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IMPERIAL PARIIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, W EDNESDAY, .Terki 27. Lord FARNHAM presented a petition from the county and city of Cork, complaining of the state of the elective franchise in Ireland. The Noble Lord said, that the present disgraceful tystein was op posed to the popular part of the representation, as the 40s. freeholders were, in almost every instance, under the influence of the large landed proprietor, or were guided by demagogues and their Clergy. The Noble Lord thought that something should be done in the course of the next Session to remedy such a state of things. The Noble Lord presented a petition, from certain Protestants; Catholic! ! and Protestant Dissenters of the County of Kerry, cwnplaining of the interference of the Catholic 'Clergy, in preventing parents from educating their children in the manner which they themselves thought fit. The petition prayed that the sys tem of education 'in Ireland might be reformed. The Noble Lord also presented a petition from the Protestant Shopkeepers of Mount-Mellick, in the Queen's County, stat i ng, that the Itoman Ca tholics in that neighbourhood had entered into a re solution not to deal with such Protestants as were not favourable to their Claims. This the Noble Lord said, had been a standing regulation with the Order of. Liberals established in Dublin. The Earl of DARNLEY observed, that in the town of Mount-Mellick, there was an Orange Lodge, and that Orang e __ processions took pl ace th ere from time to time. When a party spirit was thus engendered, was it to be wondered that the Ca tholics could remain quiet. Lord FARNHAM admitted that there existed great excitement in that town, and that both parties were in some measure to be blamed,-.-the Noble Lord presented_ several petitions against further con cessions to the Catholics. The petitions were laid on the table. Lord LAUDERDALE presented a petition from Saxmundham, praying for protection to agriculture. The Noble Lord also presented a petition from Suf folk against the Warehoused Corn Bill. The Mesne Process Bill went through a Com mittee, a►.2 was ordered to be read a third time to- MOITCI CUSTOMS BILL. Viscount GODERICH moved the order of the day for the House going into a Committee upon the Customs Bill. Lord FALMOUTH rose for the.purpose of ob jecting to a clause in the Bill allowing the importa tion of copper ore from South America for the pur pose of being smelted here, and then of being export ed again, to be sold in foreign markets. This clause would prevent the exportation from Birmingham and other parts in England of copper. There were no less than from 80 to 100,000 men depend ant upon the mines of Cornwall, and the House ought to reflect on the condition of those men.- 1 In the year 1825, the spirit of speculation in these mines had been carried to an extraordinary extent : that speculation had failed—and by that failure many mines had been totally stopped, and vast numbers of men thrown out of employ. The clause, therefore, alluded to by the Noble Lord,he considered would give a licence to the South American mer chants, which would be most prejudicial. to the in terests of this country, inasmuch as it would enable them greatly to undersell the English merchant. If the Noble Viscount would explain to the House why the South American merchants should have this li cence, if this Bill should be pressed forward, he (Lord Falmouth) would have no objection to it passing in the next Session, provided the reason was at all satis factory; but in the absence of such reason he begged to move, that this clause be expunged. Viscount GODERICH considered that his Noble Friend in moving for this clause to be expunged, had been under a misapprehension as to its probable effects as to the grounds on which it had been pro posed, and as to the circumstances under which it had been introduced. The Noble Lord seemed to think it had been introduced into the Bill without any consideration on the part of those interested in the question, whereas he could assure the Noble Lord that the subject had been constantly under discussion for a length of time by the Board of Trade, and that of persons most deeply interested in the Mining concerns of this country. He had been given to understand by Mr. Taylor and others, that this clause might be carried into effect without the slightest chance of prejudice to the British miners. If the mines in South America produced a very fine copper or; and at a cheaper rate than could be pro cured here, and if the consumption of copper was greater on the Continent after the ore was smelted, he was firmly persuaded that it was the interest of all parties to have it, carried there. There was no difficulty, mystery, or magic in the smelting of copper ore in France, Holland, or. Germany, any more than there was in England ; it only re quired a little capital to do it there as effectually as here, and if the wish of the House was to send it en tirely there, they could not adopt a better course than the principle of the Noble Lord who had just spoken. If the House permitted it to be brought to this country, it would be brought in English ships, and the probability was, that if it went out of this country again it would be taken away also in Eng lish vessels, whereas, if the importation of it was to be prohibited in the manner now proposed, not one farthing's worth of copper would ever af terwards be brought from Chili, or any port of South America, .by English ships. By permit ting the importation of it,. this country would decidedly have the advantage of the navigation— of the warehousing—of the labour employed in the smelting—and of the capital that would neces sarily have to be employed in the traffic; but if the importation ,was prohibited, the House would do a very great injury to the interests of .this country without effecting the smallest good—therefore he felt it his duty to do all he could to maintain the clause in the Bill. Lord FALMOUTH would feel greatly mistaken if those persons most deeply interested in the copper mines in this country had either given their assent to to this Bill, or anything like it. All he had heard was that those persons had made frequent re monstrances agai n st it, an d th a t their remonstrances h ad been utterly disregarded. He could not under.. stand how Mr. Taylor could have given an opinion in favour of it, because he could not on • any ground see how this licence to the foreign merchant was to be beneficial to this country. He was sure that the mode of smelting here was far superior to that ofany other country ; and he could assure the House that, allowing this clause to stand, they were taking th e in first e step to do the Cornish miners an irreparable injury. Lord ELLENBOROUGH considered it very natural for persons to take the alarm when any thi ng at all of a serious nature approached themselves; whether this alarm had been taken by his Noble Friend on such a ground he would not presume to say, but certainly the Noble Viscount opposite had himself admitted in what he had stated, that there were some grounds for apprehension. The Noble Viscount had admitted that the supe riority of smelting in this country, as well as the great convenience of getting ore here, but still he did not suppose that that was sufficient to prohibit the importation. His Noble Friend (Lord Falmouth) was justified in finding fault with the late period at which the present Bill was brought up. It was incumbent upon their Lordships to throw out the Bills brought up at so late a period, for if they did not do something of that kind, their privileges would be abridged, and this House only used for registering the edicts of the other House.— For his (Lord Ellenborough's) part, he would en deavour next Session to do all in his power to pre vent the continuance of this most reprehensible practice. Lord GODERICH said, that for his own part he should be extremely obliged to the Noble Lord, if he persevered in the course he intimated his in tention of adopting. He considered that an itch fur legislation was one of the greatest evils of the , present day, and any thing done to abate that evil would be a public benefit:, The Earl of FALMOUTH recommended that the .coririe Which the Noble Baron proposed and the Noble Viscount approved, should be first pur sued with respect to the present Bill: The Marquess of SALIS)3URY opposed the particular Clause in 'question. Lord LAUDERDALE concurred with his Noble Friend (Lord Ellenborough) in tondembing the penctice of crowding the table with Bills at the end of the Session to such a degree, that no human in dustry wan sufficient to enable their Lordships to be come acquainted with the topics which they were legislating. Lord ELLENBOROUGH thought the Bills relating to Ireland at all events, should be introduced early next Session, to allow tithe to communicate with that country. Lord BEXLEY the complaint just made was of tolig continuance, but he conceived some indulgence should be granted during the present Session, considering the change which had taken place in the administratiun.,...... The Marquis of SALISBURY wished to know whether the Bill might not be postponed, or at least the objectionable clause, for a few days. Lord GODERICH said, he had no objection to postpone the third reading until Friday, though he saw no reason why it should not be read a third time to-marrow. Lord FALMOUTH thought the only way of meeting the objections urged was to omit the clause to which he had referred altogether. The question was then put on the clause, which was agreed to without a division; the House then resumed, and the Bill was ordered to be read a third time on Friday. WAREHOUSE CORN BILL. On the motion that the House resolve itself into a Committee on the Corn Warehouse Bill, Lord GREY took the opportunity of calling the attention of his Majesty's Ministers to a subject which bore remotely on the question now under consideration, and also on the measure which it was understood it was intended to be submitted to the House of Lords next Session. It was admitted on all hands, that the agricultural interests were now suffering under great depression, and he was sure there must be every disposition to afford any relief to an interest so important to all other interests and to the country. There was a plant which he understood might be cultivated with great advantage, but the cultivation of which was under a direct and absolute prohibition, he meant tobacco, which he understood might be cultivat ed with great advantage in many parts of the country, and the unnecessary restraints on which could not be justified upon any princiffie of free trade, or of policy and justice. He thought the s ubject worthy of the consideration of his Majesty's Ministers, and after turning the matter over in their minds between this and the next Session of Parliament, perhaps they would be pre pared to come forward with some specific proposi tion on the subject.—(Hear.) Viscount GODERICH said, that there certainly did exist, and had for many years existed, a prohi bition to the cultivation of Tobacco in this country; the origin of which, undoubtedly, was a notion that it would give encouragement to the cultivation of to bacco in Virginia. He confessed that he thought the policy of such a measure, even at such a time as that at which it was passed, unwise, and the mea sure itself unnecessary. It was quite obvious, how ever, that the grounds on which an attempt might have been made to justify the measure at the time at which it was proposed, had no reference whatever to the present state of things. The only reason, in deed, why the prohibition had not been removed 'long ago, must be some doubts with respect to the practical effect of its removal on the revenue. He be lieved, however (for he really had no accurate know ledge on the subject), that to render the cultivation of tobacco profitable, would require a dryer climate than there was in this country; and especially than there vas in Ireland, great quantity of land exceedingly well adapted for the cultivation of tobacco. One reason probably which had hitherto prevented the removal of the re striction was, that there was a very high duty on foreign tobacco; which would undoubtedly be inter-• fered with, more or less, by any extensive cultivation of tobacco in this country. He should certainly not much like to attempt the cultivation of tobacco in this country under any restraining - duty; as that would be a great impediment to its cultivation. What he should prefer would be to reduce the duty on foreign tobacco, and then to let the English to bacco have a fair chance with it in the market. He apologised for having expressed himself with so many doubts on this point. If it were possible by any such means as the Noble Earl suggested to afford any effectual assistance , to agriculture, with out doing any injury to the revenue, all he could say was, that every general principle was in favour of such a proposition, and that nothing could give him more pleasure than to be the instrument of in troducing to their Lordships a subject so well worthy their consideration. The Earl of LAUDERDALE said the law re specting tobacco was as had been laid down by the Noble Lord. The law upon tobacco was first.passed for the purpose of cultivating the growth in Vir ginia. In 1775 that law was altered, and tobacco was cultivated here with great success. He knew of two or three hundred acres in one county being under the cultivation of it. In 1783 or 4, however, the law was again altered, and a prohibitory law against its cultivation was passed. Whilst the cul tivation was encouraged, it was under the regulation of the Excise Laws. The Earl of MALMESBURY thought this a proper time for introducing an Amendment which he deemed requisite for the improvement of the Bill. The Amendment was, that for " the Ist of July," to which time the importation of corn to be bonded and let out for home consumption was limited, the words " the Ist of June" should be substituted. He thought that there was no necessity for extending the time to the Ist of July. A considerable in crease of importation had been made in the course of the present month. He held in his hand a return, from which it appeared, that in one week sixteen vessels with cargoes of wheat had entered the port of Liverpool—from Odessa 8,800 quarters had been imported. This he was the more anxious to remark as the Noble Lord had expressed his opinion that no considerable importation from thence would take place. There had been also an importation of 14,200 bags from Dantzic, which he would take to be about 7,000 quarters. Now here was in Liver pool alone an importation of 16,000 quarters. As Liverpool was a much smaller port than London, he supposed that the importation into London was con siderably greater. He did not exaggerate, he thought, therefore, in taking the average importation of the whole month to amount to about 600,000 quarters. This, together with the Canadian, would be in his opinion too great a quantity to admit into bond on the proposed terms. He therefore thought that a limit to the period of importation ought to be de termined upon. He was strengthened in this view by the principle of the present Bill being opposed to the principle of former measures upon this sub ject. It was proposed that it should have a pros pective operation, which was at variance with the principles of the measures of 1825 and 1826, upon this subject. The Noble Lord concluded by pro posing an Amendment to the effect stated in his speech. Lord GODERICH said, that there was this difference between the present measure and the mea sures to which the Noble Lord referred ; that in the two latter instances, no parties had an encouragement held out as they had in the present instance to im port corn. This was the reason of the prospective effect of the Bill to which the Noble Lord alluded. From the success which the late Bill met with in the other House, and from the favourable reception it had also at first met with in this House, it would be hard indeed to exclude those persons from that benefit arising from importation, to which legislative sanction naa been in part given , and to which there was every probability o f its being . finally extended. —lt would be . a practical injustice to those parties to exclude than now from .our ports. As ,to the apprehenshiti iif the Noble Lord of a considerable increase of importation taking place in the present month, he could only say as to London, so far from that apprehension being realised, that (as we under stood the Noble Lord) up to the .date of the intro ducticiti or that fill into the Honk, there was not a larger importation than J 2,000 quarters. The Earl of MALMtSI3URY could not recog nise the right of persons importing Corn, to certain advantages, because one portidh of the Legislature had agreed to a Bill w hi c h was incomplete, by having been abandoned in this House. He re membered that when persons were suffering from a former measure of Government, such sympathy was not experienced then as the Noble Lord now seemed to feel. The Noble Earl (Liverpool) late at the head of the Government, said, last Session, that it was not his intention to interfere in the Corn Question that Session. Towards the close of the Session a measure was adopted, and he (the Earl of Malmesbury) presented two petitions from factors, who were accustomed to purchase corn in Ireland, which they sold in England. To those persons he knew that this measure, adopted at a late period of last Session, was injurious to an amazing extent. He did not think there was more reason for consider ing the situation of the parties now interested, than there was in the former. The Marquis of SALISBURY could not consent to the admission of a right on the part of the parties claiming the present benefit, on the ground that one branch of the Legislature had agreed to it. The tendency of such a doctrine was to reduce this House to a cypher, and to make it, as had been said, merely a Register-office for the edicts of the other House. Lord GODERICH said, that there Was a differ ence between right and justice, which the Noble Lord did not seem to observe. It was on the ground of justice, not of right, that he maintained the propriety of preserving this part of the Bill. An encourage ment to importation had been held out, which it would not be fair to disappoint : and he thought the permission ought to be granted at least until the passing of this Bill, which would be about the be ginning of July. Lord REDESDALE said, that the Noble Lord seemed to reserve all his sympathy for foreigners. It would become him also to consider the situation of English farmers, who had cultivated their lands under the existing Corn Laws. Were not their interests to be attended to ?—(Hear, hear, hear.) He had heard Mr. Pitt often say, that the great danger of the Warehousing System was, that it had a tendency to lead to great mischievous speculation. To that state the Warehousing System had now reached. He was opposed to increased importa tion, because it was opposed to, the principle of the old Corn Laws, which made the necessity of the country the rule of importation ; but here was the sanction of importation without any necessity at all. He condemned the doctrine of admitting the deci sion of the other House of Parliament to sway or bind the opinion of that House. The Bill then before their Lordships was like the Bills which had been sent there before, founded on robbery and wrong, and the result of a conspiracy to put down the landed interest. It was objectionable because it proposed to sacrifice the landed interest, without any necessity, to the wants of the manufacturers; and still more objectionable because it proposed to do that by the means of what might be called a per petual land-tax, and a land-tax pressing only on the lands in cultivation. After observing upon the dis position displayed in the late meeting at Birming ham, to raise a cry that the landed interest must be put down, the Noble Lord contended that the Bill now before their Lordships supported that cry, and gave effect to the wishes of those who uttered it.— For these reasons, he thought that it ought not to receive their Lordships' assent, unless they were prepared to destroy themselves, and say they were . • •• — After a few words from Lord TEYNHAM, Amendment was negatived ,without a division, and the Report having been received, the Bill was or dered to be read a third time to-morrow. Several other Bills were forwarded a stage, and their Lordships then adjourned at few minutes after seven. PUBLIC BOTANICAL GARDEN. The PETITION of ROBERT JOHN THORNTON, M.D., Member of Trinity College, Cambridge, and of the Royal London College of Physicians. To the Honourable the Commons of the United King dom of Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled. " StIEWETH,—That at a period when the Regent's Park was under consideration for improvement, your Peti tioner did then entertain the idea of a Public Botanical Garden, for the promotion of the science of botany, and for the health, comfort, and rational enjoyment of the in habitants of this metropolis, the " Puncturn Saliens Mundi,' as Linnaeus calls it, or Wonder of the World, to' be established in this part, capable of being formed into a Paradise, or a Paradise within a Paradise, now that it is most tastefully adorned with villas, and palace-like rows of houses, built in a style of architecture unknown to our ancestors, the admiration of every beholder, and only wanting for an adjunct, a public Botani cal Garden, such as is found in every part of the world except London, which, from its intercourse with all nations, is best adapted for it. Your petitioner, to obviate this want, did early apply for the establishment of such a Botanic Garden, to the Lords Commissioners of Woods and Forests, fora portion of ground in the Regent's Park, to be converted into a Botanical Garden, such as exists at Cambridge, Oxford, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Liverpool, the East and West Indies, France, and other civilized por tions of the globe, which suggestion being referred to Mr. Nash, was highly approved of, when your peti tioner fixed upon that portion of the ground in the Regent's Park, facing the New Colosceum, or Panorama of London, as best suited fur the purpose (at present occupied by cows and horses), for the establishment of such a Botanic Garden, to be called Paradisus Anglicanus;' and your pe titioner humbly solicits, that such a Garden may be immedi ately, or as soon as possible, commenced, which will have not only utility to boast of, but must be considered as a national honour, and an ornament to the Regent's Park ; and your petitioner humbly begs that this portion of gr ound may be allotted to your petitioner, or any other portion, for the said purpose of establishing a Botanical Garden ; and your petitioner also prays that he may be appointed to plan out this Garden, after the system of Linnseus, and superintend this Garden, with a salary of Five Hundred ' Pounds per annum, during his natural life, or whatever sum the Commons in its wisdom shall choose to appoint; and he begs leave to observe, that such Was the lot of Lin naeus in Sweden, who, under the auspices of his Govern ment at Upsal, established a similar Botanical Garden, which leads from Nature up to Nature's God.' " The gentleman about to be married to Miss Turner is Mr. Legh, the celebrated traveller, whose property lies at Warrington, almost ad joining that of the young lady's father. Saturday last a woman named Macklin was committed to Deal Gaol, charged with brutal cruelty to an infant. The mother, it appears, being in service, had confided the care of the child (about two years old) to the prisoner, in consequenCe of her affecting a more than ordi nary degree of attachment towards it. The fre quent outcries of the little sufferer had for some time, it seems, excited the suspicions of the neighbours, and at length led to a discovery of the most shocking nature ; the skull of the in fant was found severely contused, and in some places indented by the violence of the blows, while the whole person exhibited a most dis tressing spectacle, being literally covered with livid marks and discolourations ! The child was immediately conve)ed to the poor-house, where it remains in a very precarious state, with little prospect of recovery. •We deem it but justice to add, that the attention of Mr. Dixon, surgeon of the parish, be en most exemp l ary an d un remittiiginihis case.—Maidstone Journal. • -1 ;z: A ~•• -PeOffir: , rtv LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 28, :1827. Lord GREY threw out a suggestion last night in the House of Lords respecting the cul tivation of Tobacco in this country, at pre sent strictly prohibited by law. The origin of the prohibition was alluded to by his Lord ship, and it is certainly singular that it should continue so long after Virginia has ceased to be a part of this Empire, and consequently entitled to any legislative protection. Lord GODERICH agreed with Lord GREY in thinking the subject deserving the attention of Parliament, and thought it would be advisable to do away with the duties gradually, with a view of permitting the growth of British To bacco, and then letting it take its chance with that which may be produced in dryer and better climates. If it does not affect the revenue, we cannot see any objection to the proposition, unless it has the effect of making still more common the multiplied uses of that noxious weed. Between snuffers andsmokers one entire sex, and a considerable portion of the other, are subjected to hourly annoyance. But when Tobacco is cheaper, they may perhaps be come less fashionable recreations. Up to a late hour this afternoon, no later in telligence had reached town than that contained in our paper of yesterday. The Private Letters describe the public feeling against the re•esta blishment of the Censorship of the Press, as pecied for some time, no very violent — explosion is likely to take place on its promulgation. The evil will, we have no doubt, be felt by all classes in France, and will eventually work its own cure. Dutch Papers to the 27th inst. have been re ceived. By letters from Syra, received at Frank fort, it would seem that the Turkish fleet had been seen off Capo steering for the Island of Andros, and its destination was supposed to be Candia. The following is a contradiction of the asser tion by the French Papers that the negociations for a Concordat had been broken off with the Court of Rome : • " BRUSSELS, JUNE 23.—Some time ago, one of our Journals announced that the negotiation at Rome for the conclusion of a Concordat with the Netherlands had met with obstacles which would delay the termination of this important affair; and one of the Paris Journals affirmed, within these few days, that the Ambassador of the Nether lands, Count de Celles, was expected at Paris, on his return to Bruxelles, in consequence of the breaking off of these negociations. From these assertions, it is positively an nounced here that the reports are wholly destitute of foundation; that the negociations at Rome are now going on, to the satisfaction of the Holy Seel and of the Nether lands ; and that there never was greater reason than there now is to expect the speedy conclusion of the Concordat.' Letters have reached town this morning from Madrid, to the 14th inst. The Army of Ob servation still remains in its old cantonments in the neighbourhood of Caceres, but it is said that it is to encamp at Brozas and Alcantara. The corps of General EGutA has suffered severely from desertion. This General remains on the Line of the Minho, and the Portuguese keep quiet in their cantonments. These letters mention, that Mr. LAMB does not consider the sickness prevailing in the Army of Observation, to be a good reason for not retreating according to Treaty, and strongly insists on the fulfilment of the stipulations ; in consequence of which it is again asserted, that orders are to be sent to General SARSFIELD to commence the retreat. The sickness in the army is said to be making great progress, and several physicians had been sent to head-quar ters. Fears were entertained that disturbances would take place at . Aranjuez, and many agents of the police had been sent there. Accounts from Pampeluna of the 15th inst. mention, that during last month the garrison have been working nine hours a-day on the repairs of that fortress. We received this morning Frankfort Papers, and the .Allgemcine Zeitung of the 21st inst., but their contents possess little of political in terest. It would appear that the good people at Vienna are sadly scandalized by the ingenious fictions of the French politicians, whose delicacy is not so easily offended at occasional deviations from truth, so long as it affords themselves amusement at the expence of their moral neigh bours. These Papers contain no fresh news from Greece : VIENNA, JUNE 16. The Austrian Observer contains an article from the Journal du Commerc e o f th e 6 t h J une , which says that the F re nch at V i enna had received orders . ..from the Police to leave the city in three days ; with various other particu hire. " This article," says the Observer, " furnishes a new ptoof of the scandalous system of lying by which the revolutionary journals of Paris daily impose on their pub lic: our public, especialy in this capital, are the best able to certify the total untruth of this article, which bears on its fate the stamp of malicious forgery." Their Imperial Majesties will go, next month, to their family estates in Upper krzstria; and then to Salzburg. Prince Metternich is soon going to his estates in Bohemia, and will return in August. ST. PETERSBUGH, JUNE G. An Imperial Rescript of the 6th of April, this year, ad dressed to General Yerrualoff, late Governor General of Georgia, orders that the children of the deceased Zarewitsch of Geotgia, Julon Iraklijeuitsch, shall receive for themselves and their held for ever, the garden at Kondol, formerly belonging to their father, bat which subsequently fell to the Crown. This favour is granted them conformably to the petition of their lately deceased mother, the Zarina Salome Rewasowna. The &script concludes with the following words :—" The family of the late Zarewitsch Julon, having received this new grant in addition to the preceding in demnification, it shall make no further claims on the pro perty which has fallen to the Crown." The Journal of the Itifinz.s published here gives an ac count of the entire produce in ;old and platina, obtained from the Siberian Alines belonging to the Government and to private persons, in the last six months (,t 1826. It was in gold 111 poode 17 pounds ; in platina 3 pooh: 37 pound s . The amount for the whole y ear was , i n go ld 2g.1 goods 25 pounds ; platina 13 poode 20 po un d s . Th e poolis equal to 401 be. Russia or 361 be. avoirdupois. TaIESTE, JUNE 15. Private letters from Corfu to 2d June do not say a word of the reported victory of Lord Cochrane, whose arrival on the west coast of the Morea is, however, again asserted. The accounts from Corfu make no mention of any recent events before Athens. Gibraltar Chronicles of the 7th inst. have been received. The paper of the fith mentions, that the Pinchincha and Libra Colombian cruisers were at anchor at the Island of Alboran four days before ; they had captured a Majorquin Xebec, with wine, oil, and fruit, and they passed the Straits to the westward that morning with another prize in company. Some later communications have been re ceived via France, from Mexico, than . those which have come direct here. M. ROCAFUERTE was to be the bearer of the original of the com mercial treaty, and would take his passage in H.M.S. Primrose, which, from the state of the winds, may be hourly expected. This gentle man bears the character of a man of considerable talent and ability, and one who acts with deci sion, and upon the principles of an enlarged mind. Some difficulties, it would seem, have inter posed to delay, if not to prevent, the adoption of the system for the sale and purchase of Commis sions in the Navy, which has been recently in contemplation. What those difficulties are, we do not pretend to know ; but certainly in the arguments which have been publicly used against the introduction of such a system'into the naval service of the kingdom, there is nothing which can convince us that' any evil could result from it. On the other hand, we are prepared to contend; that a regulation which permitted old officers to sell, and others to pur chase Commissions,' under judicious regulations and restrictions, would be a valuable boon to a very deserving and at present very ill paid class of Officers, whilst it could not possibly be az, will look at the proposed measure as a boon to Officers of long standing. We will suppose the case of a Post Captain of the standing of the year 1802. He has been already 25 years on the list of Captains, and if peace continues he may reasonably expect to remain at least seven years, or perhaps ten years' longer on that list, before he can attain the rank of Flag Officer, to which rank, indeed, it may hap pen that he may not ultimately be consider ed eligible, from not haying been able to obtain employment. His half-pay is 12s. 6d. a-day s and he cannot receive a higher rate of half-pay, as Captain, than 14s. 6d. per diem. He is advancing in life, and feels that there is no chance of his obtaining employment, for which, indeed, it may also possibly happen that he may not be well qualified, from having been on shore for many years. This Officer would gladly avail himself of the power given to him to sell his Commission. He would communicatel his wish to the Admiralty, and another Officer would, on the payment of 4,5001. or 5,0001. to the former, obtain rank as Captain, at the bottom of the list, from near the top of which the name of the Officer selling his Com mission would be removed. In this case, the boon to the party selling would be great and essential. He would obtain a sum, the interest of which would be equal to or greater than his half-pay, while the principal would afford a provision for his family. Long services would thus receive a considerable re ward, without any additional expence being in curred by the nation. In fact, a diminution of expence would be the immediate result of the operation, for the Officer purchasing would receive at the bottom of the list a lower rate of half-pay than the Officer selling receives at the top of it ; and the country would have a young and active O ffi cer , fit for any employm en t, instead of one old and worn-out, and fit, per haps, for no employment. The latter is a most important consideration, as the bringing forward of a regular succession of young Officers would not be retarded, as it must be at present, by the crowded state of the list, with Officers of very long standin g , but perhaps not long actual ser vice. To the party p u rchasing it .would also be a great boon. His services and charact er are acknowledged to be good, but not of that striking n ature as to justify the Admi ralty adding his name to the alread y l argely swelled list of Capt ains, and he do es not possess such commanding interest as to ob tain his promotion by b s y um tha t t o means.obtain rank He which,would o gnlattyith p standing his ticknowl e d ge d mer i t , he might not otherwise obtain. There can be no doubt, therefore, that to individuals the regula tion which has been talked of would be highly advantageous. Now, let us consider in what wa y the system could be prejudicial to the ervhas bee n argue d th a t men w i t h no s meri i t ce W Itould rapidly obtain advancement to the injury of deserving Officers and to the prejudice of the service, because unfit for the station which they had been allowed to purchase; but as no individual Officer would be allowed to sell his Commission to another, and no Officer, would be permitted to buy a Commission but under the entire approval and controul of the Admiralty, no such evils could arise. Of course those only would be permitted to pur chase, whose services gave them a fair claim, or whose other pretensions would, under the present system, obtain their prOmotion without paying for it. That men of high family would thus be brought forward occasionally can not be denied, nor would it be desirable alto gether , to prevent such men obtaining high rank in the naval service at early periods of life ; but they would not obtain it more frequently not more easily than they do now, and there would be this difference, that they now obtain Ly rest alone what with interest they would then obtain by paying large sums to the benefit of t l other me r it or i ous Offi cers . I n f ac t, : we h ave ' doubt, th a t if suc h a system were es tr blished, no man o f f am il y wou ld ever o I Y ain promotion, to pead, if except by had by nopturcviejaarye. jt strong services o to us 's excluding from promotion Officers who have rea;2;' served meritoriously, the apprehen sion is altogether groundless. Brilliant and good service can never be passed over in thf, Navy ; and with the present illustrious Member the Royal Family at its head, we are convinced that such claims will be certain of obtaining their rewarc l . The sale and purchase of Commis' sions -,.111 not interfere with such claims, e x c ept 5° far as it will extend the means of attending to them , and from the best consideration we can give t° the subject, instead of any call for apprehension , that the introduction of such a system into th e Navy will be prejudicial, we are convinced, cL; thanl it will be highly beneficial to the invidusll members of that distinguished profession, 1 11 to the Service itself. It is said that an intimation has been given from the branch of the Bank of England established in Leeds, the t arrangements will be made for the payment of dividends oc the spot, on Stock held by individuals resident in the toil° and neighbourhood, within two days of the payment ig London. This mode of proceeding, if adopted genera/ 1 1' b l the branch banks, will deprive the London bankers of extensive department of their business, and the eountli bankers of the commission charged on such transactioe Bankers, both in town and country, seem disposed to re," gard with much suspicion the gradual encroachm env making on their profits by the Bank of England. They have an interest in common with, and also one directly or„ posed to, the Bank of England; and an angry collisi ° l would be too serious an affair not to be sincerely deprecat e by all parties.— Times. The Duke of Wellington's unlucky amendment on 01° Corn Bill seems to have caused infinite perplexity in s e 's , of the ports opposite to the eastern coast of England. fr pecting from the manner in which the Bill was brongl' forward that there could be no doubt of its ultimately e t !: ing, they kept on board ship the grain brought from tl'ou Northern ports, to be ready to proceed for Englund ich e intelligence should arrive that the Bill had obtained the i s :; gislative sanction. Instead of it, however, came the p eg of the vote on the amendment, which made it, el coul le : u the most prndent step to warehouse their cargoes on wi spot. Having proceeded forthwith to do so, the subseilul, proceeding reached them, by which they learn that all cal, bonded in England before the Ist of July will be admio ih . , into consumption on the terms of the original Corn Bill. r About the result of this enactment, however, equal unc: 3o tainty arose; and even if the merchants calculated On offituur r t a t r forrlt,aufficient time did no t l ; goo and en-riwe-ter whole of the late proceedings in Parliament relatn'e to trade in corn, have, it is evident, deeply injured the vs tional character in the estimation of foreigners. Ti, tieg* PRICFS OF STOCKS THIS Bank Stock 2136 3 per Cent. Red. 8 5%fi% 3 per Cent. Cons. shut 314 per Cent. „.„.-- 92 4 , Ditto Red. . . ... .92M 2 4 per Cent. New Ditto, 1826 Bank Long Ann 19 13-16 India Stock Ditto Bonds B9 83 pm. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian 11onds., 5 percent. Brazilian . Bnenos Ayres Bonds. ' Chilian Bonds, 6 per ct. Colombian Bonds Ditto, 1924 ....293(% 30 , Am 30 Danish, 3 per cent. 62% Greek Bonds Ditto, Guatimala Mexican Bonds Do. 1825 TN% PRICES OF SHARES THII Bolanos Mining Co Potosi La Pas and Peruvian A United Mexican Mining Co. , Guardian Assurance Cm Canada Company PRICES OF IRISH Bank Stock Consols, 3 percent. Gov. Stock, 3% per cent 9O Ditto, New 9O 4 per Cent. 99 % Gor. Deb. 336 per cent 91% Royal Canal Stock ... - Grand Canal Stock City Deb. 4 per cent Ballast Office Deb. 4 p. ct 95% MA. Arrived. Due. • America 0 O Brazil 0 O Buenos Ayres I Dublin O Flanders 0 1 France • Gottenburgh 1 Guernsey&Jersey • 0 DAY AT ONE South Sea Stock Old Annuities New Ditto Ex.. Bills, Xl,OOO 2d. 55 53 pm. Ditto .. . 500 2d. 55 54 pm. Ditto itnaji 2d. 55 54 pm. Ditto Commeteial '' pm . Bank for Account India for Account Cons. for Account 861,44% THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Neapolitan, 1824 Peruvian Bonds PotttigOese Bonds • Prussian, 5 per cent.:.:.: -- Ditto, 'Pew Russian, Neiv .1 • 93 Spanish, 1821 1I 1823 Frenelt Betties, sp. c. —f —c. Exchange 3 pet cent 7lf. 25c. Exchange • 25t. 50c. DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid, £335 mac 5 30 10 10 ;toeKs, SS. St. Patrick Incur. (pet sh.) Royal Irish Ditto National Ditto Patriotic Ditto Hibernian Bank Provincial Ditto Royal Irish Mine Imperial Mine Mining Co. of Ireland Commercial Buildings Arrived. Due, O Hamburg!) 1 O Holland 0 O Jamaica 0 O Leeward Islands O Lisbon 0 O Malta 0 O Mexico 0 1 Waterford 0 Per Share. 275 £1 12 I 2 19% 8 THE FUNDS--(THIS DAY). CITY, Twehe o' Clock' , 0 Consols closed yesterday at 86/, buyers, and opened morning at the same price, since which the market evinced a considerable disposition to advance, haiing done at 864, and being now 861 A-, looking firm, with ev e _., / , prospect of going still high er ; some b us i ness h as a lso IS; done which creat e d f or a ti me a b ust l e among t h e del 4/ . „ Exchequer Bills are 55 6 pm. ; India Bonds, on the cvi o , traiy, are one shilling higher to-day, and 90 pm. im present price. This being settling day at the Foreign St; Exchange very little business has been done, every t li g e , seems likely to go off smoothly, notwithstanding the a'; rences, during the account, in one or two o f th e Securit i . 'c j i having been heavy, particularly Colombi an B on d s , O i l o i, were, early in the day, 294- i, and are now SO I; I ‘, O A, can are steady at 701 1; Spanish, 11 1. The Market continues to be almost deserted, and there is o' l provement either in prices or business. Three per Cent. Consols, s h u t ; Ditt o f or Acc olltr , 86861 India Bonds, 89 90 pm. ; E xc h equer Bill s , b 5 6 P 0 ,2 ; ForteiGN.—Brazilian, 60 ; Buenos Ayres, 6 1 i; Chilian, 2748.4; Colombian, 1824, 29130 ; Danish, 6241 Greek, 15-i 16 ; Mexican 5 per Cent., 57 8 ; Ditto 6 P et Cent., 701 ; Peruvian, 24. 5 ; Portuguese, 7 5 4 6 ' Russian, 921 3 ; Spanish, I 1 i 12. illan, I dis. MiNes.—Anglo Mexican, 45 40 die.; te d M ex i can , par ; Colombian, 10 12 per Sh are ; (hi' 18 17 dis. Two o' Clock. . but have since re' 5 2 the remainder at 851; Consols have been 864 buyF r n % r , p urc h ase d i n Three ceded to 86/ 1. The ComVel!': about two hilling 4 Exchequer Bills and India 53, the latter 6 •in BB preauu per Cent. Reduced, part at 85 2 , are per cent. lower, the portance. To-morrow being St. Peter and St. I ' 3 '7, will be kept as a holiday at the Bank, and both the Stoo` ► Exchanges• variation of_iT; the Foreign Funds a fo re rnier w . it T h H oul E a: O'CLOCK Consols, 868, th e price --no business. The have L b o e r e d n is op of CHICHESTER is 18 to St. Paul's Cathedral. B p . r h eferred to a Prebend's stall ! di ll By this exaltation ht' Lordship vacates the Deanery of Hereford. The Prebendary is considered much more lucrative.--' Brighton Gazette. The Irish Catholic Association have presented an address to Sir PATRICK BELLEvv", in coo' nee of the refusal of Lord seq if ill A WNERS to app , • ;, t him to a County Magistracy. Thep consider the refusal as an indirect insult no themselves. A few days ago, as some men were c utting grass in the Carse of Lecropt, one of them dis' covered a partridge's nest with the ex traordina# number of' 30 eggs. The common hen, w i , e believe, h as b een k nown to h ave a b roo d o f 3" in her train ; but it must be rarely, if e ver, tha t the partridge has been seen with a progeny so numerous.—Glasgow Herald. A fire broke out at the Opera House Tuesday afternoon, which threatened destruc tion to the whole edifice. About half-past fo° the fireman, going his rounds, discovered the small property room, which is near the stage, t ° be all on fire ; and, from the combustible n ature of the materials in and about it, little hopes wel entertained of saving the building, but by gln e xertion, and there being an excellent supply ° wa ter buckets and assistants close at hand, the fire was fortunately overcome. The entire con: tents of the room, with the shelves and pat, tions, and part of the flooring above, belong . .in to the concert room, were burnt. The misenle' was occasioned by a servant of the house hanging a patent lamp up in the room , a shelf on which some cushions stu were placed. imm effdeidatewlyithunhdoe;