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This day was published, in Svo. price 6s. boards, Second Edition, Corrected and Enlarged, of ASHORT TREATISE on th e LIABI LITIES of TRUStEhS, and the Protection and Indemnity afforded them by Courts of Equity. By Sir GEORGE FRANCIS HAMPSON, Bart. Of Lincoln's Inn, Barrister at Law. A 2 to th e practical utility of this Treatise, see the ob lations of Mr. Miller, in his work on the Present State of the Civil Law of England, page 323. Published by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green. SILICIOUS ENAMEL FOR THE TEETH. DENTAL SURGEON. M R. BOULLANCOURT ( REMOVED from Montagu -square to No. 20, KEPPEL STREET, RUSSELL-SQUARE, and formerly with Ifonsier DELEBARE, Dentist to the King of France) again solicits the attention of the Profession and Gentry. Since his last invention of the TERRO-METALLIC TEETH (and which through his means are now generally used by other Dentists, and give to the public such univer sal satisfaction), he has invented a NEW SILICIOUS ENAMEL, with which he can cover discoloured or de cayed Teeth, imitating the beauty and freshness of nature so near as to defy the closest inspection, and yet so firm anti durable that neither acids nor heat will act upon it. Re likewise makes with it Teeth, from one to a full set, with Artificial Gums, upon a peculiar and much-admired principle, firing them without springs, ligatures, or clasps, thereby preventing irritation and frequently loss of those teeth whi c h t h e spring enclos es' ; likewise his new Term- Metall ic Anodyne Cement will he found superior to any thing y e t y et offered to the public. Every operation in Dental At home from Ten till Four. KET.-April 28. RUMFORD MA. s. d. to s. d. s. d. s. d. Reef.. Mutton 2lO 4 0 Pork 3 0 4 2 Lamb ss. Ocl. to 6s. 2d. Suckling Calves from l4s. to 32s A limited suppl COUNTRY CORN MARK ; Q uarter old 16s. each. ly, and a dull trade. ETS DURING THE WEEK. Barley. Oats. Beans. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. • GUILDHALL Yesterday William Norton, a young man of respectable a ppearance, w as c h arged before Mr. Alderman C. SMITH with healing a quantity of tea and coffee from the ware h,"rie of / Umber and Co., the extensive tea-dealers, . 11 0. 42, I3ishopsgatte-without. The prisoner was committed. BOW-STREET. SiYesterday John Barnes was placed at the bar befo re is fromr L'lluita, charged with having stolen 61 silver plat es the house of the Marquis of Bath, in Grosvenor-square. John Bru nston, house-steward to the Marqu i s of Bath, having been sworn, deposed that the prisoner had been in hi ' 14 rdahiP's s erv i ce as un d er b ut l er , an d was di sc h arge d ot his situation on the 16th inst. The prisoner had had the"ed entire care Of the plate. On Wednesday week witness r• 61 Silver pl a t es f rom th e pantry , an d from informs:- ion subsequently received, he was induced to believe that the prisoner had stolen them.—The prisoner was remanded. John S. Grindall, one of the nephews of the late Grindall, whose will was the subject of a recent trial 41 the Court of King's Bench, was summoned by the driver of the hackney-coach No. 911, for IL 125., being his de roand for fare alleged to have been incurred by defendant. It appeared that at nine o'clock on the morning of the trial the complainant was hired to drive the defendant and some friends from Judd-place to Westminster-hall. Whether owing to an accidental omission, or to his ex treme anxiety as to the result of the proceeding, Mr. Grindall omitted to discharge the coachman, who declared that he remained in waiting front the time he set down his fare until half-past eleven o'clock at night, when the Jury returned their verdict. The coachman produced two witnesses to prove this fact, and Sir It. BramE was reluctantly compelled to decide against Ur. Grindall. It was a had job altogether, and as matters had turned out, he could have wished to ad judge differently. The office fee, however, should not be demasummonsed, but th e coac h man ' s demand and the summons Must be paid. The Clerk—You are to pay ii. 155., Sir. Mr. Grindall looked at his solicitor, who desired the coachman to call upon him for the amount. The coachman, however, declined to accede to this ar rangement, and The Clerk observed, that Mr. Grindall must remain in custody until the amount should be settled. Sir R. BIRNIE should be very eorry to put Mr. Grindall to so much inconvenience, and told the coachman he had better take the gentleman's word. -Mr. Grindall said, however unfortunate he had been, he had no other intention than to pay the coachman his just demand, and he pledged himself that it should be satisfied. The coachman reluctantly consented to call upon Mr. Grindall's friend in the course of the day, and the parties retired. UNION.HALL. A Mr. Yeakell was brought up in custody on the corn- Plaint of his wife Jane, who charged him with cutting nearly all the hair off her head. The complainant, on taking her station opposite to the Magistrate, pulled off her bonnet and cap, and exhibited the'rava,,es committed on her auburn locks, the whole of her hair having been closely shorn off, back and front. The poor woman appeared in great trouble about the loss of so necessary an appendage to female beauty, and with tears in her eyes bewailed her bard fate. She then described the circumstances that led her husband to commit such an act, hY saying that they bad a few words together relative to lotne domestic affairs early on the preceding evening, and as she considered, after the fracas was over, the defendant Would have thought no more about the matter, they went friendly to rest together. He, however, lay awake until she was asleep, and then cut her hair to be revenged. She slept so soundly that she did not awake while under the operation of the scissors; but the next morning she was horror-struck on beholding about 31b. of her hair cut off lYing on the counterpane before her eyes. On seeing the havock that had been committed at the time she was in capable of resistance, she certainly used harsh language to wards her husband for so cowardly an act, and in the height of his dispute he threatened her life, and she was actually afraid he would do her some bodily harm. SWABEY condemned the very improper means re 'lotted to by the defendant towards his wife for her sup- Pfted misconduct. T he defendant declared, that if ever a man was cursed With wife possessed of a fiery and impetuous temper, he na the man. On the occasion she spoke of, she irritated 414 1 to the utmost, and rather than strike her, or have re 'parse to violent measures, he waited for the opportunity %lie she was asleep, and cut off her hair as described. /le Was aware that the loss of her hair would vex her More than anything else, so he clipped her cicsely. The wife having declared that she went in bodily fear of the defendant, and as a proof adduced the threatening language he used, the Magistrate held him to bail. . A marriage i s ta lk ed of between Lord BCLowzaoox and the daug hter of L or d CHURCHILL.— righton Gazette. Among the matrimonial arrangements is the intended marria ge of the Rev. Mr. Jar.r, Preceptor to Prince GEORGE of Cumberland, and Canon of Christ Church, to the young and amiable - riNzucu, M a id o f H onour to the to Countess of Scum'.. --Brighton Gaz e tt e . uches, o f CumBERLAND WES Beano• d. to 5 " 6 g 0 3 6 13 0 8 0 9 0 4 0 2 0 Lsand. --.0 heat to• ade and fa )tained ; i n f er ior done n a b o rt d Is- 7 reque" value , ming 1° 501. o: 4 * —B. —s. 203. 9 10, —S. —B. Ms. Si!' 305. 38 ' 05S. 50i. 301. .d. g. 4,1 0 to 0 )0 0 4 ) 4 o ) 4 00 13 0 4 1? 0 9 N. l• f 159 14 10 0 13 0 21 1 % K. 25c 214. 13, v.. 5. cwt. 2d. ti. o• ` I A 0-,1 6 0-11 0 o _ls 0 0-10 0_ 0 0 050 d. 6 1 d. 2 0 6 0 " 505 00 3 0 5 0n N z -0 0 *2.; .t 3 04 por bar: ton 9d• Bxconr MO log by ;ht told a boY r to be a make 3atur utttd in no lest r igno ;bat on curate rtunate. 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This day's supply of Beasts, Calves, and Pigs, was li. mited, of Sheep and Lambs rather numerous; the trade, notwithstanding that there was a pretty strong muster of buyers, was very dull throughout, at the following prices per stone of Slb. to sink the offals 8eef..,.. 3s. Od. to 3s. 10d Veal 3s. 13d. to ss. 10d. Mutton ....- 3_ 0 4 I 2 Pork 3 0 4 4 Lamb 6s 0.1. to is. 3d. The foregoing quotations are, prime Mutton and Lamb, with those of Pork, 2d., of inferior Veal Is. 4d. per stone lower than on this day se'nnight ; in prices of Beef, inferior Lamb, and prime Veal no alteration.—Boasts, 172 ; Sheep and Lambs, 3,907; Calves, 36; Pigs, 40.—A considerable number of Sheep and Lambs, and some, but not many, Beasts left the market unsold. 1 Wheat. Per Quarter. s. to s. Blandford 59 Brigg . 63 68 Cambridge 58 Chard 56 70 Huntingdon......— 58 69 Long Sutton--.... 60 68 Louth 63 67 Lynn 54 70 Newark 68 71 Nottingham --.... 64 73 Peterborough 56 70 Plymouth 60 74 60 Sleaforti —,. 65 70 Kppingham .. 62 73 Wisbech wwww.... ft s wa 56 70 LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE.-_April_27, At this day's market Wheat experienced a decline of from 2d. to 3d. per bushel, and Flour ls. per sack, but Oats advanced 4-d. per 451 b. In the value of other arti cles there was little alteration. WnEAT, English, White, per 701 b. Red -- Scotch, Welch, and Manx - Irish, White 9 3 9 9 Red 8 9 9 6 - Foreign lO 3 10 9 OATS, English, Welsh, and Scotch, per 451 b :3 8 3 10 - Irish - Foreign BARLEY, English, 'Malting, per Imp. quarter 36 0 38 0 - Scotch and Irish, per 601bs. - Feeding 4 6 4 8 BEANS, English, per Imperial quarter 3B 0 44 0 - Irish, &c. - Foreign PEASE, English, per Imperial quarter 46 0 48 0 - Foreign .... 44 0 46 0 FLOUR, English, per 280 lb - Irish OATMEAL, English and Irish, per 2401bs 27 0 32 0 INDIAN CORN, per 4401 b. RYE, per Imperial quarter MALT, per Imperial quarter IMPORT G RAIN for the Week ending April 26. Wheat. Oats. Barley Flour. Oatmeal Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. 1610 I Foreign, Brls.lrish, &c. Scks. l Loads. '7 ,441 6,3:Y7 390 2, 1,636 2,696 LEEDS CORN MARKET.—ApriI 27. We have had a good supply of Grain to this day's mar ket. There was little alteration in the prices, except in Wheat, which may be quoted is. per quarter dearer. Wheat, Norfolk and Suffblk, 601 b. York. and Lincoln. 601 b. Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk r• 265. to 41s. Yorkshire and Lincolnshire , Grinding Beans 631 b. Oats, Potatoe —Mealing, Foreign 11%cl. to 12d....English 11d. to I3d. per :4. Shelling 325. to 355. per load. Rapeseed, English, 271. to 291 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING. NEWMARKET, WEDNESDAY NIGHT. The following races were run after our account left, the tenth terminating at an _unusually late hour : Sweepstakes of 100 sovs. each, h. ft. T 31.111. (Four subscribers.) Duke of Rutland's Oppidan, 4 yrs, Sst. Sib. (Robinson) 1 Mr. Turner's Rasselas, 4 yrs, Sst. (Buckle) The betting opened at 7 to 4 on Oppidan, and closed at 11 to 10 on Rasselas, who was beat easy by two lengths A Plate of 50/. (given by the Duke of Portland), in ad dition to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each. (Fifteen Sub scribers). To run to the end of the T.Y.C. The horses to draw up in a line at such a distance from the start ing-post as the starter may direct, and to proceed in a line at a fool's pace, till ordered to start, after which no false start to be allowed ; any rider setting off be for the word of command to he fined Si. Duke of Portland's Caller, 3 yrs, Bst. 11b. (J. Day) Mr. Vansittart's Magawiska, 3 yrs, Bst. 41b. 2 Mr. Gully's f. by Whisker—Bigottini, 2 yrs, 7st. Ilb. 3 The following also started, but w ere no t pl ace d. Duke of Grafton's Caradori, 3 yrs, est. 71b. Mr. Mills's Jungfrau, 3 yrs, Bst. 51b. Duke of Richmond's Scymetar, 3 yrs, Bst. 21b. Mr. Johnson a Bielskoi, 4 yrs, 82st. 11b. Mr. Wilson's Rondo, 2 yrs, 6st. 111 b. Sir D. Baird's Ramona ' 2 yrs, 6st. 101 b. Lord Tavistock's f. by Morisco—Butterfly The betting was 6 to 4 agst Caller, 4 to 1 agst Ra mona, 5 to 1 agst Jungfrau, El to 1 agst Caradori, and lo to 1 apt Bigottini. The novelty of the condition as to starting (an experiment of the Duke of Portland's), brought most of the gentlemen to the starting-post. The experiment cannot be said to have succeeded, nor although calculated to do some good, is it likely to be persisted in ; at all events, it is exceedingly unpopular with the riders. The spring Underley Stakes of 100 sovs. each, b. ft. R.M. (Four Subscribers.) Lord Cleveland's c. by Emilius—Sheldrake (Chithey) ...... 1 Mr. Cooper's b. c. by Bustard or Orville—Prima Donna... 2 The odds were first 5 and 6 to 4 on Sheldrake, and then shifted to 6t05 on Prima Donna. A very severe race, with plenty of whipping on both sides, and won by a head only. Fifty Pounds, for three-yr-olds, let. 51b.; four, Bst. 111 b.; and.five, 9st. 41b. B.C. Mr. Petre's Glenfinlas, 3 yrs (Holmes) 1 Duke of Grafton's Turquoise, 4 yrs 2 5 to 4 on Glenfinlas, who won very cleverly by two lengths. After this race the dead heat between Lord Exeter's Ada filly, and Mr. Ridsdale's 1. by Whisker, was run, and decided in favour of Lord Exeter, by two lengths. THURSDAY AFTERNOON, FOUR O'CLOCK. This day's races terminated as follows : Match 200 soys., p. p. 8.111 Marquis of Worcester's Maresfield, 5 yrs, Bst. (Day) 1 Duke of Rutland's Cadland, 4 yrs, Bst. 71b. Sweepstakes of 100 sovs. each, h. ft. ; colts, Set. 71b. ; fillies, Bst. Sib. D.M. (Six subscribers.) Lord Exeter's Mahmoud received. Sweepstakes of 100 sous. each, h. ft. ; colts, Bst. 61b. ; fillies, Bst. 21b. R.M. (Six subscribers.) Lord Exeter's Augustus received. Lord Anson's Portrait withdrew his stake. Sweepstakes of 200 soya. each. D.M. Four subscribers. Duke of Grafton's Citron (J. Day) Lord Verulam's f. by Whalebone Lord Anson's Zarilia. 3 Match, 200 sovs. p.p. D.M. Duke of Portland's Ambiguity colt (J. Day) I Lord Sefton's Morris Dancer 2 The 1000 Guineas Stakes by subscribers of 100 each, h.ft. D.M. Twenty suhscribers. Lord Jersey's f. by Tramp (Robinson) 1 Lord o Ansn's f. Zillah 2 Duke of Grafton's t. Brambilla 8 Schumla, Tartan, Zetus, and Bertha, also started, but were not placed. Match, 200. D.M. Lord Sefton's Bobadilla I Lord Exeter's Varna 2 The King's Plate of 100 gs. R.O Duke of Rutland's Cadland walked over. NEWMARKET, THURSDAY NIGHT. The betting to-night at the Kingston House Rooms produced the following changes : DERBY. 7 to 2 agst Mr. Chifney's Priam 8 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Augustus 9 to 1 agst Sir M. Wood's The Mummer 9 to 1 agst Mr. Petre's Brunswicker 11 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Mahmoud I I to 1 agst Mr. Ridsdale's Little Red Rovcr 16 to 1 agst Sir Mark Wood's Cetus 20 to I ag.t Lord Cleveland's Wat Tyler 25 to 1 agst Lord Sefton's Mouche 25 to 1 agst any other OAKS. 7 to 2 agst Lord Sefton's Moucha (taken) 7 to 1 agst Lord Queensberry's Mails 8 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Filagree filly 14 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Brown Duchess f 14 to 1 agst Lord Anson's Zillah 15 to 1 agst Mr. Benson's Lady Blanche 20 to 1 agst Duke of Grafton's Brambilla , 253t0 1 agst Lord Exeter's Shumla taken 25 to 1 agst Lord Lowther's Victorine S. S. 27 33 32 39 29 33 28 32 28 34 32 40 27 48 37 40 25 33 28 34 30 37 8. to s. 17 24 24 30 19 25 18 24 20 23 16 26 16 29 21 27 18 25 22 25 IS 24 IS 26 20 26 s. to s. — 7 48 ;38 42 4FI 25 36 32 36 32 :6 32 33 37 41 32 4: 37 42 33 43 - 40 36 38 30 44 30 36 LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 30, 1830. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. SARCH V. BLACKBURN}. Mr. Serjeant TAnny moved to show cause' why the verdict had in this case should not be set aside, and a nonsuit entered in its stead. This case was tried at Guildhall, before the Lord Chief Justice, in the Sittings after Lent Term. It was an action to recover damages for injury received by the bite of a dog, which the defendant had on his premises. There was a verdict for the plaintiff with 701. damages. He made his motion on the ground of there being no proof of negligence on the part of the defendant.—Rule to show cause granted. lIKARCE V. HIPPESLEY. Mr. Serjeant 'WILDE moved to have the verdict which was obtained in this case set aside, and a new trial granted. This was an action brought against the defendant to re cover a certain sum of money, being the amount of duty which the plaintiff was obliged to pay while in the cha racter of an auctioneer. The Jury, however, returned a verdict fur the defendant. The plaintiff was employed by the defendant to make a sale of some property. The Court was aware that an auctioneer is ol►liged to rive a surety to the Excise that the duty would be paid, the question was as to whether the defendant employed a per son of the name of Freeston to bid for the property or not? The Learned Serjeant thought there was sufficient ground for a new trial for the purpose of ascertaining that fact.—Rule to show cause granted. jurisprudence, I must be allowed to say that I do envy Scotland the possession and enjoyment of that tribunal—that cheap ani convenient justice." The proposition of Mr. Brougham, to establish respectable Judges in counties or districts, to try causes under a certain sum finally, and other causes subject to ap peal to the Judges on Circuit, was universally well received. One is astonished where all this liberality could have been so long bid. It reminds us cf the loyalty of the people of this country; when Charles the Second landed at Dover, and his.wonder what could have become of the enemies of his family. It is impossible to commend too highly the liberality of Mr. Peel's sentiments, who happily observed, that he could say what was worse than a spirit of litigation ; it was that spirit of discontent, which was engendered when the injured were told that they had no protection and no altanative but an acquiescence in a refusal of payment." Mr. Brougham complained, with somewhat too much warmth, of the injustice which had been done him by those who questioned his wish to effect the sort of Reform which he proposed last night. Those who paid attention to the discussions to which Lord Al thorp's Bills gave rise, can hardly be blamed for sup posing him lukewarm respecting the establishment of Local Courts. We rejoice to find that he has entered :tem tily into the scheme. But really we are astonished "i.;ow a. man of, his arength of mind shoed have hesitated for, one moment to attempt the removal of an evil of which he gave so frightful a picture list night the denial of justice to a whole people—because, forsooth, he had a difficulty " in vesting so large a patronage in the hands of the Executive Government."—The patronage of a few local Judges in a country its which the Government is the property of the most powerful Aristocracy in the world—expending nearly one hundred millions a year. What proportion is there between the exclusion of a whole people from justice, and such evil as the bestowing a little more patronage on the Government? Well might he say last night, that " the benefits.of the measure he proposed were so great, as to outweigh or overbalance the disad vantsgts of such an increase of patronage." What a change, too, has taken place in the sentiments of public men respecting Mr. Bentham ! It ought to console Mr. Brougham for a slight admixture of censure with the praise so abundantly and willingly bestowed on him, that Mr. Bentham, now at the age of S 2, is almost for the first time treated in the House of Commons as a rational being. He himself durst not have praised him two years ago. Morning Chronicle. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. Mr. Brougham last night, in a long and elaborate speech, described the evils of a great branch of our legal system. He also proposed a remedy. He threw out many valuable hints, some of them perfectly unobjection able; but the very inconsiderable increase of Ministerial patronage and public expence which his plan would entail upon the country, will make many pause before they assent to it. We would also venture to suggest, that while an appeal is allowed, except under• very special circumstances, it is hopeless to expect speedy or cheap justice. A very little dexterity in an attorney can swell a 101. debt to 20/. and a very little knowledge can discover a legal quibble for discussion before a superior Court. There should be no appeal, except there is gross error evident on the face of the whole proceedings.— Times. Lord Malmesl►ury presented last night, in the House,of Lords, a petition from the Distillers of the United King dom. The Distillers contend, that, in 1825, an ar rangement was made by Government, after the mcst de liberate and anxious consideration, on the principle that the Distillers and Barley-growers of Great Britain and Ireland, and the West Indians, should be enabled to enter the market on equal terms. By this arrangement rum was to pay a duty of Bs. 6d., and corn-spirits a duty of 7s. The West Indians now wish to get rid of the Is. 6d., which would, as is contended by the Distillers, give to the former a complete monopoly. Lord Malmesbury ob served, that " if the Distillers were prevented from con suming the corn and the malt, a great injury would accrue to the agricultural interest—an interest which was already involved in difficulties, and which difficulties ought not to be increased, and for the protection of which the Corn Laws bad been established. He knew that the West Indians might say, that keying their protecting laws, the landed interest ought not to stand in the way of the West Indians, but he would tell these gentlemen that they bad their own protecting and prohibitory laws, which were more in their favour than the Corn Laws were in fa vour of the landed interest." His Lordship took care not to state the sum which the monopoly in favour of the landowner adds to the charges of the distiller. In another column our readers will find abundant information on this as well as other particulars connected with the question, in an article, entitled " Observati..ns on a Letter of John Innes to the Chancellor of the Exchequer," wherein it is stated that, as Barley is now selling here at 325. a quarter, while it is selling in Denmark and Holland for 11 s. or 12s. a quarter, " the Corn Laws impose a tax of at least 18s., allowance being made for the expence of importation, on every quarter of Barley used in the distilleries." Lord Goderich, on being appealed to by Lord Malmesbury with respect to the arrangement of 1825, gave a very full ex planation on this subject :—.lle considered (he said) that the owners of the soil in Jamaica were as much British subjects as the owners of the soil in England, and were to be treated on a footing of equality. When the duty was reduced in 1825, he was not prepared to say what duties would place their interests on the same footing; and in order to ascertain that he instituted an investi gation. The Corn Law Distillers claimed a protec tion of 2s. the gallon, and the Jamaica Planters said they could not allow more than Is., and he thought he should be acting on a fair principle, if be struck the ba lance between them, and gave a protecting duty of la. 6d. to the English corn distiller." His Lordship then ad verted to the extraordinary consumption which had fol lowed the reduction of the duty, whereby the falling off in the revenue had been much less than he anticipated. "The duty in the year 1828 was only 200,0001. less, instead of being 600,000/. ; and he was informed that in 1829 the consumption had increased even more than in 1828 ; so that the loss to the revenue was still less. He agreed with the petitioners and the Noble Lord that no circumstances had occurred since 1825 to justify the change now pro posed." During this contention between the Landowners and West Indians we hear nothing of the public morals. When the weighty question is determined, which shall go to the wall, there will be an opening for cant ; but there is a season for every thing, anti the season for affecting a regard for the public morals is after private interests have been duly secured.—Morning Chronicle. At length a measure has been submitted to Parliament for the Improvement of the Administration:of Justice in England, which really looks like improvement in good earnest. Mr. Brougham last night moved for leave to bring in a Bill for the Establishment of Local Jurisdic tions in certain Districts in England. England, as far as the administration of justice is concerned, richly deserves the character given to it by Mr. Brougham, of being one of " the most barbarous and unenlightened in the world," From the very nature of things, the absence of local Courts is a denial ofjustice ; because the expence inseparable from trial at a distance, excludes from the 'Tribunals ninety-nine in a hundred of those who have wrongs which they are desirous of having redressed. To recover 6/. or 71., a man must first spend 601, or 70/. ; and after long delay, when his debtor is solvent, he cannot obtain from that debtor the whole of what he has expended by about 207. The whole number of actions in all the Courts for two years and a half, according to a Return made in 1827, was 93.000, and of this number one• third was for sums not exceeding 20/. ; two-thirds for sums not exceeding 50/., and five-sixths for sums net exceeding 100/. ; and this as Mr. Brougham observed, " leads to a most important practical conclusion—that the vast bulk of the litigation of the country resolves it-elf, as far as actions of debt, and in the nature of debt, go, into actions where the sum in dispute is not more than 100/." " What (adds Mr. B.) is the result but this?—that no man in his senses would thing of proceeding in an English Court of Justice for such a sum as 201., 30/.lor I should say, for any sum under 401.. or 50/. ; and a wise man would almost rather put up with an extortionate claim to that extent, rather than incur the hazard of resisting it. even though he might have the plaintiff's stamped receipt in his pocket. If a party suc ceeds, he cannot gain ; and if he is defeated, he is sure to he a great loser." Is it not singular thee& stats,,of things like this should have existed in a countrr of which the inhabitants call themselves free-born, up to the 30th year of the 19th century? What a happy knack we have in allowing ourselves to be amused with fictions ! While the English have been thus excluded from Courts of Justice, their northern neighbours have had a Court in each county (and a Scotch county is seldom larger than an English Hundred,) competent, as Mr. Brougham observes, "to entertain neatly all ordinary causes of action—all actions of debt to any amount—ac tions of damages in almost any cause of complaint— actions of defamation, assault, false imprisonment, mali cious prosecutions, criminal conversation, trespass, trover, seduction, and almost all actions of tort." In this Court 22,000 causes are tried every year, and only one in 118 of the causes so tried were carried by appeal to a superior tribunal. With regard to the expence—for a debt of 121. where there is no litigation, that is an undefended cause, the expense is 10s., for 251. the cost is 155., for 501. the cost is little more than 155., and for 1001. the cost is only 20s. In contented eases the expence is com paratively trivial. " With all my prejudices in favour of English judicial establishments, and the system of ARRIVAL& ... Prince and Princess Lieven, at Ashburnham House, Dover_ street, from Richmond; Sir George Throckmorton, Bart. at Symmons's Hotel, St. James's-street, from his seat in Berks ; Thomas Barnard, Esq. M.P. at Gould's Hotel, Jermyn-street, from Ireland; O'Connor Don, Esq. at ditto, from ditto; Charles Sheridan, Esq. at ditto, from a tour; Mr. and Mrs. Gosselit, at the London Hotel, Albemarle-street, from their seat in Hens; Charles Kemeys Tynte, Esq. and Dr. Jones, at Crawley's Hotel, Albemarle street, from Paris; P. Sandford, Esq. at ditto, frem ditto; the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Fenwick and family, at the Pul. teney Hotel, Albemarle-street, from their seat in Worcester shire ; the Bishop _of Salisbury, at Warren's Hotel, Regent_ street, from the Palace, Salisbury ; Mr. and Mrs. M'Mahon, in Regent-street, from the Continent; Lord Carbery, at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street, from a tour. ALMACK'S. The second Ball for the Season was given on Wednesday night, with the usual degree of splendour. About 400 distinguished persons were present. Dancing was kept up with much animation, until an advanced hour in the morning. Amongst the company present we noticed the following—viz.:— The Princess Esterhazy. Duchess of Cannizzaro. MARQUISES—DOW nsh ire, Ely. MARCHIONESSES—Downshire, Ely. EARts—Aboyne, Westmorland, Dartmouth, Brownlow, Den bigh, Harewood, Sheffield, Kinnoull, Hillsborough. CouNrEssES—Rosebery, Sefton, Denbigh, Sheffield, Mansfield, Euston, Antrim, Mountcharles, Karoly, Dartmouth, Abingdon, Harewood, Listowell, Nugent. Loans—Melbourne, Ranelagh, Durham, G. Seymour, Stor mont, Willoughby, De Tabley, Keith, Berehaven, Charles Wel. lesley, Stanley. LADIES—S. Cust, L. Vaughan, Rivers, S. Gresley, E. Camp bell, A. Beresford, F. Lascelles, Foulis, Willoughby, Ducie, C. Grey, L. Lascelles, De Rothyn, Glynne, Wrottesley, M. Ros s , Shelley, Grey, M. Primrose, J. Stephens, G. Mitford, Murray, Trollope, Montgomery (two), S. Amherst, Legge, C. Crofton, Lethbridge, Phillips, Bertie (two), Kensington, M. Shepherd, C. Chapel, C. Murray, C. Loftus, Langford, E. Murray, A. Cottin, E. Fielding, C. Pery, Farquhar, G. Grey, Dacre, Ker rison, Durham, Borough, Mary Wood, Maryborough, Johnstone, E. Bertie, H. Baring, E. Palk, H. Frampton, Codrington, C. Barham, Mark Kerr Paget (two). SIRS—J. Burgoyne, F. Bathurst, C. Monck, F. Doyle, E. Dering, J. Hippesley, E. Blackett, J. Wrottesley, A. Gordon, J. Johnstone, R. Phillips, E. Kerrison, G. Anson, A. Mallett, V. Foulis Stephen Glynne, R. Gresley. GENERALS—BuIIer and Scott. COLONELS—Munster, Keppel,'Monteith, Bowater, Willoughby, Cotton. MAJORS—Wildman and Fancourt. CAPTAINS—Rooke, Mundy, Radcliffe, Gordon, Mildmay, Nu gent, Wilbraham, F. Delme, Edwards, Codrington, Milligan, Cadogan, Grey, Gambier, Carpenter, Needham, Bentinck, Davidson. MEssßs.—C. Stanley, C. Wortley, M. Pitt, R. Liddell, H. Keppel, C. Gore, A. Liddell, W. Cowper, W. Bligh, Moreton, Des Vceux, C. Edwards, Villiers (two), H. Lambton, F. Moly. neux, M. Foley, A. Moreton, De Neumann, De Krudson. MisTaEssEs—Heathcote, Moreton, Villiers, Cadogan, G. Her. bert, Scott, Smith. MissEs—Elphinstone, Rowley, Stanley, Wood, Willoughby, Pitt, Villiers, Cadogan, Hare, Barrington, Bagot, Lambton, Edwards, Geraldine de ltoos, Seymour, Stephens, Crofton, Kerr, Shepherd, Frampton, Brande, Johnstone, Shelley. COUNTS—ViIIa Brake, Dervittrio, Dalsamachi, Danniskiold, De Rederne. BARoNs—De Dietrichstein, Karoly, De Keller. COMMON COUNCIL. A Court of Common Council was held yesterday at Guildhall, for the despatch of the general business of the Corporation. Several reports from the London-bridge Committee, for sealing deeds of conveyance of property purchased for the purpose of the new bridge and its approaches, were pre sented and read, and the deeds sealed by the City seal. Mr. John Dowler, of the Ward of Bishopsgale, was ap pointed a Governor of St. Thomas's Hospital, in the room of the late Mr. Deputy Greenaway. After some discussion upon a motion made by Mr. Al derman WOOD, that the Marshal be called to the bar of the Court, to be examired respecting the late calamitous fite in Fetter-lane, and some interference between the dif ferent police-officers there, Mr. BROWNE was beard and examined, when it ap peared that he was not present on the occasion. The Navigation Committee presented a report on the application of the Hungerford-rnarket Committee, recom mending the Court to sanction an embankment being made in front of Hungerford-stairs, for the purpose of the new market there, which was agreed to. A report from the General Purposes Committee, re. commending the Court to grant 4,0001. for the purpose of repairing Blackfriars-bridge, was presented, and ordered to be printed previous to being considered. The same Committee presented a report on having con sidered the petition of the inhabitants of the Ward of Crip plegate Without, for an application to Parliament to alter the Act of 11 Geo. 1., for regulating elections in London, in which they were of opinion it would not be expedient for the Court to make such an application. The Courr, after some deliberation, adjourned the con sideration of the report, and ordered the evidence taken before the Committee to be printed for the information of the Members. The Finance Committee brought up a report recom mending the Court to contribute the sum of 4,000/. to ward the expense of the improvements in Fleet -street, opposite St. Dunstan's Church, in addition to the City's g i v i ng u p the shop in the occupation of Messrs. Weather ley, valued at about 1,600/. Upon a motion being made to agree with the report, Mr. Alderman WAITHMAN moved, as an amendment, that the sum to be contributed by the City should be 6,000/. instead of 4,0001. A very long discussion then ensued on the question, and the a mendment not having been seconded, another was proposed, for the City to contribute 3,0001. out of the City's cash towards the improvements, in addition to g i v i ng u p their freehold in Mr. Weatherley's premises, which was negatived, and the report carried by a consi derable majority. Mr. DuNsim gave notice of a mo ti on f or t h e C our t t o petition • Parliament f or an en l argement of the powers o f t h e Court of Requests. A number of persons were dispossessed of their holdings on the lands of Sir ROBERT HUDSON, in the county of Cavan, on the 24th ult., and their cabins levelled to the ground. The scene •f misery exhibited on the occasion, surpasses, we understand, all description.— Cork Afercantile Chronicle. PRICE 7D. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAINIBRIDGE, Aram 30.—At the congregation on Wednesday last the following degrees were conferred:— HONORARY MASTER OF ARTS. Lord Pollington, Trin. coll. DOCTOR, IN PHYSIC. Thomas Elliotson, Jesus coll. MASTERS OF ARTS. Beedam Charlesworth, Trin. coll. Rev. Thomas Jarrett, Fellow of Cath. hail. Frederick Thomas Sergeant, Corpus Christi coil, Thomas Sikes, Queen's coll. BACHELOR IN CIVIL LAW. Rev. Frederick Baring, Christ coil. BACHELORS OF ARTS. James Willis Sanders, To in. coil John Monson Carroty, Trio. coll. John King Eagles, Trio. Coll. Edmund Nelson Cooper, Trin. coll. Frederick Charles Cook St. John's coll. George Booth, St. John's coll. Thomas Bates, St. Peter's coll. William Darby, St. Peter's coll. William Ketland Izon, Pemb. coll. Devereux Hill, Clare hail. ThOmas Henry Say, Caius coll. Claudius Sandys, Queen's coll. Abner William Brown, Queen's colt. Thomas Leah, Queen's coll. Charles Waller, Queen's coll. • John Kirk Marsh, Queen's coll. Richard Evans, Queen's coll. James Wight, Queen's coll. Richard Bealby, Catharine hall. Benjamin Fuller Tuckniss, Cath. hall. William Tomkins, Cath. hall. Francis Theophilus Blackburn, Jesus coll. William Nunn, Jesus coll. Frederic Barker, Jesus coll. Gilbert Henry West, Jesus coll. Bradford Wilmer, Christ call. John Lachlan M'Lachlan, Sidney coll. - - FEMALE FASHIONS FOR MAY. (From La Belle Assembke.) EVENING DRESS. A straw-coloured crape dress, over a gros de Naples slip to cor respond. Corsage uni, cut low and square, and trimmed with a falling tucker ot blonde de Cambray. Beret sleeve, finished en manchette, with the'same sort of lace; a nceud of gauze riband, to correspond in colour, is placed in front of the arm. The skirt is trimmed with a most superb flounce of blonde de Cambray, headed by a cluster of narrow rouleaus of satin to correspond with the dress. The trimming is raised a little, in the drapery style, on the left side, and adorned with two bouquets, each formed of a single flower, with buds and foliage. One of these bouquets ter minates the trimming, where it is arranged in drapery; the other is placed at some distance below the first. The head-dress is a crape hat of a shade darker than the dress. The in-ide of the brim is finished next the face, in a very novel manner, with gauze riband. The crown is adorned with white feathers, placed in dif ferent directions, some of which pass through openings made in the brim, and partially shade it. The jewellery worn with this dress should be a mixture of gold and pearls. ANOTHER. A changeable gros de Naples dress; the colours blue, shot with white. The corsage is cut very low, sits close to the shape, and is ornamented in front of the bust in the fan style, with satin rouleaus to correspond with the dress. A trimming of rich fringe, the head of which is composed of beads, and the remaining part of chenille, goes round the bust. The ceinture fastens behind in a rosette, with a richly.wrought gold clasp in the centre. Beret sleeve, the shortest we have seen. A rowpf fringe, corresponding with that on the bosom, goes round the upper edge of the hem, which is of the usual depth. Head-dress, a beret of crape corres ponding in colour with the skirt. This is of a perfectly novel form, ornamented with two panaches of white cock's feathers, one placed over the left temple, the other at the back of the head. A pearl ornament is fixed at the base of each panache. Gold neck-chain, and Grecian brooch of gold and sapphires. White gros de Naples slippers en sandales. (From the Lady's Magazine.) The skirt of blonde gauze. The sleeves and flounce are richly figured with a white pattern ; but the bouquets embroidered above the deep flounce, are in the most delicate shades of white silk variously tinted. The fall round the bust is of French blonde. The corsage of white satin, made plain and tight to the shape both in the back and front. The beret sleeves, beneath those of blonde gauze, are of white satin, and exceedingly The long sleeves narrow a little towards the wrists, but were never made fuller at the top. The belt is of plain satin, corded at the edges. The hem of the white satin dress appears below the flounce ; it is very much puffed, so as to give a great rich. ness to the finish of the costume. DINNER DRESS. The hat is of shot velvet, of a ;iCII - ireen ; a rouleau passes round the edge, and is wound round with a silver or gold cord. Figured gauze ribbons, and a white lancer plume. The agrafe seen from beneath the hat is of emeralds; so are the ear-rings, brooch, belt, clasp, and the slides of the belt are studded with small emeralds. The gown is made of soft gros de Naples; the colour, buff or camel's-hair brown. At the belt the corsage is cut rounding in front, very gracefully to the form. The belt is a piece of bias, green satin, or velvet, clasped in front, and hanging down nearly to the feet in two long ends, finished by tassels ; these ends are united twice by means of slides put on like those of a purse. The sleeves are separated in two divisions ; they are finished by a fan-like cuff, turning back towards the arm. The skirt has no ornament but a deep hem. Green velvet bracelets, clasped with emeralds. WALKING DRESS. The bonnet is made of soft gros de Naples, white shot with purple pink, which makes a beautiful and durable French white. The shape is new, and of that class which English ladies love to adopt, combining the modesty and elegance that are desirable in a morning bonnet. A large plume of wood hyacinths sur mounts the crown, which are low and sloping forwards ; much blonde is used among the bows, and rays of fluted lilac satin placed alternately with waved quillings of narrow blond finish the inner front. The ribbons are lilac, and white striped gauze ribbon. A rouleau of silk is put round the front, wound with narrow lilac ribbon to match the trimmings. (From the World of Fashion.) MORNING DRESS. A robe redingote of rose.coloured gros des 'rles ; the corsage is made to sit close to the shape, and is finished at the throat by a very full ruche of blond lace ; a row of pates, of the same ma terials as the dress, and of a denzi t fichu form, goes down each side of the corsage in front, and descends from thence en tablier to the bottom of the skirt : they are edged with narrow blond lace. Sleeve a I'Amadis, surmounted by a full epaulette man. chettcs of blond lace, turning back. Hat of glazed gros de Naples; it is of rose-colour, and is worn over a small blond cornette ; it is trimmed under the brim with nceuds of gauze ribbon to correspond. The crown is adorned with ostrich feathers, the colour of the hat, which are placed in different directions. WALKING DRESS. A pelisse gown composed of gros de Tours of a new shade of pea.green ; the corsage is made to sit close to the shape, an d with a high standing kcollar ; the bust is ornamented in a very novel style with a light silk trimming. Long sleeves, partially covered by an a la Marino Faliero, but of a more moderate size than those sleeves usually arc. The skirt is trimmed on each side of the front, and round the border, with ornaments of the same material, intermixed with silk trimming. Head-dress, a hat of figured gros de Naples; the colour is a peculiar shade of fawn ; it is trimmed with an intermixture of the same material, plain green gros de Naples and gauze ribbons to correspond with the hat; the trimming is disposed excessively high, and very full on the crown of the hat. GENTLEMEN'S FASHIONS FOR MAY. (From the Gentleman's Magazine of Fashions, 4 . c.) A NEW MORNING OR RIDING DRESS. The coat is a Newmarket front and skirts. The novelty of this coat consists of its having a very neat braided border on the edges. It has pointed "flaps at the waist, with three buttons under; the front buttons tight at the waist with two buttons, leaving part of the waistcoat and cravat in view ; the collar, which is broad at the front, turns the breast to the second but ton ; the collar is fastened with a single button. The waistcoat is of printed rnarcella, the edges of which are bound with black ribbon. The trowsers are called gaiter trowsers, and are the same as the new regulation of the Guards; they fit tight about the hips and knees, are rather loose about the ankles, and have a piece inserted at the bottom, in front, which covers the in step like gaiters. A shoe is always worn with these trowsers; they can be made of any materials. The shirt is made with a frill, with a round collar, which is quite round, and not with points. GRECIAN MORNING DRESS. This is an elegant Grecian morning robe. It is made either of silk or Cashmere, with folding collar : it is tied round the waist with a band of the same material. The cap is of crimson velvet, the trowsers of scarlet satin, with a pair of yellow Mo rocco slippers. AN INTERMEDIATE AFTERNOON DRESS. As gentlemen always dress three times a day, this is a sort of half-dress, or rather an afternoon walking dress. The coat is of dark olive, green, black, or blue; the difference between this coat and the one worn for riding in the morning is, that it is not required to be buttoned up; the collar is longer, the sleeves are not so wide, and the shirt, though narrow, is longer, and differs from a full-dress coat in these particulars, that the but tons are wider apart in the breast, the collar is fuller, the lap pels larger and more square, the hip buttons wider apart, sleeves not so large at top, the lappels longer in front, and there are three buttons at the wrist instead of two. The trowsers are of dove or lavender moleskin, are cut to fit the shape pretty close, they have a neat braid up the side seam, button up the front, fit the knee tight, and fall over the instep. We understand that a mafriage is in contem plation between Sir R. RYCROFT, Bart. and MissiTiNNANT. —Brighton Gazette. OTTOMAN CHARACTER.—On more than one occasion have our weary steps been cheered by the kindness of the Turks, who spread, it might be said, a table in the wilderness for the infidel, and offered him the shelter of his roof; and this without the slightest idea of remuneration, the very mention of which would have been received as an insult from the wandering Giaour. We never heard the word used by these people ;. for it is not just to say that they bate and despise the Christian on account of his faith. ." Were we not to keep a strict hand," said the Turkish guardian of the holy sepulchre to us, " over the Greeks, Catholics, and Armenians, their mutual hatred and malice would be always breaking forth, and they would cut one another's throats." And this was perfectly true, not only there, but in other cities also. The Ottoman may be justly termed a brave and honour able character, a less fierce zealot th an t h e Christians, whose churches rise withimpunity and indulgence around the mosque.— Carnes Recollections of the East. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS-(LAST MORT). Lord DE DIINSTANVILLE presented a petitic , n from the seamen of a place in Cornwall, against the tok leviz.tl on seiaaen for the support of Greenwich Hospital. • EAST INDIES. Lord NAPIER presented a petition from the Borough of Dumfries, again t the renewal of the East India Com pany's Charter. Lord TEYNHAM postponed his nviticon relative to the poor laws till Maq Ilth. • DISTRESS AND T tXATION. Earl GREY presented a petition from the county 9f Northumberland, complaining of great distress, and pray-. ing for relief by a reduction of taxation. The Noble Earl stated that he believed the distress of the country to he very great. He agreed With the petitioners that relief should he given by rome general uaeasute, and by a re vision of the laws which had been passed since 1819. He thought with them that a great deal of the present dis tre,s was occasioned by the alteration of the currency banking the weight of taxation, and the burden of the National Debt. He admitted that this change half taken place without sufficient consideration, but be did not th'int it could again be altered. lie for one Would be the Iseri man to propose any alteration that would be an injury' to the public creditor. There could not, therefore, he believed, be any relief given by mah!ng another change in the currency such as the petitioners prayed ; rant there was another measure which. he believed, might give relief—he alluded to the issue of small notes) under proper regulations; and when he considered the present anomalous state of the law on the subject, he was the more inclined to recommend some change. By the law, as it at present stood, the small notes of bankers, both in Scotland and Ireland, were allowed efill to CireAd-• late. He could state, too, that in the part of the country with which he was connected, Scotch notes continued to circulate to a very considerable extent, in spite of the re nalties of the law, more particularly in the northern part of the county of Northumberland. 'Within thirty milers "orthe boundaries the people of S t eotiand were supplied with coals from England, and they had no other means of paying for them but by small notes. It was not to be expected that these people would give up their market for coals, or that the farmers of Northumberland would cense to go to Berwick market; and they must continue to be paid in small notes in defiance of the law and in defiance of the penalties. Another anomaly of the law was, that the persons who paid the notes were not subject to any penalty, while the persons who received them were. This did not prevent persons from receiving them, who sent . them back to Scotland for payment. Under all the cir cumstances of the case, considering the state of the lave and the great inconvenience occasioned by it, he thought it might be prudent to revise that part of the system which related to the small notes. He did not think, however, that it would be possible to return to the former state of the currency as prayed for by the petitioners. He never would consent to anything which had the least appearance of defrauding the public creditor, unless under some strong and uncontroullable necessity. The petition was read and laid on the table. SLAVES. The Archbishop of YORK presented a petition from a congregation of Protestant Dissenters in the county of York, praying for the gradual abolition of slavery in his Majesty's dominions. Mr. M. A. TAYLOR and others from the Commons brought up several private Bills, and amongst them three Railway Bills, which were severally read a first time. Mr. Crater presented returns from the Treasury of the , quantity of corn imported, and amount of duty received for foreign corn. DISTILLERS. The Earl of MALMESBURY rose to present a petition from the Distillers of the United Kingdom. He hoped to obtain the attention of their Lordships, particularly of the Noble Viscount opposite, who was, a few years ego, Chancellor of the Exchequer. The petitioners would sot then come before their Lordship, had they not had some reason to complain of an alteration which they uoderstosd was about to be introduced into the regulations for levying duty on corn spirits. In 1825 the petitioners stated that a regulation had been made fur levying duty both on the Bpi:its made from corn in England and from runt, and that regulation was now to be departed from. In 1825 those regulations were made after a long investi gation, and the result was that 1 s. 6d. was given as an advantage to the English corn distiller. Was there then any change in circumstances now to make an alteration of this discriminating duty necessary ? Rum, when brought into this country, was fit fur consumption, as their Lordships knew ; but the British spirits had to irs rectified and compounded, which made a difference of hid. per gallon against the English distiller, as compared to the manufacturer of rum. The next ground of complaint on the part of the distillers, of which he found himself parti cularly called on to take notice, was the Corn Lawe, which prevented the cor❑ distillers from getting their materials as cheap as they ought, which was a disadvantage equal to Is. more. Then there was the duty on malt, on which a drawback, indeed, was allowed in Scotland for spirits ex ported. These three heads together made a difference in favour of the distiller of rum one shilling and sixpence, and showed the propriety of giving a protecting duty to that amount in favour of the British corn distiller. More over, there was a long series of regulations to which the British corn distillers were exposed, which had cost them 250,000/. in 1822 to understand them. It would give their Lordships some idea of the multiplicity of these regoa lations when he informed them that these regulations amounted to 62 folio pages. When their Lordships con sidered the number of regulations contained in such a mass of printed paper, the extent of memory necessary to have them always present, and the vexation to which they ex posed the English distiller, their Lordships would see that this gave the maker of rum great advantage over the ma nufacturer of English spirits. It ought to he added to the reasons for continuing the discriminatory duty. He would not trouble their Lordships any further, except to make some general remarks on the consequences of the proposed alteration. He was happy to make these remarks in the presence of the Noble Viscount, who would correct bhn if be made any mistake. The British distillers said that they consumed about 14,000,000 quarters of corn yearly, and this corn was of a peculiar description, not adapted to the food of man. We had lately had two seasons in which a great quantity of such corn had been grown, which must have been a complete loss to the farmer, had he not found a customer for it in the distillers. Again, it was well known that a quantity of malt was employed in all distilleries, and if the distillers were prevented from consuming the corn and the malt, a great injury would accrue to the agricultural interest—an interest which was already involved in difficulties, and which difficulties ought not to be increased, and for the protection of which the Corn Laws had been established. He knew that the West Indians might say, that having these protecting laws, the landed interest ought not to stand in the way of the West Indians; but he would tell those gentlemen that they had their own protecting and prohibitory laws, which were more in their favour than the Corn Laws were in favour of the landed interest. They had protecting duties on sugar, and coffee, and while they maintained these, they ought not to object to the protection afforded to the corn growers. If he were a West Indian, he should not look at this measure as a boon, or at all adapted to give him relief. On the contrary, he should look for relief from other sources. lie should ask for a great reduction of the sugar duties, which would be a great boon to the West Indians, and a great benefit to the working classes. He observed by the Gazette, that die price of sugar was 235. per cwt., but the duty was 275., and this was not an ad valorem duty, but the same for every description of sugar, the lowest priced as well as the highest priced. At present, when beer was a general beverage, perhaps even more was drunk than ardent spirits. He thought sugar was essential to the comfort of the poorer classes, and a reduction of duty on it would Le a great benefit to them. It would increase the consumption of sugar, and be a boon to the sugar grower. By lowering the duties, too, East India Sugar might come into the market, and the price be lowered without injuring the grower. Tha next effect it bad was that of increased smuggling. The additional duty of one shilling might make a considerable difference in this re spect it would be equivalent to 1-14th of the cost, and might turn the balance in favour of the smuggler. Those who recollected the former state of that part of the country where he lived must be sensible of the great advantages which had resulted from lowering the duty, and from the preventive service, which had put an end to most nefarious scenes. He did fear that a difference so great in favour of the smuggler as this additional duty would make, might renew those scenes. He did not know exactly what sum might turn the scale, but 50/. 01 1,000 gallons might effectually do it. He should not object to the imposition of Is. duty additional, if it were also imposed on West India produce, and would tend to the diminution of the consumption of ardent spirits in the country. For his part, he considered that any lowering of duty which in creased the consumption of ardent spirits would be a great evil. There were two difficulties which their Lordships had to avoid in lowering the duty so much as to promote the consumption of spirits, and raising it so much as to give a temptation to smuggling. He did not pretend to know exactly what duty would best fulfil both these cull- J. A. of W. son of ater of .r, G. iflotte istian, rence, 3eral^ lel De of the extant Ingest Royal ,tfot d, Ann 1 ugo R the ;, nT