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iend as /1 . 1 5 j UCt bel Court,;s e 1 r0 1) ,4 ow it Right Hon. Gentleman intended to assimilate the duties between the East and West India produce. Mr.. HERRIES said his plan did not embrace such an assimilation. , After some further conversation, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER consented that the Resolutions should be printed, and the discussion taken on that day week. The House then resumed, and the Chairman hav ing reported progress, obtained leave to sit again on Monday next. The House having resolved itself into a Com mittee on the Excise Acts— The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved a resolution to the effect—" That it was the opinion of the Committee, that from and after the 14th of June, 1830, there should be raised and levied upon every gallon of spirits distilled in Scot land and Ireland, or found in the stock of any dis tiller, or taken out of warehouse for consumption, an additional duty of four pence." The resolution was agreed to, and the report was ordered to be received to-morrow. COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER having moved the Order of the Day for the House to resolve itself into the Committee of Supply— A short conversation arose, in which Mr. Hus tossoss, Colonel DAVIES, Sir G. MURRAY, Sir R. PEEL, and Mr. LABOUCIIERE participated, as to the expediency of postponing the second reading of the Canada (Civil Government) Bill, several Hon. • Members interested in the question having left the House in the supposition that the expected discus sion on the Sugar Duties would have superseded the Canada question. Sir G. Murray stated, that he had several important alterations in the Bill ; and it appeared to be eventually understood, that the discussion on the Bill had better be postponed until those alterations had been introduced and printed; and that a day should be fixed for the purpose. The House having then resolved itself into the Committee of Supply, Mr. DAWSON moved that a sum, not exceeding 10,4451., be granted to. his Majesty, for defraying the civil establishment of Nova Scotia, from the Ist day of January to the 31st day of December, 1830. Mr. HUME opposed the motion. The Colony of Nova Scotia had a Parliament of its own, which was quite disposed to pay all the expenses of the establishments of the colony, provided the British Government and Parliament would not interfere in its affairs. .In consequence of the interference of the Governor and Council with the House of Re presentatives, the latter had been dissolved, the re venue bills remaining unpassed. When the Earl of Dalhousie became the Governor, he nearly threw the colony into a state of civil war. Would the House be prepared to vote the present estimate when they heard that the establishments of the colony, appointed by Government at home, cost ten per cent. on the money collected as revenue ? In the year. 1826, the revenue collected amounted to 15,0001.; the amount of the salaries of the officers employed in the collection amounted to 6,2501. so that a sum of only between 8,0001. and 9,000/. was paid into the Exchequer of the colony. The Col lectors of the Customs received 2,000/. and the Comptroller 1,000/, while the salary of the Chief Justice of the colony was only 8501. The Hon. MeMber concluded by moving, as an amendment, to substitute in the resolution the sum of 4,4451. for that of 10,445/. Sir G. MURRAY expressed his surprise at the statement of the Hon. Gentleman, that the people of Nova Scotia were prepared to pay the expences of the establishments in that colony. He could only say that he was glad to hear it ; but that no offer °ldle kind had been made to his Majesty's Government. In what the Hon. Gentleman had said of the interference of the Governor in Council lie was mistaken; for at the time when the occur rence happened, to which the lion. Gentleman al luded, the Governor was actually at Bermuda. — With respect to the salaries of the Officers of Cus toms, those salaries had been granted in lieu of fees, and the change had been considered very beneficial. Mr. LABOUCHERE regretted to find himself obliged to refer to a subject on which he had hoped never to speak—he meant the conduct of the Earl of Dalhousie. He considered the conduct of Lord Dalhousie to have been such, that he hoped the civil government of Englishmen would never again be entrusted to him. Mr. WILMOT HORTON was decidedly of opinion that it was for the Crown to appoint the officers of the colony; but there was a wide differ ence between their appointing officers, and their ap pointing them at the enormous salaries which had been described. After a few words from Mr. Robinson, Sir H. Parnell, Mr. M. Fitzgerald, and Mr. Moberly, Lord ALTHORP thought that if l' ova Scotia were suffered to manage its own resources, it would be able to meet all its expenses. Mr. BERNAL observed that there was always great difficulty in legislating respecting these colo nies, and thought the Secretary for the Colonies should be obliged to bring down to that House a debtor and creditor account, having the resources of the country on one side and its necessary expen diture on the other. Until such an account was - produced he could not vote for the grant. Sir G. MURRAY concurred in the principle that Colonies ought, if possible, to meet their own expences; and he thought it extremely probable that Nova Scotia would do so before very long. — Nothing, lie remarked, could facilitate this consum mation more effectually than the construction of roads and bridges. Mr. W. HORTON said a few words in expla nation, and again expressed his determination to support the vote. Mr. MABERLY offered to abandon the amend ment, if the Right Hon. Secretary would pledge himself that this would be the last vote of -the kind they would be called on to agree to. Mr. HUME said that as there appeared to be no disposition to agree to his Hon. Friend's proposition he should press for a division. He remarked that the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite (Mr: M. Fitz gerald) seemed to have changed his opinions with his side.—(Hear.) Sir G. MURRAY said that if the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia would undertake to pro vide for the necessary expenditure, he would pledge himself not to bring forward such a vote again. Mr. M. FITZGERALD denied, in the most unqualified manner, that he had changed his opinions. The Committee then divided, when there ap peered— Against the amendment 107 In its favour 59 Majority against the amendment... —4B The resolution was then agreed to. On the motion that a sum of 3,600/. be granted for the Civil Establishment of New Brunswick, Mr. HUME said that the receipts of that colony amounted to 36,000/., and would be able to supply its own demands if it were properly managed. Mr. NIABERLY thought that the vote might be rendered altogether needless if Ministers would but reduce expences, for which he could see no pos sible use. There was a sum of 6,0001. given as a bounty on bread, another of 16,253/. for roads and navigation, and a third of 12,9001. for public buildings. Sir G. MURRAY said that in 1828 the first expense was 6,000/., it was now reduced,to 4,0001.; the cxpence for roads had been 16,2531., but it was now 9,773/. ; and the item for public buildings, which had then been 12,900/., was now reduced to 6,592/. These sums had been rendered neces sary by the serious calamity which befel the colony three years ago. The province was, however, ra pidly recovering, and he trusted it would soon be able to bear its own expences. After some further discussion, the vote was agreed to, as was also a resolution for granting 4 ,0001. for the Civil Establishment of the island of Bermuda. On the resolution for granting 3,820/. for the civil establishments at Prince Edward's Island — Mr. ROBINSON observed that there were two iltera• tal re' v tha t f the int he, kfiniug at the Cho . rd the these, r con' D print iate 10 the o e' nd 11.6 1t1 for th e but h e he B mittee, )essibld ture 01 IsiderS I dude! ould be urn the it i lan, bv „i !Inpora measui 275. ice of le dot one b' iose co' so no r, ped n• of the 'l l i ,. wo'' )11 on as Alen 11) , 1 ie earli d [itrodo e ' of soF when 1 Lin 11'0. ties 13', more, new items in the estimate of this year. The first was a pension to the late Governor of 500/. a-year; and the other a charge to the same amount for the arrears -of that salary. He wanted to know what those arrears were. Sir G. MURRAY said, that this pension had been assigned on a fund which had since been un productive. That fund was the quit rents of the colony, which had not been paid up, and the pen sion, therefore, bad been charged in the estimates. Mr. ROBINSON thought that this case pro ceeded upon quite a new principle. Sir G. MURRAY said the salary of the Gover nor had formerly been small—only 8001. a-year. It was now increased ; but the former Governor had been pensioned off before the increase, and after a service of 10 years in the colony. Mr. HUME was of opinion that the Government ought to giVe some account of these quit rents, and why they were not paid. Mr. W. HORTON said they could not be paid in the present state of the colony. Mr. HUME thought the whole system was a farce, and the Government which had assigned a pension on such a fund ought to pay the arrears out of their own pockets.—(llear, hear.)—Let them take the island, and make what they could of it; he made them a present of it, provided they took the charges with it.—(Hear.) Mr. W. HORTON repeated, that in giving the colony a population, Parliament would give them the means of bearing the expences of their own Govern- merit. Mr. THUMB trusted that the Committee would reject this pension, as it had rejected those of two sons of Ministers. Mr. MABERLY remarked, that the strongest part of the case was that the revenue of the colony was 10,0001., and its expences were only 4,0001. — There was, therefore, a surplus revenue of 6,0001., which might bear the expences, but which he found thus marked—" Surplus Revenue to be applied in the erection of public buildings, of which there are none of any description." He hoped that with such an income and expenditure, the Right Hon. Gentle man would pledge himself that Parliament should not be called on in future for any grant for this colony. Mr. STANLEY expressed a similar wish. Mr. W. HORTON said, the revenue was under the direction of the province, and was not subject to the controul of the Government at home. Sir R. PEEL observed that the general rule was, that civil Governors should have no retiring allowances. But there might be cases in which the state of the colony rendered it advisable that the Governor should withdraw from the colony without any blaMe being imputable to him, and he could hardly be called on to retire without a pension being conferred on him. That was the case with the Governor here referred to, who was the brother of Sir Sidney Smith, and who had been in the office ten years. Mr. STANLEY asked whether he could not have been placed in some other colony ? Sir R. PEEL said, that it could hardly be done when at the time of his retirement he was betas een 60 and 65 years of age. I ord HO WICK objected that the pension had been granted without the knowledge of the House, and contended that it ought to have been returned to them like other superannuations. Mr. TRANT should support the resolution. Mr. D. W. HARVEY—This case seems to s!iow that there is a secret power existing somewhere to charge every thing on the quit-rents co-extensive with their amount. This incidental discussion will probably throw some light on the matter. It can be better examined in this way than by long set speeches ; for it will give us the opportunity of examining into the proverbial corruption of the Colonial Administration, and show us the cause of that fondness with which the Government adheres to the Colonies. We ought to know, Sir, why the Colonial system, after all that has been said about it, is thus pursued. We ought to he in formed what is the amount of these quit-rents. But, above all, we have a right to know who has had the audacity to deal with these quit-rents without the assent of Parliament. These quit-rents are public money. They are as much public money as the revenue of the Crown Lands, arid ought in the same way to be accounted for. But then it is said that there is nothing public in this Colony, for that there is no population ni it. Indeed! There are all the elements of an expensive government—there is a Governor with a salary of 1,5001. a year—There is a Chief Justice with 1,0001. a year. Surely there can be no need of administering justice where there are no people to require it. But then there is another officer, whose existence announces a high state of refinement in society—l mean the At torney-General.—(A laugh.)—Why, if there are no people, there can be no libels—(Hear, bear, and laughter)—and who can want an Attorney-General if there are no libels ?—(Loud laughter.)—l say, Sir, from these facts, it seems clear that in this colony there is every thing to constitute a colony but the people.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. W. HORTON said it had always been the custom, at least for the last twenty years, for the Crown to take certain revenues in the Colonies, and apply them in this manner. Mr. STANLEY denied the right of the Minister of the Crown to do ths. Mr. MABERLY said that no explanation had been given of the fact to which be had adverted — namely, of the existence of a surplus revenue unac counted for. He thought the colony could bear its own expences, and be should propose to reduce the vote to 201.; and would move to take it away alto gether, but that the forms of the House did not permit him to do so. In his opinion no person in that House could go to his constituents and tell them he had done his duty, if he did not vote for this reduction. Sir G. MURRAY said, that in 1826, the re venues of the colony were estimated at 9,6941; and in 1828, they were estimated at 6,676/., so that the revenues had been greatly overrated. Mr. MABERLY said that the point was not sa tisfactorily made out to him, and he should, there fore, move that the vote be reduced by 3,8001. Sir R. PEEL said, that his Right Hon. Friend proposed that there should be in all future years a Colonial Budget; if the practice that prevailed was a wrong one, at all events it had prevailed for many years, and what more could his Right Hon. Friend say than that he would do all he could in future to set the thing on a right footing ? Mr. MABERLY only wanted a full explanation on the subject, and he would be satisfied. Why could not the same pledge be given on this as on other votes ? Sir G. MURRAY said, that there must be some mistake either on his part or on that of the Hon. Member; he undelstood that he had already given that pledge. Mr. BROUGHAM did not see distinctly the state of the fact on which this pension had been granted ; the power of that House to deal indirectly with those funds undoubtedly existed, but they could not do that without communication with the colony ; and he understood the Right Hon. Geniis man to pledge himself to afford all such particulars. The defence for this pension was rested on its being charged on the quit rents; but lie wished to know what was the state of that fund at that time. Was it a real fund or was it only ideal ? The best way of settling that was to state what that fund yielded for the two years before the pension was granted ; if it yielded 5001. at that time the pension was well and good ; but if, as he suspected, it turned out that it was not producing 500 farthings, what right had the Crown, in this round-about way, to grant a pension which must ultimately be paid by the people I of this country ? Mr. WILMOT HORTON would give the best answer he could, but was not responsible for the pension. As far as he could remember, he was able to say that the fund was a producing fund, but if he were asked whether there was at that time a surplus for the payment of the 5001. he answered unequivo cally, not ; but at the same time he as unequivo- cally stated, that the transaction was a bona fide one, and that it was then fully expected that the quit rents would be sufficient for the object. Mr. HUME said, that they ought to consider how far the Crown had a right to grant pensions upon hopes, for there did not appear to have been anything beyond in this case. He therefore thought that 1,0001. ought to be postponed till an account of the quit rents could be produced. Mr. MABERLY withdrew his amendment. ➢Zr. HUME then moved that 1,0001. of the vote should be postponed till the account of the quit rents was forthcoming. The Gallery was then cleared for a division — For the amendment Against it 126 Majority. The next vote was 11,2611. for the expenses of Newfoundland. Mr. HUME wanted to know what was the amount of the Customs collected in Newfoundland,. stating the expenses of the collection, and the amount remitted to England. Sir G. MURRAY'S answer was inaudible, owing to the confusion of the House. The vote was then agreed to. The next item was 10,1804 for the expenses of Sierra Leone. Mr. HUME said, that as he had a motion on this subject for to-morrow, he should not say any thing on the subject that night.—Agreed to. The next item was . 3,301/. for the expenses of Fernando Po. Mr. HUME begged to ask whether the state ment respecting the unhealthiness of that colony was correct Sir G. MURRAY said that the reason for esta blishing the colony of Fernando Po was because it was a better situation for intercepting ships engaged in the Slave Trade, as it was more contiguous to the parts whence the slaves were fetched. The vote was then agreed to. The next was a sum of 4,000/. for defraying the expenses of the Establishment at Cape Coast Castle. —Vote agreed to. 16,182/. to the Society for Propagating the Gos pel in certain of our Colonies. Lord HOWICK considered this vote highly ob jectionable, not alone upon the ground of economy —that ground be would not take up—but he ob jected to it, as the devotion of a large sum of the public money to the maintenance of an exclusive and a dominant church, especially in a country cir cumstanced as Canada was, where one-seventh of the land was devoted to the maintenance of the church establishment, and where that exclusive and dominant church gave great dissatisfaction. be concluded by proposing, that the proposed vote be reduced to one half, namely, from 16,182/. to 8,091/. Mr. GORDON complained in strong terms of the exorbitancy of this grant, and after adverting to the useless, and he would say mischievous, proceed ings of the Society and of the Ecclesiastical Board, declared, that he thought the intervention of the Society wholly unnecessary. Sir GEORGE MURRAY contended that it would be highly improper to leave the maintenance of religion to mere chance in any newly settled co lony, especially in a colony chiefly settled by emi grants from the mother country. He was inclined to think that every where the State derived strength from the support of religion, and religion acquired respectability in the eyes of the people by being connected with the State. It was his opinion that some support ought in future to be given to the Dissenters; but for the present he hoped the vote mightbe agreed to in the form in which it then stood. Mr. HUNIE would support the amendment. He was a decided enemy to all connections bet %veer' Church and State. Mr. W. HORTON supported the original vote. Sir R. INGLIS said, that no country in the world had made such a miserable provision for the esta blished religion of the country, as England in her colonies. He supported the grant, and recommended that liberal grants should be appropriated to the support of the English Church in all the colonies. Mr. LABOUCHERE thought, on the contrary, that a country hich devoted the sixth part of the soil to the support of the church had acted most liberally. He was glad to hear the amendment pro posed, which he would cordially support. Mr. O'CONNELL thought that no Government had any right to dictate the religion of its subjects, and therefore he should object to any measure which went to encourage a particular religion. Mr. S. WORTLEY said a few words in support of the grant. Mr. LABOUCIIERE and Sir R. INGLIS explained. Mr. W. SMITH applauded the sentiments which had fallen from the Right Hon. Secretary of State for the Colonies. He wished for nothing more than that those liberal sentiments should be carried into effect. Sir T.ACLAND said that the vote was deistined to support a meritorious class of men, and thinking it not too much, he should support the original motion. Mr. J. STEWART should support the original motion. Mr. C. WOOD opposed the motion. After a few words from Sir G. MURRAY, Mr. PIIII.uPs, and Lord SANDON, Lord 110 WICK attempted to address the House, but the cries of " question," and other symptoms of impatience, were so loud that his observations were not audible in the gallery. The Committee then divided, For the Resolution Against it 45 ' Majority --103 The next resolution, " That a sum of 47,500!. be granted to pay for presents to American Indians, and for the expences of maintaining liberated Africans at Sierra Leone," was also agreed to. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and at a Quarter past Two this morning the House adjourned. LIST OF TILE MINORITY OF SEVENTY-EIGHT, WHO VOTED Fon MR. HUME'S MOTION, To postpone 1,0001. of the Vote for Prince Edward's Island, being Two Years' Pension to C. Smith, the late Governor, the same having been granted to him payable from the Quit Rents of the Coloiiy. Althorp, Viscount Attwood, Bcnett, John Brownlow, C. Buller, C. Bernal, It. Brougham, Henry Brougham, James Bentinck, Lord G. Carew, It. a Calvert, C. Carter, J. B. Cavendish, NV. Cholmeley, Davenport, E. Denison, W. J. Dundas, Hon. G. Dundas, Hon. T. Dundas, Hon. Sir R. Davies, Col. Dawson, A. Euston, Earl of French, A. Fazakerley, J. N. Gordon, It. Guest, J. J. Grattan, James Guise, Sir W. Graham, Sir S. Handcock, Richard Harvey, D. W. Howick, Lord Jephson, C. D. Knight, R. Latouche, R. Labottehere, H. Lamb, Hon. G. Lennard, T. B. Lester, B. Lambert, J. S. Lumley, J. S. Lushington, Dr. Maberly, J. Marjoribanks, S. Macaulay, T. B. Marshall, W. Martin, John Milton, Viscount Monck, J. B. O'Connell, D. Ord, \V. Parnell, Sir H. iPendarves, K W. iPhillimore, Dr. Phillips, Sir G. Ponsonby, lion. G. Power, Price, Sir R. Trotheroe, E. Pryse, Prise l!tiec:, T. S._ liolAson, G. IL Rumbold, C. E. Russell, Lord John Sibthorpe, C. D. ' Smith, J. (Smith, T. A. Stanley, Hon. E. G. Thomson, C. P. Tufton, Hon. IL Van Homrigh, P. Warburton, H. White, S. Wood, C. Wood, Alderman Wrottesley, Sir J. Wood, John White, H. TELLER. flume, Joseph OP :FIFTY-NINE, To reduce the Exp L' OF THE MINOR Wile VOTED POE MR. I !uses of the Civil Esi tITY II UM E'S NOTION, itablislonent of Nova Althorp, Viscount Attwood, M. Baring; F. Bernal, B. Bentinck, Lord G. Benoit, John Birch, J. Brougham, Henry Bankes, H. Carew, It. S. Crompton, S. Clinton, F. Davenport, E. Davies, Col. Dawson, A. Dundas, Hon. T. Dundas, Hon. It. Dundas, lion. Sir R. Easthope, J. Encombe, Lord Gordon, it. Scotia. Guise, Sir W. Graham, Sir J. lieathcoe, Sir W. Harvey, 1). W. Howick, Lord Jephson, C. D. Lamb, Hon. G. Latouche, Langston, J. Labouchere, 11. Lester, B. Leonard, T. B. Lumley, J. S. Nlartin, J. Milton, Viscount Monck, J. B. Marjoribanks, S. Macauley, T. B. Maberly, J. O'Connell, 1). Ord, W. Protheroe, Ed. Parnell, Sir H. Philips, Sir G. Pendarves, K W. Power, R. Rice, T. S. Russell, Lord John Sadler, M. T. Stanley, Hon. E. G Talton, Hon. li. Thompson, G. b. Townshend, Lord C. Tulle, H. M. Webb, K Warburton, H. Wood, John White, Col. White, S. TELLER. Hume, Joseph Died lately at Tenbury, Worcestershire, AIAREIIA, relict of Mr. M. HILL, of that place, aged 60. Her wedding ring being alm,st overgrown on her finger, it began to give her pain ; about ten days before her death she applied to a surgeon, who filed it off. Inflannna tion and mortification immediately followed, lan up her arm, god ended in her death, PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF CONLAIONS. NoneEs or 'MOTIONS FOR THIS DAY. ' 1. Mr. Hyde Villiers—Commercial Relations of this Country with ?'ortug:•l. 2. Mr. Hume—Motion, that it is expedient to withdraw the Set- • tlement of Sierra Leone. 3. Lord Viscount Milton—Resolutions relative to the Corn Laws . 4. Mr. Wilmot Horton—Petition from Frame, praying that the House would pass such legislative measures, in the pre sent Session, as would tend to the improvement of the condition of their Poor, and the diminution of their Parish Expenditure. 5. Mr. Brougham—Committee of the whole House to consider - of providing for the payment out of the Consolidated Fund of Salaries to Judges and to Officers of Courts of local ju risdiction, and of the Expenses of the said Courts. ORDERS OF THE DAY FOR THIS DAY. - 1. Court of Chancery—Adjourned Debate thereupon. 2. Suits in Equity Bill—Second Reading. 3. Chancery Register Bill—Second Reading. 4. Masters in Chancery B.ll—Second Reading. 5. Canine Madness Bill—Second Reading. 6. Court of Session (Scotland) Bill—Further Consideration of Report. 7. Excise Acts—Report thereupon. S. Libel Law Amendment Bill—Second Reading. 9. Usury Laws Bill—Further Consideration of Report. 10. County Rates (Ireland) Bill—Further Consideration of Report. 11. Newborough Church Bill—Report. 12. Common Law Fees Bill—Committee. 13. Transportation of Offenders Reading. 14. Bankers (Ireland) Bill—Further Consideration of Report—Ad journed Debate thereupon. 15. Additional Churches bill—Second Reading. 16. Witnesses (Ireland) Bill—Second Reading. 17. Shubenaccadie Canal Bill—Third Reading. IS. Beer and Cider Duties Acts—Committee thereupon. 19. Consolidated Fund (4,000,00:1.) hird Reading. 20. Customs Duties Acts—Report thereupon. NOTICES GIVEN YESTERDAY. I. Lord Nugent—Petition relating to the imposition of Oaths. (Deferred till Thursday, June 17.) 2. Colonel Davies—On Motion " That Mr. Speaker do leave the Chair, for the purpose of going into the Committee of Supply, to move, That it is exped:ent that the Committee appointed to inquire into the regulations relating to Civil ,Superannuations, Half pay, and Retired Allowances, do proceed with their Inquiry without loss of time. (Friday, June IS.) 3. Mr. George allti°,oll—Civil Contingencies, Commissariat, Army Extraordinaries. (In Committee of Supply.) (Friday, June 18.) 4. Mr. Lennard r To refer Civil Contingencies to a Select Com- mittee. (Friday, June 18.) 5. Mr. Hume—Select Committee to inquire into the circum stances attending the renewal of the leases of the Light houses at Winterton and Orfordness, at Dungeness and at Harwich, and how far the recommendations of the Select Committee on the Foreign Trade of the Country, in 1S2:!, have been attended to; also, to ascertain the extent of re lief which has been afforded by reduction of Light Dues, and what further relief from Light Dues can be afforded to the Shipping of the Country. (Deferred till Tuesday, June '29.) LONDON MARKETS. PRICE OF BREAD. The highest price of Bread in the Metropolis is 10M. fot the 416. Loaf. There are others who sell from M. to 1 d. below that price. PRICE OF SEEDS.—June 14. New Englishßed Clover Seed (per Cwt.) —s. —s. fine —s, Old Ditto Ditto —s. —s. fine —s. New Foreign Ditto. - Old Ditto New White Cloverm Old Ditto Ditto New Trefoil Old Ditto E R n ib gl G is r h as C s arraway Sect Foreign Ditto coriander St. Foin Rye Grass Pacey Ditt0...,,,.... Linseed, for feeding.,.. Ditto, for erushing.—..„ . Canary Seed, Ditto White Mustard Seedm(per 8u5he1).,.,,.,.. —s. 7s. Ss. fine --s. Brown Ditto - —s. 9s. 10s. floc —s. Turnip Seeds, Roundsm... Green and Red Ditto Tares, Old Ditto New« M.. .. -- - Rape Seed, English, tine (per Last) 3 0 /. Foreign —/. 7Js. fine 935.1055. .—s. tine —s. —s. TOG. fine —s. —s me-s. -s. 20 - 3: 50s. fine —S. —S. —s. —s. fine —s Gi: Ns. fine 9.35. tine 54i. --s: 555. fine 575. 'Litt. -..-S. 9. .(per —s. 424. tine 43;. 465. ‘2os. 335. new 355. 453. fine Its. —S. fine 424. 4fis, PRICES OF HOPS.--Juno 14. Kent Pock (i! 03. 01.15 to 8! 83. St ex Ditto FFerx Dit to - f milli:on Ditto, Seconds Kent Bags 5l GI. c 3: co (it, Essex Sussex Ditto Oi. Os. 9/. Os. to 11/. 0!. Os. 71. Os. to 91. Os. Os. to 71. Os. 51. 05. to r: 51. 155. to 6: Old Duty laid at X 120,000. PRICE OF OIL. Rape Oil, brown N. Refined 0 Linseed Oil 4)% Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill, per thousand Rape Cake, per ton 9 9 WIIITECH A PEI, I-1 A 1: MA RK r.--June fity 403. Od. to Od. t!ovor --54% Vd. to 110 s. Cd. Od. to 4S?. Od. 11:1 NV 11111E8. Per Stone. s. ti. to s. d. I'cr Stone. s. it. to s. d. Best lleitcrsfi Steen 9. 9 3 0 Ordinv.ry 110 2 0 Middlings 2 4 2 8 INlzaket Calfm.,... 6 0 ez‘cii. SHEEP SKINS. Polled :3:. ed. to 4i. Os. 0,1. to es. 7, Dowin,„—;— 3 0 3 4 1 2 1 8 LEATHER. Per lb. d. to d. Tanned Horse Hides,. 16 19 Spanish Ditto l 23 Per dozen. Calf Skins., :16 to glib. 14 18 Ditto 50 to 701 b. 21 26 Ditto to 801 b. 18 21 Small Seals, Greenland 20 21i I.7l'.—June 14 COAL NI A It Adair's 293.6,1. 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L I TERATURE.—Among other novelties an nounced for immediate publication are the following : The Oxonians, or a New Glance at Society, by the Au thor of the " R0u6.",--2. The Personal Memoirs of FRYSE Goanox, Esq. who, it is well known, has seen much of men and manners both at home and abroad during the last half century.-3. Southennan, a novel, by Jones GALT, Esq., the Author of " Lawrie Todd, or the Settlers in the Woods," &e.—• 4. Travels to the Seat of War in the East, through Russia and the Crimea in 1329, with Sketches of the Imperial Fleet and Army, &c., by J. E. ALEXANDER, K.L.S. 16th Lancers, M.R.A.S. &c.-5. An octavo edition, considerably improved with numerous illustrations of Travels in Sicily, Greece, and Albania, by Rev. T. S. Hymns, B.D. of Emmanuel College, Cam bridge—and 6._Clarence, a Tale of Our Own Times. INTREPIDITY OF NAPOLEON.--BONA PA RTE. was seen to encourage his troops and expose his person fearlessly during the combat ; and Marshal Mx CHER'S movement of his cavalry, which he led on himself, was spoken of in the highest terms. NAPOLEON, who, at this period, scarcely acted, in any instance, o❑ common military calculation, drew up his army on the Ist of Fe bruary in two lines, on the great plain before La Rothiere, occupying the villages, and neglecting much stronger ground in his rear about Menne, evidently showing that he meant to play a desperate game. lie led on la jeune garde in person against Marshal BLUCHER'S army, to wrest the village of La Rothiere from the gallant corps of Sacken ; but three repeated efforts were ineffectual. All agreed that the enemy fought with great intrepidity. BONAPARTE seemed to have set his political existence on a die, as he exposed himself everywhere: his horse was shot under him, and he had the mortification of witnessing the capture of a battery of guns in charge of la jeune garde.—Lord Londonderry's Narrative of the War in Germany and France. • DARNLEY.—HUSBAND OF MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS.—The person on whom the choice of MARY fell was HENRY STUART, Lord Darnley, cleat .son of the Ertl of LgNNox, at this time an exile in Ertgrind.— MATTnEw, the father of DARNLEY, was hi ,self the son and successor of that. LEsszox, who was slain fighting against the allied forces of LIA3uLToN and DOUGLAS, near Kirkiiston, on the 4th of September, 1.526. Earl MAT THEW had been devotedly desirous of forwarding the pro posed match between EDwArto VI. and MARY, white the latter was yet in infancy; and when the rest of the nobi lity entirely deserted what was called the English party, he continued attached to his engagements with HENRY VIM, and ratber.than renounce them fled to England, under a certainty of being attaireted, aryl plac. d himself under that Monarch's protection. HENRY . was grateful, and did what he could to compensate Luxxox for the evils of banishment, and the loss of his ScottiSh estates. Re bestowed on the exiled Earl the fine manor of Temple Newsome, near Leeds, and the hand of his own niece.— This lady was daughter of King llENnv's sister MAR GARET, Queen Dowager of Scotiand, by her second hus , hand, the Earl of ANGUS, and was mother of the reigning Queen MARY. It will be remembered that the Queen Dowager was delivered of Lady MARGARET DOUGLAS during the time that her husbated and she we re expelled from Scotland. Lady MARGARET was, therefore, a native Englishwoun m ,_,Dr, Lardner's Cabinet erlormiria• BRITISH AND FOREIGN SCHOOL SOCIETY. • EDUCATION OF THE GREEKS. On Wednesday last the 9th inst. a public meet ing of the Friends of the British and Foreign School Society was held in the Exchange dining room, Manchester. The company was numerous and highly respectable. Mr. Henry Dunn, the Foreign Secretary to the Institution, and the Rev. Ebenezer Miller, a member of the Committee, attended as a deputation ; and, with the Rev. Mr. Wilson, late Missionary to Greece, communicated much interest- ing information. The Rev. Wet. MARSDEN having been called to the chair, addressed the meeting to the following effect. That it had been deemed proper to form an auxiliary society to this useful institution in Man chester, and that the Secretaries of the Parent So ciety would state what were its principles, and what it had already effected. Greece had for a long time been enslaved, but had now a prospect of freedom, and would be much benefited by Christian education. The Rev. Mr. MILLER, in a verLeloquent speech, advocated and explained the principles of the British and Foreign Society. He trusted that all felt thankful to God for the progress of education in general. There had been sentiments broached against instruction, but such as would not be tole rated now. It was at this time an acknowledged principle that we ought to spread and disseminate the principles of righteousness, morality, and peace. That person who is the best subject of the King of Heaven will undoubtedly be a good subject to his earthly Sovereign. The Rev. Gentleman then drew an affecting picture of a people, shrouded in ignorance, and for want - of religious instruction abandoned to crime. The voice of our most er,- bghtened senators, the most patriotic persons exist ing, are favourable to the progress of education, though there are persons who wish it to be carried on to a limited extent. These persons suppose that education will ultimately raise the lower classes too high, and make them neglect to ensure the earning of their bread by the sweat of their brow. He con tended that education did not promote idleness, but rather was an excitement to industry. It has been asserted that reading might prove an evil, because people might peruse immoral and irreligious books, but this was not a natural conse quence resulting from education. It was the .igno rant and not the well instructed who suffered, who were likely to suffer, by the errors of the Press. In the progress of education other Miltons and New tons may arise, and those from the lower classes of the community. The Rev. Gentleman highly eulogised the memory of Mr. Raikes, of Gloucester, with whom originated Sunday Schools in England, who, of the many thousands educated in the city of Gloucester, declared that not one had been brought to a criminal bar. Of a million scholars which had been educated in the Central School, Southwark, not one had been brought before Court of Justice. Men of education may be im moral and irreligious, but their vices do not arise from education, but from their want of religious knowledge, and that knowledge is to be obtained from the Bible. The youthful mind should be in stilled with the knowledge of the word of God, and placed in the path which leads to celestial bliss.— The Bible should be introduced into all schools and places of instruction. It was thus the education given in the Borough School tended to enable the pupils to fill stations in life with credit to themselves and honour to their country. One great benefit arising from this Central School was that of training youths for the important (ace of teachers. The greatest care was taken that none should be sent forth to the world, but such as were of the right stamp. The object of the Soc'ety, whose prin ciples he advocated, was religious instruction. Burt he wished in particular to draw the attention of the meeting to the state of education in Greece—a country long the theatre of war, but which in ancient times had given birth to philosophers, poets, and heroes. We must feel for that nteresting land which once %%aked the world from the slumbers of barbarism: He earnestly exhorted the company by their contributions to send the Scriptures and education to Greece, where the people were impor tunate to receive the one and the other. But teachers must be qualified and sent to Attica, and this could not be done without pecuniary assistance. At no distant period Greece, from her situation, as exhibited in the map of Europe, ninst become im portant to the world. She looks to Britain for the mean; of promoting her moral and religious advance- She has been called a Christian nation, but inept. she has been demoralized by centuries of bondage and slavery, but now that the people are compara tively free, religion and education will prosper. Teachers were wanted, and they could not be ob tained without expet:ce. He looked forward tvith perfect confidence to liberal support from the hilt:- bit6nts of Manchester, who were always foremost in the cause of benevolence and charity. Mr. HENRY DUNN, from the Parent Society, then addressed the meeting, and said that he supposed the principles of the British and Foreign School Society must be either unknown or misunderstood in Manchester, as the . subscriptions from this town were so liberal to the Bible Society and other insti tutions, and so little to the one which he came to advocate. The object of the Society was to pro mote the daily instruction of the children of the poor of every class and sect in the elementary branches of education, end iu moral and religions principles, so that the youth being trained up in the love and fear of God, crime and misery may be di minished. In the sehoo's the Bible alone is used, and that without notes or comment. The common means of instruction being found too expensive, the system either invented, improved, or adopted, by Joseph Lancaster, has been introduced. Theobjects of the Institution is to give education to all, and in all chines. He then read an exthect from the Paris Bible Society, which stated, that many depart ments in France might readily be furnished eiith Bibles, but the people could not read. This sheaved the necessity of furnishing more teachers. But the object of the present meeting was to promote the moral and religious character of Greece and the Archipelago. This must be done by sending out mote teachers. He was - glad to announce that the teachers in general had not disap pointed the expectation of the Society. From such persons who went out with the Bible in their hands, and the love of God in their. hearts, much may be hoped. By means of their exertions portionh of Scripture, printed in a tabular form, were now read nearly throughout the world. Dr. Pinnock had made a very favourable report of the Society's exertions among the Hottentots. Two schools have been formed in that country, one consisting of 200 boys, and the other - of 150 girls. As he was past ing through the country 300. children ran up to the side of his carriage, in order to thank him for that • education which: had enabled them to read the Bible. He found that education and morality :;apt pace in that land. After eulogizing in general terms the nature of eduCation when united with religious in , struaion, he turned the attention of the comPany part;cnlatly to,their importance in Gretna. Female educationhadleen much nelcet;:d among the Hel lenists, insomuch that iChad been considered disc honourable for a woman to be abk to write or even read. He, in the course of his add' ess, read a very interesting letter from a Greek girl; addressed to the ladies of England, thanking them for famishing • them with the means of instruction—enclosed in the letter was a beautiful specimen of needle-work. Much had been done for disseminating knowledge in Greece, but not equal to her wants. We must lose the present opportunity of peace. The Greeks, and particularly Greek ladie:s, had sub , cribed largely to wards the advancement of the cerise which he was now advocating. He then read a ' , mg add resse d to the Secretary of the Society, tyr:eten by Count Capo d'litrias, applying for teachers, and ex p ress i ng thankfulness for the Christian knowledge dilf t e, ing throughout his country. In Greece a child may be educated for ss. per annum, and he trusted that an Altai ,Society Would be established in Man. chester. SAMUEL FLETCIIEE, Esq., approved of the mo tives of the Society, and rejoiced at the strict scru tiny exercised over the teachers. He expressed himself highly gratified by the information afforded to the meeting. The Rev. SAMUEL WILSON, Missionary (rows Greece, said that in that country there was a great want of Scriptural instruction. Education was good in theory and excellent in practice, but it must receive a right direction. The Rev. Gentle man then took a review of the ancient state or Greece, when it was devoted to the worship of a plurality of Gods. They were esteemed wise in literature and the liberal arts, but were ignorant of divine truths—insomuch that even Socrates, pro bably tile most enlightened man in his country, vet, as the hour of death approached, ordered a sacrifice to Esculapius. The morals of the people in heathen times were bad, insomuch4hat they had no word which signified virtue, except one that might be interpreted as military hardihood, or a contempt of death. As to humility, they had no word expressive of it in a Christian sense; and the Apostles were under the necessity, in addressing this people, to substitute for it meanness! The Rev. Gentleman then gave an interesting but fearful description of idolatry and heathenism. He had personally wit nessed the moral degradation of modern Greece. But the people hunger - and thirst after knowledge anti religious instruction. In that country he had sold to youths 1,100 religious tracts, and the Greek sailors bought the Scriptures with avidity.. lie earnestly entreated the company present to contri bute to the promulgation of the sacred writings by assisting the progress of education. He here re lated the following anecdote of a Greek school master, who on seeing a New Testament, said he did not like the Apostle Paul, for he, the school master was a native of Crete, and Paul had said all Cretans are liars." Another passage - ... - of Scripture was shewn him, wherein David says," all men are liars." The man was satisfied, and pur chased Bibles for himself and scholars. Malty very interesting anecdotes followed which our limits for bid us to note, and the Rev. Gentleman concluded by an earnest and effectual appeal to the audience to support the Society by pecuniary supplies, Dr. JOHNS briefly addressed the meeting in favour of the Institution. He said that Greece resembled the traveller mentioned in the Scriptures, who fell among thieves and was robbed, wounded, and left half dead. But Greece, he believed, would revive, and notwithstanding the monarchs of Europe were doing something for her, the British and Foreign School Society might do more, send ing teachers and the Scriptures, for the schoolmaster was abroad, A Committee was then appointed to cooperate with the Committee of the present Institution,,and after a vote of thanks had been passed to the Chairman, which was acknowledged In appropriate terms, a collection WAS made, and tha company highly satisfied with the proceedings of the meeting separated, in c•:nfident expectation that when the principles and practice of the British and Foreign School Society shall be generally known, it will re cieve that patror.age which its pecuniary wants re quire, and its merits undoubtedly deserve. There w as a handsome collection made at the close of the proceedings in aid of the funds of the Society. NEW PUBLICAT IONS. - 7 —The following works are published this day by Messrs. COLBURN and BEITLry, New Burlington-street :-1. Personal Memoirs of PILYS.E GORDON, Esq.-2. The Denounced, by the Author of " The O'Hara Tales," " The Nowlans," " The Croppy,'' gze. —3. The Undying One, and other Poeme, by the Hon. Mrs. NORTON, Authoress of "The Sorrows of flo-alie"-1. Tales of a Tar, by the Author of " Th 2 Naval Sketch Book"--5. Buaaa's Official Kalendar for 1830-6. The English at Home, by the Author. of" The English in Italy," Three Vols.-7. The-Separation, a Novel, Three Vols, by the Authoress of " Flirtation." On Tuesday laat, two brothers, RonßnT and Wat. YELLAwn, were married under the following novel circumstances :—Banns of marriage had regularly been. published between the elder brother, ROBERT, and a young woman named Jos, whose parents reside at St. Mewan, and between the younger brother, WILLIAM, and a young woman of St. Stephens, named TerTHEWst. On Tuesday morning the elder brother left home in order to get married, but the other who had not intimated any in tention of having his marriage celebrated immediately, left with a waggon which he drove, on his ordinary busi ness. On his way out, he called on his intended bride and desired her to meet him at the parish'church at ten o'clock, which she did. He was punctual to his time, left his team on the road in charge of a lad, entered the church and was married in his waggoner's frock. When the ceremony was ended he desired the bride to hasten to the house which he and his elder brother occupied toge ther, and to take possession before the other couple ar rived. This she did accordingly, and ROBERT, on his return with his new-made wife, had the mortification to find the house occupied by a prior -claimant, in his brother's right. A compromise took place. and matte's were adjusted without having recourse to legal measures, as was at one time threatened.— West Briton. SHOCKING SUICIDE.--The neighbourhood of Moor-street was the scene of considerable excitement on Sunday morning, in consequence of the suicide of Mrs. Lowr, the wife of Mr. Lows, shoemaker. It appeals that Mr. Lown had .for some weeks suspected the fidelity of his wife, and on Thursday discovered unequivocal proofs of the justice of his suspicions. A carpenter named GUNTER, occasionally employed on the premises, was the object of her illicit attachment, to whom she bad recently presented several expensive gifts. • On coming down stairs on Sunday morning Mr. Lown charged her with pur -clusing a shirt for her paramour, and immediately ordered her to leave his house. Previous, however, to his carrying his threat of expulsion into execution, the en raged husband locked his guilty wife in the bed-room, with the intention of first executing vengeance ova the author of his dishonour. Mrs, Lows was left alone for about t wenty minutes, when her husband returning into the room, he found her lifeless on the bed. The unfortunate woman had connived, by tying a list garter round her neck and the bed-post, to effect strangulation. Mr. Lowe immediately gave the alarm, and medical assistance was promptly ohtaine'l. Life was, however, completely ex tinct, and the efforts of the medical gentlemen called in entirely unavailing. The deceased was a fine young wo man, hod only in the 224 year of her age, although she had been married upwards of seven years. A Coroner's Inquest, owing to the absence of Mr. Wriaxxnex, cannot be held until Monday. ---Birmingham Journal. ANECDOTE OF GENERAL MOREAII.--Both the movements beyond the passes and the attack on Dres den were undertaken against, th(t advice of General Alo ucau..—His conduct and demeanour, since hie arrival at the army, had been generally spoken of in the highest terms; and ho was the greatest losi the army could then have sw.tained. His heroism was truly great; after the fatai shot he spoke to the EltrlLßOlt with the most perfect self-possession, never uttered a groan, and smoked a cigar the moment after the allot had struck 'him—Lord Lon donderry's N(;rrative of the War in Germany and France, DAVlDltizzlo.—Tbere was fit 3 this time in the Court of Many a Man: named DAVID RiZilo, or Itrecril!, virilitiVe of Turlo, a - person of poor pareo tageovho /Ad heart, howesei well educated, and among other- ac complishments, was an excellent musician. Ile came to Scotland-in the train of an Antbassaeor from Savoy; ; . but his assistance being found usefillto,fill apart in the Quitstes private conceits, he left the envoy's service for that of Many. Ilizzio's knowledge of languages recommended him to the QUEEN, who employed: him in txuntucting her foreign correspondence ; and finding bins apt, intelligent, and useful, upon the departure of Ler French_ Secretary she promoted the Piedmontese to that confidential effice. This situation, of course, px,)eured him easy and frequent ac cess to her pres s ewe and to her-ear, .Tho.familisrity with which the QUEEN naturally? received him,' as :a man of iittic consequence, who talents aerved, and whose accom plishments amused her, excited the resentment of the fierce nobility of '&'cotland.. They observed with indignation that the foreign Secretary, in virtue of his office, presented .papers to be signed by her MaJrsrr ; and some of them would shoulder him, and frown on him, when they met him in the prea:nce-chamber. Others who had suits acting upon b to ut the Secretary at i ty C , :.,eurrat principles, a s d a d in re e s : d bs t e i r w v: n it s i :i n v s ,,,, , for the furtherance of their nosiness ; and 'burn became rich from the gifts that flowed in upon him, ,-.-Dr. Lard -71, s Cabinet Cyclokodia. PRICI:S OF Per lb. to d. to :A1b..., 181 191 Ditt0....,,. CO to 661 h.,... 21 22 Dressing 14 16 Fine Coach Llides —l7 19 Crop Hides, 35 to 401 b. 14 151. to 501 b. 14} 17k Ditto 18 19k new —s. —s, >s. fine 463 —s. —s. fine 46;. fine 7 -s. 593 —s. —s. tine —s. Ill the rn to duo- acing bund had !nt of a nd t he nand )R of