The Sun. — London, England, 1833-03-23 00:00:00

to Mr. Kirkman Finlay, foreign competition is every year pres•ing harder anti harder upon us in. this manufacture. " With regard (he says) to the, competition of manufacturers on the continent, it is well known that in Germany the cotton-spinning trade was making very conside rable progress until 1831, when the low price of yarns from this country compelled many of the spinners on the Rhine to stop their works. From this we may - judge that spinning in Ger many can only he kept in check by our being enabled to supply the market upon the lowest terms. In Switzerland the trade has made great progress within the last ten years, and is still on the increase. The quantity of cotton now con sumed there is, I believe, fully greater than what is consumed in Scotland. Ten years ago, the Swiss imported from this country all Nos. of yarns, from No. 20 to 200; but each year, as they have made progress, their imports have fallen off, beginning at the lowest No., say 20 ; and they have now so extended and im proved their spinning, that they require to im• port no second quality below No. 60. They have, in_ consequence of this progress, within these few years, begun to supply that part of Germany hot (tering upon tl.eir own country with both mule and water twist. These were for merly drawn entirely from this country. The Report of the Committee of Congress states, that the twist spun in America, in 1831, was 67.862.000 pounds; while we know, from our published statements, that what was produced in Scotland in that year, only amounted to 23,112,01'0 pounds, being about one-third part of what is produced in America." The remu neration, therefore, to all those employed in this extensive manufacture must depend, not on the currency, but on the rate at which Foreigners cal produce their goods. In vain yOO urge that the Erglish manufacturer is more heavily taxed that' the foreigner and pays more for his food—thin will not induce the foreign merchant to pay more for the goods raised in England than for the pods raised in countries like Switzerland, whici pay no taxes deserving of the name. What hap pet's in the cotton-manufacture happens in al• other manufactures of which the p• oduce exceeds the borne demand. The Sheffield cutler, ac cording to the author of the " Corn Law Rhymes" (a dealer in hardware), suffers se verely from competition with the German cut. lers s who are less heavily taxed, and pay less for their food. The lot of the people of this country is to suffer more than the people of most other countries, in conse quence of having had a more expensive Govern ment. The glorious victories of which we boast, have deeply mortgaged the industry of the country, and as if this were not eno. gh, we have taken upon ourselves the expense of governing extensive countries in most quarters of the globe, the effect of which is to remove from the presence of the people legions of aristocratical idlers, led by their industry. All these thin g , must be reflmed. Instead of thinking on ly o f Bishops and highly endowed clergy, we must think of the people. But the change of the cur. rency will not relieve us. Several Members, in timately acquainted with the state of their re spective neighbourhoods, maintained that great distress existed am,ng the middle and labouring classes. Mr. Scholefield said the great mass of the tradesmen were insolvent, and though be used all his energies, he could not now make any species of property pay. He had made man) inquiries since he came to London, and was in formed that froin Charing-cross to the Royal Exchange, three-fourths of the tradesmen on both sides of the way would be insolvent, called on to pay their debts. Sir .John Wiot tesley confirmed the statement of Mr. Schole field. The division of Mr. Attwood's motion was 192 to 158, or a majority of 34 against it. Many supported the motion who did not share the views respecting the wonders to be wrought by a change of the currency entertained by the Hon. Member for Birmingham, from an unwil lingness to participate it) anything so ungracious as the refusing to inquire into the causes of distress. On the other hand, many who were disposed to en ter into any inquiry which could have a practicalre sult, dreaded the consequences of allowing it to be believed, which it would be if Mr. Attwood's: motion were carried, that some change was con templated in the currency. The object of Mr. Attwood, which is confessedly to change the currency, would be associated in the minds of the people with change, and the consequences would be most mischievous. " During a former Administration (said Mr. Warburton), it had been urged against such an inquiry that it would rot lead to any practical good. On the same ground he would vote against the inquiry at present, because he not only considered that it would tend to no practical good, but that it would produce much practical evil, and would greatly augment the distress, to relieve which was its professed object. The House of Com mons itself was the proper Committee for in quiring into the grievances of the country. It Any gentleman considered that there was any particular grievance which deserved to be inquired jou), he had tt in his power to state his reasons to the House, and it was for them to grant a Committee to inquire into the particular griev ance." There is some truth in what Mr. Baring stated, that much evil was occasioned by the un settled state in which many interests were at present—the West-India question, the East- India question, the Bank, &c. People are afraid to embark capitals where there is fear of change. We have no doubt that our indu tr) will find great benefit by the opening of the China trade ; but in the meantime the uncer tainty is not advantageous. We must get rid of these eternal Irish questions as fast as we can, and apply ourselves to the great questions of the prosperity of the whole empire.- 111 orning Chronicle. The Irish Disturbances Bill has at length gone through the Committee. The report is to be taken into consideration on Tuesday next. 0 the supposition that the House of Lords Wi adopt the amendments of the Commons, and that the Bill will become law, advantage must be taken of it to introduce, Kith as little delay as possible, a poor law. Mr. Attwood ascribed to the change in the currency all the outrages of the Whitettet. " The Right Hon. Member for Tarnworth (said Mr. A.) had said, on a former evening, that he blamer! the landh.rds for the outrages in Ir e l a nd. H e (Mr. A.) thought that unjust. The landlords were hut tire victims of a vicious system, which had reduced t e value of the produce of their estates- one-half, while it lett the mortgages as they were. The consevel,ce waFreducethat they could n ot reduce their rents without being ruined. They looked to the mindlemeo for their rents, and the mid dlemen were obliged to oppress the tenants to obtain them. "I tars each class oppressed the class immediately below them, and the result was the prison state of Ireland." wood would have found it difficult to show that the condition of the Irish peasantry vas ever. fr materially better than it is, though the condition of the landlords may be worse. Unfortunately for the Irish peasantry, be the prices high or low, a potatoe diet is all that they are allowed to enjoy. It is impossible for Mr. Attwood to pre tend, in their case, that they consume three-fourths less flesh meat than they did, for they have never consumed any. In all periods of which we have any account, the description of the Irish peasant is nearly the same. All that can be sold and conveyed to market goes to the land lord ; potatoes and that part of the milk which remains behind after the butter is extracted from it—buttermilk—is all that, under the most favourable circumstances, fails to the lot of the Irish peasant. The late Mr. Robert Bell, who was intimately acquainted with the Irish pea santry, in the period when Ireland is said to h a ve been most prosperous, between 1780 and 1790, describes their wretchedness at that time to have been almost insupportable. It almost always happened, according to Mr. Bell, that the stock of potatoes " intended for the consump tion of the year, was exhausted before the pro duce of the succeeding year came to maturity : the scenes of rustic distress which ensued on such occasions are not easily to be depicted. But as this scarcity always happened in summer, there was in every cottage a tolerable supply of milk ; which, with coarse garden vegetables, and a small quantity of oaten meal, purchased at a very high price, was all these miserable people had to subsist on for one, two, and sometimes three months. The effect which this kind of toil produced on their bodies was shucking. Their aspect was meagre ; and, from the crude vegetables they were obliged to subsist on, their sk ins assumed a green colour." " Whenever (oh serves further Mr. Be:1) any of these people, by extraordinary efforts of industry, by denying themselves almost every comfort of life, were able to pay their rents at the stated periods, then the lowest of the intermediate land lords (for the real owners never hold communi cation with the cultivators of the soil) conceiving the situation of these people to be too happy, and that those who could pay so punctually were able to pay still more, set up the lands again to sale, at the expiration of any of the tenures just mentioned, and disposed of them to the highest bidders ; and had it even appeared to them that the immediate occupiers were un able to bear any further pressure, yet they sup posed it possible that some more adventurous persons with a larger portion of capital, might come forward, and bid a higher price for the lands. They were not often disappointed in their expectations. Without much difficulty they found men of that base and unfeeling dis position, which systems of oppression will always create, who readily became the instruments whereby whole families were driven from their homes into beggary and ruin. But this was not Evils, a thousand times wore than beggary, ere out of these cruel practices. The moral haracter was changed and totally perverted. The most deadly animosity was engendered in the mind, and sought every opportunity of vent ing itself in acts of secret revenge or open out rage." What delusion to suppose that the outrages of the present day have a different cause, or are of a different character from those of times past. Mr. Bell observes that " the po litical character of the Irish peasants, if such people could be said to have any, was distinguished only by their hatred of the English name, and of the laws under which they lived. Whenever they spice of the Ei.glir.h, or their descendants who settled in Ireland, it was in terms of ran cour and detestation. Their usual expres-ion was na sassanich broddagli the execrable Saxons. The dislike which the native Irish had for the laws of their country, was mani fested by their constant efforts to evade, and by the attempt they made, wherever they were likely to prove successful, to resist the execu tion of them. It was with the greatest reluc tance they even consented to pay tithes. But when any unusual imposition was laid upon them, which appeared unreasonable and unjust, they d:d not scruple to resist the levying of them by force and violence. The author was witness to a very remarkable instance of this kind, which occurred in the county of Long ford, in the summer of 1778. A small assess ment had been laid on the parishes of a district in that county, for the purpose of raising a sum of money to indemnify a person who had lost a great part of his property, in consequence of its having been maliciously set on fire. Among other parishes there was one of considerable ex tent, and about eight or nine miles distant From the residence of this person, the inhabitants of which openly refused to pay the contribution. They had received notice on a Sunday, at their parish chapel, that persons would come to collect this money at an appointed time. On the morning of a subsequent Sunday, the most violent and inflammatory bills were seen posted upon the doors of the chapel, purporting to be written by a man who described himself as Cap tain of the Houghers (the horrible practice of houghing cattle raged at its greatest height at that time), and threatening to maim and destroy the cattle of all persons who should pay a farthing towards this most iniquitous demand. On the same day, some friends, belonging to the party who was to be indemnified, had a conference with the people of the parish after the service was concluded, and by persuasions and threats endeavoured to obtain their consent to the payment of the motley. The people be came mote obstinate than ever in their refusal, and bid defiance to any force that might be used to compel the payment. A party of about a dozen horsemen, armed with muskets, pistols, and swords, arrived in the course of a day or two after, and proceeded to distrait] the goods of those who refused payment. The inhabitants, immediately assembled in large numbers, and attacked them with stones ; the othei s defended themselves fur a considerable time with their fire arms, but were at length forced to fly, and nar rowly escaped with their lives. No attempt was ever made aiierwarels to levy this assessment by force." A hatred of the law ha-, from the ear liest period oldie connection with England, been engt ndered in the native Irish ; because the law has not been tothem a means of protectioo ;but, on the contrary, au instrument of oppression. We must break down the system, which leaves the actual cultivator without property, and en tirely dependent for subsistence on the posses sion of a miserable patch of ground. We must compel the owners of the soil to do more than consume the ren s; we must impose ou them the necessity of letting it to tomtits who wilt embark money in cultivation. This we can only do by a poor law, which shall put an end to the competition for land to avoid absolute starvation. The whole produce of the suit must not be suffer, d to go to the landlord. As long as the -present system continues, nu money can be saved by tenants tor the purposes of extend ing cultivation. In the language of Mr. Bell, " Laud thus rack-rtoted, thus curtailed of its productive powers, and of which the profits are divided among so many idlers, and consumed as soon as received, can never add anything to the stock of national wealth." in England the in• crease of paup er i sm h as no t more than kept pace with the increase of the population and the in crease of revenue. In a sensible pamphlet just published by Mr. R. Montgomery Martin, under the title of " Poor Laws for Ireland," we have some tables of the comparative number of persons relieved by the poors' rate in Eng land, of the proportion of the national income to the pours' rate. According to those tables, the ratio of poor to the population was 9.4 in 1688; 11.3 in 1766 ; 9.8 ie 1784; 9.7 in 1792 ; 8.8 in 1803 ; 8 iu 1813 ; 8-2 in 1814 ; 8.8 in ]815; 9.3 in 1821 ; 9 6 in 1831. The proportion of income to poor-rate was 50.6 in 1668 ; 54 4 in 1803 ; 54.0 in 1812 ; 50.0 in 1822. By this sacrifice on the'' part of the possessors of property in England, they are secured in the peaceable enjoyment of that property. No man is afraid to lay out money in cultivation. But in Leland, where the mass of the people are without property, no man can enjoy property in security. The very, first step, therefore, towards laying the founda tion for obedience to the law is a provision for the poor. Till that step be taken, combinations of men will always exist to intimidate ad who would take their possessions over their heads. The people of England will be sufferers if this measure be delayed. Ireland will not and can not be tranquillized without a poor law. The resources of England must, therefore, be ex ' pended not to benefit England, but to enable Irish landlords to consume the whole produce of the soil, and to dispense with the necessity of having farmers of capital on their estates.— Morning Chronicle. Government has, it appears, been employed with great earnestness on the West India ques tion. Mr. Canning's resolution, announced eight or nine years ago, that in all our policy re lating to the %Vest Indies, one fundamental principle must be assumed, viz., that the slaves were to he finally r emancipated, and gradually prepared by considerate measures for that impor tant change in their condition. The state of those colonies has ever since exhibited au inde fatigable struggle between the Government of the mother country, striving to make some pro gress towards that euthanasia of negro slavery which Parliament has already recognised, and the colonial interest (as it is called) which seems inclined to do nothing but on absolute and irre sistible compulsion. A large proportion of the people of England have testified much impa tience at the apparent paralysis of the question thus produced. The Anti-Slavery Society and its partisans, asserting, what indeed is true — chat the colonists will, if left to themselves, adopt only - such measures as have a tendency to confirm and perpetuate their own dotninion over the negro. and so to frustrate every hope of restoring him to freedom—have pressed Government, and will shortly move the Legis la•ure, to an immediate abolition of slavery. It is probable that this alternative has been forced upon Mr. Buxton and his friends by the mixed obstinacy and rashness of the colonists, who declare explicitly by their actions, if not in speech, that slavery ought to endure for ever. But since the property in slaves has been cre ated, sedulously encouraged, and formally ac • knowledged by the legislation of this country for above two centuries, and since the produce of the capital so acquired has lona been made a lucrative source of revenue to the public, thus affixing a solemn seal to the title-deeds of the planters, a question has arisen how far, in com mon justice, the country can now fling the vicious nature of the property which it created for its own ends, and has uniformly converted to its own profit, in the face of the parties whom it authorized to expend their money the faith of such authority, and tell them, that because it repents of having made such wicked laws, they, the planters, shall expiate the crime of Parliament by their own irretrievable ruin ? This question, we may say, has arisen, and has been argued variously. One set of individuals affirm that " man can never have a property in man, and that therefcre the planters, pos sessing no property in their slaves, are entitled to no indemnity." Another class allege that the proper course of policy would be, first to get rid of the disgrace of negro slavery, and then to talk of compensation. A third description of persons are for making a fair estimate of the value of West India property, setting free the slaves, and remunerating the owners for their loss of fortune. Some little time ago we heard that this last project was likely to be realized, that a large sun was to be raised fur a compen sation to the planters, and the negroes at once emancipated. Had both Parliament and the West India planters agreed upon the terms for carrying this proposal into execution, it must have appeared to any reasonable mind that one paramount interest had been miscalculated or wholly overlooked, namely, that of the unfortu- ' nate negroes. The improvement and comfort of that race call, assuredly, for some concomitant at least, if not preliminary, regulations, as well as to guard them against the effects of childish ignorance and habitual helplessness upon their conduct after such an immense and sude en change, as to secure them the means of regular subsist ence, since it must thenceforth be optional with their former masters to tolerate them as sjourners on their several estates or to expel ihem bodily. Another important consideration in time present financial condition of the,country, the means of raising a sufficient sum for the compensation of the planter, is surrounded with at least equal difficulty. Tie West Indians are said to estimate their property in slaves at an amount of nearly 50,000 0001., and point to the only instance in which Government have at tempted an emancipation of slaves by purchase from the proprietor-, in the island of St. He lena, as the rule to be observed in future trans actions of the same description. The anti slavery party are said to talk of their readiness to support an advance of 15,000,0001. to 20,000,000/. to effect their great object of im mediate emancipation. Is the countly pre pared for either course ? Will the new repre sentatives of the people, pressed as they are by their constituents to force upon the Government a large reduction of the exiting taxation, be wil ling to vote a large loan of moues, for the in terest of e hit h additional taxes must be imposed ? chese difficulties force us to the consideration of aotne other means by winch it may be possible to accom;ilish the ultimate extinction of slavery, and to provide against the abuses of the system, whilst the necessities of the case compel us to n dure a continuance of it, without calling upon the public for pecuniary sacrifices for the iiidsm nay of the planter. Amongst other schemes which have been mentioned to us far this pur i,ose, is one for passiug an Act in the present session declaring every child to be born there after, or even from the period of the accession of his present Majesty, _free, , and to provide that the proprietor of the .mother of the children shall maintain them till the age of ten years, on con dition of their being apprenticed tolhe master, under regulations to be made by the magi strates, till they attain the age of twenty one, granting to the West Indians, as a compen sation for this interference with their rights of property, the continuance of the exclusive advantages they now enjoy in the sugar market of this country for a certain number of years. The scheme then proceeds to suggest the simultaneous issue of an order in Council to regulate finally the condition of the existing race of slaves in the Crown colonies by the enforce ment, in the first instance, of Mr. Canning's regulations, the repeal of Lord Goderich's order, the limitation of the hours of labour, so as net to amount to more in the whole than those required by that order, and, finally (the greatest improvement of all), the interposition of the magistrates between the master and the slave in all cases of punishment—the absolute power of the master to cease, in fact, altogether. To these regulations it is proposed to add the provision, that no slave now attached, or to be thereafter attached, to an estate, shall be sold separately from the estate, and that no slave shall, under any circumstances, be henceforward separated from his family. We give no opinion on this scheme, which we hear has obtained the sanction of some respectable parties interested in colonial pro perty, and throw it out merely for consideration, as embracing, certainly, the main objects in which the public are interested,—the protection of the slave from abuse of power, while his condition remains unchanged, and the ultimate extinction of this odious system. The planter, on the one hand, may say, as supporters of arbitrary power also contend, that it is im possible to substitute any means of enforcing labour and order if one iota is taken away from the brute tyranny and terror which he alone con siders effectual for the purpose (no better illus tration is to be found of the fallacy of this doctrine than the present state of discipline of the army and navy, notwithstanding the all but ainslition of corporeal punishment); and, on the other hand, the ardent advocates of immediate emancipation will object to this scheme, as much too slow in its operation, and as enforcing no direct Frovisions for the protection of the slaves in the colonies having local legislatures. To meet the last objection, we understand it was intended to exclude those colonies from the ex clusive advantages to be continued to the other colonies in the admission of sugar to this market, till they have passed acts containing the same or similar regulations in favour of the present race of slaves. The Magistrates, also, were to be appointed by the Crown,and their salaries,with such moderate advances as might be required for the education and instruction of the children, were the only assistance which the projectors of this scheme conside , ed should be required of the public in this country fbr carrying it into effect. We ex pected, of course, to hear other objections, from all quarters, to any plan which can be devised for the settlement of this most embarrassing and dangerous question. We fear the selection of any is but a choice of difficulties, less only than the evil of allowing the present state of things to continue till a crisis arrives, which it may neither be in the power of Parliament to avert nor control. It is the indispensable duty of Go vernment to legislate at .once and for ever on the ultimate cttndition of the slave in the present session, and whatever may be the course they determine on pursuing, we pray that it may be directed with prudence, discretion, and wisdom; and that when their measures are prepared, they will be carried through with promptitude, deci sion, and energy.—Times. Though it is most probable the matter was well considered before the determination was come to, we very much doubt ihe po,iey of Sir John Key's postponement of his motion for a repeal of the house and window taxes, until after the Chancellor of the Exchequer has brought forward his budget. As for Lord Althorp's own reasons for his indecision upon he subject, they are equally puerile. The Noble Lord, forsooth, cannot make up hi mind till after the sth of April, when the whole amounts of the year will be before him. This might be very sound logic in the mouths of those who who have no previous access to the accounts ; but in the person who has weekly, nay, d lily accounts of the state of the Ex chequer, under every head, it literally amounts to nothing but that State indecision and want of resolution, which is known in private life by the term of " putting off the evil day." Lord Althorp may, a fortnight hence, just as well task of waiting till the sth of July, as of now waiting till the sth of April. Instead of admi nistering to this loitering state of things, it was the policy of Sir John Key to have urged the Minister on to a state which must have compelled him and his colleagues to come to a decision. The Noble Lord's budget either will or will not comprise this large head of taxation among the ways and means. To exclude it, what would be the proper course, but to obtain a previous vote of Parliament condemning it, as the people by their petitions have done, as odious and un equal ? But such a course would, it appears, have been " uncandid in the extreme." It was " unfair" to urge the Noble Lord, or, at such a crisis, to " embarrass the Government." This sort of language has in it too much of the ami able candour of schedule A for our taste. We had thought that the time was gone by when we were to hear this cant about embarrassing the Government. If urging the claims of the pe:'ple to justice and satisfaction be an embarrassing of Government, we should say that it is the bu siness of an honest Member of Parliament so to embarrass them every day of his life, unless, in deed, the Government has the good sense and the ability to anticipate and go along with the popular feeling, which unfortunately has rarely, i f ever, been the case. But on this occasion we are greatly mistaken if the reason is not to be found in the admission of enemies into the camp. Are there not among the metropolitan Members place-holders, and aspi rants for place and honours, to whom it cannot be at all agreeable to do any thing either to embarrass, or, in the slightest degree, to annoy the powers that be ? And is not Sir John Key in some measure the unconscious dupe of these persons ? We would strongly recommend the town constituencies, especially those of the metropolis, at ar.y rate, not to be so. If they hesitate to renew their appeal, the) will be presumed to acquiesce in the delay ; at the end of which they will be coolly told that the year s arrangetnents, being made, cannot now be disturbed, but that, if they will wait till anotlitr year, their complaints shall be attended to.—Morning Herald. The proceedings in Parliament last night will, upo❑ the whole, be read with saiisNction. The 13111 providing for Ireland the only description of government by which the people of that country, so long as Popery maintains its dominion over their minds, can ever be effectually controlled, pasted through the Committee, without any sur render by Government to the Popish party of its essential and efficacious provisions, in addi tion to those numerous surrenders and compro mises which had been previously announced. One concession, indeed, there was, which must cause a blush of shame and indignation to glow upon the cheek of every friend of the Adtninis tration. Mr. O'Connell demanded that the Protestant Magistracy of the Corporations of Ireland should be excluded from the powers conferred upon Magistrates generally by the Bill, accompanying the demand by the foulest terms of calumny and insult ; and Mr. Stanley feebly repelled the calumny and reproved the insult in words, while he in effect gave the sanction and concurrence of the King's Ministers to both by acceding to the demand. This single incident in the progress of the measure shows how the powers it confers are lik ly to be exercised by the present Government of Ireland, and would alone abun dantly justify the Protestant Conservatives of every part of the empire in uniting to resist the Bill, were it not considered impossible that such a Government, either in Ireland or any where else, shiruld be of long duration. The factory system again became a subject of discussion, and a painful illustration of the stupilying and depraving effect of the dominion of Mammon was afforded in the complaints of some master manufacturers that their interests are about to be sacrificed by the Ten Hours Bill of Mr. Sadler upon ex parte evidence. What a strange kind of vested interest is here set up ! A vested interest in children being compelled to labour above ten hours in the day ! And the medi tated invasion of this precious interest is about to take place, upon ex parte evidence forsooth, as if any other case in favour of the Bill could be required by any man of intelligence or huma nity than that which these manufacturers them selves establish when, in the face of a Legislature and country professedly Christian, they dare avow that for their gain infants have heretofore been compelled to labour more than ten hours out of every 24, and to claim an interest and a right in the perpetuation of this inhuman cruelty. —Morning Post. HOUSE AND WINDOW TAXES. Yesterday a meeting of the Commissioners of Taxes took place in the Vestry-room of the church of St. Paul's, Covent-garden, to proceed in the fur ther hearing of appeals against the surcharges of the dis rict-surveyor for the Crown, Mr. JACKSON, the senior Commissioner, in the Chair. There being but few appellants present, the Vestry-clerk accounted fur the circumstance by staring that the parishioners being aware that the Ciewn officers were demanding cases for the Judges, in almost every instance, had determined not to go through the mockery of appealing, by which they would be subjected to be dragged before the Judge; but they had resolved, one and all, to refuse pay ment of the surcharges. A few cases of appeal were then heard and dis posed of by the Board, and cases, as before, were demanded for the Judges, on behalf of the Crown. Mr. PARDUE, the astrict Surveyor, in several cases, contended, where parties had laid out a few pounds in pointing down or painting the frorrs of their houses, or similar work, hardly to be consi dered in the light of repairs, that the assessment oupt to be increased accordingly ; and although he was frequently checked by the Board, he persisted in examining every appellant on this point. And he also in.istedon including the land tax, insurance, and turniiar tieces-Ary outgoings._ . The CHAIRMAN expressed ' his regret and disap probation to floc' offs eis, appointed by a Tory Go veininent, making these vexatious surcharges; for no other purpose, he could not help believing, than ro render the present liberal Administration unpo pular in the eyes of the p ogle. Mr. HART, from Sorner , ei-house, requested the Chairman to d rent thii the cases demanded for the Judges should be prepared, which, however, the Chairman refused to do, on the ground that on'y one Commissioner and himse ing refus edlf were present, several ..f the Commissioners hav to attend, or eke any further part in the proceedings. Mr. HART then proposed that au early day might tie tiamed fnr the purpose, but this the C airman also declined to do, in the hope, he said, that even yet the submitting such cases to the Judges might be rendered unnecessary by the inteiference of the Jhancellor of the Exchequer. We understand that it is in contemplation for a leputatiun to wait on Lord Alitiorp, on th.• suject of these surcharges, as it is presumed that his Lord- Ship is not aware of the vexatious manner in which Ailey are attelipted to be enforced. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. LONDON MARKETS. (From the " London New Price Current" of yesterday.) The uncertainty as to the Government measures relative to the East and West India questions continues to paralyze all trade, the stagnation of which is excessive. SUGAR.—The Sugar Market has been apparently heavy all the week, and the prices are again a shade lower; Berbice and Demerara 465., and Jamaica 475. 6d.: the late reduction in price has improved the demand ; the estimated sales this week are 3,000 hhds. and trcs. In the refined Market there has been little alteration ; some sales of Lumps are reported at 61s. and 61s. 6d., but they are inconsiderable; Crashed is heavy. There is very little alteration to notice this afternoon, the de mand continuing du I fur all descriptions ; the qualities entitled to the bounty on double.refined, however, are quoted 6d. lower, there being a few sellers at that price. EAST INDIA SUGA RS.—There are still several parcels of East India offering at public sale; the Slams, about 'l,OOO bags, sold at former prices, low to good white 21s a 225. fxl., brown a little washed I6s. 6d. and 17s. ; Manilla fair to good ye.low soft 20s. a 21s. ; brown Java washed 16s. 6(1. a 17s. ; all about previous prices. " "• ' MAURITIUS SUGARS.—There have been no public sales of Mauritius Sugar since Friday last till this forenoon, when 5,037 bags Mauritius were brought forward ; the whole sold with much briskness, and generally at higher prices, particularly the brown descriptions 475. a 498. FOREIGN SUGARS.—Foreign Sugars continue in a very depressed state; above 200 boxes white Havannah have been sold at the reduction we stated on Friday last; white 245. a 27s according to quality ; some mid, white Pernams strong 23s a 245. 6d. in barrels; Bahia low soft brown to good brown 18s. a 20s. COFFEE—The Coffee Market this week has been very steady for all Foreign and East India descriptions, and we think the demand for Jamaica and other British Plantation quali. ties for the home consumption has increased considerably, owing, no doubt, to the small supply, the short crop, and the extensive demand for the home trade.—The sales of Foreign are, St. Domingo, ord. at Ms. 6d.; Havannah, good ord. at 51s. 6d. fine ord. to fine fine ord. at public sale and by private con tract 535. 6d. a 565. 6d. ; good ord. Porto Rico Ms. 6,1. fine ord. 575. Of East India some ord. brown Sumatra with black• ber ries sold 475, British Plantation goes off with some briskness, ord. Jamaica 725. a 745., good ord. 755. 6d. a 785., fine ord. 80s. a 345. There were no public sales of Coffee this forenoon, and no private contracts are reported. RUM, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—The advance on the price of Rum, which was stated in our last publication, had the effect of checking the demand; the purchases since re. ported are inconsiderable, but the improvement is sustained. fhe Government contract for 75,000 gallons of Rum was taken yesterday,. 5 under, between Is. 9d. and Is. 10d. ; the exact price, it is stated, is about Is. 9 lAd. or Is. 9d. 3.16; but of this there is no certainty. In Brand y or Geneva t h ere is lit tle alteration. T Monday we have had ar.Marketelowhaesr. IRISH been rather heavy all the rivalsweek 1 ;1' tfl about e O p W rie — e 2 : T l a o h r area c s skhs of foreign Butter, 660 firk s . o f Irish,ad PROVISIONS.—Since and 5,200 bales of Bacon. The Provision Market generally continues in the same languid state as so frequently represented to, be in of late, with no appearance of improvement; on the contrary, Butter and Bacon in particular can both be purchased rather under our last quoted prices, and it may be considered nominally the same for all other articles under this head. TEA.—There is a considerable demand for Boheas, at %d. per lb. premium; those in Congou packages have been sold at 3Ad s . p p l e c r E lb s. . — pr T e h m e ua iu g m. ntity of Pimento offered lately at public sale has been extensive, consisting of aboVe 1,400 bags ; nearly the whole sold at steady prices, the ordinary and mid, rather TO' higher ; very good quality sold 4 lid. a 4 yid., erd• t° _„ to 4+}`d. Nearly 1,500 chests of Cassia Lignea have DI; 0 1 . offered at public sale, fair quality 81s. and Sls. 6(1., damaged, 765. 6d. a 78s. Small sales of Pepper are ter - former prices. COTTON.—The Cotton Market has been ra ther" 0 00 the late prices are fully supported. The purchases. • limited ; they consist of 30 Bengal, mid. 5 d• ; 4 50 4Yi d., good 6d. ; 20 Madras, good, 5 %d. ; 20 Per ns _„„. 9d.; 150 Boweds, fine 6 %d., good 7 d. ; 40 Deew" fait, 9 %d. vast RICE —This forenoon, by public sale, 1,215 bag' Rice, ord. to good Madras, Ils. a 135., about former 1"1, -- , • FRUlT—There has been very little doing this viee:,'4 red Smyrna Raisins have been less inquired after for Or o , public sale was attempted on Wednesday, at which 8 101 / 1 Imperial French Plums were bought in at 903. for C 31107.1 ha f and quarter cartoons ditto at 1003. a 1165.; and cases new red Smyrna Raisins of inferior quality and pow maged at 2Ss. a 345. PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar!, (1 from tie Returns made in the week ending the . ! _ wis vel March, 1533, is 265. qa. per Hundred Weight, exclL,,,dl Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the our thereof into Great Britain. --- PRICES OF HOPS.—March 22. 0 1 0 l it tient Pockets...... 6 , .10. B Ul' Sussex Ditto Eirsex Ditto Ol 0 .4 et t 13 / FAtrliam Ditto. Fine 01. Os 12/ 0 ° 1 11 ' Kent Sussex Ditto Seconds 0011 05.05 10 01 / . 10 tr 0: :s o l i: t '.sex Ditto O/ Os 0 1 Os RI( ft ; in. OIL. Wipe Oil, brown Refined r Linseed Oil I;.nseed Oil rn,4. Cake :e at the Mill, •cr thousand per ton --..- . . • et it •r: , Ili too L'A ri. ES.. — —March 2.4 __., (Olt Kidneys (York) 3/ Ins. to 4/ Os. Fr 0. ditt Scotch It this Marsh Champions. Oxnobles and Shaws ". 2.1 312/ .. 1 1 8 5 4 :: : t o oo 3/ 4131 . : 0 1:7 'dllit-ttl: g,,, L 1 WHI 11 , ri rbi riA Kr. 1,1 -,. 60, 4kl. to 844. (Id straw 24s M. to 32 , o d. t lover 70. ikt ?It' ccs or I.I,ATHEIt. it • $ Per lb. 14 O English Horse Ricker ig Swinish Ditto Per dozen: , Calf Skins.. 30 io 44 „16: 18 I)it to 50 to 7 ,,y„,, 18 Ditto 70 to or n ;117 Small Se a ls, Greei Large Per lb. d. tod. atitts, English 15 S Ditto, Foreign 14 20 Dressing Hidea 12 15 _ 14 161 Ditto, light _ Crop Hides, 12 14 Di to 451 b 13 16 Ditto _. 15 14 SHEEP SKIN.d to lh , Best Polled Od. to 10s. 6 o Od. Half-bred 5.,..... • I Middling Polled 5 0 7 0 Downs.,...—.—• 4 PRICE OF TA I.LOV Gown Tallow .................... 51s. fld. Yellow Ru55ia.,...,—,—... 475. Od. ,Vhite ~................. 455. 6d. Soap Ditto..... Melted Stuff. D‘tto Itoturh ', SOAP, Sic. per YellowhtLti 5l e ed W Graves Good Dregs 445. Od. 375. Od. 21s Ikl Y►ttl b Ut RAW eAI, per stone el 6 11 ' 206 Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow M elters) euicE 01. CANTLES. 110% . 114) The price of Store Candles, in the retail shops, is as, Candles. per doz. 7s. Od. to Bs. Od. I Moulds, per 0. CoAL MARKET.—March 22. 19 Per Ton. s. d Per TOrh,, Chester Main - 14 6 Walls End Riddell _ O O,, r e Hebburn Main 17 3 Walls End Wal k° l e . 0 , Holywell . 17 6 Lambton's Ord's Redhugh 17 6 Walls rnd Hetton t'ownley_ West Hartley 17 6 Walls Enit sloo".. cie Wylam Walls End Bewicke & Co. 19 3 Walls End Butter N..", r. Walls End 17 6 Walls End tyorcion''l;. lq Ditto Clarke and 17 3 Walls End Tees .:37,„, je Walls End Gforth..—.,... 19 3 Hartley 0 140 Walls End Ho os tspur.—..... 17 9 Howard'sNethe rlo It Ditto Killingworth IS 6 Silkstone SimPso ,w+ Ditto korthumberland.. 17 9 fanfold Trader Walls End Perkins &co 17 9 gl Ships arrived since last market.daY. Beef—, Mutton. ...HA 3s I L. fat.SH t A O M 4B. S 4 I d A . I. to Ol t 5: 4 4 5 4 I Pork Supply moderate, and trade dull „ Alit) N DEL 51A KKET.—Marcti • wri Beei 3s. 6d to 4s. 4d. 4s. 3 10 Mutton ....ft—. I 4 4 5 6 Lamb 6s &I to 7s. Ott• • Supply tolerably good , and trade rat her bris k ' CHICHESTER AI ARK ET.—March rol Beef. 3s. 2.1 to 4s. 2d. 45 . 8 I Mutton —4 4 5 4 Pork ,„ 3 ed Lamb 66.0 d to 69. nu. k tol In store stock but little doing Supply of fat st”" good, and trade dull RUMFORD MARKET.—March O. E. d. o) . s. d. to s. d. 4 g 4 Beef 3 4 4 4 Veal . ................ . 0 4 Mutton 4 6 5 6 Pork .... .. . ............ r * erA'y Suckling Calves,l4s. to 295. ; Quarter o ld :,toreflit o p aW , Supply moderately good; trade with prime 0 , somewhat brisk, but otherwise dull. Nolg gsl .101°' liilJNEttY COIL Wheat. 1 Barley. 3 . to ;i ) ss 24 . 5 1 26 30 0, IA 3 1 26 3 5 ". 26 3 3 20 Per Quarter. Abingdon Andover Binning (Sri dport C; rencester ari ngdon— _ Guildford en Hereford High worth Maidenhead M0nm0uth...,.,.,,. Reading Salisbury Southampton Stroud Tewkesbury Uxbridge Wantage Warminster Windsor 8. to s. 31 43 37 41 28 36 36 40 23 32 30 35 44 48 32 42 34 44 23 32 31 47 28 34 33 40 37 38 30 42 37 4U 27 43 26 36 3 0 .31 5 22 3 . 2 17 2 . 7 21 20 s a ""' , u) 22 3 8 33 4 , 23 2750 21 7 21 2 1 . 1 4 3 1 44 5! LENDS CORN %1 Wheat, Norfolk and Suliblk, ti - York. and Lincoln. ti Barley, Norfolk and SWF°lk - Yorkshire and Lincoln - Grinding • mare.. s * i,, to o, .......... . .... t om 4 . O'' l9 o 04. ..... .... .......... to, .......... to. ig. I IIL t 0 ,6 Il e t 23 ,. to . I•oreign tp- AiiKEI.. tiOlb. ishire Beans 63lt Oats, I'otatoe -Nleahng, For. I2d. to 1341 Shelling Rapeseed, English. 22• to 23 Er h 19. 9 ,1 gat ° go 1 LI VERPOOL CORN EXCH A NOE."' , 10. 1 , WHEAT, English, White, per 701 b. :, 6 g , ------ Red B* 0 1 -- Scotch, Welch, and Manx -- Irish, White i „, 6 6 ' -- Red Foreign 2 1 9 OATS, English, Welsh, and Scotch, Fier 451 b 2 4 0 ---- I rish 2 .. Foreign 3 , 5 BARLEY, English, Malting, per Imp. quarter..• A a 9 1 0 PEASE, Scotch and Irish, per 60111 s. Feeding 32 ° 5I ' BaBEANS,s, •English, per Imperial quarter ......... - / Irish, &c. 32 g 48 d English, per Imperial quarter 44 0 - 4.1 i n 7---- Fioreign 40 ° 41 I FLOUR, English, per 280th. s g 0.29 1 Irish OATMEAL, English and Irish, per 24illbs. INDIAN CORN, per 440th. 32 Its E, per Imperial quarter MALT, per Imperial quarter IMPORT OP GRAIN for the Week ending' ( 1 ,021 wheal Oats. 1 Barley Flour. , _ igeks• 97' Ors. Qrs. Qrs. 'Foreign Brisilrisho m ' 10,666 6,90 1,149 0 ' B, Ol 1 ....... -. l•toP k , he ol 0 M. LA F FITTE.—A meetingof .. .- 0- i f n day , „it several Parisian journals was held on SO d g et ta o was stated that a great number of lett ers aDo.iing 1)1 plicitions had been received by them pr ° P al l 11/. if " national siiincription should be open. d, tO 3 t he °t ol l FITTE a pledge of the national gratitude f ir ! f ed , e 1 0) rendered by him to the country. It was re g l a d tzk re ti subscription should be immediately open d ' & di bi lowing committee appointed to receive th" ,le l' ,0 signally:—General LAFAYETTE, M. DG EONI 'o o o 4' M. ODILLoN BAItROT, M irslial CLAttsEL , 31 .:,S c r y M. BERANGER, and M. CHATELAIN, the la t ' — ---- ---- ~ei P BIRTHS. On the 19th last., at Broughty-house, Nort h Pi „ el. Mrs. On t D he 21st owbiggin in , st. of a at dau Kneller Hall, Mrs. hter. charles r .ofel , a son. o J On the 20th inst., at Sennowe, Norfolk, the OdY ,1e Scott, of a son. of o a n da t u h g e h l t S e ch . inst., in Devonshire-street, Mrs. h T t h er ° 7 the 00 , On the 15th inst., Mrs. R Obbard, of a daug ~.t on , On the 2tk inst., in Brunswick-terrace, Brig.' o a tf Dr. Jefferson, of a daughter. c a ptain On the 21st inst., at Woolwich, the lady of ~t er, v i Royal Artillery, of daUg" or 0 0 0n n e ot 7 hg e eel 2 }B, l ot s hr t t c s s t ut .. 0 , , ,i a in, t u t i%r ic ei eo l Hadley, t: N ge l .., r p s oi af c A ae i,stoki2e.on s o e f t a s qu are, MARRIED IlighO te t: ° On the 21)th inst.,Michael ch, the only son of Mr. P. Cobhett, of Bedford-street den, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the late John of Highgate. On the 21st inst., at All Souls, Langhlarojlgi'ol;:t Abel, of Albion-street, Hyde-park, to Erni Y . lo dge, est daughter of Edward Baylis, Esq., of Oreentul - _l3O Roge r Y E. Esq., thfe New2o th ( in , e s , n t . , e n H v a s n l n n a i h i D, aged I r eEliDcl2. °f the late 0 Gree !I . ag O ed ni . e 17th inst., at Alree.ford, Hants, Charles Grant's, lbef) On the 20th inst., at Sir Colquhoun Gr,adn79., 0 Francis John Browne, Esq., of Frampton, alp.. _,.. f . , On the 18th inst., at hr residence, Dorset-strev. ,e 1 ter-square, Penelope Wentworth red So spinster. _ 0 /10' On the 22t1 inst., at Norwood, Merge BO', f st On fP I et, Westminster, a aed 49. wife 0 , the 18th inst., tg K e nnington, Elizabeth, of 1) Walshman, Esq., M.D., age , t 83. On the 21st inst., at Paris, Emily, adoptc.. -A daughter Quentin, Esq., aged 21. -----fllaO'Al PRINTED AND I'UBLI.UED BY hi I.J a 0 0 you 14 Surf CMGS, 112, STRAND, Loripol4 f r pp icE ••HE lice, that 1 3 11 the Office, Office, P et : : of Ai Ze7oo Bondi 4.16 b tob,„„ fr o , l leet in the botti frk "f all at th ex tor e Cylind c Y, and b. Any y A to .4 p .arth, If the 11 :;: n 1 tC", IfAST tiE C ttjo, Ullll 1 6, LAND Il ere bY 11 1 6 " h i't THA T C 41° ' wl 48 1 ,„ 5 . 18 N R bee io:,tnoan k ERY totint :and 191 4 41 1 as tt it („., ..414