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Possessions Tide Regulatio❑ Bill was read a third time and passed. REGISTRATION OF VESSELS BILL. Mr. P. THOMSON moved the third reading of this Bill. Mr. RUTHVEN rose to move a clause, the object of which was to alter the present mode of measuring vessels, with a view to their registration. He complained of the law upon the subject as it now stood, and said that the effect, w hether it was evaded or complied with, was almost equally bad. Vessels were, in consequence of the provi sions of the present Act, built in such a manner, that they were inferior to the vessels of other nations in their ra pidity of sailing, and in safety. It was for the advantage of British commerce that laws, producing such an effect, should be altered. English ships were no more capable of competing with American vessels than English cart-horses would be able to contest the palm of speed with English race• horses.—(A laugh.) This did not arise from want of skill in the ship builders, hut from the difficulties im posed on them by the existing law. Commissioners bad been appointed to investigate this subject, but as yet they bad made no report. On a subject so important as this, this delay was unjustifiable. The Hon. Member moved a clause to the effect already stated. Mr. YOUNG said that it was from no indifference to the subject that he had net anticipated the [Lou. Member in this motion. As a shipowner, he practically knew the evils of the present system, but he had understood from those who were better acquainted than he was with the business of that House, that it would be highly inconve nient to propose the introduction of a clause like the pre sent in a Consolidation Bill. He bad for that reason ab- stained from attempting it. He recommended the Hon. Member near him, on the same ground, to withdraw the motion at this moment, and he might advantageously bring it forward next session, and should then have his (Mr. Young's) cordial support. Mr. P. THOMSON bad stated in strong terms his opinion on the present system of admeasurement of ves• sels, and his conviction that that system required altera tion. Commissioners had been appointed to inquire into the subject, and their report was not yet made, but it would he before the next session, and then they should be able most conveniently to revise the law on this matter. The Bill was then read a third time and passed. The following Bills were severally read a third time and passed ;—The Customs' Bounties, Customs' Management, Customs' Regulations, Warehousing, Smuggling and Na vigation. DUTY ON CURRANTS. On the motion that the Customs Duties Bill be read a third time, Mr. GROTE, after pointing out the effects of the enor mous duty levied on currants, moved that the duty on them be reduced from 445. 4d. to 28s. Mr. P. THOMSON begged his Hon. Friend to with draw his motion, because the revenue could not spare the reduction. He should himself be willing to propose the reduction if the duty could be spared, and he should be happy next year to take the whole of the class of fruits into his consideration, with a view to reduce the duties on them all. ',lr. M. ATTWOOD recommended, after what the Right Hon. Gentleman had said, the Hon. Member fur the City of London to withdraw his motion. Mr. HUME contended that the increased consumption of currants would prevent all loss to the revenue. Mr. HAWES thought that a reduction of duty would be advantageous to the shipping interest. Lord SANDON took the same view of the subject. Lord ALTHORP, with a small sot plus revenue only, could not feel justified in risking the loss of so large a sum. He could not consent to any greater diminution of the national income. Mr. EWART supported the clause. Mr. GROTE persevered in dividing the House. The numbers were— For the clause 52 Againstit 67 Majority —ls Mr. RUT LIVEN proposed a clause to reduce the duties on cloves, lucern, and other seeds of the same description, front one pound to one shilling per cwt. Mr. P. THOMSON opposed the changes, chiefly on the ground of the sacrifice of revenue. Mr. YOUNG complained that the shipping interest had been neglected by Government, for the sake of pro tecting agriculture. Mr. BARING maintained that the high duty on seeds was of no benefit to agriculture. After some further discussion, the amendment was ne gatived without a division, and the Bill was then passed. LONDON SCAVAGE AND PACKAGE. On the order of the day being read for the House going into Committee on this Bill. Mr. YOUNG strongly protested against going into such an important measure as this at so late an hour (a quarter-past one); and if it were pressed, be should move the adjournment of the House. Mr. GROTE wished to go into Committee. Mr. BARING was net in favour of entering into the digestion at all at present, for there was no information on the subject before the House. He was not prepared to give so large a snm to the city of London, without having a good title shown for it, which was, by no means, the ease at present. Mr. POULETT THOMSON said that the object of the measure was to benefit trade and the country in general. He denied altogether that any benefit could re sult from the appointment of any Committee or Com• mission, and be felt likewise assured that the right and title of the City of London, to those dues was indisputable. He thought it was quite a mistake to imagine that the effect of the present measure would Ise to remove any pro• section now enjoyed by British shipping ; on the contrary, he would contend that it not only must have the effect of increasing protection to British shipping, but supply vessels of this country with increased sources of employ ment. It was also important that the House should bear in mind the pressing necessity which there existed for all possible assistance from Parliament to the port of London. They ought to do all in their power to render London a great bonding emporium, and the Bill now on the table was eminently calculated to forward that object. He trusted, then, that no more time would be lost, and that the House would consent to going into Committee. Mr. GEORGE YOUNG objected to going further that and moved that the debate be then adjourned. Lord ALTHORP urged the necessity of not arresting the progress of the measure. There were no reasons why it shou'd not then be pr oceeded with, and the present stage of the measure decided. He undertook to assure the Hon. Member for Teignmouth that he should receive a frill and patient hearing. After a few words from Mr. M. Arrwoon and Mr. goTE, the House divided— For the Adjournment For the original Motion . . , 6 . 69 -6:3 - _ Majority On our re-admission, we found Mr. A. BARING observing that Parliament should h' perfectly assured of the clear and ervitahle nature of the claims of the City Of London, before 160,000/. of the public money were voted away. He should, therefore, move that this Bill he committed to a Select Committee. llr. P. THOMSON contended, that the course adopted in reference to this Bill was perfectly in accordance with the practice of that House in all similar cases, as, for in stance, in the ease of the butlerage and prize ige, in a Cus toms Bill relating to the county palatine of Lancaster. He i4laould have no objection to a Select Committee, provided its inquiries were limiled to the real question upon which such e Committee c ould, with advantage, be expected to decide, and not extended to every topic that had been br.,ncl,ed in the course of the present discussion. He should deeidedy object to an extended inquiry into all the ancient rights and charters of the city of London. After a few words, in opposition to the Bill, from Mr. II A LCOM B, Mr. A. BARING, finding that his Right Hon. Friend had no objection to the Committee, should then submit his motion to the House. He was anxious to forward the progress of the measure, but he should certainly wish that the document or title-deed under which the city of London claimed those dues, should be submitted to a Committee, and the question raised, whether the possession and enjoy ment of those dues were connected with the performance of any duties? The motion was then agreed to, and the Committee appointed ; after which the other orders of the day were disposed of, and the House adjourned at three o'clock. 110 USE OF LORDS, AUGUST 7. ' Lord KINNOULL presented a petition from the Lord Provost and other inhabitants of Perth in favour of the Scotch Burgh Reform Bill, as amended, and praying their Lordships to pass it. A Bid for the more speedy recovery of small debts in the township of Hythe, was read a third time and passed. On the third reading b e i ng moved of a Bill for dimly - ing a certain Union in the Royal florte e Guardulds, certainly The Duke of CUMBERLAND s3id b sho Ze it i t iis consent to the p assin g of the Bill, neither 91 • , .e it, contenting himself merely with pro. t. 'NAL Jamie, -° s.4:lo6'n) The LoAti_:r ken read a third time. 4 Irish Vagrants Bill was read a third .W AMENDMENT BILL. IANCELLOR wished to say a fr words upon this BM, which had been returned from the ! Commons with amendments. It abolished all the holy days mentioned in the statute of 6th Edward VI., except certain ones mentioned ; but Good Friday had been in serted by the House of Commons, which was quite irre gular, as Good Friday was not included in the statute of Edward VI. The amendments were then agreed to, except that with regard to Good Friday, upon which their Lordships demanded a conference. The Bishop of LONDON presented two petitions, one f them from the clergy of the diocese of Gloucester, pray ing for Church Reform. They wished for a commutation of tithes, a division of large parishes, and a better provi sion for the curates of large parishes. The Archbishop of DUBLIN presented a similar pe tition from the clergy and Archdeacon of Kildare, signed by the Archdeacon on behalf of the whole. The petition had been agreed to at a meeting summoned by the Arch deacon. No men were more disinclined, he believed, than the petitioners to a repeal of the Union, and they had no disposition to erect what be might call an imperium ru imperio. He only wished to look to ecclesiastical matters, and was not disposed to think Parliament had legislated too much, but too little. The petitioners wished a commission to be appointed for the purpose of making such alterations in the eccclesiasf cal law as was necessary. The Right Rev. Prelate trusted that some means would he taken to institute inquiry into those things that needed it. The Bishop of COLCHESTER thought that nothing was so touch wanted as the institution of some inquiry into the best mode of reforming the ecclesiastical law. Tt e Marquis of WESTMEATH expressed his sur prise that a petition should be presented, as that of the clergy of Kildare, signed by only one individual. He should wish to have seen all the clergymen present sign it, for there migbt be statements in it inconsistent with the articles to which they had subscribed. The Archbishop of DUBLIN, in explanation, said that this meeting had been summoned by the Archdeacon and signed by him for those present, whom he had no doubt would have signed it had it been considered neces sary. This he would say, that he was quite certain there was nothing in the petition inconsistent with the articles to which they had subscribed. MESSAGE FROM THE COMMONS. The SoLICITOR•GENERAL, and others from the Com mons, brought up the Notaries Regulation Bill, the Assessed Taxes Bill, and the Sugar Refining Bill. COLDBATH-FIELDS AFFAIR. Sir G. GREY brought up a Message from the Commons, requesting their Lordships would allow Viscount Melbourne to attend the Committee appointed to inquire into the conduct of the police on the 4th of May. Lord SHAFTESBURY moved that the Noble Viscount, having given his consent, should be allowed to attend . Agreed to. CARNATIC STOCK. The Earl of ABERDEEN rose to present a petition against some provisions of a Bill before their Lordships for the regulations of Indian affairs, which had been put into his hands by a very respectable body of persons being holders of Cirnatic Stock. They complained that by the measure in question the security which they bad hitherto hid by law would be diminished, and the public faith of an Act of Parliament would be violi'ed. By the measure, it was proposed that an annuity of 630,000/. per annum should be secured to the holders of India Stock in prefe rence to all other claimants , and the guarantee fund of two millions was to be provided in a manner wholly at variance with the terms of the Act of Parliament protecting the interests of the petitioners. The Noble Earl, having stated the contents of the petition, and moved that it do lie on the table, should afterwards move that counsel be heard at the bar in support of the claims of the parties. Lord AUCKLAND suggested that the matter should be postponed until the Government had an opportunity of consulting the Law Officers, to see what was best to be done to prevent injury to those or any other claimants. The Duke of WELLINGTON said it was impossible that it should be the intention of the Government to make the claim or the securiry of these gentlemen, or of any other parties, worse, than it had been left by the law. But, whatever might have been their intention, the effect of the Bill as it stood was, that the claims were made worse, and much worse. Those claims were provided for by Act of Parliament, and the provisions of the Act were directly violated by the clauses of the Bill relating to the debt of the Company. After a few words from Lnrd AUCKLAND, the Earl of ABERDEEN, and the Marquis of LANsnowNE, the petition was laid upon the table, and the motion for the bearing of counsel postponed. EAST INDIA BILL. Upon the motion of the Marquis of LANSDOWNE, the Flouse went into Committee upon the above Bill. The several clauses from the 48th to the 52d were, after some verbal amendments had been made in them, agreed to. Clauses 53 and 54 were omitted, and two others in serted in their place, appointing Governors and Council for each of the Presidencies of Fort St. William in Bengal, Fort St. George, and Bombay or Agra, instead of leaving those appointments to the discretion of the Board of Di rectors, as in the clauses struck out. Clause 55 was agreed to. On the 56th clause being put, The Duke of WELLINGTON perfectly agreed that the Governors and Councils of the Presidencies should not have the power of creating expense, but he at the same time thought that extraordinary occasions might occur where they ought to have the power of granting money r the public service. The LORD CHANCELLOR replied that provision for such emergencies were made iu the clauses of the Bill. The clause was agreed to, as were the remaining clauses from the 57th to the 114th. The preamble was also agreed to. The House resumed, and the report was ordered to be received to-morrow. Mr. STANLEY, Mr. RICE, and others from the Com mons, brought up the West India Abolition Slavery Bill.— Read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Monday.—Adjourned. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS I)A Y AT °N+' O'CLOCK. -- Sttuic 3 per Cent. Red. 5 9%;( .1 India Stock ... ......... ... „, 241 40 Nper Cenr.Cons. 88%4: 91I)itto Bonds 30 32 Pm• 3% per Cent. _..— . --.... __ _ —87 W. - Ditto Red 96 4% Old Annuities .............« „... Kew '4 per Cent. 95% 6 New Ditto. ... .... .. ... ... 3 per Cent. Ann. 17.26 — 87 4 per Cent. 1826 . Ex. Bills, £1;00...48 47 49 pm. Bank Long Ann. to expire Ditto. .... .......50P.-48 47 49 pm. Jan. 5, 1860 l7 q 5-16 ' Ditto Small .........48 47 49 inn. Oct. 10, 1859 —lDitto Commercial.... 52 pm. Jan. 5, 1860 — Ditto Advertised ......... pm. Jan. 5, 1880 April 5 1880 — Bank for Account ......... India for Account ......... --- ' 8% 9 1870. Cons. for Opening ......89 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE 0 CLOCK. Austrian Bonds T 7% Peruvian Bonds .. ............. 23 Belgian Bonds 96% Portuguese Bonds ............ 90 % . Ditto Account Reg. Ditto Scrip Account ... .. ............ ......... Brazilian Bonds 73=x%% Ditto Account 73% %I,i Ditto Acc. ...24ie 51 40 Pm• Buenos Ayres Bonds 24% Prussian Bonds ... .. ........... Ditto Account Ditto Bonds, 1822 ...... 101 4 Chilian Bonds 2B ißussian Bonds, 1822...... 105% Ditto Account 0 7% j Ditto Account... ........... Columbian Bonds 22% I New Loan... ...... . ....... 1064 Ditto Account — Spanish Bonds, 1821 ....23! 4 5: Ditto Bonds, 1824 26% I Ditto Account23l 4 4 41 St Ditto Acc , aint '6% I Ditto Bonds,:1814 , ....... 1 20% Danish Borth 74% I Ditto Account ...... 9.1 4 20% Ditto Acco lit 74% French Rentes, sp. c. 105 f. Greek Bonds Ditto Bonds, 1825 -3 per cent....... —f. Ditto Account — , --- Exchange...... —f --c. Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent 33% , Dutch, 9.1 p. c. ............... 515 A% Ditto Account 331 Ditto Account ............... 5144 Ditto, 6 per cent 434%; Ditto, sp. c ................ 97 7i Ditto Account —l Ditto Account ...... 9S % PT's Neapolitan .92% Franch Scrip . ............. 4% pm. PRICIS OF SHARKS Tlll3 DAY AT ONE o'cLocr• Paid. Per Share, Anglo Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) £lOO 16 Bolanos Mining Company £ l5O 147% Brazilian Mining Company £s 1% Brazilian Imp. Mtn. Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) -£2O Ditto National 2O 9.5 Ditto St. John Del Rey Ditto Cocaes Cata Branca Mining Company 1 g British Iron Mining Company £5O Columbian Mining Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) 51% English Mining Company 12 1x6 General Mining Association l2 Hibernian Mining Co. £lo Mexican Mining Co Real del Monte Mining C 0...., 1. nited Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 2/. pm ) 40 Ditto New Scrip 5 Alliance Fire Insurance Comp lO Protector Insurance Comp. Australian Co. Canada Company General Steam Navigation Co. ...... National Provincial Bank of England 5 Provincial Bank of Ireland 25 19 14K, 29% 9 50 1 13N 1644 11 £1 6 6 Plumes OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, AUG. 5, Bank Stock 2134 iSt. Patrick Insur.(perShare) Consols, 3 ver cent. Gov. 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MINORITY Of fifty-five who voted for reducing the Duty of Forty four Shillings, now paid on 1121hs. of Currants from the lonian Islands, to Twenty-eight Shillings : For the Reduction 55/ Majority Against ditto 693 14 ENGLAND, Aglionby, H. A.—Cockermouth Attwood, Thos.—Birmingham Bewes, T.—Plymouth Blamire, Corn. Berland Brotherton, Joseph—Salford Buller, C.—Liskeard Burrell, Sir C.—Shoreham Chapman, A.—Whitby Collier, J.—Plymouth Divett, E.—Exeter Evans, Colonel—Westminster Ewart, Wm.—Liverpool Faithfull, G.—Brighton Fitzroy, Lord C.—Bury St. Ed. Gaskell, D.—Waketield Gisborne, T.—North Derbysh. Holcomb, J.—Dover Harvey, D. W.—Colchester Hawkins, J. H.—Newport, I st of Wight Hawes, B.—Lambeth Hughes, Hughes—Oxford Hutt, Win.—Hull Tames, W.—Carlisle Lowther,Viscount—Westmore . land Lyall, G.—London Moreton, A. ll.—West Glou cestershire TELLERS. parker, J.—Sheffield Grote, G.—London Parrott, Jasper—Totness Hume, J.—Midd lesex Penleage, C. —Southampton It is worth considering by whom the small majority of fourteen was composed, and if the Ministers and the Members belonging to the Government are deducted, it will be found that there was a clear majotity in favour of the reduction. Currants have become of so great im• p o rtance as an article of food for the labouring classes, that it becomes very desirable to obtain their admission into the country at such a duty as will cheapen them. The price of the currants is 7s. 6d. per cwt. in the island of Z inte, and the duty now levied by us is 445. or 600 pfr cent. The lonian Islands are under the protection of the British Government, and it is singular that we should place so heavy a duty on the produce of these islands. No other fruit is charged so heavy a duty as the currants, and the consumption is thereby much diminished ; and the comforts of the consumers much diminished. It is to be expected that this subject should be soon again before I Parliament fur their consideration. 124 ENGLAND Plumptre, J. P.—East Kent Potter, R. —Wigan Poulter, J. S. —Shaftesbury Sandal, Lord —Liverpool Shawe, R. N.—Ea4t. Suffolk Strutt, E. —Derby 'Thompson, Ald.—Sunderland Tooke, W.—Truro Torrens, Col.—Bolton Whitmore, W. W.—Wolver. hampton Williams, G.—Ashton Wood, Alderman—London Young, G. T.—Tynemouth SCOTLAND. Sinclair, G.—Caithness-shire Wallace, Robert—Greenock IRELAND. Copeland, Alderman Mullins, F. W.—Kerry O'Connell, Morgan—Meath O'Connell, John—Youghall O'Dwyer, A. C.—Drogheda Rtithven, E. S.—Dublin lluthven, Edward—Kildare Sullivan, It. —Kilkenny Wallace, T.—Carlow Our criminal law (says Mr. A NDREWS, in his able work on this subject) is the cause of ext nsive crime ; for nothing is more certain than that cruelty in punishing slight offences not only induces, but compels offenders to commit alore atrocious crimes. Thus the robber who, in England, takes the money of a traveller opon the high way, is compelled at the same time to take h i is life, be cause as the punishment of death is equally inflicted for robbery and murder, and as the m urder of the marl who is robbed is the bast way of g ettin g rid of his evidence, it becomes the very hest (safest) thing the robber can do to perpetrate it. This is, certainly, a strange specimen of the wisdom of our ancestors, d WA , trt t e , latt . • LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 8, 1833. We are now enabled to state, upon good au thority, that the British and French Cabinets have formally signified to the representatives of Don PEDRO in this country their wish for the ex-Emperor to withdraw all pretensions to the Regency in favour of one of the aunts of Donna MARIA. We are also assured that instructions have been sent out to Lisbon to a distinguished personage, to press such an arrangement ; and, above all, to secure for it, if possible, the ap probation of the Duke of PALMELLA. The grounds of this proposed arrangement are, Ist, that Don PEDRO is disqualified for the Re gency by an article of the Constitutional Char ter, which declares that the Regent shall be the next person in succession to the Crown—rather an absurd enactment, we think, considering the interest which such a person would have in setting aside the heir apparent ; and, secondly, because Don PEDRO is personally obnoxious to certain Sovereigns whose consent is required to the final arrangement of the Portuguese Question. It does not appear from what we have heard that any hope is entertained of Don PEDRO'S consenting to relinquish the Regency, and it is almost too late, we think, to enforce upon him such an abandonment of dignity. All that has been done towards the emancipation of the Por tuguese has been done in his name. He ar rived in Lisbon whilst the inhabitants were full of enthusiastic gratitude for their deliverance under his Regency. Will they not, for a time at least, consider themselves bound by gratitude to confirm him in the appointment ; and will those eminent persons, the Duke of PALMELLA, the Duke of TERCEIRA, and Viscount St. VINCENT, who could enforce his retirement, render themselves obnoxious to the nation, or at least to that portion of the nation which considers itself indebted to PEDRO for the destruction of despotism, by opposing the ambitious views of the ex-Emperor ? Lord PALMERSTON and his colleagues now discover the folly which they committed in refusing for so long a time to recognise Donna MARIA as Queen de facto of Portugal. Had they done this even a month ago, they might have stipulated upon any condition. PEDRO would not then have ventured to have made his personal ambition an obstacle to an arrangement which would have secured the possession of Portugal to his daughter. Now, however, that he has obtained by his own means what he might have been in• debted for to the intervention of England, he may very fairly inquire upon what principle the British Cabinet, after having refused to interfere against Don MIGUEL, can interfere in favour of those who desire the retirement of Don PEDRO. Unless, therefore, PEDRO be a man of greater moderation and somewhat sounder sense than we take him to be, or the people of Portugal should declare against him, which we do not expect, considering how bitterly they complained of the feebleness of the last female regency, Lord PALMERSTON and Prince TAL LEYRAND will find it as useless to protocolize against Don PEDRO as they did against the King of the NETHERLANDS. Some very unfounded statements have gone forth respecting the Belgian conferences. VVe are authorized to state that there is not the slightest truth in the report of the King of H OLL AND having insisted upon the capitalization of the Belgian portion of the joint n a ti ona l d e b t , or o f his having raised his demand as to the share of the debt to be borne by Belgium. He in sists, how ever, on the arrears, w hich the Bel present the chief ground of delay. 'There are, Bel gians ho:eayser,resesol ve u ra te l i m y , :e . f r u o se bs t t o pay, s. and this is at obstacles. The study of political economy appears to be making rapid progress in France. It has been found desirable even to make the experiment of a periodical expressly and exclusively devoted to the circulation of the most important doctrines of that great science, a science which viewed from its true and proper elevation, comprehends all the questions of public happiness. The Monthly Review of Political Economy, of which M. Fix is the Editor, is written in both a wise and a benevolent spirit. The topics of the day are treated ably, and the necessity of extending commercial connection with England is earnestly advocated in an article on the results of Dr. BOWRING'S mission in France. By the way, it was a great satisfaction to us, and it must be to all benevolent minds, to observe by some of the provincial newspapers, that l' Alliance indus trielle de la France and de 1 Angleterre (the Trading Union between France and England) was put forth among the prominent devices during the celebration of the three glorious days of July. Such are, such should be, the results of every triumph of freedom. To the alliance of monarchs the alliance of nations must succeed, an alliance far holier, wiser, and better,—an alliance whose instrument will be peace, and whose consequence, prosperity. Mr. HUME'S motion on the subject of the house tax, although unearned last night, pro duced a number of declarations from Lord ALTHORP, which give us strong hope that this partial and therefore unjust tax will next Ses sion be either modified or reduced. His Lord ship observed " that though, if left to his own opinion, and acting upon the financial princi ples which he entertained, he would not select this tax as one of the first that he would pro pose to reduce ; yet, looking at the views of the country on the subject, he did think that it would be the duty of Government, whenever it should be enabled to do so, to reduce this tax, and that whenever its place could be sup plied, either by some different arrangement of the assessed taxes, or by the substitution of some other tax, the tax upon houses ought to be reduced." His Lordship very truly states that this was going much further than he yet had done. In several other portions of his speech, he expressed his hopes that the army might next year be reduced, that the revenue would improve, and that he should be able in some way or other to meet the wishes of the people. Whilst advocating the reduction of this tax, we have throughout agreed with his Lord ship that in principle it was not a bad tax, for in nine cases out of ten it falls upon the landlord, and is in fact a tax upon property. The grand objection we have always had to it has been that it is a tax upon a particular species of property ; that it is a part of the system by which the landed aristocracy have sought to throw all the burdens of the country upon commerce, manu factures, and industry generally. It has been as a part of that system that it has been maintained by the Tories. No longer ago than the last discussion on the repeal of the house and window taxes, a red faced man was heard, just before the division, to say to a stolid looking youth, in the lobby of the House of Commons, " Well, my Lord, I suppose you back up the land ?" Of course." The pair walked into the House, and in half an hour " the land" was proclaimed triumphant, and houses van quished. With many such enlightened legisla tors to deal with, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, be he whom he may, will always have a difficult task to perform in any attempt to equalize the public burdens. It is the duty, therefore, of the people to aid him, by every means in their power, to fight their battle—nay, even by their petitions and instructions to their represen tatives, to compel him, if need be, into the performance of an act of justice. It is an act of justice to relieve all house-owners and holders from a tax on their property to which the pro perty of no other class in the community is subject. Justice, we are assured, will be done; and we are almost indifferent whether it be by the removal of the tax altogether, or by such an altered mode of levying it as will make all houses, whether farm-houses or palaces, throughout the United Kingdom, pay in the same proportion as shopkeepers. The Paris papers of Monday, Tuesday, and yesterday's date, mention that preparations were making at Paris for the departure of her Majesty Queen Donna MARIA for Portugal. The same papers contain an extract from the Augs burg Gazette, by which it would seem that Russia, in conjunction with Austria and Prussia, entertained a project of interfering in the affairs of Portugal, by way of counteracting the influ ence of France and England. The Garde National of Marseilles states, that disturbances broke out in that town on the 28th and 29th, when shouts were heard of " A bas les Bas- tines !" " A bas le juste-milieu 1" which were replied to by the troops of the line with shouts of " Vive le Roi !" The Russian troops had at length, it seems, received orders to evacuate the Turkish dominions. i l n s a a i n ul a G rti e c r l m e, a d n at P ed ap ß er e s r , l t ii h i, e j a u tt l e y r 2 o l f , w v, h .h ic o h se co ob n -- By the Flanders Mail we have received Brus sels ob ject H i s o t L o A show t e t r l f - 1 e e r expediency affairso fthe f Portugal, s ta e mperr in the same way as England and France have done in those of the East. The article is drawn up with much address, and is evidently put forth as a sort of feeler. " If," says the writer, " a certain confidential union exists between the English and French Governments, as seems to result from the strict uniformity of their mode of proceeding, the other Powers must, by a similar process, neutralize such a preponderating force, and endeavour to draw still closer the bonds of friendship which already subsist between them. Portugal now succeeds to Belgium : Heaven grant that the seeds of great and general trouble may not slumber in its bosom ! " This is a pretty s ignificant hint. We trust, however, it will not have the effect of alarming either France or England. A coalition between the Northern Powers, when the general state of Europe is considered, is a bug-bear cal culated only to call forth contempt and ridicule. Yesterday, the following notice, signed by the Duke of RICHMOND, the Postmaster-General, was circulated in the city : " General Post-office, Aug. 1833 ,6 On and from Thursday, the 15th instant, a mail wil► he sent to, and received from France, every day, Sunday excepted. 4. L.tters will be taken in on Tuesdays and Fridays, as usual, until eleven, p. m., and on the other days until seven, p. m• Better late than never ; but why, after all, is the arrangement to be left so imperfect ? The mails ought to be like rivers, constantly run ning. Every one could be left to his own con science, as to whether he should make use of them on particular days; but as it is clearly possible to imagine a case of necessity for communicating with France on a Sunday, why should easy l means of doing so be cut off ? But it is plain that if our scrupulous Post-master-General is to fulfil his pledge, he and all his establishment must be accessary to what we consider a breach of the Sabbath in others. A mail, says he, will be received from France every day, and of course the letters will be distributed every day, Sundays excepted. Now, for a French mail to arrive in London on the Tuesday, it must start on the Sunday. Again, how can a mail leave London on the Saturday without involving the necessity of employing labour to carry it across the channel the next day ? This is British labour—Church of England labour ; but if we were to carry the argument further, it might be shown that a mail ought to leave London on no day whatever, inasmuch as in some part of its journey it would travel on a Sunday. The absurdity of attempting to stop all travelling of mails anywhere on the Sunday is practically acknowledged by our Post office, for although in London we most piously prevent any letters being put into the post (except by Members of Parliament) on the Sunday, yet in every other part of the country letters are received and de adatched on that day. If, therefore, it be a deadly sin to read a letter from a friend on Sunday, the salvation of the metropolis is insured, as far as that goes, at the expense of that of the country. We would, therefore, advise provincial saints forthwith to petition Parliament to reverse the present system, for it is clearly unjust that twenty mil lions should be damned to all eternity, in the vain attempt to save the inhabitants of a city already, we are told by ST. ANDREW, irre deemably lost. Perhaps the holy man would make the change part of the Bill he is to bring in next session to prevent beer and other liquors from " working" on the Sabbath. AIPERIALPAR,LIAMEN't THIS DAY, THURSDAY, AUGUST 8. HOUSE OF COMMONS. At twenty-five minutes after twelve o'clock the gallery was opened, when we found between twenty and thirty Members in the House. Mr. JOHN ROMILLY brought up the report on Maurice's Estate Bill • report read, and the Bill then read a third time and passed. The Hon. Member then brought up the report on the Limerick Chapel Estate Bill, which was also read, and the Bill then read a third time and passed. Mr. BRISCOE moved the third reading of a Bill to amend the Act of the Thames Tunnel! Company.—Read a third time and passed. On the motion of Lord DUNCANNON, the House went into Committee on the Grand Juries (Leland Bill). Clauses 59 to 62 inclusive, were respectively withdrawn after a short discussion. Clauses 63 to 73, inclusive, were then severally agreed to, with occasional amendments. The chairman next read the 74th clause providing for the presentments for dispensaries. Mr. O'DWYER moved an amendment to make it im perative on Grand Juries to present the salaries of medical men. ...-. A long discussion ensued between Mr. Ruthven, Mr. E. Ruthven, Sir E. Hayes, Dr. Baldwin, and Mr. Littleton upon this subject. The House divided, when there appeared— For the Amendment l2 Against it Majority —2 The clause was then agreed to. A discussion took place upon clause 75, respecting the qualifications of surgeons of dispensaries, to which Mr. Vigors moved an amendment, which he ultimately with drew, and the clause was agreed to. Clause 76 was agreed to without observation, and 77 with a verbal amendment. Clause 78 was postponed. Clauses 79, SO, 8 1., and 82 were agreed to. Clause 83, after a division in which the numbers were 43 and 6, was expunged, in consequence of its interference between landlord and tenant. ~... .., After some further discussion of no public interest, the SPEAKER resumed the chair, and it being three o'clock, the House adjourned. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY). GENERAL AVERAGE PRICE OF BRITISH CORN, For the Week ended Aug. 2, 1833, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. Wheat—...... 565. 5d.1 Oats 19s. 4d.1 8ean5....... 345. sd. Od 1 Rye ..—... 31a. lid 1 Pea5e........ 375. 4d. IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF TOE SIX WEEKS PRECEDING. Wheat..—. 555. ld.l Oats ...ft. 19s. 1d.18ean5....... 345. 3d. 3d.1 Rye ....... 325. lid 38s. Id. DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. Wheat....... 31s. Bd.l Oats 18s. 3d.1 8ean5...... 183. 3d. Barley led.' Rye 21s. 3d.1 Pease—ft.. 123. 6d. HAY MA RKETS.—i At per Load of 36 Trusses.) CUMBERLAND. . . . . New Meadow Hay ss. per load higher than last quoted ; prices otherwise stationary. A moderate supply, and a steady trade. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 10 to £2 15 New Meadow Hay 3 5 3 15 Useful Old Ditto 3 10 4 0 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay ...... Clover Hay 3 15 5 5 Oat Straw £1 6to X 1 8 I Wheat Straw ... 110 113 SMITHFIELD. Supply good, trade dull, and prices barely stationary. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £3 0 to £3 5 New Meadow Hay 3 5 3 10 Useful old Ditto 3 10 3 15 Fine Upland Meadow and Itye-grass Hay ..... Clover Hay (extra fine)...£s s... Generally Oat Straw ... Ll Bto £1 101 Wheat Straw 1 10 1 13 A correspondent, who is a stranger to the metropolis, expresses his surprise that in such a city as London, and in the very centre of it, the clock of St. Paul's should be allowed to deceive and disappoint so many thousands daily. The complaint is not without reason, the clock having been out of order for upwards of two months ; the mention of the fact may, however, be the means orremedying the evil should it meet the eye of those whose duty it is to attend to such matters. The same charge may be brought against St. Martin's clock, which, like, its cousin in the city, has been dumb for about the same period. Other churches (St. John's in the Waterloo road, for instance) are also in the same predicament ; so a m s saenryti nthat an indeed, that ep i i t d e would h ad almost brokn c e ou countenance amongst nance a wag's the public clocks of London. COTTON MARKET.—TUESDAY, Two o'CLocx.—There is very little demand for Cotton this morning. The sales are only 150 Bahian, at 12d., and about 600 American, at steady prices. Arrived one vessel from Savannah. —Liverpool Standard. CORM EXCHANGE.— TUESDAY, TWO o'cLocx.—There were few country dealers at our market, and but a poor attendance of the town trade. A small retail business was done with the latter in good and fine fresh red Irish Wheats, at 7s. a. 7s. 4d., and at 7s. 6d. for extra fine, but extra kinds were neglected. The hold ers of Canada Wheats made no progress in sales, as they would not submit to the same reduction as an Irish, which is frilly 641. per bushel. Oats were 2d. a 3d. cheaper, and wheads Ea oi hardlyeaortepsdEwamaennrdEye ELOPEMENT. — On f s lu p di . o e s ad e to d 3f o o nsr f . sa f o aal r natdr w ugra a ed n at quantity.my of demand. Irish flou r prime Drogheda Oatmeal was sold at 225., and 21s. 6d. was very dull, at a decline of 2d. ; and most other articles were nominally cheaper. Several parcels of new Drog aellvelontinofgnaewgreoeanti Oat meal at 265. —Liverpool Standard. grocer (an inhabitant of this town), entertained a select tea party, and among the guests was a sergeant of the Ist Dragoon Guards. About ten o'clock the party broke up, and the vendor of cabbages, &c., with his better half, re tired to rest; but what was his astonishment on waking the next morning to find that his wife had quitted the connubial couch ! and no tidings of her could be found. In the course of Sunday, a report reached Worthing that a sergeant of the said regiment had deserted, and the green grocer tho'ight it not unlikely that his wife had under taken to be a partner of his flight. He and one of our police-officers immediately proceeded to Arundel, where they found the fugitives. The sergeant was safely con veyed to Brighton Barracks, and " the faithless she" re stored to her di s conso late husband.--Brighton Gazette: A boat belonging to Mr. CATT brought on shore, a few days ago, a fish of an extraordinary kind. Its fins resembled the arms and hands (with finger nails) of a human being, and it had two protuberances or sort of pockets, on each breast, which were filled with small fi s h. When taken from the net, it followed the fisher men round the boat, and in order to get ri i of so " ugly a customer," they procured weapons, and despatched it f o ethwith....Brighton Gazette. COURT OF CITANCERY.-(THIS GARRICK'S VILLA..—T:ARR v. rROTHEROS. _Abed Sir C. WETHERELL, on behalf of the plaintiff, 7;:.;, to know wh e th er it was th e i n t en ti on of the other 1"? consent to the terms which be had yesterday proposJr Mr. WRIGHT said that the solicitor's client vi." 1 0) structed him was out of town, and that be (the soh6L4, did not feel quite at liberty to consent to the o' unless Sir Charles Wetherell would agree to b ig peal motion being dismisse. Wi t I° Sir C. WETHERELL peremptorily refused to con ON 0 that, and declared tkat he would not deviate one si from the terms that bad been offered. A ti ri ,ndeu The LORD CHANCELLOR then recornmen.- Wright's client to accede to the terms, which 1,6 ; Oil C diately did. Thus the Court confirmed Mr. or • 0 0 to the landing and steps, part o f the Temple 16/1 00 1 Hampton belonging to Garrick's Villa. By the ter compromise, all further legal proceedings are put to, and each party pays his own costs. VICE-CHANCERY COURT-(THIS THUNDER V. WIGN/Y. fi i r Mr. KNIGHT applied this morning in this cas e ' dissolution of the injunction granted by his Honour I t o the Commissioners for Paving the town of Brig restraining them from erecting a wall under the Cl a y the Marine Parade. The principal grounds on w hic , tbt Learned Counsel made this application were O s " 00 Court had granted the injunction, the facts of tbe t tbt t hiving been kept from its view, upon a statel neP :o ds the property of the plaintiff would be materially iN tt e contrary of which could be shown to be the case L . ? 110 that what had been done had been acquiesced in 'I plaintiff for the last three years. Mr. 13attaxa followed on the same side. Mr. PEPYS, with whom was Mr. STEvENSO I ' °T.OI , the dissolution of the injunction, denying that the Ptdi, was actuated by any vexatious motives in the Pr;;4l ings he had taken, but was only desirous of pre g o 1 those rights to which he was entitled, which sr!" completely lost if the works begun by the Commis' were allowed to proceed. His HONOUR, without calling upon Mr. /Oil ° 00 1 reply, ordered the dissolution of the injunctiom foi costs, stating that in future he should look most eti o re at the affidavits made upon any application for junction. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS °AI' FROM LLOYD'S. he ;i f ' DEAL, Auo. 7.—Wind N.E.—Arrived from t- ci it and sailed the Duke of Argyll, for Bengal ; Di a Hamilton, for Batavia ; and Caroline, for Quebec. PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 7.—Wind N.E. to W. g FOI 4 PLYMOUTH, AUG. 6.—Wind S.W.—Arrived o ff the Minerva, Robertson, from Batavia. LE' A 5 -Ai , ed the Int Wiahsrtf .ITH, UG. s.—Arrive ttu. ADD, Mason, from Archangel. e te fi SHIELDS, AUG. 6.—Arrived the Britannia, I from Archangel, and the Four Woodmen, Potts, fro Petersburgh. D ot DUBLIN, AUG. 6.—Arrived the West Christ iam can, W from Quebec. b ATERFORD, AUG. s.—Arrived the Cabinet , v p, ;we from Miramichi ; the Union, Salesbury, foundland ; the Menapea, Moyse, and the Eliza vv l ' Barnes, from St. Petersburgh. PENZANCE, AUG. 6.—Arrived the Ann, Day.., e i.,',er St. John's, New Brunswick.—Off port the J due, r itegrity, [rem Matanzas. _ MILFORD, AUG. 6.—Arrived off port the 11° F ef lamy, from St. Petersburg!). Am, Auo. s.... Arrived the - _......,,, Bay Chaleur. NEWRY, AUG, Drootheim. LIVERPOOL, AUG. 6.—Arrived the Mine" — 411 'rom Savannah ; Hannah, Underhill, flora Nevrfolif' and the Liverpool, Ross, from St. Petersburgb. DUNKIRK, AUG. 2.—The Richard, Christisoli Dunkirk to Liverpool, which was on share e l r t h I was got off and brought into this port on the and was ready to proceed yesterday. H o l VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. —The Constitution, "0, from Liverpool to New York, on the 21st ult ., h i u , sag if lon. 27.; and the Duvir, from Belfast to Ph 19th ult., lat. 46. 100. 2. THE FUNDS.—(THIS DAY) CITY, TWELVE O'CL - 0A New York Papers to the 11th of July have b ec os a ° ceived at the North and South American Coffee the London line of packet ship, the Thames, Greswold. (From the Paper of the 10th of July.) or ° From the New Os leans Paper :—The late fil o ~p 1 rain have purified the air and given a decided shed ate advance of the cholera, and the alarm which it lisu has entirely subsided. (From the Paper of the 9th of July.) re e l l td JAMAICA.--Files ot Jamaica Papers have bee of, to the 20th ult. The following is au extil e ..ca r[t;, Memorial of the Delegates of the Planters of J4l'l),,ec°' "We claim from the General Government frp' from future interference with our slaves. l ~ o bJ tti We claim that Sectarian Missionaries 113111 the operation of those laws which govern the oth er of his Majesty. " We ask for such alterations in the Refel l-e shall revive our prosperity. ;111 4 it " Should compensation also be refused, W e humbly require that the island of J A naica be d from the parent country, and that being a bsolo r td allegiance to the British Crown, she be free eit"est,te sume independence, or to unite herself to s olo e d pa' whom she will be cherished and protected, A ll suited and plundered." ets oP Accounts from Tampico of the 13th of Jtin e j a report had been received that the cholera "' foP out at Vera Cruz.—Twelve cases of cholera on the 12th. Received by the French mail this morning , '' (From the Indicateur of Bordeata• d Letters from Vera Cruz state that the Cha in been dissolved, after having given full powers t ° o ce,V President, who, in the present difficult circurnet s v o f conducted himself with great firmness and energrg sin ral Lemus has ordered General Arista to retie' ,y diately to the environs of P uebla. 0 6( 0 / Account from Ode ssa, of the 15th July, c°oo,`" sailing of the Russia n fleet and arm y from Coast r e ceived by the Nerv e steamer, in beventy.two yo b Constantinople. e 9 i THE FUNDS. The panic which was caused the day before cold the British and Foreign Mark e ts, by a report g_41.7 tern were going to take up transports for the noy of troops to Lisbon, and the interference of S a l of ..d e affairs of Portugal, was last night, in the itterll mon., completely contradicted by Lord "*; co yi Lordship's assertion, that the house taxes were away with next year, has also given great WO the City ; but it has not as yet had allY e $ 0 Funds. e a s 11 0 f 4 Consols, which left off yesterday at EL , L it at the same price, and continue so at presen t 'A j r We are still without news from Portugal , ; ( 0:0 anxiously sought after, parti cu l ar ly f ro m or 4l At's, Portuguese Scrip 244 to 25 ; Spanish, 0' 1 eV HALF-P--- AS/ r e s' We have no fresh at rivals since our fornineenorto, 0 1 ;‘, are now twelve days without news from ,F ri quently great anxiety is expressed to aecer" i tion of affairs in that quarter. Don Mie e opor i ol bability might make another attempt 0 0 0 01. ofhis final departure, or try to destroy the t o 0 .4 bardment ; as his retreating on Lisbon 1/ lit 0 / destruction of half his army. ith Consols continue at 89 for the Account , 1/ sO ,OO - Portuguese Scrip, 241 1 prem. ; fi ef 2311. In other Securities little doing . v THR.B O Consols for the Account, 89. 0 0 I I coo :, A PIG CHACE ON THE , RIVSII.I.IOI turday morning a very curious scene thLstiti river, which caused no small amusement "t a 00/ A quantity of pigs from Leland were 0 " ° „; 10 iJO from a ship on the quays near the Heroin's'''. i stitl e j'it when a number of them on deck broke 10° . %e IVO of proceeding towards the plank w hithe r ,;,ite,;; which was left open, and tumbled was driving them, crossed over to the t he (Vol before the porkers could be sto p ped, 02°I.e l i t n - Oef ° A found their way into the coldstretn. men and others, in boats, instantly oog l° E - „ s co ", i n to ho V oe , all directions after the animals, and a ..- 13t til ed from a watery grave. Several were CSUgsbelli but ju st as the captors were about to ta a lle d e f o n i wherries, they got away, amidst great _ A l a.- t he I bargemen and sailors, wbo highly enkl e "nk• gs li r veral were drawn under the craft and s °- 0 ; ' continued some time, to the great annodse unfortunate owner. Pa 4:11:4040:oo I:iiilit:otsoa4glo,ll:kelytfibßavAvyyTt as 4 , Y ti 6 11 I tn .4c rrtitt e t se l s:n ir — chi a :e l b s % t o only „hum 2st, „° l lld e Ntl "'Or an( itivva Ite, Ger /114 ( form, pool* fi Os , avouri'