The Sun. — London, England, 1844-03-27 00:00:00

PIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. '."- FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. ''STANDARD.—We will not affect to disguise the regret, with which we refer to the proceedings of the two Houses. pf Parliament last night. In the House of Lords, Lord Brougham presented a petition from a number of persons, -women. and girls, we believe, complaining that the law had, deprived them of their occupation in collieries, and:the Noble and Learned Lord took the op portunity of delivering very strong opinions against any restraint upna the hours of labour, maintain ing, as we under - Stood his Lordship, that toil is he lot of humanity, and that the tendency of • vilisation is to aggravate that toil. His Lordship also warmly protested against the policy of inter krence between employer and employed. He can have little modesty who sets his own judgment hastily against the judgment of Lord Brougham —but, in a matter so thoroughly winnowed as the question of excessive labour has been, we cannot surrender our own conviction to any authority, how highly soever we may respect it. The very case brought forward by Lord Brougham is indeed one of the strongest arguments that we have met with against his Lordship's apparent conclusion—the case of women and girls condemned to the alternative of the disgusting, cruel, and de moralising labour of the mine, drawing others of their sex into the same painful and loathsome con dition on one side—or starvation on the other. Must not the system be odious and criminal which creates such an alternative ? and is it not right to put an end to such an execrable system ? Goldsmith, we think it is, who tells of a Chinese or a Tartar tyrant, who was in the habit of burying obnoxious or suspected per sons in dungeons " deep, deep under ground." His successor, a man of humanity, broke up these living tombs, when one surviving tenant of them alone was disinterred ; and he, wh e n b roug ht t o t h e sur f ace, found the ight painful, discovered that he had out lived all his kindred and acquaintance, and the • strength by which in youth and manhood he had been able to earn a subsistence; he therefore prayed to be restored to the grave from which he had been dragged, and to the society of the toad and the spider, his only familiar friends. Whether he was rein terred is not told ; but though Goldsmith cites the story, as a proof of the power of habit, nobody that we have ever heard of has used such an instance as an argument, ex cept to prove the barbarity of imposing habits and cir cumstances that unfit human beings for the support or the enjoyment of life—habits really equivalent to the mutilations formerly practised in the Netherlands, to disable persons from pursuing particular trades. Toil is the lot of man: no doubt in the sweat of his brow must he eat his bread; but, according to the Divine ap pointment, in the sweat of his brow he may eat his bread ; without adding th sacrifice of health, and life, and liberty, and morals : toil, not excessive or premature, or unnatural toil, is the lot of man. We can imagine the burning scorn with which Lord Brougham would have swept away the arguments of any one who should have attempted to justify negro slavery on the ground that " toil is the lot of man." Is it true, again we ask, that the tendency of civilisation is to render necessary severer and more painful labour —labour breaking in upon the order of our natural associations ? We think too reverently of the dispositions of the Great Author of Nature to believe this possible. We see perfect harmony in all his other works, and we will not believe that in his dealings with rdan he appoints society to civilise and elevate his creatures on one side, and to degrade and corrupt them on the other; and if any moral truth was ever demonstrated, it is this—that of excessive, pre mature, and unnatural toil, degradation and corruption are the necessary consequences. We know, indeed, but . too well that the tendency of civilisation is to tempt to the abuse of its opportunity; and of what other blessing *ay not this be said? Civilisation brings wealth, and wealth gives power, and power un restrained will be always exercised in selfishness and in injustice; but if civilisation brings wealth, it also brings wisdom; and one of the earliest tasks of wisdom is to impose restraints upon all irresponsible power, the power of wealth in the first place. This is the point at which we have now arrived, and we respect• fully submit it to Lord Brougham as a scholar and a philosc pher, that upon the decision now made will depend the fate of the British empire; we speak of the decision in principle, not the decision in the matter of detail, though we own that we cannot easily separate them. It is now decided that the in fluence of wealth may not be in any degree restrained ; but that one rich man choosing to exact too much, or too early, or unnatural, labour from his fellow-creatures, shall be at liberty to do so, and to ruin all who will not imitate his example (for the first tyranny is exercised upon compe titors), if this decision be come to, then we refer the Noble and Learned Lord to his own favourite author, particularly to " The Oration on the Classes," for a picture of the eoisequences Once more we repeat it, • that the civilisation which grows only in wealth, and not in wisdom and humanity, is a civilisation that leads to perdition, and leads more rapidly the more rapid the increase of wealth. It is an abuse of a Divine blessing, and let those guilty of such abuse beware. GLOBE.—Sir Robert Peel last evening moved for a Select Committee of the House of Commons, to inquire whether any—and if any, what—improvements are required in the present law for the trial of contro verted Parliamentary elections. The present law was an experiment ; and was, in the first instance, enacted for a limited period, which expires with the present session. Previously to its being enacted, as a permanent measure, it is only reasonable that its mode of operation should be ascertained. Its defects, if any, will be thus pointed out, in order to their being supplied in the new Bill ; and its powers extended, if necessary, that it may be efficient for the purposes to which it is to be applied. We are therefore induced to hope that the Committee will suggest various improve ments in the existing law. Though an improvement upon the old system of ballot—which rendered the result of' a petition against a return a mere lottery—the present system is far from securing a decision in accord ance with truth and justice. When the present law was under discussion we ventured to suggest that the most effectual way to secure satisfactory results from inquiries into controverted elections, and thus prevent the corrupt practices which had prevailed at Parliamentary elections, on the one hand ; and, on the other, to protect successful candidates from frivolous and vexatious petitions on the other; would be to remove the, jurisdiction from the House of Commons to another and indifferent tribunal. While the House of Commons continues to be what it is—and ceasing to be what it is, an arena of party conflict, its very constitution ,must be changed, and thus its value would be destroyed —party spirit must pervade its members. That spirit will rule, more or less, in its election committees, and influence the de cisions at which they arrive. Sir Robert Peel, it will be seen, carefully abstained from meeting this very essential point in the inquiries he has referred to the Select Committee. The Right lion. Baronet shrinks with instinctive dread from attempting so serious an invasion of the prerogatives of the House of Commons. Mr. Gisborne, in the course of some practical re marks of considerable value upon the working of the existing law, shelved, from the party character of the decisions of election committees appointed under it, the necessity of providing for the exclusion of party spirit, which yet biassed election committees, and rendered their decisions justly suspected of being tainted by its influence. The constitution of these committees renders them liable to the suspicion which their decisions tend to con , firm. The committee is still a party tribunal. Three Members are selected from one side of the House and three from the other • and, by tur ns , a c h a i rman i s ta k en from one side o f the nouse to one committee, and from the other side to the next. This mode of forming a tribunal is most extraordinary, if the design of the inquiry be a decision in conformity with evidence. To our minds, it wears the appearance of an expedient, and that not a wise one. It gives to each party, alter nately, a chairman who has the power to rule every decision of the committee of which he is the head, by his single vote. In numerous instances—as the published reports of the proceedings of election com mittees under this law incontestably prove—the mem bers of the committee have been equally divided ac cording to their party politics ; and the chairman has decided the point, for or against the petitioners, in con formity with his party views. Then, on the question of costs—which, if the inquiry were to be conducted according to, and the decision governed by, the practice of every other court, would depend on the result of the in quiry—there is a kind of compromise. A mutual understanding seems to exist, whatever may be the merits of the ease—however palpably frivolous and vexatious the petition, or however corrupt the practices proved against the sitting Member —th ere s h a ll b e no decision by which costs will be imposed on the losing party. " lire will say nothing about costs ; that may ap pear to be severe. The petition was, indeed, wholly un supported; and there does not appear to have been any grounds for the inquiry." On the other hand, " The bribery by the recognised agents of the sitting member, was clearly proved: the intimida tion was terrible: the treating was on the largest scale, and the member's committee scarcely took any pains to conceal their participation in the illegal acts. But, then, such proceedings are so common ! Every one who has had anything to do with a severely contested election, knows that these things arc of common occur rence." Thus, in the one case the vexatious petitions is dismissed, and the member against whom it was pre sented is made to pay one or tWo thousand pounds to de fend his seat ; which would never have been attacked had there not been a probability of getting a party chairman ; nor then, the practice of the Courts been adopted, and costs followed a failure of the attempt. In the other case, the seat would, probably, never have been defended, had the member who had ob tained his seat by illegal practices not hoped, in the first place, that the committee would be presided .over by a chairman taken from his own side of the House, and therefore disposed to serve him where the case pressed with most severity against him ; or, if he should be un fortunate in the order in which the chairman was appointed, there would he the satisfaction of knowing that he would escape the costs of the inquiry ; except such portion of the m as were i ncurre d b y hi mse lf, which he could make as light as he pleased, by giving up the defence as soon as he ascertained the party complexion of the chairman. RAILWAY TIMPASS.—On Monday; a carter from 'the country was fined by Sheriff Skene in W. for trespassing on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway on the previous Saturday n i g ht. I t appears that the man, who was tipsy, had been apprehended walking along the line from Kirkintolloch to Cowlairs, and that the night train had passed him on the way. It is certainly singular that heavy fines 7quire to be inflicted on people for the purpose of more impressively warn • ing them to be careful of their own lives 1 Had this man been eun over bYthe night train, oh whom would the have rested P—Glusgow Post. PRICES OF SHARES IN CANALS, RAILWAYS, BANKS, ASSURANCE AND OTIIER COMPANIES' STOCK. Dividend per Amount Annum. Names of Com panies. Share. h per cent. 41. per cent. 481. 81._155. LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCH 26. -? 100 0 0 leo O o 100 - 0 0 Paid. Price. ••••••••.•••••m.... el. - 44 13 4 13] Canals. Ashton and Oldham Ash by-de-la-Zouch-av Basingstoke ..... Brecknock & Abergay. Birmingham, 1.16 th sh. Do. and Liverp. June. Chelmer & Blackwater Coventry ..... Crom ford Dudley ..... Derby.... Danube and Mayne Ellesmere and Chester Erewash ......... Forth and Clyde Grand Junction Grand Union Grand Surrey ...... Grand Western ..... ...- Glamorgansh., ay. cost Gloucester & Berkeley Grantham ..... Huddersfield ..... ....ay Kennet and Avon ...av Lancaster ...............av Leeds and Liverpool Leicester . ....... Leicester & Northamp Loughborough ........av Monmouthshire Montgomeryshire Melton Mowbray Mersey and Irwell Macclesfield Neath .............. Oxford Peak Forest .av Regent's (or London).. R0chda1e......... av Shropshire Somerset Coal. Do. Lock Fund Stock Stafford and Worcester 5hrew5bury,..„,,.,,,,,,,, rewsbury,...... ....... Stourbridge Stratford .on.Avon...av Severn & Wye & Rail. Trent & Mersey, 1 ,4 sh. Thames & Medway..av Warwick and Binning. Warwick and Napton Worcester & Binning Wilts and Berks .av Wisbeach ........ Wey and Arun Docks. Commercial East and West India , London Ditto Bonds ....... Bristol av Do.Bnds, var. amounts St. Katharine Ditto 80nd5...." Ditto Bonds Southampton Bridges Hammersmith ...... Southwark, new Nubs Ditto New of 7% pr e Waterloo Ditto Old Ann. of 84 Ditto New ditto of 71. Ditto VauxhalL .......... ......av Assurances. Albion Alfred Life' Alliance Brit. and For Ditto Marine Atlas Birmingham Fire British Fire . British Commercial Cler. Med. & Gen. Life County Eagle Economic Life ...... European Life Ditto New Freemasons Globe Guardian Hepe Life Ditto Fire........... Imperial Fite Ditto Life Indemnity Marine Law Life Legal and General Life London Fire..... Ditto Ship National Loan Fund Palladium Life, Protector Life Provident Rock Life R yal Exchange..„ Sun Fire Ditto Li fe....•... University Life Universal Life Union Fire and Life Toint Stk Banks Australasia Ditto New Brit. North American Commercial of London Colonial London & Westminstr Ditto New.......... London Joint Stock Metropolitan... ........ Provincial of Ireland Ditto New National of Ireland Nat. Provincial Englnd Ditto New Gloucestershire .... Union of Australia Union of London Gaslight ed. Coke Bath ........ ....... ..... British Ditto PrenrinciaL Birmingham Birming. & Staffordsh Bristol ........ Brighton ........... Ditto General City of London ...... Ditto New Continental Consolid Ditto New.... Equitable Imperial...... ............. Isle of Thanet Independent Phrenix ....... ...... Ratcliff South Metropolitan.... United General ~,. .,, Westmins. Chartered.. Ditto Water Works. Birmingham ..... East London ...... Grand Junction. .av Kent ...... ....... Nw Riv Lon. Bridg An. Manchester and Salford Vauxhall, late S. Lond. West Middlesex......av Yrk BuldgCo.Les•Prop Iron Railways. Birmingham & Derby Birming. & Gloucester Bristol and Exeter Cheltenhm & Gt. West Clarence Eastern Counties Edinburgh & Glasgow Ditto New.. .......... Grand Junction.... Great North of Englnd Great Western ..... Ditto Half Shares Ditto Fifths Hull and Solby ....... Leeds and Selby ..... Liverpool & Manchestr Ditto Half-Shares...... Ditto Quarter-Shares London and Brighton.. Ditto Loan Notes London and Blickwall Londen and Greenwich London and Birmingh. Ditto Quarter-Shares Ditto London and S. Western London and Croydon Manchester and Leeds Ditto New Shares Manchstr and Birming Ditto Extension Midland Counties North Midland Do. %-Sh., iss. 10 dis. Northern and Eastern Ditto Scrip, iss. 5/. dis Paris and Rouen Stockton & Darlington South East. and Dover Ditto New, iss. 25dis. York and N. Midland. Ditto New Shares..,. Mines. Alblf•n Copper Alten Anglo Mex., iss.sl. p.m Ditto Subscription Bolanos DUO Scrip Brazil. Imp. iss.sl. p.m Do. Mocaub. & Coc. U. Do. St. John Del Rey British Iron ....... Candonga. • Ditto Registered Cobre Copper Copiapo Columbian. iss. 51. p.m General Mining .. Hibernian Imperial Slate Compy Mexican Mining Co. of Ireland Real del Monte, Unreg Ditto Loan Notes Rhymney Iron Santiago de Cuba...." United Mex., iss.2l. pm Ditto Scrip Ditto New Scrip..." Literary. Londn, with Sin.Tlcket :London University Russell King's College Miscellaneous Anglo Mexican Mint Australian Agricultur Brit. American Land, Canada ..... ,UPPer Ca n ada . voPPer Miners' Con;, Gen. Steam Navigation Iberian Mercantile Co. Ditto Proye rt , Met. Wood Pay., iss. Mex. and S. American New Brunswick (Land) New Zealand Penins. & Orien. Steam Royal Mail Steam Reversionary Int. Soc South Australian Thames Tunnel Van Diemen's Land 11.4 5 , IL 15s. (per cent, per cent. 5 per cent. andl gs.6d. bs. tper cent. tiler cent. I;i per cent h per cent 6s. ST OF SCOTTISH COM MARCH 5, Bank of Scotland Royal Bank British Linen Compny Commercial Bank Glasgow Union Bank Western Bank Central Bk. of Scotland Caledonian Insurance Hercules Insurance...., North Brit. Insurance Insurance Co. of Scott. Edinburgh Life Incur. Scottish Union Incur Standard Life Incur.., Dalkeith Railway Edin. and Glas. Railwy Glasg. and Green. Rail. 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Ipercent. 2 44 per cent. 234 per cen t The largest quantity of waste land i of England is in the North Riding of Yorkah no less than 132,815 acres of common or wa I,B97,s92.—Doncaster Chronicle. £a. d." 97 18 0 113 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 33 18 8 85 0 0 125 0 0 150 0 • 12 10 8 140 0 0 125 0 0 145 0 0 79 9 8 100 0 0 26 9 3 50 0 0 19 5 8 100 0 0 100 0 0 78 8 0 67 10 8 105 0 0 110 0 0 100 0 0 Stock Stock 147 9 0 Stock 50 A 0 50 0 0 63 2 8 50 0 0 100 0 0 70 10 3 100 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 40 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 2.5 0 0 WO 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 • 20 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 40 0 0 20 0 0 77 10 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 75 0 1 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 1 25 0 0 30 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0, 50 0 0 1 50 0 0 50 • • 25 0 0 10 0 • 0 41 13 4 100 0 • 30 0 0 100 0 0 63 12 9 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 12 10 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 16 13 4 12 15 4 [OO 0 0 220 41 6 1 13 15 100 0 50 0 70 0 70 0 100 0 100 0 50 0 50 0 50 0 20 0 100 0 50 0 25 0 50 0 25 0 5 0 0 15 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 35 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 55 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 60 0 0 25 0 0 5000 25 0 0 40 0 0 75 0 0 WO 0 '0 25 0 0 10 0 100 0 50 0 [OO 0 tatls 15 0 b 5.0 10 0 10 0 500 100 0 25 0 50 0 20 0 All paid 20 0 0 100 0 0 75 • A 31 5 0 28 • 0 50 • • 50 • 0 , 20 0 0 2 30 0 0 39 0 0 80 0 • 7 , 25 0 0 48 0 0 10 7 0 25 0 0 I 2: 100 0 0 6] 100 0 0 si 70 0 9 71 80 0 0 100 0 0 E 23 0 9 I] 50 10 0 0 0 6 if, 12 100 0 9 m 100 0 0 75 0 0 IL 50 0 9 7 12 9 9 11 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 20 50 0 0 25 0 0 54 50 0 0 4 10 0 0 II 100 0 0 2 0 0 32 0 0 A 1 70 0 0 11. 30 0 0 5, 40 0 0 4' 7 0 0 100 0 0 gl 100 0 • 9. 40 • 0 4,1 45 0 0 sr, 15 0 0 21 20 0 100 0 29! a 50 0 0 a 25 0 0 3 50 0 0 iz 20 0 0 55 31 o 3. 13 10 0 12 WO 0 1.) 3' 25 0 1 . 3 [5O 0 0 6! 1 21 0 0 9 25 15 0 0 13 75 0 0 7 1 0 0 710 0 20 40 0 0 31 13 0 0 1 55 0 0 6 20 0 0 10 10 10 0 30 0 ' 59 0 0 7 0 0 1150 0 0 5000 10 0 0 40 0 0 210 0 100 - 0 0 - 100 0 0 10 0 0 1 30 0 0 2 35 10 0 32 10 0 4 30 0 - 14 . 0 0 2 1 10 0 3961 5 0 0 30 0 4 75 7 0 0 0 I 0 4 25 0 50 0 0 50, 1000 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 PANIES' PRICES, 844. 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 12 10 1 0 2 10 60 0 60 0 25 0 25 9 0 1 2 , 0 1 1: 01 I. 9 in any county ire, there being tate land out of MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current, of March 26.) SUGAR.—There has been more activity in the West India Sugar market ; previous rates have been maintained, and a fair demand has prevailed for grocery and refining purposes. To day buyers of West India Sugar came forward with less free dom ; the demand was limited for all descriptions for the pan and scale, but the rates paid were equal to those of Friday, the purchases amounted to only 200 hhds, including 90 hhds of Trinidad at public sale, which sold at 591 Gd to 60s 6d for mid dling, and 59s per cwt for low yellow. REFINEn.—The home trade have been extensive purchasers of all descriptions of Refined Goods, but no improvement has taken place in prices. To-day the home demand for refined Sugar was good, and prices are firmer ; brown lumps selling at 74s to 74s 6d, and Standard Lumps 75s 6d to 76s per cwt. The demand for Bonded Crushed is brisker, and it is difficult to purchase under 26s per cwt for first quality. MAURlTlUs.—lmporters have shown more firmness, and none has been brought to public sale ; privately, purchases to a fair extent made at full rates. This afternoon some parcels were disposed of privately at rather higher rates : there was no public sale. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon Madras Sugar, in bond, and duty paid, were submitted to public competition ; the former all sold at good prices ; mid bright sound yellow fetched 33s to 33a 6d, low mid 30s to 325, damp 32s to 365, washed 29s 6d to 325, daMp brown 26s to 31s 6d, washed 25s to 30s 6d ; of the latter a small part only sold, damp 51a 6d to 56s 6d, washed 493 to 545, % sound bright yellow taken in at 55s per cwt. Bengal Sugar, mid white fetched 63, to 645, good to fine 65s to 68s, yellow 61s to 665, and inferior 58s to 60s per cwt. FOREIGN.—To-day the market was firm for Foreign Sugar, and very little is on offer. A cargo of white Bahia has been sold for the Mediterranean at 23s 3d, being a very full price. Small parcels of brown Brazil have fetched former rates. More business would have been done if the market had been better supplied. MoLassEs.—The operations in West India are upon a small seale only, and the tendency of prices downwards. For Honey yi prices remain firm. This afternoon Madras Molasses duty paid and in bond were offered at auction ; the former sold—good at 18s, and the latter withdrawn. Comm.—Privately few purchases have been made in West India Coffee, but the supply being scanty, holders have been enabled to obtain previous rates. Mocha in good request, at the former currency. In other kinds of East India former rates are sustained. This afternoon for Ceylon Coffee 66s to I 66s 6d per cwt paid currently for good ord. Padang taken in Is to 2s under previous rates—viz., good ord bold a little mixed at 32s per cwt. Rum, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—For all descriptions of Jamaica Rum full rates have been paid : fair quality 30 to 40 per cent overproof sold at 3s 6d to 3s 7d per gallon, and small parcels of better quality at 4s to 5s 6d. Demerara 3,3 d to 3s 4d, for 35 to 40 per cent overproof. Leewards at 2s 2d proid. Calcutta at Is lld per gallon proof. For Brandy prices rule las I follow :—Cognac, best brands of the vintage of 1838, Ws 3 14 5s I Id, puns 5s 9d; 1839, hhds 5s ticl, puns 5s 6d; 1840, hhds 5s 6d, puns 5s 4d ; 1841, hhds 53 sd, puns 5s 3d ; 1842, hhds 5s 4d, puns 5s 2d, middling 3s 6d to 4s 6d. and common marks 2s 10d to 3s 5d per gallon. Geneva, shipping sort is !)i Ad to Is 10d, and fine for duty 2s 3d to 3s per gallon. 134 English Corn Spirits 103 2d cash, and Gin 22 per cent over proof 8s 8d per gallon. To-day Rum sold at stiff rates ; 31 per cent over p roof Jamaica at 3s 6d, Demerara 33 over 3s 3d, stronger 3s to 3s sd, and proof Leeward; 2s 2d to 2s 2d per gallon. Cocoa.—The demand has improved for Foreign, and by 3% private contract 28s 6d paid for 238 bags of mixed red Para, being the former value. Of West India none has been b roug ht 'n to public sale ; privately several parcels have been disposed of at the advanced rates previously established. TEA.—The market has presented a firm appearance or green Tea since Tuesday last; large purchases have been made ' 72 by private contract, and stiff rates paid for the better qualities. ) Common Is 24.1 to Is 3d, but in black little business has been transacted, and rather lower prices accepted, common and good common Congou selling at is to Is Id per lb. To-day there was little inclination shown on the part of the i% trade to operate ; the demand was limited for green Tea, and 1% black met with a dull sale • the prices accepted were 2d per lb „, under those of the last public sales for Imperial and Gunpow '22 der, Id for Hyson, ld to 2d for Young Hyson, lidto 2d for 3 . Pouchong, and id per lb for Congou. Srices.—To-day several parcels of Cinnamon were dis 3s. posed of at 4s 3d to 6s 6d for Ceylon, and Is 3d to 2s 6d per 7 , lb for Malabar ; these rates are 3d to 4d per lb above those of B iTI the last quarterly sale. Pepper in request and prices firm; 6 , Sumatra is with difficulty to be had ender 34d per lb. s '" Rtes.—For Bengal previous rates are sustained; lls 6d to 5 12s is the value of middling to fine white ; 10s to 10s 6d for 7 low broken white, and 9s 6d per cwt for sea damaged. Cleaned 1 Rice it wanted; Patna has been selling at 14s to 17s and Caro lina at 21s to 26; per cwt. To-day for Bengal Rice, prices are •12 drooping; 11s 3d to Ils 6d accepted privately for mid white. Soo has been only in limited request, and rather lower rates accepted. Sago Flour 21s to 22s per cwt for good qua . . lity. Arrowroot: Bermuda 10d to is 24d, St. Vincents 44 4 d to 6d, and Jamaica 6d per lb. ) INnzoo.—The market has an improving appearance for • East India, and the rates paid show an advance on those of the last quarterly sale of 3d to 4d per lb. Spanish at firm rates. TALLow. —Prices have been Grin for Russian, and on the spot a good business has been transacted; 40; 9d to 41s 3d per cwt are the current rates paid for P. Y. Candle of first qua- My. For delivery in the last three months of the year i „ 41s 9d to 42s per cwt; S ou th A mer i can so ld at 35 s t o 39 5; 22 North American 34s 3d to 40s 3d; Galatz 401 to 40s 9d; New s South Wales 33s 6d to 40s 9d ; East India 37s 6d to 41, 6d, ' and Italian 425. To wn T a ll ow a t 41 s t o 41 s 6d per cwt, nett 74 cash. This afternoon P.Y. Candle at 41s to 41s 3d for the primest on the spot, and 42s for delivery in the last three months of the year. :43 34 Ott.s.—Cod 341 10s, pale Seal 35/, and common to fine Southern 311 to 341 per tun. Sperm, British at 711 to 72/, and 434 American 701 to 70110 s per tun. Palm fetched 25s to 28s for 974 common to good quality. Olive Oil h as b een i n ex t ens i ve re 's quest, and prices are still advancing, Gallipoli at 491 to 491 103, §panish 46: to 461 10s, a nd B ar b ar y 45/ t o 4 5/10 s per tun. Cocoa Nut Oil, fine, at 31; to 325, and inferior 29s to 30s per cwt. Linseed Oil at 26s tid to 26s 9d per cwt on the spot. 2 22 Rape Oil in good reque s t, p a l e a t 37 s t o 37 s 6d, an d b rown 36s 24 to 36s 6d per cwt. Egyptian Natron 8s 3d per cwt. To-day 0 0 93 120 Linseed Oil at 26s 6d p er cw t. 50 1158. 31 12s. Bd. 15s. 11. 10s. 341. 101. 171. 301. 3% 17s. 6d. 101. 6 percent. 28 15/. 204 11. 10s. 151. 321. 10s. 101. 81. 10s. li. 48. 3 per cent per cent. 4 percent. 4 per cent. 31. 10s. 5 per cent. 5 per cent. 1% per cent 4 per cent. 4 per cent. per cent I/. Os. Bd. 185. Id. per cent. 14 7s. N. 10s. 4 percent. ti per cent. 6 per cent. 13s.M. pr sh 51. ss. t per cent. 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I/. its. 10d. 15 per cent. per cent. 10 per cent. 10 per cent. IL U. Si. [7s. 6d. fOper cent. 10s. per sh. 11. 104 per sh. THE SUN, LONDON, WEEiN:E§h'A EVENING, MARCH 27, 1844. Lord CAMPBELL said it was trite his Noble and Learned Friend had not accused them of destroying the right of property, yet that if they - succeeded in carr yi ng this measure it w ou ld b e an infringement of the rights of property. His Noble and Learned Friend was wil ling now to abandon what lie formerly-owned. He stated that the Bill had been framed in 1835, - and that he then approved of the abolition of all those_ jurisdictions, and he acknowledged that he did the same-last-year, because he said that it was brought into the House of Commons with his approbation quite as mnh as with that of Sir Robert Peel. It was true these Courts had. existed for one thousand' years, and it was -a long experience of their inherent bad qualities which - called fdr their aboli tion. The Noble' and Learned Lord(Lyndhurst) had said that agreeing to the present-Bill would not hinder Noble Lords carrying their improvements further on another occasion ; but he (Lord Campbell) was satisfied that if next session, or any succeeding session, an at tempt was made by himself or any o f g -hi s Noble Friends to amend the present measure, : the Noble and Learned Lord (Lyndhurst) would be the very first to treat such attempt with derision. It was impossible that in these diocesan courts they could have good judges, it was impossible th ey Could have good advo eates, it was impossible they could -have good practi tioners. Why he appealed to all his Noble and Learned Friends behind him whether a ease had ever come up from York that was Rot disfigured- by- the grossest blunders? Lord BROUGHAM—And followed by reversals.— (Laughter,) Lord CAMPBELL—Just so; and followed by re versals: and yet these Courts were to be - retained, and though Thrmerly condemned, wire now :to be loudly praised. The ineonveniencies attending the jurisdiction ead a an n e rdt d rryi p 7L r ae a en e ßa ttrii Learned de j n o ua f sr jet oit t ci h rned e g, s e t h e Co r u a r b t s o t enormous;_ were to be retained Tnththeeaninneory4ncreeteonfeseuiotfortsh,eanNdotbhlee ion (Lyndhurst), that he could n o t Lord BROUGHAM said he agreed with every word that had fallen from his Noble and Learned Friends in condemnation of those ecclesiastical courts. -They had neither eye nor head—neither WI- nor judge—but yet they had a prison. —(A laugh.) . However, he (Lord Brougham) was one who wished to get on when he could, and if he could not travel at a full pace, he was _ always disposed to take such step onwards as he could. This Bill was certainly a great amendment on the ex isting system. These courts were bad, very bad,—but then they were to be improved by the Bill.—(Hear and laughter.) Besides their Lordships should recollect that they were not prevented from - carrying their amend ments further in future, and that the hatids of the Le gislature were not tied up because of the. present mca- 1 sure. After a short conversation, strangers were ordered to withdraw, and their Lordships divided, when the num bers were— Content — 47 Non-content . _ 20 Majority ..................... On our re-admission to the gallery, we found that clause 9 was, agreed to without oppositioni as was also clause 10. - On clause 11 being 1 1 94 - - Lord COTTENHAM said that if a person were com pelled to institute a suit in the ecclesiastical courts, ho was compelled to employ a proctor alone. He might have hisown solicitor; in whom he placed theutmost con fidence, but that person was not allowed to act personally, but was compelled to rtmploy a proctor. To illustrate the hardship of this, he would state from his own knowledge that in one case the proctor pocketed Upwards of 6,000 L for which he never did more than .sanctionthe use of his name by the attorney, who did the entire business. He would, therefore, propose that some provision should be made, by which attorneysshould he permitted topractice in those courts. The LORD CHANCELLOR - said, attorneys were allowed to practice in all cases which came from the ec clesiastical courts by appeal to the Privy_Council. He knew that the gentlemen practising as proctors were in the greater number of cases men of high intelligence and education. His Hon. and Leisrned Friend must be aware that these offices were of such a nature, that it would be impossible to abolish them without making some compensation to the proctors, Fo"r many years a cry prevailed to abolish the office of- Six Clerks ; and at length, the Parliament decided-upon doing so, giving those officers compensation for the loss of their offices. Now, the sum required for this .compensation was up wards of 40,000/. ; and the charge was so heavy that the Court of Chancery found it - necessary to continue the fees in this office. After a few words from Lord COTTENHAM, the clause was agreed to. Clauses 10 to 12 were next agreed - to without oppo sition. _ . . Clause 13 was agreed to, on the understanding that the title of the Surrogate should be amended on bringing up the report. Clauses 14 to 58 inclusive wore then agreed to. On clause 59 being put, - - The Bishop of LONDON proposed that certain sequestrations, the proceeds of which went to the fund called Queen Ann's Bounty, should have precedence of all other sequestrations. ,After_e few words from the LORD CHANCELLOR, the proposal was agreed to. Clauses up to 81 inclusive were agreed. to. Clauses from 82 inclusive up to 89 were struck out. The remaining clauses were then agreed to, the House resumed, and the report was ordered to be brought up on Thurs€lay. Their Lordships adjourned at Nine o'Clock.- HOUSE OF COMMONS, March 26. The SrEAKER took the Chair at Four o'Clock. The Maryport and Carlisle Railway Bill was read a second time. BRIGHTON AND CHICHESTER RAILWAY BILL. Colonel WYNDHAM presented a petition against the Bsighton and Chichester Railway Bill. Mr. PAKINGTON presented several petitions in favour of the Bill. • 'r Lord MARCIfinOVed the second reading of this Bill. Col. WYNDHAM opposed the motion, and moved IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, March 26. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool ' sack at the usual hour. Messengers from the Commons brought up the Inter national Copyright Bill and the Annual Indemnity Bill, which were read a first time. Lord KENYON presented a petition from Denbigh shire in favour of protection to agriculture. The Noble Lord gave notice that on Thursday next he would pre sent a petition from the University of Oxford against the union of the sees of St. Asaph and Bangor. Lord CAMPBELL presented a petition from the pro vost, magistrates, and town council of Edinburgh, pray ing for the repeal of the Act of Parliament, which re quired that all professors in Scotch Universities should sign the Confession of Faith, and be members of the Church of Scotland. ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS BILL. On the motion for going into Committee on this Bill, Lord CAMPBELL presented a petition from th e Archdeaconry of against that part of the Ec clesiastical Courts Bill, which related to the Arch deaconry of Taunton. Their Lordships then went into Committee. Upon clause 1 being proposed, Lord COTTENHAM said he hoPed their Lordships would have no objection to afford the same powers of jurisdiction to this Bill as those which he proposed in the Bill introduced to that House in 1836. The LORD CHANCELLOR said he was unwilling to deprive those Courts of the jurisdiction which they at present possessed. He had been told by gentlemen connected with Doctors' Commons, that the exercise of this jurisdiction was attended with many benefits, and at a trifling expense. The Bishop of EXETER said the power of excom munication was absolutely essential to the stability of the Church, and without that power it could not exist. If the Noble and Learned Lord had any other means by which he could support the discipline of the Church, he hoped he would explain it to the House; but until then he would entreat their Lordships to scout any proposition which would deprive the Church of this jurisdiction. The clause was then agreed to; as were also clauses 2,3, and 4. On clause 5 being read, Lord COTTENHAM expressed an opinion that, as this clause went to convert donatives into presentatives, the consent of the Crown should have been given. He also thought there was some unfairness in tho arbitrary disposition of the property of individuals. He was not prepared to move an amendment to the clause—no good would result from it—bift he felt called upon to express his dissent to the clause. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that the clause had been expressly recommended by those Ecclesiastical Commissioners whom the Noble and Learned Lord had so warmly eulogised the other evening, and in his (Lord Lyndhurst's) opinion was one of the most useful and necessary clauses in the Bill. After a few words from Lord BROUGHAM and the Bishop of LONDON the clause was agreed to. Clauses 6 and 7 were than agreed to.- - Clause 8 was then proposed. Lord COTTENHAM said the Bill proposed to establish throughout the country diocesan courts; that was to say a court in each diocese of England and Wales. Now, this was a proposition condemned not only by all those individuals who had considered the matter, but it was condemned by the reports of two Commissions which had been appointed with respect to this subject. It had also been con demned by the reports of two Select Committees— one of that House, and one of the other House of Par liament. It had also been condemned by many influential Members of the present Government • and if their Lord ships decided in favour of this Bill, they would do so without having a single authority to support them. They would thereby perpetuate an evil to the coun try, without any reason having been advanced for it. This showed that although the Government had the power, they had not the moral courage to carry out a measure which they themselves acknowledged would be attended with most beneficial results. The LORD CHANCELLOR said he was quite wil ling to acknowledge his responsibility in taking. up the Bill which had been introduced into _the house of Com mons, and in the same state as that in which_it was left, because it would effect much of what had -been sug gested by the Commissioners. If his Noble and Learned Friend, or any other Noble Lord, could suggest any further improvement, he would be glad to give it every consideration. lie thought this measure would be attended with most beneficial results; if they took care that there were proper and compeitent_persons appointed to discharge the duties of judges in those Courts. When gentlemen of such high acquirements in the ecclesiastical laws as Dr. Phillimore and others whomlhe could men iton occupied the judicial bench in those Courts, he felt confident that they must be attended- with the best re sults. that the Bill be read a second time that day six months, as two-thirds of his constituents were opposed to the Bill. Lord ARUNDEL seconded the motion. lie said this railway would destroy some of the best land in the county; and, if passed, would operate as a great injustice on the inhabitants of the county of Sussex. Lord A. LENNOX supported the 2d reading of the Bill. Capt. PECHELL also supported the Bill. After a few words from Mr. Goring, Mr. Curteis, Mr. J. A. Smith and Sir Charles Burrell, Strangers were ordered to withdraw, and the House divided, when the numbers were— For the second reading 99 For the amendment 4B Majority for the second reading —sl The Bill was then read a second time, and was ordered to be committed to-morrow. STRATFORD (EASTERN COUNTIES) AND THAMES. JUNCTION RAILWAY BILL, • - - --- -- --- An HON. MEMBER moved the second reading of this Bill. Colonel Fox, Mr. Hawes, and Lord Mahon, presented petitions against the Bill. Colonel FOX said that the alleged object of this Bill was to carry coals, but if that were the only object there were already two canals which were sufficient for that purpose. His constituents were opposed to the Bill, and he should move that it be read that day six months. Mr. HAWES seconded the amendment. He could name several persons of property. who were opposed to the measure, and almost all the people of Stratford were opposed to it. As no public advantage would be de rived from it, the expense of going into Committee ought to be avoided.. Mr. WARD knew of no ground which should pre vent a Bill going into Committee which had been allowed to go into Committee last session. He hoped the House would not prevent the Bill being committed. Sir W. JAMES said there was no cause for opposing the Bill. The amendment was ultimately withdrawn, and the Bill read a second time. The Cwm Celyn and Blaina Iron Company Bill was read a second time. The Colchester and Harwich Railway Bill was read a second time. The report of the Norwich and Brandon Railway Bill was further considered for the purpose of introducing an amendment. ATMOSPIIERIC RAILWAYS. Mr. SHAW presented a petition from Dublin in favour of the principle of atmospheric railways. LONDON AND SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY BILL. The second reading of the London and South Western Railway Bill (No. 1) having been moved, Mr. WALLACE protested against several of the clauses of the Bill, which enabled the Company to act as general traders, as Custom-house agents, as hotel keepers, as wharfingers, as steam-boat proprietors, and in several other capacities totally inconsistent with their office as railway proprietors. He thought that this Bill ought not to be. allowed to proceed further till the ob jections he had adverted to were removed. Mr. ANTROBUS hoped the Honourable Gentleman would allow the second reading of the Bill to take place, and defer his opposition till the Bill went into Committee. Sir W. HEATHCOTE said that the clausesomplained of by the Hon. Member for Greenock had, he believed, been omitted by the Standing Orders Committee. Mr. LABOUCHERE would not oppose the second reading of the Bill, but he thought if the objection of the Hon. Member for Greenock was well founded, it might be pointed out upon the bringing up of the report. Mr. GLADSTONE thought the question was one for the Committee,.and, they had every security that the question would not be overlooked there. The Com mittee would report specially whether or not the Stand ing Orders had been complied with. The House might feel, assured that the matter would not escape the fullest investigation. The principle was one of the very greatest importance. There was a general disposition on the part of all joint-stock companies, who were intrusted with certain powers for certain purposes, to em ploy those powers for other purposes. He hoped the attention of the General Committee on Railways would be directed to that point, and he hoped the House would do its utmost to check that disposition on the part of all joint-stock companies. There were cases in which an exce pti on oug ht t o b e male. He was not.prepared to say whether or not the case of the harbour of Folkestone was of that nature, but in every case in which it was necessary to make an ex ception, the matter should be subjected to the most mi nute investigation. _ _ _ Mr. HUME considered that it was of the utmost importance that the principle laid down by the Right, Honourable Gentleman as the one by which the House was to be guided in its dealings with joint-stock companies should be known by the whole country. • If they once departed from the principle, they would be open to all kinds of abuse. If the Committee did not strike out all the words enforcing the proposed powers on the company, he was satisfied, that the Bill would be rejected. Mr. AGLIONBY agreed that great caution should be exercised in all these cases. The public ought to be carefully guarded, and they had many safe-guards. In the first place there was the Committee on Petitions— then there was the Standing OrderS Committee—and then there was the Committee on Bills. In the present instance all the provisions not strictly analagous with the first application for the Bill were ordered to be struck out. The Bill was then rend a second time, and ordered to be committed. MANCHESTER IMPROVEMENTS. On the motion of Mr. M. GIBSON, the Manchester Improvements Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. NOTICES OF MOTION—THE SLAVE TRADE. Mr. M. MILNES begged to give notice that he would on Friday next, move an amendment on the motion of the Noble Lord the Member for Tiver ton (Lord Palmerston) relative to the slave trade, to the effect 'that it is the opinion of this_ House that the treaties between this country and foreign countries for the purpose of suppressing the slate-trade by means of a mutual right of search, should be considered as part of a temporary experiment, to be at all times under the control of the two Governments. POOR LAWS. Mr. MUNTZ gave notice that, in Committee on the Poor-law Amendment Bill, on clause 56, he would move as an amendment that " It is not lawful for the said Commissioners to interfere with the management of the poor in any . parish containing more than 20,000 inhabitants, where relief had hitherto been Oven under provisions of local Acts, without first obtaining the consent in writing of at least two-thirds of the guardians, or of a majority of the rate-payers. Captain PECHELL wished to ask the Right Hon. Gentleman the Secretary for the Home Department whether he 'would have printed Pith the Votes the amendnients relative to local Acts ? It would be very convenient during the recess for Hon. Gentlemen to know the sentiments of the Right Hon. Baronet relative to local Acts. Sir J. GRAHAM said he had last night stated his intention of posponing the Bill till after Easter. Previous to the Bill going into Committee, he would take care to have the amendments in the hands of Hon. Members. CATHOLIC JURORS. In answer to a question from Mr. BELLEW, Lord ELIOT said he had received a communication with respect to the Catholic jurors who were challenged by the Crown in a case at the assizes of the county of Monaghan, that had perfectly satisfied him, that those jurors, were not excluded because they were Catholics, but that in every case there were valid grounds for the exclusion. He also stated that the Crown Solicitor, acting on the informations, could not have taken any other course than he had done. He was prepared to go into the details o f a ll th ese cases ; but the House would see that it could not be done without exceeding those bounds within which it was advisable he should confine himself. ' SCOTCH BENEFICES. Mr. FIUME, seeing the Lord Advocate of Scotland in his place, begged to ask him when he proposed to pro ceed with the Scotch Benefices Bill ? The LORD ADVOCATE said he had postponed the Bill till after the 30th of April. THE EASTER HOLIDAYS. Sir R. PEEL said, he last night gave notice that he should more the adjournment of the House for the Eas ter holidays on Wednesday next. But he found that last year he had moved the adjournment on the Tuesday evening, and unless he had reason to believe that his moving it on the same . day would cause inconvenience to Hon. Members whO had Bills to bring forward, he proposed to move the adjournment on Tuesday next. TURNPIKE TOLLS. Colonel WOOD moved for leave to bring in a Bill to exempt from toll lime conveyed on any turnpike road in the Principality of Wales.- In stating the nature of the measure he should not detain the House at any length. He wished the Bill to stand on its own intrinsic merits. Every description of manure, excepting lime, was ex empted from toll. In some districts the amount of toll was double the cost price of the lime. It was argued, in favour of the toll, that without it many roads could not be sustained. By Act of Parliament every description of Manure, except lime was exempted from toll. H o considered that every road was a parish road, and being such, he considered it ought to be kept up by the parish. He thought he should be able to show that roads might be kept , up -without a toll upon lime. The Commissioners admitted that in England manure was exempt from toll, and the reason they gave for such exemption was, that the great proportion of articles used as manure were seldom transported to any dis tance ; that they were most, frequently merely taken from one portion of a farm to the other. y that--was- - the - only reason the Commissioners could find for this exemption they took a very short-sighted view of the matter. Lime, the Commissioners stated, was of a different character ; it was very valuable, and could be profitably transported to great distances. NoW they had heard a great deal of guano; that was brought from a great distance; and was very valuable, so was Aberdeen waste, so was coal-dust, and yet all these were exempt .from toll under the prp visions of the ' General Turnpike Act. Lime was -the only manure subject to toll, and lime was the only manure within - the reach of the Welsh farmer. He entreated the Government to concede the boon of exemption of lime from tolt—a measure which more than any other would secure the tranquillity of the country. Colonel POWELL seconded the motion. Mr. HUME rose for the purpose of opposing the Bill. He dissented ' from the principle of allowing such exemptions at all. They had been made from time to time in consequence of the House being composed of agriculturists; such 'exemptions ought not to exist. Whatever they' might' exempt was a relief to the farper ; whatever was a relief t o the • farmer was • a benefit - to 'iVe . ' He''' did not see why they should be relieved from what other people were obliged to pay. The turnpikes had been established, and their own Commis sioners told them that the money that had been embarked in them could not be repaid unless the tolls were exacted. He objected to the Bill, therefore, in both points of view, but his chief objection was the one of principle. He did not see why the landlords should enjoy these ex emptions. Mr. MANNERS SUTTON supported the Bill. Mr. Ald. THOMPSON said that the whole system of local administration in Wales required amend ment. He had hoped the Government would come forward with some comprehensive and adequate measure to relieve those grievances' of which the people of Wales so justly complained. If the Bill proposed by the Hon. and Gallant Member was to be the only panacea, he (Colonel Wood) hoped the House would reject it. For his part, he would op pose it to the utmost of his power, unless it was in tended to be accompanied by some more extensive mea sure on the part of the Government.(Hear, hear.) Sir CHARLES MORGAN believed that however desirable it would be to relieve farmers from the pay ment of toll upon lime, yet in several dis tricts it would be found impossible to do so without abandoning the road. The Commission issued by the Government had had a great effect in calming the minds of the people ; and as he hoped that some sa tisfactory measure would be proposed by the Govern ment, founded upon the report of the Commissioners, he would recommend that a partial measure, such as that of the Gallant Officer, should not be persisted in. He was very much afraid that the Bill would go down to Wales; it would be known that the Gallant Officer had brought it in, but he was afraid the course the Go vernment intended to adopt with respect to it would not be equally well known. Why, what had the Hon. Under-Secretary declared? That though the Govern ment would consent to the introduction of the Bill, the Gallant Member must expect no further support from the Government. If such were the determination of the Government, he thought the House would do no good by assenting to the introduction of the Bill. He thought it would not be right to exempt lime entirely from toll, but unless something further was stated of the intentions of the Government on this subject, he should most certainly feel inclined to oppose the intro duction of the Bill. Sir JAMES GRAHAM was decidedly opposed to the exemption altogether of the toll upon lime. If, however, he was asked whether Ministers would sup port the Bill in its future stages, he must certainly say they would not. He, however, thought it would be hardly just to his Gallant Friend who had proposed the introduction of the. Bill, not to allow it to be introduced and printed, and sent to the Principality, in order to know their opinion upon the subject. Mr. F. T. BARING was of opinion that the statement of the Right Hon. Gentleman had not justified the course which the Government proposed to adopt. He admit ted that in a common case it might be reasonable to al low. a Bill to be brought, in ; but in what state was the Principality of Wales at the present moment ?—(Cheers.) What unfounded expectations were they not raising of permitting this Bill to b e b roug ht i n ?—(Ch eers .) They admitted that the question of these tolls was exciting the greatest interest in. the Principality, yet they permitteda Bill to be brought which they themselves declared they would put an end to on the second stage. Now, at all events, this could not be considered as a wise mode of dealing with the question.—(Hear, hear.) The report of the Commissioners was no doubt at present under the consideration of the Government ; and yet, while it was still under their consideration, they allowed a Bill to be brought in relating to a small portion of that report, and which went distinctly to reverse the recommendation of the Commissioners. Mr. MORRIS would not oppose the introduction of the Bill ; but although he was willing to support every measure for the relief of the inhabitants of Wales, he could not consent to do injustice to a large class of per ' sons. The revenues of the trustees of the roads would be largely reduced by the abolition of the toll on lime ; and they were indebted in a considerable sum to the Exchequer for money advanced by way of loan. He trusted that on the second reading the Hon. and Gallant Member would be prepared to propose some scheme for granting compensation to those persons, and also that he would use his best endeavours to induce the Chancellor of the Exchequer to forego the repayment of these loans. He was glad that, during the course of the debate, justice had been done to a large class of persons who had been most unjustly charged with fomenting the recent disturbances in Wales—he meant the Dissenting ministers.—(Hear, hear.) Those persons were remark able for their peaceable demeanour, and for the respect which they invariably paid to the laws.—(Hear, hear.) Sir W. JOLIFFE said that lime was only partially exempt from toll in England. Ho knew a part of the country that suffered materially in consequence of the toll upon lime. There were three small trusts, in all of which tolls were levied on lime, and the consequence was that, although lime was the manure the most easily procurable by the inhabitants of that district, and the best suited to the soil, yet they were precluded from using it. He regretted that the Right Hon. Gentleman had not stated his intention of doing something with regard to the General Turnpike Act. A large measure of reform was wanted to remedy these evils. IA one locality with which he was acquainted, the mortgagee had seized the gates, and collected the tolls to pay the interest of his money, while the parishes had to main tain the roads. There was little traffic there, and con sequently those persons who paid for maintaining the roads had also to pay the tolls. He could assure the House that, unless these grievances were remedied, the discontent which had disturbed England and Wales would extend to other parts of the country. Mr. DARBY thought that the grievances complained of ought to be remedied rather by a General Turnpike Act than by such a measure as that which the Hon. and Gallant Member wished to introduce. He knew there was a great feeling on the lime question; but they ought not to deal hastily with the question, involving, as it did, so many important interests. Mr. G. R. TREVOR said, the greatest difficulty he had in dealing with this qnestion was the necessity there existed for improving the roads in that part of the country in which he resided. A great deal of the in terest of the money borrowed for the purpose of im proving the roads was paid by the tolls on lime, and very little of that interest c o uld be paid if th e whole toll on lime were abrogated. He thought it would be better that his Hon. and Gallant Friend should abstain from bring ing in the Bill. He did not believes that this toll upon lime had anything whatever to do with the commencement of the struggles in South Wales ; for the gates through which most lime was carried, and nearest to the lime districts, were the last attacked. He should not oppose the bringing in of the Bill, though, as at present advised, he would vote against the second reading. Lord EBRINGTON' said he thought it was a great grievance, and very unfair to the Welsh people, that the mail coaches should be exempted from all toll. This ex emption very much diminished the funds at'the disposal of the trust, and made the imposition of other taxes ne cessary. He should feel it his duty to oppose the bring ing in of the Bill. After a few words from Mr. VIVIAN, in support of the Bill, Mr. SAUNDERS DAVIES said he would support the introduction of the Bill. Colonel WOOD sa id t h a t, i n answer to the Honour able Member for Cumberland,' he begged leave to say that Government were in no way connected with the in troduction of the present Bill. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the introduction of' the Bill . ..... . 68 Against it a 42 Majority Leave was accordi ng ly given to bring in the Bill. CORN-LAWS. - - - Mr. HUTT presented petitions from merchants of the city of London, and from other places, in favour of the introduction of corn from.' the . British possessions in South Africa and Australasia at the same duty as corn imported from Canada.' The Hon. Member then moved " That this House resolve itself into a 'Committee of the whole House on the Corn-laws, for the purpose of considering the following resolutioh—That it is expe dient that corn imported into the United Kingdom from the British possessions in South Africa, India, and Aus tralasia, be made subject to the same duty whiCh is levied on corn imported into the United Kingdom from Canada." He would lay before the House, in as few words as he could, what he considered to be a great grievance. In the course of the last session a Bill had been introduced by the Government,by which certain du tie were taken off corn imported from Canada to this country. The subject was very fully discussed, and received from the ordinary supporters of the Government a good deal of censure. The supporters of her Majesty's Govern ment being chiefly attached to the sliding scale, coin cided with their leaders on that principle, and attempted to lay down the proposition that it was the duty of the Government to make the colonies entirely and solely sub servient to our own advantage. The Right Hon. Bart. ' at the head of the Government wisely rejected such a wild and impolitic- notion.- The measure the Rt. Hon. said would give great encouragement to the agricultu rists of Canada, and tend to cement the' union between the colony- and, the mother country. It was precisely upon those grounds that he (Mr. 'Hutt) now came for•, ward to ask, for a further relaxation of the corn-laws in regard to onr - ' - cOlonie;Tn SCUthern Africa, India, and Australasia;, and he would show the House that these colonies had still stronger claims on our sympathy and indulgence than even Canada itself.• They were at a greater distance' from England, and consequently more exposed to the - dangers which the vicissitudes of the sliding-scale occasioned. Again, they were farther from any-corn-consumir!g country ; but the great argument was that . the Legislature had already, applied the prin ciples of free trade to a portion of our colonial empire, and why should not thOse principles be applied to the _C.apo--of-- Good llope and ta, Australasia ?—(Hear.) Why should not the inhabitants of those colonies participate in those advantages of a liberal legislation? It was true th ese co l on i sts had never risen against our authority as was the case in Canada ; they were mem bers of the same community—subjects of the same Crown, and o b e di ent and loyal to their Sovereign, and why •should they not receive as great favour as the Canadians? The case of these colonies was not like Nova Scotia or New Brunswick, which the Government +laid should be excluded from the Bill regarding Canada, because they never produced sufficient corn for their own subsistence. The Right Hon. Gentleman at the head of the Government said that Canada was a corn- producing country, and could export it. He thought he would be able to prove to the House that the colonies to which he referred were in the tame position. Australia, though the country abOut Sydney might be an excep tion, seemed to be very well adapted for the production of corn. In the southern districts, and about Port Philip, corn had been grown in great abundance, and at a trifling cost. But the great granary of the Southern Ocean was. Van Diemen's Land. It appeared from a• return laid upon the table of the House, upon a motion of his; , -that a considerable quan tity of wheat was imported last year into this country —...-..„-- ------- P from Van Diemen's Land. It had been in' :i n tbe large quantities to the neighbouring colonies:ood Eastern Seas ; and, notwithstanding the Iluettdinto the sliding-scale, 1,300 quarters of it were illiP",; „ the this country. This was the first time that "1! to ibil produce of Van Diemen's Land was brought.l i g o disr country; and considering the distance, and th,e : c t e rsble tages in its way, 1,300 quarters was no ineum - ___„ o icsbll quantity. It came into the country_ also in a rT f i et eti fine condition ; and after paying all the costs ot_tiielny and the duty of 55., it left a handsome profit,t° with tbis porters. There would be an extended trad e witbe WI country if the restrictions at present existing ° pie lis' portation of corn were removed.—(Cheers` never seen corn equal in weight, and in 'l',, ", ness of the skin to that which was , ,-,,,5' from Van Diemen's Land. It was • „%tetOr a price varying between 625. and 705., when the ,pr price in England was only 565. It appeared, fre i ' l 7 d Co, per which he had received from Messrs. Buel de n iesso' s of Mark-lane, that the price of wheat in Van 'lop th e Land was 385., the charges for freight were o gler' duty was 55., and other ch a r g es were ss• a, o gler' making a total of 58s. a quarter w hen importe at 00 0 country. It sold at between 625. and 655. This t S c hig e 6th of October, 1843. He was informed that oir of 10s. for freight was too low, and that t o e glO owners could have but little remuneration. pe 4tb to find that there was a reduction of duty on % c o* articles which entered into the composition of :.,, t be and he hoped the day was not far distant Ir e ', - , 0 1. shipping interest would recover from its pres ent ve sion. With regard to Australia, he had a let,,,t er k.lsa e ; him from Mr. Charles James Stephens, of soa r r e, which stated that the wheat produced there W ei ld OP to the best wheat produced in Essex and Ken t / Ti - 0, owing to the dryness of the country, ~,. gs!)" very fit for exportation, and almost 1 , 140 when landed in this country as when' gret shipped. He had other te s ti mon y to the sawiettc . 7 and various parties conne c t e d w ith Australia that if the duty was reduced to Is. it wouki ...b' r lig 4 0 the settlers for the cost of increased produca.,' el then, was the case:with Van Diemen's Land. It,„fi with all the conditions which the Right lion. r i d W it said that Canada possessed. Now with regam_as kV' Australia, which was founded about six years a 7„, beteg ago, and which before that time was merely a q t . o r wilderness," inhabited by wandering s avages , ro j a A s sessed all the opportunities of ca rrying O°P. shit industry. He referred with the greater plea s `r e r'o,,h, te , because he took an active part in the Bill ilwr,, zetlT, the colony was founded, and had acted ail i fg Or' Commissioners afterwards. The corn preniieo3 oll.l/ was even superior to that produced in van ' s ol e Land. It sold at 725. in this country, when the fi t ob price there was below 465. It w ou ld afford ag o g ti, e trade with this country, if he succeeded in in ~.„;.- 0 , Ge r i Legislature to agree to his proposition. The",;; J oili ik tleman then read an extract f rom th e South 43 or e Observer, for the purpose of showing the. 0 1 , 0 04 ducing powers of the country, and that it P i ,. AP, more than was sufficient for its own consumPtir, tr the settlers wanted was to discover places w he o o oo l 4 . might export their superabundant corn. The ter . able Gentleman then read extracts from te l(l (V e from South Australia, dated the 27th of Afai l iTi sr; 28th of June, 1843, to the same effect. Ile sv „s ° l ye refer to the case of South Af r i ca , an d the oire' - fr Oei, _ i v of the colony were not in any wa y dissimilar 0 ,0 0 7: e other colonies he had spoken o f, ex cept that: mi l r e sionally suffered .from want of irrrigation. " - pit o colony at the Cape exported cor n . He now (W ee - !,, case of India ; and if the case was s trong with re ' , ` IA the other colonies, it was much s tr o nger nith r e . _.,,litv India. The agriculture of India had advanced w i; r e tslt since their possession of that country, and its Luse t _ a xic7, once so celebrated throughout th e w orld, Were 701 0 by the commercial and fiscal regulations of thi 3 : oo AO° It was strange that the advocates of prOteC i. t/. p i pit quite silent with respect to India, and that t"; 4 1 0. el who would most oppose his motion were those orit% tinually raised at home the cry of protection r t i b 9 II industry. It might be said that India 1 011 , tit sla: $ little by the measurebeproposed, inasmuch tow" P LI t dea quantity of her corn would reach this coat dy . -_„ 1 those who from close observation were well' a c lfer," with the internal position of India, were of 0 i i iostr, opinion, and the press of that country were tt li e d o,n ing a similar measure for India to that gran' I , nt eb nada. There were large districts in the neiFilu" l e ; of the Ganges as large in extent as Great Bri tili t h „ he,P e ia were entirely a wheat-growing country, 1 °41 01 4 informed persons on ft:subject stated that / 1 •".. o d 1 4 be shipped from the-Wanges at between 1fi5..,,':4 Al,' per quarter. But wheat alone was not the art: 0, e 7 -4 respect to which his measure would benefit Inl i Skt; was an article that was imported into this ent lll oo ol,P . , India inconsiderable quantities. There was li e ! • iii '' o f speellte - house in the City engaged ex tensiv Z o e impoi .ii :ion of flour from India—he meant th e 'ea ref Lawson,.Norton, and Co., from whom he l ea rtige: not less than between two and three thousan. josi flour itte ' 'annually imported by them &On! re • 110 0 and that there was ano th er house la, 1 the also extensively enga g ed in the n n o , v s of that article from I n di a . He called e 1 Government then to con ce d e what he asY_ e d,j y0 1c) 1 , thought he had shown them that all the colonies l e he had mentioned had fulfilled the conditionS raft they had consented to give to Canada the 1 4 de which he now asked f o r tho se dependencies of nof eif pire. He knew that the great difficulty of the, ,0 1 ment was that there were certain infl uen tial T_Lidt,e; t property in that House and in the countrY7l4.. ~' strongly opposed to any change in the cOrn-lio'l., col'', he asked Ministers if, in their government of . t,,,,' fer nial empire, they would be guided by the v isiotAw s e . , l " of a few men, who looked solely to their oWald o „, r The measure that he now sought to have eti7i f i sht. one which common justice and policy called fl Aid`, lutely necessary. Let them govern the colew, o s i ol Po view to their interests—with a view to fai_f;id • plo dealing—and they might be assured they vmr.„4.l I seek to sever themselves from the parent coini-t"d i sta g i let the Government neglect the interests of thl e a s st, ~, settlements, and there was reason to an d. the first convenient opportunity, they woulqi bag / themselves for ever from the harsh rule o f Lg Government. Tao" Mr. MANGLES seconded the motion. Doll d i in a peculiar position, and had claims upon gi3 were possessed by none of our colonies. - O ,Ld ta'r o t she support the army and navy, but she re oll l7 4ja: / be eountry four millions and a half annu ally. - 11,00, 0 think that India paid too d ear ly f or the advatWilaa enjoyed ; but, in common justice, we w ere ' .„0 afford her every facility for paying it. `4 - ',04 Mr. GLADSTONE s a id th a t, though I le --f. thy. accede to the motion, he was fully sensible 5 iiid portance of the object th e H on . Gentleman l tisg, Abe He had no wish to prevent experiments froul i ii i i D. 40 with regard to the trade of India and .Aust., ll " . iik . l l / . .r did not think the duties complained of W''', / ,,`,11 06 t O have that effect. The Hon. Gentleman foue," o/6 0W guments very much on the conduct of the ", no ktso" - oe with regard to Canada lastyear, and he und!'l, 4 1 4 " e , that the circumstances were analogous. Il e ',,t,hia_,Te Hon. Gentleman had entirely failed to make °- tair' et The proceedings of last year themselves GV l ofe rlif te cl clearest indications of the intentions of the u oti e° os , with regard to a motion of this kind. It t he 0 :40 with plausibility against the Government, n' o ; s t tI 0 t ot sion on the Canada Corn Bill, that it Was,, rfl o st O fr ota and impolitic to disturb a question of 111 % 0 0 0 ,,,,er for the sake of any benefits which might xthea';: e fe' the extension of the trade with Canada • an" but 0 '6o' to that was not a general denial of the ' fae t f bi : tbe d o, renee to the pledges which had been e el:1 40 1 '00' vernment in a former year. The lictoll%,, - a t th,,,,e o ble therefore, was not justified in expecting ""flis fAell vernment would assent to this propesiti° ll ' ' lee 1.- ir Friend the Secretary for the Colonies,,Vot to jo , whether it was the intention of the Govertkcel °ll , tbe traduce similar measures resp ec ti ng the e'-'',els' 0 said he did not scrupl e t o d ec l are t hat the vi er Government was, th a t suc h a ques ti o n aa' Silit to -Woe ought not lightly, and without grave cause' , the . , iiiits turbed. But were these colonies really_ " - gate., , be position as Canada ? The Hon, Dielnu e r , fi - ; I r l i-r pe" there were petitions from these coloni e 100 01 - e did not apprehend that any o f the° the 50 titioned in the same sense, or bi n ', O f t be authentic organ, as Canada ha . d °4 w;ities ° i:eri had petitioned by the highest public authoinf tee, colony for many years in succession, iiidieatnese,'„ti strong and widely-spread feeling, wiiilst the i d 0;44 tition emanated only from individuals e lll67 "r t or z. a a s The Hon. Gentleman spoke in his resoint l° o poll - ca the corn trade of these colonies on the st v o cli t co' that of Canada ; but he did not propose„to t i tt ,4 0 • ' ir 4 the importation of foreign corn into tiier, t o ail , Ca' acted in the case of Canada. Thus he 00 1 ", ki rtl :4°. 05 tial part of the arrangement made with r e t pdtil l bst nada. The Hon. Gentleman asked wh ere fv ho! iiaed to come from. He (Mr. Gladstone) aPP - an i. Al g o l , oo, this 3s. might be highly inconvenient to maned '.•ol Otte in the resolution. The Hon. Gentlem ail b a ralt„„tonY exporting colonies, but he thought the ke t he .4 ,-- rs i i p them was entitled to that appellation. ! if s ' elk itloood of New South Wales. That was manife is s "lc se notilit and not an exporting, colony. Tu e o n OW '- Hope was becoming more and Inci A re ls 'a n c6o 7o :b a fer and not an exporting, colony. Th e - O s a ra' A tra cl° fact, that in the case of Canada there w ~,,t ot if,;- a or f i°. xectation of establishing a trade of 50n1e . ,,,' wo eful ta to which, though it would not produce any P ° o f being ripg o • lo s lent effect in this country, was still wombs; ns o f , as „or e into consideration as furnishing the, T in: - Ther e o t to, in the supply of the increasinityeritabe Goverin n o ilea • other reasons which had MOWS pa nic had PI ISA propose a change in that n05e...'. 1 t iye change. s L r iditig in Canada, on account of the iego a em on for PI". Ito"' and this was now an important r bad the ~, itt for the extension of its trade. Gentleman a right to say that th l e l l oelv i: l° ff as ilies. P eigirlert h if t the mass were exporting colonies r the y 110 6 7' t ie lfig obvious from their circumstances that s s * lf oF ee th t ) . , c r d, to calculate upon any taken into account in dealing with th!_alese! the P j o the Diemen's Land, and in New South W , . .., vv i i rds;_ A OS corn, in 1839, was 15s. a bushel a ; I , , , ie t? i ; en t s Deu e r; year 1840, the price of corn in Van to 945• Per quart hi 4 in from Bs. to 12s. a bushel, or from 645. roil t x , in 1831, it was from 48s, to 80s. a the colony which was the most favo_ . _., ha d r et , f o portation of corn to this country.c rn . le v i iY npo rted i ps fa Durable e to th i ti e is which showed the total quantity of Hon. Gentleman would examine he woulde sl' 1s of all countries, from the year 1828 ° tol B4 fi l n a' , in Hon. first place, that they had actually sen g t r t e o aier 4 ,00 0 1 0 .1: :t b A e colonies from this country a much i c a o s r t n s t e lr e n n 3th.ceayrshoafd trheecepievreidodfrtoomwthhiecT;haentatjareterreioi they had received no amount whichy of wheat, avf P named. During the first seven colonies exported 2,589 quarters evia•rassiw;.eth4.ll:satrobiteih_allet second seven years,_ they exported 19 portedto this country. 7,6 6 8 quar p te u r r s in o g f during the second seven the wh e fi a r t s ti in i .c uaa , , ,,,,,,,,7:L t — e "-•si:h i :1 9,, 5; years they lop rwu i CO 0 0 2: 40 0 0 2 50 0 0 5 0 0 11 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 55 0 0 50 0 0 5 0 0 2 IS 0 10 0 0 5 6 0 250 0 0 4 All paid 2 9 0 11. 3 0 0 36 10 0 210 0 2 10 ( 1 50 0 0 is, le o 0 513 0 2 , 10 0 0 4 2 0 0 12 10 0 ji 12 10 0 210 0 2 0 0 Os, 1 0 0 419, 10 0 0 10 0 0 4 5 0 0 6 5 0 20 0 0 40 0 0 4, 40 0 0 4 50 0 0 41 200 0 0 13' 2.5 0 0 it 20 0 0 24 20 0 • 10 0 0 It; 7 10 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 If 17 10 0 lt" 35 0 • 34 10 0 0, s 10 e 6 2t, 25 0 • 25 10 • 0 IC 16 0 0 18 0 0 L 9 0 0 COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. Wheat. I Barley. 1 Oats. Beans. Pease. .1111/I•Mimimmom •••••••.”.•••••••• .................... ............... ..••••.pmm....... Per Quarter. s. to s. s. to I. I. to s. a. to I. s. to s. Bostui Braintree 45 58 29 33 18 11 24 29 28 94 Brighton 4l 52 27 31 22 26 36 41 35 88 Cambridge 46 52 23 .... 18 —, 32 29 Chichester 44 52 28 30 19 22 40 42 36 40 Dunmow 42 55 24 33 18 23 24 32 29 * 31 Grantham Grimsby 4O 50 28 33 18 21 36 40 Hailsham 46 52 26 32 19 21 30 31 29 94 Hitchin 4O 57 27 34 20 30 34 45 Ipswich 46 53 23 29 19 22 26 28 — lB PO Lewes 4l 50 24 28 19 22 'OO 36 32 34 Lynn 4O 46 26 28 18 22 24 28 26 29 Maidstone 49 50 39 39 26 32 38 40 Norwich Petworth Romford Sandwich Tnetiord ..... Wisbech ....., 42 47 28 34 17 19 24 26 24 28 Witham 43 53 23 91 19 23 24 25 27 30 Yarmouth 1 50 55 al 32 *2O 23 38 40 28 30 .50 Per Quarter 73 Bostui 70 Braintree 67 Brighton 86 Cambridge 2) Chichester 60 Dunmow 35% Grantham 72 Grimsby . 22 Hailsham 29 Hitchin 66 Ipswich 13 Lewes Lynn . _ NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. COURT-3IARTIAL ON THE ENGINEER OP THE PRO % METHEITS.—The Court-martial which we announced last week as ordered on Mr. Hand, the second x engineer of the Prometheus, Lieutenant Commander Pasco, was held yesterday at Portsmouth on board the St. Vincent., 120 'flag-ship, Rear )l4 t Admiral Hyde Parker, Superintendent of the Dock -1,51) yard, acting as President, and the following officers ) 1, 4 , composed the Court:—Captain llenderson, C. 8., K.H., ) of the Victory; Captain Sir T. Hastings, of the Excel , lent; Captain IL F. Rowley, of the St. Vincent; and i 34 Commander Wilcox, of the Victory. G. L. Greetham. Esq., officiated as Judge Advocate. The charge was for gross neglect of duty by having allowed the water in N one of the boilers to get considerably below its proper level, and for not having taken the proper steps to ar ;74 rest the mischief thereby incurred. Lieut. Pasco, the commander of the Prometheus, in ;%., the course of his ev id ence , state d t h at h e was aroused ,g from his cabin on the morning of the 28th Feb., then off 14 Madeira, by the stopping of the vessel, and en going to inquire the reason he encountered an offensive smell of something burning, which on investigation he discovered proceeded from the engine -room, and from the feltusually placed between the boilers, which he found had been ignited by the port boiler being, in the absence of water, nearly red-hot. On interrogating Mr. Hand, the engineer 3 4 in charge, he, in excu se f or hi s neg l ect, sa id h e had dis covered the state of the boiler, but was so frightened . 36 that he did not kn ow h ow to act. Lieutenant Pasco, then, on ascertaining the extent of the damage, and ,„ finding it impossible to get it repaired at Madeira, de termined to put back, and on arriving at Devonport, represented the circumstances to the Commander-in '34 Chief, Admiral Sir D. Mil ne , B ar t., G.C.8 ., from which , 36 port he was ordered to Portsmouth. Mr. Frazer, the first engineer, and Mr. Wallace, the second master, corroborated the evidence of the com mander, and Mr. Lloyd, chief engineer of the factory at Woolwich, gave as his opinion that the damage sustained by the boilers was the result of careless ;l4 ness and neglect, and although the boilers were of the P 34 tubular prin c ipl e , th e y requ i re d no greater s kill i n their management than did the old ones. They could not be repaired in less than a month, and would cost from 300 L to 4001. .34 In his defence the prisoner called two witnesses, one of whom was an apprentice on board, who provednothing in extenuation. The Commander, however, and Mr. .14 Lloyd, gave therprisoner a good character both as to con -14 duct and qualifications: The Court found him Guilty, and adjudged— " That the prisoner be dismissed her Majesty's ser vice, and that he is forthwith dismissed accordingly." NARROW ESCAPE OF THE AME RICAN PRESIDENT. Although, as we have already remarked, and are happy on inquiry to.find, that no accident occurred at the funeral. last Saturday, that of the parties killed by th6 l Vxplbsion of the Princeton gun,• or, indeed, in m the course.of .the day,._ a _narrow: escape was expe ' rienced by th e P res id en t o f the United States, who, in returnin g f rom the COngress 'Burial Ground in a d 6 carriage, with his son, Mr. John Tyler, had his life !i jeopardied and saved in a manner almost providential. ! 1 It seems the horses attached to the carriage took fright, or started at the foot of the Capitol,. and 'li galloped off at a furious rate along Pennsylvania avenue, which at the time was crowded with froi w n ith the the funeral. utmost W hacks and vehiclei - of every description, and persons on hors e b ac k an d on f oot, returning ,34rapidity, hen it we saw a s s t e h d e carriageS eventh 'street, ev th as 'street, the dange r of its coming in collision with other ga ear ll r e i p a 7n e g s s a e t em th e e d to im p maintehneirt; but th e horses, although speed, fortunately were kept in a pretty straight course along our broad avenue, where there was room enough for other horses and carriages to get out of the way. - The horses in the President's carriage continued their course at full speed, notwithstanding .every eff or t o f the driver, assisted by . Mr. John Tyler, ju n ., to stop them: When the carriage reached a point o pp os i te Gallabrun's European Hotel, a coloured man for tunatelytho President, , Mt.' John Tyler, jun., and the driver succeeded in stopping. the horses, and thu s were most seasonably and happily rescued from' their perilous situation.—National Intellipncer. - • ,