The Sun. — London, England, 1839-08-06 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION. peered to be so much for a reduction to one penny that he thought her Majesty's Ministers had done right in propos ing a measure to that affect. He feared, however, that the Noble Duke would prove to be accurate in his tatement that it would take at least a million of money to meet the expenditure that would be necessary to carry on the new system annually. It was not to be forgotten that this country was alreody very much in debt. After a peace of from twenty five to thirty years scarcely one farthing of the debt had been paid off that existed at that time, while America had liquidated all, and France had done much towards it. This was what be would call a profligate system of finance. It was essential that the financial state of this country ought to be seriously considered, and fairly put before the country. As to the re-payment of any deficiency, he be t: eyed the Noble Viscount considered that an essential part of the Bill, and he hoped there would he no excuse made in that respect by the other House, or that the people would object to making up any deficiency, recollecting, as they must, that they hAd had the benefit of it. With these observations he should cordially support the passing of the present Bill, believing, as he did, it would confer a very great benefit on society. He should anxiously watch its operations. Lord MANVERS said that this, in his opinion, was a very injudicious measure, under existing circumstances, and that if he should stand alone he should say " Not content" when the question that the Bill be read a second time was put. Lord LICHFIELD said that he should certainly vote for the second reading, but he could not give a silent vote on the occasion, as it had been circulated that he was opposed to this experiment. His opinion certainly was that there would be a considerable loss by its adoption. He thought so upon an examination of Mr. Rowland Hill's original plan. But he should vote for this Bill upon totally and entirely different grounds to those on which Mr. Rowland Hill's plan was originally proposed. He should vote for it on the grounds proposed by his Noble Friend below him, and proposed by the House of Commons—not with a view that the county, would eiteer be a gainer by it or that as much revenue would be derived from it as was now obtained, but because the demand for it had been so universal. On that ground he felt it to be highly expedient that the measure should pass. The people seemed to feel this tax to be so ob noxious that they would submit to it no longer, but if ne cessary consent to another of a different description in its stead. He should give his best exertions to the fullest and most satisfactory working of the experiment—.(Hear, hear) —and no individual would rejoice more than himself to find that his expectations of a loss from it were not well founded. Lord DUNCANNON said the Government would, as far as possible, follow the plan of Mr. Rowland Hill, but al it was impossible to say what difficulties might arise, tfr.2y wished to be left free to act according to eircum- Stances. Viscount MELBOURNE replied. After which the Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Thursday. The other Bills on the table were then forwarded a stage, and the House adjourned at Eleven o'Clock. PRICE OF SUGAR. EFFECT OF MONOPOLY. Table showing the ex-duty price of West India Sugar, in Mincing Lane, and comparing the same against that of foreign sugars. London, August 3d, 1939. The Gazette of last night quotes the average Per Cwt. price of British Plantation Muscovado Su gar, exclusive of duty, at The quantity of Sugar actually sold on account of the importers in the week ending 30th July, on which the above price is computed, consisted of 3,581 hhds., 269 trs., and 444 barrels ; and not of 4,200 hhd3. as estimated in the Mar ket. Foreign Muscovado Sugars have been sold this week at from 17s. 6d. to 23s per cwt., being fully 20s. per cent. less than the price of West India Sugar, quality for quality. On the 28th July, 1837, the stock of West lihds. & Trs. India Sugar, was Oa the 27th July, 1839 and yet the price is higher now than in August 1837, by 7s. dd. per cwt. The delivery of Sugar last week from the bonded ware houses of this port again fill short of the delivery in the corresponding week of last year, by 780 hhds. and trs. From the Ist May to 27th July, the deliveries have fallen off when compared against the like period of 1838, 11,837 Wads. and trs. ! : From the Ist January, to the 3d August, 1839, 17,138 1 hhds and trs. have been imported into London from Jamaica. j ' In perusing the remarks lately made in both Houses of j Parliament, upon th e l amenta bl e cond i t i on of the remain der! ' of those tvretched Hill Coolies who survived the voyage i to, and the after-treatment they experienced in, Demerara, it cannot fail to be obvious to the readers of those remarks, that those who made them fall into the error of attributing blame to the agents of the mischief, instead of imputing it to the real source and cause which stimulated these agents first to ensnare, and then to oppress these unfortunate human beings. With a view to render this observation intelli gible, we will ask, alth oug h th e ques ti on ma y b e cons id ere d homely and trite, which is the more guilty party of the two—the postboy who spurs and lashes the horses, or the gentleman in the chaise, who encourages and promotes the cruelty, by bolding up the bribe of a crown piece to the boy, to urge the horses over a given distance in a given time. Now the Members who spoke in the discussion re specting the Hill Coolies absolutely made, according to the reports, the mistake of upbraiding the postboy instead of the gentleman, who urged the commission of the of fence. They loaded with opprobrium the owners of the 1 estates on which the crimes had been perpetrated, and abused soundly the managers and others who acted under the directions os their owners, but they said not a word against the bribing gentleman. This indiscriminate mode of accusation, besides missing the right mark, had the effect of promoting duplicity, for we ( read that the employers endeavoured to shift the onus from their own shoulders to those of the employed ; while they, in their turn, tried to affix the stigma on an individual who l had the mischance to be the medical adviser in the pest house where the wretched Hill Coolies were lodged. We hope when the intelligence of the manner in which this sur geon has been made a scape-goat reaches his ears, that he will, in self-vindication, publish a full and particular state ment of the facts of the case. Supposing, however—for we by no means admit that he did—but supposing that he did treat the patients committed to his charge unskilfully— there ends his offence. He certainly had nothing to do with devising the scheme for kidnapping and lur ing the unhappy men from their distant homes—nor can he be accountable for the virulence of the malady engen dered by the treatment they received from the planters prior to their being placed under his care. No one will deny but that the proprietors, managers, drivers, &c., are highly culpable, and fearfully responsible for the atrocities visited on the labourers—whether Hill Coolies or negroes ; nr,vertheless, they are one and all only acting in the capa city of the post boy, and though, like him, culpable, yet not a hundredth part so culpable as the great gentleman in the chaise, who, strange to say, was not once hinted at throughout the discussion—be who stimulated and caused all the evils denounced is suffered to escape without re mark, and his character for benevolence, charity, and every other Christian virtue to remain unblemished; more over having come off free he turns round, and with apparent concern institutes inquiry into the very evils which had resulted from his own bad conduct. This great gentle man is neither more nor less than one of those who origi rally framed, and who, at this day, maintain that law which, out of favouritism to the West India interests, stimulates an excessive production of Sugar by holding up to the planters the bribe of 201. per ton, over and above the intrinsic value of the Sugar. Had it not been for the existence of this law, the Hill Coolies, whose cruel fate we now deplore, would have been in the enjoyment of health and contentment in their native country. THE NEW NOVELS.—The following new narks of fiction have been recently published by Mr. , Coiburn, of Great Marlborough -street, and may be had at ail the Libraries—i. Temptation, or a Wife's Perils -2 The Lion, a Tale of the Coteries-3. Fair Rosamond, or, the Days of King Henry 11., by the Author of " Roy ston Gower"-4. The Highland Inn, a Fragment from the Diary of the late Duncan WAlpin, M.D-5. The 1 B ,nished, an Historical Tale, Edited by James Morier, Esq. 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To conclude with DIANE DE CHIVRI, THE BLIND GIRL ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Under her MAJESTY'S IMMEDIATE PATRONAGE. On MONDAY, TUESDAY, and THURSDAY, AUG. sth, 6th, and Bth. GRAND PROMENADES MUSICALES ET CHAM- PETRES, By the unrivalled Band of this Establishment, Conducted by Mr. Godfrey. Exhibition of the Wonderfully-intense and beautiful new Ligh KONIAPHOSTIC, Under flie superintendence of Mr. H. Carter. And the ERUPTION of MOUNT HECLA. Admission One Shilling. Feeding Hour Five o'Clock—Concert at Six. In compliance with the incessant requests to secure places for viewing the Eruption a number of reserved seats have been erected, which may be engaged by previous application at the Walworth entrance. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning 42 minutes after 11. I Evening ... 0 minutes after 0. LONDON : TUESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1139. The Lords, on the motion of Lord DUNCANNON, read a second time the Public Works (Ireland) Bill. The Chartists must be highly gratified to see how they nightly fill the Peers with alarm. Last night Lord WIL. TON dwelt:on the outrages §aid to have been committed by them at Stockport and Bolton, and insisted that some more active and energetic measures ought to be taken to preserve the public peace. The Noble Lord probably wants a park of artillery to be planted in every town, and every Nobleman's house to be surrounded with yeomanry. Five thousand additional troops are to be raised ; we are to have a rural police at the command of the Justices, besides the ordinary supply of constables ; trials are numerous, and punishments severe, for actions which, in the Chartists, are offences, and in the upper classes are held in honour; and the Noble Earl wants something more. Perhaps, were the Peers to decimate the Chartists they might for a time hush the voice of Chartism. Viscount MELBOURNE seemed, from his language, to be quite as much alarmed as the Earl of WILTON, but, acting under responsibility, he is obliged to be somewhat more cautious. It will, at the same time, probably embolden the Chartists to learn that . _ it is impossible to have a force in every part of the country where danger is to be apprehended. The Noble Viscount, too, referred to the liberty of the country as an obstacle to preserving order and keeping the peace ; which we do not like, as it is an indication that liberty is tolerated, not loved, by the Noble Viscount. The Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Bill was read a third time, after a brief discussion, which indicated, we thought, a conviction on the part of their Lordships that they might possibly play the fool too long. In proposing the second reading of the Postage Bill, Viscount MELBOURNE took a less favourable view of the probable effects of the measure than they deserve. He dwelt, too, somewhat lugubriously on the state of the coun try, and referred to the various demands made on its re sources for soldiers to subdue and priests to instruct the people, and for a navy to defend them, as likely to cause additional taxes next year, whether the Postage Bill cause a large falling off in the revenue or not. The Duke of WELLINGTON also took a very unfavour able view of the probable effects of the Bill, and referred to the paucity of correspondence amongst soldiers as a proof that the penny postage would not increase letter. writing. Lord ASHBURTON supported the Bill, and recommended that Foreign postage should be also reduced to one penny, which would encourage Foreign nations to do the same ; and without that the measure would not be complete. Some show of opposition was made. Lord MAN VERB said he would call out " not content," though echoed by no other voice, but the Bill was read a second time without a divi sion. The Lords got through their business at the com paratively reasonable hour of Eleven o'Clock. TLe Commons met yesterday at twelve o'clock, it being necessary now for the few who remain in town to work double tides to make up for the time which was wasted by faction fights at the early part of the Session. The third reading of the New South Wales' Bill first occupied the House at its meeting. No opposition was made to it, but one or two of the gentlemen, Mr. C. BULLER, Mr. WARD, Mr. LaeouensuE,:and Lord HOWICK, who especially devote their patriotism to the colonies, indulged in orations touching the importance of New South Wales, and the necessity of governing it well. In administering to the affairs of distant lands, all our legislators shine amazingly ; at home their efforts, the Chartists to wit, owing, of course, to the perverseness of the people, seem not to be attended with such beneficial effects. It would appear from a conversation between Lord MORPETH and Mr. SHAW, that some attempts are to be made to get another 100,000/. for the Protestant Irish priesthood, but the Noble Lord hangs back, because he is afraid the Parliament would not vote the sum. On the Order of the Day for going into a Committee of Supply, Mr. FIELDEN moved a string of resolutions condemning taxes or, the necessaries of life, and proposing to supply the public wants by an equitable tax on pro perty. The Hon. Member entered into a long statement as to the condition of the people, and insisted that the country was on the verge of a dangerous precipice. Mr. Wiwaiis seconded the motion, and dwelt empha tically on the unequal Pressure of the taxes on the poor. Both Hon. Members spoke of the Corn-laws as screwing money out of the poor to give it to the rich. Mr. ATT wool) also spoke in favour of the motion ; but on a division it was only supported by 15 votes, and opposed by 58. Mr. DILLON BROWNE introduced a motion on the sub ject of education in Ireland by an intolerably long speech for the dog. days, after that subject has been so battered and beaten for weeks and months. The motion found no seconder. In the Committee of Supply there was a brief discus. sion on the police, and several Hon. Members, with what we of the Saxon race call a Celtic love of liberty, spoke strongly in favour of a kind of Irish police. The Irish come hither, and bring their manners and their institutions with them, and we prefer the old Saxon local institutions to the Gaelic and Hibernian system of police. The Sup plies asked for were liberally voted, including a million for Canada, except the poor allowance for Maynooth, which some Members opposed. Either take away all State allowance for religion, or make all religions equal to the State. The Admiralty Courts' Bill was read a third time. On the motion that it do pass, Mr. HuME divided the House twice, first that the salary of the Judge be 3,0001. instead of 40001. a year ; and next that he be not allowed to sit in Parliament. He lost the first by 16 votes to 47, and the last by 20 to 41. The Commoners now in town are quite gluttons of business; they did a great deal and sat till Two o' Clock, when they adjourned till Twelve to-morrow—(this day). At Monmouth VirieENT and three other persons have been found guilty of " having conspired and la confederated w ith the design of exciting disconten u t n alfd fui together for the purpose of conveni ng meetings, ogdisaffection them in the people, and with the intention of persuading to resist the lawful authority of the Governme n t, to the terror and evil example of her MAJESTY'S subjects." iwelve VINCENT was sentenced to be imprisoned for calendar months, and his three associates for shorter pe riods. We do not ques tion f or one mo ment the legality of the finding, or the l eg alit y of the sentence ; we - are deeply impressed with the fact that the whole trial was begun, continued, and ended according to law, as we belong to those who, like Chief Justice DENMAN, do not know what the law is ; but we have contracted a habit of discriminating between law and justice, and while we cheerfully admit the legality of the conviction and the sentence, we beg leave to offer to the conside ration of the public, hoping that terror has not deprived them of the power of reflection, cone or two remarks on the justi ce o f t h e tr i a l . W e are th e more inclined to do so, as they ref er more t o gene ral principles than to theindividual case, and, if worth any thing, apply as much t o the cases which are yet un decided, a n d injustice, has already bejguul.inesi (l. o if ssibly not . be withoot influence over the Juries , as to those in which the sen tencetiankjeusteiffceecttierlenb e t l li i e s indi vidual case, the vocable—i r re 'Tis done, and numbered with the past." All our readers have, n o d ou b t, heard of the story of the ship's Captain and the ship's Cook I who were tried by a Court-martial composed of Captains for a similar offence. The Captain was acquitted and the Cook found guilty. The Cook was asked how it came about that the results were so different. " Why, you see," was his answer, " the Captain was tried by a Jury of Captains ; and I should have been acquitted, too, if I bad been tried by a Jury of Cooks." To the case of VINCENT, to the case of all the men who have been or are yet to be tried at Warwick, Chester, Lancaster, and elsewhere, charged with similar offences to those of VINCENT, or offences growing out of Chartist agitation, this story is strictly ap plicable. Had they been, or should they be, tried by Juries of Chartists, they would have been, or would be, acquit ted. The case is stronger even with the Chartists than the Cooks, for between the latter and the Captains there was no hostility, but between the middle classes and the Chartists there is a decided quarrel, and only those are made the Juries and Judges of these. What do the Chartists agitate for ?—A share of the political privi leges enjoyed exclusively by the middle classes. What is there singular in their language ?—A great, indiscrimi nate, and continued abuse of the Cotton Lords and the Shopocrats. The great bulk of the Chartists are people in the scale of society below the level of Jurymen ; the great bulk of the Jurors are persons dreadfully alarmed at the Chartist doctrines. They are alarmed as much by reason of their own ignorance as by reason of any thing wrong in these doctrines ; and being alarmed, and regarding, without well knowing why, the Chartists as their enemies, and the enemies of order and property, as well as of law and oppression, they alone constitute the Juries who have to pronounce on the inno cence or guilt of the Chartists. It is quite a matter of course for the Jury to find them guilty. They are guilty of alarming the Jurors, and they are legally punished by a law which has been avowedly made to pre vent the bulk of the people imposing by their numbers on the select and chosen few. A part of the evidence against Mr. VINCENT went to prove that he endeavoured " to persuade the people that they were suffering from great grievances ; that they were paying half their earnings in taxes ; and that by uniting to obtain the People's Charter better Go vernment might be obtained." The common notion, which makes trial by Jury be preferred to trial by Judge, is that the Jury, in consequence of being selected from the class to which the accused belongs, are likely to sympathise with him and be his counsellors and friends. They are preferred because they are his peers. Now in this case of the Chartists—and it may be apprehended in the majority of criminal cases—the Jurors are in no case the peers of the accused but their superiors, their opponents, and so far as the struggle for political rights goes, their decided enemies. The Jurymen are all taken from those who possess the franchise ; and all, therefore, have a legal way of meeting and making their opinions and wishes known, and making them attended to, through their representa tives. The Chartists have no representatives ; they have no legal mode of meeting, and when they meet, it is to obtain a share of those privileges possessed and anxiously retained by those who are made their Judges. We do not impute anything dishonourable or disreput able to the Jurors ; we merely advert to well known facts, and universally acknowledged principles ; we see that the Jurors are all party men, that the dispute is a great party dispute, like that between the Orangemen and Catholics in Ireland ; and we venture to submit, that it is not in human nature to expect that men who are judges in their own cause, will give a just judgment. Legal we admit their verdict to be : we cannot pos sibly suppose that it is just. Before concluding, let us ask why Mr. VINCENT iS to have none but religious books ? Is it part of the sen tence that he must feast exclusively on his own thoughts —that he must be always forced inward on himself to gloat over his wrongs, real or imagined—to nurse his own wrath—to sharpen his desire of vengeance —to con vert him, perhaps, from a political enthusiast into a fa natic or a murderer ? What if he thinks that the books, which some of the clergy call religious, are very irreligious books? What if he can draw out of the Bible horrible justifications of vengeance, and find in it admonitions to slay without mercy those who are op posed to the children of the Lord ? And what if he conclude that the persecuted Chartists are those chil dren ? It would be wiser, in our humble judgment, to allow him to have any books he can command. Few books are so full of evil as the thoughts of an injured, and perhaps desperate man. His taste might lead him to relish works of fiction or of piety, and works which inculcate kindness, and so he might be charmed from himself. It is not good policy to condemn him to nur ture his mind by the sentiment of his own wrongs. In the last Number of the Railway Magazine there is an article on Turnpike Trusts which possesses great impartiality in advocating the success of all modes of conveyance, whether by railroads, canals, or common road steam-carriages, for the purpose of exciting com petition, but which in reality amounts to this—that rail roads must, in a very short time, have the monopoly of conveyance—" that canals have had their day"—that the expense of road steam-carriages must be so im mense as" to render the scheme Utopian in the extreme," and that modern trade requires still more rapid modes of conveyance, which the railways can alone supply. To a certain extent these statements are true, but though as warm supporters of railroad con veyance as the writer, we cannot assent to the whole of his doctrines. We think it desirable, and do not con sider it Utopian, to encourage speed on canals, and speed on common roads, by means of steam, because both are practicable, and also because a vast number of persons prefer the canal conveyance on account of its safety, and a still greater proportion prefer the old highways, because they are pleased with the scenery of our beautiful landscapes, and are horrified at the idea of being shot through dark tunnels, and along giddy viaducts, like apiece ofinanimate matter, without the power to see, or hear, or move from the spot in which the servant of some despotic Company has fixed them, like a bale of goods. We are the more anxious to see encouragement given to other modes of conveyance than by railroads, because, when a great line of railroad has been once established, it must monopolise the traffic for at least half a dozen of years, and even in that period no new line can be laid down, ex cept at enormous expence, and with all but insuper able difficulty in getting the Bill passed through Parlia ment. We adduce as an instance, the Manchester and Birmingham Extension Railway. It has been contested by interested parties at every stage—it is still before the Commons at this late period of the Session, and though it is well known a saving of an hour, or a shortening of the line may be made by some thirty miles by Stone and Rugby, yet even when the Bill has passed the Commons, a caprice of the Lords, or two or three Noble Peers who have a stake in the old concern, may throw it back for a Session, and perhaps for ever. It is easy to say, " let the Government grant as many Bills for railroads as they please." The writer of the article well knows that the Government has no power in the House of Lords, and he knows also that the very circumstance of the Government sup porting any particular measure, or series of measures, is tantamount to its rejection in the Upper House. Are not these sufficient reasons for encouraging other modes of conveyance, which induce " competition, cheapness, and satisfaction ?" Notwithstanding the taunt of Uto pianism, we are of opinion, and are not singular in that opinion, as the perseverance of many private individuals shows, that competition may be formed by means of common road steam-carriages. A Company with that object in view is at the present moment in full opera tion, and a number of carriages have been con t rac t e d ior, and a re now near l y read y, at a coach manufactory in Mile-end. This may be called Utopian, but so was , the invention of old Joinv FULTON when he started the first steam-boat on the Ho4on, and was scoffed at by the ignorant multitude. We n3tl imagined that since his time the word " Utopian" had been abjured by every writer on steam power who had any knowledge of the subject. Letters from Constantinople of the 17th ult,, jus received, announce that on the 1 I th the ceremony of the girding the young SULTAN with the sword of OSMAN, and the investing him with the mantle of the prophet MOHAMMED, took place at the grand mosque of Eyood, and was attended by the great officers of the Empire and the Foreign Ambassadors at the Porte. The sword is the .ymbol of the civil, and the mantle of the ecclesiastical, power of the SULTAN, who is at once Emperor and Supreme Caliph of Islam. This ceremony, which is of the same import in the East as the Coronation of the Sovereigns of Western Europe, excited the liveliest interest in the capital. Hi s Highness was graciously pleased to order a magnificent tent to be prepared for the reception of the diplomatic body, who were individually in vited to attend. A splendid banquet in the European style was prepared for them, at which the Prince of SA mos presided as the representative - of the SULTAN, and they were conveyed to their respective residences in the SULTAN'S carriages. When they had taken their seats to witness the ceremony, the Sultan sent TEFIK PACHA, an attendant upon his person, with a message expressive of the pleasure it afforded him to behold them witnesses of his inauguration. To this message Admiral Roue- SIN, the French Ambassador, returned the following answer in the name of himself and colleagues : The members of the diplomatic corps congratulate themselves on being admitted to the presence of his High ness the Sultan Abdul Medjid, on the solemn occasion of his accession to the glorious throne of the o.manlies. " The diplomatic corps has the honour to offer his High ness the respectful homage of its wishes for his happiness, and the assurance of the continuance of the sentiments of deep interest and perfect friendship with which the Euro pean Sovereigns, its august masters, have constantly charged the members of it individually to be the interpre ters of towards his Highness's glorious father, the Sultan Mahmoud." The ceremony of the investiture was followed by an Imperial Decree, commanding all public functionaries ti ) abandon the Feg, or red cap, introduced by the Sultan MAHmoup, and to resum e the turban. This is the first triumph of the Moolahs----the first retrograde step towards the institutions of Islam, whose tottering co4 djtign was so feelingly deplored a few days ago by gos p e l -preaching Granny of Shoe-lane. Nothing can better exhibit the systematia ropery of Priestianity than to note the organ of Orthodoxy in England de ploring innovations in Turkey subversive of the Priest hood of the Koran. Letters and papers from Smyrna of the 21st ult. have been received, which state that the Ottoman Fleet was cruising between Cyprus and Rhodes, and not at Alexandria, as reported in the late telegraphic de spatches addressed to the French Government. The Smyrna Journals are, however, often so inaccurate in their reports, that we place greater reliance on an official statement by a Consul to his Government than upon their irresponsible announcements. Besides we have letters from Alexandria of the 17th ult., which state positively that the Turkish fleet, under the com mand of the Capitan Pacha, arrived there on the 14th ; that MEHEMET Au in person received it with much pomp on the 15th—and that on the following day the Turkish and Egyptian fleets were sailing amicably together, off Alexandria, the officers, and crews respectively ma nifesting the utmost good will. The following is the statement of one of these letters : ALEXANDRIA, JULY 17.—The Turkish fleet, twenty sail of which, six of the line and eleven frigates, arrived here on the evening of the 14th instant ; on the 15th, the Ca. pitan Pacha landed and was received with every possible honour. The Pacha greeted him most courteously, ad vancing to meet him in full Divan, and saluting him as a friend ; their subsequent conference was private. The Capitan Pacha applied for a Nizam dress, the uni form of Mehemet Ali, which he now wears; the two fleets are now cruising together off the entrance of the port. The Capitan Pacha accuses Kousreff Pacha of having poisoned the Sultan, and states that he (thi- Capitan Pacha) wrote to Hafiz Pacha to unite his army to that of Ibrahim, and jointly march upon Constantinople. I am afraid that, under all the outward appearances of peace and contentment, some storm is yet brewing. Mehemet Ali is in the worst of humours, although he has apparent') pined all he sought for. The battle of Nezib and the investiture of the SULTAN will materially influence the future plans of MEHEMET Au, who has certainly no longer reason for being in ill humour with the Divan. This is especially evident from the following extract from a letter from Alexandria of the 14th, confirming the account of the concession by the young SULTAN of the Pachalics of Egypt and Syria to the VICEROY and his family : On the 10th a steamer came in from Constantinople with the official news of the death of the Sultan, and the strongest assurances on the part of the young Sultan and of his Prime Minister, Kousreff Pacha, of their very friendly feelings towards .ehemet Ali ; and what is of far more importance, the long-con tested point of the hereditary Pachalic of Egypt and Syria in the family of Mehemet Ali is formally and fully conceded I together with the new firman for these Pachalics. The young Sultan sent the Pacha a most splendid decoration, which he wore at his Divan on Friday, the 12th inst., when firman was also read. Orders were immediately issued to Ibrahim Pacha to sus pend further military operations, and to countermand the advance of his troops in the Turkish territory. When the steamer left Constantinople the small affair of the 20th ult. was known, but not that of the 25th. In the meantime orders had been issued to Hafiz Pacha not fur ther to molest Ibrahim Pacha, but which most unfortu nately arrived too late. Mehemet Ali is now virtually an independent Sovereign in everything but the payment of tribute to the Porte, to which he never objected. The same letter states that Sir MosEs MoNTEFroaE, Ex-Sheriff of London, arrived at Alexandria, from Syria, on the 12th, and was admitted to an interview with MEHEMET ALI. He proposed to the Viceroy the establishment of a Bank in Egypt, with a capital of one million sterling, on the generous stipulation that the legal disqualifications of his co-religionists, the Jews, shall be abolished in Egypt and Syria. MEMEMET ALI promised to take this offer into consideration. Great numbers of Jews have, within the last few years established themselves in Palestine, and civil liberty is now all they require to form the nucleus of a future State. The English and French fleets had on the 20th ult., sailed for the mouth of the Dardanelles, intending to anchor off Tenedos. It was supposed that the Admirals had learned something of the designs of Russia, and were ordered to be in readiness to force the passage of the Straits if necessary. With the exception of various accounts from Con stantinople, Smyrna, and Alexandria, which will. be found in another article, there is no news of the slightest political interest in the Paris Journals of Sunday. The Madrid Journals are of the 28th, from which we learn that the Exaltados have every prospect of a decided majority in the ensuing Cortes. The interview between the Carlist Commander-in- Chief Maroto and Lord John Hay, to which we have be fore alluded, is confirmed in the Sentinelle des Pyrenees of the Ist inst. It says— " On Saturday, the 27th ult., Lord John Hay left Bilbao at nine in the morning, accompanied by two su perior officers, and went to the Bridge of Bolnesa, where he found Maroto in waiting. The English Commander and the Carlist Chief then went together to Miravelles, and were closeted for three hours, Colonel Colquohoun alone being present, who acted as interpreter. At the end of the conference, of which nothing has transpired, Maroto invited Lord John Hay to dinner, at which also were Generals Villareal, Simon de la Torre, and Colonel Toledo. At five o'clock Lord John Hay returned to Bilbao, and was accompanied by Maroto as far as a quarter of a league from the town." It is probable that the Session will be closed on Tues day next. The Chamber of Peers voted to-day in one hour the budget of the _expenditure, on Monday, it will vote the budget of the ways and means, and this will ter minate the business of the Session. Their Majesties, the King and Queen of the Belgians left St. Cloud yesterday to return to Brussels. The Turkish Ambassador was visited yesterday morning by Count De Appony, the Austrian Ambassador, and by the Ambassador of Persia. M. Langsdorff, First Secretary of the French Lega• tion at Vienna, has just arrived express at Paris. A letter from Algiers, of the 27th of July, says— " We can no longer doubt that it is Abdel-Kader, who, without appearing to interfere, encourages the incursion s of the Hadjouts, who are seen in bands of 10 or 20 on dif ferent points of the reserved plain. These enemies are the more dangerous, as we take them for irregular Spahis or for Moorish gendarmes; and it is not till we receive their fire point blank, that we discover our mistake."—Le:Corn fierce. Letters from Athens, of the 19th, state that Prince GEORGE Of CAMBRIDGE had sailed from Corfu. His Royal Highness appears to have delighted the British residents at Athens, by declining the invitation of King OTIIO to live at the Palace. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at a quarter past Twelve o'Cl ock SITTING OF COMMITTEES. Mr. BARING moved that the Committee on the Manchester and Birmingham (Stone and Rugby) Extension Railway Bill have leave to sit until five o'clock, notwithstanding the sitting of the Douse. Mr. GRIMSDITCH moved as an amendment, that the Com mittee have leave to sit until four. Mr. LEADER said, that if the Committee were not permitted to sit until five it would be impossible for them to get through their labours. Lord J. SOMERSET supported the amendment. Mr. M. PHILLIPS said the proper way was for those who wished the adjournment at four o'clock to move it in the Committee and try their strength there.—(A laugh.) He should support the original motion. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the original motion For the amendment 5 Majority for the original motion The Report of the Committee of Supply was then brought up and agreed to. _ ( 1111 k., 44-T-; Zi)ie :,''u'r(+ THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1839. METROPOLIS IMPROVEMENTS. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved that the Report of the Committee on the advance of money for the Im provements in the Metropolis should be received. Lord J. SOMERSET would not oppose the reception of the Re port, but he felt bound to state that he had great objection to some of the provisions in the Bill, it gave power to the Commissioners of Woods and Forests to send surveyors to inspect any property they pleased, while there was no schedule in the Bill pointing out any specific property that was to be taken for the purposes of im provement. He trusted the Chancellor of the Exchequer would revise the Bill. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER defended the clause to which the Noble Lord had alluded, on the ground that after much consideration the Committee determined to retain the clause. The Report was then received. COUNTY AND DISTRICT CONSTABLES BILL. Lord J. RUSSELL moved the second reading of the County and District Constables Bill. Sir E. WILMOT thought the Bill would be a most useful mea sure, but in Committee he should propose a few alterations in its details. Mr. EWART observed that by the Ist clause of the Bill it would appear there was to be a permanent power vested in the Magistrates of appointing the police. He thought the appoint ment of the police ought to rest with the rate-payers. Lord G. SOMERSET was friendly to the principle of the Bill but suggested the propriety, if possible, of throwing the expence of the force completely on that part of counties that required a constabulary. He was sorry the Bill had been brought forward at so late a period of the Session, when so many gentlemen qua. lified to give an opinion on the subject were absent. Lord JOHN RUSSELL would certainly have been very glad to have postponed the consideration of the Bill to another Session, when It was likely there would be a more full attendance, but he did not think the pr esent state of t h e country woul d j ust if y suc h a course being adopt e d .— (Hear, hear.) With regard to what had fallen from the Hon ourable Mem b er f or Wi gan, i t was cer tainly proposed that the Bill should be a permanent measure, The Noble Lord opposite appeared to think there ought to be a pa rochial rate rather than a rate for division. He (Lord John) was afraid if that were done, a feeling would be raised up among the constabulary, that they were independent bodies, and thus that uniformity which was so desirable would be totally destroyed. He had been told by several Hon. Gentlemen, and among them the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Pembroke, that the force would be more applicable in divisions of counties, but he (Lord John) should not like to break the divisions into small districts. Mr. HODGSON lIINDE was in favour of the Bill. Mr. ESTCOURT would be sorry to throw any impediment in the way of the Bill. He hoped this measure would be the ground. work of some general syste m for providing through the country a really efficient constabulary force. He wished to inquire whether it would not be just that in parishes where the new police would be introduced, the inhabitants should not be burdened with the old constabulary. The Bill was then read a second time and— Lord JOHN R USSELL proposed that the C om m it tee should be t a ken to-morrow, sugge s ti ng that the S p eaker should take the c h a i r at three o'clock, and t he re being few but Government Bills, he should not adhere very st r i ctly to t h e o rder on the paper—this Bill on early. he 3 s i h r. ou n ld o , lbo G w E ev s er, a b sk ri ed n g that the Bill should be put off till Thursday. Lord J. RUSSELL, however, would not assent to it. METROPOLITAN POLICE COURTS BILL. Mr. F. MAULE moved the third reading of this Bill. Mk. F. DUNCOMBE said he thought the Bill should be post poned till five o'clock. His Hon. Friend the Member for Kil kenny had an amendment to move, and it was not understood that it would come on at twelve. Mr. F. MAULE said he had distinctly stated that he should propose to take the Bill at twelve. _ _ Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said, in the absence of his Hon. Friend he must move the amendment—(Hear, hear) —but it was unfair to force the Bill on when many Gentleman who would support him were absent. Mr. G. PALMER deprecated bringing on a Bill of such im. portance at so late a period of the Session. The title was decep tive. It purported to be a Bill for regulating the police force in the Metropolis. Whereas it was intended to establish these police courts within a circle of fifteen miles round the Metropolis. It su. perseded the old unpaid Magistracy of the County. There was a clause, prohibiting the Justices of the Peace, not ap pointed Magistrates under the Bill, from practising in these Courts.—(The Solicitor. General—" It is struck out.") But whether it had been struck out or not, it showed the "cloven foot "—(A laugh)—it showed the intention of the Government, which he heard was, if possible, to spread the system all over the country. It had long been the boast of Englishmen that their laws were carried into effect by unpaid Magistrates, except in large towns, where he agreed it might be advisable to have a stipendiary officer. His opinion as to the general benefit of a county unpaid Magistracy, would be, he was aware, only dust before the wind. But he was borne out by some eminent authorities. George 11 1. had declared that the independence ofJudges was essential to the impartial administration of justice, and one of the most valuable securities for the rights and liberties of the people. Under this Bill, however, the Magistrates would be re movable at the pleasure of the Secretary of State. Judge Black.. stone said that the existence of judicial power in a peculiar body of men, nominated, but not removable at the mere plea sure of the Crown, was one of the best preservatives of pc bile liberty, which could not long subsist unless the administration of common justice was separated, in some degree, both from the Legislature and the Executive. If it were joined to the Legislature there would be an end to liberty— life and property would be at the mercy of arbitrary Judges, whose decisions would be prompted only by their own feelings, and by no fixed principles of law. If joined to the Executive, tyranny would soon overwhelm the State ; hence, by the 16th Charles the First, Chapter 10, abolishing the Star Chamber, effectual care was taken to remove all judicial power from the Privy Council, who would be too much induced to act in accordance with the wishes of the Prince. Mr. Canning had said that he did not contemplate the threatened inroads on the Constitution by the theories of Radical Reform with half the horror which he felt when he reflected on the attempts made to do away with the unpaid coun try Magistrates. A new House of Commons might be elected, new statesmen arise when the present race of public men had been swept away —but once destroy, we could never supply the voluntary, the gratuitous dispensation of justice, the noble conse cration of wealth and power, to the interest of the humbler classes; the county Magi strates were the connecting link between the upper and lower orders, and if that link were broken, more evil would result to the State than from the declamation of all the Radicals in the coun try. In conclusion the Hon. Gentleman said that considering the Bill would be a most injurious precedent, he should move that it be read a third time that day three months. Nobody seconded ,the amendment, and the Bill was read:, third time and passed. Mr. FOX MAIJLE brought up a clause, which was agreed to be added to the Bill by way of rider. ' Mr. THOMAS DUNCOMBE complained that a gross breach of faith had been committed in bringing forward this Bill this morning. His Honourable Friend had said he had given notice of it; if so, it was remarkable that the clerks at the table did not know of it.—(Hear, hear.) It was not put down in the paper for twelve o'clock while the Bastardy Bill was, and which therefore ought to be provided with. In fact it was an an attempt to smuggle the Bill though in the absence of those who would, had they known it was to have been brought on, attended to oppose it. He would propose as an amendment to the 4th clause, which enacted that the Magistrates must be barristers of seven years' standing, that these words be inserted in the place of that enactment, "that such Magistrates shall be sergeants at:law, barristers at law, certificated special pleaders, or at tornies of the courts of law in Westminster." In the case of attor nies, he had no objection to its being enacted that they must be of ten years' standing ; but with regard to barristers, he had under stood from many barristers that a barrister of seven years' standing, who would belikely to accept an office of 1,200/. or 1,000/. a year must be a man who had failed in his profession, whereas by omitting that part of the clause they would be enabled to secure the services of many rising young men at the bar. With regard to the salary, he felt perfectly convinced that the man who would take the situation for the sake of 1,2001. a year would be glad of it at 1,0001. Mr. BERNAL said his Hon. Friend was in error in describing men who were of seven years standing at the bar, and who yet were briefless, as of inferior talent. Lord Eldon and Sir W. Grant had both been in that situation. With respect to the salary, he thoul ht they ought not to screw it down to the lowest possible scale of remuneration—it was their duty to make these situations respectable. It was not enough that the gentlemen filling it should have enough to live; but he shoald be enabled to keep up his credit so as to maintain the appearance due to the office which he held, he considered it bad economy to screw the salary down to the lowest pitch. • Mr. T. DUNCOMBE explained. Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET would vote in favour of the reduced salary. • Mr. FOX MAULE said, that with regard to the Bill being brought on at this time, there were Gentlemen present who had heard him give the notice—( Hear, hear)--that he should bring it on at twelve. Besides, as there was no notice on the paper, of any amendments, the House could not be supposed to be aware that it was the intention of any Hon. Member to propose any amendments to the Bill. However he would not take that objection to the course the Hon. Gentleman was pursuing. Mr. T. DUNCOME would withdraw the present amendment, but press the one insisting on a reduction of the salary. The Hon. Gentleman then moved in the 10th clause, that the salaries of the Magistrates to be appointed should be reduced from 12001. to 1,0001. Mr. F. MAULE defended the clause as it then stood. After a few words from Mr. R. Palmer, Mr. Hodson Hinde, and Mr. Estcourt, The House divided, when there appeared, For Mr. Duncombe's amendment Against it Majority against the amendment —l9 Several clauses were added by way of rider, and the Bill passed. BASTARDY BILL. On the motion that the House should resolve Itself into a Com mittee on the Bastardy Bill, Lord G. SOMERSET thought that the law as it at present ex isted, bore most heavily upon the woman, and that in that respect it required amendment. He concurred in these provisions of the Bill which gave jurisdiction in cases of application to the Quar ter instead of the Petty Sessions. He thought the party accused of being the father should have the power of appeal from the decision of Magistrates, because in many cases i! was more a matter of character than money. Another observation he would make was that this Bill appeared to him to be not so much a protection for the mother oi a bastard, as a protection for the parish.—(Hear, hear.) His opinion was that the father ought to indemnify the pa rish for any expense they might be put to before the woman was: delivered. In many cases a woman in a state of pregnancy might be unable to maintain herself for three or four months before delivery, and in those cases be thought the father of the child ought to be made liable the moment she became chargeable on the parish. If the Hon. and Learned Gentleman opposite acceded to these suggestions he thought it would not be expedient to go into Committee on the Bill at present, because it might be necessary to remodel the Bill altogether, so as to embody these suggestions. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said he could bear testimony to the present unsatisfactory state of the law upon the subject, and to the disgusting scenes which often were witnessed in the Courts of Justice on the cases which arise, and the details of which for in stance, the corroborative proof, arc., were most detri mental to puhlie morality.—(Hear, hear.) The great evil was the uncertainty, which he would devote his utmost attention to remedying. With regard to the proposition for an appeal, he owned that it came upon him by surprise, and he thought there was considerable difficulty about it. These were important poin's, which might much better be considered on a general revision of the Poor-law than on the present Bill, the details of which, however, he would endeavour to the best of his ability to render correct. The House then went into Committee on the Bill. The conversation which ensued was of so desultory a nature, con. ducted across the table between Lord G. SOMERSET and the SOLI. CITOR.GENERAL in a manner so utterly unintelligible, that we had no idea ofits purport. The House having resumed, the report was ordered to be received on Thursday. DUBLIN POLICE BILL. On the motion of Lord MORPETII the Dublin Police Bill was read a third time and passed. DISEMBODIED MILITIA. Mr. BERNAL brought in the Disembodied Militia Bill which was read a first time. METROPOLIS POLICE BILL. On the Motion of Mr. FOX MAULE, the Lords' Amend ments to the Metropolis Police Bill were agreed to. The House adjourned at Half past Two till Five o'Clock. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S--YESTERDA Y . The betting-room was crowded to excess at an early hour, and the attention of its occupants taken up during the greater part of the afternoon by the Goodwood settling. Betting com menced about five o'clock, and for an hour was tolerably brisk. The layers against Bloomsbury for the St. Leger were more numerous than usual. 3to I was taken at one time, but the offers against him became so eager that before the close of the room 7 to 2 went begging. Charles the Twelfth, without being backed to any amount, was steady at 4to 1. A very long interval separates the two favourites from the field. The quo tations will save us the trouble of making any remarks. Several engagements were made on the Derby at odds which do not promise well for book-making. The prices at the close of the reins were as follow : ST. LECER. 7 to 2 agst Mr. Ridsdale's Bloomsbury 4 to 1 agst Major Yarburg's Charles the Twelfth—taken 16 to 1 agst Mr. Tornhiil's Euclid 18 to 1 agst Mr. Dixon's Hyllus 20 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Hetman Platoff 20 to 1 agst Duke of Cleveland's The Commodore 25 to 1 agst Marquis of Westminster's Lord Mayor 30 to 1 agst Col. Cradock's The Provost 30 to 1 agst Mr. Golden's The Diver 550 to 100 agst Bloomsbury winning the trial at Liverpool and the St. Leger—taken. aneafterwards 16 to 1, laid agst Mr. Dixon's lot In the early part of the afternoon 16 to 1 was taken in hun dreds about Hetman Platoff. THE DERBY. 10 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's lot 16 to 1 on the field .28 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Launcelot—taken 30 to 1 agst Lcrd Orford's Angelica—taken 35 to 1 agst Mr. Wreford's Margellina—taken 40 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Molineux—taken 40 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Aliss Giles'scolt—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Perseus—taken 50 to 1 agst Duke of Rutland's Crazy Boy—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Middleham—taken TIT& OAKS. 000 to 500 ags t L ord G. Bentinck's Crucifix—not p. p. HYDROPHOBIA IN A HORSE.--A pony, the property of J. R. S. Phillips, Esq., of Riffhams, Dan bury, was bitten on the nose by a mad dog, on passing through a field in which it was grazing, and on Friday last it exhibited symptoms of hydrophobia. It gradually got worse, and on Sunday became most furious, tearing down the iron bars of the stable window. Mr. Gooch, veteri nary surgeon, being called in recommended that it should be immediately destroyed, and it was therefore shot. The pony had been several times rode by Mr. Phillips, we un derstand, since it was bitten.—Chelmsford Chronicle. A little girl happening to hear her mother speak of going into half-mourning, said, " Why are going into half-mourning, mamma ; are any of our relations half dead ?" GREAT NEWS FOR CHELTENHAM. —We have the pleasure of announcing to the Reformers of Cheltenham, the following result of the new claims to be rated for the Borough : Liberals, 522 ; Tories, 29. The list of electors will be above 2,ooo.—Cheltenham Ex aminer. SUDDEN DEATH._On Monday ni g ht an in quest was held before Mr. Wakley, at the Montague. Arms, Montague-place, Portman-square, on the body of Mr. John Smith, an opulent farmer, who had come to town to pay a visit to his daughter, in Crawford -street ;he was shown into the drawing-roo m , w h ere he had been but a few seconds when he was heard to fall and groan, and when assistance came he was a ,:torpse. 'lt appeared ho vas 68 years, and a few moments before his death seemed in ex cellent health and spir its. Verdict_" Natural death." THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY.) BILLINGSGATE. There were good supplies to-day of most kinds and a fair trade. Oysters 20s. per bushel, and Natives 445. ; good sal mon Is. to Is. 6d. per lb. ; lobsters 61 to 3s. each; soles 9d. to 3s. per pair ; cod Is. to ss. each ; turbot ss. to lOs., 15s. and 20s. ; whitings 3d. to 6d. each, and haddock 6d. to ls. each. HUNGERFORD MARKET. There were good supplies of all sorts, and prices are steady. There was every appearance of a fair business doing. Fish, much the same as in the City. Butchers Meat was in good supply, and trade was good at former rates. TEA SALE.—( SECOND DAY. ) The advanced prices of 2d to 3d per lb. on those of the last public sale were supported, but the trade purchased rather cautiously. The attendance of the trade was to a fair extent. COLONIAL MARKET. There was but very little business doing in Colonial produce ; and prices remained as they were. The imports not heavy. HAY MARKETS. The supplies were good, and there was a good demand. Prices much as before. New Hay, 60s. to 70s. and 75. Old Hay, 90s. to 110 s. and 115 s. Clover, 955. to 110 s. and 115 s. Straw, 365. to 445. per load. TALLOW MARKETS. Psices not quite so good as they were,. say 525, 3d. on the spot, and 495. for the last three months. The sale was slow. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY DEAL, AUGU ST 5. —Wind, N. \V.—Sailed, the Ann, Gibbon, for St. Lucia ; St. Ann, Retalleck, Quebec ; Sir Wm. Bensley, Gribb, do. ; Centurion, Ileppinstall, do. ; Velocity, Clark, Newfoundland ; Maillaind, Ellsworth, Alexandria ; Hague, Malta; Pantaloon, Candler, Mauritius. LIVERPOOL, A uG. s. —Wind, N. W.—Arrived, the Charles Willis, from Monte Video; Superior, Tucker, New Orleans; Frances, Armstrong, St. John's, N.B. ; Intrepid, Mears, Ri chebucto; Kent, Ann, Fleck, Miramichi ; Blessing, Gibson, Quebec ; George, Mitchell, do. Sailed, the Phillips, Stott, Lima; Susannah Collings, White, do. ; La Guayra, Chitty, La Guayra ; John, Ellison, Quebec ; Wolfscove, Drinon, do. ; Off Port, Hesperus, Jamaica ; Daniel Grant, Lima ; Ports mouth ; New York, Carlton, Miramichi ; Brothers, Loppan, Batavia. PORTSMOUTH, AVG. s.—Wind N.W. to N.—Arrived off, The Volunteer, Raffles, from Jamaica. Sailed, the Maidstone, Wimble, for Calcutta. Cows, Aun. s. —Arrived, the Havannah, Primrose, from Havannah. Sailed, the Eliza Stewart, Miller, for Canton. HASTINGS, Ann. s.—Off port, the Zenobia, Owen, from Calcutta. DARTMOUTH, Auc. s.—Off port, the Lotus, Gore, from Sydney, New South Wales. PLYMOUTH, Auc. 4.—Wind variable.—Arrived, the Coro mandel, French, from New Zealand ; Alice, Barrett, Prince Edward's Island ; Argo, Sherell, Memel. FALMOUTH, Auc. 4.—Fresh from the Northward.—Ar rived tha Albion, Hanson, from Quebec. Off port, the Zo diacus, Darn, from St. Thomas. BurneorcT, AUG. s. —Arrived, the Swallow, from Riga. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NE W CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET MONDAY.—" The Cotton Market to-day has been very active, the sales comprise 6,000 bales, chiefly to the trade. Prices are fully 4d per cent. higher in American descriptions. The arrivals this morning are a French mail, ship letters from Canton, Madras, Jamaica, and New Zealand; Cal cutta, 24th March, and Sydney 26th March. From Sydney papers received to the 28th March : LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.__" At the opening of the Coun cil the Governor laid upon the table the:Crown Lands Bill as amended by the Council at the second reading, and said it would be necessary to recommit the Bill in order to make some trifling alterations in it. After a very long speech of the Governor ' the Bill was recomm i tte d , some trifling amendments made, read a third time, and passed. " Sir John Jamieson said it was time for the local Govern ment to take some measures in consequence of the scarcity of wheat. There was a vast number of small farmers who were without even seed wheat, and unless they were sup plied there would result a scarcity next year as well as this. " The Governor said that he was too well aware of the unfortunate condition of the smaller settlers, and none would be more ready than himself to afford them assistance. He however thought it might be premature to supply them immediately, as in the present scarcity they might use the wheat as food instead of sowing it, but he would submit the matter to the Executive Council. " We are happy to announce that the report that there is likely to be a scarcity of water at Sydney is unfounded. According to an estimate by Major Barney there is at present sufficient water in the tunnel to last for twelve months without a single shower of rain falling. A gen tleman, resident in the Wellington distriet, 'has informed us that in that part of the 'country they have not had two days' successive rain since September last twelve mon'tligy eighteen mcmths drought; the -country burnt up, sheep dying by hundreds, cattle all long since dead." THE MARKET AT SYDNEY. —Market produce is gradually getting high, and is likely to be higher, unless we have rains immediately. Potatoes, 12s. per cwt., Derwent, 16s. ; Cabbages, 6d. to Is. 6d, each; Beef, per car case , 4d. per lb., per joint, 41. d. to sd. ; Mutton, 4id. to sd. ; Veal and Pork, Bd. to Pd. ; Fowl, 4s. t o O s . per coup l e ; D uc k s, Os. to 7s. per coup e ; Roasting Pigs, 6s. to 7s, per couple ; Flour, first, 355. ; second, 335. ; rations, 30s. per 100 lb. ; Wheat, Colonial, 13s. to 13s. 3d., Hobart Town, 13s. 6d. to 14s. per bushel of 601 b. THE FUNDS. Mr. Waghorn's overland dispatch from India, with the letters, has been received, but they are not of a later date than previously received by the India House a few days since, of the 3d of June, from Bombay. It appears that the private letters confirm the accounts received from Canton of the trade being stopped, and the giving up of the opium by the British merchants to a very considerable amount. The news from the army, upon the whole, may be con sidered favourable, the contingent of Runjeet Singh had taken the field, and would co-operate with the British troops at Cahill, in resisting Shah Soojah. There was no alteration of affairs in the Persian Gulf. No papers have as yet been received. Consols, which closed yester day at 92 - 1 1- for the Account, opened this morning with an improvement, and may be quoted at 923 : f ; Money, 922 i ; Exchequer Bills, 68. In India Bonds nothing doing as yet; Bank Stock, 183 185; India Stock, 2511 2521. In the Foreign Market very little doing as yet, and the prices are much the same as they closed at. Spanish Ac tive, 194 / ; Portuguese, 311 1 ; Three per Cents., 191 201 ; Colombian, 321 1.; Mexican, 29i; Belgian, 103 f ; Brazilian, 791; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 54 55 / 1 ; Five per Cents., 1031 1. Money is scarce Discounts from 51 to 6 per cent. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 186;475% 6; s i , India Stock 3 per Cent. Red. 92%% Ditto Bonds pm. 3 per Cent. Cons. 91% % South Sea Stock s per Cent OO Old Annuities — Ditto Red. lOO New Ditto New 3;4 per Cent New 5 per Cent. Bank Long Annuities toexpire Ditto 500 ... 9 pin. Jan. 5, 1860 l4 7-16%1 Ditto Smali lO 8 pm. Oct. 10, 1859 14;4 ; Ditto Commercial — par. Jan. 5, IWO — ' Ditto Advertised ...... pm. Jan. 5, 1880 — Bank Stock for Account ... April 5, 1880. lndia Stock for Account ... Jan. 5. 1870 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAI AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds Peruvian Bonds — Belgian Bonds Ditto Account Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account Buenos Ayres Bonds ......... j Ditto, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Chilian Bonds Ditto Account Columbian Bonds Ditto Account Ditto Account — I Ditto Metallic Columbian Bonds, 18'24. — Spanish Bonds.. 19%14 Ditto Account 32 , 4 4 % Ditto Account. Danish Bonds Ditto Account — Deferred B% Greek Bonds — I French, 5 per cent....... —f. —c. Ditto Bonds, 1825 — ---- 4 per cent. —f. —c. Ditto Account — ---- 3 per cent. Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent. —-- Exchange. —f. —c, Ditto Account — Dutch, 2% per cent. 55 Ditto, 6 per Cent — Ditto Account Ditto Account Neapolitan I Ditto Account PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. . Great Western Railway Cornpany ......... ...... Paid 71 Per share. Brighton Railway O2 1050 i Assam Company 5 HALF-PAST ONE. The British Funds have continued buoyant during the morning, with a steady market. About .50,000/. Consols were purchased by a Hebrew broker in the early part of the day, and the Government broker has been selling Ex chequer Bills at seven shillings. No further news of importance has as yet transpired by the private letters from India, with the exception of the stoppage of the trade and the opium business. Accounts received from Maranham state that in a ship car rying slaves to Ceara, they rose upon the whites on board ; captain and crew were all murdered. As yet, we have no information to be relied upon of the march of the Russian to Constantinople. The accounts received from that quarter are of a contradictory nature. The tea sales, just commenced, were well attended, and there was a good demand for all descriptions for home consumption, and the advanced rates established last week were fully suppported, which were two to three per lb. above those of the last auctions. Consols may be quoted at present 92,1 Account, 92k Money; Exchequer Bills, 8 6 8; India Bonds, nothing done ; Bank Stock, 1864, improved ' • India Stock, 252. In the Fo re i gn mar k et t h e Spanish Active, 194 ; Portu guese heavy, and receded to 31 ; Three per Cents, 19i ; Belgian, 103 i; Colombian 32i ; Danish, 76; Dutch Two and.a-half per Cents. 55 ; Five per Cents. 1031. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS sank Stock rzlN India Stack ' 252 3 per Cent. Red 92 ti Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent. Cc us. 9o' ' Ditto Old Annuities — 314 per Cent. Red 100 I Ditto New Annuities New 3y/, per Cent 99% `Ex. Bills, 1,0001 .2d 8 pm. New 5 per Cent Ditto 5001 7 pm. Long Annuities to expire Ditto 5001 - 8 pm. Jan. 1860 Oct. 1859 Jan 1860 FOREIGN FUNDS Portuguese Bonds, sper cent. Ditto. New Ditto Prussian, 5 per cent Russian Bonds, 5 per cent II4 Ditto, Metallic !Spanish, 5 per cent 114% Ditto, Deferred B% French, 5 per cent. —f —c, Exchange —f. —c French, 3 per cent —f, Austrian, 5 per cent 11,^1gian, 5 per cent 103% Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayros, 6 per cent — Chilian, 6 per cent — Colombian, 6 per cent — Ditto, IR2-1 — Danish, 3 per cent 76 Greek Bonds, 1825, 5 per ct — Mexican, 5 per cent — Ditto, 6 per cent.. 1823 — Peruvian, 1825,6 per cent ...•• SH Dutch,'? ‘ per cent. Ditto, 5 per cent. , 54 Fi Am% IRES, Great Western Railway Ditto New Shares „... London and Brighton Railway 2 4 l London and Blackwall Railway London and Birmingham Railway l% Ditto New Shares London and Southampton Railway„ ................. 2 , 1 , London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) ................... 'lll EVENING EDITION._ PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. (From the fetes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) MONDAY, A UG . 5, 1839. SUPPLY. Motion made, and question proposed, 4, That the Order, of the Day for the Committee of Supply be now read Amendment proposed, to leave out from the word ~ Th a t" to the end of the question, in order to add the words " the taxes imposed on the necessaries of life in this country, render them so dear that the working people cannot command a sufficiency to supply their daily wants ; that the taxes imposed on raw material are an obstruction to the productive industry o f the country; and that the inability of the people to purchase a suf ficiency of the things which their labour would produce, acts injuriously upon those who employ the people, and compel' them, from want of a market at remunerating prices, to limit the employment of many, and refuse employment altogether to others, who are anxious to earn their b rea d by th e boor of their hands, and who from being denied employment, are com pelled to accept relief from the parish in any way that they Can obtain it, or starve : That such a state of things is detrimental to the pi oductive classes, and dangerous to all other classes: That, according to a Return ordered to be printed by this House on th e 10th d ay o f J une l as t, th e t axes ra i se d b y E x cise and Customs on the following articles amounted, in the year ending th e sth day of January, 1839, to the sum of 17,614,54 3 /. ; viz., on malt, 4,932,080/. ; hops, 302.906/. ; soap, 810,81 3 /. ; candles and tallow, 183,669/. ; sugar and molasses, 4,893,684/. ; tea, 3,362,035/. ; coffee, 684,979/. ; butter, 251,6651. ; cheese , 113,907/. ; currants and raisins, 300,828/. ; corn, 186,7 601 ' ; cotton wool and sheep's, imported, 725,445/. ; silk, 254,87 4 /. ; hides and skins, 61,478/. ; and on paper, 541,7881.: Tha t justice, sou n d policy, and humanity require that the laws jai' posing th ese t axes should be repealed, the Corn-laws abolished, and that the revenue should in future be raised by an equitable assessment on pr o p er ty," i nstea d t h ereof (Mr. John Fielden) -- ; Question put, "Th at t h e wor d s proposed to be left out stan d part of the ques ti on !" The House divided—. MAJORITY—AYES, 58. Barnard—Edward G. N orreys, Lord—Oxfordsh i re Bernal, Ralph—Rochester ; Paget, Fred e ri c k—Beaumaris Blackbui ne, Irel a nd jPaliner, George—Essex Blair, James !Parker, John—Sheffield Blake, W. J.—Newport Parke', R. T.—Preston Broadley, IL—Yorkshire Pigot, David H.-- Clonmel Brownr gg, J. S.—Boston [Pryme, George—Cambridge Bruges, %N. H. L.—Bath Redington, T. N.—Dundalk Callaghan, D.—Cork City ; Rice, T S.—Cambridge Cowper, W. F.—Hertford Rolfe, i•ir R. M.—Penryn Craig, NVil iam G. I Russell, Lord John—Stroud Divott, Edward—Exeter 'Russell, Lord—Tavistock East, James Buller— Winchester 'Rutherford, Rt. Hon. Andrew Eaton, R. J.—Cambridgeshire Seymour,; Lord Eliot, J. E.—Roxburghshire ;Snell, Richard Lalor—Tippera r y Farnham 1111.—N. Leicestershir e Sh eppard, Thomas—Frome Gaskell, limes Milnes—Wenlock Smith, Hon. R.—Wycombe Gordon, Robert—Windsor Somerville Sir NA illiam M. ,_. Grattan, James—Wickl ow C o . Stanley, E. , John—North Chespir- Grey, Sir George—Devonport Stanley, W. o.—Anglesea Grosvenor, Lord R.—Chester Stock, Dr.—.Cashel IHodgson,o.l)ee: Frederick—Barnstaple 6cel,oa. ;; Ne‘,.T.goou wt shir e Hamilton Charles J. B, n . Sir T. ESandsratieblk Thomson, ,co r oh r ui ne e bs y siojednr :r ,i l l t o . of--West N o e s c t Sussex a Hoskins, K.—Herefordshire Waddington, H. S.—West Howard, P. 11.—Carlisle Wilde, Mr. Serjeant—Newark Hutton, Robert Wood, Charles—Halifax Lowther, J. H.—York TELLERS. Maule, Hon. Fox—Elgin Burghs; Saying, F. T. Morpeth, Lord—Yorkshire I Steuart, Robert MINORITY- Aglionby, H. A.—Cockermouth Brotherton, J.—Salford Browne, Robert Dillon Duncombe, T--Finsbnry Ewart, W.—Wigan Finch, Francis Harvey, D. NV.—Southwark Hector, Cornthwalte John—Pe tersfield Hindley, Charles —NOES, 15. Hume, Joseph—Kilkenny Humphery, John—Southwark O'Connell, Daniel- Dublin Seholefield, Joshua Williams, William —Coventry Yates, John A. Attwood, Thomas TELLERS. Fi olden, John COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen had a dinner party yesterday at Buckin,gb au : Palace. Th e company were h er R oyal Highness the D u chess of Kent, th e A mer i can Mi n i ster and Mrs. Stevenson. olr): Webster (of th e S enate o f t h e Un i ted States) and Mrs. Web ster, Duke of A rg yl e , M arqu i s and Marchioness of Normanl_ Earl of Uxbridge, Earl and Count ess C owper, E ar l o f Belfast , Lady Adelaid e Paget, Visco un t Palmerston, Lord Holl and, Hon. Georgiana Liddell, Hon. Miss Pitt, Hon. Miss Anson, Right Hon. C. P ou l ett Th omson, Hon. Colonel Caven dish' Hon. William Cowper, Sir Joseph and L a d y Charlotte Cop ley, Lady Charlotte Dundas. Hon. Mi ss Murray, Hon. MI" Paget, Baroness Lehzen, Viscount Torrington, Hon. C. '• - Murray, Mr. Rich, and Colonel Buckley. The band of the I s t Lif e G uards was in attendance at the Palace during the evening. Her Majesty, attended by the Marchioness of NormanbY: took an airing y es t er d ay a f ternoon in an open landau an d four Colonel Buckley, Equerry in Waiting, attended the Queen 13 ° horseback. Viscount Melbourne had an audience of the Queen yester day. Her Majesty, the Queen Dowager, attended by the Countess of Sheffield, and the H on . Mi ss ,Eden, left town at ele ven o'clock ye s t er d ay morning, for her resid ence i n B us hey P ark. The Duke a n d D uc h ess " o f C am b r i dge, accompanie d by -b, 'Princesies Augusta and Mary of Cambridge, visited and t?!: leave of her Majesty at Marlborough HoUse, previous to her, departure. A deputation of paper-makers and stationers, consisting " t Alderman Venables, Mr. Gaussen, Mr. Wiggins, Mr. Cher'''. Mr. Gibbons, M r . G . Wilson, Mr. Hunt, Mr. Gardener , 511. ' C. Venables, and Mr. Pouncey, accompanied by Mr. C. Pe e !„ .. son, had an int erv i ew w i t h Vi scount Melbourne yester d a y, '- Downing -str ee t. Mr. Roebuck, Captain Jebb, and Mr. Clive had interviews with Lord John Russell, yesterday, at the Home Office. ..„. 1 The Rev. Dr. Cooke, Rev. Dr. Stewart, and the Rev. Ram Blackwood had an interview with Viscount Melbourne. Despatches from Colonel Macdonald, Governor of Hondera s ‘ were received yesterday afternoon at the Colonial-office ; n es : patches were also received yesterday at the Colonial-office frow the Governors of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. The Chancellor of the Exchequer arrived in town yes from Hastings. Mr. Warburton had an interview with Viscount Melbourn e yesterday. THE MARKETS-(YESTERDAY•) COAL MAR :KET.-Aug. 5. a. d L 6 . Bell, Robson & Co. Hartley IS 6 Walls End Stewart's 23 9 Cheater Ord's Redhugh Pontop Windsor l9 6 Walls End Bar r i ngton T ees 1 9 6 Tanfield Moor ........ Tanfied Moor Butes 2O 6 W 4ls End Gordon 2O . Willington 2l 0 Richardson's Hartley l9 3 Wylam. Walis End Newmarch Walls End South Tanfield .. 17 6 W a ll s E nd Tennant' ..... , ' ,-.2 Walls End Belmont Walls Endßraddyll'sHetton 23 0 W a ll s E nd Wendleston ...... 21 03 Wal's End Haswell Walls lend Heaton 19 6 Walls End Lambton 23 0 W a ll s E nd S cott Walls End Russell's Hetton ‘3 0 Ships arrived since I last market-day 69. COUNTRY MARKETS. NEWCASTLE CORN EXCHANGE,-August .2 Red. white. Wheat, Northumberland 2ss ;Os s4s, 740 Norfolk and Suffolk ... 68s. 724....... 721. 76 '• --- Berwick and Scotch 62s. 623 - 4. -I. . 1 0 7 g s. 6 4 8 5: . Foreign Rye, Norfolk and Suffolk - Foreign 365. SRL."... -4 ' Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Suffolk 425. 43s .... -8 . ' - ' l ' g Grinding and Feeding POs Ns: _s,_.-a• ,0 Malt, Norfolk an d S u ff o lk 64s 685 ...F. ...-s, r. 0. 435. 4 0* 45 4363....... s. -- 1 : : 4.-i. Beans, Small Tick 445. 465..... a - ... 4 - -- - Pease, White ------ Gra y Oats, Northumberland, Potatoe ...... _, Feed - Foreign -s. s -4 --s, ~_ Flour (per sack) sos. 52s -g., - WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET-August ~:. U' 75c. neat, Red, Norfolk and S u flblk ...... ... -s. 665. w 721. n o ' ,, .705,. ; Lin. and Cam -s. 61s. to 65 8 . fine (59,, --- Yorkshire -s. 565. to 645. fine _ - VP bite _---- Foreign, Red -------___ White Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk --- Lincolnshire ---- Yorkshire Wold ----- Foreign Beans, Small ------ Tick Oats, Potato =1 :. 32 s e g . . : . 625 . • to : 0 000 5 ; 86 1 .. . : . finef ifi fl n2 n fine 448 0. . . . .7 .177 i, ------ Poland ---- Vriezland and Small - lv,,:saling Shelling Malt Rapeseed - . . . .. . ~, 0. . . . .. . s . 3237144c5. .. :. . to.3itiofio .. 3 s s i2. . .;, e 5 dss to 1000 0 04. 0 d. 932, 6 4 30ps ril l .. es. s .. rip)l3:ttnnannot o i l o l k ! . i . HAMBURG MARKETS. GRAIN. . Wheat, Marks 414 to 450 Oats, Upland , ..... to 11 Mecklenburg 390 to 450 Mecklenburg ...... 156 to I_, Magdeburg --- Eider 402 to 428 Holstein 156 to 1 _ Anlialt, white 408 to 4 h B ---. Petersb. & Riga to 04 2 0.1 --- red ... 411 to 456 M a lt, Pomeranian 192 t° 6 Holstein Rye, Mecklenburg .... 210 to 264 P ease , U p l an d, y e ll o w 132 to 10 " - ~.." -- Holstein Archangel to Tares "40 to MA Barley, Mecklenbur g h 222 to 240 Rapeseed 300 to 4 4 1 13 -- Magdeburgh . 222 to 234 Ditto Cakes -- Lower Elbe ... —to Linseed ditto...,. st to 54 On Sunday morning the lives of no less than five persons were saved by the exertions of the men be longing to the Royal Humane Society. EIGHT-DAY CLOCKS. Three and a Half Guineas each, warranted. They are in ele gant cases, about 7i inches high, suitable to stand either !r , a bracket or mantel-piece. 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