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[ties, one a ery u.nintel• superior in' • is rriarked 5, .h as sug• th foi.Jone s to e*l';'e n g . lilietylto be: at, althougu rgest g iaong I size of Ps: been Rlacea o gling -Is the v, that these . are not u t w form tti e anaT hose soa• P ibts.. _, , ra i of:4 1 w" re little)colY of the . 0 11 * d Hops of td the,sYed es,s G° F i. 11 0 _4. iCtOrY -Wj _. in s ofle u , b II lgio ocßff 7 tl .. 22 16 10 IP 1 • 11 • 5 643411. • 5 P ti° • 5 5;0 4 4 ▪ 5 5 44 ' ', • 5 • 4 1011. its 4 Dew. 3 11 1,6 1 5 61 , 8 1. 6 2 . 4 2.8 0 • • .7,8 6 • d ip 4 9: s the p i s Lnd tl l , ll pietye hrir 4414 exameti 'use the Trail for haaili eof t N conduit? .e the ;AMO . 4 the fortg Lg the 1 nsider a li o eater p tiries W, 4 4 cently 0 7: di itlerilik" -Nay F G tn i l t4 O r tractecl at is 11 81 9, r i n the 1 7 re locks If 9 LSS U red p : e d a res kith -4f;", ly tir O P. ' wher. . 0 0! muzzl e ) hether, .4; than thip spec:laid! resting I_4o • tree tow,. Dn ' or t ° '/ a bank , 1 0)1 -pole, W O d ant. 0 0 vever less the of the n i s, lin be e lock he fir 9i e% 4 4 ( " ielt ll o 't W OP !gu. ife, l3 ; .hel alt; 111°3 ,Pr rvicet i ld essed ti_ A Pri)ficino 1) great IrP7 id are a° 'nsa te let ; intend aecoui , neeessi; td ortnerpr i e ler," as- 3 ! it) about, of tb.14.:. )1e of rre a slit," aore t 1---whilti i6lb.; ih , L.rmert.. of tile bre ; ,Ln ani , . - , - ;j' ongestTy ti 4 re t..effr nd thF. ot has , If peNe _A( inglioll) s neceo7 DR. REID'S LECTURES ON • ChEMISTRY. Dr. Reid delivered anther lecture last night at Exeh , e Hall, which at is outs. t treated uron ammonia, and concluded -_ • in a dissertative discourse upon the nature of the chemical earths. Ammonia, he demonstrated, was the only alkali that • *tr was gaseous, and, as a su b s t ance , was o b ta i nable from a variety rio LPL' matters. On e property w hi c h i t possessed was that of emit. gtiii t ng an intense blue, when brought into contact with copper. wing to this circumstance, it was used as an infallible test ;t , "PPer, as in th e case o f k ett l es, saucepans, &c., of that me. lt - whose state of wholesomeness or neutrality was doubt- Ns. This hint was given to the housewives. Entering l'finti the second division of his lecture, the Doctor observed, ihat, aceordieg to chemical distribution, their names were ttryta, orotitia, lime, and magnes i a. Li me was the most prominent the four. It was used in the arts, and constitu ed a most Ptwerful auxiliary in chemical experimenting. Its powers were - -: i nvaluable, arising from its capabilities inpurifying air and ater, s o t h at however offensive the latter fluid might be reit tri'd. lime was able to imbue it with the freshness and purity -.4 :4114 living spring, destroying every animal, and corroding every tt d. vegetable m a tt er i n so l ut i on . Th e D octtre further stated that had round it of singular benefit in thr.se localities where the was unavoidably surcharged wit' l acid This was fre a4 100 tons quently the ease in large manufacturing towns, where as much c su f c m h uriatic gas was not uncommonly evolved in a places lime acts a powerful dispelier of the ~° llO ns gas. A ecti pie of exp'sriments ensued, one exhili ing zi .410.; earth baryta in a state combustion, which burnt with a 'Pallid green flame ; and 101 suffused the wb the other the burning of strontia, tR :••!,aj and silica,dle room wiih a rich lumioous crimson. I s t,"'Ong the earth 3,ntrattnamonly co cv - iltinued the Doctor. might also be etas ed • • the latter was a mighty pervader of nature. fr.dril in sand, it formed the . sea-shore—the rock, the t f It ` d' numerous depths into the earth ; the !ock sttrhYist.:tri ending it app. ared in it s purest form, and flint of formed 98 to 99 per cent. This substance, however ...,""oluble in sea-sand or rock-crystal, might yet be rendered lie in 'water, more particularly whet. heated with an alkali, 44 _,ch rt Entered ' it transparent and colourless. A pi. ce of dulls ~.rstftured bottie-glass was here exhibited by the Doctor, who 'iV a ined that it had assumed that stony hue owing to its g cooled slowly, otherwise it would have been clear as a l s "Lss itself. Similarly, in many cases were the ro3ks of nature : 7 and indiaphonous, from the s,:me lengthened pro- Of cooling, which otherwise would have been vitreous : : d • l ucid masses. Silica, the Doct or finally remarked, tqd ....ren of late years much employed in the make 411 141 i • .sition of soap. It was we ll k nown t h at t h e d was commonly mixed with oil or tallow, in order '...„estrov thecorrosive qualities of the former ; but silica had ia.7.ll4scovered to possess the same neutralizing, amatgamating, 60_ . d t tier requisite qualities in as eminent degree ; silica-soap, b tit was very excellent soap. The perspicacity observed by siilid 'thrOughnut his lecture, combined with the run of "Snt experiments he displayed, no less gratified than in "I' v et . ed his very numerous audience. ntin --mACE WALPOLE'S COLLEC TION. „ 14) ", i 1 : perceive that the far-famed collection of prints A toli D uks of prints, splendid gallery . works of arts and th °f _drawings, by the most dnguished artists of • b th e" schools of Italy and other countries, formed plerace Walpole Earl of Orford, are noes removed tii.loin their locality in the round tower of Strawberry-hill, • Piii?ege Robins's Great Rooms, Covent•garden, for ti n " 4 competition to commence next Monday, and con ue during the follewing nine successive days of sale ' 7 1 ,4 1 t on Sund a y). • eollection in itself embraces a most valuable series her'"graved British Portraits, many thousands in num . (44 co mmencing with the time of King Alfred . the ti or . at, and progressively continues to the termite :.„.4l,;" of the eighteenth century, many of which, in k4 .1 1 4 t, of impression, are of the choicest quality, and l u i v , " 2 utmost rarity, inasmuch as several of them h ut e t , nat hithero collectors the observation of the most t tfatigabl e of of our present age, teeming lcollection does with the superior works of all our ent engr a vers of past ages, in the assembla ges o f tr ir . Nobility Statesmen, Dignified Clergy, Jud ges , :thAtrY and Naval Commanders, Gentry, Di s tin gu i s h e d Jr a bters in Ssience, Literature, and the Fine Arty— biZ, of elevated rank, and of individuals of remarka 6,_.noteriety. This portion of the collection occupies the • Ltt, ;ix days of the sale. ,s'ljl. remaining portion of this distinguished and un bilit',.4lled Collection presents to view the unique assern• 00 of the works of William Hogarth, George of ert fle, and an invaluable collection of portraits t ea Painters and engravers that have exercised their el i ir e live avocations in this country, and which in es upwards of seventy drawings, by G. Vli o r 4 ; who originally formed the series ; collections kii"gravings by the early Gentian and Italian pro • I l el ! t4 in the art ; collections of drawings in portfolios, bri g the Royal Arms of Spain ; a complete series of • - .1,..".t. 1 engraved by BARTOLOZZI, from the precious col ':40 - ' 110 :1 Of gems, in the possession of John Duhe of M 17.1- 11,149 1 1; a presentation copy to Lord Orford from the irjr 4 e . ; nearly a complete series of the Oxford :,,,-`llittnacks, containing that for the year 1664, 4 4 ,.,:: . Which. only two other.s are known as being Peifeet state ; splendid works on Architecture, ()cid British Topography and Antiquities, British and Oreign History ; also copiously illustrated works. i;•:.-Ottiong them is th at o f a l arge paper copy of Thuani's Historian= sui Temporis," in which are extremely d,..tlire portraits of all the contemporary monarehs of that viltp; volumes of prints from the most splendid galleries aintings throughout Europe ; rare old manuscripts ,sef a peculiar interesting description, and some few on tl ll ,,,.eraldry ; togeth er w i t h t h e commonplace books of t?.N.I'• George Vertue, of memoranda relating to the origin kid progress of the fine arts in this country, and of the nlets of w h ose wor k s h e specifies, and o f ot h er mat :.-Ztrs,of n o t e i n hi s persever i ng researches during a period forty years. Very descriptive catalogues are now in 'l'3'irse distr.ibution is inquired of us, if the wiseacre who did the 4Z..7tv.berry-hill report is hired to abuse this splendid fit,„also ? e.„ • _ ti,1 1 „;-' EAST INDIA HOUSE. AL- ballot f or a Di rector to this Company in the room of 4 -, :, % lekte.,, a nt-Cul. Patrick Vans Agnew, deceased, commenced "Yasso,Zl at nine o'clock. The candidates were three in •zNik, ~ ~ I el , viz Ma'or James Oliphant, Elliot Macnaghten, E sq ., , "•rnont Whiteman, Esq. ,n A", DUTY ON PAPER. 4. 3lt e e trlttt of the Quantity of Pat er charged with Duty in tlie ', li lted Kingdom in each of the Three Years preceding ',ProZt Reduction and Equalization of Duty, and of the Net !,is a re of such Duty; with a similar Account for the sub -4 ears. Quantity of Paper 1 14 charged. Pounds. l ultland Sotland Ireland Net Produce of Duty. £. s. d. 621,773 15 9 100,026 16 10 26,677 19 10 73,64505 748,478 12 5 0 11 R 1 4131:1 i gtrid ""••••• 2 372 403 25,800 17 9 • Iti a4 76,138,945 771,162 12 7 2 _neland ........... 64,899,901 645,578 7 6 frol lan d e land ... ' 7 ,702 352 30,427 1 3 • 184 1 79,617,312 796,304 16 3 , 71,921,280 412,213 15 11 - I._ nan d 3,248,182 19,112 17 5 -- -- 88,950,845 508,582:1910 4c,,,T, a nd ........ 73,805,741 436,246 2 5 1, 4 , 4 , 7 land 71 1 6 ,10 5 .666 96.264 7 10 "Au 3,554,879 .22,037 17 0 tn 93,466,286 554,548 7 3 '` , 4 1144 d 76,987,279 45Q659 17 5 • •• • • ...... 17,196,736 101,193 13 2 3,462,529 21,379 4 10 It, • • 11 1t1 97,646,544 573,232 15 5 a tot :!nd "Ind 16 866 024 101,245 7 /441 , • ' .......... P Aa ll d 97,237,358 581,428 15 10 "6,292.724 '- eo:t,6 . , ......... 76,29.:,7, _ 459,956 19 4 11 1 :: d •. , ............ 16 821,354 101,369 14 7 •,,,,,, mu .................. 3,991,472 26,053 1 2 t 4 ''" sf i i'iltie p , 97.105,550 537!37 1 9 0 1 1 5 840 1 . T i ; : , : s '-‘‘ • ° s'age came into operation on Jan. , R - P • 1' 1 , 7 ,-,. ' - ,b e f o ...v ENYGATE.—Yesterday an R inquest . ei.,. ) , h re Mr. Payne, on the body of Janes Rayner, aged h ~,rie g i lati bten brought in for picking pockets e 9 ' 4liir" fair. John Alurdo, AI.D., surgeon to the prron, ,1 4 utiih . e f ,l c ireeased was taken , Il in 'he chapel on the 29th "'qfou ' ."' n bring brought to the infirmary he examined I ' Ought h bim to be labouring unticr a pulmonary corn tp if - • ' on k .11t4on his back by excessive drinking. He also had a 44, et n - .t which he foun I i eeessary to open, but 144,1-,,ar-ived state, he had not the powtT to rally, an s' ii', if 44 3* lait. From the evidence of his father and IN, il,t‘t,„al,pe.ared lie had led a very dissolute life tn. the last siTtip4i.t!Y ha.l tried all in their pwer to reclaim him, 'l`i7.%uld.'4' opt he would run a Bay nom his home when ittli t A lin d portunity. —Verdict, " Natural Death." 44 , 4 4 1 : 4 Tu e : 4l .:Mevting• of the Catholic Institute N 1 as "‘i t i - i vilt t i,,, a Z at the Freemason's Tavern. Hon. C Lang. 1 9 4( thrc e u . nr, and stated some of the grievances unticr ,14tPt,stior;:ni?.."_11.e.Sesti.11 labour in this country, and that the ;,'Ski t ,Thna n I ,7 s tti year had decreased. lii; . rin the time 41.„ i ne li f tli: u speaking Air. O'Connell entered the room ~ 0 .94,„ 4 :bii cheers, which lasted some time. The room 41 t41‘ oatess Iv Lty gla - vi • I Alt MONTHL Y STATEMENT OF LETTERS 1 /it n tit itid" IN iz TT it 1h -si —lnp At H . — UNITED INGDOM : te6 .. ' .. „ay 22, 1842* is • 4 "a) 23 'B4l 1 N " ' 4 - ovetuher .::4, 1839 tlaNSe 4 t• ..sitee 18 41 on the week's letters.. 16.39 . 14 f: rl )_ t,..._,. ditto ... 2,223,00! i', l ,e Wh ; ',7 ll l r uf letters is less than usual, owing, probably, sl 4l :sil „..se's ntide holidays, which fell in this week. I,iiipit'uf the.notfilluties 01 the Coro Inspectors will de t_ so h .. (1,,r3 ua :er s of Excite on the 24th of this month. N l ' a 'Year, Tehbeen receiving salaries, amounting to 30/. ~t mark eth e Inspector who furnishes returns of the Ed 07.10 will Les as 3001. a year. The latter is the only per- A t ith (h allow e d a compensation for the loss of his office te,l3,44.lthieAn_etw iarrangeme' nts. ti ti,,Z u , as G 3 ~ N 111GII Lit-E. —The Marquis of I% a it,o4,. o ,lle, aterm.,e•lerlay married at Whitehall Chapel, to the 4 114. ok bay. ~,.plistied Miss Stuart, daughter of Lord Stuart A ii slie l , oi.',oe ceremony was performed by his Grace the io t ti % and Armagh, in the presence of a numerous host it ‘ l , l e tave hisel.ations of both parties. The noble father of ‘l4 ".e l'indl 'laughter away. The Noble Marquis and his . 5: wilit:h had Y cheered on their leaving the chapel by the 41„.N astembled. Wk 7 t ' 1 :11 • ut of ' 1642 ' D I V E RSITY HERALD OFFICE TUESDAY i i.. th e , iatu • - •-At two o'clock this day the queslion of the re. , -• ,14, tie?. eoLt4ealltieogn's o kt mt . tp c i„ 'e of 1836, expressing a want of confidence in Professor oaf Divinity, was breught '% l444l berc n' "Then, 1 debate, a division took ~,,ws . being_. 4• l ol l p i ........... 219 • , aeat s.. .. ...... 334 ill iwit4 Was' t ..-ni.....'ll'inixlem ...... .......115 i '--- .., . . be h _ . it PERIAL PARLIAMENT. no USE OF COIII.IIONS, June 8. The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour. Sir R. INGLIS presented a petition from certain electors of the borough of Nottingham, stating that if any bribery or corrupt practices had taken pl a c e , th e y were not partie s to it, and submitting that, according to the law of the hind, a new writ ought to be issued. The Hon. Baronet also inuvol that, the petition printed with the Votes, and gave notice that he should to-morrow call the attention of the House to its prayer. The following is a copy of the petition : " TO THE II0I^;. THE HOUSE OF COMMONS IN !PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED. "The Petition of the undersigned Electors of the Town and Borough of Nottingham. " Humbly showeth,--That your retitioners have learned from the printed votes of your Hon. House that, on the sth day of the month of May, in the present year, a vacancy was occasioned in the representation of their town and borough, di consequerce ot Sir George Gerard de Hochepied Larpent, one of the burgesses elected to represent it in this present Parlia ment, has ing accepted the office of one of her Majesty's stewards ot the Chiltern Hundreds. " That in consequence of the vacancy thus occasioned, your petitioners expected that your Hon. house would have forth ith directed the Clerk of the Crown to issite a new writ, to the sheriff of the town and county of the town of Notting ham, ordering him to take the usual legal measures for the election of a burgess to serve in the present Parliament fir the said borough ; but that up to the present moment, your Hon. House has abstained from giving any such direc tions, to the great disappointment and manifest grievance of your petitioners. " hst your yetitionets have been informed, and verily believe, that the writ for a new election fur the town and borough of Nottingham—which they claim as a right and privilege belonging to the said borough, of which they ought not, and cannot, be legally divested, at the arbitrary wi.l aid pleasure of any single branch of the Legislature—has been withheld from them on the mere surmise and allegation of an individual Member of your Hon. House, thus stated in your prints d votes That a corrupt compromise has been entered into in the case of the election petition from Notting ham, fur the pu-pose of avoiding investigation into the gross bribery abe t ted to have been practised at the election for the afiresaid town.' " That, if any such corrupt compromise has been entered into, your petitioners are ignorant of its nature, and are in no respect parties to its stipulations ; and they, therefore, _submit to your Hon. H ouse , th at t h ey oug h t not to be punished, even by the temporary suspension of their franchises, for an offence of which they are not gu by, and in which they disclaim all participation. " That, although grievous allegations have been made against your petitioners sn the score of gross bribery practised at the last general election, no proof has yet been adduced in support of such allegations; but that, nevertheless, your peti tioners have been c ndemned to the deprivation of the ser• vices of one of their representatives in Parliament without hav ing had an opportunity afforded them to make any defence against such charges—a course of proceeding which they firmly but respectfully maintain to be unknown in the history of Par liament and in the practice of the Courts of Law, and to be contrary to the immutable laws of substantial justice. " That the law of the land regulates the issue of all writs on vacancies occasioned in your Hon. House by deaths, by un just returns, by the acceptance of office, and by other causes which it is unnecessary to enumerate, and that any new re straint upon the issue of such writs cannot be legally imposed without the assent of all the three branches of the Legislature. " That, in all the oth r cases in which your Hon. House has proceeded against boroughs for gross and extensive bribery, it has never suspended the writ until it has received a report from one of its own Select Committees, declaring that the sitting Members had been guilty by themselves or agents of such bribery, and no Committee has ever yet come to such a report without hearing counsel and examining witnesses on both sides in confirmation and refutation of such charges. " That, in the instence of sour petitioners, all these safe guards of justice have been disregarded and set aside, and your petitioners feeling how deeply they' have been aggrieved in being eondemned without proof, and in being punished without conviction, implore your Hon. House to re-consider the propriety of directing a new writ to issue for the borough of Nottingham. " That there are now pending before your Honourable House several public Bills of the highest interest and importance to all the subjects of this realm ; and that your petitioners feel it to be a great grievance that upon all such Bills—to wit, the Bill imposing the Property-tax, the Bill incorporating the new Tariff with the Customs Acts, and the Bill fur amending the Poor-law—they are to be excluded from the right, which they have hitherto possessed, of declaring their opinions and wishes through the agency and service of two representatives. "'That your petitioners humbly submit, that the question about issuing a new writ for their borough is not so much a question between your Honourable House and the borough of Nottingham as between your Honourable House and every other borough in the United Kingdom, of which the franchise may be all equally violated, without means of resistance and defence, if it shall now be adopted as a maxim of law, that in quiry is not to precede conviction, and that proof of guilt is not to precede the infliction of punishment. "That, your potitioners likewise submit, with all deference and respect to your Hon. House, that the right of the electors of Nottingham to their writ is a right which has belonged to them for some centuries, not derived from the House of Commons, and therefore not to be taken away by the House of Commons, except upon proof satisfactory to both Houses of Parliament, that the electors have offended grievously against the law, and have, therefore, individually and collectively, forfeited their title to this privilege, which is and must be exercised under the law. " That your petitioners further submit, that the issue of a new writ to their borough will not interfere at all with the in quiry which your Honourable House has ordered to be made into ' the corrupt compromise alleged to have been entered i g n r t o o s , s btoribert ry he purp ose o f avo i ding investigation into the alleged to have been practised at the last election for Nottingham;' and they beg leave further to remind your Honourable House, that in case that inquiry is proceeded with, and it should be deemed necessary to et,act any new , egislative measures,_ in consequence of any report from the C ommittee app inted to conduct such inquiry, it is only matter of simple justice that those parties who may be more particularly implicated by such measures should be present by their two representatives, to protect the rights and privileges which may be menaced with destruction. " That your petitioners, for all these reasons, considering the present suspension of their writ to be a measure, in law unconstitutional, in precedent unwarranted, and to tendency subversive of all electoral rights, humbly pray your Honour able House to discontinue that suspension, and to facilitate to your petitioners the means of exercising the right to which they are by law entitled—the right of returning to your Honourable House another burgess to serve them in the pre sent Parliament. " And your petitioners, as in duty bound,ahall ever pray, Ste. "June Ist, 1842," Mr. GRIMSDITCH presented a petition from Mac clesfield in favour of the Ten Hours' Factory Bill. Mr. BROTHERTON presented a petition from the borough of Salford, praying for a restriction of the hours of labour in factories. POOR-LAWS. Sir T. D. ACLANI) presented a petition (we did not hear from what place) against the Bastardy Clause in the Poor-law Act ; and praying that the age to which the putative father is bound to maintain the child may be extended to nine years. MECHANICS' INSTITUTION. Mr. HUME presented a petition from the members of the London Mechanics' Institution, numerously signed, praying that all public institutions may be relieved from the payment of assessed taxes. Also a petition, praying that the tolls might be taken off the metropolitan bridges. Also a petition against prosecutions for blasphemy. Mr. WYNNE ELLIS presented a petition from the Leicester Mechanics' Institution, praying that it, and similar institutions might be exempted from the payment of assessed taxes.--' Mr. SIiIEL presented petitions from Ashton-under- Lyne and Clitheroe, complaining of Roman Catholic grievances. POOR-LAW. Captain I'ECIIELL presented a petition, agreed to at a meeting at Seaford in Sussex, against the Continua tion of the new Poor-law fur five years, and praying fur its repeal in England and Wales. The petition was signed, on behalf of the meeting; by Mr. Brooker. NOTICES OF MOTION—POOR-LAW. Mr. R. YORKE gave notice that in the Committee on the Poor-law, he would move that certain clauses be ex punged from the Bill, and others of them altered. Mr. PARKER gave notice of his intention in Com mittee on the Customs Act, to move that the same duty imposed on timber coming into this country from any foreign part, should be imposed also on all timber coming from the Isle of Man, and Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, and Sark. Mr. SHIEL gave notice of his intention, on the 23d of June, to move for certain papers relatire to the inter ference of France with the atlairs of Tunis. SALMON FISHERIES BILL. On the motion for the further consideration of the Report of the Salmon Fisheries Bill, i~lr. MACKENZIE moved that the further considera don of the Report should be taken into consideratiOn that day three months. The powers of the Commis sioners were most extraordinary ; they could call wit nesses before them, but they had no power to compel their attendance. The exp,±nse of litigation would be immense. A rich man could hang up a cause in the Court of Se:sion for an indefinite length of time. Mr. FOX MA ULE supported the Bill, and justified the composition of the Board of Commissioners. After observations from Mr. S. ELLIS, and Mr. CAMP BELL, Captain GI /RD said he was not opposed to the Bill, but to the mode in whica the lion. G.4ntleinan meant to carry out his measure. He objected to the machinery of the Bill. He thought it better tbatas the salmon fisheries were in such a state of uncertainty, the Hun. Gentleman should let the Bill go do n to the country, and whtn the parties interested had time to consider it, let the measure be brought on next session, lie certainly on those grounds should oppose the Bill. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the House divided, when there appeared---- For the motion BB Against Majority in favour of the re-com mittal of the Bill. -68 The House then went into Committee on the Bill, and the Bill having passed through Committee, the Report was ordered to be received on Friday next. THE CUSTOMS ACT. Mr. HUME wished to know whether it was the inter:- awl of the Government to proceed with the tariff in the absence of the Right Hon. Gentleman the First Lord of the Treasury ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER saw no reason for postponing the tariff; though the Right lion. Gentlemen was not present. Mr. HAWES thought it, was a very unusual thing to proceed with a Government measure on a Wednesday night, without any notice having been given to lion. Members that such a course was to be adopted. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that his Right lion. Friend at the head of the Government, had distinctly intimated that as he yielded precedence yesterday to the Noble Lord, the Member for Dorset-. shire (Lord Ashley), he should proceed with the tariff to-day. He did not think, therefore, that it could be said the House was taken by surprise. DISTRESS IN THE MANUFACTURING DIS- TRICTS. Mr. ALFORD wished to ask the Right Hon, Baronet, the Secretary for. the home Department, whether it was intended that the contributions, non• being raised for the relief of the distress in tl:e manufacturing districts, THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAI MORNING, lU.Sili 9, 18:42. were to be distributed in Leicester titcl (Alter towns, as well as in Stockpot r, Burnley, and Paidey, to which it seemed to be understood by some parties that the relief was to be confined ? Sir J. GRAHAM said that all subscriptions, sums of money, and donations consequent on the Queen's Letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury would be placed :It the disposal, absolute and uncontrolled, of the Manu facturers' Relief Committee. On the motion of Mr. REDINGTON, the Sudbury Disfranchisement Bill was read a second time, and or dered to be committed on Wednesday next. MANSLAUGHTER BILL. Captain POLHILL moved the second reading of chi, Bill. Sir J. GRAHAM opposed the Bill. He did not wish to detain the House unnecessarily by stating all the ob jections to the Bill, but he had the strongest possible conviction that it would be inexpedient to change the law. Mr. BARNEBY was sorry that the Right How able Gentlemen expressed his intention to oppose the Bill. He hoped, if he could not give his sanction to the present Bill, that he would endeavour to remedy the various evils of the present lair. Captain POLIIILL said that he regretted the Right Hun. Baronet was going to oppose the second reading of the Bill. Ile considered it one of justice and humanity. He brought it forward under that impression, and he should therefore persevere in pressing it on the House. Mr. F. MAI:LE was very much inclined to agree with the Secretary of State for the Home Department in the riew he took of this question. Ile thought that Coro ners ought not to be entrusted with the power of bailing. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, but no (HI i• sion took place, the motion being negatived willow, dividing. sports of short woollens fell more than one-half, the exports of stuffs increased from 1,000,000 to 2,000,000. On comparing the amount of exports from this country and the continental nations, from 1833 to 1840, it was evident they were beaten by those nations. He quoted from the statement of Mr. Bishop, which showed that while the exports from Prussia increased 50 per cent., and those from France had in creased from 3,663,000 to 6,163,000 pieces, the exports from England, although there was a slight increase on the while, as regarded woollens, had greatly diminished.—( Hear. ) This country had lost on its exports. of woollen goods more than one-third, while the French had increased to a great de gree. From this circumstance he argued that the exports of this country were decreasing to a most frightful degree. The only hope the country had to maintain their present position was by putting the manufacturers on a proper level with other countries with respect to the raw material. He pro posed a duty on the importation of foreign wool of Is., on the same ground that Lord Liverpool did in 1824. This trade had suffered gradually for years, and was approach ing to a permanent decline, and which was affecting other trades as well as itself. The only thing which could place the manufacturer on a level with the foreigner, was the redu c ti on of the duty, so that the trade m i g h t not finally leave our shores. —( Cheers.) Mr. BECKETT could assure the House that there was no innrovement in the trade of Leeds, the depression of which he had mentioned some time ago. He could corroborate the state ment of his Hon. Friend, for there was little prospect of re gaining the trade unless some relief were given with respect to the raw material. The motion, having been a considerable time on the table, had created great anxiety amongst the manufacture, s, and they fondlyhoped that if the case was fairly stated to the Government and made intelligible to the House, they had such confidence in the wisdom of the Govern ment that they believed that relief which they re quired would be afforded them. The firm of Bott and Co. of Leeds had made some alarming statements to him ; they said that they used to receive an order yearly/rem the Fur CoMpariy of North America to the North America, to the amount of 10,000/., which' now went to Frarice, and that their orders from other countries, even to China, had been reduced one half. Of course a great reduction had taken place in the work-people's wages in consequence, and the only thing which could relieve them would be by reducing the duty on the raw material. He hoped, therefore, that the House would adopt the course recommended by Hon. Gentlemen opposite. He also appealed to the agriculturists, and he told hint that their wool could not be used except in conjunction with foreign wool. There was not a piece of cloth in that House at that mo ment that was not mode of foruign wool. Cloth at 10s. a yard was made entirely of foreign wool. Cloth from ss. to 10s. was made partly of foreign wool and partly of English, and below St. a yard it was made of English wool. As the Hon. Gentleman opposite had said, it was principallymade into heavy cloth, such as was used for soldiers. Of the order to which he had referred, if 10,000/. were received now instead of being sent to France, 2,5001. of it would have gone in wages, being a sum as much as many of the poor -rates in towns in Yorkshire. There was no interest that would not be benefited by the reduction in the duty. The Chancellor of the Exchequer must remember that any duty which had the effect of restricting the labour of the country was far different to a duty on the articles they consumed. He (Mr. Beckett ) should give his earnest support to the proposition for relaxing the duty, and he would support the Hon. Gentleman opposite. If the Right Hon. Baronet had been there he would have confi dently appealed to him. He would have pointed out to him this anomaly in his magnificent scheme of finance, for all great schemes had imi.erfectiens. Flax was to be admitted at ld. a pound, and wool at 95.,4d..and ss. 4d. He trusted the Ho use would support the Hon. Gentleman. Mr. GLADSTONE said that this had been a subject of much consideration by the Government. He had felt that the sum which would be lost to the revenue by the lowering of the duty would be so great, that it would require an entire re modelling. With regard to France they could not fairly compete with that country, as there a duty was levied on the importation of foreign wool. The manufactures chiefly in difficulties were the finer sorts of articles ; not those manufactured from the low priced wools. The amount of the duty was not actually seven per cent. but four per cent. The Chancellor of the Exche. quer had disposed of the surplus anticipated under the Income tax, its remitting duties on the main articles of manufacture, a principle which had received the sanction of the House, and he wished to show that the woollen trade had not been forgotten. Mr. STANSFIELD thought that if the remission of the duty did cruse a loss of 150,000/. a-year, it would be almost pre ferable to lose it than continue the duty. Mr. S. WORTLEY defended the duty on the ground that there were circumstances in this case which justified its imposi tion. There was nothing in the present stateof the wool trade which would justify them in adopting the proposition before the Committee. TILE TARIFF. The SPEAKER then left the Chair and the House went into CommittAe on the Customs Duties Act. On the item of cottons manufactured in British Possessions, for every 100/. in value, the duty to be nk Mr. MANGLES urged on the Committee the neces sity of reducing the duty on East Indian cotton. The duty on this article had been reduced, and because this had been done it was not thought w9rtli while to do any more. But he thought the smallness of the duty at pre sent the very reason why it ought to be considered. He would appeal to the justice of the, Right lion. Gentleman whether he would permit a duty of lk per cent. to re main, and thus deprive India of a full measure of justice. Mr. GLADSTONE regretted that the lion. Gentle men should have thought it necessary to occupy the time of the Committee on so minute a matter. The amount in dispute could not make any essential difference to the trade of India one way or another. A subject of this nature did n t admit of such minute distinctions as those which the Hon Member had attempted to draw. If the proposition of the Hon. Member were adopted, and the principle were carried out in every in stance, the tariff would be one maze of confusion. TheretOre, he could not see why the silk manufacturers of this country should feel any alarm. He should oppose the amendment. Mr. HUME was sorry that the Right Hon. Gentleman consi dered this principle of so little value. If we could send our calico into India at a duty of 3i per cent. what could be more fair than to admit their calico at the same rate ? He would, however, challenge the Government to point out any colony whence calico could be exported, which would in the slightest degree come into competition with the calico manufactured at home. He should be very happy to record his vote in favour of the amendment. Dr. BOWRING did not see 'what advantage the proposed duty of 5 per cent. would confer upon the Government, the Treasury, or the people. He should support the amendment. Mr. WILLIAMS said we had other countries to compete with besides India ; and if the relative prices in France, Ger many, and other parts of the Continent should continue the same as they were at present, he had no doubt but the consti tuents of the Hon. Member for Bolton would instruct him to come down to the House and demand a greater protection than her Majesty's Government was new about to afford. On this question he certainly should vote with her Majesty's Go. vernment. Mr. BARING said that the Committee which sat upon the Cotton Duties, of which Lord Ellenborough was Chairman, had recommended a duty of 3i per cent. upon India cotton, instead of 5 per cent., as it was at. present ; and that being the case, he should support the amendment of the Hon. Alem ber for Guildford. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said they were arranging the tariff on the principle that there was to be a differential duty between foreign countries and colonies, but this was different from admitting produce from one colony alone. Were they prepared to make a difference for every single colony of the empire? He did not think this duty would practically inflict any injury on India. The rule ought to be made general, and applicable to all colonies, and therefore he must oppose the proposition of the Hon. Member. Mr. MARK PHILLIPS, on the part of the Button manu facturers of the country, repudiated the idea that they had any desire to retain this differential duty, and he therefore could not see why it should be proposed. Mr. HUME said the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite had stated that if they made this alteration they would be called upon to make further changes in consequence of the changes made in the East Indies. He begged to remind the House that no alteration could be made in India without receiving the sanction of the English Legislature.—((Hear, hear. ) Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the Committee divided, when there appeared— For the amendment .... 42 Against it Majority against the amendment —l4 The articles to damasks and damask diapers were agreed to. It was then proposed, that instead of the duty on damasks and damask diapers, being for every 1001. of the value 301., as placed in the published tariff, that damask should be for every square yard 10d., and damask diaper for every square yard 5(1. Mr. S. WORTLEY said that the parties engaged in the trade wished that the duty should be reduced fifty per cent., and not as proposed in the tariff from forty to fifteen per cent.. He thought the suggestion deserved the consideration of the Government. Mr. GLADSTONE did not think that the reduction pro posed in the tariff was excessive, or that it was likely in juriously to effect the trade. He thought on the whole, it was a fair du, y, and would give the trade the same protection as was eujoyed by other blanches of manufactures. With regard to the advantages of Belgium in growing the raw material, they should rather look to what had actually resulted from that cir cumstance, than anticipate what might occur in future. It was true that they received large quantities of flax from Bel gium, but they sent it back in a manufactured state, not collo() linen, but as linen yarn. In his opinion, there were no sufficient grounds for refusing to apply to the linen manufac • tore the same principle winch had been applied in other cases. After a short conversation the items were agreed to. On the question that, the duty on sails should be fifteen per cent., Mr. HUME objected to any duty. Mr. GLADSTONE defended the Imposition of the duty, observing that by the present proposition a benefit of fifteen per cent. was given to the public. The item was then agreed to, as were also several other items. On the item of cotton, or waste of cotton wool, Dr. BOWRING said there was a design entertained in Ger • many to double the duty on the yarn imported into this country, He was afraid that the work of reform had commenced too late to restore the country to its lost position. In America the progress of manufactures was very remarkable. There was a constant increase in the amount exported as compared with that which was retained for home consumption. Considering the present position of this country, he would propose that the duty upon cotton wool, instead of a duty of 2s. 11d. should be reduced to a duty of one penny per hundred weight. Mr. M. PHILIPS said, considering the disadvantageous position in which the country was placed by the duty on this article, he felt bound to advocate its entire reduction. Instead of commanding all the markets of the world we were being continually supplanted by • other countries.--( Hear, hear. ) He did not believe that the present depression was a mere temporary one; he was afraid there was little reason to expect that it would be removed fcr a long time to come. On behalf of the operative portion of the community he asked to have this question re-considered ; he asked not for protection, but he did request them not to tie up one hand of the British manu facturer, and yet expect him t o overcome all foreign compe tition. Rather than throw away so much revenue by the re duction of the duty upon timber to build houses, when there were so many already unoccupied, he would beg of them to consider how many millions of their manufacturing fellow countrymen only could relieve by adopting another course than the one they proposed upon the present occasion. —(Hear.) Mr. GLADSTONE. said he should see the force of the arguments of the Hon. Gentleman if the Government had a surplus of revenue and was thinking in what manner they should dispose of it ; but that was not the case ; the answer to the Hon. Gentleman would be that unless the Committee were prepared to impose other taxes and make new provisions for the public service, he was afraid they could not vote any reduction in this important part of the tariff. He did not think that the propoaed duty would at all affect the manufacturing interests at home, for the price of the raw material was so low now that it and the duty together would not make the amount so great as the price of the raw material alone was some time ago. Instead of our being afraid of American competition, it would appear that the Americans had reason to - be afraid of our competition, and that was the opinion on the subject which wa., entertained by the American Committee of Congress. Mr. BROTHERTON said it had been truly stated that the burdens of this tax were about 600,0001. a.year. but there must be at least 200,0001. more arising from waste and joss in the different operations which the cotton underwent. They would see, then, that this tax was a very heavy one ; it was also most unjust; it was levied by the pound, and the same duty was paid upon cotton at 6d. a lb. as on cotton at 2d. a lb. It pressedlabouringerial would classes,db eequal uaalndtotlies. 600,0001.a ta w x of eek upon the wages of every man, woman, and child in the cotton heavily upo the raw the nlat manufacture throughout the country. He feared there was t.o chance of the duty being removed or alte,ed at present, but he did hope that the Government would endeavour to do so at the earliest opportunity. Mr. Alderman HUMPHERY did not think the proposed al teration in the duty would at all benefit the poor ; the difference that would be made by it would be so very trifling. Neither the consumer nor the labourer would benefit by the proposed alteration ; and any advantage to be derived from it would, in his belief, go into the pockets of the wealthy manufacturers. Mr. W. PATTEN said that, in his opinion, the taking off the duty would be beneficial to all classes ; but he did not think that it would, for the present at least, be wise to sacrifice so large an amount of revenue. He hoped, however, that the time would soon came, when they could safely effect the pro posed alteration. Mr. COBDEN said that the Hon. Member for Southwark (Mr. Alderman Humphery) had, on a former occasion, suc ceeded in reducing the duty on lobsters and turbot ; and after what had fallen from nim that evening, he (Mr. Cobden) would take the liberty to advise the worthy Alderman to stick for the future to lobsters and turbot.—( A laugh.) The removal of the duty would not materially reduce the price of asingle pair of stockings, but it would give a general impulse, , topur cotton trade. "J. IVORY." SWINDLING IN LIVERPOOL. A correspondent directs attention to some " swind ling" practices by a firm in Liverpool, by which he has suffered, and urges on our part the public expo sure of the individuals concerned, but declines taking for himself any share or responsibility in the business. It would be extremely rash, however, and Quixotic in newspaper practice, to entertain and investigate even the tithe of cases of imputed commercial fraud, where the difference is often a very nice one between over reaching and swindling, and where a jury might possibly be disposed to view the matter, if the parties were publicly named, in a very diffe rent light from the sufferers. This remark will ' hardly apply t o th e case re f erre d to, which, if the circumstances stated . are strictly true, can bear but one denomination. We must in prudence decline a mention of the names, but a detail of the circum stances will be both useful and amusing to the com mercial world, aed may perhaps suggest means by which the snare may be avoided. It appears that at Liverpool, as in London, there is a society " for the protection of trade against swindlers," and that the persons referred to have been more or less under their observation since 1837. They have assumed, in the course of their practice, three or more..dif ferent names and partnerships. They are• said to have boxes at the post-office for each firm, and to be well known to the postmaster, who does all he . may with propriety to restrain them in their course, but dares not go further. They are also well known at the railway station, where a delay in the delivery of goods directed to them has sometimes purposely taken place, to allow time for recalling them if any Suspicion should have arisen, though they durst not go so far as to give any warning, for fear of being visited penally, with the consequences. A respectable trades man in London having had the precaution to make a reference for information to the Society just mentioned, was fortunate enough to get back his goods before they had passed into the possession orthe swindlers. On their information he was further apprised that the parties are so little able to maintain a respect able exterior on the spot, that their office of busi ness . in Liverpool only stands at a rent of 51., . and even that was not regularly paid, the landlord having been compelled to distrain for it. Being completely " blown " in Liverpool, their chief prac tice has been upon the credulity and eagerness after business of the London, Birmingham. and other distant traders. When drawn in to the extent found to be practicable, and on application for payment, the usual answer was by a circular, stating that the parties had become invol ve d . b y the failure of some bank, and that " they are compelled to offer ss..'in the pound, or go to a bankruptcy." This expe dient generally answered the purpose of gaining. a little more. time, but no instance was ever known of that or any other dividend being paid. The princi ' pal party was seldom to be seen, but employed a youth under age to meet the goods incautiously sup plied to him, at the carriers' warehouse, and trans fer them to some other place to be disposed of. He lodged • over the river in Cheshire for greater se curity, but, though he was in the habit of getting goods for nothing, never paid his rent. He af fected, however, great sanctity, and was usually to be seen with a Bible or P ra y er -b oo k i n hi s h and. having thus given an outline of the cise, the . question naturally arises how innocent or thought less persons may be protected ? The merchants have no right to ask from a public journal to put itself forward, by an open and direct expo sure, to meet the expense and trouble of a prosecution for libel, which must attend even a favourable verdict. They form associations in the great commercial towns, the organisation of which is very perfect, to protect the subscribers from fraud by giving notice in printed circulars, but all who are not subscribers—and a Lon don merchant would not think of entering into such a subscription at. Liverpool—are left without any pro tection whatever. But there seems to be no reason, when a case is so marked and perfectly notorious as that above described, why they should not publish the fact as- an advertisement to all the world, giving a guarantee to the channel through which it is made known. Their answer would probably be that this would spoil the trade of the association by making subscriptions unnecessary, and be otherwise a very .troublesome mode of proceeding, not to - mention that objections, would probably.be made in many quarters to .receive such a guarantee, or to insert the adver tisements at all. Perhaps, if due caution was exer cised by merchants and traders in supplying goods to persons before unknown to them without minute in quiry, such practices could not be carried on at all ; and this we fear is the only certain protection which is to be looked for in cases like that just described. The narrative may, at all events, be of some use, as it points out a safe medium for information, 'and must induce a general caution. The rest the parties must do for themselves.—Times. Mr. ALDAM read one or two extracts from letters which he had received from several woollen merchants of great emi nence, to prove that the duty upon foreign wool was very heavy ; they stated that the duty of id. per lb. on wool under Is. per lb., and Id. on wool over Is., was more than they had realized as profit on the manufactured articles.—( Loud cries of " Divide.") _ After a few worth from Mr. LASCELLES, strangers were ordered to withdraw, and the Committee divided, when there appeared— For the amendment Aga'nst it Majority ... Mr. G. W. WOOD then proposed the amendment of which he had ;it en notice—" That the duty on the import of s h,• ep and lambs' wool, not being of the value of one shilling the pqpnd thereof, be reduced to one shilling per curt." The question having been put, Mr. GL ADSTONE did not think they could agree to th e motion of the Hon. Gentleman without opening the whoa. question, which had been already decided. He admitted ther e as a high duty on low priced wool, but the trade was not withstanding increasing. He should therefore oppose th, amendment. After a few words from Mr. Woon and Mr. S. WORTLEY the Committee divided, when there appeared— For the amendment ......... ....... 47 Against it Majority against the amendment —49 The other items were then agreed to. The CHAIRMAN reported progress, and obtained leave to sit again on Friday. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the Ikuse adjourned at a Quarter past One o'Clock. KENT HOP INTELLIGENCE. MAIDSTONE.—The fly in this immediate neighboxr hood has not much increased in number, but the bine has grown with astonishing rapidity. Lice are to be seen, in some places rather numerously, but much damage is not apprehended from them anywhere. We ' are told that these insects appeared just at the same period 37 years ago, and that the duty that year was only 31,0001. Honey-dew is visible. WATERINGBURY, MEREWORTH, AND NETTLESTEAD, —There are vast quantities of flies and lice in most grounds, and the flies follow the bine as it grows, al though it certainly grows vigorously. There are also lice to bs seen three and four leaves down from the top of the bines ; and, in some ground's, the edges of the lower leaves that the lice are upon begin to curl and have an unhealthy appearance, apparently suffering from the lice. There has been a great increase of fly in some grounds within these few days. BRENCHLEY„—The weather is remarkably congenial to the growth of the bines, and they have made great progress during the two last weeks. The fly has been fluctuating, but at the present time we have a great in crease, and it appears determined to stick. An old and experienced planter says he never saw so many lice be fore so early in the season.—Maidstone Gazette. AN EA STERN MILITARY DANDY. He (not the sage but the soldier) was a gay and hand some youth as ever laughed at wrinkled care, or, sure of conquest, bent his knee in homage to a lady bright. The excessive neatness of his dress and person, redolent of countless perfumes, confessed the anxious solicitude with which his toilette had been attended to. The dark ness of his roving' eye, indicated the care with which the jetty kohole had bee n - th a t m orn i n g dr aw n by th e bod kin's point inside the 'lids ; and his black moustache and curling beard seemed perfectly fresh from the experienced hands of his favourite Hirjam. Shining with oil of roses, a love lock dangled on the cheek of the youthful hero ; s.; ho wore a silken robe covered with r i c h em b ro id ery, under which appeared a vest sparkling w i t h j ewels. H i s slender waist was bound with a snow whit e b elt or g i rdle, suspended from which by chains of silv er h ung a golden hilted scimitar. His target was covered wi t h t h e sk i n of the rhinoceros, which, by a peculiar p roc e ss, was ren dered as clear and transparent as crystal ; and it was night have added further adorned with bosses of silver,. unstained by the Magazine. toils of camp or battle. He rode . a light moon -coloured charger, of the fleet and docile breed of Yemen, whose mettle he displayed with grace and skill in many a cur vet and dennvolt, while every pace and action of the noble animal evinced his pure descent and gentle blood. --I , T T m i ; % S .o a m vi e i n idf , oo sa g y " s tie dandies also) "blacken the inside of their eyelids with a in ßu t s h se e ll Ast „ ( ;i r r id op h ol e tt m u powder named the black Kohol. This operation is performed by dipping first into the powder a small wooden bodkin, of the thickness of a quill, and then drawing it aterwards, through the eyelids, over the ball of the eye. — Shaw ' s Travels. GRAY'S INN Lister, Esq,, j uNE B.—The undern ame d gentle men, were this day called to the degree of Barrister-at -law, by 1 the Honourabl e S oc i et y o f Gray's-Inn, viz., Willi am Smith, Esq., and Patrick M'M a hon, Esq. to D a n 1. ,, o A u T n i c r e O t i F i e THE h it o E f a T lS h r o ll m A a ß s - ie E n N ry E4AL.—W e h ave Re gistrar-general for births, deaths, and marriage., on Sunday evening, at Kent House, Knightsbridge, the mansion of his relative the Earl of Morley, in the prime of life. Mr. Lister was distinguished by his high literary attainments. He wr.ae Granby," a novel, and other popUlar works of fiction, and married, 1830, Lady Maria Theresa Villiers, niece to the late, and sister to the present, Earl of Clarendon, by wham he has left an infant family. Mr. Lister received the appointment of Registrar-general soon after the act passed for' establishing that office. Mr. Edward Conroy (son of Sir John), the Assistant-registrar, will perform the duties of the o ffi ce unt il the appointment of Mr. Lister's successor. CLOSING THE 'FORT ON MOUNT WISE. —We learn rom a Correspondent that great complaints are made at Ply- moath against a late order for excluding the ,public from the Signal Station,_ or Redoubt, to which they formerly, had free access.A * sentinel is placed at the entrance, with orders to admit none but persons on duty, or officers in t artny end ' navy. The public consider it hard that, frontlin fault, they should be excluded from a promenade whiolk.onnunatda the whole of the enchanting scenery of the neighbonrhooct, .. There ~stt be no ground f or t hi s exclus i on on th e p hi ; th at th eOW? are less orderly, for it appears from returns that the committals for the town of Plymouth during the last four yearn haze &- creased one-third, and the disturbances in the streets niece than tine-half. Mr. P. HOWARD said that he should vote for the motion of the Hon. Member for Bolton (Dr. Bowing) because he believed that it would afford to the distressed operatives, en gaged in the trade, instantaneous relief. Mr. FIELDEN said there could be no doubt but the tax was an impolitic one. He thought the passing of the Teti Hours' Bill would do mo re t o relieve the cotton manufacturers than all the protection in the world. If they were to take the duty off cotton wool, they could afford to sell their manufactures four per cent. less than they do now. Air. HUME agreed with the Hon. Member, that the hours of labour ought to be reduCed ; but it was the competition which the manufacturers were obli ge d to su b m i t to that cause d the extension a the hours of labour to even sixteen hours a day, that competition being caused by the enormous amount of taxa tion imposed on the country. The truth of the statement of the Hon. Aletnber for Stockport would be discovered is the course of another Ses,ion, and then the present Government, it they remained in office, would be as anxious to do away with this duty as they were at present to maintain it.—( Hear. ) Air. ROEBUCK said that if they had nut insisted on the intercolonial principle, they would have _had revenue enough without the duty on cotton. Atnongst.the distinguished persons who visited the Opera on Tuesday tve observed the great tragedian Mdlle. Rachel, and we are given to understand that she will re-commence her matchless_ performances at her Majesty's Theatre. on Friday next, the 10tb inst. STAVELEY.—A 3omewhat odd affair happened here on Tuesday last. A young man, a collier, has, for a consider able time been paying court to a young woman at Eckington, and the consequence is, that she, about a month ago brought forth a fine daughter; on the day above mentioned she, with the child, made her appearance at John's lodgings (with his foster mother and father). John was not at home, to whom she intended to present the child; " for to'take it back was not her intent." A neighbour or two happened to step in 41: l aurel enough) "to look at J o h n ' s fine 'baby, when the ...inoiher, good-naturedly asked one of them .‘ just to feel the we igilt of it," and immediately ran off, leaving the child with her, and she has not been to it since.—DerbysAire Chronicle. I - Crops of all kinds are looking well, and, mit]) the exception of ha), which is ra th er t hi n , a bundant harvest than w e h ave been give hopes of a more favoured with for many years. If the weather conti nue f avoura bl e , th e b a y harvest Warm* Tag hiernok - - .................... -..........aii,..assimaisormesse a .. Strangers were ordered to withdraw, and the Committee THE ASSEMBLY. 1 THE SAYING BANKS. tivided— The Edinburgh Observer thus sums up the As- ' The full meaning of the expression used lately by For the amendment Against it Majority against the amendment. On the duty on sheep and lamb's wool being proposed, going On in the Co:mnission, there have been in all by the public, but some returns laid before Parlia 111r. C. WOOD proposed that the duty on the import of about twenty-four clergymen, sheep and lamb's wool be reduced to Is. per cwt. He con- or presentees to merit have now disclosed the real state of the case. tended that the introduction of foreign short wool could not churches, either altogether deprived of their stations and the extent of the loss which those institutions possibly cause a competition with the British long wool. There and benefices in the Church—denied their legal have entailed upon the country: To avoid publishing was an absolute necessity for the importation of foreign wool,as I rights, or subjected to a greater or less men- long tables of figures, it may be sufficient to state, as it was impossible to work up British wool in such manufactures . sure of censure, (as it is called), with the pleasant the result of these returns, as follows : as would find a market, w i th out t h e a id o f foreig n wool. The prospect of being • deposed within a year hence, 1. That the various conversions of Exehequer-bills cloth made here was greatly improved by the admixture of fo reign wool, and contributed to its sale. The manufacture or driven into courts o f justice -in self-defence. i nto stoc k un d er t h e S av i ngs '-b an k A ct, from Octo which his propo s iti on would affect was that of the foreign wool, And it is not so m uc h the number as the ber, 1836, to April, 1841, have added an amount of and would not interfere with the manufacture of .British wool nature of these cases. that excites surprise. 5,39.5,716/. to the public debt of the count r y, an d at all. The effects o f t h e high duty were apparent on corn- Eleven of th ese gen tl emen h ave been suspended from paring the valu e o f th e exports or different articles. In 1821 entailed an annual charge for interest and manage the number of pi e c es o f woollen cloths exported was 3,754,000; in 1831, it wa s 4,361 , 0 00 ; and in 1841, it was 1,331,090, the exercise of important p r i v il eges , an d th e di e - merit of 163,4901.; in other words, are equivalent to negotiating aloantothat charg e of important duties for many months, be- • • beim a diminuti on o f more than one. half. The exports of cause they h a d h e ld b rot h erly commun i on with zance of Parliament. woollen and wor s t e d stu ff s were, in 1821, 1,078,000 pieces ; other clergymen, w h o , un d er t h e pro t ec ti on o f in 1831, 1,800,000; in 1841, 2,007,000. The exports of the supreme law of the country, are in possession -banks, on the 20th of November, those articles in which cotton was introduced, were in li2, of an untarnished character arid a stable position 1841, amounted to 25.843 920/ • but that the assets ~ • , 627,000 pieces; in 18 . 1 1,1,000,000 ; in 1841, 5,015,000 ; so tI , L , as "ministers of ti- ger 2 s . o T f h s a a t N t i h n e gs b , alance due to the trustees and mane while the exports of sho- -- - -- - ne Gospel ; eight are subjected to torture and expense for another year, because they gave obedience to the imperative enactments of Acts of Parliament; four are kept out of their livings, in violation even of ecclesiastical rules, enacted by the Church itself; two are deprived of their livings for the imputed offences of others, and their settlements de clared null and void; two are deposed or deprived of sta tus and capability of being reappointed to livings, ex pressly and avowedly because they have instituted le ga l proceedings for defending their legal rights—and on one pretext or other, about forty ministers. and pro. bationers of the Church have been bereaved of their rights, and had their reputations held up mercilessly to scorn before their countrymen, and subjected to ad the refilled torments that an inquisitorial ingenuity can devise, simply and solely because they Will not bow the knee to this Popish Baal, which has reared its head among us. With one solitary exception, there is not, so far as we can discover, a.single case in which these proceedings can be vindicated upon any principle of law or of justice ; and when we take into account the nine depositions and deprivations which took place in the Assembly of last • year, we have ftrily -half a hundred instances within twelve months of the most grevious ecclesiastical oppression. Such a sweeping prescription as has thus taken place, or is now in progress, has not occurred since the Revolution • and it was n o t sur p asse d a t any period of ou r history, except in times of the most outrageous persecutions under the Covenant, in the reigns of Charles and James 11., and on the reaction of the Revolution. Such a state of things is absolutely appalling, and calls loudly for remedy and redress, and, though that remedy and that redress limy be slow in arriving, we are fully convinced that it assuredly will' come. The processes of protection have already commenced, and must rapidly succeed each other. The first of these that has commenced is in the case of Al r. Wilson of Stranraer, who yesterday (Thursday) pre sented a note of suspension and interdict (a second one) for staying execution of the atrocious sentence of deposition against him, solely because lie had sought and obtained an interdict from the Civil Court against a Presbytery, who were proceeding in violation and contempt of, and injunction by, their ecclesiastical superiors. On th a t s us pension, Lord Ivory has given the following deliverance, which is important as it recognises and applies the rule laid down by the Court within the last week, in reference to all similar cases. This is the first instance of re claiming against the doings of the late Assembly ; but we predict that it is not the last ; and further, that the bold defiances flung out by Mr. Earle Mont e ith and others last week, will ere V long be emphatically responded to in a manner that will bring their heroes to the test "2d June, 1842.—The Lord Ordinary having con sidered this note with the productions--in respect of the previous interdict of the Court in this case, and the rule laid down by the Court as that which should be followed in all questions of the kind, upon the report of this case by the Lord Ordinary to their Lordships—appoints the note to be intimated and answered within fourteen days ; and, in the meantime, sists execution, and grants in terdict as craved till the case comes again to be advised, ith or without answers. (Signed) „ . t h a e k ld en hL t t h h e e i C na o r n k im et is l s , i aTh ie e r o s f o t t; la t t h d e a.), l\ ., Th in tio s l t l o a e l Ex chequer bill s , an d mone y, amoun t e d to 24,450,6211.. leaving an excess of liabilities over assets amounting to 1,393,2991. • 3. That the gross amount for interest paid and cre dited to the trustees and manage rs by the National Debt Commissioner s , from th e 6th o f August, 1817, to the 20th November, 1841, was 13,086,4721.; and that the gross amount received by the said Commis sioners on stocks and Exchequer bills held by them during the same period; was 11,218,0471. f making a difference against the public of 1,868,4251. 4. That the differenCe againk the public and in t'avour of the trustees and managers, up to the 20th of November, 1840, was 1,767,1441.; and, conse quently, that the loss sustained by the public within the year ending 20th November, 1841, arising from the difference in the rate of interest received by the National Debt Commissioners and that paid by them to the trustees and managers, amounts to 101,2811. Thus is at length made known one of the cheap means by which the late Ministry contrived to patch up and cover their long growing deficiency, the fruits of which are now visited upon the country in the shape of an Income-tax. 14 or the actual loss sus tained by the Savings' Banks in the difference be tween the amount of the liabilities and the current value of the assets, and that arising from the interest received on stock and the rate agreed to be paid to depositors, there is not of course any imputation to he thrown out. The utility of these institutions to the lower classes will go some way towards recon ciling the public •to such a sacrifice ; but it must become a matter of serious consideration, whether some further reduction -should not be made on the rate of interest; as security, and the power of getting hack the capital entire, are the principle ottiects with the depositers at large, and not the interest they derive from their deposits. No creation of stock or of Exchequer Bills should be permitted hereafter with these funds, but the money should be regularly laid out in the purchase of stock or bills already in exist ence, so as to add nothing to the public debt.— Times WITCHCRAFT. The following proofs of the ignorance and super stition of the Scotch clergy in the 17th century are taken from the last number of the " Statistical account of Scotland," under the head " parish of Irvine," Ayrshire : !;` Both among the laity and the clergy, superstition was prevalent to an extraordinary and lamentable ex tent. Their loudest and most plaintive wailings were raised against the sin of witchcraft, so that about the period of which we have been writing, persons,suspected of it were prosecuted with persevering industry by the people; and, at the instigation of the clergy, they were punished by the executive, with unrelenting severity. -The leading cause of the fast which the General As sembly appointed in 1649, was the supposed prevalence of witchcraft. Confession on the part of the accused was the only attainable evidence of a definite kind, and its validity was never questioned by the judges. Of pro ceedings in such cases, several instances are stated in the records of the presbytery of Irvine. The only effort made in dealing with the accused was to bring; them to a fuller acknowledgment of their guilt. This being done. the 'day of execution was appointed. Of the 22d April 1650, the record of the presbytery of Irvine bears, that, ' the presbyterie, finding that the sin of witchcraft was growing daillie , and that in the several paroehes meikle of the hidden works of darkness was discovered and brought to light in the mercie of God, and that severalls were apprehendit and in firmance for that sin, did meet occasionallie this day to heir and receive the confession of some, of the said sin of witchcraft, that they might recommend the same to the. Lords of Privie Counsel' i'or the issuing furth of a commission of assyse to sit upon the said persons, and after hearing, the presbyterie dues judge the confessions of the persons following, relevant to be recommendit.' Then follow the cases of Margaret Cooper, Janet Robison, and Catherine M on t gomer i e ; a ll of whom confessed tile renunciation of their baptism, communion with the devil, and the taking of a new name from him.' Other cases of similar import might he extracted from the record of the presbytery of Irvine : but we pass on to another source of information, as to the prevalence and treatment of witchcraft in Irvine, about the period under consideration. This source is found in the Memorials of Mr. Robert Law, page 219. During February, 1682, silver plate was stolen from the house of Major-General Montgomerie. A female ser -want was suspected, but while she repelled the suspicion with indignation, she proffered her services for' the dis covery of the stolen goods. On a certain day, according to our author, she ' goes down to a laich cellar, takes the Bible with her, and draws a circle about her, and turns a riddle on end twice from north to south, or from the right to the left hand, having in her hand nine feathers. which she pulled out of the tail of a black cock, and having read the 51st psalm forward, she reads backward chap. 9, ver. 19 of the book of Revelation, he appears in a seaman's cloathing with a blew cape, and asks what she would ; she puts one question to him and he answers it, and she casts three feathers at him, charging him to his place again, then he disappears at this time.' Iwo successive times, there is a similar appearance of the devil, who is twice met in a similar manner, when she found herself prepared to disclose the place where the stolen goo& were secreted, and in the place mentioned they were accordingly found. For this service, the Major-General committed her to prison, where she con fessed the charge of witchcraft, and told them she had learned the art from Doctor Colvin, who used to practise it in-Ireland." FATAL RENCONTRE IN A UNION HOUSE.—On Fri (lay two boys, inmates of the St. Alban's union workhouse, having had some trifling dispute, a scuffling fight ensued, when the youngest, a fine boy of 11 years old, fell by a blow received on his body from his antagonist, under the effects of which he lingered a few hours, and, notwithstanding every effort was im mediately used by the medical officer of the union, gradually sunk. - • . • The Annual Meeting of the City Almshouses Cha rity was held at Guildhall on Tuesday. The asylum is situate near Brixton-hill, and was erected at a cost of about 6,0004, for decayed citizens and their widows. It was built to comme morate the passing of the Reform Bill, on which occasion 1;500/. was contributed by the City authorities. It has now 30 inmates. it appears, from calculation, that from the first day of the meeting of Parliament to the 27th day of %lay, 1842, the aggregate number of petitions presented to Parliament, has been 5,725, and the number of signatures attached thereto 5,593,106. EMIGRATION.—The number of emigrants who have left the port of Galway this year, and the season is not yet over, amounts to no less than 1,130. A vessel sailed from thence on Friday for Quebec, with 186 passengers on board. MASTER JONES.—The boy Jones, whose repeated intrusions into Buckingham Palace excited so much attention in England some months since, has arrived as an emigrant by the Diamond, the Government having availed themselves of this plan to rid themselves, effectually 'of th' preience of a youth whom no precaution-thoroordd rake-streleeri to exclude from the presence oligoyalty...-11isirray's , .iftrefialiatti'Reviete of Dec. 3. Nothing • can exceed the beauty of the weather, :excepting it be the beaus of the country and the luxuriant appearance of the crops. For ire- andltwenty years there has not been such a season in Ireland; nor do we ever remember such a prospect of an ear ly an d an abundant harvest.--Dublin Evening Mail. PLEASING TRAIT.—An incident occurred on board the Viscount Bandon, which sailed on Wednesday from Graves end with the last detachment of the gallant 9th Lancers on boarsl,,,which &serves record. It is thus described in the United Service Gazette :—" A volunteer from the 15th Hussars, named Fane, had recently married ; his pasting from ' his wife was so painfully affecting that his comrades clubbed amongst themselves and raised the funds requisite to defray the - expense of her pissage to Bengal, rather than sever her from her husband. This generous act came to the knowledge of the owner of the Beulah, Mr. Laidman, who happened to he on board at the time, and who was so much, pleased with It he men's disinterested generosity, and the attachment of the newly wedded couple, that he paid the woman's passage-money out of his own purse, for which he was chaired, ;ideas coleus, round the ship by the men." THE Moons.—As the shooting season approaches, inquiries from sportsmen in the south, whorish to take moors, are as numerous as in former years; and Inverness bids fair to keep up its title of the sportsman's toll-bar for the Northern Highlands. From the continued rains in the end of last season, the grouse beeline as, wild-as hawks, so that plenty of birds must have been left for breeding ; and, up to the present. period, this season has been highly propitious. Over all the moors, except the v er y hi g h est , t hi s week will be what is called the great hatchthe most critical time for the tiny cheepers—and, if lain falls heavily, the poor draggled birds are unable to crawl through the heather, where they perish. hence .the difference in the numbers which compose the broods. 'ln fine dry summers, coveys will average four or five brace, while, in wet seasons, rarely more than half that number ever take wing. The prospects of the season for anglers are certainly of the mo‘t cheering complexion. Our spring salmon fishings have been unusually good. The rivers are now teeming with fry, descend ing to the sea, and whey the grille season commences, every pool will be searched by lovers of the gentle craft. The merry month of June invites numerous piscatorial parties, where, "in among the mountains," from Inch to loch, they pursue the finny tribes, and enjoy, in detail, the beauties of the Highland landscape. The following are some of the shoot ing quarters which are already let :—lnvereshie, to W. Evans, Esq., of ARestree ; Corrybrough, to H. F. Whirl, Esq.... Braham C as tl e , to George Stockwell , Esq. ; Knoydar and inveree, to R. F. Shaw, Esq., of Eruntingham; Glen doe, to W. fcl, Wainman, Esq. ; Conon House and shooting:, to J. - M. Bouldersoa, Esq. ; Logic, to John Ewing, Esq.— InVernen Courier. - ---..-.. KEN,DAL, TILURSDAY.----The crops of grain in this reighoirrhood are of the most promising description. b po tatoes, the flat reds, of ishich there have be-en, as usual, man) planted hereabouts, -have proved a failure, not one in twenty of the set. - having made their appearance. In such cases the ground is being re-set with those of other descriptiogs. - - year. 6. The first is the resignation of Mr. Griffiths, the Inspector of the Colonial Establishments, whose con nexion with the Bank from an early period of. its ex istence the Directors regret should have terminated. " 7. The selection of a suitable successor was a sub ject of much thought and anxiety to the Directors but they have the pleasure of infbrming the Proprie tors that they have engaged the services of Mr. - Wil liam Hamilton Hart, who has been appointed to that offic ti. The Directors are convinced that Mr. Hart's long exiierience in business and acknowledged talent qualify him to discharge satisfactorily the responsible and arduous duties of superintending the affairs athe Corporation in the Colonies, and thst he will maintain his previously well-established character. . "9. Mr. Hart sailed from • Plymouth, with his family, at the commencement. of - this year ; but iu consequence of the typhus fever having unfortunately broken out among the passengers, several of whom fell victims to its effects at sea, the vessel was compelled to pUt into Pernambuco, ill the Brazils, where a vexatious detention of several weeks has been expe rienced, occupied in eradicating' the disease from the ship. The . voyage, it was expected, would •be re sumed in the middle of April, and the Directors hope Mr. Hart will now ere long reach his destination. " 10. Mr. Griffiths continues to. conduct the affairs of the Corporation until tke arrival of his successor. "11. In.their last Report the Directors announced that steps had been taken for the formation of a branch bank. at Perth, in Western Australia, under the-ma nagement of Mr. Lewis. This gentleman died suddenly soon after his arrival in the colony, but prior to that unfortunate event he had most ably brought to a con clusion a negotiation entered into with the then existing colonial bank, called "The Bank of Western Austra lia,' which became amalgamated with this establish ment. The branch opened on the 3d May, 1841; un der the superintendence of an efficient and influential local Board of Directors, selected for that office by Mr. Lewis, and has received the decided support of the principal colonists. • The transactions have been as extensive and profitable as could be looked for in the infancy of the business, and the Directors re tain the same . expectations of the success of the branch which they had formed when its opening was determined on. " 12. At the death of Mr. Lewis, which took place on the first day that business commenced, the ma nagement devolved on Mr. I'Dermott, the next in office, who had ben engaged as the accountant of the brancl,.and who for many yearr,' had filled the situa tion of principal cashier of the old Bank. " 13. The subject of the position and prospects of the officers of the Corporation is one of 111) inconsidera ble importance, connected as it essentially is with the future good management of our colonial establish ments, and the general prosperity of the Bank : it .has consequently occupied, for a lenkth of time the se rious attention of the Directortl. 14. It apeared to the Directors that the most ef fectual way of retaining the services of their -officens would be to create a fund, out of which pensions should be granted to those who from age or length of meritorious service, or phy s ical incapa c ity, might. es• tablish a claim to such a provision. Acting upon this 'view, they desire now to state that they have passed a reSolution . (in the propriety of which they confidently expect the cordial concurrence of the Pro prietors) appropriating the sum of 1,0001. per. annum for the formation of a retiring fund, to accumulate in Sydney at colonial interest. " 15. It will, be some years before any claim can arise to form a charge on this fund, and when that period approaches the Directors will be prepared with a digested plan for its application. In the meantime the knowledge that such a fund exists, and that every officer who by length of service, fidelity, and good conduct shall be entitled to its benefits, will be enabled to ensure to himself a future provision, will, the Directors fully anticipate, tend to secure the con tinuous services of the officers in. the employment of the Bank. " 18, Having made the foregoing few observations, the Directors proceed to lay betbre the Proprietors the following statement of the results of the year's trans actions ending on the 11th October, 1841 : The amount of the reserve of un. divided profit at 12th October, 1840, as shown at the last annual. ineeting, was . To which 'are now to be added the profits realised both in the Colo nies and London, to Ilth Octo ber,, 1841, after deducting all expenses incurred, and an esti mated 'provision for bad and doubtful debts, amounting to £80,293 2 3 67,024 17 0 £147,318 0 0 1 . From which are to be taken the following sums paid to the Pro prietors, viz : _April dividend 1841, on 10,000 shares, £l 6,000 Oct. dividend 1841, on 15,000 shares ...... ...... ... 44,000 And the bonus of 11. a 6ha r e paid at Oct. 1841, on • 15,000 shares... 15,000 135,000 0 0 Leaving as the amount of the re, served fund or rest on the Iltk Oct. last " Out of which sum the April dividend 'for 1842 has been paid, and the Directors propose declaring the usual dividend of four per cent. upon the old or paid-up shares of the' Corporation for the following half-year ending in October, being at the rate of eight per cent. per annum. Considering also the probable lengthened period which will ellipse between the pay ment of the first and• following instalments on the last series of new shares issued, it is the present in tention of the Directors to pay a dividend in April next upon the first call of 10/. already paid on those shares. " 17. The foregoing result will, the Directors con fidently anticipate, be received With satisfaction by the Proprietors. It is in itself the best test of the pros perity of the establislunent f and the prudence and correctnes of.its management during a period of severe monetary pressure. At the date of the last accounts, this pressure still continued to paralyse the operations of commerce, and it is not improbable that losses may be sus tained by this Corporation in addition to those already estimated ; but the Directors entertain a firm hope thrt some improvement in the states of the colonies Nsill before long take place. - The: Directors, how. ever, always bearing in mind that the busine ss o f so concern, and conducted at so great a parent establish ment; is. peculiarly the e ingencies whi c h no prudence can exposedd large istan e s e bankingfrt from n foresee or avert, have not tailed to avail themselves of the opportunities which the successful results of pre vious years have afforded to make what is believed to be an ample provision to meet any such low, should they occur." the cHAIRMA N w i s h e d to know if any Proprietor desired to ask any _question relative- to the Report? Tha MCeting was aware that it. alluded to two or three important questions ; the Meist. prominent one - was the eStablishment of a provide pensions for the of in the:c * Oloilles. , =-(Hear, hear.) The Dtrecton thought the eAablishment of such a fund would _have- a beneficial' effect.-(llear, hear.) Captain PAGE wished to know if .the'plitrieg &My sOlVf Wald C9ntribitlit itaythinf to the find r BANK OF AUSTRALASIA, IN+CQR -1 PORATED by ROYAL CHARTER. The annual General 11lecting of the Proprietors of this establishment was held on Monday, act their office in .Moorgato-street, to receive the Repeat of the Directors &c • • The chair having been taken hy4. S. Brovinrigg, Esq., M.P., the advertiseinint convening the meeting was read by th e Secretary, eetors, ,and the three Directors Oliver Ferrer, E sq ., C a pt a in Sir A. P. Green and Alderman Sir G eorge Car t on, going out of office by rotation, were unanimously t.e-elected. Mr. Mturii}:l, the Secretary r ,then read .fol lowing Report : g eoc y;al rules " contbrmity with th e estab lished for their guidance, the Directot.'4 proceed to perform the duty assigned to them of laving before the Proprietors their annual •Repo# of the soperations. and position of the Bank during - the last ,Year of account. Every person having communication ( con nexion with the British colonies in Australasia must be well .aware of the. unexampled state •of dist,•ess, both agricultural mid commercial, under which th.sti colonies have laboured during the period adverted to.. " 3. The continuance of tins diStress. for inure than a year, accompanied with commercial failin•es of un equalled extent and importance, thlg-ht not unnaturally -have prepared the- Proprietors to hear of an unusual amount of casualties ; but it 'is satistlictory to the Directors to be able to state that the ascertained ' losses do not materially exceed' those which from the magnitude of the business might have been expected in ordinary times. • "4. 'The Directors perform-a most gratifying duty in reporting to the 'Proprietors • that the conduct of the local Directers, and that of the Inspector and Managers at the various branches, have generally been characterised by great prudenee, discretion, and fore sight ; that the zeal and anxiety displayed by all the officers in their respective stations hate been moat laud able and unceasing, and that it is tothe exercise of these qualities that the Proprietors are mainly indebted for a result kin the year'S accounts, tow about to he laid before them, which could hardly have been realised had less judgment and caution been evinced. On these grounds the gratitude and thanks of the Pro prietors of the establishment have been richly earned by the colonial eetablishments of the Bank. "5. There are a few matters of detail which the Directors think it right to ley before the Proprietors previous to giving the abstractof the accounts for the ~.