The Sun. — London, England, 1844-06-04 00:00:00

!aty o vi t l e sugar. , a e ( laid ISt fall°t- e a fatia ez , . „ •••• . 'etes s i .* 5 °r l 4ll----he really did not think that much very little knowledge of the interior of the country; and Ile 41' ef -' could be placed_ on.. those. certificates. it was therefore impossible to say whether the gez eeet " not think they would be any better growth Of sugar in that country was produced ' th an the aiainst the sugar of Cuba or Brazil by free labour or not ; but in Java, Manilla, - co eetr eY were at the time of the war between this and China they had sugar the produce of free Iv o steu Y and France, when it was a notorious fact that labour. The Noble Lord then adverted to topics that their s gg ie d our goods into foreign countries, and they always raised a cheer in that House ; he said, why net h est Into ours, by - iiiens of forged certificates. Those sold the sugar of Brazil to Russia, and bring in ex- ta, ae ;_inainted with the sugar trade did not seem to change - for it same of the, produce of that - country. A 44, 14 2, same confidence in these certificates as the great deal had been said about cotton, tobacco, and t ' " r i'°o Baronet—those gentlemen seemed to have coffee. Now, with respect to those articles, none of them th l e Y ei li t e tle less apprehension in 1844 than in 1841, when could be fairly said or considered to be the perpetuation was „ er ential duty of twelve, instead or ten shillings, of the slave trade. The cultivation of coffee could be gtQatlT ° sed by the Government of that day. The carried on by free labour where sugar could not. If the .a.f 0 Jection to any change of duty then was, that the motion of the Noble Lord was adopted, the result would a fair e4sPeriment of the abolition of slavery had not had be the extension of sugar cultivation, and also the ex free I ,,L, r lal—that it was necessary to ascertain whether tension of slavery. The effect of the present plan, he s, cue could supply the place of slave labour. Had believed, would be principally visible in the sugar of Ne e ; Progress been made in the experiment of free Java and Manilla ; the plan would operate as a positive t h an labour in 1844, that they were not afraid of a premium on the extension of the cultivation of free fi e e g a e t The same differential duty thought sufficient sugar in those countries. An encouragement would be Pli e d to va r allanilla, and the United States, should be ap- given to their sugar in the first place ; but, in the second , I libia a .„`" a n ha and the Brazils. He thought that a pro- place, it would tell with permanent effect on the rise in in 18 e Linty of 635., as it ought to have been abolished the value of free labour sugar generally, on account of give ill' ought to be abolished now ; and he would its increased admissibility. With respect to the ex- Dot e e - reasons. The supply of sugar from 1831 had tent .to which it might stimulate the cultivation the e e n such, he believed, as to enable the people of of sugar in the East Indies, he believed they knew too tle e e li_untry to consume it to anything like the extent little of the resources of that country to form any esti -18,31C,°111(1 under other circumstances have done. In mate upon the point ; its immense productive powers Ike ef ' s , 32 , and 1833, there was an average consump- were as yet undeveloped. But, altogether, he did not whol e 'rota lelbs. to 201b5., of sugar per head on the anticipate that the increased quantity of sugar that rag e ,P"Pulation, whilst in subsequent years the eve- would be brought into this country, in consequence of heet e atl becom e so low as 171bs , and even 161bs. per this alteration, would exceed 20,000 tons, and this of re-juhis. reason alone seemed very . powerful in favour quantity subtracted from the general markets of the 41 0 re mon of the duties. In 1843 there was little world would not, he thought, much tend to raise the Itiee t han 171bs. of sugar per head consumed, whilst in general price of the article. The Noble Lord had dwelt (Rev th a smaller population, there . were 191bs.— upon the probable fraudulent introduction of sugar from fully in ear.) The consumption of tea had wonder- America ; but he thought there was not much danger of N itur ucrp .., aseit since the commencement of the present this being the case. The American, grower was not Coed , .hut sugar had not increased in Proportion, subjected to any duty in his own country ; but, if he si spi ;?rlng the increase of population, the consumption sent his sugar to this country, he bad to pay his duty. trea t c its and beer had rather diminished among the Again, - the price of sugar in New York had been for . the crease elposuraing classes, whilst in tea and coffee the in- last few years about thirty-five shillings, and in this 41 18 01 " ad been very great. The consumption of coffee lountry it had been less ; it would not, therefore, be the Ne t - was 7,851 0001bs • in 1841, 27,298,3221b5. The interest of the American to send his sugar from New 36 111 Ptio ' . ' ' „ )67 5 „„ 11 of tea in 1801 was 20;227,0001b5.; in 1841, Orleans to Liverpool, instead of from . New Orleans to ' 3 eaerOlbs. In sugar, the consumption, in 1831, was New York. Again, there was no class in America that tirse, ,Mhs• ; in 1841, 4,657,0001b5. . There was three did not clamour for protection. In this country some pared p amount of coffee consumed in 1841, as corn- were indifferent to it, and some were opposed ; but qsaawlth 1831, - w hil st t h e i ncrease i n t h e - consumpt i on in America all were anxious for it. And this was l otio n r e had b een so tr ifli ng . T he i ncrease i n the popu- a l so a grea t p o liti ca l ques ti on . Th e b on d o f the Ame keipe:uring this period had been from Bto 14. The .rican Union was not so close or so strong as not to be fed' ; -e e nt of Indian labour in the Mauritius had been affected by the result of this question on the slave eeeete. had been found successful ; and there had not states. The great mass of the sugar consumed in Arne ‘boer : 4 , same objection to the introduction of such rice was grown in the state of Louisiana, and he thought Oerit e -s , °r olerler. Lord Auckland, who was formerly op- that 'nothing was so improbable as that America, while ' I'4:lit be now that, underproper restrictions, it recognising the high protective principle, would allow ' t te e r ,"° successful. The Noble Lord (the Secretary this single state to become the victim, for the sake of Afri ca Colonies) had made some relaxations concerning introducing the principle of free trade in the single ar- ! farth e a labou r , an d he d i d not th i n k t h ey cou ld go muc h tide of sugar. The Noble Lord had said that the Go- , ° ltet t ',,, i n, that re s p ec t. A re d uc ti o n of the s ugar d u ti es verament shouldhave givengreater encouragement to the ' I kty '"' oe made ; but it should be effected on the ordi- introduction of free labour in the West Indies ;he did not • kti CnoiPles by which trade was generally governed, understand. that the Noble Lord had charged the ! • cone should not, merely for the sake of bolstering up Government with any neglect or want of vigilance as tles;isteney of some of the members of the Cabinet, to . the introduction of such labour. He conceded that 1 °tile i rom the long-established policy of commerce, not the West Indies were suffering under an accumulation of ' try . .. j 1 this; but in every other great commercial coun- disadvantages, and that, for the most part, the planters fiee e ar, hear.) ' His Hon. Friends b e hi n d hi m were had been losers. He knew estates that, in the year 1840, '4 ' , 4 e " r of placing all duties on sugar on a level with when England was paying what might be called famine I 4 11) a , our own colonial sugar,- but he (Lord J. Rus- prices for their sugar, left their owners minus to a con- ! 1 ' la t ° ald not duty quite so far. In a new state of things siderable amount. He did not deny that the position i to n do no duty had been imposed, it might be safe of the West Indies was one of very great difficulty 8 agh t ° ; but, under existing circumstances, he He could only say that the question should be considered t ' N. a differential duty should be made in favour with a view to the interest of the West Indies on the ' i kte, a, ( l . l vn colonies. After some explanation as to the one hand, and the circumstances of this country on the sa, ',3'he had not given earlier notice of the motion, other. He would say that it was not in the power of the l' titi top es - i aont to make, the Noble Lord laid the following: Legislature of this country to bring the cultivation of ~ toy ae n before the House :—" That, instead of the the colony into a sound state, even if the duty on sugar : e e 9tl Q ,: v ,Payable on brown mad Muscavado sugar, the was maintained for twenty years.—(Cheers.) It must ri i rteee °J. any foreign country be admitted at a duty of be brought about by the introduction of new labourers, p. on. shillings per cwt." He believed the Right an altered system of maintaining them, and the substi hqstiotientienaan sufficiently possessed the confidence of tution of responsible resident proprietors or tenants for , 4 t, a, ' e t oenable.him to carry almost any proposition ; absentee proprietors.—(Hear, hear.) That the West tli N erfetretheeless, he should feel it his duty to take the Indies had a crisis to pass through he had no doubt, and e'tile be House upon his proposal. Free competition all they-could expect from the British Legislature was tr ade .De the rule. Unrestricted competition to aid them as much as they could. That aid they now Opla i! Lord Grenville stated, was the straight and Proposed to lend them. They proposecrto lay a tax of i llea df i rae of wisdom. The Right Hon. Baronet had 10s. 6d. per cwt. on foreign free-grown sugar,, excluding ' ever ti e admitted the truth of this doctrine, and when- sugar from slave countries. That was a duty of 50 per M or t raltered our policy, whether we advanced in a pent. on the value of the . commodity. But if they had ,the y ° , a wide step, it should be in this direction. to deal with the West Indies alone, he would not be a to the proposal of his Right Hon. Friend.. 'After l e lo se t ianted duties for revenue, why then they should party lilt, te e ln; but as for legislating where to buy and to the changes which took place in other-countries—after the tariff of 1842, and the other .eliapges which have (, t e e Public themselves were th best judges of that 54 'l e taken place ' carpets alt that if they were to prescribe, in what - thought tere e t , the people should trade, it would inevitably Government would. be... open. to the imputation 0:- I, l ° industry and impair the wealth of the coun- of showing -undue favour to a particular class sa 4. hat remark was not needless; for there had at were they to - put a duty Of 10 per cent. on foreign terseese be en i ssue d papers offering' premiums from sugar, the growth of free labour, as a protection to sugar li 44 Ss a us4 ally supporting the Government, for' the best grown in the West Indi es . —(H ear , h ear. ) Th e W est I n dite_ had suffered most severely by ihe Act of Emanci- te 6 le e enoyerotection for the agricultural interest.—(Tbe v tlie i ;' , then read an extract from a speech delivered nation, but that interest was treated with some eonside- L', 4 at d i ' t h of February, 1783, by Lord Shelbitrne ! who raiiiirt when it - got a protection equal to 50 per cent. The ,rd re at time a Minister of the'Crewn. That N oble Noble Lord said that they did ,pot_ establish perfect con- • t 7 pa,, Probated monopoly as being always injurious j- sistency in their legislation on this matter. His answer 1- t rad: llt ing rivalry, which was the greatest - stimulus was that it was better to apply a good principle when it. , 1 1 :1)1. 4 2 and the most important instrument of human was practic'able, and alsolhat the proposition of the Go- te 'tee e T i ent. No nation was more bound to oppose vernment woulelstand.in a favourable light as contrasted more tl y than this country, which stood as it were be- with the proposition •of --the Noble Lord. It was not . Zt(ts cave old world and the new, and which having only e aconsistent in an extreme degree, but. in a manner op a ,P t i .tal, more trade, and more resources, than any incapable.of tolerable explanation, that they should go teethe i °n• on earth, should meet its rivals on any part to considerable expense in employing, it naval force on 4 gt °l3 '', content with fair - competition, and the cdasteerArriba,*bilt even shed blood for the purpose t e l lei stee c4l „ing more.) Such was the - opinion of of capturing slave-vessels going to the Brazils, and at t 4 w Q is et_the Crown sixty years ago—(Cheers)— the saine* . :tipie• give a, voluntary stimulous to the slave i t , era) ",ad not advanced much since. —(Renewed trade .by encouraging ahe.growth of slave-grown sugar. st ettN, jhey were creating - a 'new monopoly of is, There a wase•ahereforeaa •great practical difference be le the ' l nd, in which' they declared to various nations tween thCineliltraecif the. Government and the proposi -4 t e ll 'llse w eld, that they would no t t ra d e w ith thel. tion of the. Noble-Lord e as would be tested to-morrow te ore e eY disapproved of their institutions. It was but by the prieeeor - Brazilian or Cuba sugar, if that proposi tieed4l,e since that the prop os iti on o f f r e e trade was tion were carried. The Noble Lord had charged them et %4 re 4 1 )Y but a few votes in America. If this coins- with hypocrisy. -- That- . -wase:eue of the worst charges tae I ) , ,;° set the example .to other nations•it would that could be made against any men, because ) ,,M the ul lowed.—(llear,. hear.) But whilst we sue- it waseone_ of the worst rces.—(year, hear.) He p i ., l j,st te e sYstem of protective and prohibitory duties would•-not deny it, because . Free it would not be the , ta;',, g tlet s Y r excluded the corn and the timber and other less if . heedeniedie and; if it were not he was sure the al th o f those nations how could we lecture the in country- and posterity -would -do them justice. They poll ~t he of an enlightened commercial co_uyl - have noTers9nal . - mti . t ... i'ves in this matter, and Ail` 4 1 ‘' U ' e ar, hear.) He (Lord J. Russell) had lately their ..VieWs were in accordance with those of Dr. ' Ois, ettter from the Secretar of State for Forel n Lushington, Sir F. Beeeone Mr. Clarkson, and Mr. li t ) t . tl a .? the Minister of c a German State - , Which co - Stir l e g opipions . . were, entitled to so much on OoNve,eeture upon free trade which could have ve y sideratum on -the. subject. It was - true they woeld.ex . te ttlte eTht coming from the authority which mai - elude •the -produce of slave labour of every description; h a ' t Pt tri%structive dillies here.—(l - lear, hear.) Let s hut a hecause.they admitted ather..articles, the produce of Os 4 1 t e Principles for ourselves; and w7hen oth r slave labour, it was practically no reason why they Ile 4 44 b ° old see that England had taken a wise our e .: . 'iliould admit slave-grown sew. Looking to the in lv &t, ta m e i nefitgd by it, they would not be slow to follo teresCrirethe Vest India colonies, the necessities of the k ll k4 Of 1) ,. e • , If so, we should see men in authorify in- country; and the discouragement . of the slave trade, he du d es ' Uevising schemes for applying schemes to thought' the measure of the. Government the best that tiOt R e ar more destructive, employing their talents w could be .devised, and he left it with confidence to the t i 'Lle i t ' i m ' a t so as to make peace more beneficial, and judgment of the House of Commons.—(Cheers.) Q. Q. L ° ll e broth er h oo d a ll t h e nat i ons o f t h e w o r ld.. -Mr. LABOUCHERE commenced by defending himself (e . t ''' , te le ADSTONE would' not imitate the Nob e • and the late Government from the charge of inconsistency !is es l .)ef or w ander into topics unconnected with the su - which was brought against .them,- for which he need 't e t toe se e e ,the Committee. He would not go into t e only refer to the emphatic declaration of the late I te ' t a ' Pl a i n " ro n, and wend, and corn. He thought th t 1 , . 7Sydenham, who,Tvhen Presidealt of the Beard of , ti e te es that the Noble Lord was induced -to intr - 41940,;_deelared.lhateither at-or 'before the termination k L al, es, ii e _subjects by the poverty of his objections- o of the treaty with the Brazils, it would be the duty of is 1 t e te of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. T e the House to consider the question of the sugar duties, N. . la 11 ) tAry ,' would find that the letter of the Forei foreign and domestic. He` (Mr. Labouchere) adhered •Pe b ,,,Nti sa ") the Prussian Ministry Was founded upo to that declaration; when he was. Waited on in Liver-. tie 70, e c:lts contained in an article in the Edinbur z pool by persons connected with- the West. Indies. And of Z'Al e e l e ell was supposed to have the approbation f with regard to the consistency of the present Govern -1,4 pave ee ° rd himself.' It would be, indeed, a matt r ment, he must say, if he felt any resentment towards t'ift ; 9 tpi ti v , s ure upon the Government ,if they adher them for the handle theymade of the West India interest Se ar eat ti he Measures whiCh they thOught, under ye to turn out the late Administration, he was amply re tgalt th e instances, necessary in 1841. -In the latt r venged by.. seeing the Ministers of, this great commercial 41 „,,, , wh ich est Indies were going through an exper -' country - in the-face of that country and the whole world •qtit she e p r endered it imperative that the Gover - compelled to make such a proposition to the House as tins ttaa.fin take n o s t ep to enibarras those cOlonie . they e now made, and to defend it by' such: argu \teeNee7e Years h a d p asse d s i nce th e ex p er i me t Ments . as he' had heard.—(Dear, hear.) That it '''e , Gott a nd although the difficulties of the coloni was a novel and unprecedented' proposition no person i te ,eat tp eeat alt.eoeeether passed over, yet it had -be could deny, and, the arguments used in support of the i ' th c ,.‘ilti ta 'flat the permanent maintenance of t measure were in perfect harmony with it, for they were ''' i to -l e r se - 4n the present ' principle' was not necessary totally-novel and unprecedented likewise: The question , ay e , , tet ail c rt. The Right .Hon-Gentleman then wedt was ,one of such vastimportance in every respect that a e ta •m a (/' the different va,lues of sugars (Muscovad settlement of it was of first-rate consequence. And it 4°Petlel! 'Jayae 6 nod) in the, West India Islands, in Cuba, was because this measure was fraught with uncertainty giv en ' was ioenteoding that if the duty on all unrefined and. was rotten- in principle, because it'was not a final L am s e Q ab ue 345. per cent. an advantage would be settlement of the question, that - he -objected to it. kl 4 ar a a ' whieh produced and -exported as unre- Ire Would Suppose, for the sake of argument, that no • ° l ° et teee!nieerior to real Muscovado. ' The-Noble Lord door would •be ••opened te fraud by the measure ; but 1: 8 4) k tea,;; , l to °taunt the Government with want of admitting that, .he was prepared. to :.maintain that they 1 . 1 . °1 ), t 'd, la 4 u , r he had himself, in the period between incurred a positive and a certain evil fei the sake of a :PS, and p r i ) : l-l anged his own 'opinious o' n this queS- 'benefit . of a very substantial nature. TOlsegin with the a t he i t 'd th at ''', of sugar had in last year, considerably ,evils which would be inflicted by this . measure,.. the G0a,94144W. a,9 4 14 4 W. e ta r tse was a good reason for an alteration vernmezt might say that they were right in doing those 'F lia a g ave a he rise had been nearly 3s. per cwt., and- things for a moral object ; but no man would contend e‘itir l ' e °Diee ee n greater if it had not been'for the pre- that 'it was ,right 'to denounce, by their commercial 11 ' 4 sP: i ther,,T. that the law .would be altered this year. policy, such great countries as the Brazils—the West ql)liae,`ne e „`;:e're, into consideration the increasing de- India Islands, which- were • some of their most valuable t,: ea,QeteiV it rY to consume those articles which hold castemers.—(Hear, hear.) evils .person would-say that Peel l „ e ine /It w e n luxuries and necessaries, he thought the they ought to hazard such except on the most sub ,le le'ltaa ta - e nld .have been wrong if• they 'had not stantial and positive grounds.—(Hear, hear.) . In the 1 5 a' et ° °le Lg" of the increase, of price to alter the law. first place it was impossible to deny what the evil com- I 8 ed„, ord pr t . . • ta, 41 -of ° ested against the. introduction of a -plained .of by their merchapts who . traded with the L ,ar , ~ tile. ll)rohibitory and distinctive duties. But Brazils was. It was this, that . they could not procure 4 t a a . e.4' l , th e ° t l ? l ° Lord, in the ease of the. duties upon direct .returns for the goods ' which they exported to te: til e 'fles e e 4l Was. necessary to make a distinction Brazils.-(Hear, hear.) To continuo such a state of p o l: N . 5 1) whakates which encouraged the slave trade things was a great evil ; but it was more—they raised. a ,at, att `e Lora had nothing to do with slavery. But up,hostile feelings in those countries against them, which ti l l ; 4 14-i tl Raja , , W as-pleased to be witty' on another must be fraught, with fatal conseqUences. It -would lead tee le e 'n ire, ',.),_` Right Hon. Friend was introduc- to hostile commercial legislation against them. True, if .le-,;N1,r,--rs,ntla, t he custom-house, erecting Pulpits in these countries consulted reason only they. would not tel i u le l eere of , and making ' the land-waiters legislate on such absurd grounds ; but men were actuated IsPori i '' We a l t l t i' slavery doctrines.. Perhaps the by resentment as much as by reason, and they would trt,-„'ter,(into th' aaeY, that they e should. not introduce feel that an affront was put upon them by this country, - Is t ,„;a the ter-,pate n sniPs of War, and ereet preachers;-ulis upon and their legislation would be directed accordingly. it )31 ,14 44 1 1 \ i obi o lnl_ ake their captains bit in Nay more, he really believed that this principle of non -41,1, .etty ors of urd had made our captains of men-of- interference with these countries. would arm the feelings t ei ea ~saffeet ‘aanti-slavery doctrines, and preachers to of those countriestagainststhem everal day more and that vv- 4 4 11r‘ . the slavers in their passage between more, to prevent the effects of that influence which he btaft43 in aeil, The le' ° llk eo n , 'he policy of the present Govern- hoped this country would exercise everywhere in behalf hu to 4 r 3r, for a ' e nance with that steadily,pursued in of the negroes, which would be a source of greater tht: l 4 l 4 1 1 , - )P!,y fi , e v d ery •ong time past. It was impossi- calamity to them than this paltry measure of excluding 4 t ,, S at e 41 - s. ,„, rules to the varyin character of_ slave-grown sugar would do them any good. He agreed 1 . 4 "1t Y tr Jav-La" Noble Lord began by alluding to with the Right Hon. Gentleman who had just sat,down, -te, ll : a ed bat th e ' and objected that there could be no that they must guard themselves against overrating the Ivl l i``' th . 7 slav e P r ,°duce of that island would not be value of the change of duty, for that . no great influx of ease ch - at the auour. But he (Nir. Glad lone) be - 'forein - it sugar could be expected. illsstateinent was as- I l al W hel l e e ul d re en ly ab a , s a sate of society ,in Ja . va low as 207000 tons. Everything of this sort was ma -Its f tev e d r th e 'e him to ascertain with ' doubt vti,ue ; and he (Mr- Lahouchere) would be inclined and .r ee, th at „,,, Produce was slave-grown or not.. .to put it highr. But it was important when they came to . ar`L t. it we nat rent +v was made out that laZour in Java, considerahis question, to find how far the measure of the_ Ite a ; a ttit;;Paid a : ','as paid in proportion to the produce, .Government would . tend to . discourage sugar the'produce as s ' , th tabo o " -has r a t 1 .4 to : st ate ,) ri, s o far e a of a certain number of . dayl , - , of slave labour. In his opinion that, discourege-nent would qa i Pell e ,. thi n . 3 regarded .the occupatiori, , amount to a shade, or rather the shadov la shade. It ally t he a , 4 to h e ir In Java was this, that, no man' The Right Hon. ,or admitted that -o . the free the th e 1 the st a gs ho ur , -. a .. la nds against his rani- but if' lit'l labour 'stoma. produced in the East wee less than. 20,000 beli ev ed a h eOf th- L ' e4 cu ltivate 6 ' e w an la gs i ita Such was ' univer 1 lons. If that came to England, the _s . urphis would be Geld Ind' h e , - a. fr ee t n Java, and if a party cultivate_ sxported to Germany and other countries, and the Ice . Qr er t,.!hl a4ver, that quit it when he pleased. lii lof free-labour sugar in London and Liverpool , wouh be I . l r e shlt is ta , tie e s er th e G e o , it . a was the duty of those who : governed by its price in those countries. The . Ri g ht ays,, P : , tha t t r th e i a '"nment to have a certain nom • i Hon: Gentleman admitted that thig was - true in the' ,:tii, l it th at ;ere wag n d ;he ought, however, to say, main ; but then he said there would still be a shade 'of, ~ilauld not h eltr s ) ll lvory waasdnorno estic species .of slavery in ailvantftge in favour of free-labout sugar. .Airalait really, s -t a 1 1 s 'e th ''`) far w upon the point of death. fra shade of advaatage Allot alley ; were .15repared ,tca w ilt 1 3 , e e dien cul .as regarded this country, h ' incur eo 'Many evils ?—(Hear, hear.) He ehOught etven ' il l tli e 't l th 'l s adverted ki, ll oAjliord had raise 4 a shade was too strong an expression. He believed that - 0 10 4 - w ibis . ' I ; the trade between that a ton of Manilla sugar and a ton of Cuba sugar would, t ell se T. e d on not with merchants, but after this Bill had passed, be found very nearly of the " and they had therefore but - same value. The consequence would be, that the moment - THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 4, 1844. 7 7 WW this sugar was withdrawn from the general markets of the world, the vacuum would be filled up by sugar from 'Cuba and Brazil. Taking the whole, or very nearly the whole,, of the sugar produced by free labour throughout the world, he admitted that there might be some weight in the argument ; but, inasmuch as they could only 'take a part of it, and the rest must be exported abroad, it was idle to deny that by their mea sure the Government were encouraging the cultivation of sugar in Cuba and Brazil as completely as they would do by admitting sugar from those countries. The Right Hon. Gentleman went on to use a very singular argu ment when he said that, at all events, their consciences would be clear.—(Hear, hear.) If they went into a grocer's shop and inquired the price of sugar grown in Cuba and sugar grown in Manila, that might be a very good consideration ; but before they asked the people of this . country to subject themselves to the evils of non-intercourse, they were bound to show them that some practical discouragement ould thereby be given to the slave trade.—(Hear, hear.) He had hitherto dis cussed this question as if it would not open a door to fraud. The Right Hon. Gentleman, the Chancellor- of the Exchequer, had disposed of that question in a very summary way. He was surprised that any one could express a doubt that fraud would not take place. Now he (Mr. Labouchere) did not share in that persua sion, and he believed it was not shared by the mercantile community of this country.—(Hear, hear, from the Hon. Member for Dover.) - His Hon. Friend the Member for Dover, who- was connected with the West Indies, cheered that observation. He was- glad to find his opinion confirmed by so high an authority. Even the certificates of our own Custom-house officers were not to , be depended on with entire confidence ; but to talk of certificates of sugar coming from New Orleans, signed by the grower, the shipper, and the American authorities, as properly cer tified, was to him utterly incomprehensible. He be lieved that the value of a Mississippi certificate would be very much the same as the value of a Mississippi bond.— (Laughter.) He was inclined to think that the =would be found equally prejudicial to the honesty of both those documents.—(Laughter.) He defied the shrewdest mer chant to tell what would be the precise effect of this measure. He felt convinced at least of this, that, founded as it was upon false and untenable principles, it would prOduce nothing but mischief to our commercial interests.—(Hear,) He agreed with the Right Hon. Gen tleman that the character of this country should stand clear upon this subject of the slave trade, He had never been disposed to' sneer at, or to treat with disre spect, the solemn and sacred feelings which pervaded this country on the subject of the. long injuries of the negro race.-- e (Hear; hear.) He was satisfied that the conduct, of this country in that respect was one of the brightest pages in her history. She might have made mistakes; she might have suffered disappointments; but, nevertheless, her conduct had been actuated by that which lay at the root of England's greatness—her moral and religious feelings.—(Cheers.) But the more he re flected on that subject, the more he felt the importance of exhibiting this country to the world, not only unconnected with hypocrisy, but with folly; and he - very much feared that foreigners would form the same opinion of us which our own merchants did in reference to this question.— (Hear, hear.) He believed they would not stand any higher in the eyes of the world, for having embarked in a course which every man, woman, and child, who considered the subject would be able at once to see did not accomplish its own objects.-= , (Hear, hear.) He would not go at any length into the question, what might be expected from the United St a te s ; but he agreed with the Right Hon. Gentleman, in doubting whether the inducement to supply the English market with sugar under the scale of duties proposed by the Government would greatly' affect or modify their policy. —The Right Hon. Gentleman then read an extract from letter addressed by Mr. Innes to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in support of this view.—The Right lion. Gentleman had adverted to the effect of this measure upon the West Indies. He (Mr. Labouchere) had never thought that they were absolved from their duty to the West Indies by the payment of twenty millions for the emancipation of the slaves. He could not vote for the amendment of the Hon. Member for Bristol, because he believed it would have the effect of imposing a larger differential duty on the-people of this country ; but, if the Government had proposed to reduce the duty on fereign Sugar to thirty shillings, and that on colonial sugar to 225., he, fOr one, should have rejoiced at such a proposal, and he believed the Noble Lord the Member for the City of London would have given it his support. He really thought that in the present position of the revenue the Government might safely have made such a proposal. Ho must say, in conclusion, that not withstanding the opposition made to the proposals of the late Government, he did hope that when the Right Hon. Gentleman had, as a Minister of the Crown, to consider this 'question in all its details, he would not have pur sued a course, the benefits of which were, according to his own sheeving, of a doubtful and visionary cha racter. He had hoped that he would have cast pb litical consistency to the winds, and that he (Mr. Labouchere) would have had the pleasure of supporting him in those great commercial :reforms which were needed by the country. Mr. P. M. STEWART said he had hoped that when the question of emancipation had been settled they would have been fairly dealt with, There seetneelto be' much uncertainty and ignorance on the part of the Go • vernment with respect to this measure. The Right Hon. Gentleman, the President of the Board of Trade, had put a question to him (Mr. Stewart), whether if the West Indies were to be supplied fully with free labourers, he would propose that the Government should maintain a differential duty of even 10s. per cwt. His answer to this was, that they had been kept out of a supply Of free labour for ten years, and now, at the eleventh hour,' a measure like this was proposed. Was this fair treat ment ? They crippled a' man, and reduced him to a state of starvation, and then threw him into an arena of competition. He said that if they had prepared the West Indies five years ago for this change, and if they had then given them the supply of labour which was now contemplated, that would have of 'itself settled the ques tion of differential- duties. The Right Hon. Gentleman, the President of the Board of Trade,'was mistaken in his estimate's of the produce of sugar under free labour Red slave labour in the West Indies. The average of the five years preceding 1883 was 201,777 tons, and the average of the three years after free labour was entirely established was only 107,000 tons. To show the depre ciation in the value of West India property he had pro vided himself with a comparative statement of the cost and produce of an estate ten years ago, and at the pre• sent time. Ten years ago the average cost of the pre duce on the estate was 5,405/., the crops were 367 tons, the cost of production being fourteen guineas per ton. This year the average expenditure was - 6,5001, the crops 264 tons, the cost of production being 24/. 12s. per ton. This difference had arisen from the payment of high wages, and from a reduced and inadequate supply These colonistswere opposition to this measure. When slavery was . upon o l n abo: .h r i .-- ch (l t l h e e ar, W h e e s a t i Indian abolished, this country promised the c olonists of the ' West Indies a supply of labour, but that supply never came. Now, however, when the Government disco vered their , error, simultaneously with the supply of . labour, did they throw open the West Indies to com pnglish—to treat them in this manner. Had there been etition with the rest of the world ? It ems unfair—un an ginterval of two or three years afforded, and during E that time a supply of free labour provided, the present measure would have been received very differently by the West India proprietors. Under existing circum stances, he contended that' a great hardship had been thrown upon the colonists. It was said that the West Indies were an integral part of Britain; why, then, were the colonists not treated as British subjects ? The West Indian planter was, to all intents and purposes, a landed proprietor, and why should he not be treated as one ? His produce, however, was debarred from corn ing into this 'country. They were well aware that rum was almost excluded- from Scotland, and Ireland. The duty on native spirits was 2s. Bd. per gallon in 'lreland, and in Scotland it was 3s. Bd., while the duty on rum mas 9s. 4d. In England the duty on the native spirit was 7s. 10d. per gallon, and rum was 9s. 4d., and the consequence was, that the consumption of rum in England was one-third of the whole consump lion of spirits, one hundred-and-twelfth of the whole consumption in Scotland, and in Ireland it was only . a six-hundreth part of the whole consumption of spirits in the country, so that, in fact, rum was excluded. He thought the - proposition of the Noble Lord on the whole a salutary one, and was of opinion that it was preferable to admit sugar directly from foreign countries than in the roundabout way in which its growth was' at present enconraged.-- e (Cheers.) Mr. HUME . agreed with the Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down that the best interests of the colonies had been sacrificed by the policy of the Govern ment. This Government, as well as the former one, was Much' to blame for not providing a proper supply of labetir. The question had been laid before Lord Glenelg, but he had taken no effective step. The Right lion. Baronet had taken up the question, but in a manner unstatesmanlike and impolitic. He felt certain that the Government measure would not give satisfaction ; there was no, security in it, and this meddling sort of policy, which proposed a gre a t d ea l an d did not hi ng , takewould d apit in a away confidence and p reven t t h e i nves t ment of the West Indies.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") The consumption of tea and coffee had greatly increased since the commencement of the present century, but sugar had not at all increased in proportion. Those specious arguments in favour of 'the abolition of slavery were now seen through by the country, and there was a general and a just feeling abroad that we had no right to dragoon other countries into our mode of action. They should be left to think and act for themselves on the question of slavery, as well as 'on every other question. What would we have said twenty-five years ago, if any other country attempted to force- upon us anti-slavery doctrines? Why, we should have indignantly rejected them. And as for the idea of excluding slave-grown sugar by certificates of origin, it was nothing more or less than a perfect farce. —(Hear, hear.) The fact was, we were sacrificing the most important parts of our trade to this anti-slavery mania. Might we not as well import our sugar directly from Cuba and Brazil, as trade with those countries which directly encouraged its groWth?—(Hear.) - Mr. T. BARING, clid.not quite agree in the justice. of the • Arguments advanced by Hon. Gentlemen opposite. He, thouglitit would not be so difficult as had hen an ticipated to prevent the importation of slave-grown esugarinto this conetry by the certificates of origin; nor. did be think that there need be any apprehension 'of Our - importing slave-grown sugar from Java or Manilla, be cause the distance between these countries and Cuba and• Brazil was too"great to admit of their importing sugar from them with the prospect of exporting it into this 'country- afterward& China was not, as had . been e ,steced, an experter sugar. lie believed, it was at present an' iniporter. e e(llear,_ hear.) He had never heard that there was any arrangement by which such an evasion of the American Customs' regu lations could be effected as the Noble Lord, the Member for London, supposed. He did not think that if Ha vannah sugar were imported into Louisiana, and had paid a duty of 12s, that amount would be returned, and the sugar be allowed to be exported: The countries which produced - sugar by•free labour would have the great stimulus to production which was well known to be given by open markets, whereas the slave countries would be confined to the - markets to which they now had access. In Brazil one-half, or two-thirds of the 'population were slaves, who were paid no wages, and had few wants above the demand for the merest neces saries of life. If the trade of this country with Brazil shOuld be increased, the goods which the Brazilians would receive in return for their produce would consist chiefly of such articles as could be used in the purehase of more slaves for the extended cultivation of the land ; whereas the goods received from us in exchange for the produce of free labour, would be purchased by the labourers out of their wages, and for . the increase of their own comforts. He should, however, have thought it-more advisable if this proposition of the Government had been deferred until the whole subject of the sugar. duties had been revli!wed, and the question had been decided whether our system of direct taxation should be continued and extended. The MM. Gentleman con cluded by stating that he never gave a more conscien tious vote than that which he was now about to give against the proposal of the Noble Lord, the Member for the city of London. - . After some observations from Dr. Bowring, Sir John Hamner, and Mr. Gladstone, Mr.. EWART rose amid loud cries of " Withdraw," and "Divide.";--Seeing the feeling of the House he would postpone the motion of which he had given notice till t he bringing up of the r e p or t. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw ; the House divided; and the numbers were--• For the resolutions ' ' 197 For. the amendment l2B Majority for the resolutions The resolutions were th en p u t an d agreed to, and the House having resumed, the report was Ordered to be brought up on Wednesday. ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS BILL. The Ecclesiastical Courts Bill was postponed till Friday next. . LLOYD'S SHIPPING. NOTICE TO MARINERS. Admiralty, June 1, 1844. - Sir,—l am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to transmit to you herewith, for the information of the Committee for mana.ing - the affairs of Lloyd's, a copy o f a di s p a t c h f rom 'het 111Lajesty's Consul at Elsinore, reporting an alteration initllc day mark of the light ship at Dragol. I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, (Signed) JOHN BARROW. To Wm. Dobson, Esq., Lloyd's. (copy.) - "Elsinore, April 9, 1844. "My Lord,—l have the honour to inform your Lord ship that, according to a notice from the General Board of Trade and Customs at Copenhagen, dated the..l6th inst., the light-ship at Dragol will, instead of the red flag hitherto shown, be provided with a day-mark simi lar to that which, as reported in my dispatch No. 5, is destined for the light-ship on the " Knoben"—viz., a large ball, 41 feet in diameter, formed of twisted iron bars, and painted red, whips to be constantly hoisted at her fore -top, at an elevation of 56 feet above the level of the sea.—l have, &c. (Signed) " HENRY GEO. KUPER. " The Right Hon. the Earl of Aberdeen, &c. &e." UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, JUNE I.—There will he an eleettion at Exeter College on Sunday, June 30, to a Fellowship, open to natives of Devon, Somerset, Dorset, Oxford, Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Hants, Middlesex, Kent, and Cheshire. Candidates are requested to deliver to the Rector cer tificates by affirmation of their birth within the counties specitied, together with certificates of baptism, and tes timonials from the College or Hall of which they may be members, on or before the 24th of June. It is neces sary that they should be at least of the standing of " Generalis Sophista" in the University. There will be an election at Worcester College on the 22d instant of two scholars on Mrs. Eaton's foundation. These Scholarships lead to Fellowships. Candidates must deliver to the Provost on or before the 18th instant, a certificate signed by the ministers of their respective parishes, and by two or more inhabitants, that they are sons of clergymen of the Church of England, and want assistance to support them at the University, together with letters testimonial of their moral and religious cha racter. THE POOR-LAW (IRELAND). Sir J. GRAHAM moved for the following Select Committee on union workhouses (Ireland) :—Sir Edwd. Knatchbull, 'Mr. Loch, Lord Eliot, Mr. Ord, Sir Robert Ferguson, Mr. Vesey, Sir Henry,Winston Barron, Mr. Shaw; Lord Courtenay, Mr. French, Mr. Bellew, Mr More O'Ferrall, Lord Claud Hamilton, Captain Jones, and Mr. Bra,mston. In answer to a question from Sir R. FERGUSON, Sir J. GRAHAM Laid the object of the Committee was to inquire into the report of Mr. Pennthorn, in cluding some statements of Mr. Nicholls, respecting the building of poor-houses. Lord JOHN RUSSELL wished to know from his Hon. Friend (Sir R. Ferguson) who was a member of the Landlord and Tenant Commission, whether it was probable that that Commission would present their Re port in the present session ? Sir It FERGUSON thought it was unlikely that it would be. The Professor of Poetry will deliver his terminal lec tures on Wednesday, the sth, and Friday the 14th inst., at two o'clock, at the Clarendon. A congregation will be holden on Tuesday, the 2d of July, solely for the purpose of admitting Inceptors to their Regency. Congregations will be holden for granting graces and conferring degrees during the present term, on the fol lowing days :—Thursday, June 6 ; Friday, June 14 ; Friday, June 21; Saturday, July 6. The examiners in Saara Theologia have appointed Wednesday, the 12th inst., for the next examination. Candidates are to deliver their names, together with their testimonials, to the Warden of Wadham College, on Sa turday, the Bth inst. The Rev. A. B. Starkey, Fellow of St. John's College; R. Ormsby, Fellow of Trinity College; and A. J. Chris tie, Fellow of Oriel College, have been nominated Mas ters of the schools. The motion was then agreed to. Mr. S. O'BRIEN obtained leave to bring in a Bill for the appointing of, chaplains to lunatic asylums, county infirmaries, and fever hospitals in Ireland. The Bill was read a first time, and ordered to be read 12 second time that day fortnight. The House then adjourned at a Quarter to Twelve o'Clock. Mr. Macmullen's grace was finally refused on Satur day last. Mr. A. C. St. John Mildmay, of Merton College, and W Mr. odehouse, of Exeter College, have been elected Fellows of the former College. The electors of the Pusey and Ellerton Hebrew Scho larships have appointed Wednesday, the sth instant, and following days, for an examination in the schools, pre vious to electing a scholar on that foundation. An examination of candidates for Mrs. Kennicott's Hebrew Scholarship will take place on Friday, the 7th inst., at the Clarendon. Candidates are to deliver certi ficates of the time of taking their degrees to the Vice- Chancellor at least three days before the commencement of the examination. DR. WOLFF'S MISSION TO BOKHARA. The following extract from a letter addressed by Colonel Williams, R.A., her Majesty's Commissioner, to Captain Grover, contains the latest intelligence of the Rev. Dr. Wolff ; it is dated Erzeroom, April 20, 1844: " The Tatta,r, frora Teheram, has just brought me news to the 29th ult. The Governor of Meshed had sent Dr. Wolff on to Bokhara under an escort- of 270 horse (Turkomans), we therefore need not bo apprehensive for his personal safety." The friends of the Rev. Gentleman and of the captives will be gratified to see that the Earl of Aberdeen's kind exertions have removed all difficulties. Messrs. John Rich and C. F. Fuller, from Westmin ster School, have been elected Students of Christ Church. Mr. Arthur Knox, from the Grammar School of Tun bridge, has been elected a Fellow of St. John's College, on the foundation of Sir Thomas Whyte. Upwards of thirty noblemen, gentlemen commoners, and commoners, were on Thursday matriculated as mem bers of Christ Church. Rev. N. Twopeny, of Oriel College, has been presented to the rectory of Little Casterton-cum-Tolethorpe, Rut landshire, value 2541., per annum ; patron, Hon. C. C. Cavendish. The Lord Bishop of Exeter has presented the Rev. E. Woolcombe to the rectory of Cheriton Bishop, Devon, value, 321/. per annum. - B. Pafford, Esq., has presented the Rev. R. Stephens to the vicarage of Dunsford, value 2971. per annum. Sir J. St. Aubyn, Bart., has presented the Rev. J. W. Johns to the vicarage of Crowan, Cornwall, value 451 L per annum. The Archbishop of York has presented the Rev. B. Richardson to the perpetual curacy of Egton, Yorkshire, value 331. per annum. The Bishop of Ely has presented the Rev. W. B. James to the vicarage of Harston, Cambridgeshire, value 2441. per annum. The Bishop of Winchester has presented the Rev. A.B. Hill to the rectory of Wonston, Hampshire, value 9671. per annum. The Rev. W. Lewis has presented to the Rev. R. Gee, of Wadharn College, to the vicarage of Abbot's Langley, Hertfordshire, value 2701. per annum. The Lord Chancellor has presented the Rev. J. R. P. Berkeley to the vicarage of St. Clair, Cornwall, value 2451. per annum. The Rev. E. Nevile has presented the Rev. John Evans, of Christ Church, to the perpetual curacy of Whixhall, Shropshire, value 152/. per annum. CAMBRIDGE, JUNE 1.-At a congregation just held, the following degrees were conferred : D.C.L.—John Vaughan, St. John's College. B.D.—Thomas Paley, St. John's College. B.A.—John James Beresford, Albert Cockshott Bland, William Fellowes, and John Jaques Wedge, St. John's College ; Cecil Long, Trinity College ; Richard Ilbert Phillips and Walter Chamberlain, Corpus Christi Col lege ; Shadrack Seaman ' Queen's College ,• John Henry Gore Clough, Christ's Co/lac ; John Edward Sabin, Emmanuel College ; Isaac' Wilkinson, Downing College. Ad Eundem.—Frederick Goold, 8.A., and Joseph Cousins, 8.A., Trinity College, Dublin ; David Ander son, M.A., Exeter College, Oxford. Licentiates in Physic.—John Henry Webster, Jesus College ; William Henry Drosier, and Henry William Fuller, Caius College ; Arthur David White, Pembroke College. • _ Saiimel Robert Carter, 8.A., has just been elected a Foundation Fellow of Emmanuel College. Arthur Wolfe, 8.A., has just been elected a Founda tion Fellow of Clare Hall. THE CHIJECH.—The following appointment has just taken place :—The Rev. John Moore Heath, M.A., Fel low and Tutor of Trini+Edtlegc, to the vicarage of En field, Middlesex. ) neaustl. THE WEATnEn'llticWitioes.-11-ue deferred is making the farmer's lieartdiek ; foiti ifionth's unbroken sunshine with occasional sharp frostarrthe morning and evening, has blighted his fairest prospects. There is only one advantage in the continued drought, and it is comparatively a very trifling one—that late potato and turnip ground, recently worked, is pulverised as fine as powder, : but our accounts from every district in Ayr shire represent that all else is out of joint—for even on the latest moss and clay soils that grain brairds are languishing, while on thin sandy lands they are quite yellow, and, we fear, under no alteration of to miterature will recover their vigour. Ryegrass is even Nmit - se : on the most moist land it has set prematurely, and where being cut in the neighbourhood for sale, or soiling, falls very light to the scythe—while along the coast lands crops of rye-grass and clover, that with variable weather would have produced from 120 to 160 stones per acre, do not carry at present more than from 30 to 40 stones. Pastures that seldom failed since 1826 to afford a full bite, are dry to the roots of the plants, while near the shore the shade of the grass-lands cannot be distinguished from the sand. Add to this list of the distresses of man and beast, the scarcity of water—that requires in some cases to be carted miles—and some idea may be formed of the doubts and difficulties with which the watchful husbandman has in this ular season to contend. Under these circumstances: t ,e, prospects of the coming harvest are far from encou king. We are not fond of indulging in gloomy forebodings ; but although copious rain vouchsafed early might yet banish the yellow tint from the wheat blade and from the oat plant, which is more of an aquatic, an average yield is scarcely to be ex pected ; and barley, beans, and peas have suffered still more from the want of an adequate supply of rain, that indeed has not fallen in sufficient quantity for nourish ment since the seed was committed to the ground:—Ayr Advertiser. NEWLY-INVENTED SPECTACLES, TELESCOPES, OPERA. GLASSES, MICROSCOPES, &c.--=Messrs. .5. and B. Soloinons, Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Picca dilly, haVe succeeded in effecting a most scientific im provement in Spectacle tend Telescope Lenses, ltc*.; of the greatest transparent power. The extraordinary advantage derived from this invention is that vision becomes preserved and strengthened and very aged per: ions are enabled to employ their sight either by day or candle light at the most minute occupation, and can see with those Lenses of a much less magnifying bower, nor will they require the frequent changes to! further helps as the Spectacles now in common use. Also newly iin vented Achromatic Waiscoat-pocket 'Telescopes and Opera Glasses which are invaluable at the smi-sidesand on the race-course, as well as at the theatre; &c.—E% ry , kind of Telescope for Shooting,. Sea purposes, aud,ltrn stand for astronomical observations with the celebrated Lenses of the most clear transparent brilliancy ;Abe powers are so great and the Lenses so bright and bril liant that minute .objects at an extraordinary distance are brought completely under the eyeo.—Spo!tsmen, Tdurists, and sea-side vi;iitors will indeed here hav'e a treat.gr: d a i t ate Theirtobd in sta vi n si d h i l n e g V e o x i t e r e em C e e enr a tto o r i g t i i ‘ e 'e a s im fnCaution.—Messrs.. Caution.—Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, Opticians and purists, :are not in any way connected with a person reliefl of the same name in their immediate neighbourhood, nor in any part of the country. To prevent mistakes, be cautious, and observe.—Only to be had at 39, .A.lbe marle7street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel. MR. `D' IsRAELI S 44 vONIAGSBY."—We are re quested to state' that a second edition of <i Coningsby, or ./lie.trey:Generation," by B. D'lsraql4 Egg. ; M.P., in 3 vols. post Bvo., is published this day by, Mr. Colburn, of Great Malborough-street, and may now be bad of all booksellers, and at all the libraries thr9ughout the kingdom PRINCESS'S THEATRE. As the time for the departure of Madame Thillon draws near, the desire to hear her, and the enthusiasm of her admirers—and they include all who have had the happiness of hearing her—appears to increase. She appeared last evening for her last representation but three, and long before the rising of the curtain not a seat was to be obtained in any part of the house. A rich treat had those, who were so fortunate as t o procure p l aces, for never did this accomplished artiste appear to greater advantage, never was she in better voice, and never was the marvellous flexibility of that voice more beautifully exhibited than it was last evening.,ller fioriture in the scene with llenrique, in the second act, was absolutely astonish ing. It is impossible for those who have not heard her to form the remotest idea of the exceeding beauty and exquisite taste of her singing. ller 'great natural powers have been cultivated to the highest possible pitch of perfection, and our fair countrywoman now takes her place as one of the most accomplished artistes in the world. She was called for twice at the conclusion of the opera, and was received each time with showers of boquets and shouts of applause. A new . pieee, entitled the Alchymist's Daughter, followed ; and, a thing of very uncommon occurrence at this theatre, was anything but successful. The audience certainly gave it a fair trial, and waited most patiently before they expressed their disapprobation. It was strongly cast. Eugenie Prospere, Morris Barnett, and Wright, sustained the different characters. The latter, by his looks, kept the audience in good' humour while he was on the stage, and Prospere exerted herself to the utmost ; but even Prospere's exertions were insuf ficient to save it from condemnation, and the curtain fell amidst a storm of hisses. The beautiful ballet of Leah followed, which completely restored the good humour and satisfaction of the audience. MELANCHOLY A CCIDENT AT MORICE TOWN WHITSUNTIDE FAIR.—On Tuesday evening a boy lost his life, and several other persons were injured at Morice Town (Devonport) fair, owing to the breaking down of a swinging machine. The machine in question is a hol low wheel, about thirty feet in diameter, within which boats," as they are styled, are suspended, and it is whirled round in a vertical direction, instead of horizon tally, like the well-known " roundabouts," by iron wheels in the centre, similar to the improved windlass. It ap pears that when in full motion and a number of passengers were thus suspended in the air, a loud crack ing noise was heard, and before its cause could be ascer tained, the centre of the apparatus gave way and it fell with a tremendous crash to the ground. The scene for the moment was terrific, the ground being strewn with unfortunate persons who had been dashed upon it, and their shrieks were appalling. A lad named John Warn, ten years old, was picked up almost lifeless, several of his bones being fractur e d , and he died a short time after. No other person was dangerously hurt, though few of those in the machine escaped without considerable in jury.---Devonport Independent. • ESCAPE FROMGoAL .-.. y~ * ill iam Cox, a private of the 76th regiment of Foot, confined in the Borough Gaol, Carmarthen, made his escape on Wednesday. lie had been found guilty of striking his superior officer, and was put in the gaol to await the revision of his sen tence by the Commander-in-Chief. It appears that he is what in the army is termed an " insubordinate charac ter," having been twice flogged, and once branded with the letter 1). The offence7for which he was committed, Was for striking Sergeant Loghlan, at Llandissil, while drunk. He was so refractory that the sergeant was compelled to use his bay onet . I t was sup p ose that he would be sentenced to transportation, and the fear of this operated so powerfully upon his mind that he con trived about seven o'clock on Wednesday morning to get on the top of the wall surrounding the yard of the gaol, and leaped from thence, a height of eighteen feet, into the street. His fall was terrific. He fell on his feet, and the concussion knocked several of his teeth out. He, however, made off, though bleeding dreadfully. He was seen in the course of the morning talking to one of the workmen of Mr. Benjamin Davies, watchmaker, with whom he wished to change coats, in order to avoid detection. The workman, however, refused, and the soldier then made his way over the parade, and so towards Abergwilly. He has not since been heard of, but an active pursuit is in progress.— Welshman. CAUTION TO CAD-DRIVERS AND CONDUCTORS.— The Registrar of the metropolitan public carriages has given notice to the Commissioners of Police that a ge neral renewal of licenses to drivers and conductors, ac companying an issue of new metal tickets, has just Lefton place; that on and after the I st of June all persons act ing in the above capacities wearing the old metal tickets will be doing so illegally, and their tickets may be in stantly seized, in order to be returned to the Registrar. The distinction between the new and old tickets may be detected at a glance, the former being much smaller and lighter, with the figures larger, and the crown without the letters "V. R.' The above regulation has, it is believed, been adopted in consequence of a large number of persons being in the habit of using badges obtained by them from those togrwouhseom, partridges, and e re be before granted. • ' U phea santsm aresa as concerned, there is great reason t o f ear th a t the present will prove' a most cliSastroui season. The A pouts, as soon as hatched, require.drink a s we ll as meat f ar-as and where they are to find the• former blissful element, 'after'five weeks of continued aridity,.surpasses our means of Information. That gamekeepers are on the alert, digging holes, in the hope of turning to account lurking springs, we, are well aware ; but their efforts, upon the whole, are so fruitless; . that they remind us of the sad employment of those who let down buckets into empty wells and spend their .days in drawing no water. The artesian well'is an invention that cannot be transported to our hills and moors ; and, is the meantime, from all we can learn, great must be the suffering among the denizens of the wild. •Blackcocks,which generally breed amoo:g marshy spats; are, of course; better off, although,. even. in their .case, supply scarcely. equals demand. Hares and rabbits, which feed early in the morning, may derive benefit from the earliest dews ; and this we sus- - pact is their only resource, as few of them dare Venture Even bees, from t he: i ntense and long-continued. drought, require at home. what they near, a running. stream. . cannot easily find abroad —artificial supplies of water— and we are aware of instances in which the tenants of a . single skep consume nearly the contents of two soup plates full daily.— Scotch Paper. SUICIDE ATTWATELOO BRlDGE. — uaroline Swaite, the unfortunate woman who flung herself from Waterloo bridge on Friday morning, but who was rescued from a watery grave bythe exertions of a,waterman, died on Satur day morning in ecilligeilds t ital, from 'the effects- of_ the injuries she sustained on her descent from the battle ments of the bridge. She was married, and resided at 43, Portpoel-lane, Gray's Inn-lane. She committed the rash act in consequence of a quarrel with her husband. BANKING MEETING. ( Abridged. from - the Ayr Advertiser.) pr _the Noblemen, Deputy-Lieutenants, Cimiimssionefs orSupply, &c., of. the county, was held in the Court-lrouse, here, on Friday last, for the purpose of considering the resolutions, with respect to banking, late* submitted to the House of Commons by Sir Rubert Peel. . . Present:—Earl of Eglinton and Winton; James Os- , wald, of Auchencruive; M.P;; James Ballantine, of Castlehill ; Rigby Wason, of Corwar; J. D. Boswell, of Garailan ; Henry Mlierral, of Hillhouse. ; W. G. Campbell, of Fairfi3ld ; James Heron, of Dalmore ; Capt. Hay ; A. C. B. Craufurd, of Ardmillan ; John Hamilton, of Sundrum ; Hugh Miller, of Midton ; J. P. Wilson, of Polquhairn ; P. W. Kennedy, of Drummil , lan; Robart Pettigrew, of Tershaw; George 141‘Taggart, Esq , Ayr; Hugh Cowan, Esq., Ayr; W. Buntine, Esq:, Ayr; W. Brown, of Corphin ; John Paul, Esq., Ayr; George Taylor, Esq., Ayr; Bailie Stewart ; Ayr; D. Auld, Esq., Ayr; Provost Brown; Kilmarnock; Bailie Moore, Newton; . Bailie Smith, PreAn ick, &c. On - the' motion' of Mr. OSIVAI,D, the Earl of Eglinton was called to the chair. .. The*Clerk having read the requisition, The Earl of EGLINTON, o n ,opening the business of the day, said that the meeting had been called in conse quence of a requisition from the Committee—Who were requested, at last 30th of April meeting., to watch over the proceedings of. Government relative •to this subject —in order to _give - the county, an opportunity of con sidering the resolutions lately proposed by Sie Robert Peel" in the House of Commons. A new princiPle in banking concerns was sought to be establi s hed, an d should: that principle be adopted in England,. and the Bill ,before the House be passed, there could not be ,a doubt that its provisions would also, be extended to Scotland hereafter.' 'Upon the point whether that prin ciple was good or not, he would not, in his place as Chairman, - express an opinion. Mr. BALLANTINE said, on submitting the first resolu tion, he regretted that it had fallen into the hands of one so litt7e acquainted with the profound question of cur rency ; but it really appeared to him that the principle sought to be established was not a correct one. Ire - could net conceive.how it should ever be thought that the issues ought to be regulated by the state of foreign. exchanges, and that the currency ought to control traffic, whether manufacturing, 'agricultural; or commercial. Currency should be the servant,not the master. There was little opposition brought forward to Sir R. Peel's measure in England : but the Scotch were deeply interested in main taining the present system. Scotland had now arrived at a great degree of prosperity, for which • they were cer tainly mainly indebted to the system upon which bank ing affairs. were managed in this country. To the faci lities which the Scotch banks afforded for conducting monetary affairs, to their prudence in not encouraging speculation, and to the liberality which they extended to the public, were to be mainly attributectthe prosperity which they had hitherto enjoyed,. and which, if the pre sent system were let alone, they might hope to enjoy hereafter. If the general principle of the new measure were so thoroughly grounded on just and proper views, as Sir Robert Peel seemed to think, it would soon find its way to Scotland. He had alreadY said that part of our prosperity was attributable to the facilities which the banks afforded us in maiiii facturing our goods and conducting our mercantile affairs—not to cur industry, but to the privileges which we enjoyed. It was well known what benefits we derived from the issue of small notes. By the profit which they derive, the banks were from the circulation of small notes able to accommodate the, public much better than they could otherwise do : they were able to establish agencies in remote agricultural and mining districts, which, should the present'system be abolished, must inevitably be withdrawn, and the .consequence to the farmers and others in these districts would be ex tremely injurious. . Mr. Ballantine concluded by reading the first resolution. Mr. OsWALD seconded it. The. reso:tiii, as of Sir I. Peel were based.upon.i new principle, not hitherto acted on, and he thought the county did \yell in protesting against their adoption. If they allowed them to pass in. silence they would be considered as centurring in them. He was sure that if they were once passed in England they would very soon be brought to Scotland. If he attempted to effect this at once, however, he might meet with great opposition—as he had formerly found to 14s cost—but if it were once carried in England,' its intro duction into Scotland would be a comparatively easy matter. Mr. TiTLoR stated, as a proof that the measure wi intended also for Scotland, that a bank which had beo started in Glasgow previous to the introduction of th measure, and who were prepared for issuing their note had received an intimation that they would not be allows to do so. The same thing had also taken place in r ference to a bank in Aberdeen. This resolution was passel unanimously. Mr. BOSWELL proposed the second resolution, whicl he said, so completely comprehended all that was cessary on the subject, that it was not in his power state anything further. Every one knew the benel which had been derived by the circulation small notes, but if this measure was carried, tl Bank of England would have to circulate liaper sovereigns to the amount of three millionS, for whi• the people must pay—as any one knew that the banl would not. From 1836 to 1841, although a consideral number of new banks had been started, the eireulati was scarcely increased, so that the periods of depressitin that had occurred during that time could not be at tributed to over-issuingin fact it Was impossible from the very system on which they were conducted, that an ove - • issue could take place. When a person became possess d of 201., he put it into a bank for safety, and also to obta, n interest upon it. He might withdraw it, but it - wou'd only be that it might again be consigned into the same or another bank ; so that the circulation must:be kept tit the lowest point. - 1 The second resolution was seconded by Mr. ILlsirreroi;, of' Sundrum. i third resolution, M'ICERxAL briefly moved the adoption of the third resolution, and was seconded by Provost MILLER. 1 Mr. WAsoN, of Corwar, moved the last resolution. He had been in London when the reSolutions were proposed; and the first questien asked was—" How will they be received in Scotland ?" It was answered that the "Scotch banks would be in favour of it, and that thOy would lead the people." He thought, however, that . a distinction should be dras'n between the people and the banks. These resolutions were expressly framed with the view of keeping quiet that spirit which a few years ago had made such a' stand against a similar move ment. In 1826 it had been proposed to prevent the Scotch banks froth issuing their own notes for - a less amount than - 51.: the letters of Malagrowthbr had, however; put a stop to any . such intention, and the then Premier was met with such a storm of ep-_, position that he, was perfectly unable to carry his measure. In attempting a second time to Carry such a project, Sir Robert Peel knew that it would be useless to propose it in the same open manner ; but that it was his ultimate object to extend the - system to Scotland was beyond a doubt. If the measure passed—of which he thought there could not be a doubt—the present banks in Scotland would have a monopoly; and this was a very sufficient reason why Government were in favour of it. Monopolies, however, generally required some one to pay for keeping them up, and it would be found that the public in this instance would be the payers. The neces sary consequence of a suppression of any future , banks of issue would be that the present banks would obtain all the benefit of our increasing commerce and manufac tures ; their circulation would be angmented; and thus !a circumstance; which, under a different system would have induced other parties to enter the field of opposi tion, and afford the public increased accommodation at a cheaper rate, will, under the proposed plan, compel the public to pay for giving a monopoly to the banks already established. In every district these - large banks had their agencies; and on application these agents had re ceived instructions from their principals—" keep quiet." They had received a monopoly, although it might only be for a short time; and they, after reviewing the matter, had considered it their interest to allow the measure to pass in silence. But how would the establishment of such a system affect the agricultural districts ? . 'What necessity had been shown for clanging the' system ? Were the Scotch people in favour of a change—were they not, on the contrary, well ' satisfied with the present system ? Were they to call a meeting of the people throughout Scotland, they would find that the people would say— "We are quite content with the present system." He was afraid that the party who proposed this measure, and who professed themselves opposed to uncalled for changes, were in this case making a change for Chang ing sake. The effects of Sir Robert Peel's change would meet them every hour in the day. Every one was in terested in this question—for every one was interested when ho had to pay out money. The local ageucies ill remote districts would .be withdrawn, as the banks would be deprived of the profit which they had received from the issue of one pound notes; and thus a great de gree cf inconvenience would be felt by the inhabitants in these districts. Gentlemen,carrying on agricultural improvements would experience its etreets. .At present, they could draw on the banking agent in their locality for money to pay their labourers; but if this aCcom• modation wero done away with, he was sure that there would be a great diminution in the amount of agricul tural labour. . . 'Mr.. TAmon, in -seconding the adoption of the reso lution, remarked that the exchanges arose from the im ports exceeding the exports, or Vice versa—the balanc e of payment being gold. It was not in the. power of any Government to change the balance .of payment without producing paralysation of trade, and. great confusion amongs t m ercantile transactions generally throlighont the country. To any attempt to effect a dimimition'Of . the issues was alone to be attributed the depression of trade. On the suggestion of Lord Eglinton . it was agreed that the resolutions should be publlsheci, and. Copies sent to the different conveners of the - counties and inflnential persons throughout Scotland, and to the Members of boll Houses of Parliament connected with the, king...cloth. Thanks wcrc passed to the Earl of Eglinton the motion on motion a Mr. R. Wason. . LuNACy.-4n account of all moneys, licensee, and of all moneys received and paid- out of the. Contoliditted Fund; by - the e.ork •and treamFet , of the Metropolitan Commission in Lunau, from ,1110,Ist,daY Of icugttst, 1842, to the lst day of'Auggst, Is4a, has been presented t) Parliament, , purstiant• to the "pio.Visions of the Act in such case provided: Made and proVideeltlittl that the total amomit receii'ed by the Conimisiionqlniing the year above-mentioned by.orders from the Tff4sury, was 7,525/., and the total amount of sums ,dishitrsed 9,4981., leaving . a balance due - ib the Commission The year's account atriounting tattle Fullte4titilef - 1 9 tsh the amount disbursed, the sum of '2.76111 was appropri ated to the fees of pad medical i ppelissionyrs " through Enklintd can - Males. The case recetvenji the Commission for licenses amounted to the sum of 9421. The account is signed by Lord Ashley, Messrs. J. R. Gower, F. Barlow, Bissett Hawkins, J. B. Hume, J. Bright, and B. W. Proctor. 'COURT CIRCULAR. WTSDS9II, MONDAY.—The Queen and Prince - Albert, accoMPaniel by , the King of Saxony, arrived at= the Castle five minutes before four o'clock this .afternoon, from the Slough station of the Great Western Railway, having travelled from town by a special train. The roYaCsuites, including the Viscountess Canning„ Lady Caroline Cocks, Hon. Miss Devereux, his Excellency Baron Gersdorff, 'Lord Byron, the Earl of Morton, Sir Robert Otway, Lord Charles,Wellesley, C o l one l Arbuth not, Sir E. Bowater, - I,f. dei-Minckwitz, Count Albert Vitzthum. Major Reichtiffr y lirnTlYr. CaruS, - followed in several of the royal carriage /__ A party Life Guards cif 1.1.11 P escort from Slough to the Castle. DLL' • mta ' The'tord Chamberlain and O A u s ter, z: 4 the House hold • received her Majesty and Prince Albert and /he King Of Saxony , upon their arrival? - "At six - o'clock, his Royal Highness - Prince Albert ; at tended_ by Sir Edward Bowater, left the Castle for Slough, to receive his imperial Majesty the Emperof of Russia, upon his arrival by a special train from town: His Imperial Majesty, attended by his Excellency- Baron Drunnnw, the Count Orloff, and oaler geotlenaen of his site and also by the Earl of Hardwicke, LOrd in Waiting, Berkeley Drummond, Groom in Waiting, - and - Colonel Wylde, Equerry in Waiting, ar xi red mat% the station at .twenty-five minutes past six . The Emperor and Prince Albert immediately entered an open carriage and four, and proceeded to the Castle, ecorted by a party of Life Guards. .The Noblemen and Gentlemen of his Majesty's, suite, and Sir E. Bo water,following.in two open carriages and four. , The, Emperor and - Prince Albert alighted at the Gri':nd Entrance, where the Great Officers of State, the Loads, - Gl.ooms, and Equerries in Waiting on her Majesty and his Royal Highness, and the Master of the Household, were in readiness to receive the august visitor. . • Their Royal Iligline3ses • the Prince of Wales, the .Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, accompaniedlby •the,Dowa,ger Lady Lyttelton, arrived from town abeut half-past one o'clock,. travelling by a special train. , A „grand dinner was given, last evening, in the Wa terloo-Gallery. The company Consisted of—Her Majesty the.-Queen, his: Royal Highness Prince Albert, his Imperial Ma- Ray the Enaperor of Russia, his Majesty the King ':of Saxony,`the Ihichess of 3uccleuch, the Lady in Waiting, Viscountess Canning ; the Maids of Honour, Lady Caroline Cocks and the Hon. Miss Devereux ; the Woman of the Bedchamber, Honourable Mrs. An son ; his Excellency Baron Brunnow, his Excellency lan Geraderff, - the - Duke of Devonshire, the Duke Of Wellington, the Earl of Liverpool, the Earl Delawarr, the Earl of Jersey, the Earl of Aberdeen, the Earl and Conntess of Wilton, the Earl and Countess of Rosslyn, the Earl and Countess Cowper, the Earl' of Hardwicke, the Earl of Morton, the Right Hon. Sit-Y. •Peel, Viscount Canning, Lord Charles Wellesley, Baron Stocktnar, Lord Byron, Admiral Sir RobPrt Otway, Gel. Arbuthnot, Lord Ge )rge Lennox, Captain Francis Sey mo.ur, Major-General Sir Edward Bowater, 'Colonel .Berkeley Drummond, Lieutenant-Colonel Wylde ' C. A. Muraay, Mr. G eorge Ed war d Anson, Cotint Orloff, Mons. le General d'Adlerberg, M. d'Adlerberg, le • Prince Wassiltschikoff, le Prince Radaiwill, Dr. Reinolds, Colonel GLisenap, Mons. de Minekwitz, Count Albert Vitzthinn, Major Reichardt, and Dr. Carus. The magnificent service of gold plate was used, the plateau containing a number of the . finest centrepieces, having a row of gold candelabra on each side, - hearing wax lights. The centre ornament was the Prince of Wales's epergne, and two candelabra of larger size were placed at each end of the table. The apartment was also lighted by the splendid. chandelier in the middle, and the four smaller chandeliers at the sides of the room. Her Majesty's private band conducted by Mr. Ander son, was in attendance during the evening, and per formed the following pieces: Overture " Iphigenie " Gluck. Fantasia, Violoncello, Signor Piatti Piatti. Movement from Handel's Harpsechord Lessons. "Souvenir de 'la Tauride," Vaudeville de Concert, M, Gulomy of St. Petersburgh Galomy. "Sanata alla .Turca," His Majesty the King of Saxony, attended by some of the gentlemen of his suite, and also by the Earl of Morton and Lord CharleS Wellesley, left Buckingham Palace at ten o'clock yesterday morning for Caen Wood. His Majesty inspected the house and grounds, and after wards partook - of a dejewie. His Majesty and suite took their departure in two carriages and four, and proceeded to the Zoological Gar dens in the Regent's Park, and after viewing the collee tion returned to Buckingham I'alace. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, left Buckingham , Palace at twenty minutes before one o'clock yesterday, for the Paddington terminus of the Great Western'llailway, and left town by a special train for Windsor Castle. • The Queen and Prince Albert, acconlp4,i4d by the King of Saxony, left Buckingham,Patatek. , at a quarter before three o'clock yesterday afterpp2u for the terminus of the Great Western Railway at Paddington. The royal suites, including the Viscountess Canning, Lady Caroline Cocks, Hon. Miss Devereux Baron Gersdorff, Earl of Morton, Lord Byron, Admiral Sir Robert Otway, RPonsieiir - de - Minokwitz, Count A. Vitzthum, Major Reichardt, Dr. Carus, Lord C. Wellesley, Colonel 'Arbuthnot, and Sir - E. Bowater, followed in , forir of the -royal carriages to. the terminus. Her Majesty was conducted to her carriage by the MaAer of the Horse. The royal party was escorted by a party of Lancers. Her Majesty the. Queen Dowager left town yesterday morning for the Continent. Her Majesty and suite left Illarlhorough House for the Bricklayers' Arms' station ofthe South-Eastern Railway, at a quarter-past eight (Mock. .The. Queen Dowager . was accdinpanied by Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, and was attended by the Marquis and Marchioness of Ormonde, Lady Geor giana, Curzon, Earl Howe, Sir Andrew larnard, Sir David Da,vies,•and the Rev. G. 'l'. Hudson. The royal party left by a special train for Dover, where her Maj'sty and suite embarked for Calais. - Her Royal Hi4laness•tho Duchess of Cambridge paid a visit to her Majesty at Marlborough House, on Sunday afternoon, to take leave. His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Russia, attended by Baron Brunnow, the Russian Minister, honoured Sir Robert and Lady Peel with a visit, at their residence, in Whitehall-gardens, about one o'clock yesterday. The statement that appeared, yesterday, of Prince Albert visiting the Russian Embassy, accompanied by Sir Robert Peel, and of his Royal Highness presenting Sir Robert to the Emperor, is incorrect. His Royal Highness having been accompanied only by Lord George Lennox and General Sir E. Bowater, his Lord and -Equerry in Waiting. In the report of the proceedings at the termination of the Visit of the King of Saxony to Buckhurst Park, it was stated, by mistake, that his Majesty was received at the parish church of Wittingham _by the Rev. Mr. Davis, the incumbent. The Hon. and Rev. Reginald Sackville West is the incumbent, and received his Majesty at the door of the rectory. The Duke of Wellington left town yesterday morning for Dover. The Noble Duke returned to town in the afternoon. Mr. Wood, the Chairman of the Board of Excise, bad an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yes terday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Mr. Browne had an interview with Lord Stanley, at the Colonial-office, yesterday. Mr. Ashbel Smith, Charge d'Affaires of Texas, has arrived in London from Paris. The Right Rev. Dr. Collier, had an interview with Lord Stanley, at the Colonial-office, Downing-street, yesterday. _ Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial-office, to Sir Charles Metcalfe, the Governor of Canada. Dispatches were also sent to the Governor of the 'West India Islands. DEPARTURE OF HER MAJESTY AND HER ILLUSTRIOUS VISITORS FOR WINDSOR. IL having been understood that her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by their imperial and royal visitors, the Emperor of Russia, and the King of Saxony, intended to depart from the Paddington terminus, at three o'clock yesterday, for Windsor Castle, a very great crowd was assembled as early as one o'ok•eimiik-the approaches to that station, for the purpose A1 f 4419 . 4, those distin pished personages. The numhers!macKpsksed every mo ment, and at half-past two the largin front of the offices was densely crowded with humble sight-seekers on foot, and patrician families in their carriages. At three o'clock the royal cavalcade, consisting of four carriages, o a f r r S h a e x d o n a y t ; th an e d rai in lw t a h y e , woittheerrestitlhoeyirwerree in the first of which were her Majesty, Prince Albert, r sa e pli c ed e c i t s it ' v e he d e s b iu y iiitne : s ir. Russell, the Chairman, and several of the Directors. After the departure of the illustrious party, the crowd gradually dispersed, the opinion prevailing that the Emperor of Russia was not likely, on that oocaso.p , to proceed to Windsor. llckwever, at six o'clock his Imperial Majesty; - accompanied •by his suite in itree carriages, arrived at the terminus. The Emperor was conducted over that part of the premises where the electro-telegraph was . inoperation, and he examined the apparatus with great interest. In a - few minutes after his arrival, he proceeded' in the royal train, which had, by this time, returned from Slough. EXPOUTATION OF ITORSES.--TwO spanking - Cleve.! land bred .mares, admirably adapted for carriage °harness, were shipped on Wednesday, by Mr. Bonsai, of *the Black Horse Inn, per the Ernerahl. Isle steamer, for Rotterdam, from thence their destination is up the Rhine: On the sanie day-, nine capital 'mires - and geldings were shipped by Mr. lay Nicholson. on board the Helen M‘Gregor ,steamer fbr Hamburgh..--Hull Packet. FATAL ACCIDENT IN THE RIVER LEA.- , --On Fri day evening, Mr. Higgs, Cbroner for the Duchy of LancaS ter,.eoncluded an inquest, adjourned from Wedneadayon the body of Master John Stephen,, aged 15, at Ceok's Ferry House, Edmonton Marsh. John Smith, of Edmonton Lock, S . aid, - tirzt between `fives and six :o'clock on MoUdaY evening last, he was standing ,nt his, door, when a young companion of deceased came running up, exclaiMing, `,` A boy is in the river,'." He indicated the spbt, and witness Went . to it with se boat-ho&k,:and saw a. boys c'o.tioatjugnea,r some logs of timber in the water. Not being s ,te, And tiro body with -the boat-INa, he, had the drags fetch ekand; on the-second Cast . 'ef thin], got the body outattie water, which ho took to his own house and wrapped up in blankets and placed before the lire. Mr. Howard, surgeon, was ailed in, and tried for two hours ineffectually every Means' to restore 'suspended animation.. The logs of timber were so placed that children can step on them front the bank, and deceaSed with other - lads were plaitig acid fishing froth them all day. The Caliber had been there upwards , :of a :month,aud its po,siticru..lKas•laNceedingly : dun Brous. .The Coroner told the jury that they could levy it doedatid on the Tokrif theY .thought the proprietor of them had been guilty of any neg ligence, so as to endanger life by placing them too close in shore.—Verdict, " Accidental death, with a- deodaiati of 1/. on the logs of timber." I