The Sun. — London, England, 1831-07-02 00:00:00

N g the whole the absence the Wo,,lsark uling that it to attend the ;ed to inform on Monday the attention Yen notice for e poor. AS :he tale he :ion which it etition front change W4B .ssimi!ated to om Clonmel ed a petition for the total widows. the !louse ltn:ind three at Seil, up- I the Evil of of the Lord ouse of Corn read a first rnday. Li . 1. I.iverpool and Lie and cum- of the Man on the la petitioners ntreaties and could not re [hey believed d they raised y to become their claims :a► Reform as the country, trcliy should luet, merited. was the duty ited with the then to exer , ag to tvlie- nt to Parlia- inched in re- Member ! ad t was highly rresenting it, he very gross have read the ged to with , of a similar look over it. ch Awe of He thought tt he was re might pre- -esented, the 11enlber that e confidence embers. )e sometimes try first pe ure was one irds. the inbabi praying for a !ember then moved for his country, brary for his Ide to obtain for a return this country ;uiNhing the tid into the from a Mr. ve coull not then moved age,l under hose whooe equently ac the payment the Under •sity of Os.. as signed by petiti•.n mt the mer praying for from the he repeal of !I: expressed itiuners. Dm the Na against the tying to be Parliament. aded, in the the people ting as the .form ; also entitled to tat persons entitled to 101. a year Honourable Reverend tying for a emplaining ce of Ou tl property uld be sold each parish ember thee of Galway, to Catholic 11 next pie erchants of to duties tut Wicklow, money for ihuted that !fit from it er petition, aware that, other corps He had re in Ireland, blood boils ing another t we could !foble Lord i upon the utended to that did .ord there ed now to and which jelature in .h a discie 1, after the to present dent men 'e election, .form Bill. • to the eke ,us classes: the people ended, but the effect rought in, s into bo -esent con number of . of which F.stablished em resided a borough, 'he elect, would ha to till u the clamty almobt into n borotv,l , . The new franchiKe as proposed by this Bill would not give an addition of five to the constituency Engla ui and Scotland were to receive a great increa , e, while Irel :nd was to he diminished. Why should not property he equally represented in Ireland as in England? was it supposed that the pevle of Ireland were 8 , stupid-as not to feel this? He entertained no jealousy fur the English Bill. He would vote for it willingly, but doing so, he had a right to appvr.l to his fellow Reformers in England, and to ask - than whether Ireland shouNt not be entiOed to the sante privilezes as England ? Government was not to suppose that Ireland would not feel insulted if ther did !tot give slime degree of privilege, to Ir.!! it!d; such as EnglAnd enjoyed. Tile Hon. Mem ber wished not to be mi.understood. Ile had stt ppm ted tht Reform treasure as far as it regrrded Engllnfi, and In would support it still, ewn if it Were a measure affecting England alone. England had the 40s. freeholders retained. Ireland had the Os. freeholders taken away, and . . , away too witho u t an y crime , notwithstmomg tne vcr basis of the Union wag founded upon the , hos. franchise. lie, however, wanted not to split hairs—he wished only to have a substtntial Reform—a stiltsttnt:al Ruf,mn wa, about to be +granted tolF.ugland, and lie wished the sine to be presented to ireland. He was persuaded that unless it was, the question of the repeal of the Union could not be put down, and in Lis conscience he thou -ht it ongl,l nut to be put down. Mr. SHEIL's conviction was, that when a change w , is about to he made affecting Ireland ) it should be on such principles as might be reasonably expected to subdue the ferment of the Irish people's mind. He quite agreed with Mr. O'Connell, g hat the way to get over the question of a dissolution of the Union was to grunt to Ireland, anti that promptly too, something like justice. If a sub stautial Reform were granted to Ireland, he thought the subject of the repeal of the Union would at least for tom e years be set at rest. It bad been a great satisfac tion to him to hear the Secretary for Ireland, on the first day of th e o p en i ng . o f P a rli a ment, stat,, that some circumstances shoul.l b e b roug ht forwatd to satisfy the Irish public that benefit resulted from the Union. No thing could be more desirable than for such circumstances to be brought forward. What had Government yet done ? Nothing. As regarded the yeomanry, and particularly with respect to the laic affray at Newtownharry, he could not help thinking that their conduct had been most re prehensible, and that the sooner that hand was discharged the better for the peace of Ireland ; because, con stituted as it was, it was almost impossible, to ex pect on any occasion anything like real justice. If he were asked what remedy he would point out for the state of Ireland, he would say—let Government, before the passion s of the people were more inflamed, take sure effective measures for allaying the agitation that prevailed. If they had received any official information cn the subject (of the late melancholy affdr, they ought to bring it before the House a n d act upon it at once. if t h e M ag i s tr a t e s were guilty of impropriety, or if the yeomanry were guibv, then let the one be removed from their commissions, or the other deprived of their arms. Procrastination would be prmluc tive of the greatest evil. Mr. J. GRATTAN was as anxious as any man ;n that House to support the present Ministers, but he felt bound to deprecate, in the strongest terms, the organising of the yeomanry of Ireland. The conduct of the yeomanry had worked an evil which it would take long and great mea- sures to overcome. If Government for a moment sup posed that the peasantry and the public of Ireland would permit this affair to rest where it was they were mistaken. Ile felt bound also to conjure the Government to lose no titne in taking measures to prevent the intended pro c:tsions o f the Orangetnen on the I:2th of July, which had been alluded to. In conclusion, he took leave to say, th - tt unlosa some very prompt and effective steps were taken by the Government for the relief of Ireland, he, for one, should certainly consider it his duty to urge upon the House at least the most serious re-consideration of the repeal of the Union. The late Chancellor of the Exchequer might laugh, but it was no laughing matter f or an y pers o n who felt for the distressed state of unfor tunate Ireland ; and it was utterly impossible for him or any other individual to entertain anything like a solid opinion that the Union could be continued, unless some active measures were taken for the benefit of Ireland. Mr. LEFIdOY was directly opposed in opinion to those who thought it right to take up every sort of con jecture for the purpose of throwing reflections on the conduct of the Yeomanry anti Magistrates, respecting the Newtownbarry affray. Lord ALTIIORP was of opinion that it was utterly impossible for the House to take any proper course, except that of silence on the subject, whilst the coroner's inquest was going on. If the discussions were continued from time to time before the termination of the inquest, they could only be productive of gnat mischief. and in which he trusted Fh Members would agree with him. Mr. LAMBERT could not hear what had fallen from the Hon. Representative of Dublin University, in reference to Reform, without making one tilpervation, funded on his own knowledge of the state of public opinion generally throughout Ireland. He had the honour to represent a county which, at all events, had proved itself most E.. vourable to the Reform Bill. In the late Parliament he was the only Member favourable to the measure, and now there were four instead of one.—(Bear.) As far, there fore, as the county of Wexford was concerned, he would deny that Ireland was anything but generally, if not una nimously, in favour of the Bill. Mr. O'CONNELL sail that the property and intelli pence of Ireland were almost wholly on the side of the Reform Bill. But the Honourable Representative for Dublin University would say. that the Anti-Reformers of Ireland were constellations of talent, intelligence, and wit. He would he very sorry to depreciate the talents of Honourable Members, which confessedly were so transeendant. The Hon. Gentleman himself, the Member for Dublin University, had already spoken, and his speech would prove to that House that there was an immensity of talent, and intelligence, and popular principle upon his side. As to the people of Ireland, all he claimed for them on this subject was, that they knew the difference between the sale of seats in that House, and the whole of the odious horoughmongering system, and the true legitimate and constitutional representation of the people.---(Hear.) Mr. O'CONNELL then obtained leave to bring up the petition for the repeal of the Union. " THE ENEMY'S CAMP." On the question, moved by Lord ALTHOBP, that the House resole itself into a Committee on the Customs kets— Sir HENRY HARDINGE said, that seeing the s Hon. Member for Middlesex in his place, he wished to advert to a subject which had been started a few days ago. It arose out of a statement, or opinion, given by the Right lion. Member for Tamwolth (Sir Robeit Peel), that certain seditious and disgusting publications were the authorship of the parties from whioh they purported to have proceeded. ' The Hon. Member for Middlesex, on the other band, had insisted that they were written by persons "in the enemy's cam p"_that is to say, that the authors of them were men who there professed opinions ver j i t i e iff f trent from the senth. men ts they really enteiteine.l. f the lion. Member for Middlesex h e a n d ly a in s d o m a m ' t i t t e e t r el i t. d t:h m at is . h n i -l n ia g ; he had at first broadly asserted was As he (Sir H. Hardinge) bad said on a former u r ion i ion were true, no punishment could be too severe for this suspicion for such a treacherous libeller ; and, without attaching too much importance to the matter, he might, perhaps, be allowed to ask the lion. Member for Middlesex whether he w a s able to substantiate the assertion, that the publica tion came from the " e nemy's camp," or whether he was prepared to admit that be had made an improper state ment? Mr. HUME was certainly not at all prepared to admit that he had made an improper statement ; on the eon he wa s prepared to r e-sa y what he had said on the eon teary, The Right Hon. Baronet (Sir Robert Peel) framer day , en a former day had argued that certain publications, such as the Republican, for instance, were actually written by the parties who stood ostensibly forward, while he (Mr. Hume) bad then some reaspn :or beltieving that Mr. lie was only the print >r o in the way of his therington trade. On a subsequtnt day, the Hon. Member for Dun dalk came forty d, as be contended, prepared to show that these publica.tions emanated from the Political Unions, which political Unions were encouraged by him (Mr. H me ). To esta blish it, a letter, of which he (Mr. Ho u me ) , wa s the author, w end the sentiments of ri hi by no ch he did not rete nd to dison, .was p p roduced, but d the point for which it was employed. O n mea ns prove (Mr. Hume) had taken upon himself to that occasi on he deny the correctness of the statement of the Right Hon. Baronet (s i r B. Peel), and he had done so on the autho r'manuscripts of of the 11th and 18th numbers of the be received from Mr. Hetherington, IvelhePourbeiceiav4e'd them from a person of the name of Lorimer, who purported to be i the e i c r e author. It happened that this veryenoning, be bat r ived a very curious letter from Mr. Lorime, who seemed to anticipate that the subject would be this night mentioned. It was addressed to wou " Citizen lionlet M.P., 7, Bryanston.square," and it began, went.. R on to say, "Respected Fallow Citizen." —(Laughter.) The w that perceiving by t h e M orn i ng Chmroenb e icle r : of which M r . Hume was a riter ri .i t ? h e e pti a r/i lly Republican had been noticed by him as Member emanating front the enemy's camp e n • eaning the mtstra, 'e Anti-Reform Oppo sition), the writer to ok the liberty Hume rec tifying this absurd er ro r into which Mr. ' had fall,n, as the author of the Republican had no aonnection of a political nature with any of the Unions, with the despotic Anti-Reform Tories, n with the hypocritical double-dcalirws Whigs.—(Cheers ind laughter from all parts of the House.) The write , _ if the letter proceeded to Fay that he could not imagine ot , vhat authority Mr. Home had made his statement, as he (Mr. Lorimer) was the supervisor of the Republican, and its ostensible and responsible editor. The communication concluded with a request that Mr. Hume would send bad; the manusctipts of which he had possessed himself, ano ,vhich had been removed from Citiz ITetherington's Ake without his consent; it was subscribed " Your re spectful .1. S. B. Lorimer." After rcadine this communication, he (Mr. Hume) would add, that the suspicion he had entertained that the writer of the Re publican belonged to the enemy's camp was c onfir:ned.— The Right Hon. Baronet and the Hon. Member for Dun dalk were decidedly in error in what they had advanced, and he (Mr. Hume) had unquestionably traced the itithor• ship of the Republican to the west end of the town.— (Cheers and laughter.) This, be again said. was in itself t ground of suspicion that the man who wrote the Republican could not bean honest Ra, former. —( linghter. Besides, what he wrote was so violent and offensive, that it threw ridicule upon the Bill and its advocates, and can'd not, in any way, advance the cause. He denied that ht !Ind ever coup! , d the Bight Hon. Baronet with the ..yrite , of the Republican; he could not do it; and it was unit said that be had done so by those whose over zeal tt :hem to catch at anything in the shape of a chargo. Ot what be had said lie would not withdraw one word, for he still entertained the suspicion he had at first expressed. The question was put that the Speaker have the Chair, ;hat the House might reso!ve it>elf into a Committee oo he Customs Acts. _ _ _ Sir H. HARDINGE thought that the fFuse wonV ageee with him that a more important explanation ht never been attempted. Hewa. at a loss to conceive how the Hon. Member for Middlesex could, after deliberation. came down to make such a statement, so unsupported b) the real truth of the f,ct. On the former day the Hon Member had complained also of the pompous haught\ tone of ridicule with which he had been treated by the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir P.. Peel). After the letter he had read, he (Sir H. Harilinge) had expected that the Hon. Member would have frankly declared that he had been mistaken, and wou!d nut hive res,tcd to such sub terfuges. When an att.ck of the kind was made by the Press, he despised it ; hut coming from a Member of Par liament, who had weizia and influence out of doors, he felt it necessat vto take notice of it. He hoped still that the candour and manliness of the Hon. Member wool , ' induce him to admit that he had made an improper accu- sation.—(Hear.) Mr. HUME had only to say farther, that he had as much respect for truth as tl'e Right Hon. and Gallant Officer (Sir 11. Hardinge,) and that the assertion of the one was worth as mach as that of the other. His (Mr. Hume's) doubts were not removed : he still had his sus picions.—(Laughter.) If the House wished to see Mr. Lorimer, he :night be summoned, althcugh it was hardly worth while t,) waste the time of the House upon b. uet. nonsense.—(Cheers from all sides.) He repeated that he was correct, and the Right Hon. and Gallant Officer en- tirely in error. Hetherington was not the writer of the Republican, but a person at the west end of the town, who probably belonged to the enemy's camp. Sir R. PEEL cbserved, that sated with the eloquence of the Hun. Member for Middlesex, he had left town, and had derived his knowledge of what passed on the last oc casion chiefly from the ordinary channels of such infor mation. He had been informed, also, that during his ab sence the Hon. Member had made something like an at tack upon hint (Sir Robert Peel), although when he was present the Hon. Member had complimented him on his good humour, which lie professed he would endeavour to imitate. From the charge of connection, whether it was or was not intended to be made, he (Sir R. Peel) could not condescend to vindicate himself—(Hear, hear)—and he would rather a thousand times be the object of such a suspicion than the author of it.—(Much cheering.) That any man of eominon honesty or common sense would resort to such an infamous prone ding, it was impossible to be lieve.— (Hear, heir.) The accusation was so extravagant us to contradict and refute itself. He (Sir R. Peel) ad mitted that he had sti ong fact.; against him, and one of them was, the conclusive piece of evidence that Mr. Lo rimer belonged to the enemy's camp because he lived at the west end of the town.—(Cheers and laughter.) Of course he could not be a true and sincere friend of the Re form Bill if he !iced west of Temple-bar.—(Cheers.) But notwithstanding this fact, he (Sir Robert Peel) would not condescend to vindicate himself. It was too much to wake anv set of men answerable for the misconduct of others, even of persons who might happen to take part with thew, much less of those to wi.om they were opposed.—(Hear, bear, .hear.) Tae riots in Paris were attributed to those who were desirous to brine - ' back Chat lea N. By the same sort of inference, the break ing of the windows during the recent illuminations was said to have been committed at the instigation of the Tories.—(Hear, and laughter). As to the citizen Hether ington, be (Sir R. Peel) never heard of that citizen, until his name was mentioned in the House by the Hon. Member for Middlesex himself. If the Hon. Member supposed that he (Sir R. Peel) alluded to Hetherington is his reply to the Han. Baronet opposite (Sir F. Burdett), lie was entirely mistaken. On the contrary, he thought that the Hun. Baronet was alluding to Carlile, and other persons of that description, whose names were more generally known than Ilethering,ton's. What he then said was, that when the Hon. Baronet recommended that those writers should not be punished by the arm of the law, he ought not at the same time to shield them from the only other punishment which could reach them, that is, public indig nation—(Near)—to which they could not be insensible, if they were not destitute of every particle of good feeling. —(Hear.) He would mention another instance of that kind of imputation of which he had complained. Ile found that there had, some how or other, crept into the new Reform Bill a clause which becatne the subject of much animadversion, because it disqualified from voting all householders paying their rent quarterly.—( Hear.) — Well, he found that that unfortunate clause was also seid to be the production of the secret enemy. But be had not been prepared to find any one going se far as to impute to any friend of his, or of those gentlemen who generally act with him, a connection with the authors of the infamous writings alluded to by the Hon. Baronet. Mr. FERGUSON could never think that the impres sion had been left for a moment upon the mind of any Hon. Member that the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite had been connected with those base publications.— (Hear.) But at the same time he was bound to admit that the Hon. Member for Middlesex had not made out his case.—(Hear.) Imputations such as those complained of by the Hon. Baronet had not always been so groundless as on the occasions to which lie referred. It was well known, that iu the year 1794, the most atrocious pro ductions were put forth, purporting to come from the party friendly to the French revolution, for the purpose of bringing that party into disrepute.--( Hear, hear.) It was also well known that spies were sent on other occa sions amongst the people, with instructions to use trea sonable language for the purpose of entrapping those whom they could draw into conversation. But one of these fellows was caught in his own snare and was hanged at Edinburgh for treason.—(Hear.) Notwithstanding the explanation which had been made, he (Mr. F.) could not help thinking that the direct inference to lie drawn from the remarks of the Hon. Member for Dundalk was, that the Hon. Gentleman endeavoured to identify Mr. Iltinie's opinions with those of the Political Union, and to identify that Association with the seditious publications which he said were the recoeMzed organs of the Union. Mr GORDON rose amidst cries of " Oh, oh !" and Question, question!" which subsiding, he explained that he had not charged the Ho o n f: Member o participant for d t i b ' e e s x e with having been cognizant writings. After a few words from Mr. C. Pr.oi o ra n - a in t , , it t t h ee e ucpoonn versation dropped ; and on time motion o f Lord Ar. Tuottr, the House resolved itself i n t o a c THE CUSTOMS ACT. Lord ALTHORP did not anticipate any Oppo s iti on to the resolutions which he had to propose to the Committee, as similar resolutions had been agreed to in a Committee in the last Parliament. He thought that it was impos sible for the Committee to reject the first resolution, W hi c h was to the tffect that " it was the opinion of the Com mittee that all Duties and Customs now payable up on Coals and Slates, carried coastwise from one part of Great eaketh.at time duties Britain and Ireland to another, be abolished, from the lot of March, 1831." d . t te place of Mr. GOULBURN would not oppose the resolution after the expectations which had beer.bald out to the which the B N u o t b those repealed would not be sufficiently productive utttivett?sup dl intendeda pp rehe n t s o nt y the deficiency, and that the consequent defalcation of Cie revenue would be detrimental to t public service and I l e ie L w or a ti the national credit.—(Hear.) Lord ALTHORP (who sp oke i n a audible that we could not be certainhad been red an auc act uof al o t f on a e s s e o n i t m eo p c t e !r ) fec w t a ly 4 understood to say, that although there deficiency in the revenue, occasioned by some duties, yet that there was at thesame t th time compa rative increase, by the greate r productiveness of those which were retained. Thus , in the first half-y ear of 1830, etio n the duties repealed in the Excise amounted to two million. red seventy-six thousand pounds, an:l the actual defieieu e% vas, notwithstanding th it reducii.,o, no more than nin; ,on•lred and fourteen thousand pounds ; so that in that ialf-year there was a comparative increlse of about a nillion.—(Hear.) In the Customs the repealed duti, anounte:l to 560,0001., and a, tic ' , AI deficiency wa ittle more than two hundred thousand pounds, there lid& ie said to 1)3 comparatively an increase uf more than thrGt unfired thousand pounds: GOULBCTIIN complaiued that the repeal of the lute en slates had not been mention , d in the Bill of la. -;ession. Slates had a great advantage in the market over i:es, en account of their superior convenience; arid as. ' ) ,side9, a tax upon tiles was a tax upon labour, he mud ecommend the Noble Lord either to repeal the duty or; :le:, as well as that upon slates, or to leave the duty upor he latter a' it stood already. Lord ALTHORP replied that it wao merely a vi,rli.d mission in the other Bib, which had bince been rectifie‘'. le had ha,' an interview with gentlenttn connected wit! he tr,de in Wei, and had told them that ti:e duty ,e taken cif. If he were to act uponthe recommendatioi 4' the Right Hon. Gentleman, and continue the dot\ you slates, it would be necessary to keep up the (sti llishments at present tnaintaine I to col:ect the duty upni, ! ,),..14, :is both duties are codreted in the , arne manner.— (Hear, hear.) Mr. HUME hoped that as the tax upon tiles produced ,nly 50,0001.,. and was a tax up•,n labour, the - Nob!, ford would consent to repeal it, if the money could at all • be spared. itfr , -r a few words from Mr. Alderman Wool) and Mr. WARBURTON the resolution was agreed to. Lord ALTIIORP then moved a refedution to the effect ,as nearly as we could hear it) that " The duty upon ais expored from this country to British possession, broad, excepting to the Isles of Jersey, Guernsey, Alder ney, and Sark, from the Ist of March, 1531, should be .):;p:q. ton instead of 3s. Id., when carried by British ces,els ; and Gs. Sd., instead of 12s. 2d., when carried ~y foreign ves,iels." Mr. GOULIiURN thought, that when the duties were r e duced the dfferenee between the coals carried in British and foreign vessels should be in the same proportion as he 'ote, so as to continue the protection to our own shipping• Mr. WARBURTON said, that if there were a ease in which restriction upon trade was called for, the export, ,ion of coals was that case, inasmuch as our supply of coals ..vas limited, and it was a commodity which could nut be re-produced. Mr. HERMES was much gratified to hear the Hon. Gentleman for the first time advoc to the safe and prudent system of political ecunomy.—(A laugh.) Mr. ROBINSON said that those gentlemen who were so much attached to the theory of free trade on some oc c isions were willing enough to depart float it on others. They would support the Ministers in carrying any mea sure of free trade, to the ruin of a weak class of our own people, as was the case with the trade (glove-making) of a latge part of his constituents. But when any measure was attempted which might interfere with the trade of a power ful class, as, fur instance, the trade in corn, those gentle men knew very well that it was defeated hyalarge majority. Sir H. PARNELL said, that whenever the question of free trade was brought ois, he, and those gentlemen who with him were advocates of free trade, would be prepared to maintrin their principles, and to show that there was not. a trade in the kingdom to which those principles might not be applied with advantage. It could be shown that the glove-trade had derived advantage from those prin ciples.—(Hear.) - Mr. WARBURTON would not limit free trade for the benefit of individuals, or classes of individuals, to the in- jury of the public. His view of subjects of that nature was directly the reverse of any such limitation. Cu!. SIBTHORPE was happy to be able to state, that a considerable reaction had taken place on the subject of flee trade. Mr. HUME observed, that the question was avhether they should lay a duty upon coals, and to what amount. His principle of free trade was, that we should exchange everything which was of no value to ourselves with countries requiring such commodities. By laying a duty upon any article, the quantity exported was necessarily diminished, and the means of employment for the working classes prcportionably lessened. He was opposed to laying any duty upon coals. The object should be to facilitate, rather than impede, the export of coals. Lord ALTHORP then rose and made a few observa• tions, which were inaudible in the gallery. Mr. GOULBURN complained that the Isle of Man was subject , d to a greater duty than England, Ireland, or Scotland. Lord ALTHORP explained. There was an imperfec tion in the wording of the resolution which should be re medied, hut certainly as it stood the effect was not as the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite supposed. Mr. GOULBURN contended that the resolution did want amendment. Mr. HUME asked why the Noble Lord proposed to deal so hardly with our colonies ? They were in great distress, and they wanted fuel to boil their sugar, he there fore confessed that he did not ti—erstand upon what prin ciple that advantage was denied. Sir M. W. RIDLEY said the duty on coals going to France and Holland was regulated precisely upon the prin. ciple for which the Hon. Member for Middlesex contended. The resolution was then agreed to. The next resolution was one which went to impose an additional duty on b:rilla, in respect of the quantity of soda and mineral alkali which it contained, which duties to commence from the 28th of May, 1819. After a few words from Sir GEORGE CLERK, Messrs. Dicicsort and EWART, the reodution was agreed to. This was followed by a resolution, imposing an addi_ tional duty upon all natural alkali produced wit'.in limits subject to the East India Company's Charter, in respect to the quantity of soda and mineral alkali which it contained; to commence from August, 1828, all duties subsequent to the sth of January being drawn back. Lord ALTHORP then moved that an additional duty of 1/. 10s. per hundred weight be imposed on all wax imported. Mr. DICKSON objected to that duty as injurious to our manufactures. After a few words from Mr. P. Toomsoar and Mr. SADLER, the resolution was agreed to. Lord ALTHORP, in moving the next, said the remova of the duty on printed calicoes had been attended with the most beneficial consequences, the printing trade in Man chester being now in a flourishing condition, and it was certainly not to be denied that the duty on cotton wool was not so contrary to principle as that upon printed calicoes. He then moved a resolution, imposing a duty of ss. 10d. upon all cotton wool imp -rted into this country, excepting from British possessions abroad—cotton from thence only to pay 4d Mr. E. KING complimented the Noble Lord the Chan cellor of the Exchequer upon the removal of the duty from printed calicoes. Mr. GOULBURN asked what was the amount of the drawbacks on printed cottons? Lord ALTHORP could not state the exact amount of the drawbacks; but this he could say, that the drawbacks this year had exceeded the receipts by 122,000/. After a few words from Mr. Sadler, Mr. Y. Thompson, Mr. Ilerries, Mr. Alderman Wood, Mr. Goulburn, and Mr. Hunt, the resolution was agreed to. The House then resumed, and the report was ordered to be received on Monday. EXCISE. On the motion of Lord ALTHORP the House went into a Committee on the Excise Acts. Lord ALTHORP moved a resolution to the effect that the duties of Excise payable on candles in Great Britain and Ireland he repealed. Mr. HERRIES suggested that it would be more ad vantageous to take off a part of the duties on soap. Mr. HUME said that if the duties on soap as will as that on candles could be taken off, he was sure that be should agree to such a measure. He had already taken an opportunity of proposing that the duty on soap should be taken off, and an additional duty put upon the tallow im ported from Russia, by which we should prevent Russia from taxing England to the amount of 600,0e01. a year. Lord ALTHORP would have been glad to have adopted the course suggested by the Hon. Member for Middlesex ; but he was afraid, that if they raised the tax on Russian tallow any higher, it would be the means of putting a stop to that trade altogther. Mr. GOULBURN said that it would not only put a stop to the ti ade, but raise the price of soap and candles toe. Mr. PROTHEROE stated that the duty on soap had driven the traders of Bristol to buy that article of those who did not pay the duty. Mr. ROBINSON recommended the adoption of an taluitable tax on property, as the best means of relieving th e pour, and enabling the Chancellor of the Exchequer to take off taxes on soap, and candles, and malt, as well as the Assessed Taxes. Mr. PAGET would recommend the Chancellor of the Exchequer to adopt the suggestion of Mr. Hume, and lay a tax on Russian tallow. That would allow the tax to be taken off soap, and give great relief to a large body of the ;ample. Mr. Alderman THOMPSON hoped the Noble Lord would not adopt the proposition of the Hon. Member for Middlesex. It would raise the price of tallow in the mar hut. H e wished to know why the cessation of the duty candles had been poitponel from the 10th of October 11 the Ist of January? Lord ALTHORP said, the ground of his making that !bange was, that when he proposed October, he though, duties on wine and on cotton would leehaven imposed lir the last quarter of the y ear ; hitt as he ost a quar. e•r's revenue on them, he wes obliged to take a quarter's 1.-Iditional revenue from candles. Mr. MABERLY supported the proposition for imposing: '•iproperty tax. Colonel SIBTHORPE recommended that an absentee ttx should be imposed, That would benefit Ireland as - .yell as England. Mr. HUNT said that absentees went away to avoid taxation, and not to desert their country, lie regretted ,he postponement of the relief to the po a or: e x a l t de rc h , je t f va t s o imposed by the abolition of the e ' andle tax. Thepsum vas paltry, and it would give at relief to the oi. le hoped the soap tax would be left on till it could e t to lowest classes oa t h i l i o e7)e h t l ip ti l ' e a . t vw' k c lio l' l l v b t e he people to have .ap cheap, and that would be a great security against morbus.--(A laugh.) Resolutions a greed to. The House resumed. :•eceiveil on Monday nest. SUPPLY.-11fISCELLANEOUS ESTIMATES, Lord ALTIIORP moved that die Hou c should resolve itself into a Committee of Supply. Mr. HUME took that opportunity to object to a mo. ion made lest evening for referring the Militia E•titna.tes a Committee. It was unusual that such a umtion should be made without notice, and at a late hour. Sir 11. HARDINGE justified the course taken. The House resolved itself into a Committee of Supply. Mm'. S. RICE was understood to say that the votes for th., civil contingencivi which be had to move, like the vot e s for the army and n ivy, had been agreeirto in the The Report was ordered to be last Par:iamel. , . 14,4501. was proposed for the British Museum, which alter a fow words from Mr. llu•ne, Mr. S. Rice, Mr. Pro. r,e, and i►lr. Davies Gilert, was agreed to. SO,OOO/. was proposed for civil contingencies. Mr. HUME wished to take that opportunity of asking chat reductions had been made in the Consular depart. :cent ? Ht umierstood that the Extraordinaries, amount ing to forty odd thousand pounds, were nut to be voted next ye ,r. I understood also, from persons who had been abroad, that our Consular estaldishments were of little advantage. and therefore he ‘vished them reduced. Mr. S. RICE replied that the question of Consuls was :Jude the consideration of his Noble Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and he meant to postpone the vste for the Consuls till that Noble Lord was in his place. Mt. HUME would not pn:si his question at that women Vote agreed to. Mr. SPRING RICE, in moving the Miscellaneous F., timates, explained that there was an apparent increase in some articles, owing to the charges in the Civil List, but here was, in fact, a considerable decrease. The Hon. Member 'then proposed 73,8001. for defraying the expenses of pui,lie works. Mr. RIDLEY COLBORNE took the opportunity of ob serving that the National Gallery in Pall-mall was in an insecure stag , . It was not economy to alow such valu able property to be left in such an insecure state. Hu recommended the subject to the, consideration of the Ali t, isters. Mr. S. RICE would attend to the recommendation. Mr. HUME reminded the Noble Lord (the Chancellor of the Exchequer), that he had promised that the sums taken from the Civil List should be brought under the re vision of the House. He found, however, nothing of that kind in these estimates, and thought that they ought to be referred to a Committee. He found a large sum allotted to buildings, and he wished to know under whose super intendance it was to be appropriated ? Lord ALTHORP had no objec:ion to refer these votes to a Comin;ttee; but, in the mean time, they must be moved for, in order to carry on the public service. The Board of Voi ks was responsible for the employment of the sum mentioned by the Hen. Member. After a few words from Mr. Ilume and Mr. Ileerics, Lord Althorp, and Mr. S. Rice, Mr. R. GORDON objected to the stun of 39,0001. for (*.dinars repairs, which he concluded meant buildings. Mr. S. RICE explained, that the sum was an estimate framed upon an average of the expellee for three }errs. The sum was to be applied to ten different palaces. Colonel SIRTHORPE said, a large sum had been laid out for the palace at Edinburgh, and he did not know who resided there, except a King whom he wished was not to he there. Mr. S. RICE was gi id that England still maintained her character of being the asylum for every man. The sum alluded to for Scotland was intended for all the public buildings of Edinburgh. Mr. J. MARTIN referred to the state of Westminster hall, which he wished to see cleared of all the in. cumbrances that disfigured it. Mr. C. FERGUSON thought the state of Westminster hall was a disgrace to the country. Mr. GOULBURN said that the hall was in progress of being cleared. Lord ALTHORP said that the Master of the Rolls had offered his house for the Records, and they would be re moved there. Mr. HUME wished to know why we kept up ten palaces? They were only employed to lodge paupers of a higher class. The people at Hampton Court were lodged ' n there on the same pri nci p le as p au p ers were lod g ed in the work house.—(N° He said, yes, yes, and he pro tested against suchuon)necessary expences. A good deal was said about Republican Institutions, but he wished to remark, that the whole expence of the American Govern ment at Washington did not amount to the caprice of these palaces.—(N°+ nal oh, oh.) He must persist in the assertion. Let the House look too at the way this ope rated. It ought not to consider the gross sum, but con sider the most o dious branch of taxation, and remember that but for these palaces it might be done away. To raise these sums, 3,000 summonses would be issued to levy the assessed taxes.—(No, no.) He said yes, and it was lamentab'e to think that many persons were deprived of th e ir beds, or driven to the workhouse by these taxes. It was impossible that such extravagance and such wasteful expenditure should be continued. But when any person spoke of these subjects, they shut their ears, and cried oh, oh a nd would not hear ; but by and by discontent would grow stronger, and would come tin them with a force which could not he resisted. The Kin g , he believed, '% o . Mr. S. RICE a g ain pressed it on the attention of the Hon. Member, tha t the sums he moved for were estimates, got id 1 but s o o n l, or othe rwise dis p os ed of ? ed palace ; and why, then, were not the others bein g the average of three years ; and the present Govern ment would be very happy to find that the expense might he lessened. After a few words from Mr. TRANT, which were not heard in the gallery, Lord ALTHO RP sail, this was the first time these estimates had com e under the consideration of the House separated from the char.te for the Civil List, and he thought the discussion of that evening had fully proved that the separation would be beneficial to the country.—(Hear.) After a few observations from Mr. BRISCOE, the rote was agreed to. A vote of 4, 7501 . , bein g the one-half of 9,5001., the est i ma t e for the works at Po rt p atrick Harbour, was a g reed to, after some conversation between Mr. Rurnvtx, Mr. Got3.BURN, and Mr. R. GORDON. A sum of 4,0001. was then voted for the harbour of Donagbadee. On the proposal of a vote of 12,000/. for the works of the British Museum, M r . HUME expressed his regret that the buildings bad ea h the property would oa o l f d the Museum no t been completed at once, instead of being starved, as c: completed r t h e y - were now, by s p rea di ng t h e gran t over t w o or th ree }.ear,, and leaving hoped he they tected. He was su re th e public desired to see the works be so onap ant On the vote of 1,700/. for th e r e pai rs o f th e Holyhead road, and the expenses of the Engin ee r s and C o mmissioners, Mr. HUME object e d t o t h e expense o f k eep i ng two or t h ree engineers in cons t ant emp l oyment w h en one wou ld Ire sufficient. Mr. G. DAWSON agr ee d w i t h th e H on . M em b e r is co ndemning this expen ce; an d o b serve d, t h a t d ur i ng the time he was connected with th e T reasur y he had the plea ttime next com pleted, y ande a rVote w ee d t o . ,tire of reducing the expences connected with the Holy head-road by many thousand pounds. Sir HENRY PARNELL defended the conduct of the C o mmissioners, and the economy of their expenditure. Public works, such as the Menai bridge and the Howth H ar bour, required the constant attention of an engineer. At H o wth, where a pier was erected in the open sea, un less an engineer was present to direct repairs after a storm, the whole work might be destroyed; and he was sure no one grudged 2001. a year for taking care of the Menai bridge. He was prepared to prove that the Commis sioners for the Holyhead -road had saved the country upwards of 150,000/. a year, and he courted inquiry. Mr. GOULBURN bore testimony to the meritorious e xertions of the Right Hon. Baronet and the Commis sioners. He had at all times thought the improvement of the communication between England and Ireland a mat ter of great importance ; and differed from his Right Hon. Friend (Mr. Dawson) oil th e propriety of lowering the Apen , liturs , . Not Eceing any vote for the purpose of ho. irovine the laming pier at 11Rford Haven, he wiThed ti, , sk if that object had been abandoned: Mr. SPRING RICE said that no vote had been pro. iosed fm that purpose, because there was et present mom., •nough in hand to carry it on. In ;iiiswer to a r i nerlian from an 11,m. Member, Mr. SPRING RICE tli,t the state of the. `.iverpool and Holyhead liieliets was tir:de! the considers inn of the Postmaster-General. After a few words from Mr. DAwsos and Mr. RUTH- the resolution was agreed te Mr. S. RICE said, that as the nest grant to he pro ;rised involved a question of principle, he begeed leave ti, :noble the House with a few observations upon it. 1,, S:?5, complaint!: having been made of the in idequavy of re revenue buildings 2t Liverpool, a person was sent !own to inspect them, who teperted that it was Ctigenti.ii the public interests that there should be new. buildings, rol th it the old ones should be enlarged. An agrecomm 'eta in consequence roOrle between the Treasury and the omporation of Liverpool, that the former would expend 150,000/. on that object, provided that the corporation ;mold contribute 25,0001. more, and enter into it gua etutee that C11 , e4 would defray any excess over the amount if toe estimate, or Ir/;5,0901. The mode in which this ono of 150,0001. was td lee paid by the Treasury was dghly oljectionable; for it was pa:loosed that it should .some out of the proceeds of the revenue department in !heir way to the Exchequer. Ile had, therefore, been in structed by his - .T.folile Friend to communicate to the cor poration of Liverpool, that although his Majesty's present 'government felt no difficulty in carrying into effect the igreement in question, yet they could not consent to do so unless by a vote in Parliament.—(Bear, hear.) Feel !rig, therefore, that that was the most satisfactory and constitutional mode of proceeding, he should move as a resolution, to grant to his Majesty the sum of 25,0001., ieing one year's expenditure, for the improvement of the revenue buildings in Liverpool. Mr. GORDON entirely agreed in opinion with his Bon. Friend, and thought the pin:tilde which he had laid down an excellent one. There had been several cases in which I :roe sums, among the rest 100,0001. for the new Po,t-office, had been improperly paid out of the revenue, instead of having been submitted ao votes to Parliament. Mr. GOULBURN, with reference to the agreement that had been made with the Corporation of Liverpool, that although he had no personal concern with it, had no doubt that it had been a satisfactory one. Mr. HUME wished to know when the buildings were begun ? Mr. S. RICE believed Itst year, or the year before. Mr. HUME strongly condemned the mode in which it had been intended to carry the agreement into effect, without in the first place submitting it for the approbatien of the House. He looked forward to Parliamentary Re form as calculated to give a check to such practices. Lord ALTHORP was certainly of opinion that it was an unjustifiable practice to conclude agreements of such a nature without the previous sanction of Parliament. How could that House exereise its constitutional function of controlling the expenditure of the public money, if such practices were permitted ?—(Hear.) It was essential that they should cease. Mr. GOULBURN hail no doubt that the agreement in question was made " liable to the decision of Parliament." He also recollected that a question had been asked and answered in the House on the subject ; so that it could not be said to have been unknown to Parliament. Mr. O'CONNELL maintained that before a single stone had been laid, or a single shilling expended, the agreement should have received ihe sanction of Parliament. Mr. GOULBURN replied, that no money would have been paid until the grant had been voted. Mr. O'CONNELL observed, that in that case, if Par liament had refused to sanction the agreement, the Corpo ration of Liverpool would have been defrauded of die money they had laid out. Mr. GOULBURN said that no doubt the Corporation of Liverpool felt that the proposition was so reasonable that Parliament would have no difficulty in acquiescing in it. Mr. SPRING RICE contended that Parliament ought to be invested with the most absolute controul of the public money. A question asked and answered incidentally, was nut the way to obtain the consent of the Commons of England to an expenditure of 150,0001. Mr. GOULBURN 113(1 never denied that the Howe ought to retain the most absolute controul over the public money. If the Hon. Gentleman meant to real any one a lecture on the subject, he ought to read it to one of the present Noble Secretaries of State, It was not by him (Mr. Gouiburn) but by Lord Goderich, who he was sure • had not the slightest intentions to supersede the authority of Parliament, that the transaction bad been sanctioned. Mr. GORDON observed that it was a mockery to tilk of submitting to the sanction of Parliament, an agree ment which had been already acted upon. And what were the terms of the agreement ? It was dated in .Tune 1827, and stated on the part of the Treasury, that if the corporation of Liverpool would do so and so, " this Hoard," without the slightest reference to Parliament, would carry the agreement into effect. Mr. EWART observed, that the buildings had been commenced in 1829, and that all the correspondence on the subject had been submitted to the Finance Committee. At the same dine, he cordially approved of the course now adopted by the Hon. Genth-man and the Noble Lord. After a few words from a MEMBER, whose name we were unable to learn, the resolution was agreed to. On a resolution being moved for granting the sum of 42,300/. for salaries and allowances to the Officers of the Lords and Commons, Mr. HUME took the opportunity of reprobating the confusion in the manner in which the accounts were drawn up, and of expressing his wish for more detailed information. Lord ALTHORP promised, that in future the ae counts should be prepared iu a more clear and intelligible manner. Mr. PAGET had paid the greatest attention to the ac counts, but he was perfectly unable to understand them. Be could not conceive why they might not be exhihi:ed in the most simple shape. The resolution was then agreed to. On the vote of 31,9001. for the expellees of the Houses of Lords and Commons for 1831, Mr. HUME referred to the expences of the examina tions on the East fiction! Bill—expences which he thought ve.y great, but which be did not grudge under the circum stances, as he thought that the conduct of the Govern ment on that subject had produced the pres.nt Reform Bill.—(Cheers.) He wished to know how much of the sum was ac'ually expended for the witnesses? Mr. S. RICE answered about 8,000/. Colonel SIBTHORPE thought if that were the case, that those who brought the matter forward, ought to be ront.nt to pry the expense out of their own pockets. The vote was agreed to. A sum of : , 5,400/. was voted for the deficiencies of the Fee Fund in the Treasury. A .eum of 11,137/. was voted for the deficiency of the Fee Fund in the Horne Office. Another sum of 8,709/. was voted for the sante fund for the Exchequer. On the question that a sum of 16,475/. be voted to make good the deficiency in the Fee Fund for the Colonial Office, Mr. ROBINSON asked if the recommendations of the Committee respecting the management of the Colonies had been attended to ? Lord I-10WICK said it had been the earnest desire of the Noble Lord at th head of the Colonial Department, to carry the recommendation of the Committee into effect. As a proof of this, he might mention, that in filling up a lately vacant Government, the Noble Lord had effected a reduction of 1,000/. in a salary of 2,500/. Mr. HUME asked what was done with the Govern• went of Gibraltar ? Lord HOWICK answered, that Lord Chatham was still alive. Mr. HUNT said that he wished to take that opportu nity of calling the attention of the House to a most for frnreidqauberilet c m oa e l n it t i i o o n n. of Hwhiche,asthaeanueswedsppeosfrsh havingad elnatteerlyedminartloe a coalition, but that coalition had cost the country no thing, and never would coq the - ceuntrya farthing. The coalition he spoke of, however, was very different, at least if the newspapers were to be believe'. He wished to know whether their statements were true, and therefore he brought the matter under the consideration of the House. He gave the Noble Lord opposite the opportu nity of contradicting the report, which he hoped, and he 'night even say he believed, to be untrue. It was this— that the Noble Lord at the head of the Govautocnt had entered into a coalition with the members of his family, whom he had placed upon the country at an annual ex pri-ce of 68,000/. He wished to know if this was true ? Lord ALTHORP rose amidst calls from several Mem bers of "No, no—it is not worth while," and said, that from what the Hon. Member had just uttered he really thought the lion. Member could not understand the mean• in; of the word " coalition."—(Hear, hear.) lie telt anxious to say one word upon the subject thus introduced. He knew that his Noble Friend hail been attacked in some newspapers for placing his family in different situations. If those persons so placed were unfit for the situations they occupied, it was right to attack him.—(Cheers.) But if they were not unfit for these situation., then the attacks right not in just . ce to be in itle,—'Checrs. As to the. i 'itement about 69.0001. he could only say that it was an thsurdity. He would now decl tr., his Opinion of his Noble Friend, that no man had ever been less actuated by In rives ,f mere private interest.—(lietr, hear.) His Noble ; 7 ricnil had always sacrificed his private interest to his Attic duty, for if he bid not done so, every one mu lac ~vare that he need not have been absent from office nearly his whole life.—(litar.) L Lord HOWICK telt grateful, most grateful, for the ch- ,rvations just made by the Noble Lord, but at the srme ime he could not hut regret that the Noble Lord should .ave noticesl such an attack proceeding from such a guar er, which ought only to be treated with silent and utter , !ontempt.—(Loud cheers from all bides, answered by •heers front Mr. Hunt.) Mr. iwyr hoped the public would hear of this and of he answer he had received.--(Hear, hear.) Mr. WARBURTON asked whether the present Go vernment intended to do what the late Government had promised, namely, give the House a regular debtor and !reditor account of the expenses of the colonies. No answer was and, rstood to be given to this question, and t'.e vote was agretd to. A sum of 15,6134/. was voted for the Fee Fund of the Pi ivy Council, and a 511111 of 9,7351. for contingent ex penses, and for messengers to the Treasury. On the motion of Mr. K. DOUGLAS, the House re sumed, and the report was ordered to be received on Mon day next. The House then went, pro forma, through a number of the orders of the day with the view of passing to the subject of the Scotch Reform Bill. PUBLIC WORKS IN IRELAND. Mr. BERNAL brought up the report of the Committee . on public works in Ireland. The resolution was agreed to, and a Bill ordered to be brought in. . COAL TRADE. The London Ceal Bid was read a second time on the motion of Mr. F. Lewis, after a few words frcim Mr. ilonGes and Mr. Alterman VYNABLES. Mr. STANLEY gave notice that on Monday he would :nove that the House reso!ve itself into a Committee, to consider the propriety of advancing public money to make reads and build bridges in Ireland. ARMS IN IRELAND. Mr. STANLEY, in pursuance of notice, rose to move for leave to bring in a Bill to regul ite the importation of arms into Ireland, and the method of keeping them there. He observed that the measure would also consolidate and render permanent some temporary Ac•s upon the same subject ; but the chief novelty of the plan was, that it would provide for a general registntinn of arms in Ireland, and that every weapon should be marked and branded with letters and numbers, so as to be identified and traced in its passage from hand to hand. All persons having unregistered arms in their possession were to he punishable, not by fine, which dlt.-n could not be collected, but as fur a misdemeanour. A power being at present vested in the Lord Lieutenant, with the alt ice of the Privy Council, of declaring pal ti eular districts in a state of disturbance, a clause would lie introduced into the Bill, subjecting to transportation fir seven years any person within such digriet having in his possession unregistered arms. The Right Hon. Gentle man moved for leave to h-ring in the Bill. Mr. O'CONNELL protrstcd against the introduction of so frightful a measure at so late an hour, without the statement of a single reason, and moved that the debate be adjourned until this day week. Mr. STANLEY wts ready to comply with time wish of the Hon. Mernher, but imaged to remark that the provi sions of the Bill were not stronger than were absolutely necessary for the preservation of the peace in Ireland. Mr. WYSE gave notice that he should resist the pro gress of the Bill to the utmost. The adjournment of the debate was then agreed to. SCOTCH REFORM BILL. The LORD ADVOCATE moved for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the state of representation of the people of Scotland, and stated that in no respect did it materially d,ffer from the measure introduced in the last Parliament —in all its substantial parts—indeed in all its minute de tails, it was the same. He would et rte a very few parti culars in which it varied, and the principal variation re garded the votes of tenants in count ies, which was rendered precisely parallel to the Bill for England. The rights of those who now had superiorities were pre served, end a clause WAS inserted to include those who were at present entitled to them. The Parliamentary Commissions fur ascertaining the boundaries of towns and boroughs were also extended to Scotland. The mere ma chinery of the Bill would be found considerably altered ; but regarding these trifling points at this late hour, it was quite needle's to require the attention of the House. Leave was given, and the LORI) ADVOCATE hav ing brought in the Bill, it was read a first time, and the second reading fixed for Tuesday sennight. In answer to a question from Lord Sroitmowr, The LORD ADVOCATE said that he hop-ti the Bill would be printed, and in the hands of Members in the course of to -morrow ( this day.) Adjourned at Half-past One. There is at Singapore a fish, called by the natives ikan layer, of about ten or twelve feet long, which hoists a mainsail, and often sails in the manner of a native boat, and with considerable swiftness. The ails arc beautifully cut, and form a model of a fast-sailing boat ; they arc composed of the dorsal fins of the animal, and when a shoal of these are under sail together, they are fre quently mistaken fur a fleet of native boats. When the Hon. F. N. was Governor of Cey lon, he was addressing a native Prince through the me dium of an interpreter, in a high strain of courtly adula tion, to each sentence of which the Prince answered " Ca-dab." This was repeated so frequently as to induce the Governor to inquire into its meaning. " lie means to say," answered the interpreter, " that your Excellency lies."— The Diamond Magazine. _ JACQUELINE OF HOLLAND.-01 the ce lebrated historical personage whom Mr. GRATTAN has made the heroine of his new romance, a contemporary thus speaks :—" Her history is one of the most remark able in the whole range of recorded curiosities. She was at one time, though married, neither a wife nor a widow ; and at another, though strong in regal spirit, neither a sovereign nor a subject. Mr. GRATTAN seems to led that personal interest and enthusiasm in the subject he is sketching, without which the romancer is but the driest • and dullest of historians. Me has painted her to the life." MUNICH, JUNE 17.—Dr. MAHIR, a sur- • geon now on the Staff of the Polish army, has written to his relations in Munich, that he was attacked with the cholera before he set out for head•quarters at Pultusk, • He had little hope of recovery until the evening of the fourth dry, and owed his safety entirely to strong doses of opium, to washings of asafoetida, and the use of prussic acid during four consecutive days. He was able to reach the field of battle at Ostrolenka while the town was still in flames. After having assisted the troops in his pro'es sional capacity, he followed the retreat of the Polish army upon Itaan. He, and a Wurteml,erg surgeon rained VIESINGER, were the only surgeons remaining in the rear when the Polish army bad passed lb tan. Among the great number of the Polish wounded, Dr. Manta had scarcely found ten with bayonet or sword wounds. Almost all the wounded were from shot wounds, for, so murderous was the combat, th cz• all who had received bayonet wounds were left dead on the field of battle. He was afterwards presented at Pultnsk to the Generalissimo. He describes in his letter SKRZY-1 NECK! as a tall am' thin man, with a calm and philb sophic air. This General received Dr. INIAma, and a Bavarian surgeon named RIENNIKER, in the kindest man- ner, arid entertained them at dinner.—Courrier du Bus Rhin of the 25th inst. We encountered much discussion in the city on Friday, on the state of the precious metals, and an opinion certainly prevails among those who have the best opportunities for judging, that the stock in the Bank, both of gold and of silver, is lower than it has been for a long time. In the hands, also, of the importers and dealers in bullion, there is understood to be a very scanty supply, while our trade with Mexico and South Anrerier is not of an extent likely to furnish the means of tilling up the vacuum. The notoriety of the fact, that the ex portations of bullion to the north of Europe have been going on at a steady undiminished ratio, since the ee,m,steam packets commenced mining in the spring, end that, too, without a t a ll a ff e cting the rate of the foreign exchanges, well st is the c hi e f foundatir nof the opinion above-m , mimed, and we h a ve heard much uneasiness expressed on the sub jt le) en ‘s hose station h commerci al y in o t f he attention. It w i t s ) p d o i s r , na i b ler e s what they say , however, that they are lahrouring under a delusion ; and in that ease, iL is perfectly certain, that it the B ink Dins ters, who can alone know the truth, thought proper fur once to depart from their system of coneealinent, and re move that delusion by disclosing the state of their resources in bullion, they never could have a strcngtr nue ive for dying it. It would at once make easy the of all those who have an interest in the question, and to COI:, e•rercial men none crn well he of greeter importance. II" , Hot, it is to be hoped that some Membrr of Ow , Commons will endeavour , by a niution.onttlT, , Itain for the mercharitt the informat:on tee; ,i,