The Sun. — London, England, 1844-06-17 00:00:00

trll Mtittion SUN OFFICE, Semi o'Cloch. APPEARANCE OF THE HOUSE Or COMMONS THIS •EvEmNG.—The House of Commons was crowded at half-past four, by Members anxious to hear the Ministerial statement. Sir Robert Peel, however, did not enter the House until nearly five o'clock. Among the strangers seated under the gallery was Lord Morpeth. His Lordship entered the House at four o'clock, and took his seat under the gallery. The leaders of the Whig party, as they entered the House, went up to his Lordship and shook him heartily by the hand, and some of them engaged in earnest con versation with him. His Lordship, who appeared in excellent health and spirits, seemed to enjoy the ani mated scene which the House presented. MEETING OF CONSERVATIVE MEMBERS.—A very numerous meeting of the Conservative Members of the House of Commons, was held in the drawing-room of the Carlton Club this morning. Before twelve o'clock up wards of 200 Members had assembled, and many others entered the room afterwards. We understand that at this important meeting a resolution of entire confidence in Sir Robert Peel's Government was proposed and carried unanimously. The resolution was forwarded to the Right Hon. Baronet in Whitehall-gardens, previous to the as ambling of the Cabinet Council.—Evening Paper. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT (THIS EVENING.) ROUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships assembled at Five o'clock.' OPENING LETTERS AT THE POST-OFFICE. The. Earl of RADNOR, adverting to the petitions which were presented a few evenings ago in the House of Commons, complaining that the parties who had digned those petitions h a d h ad their letters opened at the P, At-office, expressed his surprise at this power Having- been so recently exercised, and contended that no• ground existed for such a stretch of authority. Ile was inclined to say that such a power ought not to exist; ;but if it (lid exist, he thought it ought to be exercis. A under responsibility. He should take that. opport inity of moving for a return of the num ber of letter 's which had been opened at the Post-office wince January, 1844. He would also take that oppor tunity of ask ing for some explanation as to the arrest of the Count Ostrowski, who had been forcibly taken from his lodgings on a vague charge being made r'gainst him.. He (the Earl of Radnor) contended tat this arr est had been made contrary to law, and if this gentlem an had kill e d one o f th e parties who came into his room he would have been perfectly exculpated in law. The Duke fof WELLINGTON said that if the Noble Lord. had looked into the statute-book, he would have - Sound that the power of opening letters by the Secretary of State had been exercised since Pte reign of Queen Anne ; and the warrant which *as necessary at the present time, was precisely in tirksaine form as that which was required in the time citAttaen Anne. If it should appear at th StOeYtry. of Stat e h ad abused this power, e that would be ground for inquiry, but in the prefiat instance tlte there was no thi ng o f and, therefor th tir tibli Ito * l our ! , eTe wno ground 3:11040 4. With rospect SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVANING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. GLOBE.—Of all the funny things we ever read or heard of, we think the most lugubriously funny was yes terday's meeting of creditors of the great East and West India house, whose Calcutta branch failed lately, and whose sudden dissolution of its Jamaica partnership brings its affairs to a final crisis. Whether the connexions of the firm, who consider they have cause to complain of it, shall support its credit, or whether they shall whistle it down the wind, and leave Peel and Gladstone un certificated bankrupts, without one signature of confi dence to break their fall, rests, it would seem by this morning's Tames, in the breasts of the not too unani mous gentlemen who met yesterd a y (b e i ng S un d a y) in the drawing-room of the Carlton, and who mean, it ap pears, to meet again to-day in that " cradle, temple, and tomb," of the great Conservative party, " b u ilt u p' since 1835. In the meantime, Ministers also have been holding their councils, and it is bruited forth as their result— first, that they won't resign; and, secondly, that they will retract their own proposition for altering the sugar duties. Oh, most lame and impotent conclusion ! Was it for this that the Premier sat biting his thumb all Friday evening ? Was this the only resolution his re verse could suggest to his magnanimity ? What, that high-minded statesman, who was so fond of assuming indifference to office without power, and of insinuating others to be less indifferent to it. That heaven-born Minister who, in 1841, declared " No consideration of mere political support sheuld induce me to hold such an office as that which I fill by a servile tenure,—a teuure which would compel me to be the instrument of carrying other men's opinions into effect"—who ex claimed, " Free as the wind, I reserve to myself the power of retiring from the discharge of onerous and harassing duties, which; under such circumstances, could no longer be discharged with satisfaction to myself or advantage to my country." Free as the wind, Sir Robert? Didn't you mean, free as the weathercock? Turning from the ludicrous aspects of this crisis which really are those which first suggest themselves— it becomes us to examine the source of these successive variances between Ministers and their friends—now re sulting to the discredit of the latter—now again of the former—but recurring continually. Each has alternate occasion, in Eastern phrase, to ejaculate dolefully -to the other, "I am your sacrifice I." Such an internecine war of Ministers with their party, and a party with its Ministers—as regards character and consistency—surely was never witnessed. The Ministerialists have now their revenge before them for the humble pie theyhad to eat on the Factory Bill. But what is the perennial source of these flowing waters of bitterness ? We have repeatedly pointed to that source in the previous over-issues of false pretences. In the present instance, it is tolerably plain what is the source of difficulty. Ministers thought them soli es obliged to do something to relieve the market from its i tarred condition. They thought themselves obliged to do something ; but the g roun d th ey had previously taken them from doing anything large and lasting. They wished t o appear to a ll ev i ate a present want, without appearing to espouse the policy they had professed to eschew so righteously. They wished too to avail themselves of whatever weight still belongs to the Anti-Slavery party, and whatever odium that party could aid them to visit upon their opponents. All this temporising temporary policy was vastly re fined]; but of too much transparency, as well as tenuity, to prosper with either party. The Liberals see that little is proposed by it—the West Indians that every thing is threatened. The former could scarcely be ex pected to vote on credit—on the credit of probable next year's measures. The latter distinctly foresee such measures ; and act on the maxim, Principiis obsta. Thus, by seeking to trim hi s b ar k between all parties, the Minister's policy is taken aback, and swamped. STANDARD.—Yesterday the town, and especially the Clubs, were agitated by a rumour that Ministers had on Saturday resolved to resign, in consequence of the adverse division upon Mr. Miles's motion ; end it was even asserled that Sir Robert Peel had carried the resig nation of the Cabinet to her Majesty, who had accepted it, and " sent fur" the Duke of Richmond. The members of Brookes's were prominently active in promulgating this (to them) joyf u l intelligence ; and we regret to have seen members of the Carlton zealously, and, as it seem ed, with equal pleasure, assisting:the men of Brookes's in propagating the delusion. The Whigs, however, said nothing of the message to the Duke of Richmond, Although they did not dare to pretend that any one of their own p irty had been summoned to the Palace. The truth is, that the Ministers never once contemplated a resignation. The step was not, we are sure, once canvassed either at the Cabinet Council on Satur day, or at the meeting at Lord Aberdeen's yester day. The Ministers owe much to their party, but they owe more to the Queen, to the country, and to their own character, and as long as their party permit them to carry on the Government with honour, they will persevere, to the completion of the restoration of Ireland to peace—the perfect tranquillisation and security of India—the consolidation of the peace of Europe, of which we have lately had such flattering proofs in the visits of so many sovere i gns, an d of wh i ch we anticipate th e most grat if y i ng proof of all in the visit of Leuis Philippe, the wise and the good—the work of restoring commerce and finance. These are net duties to be capriciously abandoned in anger at a momentary fit of petulance on the part of some of those who placed them in office ; not, it is to be presumed, for the purpose of protecting particular interests, but to promote the honour of the Queen's Govern ment, and the happiness and prosperity of all her Ma jesty's subjects. the Conservatives who, on Friday night, voted in the majority, are not by themselves suf ficient to displace Sir Robert Peel's Government ; but let them be so, and let them persevere in a course which renders it impossible for Sir Robert Peel to administer the affairs of the country with honour to himself, and there is little reason to doubt that the Right Honourable Baronet will cheerfully retire to the private station, - which must have so many more attractions for him, than for any other man who ever burdened himself with the toils and vexations of public life. Let these consistent Cons-rvatii es ally themselves permanently with Lord John Russell and Sir Thomas Wilde, who insist that , the Irish incendiary has not been fairly tried, and must therefore turn him loose to repeat his mon ster meetings—with Sir John Hobhouse to project new Afghan wars, as brilliant as that of 1841—with Lord Palmerston to replace our foreign relations in the posi tion in which they stood in 1840—with Mr. Hume and Mr. Roebuck to remove the Church and reform the co lonies—with Mr. Baring to reverse Sir R. Peel's finan cial measures, and, substitute deficit for surplus—above all with Mr. Patifck Maxwell Stewart, free-trader, who organised the disgraceful intrigue that resulted in the late division ; let, we say, the discontented Conserva tives, if they are sufficiently numerous, perpetuate their alliance with those persons and those parties whose prin ciples they represent, and they may dismiss Sir Robert feel to that private st a ti on w hi c h h e i s so eminently qualified e l s adorn and to enjoy ; but when they shall have done so, they will have to render an account to the country for condemning it once more to a Whig- Radical Administration, and, as the inevitable conse quence, to rebellion in Ireland, disastrous war in India —war of enormous cost, whether successful or unsuc cessful—in Europe, a paralysis of commerce and a defi cient revenue, with constant, and probably fatal, assaults upon the Church. to the other matter alluded to by the Noble Lord, to say the least of it the person alluded to had acted in a most indiscreet manner, and if there had been any thing improper in his arrest he had his remedy. It was a subject for the consideration of a court of law, and not for that House. Lord CAMPBELL thought the question of open ing letters under a warrant from the Secretary of State was a question requiring the earnest considera tion of their Lordships.—(Hear, hear.) He con tended that the words of the Act of Parliament, which gave the Secretary of State this power, provided that for every letter opened there should be a separate warrant isued by the Secretary of State under his hand and seal. After some further discussion, the motion was negatived without a division. Some other business was transacted, and their Lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the chair at a few minutes to Four o'clock. DISSENTERS' CHAPELS BILL. Petitions against this Bill were presented by Mr. B. Smith, from Norwich; Mr.Duncan,from Dundee; Mr. Chute, from King's Lynn; Lord J. Stuart, and Mr. H. Berkley from Bristol. Mr. B. SMITH presented a petition from the printsellers of Norwich, praying for protection against art-unions. Mr. HAMILTON presented a petition from Ireland against the national system of education in Ireland. Sir E. FILMER presented a petition from Kent praying for protection to agriculture. Mr. G. KNIGHT presented a petition from 1,800 inhabitants of Port Phillip, New South Wales, com plaining of the Governor-General having removed a judge from the bench, and praying for inquiry into the circumstances. Mr. C. ROUND presented a petition from Suffolk, against the Bank Charter Bill. Mr. YORKE presented a petition from Essex, praying the House to take steps to arrest the progress of incendiarism in that county. Lord ELIOT presented a petition from Cornwall, praying that the owners and not the occupiers of small tenements may be rated to the poor. KILMARNOCK. El*4ol- - TION. The SPEAKER informed tlO, House that he had received a letter from the agents on the petition against the return of the Kilmarnock burghs, stating that it was not their intention to proceed with the petition.—(Hear, hear.) THE STATE TRIALS. Mr. WYSE presented a petition from Pieree Ma honey and others, the solicitors to the traverser& in the late State trials, complaining of the course pur sued at the late State trials in Dublin, and praying the House to institute some legal inquiry into the system that had been adopted in empannelling the jury. The petitioners also expressed a hope that that House would be found the guardian of trial by jury. The petition was ordered to lie on the table. Mr. HARDY presented petitions against the Dis senters' Chapels Bill. Lord ASHLEY presented several petitions to the same effect. Mr. LIDDELL presented a petition from Durham, signed by 4,000 persons, praying the House to con tinue protection to agriculture. Mr. WAKLEY presented a petition from the stage coach and carriage proprietors of the metro polis, complaining of the monopoly of railways. Mr. HAWES presented petitions against the Dis senters' Chapels Bill. - GREENWICH PARK. Mr. HAWES said he had a petition to presmt from certain inhabitants of Greenwich, complaining that there was an intention on the part of the Govern ment to make an encroachment upon Greenwich Park, and to build private residences therein. Seeing the Noble Lord, the Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests, in his place, he trusted he might waive cere mony upon the occasion, and take the liberty of ask ing him if such intention did exist ? The Earl of LINCOLN was quite willing to ac cede to. the wish of the Hon. Member, and had great pleasure in assuring him, that the anxiety of the peti tioners was not justified by any application or conduct of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests. There was no intention of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests of building houses within . the park.—(Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") There was a strip of land belonging to Greenwich Hospital ad joining the Park, and in order to render that ground more available, it had been agreed to give up a piece within the park, but the park would remain exactly of the same extent. In company with one of the officers of the Hospital he had gone over the proposed alterations, and, not approving of the plan, had sent it back for alteration.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. HAWES—Am I to understand there is no foundation for the report about building in the park ? The Earl of LINCOLN—No foundation what ever.—(Hear, hear.) Sir W. CLAY presented a petition from certain Wesleyan deputies against the Dissenters Chapels Bills ; and other petitions from the Tower Hamlets to the same effect. COUNTY RATES BILL. The order of the day for the further proceeding with the County Rates Bill was read in order to be postponed. STATE TRIALS (IRELAND). Mr. WYSE said that he w a s com p e ll e d t o defer the motion of which he had given notice 10-morrow night on the subject of the State trials in Ireland, in consequence of the delay which had taken place in laying before the House the papers which he had moved , for; he, therefore, gave notice that he should bring it forward on the first supply night, as an amendment to the motion that the House do resolve itself into a Committee of Supply. He begged to move that the petition which he had that night presented be printed with the Votes.—Agreed to. DISSENTERS' CHAPELS BILL. Mr. F. SHAW gave notice that he should move an amendment to the second clause of the Dissenters' Chapels Bill. METROPOLITAN BUILDINGS BILL. Mr. MACKINNO/4 wished to ask the Noble Lord when he intended to bring forward the Metro politan Buildings Bill? Lord LINCOLN would bring it forward the first opportunity. POOR LAWS. Mr. HOGG presented two petitions against the new pcor-laws. SUGAR DUTIES. Sir ROBERT PEEL, in rising to move the order of the day for going into Committee on the Sugar Duties, said—Sir, it is probable that th e H ouse will expect rom me some statement of the course which her Majesty's Government propose to pursue under the circumstances in they are placed by the vote of Friday night upon the sugar duties ; and assuming that statement of-view. to be in general conformity with the wishes and feelings of the House, I am prepared to make it, if the House will allow me to make it, when the House shall have resolved itself into a Committee, and Mr. Greene shall be in the chair. Before we pro ceed any further with the resolution, I will then take the opportu n ity o f s t at i ng to the House the course which her Majesty's Government propose to pursue. Lord J. RUSSELL said he thought there could be no objection to that course. The House then went into Committee. Sir R. PEEL then rose and said—Sir, I propose now, with the permission of the Committee, to put it in potession of the views her Majesty's Government entertain with respect to the effect of the decision of Friday evening on the subject of the sugar duties, and the course which it is their intention to pursue as a preliminary to their intention. The Com mittee will permit :me, perhaps, to refer, in the first place, to the course the Government have pursued in the present year with respect to the finan cial policy of the country, and the motives which have induced them to take the course they have pur sued, and particularly the views they entertain upon those particular duties which were imposed on foreign and colonial sugar. The opinions we entertain on the subject of the sugar duties are those we have entertained and continued in for several years past views we expressed when oppo nents of her Majesty's Government, and which we have entertained since we have been entrusted with power, and which we still at the present time entertain, and intend to act upon. 'We are of opi nion that the ordinary considerations which deter mine matters of financial and commercial policy do not apply to the article of sugar. We find that this country had adopted, with respect to the slave-trade, a particular course of action, from which it may be inferred that it considers the continuance of the slave-trade as one of the greatest evils and curses by which humanity can be surrounded. This country has entered into treaties with foreign Powers, engaging them to co operate for the putting down of the slave-trade. Un der ordinary circumstances we are willing to admit that the regulation of the affairs of every country is within the province and exclusive jurisdiction of each independent State, but we have engaged other.powers to co-operate with us by treaties for the suppression of the slave trade, the chief onus of attemptth g to suppress which has fallen on this country. We have thought ourselves justified with regard tgi,the general interests of the world to do the best in our power for the extinction of slavery in our dominionsi and we have thought ourselves justified upon consideNtions wholly apart from interested motives, but as the promoters of humanity, to call upon this country to make greater sacrifices for the suppression of the slave trade, th an any other country in the world. This country had voted 20,000,0001. of money, and up to the present hour great expenditures were going on in Africa and other. parts of the world, not in the dominions of this Country, but at its expense, for. the suppression zlaverY• IA the course of the lost sessica THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 17, 1844, we passed an Act enforcing additional penalties against the application of British capital in countries where the slave trade was carried on. By that Act the House conferred very considerable powers upon the Executive to visit with heavy penal ties all persons subject to the control of the British Crown, who might use their capital for the purpose of giving encouragement to the slave trade. We have, indeed, for years, by the whale tenor of our policy, given conclusive proof of our intention of go verning by different principles that branch of our trade in which slave labour is by other countries employed to those which generally prevail over and guide the general commerce of this country. When, in opposition, we supported those who were then in power—l refer to the year 1839—in resist ing a proposal which was made by the Honourable Member for Dumfries, the effect of which would have been to reduce the protective duties, upon foreign sugar, as compared with British colonial sugar, to an amount of twelve shillings. That pro posal was resisted by the Noble Lord opposite (Lord J. Russell) and his colleagues, upon grounds on which he will do me the justice to say I have never mentioned with anything . approach ing to a taunt—which I h ave never considered as imposing any impediment to a reconsideration of the sugar duties, and which I have never referred to excepting for this purpose—to show that a very high and respected authority did entertain the opinions I have now expressed, that, upon the sugar question, Parliament should be guided by different principles than those which generally governed it in dealing with the other great commercial questions. When the Right Hon. Gentleman, I refer to (Mr. Labouchere) was met with the argument as to cotton and coffee, his reply was that he was not prepared to say that the course of legislation he suggested was consistent with the broad principle which usually governed our commercial transactions, that it should be borne in mind that the ten articles referred to did not come into competition with the free labour of our own colonies—and that it would not then do to interfere with the success of the great experiment then in operation, by opening the flood gates to a supply of foreign sugar which might inundate the British markets, and materially interfere with the prospect of success to the great cause of emancipation of the slaves. We considered these views to be well founded, and we acted upon them when opposed to the Right Hon. Gentlemen opposite. These views appear to have received the sanction of a very high authority—of a gentleman, whose name I have never mentioned in this House, without accompanying it with my expressions of respect for his authority —I mean the late Mr. Deacon Hume.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. Hume, the advocate of the complete removal of all restrictions—the decided opponent of the protec tive system—the authority who, of all others, had ex pressed his positive opinion in favour of unrestricted commerce, and of the abolition of all protection—Mr. Hume had excepted articles the produce of slavery and the slave trade, as not coming properly under the consideration of our commercial legislation. "It is now thirty years ago," said Mr. Hume, that you abolished the slave trade—you have now abolished slavery. I cannot therefore believe that any question of free trade can arise between Jamaica and Cuba. Cuba has not only an abundant and fruitful soil, it has not only the advantage, if it can be called an advantage, of slavery, but it is notorious that from 40,000 to 50,000 slaves are imported into that island every year. It is, therefore, impossible that the question of trade between Cuba and the British plantations can ever come in the category of free trade." Such were the opinions of Mr. Deacon Hume in 1840, and I think that it would be unjust to expose the British planter, who has neither the advantage of slavery or the slave trade, to the competition of Brazil and Cuba — countries possessing a virgin soil more fitted by nature for the production of sugar than any other country. Ido not think that it would be proper to expose the British planter to the competition of those countries. We have had most convincing proofs that hitherto all our efforts for the suppression of the .slave trade to Cuba and the Brazils have proved inef fectual. The public mind in those countries is not awakened to the frightful horrors of that traffic ; and although the competition with Manilla and China, where sugar is raised by free labour, might be a fair competition, yet to expose him to a competition with Brazil and Cuba would be most u njus t t o th e B r iti s h p l an t er . It was but very recently that the House of Commons came to an unanimous decision, declaring that expense was to be a subordinate consideration to the suppres sion of the slave trade. We are of opinion that the opening of the British market to sugar the produce of Cuba and Brazil would give an increased encourage. ment to the slave trade, as carried on between those countries and the coast of Africa. We therefore en tertain an opinion that, after the decision of the House of Commons, it would be inconsistent to give that en couragement. lam not insensible to the arguments —at least, I attach their due weight to them—which attempt to show that the opening of the markets of England to sugar, the produce of free labour, would indirectly give encouragement to sugar, the produce of slave labour, 'in Cuba and Bra z il. B uti I cannot help entertaining the conviction that the encourage ment of free-labour sugar will ultimately tend to prove that free-labour sugar can compete favourably with that grown by slaves, and thus, indirectly, if not directly, it will act against slavery. These are the general grounds upon which we still entertain the opinion that, although it may be said with referen se to the West Indian interests, to admit a limited and qualified competition with free-labourlsugar, yet we think it dangerous to admit, as my Hon. Friend proposes, this sugar at a differential duty of 10s. We think that admission would be inconsistent with the course this country had taken, and the declarations the House had made on the subject of the slave trade. With these opinions the question upon which we had to decide at the commencement of the present year was this— what course shall we pursue with respect to the admission of free-labour sugar ? Now, of course, Sir, I do not mean to ask any gen tleman to give up the opinions which he has formed as to the policy of pursuing a different course. I only assumed that our opinions were correct, and on that assumption it is I argued that there ought to be a discriminating or distinctive amount of duty. I ask, Sir, what course consistent with that opi nion, and with the admission of foreign sugar, can we pursue ? As bearing on this question an important event will shortly occur. On the 10th of Nov., 1844, the existing treaty with Brazil will cease. Previous to that day it would be most diffi cult for that Government to do away with the discri minating duties. Entertaining the opinions which I have avowed, I have thought it right to adopt a dif ferent course, for Brazil is entitled to have her pro duce admitted into her Majesty's dominions on the footing of the most favoured nations nor could the :title of Brazil to that equality ; be affected by any alteration in our relations with other countries ; she has a clear right that her produce shall be in troduced on the same footing as that of Java, Ma nilla, and Siam, but on the 10th of November that state of things will cease. Therefore, at the com mencement of the year, in considering what course it was our duty to pursue, we came to the conclusion, that the alteration which we have proposed was the only one which we could adopt. It had been said that instead of post poning the consideration of the great questions which must be considered before the expiration of the treaty, we should have declared our general financial and commercial policy in the present session, and that we should have declared our intentions as to the renewal or continuance of the income-tax, and the reduction of the duties on the importati on o f foreign produce, but we thought that before we asked the House to take into consideration the important question of the renewal and continuance of the in come-tax, we should be possessed of the fullest ex perience as to the effects of those alterations in the Customs' duties, which took place in 1842, at the time the income-tax was proposed. Many of those were not to have effect till a recent period, and before the question for the renewal of the income tax it would be advantageous that the House should know what had been the result of those reductions of the Customs duties. In the case of the important alteration of the timber duties, the total amount of reduction did not take place till October last. There was, therefore, but a limited period in which to determine the effect of the reduction on timber. There have been also for months past de. cisive indications of increased demand for in. dustry ; of greater employment amongst the manufacturing and working classes gene rally ; indications, I think, that cannot be ques tioned, of returning prosperity as far as trade and manufactures are concerned. I expressed an earnest wish to the House that those indications of returning prosperity might be significant of their permanence; but at the same time, we have on former occa sions been deceived by appearances of prosperity, so that they cannot be perfectly relied on. That constituted a decisive reason why, before we took a revision of the whole commercial policy of the country, with a view of abandoning the income tax, or whatever else we might think advisable, we thought it advantageous that time should elapse to decide upon the effect of the measures we have passed. Another and more conclusive reason for postponing till next year the consideration of the tariff was, that we had every reason to believe that in the present session we should call the attention of the House to two other , great financial questions, which. would probably press for immediate consideration. The one was a reduction of the interest on Three-and-a-Half - per Cent. Stock, by far the greatest operation effected in modern times, the failure of which would be to every interest the most unfortunate. The other was a pro position of great importance, which I, as the organ of the Croverupg;t, muted to the klousa..tl2e , renewal of the Bank Charter, the regulation of joint-stock -banks, and the regulation of the paper circulation. At the commencement of 'the session we foresaw that there was every prospect that both of these must undergo alterations, and we thought it was not desirable, seeing also the mass of legislation which was left undisposed in the course of last session, and which was pressed forward on the present, that it was necessary to impose a re duction on the 3} per cent. stock, and that it was also Becessary to propose a measure for the regulation of the Bank Charter to call the attention of the House to other measures of great commercial importance, and the question of the renewal of the Income tax. There was a third reason also for posponing the mea sure, which to our minds was conclusive. How were we to deal with this question of the admission of foreign sugar. To propose the continuance of the income-tax, and to make no proposal on the subject of sugar would probably not have conciliated the support of tho House of Commons. It would, I think, have been expected that on pro posing the renewal of the income-tax, some proposal by her. Majesty's Government, in respect to the sugar dutiekinust be made. I doubt whether the House of Commons would not almost have considered a pro posal with respect to the sugar duties a necessary condition of the renewal of the income-tax. It was impossible for us, pending the treaty with Brazil, to make 'that proposal. Supposing, in the month of March, we had brought on the questions of the in come-tax and the sugar-duties, and had not, at the same time, proposed any considerable reduction of the duties on sugar, Brazil would have been enti tled, until the month of November 1844, to share in all the advantages of the renewal, and would have made a plausible claim to admit her sugar into the market of this country, with the advantage of whatever reduction might have been made. Now, from the combined operation of those three reasons, I think any Gentleman who permits me to assume that we are right in making a distinction between free-labour sugar and slave=Molir sugar, will ;lama that we had no alter native tut to postpone the consideration of any very extenstve measure in respect to the sugar duties until our discretion was unfettered, so far as Brazil was concerned, by the termination of the treaty. We therefore did resolve deliberately not to ask the House to pronounce an opinion in the course of this session, in respect to the continuance of the sugar duties. At the same time, we felt it to be eur duty to make a proposition to the House upon the subject of the sugar duties. We saw indications of a rise in price. The price of sugar at the commencement of the spring was about 2s. higher than the average of the last two years. • There were, then, reasons to apprehend that there might be a deficient supply. In the month of November, ,1844, the period would arrive when. we should be at liberty to deal with the ques tion of free-labour sugar. The only monopoly that remains, almost, is that of sugar.—(Suppressed laughter, and cries of "Corn, corn.") Ido not wish to provoke a discussion. I wish studiously to avoid saying anything which is capable of contradiction in the way of argument, and, still more, anything which can provoke angry feeling.—(Hear.) But, certainly, of the great articles of consumption in this country, the only one with respect to which there is almost unqualified monopoly, is the article of sugar. On the article of foreign sugar there is a duty of three guineas, which operates as an exclusion. We thought, therefore, it was our duty to avail ourselves of the earliest opportunity of proposing a measure which, without being detrimental to the interests of Brazil, might be of advantage to the community at large, without injury to the revenue, and which would have the effect of breaking down monopoly, by admitting sugar, the produce of free labour, at a duty something above that on which colonial sugar was in troduced, and we thought that such a measure should not be delayed past the 10th of Novem ber. We thought that if, at this period of the year, there is an increased demand for sugar, and, there should be a deficiennt sup ply—Nyo thOught if prices should rise, in eon sequence 'of increased demand, the West Indian interests could not be benefited by any such rise in price, and we thought, therefore, that it would be better for the interests of all parties to take security against such an event as that of a scarcity of sugar, by admitting sugar the produce of free labour at the duty we proposed. We had another reason for dealing with this question in the present session. He wished the producers of free labour sugar to know what the intentions of Parliament were—whether it intended to confine the competition with Colonial and free la bour sugar, or between Colonial sugar and that pro duced by slave labour. It was also our anxious wish to take security against increased prices, notwithstanding the discussion that has taken place we adhered to the opinions we have hitherto _expressed, believing that the measure we proposed will not be injurious to the revenue, will be advantageous to the consumer, and likely to be productive of the best inte• rests of the West Indian proprietors themselves. On submitting, however, to the consideration of the House, the measure on sugar duties determined upon by the Government, the Noble Lord opposite (Lord John Russell) assuming our distinctive sums as between colonial sugar and foreign sugar not the produc of slave labour proposed, that the duty of 345. should be applied indiscriminately without reference to the source whence the sugar might come. The Noble Lord took a division upon that proposition, and our measure was affirmed by a considerable majority. At a subsequent state of the proceedings we were met by a counter proposition on the part of the West India party. It was proposed by an Honourable Friend of mine, the Member for Bristol (Mr. Miles,) that there should be a departure from the scheme of the Go vernment—that instead of the relative amount of w e a e.; proposed, should duties b b e e in and that with r es pect t o a certain clayed sugar, there should b e a di scr i mina ti ng duty to the extent of 48. W e h a d propose d g2O as s. and 0 that the discriminating duty should upon all sugars be 10s. ; he proposed a protection to the amount of 14s.—(Hear, hear.) Her Majesty's Government have considered the proposal of my Hon. Friend—acting, I shall say, not under the influence of temper caused by being in a minority—but upon a careful and dispassionate view of the whole subject— they have considered it one to which they cannot give in 'their adhesion.—(Expressions of surprise.) That proposal of my Hon. Friend—supported accord ing to some understanding by—(Cries of " No," " no," and expressions of surprise)—l don't say Hon. Members were under any obligation to vote—(Hear, hear)—but I certainly was given to understand that that proposal of my Hon. Friend (Mr. Miles) was to receive the support of the other side of the House. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman is under no such obligation; he expressed his opposition. I do not say that on the other side there is any general obliga tion to-support the proposition of my Hon. Friend— (Hear, hear)—but I say that many Hon. Gentlemen opposite preferred supporting the motion of my Hon. Friend to supporting the proposition of her Ma jesty's Government.—(Hear, hear.) I do not say that there was any general disposition on the part of all Hon. Gentlemen opposite, but certainly there was a disposition on the part of many to support that motion.—(Hear, hear.) Her Majesty's Government, after a serious' consideration of the subject, notwith standing that vote, have not changed their former opinion, and are not prepared to adopt the motion of my Hon. Friend. We are not prepared to acquiesce in that motion ; for, on addditional and more mature consideration of that proposition, we think that our original proposition is preferable to it. —(Hear, hear.) My Hon. Friend proposes that after the 20th of November next a, prospective reducti on of the duty shall take place. 1,-think the proposition for the reduction of the duty to take place at a distant day is most objectionable. The consumer will derive no advantage whatever from it, and the West India interests will not be benefited by the increase of price. The period between this and the 10th of November is a most critical time in the sugar trade, on account of the increased demand for sugar for the preservation of fruit. This will, I think, give rise to an in oreased price, on account of the unwillingness of the retailers to take out a supply of that article at the present duty, when they know that in the month of November a reduction will take place I do not think that the West Indian interests will be benefited by it, because the retailers of sugar will refuse to increase the supply so as to meet the demands of the public. The only effect pro duced by the proposition of my Hon. Friend would be to increase the profits of the growers and retail dealers of sugar, who had stock on hand. I wish shortly to draw the attention of the House to what took place in 1842, when we pro posed a reduction in the timber duties. We were induced, in consequence of the representa tions of the parties interested, to forego our first proposition, which was. for an immediate reduction of those duties; and, in order to give the holders time to dispose of their stocks on hand, to postpone the reduction until October, 1843, when it was certainly known that there would be a great reduction in the duties on timber. The measure of reduction was to receive completion, and the per manent duty to take effect on that day, the sth of October, 1843. I have compared the effect of this change on the timber duty, on the demand, and on the public revenue. I have compared the amount of duty received in the quarter ending the sth of January, 1842, with the corresponding quarter, between the 10th of October, 1843, and the sth of January, 1844. I omit the quarter of 1842. because the duties were then in & ? state of change, and I conssdered the fairest period with which to make a comparison was tai ''quarters of 1841 and 1843. In the quarter ending the 10th of October, 1841, the total amount of timber duty received by the Exchequer was 646,000 t. Ver the flung quarter the total amount of duty was 292,0001. The proportion, heqefore, between the timber duties receieved in the two quarters was as 100 to 45. But in the quarter ending the sth of January, 1844, the duty being then settled, the amount re ceived was 268,0001. as compared with 158,0001. The reduction in the timber duty made by the tariff was !about one-sixth. My opinion is, though I am willing to admit that the stocks of timber are larger than the stocks of sugar, that it is highly He thought, therefore, that the proposition of his Hon. Friend for the reduction of the duty to take place, upon a stated day, would be most unwise. We ourselves are accused of having encouraged ex portation, that there should have further consideration of those duties ; and that there might be a farther reduction, contingent upon the result of the Income Tax and its renewal or discontinuance. But that vague exportation is very different from a fixed assurance, that a certain reduction shall take place and shall be effectual on a particular day If there be any inconvenience arising from holding out such vague expectations, her Majesty's present Government alone have incurred the blame. The late Chancellor of the Exchequer has before now held out expectations of an alteration in the sugar duties contin gent upon circumstances. When he brought forward his proposition in 1841 for an alteration in them, he said that the West India interest had no right to complain that they were taken by surprise, because Lord Sy denham had informed them in 1839, that they must prepare themselves for a change in the sugar duties, and that that change would take place in 1842, or possibly earlier. So that the late Government cannot be said to have given the word with) the blow— (Laughter)—but they told the West Indians to pre pare for the blow. But we have not said anything more than what was known to every one. We said that the income tax will expire next year, and that when the time for its expiration arrived, the consideration of its discontinuance or renewal must be combined with the consideration of these and other im port duties. Surely that explanation and avowal could not have the same effect as the particular an nouncement that the reduction is to take place upon a stated day. Sir, on another ground th e G overnmen t cannot assent to the proposition of my Hon. Friend. They cannot acquiesce in the proposition that there should be a discriminating duty of 14s. on certain sugars.—(Hear, hear.) I will not now enter into the question whether a classification of sugar, according to certain processes of manufacture, or according to certain qualities, be desirable or not; all I contend for is this, that if a classification be desirable, it ought to be universally applied,—(Hear, hear.) and that to do justice to the consumer, if you classify sugar the produce of foreign countries, you ought to classify sugar the produce of your own colonies.— (Elear, hear.) lam of that opinion, because there is as great a variation in the quality of sugar the produce of your own colonies, as there is in the quality of sugar the produce of foreign countries. There is as much injustice in subjecting the coarse descriptions of brown sugar coming into competition with sugar of the highest quality, such being the produce of your own colonies, to an equal rate of duty —there is as much injustice in that arrangement, as there is in subjecting your own sugar to compete, at a corresponding rate of duty, with sugar the produce of foreign countries, and in subjecting the inferior classes of your own sugar to competition with the inferior classes:of.foreign strgar, as the superior class of sugar, the produce of your own colonies, with the superior class of sugar the produce of foreign countries. But I cannot admit the justice of taking a classification of foreign sugar, until you are prepared to make it in the case of your own sugar. and therefore, Sir, if we ever come to that part of the proposition of my Hon. Friend, her Majesty's Go vernment will still retain their original opinion, and they cannot consent to ask for an escape from their present difficulties by undertaking to give an in creased protection to West India sugar.—(Opposition cheers.) Now my opinion on the sugar question, :and the effect Of 'duty on sugar, is worth very little. It can only be formed from general reasoning as to the effect of prospective duties on the sugar trade; it can only be a speculation by me in watching and experience with regard to other duties ; but I have received by the post of this morning, front a high practical authority, strong confirmation of the views which I have expressed in this respect, that there is danger in a prospective reduction of the duty, and that there is no sufficient ground for a dis c ri m i na ti ng duty in favOur of white cloyed sugar, the produce of our colonies. The gentleman from whom I received this letter states that he has been engaged in the sugar trade for 20 years, that he turned over near a million of money per annum, and was most wishful to see the duty on foreign sugar, and more particularly on colonial sugar, reduced as much as possible; but he was quite certain if Mr. Miles's proposition was carried into effect as it stood, it would be most disastrous to all parties interested, as well as to the revenue, for no person would engage extensively in the trade, know ing that the duty would be much lower in No vember, when the 4s. duty would be taken off. He would likewise strongly recommend them to place the same extra duty of 4s. on the better class of foreign colonial sugar as Mr. Miles prop ose d t o pu t on what he called white-cloyed free-labour sugar. It was well known that extensive refineries had been recently erected near to Calcutta, and in other places, for the purpose of making a fine strong-grained sugar. This fine kind of sugar had of late got very much into use, and bade fair to supersede the use of refined or lump sugar; s 9 much so, that scarcely any other was used. This fine crystallised sugar was likewise made in Demerara, and was now selling at 705., while brown Muscovado sugar was selling at 565. Now, observe (continued the Right Honourable Baronet), the brown Mus covado sugar which sells at full price for 565., is exposed to a competition with sugar the produce of our own colonies, which is worth 705.; and it is exposed to competition with it at exactly the same rate of duty ; there is no discrimination whatever. These processes of manufacture, the result of the application of great capital, are bringing into the best market, in competition with the ordinary pro duce of the West India colonies, great quantities of fine sugar, at the same amount of duty. After taunting the West Indian interest with their junc tion, on this occasion, with the members of the late Government, the Right Hon. Baronet declared, " he the consequences what they may, the Government wil abide by its original proposition." CLEFT SITTING.) TATTERSALL'S.-THIS EVENING QUARTER TO Six O'CLOCK. NORTHLTMBERLAND PLATE. 6 to 1 agst Parthian 7 to 1 agst Parthian 8 to 1 agst Bay Momus—taken 9to 1 agst Ara . 20 to 1 agst What 20 to 1 agst Pompey ST. LEGER. 8 to 1 agst Bay Morons 10 to 1 agst Ithuriel 30 to 1 agst Infidel STATE OF TRADE. ENGLISH WOOL MARKET, LEEDS, JUNE 14.—There ' has been more business done this week in combing and clothing Wools, and a better tone of feeling prevails, but prices are not yet such as to afford a profit on the rates asked and obtained by the farmers. HULL.—The wool season in this town may be said to have commenced on Tuesday last, that being the first day upon which any English wool of this year's growth was offered, and the quantity was by no means equal to the demand ; the prices averaged lI d. per lb. As events have turned out, it appears unfortunate that the wish expressed last year to commence the wool fair a fortnight earlier than usual, should have been aceeded to, for, the weather being for a long time cold, though dry, caused the farmers generally to delay shearing ; during the last fortnight, however, clipping has been at its height, and a great weight of wool is known to be in process of packing. The prospect of an early har vest, also, will induce all possible expedition with re spect to this article, and we fully expect that buyers during the next month will find the market much better supplied. IzEDs.—There continues to be a very thin supply of balk goods brought to our cloth-halls, particularly of low qualities, suitable for the shipping houses ; such at present meet ready sale. There has also been a fair quantity of shawls and fancy cloakings, delivered to order during the week. On the whole there continues to be a full average business ' doing, as compared to the same period of the season of the last few years. The American houses still continue busy, but the spring season being nearly over, and too soon for speculation for the autumn demand, there has in consequence been but little doing in the warehouses of those who depend solely on the home trade. BRADFORD MARRET.—Pieces are moved off in fair quantities, and the business doing at this period is fully an average of former seasons. Yarns are now assuming a degree of firmness in price, and more disposition to buy than for some time past, which augurs more favour ably for the future. The opening of the different wool markets at York, Doncaster, &c., for the season, some what obstructs the buyers who for a long time have been doing but little here, which causes the demand for comb ing wools to continue languid, and prices barely main tained. The improvement at the recent colonial sales has tended to somewhat improve the demand for fine brokes and noils, and for which recent prices are fully main tained. TRADE OP MANCHESTER, THURSDAY EVENING.--We have not had so much doing in cloth this week as many anticipated ; and though large quantifies are buying for India and China, still the production seems to exceed the demand, and in consequence manufacturers are disposed to accept rather less money than on thi s day senni g h t . Good printing cloth is fully as dear, and the demand very good. Domestics are rather lower, and not quit e so much doing in them. - Twist is selling p retty freely, at prices not quotably different from.tllo . p r a t e d l ast week.—Lecds Mercury. WAKEFIELD, JUNE 14.—We do not make any alto ratim in our report of the Wool market this week; sales s kill& 4 0 imited, bid Prices lire Arlan. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. " NAPLES, MAY 3. " The exportation to foreign countries of wheat and all other descriptions of grain, pulse, and seed, is pro hibited in all our royal dominions until our further sovereign pleasure, from , this very day, here, and from the day of the publication of the present decree in fo reign states. (Signer]) " FERDINAND." NOTICES TO MARINERS. REGULATION OF CHRONOMETERS BY OBSERVATIONS AT GREENWICH. A dispatch has been received at Lloyd's from the Ad miralty, dated the 14th inst., enduing the copy of a no tice issued at Elsinore, to the effect that in order to make known the hour of mid-day at Greenwich to the masters of vessels in the Sound, a ball will be dropped from the guard-ship at Elsinore. DISCOVERY of a . PASSAGE THROUGH GREAT BARRIER REEF," TORRES STRAITS. Copy of an extract of a letter forwarded to Lloyd's, from the London, East India, and China Association : " Her Majesty's ship Fly, Port Essington, August 25, 1843. " Sir,—l beg to inform you that we have examined the Great Barrier Reef,' from Lizard Island, lat. 14 deg. 30 sec., of Captain Cook to Murray's Island, lat. 9 deg., 54 sec., of Flinders, and that along the whole of that ex tended reef, we have met with but one passage, which I could recommend for ships. " This passage is in lat. 11 deg. 35 sec. S., and is four miles wide safe entrance f o r s hip s h av i ng a vegetated island marked on the c h ar t s as ' R a i nes Islet, in the centre, on each side of which there is a good clear en trance, the best being however to the southward of it. (Signed) "F. P. BLACKWOOD. Captain. " His - Excellency Vice-Admiral Sir William Parker, G.C.8., &e., &c." VESSELS SPOKEN WlTH.—Hibernia, New Orleans to Falmouth, Ist inst. lat. 43, long. 35 ; St. George, of Jersey, 16th inst., lat. 49, long. 8, by the Margaret, Parker, off Falmouth. Barque Neptune, of North Shields, with loss of mainmast, &c. 22d inst., lat. 42, long. 53, by the Hansa, off Falmouth. Hartland, from Bideford, 4th inst., lat. 47, long. 59 (had been dismasted, May 12th) ; Brilliant, Clyde to Montreal, same day ; Sophia, Apalachicola to Liverpool, 28th inst., lat. 39, long. 50. Ellen, Tobasco to Cork, off Gum 'Key Light ; Mount Etna, Mobile to Liverpool, same day; George IV., Liverpool to Fortune Bay, 13th ult., lat. 46, lon. 44 ; Energy, Limerick to Quebec,lsth,lat. 49, lon. 47, by the Thomas, arrived at Newfoundland. Con queror, Belfast to Quebec, 18th ult., lat. 45, lon. 57, by the North America, arrived at Newfoundland. Blakely, Liverpool to Calcutta, 10th inst., by the Helen, Anderson, arrived at Swansea. James Gray, Newport to Philadelphia, 30th ult., let. 35, lon. 28, by the Are thusa, off Falmouth. Georgio and Manteo, 16th ult., oft Cape Florida; James and Christian and Washington, New Orleans to Marseilles, 17th, lat. 29, lon. 79; Laurel, for Boston, and Callao, Matanzas to St. Petersburgh,2oth, lat. 17, lon. 72 ; Olbers, of Bremen, 3d ins t.,lat. 46, lon. 31; Dolphin, Gibraltar to Rio, April 4, lat. 2 S., lon. 20 W.; Louise Caesar, for Buenos Ayres, 10th, lat. 3 N., lon. 22 W., by the George Heinrich, arrived at Hamburgh. Caroni, Antigua to Dublin, 17th ult., lat 29, lon. 23 ; Legnan, Clyde to St. Vincent's, Bth inst., lat. 49, lon. 14, by the Calypso, arrived at the Clyde. Olive Branch, Halifax to Cuba, 16th ult., off Bermuda, by the Griffin, arrived at Halifax. John and Henry, Portsmouth to Mira michi, out 17 days, lat. 48, lon. 18, by the Isabella, arrived at Newfoundland. D •Np• Jraicututcrt.—iN ew discoveries are daily making at Clobsden. The immense mass of broken Samian ware, of exquisite workmanship, and the great variety of domestic utensils, as well as funeral urns, the forms of which can be easily traced and defined, even in their fragmental state, prove that Dymchurch was an im portant station in the Roman times.—Dover Chronicle. A COUNTERFEIT FEESRMAN.—A very interesting looking person, habited at all poi n t s lik e an under graduate, was brought before the magistrates on Thurs day, charged with creating a disturbance. So attractive was the appearance of the handsome gownsman, that hundreds of men, women, and children, followed him in his peregrinations the previous evening. The anxiety of the populace at length became so troublesome, that the police interfered, and invited the youth to the station house. Their guest created an inexplicable commotion amongst officers and men ; there was a mystery not to be unravelled, until at length a sigh burst from a gentleman in blue, and the truth was told. "In one soft look what language lies !" No man, but a lovely woman was under their protection. They invited the lady incog. to make that house her home for the night, and they would introduce her to the magistrates of the town in the morning. On her appearance before George Fisher and Julian Skrine, Esqrs., her name was found to be Nestor Sale ; she had been induced to act this counterfeit character by some ladies in Barnwell, and she promised, if the magistrates would forgive her, that although she might wear the cap and gown again, she would eschew the breeches. With an intimation that the repetition of her frolic might lead her to the treadmill, she was discharged.—Cambridge Chronicle. UNFREQUENCY OF ACCIDENTS IN RAILWAY TRA VELLING.—Captain Laws, R.N. in his recent vidence given before the Ledger Bridge and Bradford Parlia mentary Committee, stated, that upwards of one million and a half of passengers had been conveyed over the Oldham Branch Railway since its opening, and yet not the slightest accident had happened to a single pas senger; and this too, although the town of Oldham was entered by means of a stationary engine, with a gra dient of 1 in 27—a freedom from accidents not to be paralleled by any other mode of travelling, when the number conveyed is considered. Tut CROPS AND THE WRATH ER.—During the past month, the wind has stood at N.E., with generally strong breezes, and very dry and cold. A favourable change, however, took place on Monday last, when the wind moved to W.S.W., with every appearance of rain, which is very much wanted in this neighbourhood, there being great breadths of ground which cannot be operated upon owing to its dry condition. The late sown spring corn looks very sickly end bad, but that sown in winter and in the early part of si ring, has a much b t ter appearance. For want of rain the hay crops will suffer very much ; indeed to such an extent do :he inr . . _ . mers complain, that, according to their prognostications, there will not be half a crop, however favourable the weather may wild= from the present pariod.--YorA •Covrattec By the arrival of the steam-ship Britannia,. from New York, at Liverpool, on Friday evening, we are in receipt of the subjoined intelligence : Accounts have arrived at:Halifax of the loss of the ship Saladin, Captain APlienzie, 240 tons burthen, on the coast of the Island Harbour, situate about 90 miles to the eastward of Halifax. It took place on the morning of the 20th of May, and there see m s t o b e lit t l e c h ance of much prope rt y being saving. 'I he ship, which WAS built at Newcastle, in the year 1835, sailed from Valparaiso on the 17th of February, bound to London, having on board a quantity of guano, seventy tons of copper, and a very large amount of mo ney in dollars. Upon the wreck being boarded, the survivors of the crew reported that the captain, Mr. M'Kenzie, died from fever on the sth of April, and also the mate ; and that the second mate and two seamen had lost their lives by falling from the yard-arm. The remainder of the ship's company, six in number, being unable to manage the vessel, ran ashore at the place as above mentioned.. Su spicions were aroused by the following circumstances transpiring : It appears that since the 14th of April no log had been kept, and on that which was kept previously being exit mined, it was found to contain not the slightest informa tion respecting the captain's death, or that of the seamen. The sailors, when spoken to on the subject, maintained a strict silence, and, from their conduct throughout, it is inferred that there has been some dreadful slaughter re sorted to in order to obtain possession of the ship and specie en board. There is little doubt, from the superb description of furniture found in the cabin, and other conveni ences, but that Mrs. M . Kenzie accompanied her hus band on the voyage. A likeness of her, and some portion of children's clothing have been discovered in the cabin also. Whether she has met a similar fate as that of her husband, or any of her children, it is impossible, as may he seen, to premise. The crew, since the occur rence, have been expending money very freely, and in one instance one of them offered a bag of dollars for a passage to England. Immediately on the information arriving at Halifax, the Hon. Michael Tobin, Li()) d's agent, solicited Vice- Admiral Sir Charles Adams to dispatch her Majesty's war-steamer Hermes, for the purpose of preserving the remains of the cargo and wreck, but as she could not be got ready so soon as required, Sir Charles Adams for warded the Fair Rosamond on the same message. The ship is insured in London to a very heavy amount, and the chief portion of the specie belongs to several firms in the City. A strict investigation has been instituted before this, Admiralty writs having been issued fur the arrest of all the parties, ship, and cargo, and the next mail is looked forward to with great interest. DESTRUCTION OF THREE SHIPS BY ICEBERGS. Letters have also been received announcing the fol lowing losses :—The ship Anne Barry, bound to Ari chat, struck on the ice on the 7th of last May, and, in the course of a very brief period, sunk ; the crew, how ever, quickly ascertaining that their ill-fated ship had met with a mortal injury, lost no time in making their escape with the boat, and, after beating about on the wide ocean for three days, they were picked up by a foreign ves-el, twenty leagues to the eastward of Scotia, as may be conceived, in a very exhausted state. The ship Lady Colebrook, 295 tons burden, and built at New Brunswick in the year 1841, was totally lost, under somewhat similar circumstances. She sailed from Halifax for Quebec on the 6th of May, and on the morn ing of the 9th she fell in with the ice, and was com pletely cut in two by the mountain bergs. The crew providentially saved themselves by taking to the boats, and gained the land in safety in the afternoon of the same day. The cargo is insured for 3,000/. The other ship lost is the Lotus, a large vessel, called a Quebecer, 397 tons burthen, belonging. to Whiti , y. She sailed from Bristol on the 4th of April for Quebec, and was wrecked on the ice on the sth of May. The crew were picked up in a few days by the Swallow, of White haven, in lat. 45 40, lon. 45 30. Ship and cargo are par tially insured in England. LOSS OF A VESSEL BY FIRE. The ship Industry, belonging to Halifax, la as, on the 25th of May last, completely consumed by fire. It oc • curred in the main hatchway, and so rapid was the flames, that the crew were instantly forced to take to their boats, and were ultimately preserved by the Lord Seaton ship, since arrived at the above port. The total loss of the above vessels with their cargoes, is calculated to amount to at least 40,000/. EXPORTATION OF CORN FROM NAPLES TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES. The following has been received at Lloyd's from the Sicilian Consulate-General, June 15, 1844 FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE' DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-stree t • C. Clack, haberdasher, Beech-street, Barbican, Ja 1 1,:;,, half-past one—J. C. Johnson, merchant, Lawrence 1 ) 0 0 _:4,, hill, Cannon-street, July 5, at twelve—J. Evans, J. J,7, g, and W. Davies, bankers, Aberystwith, Cardiganshire , J u l e ,' at twelve—J. Freeman, woollen draper, Ipswich, July b, at n. —C. Savill, grocer, Romford, July 5, at eleven-- 1 1 1‘Donell, wine broker, 111incing-lane, July 5, at twelve i:0 Harris, me rc h ant . J o h n - street, America-square Ju l l_,,,be. half-past twel ve —T. E . L u bb oc k , li cense d victualler, r, Newgate-street„Tuly 5, at half-past eleven. . In the Country. J. Swallow, sen., J. Swallow, jun., and G. Swallow , loo e ° millers, Halifax, Yorkshire, July 10, at eleven, at th e , • at District Court—J. f3reaseley, victualler, Leeds, Jul fi ' O P eleven, at th e L ee d s District Court—R. 4 W. Appletlistrot chant, Liverp oo l, J u l y 9, at twe l ve, at t h e Liver Poi psi' Court—S. Rogers, earth enware manu f ac turer, Burslem , fordshire, July 9, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingha m trict Court—T. Worinton, hosier, Burbage, Leie • July 9, at h a if-p as t one , at t h e Bi rm i ng h am District C: 0 7' 04 J. Clarke, R. Mitchell b , J. Philips, and T. Smit h ' Dol Leicester, J u ly 12, at e l even, at the Birmingham Court—B. Hill, s t at i oner. B irm i ng h am , J u ly 6, at the Birmingh am Di str i ct C ourt—T. W estren , m altster,Pp ford, Devon s hi re , J u l y 19, at ten, at t h e E xe t e r Distri i c t to , it —R. Hodgson, t ea dealer, Sunderland, July 5, a t ti " ev the Neweastle-upon-Tyne District Court. to th l CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be sh own contrary, on the day herein-mentioned. , J. Battye, linen d raper , ;C ourtney - terrace , Kings lß " Q 'islf 5—J. King, jun., w h o l esa l e tea d ea l er, Budge-row, Ci t Y'rt, 5—W. W. M anse ll, bill b ro k er, A lf re d -stree t, Bedford -s 4 Jell July 5—J. Gibbins, carpenter, High-street, MorY leb l:' 6—E. Holmes, wareh ouseman, King-street, Chen°, DIY 1.-J. 6--R. Lewis, wine merchant, Tryddyn, Fiintshire , Price, glass manufacturer, Birmingham. July Bo rg. fustian manufacturer, Manchester, July s—; d r aper , joiner, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, July 5-8. Ruffs 3lel/04 Greenwich, July A—J. G ame, corn d ea l er , Long,,.Airie• Suffolk, July 5—F. J . P eg l er, woo ll en draper, Jell Berkshire, July 5—W. Robertson, merchant, Liverp??.loo. D. Laurence merchant, Hornsey, July s — 11 . 4 00 kips, mason, Bristol, J u ly 5—C. Deans, coach builder, j oy ampton, July 5—J. Glaxebrook, carpenter, Birming"%ilato 5—S. Ball, chemi s t, Li verpoo l , Jnly 5—F. Thompson, Southampton, J u ly 5 — W . Abb ott an d D. Dixon, ur Leeds, July 5. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. wet' R. Aspinall and J. Hunter, jun., commission agent.' c ie w.), pool—J. and H. Cl ar k, f roc k manu f acturers , Chesterfi e ld Clark, H. Clark, C. Cl ar k, W . Cl ar k , an d G. Clark' tuoir Chesterfield—J. Hu n t er , j un ., and W. G. Aspinal l, sir sion agents, Birkenhead, Cheshire—D. O'Neil la, Mt phenson, commission ag en t s , Li verpoo l—L. T ug well alm it wlr Brooke, linen drapers, Dursley, Gloucestershire-- 11 '„ 13( 1 ' man and R. T. Fuale, so d a - water manufacturers, L°4- jot's grave-place, Pimlico—J. Allen and W. Gascoice'o' butchers, Great Bell-alley, Coleman-street—T. Gre5 1 : ,7,11. Burton, wholesale tea dealers, Queen-street-place, " g ,,"ifora' Goodwin and R. Blo c kl e y, li nen d rapers, L ongto n, j oito shire—G. S. Coxwell, E. C roser , an d W . C roser , CO' lice Newcastle-upon-Tyne —E. L. and W. Davis, 0% 1 Pi r. stable keepers—H. a n d T. H o d gson , grocers , Stook t° , - ; joot,' ham—B. Hawes, jun., T. H awes , j un ., an d W. 11 4 ' soap makers, Old Barge-house, Christchurch (so far as se s B. Hawes, jun. )—S. L. Coleman and C. H. AndreWs' fV of drapers, Edgeware-road—W. B. Rest, C. Collins' %Or Fawcett, carpet manufacturers, Kidderminster (s ° , l i Nfieb t Bards C. Collins)-4. Poultney, J. J e ff e rson, anti ' l . O . TO' cut nail manufa c t urers , Bi rm i ng h am— S . Briggs, toel" burn, F. W. Coll ar d, R. Th ur b urn, and I. C. Jeakin h 'or chants, Cro s by- square —S . L ocke and W. Badge, br t " 01 J ; facturers, Manchester—J. M. Stony, J. Smithsootbsoy Newham, merchants, Hull (so far as regards J. I' lew d - rsesr h W. Coateker, R. P uc kl e, an d J . Costeker, wo ollen 8 0, Cornhill (so fa r as regar d s R . Puckle)—B. o'll marble masons, Liverpool. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. JO ROBERT BOWER, far mer , M eat hi e , ne ar P r& rt 22 and July 20, at one, at Mrs. Petrie's Inn, Fl . .., far• , $0. 1114 ANDREW MERCER, m erc h an t, Gl asgo w, July 18, at one, at the Eagle Hotel, Glasgow. n or The principle: of good taste are grada l 7 V :fes a. rg. We ca•inot 10 , k 11;,otit us without eneou" te- se ee'" lications of their een•.ral di tfus.on. They may be . 0 the the improvements in Our streets and highwaY S . 1 4 out ornaments of our public buildings—in the sites shoe private residences—in the arrangements of ° ,`", o oo_ A t s ' and bazaars—and even in our newspaper adver t o . gee" The majority of respectable tradesn:en have p . m ° s a' r taste enough to feel ashamed of having their l '' — ;slll 3 .: sociated with those pictorial daubs of busines s ' 49 0 0 _ e " front signs, which are in the course of abandenr s , s o gis'' by the venders of quack medicines. Nor let it dered as stepping out of our province if we edit °ll „d tice this growing improvement in public taste , (.‘ OO - o f. t G )ur voice in hearty and encouraging approhaP 0 Iti reli Good taste is nearly akin to good morals ; as d ',' s oal br as the taste of any people improves, so surely em traced among them a diminution of the gro sse r t reeti s i against society. Th e man who i s capa bl e of ea l, forts" , delight from a hi g hl y finished p of s icture, or from t int ers.„ of beauty and grac e developed in a piece e u has within th e e l ements o f many social virtue' 11m Advertiser. PERSONAL APPEARANCE OF THE RUSS I4S6.-- 0 i the regards p..r,onal appearance, th e hideousness 0, 100 women, and the comparative comeliness of the ft yosei caused the latter to be considered as handsome eyi o ,o o * travellers. Their dense hair, thick beard, o ' l . o o l thef t, bet taches, white teeth, and the loose drapery . of Asiatic dress, are all apt somewhat to mislead e el : , otl when we see these men as soldiers, cropped, shs_ / . 1 00 0 dressed in clothes which show the figure; 0 % 4 110 4 ' utterly vanishes ; we find the face. that appeas x prer some when hidden by tufts of hair, mean and in e s iver sive ; the Herculean frames, when stripped of the e a bf skin, sink into insignificance, and are always diWf bi . the the great protuberance of the stomach, occasioned „,• f r want of nutritious quality in their food, and the. ' on el. quent . quantity required. The Marquis de C, lll Stir enthusiastic in his praise of the male beauty of the 1f covites ; but it is evident that he has been rnisleeh h r s fieg by the circumstance; above-mentioned, partly from", or judged of the race by the servants and coachtu c " - s ett noblemen—but these are no fair specimens, hell Jodi; for their beauty out o f th ousan d s o f ser fs ; efiu' op is from confounding with the pure Muscovites the P: st c ote the Ukraine, which is already Cossack. Them. p or: elusive evidence on the subject of the personal ante of the Russians, is to be derived in St. Pe" de from the examination of the Imperial Gllard--41„di o tion from sixty millions. There are many thoust7o be men, all up to the six foot standard, and yet it v r o ysta difficult, when stripped of their padding, to fig vs° men equal to the first promiscuous twenty Victoria's first or second Life Guards or Blues. Monthly. o egt BEIM:DULL IN TIIE TENTH .—Br rrrn lDUCb though an elegant appendage to the corps, w as g g' c ' g r.. 1- $ about the person of the Prince to be a diligent 01" A did ir e result was, that he was often late on parade, aci d always know his own troop. However, he evaded rip,' ovl,. difficulty in general by a contrivance peculiar:lly-bow; One of his men had a large blue-tinged nese' usti r°P Brummell arrived late, he galloped between the ! I go lei till he saw the blue nose. There he reined up, d. cure. Once, however, it happened unfortunately l'",. os era; his absence there was some change made in the,_ s4 oi ell, and the place of the blue nose was shifted. 1 3 rw",.„ c eths" 0 ,1 coming up late, as usual, galloped in search of his u`l B l, er i n 0 having found his old friend he reined. " Mr. 13 11 , 511. ,N0 r e the Colonel, "you are with the wrong troop.'" f t he t; said Brummell, confirming himself by the sight 101 0 ' " nose, and adding in a lower tone—" I know better t 0 tro ce r i; „ a pretty thing, indeed, if I did not know my t b ,f His promotion was rapid, for he obtained a troop , c 1 be tit"' years, being Captain in 1796. Yet within two Yea rs 0 / up his commission.— Blackwood. yle h EARLY EDITIONS OF SHAIESPEARE.—I'I t 50t 1 ;di ° Mr. Jolly's books, which took place last week' , ¢" ""po' and Wilkinson's Rooms, included all the collectors ba se b oe ro tions of Shakspeare's plays and poems, and he C S Vie 6 ,0 reason to complain that they brought low prices. Join, folio, of 1623, produced 86/, with the verses of -e' nre si e merely in fac-simile, and that only from the second,nndir o ' p which was sold for 25/. The copy of the third folio' 171. ' b. title-page of 1663, instead of 1664, was knocked down The second edition of Richard 111. brought .171.178', rn ie edition of Richard 11, ofl6oB, 11/. ss. It is probahlY,,„ de to suppose the edition of The Merchant of Venice' bol t the first ; that with the name of James Roberts at t o the di' of of the title-page seems to have better claims . t h s ir tinction, as that printer threw off some copies ~s; Ingo. name, before he disposed of the publication to rtelia el. t a i ever, the first sold for 141., while the last only produ ro ss 6d. The gem of the sale, so to speak, was a copy' of r ioted; je Adonis, of 1594 (not 1593) when it was fir st r educe" o r a very perfect state, although considerably o re o f size. The biddings for it commenced at 50 1 e ft° pone t lso tied on to 106/., when the hammer fell. "The 33 L . 0 , Shakspeare," an indifferent copy, was bought for, wss ; b• surreptitious edition of Shakspeare's Poems in 1 6 1'.' 00 of '0 debted to the fine portrait, and the good condlit ick A book, for the 101. at which it wes knocked dov.niet,e su was called in the catalogue " the Shakspeare Gc7 3 ', prr./ 0 4 from which Garrick is stated to have drank et to,/ 5 lane (not the Stratford) Jubilee, produced 301 IttteraPh e. s t that Mr. Jolly had given 40/. f o r it ; but an pot ge tte-- .4 is e. made in the room to depreciate it, as ifit were n Av iv" Dispatches from the Governor of South were received. on Saturday at the Colonial -0 BIRTHS. Edward /r. On the 30th of April, at Tabreez, the ladyof Bonham, Esq , her Majesty' s C onsu l-G e neral, of fOri On the 10th inst., at Alto na , M rs . T. H. Elmenochorsfeci Aubak- On the 13th inst., at Stoke Newington, Mr & of a daughter. ur s“- On the 14th inst.,Mrs. S. H. Heath, o f Giltsp of a son. On the 14th i ns t., a t H ornse y, the wife of Cosill° Df i r. On the Gordon, El 4 sq. ho i, f nst., at Castelnau Villas, a dauhter. R a -o 31 " . maduke Hornidge, of a son. tr' alvlyt,htoinatth.,e atH Ot aa :RIIIED. • t ba On the On the 9th inst., Charles Hawkey, Esq., Lieutenant ili btet Lord N entry, of Burnham _House, Roval N of , Dungft e a► ig% li w ss or p tl:, TUII 5 D Slater, Esq. , of King's-square, Bristol, to Matilda Anieliawestrop second daughter of the late W. Crowdy, Ea+ , °f House. d Ch irlea On the 13th inst., at St. Pancras Church, Alfred Lso e, Marriott, Esq., of Worcester, to Maria Georgians Ve daughter of Richard Cuttill, Esq. ioctll3l - the 13th inst , the Rev. William Oliver, M.A. , .. ‘ ;v ia bent of Hadnal, Salo to Frances Harriet, second ou' :- Fout , of Grand daughter of the late T. H. Taunton, Esq., House, near Oxford _.../ 3Kliairtnyse:vir eldest . d. daug DIED. lHal't aldeat On the 2d inst., at Cadenabbia, near Como, Ilarrio 9 r et.' daughter of the late J. B. Scatton, Esq., of Milton inst Wel, sex, ed 30. l/0 °f tle On l the Es 10th ,at Islington, Em ma Bradly, Aldo the late Captain John Bradly, of the Royal Navy ....,,ifing On the 13th inst., at Brighton, Frances, only 5 1 ' daughter of Mr. E. llitchcock, of Stoke Newingt° l , T l ' Gokllef On the 13th inst., Basil John Leigh, the sou 0f13.,-.- of the Ordnance-office, Tower. i -.,, of Old On pa th ia e ce l - 3; a h n i i nst., blaria, the wife of J. G. Harris , J-''' , "' , rOld , On the 13th inst., at New Dorset -place, Clapllos.- Richard Hunt, Lsq. On the 13th inst., at Adam's-court, Old Broad-street, l'll.` W. 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