The Sun. — London, England, 1842-08-12 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, August 11. Their Lordship met at Five o'Clock. Thf?, Consolidated Funds Bill, the Exchequer Bills Bill, the Slave Trade (Portuguese Vessels) Bill, the Eoroughs Incorporation Bill, the Coventry Bounda r:es Bill, and the Manchester, Birmingham, and Bolton Police Bill, were read a third time and passed. BOROUGHS INCORPORATION BILL. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from Birmingham against the Boroughs Incorporation Bill. He apologised to their Lordships and the petitioners for not having presented the petition sooner, which was occasioned by its having been mislaid. NEWFOUNDLAND BILL. Lord RIPON having moved the Order of the Day for the third reading of this Bill, The LORD CHANCELLOR ordered Mr. Burge, the counsel for the House of Assembly of Newfound land, to be called in. Mr. Burge then appeared at the bar, and addressed the House against the Bill. The LORD CHANCELLOR then put the question, that the Bill be read a third time, which was carried. On the question that the Bill do pass, Lord CAMPBELL said, he thought the able address they had just heard, required some consideration ; he should content himself by moving the omission of one clause, the sixth. The Noble and Learned Lord briefly stated his objections to the clause. The Earl of RIPON said, there was only one point in the Noble Lord's objections to which he wished to refer, that was the opinion he had quoted from Sir John Har vey. It was true that he did not recommend this par ticular mo!e of dealing with the difficulties of the ques tion, but at that time he had not so full a knowledge of what those difficulties were as he subsequently acquired. His second dispatch, in which the particular form of government enacted by the sixth clause was established, contained his more matured opinions on a better know ledge of the practical difficulties of the case. The object of the clause was only to enable the Legislature to pass such measures as should be for the benefit of the com munity.—The Bill was then passed. BANKRUPT LAWS. Lord BROUGHAM said he was about to state his reasons for withdrawing a Bill of which he bad given notice, and pressing it no further. The purpose of the Bill was to enable debtors and creditors voluntarily to enter into arrangements for the benefit of bath, securing protection to the one and the distribution of the estate among the others. The Bill had been pre pared after much deliberation, under the direction of the Commissioners of the Court of Bankruptcy, and the more they considered its provisions the more they would be disposed to argue that it was founded ',in just principles, and that its details were calculated to carry those princi ples into effect. He rejoiced to say that another Bill, presented at the same time, had passed the other House of Parliament, and now waited the Royal assent. It was due to her Majesty's Government upon this occasion that he should once more express both his own gratitude and that of the parties who would be benefited by the Bill, for their hearty, steady, and effectual support of the measure, which was a great amendment of the law. The Bill did not in the slightest degree diminish the security of the creditor in his just and lawful demands, while it would mitigate in every respect the harsher features of the law of per sonal arrest. One part of the measure they had taken from a neighbouring country, Scotland, namely the cessio honorum, but they had taken it with a very great im provement, for whereas there the cessio bonorum could only operate to the relief of the debtor after he had suffered imprisonment, the wise and just humanity of the Legislature had given the same relief without the accompaniment of imprison eit at all. The other two measures of his Noble rriend were also good measures. He likened them to the kindly fruits of the earth, which were not only nu tritious and wholesome in themselves, but were also the seeds of future harvests. But, like good seed, they had teso fallen among thorns—the base weeds of self interest, local feelings, and local interests had been aroused against it ; those interests he might well liken to thistles, for, like the thistle, their motto was—" Touch ns who dare." The Bankruptcy Bill was well nigh lost by such influence.—(Hear, hear.) Nothing but the energy of the Government could possibly have ensured the passing of this improvement.—(Hear.) His Noble and Learned Friend's reform had been ex posed to the very self same influence which had been used to thwart the progress of his (Lord Brougham's) Bill when this bankruptcy system was first introduced, ten years ago. But he had not heard of the same passage in the lives of those country bankers which had so well adorned, and almost closed the life of his most valuable friend, Mr. J. Smith, of the house of Smith, Payne and Smith, who expressed his willingness, on the part of himself and his partners, to give up the five or six thousand a-year, which they were making by the ne gligence of assignees, and which would be the conse quence of the Bill. He was in hopes that some such de claration would, on the present occasion, have been made by some country bankers. He regretted to say that his Noble and Learned Friend's Bill had yielded, like the former one. to personal interest.—(Hear.) He ac quitted his Noble Friends who were connected with Yorkshire and Lancashire—Lord Derby, Lord Fitzwillixm, and the Duke of Norfelk—from being parties to the opposition that was offered to the measure, and he hoped that the next time the measure was brought forward those Noble Lords would put their veto upon any opposition being made to it by their par tisans, and he trusted that next session better fortune would attend the measure. The Noble and Learned Lord concluded by stating that he withdrew the Debtors and Creditors Bill.—The Bill was then withdrawn. Lord BROUGHAM then stated that the Bill for the Improvement of Law Evidence, which had been intro duced by his Noble Friend the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench, had been lost elsewhere without any fault being attributable to his Noble Friend. Their Lordships then adjourned till Twelve o'Clock to-morrow (this day). RIOTS AT MANCHESTER. (From a Second Edition of the Manchester Guardian of Wednesday Afternoon.) We resume and continue such an account as time and the state of the town permit us to make, of the proceed ings in Manchester during this day (Wednesday.) At six this morning about 2,000 people assembled in Granby-row Fields. Mr. Crossley in the chair. When our reporter arrived, Mr, Doyle, a Chartist, was address ing the meeting. He advised those who haul turned out to go to the workhouse for subsistence, rather than re turn to the mills, until the wages were raised. I advise you, said he, when you leave this meeting, to walk in pre cession, and go peaceably through the town. Take especial care not to countenance any man who tells you to break the peace. Consider him your enemy. Recollect, the spies of 1816. I know the Tory Government so well that I am sure there are some spies here now. I will endeavour, as far as I am concerned, though I detest the laws of this country, and abominate the law-makers, to obey the law, until I have the power, in conjunction with the working classes, to destroy bad laws and enact good ones in their stead. I say to you, the power-loom weavers, consider what you are to do now that you have turned out. As Mr. Leech said, last night, out of a little thing may come a great deal. What has oceurred convinces me that your numbers are not small, and if you only behave as you have done you will achieve the object you have in view. —(Cheers.) Mr. M‘Carty, an operative from Liverpool, next addressed the meeting. He said the reduction of wages arose, not from the pres sure of the times, but from the grinding and grasping avarice of the millowners. Having advised them not to return to their work until their wages were advanced, he moved that the meeting should form into a proces sion and go peaceably through the towns of Manchester and Salford, for the purpose of getting together their fellow-operatives, in order that a general meeting might be held at twelve o'clock, for the purpose of forming a decided opinion as to their future proceedings. Mr. Dixon seconded the resolution, and it was carried by ac clamation. The meeting broke up about seven o'clock, the whole of the crowd amounting, by that time, to upwards of 5,000 persons. Notice having arrived before they left the ground that a large mob had assembled near the fac tory of Messrs. Kennedy and Co., without being able to prevail on them to stop, it was resolved to move off in that direction. Having formed in procession, they pro ceeded along Granby-row. In passing near the Man chester and Sheffield Railway, they forced the labourers, whe were at work on the line, to throw down their tools and go along with them. "No one," they said, " should work till they had got their rights." On their way to Ancoats-street, they sent a deputation to the factory of Messrs. Waterhouse and Thompson, Temple-street, de manding that the hands should be turned out, which was done, and the greater number of them joined the crowd. On making the same demand at the factory of Messrs. Barnes, Jackson-street, a refusal was given at first ; but, on their commencing to break a few windows, the engine was stopped amid the cheers of the mob. The next resting-place of the crowd, which had now swelled to nearly 10,000 persons, was in Ancoats-street, in the neighbourhood of Messrs. Kennedy's mill, which was protected by Superintendent Cochrane and the C division of police. Having placed fifty of tile police across the street, in such a manner as to prevent the pass ing and repassing of any one, this led to a collision be tween them and the mob ; stones were thrown, and the police, who, however, kept their ground manfully, suc ceeded in keeping back the crowd till a party of cavalry arrived. Shortly after eight a considerable number of the mob dispersed in various directions to stop the mills and other public works in the different parts of the town. One of these divisions passed over Victoria-bridge at half-past eight, and proceeded along Greengate, Salford, ordering all the mills to turn out ; some of the masters complied with the request, and others kept them at work till a later hour in the day. By nine o'clock nearly all the factories and public works in the neighbourhoods of Oxford-road, London road, and Ancoats, had turned out their hands In some cases a deputation waited on the manager of the mill or factory, and told him that unless the engine was imme diately, stopped and the hands turned out, there might be some disturbance. The manager of the Oxford-road Twist Company, among others, adopted the quiet method, and gave over about nine o'clock. At the mill of Mr. Jones, Chester-street, a refusal having been given, a crowd began to collect in front of the building, which had the effect of making them give way like their neigh bours. Several attempts were made during the morning to stop Messrs. Birley's mill, Oxford-road, but without effect. A party of police kept guard in the yard, and prevented the entrance of any one from the crowd. The mill of Messrs. Stirling and Beckton, Lower Mosley-street, which suffered so severely on the previous evening, was visited by several parties during the morn ing, who called on the hands to come out and join in the procession. Finding that there was no disposition to comply with this request. the mob began to throw stones at the windows of the mill, and also at the doors and window-shutters of Mr. Beckton, the latter of which soon became a total wreck. The cavalry having arrived, they endeavoured to dis perse the rioters, who now became audacious, and there fore seemed disposed to resist f or a w hil e ; but, on the soldiers drawing their swords and dashing into the midst of them they fled in all directions. The Dragoons gal loped along Bridgewater -street and Albion-street after the fugitives, and called upon all well-disposed persons to go home, which few persons seemed inclined to do. Between ten and eleven o'clock a party appeared in front of Messrs. Sharp and Roberts's machine shop, Faulkner-street, and made the men turn out. They then went along Peter-street, stopping a factory in South-street as they passed. In Deansgate they made two or three men turn out who were at work in the shop of Messrs. Howard and Atkinson, plumbers and glaziers. On reaching Blackfriars-street, the crowd, which had greatly increased in numbers by this time, turned down towards Salford; but on their way, they drew up in front of Messrs. Jenkinson and Bow's machine shop, the hands of which had refused to obey the dictation of a small party which had passed over the bridge about an hour previously, although the other mills in that street had then been stopped. Having knocked at the door of the machine shop without obtaining admission, they began to throw stones at the windows, an d, after breaking nearly a hundred panes of glass, the men were turned out amid the cheers of the crowd. They next visited the works of Messrs. Salmon and Marshalls, toolmakers, Greengate; Mr. Makin's silk-winding shop, next door to the Red Lion Inn; Mr. Harding's thread-mill, Cra nage-street, Greengate; Mr. Butler's dye-works, Green gate; and Messrs. Eveleigh and Neave's hat-manufac tory, Greengate; and in every instance succeeded in turning out the hands. In passing along Broughton road one or two boys went into the shop of James Faulkner, provision -dealer, and asked for bread. He gave them a 41b. loaf, which was instantly torn to pieces in the crowd. There seemed at first an inclination among some of the younger portion of the crowd to enter the shop, and see if they could not get some more bread, but the main body of the rioters forced them away, ex claiming that it would ruin their cause should they begin to plunder. Having proceeded as far as Brough ton-bridge, they halted in front of Mr. Williams's I silk mill, having heard that there were some hands at work; but, on being assured that such was not the case, they passed along Silk-street, Hope-field, Adelphi-street, across Broken-bank, into Oldfield-road, from which they announced their intention of making their way to Granby-row, to attend the meeting which was to take place there, as stated in the morning. About a quarter-past twelve a body of between 300 and 400 people, including many boys and young men, came suddenly into Princes-street, and a number of them, in passing, entered the shop of Mr. John Howarth, fruiterer and provision dealer, and demanded some bread. Mr. Howarth thought it prudent to comply with their demand, and gave them five 41b. loaves, with which they appeared to be satisfied. Meanwhile some one had hastened to the Police-office with the information, and Inspector Irwin arrived there with a body of the police before the men had quitted the premises, and succeeded in capturing seven of them, who were promptly con veyed to the New Bailey, and safely lodged there. On this, as on former occasions, threats were heard on the part of the mobs in more than one street, that at night (Wednesday night) they would have the prisoners out of the New Bailey. We may add here, that the num ber of prisoners conveyed there previous to nine o'clock this morning was twenty-seven ; there were fifteen con veyed there in the forenoon from Messrs. Stirling and Beckton's, Lower Mosley-street, and probably a dozen or more from other quarters ;_ so that there are b e t ween fifty and sixty persons lod ge d there at the time we are writing this (two o'clock.) Information having reached the Police-office that it was intended to demolish the Lock-up at Newtown, a strong body of police was promptly dispatched thither ; bat before they could reach the place, a distance of con siderably more than a mile from the Police-office, the work of destruction had been completed. From what we can learn, the rioters commenced about a quarter past twelve o'clock, by throwing stones at the Lock -up, which is a small building, formerly a dwelling, but al tered so as to form a police station, where several men are generally on duty. They soon forced a way into the premises, and very speedily demolished the furni ture. They then tore down doors, window-frames, the beams of the roof, and we are assured by an eye-witness that in ten minutes the place was almost literary levelled with the ground. Shortly afterwards a report reached the Police-office that the same body of men intended to attack the Man chester Gas-works, at Newtown ; and about half-past twelve a strong body of the police was dispatched thither. We understand that the gas-works had become an object of attack from the circumstance that some of the rioters, who had been captured by the police, had been conveyed there for safety ; and the mob expressed a determina tion to rescue the prisoners. Since writing the above, we learn that the attack was made ; the mob speedily forced open the doors of the gas-works, broke tis o or three windows, and did some other damage, but not to any cdnsiderable extent. They found the two prisoners, of whom they were in search, in the custody of three policemen. They beat the policemen severely, and rescued the prisoners. From an eye-wit ness, who was on the spot shortly afterwards, we learn that about half-past one o'clock there could not be fewer than 8,000 or 10,000 people in the neighbourhood. The Dragoons were galloping about with drawn sabres, driv ing the people back. Strong bodies of the police and the 60th Rifles were keeping the ends of the streets in vari ous directions, so as to prevent the mob passing ; and this was the state of things in the streets for about h a lf I a mile round the gas-works in all directions. Another report, brought to the Police-office about the same time, was that the rioters intended to visit the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (and probably others), with the object of tearing up the rails, and thus, as they hoped, preventing any reinforcements of military reaching the town. At the time we are writing (tiro o'clock) we have not heard of any attack on the railway sta!ion. on, ;,'dock, one of the xeohs, rssing, down D2ansgate, came to the provision. shop of Airs. Aldred, near the Castle Inn. The shopmen, on the alarm that the mob was coining, were engaged in putting up the shutters ; but the mob speedily pulled them down again and rushed into the shop, where they took, or had given them on their demand (we have not heard exactly which), between 30 and 40 leaves. On the site of the Old Red Lion some new premises were in process of erection. The mob compelled the bricklayers and labourers there to desist, and twice turned them off. The Mayor, Magistrates, together with Colonel Wemyss, Sir Charles Shaw, and the Town clerk and Magistrates' clerk, were assembled all the forenoon in the - Boroughreeve ; s room at the Town-hall, adjoining . the Police-office ; and they determined to summon the respectable inhabitants generally to enrol themselves as special constables. ith this view they issued a summons, signed by the Mayor, of w hi c h th e f o ll ow i ng is a copy : " TfiC! Magistrates request your immediate attendance at the Town-hall, to be sworn in as a special constable, to assist in the protection of property, and the preserva tion of the peace of the borough. WM. NEILD, Mayor." A number of copies of this having been made, men were dispatched with them into various districts of the town; their instructions being to call at every house of a respectable inhabitant, show him the summons, but not leave it, and then proceed to the next house, and so on. Arrangements were made for swearing in the special constables in the room of the Police Commissioners in the Town-hall. We understand that the Magistrates are most anxious that respectable inhabitants, especially owners of pro perty, should themselves come forward to be enrolled as special constables, as this would give considerable moral influence and authority to the civil force. Gentlemen will, therefore, we have no doubt repair forthwith to the Town-hall, and give their assistance for the protection of that property in which they are all deeply interested, and for the preservation of the public peace. At three o'clock 300 special constables were sworn in, and gentlemen were thronging to the Town-hall for the purpose. Each special constable is distinguished by a white ribbon tied round the arm, above the elbow. A strong force of the 60th Rifles, together with a number of the police, have been drawn up the greater part of the day near the mill of Messrs. Murray, Great Ancoats-street. The other troops here are the Ist Dragoons. They are kept constantly in readiness, and two or three troops of them, as will be seen above, have already been actively employed in driving back the riotous assemblages from their work of destruction and plunder. - The Riot Act was read opposite Sterling and Beck ton's, Lower Mosley-street, by Daniel Maude, Esq., at an early hour this morning. One of the borough Ma gistrates also read the Riot Act in the neighbourhood of the gas-works, at the attack there. MEETING IN GRANBY-ROW. At one o'clock a meeting was held in Granby-row Fields, at which there were upwards of 800 people. Mr. Donovan took the chair. The assembly was addressed by Messrs. Dixon, Lane, Brophy, of Dublin ; Williscroft, a shopkeeper, &c., &c., and a determination was expressed by most of the speakers not to return to the mills till their demands were complied with. One of the speakers advised them not to go into the bread shops, but at the same time to take care not to clam (hunger). A reso lution was passed that they would not go in again till they had a fair day's wages for a fair day's work. The meeting adjourned at a quarter to three o'clock till six o'clock to-morrow (Thursday) morning. They then moved in procession to Little Ireland, where it was said a meeting of mechanics would be held this evening. There are at this time (twenty minutes past three P.M.) probably 15,000 persons about the neighbourhood of Messrs. Birley and Co.'s factory. MOrfliAM, GLOSSOP, AND TINTWISTLE. This morning a large body of people. amounting to about two thousand men, left the neighbourhood of Ashton-under-Lyne, and proceeded by way of Mottram, Broadbottom, Dinting, Tintwistle, &c. &c. &c., turning out the hands at all the factories, print-works, and other large establishments, but, we believe, without committing any outrages of a serious character, either upon persons or property. Another body, we believe, proceeded by way of Compstall-bridge to Marple, for the same pur pose; but we have not heard any particulars of their proceedings. THE COLLIERS' STRIKE IN STAF FORDSHIRE. (From the TVolverhampton Chronicle.) On Tuesday James Morgan and William Morgan were committed by Henry Hill, Esq., and G. Holyoake, Esq., to the House of Correction for one month, and William Lowe for fourteen days, for being with and assisting the mob which prevented the men from working at the Park Field 'Works on Thursday last. Fifteen more colliers have, we understand, been com mitted to-day (Tuesday) from Dudley. They came into the town under a military escort, and then proceeded by railway to Stafford. An expectation prevails that the strike will not last above a week or two at the utmost, many of the men having expressed a desire to their masters to resume their work, intimating that they hare not yet done so, solely because of the violence to which they expected to be exposed. _ _ The reports from the disturbed districts in the north of Staffordshire are more favourable than they have pre viously been. The return of the colliers to their work is becoming more general, and consequently the principal manufactories dependent on them for their supplies have been re-opened. On the morning of Monday week the working of one of the pits near Longton, belonging to Mr. Sparrow, was commenced at the reduced rates, and the men have continued at their employ without inter ruption during the week. From fifteen to twenty men have returned to work at this colliery, and probably tkere will be a more general resumption of labour next week. The working at some of the Shelton collieries, (Earl Granville's), also commenced on the same morn ing at the reduced rates, and four pits are now in full operation. It is said to be the intention of the Noble Proprietor not at present to recommence working the other Shelton collieries, which have supplied the ironworks with coal, in consequence of the depressed state of the iron trade. No interruption has as yet been given by the unemployed, although threats have been made of another turn-out of the hands at, work. The Colliers' Committee have had several meet ings, but the result of their deliberations has not been Made public. Groups of from 40 to 50 of the more dis affected have perambulated the district, but not a single breach of the peace by them has occurred duri,pg the week. The County Magistrates, who had been sitting daily at the Castle Hotel, Newcastle, believing that the tranquillity of the district was in a great measure restored, discontinued their sittings on Monday se'nnight. The military force at present at Newcastle consists of two companies of the 60th Rifles, under the command of Ma jor Wilford. 'The remaining company of the 12th In fantry left the town on the afternoon of Saturday week, and the troop of the 3d Dragoons on Wednesday morn ing, both for Wolverhampton. 1 EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF SUDDEN DEATH.— On Wednesday morning an inquisition was taken before Mr. Wakley, M.P., at the University College Hospital, on the body of Susan Leonard, aged 32, of No. 19, Bruns wick-street., New-road, who supported herself by needle work. It appeared that the deceased was brought into the hospital on the 27th of July last, labour ing under an affection of the chest and ner vousness. She appeared to improve up to Mon day last, when, as Mr. H. B. Norman, the house surgeon, was quitting the ward which the deceased was in, after examining the patients, the nurse called out to him to return. He did so, and found blood issuing from her mouth, and she almost instantly died. Dr. Quin, physician to the hospital, stated that he had made a post mortem examination of the body, and discovered a small aneurism of the aorta pressing on the left branch of the windpipe, with which it communicated by an opening of about an eighth of au inch in diameter. The Coroner said that it was the most extraordinary case he had ever known, and in this opinion Dr. Quin concurred. The Jury returned a verdict of " N a t ura l D eat h . " THE ✓ HAGUE, AUGUST 7.—A Spanish schooner had taken on board at Gaboon forty negroes, which it intended to sell at Bahia, being pursued by an English man-of-war, the Commander resolved to conceal the slaves from the English, and put them on board a boat with part of the crew. The boat, however, was stranded in February last at Axim, a league and a-half to the west of Fort St. Anthony, where the ,shipwrecked per sons were provided with necessaries by the Dutch autho rities, and afterwards given up to the Commander of the British squadron. The slaves are to be set at liberty at Sierre-Leone. On Tuesday last a young man in the employ of J, Ellwan, Esq., of Glynde, near Lewes, alighted from a spring cart in which he had been sent by his master, in consequence of long indisposition, to Brighton, for me dical advice, and he walked into the first inn in the town, the Hanover Arms, in the grounds of which the grand match of cricket was being played between Marylebone and Sussex. He had just entered the bar, and the land lady was getting a sofa ready for him, when a large blood-vessel suddenly burst, the blood rushed from his mouth, and he was dead almost instantaneously. Being at the time under medical attention, an inquest was not held. EASTERN COUNTIES' RAILWAY.—The Eastern Counties' Railway works, in the neighbourhood of Chelmsford, are now assuming a gratifying and ani mated appearance. The viaduct across Duke-street is progressing rapidly towards completion, and a series of arches, extending from thence towards the gigantic bridge over the river Cann, are daily increasing in number. Across the Cann the bridge, which will consist of several arches about 40 feet high, is in acorresponding state of forwardness. At Widl'ord considet able progress has been made in the deep cutting which %yin be conti nued through the hill, which in some parts has been already excavated to the depth of seventy feet. On the embankment leading from the Chelmer -to the town field, workmen arc busily employed in repairing the sub sidence which it had undergone during the late winter ; and in a few days, we believe, the tipping of earth will be recommenced at the extremity in the town field. Both here and at Widfcrd the earth-waggons are con veyed along the line by powerful ballast-engines, which run both night and day, and we understand that an ad ditional number of workmen are about to be employed, so that there is every reason to believe that the works (under Messrs. Sherwood, the contractors) will be pro secuted with the utmost vigour, and that an early com pletion of this great undertaking may be looked forward to.—Essex Mercury. Sir Thomas Fremantle, M.P., and family, Sir R. Inglis, and Lord 'William Hervey, embarked at the Brunswick wharf, on board the General Steam Naviga tion Company's favourite steam-ship Rainbow, Captain T. Fife, for Antwerp, yesterday afternoon. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 10.—Rear-Admiral the Hon. D. Bouverie, K.C.8., has been succeeded by Rear-Admiral Hyde Parker in the Superintendency of Portsmouth Dock-yard, and retires with the esteem of all classes. Admiral Sir Edward Codrington's period of service at this port does not expire until December next. The London and provincial papers are already speculating on his successor, giving the names of Sir Byam Martin and the Hon. Sir John Talbot. Both those officers are dis tinguished in the profession ; but we have reason to think that Admiral Sir Charles Rowley will be our next Port-Admiral, The Crocodile, 26, troop-ship, Mr. Elson, master, is :hourly expected at Spithead from Quebec, with the re mainder of the 56th Regiment. She took out the 52d to the West Indies. The transport George the Fourth, sailed on Sunday for the Caps of Good Hope, East Indies, and China, having on board an immense quantity of biscuit, &c., for the squadron. She will touch at St. Helena, to dis embark the regiment for that island, from Parkhurst Barracks, Isle of Wight. The Resistance, 4t?, troop-ship, Commander Paley, will, in a few days, embark the 71st Regiment, and pro (l.ecl immediately with them to Quebec. The troops are daily expected from Chichester. The Agincourt, 72, Captain Bruce, was spoken with on the Ist June, one week from Madeira, bound to the Cape of Good Hope and East Indies. The Pique, 36, Captain the Hon. M. Stopford,:will go out of harbour on Thursday, Report sends her to the Mediterranean, to relieve the Inconstant. It is more likely, however, that she will gv the West Indies. Letters have been received here, reporting the safe ar rival of the powerful steamer Geyser, at Malta. This has removed the apprehensions felt for her safety on ac count of her having caught fire, off Gibraltar, on her ; passage out. There is at present no ship fitting out at Plymouth. The Wolf corvette, Commander Osborne Hayes, was to sail thence on Sunday, for China, to join Vice-Admiral Sir William Earker's squadron, There is no truth in the rumoured intention to put into commission immediately, at this port, the 84 gun-ships Collingwood, Vengeance, and Powerful ; they are merely to be held in readiness for service. The Sappho, 18, and Racer, 16, may shortly be ex pected from the West Indies, to be paid off, according to a letter from the former vessel, from Halifax, of June 20. The Samarang, 26, and Orestes, 18, will be the next vessels commissioned here ; orders are daily expected to hoist the pendant. The steamer Hydra, Commander Murray, may be ex pected s h ort l y from J ama i ca. She arrived at Plymouth on Sunday. The new steamer Thunderbolt, at Chatham, is to be commissioned by Commander the Hon. L. Carnegie, son of the late gallant Admiral Earl Northesk. The Nautilus. 10, Lieut. Paulson, is in the harbour, re fitting. Ai - SPITRE AD.—Resistance troop-ship. Is HARBOUR.—St. Vincent, Victory, Imaum, Pique, Excellent, Royal George yacht, Nautilus, Echo, and Sylvia.—Brighton Gazette. GREAT NORTH OF ENGLAND RAILWAY. Traffic returns for the week ending Aug. 6, 1842 : Passengers Merchandise 4BO 5 8 £1,797 13 2 Corresponding week last year ...£1,465 16 9 Darlington, Aug. 10. W. O'BRIEN, Secretary. TIM BELFAST ELECTION.—The writ arrived in town on Thursday last ; but we understand that the election will not take place till Monday week. With aspect to election news, we need only state, that Mr. Moss and Mr. Emerson Tennent have published their cddresses ; that an address has been put forth in the i.ame of Lord H. Chichester, who is on the Continent ; that a notice of a second Liberal candidate (name not given) is published ; that Mr. Johnson, who was never expected to stand, has announced his retirement ; and lastly, that it is still doubtful whether more candidates than Mr. Ross and Mr. E. Tennent will come to the hustings.—Northern Whig. EARLY HARVEST.--Mr, J. Adamson, fiesher, Wigtown, commenced cutting down a large field of bar ley, on Tuesday last, in the vici n ity o f Wi gtown. It is expected the harvest will be pretty general in that neigh bourhood, next week. The crops are very good in general.—Stranraer Paper. THE HARVEST . — T he wheat harvest was com menced by Mr. Bell, at Cunning Park, on Saturday last. A field of wheat on the Newton Lands, belonging to Mr. Findlay, of the Black Bull Inn, was partly cut down yesterday, and will be finished to-day. Th e quality of tb.e grain, we understand, is excellent.—Ay r t_ Observer. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 12, 1842 NORTHERN AND EASTERN The half y4arly gaa,ral meeting of 'he Proprietor: of this line was held yesterday at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, John Rasltell, F.sq., in the Chair. The CHAIRMAN, in opening tha proceedings of the day, stated that the differences between the Eastern Counties Railway and themselves as to the traffic of goods and passengers had been all arranged that morning. Mr. BOURNE, the Secretary to the Company, then read the Report, froth which we extract the following passages :-- "The Directors have now to congratulate the Share holders of the Northern and Eastern Railway upon the completion and opening of the line to Bishop's Stortford, being to the northern extent of the Company's Parlia-; mentary powers ; and also upon the result of such com pletion. " The receipts of the Railway for the last six months, ending 30th June, 1842, although including only seven weeks of the through-traffic, are nearly double those of the corresponding six months ending 30th June, 1841. " The gross receipts of the past six months, ending 30th June last, amount to 28,9851. 13s. 5d., which, with the balance of 1621, 16s. Bd. left undivided last half year, gives 29,1481. 10s. Id. The expenses, including toll to the Eastern Counties Company, amount to 15,6261. 4s. 2d., leaving a balance of 13,522/. ss. Ild., and your Di rectors venture to recommend that 20s. per share, amounting to 9,072/., be divided upon the last half year, leaving 4,450/ ss. lid. applicable to the payment of rent to the Eastern Counties Railway Company, which, though not due, has been incurred, and ought to be laid out by the earnings of the present half year. " Your Directors, in calling your attention to the ge neral account, have only to state, that they, in common with all Railway Directors, have been, to a certain ex tent, disappointed in the original representations of their officers as to the ultimate cost of the line; but when they state that, according to the general accounts up to the 30th of June, and by a reference to the present unpaid liabilities of the Company, it appears that the railway will not exceed the cost of 30,000/ per mile, including engines, carriages, and traffic material, they do not feel that the Shareholders have much cause of dissatisfaction in the excess of the cust beyond the original estimate. "With reference to the further extension of the Rail way northwards, your Directors are more than ever itn pressed with the certainty that the most advantageous results would ensue from its being continued to Cambridge." Mr. VIZARD thought the Shareholders might receive a larger dividend than 20s. a share. Last year when they had a balance of only 6,0001. a dividend of 15s. was paid, and now they had a balance of 13,0001 in hand, the dividend was only ss. more, instead of being more than double that of last year, which it should be if paid in the same proportion. The CHAIRMAN explained, that the balance of this year included the rent which had to be paid to the Eastern Counties line ; whereas the 6,0001. mentioned as the balance last year, was the balance after deduct-. ing the rent due to the Eastern Counties Railway. Mr. BIDDER, the engineer of the line, entered into a statement with the view of showing that no part of the excess in the cost of the line over the original esti mate mentioned in the report, attached to the engineer's estimate. A rather angry discussion on a variety of subj ects ensued, in the course of which a slight dispute sprang up between Mr. Vizard, the late Solicitor, and Mr. Crawshay, the late Chairman to the Company, in consequence of Mr. Vi zard applying the term " humbug" to some proceedings of the Directors ; to this Mr. Crawshay replied with great warmth that there had been no humbug. If there had been any imposition practised upon the Company, it had been by the late Solicitor. What was the meaning of 69,800/. for parliamentary expenses and law charges ? Several Directors proposed that Mr. Vizard withdraw the word "humbug." Mr. BELL moved that the discussion on bye-gone sub jects cease. Mr. LEVY moved that the Report of the Directors be received and adopted, and Mr. SHUTER seconded this motion. Mr. VIZARD then moved, that the following para graph which occurs in the Report be expunged:—" With reference to the further extension of the Railway north wards, your Directors are more than ever impressed with the certainty, that the most advantageous result would ensue from its being continued to Cambridge, and with this view, and the impediment which still ex ists to the making the Branch to Ware and Hertford, they have not yet taken any steps in the latter project." Mr. BELL seconded this motion ; but afterwards re commended its withdrawal, which was assented to by Mr. Vizard. Mr. LEVY'S motion for the adoption of the Report was agreed to unanimously. Mr. HARVEY then moved that a dividend of 20s. a share be declared to become payable on Thursday, the 25th instant. Mr. BELL seconded this motion, which was also car ried unanimously. A short discussion ensued upon the mode of disposing of the forfeited shares, but nothing definitive was agreed on with regard to them. Mr. BAGSHAW, a Director, in a complimentary address, proposed a vote of thanks to Mr. Crawshay, the late Chairman of the Court, for his untiring zeal and un wearied exertions in their service. The motion was carried, and Mr. CRAWSUAY acknowledged the compliment ; at the same time, he submitted to the meeting a proposition which he had received from a party offering to farm the line at such a rent as should secure to the Company 5 per cent. upon the outlay. Mr. LEVY hoped the Directors would not let the line without competition, for he was prepared to sa y th a t h e would give m o re than 5 per cent. himself. He thought it should realise 8 per cent. The matter then dropped. A vote of thanks was unanimously passed to the pre sent Chairman and Board of Directors, who briefly ac knowledged it, and the meeting separated. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. A very thin attendance, and only three bets booked, namely, 17 to 1 agst Cattonite, and 18 to 1 agst Artful Dodger for the St. Leger ; and 100 "to 4 agst Cabrera winning that race, and Philip the Derby. LEWES RACES —WEDNESDAY. Match-100 sovs, h ft; mile-and-a-half. Mr. Shelley's Idle, 3 yrs (Butler), beat Mr. Verrall's Junius, 3 3 , rs. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 g s . H eats, t h e New Course. Mr. Goodman's The Shadow, 6 yrs, Buckle Mr. Shelley's Daddy Longlegs, 3 vrs NEWCASTLE (STAFF.) RACES.—WEDNESDAY. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, with 30 added. Half a-mile. Mr. Price's Colin Clink, 2 yrs (Cartwright) 1 Mr. Whitworth's Gipsey Queen, 2 yrs The following also started, but were not placed : Mr. E. Buckley ml b c by Volney, out of Saturnia, and Mr. Davies' Lady Maycress. The Ladies' Purse of 30/., added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each; heats, once round and a dis. (5 subs.) Mr. Jones's Portrait, 4 yrs, Bst 21b, walked over. The Selling Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 30 added; heats, one mile and a half ; winner to be sold for 150/. &c. Mr. King's fby Muley Moloch—Lillah, 3 yrs 1 1 Mr. Skerrett's Sidrophel, 4 yr s 0 2 Mr. Halford's bg by Priam, out of Idteolia, 5 yrs 2 0 Mr. Standbank's Hookah, 3 yrs BANBURY RACES.—TUESDAY. The Banbury Stakes of 10 sovs. each, li ft, with 50 added. Two miles. Mr. S. Scott's Mosque, 4 yrs ..................(Butler) 1 Mr. F. Clarke's Curreycomb, 5 yrs 2 Mr. Nightingale's Ajax, 4 yrs 3 The following also started but were not placed :—Mr. Rawlinson's Chilson, 6 yrs ; Mr. J. Day's Viola, 4 yrs ; and Mr. Coates' Jollyboy, 4 yrs. The Warden Hill Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 20 added. Heats, Two Miles. Hon. G. Ougley's Humility, 4 yrs, lOst 121 b 1 1 Mr. Ekins' Corsican, 4 yrs, lOst 71b 2 2 Mr. Newton's Lapwing, I Ist lib, and Mr. Robson's Ebberston, 9st 71b, were not placed. The Grimsbury Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 25 added. Heats, One Mile. Lord Warwick's Leporello, 5 yrs, Bst 101 b 0 1 1 Mr. Cheadle's Waterloo, 3 yrs, 65t... 1 ft 2 Mr. Bryant's Protestant, 4 yrs, Bst Ilb 2 0 0 Jollyboy, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b, and Bounce, 5 yrs, Bst 71b, also ran. The Hurdle Stokes were won by Mr. Ekin's Duenna, and the Sweepstakes by Mr. Cowper's Multum-in-Parvo. PLYMOUTH RACES.--TUESDAY. The Saltram Stakes of 20 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 5 ft only if declared. Once round and a dis. Mr. Crofton's Muleteer, 5 yrs, Bst 21 b...(Wakefield) 1 Mr. Fortescue's Cerito, 5 yrs The following also started :—Captain Rooke's Stork, 6 yrs, and Sir S. Spry's The Jewess, 5 yrs. The Plymouth Plate of 80 sovs. added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each. Heats, two miles and a dis. Mr. Sweetrnan's Grateful, 3 yrs (Ryles) 1 1 Mr. Leg's Stickler, aged Mr. Reeve's Stork, 6 yrs A Free Handicap of 5 sovs. each, with 25 added, an wone , by Br. once round, was won i n two h ea ts by Gen era l Gi l b ert ' s Pulwaun, 4 y rs (E ng l an d ), b eat i ng C rac k sman, 6 yrs. The United Dovi ms eSerDviecfienPi Definition, o b f e s a o ti / n ., g h P al a f s a sp in or il t e : S was pkr, and three others. CANTERBURY RACES—WEDNESDAY. The Ball-room Stakes of 10 sovs. each, 5 ft, and only 2 if declared, with 50 sovs. added. Two miles. (28 Subs., 9 of whom declared.) Mr. Tollett's Tiger, aged, 11st (Capt. Willan) 1 Mr. Hodges' Dane John, 4 yrs, lOst 101 b 2 Mr. J. Bradshaw na Sister to Ferneley, aged ...... 3 Mr. Hor'ges' The Chelsea Snob, 4 yrs, 9st 71b 4 The Barham Downs Plate of 50/. Heats, two miles. Mr. Button's Evasion, 3 yrs 0 3 2 1 1 Mr. Doekeray's Dispatch, 4 yrs 0 1 3 odr Mr. Hodges' Dane John, 4 yrs 3 2 1 2 d r The Bridge St a k es o f 3 sovs. eac h, with 30 added. Heats, one mile and a quarter. (7 Subs.) Mr. Dockerav's Lister, 6 yrs 4 4 1 1 Mr. Sherrard's Jenny Jones, 6 yrs Mr. Bacon's Fair Play, 4 yrs Mr. G. Clifton's Vigo, 3 yrs 0 3 dr The first was a dead heat between three. The Scurry Stakes were won by Montezuma. Several workmen employed on the fortifications were arrested on Saturday (says the Commerce) upon a charge of illegally combining to get their wages raised. They were conducted by a party of gendarmes to the Prefecture, and there detained GROUSE SILOOTING.—We understand that the moors immediately west of Ripon, belonging to the Archbishop of York, Mrs. Lawrence, John Yorke, Esq., and Captain Harcourt, are this year well stocked with fall grown birds, and on Friday next, 12th August, will afford excellent sport to gentlemen who have permission to range thereon.-- Leeds Journal. WEST INDIES. Iu recommending those resolutions and the evidence to the attention of the House, your Committee feel bound to state, in conclusion, that they cannot regard the pre sent state of the West Indian Colonies, unsatisfactory as it is, with any feeling of despair. They believe that the distress now prevailing in those colonies is very great, and requires immediate attention ; they cannot indicate any remedy by which they can be sanguine enough to suppose that such serious distress could be speedily re moved : but they have offered suggestions, in the sub joined resolutions, the effects of . which they confidently hope may be ultimately, though gradually successful. They believe that if those suggestions are considered and acted upon in a spirit of equal justice to both pro prietors and l a b ourers , prosperity may be restored ; and that, under the blessing of Divine Providence, the world may witness the complete success of the great example which this country has afforded. " Resolved,—That it is the opinion of this Committee, " 1. That the great act of emancipating the slaves in the West Indian Colonies, has been productive, as re gards the character and condition of the negro population, of the most favourable and gratifying results. " 2. That the improvement in the character of the negro in every colony into the state of which this Com • nuttee has had time to extend inquiry, is proved by abundant testimony of an increased and increasing de sire for religious and general instruction ; a growing dis position to take upon themselves the obligations of mar riage, and to fulfil the duties of domestic life ; improved morals ; rapid advance in civilization; and increased sense of the value of property and independent station. " 3. That, unhappily, there has occurred, sinml• taneously with this amendment in the condition of the negroes, a very great diminution in the staple produc tions of the V est Indies, to such an extent as to have caused serious, and, in some cases, ruinous injury to the proprietors of estates in those colonies. "4. That while this distress has been felt to a much less extent in some of the smaller and more populous islands, it has been so great in the larger colonies of Ja maica, British Guiana, and Trinidad, as to have caused many estates, hitherto prosperous and productive, to be cultivated for the last two or three years at considerable loss, and others to be abandoned. " 5. That the principal causes of this diminished pro duction and consequent distress are, the great difficulty which has been experienced by the planters in obtaining steady and continuous labour, and the high rate of remu neratiiin which they give for the broken and indifferent work which they are able to procure. " 6. That the diminished supply of labour is caused partly by the fact that some of the former slaves have betaken themselves to other occupations more profitable than field labour ; but the more general cause is, that the labourers are enabled to live in comfort and to acquire wealth without, for the most part, labouring on the estates of the planters fur more than three or four days in a week, and from five to seven hours in a day : so that they have no suffieient stimulus to perform an ade quate amount of work. " 7. That this state of things arises partly from the high wages which the insufficiency of the supply of labour, and their competition with each other, naturally compel the planters t o p a y ; b ut i s principally to be at tributed to the easy terms upon which the use of land has been obtainable by negroes. "8. That many of the former slaves have been ena bled to purchase land, and the labourers generally are allowed to occupy provision grounds subject to no rent, or to a very low one: and in Cr ese fertile countries, the land they thus hold as owners or occupiers not only yields them an ample supply of food, but, in many cases, a considerable overplus in money, altogether independent of, and in addition to, the high money wages which they receive. " 9. That the cheapness of land has thus been the main cause of the difficulties which hare been experienced ; and that this cheapness is the natural result of the ex cess of fertile land beyond the wants of the existing population. - 10. That in considering the anxious question of what practical remedies are best calculated to check the increasing depreciation of West Indian property, it therefore appears that much might be effected by judi cious arrangements on the part of the planters them selves, for their own general advantage, and by mode derate and prudent changes in the system which they have hitherto adopted. " 11. That one obvious and most desirable mode of endeavouring to compensate for this diminished supply of labour, is to promote the immigration of a fresh labour ing population, to such an extent as to create competition for employment. " 12: That for the better attainment of that object, as well as to secure the full rights and comforts of the im migrants as freemen, it is desirable that such immigra tion should be conducted under the a-thority, inspection, and control of responsible public officers. " 13. That it is also a serious question, whether it is not required by a due regard f,r the just rights and in terests of the West Indian Proprietors, and the ultimate welfare of the negroes themselves, more especially in consideration of the large addition to the labouring population, which it is hoped may soon be effected by immigration, that the laws which regulate the relations between employers and labourers in the different Colo nies, should undergo early and careful revision by their respective Legislatures. "25th July, 1842." FALKIRK TRYST.—The August, or first great cat tle market for this year was held on the Tryst ground, Stenhousemuir, on Tuesday, the 9th curt. As was ex pected, a greater show of cattle appeared than has taken place on a similar occasion for many years. The cattle were iu excellent condition, and as the weather was de lightful, they were seen to much advantage. The mar ket, however, did not turn out a profitable one for the dealers. Prices were low for cattle intended for pasture, in consequence of the scarcity and high price of fodder, together with the great depression oftrade. A great num ber of Highland stots and queys were brought from the North, chiefly Ross and Sutherland shires, and brought from 21. to 21. 10s. Sales were very dull indeed. Mr. Graham had a lot of bull-siggs, a number of which were sold in the early part of the day at 121. per head. Milk kine were in little request ; prices from Cl. to 91. for the better class. At five o'clock very few of the stock had left the market. There was a very large show of draught and saddle horses. Sales were also dull. Mr. Millar, Colebarn, near Stirling, had the finest draught horse we noticed, of the Clydesdale breed. seven years old. In the forenoon nearly 401 were offered, but they were asking 42 guineas. Shetland pOnies, of which there were a great many, were selling as low as from 11. to 51, or a reduction from 20s. to 30s. below last year's prices. Leaving the market, the opinion was that a great part must stand over until to-morrow—a circumstance very unusual at the Tryst, and attributable in a great measure to the present distress of the country.--Scotsman. KING OF PRUSSIA'S PRESENT TO TUE PRINCE OF WALES.—The object of art which excites the greatest interest at Berlin at present, and which will, we might almost venture to say, be, when it is completed, the masterpiece of modern times in its style, is the present which the King of Prussia sends to the Prince of Wales, as a godfathe r ' s g ift. Th e g ift is a sh i eld, whose materi a l i s go ld an d gems , with every possible resource of ornament which the art of the goldsmith offers. Stuler is the artist, and his graceful inventions for ornaments exceed even those of Schinkel. The gold and gems, however, are secondary to the beautiful de signs for the shield, which are by Cornelius, being the first important work he has executed in Berlin. Its form is circular, and the subjects chiefly religious, containing the principal mysteries of the Chr,stiati religion ; it might be called " The Shield of Faith.' In the middle is a cross, and in the middle of the cross, being also that of the shield, is represented on a medal lion the Saviour, a half figure ; at the extremity of each arm of the cross are four medallions, representing the four Evangelists ; and in the space between, the three Christian graces, Faith, Hope, and Charity ; and to these are added Justice, the peculiar gloryof which is to be a ruler. The two Protestant doctrines are repre sented, Baptism and the Lord's Supper ; each is a great picture as regards the style and beauty of the invention. Our limits only permit us to add, that the inner circle of the shield represents some event of our Saviour's life ; and the last religious design is the descent of the Holy Spirit on the disciples, and their commission to preach the word. By this we are conducted from past to present times ; and the rest of the compositions regard the bap tism of the young Prince, and circumstances connected with it. The religious part of the picture is worthy to form a grand altar-piece an fresco, with no alteration but as regards size.—Art Union. At Pontefract, the liquorice crops, which will be ready for getting in this season, arc in excellent condi tion. We understand the liquorice plant is three years in arriving at maturity.—Leeds Journal. REPORT OF THE SELECT C - t7.IMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. Your Committee have devoted their best, attention to the important subjects of inquiry which were entrusted to them, and have examined witnesses from the colonies of St. Vincent's, Trinidad, Barbadoes, British Guiana, Grenada, Antigua, St. Kites, and Jamaica. The majority of tib)se witnesses were interested as pro prietors or managers of estates in some one or more of the above colonies : but your Committee have also examined other persons, who not only doubt the extent of the pre sent difficulty and distress in the West Indies, but differ materially from the West Indian Proprietors as to the causes which have led to that distress, and believe that the great advantages which have resulted from emanci pation, have been unchecked and unalloyed by any con sequent. evils. Your Committee regard the evidence which they hav, thus collected as being of a most important and inter esting character. It closely affects that grand measure of emancipation of which the British colonies in the West Indies have been and are now the scene ; it bears immediately upon the future condition and prospects of those valuable dependencies of the British Crown ; and it has, therefore, a claim to the deep and deliberate con sideration of her Majesty's Government and the House. Your Committee deeply regret that the advanced period of the session to which their inquiries have ex tended., and the large amount of verbal and documentary evidence which they have received, preclude the possibi lity of their now submitting to the House a detailed Re port, framed with that careful regard to every part of the great subject referred to them, which its importance requires, and which would be essential to a full explana tion of the opinions they entertain. It is feared, on the other hand, that if the Report of your Committee were to be postponed till the commence ment of the next session of Parliament, the evils and in conveniences of such a delay would greatly counterba lance any benefits which could result from the statement of their opinions which they might then present. Your Committee feel reluctantly obliged by these con siderations to restrict themselves to the following series of resolutions ; which they therfore beg leave to iay before the House, as expressing briefly but accurately the opinions which they have been led by the evidence to form. PRICE OF SUGAR. EFFECT OF OXOPOLY. Loudon, Aug. 12, 1842. The Gazette of this evening will announce the following as the average prices of British Brown and Muscovado sugars:— s. d. West India East India 3B 6* Mauritius Total average 375. 31d. per cwt. The actual quantities sold on account of the importers in the week ending the 9th inst.. accordhlg to the returns made upon oath by the sugar brokers, in conformity with the Act of Parliament, and on which quantities the above prices are computed, consisted of :- 25 240 cwt. of West India Sugar. 15,589 ee,. of East India Sugar. 1 677 {!N t. of - Alauritius Sugar. The same Sugars, if sold in foreign markets . ; would, from their qualities; fetch only 163. per cwt. for the West India, 18s. per cwt. for the East India, and 16s. 6d. per cwt. for the Mauritius, because they would be sold side by side with foreign Sugars, which, taking quality for quality, may be purchased at the like rates. The British consumers are, consequently, paying the monopolists 20s. per cwt. more for all the Sugar they use, than the real value of it. The consumption per annum being, in round numbers, four million ewts., shows that the sacrifice on one article to class. interests, amounts to about 4,000,000/. If this enormous sum had gone to fortify the revenue instead of going into the pockets of Sugar plantation proprietors, the community at large would not now experience the annoyance of fill ing up the papers relating to the obnoxious Income-tax, and of, by and by, having the collectors rapping at their doors for the hard cash. Let each individual bear in mind, as he hands over his money, that it is so much paid for the maintenance of the Sugar monopoly, for it is quite clear, that had the above-mentioned 4,000,000/. been added to the general revenue, the Chancellor of the Exchequer would not have needed the proceeds of an In come-tax for the legitimate disbursements of the State. A short time since an application was made on behalf of the people to the Legislature, for a Committee to in quire into the causes of their alarming distress ; the in tensity of misery occasioned by this distress was acknow ledged, but the inquiry was denied. The appeal was stifled, it is fair to conclude, because the landed interest feared the development of truths which would point out that a further alteration of the Corn-laws was the only remedy which could alleviate the existing suffering ; in fact, that bread was the most fitting cure for star vation. We now change the character of the appli cants. Another class of landed proprietors, the West India body', ask for a Committee to investigate the causes of their dif f iculties—difficulties entirely arising from their own mismanagement —this favoured party no sooner signify their wishes than a Committee is forthwith nomi nated, with powers to examine into the causes of differ ence between employers and labourers in the West Indies. This Committee, after a laborious investigation, has just published a report ; whether their views are correct or incorrect is not now the question, we merely point to the fact that an inquiry into the causes of distress was denied to the many, while it was readily granted to a petted few. Is this justice ? HENRY CLINTON BADDir.L. - 1 The above individual d:eci on the 3d inst,..nt, Lorigbottorn Stockade, Sydney, of c , ;nsumptiol:. was the son of Major-Generalßadd(l3y, of the 13011' army, an offi cer di st l ngu iSh e d f or his gal:antry, w in his younger days, on more than one occasion, feu on the " forlorn hope." His son possessed the sole fearless and undaunted spirit; and there are circuar stances connected with his short but eventful life , which, if collected together, would form - an intere s t' ing romance. At an early period he entered the litary service of the HonourableEast India Company , and for some time was attached to the Irregular Ca' valry, where he acquired such skill in the use of hi s sword and spear, as well as in the management of his horse, that he was considered a match for --the.best i " Sowahr" in the far-f ame d " Ski nner ' s Horse." 13 fact, he was reckoned one of the best swordsmen - n i India. His wild and enterprising spirit let him t ° enter the Persian service at the period of the Bu s ' sian war, and he soon attained the rank of Mai?' and the command of a regiment. During his stay n i Persia he had the h onour o f di n i ng at t h e same ta ble with the present Emperor of Russia, after a Wu' row escape from being shot for fighting against the Russians. He quitted the Persian service, and W employed by the British Envoy at the Court of Pern a to convey despatches o f great i mportance to .Ponsonby, at Constantinople, a journey of 2,000 mite s ' which he performed on horseback in an i nc redilq, short time, and su ff ere d th e greatest fat i gue a nd privations. Lord Ponsonby sent him with the saw' despatches to London, and he delivered them in s afett to Lord Palmerston, who received him with th e greatest kindness and ma d e hi m many prom i ses 0 , i support and protection, no t one o f w hi c h h e ever Alt; filled. During hi s s h or t s t ay i n E ng l and he nlor' in the highest circles, and was a wel come guest in the families of se vera l of the British nobility—Lor d Brougham's, amongst others,—and he resided dun' ing several w ee k s w ith the Marquis of Waterford' at his family resid ence i n I re l an d . H e was presen ted by Lord Palmerst on t o Q ueen Victoria, on witi ch a occasion he was dr esse d i n th e f u ll un if orm o f a field officer in the Persian army, and decorated with the splendid order of the Sun. He came to this c olont with letters t o hi s E xce ll ency the Governor, whieg procured for him the miserable situation of an as' sistant at the convict stockade at Longbottoln- 4 situation altogether unworthy of his birth and coo' flexions, but there he lingered for many months, an d there he was left to die. H e di e d - w i t h out any of' the comforts required by an invalid, without medical at: tenrlance, with the excepti on o f an occas i ona l visit from a benevolent gentleman unconnected with th e Government, without a friend or relatiVe near hint , and; no one but a convict to administer to his wants , and to perform the last melancholy office of closing his eyes in death.—Syd ney Herald, .M arch 12. DUTCH MAIL. HAMBURGH, AUG. 2.—lt is known that 8,000,00 0 o f the new loan were taken by Mr. Solomon Heine, banker'of this city, and th a t 3,000,0 00 were i ntended for the ~ change. The inscriptions for the 3,000,000 were E.° numerous, that on the first day more than the sail quired was inscribed : according to the condition's Pre: viously published, the list was closed yesterday, when lj appeared that the total amount inscribed was 25,600, 0 ° marks banco. Such an unexpecte d result makes a ge'. sensation : it was thought th ere m i g h t b e i nscr i pti on; for more than 3,000,000, b ut e i g h t or n i ne times as flo c could not be foreseen in the present state of affairs' Ten per cent. of the sum inscribed is to be had lour diately. BELGIUM, BRUSSELS, AUG. 7.—Yesterday the King transset 4 business successively with the Minister of the Int erior and the Minister of Justice. His Majesty gave au(lience to the Marquis de Rumigny, the French Ambassador. f The King will not b e present to -d ay at the open i ng o 1 the sections of the railway from Mons to Quievrand, several journals have stated. The funeral service for the Duke of Orleans, order e , by the Chambers, was per f orme d yesterday in tt.e chin of St. Gudule. AUG. B.—The Moniteur Belge publishes three conve rr tions concluded with the Duchies of Saxe-Allenberg,', Anhalt Dessan, an d A n h a l t -C oet h en, regulating betw ee' the subjects of those States and Belgian subjects the re' ciprocal faculty of entrusting and acquiring property,' the same conditions as the native subjects of the. CO' tracting State. The Belgian Consul at Riga has just intimated to its Government that th e d u t y i mpose d i n Englan d on ' ll l . exportation of coal s m i g h t , per h ap S , ena b le t h e B e lgian merchants to import them into Livonia. Coals are ex" empt from duty in the port of Riga. Belgian shipowners might derive some advantage from this new bran c h o f commerce w i th Livonia, foi-* onr Consul informs the G overnment t h at no B e l g i an sbi p has a „d visited the p or t s o f Ri ga , P ernau, Aremburg, Leb , Mirdan, during th e fi rst s i x mont h s o f th i s y e ar, wl hins many Mecklenburg, Pomer anian , an d Hanoverian S have taken in cargoes f or th e ports o f B e l g ium. d BRUSSELS, A UG . 9.—Th e Ki ng set o ut for Osten yesterday at one o'clock by a special train. It is possible that his Majesty is gone to meet his august sister, the Duchess of Kent, who is to embark qt Woolwichto-day. Her Royal Highn ess , it is, s nid, will trrive at C).t,utl to morrow, and after stopping a few days with timir *ties, will go to Wiesbaden, where a hotel has, been en gaged for her. Her Majesty, whose grief is still very great, will not join the King with the young P r i nces f or some. d ays . Mr. J. Kindt set out yesterday for Paris, with the King!ssatification of the convention with France. PUBLIC MONUMENTS. From the " Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.") Entry in Journal, 3d February, 1817, read, as fol loweth : " Resolved, nemine contradicente, That the thanks of this .House be given to Admiral Lord Viscount Ex mouth, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Military Order of Lhe Bath, for his able and gallant con duct in the successful and decisive attack on the batteries and naval force of Algiers, on the 27th August, 1816." Entry in Journal, 30th October, 1801, read, as fol loweth " Resolved, nemine contradicente, That the thanks of this House be given to Rear-Admiral Sir James Saumarez, Baronet, Knight of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, for his alacrity and zeal in pursuing, and his'able and gallant conduct in the successful attack on, the combined squadron of the enemy in the Straits of Gibraltar, on the 12th and 13th days of July last, by the squadron un der his orders." Entry in Journal, 24th March, 1803, read, as fol loweth " Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer acquainted the House, that he had a Message from his Majesty to this House, signed by his Majesty; and he presented the same to the House ; and it was read by Mr. Speaker (all the Members of the House being uncovered); and is as followeth, viz.:— " GEORGE R. " His Majesty having taken into consideration the eminent services performed on various occasions by Rear- Admiral Sir James Saumarez, Baronet, and K. 8., and particularly the valour, promptitude, and ability which he displayed in successfully attacking a superior squa dron of French and Spanish ships in the Straits of Gibraltar, on the 12th of July, 1801, recommends it to the House of Commons to enable his Majesty to make provision for securing to the said Sir James Saumarez an annuity of twelve hundred pounds for the term of his natural life. " G. R." Entry in Journal, 26th September, 1799, read, as fol loweth "'Resolved, nemine contradicente, That the thanks of this House be given to Captain Sir William Sidney Smith, for the conspicuous zeal and heroism by which he animated and directed the efforts of the Turkish forces, and of the small number of British officers and seamen under his command, in their long and successful defence of Saint Jean d'Acre, on the coast of Syria, against the formidable and desperate attack of the French army, under the command of 14eneral Buonaparte." Entry in Journal, 16th February, 1801, read, as fol loweth " Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer acquainted the House, that he had a Message from his Majesty to the House, signed by his Majesty ; and he presented the same to this house ; and it was read by Mr. Speaker (all the Members of the House being uncovered) ; and is as followeth, viz. : " GEORGE R. HEDDEN BRIDGE.—AII the mills which have been at work in this 'neighbourhood during the last three years, are now fully employed, though the wages 1 , 0 some departments are l ow . Th e h an d-l oom worste d weavers, who carry on their manufactures at borne I _ l ' their houses among th e hill s , are i n great di stress frame want of work in some instances, and from low wagfJs and high priced provisions in othe a —Leeds Mercury.. LOSS OF T HE C ALEDON S TEAMER ON LOl3? 0 ,_ NEAGH.—On Thursday, about 30 o f t h e most reipeetar inhabitants of Portadown and its vicinity embarked on board the Caledon in order to enjoy the beautii,Ul scenery of the river and lake. The voyagers had arriv ed opposi te . Shane's Castle, and were desirous to partakesda dejeta,z,e' , a la fourchette b e ne a th i ts ru i ne d and embattled Walls' They accordingly made for the shore, but the boat ell; countering in her progress a ledge of rocks, at first gre-z7 them with her bottom, then her bow dippi ng , s h e st rue: with such forceshat the water gushed in in torrents. Ti w shock was so violent that Mr. Richley and the niasterliver e thrown from the pad dle.bOx,and received severe contusions . A scene of terror and confusion now ensued ; but a fish big' boat, observing the danger of the unhappy sufferers, bore down to relieve them. All were now eager to escape five' the sinking steamer, and to rush into the boat, but wer e withheld from this f a t a l movement b y the exertions o f Mr. Wolsey Atkinson. After the passengers were safe!, landed, the steamer was seen to go down.—Newry Tele" graph. On Wednesday last, the Chanenry.fishers c aptured a very large old seal, which weighed within a few pound; of 2 cwt., and was 5 feet 9 inches long. It got entanglee in one of the bag -nets. The boat's crew, having ma , ' the small telling sticks, had great difficulty in killing ' the monster, who made a desperate struggle, after being • in the coble, to attack the men, and make his escape.- . - Ross Advertiser. The following melancholy affair has excited co' n' siderable attention at Ostend and Bruges :—M. D't etz , chief of the railway station at Ostend, received an .ano' nymous letter, charging his wife with criminal inter course with a young sailor of the Belgian navy, mimed Libben. M. Dietz having no reason, however to sus' pect his wife's fidelity, took at first no heed of this infor mation, but subsequently grounds of suspicion l e d him to be on the alert, and he soon was convinced o f the 0 4 ' minality of the parties, and intercepted variotes letters. M. Dietz, therefore, determined to take every p o ssible means of surprising his rival en flagrant delft. .72 0 r this purpose he often told his wife that business called him to Bruges, to which place he frequently went, alwa: 's return' ing when he b e li eve d h e s h ou l d b e least expect e t d, but he never found Libben with his wife. On Saturday 10 4 however, he went again to Bruges, purchased two Pi s " - --- -- DECEASE OF LORD BERWICH.—W e h ave t h e me- toll with powder and b a ll s , an d returned to Osten d by the last train. It app ears on this occasion he told his atneh se of the Riyht Hon. Willia m Noel oly duty to announce in our obituary Lord Berw this day ick the wife he was going to B russe l s, and should not return till decea, the following day. When the train arrived at Ostend of Attingham Hall, w hi c h event too k place at hi s estate, h e did not get out of the carriage, but remained concealed. in Hampshire, on Thursday. Hi s L or d s hi p was the se- fhtemnunsiatabpepyobhseursvbeadndtohoantlfdrosnaeo itnhtios hpliascweiofecscoanpcaeratlnimeent cond son of Noel the first Lord Berwick, by Ann e , ' and that about ten o'clock he was satisfied that more than one was therein: His exasperation was now at its height. daughter of Henry Vernon, Esq., of Hilton, in the county of Stafford. He' was born in 1773, in London, educated . He went home, and with terrible violence forced open at Cambridge, and succeeded his elde in st brother, the Right ! i the door of the chamber, where he found the yo o Pg Hon. Thomas Noel Lord Berwick, the peerage, Nov. 3, 1832. The late Lord Berwick was elected one of the sailor with his guilty companion. Giving way to lo representatives for the town of Shrewsbury on the 12th full vengeance, he shot the young man dead upon the of July, 1796, having sustained a contest against his re lative, John Hill, Esq., of Prees, a brother to Sir Richard spot, and thenlockinghis wife up in the room with , • the Hill, Bart., of Hawkstone, which stands perhaps un- corpse, gave orders to send for the police, and went him paralleled in the annals of electioneering for spirit and self to bring witnesses. On Sunday, 31 , Dietz . an . d h_is, . it is supposed, cost the parties expenditure, having, wife delivered themselves up to the authorities 111 Bruges, and the affair is now in the hands of the law.-- little short of one hundred thousand pounds—and is Bruges Paper, .... still mentioned as the memorable 96 election. He was Ow subsequently re-elected on the 16th of November, LEEDS AND SELBY RAILWAY COMP . ANY. — ' - 1802—December 15th, 11 , 06—and again, June 22d, . Saturday last, the annual general meeting of ..he Share -1807. He was afterwards chosen Envoy at Naples, holders in the Leeds and Selby Railway - took place of and wa s a member of the Corpor a ti on of Shrewsbury From the statement of the accoun t s su b m i tte d to the Scarborough 's Hotel, John G ott , E sq ., i n t h e Chair. until the passin g o f th e M an i c ; pa l Act, in 1835. Soon after the decease of his brother he returned to the meeting, it appeared that the balance on the Company's ancestral mansion at Attingham hall, near Shrews- income was 3,25 a, and the reserve fund 13 3161. 17s. id. The Chairman remarked that there was nothing in the bury, where he has since continued to reside. accounts requiring obs erva ti on , b u t co nnected with them He was, from early life, a tt ac h e d to ant i qu i t i es, parti• cularly to those connected with Shropshire, and had ; allude to—namely, that the Directors had considered to there was a new feature which it might be necessary to formed a large colle c ti o n o f manuscr i pts, drawings, and other works relating to its t o p ograp h y. hi s Lordshi recommend the Shareholders to pay the Income-tax out was unmarried, and is succ ee d e d i n hi s t i t l e and estatesp I cent., or, in other words, to raise the dividend by the of the reserve fund, still making the dividend five per by his youngest brother, the Hon, and Rev. Richard amount of the tax. The succeeding proposition was then Noel Hill, M.A., Rector of Berrington, in this county ; moved and carried unanimously :—" That the dividend and it may be remarked as a somewhat uncommon oc- be two-und-a-nalf per cent. for the past halfyear." After. - currenee, for three brothers in succession to take the title of their father.. The t h e pass i ng o f t hi s mo ti on , t h e Ch a i rman said t h at a ,ce late Lord w ill b e i nterre d in corincs the rulations of the Act of Par f our the family vault at At c h am , near Shrewsbury.—Salopian Dire d rs to recto should retire annually, and that those ament, whe, Journal. would on this occasion have to vacate office were rsesF $, Dr. JOHNSON.—At the time he was on a visit to 1 Audus, Gatliff, Whitehead, and John Gott. A moe,on Aberdeen, the Doct or notic e d an old turreted house in was submitted by Mr. William Williams Reown, and Huxter-row being newly harled. Struck with thi s o p era . seco nded by Mr. James Brooke, to the effect—" That tion, the Doctor approached the labourer, and inquired the four gentlemen just named be re-elected, and that how he produced that regular irregula"ity. The ma n they have the thanks•of the meeting awarded to them explained the composition, and the D oc t or reques ted for their past services," which was carried unanimously. next to see how it was applied: "But, perhaps," said Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, who briefly d he, " I atn in your way, my good friend ?" "Na, an, acknowledged the compliment, and the mee Sir, ye're nae in my way." said the labourer. splashing a The tin g separat : Wilberforce, from Antwerp, and Columbine . huge trowelful on the wall, and plentifully bespattering mail-packet, &tu n R o tt er d am , a rrived at the same_ . pier the Doct or ' s p erson —. N a , an -„ , ,. e nae in my way, if yesterday, - which caused a great yoneoltVe of the lair sex. , 7 ye' re nue in your ain." •-. • as admirers of these fine vessels. " His Majesty being desirous of conferring a signal mark of his favour and approbation on Captain Sir Sid ney Smith, in consequence of the eminent services which he has rendered, and the valour and ability which he has displayed during the whole period of the important operations, with the conduct of which he has been en trusted on the coast of Egypt, and particularly in the gallant and heroic defence of the fortress of Acre, • commends it to the House of Commons to enable his Majesty to make provision for securing to the said Sir Sidney Smith, a pension of one thousand pounds per an num, for the term of his natural life. " G. R." 1. Resolved, That an humble address be presented to her Majesty, that her Majesty would be graciously pleased to give directions that a monument be erected to the memory of Admiral Lord Viscount Exmouth, with an inscription expressive of the public sense of his great and meritorious services, in the course of a long and dis tinguished life ; and in particular, of his able and gallant conduct in the successful and decisive attack on the bat teries and naval force of Algiers, on the 27th of August, 1816 ; and to assure her Majesty that this House will make good the expenses attending the same. 2. Resolved, That an humble address be presented to ' her Majesty, that her Majesty would be graciously pleased to give directions, that a monument be erected to the memory of Admiral Lord de Saumarez, with an inscription expressive of the public sense of his great and meritorious services, in the course of a long and dis tinguished life ; and particularly of the valour, prompti tude, and ability which he displayed, in successfully at tacking a superior squadron of French and Spanish ships in the Straits of Gibraltar, on the 12th and 13th days of July, 1801 ; and to assure her Majesty that this House will make good the expenses attending the same. 3. Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to her Majesty, that her Majesty would be graciously pleased to give directions that a monument be erected to the memory of Admiral Sir Sidney Smith, with an inscription expressive of the public sense of his great and meritorious services, in the course of a long and distin guished life ; and in particular of the valour and ab.lity which he displayed during the whole period of the im portant operations, with the conduct of which he was intrusted, on the coast of Egypt ; and especially in the gallant and heroic defence of the fortress of Acre ; and to assure her Majesty that this House will make good the expenses attending the same. and It farly, and a ( esse - Lon, all Hoc Hen Jlist rc from 1 'eln be] ted Rol List", Nevem D 8 20( th e 2 ft, ~ cla) meducti, 3 ` ) ELA It t „ rt 1 ),,; conl l aer 1 : ° e ° 1 1 ge, 4,2,ce5. t o b Th e PUs Q ,-1 vap t ` ll b n eith 'll In. 64 ):. uncles will be Au g. Iliustn U' 46 7,301 8,20( 11 genel.