as levin measure would do nothing for the Clergy, would not relieve the tenants, and would only enable the landlords to get a higher rent. The Bill would prove most injurious to the pre sent incumbents. It would deprive them of two -` . 'fifths of their income, and place them at the mercy of new paymasters that would not prove more satisfactory than the former. The CHAIRMAN then reported progress, and obtained leave to sit again to-morrow. ASSESSED TAXES. The House went into Committee on the Assessed Taxes Composition Bill. On the motion of Lord ALTHORP, a new clause was added to the Bill, the effect of which will be to exempt from tax any windows that may hereafter be opened in houses already as sessed.—Report to-morrow. EXCISE ACTS. The House went into Committee on the Excise Acts. The resolution being put, which reduces the duty on Irish spirits, Sir G. MURRAY said there was a departure here from the principle of equality of taxation on which the Noble Lord professed to act. • The Noble Lord ( Althorp) seemed to think that the quantity of spirits distilled was always the same, and that any difference in the amount of duty paid arose from illi cit distillation. He did not know what means the Noble Lord had to ascertain this. The injury done to Scotland by this change would not be confined to the Highlands, but extend over all Scotland, and he did not think it fair to that part of the empire. The Noble Lord assigned as a reason that he cculd not risk more than 200,0001. revenue. Why not then make the risk equal, by doing away with one shilling duty in both countries ? He would not divide the Committee upon the point, but he would not have done his duty, not being in the House when it was proposed, if he did not call the atten tion of the Noble Lord to it. Lord ALTH ORP said this alteration was proposed partly on the ground that it would be a benefit to Scotland. In Ire land the duty was higher than in Scotland, and he did not think, therefore, it would be justifiable to adopt the course proposed by the Gallant Officer. A reduction of duty in Ire land to the amount of one shilling would have no effect. Illicit distillation was now going on there very briskly, and so small a reduction would not impede it much. The reduction would not cause more smuggling from Ireland than at present existed. If he saw that there was an advantage gained from the reduction of the duty on spirits he might take off the drawback on malt in Scotland. The question, however, was one that could not be taken into consideration before next Session. Captain GORDON said that unless the drawback on ma] was taken off the distillers of Scotland would be ruined. Mr. SINCLAIR said that great injustice had been done to Scotland, and he would advise the Scotch Members, if they desired that Government should do good to their country, to take a leaf out of the Marquis of Anglesey's book, and to Agitate, agitate." An Hon. MEMBER contended that the reduction would not Licrease smuggling in Scotland, and that it would be beneficial to the agricultural interests there, since it would afford them a better chance - of exporting their barley to Ireland. He should therefore support the Noble Lord on the question. Mr. CALLAGHAN said that if Government had given the same encouragement to the landlords of Ireland that had been given to the Scotch landlords, the Irish would have conducted themselves in the same way. Mr. RUTH VE N said that if the large Irish distilleries were well managed by proper men, and by good excise Laws, it would contribute more to suppress illicit distilleries than any oppressive enactment. Mr. EWING said that the Noble Lord would not have made this reduction if he was aware of the demoralization it would produce among the lower classes in Ireland. The resolutions were then agreed to, and a Bill founded thereon ordered to be brought in. On the motion of Mr. 0' C ONNE LL, the Burning of Lands (Ireland) Bill was ordered to be read a second time this day six months. The Dean Forest Bill went through Committee. Report to-morrow. • The Excise Revenue Management Bill was read a third time and passed. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' (INDIA) BILL. On the motion that the Insolvent Debtors' (India) Bill be read a third time, Colonel PERCE VAL begged to call the attention of the House to the conduct pursued by the Hon. and Learned Mem bcr for Dublin with respect to the Burning of Lands (Ireland) Bill. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman was well aware that (Colonel Perceval) intended that night to move the second reading of the above-mentioned Bill ; and yet in a moment, without any consideration or notice, profiting by his temporary absence, the Hon. and Learned Member rose and moved that the Bill be read a second time that day six months. There was in this transaction a want of courtesy and liberality On the part of the Hon. and Learned Member. But it was not the first time the Hon. and Learned Member comported himself in a discourteous and ungenerous manner. The Bill in ques tion had passed the Lords, and when it was arrived at another stage he (Colonel Perceval) had waited several times till past two o'clock to advance it. At last he found that the Bill had been passed over in consequence of the Hon. and Learned Member going in an ungenerous manner to the Clerk of the House and telling him the Bill had been given up. He was obliged to refer to the Speaker, and in consequence of the in terference of the Right Hon. Gentleman the Bill was again placed on the orders of the House. He mentioned these facts to show the uncourteous and ungenerous conduct pursued by the Hon. and Learned Member. He believed that out of the 658 Members of that House there was not one except the Hon. and Learned Member for Dublin that would have acted as he had done. Just now, seeing that the question before the House would occupy some time, he was talking to two Hon. Members in the lobby, when the Hon. and Learned Member, taking advantage of his absence, moved that the Bill be read a second time that day six months, and succeeded in his mo tion. He left it to the House to judge of conduct fraught with sa much ungenerosity. The Bill was one intended for the benefit of the poor in Ireland—( Oh, oh)—and he thought had a right to complain of the conduct of the Hon. and Learned Member since he would now obtain no other redress, and since he was the very last man who would have acted in so unhandsome a manner towards the Hon. and Learned Member. Mr. M. O'CONNELL regretted the absence of the Hon. and Learned Member for Dublin, against whom such a tirade had been directed. He was sure the Hon. and Learned Mem ber meant nothing uncourteous towards any man, an d least of all towards the Hon. Member for Sligo. Whenthe Hon. and Learned Member came next into the House he would un doubtedly make a fair answer to the charge. The Bill was not one that would benefit the poor of Ireland. Colonel PERCE VAL mentioned the circumstance then as being the fittest opportunity of doing so. Mr. M. O'CONNELL acknowledged that the Hon. and Gallant Member always acted courteously towards them, and he hoped that the matter would be allowed to end there. The Bill was then read a third time and passed. The Trading Companies' Bill was also read a third time and passed. The Foreign Enlistment Bill went through Committee._ Report on Friday next. The LORD ADVOCATE brought up the Report on the Royal Burghs ( Scotland) Bill. Mr. BLAMIRE moved for leave to bring in a Bill to alter an Act of the last Session of the last Parliament, entitled " An Act for shortening the time for claims of Modus Diu mandi, or for exemption from a discharge from tithes." After a few observations from the ATTORNEY-GENERAL and Mr. G. F. YOUNG, the motion was agreed to. On the motion of Mr. E. J. STANLEY, leave was given to bring in a Bill to amend an Act of the present Session rela tive to the salaries of the civil servants. On the motion of Lord J. RUSSELL, a message was ordered to be sent to the Lords requesting that the Bishop of London might attend to be examined before the Education Committee. Mr. E. J. STANLEY presented a copy of the Report of the Commissioners on the Criminal Laws. Mr. H. HUGHES presented a petition from seventy eight proprietors of short stage-coaches against the Stage- Coach Bill. The House adjourned at half-past eleven. Sir John Milley Doyle has been restored to his rank in the Portuguese service. The recent conviction of General Bacon, on the charges preferred by Marshal Saldanha, -led to-the revocation of the order which deprived Sir John of his post. • THE NEW PREMIER. --William Lamb, Viscount Melbourne in the peerage of Ireland ; Baron Melbourne in the peerage of the United Kingdom, and a Baronet of Eng land; born 15th of March, 1779; married 13th of November, 1805, Caroline, daughter of Frederick, third Earl of Bes borough, by whom (who stied 25th of January, 1828) he has issue, George Augustus Frederick, born 11th of August, 1807. His Lordship succeeded to the honours, as sec ond Viscount, at the decease of his father, 224 July, 1828, His Lordship's brothers and sisters are—Frederick James, K. C. 8., born April, 1782, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni potentiary at the Court of Madrid. George, M.P. bor n 11th July, 1784 ; married in 1809 Mademoiselle Caroline Rosalie St. Jules (lately dead). Emily Mary married to Earl Cow per. Sir Penisten, his Lordship's fattier, was elevated to the Peerage of Ireland on the Bth of June, 1770, as Lord Mel bourne, Baron of Kilmore, in the county of Cavan ; and cre ated Viscount Melbourne on the 11th January, 1781. His Lordship was enrolled amongst the Peers of the United King dom on the 11th August, 1815, as Baron Melbourne. H e died no the 22d:July, 1828.—Burke's Peerage. The Worshipful Charles Taylor, D.D., has ap pointed the Rev. J. A. Stewart, A. 8., Curate of Ross, a Surrogate for granting marriage-licences, &c., within the diocess of Hereford. Mr. Burton, son of James Burton, Esq., and brother of Decimus Burton, the architect, has for several years been travelling in the east among the Arabs and the Greeks. This gentleman is on his return to this country, en riched with much valuable information respecting the antiqui ties, languages, learning, manners, and customs of the various tribes - and people with whom he has mingled. Mr. Burton landed at Marseilles, accompanied by a suite of Arab and Greek attendants. He has brought with him many natural curiosities, and rare animals likewise. VALUE OF THE BRITISH WEST INDIA COLO xxEs.—Since the establishment of the West India Colonies, the exports from them to Great Britain amounted to 430,000,000/. sterling : and the value of merchandise exported from Great Britain to the West Indies, 230,000,000/--balance in favour of Great Britain, 200,000,0001.:—annual value of imports from West Indies, 8,000,000/. ; ditto of exports to, 4,oo o,o , ool.—expended annually in England, 4,000,0001. Front Montgomery .Martin's f .Fjistory of the British Colonies,' 21. West inches. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, JULY 30, 18:34, HIS MAJESTY'S LEVEE. His Majesty, attended by Sir Herbert Taylor, arrived in town soon'after one o'clock yesterday afternoon in a carriage and four, with an escort of light cavalry, from Windsor Castle. The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester received the King on his arrival at St. James's. His Majesty held a levee at two o'clock. In the entree circle the Marechal d'Oliveira (Brazilian army), and the Commander Mar quis Lisboa, Chargé d'Affaires from the Emperor of Brazil at the Court of Brussels, were presented to his Majesty by M. Ribeiro, the Brazilian Alinister. After the levee the Earl or Carlisle had an audience of the King and resigned his seals of office as Keeper of the Privy Seal. His Majesty held a Privy Council, which was attended by the Marquis of Lansdowne, Viscounts Melbourne, Duncannon, and Palmerston ; Mr. Secretary Rice, the Right Hon. Charles Grant, and Lord Auckland. The Earl of 11ulgrave was introduced, kissed hands on his ap pointment, and afterwards took the oath of Keeper of the Privy Seal Mr. C. Greville attended as Clerk of the Council. After the Council Sir John Hobhouse kissed hands on being ap• pointed Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests. His Maje s ty gave au di e nc e s to the Marquis of_ Lansdowne, Vis count Melbourne, the Marquis of Winchester, the Earl of Albe marle, and the Earl of Mulgrave. Viscount Ashbrook and Lieut.-Colonel Taylor were the Lord and Groom in Waiting. At the Entree Levee there were present — His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester, the French Am bassador ; the Sardinian, Neapolitan, Prussian, Belgic, Bavarian, Brazilian, and Spanish Ministers ; the Swedish Chargé d'Affaires, the Privy Councillor of the Hanoverian Legation, the Dutch Spe cial Minister, the Bishop of London, the Groom of the Stole, the Master of the Horse, the Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests ; Sir E. C. Disbrowe, Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of Stockholm ; the Master-General of the Ordnance ; Mr. Backhouse, Under Secretary of State ; the Treasurer of the House hold, the Military Secretary to the Commander of the Forces, the Marquis of Tweedale and Colonel Wynyard, Aides-du-Camp to the King ; the Master of the Ceremonies ; Sir Patrick Walker, usher of the White Rod ; the Master of the Robes, the Clerk Marshal ; Lieut.-Colonel Sir Frederick Smith, Gentleman Usher in Waiting. The General Levee was attended by the Lord Advocate of Scot land and the following : The Duke of Rutland. EA uf.s—Gosford, Mulgrave, Carlisle, Romney, Westmoreland. Viscount Strangford. Lochs--Forester, Prudhoe, Oxmantown, Kenyon, Godolphin. Right Hon. Charles Grant. Sir J. B. Pechell. Rev. Dr. Everard, Rev. J. Bathurst Deane. MEssas.—Edward Harris, Adam White, Poyntz, Every, Jones. ADMIRALS—Sir T. Ha r dy, M a itl an d, Hon. C. E. Fleming. GENERALS—Viscount Beresford, Sir W. K. Grant, Hon. King, CAPTAINS (Royal Navy)—Robert Maunsell, Lord John Hay, Kennedy, William King, Arthur Fanshawe. Commander William Nevill, R.N. Major C. F. Head. CAPTAINS—Deane, Sharpin. LIEUTENANTS—WiIIiam Stace, Payne, Lawry Wynne. The following presented Add resses and Petitions to the King:— The Bishop of LONDON—From the inhabitants:of Northwich, in Cheshire, thanking his Majesty for his gracious Declaration to the Bishops. The Duke of RUTLAND—From the inhabitants of Derby and its neighbourhood, signed by 922 persons ; the inhabitants of Mar ket Harbokough and its neighbourhood, in the county of Lei cester, signed by 322 persons ; the inhabitants of Scarborough, in the county of York, signed by 159 persons ; the inhabitants of the parish of Ockbrook, in the county of Derby, signed by 106 persons, tendering humble thanks to his Majesty for his late gracious Declaration to the Archbishops and Bishops of his de termination to maintain inviolate the Protestant Church as by law established. General Viscount BERESFORD—From the parishes of Clonkeen,, Desertlyn, Monymore and vicinity, Kilsaran and Gernonstown, Devarn, Aloy, Clonoe, Dioneskin (county of Louth), Donough more, Donaghendry, Ballyclog, Arboe, Foughart, Kildress, Cam lough, Ballinderry, Kilclurry, Derrygortrevy, and Ballymachugh (county of Cavan), in the diocese of Armagh ; the perpetual cure of Arva, county of Cavan ; parish of Killoe, county Long ford, diocese of Armagh; parish of Lelghmony, diocese of Ar magh; parish of Clonmore, diocese of Armagh ; the Lord Bishop and Clergy of the diocese of Clogher, in visitation assembled, July 10, 1834; Protestant inhabitants of the town of Longford and its vicinity; the Rev. M. Beresford, Vicar-General of the diocese of Kilmore ; the Bishop and Clergy of the diocese of Cloyne; the parishes of Kilmore, county Armagh ; perpetual curacy of Nortadown, county of Armagh ; Antee, Derrynoore, Fork Hill, Drumone, Clorken, Mullabrach, union of Charles - town, Creggan ; the Protestant inhabitants of Charlemont and its vicinity, Carlingford, Killylea, Ballymakurry, Colton, Lisson, Beaulieu, Tynan, Slalianally, and New Town Hamilton, in the diocese of Armagh; Farrington, Gurney, and Paulton, county Somerset; and the Protestant inhabitants of the town of Ballydole, parish of Skeet, Ireland. Lord Forester—From the borough of Wenlock, humbly thanking his Majesty for his gracious Declaration in favour of the Esta blished Church. Earl of Westmoreland—From the City of Peterborough, and from thirteen ;places in Northamptonshire, in the neighbourhood of Oundle, thanking his Majesty for his gracious Declaration to the Bishops. Lord Oxmantown—From certain members of the Established Church residing at Parsonstow n , King's County, and its vicinity, praying his Majesty to withhold his assent from any measure cal culated to affect the integrity of the Established Church. Earl of Romney—From the inhabitants of Maidstone and its vici nity, expressing gratitude for his Majesty's recent Declaration to the Prelates. Lord Prudhoe—From the inhabitants of Hexham, county of Nor thumberland, and its vicinity, thanking his Majesty for his solemn, gracious, and affectionate Declaration to maintain inviolate the United Church of England and Ireland. Lord Kenyon—From the Clergy of the Deaneries of Marehia and Teginghe, Diocese of St. Asaph ; from the Clergy, Magistrates, &c., of Bolton-le-Moor s , coun ty o f L ancas t er ; and Aldborough, the Minister and inhabitants, parishes of Gransby and Minting, and Greetham ; and from the 'inhabitants of East Redo: d, Ranbv, Tyldesley, and Radcliffe, to the same effect as above. Viscountess Strangford—A Petition, signed by 12,324, representing 37,600 persons depending on the ribbon trade for their support, from the city of Coventry, and the towns and parishes of Bed worth, Atherstone, Nuneaton, Ryton, Bulkington, Hartshill, Storkingford, Attleborough, Chilvers, Coton, Shilton, Foleshill, Exhall, Stoke, Sow, and Ansty, most humbly and dutifully im ploring his Majesty, as the father of his people, to have pity on their distressed condition, and to be graciously pleased to direct his Ministers to take measures for the relief of the same. The following were presented to the King : The Rev. John Bathurst Deane, by the Earl of Munster. Mr. Adam White, Provost of Leith, by the Lord Advocate. Hon. Ma j or-General King, on being appointed Colonel of the Ist West India Regiment, by General Lord Hill. Captain Lord John Hay, 11. N., on his return from accompanying her Majesty to the Continent, by the Marquis of Tweedale. Mr. Edward Harris, Purser of the Royal Sovereign yacht, upon his appointment, by Lord Auckland. Captain Kennedy, R.N., Acting Superintendent of his Majesty's Dockyard, Sheerness, by Lord Auckland. Captain W. King, R.N., on giving up the command of his Ma jesty's ship Astrea, and the superintendence of the Packet Ser vice at Falmouth, by Lord Auckland. Captain Deane, " The Royal," by Lord Fitzroy Somerset. Captain Arthur Fanshawe, R.N, on his return to his Majesty's ship Donegal from Lisbon, by Lord Auckland. Captain Robert Maunsell, on his return from the Mediterranean station in his Majesty's ship Alfred, by Lord Auckland. Captain Sharpin, 55th Regiment, on promotion, by `General Sir W. Clinton. Lieutenant Lowry Wynne, Royal Artillery, by Major-General Sir J. Maclean, K. C.ll. Lieutenant Payne, Royal Engineers, by Major-General Sir F. Mulcaster, K. C. H. Lieutenant W. Stace, Royal Engineers, on his return from Gib raltar, and appointment to the London District, by the Master- General of the Ordnance. His Majesty gave an audience yesterday to M. Lichtenberg, Privy Councillor of the Hanoverian Legation. The King honoured Lord Holland with his company at dinner last evening. His Majesty left St. James's Palace at a quarter past seven o'clock last evening, attended by Sir Herbert Taylor, for Holland-house, Kensington. The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria drove in the Parks for some time yesterday. ELECTION MONDAY-ETON. There was an unusually brilliant assemblage of rank, fashion, and beauty, in the schoolroom at Eton. His Majesty, who takes the same paternal interest in Eton matters for which George the Third was so remarkable, was punctual in his at tendance, and was received with loud plaudits which were, if possible, increased by the announcement of his Majesty's re quest that the boys should have an extra week's holydays. The King went in state, accompanied by her Royal High ness the Princess Augusta, Prince George, and Lady Clinton, in the first carriage, and followed by three other carriages, in which were Lord and Lady lqederick Fitzclarence, Miss Will son, Miss Hope Johnstone, Sir Philip and Lady Sydney, Sir Andrew Barnard, Sir Charles Thornton, and others of the Suite. The Royal party were received by the Rev. the Provost and Fellows, the Rev. Dr. Keate, and the Assistant Masters, by whom they were ushered into the schoolroom, when the speeches immediately commenced. The address was spoken ty Mr. Courthope with peculiar grace and elegance, in the course of which some clever allusions were made to the once contemplated destruction of " Eton's fair fields " by the rail road. The speeches were delivered throughout with admirable feeling and effect, and the concluson was marked by a testi monial of feeling which Dr. Keate can never forget. On his leaving the school the whole body rose and gave him a thun dering cheer, the ladies waving their handkerchiefs ; in short, a more gratifyinc , conclusion to his long and proud career can not be imagined. ' The speeches were as follow :- 1. Courthope Address 2. Walter Le g at. Darii 3. Coote f Alexander }Q. Curtius. 4. Roney, K. S: Livius. Servius Tullius Belial } 5. Mills }Moloch 6. Ryle, ma..... 7. Charlton - - Livius. 3. Holbech, ma. O. Young, K. S. ln Catilin. 111. ... O. Bayley 1. Ady _ . _ 2. Durnford, K. S I Agamemnon 3. GoWiley, K. S. f Achillis 4. Rawnsley Lentulus 5. Drake . Legat. C. Manlii Sallustius. 6. Phinn, K. S. 7. Walker, K. S. s. Thring, ma I Cassius 9. Kingdon , K. S. f Brutus 1 Shakspeare. ETON. PRESENTATION OF PLATE TO TIM REV. DR. KEATE. A most gratifying scene took place in the College on Sunday, a scene as honourable to the character of Dr. Keate, who has for nearly five-and-twenty years presided over that great school, as it was worthy of the Etonians themselves. Shortly after twelve o'clock the whole body of the sixth form waited on the Doctor with a magnificent silver vase and two wine-coolers— the former a copy of the celebrated Warwick vase, the latter from two beautiful antiques, the work of Storr and Mortimer. The Captain of the School, Mr. Phinn, then addressed Dr. Keate in a very feeling and eloquent speech expressive of their deep regret at his loss, and concluding with an earnest prayer for his future happiness. Of Dr. Keate's reply we are unable to make any proper statement. He was much overcome by .he whole scene, and expressed his gratitude to the boys, shaking hands with each of them. The whole of the boys then assembled in the upper school, vhen Dr. Keate took an affectionate leave of them ; and in the course of his ad dress he stated that the prosperity of Eton had been as much supported by the uniformly gentlemanly bearing of the boys, and the aid he had received from his assistants as from any merits of his own. INSCRIPTION ON TIIE VASE. " Presented by the existing members of Eton School to the Rev. John Keate, D.D., on his retirement from the Head Master ship, July 30, 1834, as a testimony of the high sense which they entertain of his exquisite taste and accurate scholarship, so long and so successfully devoted to their impromment, and of the firm, yet parental, exercise of his authority, which has conciliated the affection, while it has commanded the respect of his scholars." FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Journal de Commel ce.) The Tory and legitimist journals have succeeded in singu larly perverting in France and England the public opinion on the present state of Spain. It is generally believed at Lon don and Paris, and above all in the southern departments, that the insurrection in the north of Spain is formidable, and that Don Carlos, in declaring himself the head of it, places in dan ger, along with the Government of the Queen Regent, all the hopes founded upon it by those who wish for the progress of enlightenment and civilization. We may, however, easily convince ourselves that the case is otherwise. If we consult the recent statistics of Spain by M. Moreau de Jonnes, we find that the provinces, which, to preserve their ancient privileges, oppose the new order of things, have the following extent and population : Square Number of Per square Leagues. Inhabitants. Leagues. Biscay Navarre Alava Guissuscoa 65 • 135,83$ 636,477 1,000 We see that these countries, of which so much is said, have hardly the extent of one of our smallest departments, and that their population, which, every morning is represented as so formidable, hardly exceeds the number of inhabitants in the Puy-de-Mine, or in Finisterre. But not one-half of these provinces has taken part in the insurrection. The towns have remained strangers to it ; and it is only in the mountainous districts, which are peopled with smugglers, that the revolt has found declared partizans. In examining the movements of Zumalacarraguy, we see, in fact, that the excursions of that chief are confined within a territory of which the extreme points are hardly 20 leagues from each other ; which limits the insurrection to a territory of about 300 square leagues, and only leaves to support it a population of 300,000 inhabi tants of all ages and sexes. It is evident, from these figures, that the young Queen Isa bella, her patriotic Government, and the destinies of the rege neration of Spain, are no more exposed, by the arms of the Biscayan mountaineers, than France would be if the depart ment of the Correze, or of the Creuse, were to declare war against the rest of the kingdom, and show an intention of marching upon Paris. It must be evident that the Biscayan insurrection is a kind of chouannerie, withour power to produce any political event, or to prevent Spain from following the course of her destinies. We believe that Don Carlos, who has allowed himself to be abused fora moment by the exaggerations and promises of the Tories, bitterly regrets the dangerous game he is now playing ; and it cannot be doubted that he immediately saw among the insurgents, how much their situation differed from that of which he had received such a brillian description in England. The measures which have been ordered augur the approaching ter mination of the drama. Their object is to arrest, by sufficient force, the insurgents, who, driven by the troops of Rodil to the extremity of the Spanish territory, will speedily enter ours, and might become turbulent and dangerous guests. It is to be hoped that nothing in the execution of those measures will risk their success ; and that the duty of granting an asylum to these fugitives will not become injurious to the public safety. (From the Quotidienne.) We have received from Prague, under date 16th July, the following intelligence : " A touching and patriotic solemnity, the festival of Saint Henri, collected yesterday together, in the ancient Palace of the Kings of Bohemia, a few faithful Frenchmen around the young Prince, who was, by an unexampled catastrophe, doomed the same day to Ro) alty and exile, and who, by a simultaneous effect of right, which is imprescriptible, and of violence, which lasts but for a time, has, at one and the same time, received the inheritance and lost it. " Adversity, which reduces the Pe of our Kings to a mere family meeting, gives it, on the other hand, an indescribably magical effect, unknown even in the days of their splendour and prosperity, and the power of which is without limit over high and meditating minds. " In the eyes of those Frenchmen called upon yesterday, in the land of exile, to express sorrows and wishes which will be echoed in the forty thousand communes of France, what gua rantees and revelations did we not discover in that noble and intelligent physiognomy—in that animated gesture—in that expressive and short word—in that look full of mind and pro mise I What a fortunate and consoling comparison there is between this adolescence which scarcely begins—between this life, at its opening bestrewed with promises and expectations, and those systems of falsehood and of usurpation, so old and so degraded, though they are but of so recent a date. " Madame came from Brandis to Prague for the fete of her son, no doubt to bring him the good wishes of a strong mind and of an intelligent affection—those good wishes with which every one is acquainted beforehand, because they are those of every body. And when, in the evening, at the dinner which brought together all the Royal Family, his august grandfather gave the health of the young King, it was easy to see that the old monarch, in drinking to the continuance 'of his race, drank at the same time to the better fate of France, to the reconcili ation of the parties which distract her, to her happiness and glory, placed afresh under the safeguard of the principle which has done so much for her, and which alone can bring her, and Europe with her, to safety and happiness." PARIS. THE FETES OF JULY.-FIRST DAY. It is a remarkable circumstance that by the programme the fetes of July have this year been confined to two days, the 28th and the 29th. The only sign of Sunday being the 27th was, the placing of new tri-coloured flags, according to annual cus tom, over the burial places of the victims who fell in 1830. It was not till yesterday that even the masts raised upon the Pont Neuf were dressed with their pennons, bearing the in scription, " 27e, 28e, et 29e, Juillet." The different churches in which solemn services were performed yesterday, were hung with black cloth, extending to without the portals, and some of them bore inscriptions similar to the above. The attendance in general was very thin, as, from some want of understanding among the authorities charged with the arrangement of the ceremonies, the funeral services were fixed for eight o'clock, and the review for nine, and, in consequence, few persons resorted to the churches, except the relations and friends of the deceased. At six in the morning, at noon, and at six in the even ing, the guns on the platform of the Hotel des Invalides, and others stationed in front of the Hotel de Ville, were fired in honour of the day. At an early hour the drums were beating in all quarters at Paris to call together the National Guards and the garrison troops to the grand military spectacle that formed the principal feature of the day. By eight o'clock some of the legions and regiments began to take the stations assigned them, but the lines were not completed till between nine and ten, and consequently the King did not come to the ground till an hour later than announced in the programme. The troops were drawn up in the Rues de Rivoli and de Cas tiglione, the place Vendome, the rue de la Paix, the Boule vards, and the Champs-Elysees, in double lines on both sides. The National Guards consisted of the four le gions of the Banlieue, the twelve legions of Paris, and the Cavalry Legion. The troops of the line were composed of the sth and 11th light regiments ; the 31st, 32d, 36th, 37th, 43d, 76th, 54th, and 61st regiments of the line ; the 2d, 6th, and 7th Cuirassiers • the 2d and 4th Lancers, and Bth of Chas sours, the Ist of Hussars, the Ist of Artillery, and the battalion of the Sapeurs and Pompiers. The review commenced ex actly at ten. The King, accompanied by the Duke of Orleans, the Prince de Joinville, Marshal Gerard, Minister of War, the Minister of the Interior, Marshals the Duke de Treviso, Count Molitor, and Count Lobau, and a numerous and bril liant staff, was preceded and followed by detachments of the Horse National Guards and the 2d Regiment of Lancers. His Majesty passed along the double front of lines, which extended as far as the Bastille, and was every where received by shouts of Vive le Roil the ac clamations of the immense crowds that had assembled to wit ness the review being almost deafening. At one o'clock the troops began to file off before the King, who took bis station on horseback in the Place Vendome, opposite the Hotel of the Minister of Justice. The troops were in excellent order, and presented an ensemble that was truly magnificent. The num ber of the National Guards present on this occasion it is diffi cult to calculate. The numbers given by the different evening papers vary from 18,000 to 40,000. We are inclined to think that the latter is nearest the truth, as the ground assigned them, and which was calculated with great exactness upon some former reviews, was not sufficient, and at different points whole battalions were compelled to fall in the rear. The King, having perceived this, returned to pass them iii review in their turn, and as the space between the two lines could not admit the escort, his Majesty, accom panied only by the Duke of Orleans and Marshal Lobau, passed along the narrow interval that separated the two fronts. By reiterated shouts of Vive le Roi the National Guards testified how highly they appreciated this mark of attention. The weather was remarkably favourable for the review, as the sun was veiled with clouds during nearly the whole time it lasted, and yet no rain fell. In the course of the day, a great number of persons visited the different spots where the victims of the three days of July were interred. In the evening, the gardens of the Tuilleries were filled by well-dressed company. Military bands, placed under the windows of the chateau, alter nately performed various national airs, which were received with shouts of Vive le Roi His Majesty returned this com pliment by coming to-the window, where his appearance was hailed with repeated acclamations by the assembled crowds. The King, it was generally remarked, looked in better health than he has done for a length of time. BRUSSELS PAPERS. BRUSSELS, JULY 28.—The King and Queen will be si Ostend on the 4th or s t h o f next month. We are assured tiol they will reside at the house of M. Ed. Serray's, and that trie new pavilion on th e Dik e , on w hi c h th e workmen are very se tively employed, is also intended for their use. Great Pre; partitions are makin g t o rece i ve th e i r M a j es ti es , and a gr ee number of strangers have already arrived. The Minister of Finan ce p resen t e d, on th e 19th of this month, a project of law on th e p os t age o f l e tt ers . The posl: will be estimated on two principal b ases , the distance ana l weight. All letters below the weight of 10 grammes to be considered as single. Letters from 10 to 15 granimes in weight to pill double postage ; from 15 to 20 grammes 21d. postage, 311 1; on, adding half the postage of a single letter for every au tional five grammes weight. With respect to distance, it is calculated from one Pest office to another : to 30 kilometres in a straight line two de, cimes ; from 30 to 60 kilometres 3 decimes ; from 6 0 to Iv' kilometres 4 decimes ; from 100 to 150 kilometres 5 decitne,_,', and so on, adding 1 decime for every 50 kilometres on V' postage of a single letter. Books, journals, periodical works, &c., to pay 2 centiro,be: per sheet of the size of 12 to 30 square decimetres ; and 5 postage of the same articles coming from foreign countr ies :. fixed at 10 decimes per sheet of 30 square decimetres and abo.vie, Though the importance of this project of law is indisp'l tae b e , it is, however, certain that it will not be discussed during t i ; present session ; and it will, perhaps, be hardly possible fo r t f discussion to come on till some months after the open in g ° the next session. both According to the new corn law now sanctioned by 0, Chambers, regulating the duties on importation, exportati?co and transit, the principle of a maximum and a minimum 11, 1 0 is established, and the duty to be charged on the weight. following are the principal articles or the tariff:— - Wheat per 1,000 kilometres, when the price of the beet°. litre is 24 francs or more— Import free, export prohibited. At 20 francs, and below 24 francs, import free, and or rt 25 cent. and At 15 francs and below 20 francs, import 37f. 5 0 c.9 export 25c. import a., el - About 12 francs and below 15 francs, a n-7-f port 26c. At 12 and below, import prohibited, export 25c.a Rye per 1000 kilogrammes, when the price is 17 francs , above, per hectolitre, import free, and export prohibited. , :• rt At 15 francs and below 17 francs, import free, and Or 25 cent. Above 9 francs and below 15 francs, import 21f. 50c., port 25 cent. _ . Above 7 francs and below 9 francs, import 43. At 7 francs and below, import prohibited, export 25 cent' The transit duty is, in all the above cases, If. .50c. t he Other species of grain and pulse are not subjected t°_, fluctuations of a maximum and minimum, but are liable Iv fixed duty, viz.— Import. Export. Transit. Barley Malt Black Wheat 13f. Brown Peas The following per 100 kilogrammes : Groats and 1 sf. Pearl Barley a f ri/Ul a bread, biscuit, gingerbread, flour or meal of any kin ~,,a 0 imported, 15f. ; exported, free ; transit, 10f. ; Vermice l 'our Macaroni, imported, 24 ; exported, free ; transit, 1 0 f. , v eri average prices of wheat or rye to be officially published ', a , ; week, according to the returns to be made every Satur°l;.p, the prices to be regulated by the markets of Arlon, Ar'r i orf Bruges, Brussels, Ghent, Hasselt, Liege, Louvain, r a ti blie and Mons exclusively. The Government is to give,l 3 e ise notice when the prices of two successive weeks sha' 00 do occasion either to a prohibition, or to a change in the, e lo and the same for the revocation of the prohibition. .." to be revised before the 30th June, 1837. BELGIAN FUNDS.—Bausszcs, JULY 29. Actual Debt, 234 per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent 97 % Loan of the City, 1832, 4 per Cent. 96% —Brussels Papers, July 30. GERMAN PAPERS. DRESDEN, JULY 21.—Her Majesty the Queen of " tel ti burg, with a numerous suite, arrived here yesterday rve co expect also the honour of a visit from her Majesty the of England. sr Ichess WEIMAR, DULY 22.—The Grand Duke and Duc"; 0. , gone to Liebenstein to pay a visit to th e Q u een of Ene Frankfort Papers, July 26. BERLIN, Jun - 24. ST. SenuLDT.—Sch. Four p er C en t s ., 99% 99 ; P r i ce 0..- r.ng r lish • °''l' Four per Cent., 95% 254. FOREIGN EXCHANGES. Bills. Mont . /. On Amsterdam, 250 florins, 2 mths., 141% 141% Hamburg 300 francs, 2 mths., 151 London ll 3 mths., —, 6213 1 A gi 5.12 Paris 3CO francs, 2 Laths., Leipzig loodollars, 8 days, 103 ao 1- 12 Petersburgh 100 rubles, a weeks —Prussian State Gazette, July 25. ol"' ROM — N a ` E, JULY 15. -_Monsignors P. G. D'A v ella Y - no sh' from Barcel ona , J u d ge o f t h e S acra Rota, lies daeg er si ° ill, and his reco ver y i s d ou btf u l. He fills his pos t for o as one of the four nati o n s w hi c h sen d a delegate to Court. His communication w ith D on C ar l os ee , 0 5 0 adherents has been much blamed, an d th e cause o f his de l ,„ f ill stated to be, that information h as b een rece i ve d from _lel! that he, with several others, h ave b een t r i e d f or conte' s er and his property seized by the Government. There are fro nt ral persons arrived here from Spain, who wish to retire to the world and end their day s i n pi ous wor k s . F r om Pl )r re' 1,200 persons, among whom are many ecclesiastics , e'", 1,0 ported to be coming here, where they hope to find an ' O l , / Pr, They are compelled to this step, more or less, by IL way dro's amnesty. The officers of the Popish army, 'el tr oitt t ' obliged to change, some years ago, their uniform and tap% ments, in imitation of the Austrian military, in which everii r es s _ was as economical as possible are to change again thew reni o o : which has given occasion for much dissatisfaction aet_L i t strance. In the military administration, it is said, gr` - Coli r delity is suspected, and the Government has named s in see mission, which has been employed in it fox' several daY 9 ', 0 4 0 what . grounds there a re f or th e accusat i on. The millti:ee examined down to the p r i va t e so ldi er , an d hi s ev idcae" in the Protocol ; as yet nothing has resulted from it. le Important news has just been received from Greee e n opel; foreign embassies, but nothing has been suffered to to tif i e r' The French Ambassador sent off immediately a e ° „,•ch;, Paris. In almost all parts of the Adriatic large P .. „ 4 - are making for the United Anglo-French fleet. Eir e l A is at its height for n ews f rom t h e E ast. Ol t BELGRADE.—On the 29th of J une Bil ag li a wa s --e ir ip by a dreadful conflagration. The corn was set on fib,' places by the disco n t en t e d T ur k s , an d a b ove a thousell became a prey to the flames. Tit" According to letters from Philipopoli the town 4 11 se, bazarick has been visited by a fi re , w hi c h h as laid j *ito" about one hundred and fifty ho uses .—All ge meine foo l July 15. I voll GENOA, JULY 12.—The African, a Sardinian ve aj o Lisbon, having on board several persons who serve a Ce, Miguel's army, and among th em G enera l s L o rries 'T e d be de Bourmont, and some o th er F renc h officers, has Or ly it 01. A D PROPOSED RAIL-ROAD TO ROTHER II `i O e will be in the recollection of our readers that sortie" " 1 : 01 e( 1 ;.• it was rumoured in the papers that.a company was '°ololl,tlell,' attempting the establishment of a Steam Carriage C cation between this town and Rotherham, the coloP t, 1 0 ;v level line of th e roa d h av i ng suggeste d t h e experimelltoe however failed at th e commencement. W e un ders jac es si project of a Rail-way between the abovementioned seriously entertained just now by certain individuals , OW O be expected soon to propound to the public the n atur e tbe fV s , plans : certainly the convenient distan ce b e t ween Re too e 9 and Sheffield, the increasing intercourse between thes e o ilie r , the level surface of the intervening count r y, an d the vot e ) which exist for obtaining all the materials for such s z : o f taking on the best terms, concur t o ren d er the succes s a scheme not impracticable.—Sheffield Mercury- 0 no, F ar r private OF A SOLDIER.— 11 James private in the First Comp an y o f t h e 59t h Regireel'tod,tgo. now at Wigan, behaved in a manner highly heroic olcv id ief at the last afflicting cata s t rop h e o f the Union OP el l by saving Thomas Stott, one of the wounded. perceiving Stott fast betwixt a beam and a cylinder, hite, col nearly surrounded by the fire, attempted to resc ue c oo t ,' being unabl e , as h e w a s very much exhausted, ile ng 0,410 into the o p en a i r. R ecovering his strength, grevii-iie geous, and recollecting Stott's dreadful situation, Do e dashed int o th e burning ruins, and did not cease plt ,ce of until fie had extricated Stott, and borne him to safety. The poor man is much scorched in th e h toll l aic ( states that he should ha ve l os t hi s lif e b u t for th e to 00 1 and daring of th e so ldi er . Th e same ac ti ve gone r .? Os assisted in attempting to reco v er Mills, the poi could not be saved.—Manchester Herald. a There bit ing e ANIMAL FLOWER IN GRENADA.-- d very singular animal flower (or Zoophyte) fee° not, coo. the side of the rocky wall that lines the carenage, r on,P e elit c town, about two feet below the surface of the svet e l a t sisting of a worm encased in a cylindric tube, of to the rock, and throwing out its rays or tentacula I n a 5 0 or outward end ; the rays when extended standing fol;i f as tene_ t ort funnel shape ; the flower bearing an exact reseic o heo i d' e purple passifloras or grannadilla (passion flower); ap pt°, expanded, this flower is peculiarly sensitive cf,t h o anything towards it, and it is next to impossible eth ipg nP ( in that mannerstate, as it is immediately retracted (forn_ ce p of a snail, when its horns are touched),-: ‘ l , lo ,si' e undulation of the water, within its tubular she l f • t he l' ec tio v this shell is separable from the rock at the will - e ° tin g 5C ( i has not yet been thoroughly ascertained, ccou j il i,to/Y being given."—From Montgomery Martin' British Colonies. Vol. IL, West Indies. feet , At Essone, in the Seine and Oise, a "„ f e et I r e lately been made of an ancient Gallic ossuary , 21 e este% 7 broad, and 6 deep. It was covered with lerf ate d bi. 4 o 4 unhewn stones. Two layers of skeletons, seP i a ri t he_f i bef of long flat stones, filled up this ossuary! d to e"" e fe ci these skeletons, the number of which amouute,,lich w o o t4 of animals were found as well as cut flints, vs by t be b * fh!t) doubt used as ornaments, and a vase moulded , n l a ce; 0 1 114 r i a rude form and brown colour. It was near 'tit" sittla te"' el lie is called Herube that the Dolmen of Essone is 0 6 M. Cassan h as d escr ib e d i n his statistics of th e argon of Nantes. 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