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F, RI A IPA R lAA ENT Tills DAY, MoNDAY, JULY 8. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The gallery was opened soon after twelve, at which time we found about fifty Members in the House. Upon the motion of Mr. WILKS, the reading of the order of the day on Willis's Divorce Bill was postponed to Wednes day, at twelve o'clock. . Mr. DAVENPORT presented a petition from the owners and occupiers of small houses in the Staffordshire Potteries, against the Rating of Tenements Bill. Sir G. STAUNTON presented a petition from Langston, in Hampshire, relative to the southern fisheries.—Referred to the Committee on Fisheries. Mr. PEASE presented a petition from Robert Thompson, an attorney, of Durham, relative to the. Bill for abolishing the Imprisonment for Debt. Sir R. FERGUSSON presented a petition from the city of Londonderry, praying for better regulations in the shipment and chartering of passengers. Mr. FINN presented petitions from the merchants and others of the city of Dublin ; from the merchants and others of Kingstown ; and from the shipowners and shipmasters of Dublin, complaining of the tonnage duties in the Dublin canals. —Referred to the Committee. Lord MILTON presented petitions from certain Baptists, praying for the removal of disabilities, and against colonial slavery. Mr. TOOKE presented a petition from the carriers of Truro,complaining of the great uncertainty respecting the assess ments of their vehicles, and of vexatious surcharges. In many instances where they paid 4/. for a one horse van, they had been surcharged 2/., for merely having another horse to assist in dragging their vehicles up steep hills.- (Hear.) The petitioners had memorialized the Treasury, and petitioned the commissioners, but without avail. The Hon. Member hoped that the case of the petitioners would come within the scope of the Bill about to be brought in by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Mr. PENDARVES supported the prayer of the petition, and expressed a similar hope. Lord NORREYS presented a petition from the landowners and agriculturists of Burford, Oxfordshire, praying that no measure might be enforced for lessening the circulation of Country bank notes. Lord ORMELIE presented a petition from Muckart, in the county of Perth, against uniting that parish with others, ac cording to a Bill now before the llmise. The inhabitants had a strong objection to the union, and if it were enforced against their wishes it might be legal, but would certainly be arbitrary. Of those who enjoyed the elective franchise in that parish, only five were for the union, and twenty were against it; and in all, four-fifths of the hou.eholders were opposed to :he measure. He also presented a petition, on the same subject, from Thomas Boyd, who stated that h 6 income, as Registrar of seisins, would be considerably af t. cted by the proposed measure. An Hos. MEMBER said he had been requested to support the petition from Thomas Boyd, who had been Registrar of Seisins, and who had performed his duty faithfully for upwards of seventeen years. That House was bound to protect the in terests of such a public servant, and the proposed union would deeply affect them. There were other reasons why the union should not take place, which he would state at the proper time. In the mean time, he cordially supported the prayer of the petition. Lord ORMELIE then presented a petition from the guild or corporation of Perth against the Bankruptcy (Scotch) Bill. He was glad that the Lord Advocate had given notice of his intention to postpone that Bill, he would, therefore, say nothing more upon it at present. Also one from the procurators practising before the Sheriffs in Perthshire, praying the House to use caution in altering the law, but suggesting that the bankruptcy laws required revision. Also one from Perth, for the abolition of slavery. _ _ _ Sir R. SINIEON presented a petition from Mr. Thomas Day, against the Notaries Public Bill. He considered the petitioner's situation most painful. He had been forty-six years practising with honour and reputation as a notary, and had, under the faith of an Act of Parliament, apprenticed his son to the same profession, and now saw his prospects blighted by the projected alteration of the law. Mr. W. PATTEN presented a petition from the practi tioners of medicine in Wallington against the Apothecaries Act. Mr. WILKS presented a petition from Winchester, pray ing for the abolition of several disabilities under which the Dis senters labour ; also one from Sion Chapel, Liverpool, praying that the House, in the abolition of slavery, would provide for the education of the slaves; one from the ministers and depu. ties from the Dissenters of Suffolk, praying that their places of worship might be exempted from parochial assessments, and tar the registration of the births and marriages by themselves. Mr. J. BULLER presented a petition, signed by 275 mer chants and bankers of Exeter, against the proposed plan of giving a monopoly to country bankers. Mr. DIVETT supported the petition, and condemned the injustice and illiberality of the proposed scheme. Admiral ADAMS presented nine petitions from Alloa, Ti). libody, Dellar, Alva, and Muckersey, and the adjoining districts, in favour of disconnecting several parishes from Perthshire and annexing them to Kinross. ' Mr. HUME presented a petition ft : Om his Majesty's subjects at the Cape of Good Hope, agreed to at a public meeting, assembled under the sanction of the Governor, the object of which was to take into consideration the Orders in Council of the 2d of November, 1831, which proposed to pass certain re solutions for the general con uct of the slave-owners in the colonies.—(Hear, hear.) The petitioners complain ed of their imposition as tinjust and uncalled-for; but as his Majesty's Government had since the petition was agreed to suspended those qrders in Council, the alarm of the slave owners would be in a great measure obviated. The pe titioners stated their willingness to do every thing to ame liorate the condition of the slaves consistently with their rights of property and the state of the colony ; but urged the injustice of legislating on colonial subjects, while they had no representative in that House. The Hon. Member said he had already on a former occasion stated at length his opinions on that subject ; and he hoped the atten tion of the Government would be seriously directed to it. Mr. STANLEY expressed his hope that the Bill which his Majesty's Government proposed on the subject ofslavery, recog nizing as it did the rights of property,would induce the petitioners to co-operate with them for the purpose of carrying into effect the intentions of the Legislature. He would not enter into the question of colonial representation ; but as some important qlocuments would shortly come under the attention of the House relative to the state of this particular colony, the sub ject would then be much more conveniently discussed. Mr. OLIPHANT pesented a petition from Bath, against the Scotch Bankruptcy Bill. SUGAR REFINING TRADE. Dr. LUSHINGTON presented a petition from the church wardens, overseers, and rate-payers of St. George's in the East, Middlesex. They represented to the House, that the parish of St. George's contained a larger number of sugar refining establishments than any other parish in Eng land, and they stated the evils under which that trade was labouring, and that unless a Bill was brought into Parliament for the purpose of removing those evils the trade would be transferred entirely to a foreign country. He would not go into the circumstances of the representations made in the petition, because at the very earliest possible pe:iod his Hon. Colleague intended bringing the subject under the consideration of the House. The subject was one of general importance, and any one that was acquainted with the common cause that was now making misery and depression in that neighbour. hood would see the absolute necessity of such a measure being carried into effect. He trusted the attention of his Majesty's Government would be roused to this important subject, and that the opinion of the House would be manifested so strongly in favour of the adoption of such a measure, that no opposition whatever would take place to its being immediately carried. Mr. CLAY apprehended it would be scarcely necessary, considering the circumstances to which the petition related, to say that he entirely concurred in the prayer of it. It would be his duty very shortly to bring the subject fully before the House. He would not enter into the arguments, an abundance of which were too ready at hand, for proving not only the expediency, but the absolute necessity of such a measure being carried into effect, but would simply state that great distress was prevailing in that neighbourhood, owing to the delay which had taken place in bringing the subject forward, and that the remedy was within their power, and could and must be applied.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. HUME said, that as a very large portion of his consti tuents were particularly interested in the petition, he was anxious to offer it his support. He considered it a national subject, and regretted his Majesty's Government had hesitated to introduce a measure on the subject, for he was satisfied that it was not likely to affect the West India question ; on the contrary it would benefit every person connected with it. It appeared to him, that unless his Majesty's Government brought in a Bill at once upon the subject, the refining trade would be lost altogether, and that very shortly not one ounce of sugar would be refined by the buyers of the sugar ill this mar. ket. He hoped that as it would be made the means of bringing back to England the capital of her exports, &c., in his opi nion it would benefit all individuals, and he hoped the House would render all the assistance in its power for the passing of such a Bill. Mr. GROTE hoped the present session would not be al. lowed to pass without some alteration being made in- the law upon that subject, as he was quite persuaded if the law re mained as it was for four years longer, the whole of the re fining sugar trade in London would be put an end to. Mr. EWART supported the prayer of the petition, thinking it most unjust that the manufacturer should be de. prived of the benefit of refining sugar in this country. " Mr. BOTCH also supported the prayer of the peti tion, in doing so, however, he felt it his duty t 6 ,express a hope that his Majesty's Government would look into the system of drawback, which he could not but consider one of the most direct frauds on the Treasury that hall ever been practised. If that was put an end to, the object which the pe tition had in view would be a great and lasting benefit to the country. Mr. WILKS supported the prayer of the petition, from the knowledge he had of the peculiar pressure of the measure upon the sugar refiners. The petition was then ordered to lie on the table. Dr. LUSHINGTON presented a petition from the masters and seamen in the merchants' service in the port of London, complaining of the deduction of sixpence a month from their wages for the support of Greenwich Ho spital and praying that it might he appropriated to the building of an asylum for the relief of men in the merchant service. Mr. BUCKINGHAM supported the prayer of the petition. Mr. WILDS, in supporting the prayer of the petition, stated that the subject of the grievances under which the sea men of the merchant service laboured must come under the con. sideration of the House early in the next Session. Mr. HALCOMB complained that the 6d. was demanded from the fishermen of Yarmouth for the support of an institu tion from which they never could by any possibility receive any benefit. After some observations from Sir E. CODRINGTON, the petition was ordered to lie on the table. . _ Dr, LUSHINGTON presented a petition from a body of Jews against the Sabbath Observance Bill. The petitioners stated, that they believed the true Sunday to be on Saturday, and the consequence of the present Bill passing would be, that they would be obliged to keep two Sundays every week instead of one.—(A laugh.) Mr. HA LCOMB gave notice of his intention to present a petition from Coventry on Wednesday, complaining of the culpable misconduct of the Sheriff and Returning.offieer at the last election, and that he should found some motion to meet the prayer of the petitioners. The Hon. Member also pre sented a petition from the Baron de Bode, relative to his claims. Mr. Sergeant PERRIN presented a petition from King's College, Dublin, against the Bill for the better Regulation of Apothecaries. _ _ _ Mr. P. SCROPE presented a petition from Bath, praying for the extension of poor laws to Ireland. The lion. Member supported the prayer of the petition. Mr. SANDFORD also supported the prayer of the peti tioners. Mr. FINN said the cry was for a system of poor laws for Ireland the same as in this country only without the job bing. Why, did Hon. Members know that even the erec tion of a gibbett was a job in that country. There was :one proposition to which he would at once give his assent, and that was the levying of a tax of Is. per pound upon the whole property of the country to be spent in the improve ment of it. Mr. F. O'CONNOR had the authority of Gen. Sir John Lambert, as well as that of the Attorney-General, for saying that the great cause of the disturbances in Ireland was the system of ejectment, and they again were caused by the want of a system of poor laws. Mr. DUNLOP presented a petition from Kilmarnock, pray ing that the elective franchise might be reduced from 101. to 4/. Mr. GOULBURN presented a t petition from the Uni versity of Cambridge, against the commutation of Tithes Bill. Mr. E. L. BULWER presented a petition from Dumfries, praying for the repeal of the taxes on knowledge. The peti tioners stated their regret at learning it was not the intention of Government to propose any reduction of the tax on newspapers, although they admitted it was bad.—(Hear, hear.) He would not take up the time of the House further than to state, that if any Honourable Member would take the trouble to compute the number of petitions presented to the House, praying for the repeal of taxes, they would find that by far the greater number prayed for the repeal of the taxes on newspapers..—Laid on the table. DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE BILL Mr. BULWER then brought up the report of the Com mittee on the above. ?RICE, OF IRISH STOCKS, 011 JOLT 5. , . Rank Stock C0n;045, 3 ner cent. Gov, Stack, 8 per cant. 94 !?lational Ditto — Ditto, Now 1 perCent2l% _.. . --___. illibarnia n Bank . _ ( ;Ov. Dell. 3' percent.... 87% :Provincial Ditto — Royal Canal Stock — !Royal Irish Mine — Grand Canal Stock bili Imperial Mine — City Deb. 4 per cent. 78% . Mining Co. of Ireland Ballast Mice Deb. 4p. c. --;Commercial Buildings SUGAR REFINING. Mr. GROTE presented a petition from the sugar brokers of the City of London, praying for admission of foreign sugars for refining for exportation. Mr. EWART supported the petition. Sir JOHN KEY brought in a Bill, for the purpose of raising a sum of money for the repairing of Blackfriar's Bridge, which was read a first time. The Speaker then left the Chair, at five minutes after three o'clock. ILLEGAL INDICTMENTS AND CONVIC- TIONS. This morning, upon two men, named Murphy and Doyle, being put to the bar of the Old Bailey, (Old Court), to take their trial, Mr. CLARK, the Clerk of the Arraigns, informed the Re corder that he understood the witnesses in this case had not been properly sworn previous to going before the Grand Jury, to give evidence in support of the Bill. The RECORDER examined the witnesses upon that point, when it appeared that they were sworn on Wednesday last at the Sessions-house, Clerkenwell, by a clerk, and then they went before the Grand Jury ; but when they were so sworn, there was no Court sitting, nor was any Magistrate present. Mr. Barry, a barrister, said the Middlesex Quarter Sessions certainly adjourn& from Monday to Thursday, in consequence of their having no larcenies before them. Mr. PHILLIPS observed, that if that We-e the case, and the Middlesex Sessions did not sit on Tuesday and Wednesday, all the trials that had taken place upon bills found on those days were invalid. The RECORDER said, in consequence of what he had heard, he could not take a trial of such an important nature as the one before him, until he knew that the indictment had been legally found. It appeared that there was no competent autho rity to swear the witnesses before they went before the Grand Jury. Mr. Alderman VENABLES said on the back of the indict ment it was stated, " sworn in Court on Wednesday 3d July," and yet it appeared that there was no Court sitting at Clerken well on that day. The RECORDER said, it was a moat dangerous precedent; true bills were found against persons for capital felonies, and yet none of the witnesses were sworn by any competent authority. Mr. Alderman VENABLES said, the indictment was just as legal as if any one of the jury had sworn the witnesses in his own private shop. The RECORDER said, at present he would take no Middlesex cases, the bills upon which were found be tween Monday and Thursday, and he would take the opi nion of the Learned Judges upon the subject. All the London cases were right, and he would proceed with them. He desired the Clerk to make out a list of all the causes which had been tried upon indictments found on Tuesday and Wednesday When Mr. Justice GASELEE and Mr. Justice J. PARK ars rived, they had a long consultation with the RECORDER, and other authorities, in a private room, but the result did not transpire ; it was understood,• however, that they gave their opinion that the convictions upon all indictments found as described were invalid. Shortly after their Lordships came into Court, _ _ _ Mr. Sergeant ARABIN came from the New Court, and asked their Lordships' advice how to act ; several Middlesex cases were before him, and probably some of the bills were similarly defective to those to which reference had been made. Their LORDSH PS advised the Learned Sergeant to detain the Middlesex Jury until they heard how the matter really stood. They had sent for the Middlesex Clerk of the Peace. About one o'clock, their lordships were called out, and had another private conference. On their arrival again in Court, Mr. Justice GASELEE directed that all witnesses upon Mid dlesex bills which had not yet been tried, should go again before the Grand Jury on Thursday to prefer fresh bills, and that all Middlesex jurymen be permitted to depart, and to attend in this Court again on Monday next, to which day this Court would ultimately be adjourned, after it had gone through the London business. We believe that a similar instance of such gross error never occurred, and the consequences will be very serious. The pri soners already convicted, it is thought, must be discharged, and it is a question whether they can be again tried for the same offences; besides which a great extra expense to the county will be created in the prolonged attendance of a great rumber of witnesses, probably until the middle of next week. THORLAKSON, the poet of Iceland, who has translated MILTON'S Paradise Lost into his native language, inhabits a poor hut at Baegi.a. His chamber is sclrcely 6 feet long by four feet wide, and contains only his bed and 'the table on which he writes his verses. Its situation, however, is most picturesque, being seated be tween tbree high mountains, and is, as it were, sur rounded by torrents. His whole income is said not to exceed 6/. per annum. We should imagine that seal's flesh and train oil must form staple artic'es of his daily bill of fare.— Galignani's Messenger. TEN MILES OF PAPER.—Paper used to be sold by the sheet, the quire, or the ream ; ,but, in " the march of improvement," stationary will not remain sta tionary, and so' it i. now sold by measure. The following order was received from a pottery firm the other day. The writer, it be observed, gives his orders with as much coolness and indifference as though they were not at all extraordinary :--" Gentlemen,—Please to send us ten miles of your best printing tissue paper, in- length ; six miles to be '3O inches broad, and four miles 22 inches broad, to be wrapped on wooden rollers, according to the plan given' to' Mr. GEORGE FOURDRINIER." The object of Faving the piper of such great length is, that it may he printed from engraved cylinders, in the same way as call- Coss, Mr. WARBURTON, the worthy M.P., a large timber merchant, and proprietor of the ground west of WEverloo Bridge, on the Surrey side, bas recently added to the value of his property in that quarter, by erecting a number of excellent dwelling-houses, substantially built, and fit for the residence of the respectable class of society. THE ENGLISH ARISTOCRACY.—" They have had," observes a weekly contemporary, the " enjoy ment of the public wealth, of this, the richest and most ingenious of countri-s; they have been the models of ge neral imitation in manners and sentiment; their patron age has insured success, their name has been a passport; millions have lived and toiled for them, and in these latter days millions have starved for them. What, then, is the reaction produced on this indulged class? What is their moral state ? Has this exotic life been favourable even to themselves? Are they happy? With all their mighty advantages, are they good, great, virtuous, en _ lightened ? Do they enjoy their circumstances? Do they repay us? or is it all one laborious failure ? This is the problem proposed to himself by the author of ' Godolphin.'" LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 8, 1833. A Morning Contemporary gives what appears to be an official account of a draft of the Biil which has been prepared for the purpose of carrying the resolutions of Parliament for the emancipation of the slaves into effect. The measure is said to be entitled an " Act for the abolition of slavery throughout the British colo nies, for promoting the industry of the manu mitted slaves, and for compensating the owners of such slaves." In the very statute; therefore, which abolishes slavery for ever in the British colonies, the property or " ownership" of the masters in their slaves is formally recognised. In the preamble, however, if rightly described to us, the admission is not so broadly announced as in the title. The negroes in the former are called "persons holden in slavery in his Majesty's colonies," and the planters are termed " persons hitherto entitled to the services of such slaves." The Act, in its protective character, is to take effect from the Ist of November next, though it does not confer its full benefits on the slave till the Ist of August, 1834. From the beginning of next November the cart-whip will cease to be plied in the hands of a driver, or at the dictation of a master. The compulsory labour of the slave is to be reduced to 10 hours a day for six days in the week, or, in other words, to 60 hours a week ; the slave, though obliged to work these hours, is not liable to be flogged or to suffer corporeal punishment for any offence, unless upon conviction before a court of justice, a magistrate, or a justice of the peace ; and though the authority thus exercised is sum mary for all offences created by the existing laws of the Colonies, the passions of the owner or manager are likely to be less violent or out rageous when the administration of an oath and the process of a trial are interposed between them and their victim. If a greater amount of labour is exacted from the slave than the present Bill authorizes, or if, in contravention of this enactment, the owner commits an assault on his slave, the offending master is to be liable to the same penalties, 'suits, or actions, as if the slave had been of free condition. We hardly think that the Government can have well considered this provision. To tell a slave, poor and ignorant, and long dependent upon his master as he has been, that he has an action at law against him for an assault, is a mockery. The master has a summary remedy against the slave for disobedience, and we do not see why the slave should not have a summary remedy against the master. The master takes his slave before the justice of the peace to he flogged ; why should not the slave summon his master before the same tribunal, to be fined or imprisoned ? But supposing the objections against this mode of remedying the wrongs of the negro, which may be urged on the score of his poverty and ignorance, to be over come, we should like to know what kind ofjus tice a slave serving his master would meet with at the hands of a jury of planters? The interval of nine months between the Ist of November and the Ist of August is intended, we presume, to enable the planters to prepare for the state of " apprenticed labour " which is then to com mence. Originally it was intended that registra tion of an apprenticed labourer should b e op. p R wi. or. ,r , ,,,, Tl4,s Uank Stock 2+lB 7 3G 8I 3 per Cent. Ite : t 3 per Cent Cons. S3N 3 / 4 3'4 per Cent - Dato Red 96 1 4 3 /4 rqew :3% per Lent. finer t :eta Ann. 1720.... - 1 1 Per Cent. 1826 Bank Long Ann. to explre_ _ 1 :3n. 5, - IFtv• l7 1-16 Oct. 10, 1859 - Jan. 5, 1860 1 6 .74 Jan. 5, 1890 - April 5, 1880 Jan. 5, 1870.-- - PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Acr (IN 1,5,11,W. New per teat. lindia Stock Ditto Ronda 32 pm. South Sea Stock 97% Old Annuities 'New Ditto... ......... 86 c 3 per Cent. Ann. 1751 Ex. Bills, X 1,060 4 52 pin Ditto ..... .......500 5l 52 on. Ditto Sma rt Ditto Commercial pm Ditto Advertised Bank for Account India for Account Cone. fer Opening 9014 'HIS PAY AT ONE 0 CLOCK Austrian Bonds 96% Peruvian Bonds Belgian Bonds 93M Portuguese Bonds Ditto Acc0unt......... 93 1 / 4 I A ( Ditto Account 58% Brazilian Bonds 6Bl Regency Scrip ‘?3 dis. Ditto Account 69M 14 i Ditto Account 2lll dis. Buenos Ayres Bonds 22 'Prussian Bonds — Ditto Account 231 Ditto Bonds, 1822 10 3 ,14 Chilian Bonds 25% 5' Russian Bonds, 1922 10474 Ditto Account ' Ditto Account 104:!,'; Columbian Bonds Ditto Account Spanish Bonds, 1821 194 Ditto Bonds, 1824 2 2 34 i Ditto Account 18 1 / 4 % Ditto Acc , :mit 22% , Ditto Bonds, :823 l 6 l /4 Danish Bons 74 ,' Ditto Account Ditto Ace: , lit — 'French Rcntes, sp. c. —f --c. Greck Bonds 321?',- Exchange —f -?... Ditto Bonds, 1825 39 —3 per cent. —f —c. Ditto Account' 3914 , -- Exchange —f —c. Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent. 30% :Dutch, 21 p. c 495 9 14 Ditto Account • Ditto Account...... 49 M 9 % Ditto, 6 per cen' Ditto Account 37%; Ditto Account 92%% Neapolitan 92% French Scrip 4 1.; pin. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAT AT ONE o'cLocir. Paid. Per Share. Anglo Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) XlOO 11 1 6 Bolanos Mining Company ..£l5O 137 1 6 Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (iss. at 5/. pm ) £2O 50( Ditto National 17% . 23 Ditto St. John Del Rey Ditto Cocaes British Icon Mining Company £5O ColumlLizn Mining Co. (iss. at 5/.pm.) 5054 English Muling Company 12% General Mining Association Mexican Mining Co. £4o Real del Monte Mining C 0...., . — United Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 'N. pm.) 40 Ditto New Set ip 5 Alliance Fire Insurance Comp. I 0 Protector hisurance Comp. Australian Co. Canada Company l7 General Steam Navigation Co. . . __ lON £1 7 IS 17% .. National Provincial Bank of England 5 Provincial Bank of Ireland Due. Arrived. Arrived, Due. O America 1 0 Hamburg 0 0 Brazil O Buenos Ayres 0 0 Jamaica 0 O Carthagena 0 0 Leeward islands ... 0 2 Dublin 0 t 0 Lisbon 0 1 Flanders 0 I 0 Malta 0 1 France 0 1 Sweden 1 Guernsev &Jersey.. 0 2 Waterford , 0 _ VVATER, AT LONDON lIMOOR TO-MORROW. MrT log ...35 minutes after 6. Evening...s3 minutes after 6 ROYAL HOTEL, GEORGE•SQUARE, GLASGOW. TO THE NOBILITY AND GENTRY VISITING SCOTLAND. GEORGE COMRIE would respectfully express his gratitude for the patronage he has re ceived in THE ROYAL HOTEL, GEORGE-SQUARE, GLASGOW ; And he begs to announce, that he has still farther added to its superior accommodation for FamiliPs. It is in the most airy and retired, yet central, situation in town ; and its visiters have the use of a beautiful Garden Prome nade. It iv proper, too, to remark, that it iv the only Hotel in Ghsgow not a Commercial House, and that has exclusive accommodation for large Family Parties. G. C. has, however, offered a b,lndsome siloon as a public room for single travellers and tourists. Lack-up Coach•houses and excellent Stables are on the premises. Hot, Cold, and Shower Baths. On Fri,lay next, July 12th, THE NEW WORK by the AUTHOR of " Eugene Aram," '' Pelham," &c. Richard Bentley, New Burlington street. rbeJ& *ust. tienal ; but pursuant to a suggestion thrown out in the House of Commons by Mr. PATRICK MAXWELL STEWART, it is to be now impera tive, " without the previous execution of any indenture of apprenticeship or other deed or instrument for that purpose." But although the apprenticeship clause does not take effect till August, 1834, the slave is to have all the benefit of the intervening period in diminution of the term of his ultimate liberation. The resolutions stated twelve years as the duration of the appren ticeships ; the Bill is said to fix the end of that condition for the year 1845, or eleven yews from the date of its commencement. A distinc tion is to be made between the different kinds of slaves in our colonies, who are to be classed under three heads—" preedial attached," " pra dial unattached," and non-preedial." By the latter denomination must be meant domes tic slaves and handycraftsmen. The labour to be required from all will be only 72 hours a-day, or 45 hours a week; but it is said that a great distinction—and a distinction now brought forward for the first time—is to be drawn between the respective lengths of their proposed apprenticeships. That of the " ra dial," or sugar-plantation labourers, who always work in gangs, is to extend to the year 1845, while that of the domestic slave or of the artisan is to terminate in 1840. The former will have 11 years, therefore, of modified slavery to en dure, and the latter only six. The distinction is made between the two classes of slaves evi dently on account of the greater intelligence and fitness for freedom of the mechanic slaves. The plan will also have this advantage, and an immense one it is, that the field negroes left longest in a state of apprenticeship, will have before them an example of free labour, will see the advantages of providence, and will, for the remaining period they have to serve their masters, be learning the lessons they must prac tise as freemen. The Bill is further said to con tain clauses prohibiting the apprenticed labourer from working more than fifteen hours for his master over and above the forty-five which are ob ligatory upon him. We must confess we cannot see the reason for this provision. It seems to indicate that the framers of the Bill were rather doubtful of the efficiency of the protection against ill-treatment afforded to the slave, by giving him a right of action, &c. An alteration, of the nature we have suggested above, would probably remove the necessity of inserting this pro vision, which, as a check upon voluntary industry, may prove much more injurious than beneficial. It is said that the Bill will also prohibit the trans ferrence of the labourers from one colony, or even from one plantation, to another, and rendering the services of the labourers not transferrable or liable to seizure in execution of debts. The means of execution, we understand, are secured to the measure by enabling his MAJESTY, or the Governors of Colonies, to appoint Justices of the Peace, or Judges, to superintend its opera tion, and to take care that no colonial laws shall counteract it. A blank is, as usual, left for the amount of the compensation fund, which is to be raised by way of loan on the security of terminable or perpetual annuities, like those now existing, and paid in the same manner— that the Commissioners for the Redemption of the National Debt may contribute towards such a loan by the public funds in their hands—and that the moneys so raised by this Act shall be paid into the Bank of England, to an account to be opened at the Bank, entitled The West India Compensation Account.' The annuities thus created are to be charged on the Consolidated Fund, but not a farthing is to be paid to the Planters, till an order shall have been made by his MAJESTY, with the advice of his Privy Council, declaring that ade quate and satisfactory provision has been made by law in each colony, for giving effect to this present Act, by such further and supplementary enactments as may be necessary, and that every ' such order shall be inserted three several times in the London Gazette. " The distribution of the Fund is to be ef fected through the instrumentality of commis sioners, five being mentioned, we believe, as the smallest number (three of whom are to be paid), and these commissioners may demand the assistance of auxiliary commissioners in the Colonies, to be appointed by the respective governors. " The commissioners are to apportion the compensation fund' into 19 different shares, which are to be respectively assigned to our 19 different slave Colonies, having regard to the number and the sale price of slaves in each. The number of slaves in each is to be multiplied by the pounds sterling of their value, omitting fractions ; and the fund is to be divided ac cordingly." We have not space to-day for further com ment on the proposed Bili, nor indeed, after the full discussion the subject has received, is comment called for, except upon the new points which have been raised. We trust that what we have said upon the subject of giving the negro a more accessible remedy than an action at law, will be considered in the proper quarters. We would suggest also, with a view to put a stop to frivolous and vexatious complaints, which would else be likely enough to arise, particularly on the part of a man wishing to escape work, that the attendance upon the Magistrate, or Justice of the Peace, should be given during the hours the summoning party claims as his own. If injustice has been done him, his loss of time will be considered in the compensation or pu nishment ; if no injustice has been done him, the course we recommend will properly protect the time of the side unjustly complained of. The consequence of making bank notes a legal tender appear to be as little understood as the operation of the power of expanding and contracting the currency, which is again to be conferred upon the Bank of England. No notes should ever be issued that are not always of the same exchangeable value with gold. Their immediate convertibility into gold, at the option of the holder, is absolutely neces sary to their being on a par with gold. This proposition is incontrovertible. Before subjecting themselves to the imputa tion arising from a resolution to the contrary, the present CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER and the present House of Commons should have recollected the ridicule which a former Chancellor of the Exchequer and a former House of Commons brought upon themselves, the one by proposing and the other by adopting a resolution, that a Bank of England note for 1/. and a shilling, were equal in exchangeable value with a guinea, though the gold contained in that guinea could then have been sold for about 28s. as bullion. Before many months elapse,. we confidently predict that that resolu tion will be pronounced even less absurd than the present resolution that bank notes shall always be deemed to be of the same exchangeable value with gold, when it is notorious that they have not been of the same exchangeable value in time past, and it is manifest they will not he of the same exchangeable value in time to come. It is beyond the reach of human sagacity to foresee all the consequences that may result from any legislative measure, and if bank notes shall be made a legal tender in the way proposed, there will be peculiarities in our monetary system sufficient to confound all understanding—for silver, which in British coin is now by law about 61. per cent. in exchangeable value less than silver in bullion, will remain a legal tender for sums not exceeding forty shillings. Gold, which in British coin is equal in exchangeable value with bullion, is to remain a legal tender for any sum not exceeding 51., while bank note which have been sometimes thirty per cent. be low the exchangeable value of gold in time past, arc to become a legal tender for any amount above 51. in time to come. But these perplexities apart, it accords with human experience that wherever the Legislature usurps the province of omnipo tence by interfering with the natural course of things, the consequences never fail to recoil upon the authors. The Bank of England desires that its notes may be declared a legal tender, in the hope that its issues may be enlarged in proportion to the greater amount of its notes, which country bankers may be induced to keep in store in pre ference to gold, and in the further hope that the Bank may be called upon less largely or less frequently for gold. But these expectations cannot fail to be disappointed. As bank notes upon being declared a legal tender, will become lowered in exchangeable value in proportion to the difficulty of obtaining gold for them, so if country bankers were to offer bank notes to customers when they re quired gold, their own notes would not only be lowered in exchangeable value, but their cus tomers would probably withdraw their deposits, which, in the case of any well regulated banking company, arc not less than ten times the amount of its issues.* In order, therefore, to preserve their deposits, and to maintain the exchange able value of their own notes, country bankers will cease to keep any notes of the Bank of England in store, and keep a store of gold only, and they will very soon learn how to make the branches of the Bank of England subservient to them in this respect, so that a further conse quence of this enactment may be, that the Bank of England will find itself constrained to with draw most of its branches. Enforcing this enactment upon the CHANCEL LOR of the EXCHEQUER, the Bank of England has acted as it always acts. It looks to its own interest only, and overlooks the interests of the country at large. But the interest of the Bank is not to be promoted at the expense of the holders of its notes, whose interest in this, as in every other instance of its management, the Bank does not hesitate to sacrifice to its own. Its conduct in this instance also proceeds upon a further mistake which governs the whole of its conduct, namely, that it does not proceed according to the rules of every day transactions, but confines its views to situations of emergency which, if not produced, are most assuredly always aggravated by the unnatural course which is thus pursued by the Bank. We do not altogether despair of this part of the measure being yet abandoned ; but we have now no expectation that the renewal of the Bank monopoly can be prevented. We trust, however, that its renewal will be subject to the condition of its being abrogated upon three years' notice, and upon repayment of the debt due by the State to the Bank within two years after such notice. _ _ _ The only part of the measure which we like is the composition to be paid by bankers upon their issues, because the amount of the country issues which have hitherto remained unknown will thereby be accurately ascertained. It will thence appear that the country bankers never over-issue, but that the Bank always does over-issue, excepting for the short time that it finds itself constrained to contract the currency, in order to stop a drain of gold. No doubt, as currency prices are raised in proportion to the over-issue of the Bank, so the nominal amount of bills of exchange brought to country bankers for discount, and of the accommodations re-. quired by their customers, and of the opera tions upon cash credits, are increased in pro portion to the rise of prices occasioned by the over-issue of the Bank ; but in this respect country bankers are acted upon by the over-issue of the Bank of England, in the same way that the country at large is acted upon, and can no more help themselves than the country can help itself against the power of over-issue possessed by the Bank. • The Bank of England affords a remarkable exception in this respect. Its issues are generally twice the amount of its deposits. The Committee of the House of Commons on the state of trade and manufactures is likely to lead to some important disclosures. In the early stage of the inquiry, it was stated by a London banker, and others, that the country was never in so flourishing a state, and that, as regarded the East India trade particularly, no thing could be more stable than the houses do ing business with India. The recent failures, however, have opened the eyes of many Members of the Committee, who had placed confidence in the flattering statements which had been made to them ; and even Mr. POULETT THOMSON has admitted the propriety of further inquiry. As respects the home trade, it was stated by an eminent wholesale haberdasher and linendraper, that he had never known business more flou rishing. This statement excited the surprise and anger of a great number of London tradesmen, who immediately applied through one of the Members of the Committee to be allowed to give evidence. Their names were given in on Friday, and they will probably be called in the course of a few days. The accounts which they are prepared to give of the state of trade in the metropolis generally are afflicting. They will, however, excite less surprise than pain, as the public are pretty well aware of the real state of things. Perhaps a stronger proof of the depression in the metropolis could not be given than the fact that there are at this mo ment, in one street of London (Blackfriars road), 78 houses to be let, whilst in the environs of London the rents of the description of houses usually occupied by retired tradesmen, or persons in trade who have two places of residence, have fallen 25, and in some instances 50 per cent. Persons who are acquainted with the real state of trade must be astonished at the gravity with which a few individuals whose capital has given them advantages over the generality of tradesmen, speak of " national prosperity." There can be little doubt, we believe, but that the report of the Committee on trade and manu factures will, notwithstanding the known bias of several of its members, be of such a character as to make it imperative on the House Commons to reduce the burden of taxation the middle and productive classes, and le t fair and moderate tax upon property. Joseph Sandi indicted for brc to the London 17 spoons, one 1501., a neckchs snuff-boxes, sei property of Mr. . We believe it is still uncertain when House of Commons will be prorogued. A days ago the Ministerial calculation was 10th of August. It i-, now the 16th of Aug Others suppose the whole of August may over without prorogation. We understand that there are different counts as to the point of disembarkation of Constitutional troops from Oporto. Two three of the letters from Lisbon state that landed at Sagres. As it is difficult to cone what object the Constitutionalists could I in choosing such a point of debarkation, shad not attach credit to the statement until obtain better information. We have reason to believe that the afrtirs‘, Portugal will be immediately taken into cons deration by the British and French Cabine and, at the suggestion of the latter, the pr c tection of the new Government will be gra nt( to a Regency, of which neither Don MlGios nor Don PEDrto will be members. We hear a rumour—which we hope 0 1/ prove unfounded—that the Tory Peers are 0 solved on mustering all their forces to-morrd night, and throwing out the Local Courts Bil l in other words, that they have decided the shall be neither cheap nor expeditious justice 1.4 the people. This is a perilous experiment, leap in the dark, which none but dotards aI bigots would think of attempting. The Lod are clearly not aware of their position. The; have need of the scriptural admonition beiol hourly dinned into their long ears—" Let h 1 that thinketh he standeth, take heed lest h i fall." But the Bishops---the consistent, dis' interested, patriotic Bishops I—what shO, are they to take in this game of h a zard ; The country will be somewhat eu rid to learn, as the turnings and twistings ° the e slippery diocesans are just now the sup' jects of universal speculation. Peradventti° they may all go out to pray in secret for th i cause of justice, as they did (to a Bishop) tIO other day for the cause of humanity, when the question for their consideration was, whethe f the trade in human flesh should be continue d or not. If so, we trust that their deve thanksgivings—for devout they cannot choos° but be—may prove effectual. Di"o, rpc,olins.oisci,tr,ieltniedzotr,atdhtibeo ileiligatntoci?'"hje Of 0 tahpeperaertsrobgyratdhee movement Bat army til altt has been much retarded by the badnes s ab, c i aill;d v i l : idfre meee p :l r nur o cl t ily w op lok .8 _jam:hienrt, of the roads. The English and French fleets w re c i r n e fo l i V e n m g ei s a t s. anc i h 3o o t r h n fl e e a e r ts V a n in tr o la u , nt w ed ait t i o ng ro Criaa'lenl.losttbekeUna:rrekrYoesnemoted' on th eleven e n v u e m n b f e r r ig e a f t t e r s a , ns t p w o e rt litl , teens, i t t n i c a T l i l ih e s e r r i : e i N a ' l l e ) ve s s es s o e ; o i l l s w :O ths t f i h l N e v e a t r i , I :t e n ' d fromhe bull-tights, t e s t: nt ß ai e n ya li l tt c le av P li c e c m h e p et ap o e f is ti o le f S E a g t y u p r (I t i i s l o t sa n spuf t.heejeeakit ad Joh n t td e v jof e h x i of offends ielu a we eg m rniettdr i hnh n et , cades, and other official demonstrations, passe A P d ' vit ness. The off coldly. FERDINAND and his QUEEN COO' o w m t i h s er ß eby foi hardly awaken one cheer among the people? f r°n 2 Driso a n gle j; which greatly chagrined their MAJESTII S want " sureti very wen, a nd They were merely endured—not welcomed. 'week b efore tb ...---- COn VanY With The contents of the Gee man papers received h me t Sanderson this morning have been anticipated by the French ti e" ' H e Wu ma V i r L ENNA, JUNE 27.—Metalliques, 5 per Cent., 1 9 , 3 24 1 8 -1 . 6 j ditto. 4 per Cent., 86 3.16; Bank Stock, Zd g es t a llen. S Allgemeine Zeitung, July 2. " then 'deraon, on wh h ad n met The Committee on the Apothecaries , 1 va not seen A have this morning come to a resolution to the she i i ed d if 14 effect that it is not expedient to proceed with '"° ll eett ot 41)0 14 ng c ' the Bill this session. Tr . Bart.l We understand that Sir JOHN KEY, N ( N ) , ti b e e te tak e , one of the pa.riotic Members for the city of London, M. goin eo th ey g o had the good luck to obtain the Government and Es° India contracts for the sapp!) , of paper. We trust th 6 Catt l io rnt flu Hon. Baronet will not be thus prevented from attending , ah "ltt ' l e i "ap, to the wishes of his constituents in Parliament .-- Morning "e neetO ce t° I Paper. [lt the statement of our correspondent be correct' asked wtta th e t we apprehend a new writ for London must issue, as in did i addin -e " the case of a Member's accepting office. No Government then .asked , ~ 'eh contractor can sit in the House.—ED.] on ' t ithe b ,and On Thursday the members of the Navy Club th en , „ t hose t gave a splendid dinner to Sir JAMES GRAHAM, the Fita l the b eh - e e v ° ask tlepeod never be Lord of the Admiralty, at the Thatched House Tavern , sle pt do om edal St. James's-street, Sir GEORGE MARTIN in the chair' r that %e :.. t4 Upwards of fifty of the oldest niernbi rs sat down ; among / -d e e r eri a nace . o ; whom were Admirals ADAM. DIGBY, BERESFORD, OW in gs - Ption th CHESTER, DUNDAS, DONNALLY, HARVY, HARDY, Kiria' said fl i ,lasked RoDD, LAFOREY, MARTIN, GRAHAM, FLAMM'S, ROWLIgif he th ou () ; ho STOFFORD, SCOTT, TAYLOR, TROUBRIDGE, WEST; Car bette r g gh h t sl Irma AYLMER, BURTON, CLIFFORD. DUNDAII, DALLII 44 ' : li n' the h " 1 mosti,besidesters ;the other valuabletsalaryhe r co e l colonial l a 7u l ,mo g o o e nov t e s r p n e o a r r n s a d h n i n p v u s e a l il i 1: t i ll ' el ho i l l s . ee: takes asami FIELDING, FREMANTLE, GOOCH, GORDON, MARTIN' lodged. gee MEYNELL, PHILLOT, ROUSE, TOWER, BGC. Major General Sir BENJAMIN D'TT.,,RBA 0 , dres s -esir e Demerara, has been appointed to succeed General the n eithe ers). s K. C. 8., who has just returned from the government Hon. Sir GALBRAITH LOWRY COLE, G.C.8., the Go' wards "°neti sh tak en ii when e' h ofF ad eri vernor and Commander-in-Chief of the Cape of Good that Hope , who is to return home, his term of service having expired. The appointment of Captain General of the t hou se , s ; syq d ith sande u r elm paid L l o iy rd the ß C th a r p g e i is ft o on f e th o e f considerable patronage. Sir Lownr COLE was the sun' h -s "'and ; San cesior of the late Lord CHARLES SOMERSET at the Cape' "1;412 s a It, house,v l m e e e k t : at time with 11. colony,llth E i je S I FO R D was in close and secret I,db t ee t n kePt I conference with Glieral BOURMONT, for two or three , - , e t, ad n in os ee t r days before he sailed for Portugal. The " Great Captain oinf theprevailing Age " hart, we e h e Ex - French understand , G considerable aneralto a m i n b li a u r e k a ce to f ttt.e he this expedition. He hesitated only until he could be * ed with rest assured of pecuniary aid, so much wanted by King 111 1 ' i a ere ,, , rwn or t 1 Gnat. " Hope told a flattering tale," and Bouastora IS :,,-a-de no departed. tieneo i l l° r e' THE CROPS.—In the eastern and southern llngtv 1 ' ; b ' , eller ] parts of Scotland, the crops are looking superb. In OW , 4- ',. ward t r , sequence of the heat and drought of the month of ADP p e re Crow n fears were entertained for the hay crop, but the rain carve , lers ° t o k in th' very opportunely, and improved it much ; and if pre' 41,,, „ wane loo" and perly secured, it bids fair to he au average crop. As there is, however, abundance of old hay in the country, the 6,!xclersoan „ Sh price will scarcely be a remunerating one to the farmer' W door. "°-, barley, a W nc hzt a , n(iif crow th oats, e an r d ain, of present ‘vi,ieh :thinroesitlalrnuorwianbteettnppine:rr; ty a than enough, clear off, there is every prospect of an abufr t ftes a waY do, dant harvest. In the western counties, particularly M e to ose, h h e had and Argyleshire, the green crops wear an equally favoura ble b ondtw -0 ' r e '° ski as kld „„ pect.—Scotsman. , E , -ard t h LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, JULY 60-' -. witn e , %. The demand in the early part of the week was limitelf , ,j o j r am ; es li e and prices in consequence declined ; but since Tue,day tbe " n. ' F Davis, thr cbt 0 business transacted has been very great, and the marks . Air : ju closes to-day at the extreme prices of Friday last in Ame' ) Call uPn ! 6tie' inn descriptions, and at id. to 1 1 . per lb. advance i° ' The J ° ur Brz.z:ls. The import this week is 11,386 bags, and t be • Sanderson gales reach 35,560 bags, v:s.-770 Sea Islands, 13id• r e I P o nent o f tt 14 , 1, ; 120 stained ditto, N. to 11d. ; 12,060 Upland 818 Lords' ditto, B}l. to 9/1. ; '7,500 New Orleans, 8-Id. to 10Id.; !tY found S 8,080 Alabama and Mobile, Sd. to 9id. ; 2,000 Pernatne , 141. to III -d. ; 800 Bahias, &c., 90. to 1011 ; 1,6 40 Maranhams, 91d. to 1 ld. ; 60 Madras, 7p. ; 40 De' meraras, &e., 101,1. to 1014. ; 40 Carthagena, Sid. ; 25 0 Egyptian, 12id. ; and 2,200 Surats, 6d. to 7d. per lb* The inquiry has been limited to-day, but prices have been firmly supported. The long-agitated question of the Decal • priz -money is fixed to be head before the Lords of th . , Privy Council tomorrow. All the law Lords and 100.1 of the Cabinet Ministers will be present. 4( litLi.y 7; 341. ing the Atealin g to ttre e , kt . 'MILLI i OLT