The Sun. — London, England, 1842-06-22 00:00:00

Writtion SUN-OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. EAST INDIA HOUSE. (THIS DAY.) , . HILL COOLIES. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) The CHAIRMAN said the simple question before them was 'whether there should be any law allowing the Hill Coolies to leave ,their native land for the Mauritius, for the purpose of bettering their condition. The whole tenour of the Hon. Mover's proposition went to a total prohibition, and he would ask what sort of liberty was that ?—(Hear, hear.) By the British Constitution, every man was allowed to make the most of his labour for the purpose of bettering his condition, and to deny it, as it was denied by this resolution; if carried, would be both op pression and tyranny: - He explained that means had been taken to prevent the abuses that had prevailed, and gave a direct contradiction to the assertion that the indi viduals were sent out as slaves. Many had returned with what in England would be considered a fortune. He must meet the proposition by a direct negative. He concluded by reading an extract from the following despatch, sent by the Court of Directors to the Indian Executive on this subject—it is dated the 22d of March :—" 'We have only further to desire that you will carefally watch the operation of any law which you may deem proper to pass under the authority now con veyed to you. for permitting 'the emigration of labourers from India to the Mauritius ; and that you will without delay repeal or modify it, in the event of its being proved by experience that its provisions are not effectual in affording in all respects the intended security for the comfort and welfare of the emigrants." . He possessed every confidence in the present Governor-General of India, and - was convinced he would take every care that reo b idations should ba made for the safety and welfare of the persons going . to the Mauritius to better their condi tion. .He must give the proposal every opposi.ion. Mr.. MONTGOMERY MARTIN regretted that the Chairman had met the proposition with a • direct nega tive. TLe question involved great principles in refer ence to the position they held as the Government of India ; anti in reference to the freedom of the indivi duals acting under what had been termed the spirit of the British Constitutional freedom, as well as in reference to the inquiry, whether it was a fair and just conclusion of Lord Stanley, that the poverty, misery, famine, and desolation to which the pcople of India were subjected, justified the deportation of the Hill Coolies, to what was in effect a slave colony. Could the Mauritius afford the relief those peo pie require.J. The island was already more densely peopled than two-thirds of British India ; one-half of the island Was mountainous and barren, and the other half had a 1 population of 150 to the square mile, before the extensive deportation from India had taken place.. The population of England was 288 to the square mile anti considering that half 'the Island was barren and un cultivateable, its population was as dense as that of Eng ladd.—(flear, (tear.) Of the large numbers of Coolies shipped to British Guiana ' not a dozen were now existing, and would it be fur the benefit of their character or morals that they should be allowed to go to British Australia ? He contended that other parts of the con tinent of Asia were open to the planters of the Mauri tius if they wanted labourers—such as China arid the Burfuese empire. where the natives were always wanting employment. If they permitted this deportation, the most valuable export from India would become human labour. This question showed that the natives of India were at present totally inadequate to govern themselves. The Court would be acting unwisely if, adopting the pernicious doctrines of the present day, they sanctioned, though only tacitly, an absurd, abominable, and cruel principle. He implored the Directors to let the people of India see that they might look with certainty for pro tection to this country. General Bruccs saw no reason why they should in terfere .to prevent the Coolies carrying their labour wherever they pleased: But he would put this question On a larger basis. The people of this country having prevented immigration by means of slavery, into our tropical colonies, experience had shown that the land in those colonies could be cultivated only by laborers, natives of the tropics. Europeans could not cultivate that land, and unless. laborers suited to the olio at,-were suffered to immigrate, the owners of estates in the colonies would be obliged to sell their colonies, as they could not get them cultivated. With respect to what had been said relative to the excess of population in the :Mauritius, he must observe that a short time ago,when he was there, the population only am ninted to 60,000 persons, or about 150 to the square mile. That island, therefore, could.not be considered as over-popu lated. Among that population there were very few females, and it was thus clear that the labouring classes, unless recruited from time to time by immigration, would die Off. As for the circumstances under which the de portation of coolies took place, he thought that in the letter of the 23d of March, referred to by the Chairman, every provision was made for the purpose of effecting that persons going from India should be perfectly free. Sir JOSEPH LEPAGNE said he had but lately returned from an extensive tour in America and the West Indies. He had given great attention to the subject of immigra tion front Africa to the West Indies ;• and he was astonished to find it proposed that the immigration of the cu'otiee from India to the Mauritius, should be on a different footing from that which Minis ters bad held out to the free Africans imurigrating to the West Indies. He was in favour of immigration. He was satisfied that agri culture could be conducted in the West Indies and the :Mauritius, only by black labourers. He, however, wished to understand whether titre were any restrictions imposed on the Coolies immigrating to Mauritius, which were not imposed on the Africans in troduced into the %Vest Indies. He had conversed with the President of the United States and Members of Congress, and • also with the Governor-Ge neral of Cuba on the subject, and all of them had ob jetted to us that though having abolished slavery nomi nally, we were obliged to have recourse to it under another form ; that we were introducing into the West Indies from Africa a description of persons whom we called free labourers, but that we bound them to ern-, ployers by a contract of five or seven years' duration, and that that was but . another description of slavery. His reply was, that they were totally mistaken, but that he was - not then in a position to satisfy either them or himself by any evidence on the subject— however, that he was going to Jamaica, where he would converse with the Governor-General, Sir C. Metcalfe, on the matter. The information he had received from Sir C. Metcalfe was to the effect that no contract between the labourer and his employer could exceed one year in duration. . _ . (fhe meeting had not concluded when our report left.) COMMON PLEAS-(THIS DAY.) MoRTI3IER AND ANOTHER V. CRADOCK. This was - an - action brought by the plaintiffs, the eminent jewellers, to recover from the defendant, the keeper of a- coffee-house, the value c f seven diamonds, alleginl to have formed part of a necklace, of considerable value, which was stolen from the plaintiffs . The necklace was originally the property of Mr. Bult, a diamond ree:chant, who left it in the hands of Messrs. Blagg and North], also extensive diamond merchants, from whom the (the diamonds) passed into the poss°ssion of the plaintiff 4, in 1840. In October of that year, the necklace was stolen from the premises of the plaintiffs, and die m °rids which corresponded in the cut, water, and proportion with those of which :the necklace had been composed were oXered for sale by the defendant to Mr. Hamal, a diamond broker. In consequence of hand-bills which had been issued by the plaintiffs, the defendant was called to account as to whence he had obtained the jewels. lais explanation did not enable the plaintiffs, or the police officer whom they em ployed, to trace the parties from whom he stated he had obtained the jewels. Under these circumstances the att of was brought, to recover the value of that portion which was traced to.his possession. Several witnesses swore that the seven jewels sold to Mr. Hennel belonged to the necklace ; and the Jury, after a short deliberatiOn, found for the plaintiff's, in damages 50.1. CRIMINAL COURT.--(Tii IS 'DAY.) :(Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) The case of Barber and others this day broke down, and they were acquitted on both indictments. A young man of seventeen, named Philippe Ber geron, a clerk . to a notary at Guise, and son of a respectabi non-commissioned officer, put an end• to his existence, last week, with remarkable coolness and determination. The lady of the house where he lived, in going up stairs, happening to see some smoke coming through the key-ln , le of his door, knurled, and, receiving no answer, had the lock forced. The young man was lyin, dead near a brazier of charcoal, and on the table were two letters addressed to scho4.l-fellows, in forming thsm of his death. There was besides a sheet of paper on which I3ergeron noted down his sensations during his mortal agony. The following is a verbatim copy:—" I , is within ten minutes to four. lam going to put myself to death. Eternity has no terrors for me, for I am not happy here below, and therefore I must quit the earth. Five minutes to four—l am a useless being in the world, and a charge to every one. persons will perhaps affirm that lam mad. I am, how ever, in my perfect senses, and this charcoal, which burns at s , limy side, in no way troubles me. lam anxious that my death should be announced to my old friends at Saint Germain, and the letter may be directed to 3loein. I begin to feel some pain in my eyes and throat. Ten minutes past four..-I am getting drowiy. Twenty-five minutes past four—l fear j shall not be able to effect my death , for m y head is oIL ted, and I feel nothing whatever. A quarter to five — . I beg , ! . .l , to . feel a buzzUg in my bead. Five o'clock—still the same, This was all, and the writing of the last words was scarcely . legi t! Death came on with such rapid str ides as to prevent his putting down any more. It is believed that the young man deter !dried on self-destruction from not being able to cote in ex reuse and , cliTlay with some of his companion s more favoured by fortune than himself.' Last week, during a violent storm, which burst over Rennes and its environS, a peasant . named Reguault, re siding in the commune of Phelan, took refuge under an cult. Searedy had he reached the spot when the electric fluid -strn k the tree. At the noise of the thunder a young girl, who had been at work with Regnault, ran to the tree also to seek an asylum ; but, on arriving at the spot, she was horror struck at seeing the unfortunate man standing upright against the tree, with his eyes protruding, his mouth wide open, and giving no sign of life. She hurried off for assistance; hut when a medical man arrived, he found that the man was quite dead. The electric fluid had struck him on the head, piercing . two small holes through his straw hat, as if made by musket balls. The hair on tie hack part of his head was completely binged. A cow, standing arnengst a herd, fifty metres from Regnault, was also struck dead at the same time. On the 13th inst., says the Memorial des Pyrenees, the town of Tarbes was visited by a thunder-storm of great v i o l en ce. Eight horses out of It, which were being walked out for exercise by three men, were struck dead by the elec tric fltrid, and one of the Men Was: also kill e d t. the btber two' received severe injwies. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. GLOBE.—Lord John Russell's apprehensions from the Ballot are curiously contrasted with Mr. Wakley's ; and those who prise the union of the Liberal party may regret that the Noble Lord's expectations of its working are not transposed to the mind of the Hon. Member for Finsbury-, and the Hon. Member for Finsbury's to the mind of the Noble Lord. In that case (as regards their two persons) the Liberal party might be united—on opposite grounds. The Noble Lord and Hon. Member now entertain opinions which are opposite to each other, as to what the working of the Ballot would be ; and if they could but contrive to exchange them, they might entertain opposite opinions still—but, on the strength of those very opposite opinions, unite cor dially for the Ballot. This the Noble Lord and Hon. Member are unable to do at present. Lord J. Rus sell opposes the Ballot ; Mr. Wakley speaks against, and votes for it. All this difference might be remedied, if an exchange only could be effected between the Noble Lord and the Hon. Member of their reasons for disliking or distrusting it. Mr. Wakley's reasons, if they could be instilled into the mind of Lord John Russell, might make him a supporter, instead of opponent, of Ballot. Add Lord John Russell's, if entertained by Mr. Wakley, would lead him to give it a decided, instead of a very equivocal aid. STANDARD.—The speakers on the Income-tax de bate were—Lord Clanricarde (who moved that the Bill be read a third time in three months), the Earl of Wick low, Lord Beaumout, Lord Monteagle, and the Earl of Ripon. Lord Monteagle occupied more than half the evening in an elaborate, and we readily allow, a very able defence of the financial olicy of the late Government. It is common experience, how ever, that the utmost exertion of ingenuity and eloquence will not supply the chasm in one's pocket, or, as an homely proverb has it, that "fair words butter no parsnips," and all that Lord Monteagle could say failed to explain away . the actual deficiency in the Exchequer. He laboured, indeed, to reduce it by a skilful com plication of figures, and seemed to satisfy him self that he had brought it under 3,000,0001. We like Lord Monteagle, and therefore we wish that he was in a condition to make up the difference between three millions and the truth, that we might call upon him to hand over the balance; al there is no chance of this we will advise the Noble Lord to apply to the country for a part of the sum which he has saved to it by reasoning down the deficit. His fate, however, will, we fear, be like that of the scholastic who proved that two chickens were three, because, first there was one, and then two, and one and two make three, and was put off with the third chicken of his own creation for a dinner. To be serious, Lord Monteagle's speech, clever as it was, was a monstrous piece of trifling. The deficit is more than ten millions, if there be truth in figures. The Bill was read a third time, and passed, by a majority of 99 to 28. This great and salutary measure has thus passed the two Houses of Parliament, with a facility in both Houses, and a cordial assent on the part of the people, unexampled in the case of any equally exten sive measure of taxation ; but how could it be other wise ? The great and growiug deficit was manifest to the eyes of all, except, perhaps, Lord Monteagle ; and from first to last no one has pretended to offer any feasible means of supplying it except the tax upon property and income. This bold and just measure establishes Sir R. Peel's title to the admiration and gratitude of his country, were the objections to his other measures, whatever they are, multiplied tenfold. COURIER.—The debate last evening on the Ballot was, taken altogether, a stale and stupid business, just such as we might expect where Mr. Ward was leader, and frothy and fiery Mr. Shiel first falsetto. The historical part of the Ballot in the Reform time was rehearsed over again, and word for word the Irish orator delivered over again the laborious and belaboured speech which he voided in 1839 on the same subject, but from the other side of the House, forgetting, till disagreeably reminded, that " Hansard" lay on the table. and that Members might possibly have ,memories. The only relief to a vapid debate were the speeches of Sir James Graham and Lord John Russell, and particularly the latter, whose remarks on the experience of the Ballot in France and the United States, although of little originality, were pertinent to the occasion, and well put together. The proposal of the Ballot is altogether a hollow proceed ing in the quarter whence it emanated and by which sup ported. It is not secret voting which is so much wanted for the protection of electors out of the House, as the Ballot in the House itself, under cover of which apostate or corrupt politicians, like some who may be named, might indulge in poi u 1:r speeches and revelin popularity out of doors, whilst at the very same. time, being snugly on the private pension list of the Government they would be enabled under cover of the Ballot-box, to vote in the reverse sense of their boisterous harangues, and so cheat tie constituency whilst obsequiously obeying their orders feom the Court. Such is the notoriously common practice in the French Chamber of Deputies. If any one would desire to know how the ballot box and universal suffrage work in the United States in preventing bribery and electioneering profligacy, it is only necessary to consult thg history of the last election for members to_ Congress in New York, as the facts were developed subsequently before a special commission of enquiry. From the re sults which transpired and were proved on oath before that commission, it will be gathered that the difference between electioneering corruption, as practised in this country, and that in the Union, is just equal to that be tween a wholesale business and that of a small retail 1 dealer. In the States they bribe by thousands; here by hundreds only. Here we dismiss this trumpery ques tion, which really is not worth the summary notice we have bestowed upon it. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian.) There was not the slightest appearance of improve ment in our market yesterday; the demand both for goods and yarn was exceedingly limited, and the prices, where business was done, were generally on a level with the very lowest rates which have been previously paid. June is, indeed, almost invariably one of the dullest months in the year; and the inactivity consequent upon the season, concurring with the general depression of trade, tends greatly to diminish the prospect of any very speedy improvement. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, JUNE 20.—There has been another good market for flannels to-day, though the demand has not been quite so brisk as on the pre vious Monday. The prices are low, and have under gone no change to-day. Broke wool of coarse quality, and skin wool, have been sold at an advanced price ; but in other kinds there is little change. COAL MARKE' Ships arrived since P d. C.-(THIS DAY.) ast market day, 12. Chester Main Hebburn Main l6 6 New fantield 3,100 r l3 6 Ord's Itedhedgh l5 0 anfleld Moor lB 6 Townl.l , l5 t , West Wylam ....... ............ 15 6 Walls E d Lewin: e and C.. 15 0 Walls End Ormforth Walls End ltiddell's i7 0 Walls End Todd's Bensham 0 Walls Endßelmont I. d. W. E. Braddyll'sHetton 40 3 Walls End Hetton VO 3 Walls End Morrison: l7 0 Walls End Cassop l9 9 Walls End Adelaide Wails End ; arrington Tees 15 0 Wails Et d Bowburn Walls End South Durham 11 6 Wal s d'l eau 1311 he ..... 15 1; 'Cowpen 11.1angennech Coal 0 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. ROYAL COMMISSION--PROPERTY-TAX BILL. The LORD CHANCELLOR, took his seat on the Woolsack at a few minutes before Four o'Clock, shortly after which the Commons were summoned to hear the Commission read for giving the Royal Assent to the property-tax Bill, and other Bills. The SPEAKER, accompanied by several Members, having taken his place at the bar, the Commission was read, and the Royal Assent given in the usual form to the following Bills : The Property-tax Bill, the Australian Lands' Bill, the Metropolitan Patent Wood-Paving Company's Bill, the Ferrybridge and Boroughbridge Road Bill, the Charter house Estate Bill, the Bradwell Inclosure Bill, and the Calmenton Inclosure Bill. The Lords Commissioners were, the Lord Chancellor, Lord Wharncliffe, and the Earl of Shaftesbury. Some private Bills were forwarded a stage. JUSTICES' JURISDICTION BILL. The amendments of the Commons to this Bill were agreed to. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair a few minutes before Four o'Clock. _ _ The House was immediately summoned to the other House of Parliament, to hear her Majesty's Commission read for giving the Royal Assent to various public and private Bills (for which see Lords' Report). IN COME-TAX. The SPEAKER, upon his return, informed the House that the House had been to the House of Peers to hear the Royal Assent given by Commission to the Property tax (Income-tax) Bill, and several other Bills, (for which see Lords' Report). BELFAST ELECTION INQUIRY. Mr. O'CONNELL presented himself at the bar, and informed the House that, as Chairman of the Select Committee to inquire, and from time to time report to the House respecting the compromise alleged to have been entered into to avoid investigation• into the gross and extensive bribery and other corrupt practices employed at the late election for the borough of Belfast, he had to report to the House that the Committee had agreed to the following resolution:—" That the Chairman be empowered to apply to the House, to allow the Com mittee to appoint an agent for each of the parties in the late contested election to assist them in inquiring into the matters t 3 them r, ferred." The SPEAKER having read the resolution, Mr. O'CONNELL moved that the Committee be em powered to appoint an agent for each side, according to the terms . of the resolution. Mr. FERRAND objected to . sit h a proposition being agreed to in the present state of the House, as he SUS pected that the public would have to pay the expenses of the proposed agents.—(Hear.) He thought the motion ought not to be brought forward until at least some of her Majesty's Ministers were in their places. • After a few words from Mr. Wilson Patt.ln, Mr. Hume, and Lord Worsley, the motion was postponed to the time of public business. BATHIJEST'S ESTATE BILL. Mr. GREENE brought up th e Re p ort on the Bathurst's Estate Bill. mAR SCHOOL ESTATE BREEWOOD GRAM BILL • . • • The Brooyoxl Orap2mar School Estate 8111-was read. a sec.-md time. MANNERS ESTATE BILL. On the motion of Lord WORSLEY, the Manner's Estate Bill was read a second time. LEICESTER SMALL DEBTS BILL. The Leicester Small Debts Bill was read a third time, and passed. READING CEMETERY BILL. The Report of the Committee on the Reading Cemetery Bill was brought up, and the Amendments made in the Bill by the Committee were agreed to. ANATOMY ACT. Mr. HARDY presented a petition from an individual, named Roberts, the inventor of a process for preventing the decomposition of animal substances, complaining of the working of the Anatomy Act, and praying for inquiry into the operation of that Act. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman then gave notice that it was his intention to move for the appointment of a Select Committee to in quire into the subject. EMPLOYMENT IN MINES. Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD presented a petition from the miners of a district in the West Riding of Yorkshire, praying that no provision might pass into a law, preventing boys above eight years of age from labouring in mines. Mr. HUME presented a petition from thirty-four miners in the West Riding of Yorkshire, with a similar prayer. PAISLEY DISTRESS—CONDUCT OF THE GOVERNMENT OFFICER. The Hort. MEMBER, in the absence of his Hon. Friend the Member fur Greenock, then presented a petition signed by several thousands of the inhabitants of Paisley, which had been agreed to at a public meeting, stating that the petitioners belonged to the class which had re ceived relief from the Committee appointed for that pur pose ; that they had received at the rate of is. 2d. a week until the arrival of Mr. Twisleton, the Govern ment Commissioner, who had ordered money relief to be discontinued, and had ordered Meal and bread to be distributed instead. The petitioners stated that they had not any money to purchase fuel where with to cook the meal thus distributed, and complained of being treated in the degrading manner in which they had been treated by Mr. Commissioner Twisleton, and prayed the House to interfere to prevent the sufferers from being driven to desperation by the treatment they received. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 22, 1842. PRINCE EDWARD'S ISLAND. The Hox. MEMBER also presented a petition fom the House of Assembly of Prince Edward's Island, praying that the Imperial Parliament would adopt mea sures for settling the rights of land in that island. COLLEGE - OF MAYNOO H. Mr. BURROUGHES presented a petition praying for investigation into the College of Maynooth. COAL MINES. Mr. B. DENNISON presented 'a petition from the West Riding of, Yorkshiro, against the Mines and Collieries Bill. Mr. LASCELLES presented a petition to the same effect. _ _ Mr. ALDAM presented a petition from Yorkshire to the same effect. Mr. THORNELY presented a petition from the same county, to the same effect. Mr. M. PHILIPS presented a petition from 82 miners, of the West Riding of Yorkshire, to the same effect. Mr. PROTHEROE presented a petition to the same effect. Mr. S. WORTLEY presented several petitions to the same effect. Mr. PARKER presented a petition from Sheffield, in favour of the Mines and Collieries Bill. MUNICIPAL ELECTION. _ . . Lord ELIOT presented a petition from Limerick, praying the House to adopt some measure for the better provision of municipal elections. CANADA. . Mr. HUME moved for returns of the manner in which the sum of 108,0001. granted to Canada had been ex pedned.—Agreed to. BELFAST ELECTION.—RESUMED DEBATE. Mr. O'CONNELL said he had reported, as Chairman of the Belfast Committee, the unanimous resolution of that Committee that they could not proceed with any satisfaction to themselves or justice to the parties with out having the power to appoint two agents, one for each party. They came to this resolution after full deliberation. He would therefore move that the power be given to the Committee (as we understood). Sir JAMES .GRAHAM said the proposal took him by surprise, as it was a question of great importance. He would •suggest to the Hon. and Learned Member whether it would not have been more in accordance with, the established rules of the House to have given notice of tb , motion. Mr. S. WORTLEY said that the lima difficulty. re ferred to in the case of the Belfast Committee, had been felt by the Committee in the Southampton Election. Sir G. GREY suggested that notice should be given that the debate should be taken to-morrow. Mr O'CONNELL said that his object was to give the Committee, as near as possible, a judicial character. He would not resist the proposition of the Right Hon. Baronet, to postpone the motion till to-morrow ; and he now gave notice accordingly, that he would'to-morrow move that the Committee be empowered to appoint the agents. Mr. FERRAND gave notice that he would meet the motion with a direct negative, and would divide the House.—(A laugh.) SOUTHAMPTON ELECTION INQUIRY. Mr. STUART WORTLEY gave notice that he would to-morrow move for a similar authority for the Southampton Committee, as would be asked for by the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor of Dublin for the Belfast Committee. Mr. FERRAND gave notice that he would meet this motion also by a direct negative, and would divide the House upon it.—(Laughter.) FOREST OF DE AN BILL. Mr. HUME postponed the motion of which he bad given notice on this Bill, till the brinzingup the Report. SCAUCITY OF SILVER. Mr. HUME would take this opportunity of asking whether the Government had found, in the course of this day, that there v , as a real deficiency in silver or not, because he had two or three representations from the city, that the difficulty of procuring it was so great, that it gave rise to extreme inconvenience ; so much so, that an individual who had a number of workmen to pay, every evening had sent to the Bank for one pound's worth of silver, and was refused it. Unless some means were taken by the Government before Saturday, the day of paying wages generally, the greatest possible in convenience would arise. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it was not quite three weeks since it v. as stated to him, on authority competent to judge, that the quantity of silver was so excessive that an application was made to the Government to take it back. At present he believed that the demand for silver was excessive. Mr. HUME wished to ask the state of things at the present .time, and not what was past. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, the time he referred to Has three weeks ago: Mr. HUME said the Right Hon. Gentleman had not glven a distinct answer, and he wished to have a di rect one. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER thought the Hon. Gentleman could not have heard him. He had stated that about three weeks ago it was represented that the quantity of silver was excessive, and that a demand was made to the Government to take it back ; he had stated, also, that this day the supply was represented to be deficient, and he had taken all the means in his power to supply the deficiency. DRAINAGE (IRELAND) BILL. On the Order of the Day being read for going into Committee on the Drainage (Ireland) Bill, Lord ASHLEY asked fur precedence for his Bill on the employment of children in collieries. The SPEAKER said it could not be taken first, un less the two Orders of the Day standing betore it were postponed till after the other Orders of the Day. After some conversation it was resolved to take the Orders as they stood. . The House then resolved itself into Committee on the Drainage (Ireland) Bill. Clauses from 1 to 6 were agreed to. Clause 7 was agreed to, with some verbal amendments. Clause 8 was agreed to. Clause 9 was agreed to, with some verbal amendments. Clause 10 and 11 were agreed to. Clause 12 was agreed, to, with some verbal amend ments. . Clauses 13 and 14 were agreed to. Clause 15 was agreed to, with some verbal amend ments. , Clauses from 16 to 60 were agreed to without' any amendments. Clause 61 was agreed to after a short conversation. Clauses 62 up to 110 were agreed to without amend ment. On clause 111 being proposed, Mr. W. S. O'BRIEN proposed the omission of the following words from the clause :—" And the same respective sums of money, with such in terest for the same as aforesaid, shall also be charged upon all other land any part whereof shall be situate within one mile of the lands so drained or im proved, an d w hi c h s h a ll stan d sett l e d w i t h the land so drained or improved, to the same uses, intents, and pur poses, by virtue of limitation contained in the same in strument or the same set of instruments, but s bject as to such other land to the full amount of all incumbrance affecting the same prier to the date of said award." Lord ELIOT said he could not accede to the amend ment. The Hon. Member for Limerick stood alone in his views on this subject Sir R. i'EIiGUSON did not agree with the proposed amendment, which was an Irish mode of improvement, to lay out the profits of good land in cultivating what was worth nothing. The amendment was then negatived without a division, and the clause was agreed to. On clause 156 being proposed, Mr. O'CONNELL moved the following addition : " Provided always, and be it enacted, that nothing in this Act contained shall extend to or affect the powers vested in the Company of Undertakers of the Grand Canal Com pany, by an Act of Parliament passed in the Parliament of Ireland in the eleventh and tvt elfth years of the reign of George the Third, intituled, " An Act for enabling car taro persons to carry on and complete the Grand Canal," and other subsequent Acts, amending and extending t!le provisions of the said recited Act, nor to authorise or enable the said Commissioners to interfere with the woks or lessen the supply of water to any canal or navigation in Ireland, made and maintained by the authority of Parliament." Lord ELLIOT objected to the clause. 11 a thought the original clause was sufficient. (LEST =MG.) D E ATH OF MR. YA TF S.—We regret tá announce the death of Mr. Frederick Yates, the spirited, enterprising, and talented performer - and nranager of the Adelphi Theatre, which took place yesterday Ifternoon at Euston square, haying just reached town by the Birmingham Railway. It will be remeMberetrthat' be bad onto or twice ruptteed blood vessel, andhe had for some time been in 'declining data SPORTING. The Ascot settling, which was heavy, took place on Monday, and passed off without a default : this is something, as times go. Some complicated cases were disposed of by the Stewards of the Jockey Club, and a great deal more was said than done about ar ranging the outstanding Epsom accounts. The an nouncement that no less than twelve new matches have been made for the October meetings, thanks being due for most of them to the Hon. and Gallant Member for Westminster, shows that a proper spirit is abroad—to speak more correctly, at home--and that the absence of the many middle men tends rather to increase than diminish sport—so •out of evil does good arise. Meanwhile, let us to Hampton. The popularity of the . Moulsey-hurst meeting is astonishing. Richmond is the favourite terminus of the four-in-hand club, but there are few teams that do not run the second stage during Hampton race week. Several of the regular bang-ups have, how ever, been absent this week, new ones, with strange coachmen, being put on to supply their places. As the railways have so entirely superseded stage coaches, the rising generation will not have the same opportunity as their predecessors of learning the art —the how and exactly which way to guide four run ning horses. I heard of no accident ; but as I was asked the question, I certainly should prefer a seat on the boiler to a seat on the box with some of these modern Jehus. These railways ruin us, say the pikemen—while the South-Western was crowded, the road was scarcely dusty. The stands were well-filled ; the gambling booths more numerous than usual. Varied and astonishing were the divertisements between the acts : Herr Dobler himself might take a lesson, and the artistes of her Majesty's 't heatre here see feats which would make them laugh at their own more valuable pirou ettes. At a place like Hampton, the races are a minor consideration; few people care or think of what horses are about to run, and betting bows to cham pagne and cold fowl luncheon—the most important part of the day's proceedings. Even Tommy Lye, so certain to win all three races, forgot to inquire what time they would start, arriving just in time to hear what had won the first heat : the jockeys had waited about twenty minutes, and it was of course decided to be a start. Vibration, not good enough to start for the Oaks, gives the winner of that race Nibs., and beats her, rather to the astonishment of those who fancy they know every thing. The course at Hamp ton is a very awkward one, and two of the turns are sharp. The favourite—Our Nell, as she is named— went away just as she pleased, and my only sur prise was that she did not bolt altogether, so little command did the lad (sst. 101 b.) appear to have over her. Unpunctual as they were, the races were over in good time. Thursday is the grand dav: her Majesty's guineas a greater attraction than the Cup, you think : not a bit. People like a crowd, and unless a crowd there be, the popular opinion is that there is - nothing worth seeing : hence the orders and free admissions to the different theatres. More drags, more gypsies, more moutebanks, more Jim Crows, more ghosts of host lers, then are to be seen, on the middle day, than on the Wednesday and Friday together. One is apt to say, " Where the devil do they all come from ?" Rails and roads this day had each their due share of patron age. The Hurst Cup, 40 pounds, all in specie (that is, light sovereigns, I suppose), produced two capital and two very moderate heats. Her Majesty's Plate, which, after some discussion, was run over two miles of ground (the proper distance), was won very easily by' Vakeel ; claimed afterwards, for the second time in seven days, for five hundred. This must prove a highly satisfactory race to the owner of Ajax, the nag that beat Satirist, rode by James Robin son, at even weights at Ascot. Poor Ajax ! he has lived to do a great' thing : properly managed, he may live to do another. Eight heats in the broil ing sun were too much for my complexion ; I there fore left the Albert Stakes to their fate, determined to return and see the Stewards' Handicap run on Friday. The liberality of the stewards (Lord Adolphus Fitz clarence and. Lord Southampton) should be men tioned, it being contrary to custom at Hampton to hear of a Stewards' Plate of 1001. In the name of all gypsies, conjurors, and other depredators, then, I tender thanks so justly due. Lord Adolphus Fitz clarence was present each day, and Captain Beauclerk acted on behalf of Lord Southampton. The racing on Friday was first rate, and the Stewards' Plate pro duced by far the best race of the three days. Every one thought Johnny would win, but the appropriately named seventeen-hand-high horse, Daddy Longlegs, outstrided him : the other black jacket was not beat a length. Humming Bird was pulled up very lame. Fourteen started for the Innkeepers' money ; for tunately for the jockeys' lives, all did not go for the first heat : fourteen, round the first turn, Derby pace ! a very pretty sight ; but throughout the week not one charged the fence. The police did their duty like men ; and, since the Hippodrome is abolished, their duty for this season ends here. The most attractive meeting ever known at New castle-upon-Tyne commences this day. The St. Leger there—a race celebrated for the first appear ance of Lanercost—boast a fair entry, and the winner is usually a favourite' for the greater St. Leger at Doncaster. No less than sixty-two horses have ac cepted for the Northumberland Plate ; but as these were compelled to declare so long ago as the Monday in Easter week, it may be supposed they are, many of them, out of harm's way. Fourteen out of the lot are in Scott's stable ; but I fancy many of these must have been left in by accident. Alice Hawthorn is naturally first favourite, but she meets a very dif ferent field to that she left behind her at Chester. Ctibrera, the only horse that has ever run anything like a race with Attila isin the Gateshead Stakes, but I hear he will not show. Beeswing runs for both the Plate and Cup, and is declared to run also at Good wood. I hope the old mare likes the hard ground. There are three two year-old races, and the man in the street says the brother to Commodore will win all. The Bibury Club and Stockbridge meetings also take place this week ; the club dinner being held at the Star and Garter, Andover, to-morrow. There are some heavy Produce Stakes, the Bibury Stakes (gentlemen riders), and a Handicap Plate of 801., given by Lord Chesterfield, steward. June 18. JUDEX. THE WAR IN AFFGHANISTAN. The following letter from an officer of the 21st Na tive Infantry, will be perused with interest in the pre sent position of our affairs in India : " Camp Quettah, Affghanistan, April 2, 1842. " General England arrived here on the 22d ult., with a wing of her Majesty's 41st Regiment, 6th Na tive Infantry, two troops of Cavalry, and 100 irregular, and one troop of Horse Artillery. He found here a light battalion, composed of the light companies of the 41st Foot, 6th, Bth, 20th, 21st, and 25th Na tive Infantry regiments, and gave the command, to the major of my regiment (Mstior Abthorp), a very good soldier and brave fellow and who has seen a good deal of service. We marched on the 28th, with a large convoy of treasure and provisions, for the purpose of relieving General Nutt, at Can dahar, and Col. Palmer, at Ghuznee ; the latter was perfectly in the hands of the enemy, as they cut off his communication from all quarters. Now, the former had a large force, but no provisions or ammu nition. I made interest with our Colonel, and got put into the light company. As I am very hard up for time, I must give you an idea instead of an account, and then say good-bye. The first day's march we saw the enemy's patrols, and had a skirmish, but no-' thing of any consequence ; the next march we were fired on from the hills, which occasioned great confu sion among the baggage, and obliged us to be under arms till we marched the next morning, when we came in sight of the main body of the enemy, who oc cupied a strong position on our left and to our right front. Advancing their left position was a hill, stock aded at the top, from which .they first opened fire upon us, and our six-pounders played upon them, but with bad effect. The enemy put out a flag of defiance on the right, which was a small conical hill, with a breast-work at the top about four feet high, and a wet ditch inside. The ground was very broken, and the hill rather steep. General England Ordered Major Abthorp to take us (the light bobs) up, and in stead of taking two columns to attack, he said he was ready to advance us in line. Abthorp remonstrated with him, but it had no effect, so on we went, and, as we got to the foot of the hill, the enemy opened a quick and regular fire upon us. Just as we arrived at the top of the hill, and were cheering at our suc cess, the enemy, seeing the General had not backed us neither by cavalry nor infantry, sent their cavalry round the crest of the hill, and took us in the rear, charging at a fearful rate, which instantly broke the line, and obliged us to retreat in terrible Confusion, and they managed to kill and cut up a great number before we could rally and form square. Captain May . (a nephew of Major-General Sir John May, of the Royal Artillery) was shot as we advanced up the hill, through the heart, it is sup supposed. Major Abthorp was cut down by the ca valry, and has since died of his wounds. I bound them up in the field for him and sent him over to the hospital. After we had formed square several were wounded, and, on the whole, we lost 1 major, 1 cap tain, 5 sergeants, and 130 rank and file kided and wounded, but I am afraid this is, within the mark. We could not take all our dead and wounded off the field, and the General would not attempt it again as he was afraid of his convoy. We retreated to a small village where we stayed for a day, and then marched back here with our tails between our legs, the enemy following us up all the way • • " We have heard since that Ghuznee has fallen, and all the poor fellows have been cut up. General Nott has had hard fighting, and wants relief, so that , General England has determined to make a desperate effort to relieve him. This will have a .very bad effect; it will ma ke every fellow in the country rise against us, and prevent our getting out of the country. We are, I must sav, in a very dangerous position. Lord Ellenborougg's intentions are not known yet, but something must be done for our honour and name, and to get back our prisoners. Shah Soojah has played us a pretty trick, and Dost Mahomed must come back, and we leave the country, or else we shall be obliged to leave India, as our native regi ments declare they will not come beyond the Indus, and quite right too, as that is the agreement when they enlist. They say the Nizam's force are all in open mutiny, and all the Mussulmans about Madras ready to rise. ' Al TEMPT to MUIKDFR in FRANCE. At the sitting of the Court of Assizes for the Vos ges, held at Epinal, on the 9th inst., a shepherd, who was known by the name of Jacob Mayer, was tried for robbery, attended with an attempt to murder, under the following circumstances :—On March 15, Francoise, the wife of a wooden-shoemaker, named Corniot, living at Midrevaux, set out alone early in the morning to walk to Neufchateau, to make some pur chase. As she passed along she was observed by . Mayer, who was keeping his sheep near the road, and, Judging from her appearance that she was richer than she really was, determined to waylay her on her return. Between four and five in the afternoon he saw her coming back, and immediately, and without ad dressing a word to her, gave her a violent blow on her head with his crook, and knocked her down, continug to beat her, not only with the same weapon, but also with large stones picked from the road, and, finding that he had not yet killed her, he stamped upon her chest with his iron shod shoes. aving thus reduced her to a state of in sensibility, he dragged her off the road to a retired spot, took from her person all the money and other articles of any value she had about her, and left her, believing her to be dead. Night coming on without her re-appearance - at home, her family became alarmed, and went out in search of her. At eleven o'clock they found her lying where Mayer had left her, covered with gore -- her head, her hands, her arms, and her whole person exhibiting the effects of the violent treatment she had received, and the strug gles she had made in her own defence. Still she breathed, and was carried home. With great skill and care she was restored to her senses, and, after a time, was able to relate all the circumstances above I related, giving an accurate description of her assail ant. Two shepherds were arrested and brought into her presence ; she recognised Mayer, who was de tained, and the other man released. On further exa mination, the blouse ofMayer exhibited stains of blood, and also spots from some syrup of gum, evidently from a bottle of that liquid, which Francoise Corniot had brought with her from Neechateau, and was broken in the conflict. Fragments of the bottle were found on the spot, and also marks of the liquid were perceptible on some ofthe stones used by the assassin to consummate his crime, and, particularly on one he had placed on her cap, which had come off in the struggle, to prevent its being blown back to the road, and thereby betray the spot to which he had dragged the body. It was also observed that the iron of his crook had been newly filed, either to take out some notches made by his desperate use of it, or to obliterate the traces of blood. All these concurring circum stances, added to the depositions of Francoise Cor niot, were so damning, that Mayer, at length, confessed his crime, and point( d out the place where he had concealed the money of which he had robbed her. • This confession, he repeated at his trial ; Francoise Corniot also appeared as - a witness against him, being sufficiently recovered to go into Court, but still in a state to convince all who saw her that her health was ruined for ever, and probably her life shortened. Yet, such was the stolidity of Mayer, that he did not show the slightest sign of remorse on seeing the lamentable condition to which he had reduced her. The jury pronounced him guilty, but added that there were extenuating circumstances, and consequently the Court could only sentence him to hard labour for life at the hulks. lie received his 'udgment with the same insensibility he had displayed throughout. THE « LIGHT GOLD" INFLICTION. You can form no adequate conception of the embar rassment produced by the ill-judged proclamation of the Tories relative to the gold coin. The working people are the greatest sufferers, as many of them had sove reigns at full weight in their pockets on Sunday last ; and such. was the panic spread abroad that gold of al: descriptions, light and heavy, was refused in ninny places, and numerous families were deprived of their dinners in consequence.' In some instances, two shillings discount had to be paid on a sovereign that was only twopence-halfpenny deficient in weight. • Had the pro clamation been to call in the light sovereigns on a given day, or had the expense of recoining formed the subject - of a separate estimate, no complaint would be made ; • but the suddenness of the proclamation is denounced as a Tory trick, and must operate against them hereafter, when the long account is to- be settled.— Correspondent of the Ross-shire Advertiser. " • The stories in the London papers of the effects of the monetary panic in the metrepolis have been fully equalled in the country. Some symptoms of the diffi culties that aftera ards occurred exhibited themselves in Southampton before the close of the last week, by the refusal of several shopkeepers to take light sovereigns, but on Saturday the panic spread universally ; and as scarcely one shop in a hundred possessed gold scales, sovereigns and half-sovereigns were indiscriminately refused, unless at a.discount of Bd. for the former and -4d. for the latter ; this was the case in French-street and in the market, where great numbers of the working classes resort on Saturday evening to make purchases. At some shops a reduction of 6d.- for sovereigns and 3d. for half-sovereigns was made, but in many others the most scandalous trickery was used, and where people had come in from the country, or the hour was late, Is. and even ls. 6d. in the pound was exacted. In the case of working people this shameful extortion. was in too many cases submitted to, from the parties having no other resource. This deduction was made upon the coin indiscriminately by the majority, but in the course of the day a supply of Birmingham balaittes was thrown into the market, and did good service for a time, as being improperly constructed they weighed down with light•sovereigns. Some shops exhibited labels intimat• ing that light sovereigns were taken there for goods and did a good extra trade in consequence. As might be expected, the panic induced the production of much horded money, in excellent condition. The coinage of George 111., issued in 1817, and of George IV., in 1821, 1823, 1824. and 1830, are generally light, but on an• average to not more than a depreciation of 1 and 13- per ceut,.as stated by the Members of the Government on Tuesday night in the House. We know of an instance, however, in which a deduction was made at one of the banks of 4s. 63. on five pounds, in which there were four half sovereigns. On Monday last at a large shot) in the High-street, Is. 6d. in the pound was deducted on a pur chase by a lady, and we therefore.wish to put our readers on their guard against.sw.h. scandalous imposition. On an average a deduction of lid. in the..pound would cover all loss, and certainly a discount of 3d. is the utmost that should be submitted to .in a sovereign, and 2d. in a half sovereign.—Hampshire Advertiser. LIGET SOiiEREIGNS.—As proofs of the prevalence of light gold, we may mention that a gentleman took one hundred to one of the banks in Gloucester, 011 Wednes ' day forty-one of which number Were deficient in weight ; andanother persott took fifty, all of which were declared light, and sixpence paid upon each !—Hereford Times. There has been a dreadful hubbub here about the pro clamation respecting the light sovereigns. This procla mation has been followed by another, commanding an issue of half-farthings. Truly these proceedings of our rulers seem not a little puzzling : what possible use the half-farthings can be the Master of the Mint can pro bably, tell, but certainly nobody else.—Cheltenham Looker-On. We cannot avoid coming to the conclusion that the Government, in setting about this necessary reform, has set about it in the most unjust, odious, and oppressive manner. It is unjust, because it makes the whole weight of a measure for the general public benefit fall unequally on a portion of the public only, and upon a portion no more responsible than any other for the evil ; and it is odious and oppressive, because it doubles the loss by the mode in which it inflicts it. In our opinion, the duty of the Government would have been, as fast as sovereigns came in in payment of public revenue, to have melted down all those of old dat worn but not intentionally defaced, and to have supplied their place by new ones ; but if it did not choose to assume that burden, the least it could have done, and chat would have entailed on it nothing but a little trouble, would have been to accommodate the holders by taking light sovereigns in all public offices at full bullion value, by which the loss and inconvea2nce would not he, generally speaking, one-half of what it is now. It might have done so up to a certain time, and afterwards, if it chose, enabled people to protect them selves, by giving notice that no sovereigns would pass current below a certain weight, and thus, in the exercise of its supreme wisdom, save some ten thousands a year by inflicting on the land a general plague of scalcs.— Liverpool Journal. M. de Melcy, who, as our readers remember suffered the judgment of separation sued for by his wife, Julia Grisi, to go by default, ha , just Redressed a letter to the Ga zette des Tribunaur, in which he declares that there was not one word of with in all that was stated on h er part to the Tribunal, except the fact that he had refused to receive her back. lie adds, that if Madame Grisi has not lost her me mory, she must know why her husband refused to receive her ; that the separation de facto took place so far back as the llith August, 16.36, and was resolved on for wrongs that were not on the part of the husband, in terms sett!cd and agreed ups n by honourable mediators, which leave no grounds for any charge against him, M. de Alelcy, and that since this period he has neser seen her. A gentleman who was very lame in one of his legs, ‘‘ithunt any n 116% aril show of anything, having sent for the surgeon, he, more honest than ordinary, told him it Ua; in vain to meddle with it, for it was only old age that was the cause. "But why, then," said the gentle man, " should not my other leg be as lame as this, seeing that the one is nu older than the other ?"—Liver poe! Journal. Two days ago, as an Englishman who was at work in 'the construction of an arch on the railroad between Paris and flocen, near Vernon, was engaged in rairing a large stone to its place by means of a crane, the ropes by which the heavy block was suspended gave way, anti caused an iron lever to sti ike him with such force on the breast that he fell scoseleo, and was carried away in a hopeless conditiou: MARKET INTE LLIGENCE. COUNTRY MAR ETS Wheat.. I Haley. (t. ~Y•_aus. ~ Per Quarter, s. to P. jA.IO S. lA. t r S. !s. to a. • to s Bath 15;andtOrd .-- 60 68 j2O 27 LO 23 39 42 ciridport •••••••••••- 57 I rlttard 52 8 ) 30 18 22 32 26 32 31 Exeter aloucester 53 61 21 3!! 10 t 5 '2B 40 40 4 cluildford CO 75:26 31 .20 24 30 38 t 0 3-; Newbury 42 72 i 26 22 10 34 47 :12 33 Reading 73 f 42 26 •18 18 .21 42 :A) 3 , 3 Salisbury 60 68 32 30 tis kti 40 50 ShLrborne 5B 64 25 30 18 24 40 44 1 SheptonMaliet s'i 64 24 32 '2l 21 24 4 4 31 Sti Uxbridge 37 43 '2 B :18 40 Warminster —44 67 '43 29 •20 24 d 44 • Worcester 64 (8 52 33 tt. 2 t '8 42 36 40 teovil '55 CO i 24 1:3 2 24 32 44 LEEDS CORN :.: 133 K ET. Wheat, Norfolk and So did k, dint, --- York. and Lincoln. 1301 b... 3:irley, Norfolk and Stitrolk Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Grinding . t3eans 8311). . 'M. to 37 s .. Oats, P o t a t o e "la. to t6s. .'. —lllealing. For. iki. toldi Fog '.II yet. to :2%.), per stifle; Shelling 13.. to 33 per c.,a=. DEVIZES CORN MARKET Per Sack. 7 i. -- s. — ii. c'irbt Wheat 53 0 10 ro o Oats . O 0 - 2S 0 Second 29 6 :11 1. , Beans (per sack)... :h 0 ...•2 0 fkinl d4rley '2l 0 20 0 Bread (petgallon). 1 3 0 CLiELT EN HAM MARK lI'S. Per Bushel. s. d. to d.t Pet 114 d. d Vbhtat dai ley 3 0 3 9 Marton Oat:. Beaus 5 0 5 4 Puck "case 5 0 M 0 I Lamb Hay 41.55. to 41. lOs.ai. I.er ton. CAN'rEBBUltli MARKET. Wheat, white.,,,.-.... 05s. to ;Os. ....... 01d............ —s. to 70s -- red...---.... Ws. to tip 5...... 01d......-- —s. to s Barley, dialtieg .......... 30s to 34, ........ Grnding.. —s. Lo ...A. Oats .......................—.. Ils. to 1t5...... 01.1........... —s. to ..., Beall , waver...v. wow. 313 to 4(a..,.,... 01d..........e...... • , .f.. to t. Pease ..............................• 404. to —a. ......• Grey...,.... .. , ..4-. to ....s. HULL. CORN MARKET. Wheat, White (per Quarter) Gni (Ws. tn. Red ' t5..5-s cos. Foreign - 6-16. Ms, Barley, Malting CiriFaiing . ..ti 295.3 s. • Oats, Britian Foreign (in bond) lBs 20e. 2:6, Benns... ..• 12s 3 s. 40a. Pease, Grey ... Bale and White ... Vt.. :Pk 4 , 6. Linseed.._ ••• 5 s. :tic 02s Flour per sack ltapeeettl (per I , ; guar: e: s) FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of 13,thkruptcy, Ba-inghall-street. H. Nantes, merchant, Warntord- court, 'lhroginorton-street, July 14, at two—T. D. Latham and J. Parry, merchants, De vonshire-square, COT, July 14, at one--J. Gale, sen. and J. Gale, jun., rope makers, Lye-lane, Shadwell, July 12. at eleven—J Jones, common brewer, 014 Brompton, July 13, at one—S. Fletcher, coal merchant, liegent's-canal-tiasin, July 13, at two—G. F. Hodges, merchant, Calcutta, July 13, at three—J. Cooke, tailor, Regent-street, July 12, at two—W. , •itchell, merchant, Meeting-house-court, Old Jewry, July 13, at two—H. Clark, brush manufacturer, Fleet-street, July 14, at eleven—J. Hall and S. Vincent, wholesale tea dealers, St. Mary Axe, July 14, at twelve. In the Country. W. Johnson, ironm9nger, Birmingham, Oct. 28, at half past two, at the Waterloo-rooms, Birmingham—M. Mar money scriverier, Chew Magna, Somersetshire, Suly 15, at ten, at the Commercial-rooms, Bristel—A. Webb, carpet seller, Liverpool, July 15, at eleven, at the Commissioners'- rooms, Manchester—T. W. Wilson, linen manufacturer, Barnsley. Yorkshire, July 13, at,ten, at the Commissioners'- rooms, Leeds—J. Stephens, ironfoutider, Menheniot, Cornwall, July 13, at twelve, at the Royal Hotel, Plymouth— D. Wells, merchant, Frisknay, Lincolnshire, July 15, at twelve, at .the Get,rge Inn, Kingston-upon- Hull—D. Thomas, grocer, Dow lais, Glamorganshire, July 22. at twelve, at the Commercial ro-uts, Bristol—J. and L. Chorlton, sawyers, Manchester, July IS, at two, at the Commissio ners '- r oo m s, lam-better—J. cmft, victualler, Handford, Cheshire, July 14, at eleven, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester. • CERTIFICATES—Jut x 12. T. and G. Seddon, upholsterers, Calthorpe•place, Gray's Inn-road—S. Sly, ergrever, Fleet-street—J. and T. Brook, drapers, Stourbridge. Worcestershire—S. J. Ald.ich, chemist, Holloway—L. Beck, broker, Bristol—J. Abbott, cotton manu facturer, Blackburn, Lancashire—J. Taylor, grocer, Ipswich— C. Caswell, lodging-housekeeper, Woburn-place, Ru.sell square—E. Mullinger. ironmonger, Southampton—R.. H. C. Hunt and E. 0. Smith, merchants, Old Broad-street—J. Sat terthwatte, wine tneichant, Culium-strect, City. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. A. Wylie, S. A. Wyllie, and R. Plumbly, tailors, Condu,t street, tiond-streei (so tar as IN gards It. Plumb; y )—H. Critch ley, S. Critchley. arv! M. A. opel.,nd. teachers, Birkenhead, Che,hire—S. Hutt, J. S. Hutt, R. B. Girault, and J. Ri chardon. silk manufacturers, Steward-‘treet, Spitalfields (so fa , as regards S. Hutt)—A. and S. Young, tAlors, Ryde, Isle of Wight—W. Young and C. Lee, architects, Manchester—G. Dugant and J. M. Knight, grocers, Rugby, Warw . ckshire— W. Walker and 1. shore, masons, Wickersley. Yorkshire— Fector and Co., merchants. Dover —R. Smith and R. Marlow, boat builders, Liverpool—T. Miller and J. NA il-on, cowmon carriers, Great Driffie d, Yorkshire—H. Haighton, It. Haigh ton, and R. Seed, timber merchants, Aighton Bailey, Lanca shire—J. and T. Powell, butchers, Bramham, Yorkshire—G. and T. Forster, saddl , rs' ironmongers, Walsall, Staffordshire— L. Stone anti J. Schubach, merchants—C. and Cs. Chedzoy, bottle merchants, Sidney-stteet, Mile-end-road—T. Stanley and G. Williams, stone masons, Much Woolton, Lancashire— W. Beer and J. Fletcher, whining manufacturers, Gloucester —C. Cockerton and R. Sh,Therd, proprietors of the City of London Theatre, :Norton Folgate—J: Lainb and R. Sutton, engravers to calico printers, Manchester—B. L. and J. Jones, carpenters, 01o:wester-street, Commer.tal-road. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIuN`;- GEORGE ILSON, farmer, Callumkill, bland of Islay, June 29 and July '27, at one, at the Islay Arms Inn, Bowmore. DOUGLAS and SON, watchmakers. Greenock; June 24 and 15, at one, at the Tontine Hotel, Greenock. ALEXANDER RIAD, fi,h cur. r, Cromarty, June 25, at twelve, and July 23, at one,at the Commercial Hotel. Cromarty. JADES WiIIITET and Co., merchants, Perth, June 28 and July 19, at two, al the Chambers of J. Kemp. Perth. JtAIN El LSON, printer, Paisley. June 27 and July 18, at one, at the Office of lteid and Ht.nderson, IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. LZOUSE OF LORDS, June 21. DISTRESSED DISTRICTS. Lord WHARNCLIFFE, in relation to the question 4 the Noble Lord opposite relative to the Report of the Assistant. Poor-law Commissioner from Burnley, begged to state that it would be inconvenient to produce the whole of the Report. He would produce all the essential parts of the Report, and he trusted that would b.' sufficient. Lord KINNA IRD had no wish to embarrass the Govern ment; he would therefore withdraw his motion on the sub ject, and accept the proposition of the Noble Lord He trusted their Lordships would read the Report from Steckport, and also the portion of the Report from liurtiley, when it would be found that his (Lord Kinnaird's) assertitms in regard to the dreadful slate of distress in the manufacturing districts would be fully borne out. In many parts of those districts the people for weeks had been suba'sting on boiled nettles. AFFIRMATION BILL. LoreDENMAN rave notice that on Monday he shbuld call their Lordships' attention to the Affiimation Bill. SAL.V ON FISHERIES' BILL. • The Duke of RICHMOND presented several petitions against the Salmon Fisheties' Bill, and suggested that the Bal should be referred to a Select Committee. The Earl of ROSEBERY signified his intention of ac ceding to the Noble Duke's ruquest. • CASE OF MR. ST. GEORGE. The Marquis of CLAN ((ICA FIDE ttished to put a question to the Aeble Duke relative to the re-appointment of Mr. St. George to the Magistraey o' the county of Galway. About six years ago Mr. St. George had been a Magistrate of that county, but, in consequence of a letter which Mr. St. George had adidiress. d to the Marquis of Normanhy. then Lord Lieute nant of Ireland,• it hate been detmed expedid nt to remove Mr. St. George from the Mau ' istraey. La"t summer the Magistrates of Galway had addre sse d a memorial to the irish Government, praying that Mr. St. Geor ge might be reinstated ; that memo riai had been transmitted by him (the Marquis of Clanricarde) to the Irish Government, and he had thought it his duty to sup port its prayer. He had a great ft iendship fur Mr. St. George, and at the time was desirous of seeing him reinstated in the Magis tracy. He (the Marquis of Clanricarde) had had an interview with the Lord Chancellor on the subject, and the Lord Chan cellor hail expressed( an opinion that Mr. St. George ought not to be reinstated unless he would express his regret for the letter he had written. This Mr. St. George had refused to do, anti there he (the Marquis of Clanricarde) supposed the matter would have rested. He had, however, since learned with sur prise, that Mr. St. George had been reinstated. No intimation had been made to him that Mr. St. George had been restored to the Commission, and until he read it in the newspapers he was quite unaware that such a step had been taken. He ap plied fur information on the subject, and was unable to gain it, but he saw it shortly afterwards in a newspaper. He wished to ask the Noble .Duke if Mr. St. George were restored to the Commission. and if the Noble Duke had any objections to lay before the Hoene any communications which had been re ceived on the subject from Mr. St. George or the Irish Go vernment. The Duke of WELLI NG TON said he might answer that Mr. St. George had been restored to the Commission of the Peace. About five years ago he was di-missed from the Magistracy in consequence of wri•ing a letter to the Lord Lieutenant upon smite conduct of the Lord Lieutenant whilst in the exe cution of his duty. In his (the Duke of Wellington's) opinion, the Government of the country could not limie done otherwise than r• quire Mr. St. George's removal from the Commission of the Peace. Afterwards a large proportion of the Magistrates of the county, who had acted w►th Mr. St. George, requested that he might be restored to the Magis tracy. 'I he Learned Judge who held the Great Seal in Ireland thought proper to inquire into the circumstances attending the removal of Mr. St. George front his office ; and, having done so, he proceeded to cons Aler well whether it would be expe dient to restore him to the Commission, and, aft. r a consulta tion, it was determined to restore him. He(the Duke of Wel lington) did not consider it expo client at present to answer the question relative to laying on the table the c.•mmunicatiitns. If the Noble L. rd had given notice of his question, he shoul have been prepared to answer it. He most say that the restora tion of Ur. St. George to the Magistracy had given great satisfaction to the people of the neighbi.urhood, and was not done to gritify the let-lino of an editor of a newspaper. The distnissal was no iciubt a good step, and se probably, alter five years' suspension, was the restoration. The Marquis of CLANRIGAtiDE said he was glad that .11r. St. George had been restored. He had, however, made application on the subject before and was refused an answer, whilst the editor of the paper had obtained the correct in formation. Perhaps he might be allowed now to ask when the Commission and A-sizes at Tipperary would be held ? Lord Ft I ZGEI{ALt) concurred with his Noble Friend in the propriety of Me. St. George's testuration. Mr. St. George never applied to be restored ; the tpplieation for his restoration was even made without his knowledge—made upon public grounds—and by +he first gentkmen of the county. Those who had been acquainted with Mr. St. George knew that a mute competent man for the discharge of his duties—a more honourable, a more public-spirited individual. as a gentle man of property, and a Magistrate, was not to be found in that car any other country. He thought that the application tins his restoration was perfectly well founded. With regard to the Special Commission to take place in Tipperary, his Noble Friend had slated on a former night that he was led to believe that time would be lost by the appointment of the Special Commission at the time trained. lie %vas sure that their Lord ships would be wad to learn that there woudi be no delay to public business ; but, whereas the Special Commission issued on the 10th of June was directed to open at Clonmel an the 28th of Jutkis the A irsriviss would pot coannoace at iFon42 till the c,k3th —.._. seiJu•y. When the Government were informed by the law Offs; cers ef the 2 own that they had under prosecution li.ose vete 3 2, , they Lelieveil to be the real criminals. and that they could eroiefe6. them, it was important that they should- not allow of any avoidable delay. In the present circumstances of Ireland, the . very special ty . and solemnity of the Commission was of hue . Lion effete in deterring a lawless and disorganised popula , lion from the future commission of crime. The trial also was . removed from that part, of the country in which witnesses.' had been intimidated from giving evidence to the truth, or 11:q . been murdered to prevent their doing so. It had been s-it, also that the Commission was an unprecedented job. whom was it aj ob ? Was it fur the Judges of the land ? `Fag, it for the law officers of the Crown? If it were supeese" that it was a job for the benefit of those, he needenly saY t , that it would make no difference in point of emolument 0 either of those parties. CHURCH OF SCOTLAND. - s e f 1 A NOBLE Loan gave notice that on Tuesday next h e sho r t s, 'call the attention of the House to the present state o. 1" Church of Sc'otland. THE INCOME-TAX. . . On the riadne of the Order of the Day for the third reading' of the Property-Tax Bill, The Marquess of CLANRICARDE said that.when .he I r‘ Friday evening moved for the adjournment of the debate. r, op s ositiou to a majority of the House, he was actuat ed ee Yt.. by a sense of his duty to take an opportunity .. s " stating the grounds on which he thought their Lords h ' b r,',, ought to reject the Bill. if he wished to prove. fili'' la showing them how injurious the Bill would be to : tratie4ll., how repugnant to the feelings of the people, he nee d 4, ,7. read to them the petitions which hail been presented tt;) , Houses of Parliament, horn large be-dies of ii.fluential nl e r s. chants and traders, and from the Metropolitan constiteeect But if it was admitted that in a financial sense alone, t1.' 1 „," deed it was admitted on all sides, that an Income or a r i '4, perty-tax vias the most objectionable of all modes of rsi.!:ilro, a revenue, and should he resorted to only in a case of , treme necessity, then he would say that all objection s o plied with especial foree to the Bill before the bouse.s o t. Noble Lord, indeed, had defended the Bill, and affirmed' it was a good Bill, because it would raise money whee,:,„ Government wanted it. That Noble Friend of his went full . ;, and said, that the Parliament and the country wer e , hasty, when they gave up so productive a tax in IN 0 1 ( Hear and a laugh.) His Noble Friend went furthe r for said that he himself' when in office would have pre pose t , e re-imposition of this tax, if he could have expected-O lt , ..,,is country would hear it. such might hate been the. view' 0' of Noble Friend, but he (the Marquis of Clanricarde) had - v e 0 , heard that any such views were entertained by the Gorotej ment of Lord Grey or of Lord ;Melbourne. It had been arg o t that the tax was a politic one, because the people court`, ` find out the amount of the pressure upon them. That 00 most unconstitutional argument. The only argument of fs , Noble Friend, who on behalf of the Government brought o r ward the measure, was the plea of necessity, and that vials: only plea on which the imposition of the tax could be jos lw If but his Noble Friend had failed in proving the necessity' r i, that necessity had been made out, he (the Marquis of Clan earde) would riot have opposed the measure. If the safettA, honour of the country required the imposition of an Irle!:.*, tax—if even it were required to relieve the springs of tad , n , odious as an Income-tax was, he could not have 0 1 , 1 ) ) Nay, further, if the Government had proposed a grand:.4 complete plan of finance of which an Income-tax formed st, he would not refuse to consider it, although he had. great' it to looking to an Income-tax as a permanent 5 , e 0 7,1 revenue. But the Government had not made out a any necessity. The Noble Lord had dwelt upon necessity of equalizing our revenue and expenditurets reforming our tariff, and on the diffictnty of finding any 6 °_,;" of revenue equally productive and efficient. The great r-1 takes pervading these arguments were-10, that the fit'" e difficulties of the country were exaggerated; and 2d, lha 4 s e resources derivable from indrect taxation wet e underrate"), (Hear, hear.) With regard. to the statement made 1,1 Noble Friend as to the expenditure and the nt cessity fe e t' there was some little discrepancy. He had looked upon o's penditure in China and Canada as a permanent one ; he `,O Marquis of Clanricarde hoped that such would not be the air But his Noble Friend had made but slight allusion to theLf sources of the country. True, he had alluded to the detie - s 1 occasioned by the Post-office alterations, and to'the fai led ' the additional five per cent. on the taxes to make that deAe or t good, but he had omitted to state the cause of that defiele i sf —( Hear, hear.) If they bad looked to those causes st would have afforded them something like the glimatelit light that those deficiencies were temporary, and that Itli!si might ultimately be removed. If those difficulties had al e ir from the moneiary difficulties of America, w hen those di'V, ties were removed our embarrassments would cease. Ind were dejendent on the Corn-laws they would exist as 1 d the Corn-laws existed. If they were dependent upon a go/ dual decline of our trade, then the tax would become a P er o t' tient one. 'I hey ought to know the opinions of the G° l o.l ment uson that point. If ever there was a time whee, j ,it' ought to press lightly on the people, to encourage enterpelsse, leave capital free, to leave the money of the people in tbeirpSt to fructify, that time was the present.—( Hear.) With 1 70 to the second consideration, it was certainly remarkable.' the present Ministers of the Crown should never have.'•- vered the real character of the tariff until the present Looking bark to the previously expressed opinions of 4. vernment, he could n,t help thinking that they b out of their way to create the necessity for the Income.*** would defy his Noble Friend, whenever the tariff should before the House, to show that it was founded upon an principle, or had been drawn up upon any one pnnciplt . ever.—( Hear.) He preferred the new tariff to 0 1 quoad tariff; but he preferred the old tariff without the 'pi ii lax to the new tariff with it. The good of the new tar's s e not so much in the tariff itself, as in the spetches tied l' r- fi sions which its discussions had elicited from its proposers- it/ those speeches and pro!essions, however, he thought they at more indebted to the Budget of last year than to anything e ( Hear.) No one had ever contended that the lep er sY made the duty the greater would be your revenue; butdie had been contended was, that if you would get rider pi t ? duties, and lower differential duties, you would ineresaf o e revenue. The new tariff was founeed won the Fr i ti of prOteciive and differential duties. If .at: s' of .distres like the present, any parties ware ' 4 upon to make sacrifices, it ought to be the great inter.. the sake of which the enormous load of taxation hael4be ° on the country. If the tariff had b. en properly revieeda • i from creating a necessity for an Ineome.tax, the deli . revenue might have been in a great measure made uP , revision. lie now came to the third argument -uf s blie , Friend—namely, the impossibility of raising the.reVe any other means. His Noble Friend had conjured up Is) shadows, for the purpese of d.spereing them. He • hadf ,' ever, touched bur lightly uson some articles, such Ls ot s se assessed:axes. He (the Marquis of Clanricarde) was ca) l 7, to find the Government a budget, hut, since the peace, t ,hi three millions of taxes had been repealed, exclus.ve of tb, perty tax. It would not show that !hero was no way of , 0 • 0: a revenue, without having recourse to an Income-o%i eir: that such and such a tax could not be irni wed. TO 'oti j r. Lord opposite, in 1819. had increased the taxes by thre,:fr, lions annually, without imposing a property-tat; and to ' L a!, that been from pressing on our resources, that that Nob! ", successor, ie 1822, had' taken off four millions. That T, V that the resources of the country bad not been' ex h a usteet o ' o lf l o on the present occasion, the Noble Lord had said !oils on the subject, which he ought to have done. It. was stl 4 fr, say that no means of taxation could he deviied to 0 14 pi two millions and a hat to three millions of money i , l ij )ears, without having rearm se to an Income-tax. —"t Therefore his Noble Friend had completely failed in I s t 4 ing the necessity of the case. He admitted, however; t. ' GZvernment plin of finance must be looked at as a o'n' e as a whole, he said that the relief they proposed for t , tresses of the country, when, compared with thosO was ab.urd, ridiculous, and contemptible. The first! did, having a deficiency of three millions, was to 600,000/. of timber duties. The 'eduction as goild but it was not to be accepted as a compensation I. come-tax. Bi,sideti, it maintained the differential , favour of the Canadaa, anti gave you only bad tiro , It would not encourage the ialtic trade at all. If prosperous, and houses were building, this change of consequence; but at a moment when houses vier' into decay, and the only houses the industrious cle look to were the poor-houses, it was mockery to talk the relief to be derived from a lowering of the timbe r The Government had also reduced the duty on co taken abstractedly was a good thing, but it was pt" at too dear a rate to have to pay an Income-tax would have been an infinitely greater boon to the have reduced the duty on sugar. and it would have le ( crease in the coffee duties by promoting an increased tion of coffee. Last year the great argument against ing the duty on foreign sugar was, that it would courage slavery ; but the argument was now ~teen why should they admit slave-grown coffee ? The venue given up was only 170,0001., and surely that: no excuse for an Income-tax. It appeared to hill ) Government had only touched the tariff to he proposing an Income-tax, but they never stat e to get rid of it. It appeared that they only surplus of half a million to enable them to earl' with foreign Governments. New, he shoal? what negotiations any such surplus would be was every reason to believe the surplus would Noble Duke said it would be applied of other taxes. If such were the earth was this tax to be got rid o It was mere delusion to say this tax would eel and if it did not, it would become the regula, of the country. He did not think the peoph it, and if tht-v did not, and the surplus was Auction of other taxes, how could they malt of the country without imposing other taxes, range the commerce of the country ? Irelar athittionat charge of 400,0001. a year, and i have this permanently, Ireland would be vu would be much better for Ireland to pay (In three years than to have this permanent annul year imposed on her. Let their Lorthhips mass of injustice this Bill was in evfry way the Comniissioners were most tyrannical, and with tree government.—(Hear, hear.) It so,,s in trade were to make a ~tatement of Oma fir the last three years. The man whose trade would bo pressed down to the earth by the rising man would not pay one quarter of Surely a measure of such monstrous inju•til pass into law. It was somewhat remarkable Duke en the cross bench had said that this liament, and that they would take care that • :boa.' pay attention to it ; and it certainly dtO landed interest in this Rill had taken good care 0 ' t At the exp* use of the other etas , . es of the communitY'AVA 4- 1 The Duke of RICHMOND had made no otifbilioilL during the present session; he might have said . ll °_,;,. t he sort last res,ion, hut after what had occurred (1 0 „ .. "401 0 w . '", e ,S session, he never could have said that the ur ,11 ; any attention to the landed interest. ~,nbearrite fhe Marquis of CL AN R ICA RDE was gls",,to'" • fallen from the Noble Duke, and in some roe — 14 1 f rd him in opinion. 141 % 04 The Duke of RICHMOND— CertainlYP, A ' n -e " hav e 'O , attention to the landed intere,t, or they wou'", -ut the new corn law and the tariff.—( A laugh.) icaP" - Atet'll The Marquis of CLAN RICA RDE would r The: *#PO statements which had be,n made on the subicut' tithr a ii the income of land was, 82,795,0004, includio4' ought to t , e on the other side. The inc,1429, 041 , 0 11 7 10 0 ' 1 trades and professions. was estimated at 1 ' 1,1410,:o duty proposed to be raised from the former IP/ 4 . 111 1.0 v from the latter, '2,470,812/. ; so that •ons ' P l' ed".lo income &tired from trades and professli., d eriv o nOt, than double of what was paid by 82,79 60 .? no t '''°,.„'lo: ll .7j land. Was that fair? Was it just ? %V " v W „I pe' Ot (1 favour of the land ? It w s a most ,ng'ruro had 1,,;40. 1 •Til to introduce into taxati on , t h a t in , tax l 4 'had rit Ad f tb e -mo' exempt property nit to a certain .mou- • f ° the Goven.rnunt had taken care of their ja r of Li ito,t4s, o interest, but by this new and dangerous rt . e L:r t he :1: . 0 t (G h ho e iv y eea h rrn, a m t h l ee t an a rt k ..) en c H a e re ca taj ect t e h d ri a r t o ,,g th , e th r pr fri t e n n t i ct . e ci rliatg l Ail; . n t oo t f our .4 Pr It was most impolitic: SOUR t hee i'Lijr, inopportune in time. The G o vernraeni_ o ity, lP so")l l in the easiest way, out of a financial dii of ou r 11 4 ,160. .. 4 ,0 any measures to check the growing dcelin°i4 ' or to remove th e ra di c al calves of our fin_a_la a go conclusion he moved that the Bil l be r" day three months. SP lei' t '1 . 104 1'1 1 11 'fhe Earl of 'WICKLOW Gbeogygenelizitintetotobf:.loncfr::::4° never intended to accuse the sultirg Ireland by not "extending al° L on be had said was that • he:regrettgld wr . - • ;however , ,, tl/11. at as a wb h , posed for "P' .h those rli,„ i i i The Srst , tto7 A , was t" l ily i gas good , 0 ; iipensatio° d e differential. Lie bad tiohe_ A r all. If trew . change 0 , 3 ouses wer% . 1 '..rious clash t io4 'Y to talk to 0 , P the titobe,,,,, r ;,, i sty on c aio eu — if t was p° fug ,me-tax . nto the . d have lea tQi . increased ,1 against I ° A , 0 w,,uld tee" low u,lve l ' ? The' t) ( 1 I •ely that . 01 7 0 1, d to hioll'e, have an. ~4 ..t t,:d how ‘;' 44 , kulat,ut . A , ca , ( trry on 0 k Lid like I°, i , ~ e required 01 ) Id be oo ll ''' , to the ist- ~ 4 a..., ..,„„.,, ),?_(,,,,,„ ~.: .ase in t. f .i ,),- 0 ar fiosocw, e . P ' to 1 wour , t g applied i • o t a in th. , " { , I es, wh“ . 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