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If; k n oall u . a cat lag ion in-- ecilsed o chamber, id attoode4 ind Ribt of t„„ b° =tune - 4 " N.) , as shargw hop of .1111 ' sy e verin t in parnel l e shopros" ie pris onetr; :onvey i„ 1 Lnd by to rever, Pre halves bi t, the r t.. lion of the belong to I I which iif! ie n of t J tor of 14 "" Lug her 14E. CE. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND eptutott. " Wk.:, runs may read." FOREIGN. The object of Louis Philippe's visit to Dreux was to pre en% personally over the placing of the coffins of the deneased- I neinhercof his family in the tombs destined for them in the 'vault of the new buildings of the chapel. At half-past ten en Tuesday, a.grand mass was celebrated by the Bishop of Morocco. The mortal remains "of the Duke of Orleans and the Princess Marie were then deposited in their final resting Places. On Wednesday his Majesty visited, in all their de wa, the chapel, the . chiteau, and the new house built for ,the Bishop of Morocco. After breakfast and performance of 'ow mass, the King set out on his return to Paris, at twenty Ininutes past twelve. A man in the crowd having shouted ` 4 Five le Roi I Vice mon aneien Colonel !" the King ordered one of his aides-de-camp to make inquiries, and the man L eaving proved that he had served in the regiment of which his Majesty was Colonel, lie made him a liberal gratuity." The Duchess of Kent arrived at the Tuileries on Wednes day afternoon at. three o'clock. The King's carriages were waitiug in the morning at St. Denis for the Duchess and her suite. Her Royal Highness was accompanied on her entering Paris by the Count de•Strada, the King's equerry. She will occu_py during her stay the apartments usually occupied by time King and Queen of the Belgians. Her Royal Highness Will visit Versailles, Fontainebleau,- and the other Royal Palaces before she leaves France. ' A grand dinner in honour Of her visit will be given at the Trianon, -and on the 2d of slay there will be a concert at Court. On Friday she re ceived the diplomatic corps in the Salle du Trone. Her ,R93ral Highness had with her the Queen, the Duke de enaoure, and Madame Adelaide. The Prince de Joinville arrived at Havre on Wednesday In the Pl u t on steamer, an d left on the same day at noon by the Seine ste amer f or R ouen , w h ere hi s Royal Highness "eV,. and arrived in Paris on Friday by the railroad. The Journal des Chemins de Fer says i—"We learn, from tbeen appear to be well informed, that an offer has n made -to the Government, by an Anglo-French Corn- Pang, for the ex ecu ti on o f th e li ne o f railway from Lyons to ingnon. We- h ave - n o d ou bt that a proposition, the result of which; if accepted, would be the cornpletion_of the entire " e, 'Tom the North Sea to the Medite ranean - will be well received, by the Government, the Chambers, and the public, riz art ee i !'L le l t, if, as we are - assured, this Company offers to. O;` - p ...%°_,,e line without calling for assistance from the State.* renes'm"l4'bt'ro.rci, Y ,yh accounts were received at Paris, from Flo-- It •• — "ng the death of the venerable Count Vittorio ove r the affairs o has for so long a series of years -presided giii3bed life and of Tuscany. The Noble_Count was a distill,- ,l'eTary and scientific scholar, and although in his ght tr 7 'ninth year; was in the full enjoyment of all his facul es to the hour of his death. e._ Frankfort journal states that the reigning Prince of Saxe 'etnir . Gothe is in future to be called Highness , instead of- Ducal Highness, and that the Duke of Nassau has, in con sequence •of bit-marriage with an Imperial Princess ofltushia;' APplied to the German Powers to be authorised to assume`" the title of Royal Highness. It was not supposed that the request would be, complied with. - CfIURT---=-WASTICION.II.II II .E. Her Majesty and :his Royal'Highness Prince Albert, ,ac- : enrapanied by the infant Royal 'family, contemplate paying a visit to the Isle of Wight et an early period in the ensuing ill nuth• The sojourn of the Court at Osborne -House - inot:, axPicted to exceed more thfn a week or ten days. The re tinue will be unusually small. The Duchess. of Kent' is travelling under - the - title of Countess of Dublin, -the Earl of Dublin 'having been one of the titles of his late Bo al Highness the Duke of Kent, - • Their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians pur- No B leaving this country on Tuesday or Wednesday next. xtis Excellency Count de St. Aulaire gives a grand ban on Widnesdiry next, to the Duke of Wellington, Sir ciobert Peel, Earl of Aberdeen, and the leading•members of t he Government, and also to the principal members of the trP 4 diplomatique, in honour of the fete yof the King of: French. • It is to be a full-dress party. day of the King of: rench. It is to be a full-dress party. On the following the the C ou nt ess has a grand ball in further celebration of, " auspicious event, for which, it is said, 500 cards of in citation have.been circulated. - •• • ThaDnebess of- Leeds has arrived at the Clarendon Hotel - ` 4ll 'Rornby Castle, Yorkshire. The „Duke is expected .to 11.1 0 bark for the Hague early in June, on his annual: isit to tie Majesty the King of Holland, during the meeting of the , taking or Falconry CIA in the Dutch capital. , 4 ,,,4 ,h_e Duke of _Devonshire entertained a distinguished party 4,l u nner op Friday, last, at Devonshire House. A select , - cje assembled after dinner. • _ • , , 1 1 1 0 Earl and Countess of Shannon are expected to, arrive intt's Hotel, on Wednesday, from • Castle Martyr, the Lute Earl's seat, in Ireland. •LaJErirl and Countess of Erroll left London on Saturday - e r ,waina Castle, North Britain, to.prepare for the celebration t n . coming of - age of Lord -Kilmarnock; on the 3d. of May, rn. and Lady Erroll intend -remaining in Scotland till late Lordutumn. 2 ,,.... and Lath Farnham, Baron and Baroness Dimsdale FZ-Risses Dimsdale, Sir William and Lady Foulis and Miss 4 - " i s, Mademoiselle D'Este, &c., have arrived - at Mivart's °tel. • ix . r 144 '.: 1 -Rokeby, at his recent audit of his Northumberland „Pertv, mad e a re t ur n of ten per cent. to his tenants gene ha"Y'• * The Noble Lord is still abroad for the benefit of his ea u,. Lto _ . 10w ---Y Caroline Brrington, - after a lengthened visit to 11 . and Countess a Grey, at Howick Hall, has returned to The French Ambassador and Countess de St. Aulaire had a Zbu%circle to dinner, on Saturday evening, at the French ti • AIISONIXOTAANEOI7B. T he private view of the 40th exhibition of the pictures by e Society of Water-colours took place pn Saturday, and lo attended by the Archbisho of Canterbury, Marquises l o ur tliampton, Aylesbury and Marchioness; Earls Brown ro Cawdor, Jermyri, Powis, and Wilton ; Countesses . Mansfield, and Powis, and Dowager Morley ; Bali of London, Winchester, and Lichfield ; Viscounts p,.%sea and Alford ; Ladies Chelsea, Marianne Alford, 4,.7,g1i0e, and Mary Wood; Lords Colborne, Prudhoe, and 1:" 11 Russell ; Sir R. Peel, Sir M.. Shee, Sir T. Acland ; and Y A l nany artists of ,eminence, ,",..Inunirous, meeting of artists took place on Saturday si ght at.Willia's-rooms,•to.iake into consideration the recent ryove of the GoVernment as to the illegality , 9f the art „,nns, and the best . course to be adopted in consequence of that discovery.'"Mr. Wyse was called to the chair,'and' after ' d .i!e-usectitLwas :unanimously resolved to present peti " the Houses of Parliament, praying them to adopt • the --pleasures as will-place on - a true and permanent basis B4l7 t i t o t r nen *London and-all other similarly - constituted beurpapOtedrthoif he () 'n *iirday" in evening the seventy-first anniversary fete the fu nds' of the Highland. School Society was cele futiirities large room of the London Tavero, with unusual lib era n t part Of the Society, and'With the accustomed scribe r / " the proprietors of the tavern. Among the sub ' were - her Majesty, 50/. ; the Queen -Dowager, 'lO Zir uel as ; the Duke of Cambridge, 201.; the Duchess of Buc- I lin ,„_• "'". 251 - the Chairman a second donation of 10 guineas ; T . .."'"uul Bond Cabbell, Es ' q., 10 guineas ; Hugh Maclean, Je;4 i sdeu 'eased, late a Master in Chancery in, Spanish Town, Ilre it aZ a (duty paid by the estate) a legacy of 1,000/. ; Mr. urat, two guineas. The gross -amount was upwards v!.MO/iv. a l ec. er_ al ty the Queen-Dowager will honour the perform se • n -n.fAncient Music on Wednesday evening with her pre •,Earl Howe (the director) has engaged Madame 4._,q 4 nri Allan, Miss 'Marshall, and Miss' Dolby, Signor p„... 11 ,1 Messrs: Bennett, Barnby, Chapman, and Machin. ''''guuetor, Sir H. R. Bishop. • • t h e L l!e Chartists have been holding a Convention at Man eitt" dur ing the paat fortnight, but have ndjourned their having previously resolved. to hold their next Con. , , 30 - Z , nla at Leeds. The. business of their last Convention A;"Prised the re-organisation of the " National Charter t,:nciatiod," and the appointment of Missionaries to agi•t ate NA' c ity, town, hamlet, and village in favour of the " six - "• 1 of the Charter." • -.• • . . . T AE LATE GREAT CHESSMATCH BETWEEN , TRANCE -AND- ENGLAND.- th # having been suggested by the French champion I:%:_te-Inglish amateur,. Mr. Staunton; in his proposals, IsiC“YlOg a.match of chess with any player in Europe, had I l i,l'ueed conditions which be knew would be unacceptable to shi„ () Ur countrymen instantly published the following deci atlf.and spirited challenge addressed to M. St. Amaut .-- 'I•AILENGE FROM MR. STAUNTON TO M. ST. - AMANT. at or dear Sir,—Your reply to my "Proposals"• reaches me Pk ,ornent when the forthcoming Number of The Chess c. , ; ,'Y e r ro Chronick is at press. This circumstance will ac- I Pt for and excuse the brevity-of the present communication. rtt 'lY challenge, to the terms of which you have taken so ev er y e xceptions, was a geueral one, and its conditions, how t equitable, could never be so nicely shaped that they , ! o il dovetail with the wishes and convenience of every . ,Zl l ttal• They will not do so, it would' seem, with yours. o c. ° Ziag them, then, altogether out of sight on the present at t 7,2 11 , ; regarding only the impatience which you express, he c y n ","ich I feel, for another match, and . the assurance you iloh,„„ l6L vea us-of your being in London this spring, I have the j',!' to submit for your consideration another " defi."l th e 'VI engage- upon your arrival in London to play you at tq o hst-• George's Chess Club a match of twenty-five, of yoZY:one, of eleven, of seven, or of five games, at your ' l •l;._" ° r . any stake not less than 100/. sterling. and L 7 games Ours shall be played at your own appointed days j Ails ' • undertake to play 'every day, or alternate days, or t•i l I woek, as you may arrange, under the penalty of one rlee for each omission. 11141% 4 agree thatthe maximum time allotted for each move Ini a „Vo .ten, or fifteen, or.twenty, or twenty-five, or thirty th e at your pleasure ; and that either party.exceeding th e time, shall on every occasion be fined a guinea. ram. tch shall also be played in public or private as you Lea l „d e termine ; and, finally, I will consent that in each game su e raYers-shall on their first move play king's pawn two ' elieve me truly yours, . - • • JAMES STAUNTON. • St Amant, editor of Le Palamede. or ty, - , °ll / I P , VARK LITERARY I NST ITUTION. — On F r i d ay tt n :„'"ng last Mi. Rumball, the phrenOlogist, delivered a lee to tke "-Pailacies of Mesmerism," wherein he attempted e 1 4'""e - the who/e" systeni - to be one . of delusion or fraud, al ex plained,. it , considerable , length; sundry means by is ° Pe or the other could be detected .. At the conclusion th,• k r oekes, the mesmeric lecturer, opened up a battery on g ra thoiolocal gentleman,' And read several of his d p.i b ra; 11,,, 1 1 5 1 ill then ewspapers,:in refutation of what he t ha t t ul a aqvanced; but as personality was .most a.s h ef I ti lre "ed - with the:discuision; we forbear comment. T e lecY went, off very well, but the attendancewaasery small. Cop isiT OF Tl!g EMPEROR OF RUSSIA. TO TIIIS the 7 , TRY •r --- Theapproaching visit of his, I t taperial -Majesty I nen ,%9lperor of Russia: to , this countrv i , which . it may be :.re- r,N O 3"e - red was first - -ahuounced in the I;fornirig Pesti will ci lry er tiaepreienf season the most, : splendid which has oc -46)._ th.e.visit of the-Allied Sovereigns, at the concl . u : tiro,„_7l!_rilin-ligtthoetWhear, in 1814: The nobility and gentry are daily 0141 40p01i5,. and : the house -Agents are seeking ° "eS in every directi on . Imperial Majesty, -who aid he attended 4y-several members - of his Illustrious.house, ap ar , nuinerous retbine, will occupy , the splendid. suite of ment a ih St. James's Palace. Preparations are already ali,Z7 , tecl . at the Palace for his Majesty's reception, and to tne mansions of' the leading members of the aris : - finci 3 c ! , •whe -with each other in the magnificence of hi t , ' .?edour of the fetes which they will give in honour *in be Alajesty's visit ... It is understood that there t. ,`!' a brilliant display of fireworks in Trafalgar-square 31_7 evenin g of the day on which his Majesty arrives.— Post. s tifTe v r hear that Sir James Duke M.P. continues to iss°,lleverely from :an attack of rheumatism, that sore pkbha rf4iYie:,elapee beforele will be able to attend to his . 1 / 4 :: 11,1 THE LONDON DISTRICT POST- OFFICE. The changes in the London district (late twopenny post) office were on Saturday last officially announced. Provision Is made for ten deliveries of London local letters daily. There are at present seven, and the alteration, it will be perceive% has the effect of making an hourly delivery of letters between the hours of one, r.ae., and six, P.M., in clusive. The following is a copy of the notice issued to the various receivers throughout town ; "London District Post-office. " On and from the first of May (Wednesday next) there will be ten deliveries of letters in London daily, and the dis patches will be made from this office at the following hours : . MORNING. I AFPEANOON. 8, 10, and 12, A.M. I 1,2, 3,4, 5,6, and 8, F.M. " By this alteration letters for tile country districts posted before three o'clock, P.M. will be delivered the same even ing: and those posted 'before five`o'clock will be delivered within a circle of six miles from the General Post-office the same night. Letters for the last delivery ought to be posted before six o'clock, and this delivery includes all places within a circle of three miles from the General Post. office. " N.B. Letters for the first delivery in the morning must be posted befoie eight o'clock the previous night. " ROBERT SMITH, Superintending President." . To carry out the alteration announced al;Ove, 160 letter carriers have been appointed, besides several other officers. The additional cost to the establishment is estimated at about 8,5001. per annum. The total cost of district post letter carriers alone employed in delivering letters in the metro polis is over 20,000/. per annum. IRELAND. ITIE STATE TRIALS.-SECOND DAY. DUBLIN, APRIL 26.—Mr. - WHITESIDE resumed his argu ment at half-past one o'clock yesterday morning. He com menced by adverting to the Chief Justice's charge. The Learned Gentleman, after referring at some length to the evidence permitted by the Lord Chief Justice to be sent to the jury with respect to the assembling the repeal meetings, and then-illegality, proceeded to say :—lt made not the least difference whether a meeting was convened magisterially or not. The evidence received was irrelevant, and wholly at variance with the question under consideration, because the meetings were convened by the Association, and not magis terially, therefore tho_place - in -:which they,wero nttered was' very' difThrent frohi - that referred to in Home Tooke's case ; and the fact of Mr. O'Connell having all his life 'adhered to the' same principle which he professed before the mural was a strong fact which should have been noticed in his favour. IJpOn the ground of misdirection he submitted a case had beeh made out, upon this application for a new trial. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL rose and said, that he wished to take the opinion of the Court as to the course to be pursued with respect to this motion. Eight notices had been served ; and it was for the Court to say what number of counsel should be heard for the traversers, but he did contend for it, that every one of those notices should be opened before, the Crown was called.on to reply.. Those acting for the Crown did not desire any unnecessary delay, and he (the Attorney- Geaeral) required that the several notices should have been opened by such number of counsel as the Court might decide :apen, before the Crown replied to the objections. After the Crown would have been heard, other counsel might be heard for; the traversers, the Crown, however, having the last reply. . . , Judge BuirroN'-IVhat is saidle this ? - • = - ' • Mr. HENN, Q.C., should have been disposed to contend that the Crown ought not to have the final reply, especially in a new trial motion; but he was afraid their Lordships en tertained too decided an opinion upon the•subject. It ap ps i red that there were four classes of no ti ces , O ne ' re l a ti ng t o th cases of Messrs. O'Connell an d St ee l e , 'another to Dr. ,Gr y and Messrs. Barrett and Ray; a third to Mr. Duffy, and a fOurth to Mr. Tierney ; and there being those four classes, each of those notices could be opened by a separate counsel ; and the Crown having then spoken, the traversers could rely by four more counsel. _ The ATTORNEY-GENERAL--After the Solicitor-General and I have spoken, the counsel for Messrs. John O'Connell, Ray, Duffy, and Tierney, will have an opportunity of being heard, prier to the final reply of the Crown. Mr. HATCRELL, on the part of Mr. Ray—l have a motion to make to your Lordships, to the effect that a new trial be granted. The Learned Counsel continued to address the Court for a considerable length of time, minutely discussing the bearing of the law and the Judge's charge upon his client's ease, and at six o'clock terminated his address by stating his opinion that their Lordships would .be inclined to submit to any inconvenience, even the terror of another trial like the preeent, sooner than justice should not be done, and the ac cutrd denied the benefit of the law. Mr. Hatchell then re surned his seat, and the Court adjourned till half-past ten o'c ock to-morrow morning. SATURDAY.—THIRD DAY. e Court sat this morning at eleven o'clock, when Ir. MOORE., Q.C., proceeded to address their Lordships on behalf of the. Rev. Mr. Tierney. He had to move their Lotdships to grant a new trial, and to set aside the verdict obtained in this case. The verdict returned was not sus tained by the evidence of the case, and also there was a mis dirpction in the charge delivered by the Lord Chief Justice .to the Jury. The charge against Mr. Tierney was that he had joined a conspiracy already formed, and they could not prave his having joined a conspiracy by fixing the acts of otbers done before he had any connection with them. Sir. O'HAGAIT was counsel for Mr. Duffy, and it was his duty, on that gentleman's behalf, to move for a new trial. He, contended that evidence had - been improperly admitted el whl ch should have been rejected; next, because the evidence in is behalf was not properly laid before the jury; next, that tb charge of the Learned Judge was objectionable, by reason of nlisdirection ; and, finally, that the evidence did not sus taih the verdict. _ __ _ __ _ --- The SOLICTTOR.GENERAL opposed the application, and fol lowed the order in which the application had been made. He wo.dd contrast the statement of the Counsel for the traver serb with that verified and sworn by Hodges, the Govern ment reporter, a gentleman of great ability, and thehighest character in every respect. . ' udge CadatyroN—Whose affidavit is that ? he SOLICITOR-GENERAL said, that of Mr. Hodges, the sh rt-hand writer. And he would , call the attention of the Co it to the facts of the case, as sworn to by that gentleman. A ong the twenty-four names on the jury panel called by M , Bourne, Mr. iligby's name was called by that officer as John Rigby. On this Mr. Rigby hoping, and he (the Solidi tori-General) did not blame that gentleman, 'to avoid .being raked on the jury by a mistake in the writing of his name, said at the time that he was called John Jason Rigby, and not !John Rigby, and suggested that, as Mr. PaSsworth had been excused on the former day for serving on the jury on siMilar.grounds, he might be exempted also. Mr. Bourne then asked him if he were not the John Rigby that lived at 17$, Great Brunswick-street? to which Mr. Rigby answered in the affirmative. Now there he was identified with the Bathe John Rigby on the jury -list. He proceeded to discuss ; the next,objection to the verdict, viz., the extension of the - trial into vacation, and really Mr. Whiteside had ninist strangely interpreted, or rather misinterpreted, the words of that Act. At half-past four o'clock the Judges intimated their inten tion of adjourning the Court. . THE SUPPRESSION OF ART UNIONS. A general meeting of artists was held at Willis's Rooms, King-street, the best course- to be adopted in con se q uence of recent notice James's, on Saturday evening, tothceonscidenert notice given by the Lords of the Tre asur y prohibiting the usual drawing of the Art-Union lotte r y . Long before the time appointed for the meeting the room was thronged, and the greatest anxiety was manifested in the proceedings. Soon after eight. o'clock-Thomas Wyse, Esq., M.P., ascended the platform, accompanied by the members of the Counci l of Institute of Fine Arts, by whom the meeting hadheen cen- THOMAS WYSE, Esq.,' having 'been called to the chair, stated briefly the objects for which they were assembled, and desired the Secretary to read the advertisement calling the meeting. JAMES'kAHEY, Esq., the honorary secretary, having read the advertisment, The CHAIRMAN again rose and addressed the meeting at considerable length on the subject of Art-Unions and their prospects. He observed that, in 1837; a feeling having ex isted for the further extension and improvement of the fine arts, by combining with the interests of artists that of the public at large, the Art-Union system was introduced, and was soon afterwards extended to almost all parts of the land. The characteristic features of this system were that it dis countenanced monopoly ; there was in it no combination for the advancement -of particular interests, or individual advan tage, but it extended encouragement from - the highest to the lowest, and, whilst it encouraged artists, it also promoted a taste for the fine arts among the public at large, who were the most enduring, the most noble, and the most elevating patrons of art.—(Loud cheers.) • The Art-Union wished to extend the civilisation depending on art to every part of the country ; to give to every artist the thence of becoming known to his fellow-subjects, and to establish in this country a republic of art. The .results of their efforts had so far realised. their most sanguine hopes. In the first year of their labours the subscriptions amounted to only 4001., whilst last year they exceeded 14,000/. ; and this increase had taken place in the space of only eight years. Similar augmentation had been experienced in the Art-Unions of Edinburgh and Dublin, which showed that the increasing taste for the fine arts was not limited to the metropolis. The money which had been distributed by the Art-Union of London, since its forma tion, amounted altogether to between forty and fifty thousand pounds, which sum had been distributed generally among the most meritorious artists, and had not been apportioned to any favoured individual or coterie. He denied that the Art-Union was a gambling society, though it came under the letter of the law. To the law, as pronounced by the Attorney-General, they must submit ; but they were, never theless, not precluded from doubting the soundness of the interpretation-of the law, which had been otherwise inter pretated by other legal authmities. As doubts had arisen, he wished the Legislature to take measures to prevent the .continuance of those doubts in future. Without censuring the Government for having acted on the interpretation of the law by the Attorney-General, he at least thought that that interpretation should have been elicited at an earlier stage •of the proceedings, so that much, of the expense that had been incurred by the Art-Union of London, might have been avoided by premonitory notice. The course he would advise the meeting to pursue was, to present a memorial to the First Lord of the Treasury, repre senting the position in which the Art-Union of Lthicloitawas: plae9d by the recent decision against :them ; stating the pre sent condition of body, what they had done for the ad vancement of art, and. their hopes of_accomplishing much more for the future. Let them entreat of him that the law might be it-modelled, and that they might be at least placed in a condition to pursue the system whichliad hitherto been so suecessful: Should-the First Lord of the Treasury not like to take the initiative in the matter, then the question would be whether it might not be advisable to submit the subject to the consideration of the Committee of the House now sitting on gambling.. It was-well known in what difficulties certain parties had been recently thrown by an application to the of the law against gambling,' and that they were-. obliged -to appial to the Legislature for the suspension of the Jaw, and for a subsequent remedy that would take their cases out of - the operation of that law. It was well known what aym pathy,• and he'might add, what indulgence was shoWn by the Legislature on that occasion. —(Cheers and laiighter.) It was impossible to suppose that men wh o Were only-distin guished at Newmeiket should be • treated with greater kind ness by the Legislature than a body of men who had exerted themselves to diffuse the arts of civilisation, and to spread - the glory of the country to all parts of the world.—(Cheers.) The first resolution, expressing regret at the 'suppression of Art-Unioni, was proposed by Air. HowsE, and :seconded by Mr. POWELL, and carried with only one dissentient, amidst loud cheers. • The second resolution was to the effect that a memorial be Presented to Sir Robert Peel, requesting him to -move for the appointment of a Committee of the House of Commons on the subject of Art-Unions. - This resolution was opposed by -Mr. RYLE, but was carried almost unanimously. The third resolution *as to the effect that . petitions be presented to both Houses of Parliament, praying them ,to adopt measures to establish on a firm basis the Art-Union of London, and all similar institutions. This resolution, as well as the former one, was carried with loud acclamation, the only hand held up 'against them beixq that of Mr. Ryle;whe watt laudJy - lattglied 'At fcir his itordoivenng oppo'sition. T ' , • 0. t, • -- - r 1 N LON THE S _ 14 0 N) Ntz.9 NDA Ir V-214 IN' PR 1544 Mr. FRANKLAND moved a petition to the Legislature, praying that it would adopt such measures as would esta blish, on a sure and permanent basis, the Art-Union of London, and all other similarly constituted societies. Mr Buss seconded it. _ The resolution was put and carried, like the others, with only one dissentient. The SECRETAItY then read the proposed petition to the Houses of Lords and Commons. _ _ _ Mr:ANGLIO, sen., moved, and Mr. DAvIEs seconded the adoption of the petition, which was agreed to. HARDY suggested that artists should adopt some means of,meeting each other more frequently.—(Cheers.) If they could meet monthly it would be very desirable and beneficial to all parties. The SECRETARY promised to give the gentle Man a pros pectus of the Institute, which would afford all the facilities he required. Thanks were voted to the Chairman, who is to present the petition to the Commons, and the Marquis of Lansdowne to the Lords, and the meeting separated. THE EXPRESS H;Dl'i'lOii• SUN OFFICE, Half-past Eight. MPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. ntcAL OF LORD ELLENBOROUGIL The Duke of WELLINGTON (in continuation from our Third Edition) ' proceeded to say—He thought he was justified again in. stigmatising as indiscreet a line of conduct such as that adopted by. the Court of Directors when they bad not the slightest knoWledge . of-the nature of the instructions Which the Governor-General received from the Home Government, or indeed had no further notice of the private circum stances 'of the 'case than had either of the Houses or Parliament, or the public, or the world generally. He • should • say that the Court of Di rectors, •being in this state of ignorance, acted very wrongly in depriving the Goiernment ofthe 'country of the benefit'of the services of such an officer as Lord Ellenbo rough at this. moment. This was the first instance they had of the exercise of this power by the Court of Directors, and certainly a . dangerous power, it might turn out to ,be ; for, he would ask their Lord ships, what would .have been the consequence if the Court had chosen to issue such •an order dur ing the time whea those extensive operations were carrying on againSt Gwalior ? Why that result would be that the carrying out of them would be left to some gentleman—a very -respectable gentleman he might be, no doubt. connected with the Council, but whe lacked experiencein that particular branch of the Government in which his Noble Friend (LorA Ellen • borough) ,was.so distinguished. He should again repeat the word " indiscreet," and say that a more indiscreet exercise of power than that of recalling the Governor- General, he had never witnessed since the first time he became connected with public affairs. (The Noble Duke appeared, much excited at the close of his speech.) Lord BROUGHAM wished to explain; that he had never said he 'doubted the legality of the act of the Court of Directors, in recalling the Governor-General, but he fully concurred in what had fallen from the Noble Duke opposite, with regard to. the in diScretion of_, their conduct—indeed he would have almost inclined to go further'; for out of . the twenty four members, composing the Court. of Directors, only three. were informed Of the nature of the instructions given to the Governor-General, and they were bound by oath not to reveal to their brother Directors what those instructions were, yet the whole body excepting three, acting in ignorance, adopted a measure which alone could be justified by having the fullest know ledge of the whole bearings of the case.—(Hear, hear.) He need say but little on this matter after what had fallen from the Noble Duke who had just sat down — one whose name was respected not alone ,in India, but in every part of the known world, and whose opinions carried that high respect with them to which hi splendid achievment and high character entitled thm. opposite (the Duke of Wellington). He (the ( arquis of Clanricarde) thought it a most extraordi nary course for the Noble Duke to adopt, to rise up in hi 4 place in that. House, and without giving the slightest notice of his intention, to pronounce a ready censure uppn the Court ofDirectors. He ( Harquis Clanricarde) would ask what right had they, when they knew that the Mist India Company possessed the power by law of adopting the course they did to con demn them, without first examining into the matter further, and affording them an opportunity of jus tqing themselves for the steps they took. He I I sh uld ask the Noble Duke if it were his intention to ay upon the table the communication which passed u n this subject between the Board of Control and the Court of Direetors of the East India Company. he Duke, of WELLINGTON—AIthough he was unl ious to afford their Lordships every information yet h e i.. th ught at the present momert it was not desirable to do so. A uestion had been put to him by his Noble Friend ( rd Colchester), and in reply he said no more than w at he considered it to be his duty, and nothing which had fallen from the Noble Marquis opposite would induce him to alter his opinion as to the indiscretion of the con dupt of the Court of Directors. • - fiiieiiarciuis of NORMANBY was sorry the Noble Mike opposite said that he would not lay upon the table th papers referred to. He did not think such a course was in accordance with the usual straightforward con duct of the Noble Duke, because otherwise the Court of Directors would not have an opportunity of having a faii • trial. pie Duke of WELLINGTON (as we could under stdo) said he thought he had a right to s peak his ic timents, and he also should say that the conduct of L d Ellenborough met with the entire approval of her M jesty's Government. ord CAMPBELL thought it was essential that the Court of Directors should be allowed to exercise their undoubted and legal right over the Governorship of India, without' being unduly interfered with. s t h e e. ternord matter o lf Et d Ni r r o Ar a p i p t e gN d h . am pre a se g n a t i e n d st tier a few w or d s f rom t h e D u k e of BUCCLEUCH, a t petition he p i sse n from s c t h h e a D p e i l s s - , Bi I.* i he Marquis of LONDONDERRY presented a pe tit on from the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of! Sunderland against the proposed duty on coal im orted into London. In doing so, he said he thought it most unfair to injure the interes, of the large coal-owners and their numerous dependants by imposing a tax for the purpose of such chime ric 1 objects as the embankment of the Thames. ord WHARNCLIFFJ said the Government had The Marquis of NORMANBY sa id he intende d no as yet decided upon imposing this tax. this evening to move for a Committee to in of 1 the Board of Charities in Ireland . However, he quire into regulation and application o f the funds would postpone his motion for a week. in order th4t he might afford an opportunity to the Government of taking the matter into their own hands. After a few words from Lord CA MPBELL and t he LORD CHANCELLOR the Local Procsss Bil l was read a seqond time. Their Lordships then Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. THE BUDGET. , The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER (in . continuation from our Third Edition) said—lt was imposed also with another object—namely, with a • view of giving relief to the commercial interests of the country, by reducing the amount of taxes upon a variety of articles, and for the purpose of trying the experiment whether by immediate reduction in certain duties you might not bring round in a limited period the revenue to the same amount as that which it was before the reduc tion took place. It was imposed, therefore, with the double objeet of supplying, (hiring an' interval, the previous deficiency of the regular revenue of the country, and for giving time for the repealed chides to recover, so as to ' be as pro ductive as before the reduction was effected; with that view it was submitted by my . Right Hon. Friend to the House, and he stated his opinion, that if that tax were continued for five years, it would have the effect which he anticipated.—(Cries of " Three years.") My Right Hon. I riend took it for a shorter period.—(Laughter.) My Right Hon. Friend indeed' = took it flir a shorter period for three years—and he did so on this ground, that if at the expiration of that period the result which he had anticipated, to occur at the end of five years should not occur, then the House would have an opportunity of considering whether they Would continue that impost for the same period, or whether - they would take another mode of supplying any deficiency which might exist. I have no hesitation in Saying that, at the present moment, I cannot form any eStimate of what those reductions may be. When I look at the list of arti clei'in the tariff on which reductions of duty took place, and at the increased consumption which has taken place of those=when I find that only on five has consumption decreased, 'while on all the rest con sumption has increased —I must - say, I 'entertain, very sanguine feelings as to the ultimate success of the ex periment. 'But the House will be good enough to bear in mindthat in somemainarticles--timber, I will espe cially mention on which a reduction of the duty has taken place, that reduction . did not come into operation until the Middle of last year. ' The experiment, therefore; in these instances, has not had a fair trial ; and I am not therefore pre pared to say what course ought hereafter to be pur sued in respect of them. In the course of the next year the property-tax must necessarily come under. the consideration of, the Hotise, and it will be tor . it 1 to say What course it would pursue with respect to the continuance or discontinuance of that impost. Such being the circumstances, I think it mustbe obvious to every one that I should not have acted a becoming part if I had induced the Muse to consent to a large reduction of duty, which . might have had but one effect, namely, that of hindering Parliament from coming to an unfettered decision on the financial condition of the _country intthe course of the-next year. It is, there fore, that I think this is not the period for the House to entertain propositions for any reduction—for any I considerable amount of reduction—of the taxation of the country. But there is •another reason which, independently of the property-tax, must have consi derable weight with the House in inducing it to pursue the course which we now' recommend. We have had, as the House is aware, a defi ciency of revenue as compared with expenditure, for a series of years. That deficiency continued for six successive years, and though for the present we have mastered it, yet it should be recollected by the House that we are still suffering from the conse quences of it. Those deficiencies had to be met either by adding to the debt of the country, or by drawing on the decreasing amount in the Exchequer, in a way which it was not *safe for any country to do. Why, Sir, when I addressed the House in the course of the last year, the balances in the Exchequer were under 1,000,0001. per month ; by the addi tion of the surplus of the revenue during the present year, those balances had arisen to from 2,000,0001. to 2,400,0001. But when we had a balance of only 1,000,000/. per month in the Ex chequer, what was the state of our account at the Bank of England? We were obliged to borrow 2,700,000/. in anticipation of the revenue, while we were at the same • time obliged to borrow 5,000,0001. more in deficiency bills, for the purpose of paying the public creditor the sums which were due to him. I think, therefore, that we can not act wisely for ourselves, or honourably for the country, or, indeed, safely for its interests, if we do not make some effort to return to such a state of prosperity as will place the balances in the Ex chequer in a position that will enable it to liquidate its payments to its creditors, and to bring the demands of the Bank on account of these deficiency bills within some limited compass ; or, at all events, to render the Government so far independent of that ,assistance, that it may have at its disposal a con siderable ' portion of the sum required for its usual quarterly expenditure. The present quarter of the year is at all times one of great pres sure on the finances, In consequence of the payments on account of the National Debt. We require larger balances in the Exchequer, in order that we may act in dependent of the Bank to a certain degree, and conduet the operations of the Government on the principle I have just stated. Under these impressions, so strongly do I feel the importance of this course, that even if there had been no question involving 'the continuance of the property-tax coming on in the.course of the next year, I should not have thought• was acting the part of an honest man or a conscientious :Minister, if I had fore borne to ask the House to apply the surplus of the pre sent year to the' augmentacion of the balances in the• Exchequer. I trust, and indeed I feel confident, that the House, acting on the principle which guided it on a former occasion, will not hesi tate to comply with that request. I cannot forget that when I brought forward the proposal for the reduction of the Three and-a-Hal per Cents., the House at once cordially concurred in the sentiment that we should not relieve ourselves at the risk of hazarding dangers to be incurred hereafter, or at the expense of those who are to' come after us. And upon that prin ciple I now call upoa the House not to give themselves temporary relief by a present remission,of taxation, but to place the finances of the cdtintry upon a footing that will enable it hereafter to follow the beht of its inclinations, and give relief to its constituents without endangering the credit of the country, or risking its ability to meet the payments it was bound to make.—(Cheers.) These are the rea sons which have induced me to resist the large demands which have bee made upon us from vari ous quarters for a reduction of taxation. But at the same time there are some articles on which taxes are imposed, upon which either a partial or total reduction of the duty may be made without much injury to the revenue, but the removal of which may be calcu lated to give an impetus and improvement to trade. I propose to 'submit to the House a varlet, of articles, more or less of importance, in which I think some reduction of the duty may be made. First, with respect to those articles that will affect the Excise revenue, I allude to a regulation with respect to the article of glass. I have had an application made to me to repeal the whole of the duties on that article, but that lam not going to do.—( Hear, hear, and a laugh.) That is not the course I am about to pursue ; but there is one portion of the duty on glass which I think I can satisfy the House may be repealed without injury to the revenue, and the effect of which would give facility to trade. I allude to the distinctive duties on flint glass and bottle glass. Flint glass, at the present moment, pays a duty of 2d., while bottle glass pays only a: duty of three farthings ; each of those articles, upon exportation, are entitled to receive a drawback, nearly amounting to the whole of the duty ; and, in order to put an end to fraud, the law ena,cts.that no drawback shall be made on flint-glass, unless its price is sd. a pound. Now the fact is, that there have been great improvements made in the manufacture of that article. AL.nrmanufacturers could make flint-glass at less than sd. a pound ; and if they did so, then they were deprived of their drawback, added to which, when they go into the market they have to compete with the foreigner, who,, manufacturing' his glass at a less price, has the advan tage. There is another necessity why some alteration should be made—there is great difficulty, so well is the article manufactured, in discovering which is bottle glass and which is flint glass, and when the claim for the draw back came, there were perpetual disputes as to the duty. Under those circumstances, I am of opinion that it would be, beneficial to remove the distinctive duty between flint and bottle glass. The reduction will only amount to the limited sum of 45,0001. a-year, but in the present year it will be only 35,0001., as I propose that the reduction is not to take place till the sth of July, by, which time the manufacturers will have an opportunity to bond their glass, and avoid the imposition of 'the duty. The duty on bottle glass being three farthings, andon flintglass two pence, I propose that the duty on both shall be left at three farthings. There is another article subject to duty to which lam desirous of calling the attention of the House. with a view to its repeal—l mean the duty on the article of vinegar.—(Great laughter.)- It might excite the laughter or ridicule of Hon. Gentlemen who were not quite aware of the bearing such articles had upon manu factures; but looking to these considerations, I cannot for bear dealing with them. Now, if Hon. Gentlemen read the ninth report of the Excise Commissioners, they will see that, so far back as the year 1834, the repeal of this duty on vinegar was recommended.—(Hear.) The Com missioners stated that the produce of the duty in the last year was 23,0001., for the due protection of which there was a code of regulations under the 58th of George 111, with regard to which they observed it was difficult to concede on what ground it was necessary to provide for the protection 6f so small an amount of duty by a series of provisions of so complicated and extensive a nature. The Act in question contained twenty-nine clauses, the infringemen t of which was punished by penalties varying from 100/. to 5001. The circumstance of vinegar manu facturers would be muc h b enefited by the repea l o f t h e being so generally by rall a duties, as well as th e b enefit which the publ i c d er i ve d from anarticle w ere all additional us e e y li i c u o printers, use and that in favour of a rep ea l .o f the duty. This was the opinion of a gentleman who directed the excise in 1833 and 1834. I may observe to the House, that vinegar only pays a t oge whilst duty when it is m a d e b y the manufacturer f or sa l e; an d uct r u e r e r a therefore, as in th e case of beer, the duty f a ll s h eav il y upon those who h ave not the means of ma ki ng t h e arti cle for themselve s , an d are obliged to purc h ase i t f rom t t h h e e m m s e a l nve sfa a er th ex es e e mp w t ho fro c m an t m he ake bu it le fo n that presses up on their poorer b ret h ren . Thl r revenue, in this respect, has but little increased, since the period I have alluded to. It amounts to 25,000/., and is a tax which I think ought to be repealed. Acids of a particular kind are essentially necessary in many branches of manufacture, such as calico-printing, for instance, and in order to give to the manufacturer the advantage Of procuring those acids cheaply, the law provided that pyroligneous acids in a crude, impure, and unrectified state, should be made without payment of duty at all. This concession was intended for the - benefit of the manufacturer At the time the concession, was made it was considered a very considerable one,' because manufacturers used pyroligneous acids in the state contemplated by the Act of Parliament. But as the skill of the manufacturer improved, those acids were produce& in an improved state, which offered more advantages in their use than if they were used in what he might call their Parliamen tary state.—(Laughter.) I will, however, allow one year for the &alai...to get rid of the stock on hand. The next subject is .one of considerable importance, both as regards its consequences on the commerce of the country, and the amount of revenue derived from it. I propose to the House a considerable reduction upon the duty on marine assurance. By making that reduc tion, we aro likely to produce an effect which is ad vantageous and appears attainable. To those who know anything of marine insurance, it is obvious that it should settle ,itself in Great Britain. Marine assurance re quires large capital on the part of those, who .conduct it, and perfect confidence in their hotiour. If, therefore, there be any country in the world in which I should say marine 'insurance would flourish above any other coun try, it is Great Britain, possessing, as i t d oes, capital, integrity, and great extent of territory. Yet, notwithstanding those things, insurance was on the decline. The tax was originally imposed in time of war, and was valued at a very large amount. Every ship that sailed, and all the property it carried, was in sured, and they eould be. insured no where but in this country. But then,' after the peace, when the country was suffering under heavy contributions, imposed for. the carrying on of the war, no reduction "was made in' the duty on marine insurance. But in 1834 the pressure of this duty was felt to be so great, that Lord Auckland,' acting upon the principle upon which I now propose to act, reduced the duty on marine in surance to one-half, and calculated upon a considerable loss to'the revenue. But in that calculation Lord Auckland was mistaken, for in two years, notwith standing that large reduction, the duty equalled what it had previously attained. The consequence of the present high rates of insurance was that at present British mer chants insured in foreign countries in preference to their own ; and in Hamburgh, for instance, the trade:in marine insurance had very much increased. In our own country, in marine insurance the amount of duty had decreased, and he was sorry , to say materially so, a fact Which - he certainly attributed to the present high rate of duty. There was another circum stance which made the duty on, marine insurance in England heavier in many instances. The insurance on goods sent: by steam-vessels was considerably less than when sent, by sailing vessels ; therefore in short trips, as between this country and France, and Hamburgh and Germany, and neighbouring countries, an insur ance of one4hird on • every hundred pounds, where the premium was two shillings and five shillings' the duty on sailing vessels was foar shillings, and seven shillings and sixpence, and ten shillings. Under theie eiscumstances it is necessary to reduce the duty, in order to secure to thisßountry - the advantages to be derived from marine insurances. In order to effect this, I propose, not only:6 reduce the duty,_ but to alter the scale on which it is levied. The present rate of duty is as folloWs:—For every 1001., where the premium* does not exceed 15s. per cent., the duty levied amounts to is. 3d. - -per cent; ; *here the premium exceeds 15s„ but does not exceed 305., the duty is 2s. ,6d. per cent.'; and where it exceeds 30s. the duty amounts, to. 5s per cent. This presses . unduly upon .small insurances. therefore propose to reduce the duty and to vary the.. rates according to the . following scale. For every .100/I insurance, in which the premium does not exceed4os,i' I propose to levy a duty of:3d. instead of is: 3d..; where the premium does exceed 10s, but, . does not exceed -205.,- a. duty . of 6a.; instead of - Is. 3d. ;2 and in some, cases vs.. 6d.. as at present ; where the premium exceeds 20S. but does not eceed3os. a duty of ls.; were it exceeds 30s. but does not exceed 40s. a duty of 2s, ; where, it exceeds 40s. but does not exceed 50s. a duty of 3s. ; *here it exceeds 50s. but does not exceed 60s. a duty of 4s:;- and'where it is above 60s. a duty of ss. I calculate that during the course of the present year the _ diminution of revenue con sequent upon this reduction will amount to .100,0001. But I ,'.calculate - that :during the :courz..e' of the following two years after the, change shall have been effected, there 'will be a sensible increase in the disposition of foreigners to. come to this country to effect their insurance's, and that the country will reap the advantage even if no 'advantage 'should be derived by the revenue in consequence of this reduction. — (Cheers.) It is also my intention partially to reduce the Stamp duty on agreements and on proxies for voting' for Railway Conpanies, but those reductions will affect the revenue to a very small ex tent, that Ido not think it necessary to trouble the House on the subject. The newt class ,of , articles on which I propose to make a reduction are articles of con sumption. The first one is an article, in mentioning which I shall no doubt excite the laughter of the House —I mean the article orcurrants.--(Cheets and Jaugh . ter.) This is an atticle ofgeneralconSumption, and is,therefore a very fitting article for reduction, whether we coasider the value of the article, the ditty which Is imposed upon it, on the country which produces it. One of the countries which produce it derives nearly the whole of its wealth from the produce of this.article,. The value of one cwt. of currants is 405., according to our tariff, this cwt. of currants, there is a duty imposed of 225. Now, what'are currants ?—(A. laugh.) • They are but grapi s after all.— (Renewed laughter.) They , are an article of great consumption among the lower orders of the people. They constitute' a luiury agreeable to them, • and beneficial to: their general health. Currants are mainly consumed by persons in the lower ranks of society, and the duty is a very large one. I therefore propose to reduce the duty on currants from 225. to 15s. Sir, there is is another argument also in favour of this reduct;on,—currants are the main produce _of the lonian Islands, whose intimate con nection with us affords ,an argument in favour of ous promoting their interest . by . promoting that branch of industry from which its resources are chiefly derived: I have said that currants are mainly derived from the Idnian 'lslands. Those which do not come from thence, come froni Greece ; and whatever may be said of that country in other respects, it must at leait be confessed that it ' treats Great Britain as regards commercial intercourse, with the most perfect fairness. —(Hear, hear.) For these reasons—and I could mention others if it were necessary to do so—l think we are justified in making a sacrifice even of 90,0001. of revenue, which is the amount which I calculate will in the first instance be lost on this branch of revenue, on behalf of those classes of society who look upon this ar ticle as a great luxury, .but who are now in a great degree debarred from its consumption by the price at which it is sold.—(Hear.) The next article to which I would call the attention of the House is that of coffee.—(Hear, hear.) The House will recollect, that when the general arrange- ment of duties took place, in 1842, the distinctive dutiesupon foreign and British coffee were fixed at Bd. and 4d., that is, there was duty of Bd. upon the one, and 4d. on the other, and that extent of discriminating duty being extremely large, with respect to the value of the article on which it was imposed, was only maintained on the ground that we were then engaged in negotia tions with Brazil, which made it extremely difficult and injudicious at that time to reduce the duty on foreign coffee to the amount to which we should have thought under other circumstances it ought to ha% e been re duced. I think it right, therefore, to avail myself of the opportunity which the termination of those negotia tions has given me, to recommend the House to re duce the duty on foreign . coffee from Bd. to 6d. That reduction, I'am satisfied, from all the examination I have been able to give to the subject, will admit coffee very extensively for consumption in this country, with out injury to the. interests of the colonies.—(Hear.) The effect of the high duty has been greatly to reduce the amount of foreign coffee consumed in the course of last year—indeed nearly 30 per cent.—fur the reduction has been from more than 11,000,000165. to less than 9,000,0001b5. It being a most important thing to extend the use of a beverage which is a great luxury to the poorer classes—(Hear, hear)—and while at the same time that it is a luxury to them, and which, at the same time, supersedes those other luxuries which are preju dicial to their , health and morals—(Hear)—l there fore take this,opportunity of calling upon the House to place the differential duty on this article upon a foot ing which will admit of its most extensive use.—(Hear, hear.) At the same time, it appears to me that it is but justice that a provision should be introduced into the Customs Bill, increasing the duty on chicory root. In consequence of the reduction of the duty on that root last year, chicory-root has been introduced to a great extent—it is ground in this country, and mixed with coffee. I do not say that the coffee is deteriorated by the mixture, for that is a matter of taste; but the revenue has been defrauded to a great extent in losing the duty upon the coffee, for which the root has been substituted. From these changes in the differential duties, I calculate that the loss will not be more than 50,0001.—(Hear, hear.) I come now to what I may consider as the most important article—l mean the duty upon wool, which I propose to take off altogether.—(Cheers.) Upou the merits of that particular question, it cannot be necessary for me to enter at present. In two sucees sive sessions they have been ably detailed to the House by the Hon. Member for Halifax, who has taken the greatest pains with that departmeet of trade. And, Sir, I may here say that, when I have resisted the claims which were alleged for the reduction of this duty, I did so only on account of the claims of. the revenue-- (Hear, hear)—and I never denied that wool was a raw material of the utmost importance to the manufac tures and trade of the country.—(Hear, hear.) There has been great competitien between British cloth monufacturers and the foreign 'cloth manufacturer ; and the least advantage given to the English manufacturer of course would place him in a better position than the foreigner. Sir, I do not intend to follow the example of the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite, of merely partially reduc ing the duty on wool; but I have thought it better to remit both the duty on export and import of wool, and to leave the trade open.—(Cheers.) That duty produced last year, altogether, about the sum of 100,0001., and we 'must take that amount as the loss which will be sustained on that particular article, the arrangement respecting which I shall recommend to the House. But I cannot but feel that, although we shall on the article itself sustain a loss, yet we shall give an additional stimulus to the industry of the com munity engaged in that branch of our manufactures likely to be benefited by this arrangement, which I be lieve will more than compensate for the loss we shall sustain. This is the last article upon which I propose to make any reduction. The total amount of reduction will be onlglass for the present year 35,000/. — upon vinegar in' the present year, 12,0001.—upon cur rants for the . present year 9,000/—upon coffee, 50,000/. —upon marine insurances, 100,0001., and upon wool, 100,0001., making a sum of about 390,000/. ; or, in round numbers 400,0001., as the amount of reduction which I believe we may safely make. Having made this statement to the House, I should have thought it my duty here to close the observations which, I fear, I have already too long troubled the House with. But, Sir, there is one article which, though not immediately under the consideration of the House, must necessarily form the subject of very deliberate consideration—and with respect to which much anxiety is felt with respect to the views of the Government upon it—l mean the article of sugar. . I should not think that I acted fairly towards the rersons engaged in the produce of this article, if I were not on the present occasion distinctly to state to the House the course which it is • my intention to pursue when I move the sugar duties. The House will not ex pect me, as I shall so shortly bring before them the details of the question to enter into all the particulars necessary to compose an explanation of this subject. I shall merely state the principle upon which I intend to act; I allude to the subject now only because I know the immense importance to those connected with the growth and manufacture of sugar distinctly to under stand before next May what is the determination of the Government with respect to that article. Sir, the House is aware that the treaty with Brazil will come to a termination in the month of November next, and with that treaty with Brazil will terminate the right which Brazil now en joys of importing her produce into this country upon a fboting of the most favoured nation. That treaty which enables' Brazil to bring • slave-grown produce into this country will, in November next, be removed It is my intention, in moving the sugar duties, to re commend for the House, that from and after November next the duty upon sugar produced in those countries which are ' exempt from the taint of the slave-trade—that do , not raise sugar by means of slave labour—shall 'be mduced from their present amount. .By this means we shall throw open, under cer tain regulations, to countries- eastward of the Cape of Good Hope, a valuable trade, and shall most especially " encourage the growing commerce with China„ :tv,itia 'which country, hitherto, our re lations: lations: haVe .been extremely confined , And this will_ be thine without any departure from that principle we have hitherto maintained and acted upon in respect to the slave trade—ohus affording an additional supply of Sugar, which will greatly add to the comfort of the people, and give an additional spur the industry of colonies in which we have the great est possible interest. In thus' . speaking of countries eastward of, the_ _cape • Of -Good • Hope, I must im press upon the House that I refer only to such with which we have relations, - and wherein the sugar is not raised by means of slavery. Sir, the differential duty which I shall 'propose to this Hoose to be ImPOsed on sugars from countries free from the tarnish of s l aver y will be 103 per ewt—that whereas British colo- ' nial sugars pay a dury of 245. ber_cwt., th e sugars f rom the countries I refer 'to shall pry 345. per cwt. I am quite aware_ it may be- said that although the treaty with Brazil is brought to a conclusion there is a treaty with America, which contains a similar clause to the other, entitles America to the rights extended by us to the most favoured nation. Nothing can be further from my intention than to infringe the letter of any enact ment'existing with that or any other country, but I think when we take the discussion on the sugar duties I shall be able to show that the sugar produced in the southern states of North America is not calculated to be brought into competition with the sugar, the produce of free -labour, I have now been speaking of. I can assure you, Sir, it would have been most satisfactory to ane if the state of the revenue would have permitted me to make some general arrangement of a per manent nature with respect to the sugar duties. it would have been desirable to place the reduction of the duty on colonial sugar on a solid and permanent foundation ; but if is obvious that till November next-it will be utterly impossible to act upon any principle of that ' description, for the doing so would paralyse all the trade in the interior. I think that the better course will be to admit foreign sugar at a dis criminating duty, and con ti nue it till that period shall arrive when the sugar duties come again under conside ration. In doing this, far be:it from me to entertain any ill feeling toward jhose countries whose sugar will re main excluded. I think the reduction we have made in the coffee of those countries' proves sufficiently that no such feeling animates the Government. With respect to the amount, both of the fixed duty and the differential duty, I have been anxious to take that amount which represents, as nearly as possible, the ad vantage which I apprehend ought to be given to colonial or foreign sugar—to free-grown sugar above that pro duced by slave labour. I have now stated to the House the details of our financial plan for the last year and for that - which is to come ; and I trust the House will per mit me, without assuming anything like arrogance or presumption, to congratulate it on the generally improved condition of our manufactures aad commerce. It is perhaps of all tasks, the most difficult to arrest the downward progress of revenue arising. from deficiency extending over a series of years. With respect to this, the House has fulfilled its assurance to the Crown, of n:aking the revenue of the ccuntry equal to its expendi ture. They have in the course of this session, given evident proof of the/ effect which their conduct has had on the credit of the country, and I cannot but hope, that if the House goes on in the prudent and forbearing course they< have hitherto pursued, and which I have taken the liberty of recommending to them this even ing. If they prefer to a present advantage the policy of placing the finances cf the country on a solid footing, sufficient not only to meet an annual deficiency, but to protect us from those vicissitudes of fortune to which the complicated concerns of a great country like this must necessarily be exposed, I believe that the House will insure to this country a continuance of its prospe rity, and will essentially promote the happiness of the whole empire. —(Cheers.) The question having been put, Mr. HUME said it was but justice to state that his statement was extremely clear, and in some respects sa tisfactory. He vi-as one that did not expect so favour able a result on the state of the country as had been stated by the Right Hon. Gentleman. He congratulated the country on its improved state, but he could not do so with respect to the continued taxation that the Right Honourable Gentleman had alluded to. He thought it was the duty of the House to raise the lowest amount of revenue they possibly could. The revenue of the country had been the same for the last 12 years, but the expenditure had increased. A great increase bad taken place in the war establish ment of the country during 1833, 1837, and .1839. He protested against such an evil, and he therefore thought tuat the present Government should proceed to reduce those establishments with as great avidity as they had been increased. The revenue of 1834 and 1843 was of the same amount within 200,0001., and there was no income-tax in the former year. He did not wish to have the income-tax done away with if the -taxation on " other articles was reduced to the same amount.—(Hear, hear.) He wished to have the duties on soap and paper and glass reduced. He did not think the reduction of the latter article would be any great benefit. If the duty on all glass was repealed it would be of the greatest advantage to the country. No country was .so well qualified fir the manufacture of the finest glass in England.—(Hear, hear.) He believed the expenses of collecting the revenue on glass absorbed the whole duty. and he thought the late Government committed a great mistake when they reduced the duty by 2d. without di minishing the expenses of collecting it.— (LEFT SPEAKING.) UNIVERSITY COLLEGE. —DIS TRIBUTION OF PRIZES. On Saturday the annual distribution of prises in the medical department of University College, took place at two o'clock, in the lecture-room. The place was crowded in every part. The number present must have exceeded 1,000 ; a large proportion of the audience consisted of ladies. Lord Brougham pre sided on the occasion. Lord Auckland, late Gover nor-General of India, sat at the right hand 'of the Noble and Learned Chairman. Immediately after the chair was taken, a brief report was read, in which it was stated that the number of students attending the medical classes was the same as last year — namely,. 300—of whom 93 had entered this year. The following distribution of prizes then took place : Chemistry.—Gold medal, Mr. C. W. Randall, of Lon don; Ist silver medal, Mr. Edward Cousins, of London; 2d silver medal, Mr. James Morris, of London ; Prize Essay, Ist silver medal, Mr. Robert Ellis, of Ruthin, N. W. ; ditto, 2d silver medal, Mr. Edward Palmer, of London. Botany (Summer Term, 1843).—G01d medal, Mr. Charles Prentice, of Kingston-on-Thames; silver medal, Mr. W. 11. Colborne, of Chippenham, Wilts. Medicine.—Gold medal, Mr. John Gabb, of Bewdley; Ist silv6r medal, Mr. F. W. Marshall, of Norwich ; 2d silver Medal, Mr. W. H. Allchin, of East Malting. Anatomy and Physiology.—Gold medal, Mr. William W. Moore, of Doncaster ; Ist silver medal, Mr. H. Crocker, of London ; 2d silver medal, Mr. T. A. Cam mack,,of Spalding. Comparative Anatomy.—Gold medal, Mr. W. H. Col borne. Anatomy—Senior Class.—Gold medal, Mr. William Cadge, of Hoveton, Norfolk ; Ist silver medal, Mr. Wil liam Brown, of Altarnum, Cornwall ; 2d silver medal, Mr. W. L. Dickinson, of London. Junior Class : silver medal, Mr. T. Littleton, of Salta , h. Materia Medica.—Gold medal, Mr. R. Babington, of Horncastle ; Ist silver medal, Mr. J. E. Wuod, of Rochdale ; 2d silver medal, Mr. Edward Cousins. Medical Jurisprudence (Summer Term, 1843). Pri ze. pathological Anatomy (Summer Term, 1843).—G01d medal. Midwifery.—Gold medal, Mr. James Hakes, of Lon don ; Ist silver medal, Mr. Alfred Jackson, of Ports mouth ; 2d silver medal, Mr. James Clifton, of Bi oughton. Surgery.—Gold medal, Mr. Robert Ellis ; Ist silver medal, Mr. H. J. M'Dougall, of Exeter ; 2d silver medal, Mr. Henry Vevers, of Herefordshire. Fellows' Medals for Clinical Instruction (Summer, 1843).—G01d medal, Mr. H. Fearnside, of Otley, near Leeds.—Winter, 1843-4.—Gold medal, Mr. F. W. Mar shall ; silver medal, Mr. G. S. Deane, of Liverpool. Th distribution of prizes being finished, Lord BROUGHAM rose and said, that he had great pleasure in presiding on that occasion, as he had in being President of the Council of the University. He was gratified at again meeting them, and that it was in his power to congratulate them, not only on the rising, but the flourishing state of their funds. He felt also bound to express his gratification at the mode of distributing the prizes which had lately been resorted to, a mode which secured the most perfect impartiality. Nor could he refrain from ex pressing the great pleasure he felt, when he con sidered the high character of the professors of the University.—(Cheers.) Ib had lately had an oppor tunity of examining the celebrated medical institution in the south of France—he meant the institution at Montpellier—and he had great pleasure in saying that their institution would not suffer from com parison. The prosperity and excellence of their in stitution was satisfactorily proved by the number of degrees conferred on _its students by the central university. lie wished to speak with all possible respect of the rival institution (King's College) ; it was a graduating university; but it was not remark able for the number of degrees conferred on its students. Out of the 233 cases in which degrees had been conferred by the Central College, 114, or nearly one-half, had been conferred on the students of the University College.-(Loud cheers.) The number of degrees conferred on the medical students of King's College was only one-sixth of what had just been stated. They (the University College) had no r_eli gious observances. They had been blamed for this, and told they had too little religion. He (the Chair man) differed from those who held that opinion. It was because they had so much religion, that they con sidered it too sacred a subject to be lightly dealt with. At the other places medical students coming from Portman-square and other places at the West-end, at two o'clock, to hear lectures, were not allowed to enter the room unless they had been present at prayers at ten in the morning. He thought this a clumsy w ay of going to work. Whether medical students were the most likely persons to relish this compulsory attendance at prayers he did not know. The financial affairs of their institution were in a most flourishing condition. Tie late Mr. Brindell, a barrister, and a most honourable and worthy man, had lately left them 20,0001., and Mr. B acon h ad left them, subject to the life of his wid ow , a sum which was expected to realise 28 , 0 0 0 1.—making in all nearly 50,0001., which was now at the disposal of the council. He had no doubt whatever, at any rate he would recommend it to the council, that that great building should be now completed (Loud cheers.) He now came to the darker side of the picture. Instead of being the first, theirs was undoubtedly the last institution of the kind in re ference to science and literature. When the institu tion was first established, the projectors did confidently expect diat their magnificent establishent, in which education of the highest order would be taught at so low a rate, would he crowded with persons eager to avail themselves of such opportunities. At Oxford and Cambridge the same class and quality of educa tion, for which they would only have to pay 251. per annum at the University College, would cost from 200/. to 300/. ; yet the citizens did not send their children to receive the advantage of this economical arrangement. They preferred (and he could not sufficiently express the thorough scorn and contemp he felt for their conduct)-;-they preferred making up a purse of 2001. or 300/. to educate their eldest son at Oxford or Cambridge, and left. all the rest of the family to grow up in ignorance. —(Hear, hear: No one said that the University in which they were as-. sembled was not in a centrical situation ; no one coia plainecl that it was not a healthy place ; and no one contended that better teachers than they had were to be had elsewhere; and yet, notwithstanding all this, the sons of the citizens never darkened their dobrs. He hoped to live to see the day when this stain 'on the character of the citizens should be wiped off, and when, instead of 190 boys and young men receiving a general education, they should hav e, as they ought tY have, at least 2,G00 or 3,000. The Noble and Learned Chairman, after a few remarks on the desirablene'ss the medical students taking c are to acquiregeneral information, concluded amidst loud and protracted cheers. Lord AUCKLAND then proposed a:vote of thairka to Lord Brougham for his conduct' that day In the chair, which was carried amidst loud acclamations. The meeting then broke up. COURT CIRCULAR. . Her Majesty and Prince Alhert; and their Msleaties the King and Queen of the Belgians,left..Bnekinghani Palace in a carriage and four, .at a quarter beltore one o'clock, on Saturday .afternoon; for Claren3oni.... Marchioness of Douro, Lady in Waiting on the7Queetti the Baroness d'Hoogvorst, Lady in Woitiirkg ! , 1 11 - • Queen of the Belgians ; . Colonel Buckley,. g q4 erry is Waiting to her Majesty ; and Colonel Beaverie, gqppErx in Waiting to Prince AlLert, _followed rolt4 carriage.• The illastrioui party parton' 1c . ,44.f, a 4e/eote Claremont. The Queen and_Prince Albe r t, an d her :111fkiesty:41tk Queen of the. Belgians, attencled.by the Marphiones,s ut Douro, Barone :9 d'Hoogvorst, Colonel Buekley;,,ancl Colonel Bouverie, returned to Buckingham ['glace at half past six o'clock. The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace nn Saturday evening included the Earl and Counts bela warr and Archdeacon Wilberforce. The Royal Family were taken airings in the Royal Gardens of Buckingham Palace on:Saturday. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, the Ladies and. Gen tlemen or the Royal suite and the Household, Attemiel Divine service yesterday morning in the Chapel Royal, Buckingham Palace. The sermon was preu 4 llept by_ Archdeacon Wilberforce. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leh-, Courtenay assisted at the service. His Ro w yal Highness Prince Albert presided on Friday afternoon at a meeting, at Gwydyr House, of the Cou, missioners for promoting and encouraging the Fine Ai ts in the rebuilding the Palace of Westminster. The Com missioners present were Viscount Palmerston, LirdCol borne, Mr. Gaily Knight, Mr. Hallam, and Mr. Wyse. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, attended Divine service, yet•terd'iy morning, in the Chapel iloyel v James's. The Rev. Dr. Wesley preached the sermon, from Psalms xciii., verse 5. Prayers were-read hx,the Rev. Dr. Knapp, end the lessons by the Rev. rtr. Weauj.. The musical service was King's in B. The. anthem,. " God is our hope," (Greene), was sung by Messrs. J. B. Sale, Horncastle, and Hawkins. Sir George .Smart presided at the organ. Her Majesty was attended by Viscountess • Barring ton, Hon. Miss Boyle, and Earl Howe. Among the nobility present, were the Marquise's of Normanby, Northampton, Bundy, and Salisbury ; Lords Bandon, Candor, 'Wilton, Tyrconnell, Eliot, Palmerston, Northland, Alford, and Vivian ; Ladies, Wilton, .and Palmerston. The Duke cf Wellington and Sir Frederick Trench attended the early service in the Chapel Royal, St. James's, yesterday forenoon. The Rev. Dr. Wesley officiated and preached the sermon. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager took an airing in a carriage on Saturday. His — Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge returne d to his residence at Kew on Saturday. A deputation consisting of Mr. H. Gaily Kn'ght, M.P., Dr. Southwood Smith, Mr. Toynbee, .Mr. J. A. Yates, Mr. H. Biers (President of the Carpenters'„ So ciety), Mr. G. Godwin, Mr.• W. Laxton, Mr. J. Lindley, Mr. W. C. Hickson, and Mr. C. Fowler, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday, zt his official residence in Downing-street. Mr. Wickhalii, Chairman of the Stamps . and Taxes, was also pres.eut the interview. Archdeacon Brathwaite had an interview with L.lrd Stanley on Saturday at the Colonial-office. Mr, M.. H. Marsh had also au interview with his Lordship an R. Saturday. • The Commissioners of Metropolitan Inaproye-m.tots had a meeting on Wednesday at the office in Whitehall place. Among the Commissioners present were--the Earl of Lincoln, Lord Lyttelton, Lord Colborne, Mr._ Alderman Humphery, Sir Charles Lemon, Mr. H.•T. Hope, Mr. A. Milne, Hon. Charles Gore, and Mr. Charlea • • Barry. MR. TEMPLETON'S MUSICAL. EN TERTAINMENTS. Mr. Templeton produced his new entertainment, entitled " Lays of the last great Scottish Minstrel, Sir Walter Scott," at the Hanover-square Rooms:, on Friday evening last, vith most unqualified susses.. The libretto of this entertainment is excellent—it is replete with interesting anecdotes of the " Anosto of the North," which were admirably given by Tens pleton, whose enunciation is remarkably distinct, and. who reads beautifully. The first song was " Jock of Hazeldean," which was sung with great feeling, and was much applauded. The beautiful lines from the " Lay of the Last Minstrel"—" And said I that my limbs were cold," were equisitely recited. They were followed by the air, " In peace love tunes tho Shepherd's reed,' which was given with great feeling and rapturously encored; and then came the w ell known " Young Lochinvar," which was sung with great spirit. " Where shall the Lover rest,' was given with exquisite feeling and expression; and the first part concluded with " The Last Words of Ikar mion. This splendid song, the composition of the late Dr. Clarke, of Cambridge, was given with more than the general effect of Templeton's execution. His taste ful transitions from the forte to the piano, on the con trary, as the sentiment required, were executed with much taste and tact, in all the songs, but it was more particularly marked, because more called for in tMs glorious composition, in which admirable effect was given to the contrasted expression of the fire of the battle, and the physical feebleness of Marmion, life ebbed from him. The gem of the evening, how ever, was the exquisite song from the " Lady of the Lake," "The heath this night must be my bed,' which was given with exquisite pathos and power. and rapturously encored. Had it not been out As regard to the physical powers of the vocalist, its re‘ petition would have been called for a second time; as it was, there was a strong disposition manifested on the part of the audience to insist on a double encore. "'Tis merry, 'tis merry in fairy land," was very cleverly sung. " There was a Mareehal of Franc, was loudly encored. This, which bids fair to become one of the most popular of Templeton's entertainments. was given under the immediate patronage of h 6 Royal Highness Prince Albert and the members of the " London Scott Committee," and between the first and second part, Mr. Templeton sang ha honour of his Royal patron, a loyal and patriotic ballad, com posed expressly for this occasion, entitled " Hail to the Prince." The proceeds of the entertainment were handed over by Mr. Templeton to the Scott Monument Committee--a delicate and appropriate method, on his part, of testifying his veneration for the memory of Scotia's most gifted eon. The enter tainment was very fashionably attended. THE CEOLOPHON ORGAN. On Saturday we visited Mr. Blagrave's Neve CO/Jr. cart-room, 71, Mortimer-street, Cavendish-equare r for the purpose of hearing the Nottingham (Bolopkon Organ. Mr. Myers, the inventor was in :attendance to exhibit its construction. The sound •is produced in the same manner as the seraphine, by pa ss i ng a stream of air over springs of metal, but by proved patent process, the Invention of Mr. Myers, the tongues of metal producing the sound, instead o f being attached to fixed metal supports by m eans a screws, are cut out from the supporta thernsares, so there is none of that unpleasant jarring sound which is so often found in the seraphine. This andm fivean manual 1:l thc: ti n ll2 i d rin pedal te has two sets of keys, p double diapason, principal, soft with separate pedal bass, coupler. Mr. Purkiss performed sefe tures and other pie ces f or t h e purp us e the powers of th e i ns t rument, ral popular over— h eof exhibiting furitssi h z i e( i no wb.;,c (not exceeding that of a very small f•hamber organ) are' enormous. The (Eolophon orgun is certainly . f the best substit u t e f or t h e organ that has yet been . offered to public notice. • The precise reasons for the : recal of: Lord Elko borough by the Court of Directors. of the East Ip,nia.. Company were yesterday the subject of much discuselout in political circles. Nothing offncial: has yet transpired to satisfy the public curiosity ort this point, but we un derstand that the strong measure of the Court of Di rectors proceeds not so much . I . ova any objections to the general policy of Lord Ellenhorough as from considera tions of minor importance. it Is said. that the hfariLlg of his Excellency towards eite Court was not marked, in their opinion, by sufficient deference to their high autho- rity—that be did not, in fact, accommodate himsel f" enough to their wishes and expectations in matters peT`' taking 'rather of the character of dereil govern — meta than of general direction.—Ohsereer. • DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.—The pe.ssengers by the mail train this morning report that on Taming the valuable milli' of Mr. Wilkins, at Twerton, near Bath, the ,premises were in flames, and there appeared. fay, probability of the progress of the fire being arrested befor a causing the destruct:too .of property to an immense extent: —Brisol Journal .of Saturday. The anniversary of the birth of Shakspeare as celebrated on Tuesday last, ,at Stratford-ost-Avon, •by the annual dinner of the Shaksper can Club. The attendance was not numerous, and it was stilt, has brfen diminishing iiTa dually for several years past, FANNY KEMBLE BUTlant. "."Tkie following la . in the N Expresseu' York . P res s Wedre,?sdav Well anthevai cated rumour has it that a - former koniameut of the English and American stage, wh ose , superi.or histrionic abildieS Made her in all our cities the croostire a f the fashionable a? ti'elt as the literarv•werld, for a time, 1 .1 lately separated iier;elt from her husbdtid, an awaits - ion, ial, y • the -tetvni a nation yf a pending arrangement as to the a Ast; ,dy of their chibirw, to part from him and the country wain ly." iero