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of sassing the Bill that session, and looking to the fact that the Noble Lord brought it forward to show that te wished to do something for the good of the public, Le should say but a very few words upon the subject. The Bill was one of very great importance, as it affected nail• lions of men, and in a very sensible way too, since it touched upon their comforts. If the Right Hoe. Gentle man thought that the evidence of the report alluded t o attributed the great increase of crime to the beer shops. the Right Hon. Gentleman had not read the report with the attention he (Mr. Cobbett) had read it. The evidence of that report—excepting the evidence of one or two of Sca clergy and of two hired overseers—did not attribute Cie increase of crime to the beer shops. There was an other thing in the report that ought not to have be, n published—it was a scandalous libel, and which might be made more offensive, since it could be copied with little danger. He alluded to the shameful evidence of an excise :elan, which was one of the grossest libels he ever saw upon paper. The parties were named in the libel—they were two men and two women. The latter• were ac cused of adultery, and the former were said to be partner• in the crime, and their characters painted in the very worst light. Ile was not surprised that the prying-, envious, and disappointed exciseman of a village should have given such evidence ; hut he was greatly astonished that the Committee should have allowed such evidence to be printed. In his opposition to the Bill he was completely disinterested. It would net affect him—it would lay no tax upon him; indeed the Noble Lord could not tax him in the way of drink, unless he chose to lay a tax on cows' udders. He hoped that he should bear no more of the Bill for the present session. Mr. FYSCHE PALMER said that the opinions un f vourable to the present Beer Bill were not confined to the clergy alone. There were gentlemen whom he had known for the last thirty or forty years who attributed to that Bill the increase of the crimes of sheep-stealins, poaching, and other offences. They said that those crimes were not so frequent before the existing Beer Bill had passed into a law. If the Hon. Member for Oldham would look into the evidence of the report of the Committee, be would find the names of the gentlemen be alluded to. That the pr. sent Bill made people drink somewhat more was not astonishing. By the Bill good beer was made more genersl, and when it was good, it did not give persons the stom•tch ache ; and adding to that its being sold at a low price, it was not surprising that a little more intoxication took place. However, he saw no further evils in the Bill, and he thought that a great deal that was said against its bad effects arose out of an anery feeling on the part of his fellow magistrates. Beer sellers could get licences without applying to the magistrates—they could obtain them from the excise—so that they were not so subsesvient to the magistrates, and passed them without condescending to take off their bats to them. This feel ing of independence and lack of courtesy was the cause of angry feelings o❑ the part of his brother magistrates, and he believed that the beer shops were allowed by the magistrates to run riot and become mischievous, in order that there might be an excuse for putting them down. If the measure before them was allowed to pass, nine tenths of the beer shops would be put down, because it would be impossible for them to get the six sureties required, in order to have a license. If the six sureties were taken from all England, it would be possible to get them, but two were to be of the parish in which the beer shop was to he opened ; and he would be prepared to show in Committee, if the Bill should reach that stage, that it would be impossible to get those two sureties. The influence of any neielehouring gentleman or nobleman would prevent it. He thought that if the Noble Lord let matters stand as they did until next year, that the small country beer shops, which were the chief causes of crime, would die off. He should, therefore, though reluctantly, vote against the second reading of the Bill. An HoN. MEat➢Err defended the Magistrates from the imputation cast upon them by the last Hon. Member, and coil that the Grand Jury of the County he represented were of opinion that the present Beer Bill was most per nicious in its effects. Mr. EWART agreed with the Hon. Member for Brid. port, that the Bill should not be pressed forward during th a present session. Colonel WILLIAMS thought that it had been proved, by the evidence laid before the Cemmittee that sat to lu g lire into this matter, that theeexisting Bill was most mischievous as to its effects on the agricultural districts. The only thing that could remedy the evils arising from er houses was to prevent drinking beer on the premises. He intended to propose in Committee an amendment to that effect. An Hon. Gentleman had said that the mea sure before the House would put down nine-tenths of the present beer houses. If so, it was a consummation greatly Co be desired, as it would relieve the country from many evils--from the great evils entailed by the present beer shops, of increasing the county and poors'.rates.—(oll.) Ile hoped the Noble Lord would persevere in passing the Bill, which, however, would not be complete, unless a clause prohibiting the drinking of beer on the premises were introduced. Lord G. BENTINCK said the report of the peer law commissioners attributed the riots and fires of 1830 to the beer shop. That fact atone was sufficient to call fit• legislative interference. He trusted that his Noble Friend would not consent to abandon the Bill. Lord HOTHAM (we believe) thought that Govern ment had done right in bringing forward the measure, and said that, if they persevered in it, he should give it his euppott. At the same time, it was his opinion that it would have been better if this measure had been brough forward when there were more gentlemen present. After a few words from Mr. F. PALMER in explana ion, Lord ALTHORP rose and sail, that since the existence of beer shops he bad not had an opportunity of personally observing their practical working ; but that it seemed to be universally the opinion of those who had the best op portunity of judging of their operation, that they had been the cause of a great increase of crime. --(Hear.) If this were the effect of the Bier Bill, no doubt could exist but a change ought to he made. The question now was, whether the system introduced by that Bill ought to be altered, or a limit put upon its operation ? In the Com mittee of the House upon the subject, on the Report of which the Act now in existence was founded, he (Lord Althorp) had objected to any limitatiiin, because be thought that although, in the first case, evils might arise from the introduction of a novel and not per fectly understood system, yet that those evils might shortly be got over. Now, however, be was inclined to think that Parliament ought to interfere, seeing that what bad been done operated differently from the expectations entertained from it. He was glad, in this view of the subject, that the Committee which had lately sat on the state of the Beer Laws had given in the report on which the present measure was founded; but the report had been given in at an late a period, that it was impossible anything could be done during the short period that remained of the present session. But still he thought that this was a Bill, the principle of which was to be approved of.—(Hear, hear.) He observed that the committee said, that the class and condition of persons who kept beer shops, ought to be raised, in order to insure their respectability ; but they also recommended that the satne rating which constituted qualification in the coun try, should also qualify person, to keep beer shops in towns. Now, it might happen that the sum which would be a fit and proper rating in the country, would be a great deal too small in tawny, and especially in large towns; and the way in which the committee bad proposed that this difficulty should be got over, was by allowing tba magistrates to fix the amount of the rating. Now in his (Lord Althorp'e) opinion, the practical effect of that would be, to place the licensing entirely in the hands of the magistrates; and he could nut but think it improper that such a power should be in the hands of individuals. He (Lord Althorp) had thought that some regulation ought to be observed in the granting of licenses, as to the respectability of the parties, and he had proposed a regula tion to that effect ; but the House was determined that no such regulation should be enforced ; and he did not think the rejection of his proposition sufficient to make him op pose a measure of which he otherwise approved. It was still his opinion that some test of respectability ought to be given before a license should be granted. And the course which the plan proposed by this Bid to ensure respectability, was not so much by certificates of former good behaviour, as by laying penalties on misbehaviour. They wished to add to the respectability of the parties by raising the amount of the license duties. He admitted that this plen was not as good as rating; but a general system of rating he thought impracticable ; and he thought that the sam e advantages might be derived, in a great measure, from this plan of raising the license duties. He (Lord Althurp) would be glad if this Bill could pass due. iee the present session; but seeing the opposition with which it was met, he could not say that it would be rea sonable to expect such a result. He did, however, wish that some regulation should soon be agreed to; and he should consider it his duty to introduce a measure early next ses sion, founded on the principle laid down in this Bill. He hoped, then, considering that it was not intended that the measure should be carried beyond that stage, and as the promulgation of the principles of the measure would be an advantage, that the Howe would agree to the second reading. Sir E. KNATCHBULL thought that it would be bes to delay the measure ; but if the evil increased, which le very much feared it would, be hoped that an early oppor trinity would he ta per na at session of bringing forward this or a similar measure. Mr. LLOYD said, that it was his own opinion, aid that of the Gentlemen about him, that the amount of the license proposed by this Bili was too large, and the hours to which the beer shops should he kept open objectionable. He thought that the effect of having different hours for beer shops and houses licensed to sell spirits would be to drive th e peop l e to the g i n shops. He thought it was better to postpone the consideration of the subject for the present, until some better measure could be concocted. He could not assent to the principle of the present He did not consider that there was any evidence to justify Magistrate s i n com i ng to the conclus i on to which many of them had come—that the increase of crime of poachers and of paupers in the country was to be referred to the effects of the Beer Laws as they at present stood. They said that the consumption of beer had increased. That he admitted was true; but the reason teas that it was cheap. Yet every evil was referred to the beer shops. He could say that in the county of Lancaster the poor rates were on the decrease, and in the county of Chester crime had, to his own knowledge, decreased of late; and he would ,ay, that when allowance was made for the in crease of the population, a general decrease had taken place in crime throughout the country. He could not therefore think that the evils complained of by the Magis trates could be referred to the effect of the beer shops. Mr. AGLIONBY said that the whole of the evidence taken before the Committee bore the stamp of exaggera tion. He thought the provisions of the Bill ought to be better known in the country before they came to any de vision regarding it. The Bill had, however, been so shortly printed that it could not be known, yet there never had been a measure before the House which had created greater anxiety or interest. This Bill was totally different from the recommendation made in the report of the Committee, and he thought it therefore could not be considered as a consequence of that report. He consi dered that as the Noble Lord had said that it was not his wish that the Bill should be carried through this Session, it would be better net to go further with it, but that before next Session the whole state of the Beer Laws should be inquired into, and a general measure introduced. He allowed that some alteration was necessary in the present law, but he could not agree to the principle of the Bill before them. Sir II WILLOUGHBY defended the conduct of the Committee, and said that they had come to their decision after most deliberate consideration. It was a most un founded accusation that the Committee wished to return to the old licensing system. Mr. S. RICE said that nothing was further from his intention than to accuse the Committee of any such de sign. The Committee was a very fair one, and was com posed of Gentlemen who maintained all views of politics, and they bad given what he believed to be a recommenda tion according to their sincere opinions. All he had said was, that the principle which they had recommended was bad, and not that they had any improper designs. Mr. CAREW O'DWYER thought that caution should be observed before passing this measure. Sir S. WHALLEY was unwilling that this Bill should be read a second time, because he wished for a general plan, and that beer shops should be placed upon a footing of equality with houses licensed to sell spirits. After a few words from Mr. WARBURTON, The Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed that day month. ROYAL :MARRIAGE ACT. Colonel WILLIAMS then rose to move for leave to bring in a Bill for the repeal of the Act 12 Geo. 111. cap. 11, commonly called the Royal Marriage Act. That Act had been in force for fifty-one years; and it would be difficult to show what good had resulted from it, al though it would be sufficiently easy to point out a great deal of mischief. It had been introduced through picque. It had passed that and the other House of Parliament with most indecent haste—having been introduced in the end of February, and passed in the early part of March. The Bill provided that no descendant of George 11. should marry till the age of twenty-five, and that he or she should not even then marry without the consent of the reigning Sovereign. These restrictions he considered as very disgraceful to the Royal Family, and put those Royal personages in a different and worse situation than the rest of his Majesty's subjects. It had been passed merely from a vindictive feeling, in consequence of the two Royal Dukes having formed English alliances ; yet it was not even asserted that they had done harm by that choice. The Act had created this mischief, that it prevented the Royal Family frotn making a choice of con sorts in their own country; and they had lately seen two very remarkable instances of the evil created, in the per sons of the late King and the Duke of York. George IV., never having an opportunity of seeing his Queen till the period of his marriage, felt very uncomfortable in her society ; and they knew the miserable conss, quences ; and there could be nothing more disgraceful than what had occurred regarding Mrs. Clark and the Duke of York. The unhappy result of the marriage of the late King had brought exposnre and odium upon the Royal Family and on the country. With regard to the females of the family, he would only say, that it was a cruel restriction. The whole of them had delayed entering the marriage state in consequence of the Act—thereby re straining themselves from the must delightful and natural feelings of human nature—(A laugh)—and the males were obliged to go the small states of Germany in order to look for consorts. He thought that, in the present reformed state of the country, they ought to endeavour to make the Royal Family as much English as possible. When George the Third mounted the throne, it was held out as a recommendation of his, that he was the first of the pre sent family who was born an Englishmen. It was to NI regretted that he was only an Englishman by his nativity, and not in his feelings. His mother had instilled notions into his mind that he was to be the King of this country, and nothing else. " George, the King," was what she always taught him to consider himself; and he (Colonel Williams) believed that the war with America and the war with France arose entirely from George the Third's German another.—(A laugh) He theught that this ought to be remedied. It was his wish that the males of the Royal Family should marry no :oriegners, or the females any foreign Princes, but that they should be entirely Eng lisp. Lord ALTHORP would oppose the motion. He ob jected to bringing forward a motion of this kind at so late a period of the session. Colonel WILLIAMS had no intention to press the measure through this session ; but he would be glad if the Noble Lurd would consent to allow him to bring in the Bill. Lord ALTHORP would consider it inconsiatent with his duty if he allowed even the first reading of the Bill to piss without such discussion as the suleject deserved, and that at the present advanced period could not be given to it. He knew that on the one hand there were great ad vantages to be derived from this Act, and on the other hand that there were strong reasons for its repeal ; but, undoubtedly, they could not then go into an argument upon the subject. On the ground, therefore, that the question involved too many considerations to be discussed at that period, be would consider it his duty to oppose the motion. Colonel WILLIAMS said that the only object he had in view in bringing forward the motion, was a conviction that the Royal Family would be more endeared, to the people of this country by being more nearly allied to them. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL reminded the Hon. and Gallant Member that the Royal Marriage Act did not prevent the marriage of members of the Royal Family, but merely provided that they should not marry without the consent of the reigning Sovereign, and that the reign ing Sovereign could give them liberty to marry at home as well as abroad. But even by the common law of Eng lend the reigning Sovereign had the right to regulate the marriages of his children, grandchildren, and the heirs to his throne. This Act, to he sure, went farther, for it extended the right to all the heirs of George the Second. He merely mentioned this to show that by the common law it was considered salutary that some restriction on the marriage of the Royal Family should be placed in the hands of the Royal Family. Colonel WILLIAMS then withdrew his motion. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at nine o'clock. ally put an end to slavery. it IV,V, on that account that he had given it his support, and however be might dis approve of some of its details, he did so on the pre sent occasion. He had said so much at present, it being supposed that he concurred in all the provisions of the Bill. He should make no ether observation, except an allusion to an amendment proposed last night by the Hon. and Learned Lord opposite (Wynford), upon which he had not then an opportunity of stating his opinion. He objected to the clause principally because he thought it would have been the means of endangering the passing of the Bill in the other House of Parliament ; and he objected to it upon principle. It was assumed that free labour would be able to compete with slave labour. In his opinion it was quite the reverse. Slave labour could not compete with free labour, an example of which he would quote in the case of the West Indies, which had only been able to do so by the protective duties, which he desired to see an end of. He hoped the Go vernment would next year propose to equalize all the sugar duties, and so far from supporting the Noble and Learned Lord's amendment as a boon to the Wtst Indies, it would be quite the reverse. The Bill was then read a third time and pissed. ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIEF BILL. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE moved the third reading of the Roman Catholic Marriage Bill. Lord WYNFORD had no more wish than the Noble Marquis to continue the heavy penalties on Roman Ca tholic priests for such an offence, but he could not agree to the present Bill. Those penal statutes, though rot repealed by Act of Parliament were now totally in disuse. He was sorry to see only one of the Reverend Bench pre. sent on such an important occasion. The Noble and Learned Lord was interrupted by a Message firm the Commons, brought up by Mr. BER NAL and others, requesting a Copy of the second Report of the Committee that sat upon Turnpike Trusts, which was granted. Mr. BERNAL also brought up the Bank Charter Bill, the Buckingham Palace Furniture Bill, the Forgery of Stamps Bill, the Cholera Prevention Bill, and the Metropolitan Police Bill, which were severally read a first time. The Message from the Commons having withdrawn, Lord WYNFORD resumed his speech. He objected to the Bill, not on the ground of its affording relief to the Priests, but because it altered the whole state of the Mar riage Law in Ireland. He would oppose any Bill which allowed persons not of the Established Church to marry persons of a different persuasion to their own. He should move that it be read this day six months. Lord PLUNKET contended that the Noble Lord who had just sat down was altogether in error in the view he had token of the Bill. The common law of Ireland was the common law of Scotland at present, and what the common law of England had formerly been, an i it was not necessary in Ireland that Catholic marriages should be celebrated in facie ecclesice. The present Bill re pealed only four statute., the 6th of Anne, by which Catholic Priests celebrating marriages with Protestants, were liable to he transported ; the 12th Geo. 1., by which, for the same offence, they were liable to the punishment of death; the 19th Geo. 11., by which a penalty of 5004 was attached to the offence ; and lastly, the Act 33 Geo. 111., which in fact was the first Act which restricted the penal severities against Irish Roman Catholics. After a few words in explanation from Lord WYNFORD, The Bishop of HEREFORD expressed his intention of supporting the Bill, to which he thought no reasonable ground of objection could be offered. The Right Rev. Prelate concluded by expressing an anxious desire that a nieaatire to enable Dissenters of all descriptions to be married within their own congregations should be intro duced to Parliament. The Protestant clergy felt it a most irksome and unpleasant duty to be obliged to pro nounce the marriage ceremony on persons many of whom, in their opinion, were guilty of blaspheming that religion of which they were Ministers, and he would take upon himself to assure the House they would willingly give up the fees they were in the habit of receiving to free them selves from that which they considered a profanation of their church.—(Hear.) The Duke of WELLINGTON thought the details of the Bill should be so amended in Committee that it should do no more than simply remove the penalty of death as against the clergy, leaving the general question of the celebration of marriage for further consideration next Session, when there would be ample means to draw up a code of laws for its regulation. The Earl of WICKLOW did not think any reasonable objection could be offered to the principle of the Bill, which was, that the penal statutes against marriage performed by Catholic clergymen al:mold be repealed—in his opinion a very desirable subject for legislation. His principal objection to the Bill was, that by repealing so many of the laws on the subject of marriage it would, unless an explicit code of regulitions was drawn up, be impossible to know precisely in what state the general law on the subject would be left. The Bill was also objectionable in not providing a prohibition against a clergyman marrying two Protestants. Then, with re spect to marriages celebrated by degraded clergymen, r according to the present Bill they were to be considered perfectly good marriages, and the penalties against the party celebrating it were to be at an end. Now that part of the Bill he thought particulariy objectionable, and should it go into Committee, which be hoped it would, he would use his best endeavours to have that, as well as other of its details, amended. The Bishop of HEREFORD observed that the penalties against degraded clergymen were still to continued in force. The Act of the 12th Geo. I. applied to marriages cele brated by " disgraced clergymen or Popish priests," and the present Bill only went to repeal so much of it as referred to the Catholic clergy. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE having briefly replied, The amendment was negatived without a division, and the Bill, after being read a second time, was ordered to be committed to-morrow. CHINA TRADE BILL. The order of the day for the Committee on the China Trade Bill having been read, Lord AUCKLAND stated the object of the Bill was to provide a substitute for the existing British Factory at Canton, by which the trade with China had hitherto, under the auspices of the East India Company, been ma naged. It proposed, in the first place, the appointment of three superintendents, to reside at Canton, to whom the entire regulation of the Canton trade should be en trusted, with power to appoint such officers as they might require to assist them in the execution of their duty, and to grant such officers whatever amount of salary they might deem necessary. It was likewise provided that his Majesty should be empowered by an Order in Coun cil to give to the superintendents so appointed entire power over the trade and commerce to he carried on by his subjects with any part of the Chinese domi nions, and in furtherance and execution of such power to erect any number of courts of justice, and to frame such rules and regulations for its observance as they might deem requisite. The powers which the Bill proposed to entrust to the crown were undoubtedly of a most extensive cha racter, but they were not without precedent; and, taking into consideration all the circumstances of the case, he contended they were quite justifiable. The principal ob• jection which he understood as likely to be urged to the Bill related to the mode in which it was proposed the esta blishment should be paid and supported. The plan which the Bill proposed was certainly not without precedent ; but, although he would contend there was nothing in the manner of the clause which justified the objection expressed to it, to avoid all possible opposition he had come to the determination of preparing an amendment which he trusted would prove satisfactory, Hi s pr„po sition was, in lieu of the charges mentioned hi the Bill as it stood, to levy an amount ofduty not exceeding one pound ad valorem duty on the amount of goods, whether imports or exports, and a charge not exceeding five shil lings per ton on the amount of tonnage; by which means it was estimated a fund amply sufficient to defray the ex pense of the proposed establishment would be obtained. A further objection to the Bill related to the proposed establishment of resident superintendents at Canton, without the authority or concurrence of the Chinese Government. in the first place he begged to remind the House that such an interference on the part of Great Britain towards a foreign State was not new ; and, in the second place, he was happy in being able to state that, from all the evidence which had been collected on the subject, there was every reason to expect the esta blishment of a well constituted authority to take the place of the Company's factory in the regulation of the trade would be well received by the Hong merchants, and through their influence by the Chinese Government. The Noble Lord concluded b y movin g that t he House res o l ve itself into a Committee . The Earl of STRAT HALLEN thou ght the establish ment of Courts of Jus tice within tie C hinese territo r i es , without the consent of i ts Government, would be fo un d a if i nh t not e result, a v lead to a total l oss o f t h e Chinese territories. dangerous one ewhichvery hazardous m might, gl Lord ELLENBOROUGH said there was not a sing le detail, even as the Bill t hen stood to which b e could accord his approval. The Bill proceeded to give the Crown a power of allotting to the superintendents and to any officers they appointed any amount of salary they might choose to demand. Now that he looked upon as a monstrous power, and one which Parliament should, be HOUSE OF LORDS, Auausr 20. The Scotch Burgh Bill, the Package and Scavage Bill, and the Justice of the Peace (Ireland) Bill were read a third time and passed. _ The Assizes Regulation Bill, the Irish Wine, Spirit, and Beer Bill, the Land Revenue (Scotland) Bill, and the Watching and Lighting Bill went through Committee. The Duke of WELLINGTON presented a petition from Rochdale against the Factories Bill. Lord WYNFORD presented a petition from Sir Har court Lees ag4inst the Roman Catholic Marriage Bill. SLAVERY ABOLITION BILL. The Earl of RIPON moved the third reading of the Bill. The Duke of WELLINGTON presented a petition against the Bill from the General Assembly of Dominique. Lord WYNFORD (lid not rise for the purpose of op posing the third reading of the Bill, but to state his determination to bring forward in the next session a Bill embodying those points on which the opposition to the present measure chiefly rested. Lord SUFFIELD said the Bill was one which would undoubtedly, Whatever other effects it might have, eventu- thought, be very cautious how they entrusted. Much had been said of the vast degree of patronage heretofore pos sessed by the East India Company in China ; but he had no hesitation in saying the present Bill gave to the King's Governme n t f or t h e t i me b e i ng the power of creating quite as much, if not more, of that power than the Com pany ever possessed. Then, with respect to the clause which provided for the expenses of the proposed esta blishment, he confessed that his objections had not been at all removed by the alteration proposed by the Noble Lor d. At the l owest ca l culation the annual amount of the dut ies proposed to be levied would be 87,5001., all of which it was evidently contemplated should be divided among the three or four persona who were to exercise the consular power of Great Britain at Canton. Surely such a sum could not be necessary for that purpose. Why, it was within 13,000/. of the whole amount of the estimates for consular charges during the last year. If the system of defraying consular charges by fees was under any circum stances to be defended it unquestionably was most inap plicable at the present moment to the trade with Chiva. The charge of 1/. per cent. ad valorem on goods, whether exported or imported, was fully equal to a charge of 2/. per cent. on the imports : and when he assured their Lord ships that the proposal of the Noble Lord would take off at least 20/. per cent. on th e poss ib le profits of the per sons en gage d in trade, be thought be was fully justified in asserting that the present condition of the commerce engaged in the China trade could not bear the additional pressure this Bill would impose. He ob jected to the establishment of a Court of Justice at Can ton. The Bill proposed that the superintendenta should not be permitted to traffic for either their own benefit or for the benefit of any other person. But he confessed be could not see how it would be possible to prevent them from doing so, vim. putting forth another person as the nominal merchant. He was unwilling to allude to a very painful and very disgusting case of recent occurrence, but that case proved how susceptible human nature was to disregard principles of honour, and even the approbation of one's friends, when personal aggrandisement came into question. And with such a case before them, he asked, what security was there that the provision against traffick ing by superintendents could be enforced ? The Noble Lord concluded by stating he had no objection to the Bill going into Committee, at the same time that he felt bound to assert it was a measure which never ought to have been sent up to that House from the House of Commons. (Hear.) The Duke of WELLINGTON thought the Legislature would be proceeding on a mistake if they supposed they had any right to appoint Commissioners to reside at Can ton for the management of the trade. It was true a British Factory had been for some time time established at Canton ; but even that body, notwithstanding the im portant position they occupied, were never allowed to re side there more than the few months that the British shipping generally visited it. With respect to the esta blishment of Courts of Justice he doubted very much whether, unless a specific permission from the Chinese Government was previously obtained, it would be possible to carry the provisions of the Bill in that respect into operation. After a few words in reply from Lord AUCKLAND, The House went into Committee on the Bill. On the first clause being proposed, Lord ELLENBOROUGH moved a proviso limiting the penalties to which masters of vessels and supercargoes shall be liable under the Bill to 500/. Lord AUCKLAND objected to the amendment as un necessary, and it was negatived. Upon the clause appointing superintendents, Lord ELLENBOROUGH moved that the word " two" be substituted fur " three," and that the words " or more" be struck out. The LORD CHANCELLOR agreed in thinking three enough, and would agree to the words "notexceeding three" being introduced; and that amendment was agreed to. Lord ELLENI3OROUGH objected to the power given to his Majesty to appoint superintendents at ports in China other than Canton. The LORD CHANCELLOR consented to an alteration which !net the wishes of the Noble Baron. Lord ELLENBOROUGH, upon the clause authorising the jurisdiction of the superintendents over the crews of merchant vessels, wished to give the superintendent the same power and authority over the crews of private mer chant ships i❑ the port of Canton as that possessed by any officer over the crews of his Majesty's ships. His object was to establish a maritime discipline, without which he thought great danger to the interruption of the trade would arise. Earl GREY thought the power to be so given would be too great unless a great nece•sity were shown. He thought the Court might be invested with a summary power in such cases sufficient for all the objects of main taining order in the crews. The Duke of WELLINGTON apprehended that they had no power to legislate for the jurisdiction of the Court at Canton, which could only hold its powers under the sufferance of the Chinese Government. One of the su perintendents was to be a naval officer, and he could see twenty means of preserving order among the crew of mer chant ships without giving him jurisdiction in the ships while in port. An amendment proposed by Lord ELLENBOROUGH, substituting "a Court" for• " Courts," i❑ the jurisdiction clause, was agreed to. Lord AUCKLAND moved an amendment limiting the tonnage duty to a rate not exceeding 59. per ton, or 10s. for every 1001. value on goods. The House then resumed, and the Report of the Bill was ordered to be received to-morrow. BANK CHARTER BILL. Upon the motion of the Marquis of LANSDOWNE, the Bank Charter Bill was read a first time, and the second reading fixed for Thur,day. The Cholera Prevention Bill, brought up from the Commons, was read a first time. Several other measures were advanced a stage, and the I House adjourned. MINORITY On Mr. Hume's Amendment before the Speaker leaving the Chair—That it be an instruction to the Committee on the Bill that they have power to provide for the repaymmt of the money to be advanced tinder the authority of the Bill, provided the amount shall not be repaid by the persons entitled to receive the tithes in the manner directed by the Bill, by making the amount that shall remain due chargeable on the funds arising from the Temporalities of the Church of Ireland. For the amendment (Tellers included) Against it Majority In the House ENGLAND. ENGLAND. Aglionby, A.—Cockermouth Torrens, Col.—Bolton Attwood, Thos.—Birmingham Tynte, C. J. K.—West Somer. limes, T.—Plymouth setshire Blamire, William—East Cum. Walter, John—Berkshire berland Williams, G.—Ashton Briggs, It.—Halifax Wood, G. \V.—Lancashire Broekiehurst, J.—Macclesfield Young, G. F.—Tynemouth Brotherton, Joseph—Salford Clay, %V.—Tower Hamlets SCOTLAND. Cobbett, Wm.—Oldham Hallyburton, D. G.—Forfarsh, Divett, a—Exeter Maxwell, J.—Lanarkshire Ellis, W.—Leicester Ewart, Wm.—Liverpool Fielden, John—Oldham Grote, Geo. —London Harvey, D. %V.—Colchester Heathcoat, J.—Tiverton Humphery, J.—Southwark Lamont, Norman—Wells Lloyd, J. H.—Stockport Morrison, J.—lpswich Parrott, Jasper—Totness Philips, M.—Manchester Potter, H.—Wigan Pryme, G.—Cambridge Robinson, G. R.—Worcester Ftomilly, J.—Bridport Scholefield J.—Birmingham SHUT OUT. Thompson, Ald.—Sunderland Dykes, F. L. B. —Cockerrnouth Todd, J. Ruddell—Honiton Ruthven, Ed.—Kildare MINORITY Of Nineteen, who, at a Quarter past 2 o'clock on Tuesday morning, voted for Mr. Blake's amendment in the 33d clause, to make the expenses for putting the measure in operation chargeable on the Temporalities of the Irish Church. For the amendment l9 Against it 49 Majority In the House . .....• * ""' 68 IRELAND. ,Blake, M. J.—Galway Co. O'Dwyer, A. C.—Drogheda Vigors, N. C.—Carlow Wallace, T.—Carlow I TELLERS. flume, Joseph—Middlesex Warburton, H.—Bridport PAIRED OFF. flail, Benjamin—Monmouth ITooke, W.—Truro (Sinclair, G.—Caithness-shire ENGLAND. Aglionby, H. A —Cockernaouth Brocklehurst, J.—Macclesfield Brotherton, J.—Salford .Divett, Edward —Exeter Evans, Colonel—Westminster Fielden, John—Oldham Grote, George--London Hume, J.—Middlesex Lloyd, John—Stockport Warburton, H.—Bridport O'Ferrall, R. M.Kildare O'Reilly, W.—Dundalk Ruthven, E. S.—Dublin ,Sullivan, Richard —Kilkenny Vigors, N. A.Carlow Wallace, T.—Carlow IRELAND. O'Dwyer, A. C.—Drogheda SCOTLAND. Arbuthnot, Gen.—Kincardine shire Gordon, Hon. W.—Aberdeenbh. TELLER. Blake, Martin—Galway We are requested to sta te that Colonel Evans sp o k e an d voted for the grant of 20,0001. for education, not a ga i nst it, Mr. G M.r. S. as would appear in some of the reports of th e d e b ate. It was C s . t J. l Ke l as my . sTynte (West Som erset ) , and not commonly reported, w h o sup ported Mr. Blamire's Bill for the " Ti t h es ' S tay of Suit " Stanley, at the 1 2 o'clock sitting on Tuesday (yesterday). Such splendid harveit weather as that of the last three weeks has seldom been known: had it not been for the lateness of much of th e b ar l ey -cowing, nearly the w hole of the crops in the South of England would by this time have been housed. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. Some curious statements were made last night, on the motion for the second reading of the Sale of Beer Licenses Bill. The opposition to the second reading commenced with Mr. Warburton, who moved that it be read a second time that day six months, on the ground, chiefly, that they were about to pass a Bill which affected the humbler class of persons, with whom, at that late period of the session, they would have no opportunity of consulting. Mr. Spring Rice was more anxious to account for the delay in bringing in the Bill, than to insist on its passing this session. The cause of delay was the referring the matter to a Committee, and the time taken up in the inquiry. What the Right Hon. Gentleman stated, with regard to the leaving no discretionary power to magistrates to grant or refuse licenses to beer shops is unanswerable. But the most curious part of the discussion was the statement of Mr. Fysche Palmer. He admitted that the beer shops made people drink somewhat more than they otherwise would, because the beer was better than that sold in the public houses, and men had a stronger temptation to drink good beer than to drink bad beer. By the Bill allowing beer shops, "good beer was made more general, and when it was good, it did not give persons the stomach-ache, and, adding to that, its being sold at a low price, it was not surprising that a little more intoxication took place. However, he saw no further evils in the Bill ; and he thought that a great deal that was said against its bad effects arose out of an angry feeling on the part of his fellow Magistrates. Beer sellers could get licenses without applying to the Magistrates —they could obtain them from the Excise—so that they were not so subservient to the Magistrates, and passed them without condescending to take off their hats to them. This feeling of independence and lack of courtesy was the cause of angry feelings on the part of his brother Magistrates; and be believed that the beer shops were allowed to run riot and become mischievous, in order that there might be an excuse for putting them down. If the measure before them were allowed to pass, nine-tenths of the beer shops would be put down, because it would be impossible for them to get the six sureties required in order to have a license. If the six sureties were taken from all England, it would be possible to get them, but two were to be of the parish in which the beer-shop was to he opened, and he would be prepared to show in Committee, if the Bill should reach that st ige, that it would be impossible to get these two sureties. The influence of any neighbouring gentleman or nobleman would prevent it." We are strongly inclined to believe that this statement of Mr. F. Palmer hits the nail on the head. It appears from it that the Beer Bill, by with drawing the houses from the influence of the brewers' monopoly, improved the beer—that it has secured the working people from being poisoned by the deleterious stuff which the monopoly forced on public-houses. The Legislature should be very cautious in depriving the poor of an acknowledged benefit merely on the ground of the privilege having led incidentally to abuses. Drinking is, we regret to say, the besetting sin of Englishmen. To drink beer, however, is far less mischievous that to drink . spirits. The spirit-drinker, by weakening his digestive organs, becomes in a short time a burden to himself, and a curse to all who have anything to do with him. As far as our experience goes, we should say that the spirit-drinker is gone beyond recovery—that he has not sufficient strength to abandon the vice. But the drinking of beer seldom injures the digestive organs materi.lly, and as Englishmen will drink, it is better that they should drink beer, than be driven by ale that gives them the stomach-ache, to the drinking of spirits. What is said about the conspiracy of Magistrates against the beer houses, and their connivance at the abuses, in or der to have a pretext for putting them down, wears a great air of truth. Before any inconsistent legislation is had recourse to, it would he well to make trial of what can be effected by subjecting them to the same regulations as public-houses. The Government seems perfectly aware of the necessity of withdrawing them from the magistrates in all that regards licensing. It is proper, however, that there should be a control over them. If facilities are af forded to poachers, thieves, &c., in these houses, the ohs vious remedy is to give a power to constables to visit them at all hours. Mr. Fysche Palmer thought that, by next year, the small country beer shops, which are the chief causes of crime, will have died off. Al lowing, with Lord Althorp, "that it seemed univer sally the opinion of those who had the best opportunity of judging of the operation of the beer houses, that they had been the cause of a great increase of crime," it does not follow that they ought to be shut, or indirectly put down. All great changes lead, at first, to irregularities. We can easily understand why, when the agricultural labourers found themselves in places where they were free from all controul, they should, like all slaves broke loose, abuse their liberty. But the remedy is not to add to the price of the beer, by exacting high duties for licences, nor to exact such securities as cannot be procured ; but to deal with the abuses as they arise. When the Magistrates see that they cannot put down the beer-shops, they wiil soon discover means of remedying the disorders to which they have given rise. The Bill was abandoned for this Session ; and by next Session more information will be obtained, both with respect to the nature of the evils which have arisen from the beer-houses and the mode of dealing with them.—Morning Chronicle. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. chiefly h2e sil .Eel yellow 0. syvs,nfTt,27dacklso3.Nem2Di INDIA 0 ~n6m,dS brown LONDON MARKETS. From the " London New Price Current" of yesterday.) s. SUGAR.-We stated last Tuesday the further advance of 2s. per cwt. in the prices of Muscovades, in consequence of the destruction of several thousand hhds of sugar at the Custom house fire in Dublin ; the estimated sales of last week were above 3,500 hhds and trcs, at the improved prices we have stated. The stock of West India Sugar is now 37,278 hhds. and trs., being 7,078 more than last year. The Stock of Mau ritius 103,446 bags, being 44,528 more than last year. The delivery of West India is 2,473 hhds. and tea., being 1,662 less than last year. The delivery of Mauritius is 5,388 bags, being 2,538 more than the corresponding week of 1832. This day the sugar market is rather quiet; the estimated sales are only 700 hhds. and tcs.; the prices are little varied. This after noon, by public sale, 134 hhds. tcs. Barbadoes Sugar were taken at 61s. a 665. for low to fine yellow. The business in the Refined Market last week was confined to small parcels for the home trade ; the exporters do not purchase for the present, on account of the advanced prices; very ord. to large lumps early last week were reported to be bought at 675. a 695, and small at 70s. and 71s. ; fine Crushed 365. and 375., but towards the close of the week the refiners would not accept these prices. This afternoon the market remains in the same uncertain state. The Refiners are confident of obtaining much higher prices. MAURITIUS SUGARS.-The public sales of Friday of 5,211 bags Mauritius Sugar went off with great briskness, the brown and inferior at the improvement we have noticed in West India Sugars, the fine sold low in proportion. This afternoon 503 bags Mauritius Sugar sold from 58s. a 60s. Gd., low to mid. yellow, which barely supports former prices. of East India Sugar last week were chiefly by private contract, 3,000 Manilla yellow were taken at 275. (id. a 285.; 200 boxes Refined, partly in blocks and partly crushed, sold at 335. and 345. mid, colour. FOREIGN SUGAR.-The purchases of Foreign Sugar last week were extensive ; three cargoes of Bahia sold, the brown at 255., the white at several parcels of Havanna sold, the o r e s na 3s s a n s 23 s . aos.ff36: gaotodpuwbhiiictesaPleerium,emres offered e e l d low 255. and 265. By pliblic sale this day 2,286 boxes white, and six boxes of yellow Havanna Sugar were offered, but found no buyers at last week's c , '4 4 tA a 'hl l ß' i eh' t - y ew a t hii 2 eth e sales prices, except for the yellow, for which 295. a 30s. were given ; the white all bought in at 355. Gd. a 375. Also 2,452 bags mid. Manilla Sugar, of which about half was sold at 265. per cwt., being a decline of Is. The market for Foreign and East India Sugar quite inactive. Average price of Sugar H. 14s. 41d. per cwt., which is nearly 3s. higher than last week's average. COFFEE. - The sales of East India Coffee last week were extensive; the whole sold at full Market prices, except Ba tavia, which went off at a reduction of Is. Gd. a 2s. per cwt.; good ord. Sumatra 565. a 385.; good ord. Samarang 595. a 635. ; 6936 i d 5 . a d day s b . y ;o public de m a s a n l d e f 3 40 r casksa Foreign British an d ord. to good Batavia 625. a 655, fxl. In Foreign there was no alteration, and few sales were reported. British Plantation ord. descriptions sold Is. a 2s. higher, the finer qualities were gEhieasloaacdntvotycoalonratdiando.i.dn-371CaBolowirsfrieedteeris.h, miilda.nlaamtioaiiicacaoendoaDcoomaiiiinicuaessotlod advance; v f , ormer prices, 102 s. a 103 s. Gd. having been obtained; 39 ban Mysore some fine Trinidad is now held for 755, and 70s. Gd. and 71s. has been realised for a parcel of good quality. Cocoa is in sl a e ßi a c ( ua l BR ANDY!, AND l IOLLANIis.-Rums are still held firmly for higher prices ; the sales are Leewards I over at 2s. - Ja 3d. , 27 over 2s. lid, a 35., 28 to 35 over, fine at 3s. 44. a 3s. Gd. In Brandy or Geneva there is little variation. TALLow.—Tallow is very brisk at a further advance, 48s. is this day quoted. IRISH PROI ISIONS.—The arrivals in the last week were of Foreign Butter 3,739 casks, of Irish 7,786 firkins, and of Ba. con 2,729 bales, with a further arrival yesterday of about 1„500 firkins of Irish Butter, and 1,080 bales of Bacon. There is a flatness in the Butter market, and prices are much the same as last quoted, say 80s. per cwt. for fine Friesland Butter at the quay; 735. on board for Limerick, 755. a 763. landed; 725. on board for Cork, 745. a 755. landed; 725. a 745. on board for 'Wa terford, 745. a 765. landed; and of Newry there are sellers at 70s. on board for next month's shipment, but no sales effecting. Prime small fresh singed Bacon we quote 38s. a 405., parcels a little out of condition as to weight, &e. 30,. a ads., and inferior from 225, a 28s. ' • Bale Middles 30s. a 32 5.; B e lf ast Ti erce dies 325, a 365., Limerick 365. a 385.; Belfast Hams 455. a 515., Limerick (small size) 70s, a 725. ; Belfa s t Bl a dd er L ar d 475., of '1215 ..Y;;;. COUNFRY CORN MARKETS DURING i 1 ...r.1 Wheat. Barley. 1 Gate'.. il a' $:/ 1 Per Quarter. s . t o s. s. to S. R . .to 19 4 BOP ton 45 58 24 32 16 ig 'l 4 Gainsborough --......— 57 34 -- 9,5 ,n Grantham ..............,. 53 67 36 41 17 90 ' 0 Grimsby 40 10 20 25 1 8 jg 3 5 0, Horncastle--.—.... 44 56 20 24 14 02 ,4 14 : Lincoln .................... 50 60 24 29 1 , 7 20 - f,',l j! Spilsby 46 54 24 26 1 .2 .... >', ', Stamford 46 59 29 30 17 2:4 is , • York---......... 48 66 24 35 17 / 0 CANTERBURY, Aug. 17. ...S.;:o , „ Wheat, white........... 575. to 635.....,. 01d......." - '...0. Or red......—...... 48s. to 6 , 's. 01d.........' 2;4..0, Barley, Malting —. 265. to 325.....,. Grinding.' 90.0. t") Oats ~ ,« ..,.....,,,,,,.,,,,,,,2 0s. to 255. 01d.............J.t0 , Beans —..---. 31s to 355.....,. 01d.........' 30i.tov Pease --,...—......... 30s. to 365. ..,-. Grey......""' NORWICH, Aug. 17. , .. $ „ 4 ...t; Wheat (per qr.) .... 44s 545. 58s. I Beans (per 9r.) :....... ......›1, 4 13 arley--............ 20s. 265. 28s. Pease, Grey...-";,, oil' fi ne (pers. • Oats --.....—... 20s. 245. 265. Flour, to MANCHESTER, Aug'. 17. ~ 04. 594 ' Wheat, per 701 b. B s. Pd . to 9s. (kJ. Red ...... : 4 a '9 I. Barley, per 60Ib 5 0 5 6 0at5...... - 0 5 Beans, per Imperi a l quar t cr 36 411 Pease, White, per Imp er i a l b us h e l g 46 Malt, per 6 I m p er i a l b us h e l s ,4 40 0 Flour, per Sack o f 2801 b. IRISH AIARKETS. A „g, 0 , 4 DUBLIN MARKET NOTE.-.FRIDAY,, '" . 4 ', / f From , I , ° 6 il I 271 Wheat, per barrel 20 stone 21 0 o ,„` 0 ~ ~ 55S 8ete....,,,,,-,,,,,.,,, 16 stone 10 0 ~ 0 "g i 200 8ar1ey...................... 16 stone 14 3 --- • 1,929 Oats —.......... 12 stone 8 0 12 o 1 9,7r5 Cwt. F10ur............. 9 stone' 04 95 0 .' 0 491 Oatmeal 8 s t one 9 6 12 Sold to Baker s on l 1 1 Y. 8,233 Cwt. Flour r, it 21 a_...sCAliks r 1 0 Af , 1 0 JI 1:3 •"' 0 9 9 1•2 ° , 21 O r o eF t i i , Average price of Wheat an, o. cd. P e nk to it ti Sales of Do. 9,705 to Receipt, of Flour, 12,455i 5ec Firsts, f ro 19e• 0,1 1 . to is ends, ~—.. from 0 Thirds, from j* PRICE OF BREAD. I Half Quarte Ji .1 15 0 id Flour Quartcrn Loaf. CORK MARK 4 I. 6 'TS .. . ... ...... .066... oe. Wheat (per 20st.) Barley (per 16st.) Oats (per 14st.) Flour (per cwt.) 5 0 /8 0 0 0 18 Oatmeal (per cwt.) cA _ to ,„ Beef, sd. to bd. ; Mutton, sd. to Scl.; Vealr"„e , Pork, 'id. to 2id. ; Fresh Butter, 10d. to BM. r o dtt PRICE OF RIMER. To the Merchants. To 411° First Quality ..................... 60 Second 7O ........................ 61 Third 6l ........................ 4 4 Fourth 54 ........................ Fifth Sixth ----- CL ONMELLMARKETS.—Aeo• 19 * F Per Cwt. d o 0 . s . d . s. d . `' New Butter 73 oto 0 Hides (raw) ....... 3 '' ' 0 Oatmeal 11 0 0 Bacon Pip ......... 1 0 Uendered Lard 36 0 38 0 Heads ............... 2 , 0 / Per Oi B Flo . . 34 ag ur, Thirds . - 1 0 32 0: F ou rths... o I. Per 0 arrel. V 0 ' Barley ................ a 6 . 1U OiCoals ............... , Per Stone. 0 5 Wheat 1 " 1 Wallow (rough)••• 0 4 Oats 0 ' ... Hour, Second ....- ---Houschold— Rapeseed ..........:LO 0 Bere 0 7/ 0 OjPotatoes ............ .1 Per ound. 0 " Fresh Butter I 0 I 2jMutton ...... ..N . . . 0 5 o c/I Beef 0 4 05( Veal ................. _. 0.4/#l,, • KILKENNY.—Butter 72i to 755. per cwt. ; to g I per barrel ; ' Flour 12s. to 325. per b ag; Oats 10,; „ , . ref ; Barley 10s. to 11s. ; Beef 4d. t o 54. Per e'r'ClO" to ; Potatoes 2d. per stone ; C oa l s I s . 2d. r Pigs 265. to 275. Od. per cwt. SCOTCH MARKETS. 0 1. 1 lies 0 ,; HADDINGTON CORN MARKEE.'"L 24 Poi Wheat. Barley. Oats. A -e „ect ,1 , 0,0 First 6os Od 31s Oct `2os Od ~„"n 7 001 ~,' Second s2s Od '2.5s Od 18s Oct -...,' 6,1 I _,,,,,fiF Third There were 380 qrs. of Wh ea t i n market,334 7.'"` 46 Unsold.-0 Grey. i nto Average 2l. 125.7t1.2-1' 15• 1 DALKIETH CORN MARKET.- - ' l l S ol e iod Wheat. Barley. Oats. „rn — od 0, 4 00 First 6os Od 29s Oct 21s 4d ." GO 7 Second 5BB Oct 25s Od 20s Od ,„" 0,1 ,y 0 Third 42s Oct 22s Od 18s Od `,..' regt , S°llfO rA I I On Saturday morning as the oe 0 i Hammersmith omnibus was proceedingb a10n ..,g o ff, ° li d ' at a rapid r a t e , th e o ff f ore - w h ee l su dd e nly fla"",:terlill threw the ve hi c l e on i ts s id e , t o th e great 0 1 : 4 5e d r ,i, of the p assengers , w h o b y t h e acc id e nt were laii, e mell together in the most ludicrous manner. (10 &4 was seriously hurt. Y isi ° NEW SYSTEM OF LABOUR IN 1' ,„l YAans.—The new regulations recently introda ti ,K: 0 the Dock•yards have caused considerable distil,. Je tfo , among the workmen. Since the first quarter O' et , 0 0 ,4 complete revolution in the system of labour has O l e ; i e n ,,ii duced into the Dock-yards, the motive for whi c oef i rtli° saving o, the public stores. The jobbing or 1 LIO', hitherto followed in the yards has been abolish e d ,' ol , i - c e l men have been placed under an entire new Pr te ic - o 0; sification. The practice of contract work g d o to - o' the necessities of the war, when extra labour ot ioti a rO; daily called for. I t i s sa id to h ave b een Pr id r 0 great loss to the p u bli c , f or w h en me n are f e - ry ing to the quantity of wor k d one t h ey a re not ' 3 , it° r thethi this evil conversion tiie of A,i in Admiralty resolved i a ve n a d 1 1 0 /1 4 ~, e o o d c e; 0 ' waste of public stores was annually the contiorn t o 1b ~., oi r i e u rn s ed in y old plan of fixed allotted labour and daily F a x i : '0 19 of being no such necessity for urgent deolo isc a r t P e ; tf e k i Pe me, the present has been selected as a Pri rra, b e t / p i . effect the change. It is in following UP t ' .- 4,1 a '-'lOll - the complaints have arisen. We un derb- -- ; to Admiralty, after havin ,, had six weeks' tr iai i : to ee to Persevere in carrying the new plans fully GP g BIRTHS. the _„„1 On the lith in s t., a t Houghton, Yorksh ir " r ely Hon. Charles Langale, of a daughter. o f 0 15° On the II th inst., d of the Oaks, in t h e count" the lady of Robert Briscoe, Esq., of a son. . oe' DIED. h 1 4". "C ( C ( ' rt at-, fill On the 18th inst., in Park-terrace, Blacko e r ov Jane Pearce, wife of William Pearce, Egb ,f ., 6ll :ry rl3°C of the Admiralty, and sister to the late Sir tse. - v id ,- Ba o rt n . the 15th inst., the Right Hon. Anne 3331.bar$ of O Green-street, Grosvenor square. . 0 0 0) s cl• n the 9th inst., at St. Peter's, Guern sey ' 1 0 0 Bartlett. of rw ° On the 12th inst., Mr. Alexander D uncan' ,ommon. ...11. 1_ ... ! . .......... "..- .- -.- 0, 0 u ' PRINTED AND PCBLi sIIED By 11: U R I r - i --- I SUN OFFICE, Ili, S Tai- ,,, 11 Limerick and Waterford 50s. a b2.s. ; India Bee f 1111,21,' 5/.. - 6 India Pork 5/. a 5/. 55, ; prime MeS6 Beef .5/. It o o3l, second quality 4/. 15s. a 5/. 2s. ed. ; prime MO' and second quality a ASIIES.-411 Ashes but little doing; Pric es m 'ta deal7 Or Ls.—Oils generally are better, and a go's' ititr'—d. them, both Fish and Seed. Considerable sales 0. O W have been made at 261., for monthly delivery uP A and on the spot 27/. ; 50 0 oe,P ;;; TURPENTINE.—The last arrival of Rough ',"„ipeCt at Ils. 9d., the same price is offered for the next ccl and refused. RICE.--There is no alteration in Rice. FRUlT.—Patras Currants are now held for %V' SPlCES.—Spices were in great demand last Pepper sold at 4 3 Aid. a 4 Md., good heavy 5 li d * '„ 3 04- megs scld rose Is. 2d. a I s. 4d . per lb., fi rst qua lity Is• I,ls,Fpef Mace was in request at Is. per lb. advance; Csa"istlif 2s. a 3s. high er ; Gi nger sold at 10d. advance. ThhroSitloi is dull, on acco un t o f t h e rise in pr i ces having Da parcels forward for sale, and also on account otoel, ly arrivals. Pimento was dull, and rather lower iagte 40 eri ~$ tive demand f or N utmegs has subsided. Bourbon ~Oren h to- ee d n ay in th r e eq /V u l e a s r t k ; et a i ls s recover in This Lignea,ng. afternoo n t f e of wh i c h sot 0 : 0 1s effected at 2s. a 3s. per cwt. profit on the Corripan , ;:4l per firmly supports its price, but the demand ha ° d; off t-00 SALTPETRE.—This day by public sale 2,098 b a g_ - , cefr , ter per cent. refraction, were offered ; that under 5 P.; O , bought in at 415. 6d., and 11 per cent at 40s• ; h , cent. 40s. were obtained, and 38s. a 38s. 6d. for ' 24 54 some not refracted were taken at ''qs. 6d. a 365- 10. 16/ price about Is, per cwt. lower than the last wee r icir INDlGO.—lndigo remains w.thout alteration in there is a little more doing. C OCHINEAL — Cochineal is in brisk speculative 'l O4 difficult to purchase at former quotations. o" ' Lac DYE.—Lac Dy e is i mprov i ng i n dernand,a -n purchases have been made within the last few daY'' tii P H OPS. — There is no alteration in Hops, the WO ° the estimated duty is still 170,000. t ber COTTON.—There is little d o in g in Cotton : bn4'ool/ are fully maintained, an d a f urt h er a d van ce is W l ' ticipated. ie si re Tab T le silkh , e and likelym market ke tot is be very firm; ainTea.—ln Tea th ere i s not muc h d o i ng ; the 1 0e varied. S s i i L d K e considerable, oar e t d h , eodnefccou andntc 0 , supplies being short. maint Toßacco.—A conside ra bl e b us i ness d o i n g .0 —„,ent Pt the amount of 400 hhd s. at higher prices, the lov.',;triii about 3 d, and about 200 hhd s low Vir i n ia sold a t j d and the lowest q u a liti es h e l d at 2 %d g a 3d, bei ng , ; l6 o. higher than the late sale s . Th e h o ld ers expec t a s advance in prices. Th e "poirob, tt it ., • < l ° T, ,~i MARRIED. On the 10th inst., at Stoke Damarel, Dev o den, .4 p Francis Briggs, Thomas' Briggs, Esq., of rt wi bter land, to Maria Elizabeth Archer, youngest Julian, of Eastover, near Plymouth. At St. Mary's, Islington, Mr. S. IL A i f ff of Captain B u tte r fi e ld, R . N ., t o Ellen, Yeaniv - s, late George Hugh, sq. ehu rch, 1 " 0 On the 19th o inst.. a E t St. Pancras New ~ -n ord oo, Mol ser o Esq., to Isabella, daughter of the late d 1 let bu t Pro li tn , Inc