The Sun. — London, England, 1847-11-20 00:00:00

TEt SUN, LON On SATURDAY EV ENING, NOY_F,M BER 2O, 1847. ONEY and COMMERCIAL NEW CITY, QUAI?TER TO THREE. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was very flat. Sales 3,500 bales, making 22,430 bales for the week. Railway Shares were not quite so good, but there was very little stock offering. The Bank of England return to the 13th inst. presents most satisfactory features. The Bank is now so far gaining strength, and has such a fair proportion of assets to liabilities, that there can no longer be any doubt of the expediency of reducing the rate of discounts. In deed the diminution of the " other securities" shows that trade will not flourish while money is so dear, and that as engagements run out, there will not be a renewal. The bullion is now steadily augmenting, and the national re ceipts look better under the head of public deposits, thanks, probably, to the pressing collection of taxes• The following are the features in the return : £22,848,375 421,845 3,610,979 29,732 5,991,765 1,000,452 8,312,171 492,224 Notes issued Increase Rest Increase Public deposits . Increase Other deposits Decrease Seven day and other bills Decrease 37,658 Government Securities 10,583,607 Decrease Other Securities 19,560,468 Decrease 359,447 Notes .... Increase . . 767,625 Bullion.. 9,258,520 Increase Active circulation ... Decrease 345,780 It is represented in a morning Comtemporary, that:the East India Company had applied to the directors of the Bank of England for the loan of 2,000,0001., and that 8 per cent. was demanded, which was demurred to. We are in a position to contradict the assertion, which originated, we are assured, in a stock-jobbing quarter, so that the market for Consols might be influenced. The General Steam Navigation Mail Packet arrived this morning from Hamburgh, bringing on freight 200,0004 in half Imperials (gold), on account of the Russian Government. It is stated that more is coming. The private accounts from the West Indies are most distressing. Bankruptcy appears to await the colony in its whole extent. Estates were put up for sale, but there were not any buyers to be found, and a degree of des pondency prevailed such as never was before witnessed. In the City this morning, we regret to learn that very serious apprehensions are entertained that one or two firms will be announced as bankrupt before the close of the day. Soon after the commencement of business in the Stock Market a party, Mr. John Williams, was declared a defaulter. The differences are calculated at about 20,0004 He was a Bear, and his account having to be bought in, the market for Consols was run up to 84i. Since, however, the prices have become flat at 84, the value being just now per cent. higher for the Account. Consols for Money have only fluctuated from 841- to 84f, the former being the nearest quotation now. The price upon Exchequer bills is at 3s. discount, and of India Bonds under 1,0001 at 20s. to 30s. discount. A single bargain has been made in Bank Stock at 188. In Portuguese Four per Cents. there has been a pur chase at 21e ; in Spanish Five per Cents. at 17 to 16* ; and in Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. at 54 to 541. The Rail way Share Market is not buoyant to-day. Purchases are made with hesitation, and prices very variable. cLOSING oNE S PRICES or BR ITISH FUNDS. O'cLOCK. PRICE Bank Stock . lBB **** 3 Per Cent. Reduced • Anns 82% 8314 82% 1 82 5 ,E 84 IA a mPer Cent. Consols A nnuities.. .. 84% l ie l is 84% ' , ow' 3!.4 per Cent. Anus B4 A 5 I l A i 234 India Stock 234 India Bonds, 1,000/. 30 dis Ditto under I,oow. .. 84% Consols for Account... ****** •-• ** 84 ;,,i A % 1 ../. 81 841 % Exchequer Bills. *** 3d. 1 dis 1,005000/1. ************ 2l d p is 2 p d a is r 3 1 dis 2 dis ************** ..•••• ••• •• par Small .................... ... CLOSING ONE PRICES PRICES OF FOREIGN • rIINDS. O'CLOCK 78% Braz;lian Bonds . 88 •• Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent.... - ..... —21 h Equador Bonds ... 2 1 / ................ 2 . • • • Portuguese 5 per Cents. ............ . 21% Ditto, 4 per Cent. .... 21% 16% Spanish 5 per Cent. 184 a b o ve 17 16% Dividends on the payable in London. 54% Dutch, VA per Cent., 12 Gtfild.... 54 543 PRICEs or RAILWAY SHARES. PAID, A.BTUSOINNEESADLOcNsE. CLOSING ENPlAberdeen 22% .............. and Eastern Junction 2 %.. Ayrshir e and Galloway.. B A Belfast & County Down 10 21 •••• . irmi n gham and Oa.- ..... . ...... f ord Junctio n " ........ 15 ...... Birmingham, 'Wolver hampton, and Dudley 10 ... .. 13% Birrn ing., 'Wolverlepton and Stour Valley... , 8 „ .. Bir kenhead, Lo ncashire, and Cheshire June.... 7 3 / 4 ...... Boston, Statnfil, & Birm. 5 ...... Bristol and Exeter ..... 75 ...... 62 3 / 4 62% Ditto, Thirds ......... 15 Caledßuckingha T; 0 shire ...... 10/. 48. . --- 4 .... •••" 2 3 / 4 dis onian ...... 50 - 1 ......... • .••• Ditto, Half Shares..... 3% ...... % 1 Ditto, Clydesdale June 50 • ...... Chester and Holyhead... 37%.,••„ ............ .• • Clare Ditto, Preference .. 8 .... ' ............ Do.nce ............... .... 78 4 .. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 ..... ...... ... Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 • ...... Do. Government Loan, 4 andent.. .......... 10 ..... -... _ DublißelfastJunc. 20 ...... -- ... Dundalk & Enniskillen 15 ...... East Anglia, 25L, L. Is E. and L. and D. —.. 25 • ...... ......... Do., 18L, E. & 1L... 18 ...... ... East Do., 3/. 10s., E. &H. 1 ...... 3/4% ern Counties ......... 20 ...... 16% 16 ...... Ditto, Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1. ...... 6/. 13s. • 4d... DDitto ditto, Nu. 2... 6/. • 135. 4d... ... Doo., York Extension.. 10 . .... 8 Do., North. & Eastern 50 ...... ......... ••—• -:- Do., Quarters ......... 12% — ......... ... .. ~ New ............. .23 Eastern Union 50 ...... - Ditto. Quarter Shares 12%...,,, ............... DDito, Third s ... 135. 4d ..... . ........ 0., (guar. 6 per cent) ...... ......... ..... East Lancashlre.l ..•. ........... Ditto. New .......... Ditto, New Quarters 3% ............ •• East Lincolnshire Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ..-- Ditto Half Shares ... 15 ...... — Ditto, •Quarter Shares 12% ...... Edinburgh & Northern.. 22% ..... Ditto, New ........ 2% — .... ........... Er Ditto, Newport..... ... 9 1 ,4 Ditto ditto, New . .... 2% .... eter:Yeovil, & Dorch. 2 % ...... .-• • • Ditto,.... 2 %...... Glesgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle ..............8d ..... Glasgow, Kilmer., & A); 50 ...... Ditto, 40 '- .._ Great S out h. and West. Do. P re f erence Consol. 12 %. ..... ...... Great Northern..,. 8 ..... ..._ (IDo., Lond on and York 2 • %.. ... ... 213/4 reland) ............... 85 ...... 2134.. ......... .. Great North of England..loo ...... ..... .......... . 1, Ditto, New 401, 5 ...... 55% .............. 55 A Ditto, New 301 ft Great We5tern............ 85 Ditto, % 5hare5........ 50 Ditto, 1 4 Shares ...... 15 Ditto, Fifths ............ 20 ..•• ••• Ditto, New 17L ..... -.. 7 .... % Huddersfield & Mulches. 22 ....... ..... .. ...... T •"' -- .. Ditto, Thirds ......... 7 Rull and Selby ............ 50 4814 .. ...... .... ........ .. Ditto, 14 Shares..,,, 12% . "'lpswic Bury St. Elin. 15 Do, """'••'••••• ... do., and Norwi c h 15 — Do, do, Extens.Scrip ... (late Camb. & Ely) 2% — ......... .. ... __ Lancaster and Carl i sle... 5 ° Ditto Thirds , Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 Ditto, ditto - Ditto % Shares . ... 38 1 ...... 16 3 1% Do. Quarter Shares... 14 / 2 Do. Fifths 6 ... Do, Si x t eenths 6% _% Do. Thirds (Reg.)....10/. 48. _— Do. Liverp. and Bury 34 Ditto 1 4 (late Hud dersfield and Sheff.) 33 Do.( Wakefield, Ponte fract. & Goole ...... 47% — *** ...... ..... Do. (W. Riding Union) 4/. 2s. Do. (Preston is Wyre) 25 — Do. % Shares (A) 9 . Ditto ditto (B) ... 1% 1 - 4 eds and Bradford .... 50 ...... Leicester and Bedford... 16s. Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 37% — ••••••••• Do., Branch % Shares 12 1 4.. ......... ''• ** Do.Newßranch(blue) 2% Do. Extension Do•N ew E xten (green) 2 %.• •••• . (pink ...... ) 3 2% 6 ..».. L eeds and Thi rs k ... 20 Ditto, New ............. 171,E — •.. ........ --- 110., Prefer., 6 per and 3%. Liverpool, Crosby and i. S outhport.— ... l'iverlx, anchst r & New . 2 castle Junction. . ...... 214-- ...... -• London and Bl ackwall..l6/. 13s. 4d. • --- ..... -- DoDo. New, No. 1 ...... 6 ...... Do. New, No. 2 .. 4/. 1.35. 4d.... • ............. . Extension- ... 14 ...... ••• London, Brighton '....,and South Coast, SO .. . ..... ............ .•• Do. Cont.ol. Eighths.. 30 De. Guarant. 5 per et. 9 De s 1.- - - let Con. 5 per ct. 60 - ...... ...... . .. ••• •••••• ..... ••• 111•••••••••• 99 j 2 60 48 lA. 10IA, 33 11% 6!4 19% London and Greenwich 12/ 15s 4d Ditto, Preference ... 18/ 1 ;is 2d London and N. Western 10:) 15 4 3A % Do.,Quarters L.& B. 17 Do., do., New Ditto Fifths .... 2 Do. !4 Shares (G. J.) 25 Do 40/. Shares( L. )15 Do. 40/. (M. & B.) ... 40 Do. 101. (111= & B.) A. 7% . .... Do. 10/. (M. & B.) B. 71 — Do. 101. al. & B.) C. 1 Loud. & S.Western 41/. &. 8d Do. New Consol. Bths 40 . Do. New 50/. ..... 32%.. 28% Do. Ne,‘ 401 26 . . Do. Tenths (Consul.) 50 Ditto ditto ........ 40 Ditto, Thirds Cl. 13s. 4d.... je dis. London, Salisbury, and Yeovil Londunderry&Culerain,- 27 1 / 12 . — -... Londonderry and Ennis killen .. 2 3 3 / 4...... Manclie , ter,Buxton.and Matlock: . Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire _IOO Do. Quarters (No. 1) 13 Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 9 5 Ditto ditto (No. 3)... Ditto and Grimsby-- 25 Ditto ditto . 7 ........, Ditto ditto Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire Manchest. & Southampt. 2 ...... 100 lO9 Do. Consolidated Pref.loo Do. 40/. Shares Do. 501. Shares . 10 Do. Birm., and Derhyloo Midland Consul. Brist. & Birming., 6 per cent.loo Midlud. Brist. &G 1 3 ...... - .. - locstr. 34 ...... Ditto, ditto 71.95. . •.,,. Midlnd, Leicest. & Swan- nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo ...... Midisnd Great Western Irish B5 Newcastleand Carlisle...loo ...... Do. Quarter ._ rs 50 ..... Newmrket&Chesterford 13% ..... Do. Extension .........21. 125.... Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford . 4 ...... Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry. Warrenpor— .., nt, and Rostrevcr . . 10 Norfolk Do. New 201. Do. Extension Do. Scrip, 1847, North of Norfolk 2 •.• ..... Do. do. Waven e y V a l. 2 - ..... .... Northern Counties Union 4 — North British ........ ... 25 ...... 2634 1 Do. Half Sharts 12%...... 11 3 / xi Do. Quarters 4 34 4 14 xi —..., Do. Extension -••••• Ditt ' Thirds 1 ...... ... ..... .• Nora Statiordshire 7% ...... . Nov n Wales North Western Oxford, Worce s ter. and Wolverhampton ...... 35 ..... 19 .... Reading, Guildford, and Reigate itovstcn and Ilitchin.... 1% — , , Scottish Central Scottish Midland Ditto, New lO — . . •• 3heflield, Rotherham, and Goole Shrewsbury and Birm... 6 Ditto ditto. Class B. 3 hrewsbury & Chester ( Nor. W. Mn.) Ditto Halves ... ditto 8 . — .. .. ....... Ditto Oswestry ... .. 12 --- Ditto New Shrewsbury and Ilerefd 2 ...... Shropshire Union south Devon 40 Do. Prefer e n ce -- ••.• • • South Staffordshire `oath Eastern & Dover. 33% 29 28% ...... Do., No. 1 26 D0., Nt .2. lio , N 0.3 .. ..... ...... :5 •••••• - Do.. No. 4 South Wales south Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole 2 Swans. & Loughor & Ca meron's Still. Coal. ... 4 Taw Vale Extension ... 4 Thames Ilaven Dock and Railway .... Vale of Neath 4 Waterford and Kilkenny 131,, — .. Waterford and Limerick 3i Waterld,Wxlrd,Wicklw, and Dublin West Cornwall 4 ... .. Whitehaven & Furness 11 Windsor, Staines, and South Western ..... ... 52s — ........ .... Wilts, Somerset,& IV ey mouth 3O — .. York, Newcastle, and Berwick. . .... 25 ..... Do. Original New and Berwick - ...... ~ Do. North Shields l'ur. 25 Do. Extensiox No. 1. 10 Do. do. No. 2......... 10 Do. G.N.L.Preference 8 ...... ... York and North Al idland 50 Ditto, Preference ...... 10 Du. East skit NV est Rid ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAY. Anglo. Belgian.... ^ 4 Balbadoes 1 Boulogne and Amiens... 20 Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) ... 14 29 1 ,4 _B3/4 11 1 ; 3 4: 55 1 4 42 1 , 2 2814 1 die. D• 41.0• • • ••• 109 Central of Spain ... .... 2 Ceylon Demerara 5 — Dendre Valley Direct Bombay and Madras Dutch Rhenish 7 East Indian ... Great Indian Peninsular ss. Great Southern of Madras ss. Great Western Bengal... ss. Great Western Canada... 3 1 4 ...... Italian and Austrian.... 4 ... .. — , Jamaica S.Mid. J unction 1 Louvain ala Sambre ... 6 ... • ...... ....... . Luxembourg 6 Lyons and Avignon Madras ...... 1 Madras. Nellore, and Arcot IA — Madrid and Valentia.... 2 ... .. Namur and Liege Northern of France....... 10 ..... Orleans and Bordeaux 6 Over I'm& 4l3s 4d Paris and Lyons ...... .. 10 Paris and Orleans 2O Paris and Rouen .. 20 Paris and Strasbourg 8 Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse ...... 18 ...... ... Strasbourg and Bal e ... 14 rours and Nantes ...... 8 'fournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt....... 16 West Flanders ...... ... 8 JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia London Joint Stock . _ —ock ...... 10 British North American 50 Colonial 25 Commercial of London 20 — Union of London... ...... 10 Union of Madrid 4O London & Westminster. 20 Provincial of Ireland ... 25 Dit to, New Ditto New. ... .. _.V ••• ..... ..•• ••• 13 National I'rov. lingland. 35 Ditto, New ...... .. ..... 10 -- National of Ireland 2O /2 •••• ........ ••• Union of A us t ra li a Anglo Mexi can l OO INES. ...... ' RGalvanized Iron ...... .. 10 ...... eal Del Monte, U nreg. ...... 31 , 4 ................. , 41% 81,4 ..... 118;2 ..... 2% •••• • 26' 1•041 11 3 / XI .0..0 4 %X1 19 1 4 6% 2, 1% 28% 30 3 / 4 13 1 4 n% - 75 % •• -- .• 15x 5% 354 - l'4 31 4 LLOYD'S SIIIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LGNDON, Nov. 20.—Wind S.S.W. , light airs, with dense fog. DEAL, Nov. 19.—Wind N.W., foggy.—Arrd. Richard Reynolds, Walker, Quebec, for Rochester. Sid. Lord Dalhousie, Calcutta. Arrd. from the river, :Robert Sayers, Syd ne y, N ew S out h Wales; Tullock Castle, Bombay; Kermaun Rutter, Bahia. DOVER ROADS, Nov. 19.—Arrd. Orion, Brazil, for Hamburg. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 19.—Wind W. to N.W.—Arrd. Constitution, Bretton, New York. Sld. Joseph Bushby, Bombay; Oregon, Valparaiso; Clymene, Cullas; River dale, New Orleans; Intrinsic, ditto; Henry Herbeck, New York; Britannia steamer, Halifax. Put back, M. Vincent, for St. Vincent with quarter damaged; Emma, Heyn, for Hamburgh, with loss of bowsprit, both having been in contact. Off port, Emilia, supposed from Rio Janeiro, Theresa Jane, Maranham ; Luna packet, Berlin. --- FALMOUTH, Nov. 19.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Snelheed, Gorter, Surinam, for Amsterdam, leaky, &c. HULL, Nov. 18.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Mary Caroline, St. John's; Win. Ward, Graven, Davis's Straits. 'J'RooN, Nov. 17.—Sld. Loathlank, Bombay; Citizen, Rio Janeiro. &CLYDE, NOV. 18.—Wind S.W.—Acrd. Elizabeth, Duckett, Quebec. Sid. Arab, Demerara; Abigail, New York ; Sarah Batsford, Honduras. BRIDLINGTON BAY, Nov. 19.—Jane, Quebec, for Shields. DUBLIN, Nov. 18.—Wind N.E.—Sld. Elizabeth, St. John's, New Brunswick. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 19.—The Concord, Wilson, coal laden, arrived here yesterday, took the ground and filled—dis.charged part of her cargo, &c., and was taken into the Camber. SHIELDS, Nov. 19.—The Vigilant has become a wreck —stores saved. SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 19.—Wind S.W.—Sid. Marion, Jamaica. STUDWELL ROADS, Nov. 14.—Arrd. Credo, Quebec. CLYDE, Nov. 18.—Wind S.W.—Sld. 16th, Trident, Demerara; 17th, Queen of Isles, Lima. Hula., Nov. 19 —Willi W.S.W.—SId. Helena, Val paraiso; Meranham, New Orleans; John de Wolf, St. John's. LYNN, Nov. 18.—The following vessels are on shore La the Channel :—The Baltimore, from Memel ; Whirr, 8 ! Howard, from Richebucto ; Sitrepta and Helene, from llartlepool. YARMOUTH, Nov. 19.—The Arms, Shields to Lon don, was abandon( d in the Roads last night, with the water up to the cabin deck. The Bilton, Odessa to Leith, was assisted into the Roads to-day leaky, and with pumps choked. MARKET NEWS.—(THIS I)AY.) COVENT-GARDEN. Potatoes, 5s to 7s per cwt.; Apples, is to 2s 9d; and Pears, 2s 6d to 6s per half-sieve ; Walnuts, 6d to is per hundred; Greens, is 9d to 2s 6d ; Turnips, 2s to 2s 6d; Leeks, is 6d to is 9d ; Onions, is 6d to 2s 3d; and Carrots, 3s to 5s per dozen bunches ; Red Cabbages, 2s 3d to 5s 6d; Savoy ditto, 9d to Is ; and Cauliflowers, 2s 6d to 3s per dozen; Pine Apples, 5s to 9s each; Celery, 9d to Is 6d; Horse-radish, Is 9d to 4s ; and Brocoli 9d to is 3d per bundle; Mush rooms, 9d to is 6d per basket; Hothouse Grapes, 2s 6d to 4s; Filberts, 4d to Bd, and Cob. nuts, 6d to 8d per lb ; Spinach, 2s 2d to 3s 3d per sieve. NEW GATE AND I.EADENEIAX.X.. Each kind of Meat moved off readily at very full prices. Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 8d; Veal, 3s 10d to 4s 10d; and Pork, 4s to 5s 2d per Bibs by the carcase. Geese, 4s ed to 7s 6d; Fowls, 2s 3d to 4s 6d ; Chickens, is 9d to 2s ; Ducks, Is Gd to 2s 6d; Rabbits, 8d to is 2d; Leverets, 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; Grouse, Is to is 6d ; Partridges, is 3d to is f d ; Pheasants, 3s to 4s ; and Pigeons, 8d to 10d each. Fresh Butter, lld to Is 4d per lb. NEWPORT. Beef, from 3s to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; Veal, 4s to ss; and Pork, 4s to 5s 4d per Blbs. WUITECHAPEL. _ _ _ Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s ; Mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 8d; Veal, 3s 10d to 4s 10d ; and Pork, 4s to 5s 2d per 81bs. HIINGERFORD. We had a very steady general Temand here to-day, and the quotations had an upward tendency. PROPERTY AND INCOME TAXES. . _ (From the Progress of America, by John Macgregor, Esq., M.P.) These never have been, nor are they likely to be, taxes agreeable to the people :—especially the tax upon incomes not derived from realised property, that is, the tax on trades and professions. But when we have, from ordinary sources, a deficient revenue, we are bound to resort to extraordinary means, and we shall always d o so , i n or d er to maintain the national honour, credit, and dignity. If a house tax, alone, would meet the deficient ex penditure, after the abolition of the unsound, and inquisitorial, taxes we have enumerated under the heads of excise, customs, taxes, and stamps, we would prefer, infinitely, to discountenance rather than to have any recourse to, an income and property tax. But it is clear th at t h e demand upon the t reasur y, t o meet the expe n dit ure, w ill not, for some per mit the abandonment of the property tax. The next considerarion is, can we render it more equitable, and less inquisitorial ? We are convinced that this can be effected. years, The Income-tax collected in the year ending the sth of April, 1843 : ENGLAND AND WALES. Income. Tax Schedule A, lands, tenements, &c., in respect of the pro perty thereof ... £73,728,429 £2,150,412 Schedule B, lands, &c., in respect of the occupancy thereof ... 486,606 29t, Schedule C, annuities, divi dends, &c. ... 27,873,691 812,983 Schedule D, profits or gains... 50,296,645 1,466,985 Schedule E, public officers,&c. 8,936,831 260,657 .. 20,486,606 298,763 WEST INDIA MAIL. The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company's ship Dee arrived yesterday at Southampton, bringing the West India mails of the following dates : —St. Jago de Cuba Oct 21st, Jamaica 24th, Hayti 26th, Demerara 20th, Tobago and Trinidad 22d, Barbadoes 24th, Grenada, St. Vincent's, and St. Lucia, 26th, Mar tinique, Dominique, and Guadaloupe, 27th, Antigua, Montserrat, and St. Kitt's, 28th, St. Thomas's 31st, and Fayal Nov. 12th. The Dee has on freight 4,000 dollars on account of the Royal Mail Company, 216 ounces of gold dust, 2,900 dollars on account of British merchants, and a general cargo ; 998 bags and 22 barrels of pimento; 86 bales of sarsaparilla; 19 tierces, 37 barrels and 16 bags of coffee; 13 barrels of ginger, and sundries, She brings accounts of a terrible hurricane which took place on the 11th of October at Tobago, an account of which will be found in another column. A great portion of the houses was destroyed, and the shipping suffered considerably. The Pantaloon arrived with yellow fever; 12 deaths. The Jamaica legislative session was opened on the 19th instant in a long speech by the Governor, which is generally commented upon in terms of satisfaction by the Jamaica journals. His Excellency cautiously abstains from pledging the Government to any spe cific measures, but holds out hopes that something effectual will be done to relieve the depressed state of the colony. 4it is incredible that they should much longer abstain from combining sincerely in methods calculated to put an end to so great a reproach, scandql, and crime. /t is shameful that after such treaties it should have con tinued so long; but it would be still more shameful for foreign states either to acknowledge that they do not wish their treaties to take effect, or to pretend that it is beyond the power of the whole civilised world to give them effect. The introduction and establish ment by united Christendom of peace, order, law, a just and free commerce, and a pure religion on the coast of Africa, would abate this enormous atrocity, and would gradually bring that teeming population into a condition to estimate the advantages within their reach ; and it would then r es t on l y w ith t h e p l anters of each colony respectively on this side of the Atlan tic, by improving the condition of the labouring class, and by making it a thoroughly happy one, to attract in swarms to their shores a people of labourers, who have always been regarded as the most effective and best adapted for the agriculture of the An tilles. When I plainly avow to you that the two modes of relief which I have indicated, and, per haps, some relaxation of the navigation laws, are the only ones in which I can at present perceive any rea sonable hope of your having the assistance of the Imperial Parliament, it nevertheless seems to me that you not only ought not to despair, but that you have the strongest incentives to apply your own legislative powers to the people, the soil, the products, the agri culture, the manufactures, and the trade and the commerce of the island. " Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the Assembly, "The most obviously important of the subjects which annually demand the consideration of the Legislature, namely, the revenue, is one which more peculiarly belongs to you, and upon this occasion I believe that a considerable falling off in the product of the import duties below the amount of the preced ing year, though not perhaps below the estimate for the present year, calls for an early and careful exami nation as a means of obtaining accurate and valuable details illustrative of the working of the present tariff, and which may be available in the formation of an improved one. It will not escape your observation, that the assent of the Crown to the repeal of the dif ferential duties, which were collected under an Act of the Imperial Parliament, has surrendered into your hands a permanent annual revenue of more than five and-twenty thousand pounds, and merged it in the import duties imposed by the island Legislatures, which have hitherto been voted only from year to year. I make no secret of my having called the at tention of her Majesty's Government to this circum stance." The remainder of his Excellency's speech referred :o local matters. Instead of referring to a Committee for an Address in reply to the Governor's Speech, the following re solutions were adopted by the House : " Resolved, That in the present fearful crisis in the affairs of this colony, involving the speedy anni hilation of its great staples, it now only remains for the House to make a last and earnest appeal to her Majesty's Government and the Parliament of Great Britain to adopt such measures for the relief of the colony, by the remission of the duties on colonial produce or otherwise, as may, by sustaining the value of private property, enable the island to support its public institutions and maintain faith with the public creditor. " Resolved, That this House is ready to provide for the contingencies of the island to the 30th Decem ber, 1848, in the fervent hope that ere the termination of that period the case of the island will have been considered and ample relief granted by the Imperial Parliament, with whom alone rests the power of res cuing from destruction this once valuable colony. " Resolved, That viewing the present state of the island, this House cannot with propriety proceed to the consideration of any measure involving the further expenditure of the public money." At a meeting of the Jamaica Chamber of Com merce, on the 19th inst., a series of resolutions were adopted, of which the principal are as follows: " That this Chamber does not desire to charge the present or any former Ministry with a wilful desire to neglect this colony, or to devise measures detrimen tal to its interests, but it unhesitatingly declares be fore the world that successive Governments have, by a mistaken policy, emanating from the Colonial-office, brought this colony to a state of utter ruin. That as an integral member of the empire, Jamaica is entitled to an equal participation in the advantages enjoyed by the United Kingdom itself, as far as the inherent difference between the circumstances of each may admit. " That as corn and sugar are admitted to be articles of food of the first necessity, and as corn is admitted into the United Kingdom duty free, so could our sugars be admitted duty free also. " That if loans of money to landed proprietors in the United Kingdom, for the purposes of draining, and improving agriculture, are considered necessary, so ought the same advantages to be granted to this island." AWFUL HURRICANE AT TOBAGO. On the night of the 11th of October the island of Tobago was visited by one of the severest and most desolating hurricanes that has occurred within the memory of the oldest inhabitant. During that day heavy clouds were seen gathering to the west and north, and towards the evening the wind blew fresh from the latter quarter. These symptoms of an approaching hurricane seemed to create little or no apprehension in the minds of the inhabitants, because Tobago had since 1780 suffered but to a trifling ex tent from such a cause, and therefore they may truly be said to have been in many respects quite unpre pared for such a short but fearful display of Omnipo tent power. The night of the 11th of October will be long remembered in the annals of Tobago. The day, which was unusually sultry, oppressive, and lowering, was succeeded in the latter part of the evening by indications of heavy rains from the west ward, and towards nine o'clock by slight gusts of wind, which, although evidencing the approach of a stormy night, was viewed with little alarm. By ten o'clock the heaviest sleeper was roused by the dread ful truth, that a hurricane of the severest kind was ravaging the district. A severe earthquake is said to have preceded the first outbreak, nor can it be doubted, after the proofs around us. The wind at first appeared to blow from the west by north, accompanied by heavy rain and lightning, veered towards the south afterwards, and previous to the terminatiint of those dreadful hours of anxiety, blew again wills increased violence from the north and east, till one A.M. of the morning of the 12th. Continuing to rage with such fury for three hours, considerable damage was expected to be done, but the desolation and devastating effects produced by it are ;beyond description. High and low, rich and poor, have alike expe r i ence d i ts fearful influence, and been made to acknowledge the power of that Being " who maketh the clouds his chariot, and who walketh upon the wings of the wind." The lightning was vivid in the extreme, and incessant in its fearful bril liancy. No accidents appear to have taken place in this quarter, although several lives are stated to have fallen a sacrifice to its prey—viz., one at Cove, two at Milford, one at Gold en G rove , an d one at kont gomery. The morning of Tuesday presented a scene of de struction in every quarter to which the eye was directed, accompanied by the too powerful proofs of its severity being general, in the crowds of hapless beings passing along the roads with their little all saved from the wreck of their buildings, and in search of a covering for themselves and families. The once smiling face of the country, dotted with the cottages and gardens of the labourers, the fruits of bygone earnings, were swept to the four winds of heaven, and no protoction left them but the hill side or the ravine, till the morning broke. The dwelling-houses on estates generally have suffered terribly. Some are entirely swept away, and their inhabitants at the present moment obliged to resort for shelter to any field which offers a present protection against the elements, and, it is to be feared, with little prospect of having such dwellings again raised. Trees, the growth of many, many years, which withstood the violence of all preceding hurricanes, have been bent and twisted like willow wands, and present themselves denuded of foliage, stripped oitheir branches, and in many instances torn up by the roots and cast to a distance. The canes which, during the eventful day, looked healthy and luxuriant, have been in every case pros trated, as if a destroying torrent of water had passed over them, and torn their leaves into shreds. Those most advanced have suffered most severely, we fear, in several cases, irremediably. The less ad. vanced plants presents more encouraging appear ance, but afford no hopes that they will fully recover from their effects. Confident hopes are indulged in by some that the oldest plants may yet recov e r, b u t t h e forebodings of the many tend to destroy the supposition ; nor can it be concealed, whilst numbers are_ co mpletely up rooted and many prostr a t e , that others are more or less injured. The destruction of sugar works, &c.,is so wid e spreadiand general, and the means of rest or i ng them so doubtful, a s t o cast a general g loom over the com munity. Wheresoever buildings have escaped from the fury of the tempest, they have been obli ge d t o be used for th e houseless s urers on the es t a t es and d neighbourh oo d , w hi lst the welling-houses left stand ing have been similarly a ppropriated. I fear no very favourable account ca n b e g i ven o f the provisi on grounds. The corn is laid flat; cassada and yams much shaken, and in too many cases rooted u p. Plantains have been quite destroyed ; sweet po tatoes have suffered least of all. We are unabled to state on undoubted au thorit y, that throughout the island, 30 great houses(or ma nagers' houses) are compl e t e ly d es t ro y e d ; ditto, ditto, severely injured • 26 works completely de _ _ BILLINGSGATE. Full average supplies of fish were ;; offer to-day; yet the demand was tolerably steady, at but little variation in prices. BREAD. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the metropolis are from 7d to lid; of Household ditto, sid to bid per 4lbs loaf. HIDE MARILET. Market Hides, 561 b to 641 b, 3d per lb; ditto, 641 b to 721 b, 3d to 31d; ditto, 721 b to 801 b, 3d to 34d; ditto, 801 b to 881 b, 32d to 4d; ditto, 881 b to 961 b, 4d4 to 4 d ; ditto, 961 b to 1041 b, 44d to sd; Calf. Skins (each), 4s 6d to 6s 6d; Horn Hides, las; Polled Sheep, 4: 2d to 4s 10d ; Kent and Half-breds, 3s to 4s 2d ; Downs, 2s 9d to 3s 6d. NAT MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.— Meadow Hay, .21 lOs to 31 12s 6d ; Clover ditto, 31 lOs to 41 15s; and Straw, 1/ 5s to 1/10s per load. A moderate supply, and a sluggish demand• CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 2112 s to 31 15s ; Clover ditto, 31 10s to 4/ 12s ; and Straw, 1/ 6s to 11 lls per load. Trade somewhat steady, at full prices. WHITECHAPEL.— Meadow Hay, 2/ lOs to 3/ 14s ; Clover ditto, 31 lOs to 41 17s; and Straw, 114 s to 11 lOs per load. Supply good, and trade rather dull. COAL MARKS' Adair's Main ...... 16s 6d Buddle's W. Hartley 19s Od Davison'sWest Hartley 19s Od Hedley's Hartley Hasting's Hartley lBs 9d Holywell Main ..... 18s 9d New Tanfield ...... 16s 6d Ord's Redheugh South Peareth Stewart's Hartley Tanfield Moor .... 7s 9d Tanfield Moor Butes l6s 9d Townley Tees Tanfield l6s 6d West Wylam Walbottle Hartley , 18s Od Wylam Wall's End, &c Bell and Brawn 2os 3d Bewicke and Co 2os 3d Clennell lBs 9d Gosforth.. Hedley .......... .. 20s 3d Hebburn Killingworth 2os 3d Eden Main, 2os 6d Bell Belmont 2os 9d Braddyll's Hetton 21s Od 159 arrival! :T. - YESTERDAY. East Hetton Haswell 2ls 3d Hetton .., 2ls Od Keepier Larnbton Leasingthorne Murton Russell's Hetton Shotten Stewart's Scarborough Hudson's Hartlepool 203 6d Kelloe Adelaide Tees Brown's Deanery 2os 3d Richardson's Tees 2os Od South Durham 2os 6d Seymour Tees ...... Tees ...... .......... West Hetton 2os 6d Whitworth lBs 3d Blaengwaur Steam Cleveland Coke 24s Od Cowpen Hartley Derwentwattr Hartley 18s 6d W. Hartley Netherton 19s Od Snapethorpe Sidney's Hartley Elgin s-142 sold. ADELPHI THEATRE. The last work of the late Mr. IL B. Peake has been produced at this theatre in a style which testi fies greatly to the kindness and liberality of the management. The plot of this piece, which is called Gabrielli, is somewhat novel. A young ardent Irish man (Boyce) on his Italian travels falls in love with a prima donna (Madame Celeste), and in a fit of en thusiasm bequeaths her his heart, with a penalty of 10,0001., in case his family should. refuse the legacy. He is afterwards killed in a duel by a gentleman who has spoken slightingly of his blood, and the will being in the hands of a sharp Italian lawyer (O. Smith), the family in Ireland is plunged into great distress, for the Italian uses the will as an instrument of oppression, and would force the sister of the deceased gentleman to a marriage against her inclinations. The appearance in Ireland of the prima donna, who has come to visit her lover's tomb, and who refuses to receive any benefit from the will, relieves the family from its embarrassment. All pos sible pains have been taken to pay respect to the memory of the author, and while the drama has been put upon the stage in a very beautiful manner, it has been supported, notwithstanding the trivial nature of the characters, by the whole strength of the company, including, besides the performers named, Mrs. Yates, Miss Woolgar ;Wright, Paul Bedford, Mr. M un y ar d and Mrs. F. Matthews. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, FRIDAY.—The Queen and :Prince Albert took their accustomed early walk. Their Royal Highnesss the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, took walking and pony exercise in the Little Park to-day. Her Royal Highness the Princess Helena was also taken an airing. Prince Albert rode out on horseback this forenoon, attended by his Royal Highness's Equerry in waiting. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and the Princess Mary, accompanied by his Serene Highness Prince Frederick of Hesse, and at tended by Baroness Hammerstein, and Mr. Edmond Mildmay, took their departure from the Castle this morning. . The Marquis of Anglesey and the Right Hon. Sir George and Lady Grey left the Castle to-day. The Royal dinner party at the Castle this evening in cluded her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de Speth, Lord and Lady Ashley, Rev. Dr. Phelps, Colonel Wylde, and Sir George Couper. The band of the Grenadier Guards were in attend ance during dinner. Her Majesty's private Band after wards attended. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary, accompanied by his Serene Highness Prince Frederick of Hesse, and attended by Barones. Hammerstein, arrived at their residence at Kew yesterday from Windsor Castle. HiN Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge arrived at Cambridge House yesterday from Windsor Castle. A Cabinet Council was held at half-past two o'clock yesterday afternoon at the Foreign Office. It was at tended by Lord John Russell, the Marquis of Lans downe, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Auckland, Sir John Hobhouse, Lord Campbell, the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, Viscount Morpeth, and the Right lion. T. B. Macaulay. The Council sat three hours. Mr. James Heywood had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday, at the Home Office. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a general meeting on Thursday, at their Office, in White hall-place, Di►patches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial Office, for the Governor of Hong Kong. Sir George Grey returned to town yesterday from a visit to the Queen, at Windsor Castle. RAILWAY RETURNS ItaltwAr TRAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made. together with the receipts Of the same week in the previous year:— Week ending Last week. -.. Pia g?- 1 :z.g Total .. ... 181,322,202 4,989,800 SCOTLAND. 9,284,383 Schedule A ... ... Produce o f tax ; in Scot land on all the schedules ... 394,324 9,284,3831. at 7d. in the pound, should produce 270,7941., leaving for the remaining four schedules 123 , 5 301 , =394,3241., which sum, collected at the same rate as those four schedules produced in England, indicates an income of 4,680,9591., show ing the total income of Scotland to be 13,965,342/., and of Great Britain 195,287,5441., exclusive of incomes under 150/. Ia 1801, the assessments for England, in cluding incomes above 150/. amounted to £74,676,894 If The income from assessments un der 150 L per annum, and not under 601. amounted to ... 18,105,240 Difference being incomes above 1501. per annum ... 56,571,654 Now, if 56,571,654/. : 18,105,240/. :: 195,287,544/. : 62,499,8311., and if the income is under 1504 and above 601., from all the schedules be, in 1845, in the same proportion to those above 1501. as in 1801 (and there is no reason that they should not), then the total income of Great Britain, in 1845, should amount to 257,787,3751. We consider that of this amount 200,000,0001. may be estimated as the rent s and profits of all realised property,: viz., the rents and profits of all lands, tenements, houses, constructions, funds, stocks, and shares : inc luding factori es , ware houses, docks, shipyards, railways, canals, public funds, Bank of England stock, East India and South Sea stock, and the stock and shares of all companies whose stocks and shares are bought and sold in the market. PRO FORMA FINANCIAL SCHEME. Having analysed the present system of taxation, we would propose the following simplification of the taxes upon the more sound principles which we con sider practicable. Pro Forma View of equalising the Annual Revenue and Expenditure, presuming that the Excise and Assessed Taxes, and the Stamps on Marine and Fire Assurances, and also the Duties of Customs (except on eight articles) should be abolished, and adding Distilled Spirits and Malt, now under the Excise, to the Customs, and Excise Licenses to the Stamps : abolishing all other of the Assessed Taxes, and the whole Excise Establishment. First. Assuming the total annual expen diture not to exceed £50,000,000 Revenue, necessary to meet this expen diture, to be raised as follows: — I. From uniform duties on (1) Tea; (2) Sugar and Molasses; (3) Coffee and Cocoa; (4) Tobacco; (5) Distilled Spirits ; (6) Wines ; (7) Dried Fruits; (8) Spices £21,500,000 11. Rome Distilled Spirits £5,000,0001 Malt, whether 1 31,500,000 made at home 5,000, 000 10,000,000 or imported from abroad [II. Stamps, leaving out Marine and Fire Insurances, and including Licenses now under the Excise 7,500,000 [V. Unredeemed land-tax Deficit to be provided for during the first year 9,800,000 £50,000,000 This deficit to be levied, not by doubling, or rather more than doubling, the present income-tax, but by the less inquisitorial and more direct and equitable plan of an annual assessment, in the pound, upon the annual value of all realised property. And surely 11,000,0001., including the unredeemed land-tax, out of 50,000,000 1 . of total taxation, forms but a small proportion of the total sum to be levied directly. But if we may form an estimate, founded on the expe rience of the past, the ordinary sources of revenue would annually increase; and the amount of direct taxation would be proportionably diminished, at least so long as peace shall continue. Finally, the direct taxation necessary would, we believe, not embrace more than the unredeemed land-tax and a house-tax, equal to the present window and other assessed taxes proposed to be abolished. We could also show that the customs, including the security and collection of the duties on malt and spirits, now under the excise, might be conducted at less expense than at present; and that, at all events, an amount of expense equal to that of the whole pre sent excise establishment might be saved to the country. _ We Could also equitably modify the stamp duties, so as to produce a much greater revenue. The inte rest on Exchequer-bill s m i g ht a l so b e saved, as in Prussia, by the Exchequer-bill Office isuing paper, not bearing interest, but being at all times a legal tender, as much so as Bank of England notes are now. In our pro forma view of fiscal reform we have stated the deficit to be provided for during the first year at 9,800,000/., or nearly five per cent. on the annual rents and profits of all realised property. As we object to the p resen t assesse d taxes , and especially to the window-tax, which ought to have been re pealed simultaneously with i l he excise upon glass, we do not see how we can diminish the amount of our proposed property-tax ; except, 1. By substituting an additional tax on houses, in lieu of the window-tax. But this substitution, though very far less objectionable than the window tax, would, if we are to have a property-tax at all, be, however, a tax on houses greater than on other property. 2. By continuing other, though objectionable, duties. Timber is a raw material which, next to the essential food of man, ought to be a dmitted free from duty. But if the wisdom of Parliament will continue the timber duties, why not adjust these duties upon pure fiscal principles ? The duties on foreign and colonial timber have yielded a revenue of 1,691,3291. In 1844, by reducing the duties on colonial timber to ls. per load, which scarcely pays the expense of collection, the revenue from timber of all kinds, in cluding deals, amounted to less than 1,000,0004. If we should persevere in continuing the timber duties, we should modify them to about the following pro portions, viz., a duty of ss. per load on white pine timber from the colonies, and of 15s. upon the more valuable fir timber of the north of Europe ; and upon deals, &c., in proportion. We take these two duties o,a tndcethd an ee ars de The a aisrthti i oo c fiscally, but not on any other p r i nc i p l e. B y t h ese low scales, with a proportion a t e hi g h er d uty on dea l s as a semi-manufactured arti c l e , we m i g h t l evy one million annually of revenue fr om ti m b er. E xclusive of revenue from corn, the duty on i n o butecr, realise, n e yielding any revenue, and that are not to be abo lished, ar e from copper ore, about 65000/, from tallow, a b ou t 175,000/. Neith er o f the y duties for d revenueef ri b f o r rm o e d we et t i h e m e s s e go nh s t c h so o ar u vn l andbe t u n rl ee l a ids all be aboli s h e d. revenue, as follows, via. : 1. Sa ve . In d t u er t e ie s s t , a ofnurtEhearchseuqraueorfib. . duo 2. Reali se . F rom timber ....... " " """• 500,000 From equ a li sa ti on of ** L' u ; * 1,000,000 .... 1,000,000 C 2,500,000 This modification of our fi xe d scheme would re duce the property-tax from 9 , 8 00,000/, to somewhat under 7,000,0004 sr to scarc e l y t h ree-and-a•half per cent. on all realised proporty without distinction. Mdlle. Carlotta Grisi was yesterday cited before the Civil Tribunal of the Seine by M. Benelli, a theatri cal agent, mho demanded from her th e sum of 1,250 f. for his commission, forhaving negotiat e d an engagement for her at a theatre at Rome, whereby she realised 241,000 f. by twenty-five nights' performances in the month of January last. In support of his demand, his advocate produced letters written by the director of the theatre and Mdlle. Grisi ; but her advocate contended that the plaintiff had nothing to do with her engage ment, and said that it was not the usage of the profes sion for premiers sujets like her . to employ theatrical agents. The Tribunal, taking this view, rejected M. Benelli's demand, and condemned him to pay the costs, NAME OF RAILWAY. Nov. 14 13 12 11 16 Amiens and Boulogne . .• ............ Arbroath and Forfar ....• •......... Chester and Birkenhead ... • • ........ Dublin and Drogheda.. ......... Dublin and Kingstown .....• ...... • • Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Edinburgh and Glasgow. ........ Eastern Counties and North Eastern •• East Lancashire .. ...... ............ Eastern Union ............., ........ Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr ...... Glasgow and Greenock.. ....... - Great Southern and Western .• Great Western, &c • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Kendal and Windermere. • .... •• • • • Lancashire and Yorkshire.. ..... • • • • • Lancaster and Carlisle • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Londonderry and London and North Western, &c...... London and Blackwall • • • • • • • • • • • • • • London and Brighton . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • London and South Western . • • • • • • • • Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Maryport and Carlisle •• .. Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham.... Midland Great Western (Irish) • • .... Newcastle and Carlisle • • • ..... Norfolk.... North British .................... Paris and Rouen • .......• Preston and Wyre ....... ...... Rouen and Havre ..... ....• • Shrewsbury and Chester ...... South Eastern and Branches •. South Devoq ..... ...„ „„ „ Taff Vale ........ •• „ „ Whitehaven Junction ..... • • ...... York and Newcastle . ................ York and North Midland • ...... • b 76 233 692 778 692 3,756 10,650 937 1,123 2,611 1,024 1,767 16,9116 - 127 8,816 1,212 112 35,395 751 8,219 7,198 2,114 652 19,283 1,004 2,208 1,819 2 289 6,784 517 70s 696 286 2,837 8,656 408 2.154 955 16,704 8,681 2,633 551 8,470 1,187 1,832 36,654 793 7,026 6,042 1,887 583 16,793 2,33$ 1,556 1,349 5,791 7,141 639 1,036 777 187 11,056 7,178 5,342 6,23 G ILLNESS OF THE BISHOP OF LONDON.—We regret to hear that the Bishop of London is undoubtedly in a dangerous state.—Church and ,State Gazette. SPEECH OF THE GOVERNOR. After a few words on the reasons for meeting as early as possible, his Excellency turned at once to the absorbing question of the day : " Gentlemen," he said, "in proportion to the weight of circumstances which you feel to be press ing on you your deliberations ought to be grave ; your resolutions such as will bear the criterion of public opinion in other places than Jamaica; and such as you may be sure will obtain for you every where the support of the wise and good. Preludes, which indicate unreasonable purposes, raise obstruc tions in the path of those who indulge in them, and no one is blamed for closing a conference with him who asks what is plainly impossible to grant. But I have seen nothing which makes me fear the existence of a disposition on the part of her Majesty's Govern ment to turn a deaf ear to any who address them in the language of reason, or to fix themselves before. hand in a rigid posture of denial against temperate claims. An attempt to re-establish the principle of protection, or to renew generally the practice of making the prices of commodities artificially high to the British people by the exclusion of foreign ff st ort sin cerelyand be lieve several legislative measures have now passed into laws, all produce u would cefrom be the an ut intearlrykehtsOpelles ms founded on the opposite principle, •which are so con nected with each other, that it seems to be an equally vain expectation that any of them could be repealed without repealing the others. Prohibitory duties could not be re-imposed upon foreign sugar without im posing them also on foreign corn. The battle of the corn-laws must be fought over again in the United Kingdom, and gained by the party who lost it, before you could succeed in having your sugar protected by a prohibition of foreign sugar. But if I have rightly comprehended the policy on which the system of free trade is founded, and which has led to the open aban donment of protective systems, the planters of Jamaica have no reason to fear that they are permanently con demned to remain exactly in the same commercial rela tions in which they now stand to the mother country. The grand and fundamental changes of commercial policy which have recently taken place seem to involve minor changes, and to make it impossible that some further revisions of the import duties of the United Kingdom should not be pet mitted for the purpose of making adjustments that will give fair play to all par ties. Without such examination, duties might in some instances remain so high as to be destructive not only of the interests of the planters, but equally so of the trade and revenue of the United Kingdom ; and no effort, as it seems to me, can be more legitimate than that Jamaica should use its best endeavours to have justice done to itself in the progress of the in quiries that are sure to be made ; nor do I hesitate to declare that, to the extent I am ab Jilt to explain, you have, in my opinion, a strong and sacred case to bring forward. On the 20th August, 1844, the declared average price of West India muscovado sugar, exclu sive of the import duty, was 325. 4id.; and in March, 1845, when the first distinct measures for the intro duction of foreign sugar were carried by the Minister of that day, the duty on colonial muscovado was re duced from 245. to 14s. the cwt., and sugar from foreign countries, in which slavery did not exist, was admitted at a duty of 235. 4d., instead of the former prohibitory duty. In August, 1846, the dis tinction between foreign sugar the produce of slave labour, and foreign sugar the produce of free labour, was done away with ; and all foreign sugar was ad mitted at a duty for the ensuing ten months of 215., which moreover is gradually to decrease until, in 1851, foreign sugar and colonial sugar are to be ad mitted at the same rate of duty ; but when this fur ther encouragement was given to the importation of foreign sugar, permission was given for the use of sugar in the British distilleries which had previously been excluded from them, and changes were made in the duties on rum in favour of the colonial distiller, and for the purpose of putting him on an equal foot ing of advantage with the British distiller. Nothing can be more certain than that these reductions of duty on colonial sugar in 1845 and on colonial rum in 1846 were intended to operate in the way of com pensation for the fall in the price of sugar expected to be produced by the competition of foreigners, and that the permission for the use of sugar in distilleries was meant in some degree to moderate that fall. I can scarcely imagine indeed that it entered into the plans of the Government at either epoch to leave the situation of the British sugar planter permanently worse than it had already become, and for that reason I incline strongly to the supposition that it was hoped these compensa tions would be complete equivalents. But what has been the result ? The average price of August, 1844, exclusive of duty, namely, 325. 41d. with the addi tion of 345. duty, constituted a London market price of 565. 4id., but the average prices of similar sugar, exclusive of duty on the 28th of last August, was only 255. sfd., which, with the reduced duty of 145., gives a London market price of only 395. Sid. So that whilst there has been a reduction of 10s. duty in West India muscovado, it has sustained a fall of price in the English market of 16s. 1 ld. the cwt , or, . . . setting aside the duty, of more than 6/. sterling per ton. Against the apparent and grievous loss, how- ever, which would be consequent on so sudden a fall, the Jamaica proprietor and planter ought to set off the advantage he derives from the reduction in the duties of rum; and a part of the apparent fall in price ought, no doubt, to be rather called a rise in the exchangeable value of cash, and to be attributed to the extraordinary pressure of money in Lon don, which it may be hoped will not be of a perma nent duration. But to whatever extent the real fall of price has exceeded the aggregate value of the reduction of the duties on sugar and rum, I freely declare my opinion that you have a strong claim to relief by a further reduction of duty, if the finances of England can sustain it; as far as I am capable of forming a judgment, such relief would indirectly be advantageous even to the English revenue, derivable from the import of sugar ; and on the other hand would be effectual for the purpose of at least. neu tralizing the effects of competition, and of placing the sugar planter in as good a position as that in which he stood three years ago. I wish, with all my heart, you could be placed in a much better one ; but we must look to What is practicable, and after a careful and painstaking examination of the circum stances in which you stand, and taking these in con nexion with the considerations of awful importance which are implicated with the fi nances of the United . . Kingdom, on which it is not too much to say that the peace and salvation of the world depends, I cannot, . . . at present, extend any hopes for your obtaining direct relief from the Imperial Parliament beyond the limit I have pointed out. I have, indeed, no instructions or authority from her Majesty's Government on which I am en titled to hold out an expectation even of that relief; nor can I pretend to be so well acquainted with the finances of the United Kingdom as to be capable of forming a confident judgment whether any further reduction of duties on sugar may be conceded; but some indications of large and unexpected increases in the British revenue encourage a not unreasonable hope that such may possibly be the case, and I am at all events convinced that here is the strong point of your case, and that if you are to be relieved at all it is in this way, and on the grounds which I have stated, that there is the greatest likelihood of its being done." Reverting, then, to the question of labour, his Excellency continued :—" Of obtaining any early and effectual supply of additional labour by means of immigration, and to such an extent as to work any general improvement in the state of the island, I cannot honestly say that I entertain much expecta tion. All persons here, I believe, are convinced that the importation of coolies from the East Indies is too costly, and that the numbers of these people whom you could afford to bring from the other side of the globe must be too few to be efficient instruments in elevating Jamaica to a new prosperity. From Africa I trust you may receive some reply, even before the end of the year; but I know that at pre sent it can only be to a very limited extent, though I hopee effectual ntchee onfobtainingassistance umber may from rn g o r mt a n d et u h a e a l n i td y uo n ar c nr r et e e a gr s e , and myreisatsetrroanngd c n o lo n r fi e d and undiminished. I feel sure that the slave trade cannot last. Condemned and prohibited by the treaties of all the most powerful states in the world, lstroyed, 33 ditto, severely injured; 456 settlers houses destroyed; 176 ditto, greatly injured. Pi t!lcarborou,gh, Rocky Vale, Alonkey Town, Lower Town o f S car b orough, and otherwise in the vicinity of Scarborough alone-122 houses of all descriptions (including outbuildings) were totally destroyed ; 84 ditto, greatly injured. The loss of life is estimated at nineteen only. The whole of the barracks were unroofed, and some of the side walls blown down ; the officers' quarters were entirely stripped of their verandas, roofs, and shingles, window s and door blown in and broken, part of the roof of the hospital blown down, canteen, ordnance stores, and out-building in ruins ; one soldier of the 19th regiment killed, and another seriously injured ; several soldiers of the Ist West India Regiment also seriously injured by the falling of the ruins. All the officers escaped, excepting the deputy ordnance storekeeper, who was much injurtil by the falling of his house, and the fort adjutant received a contusion whilst extricating• others front the ruins. By the unwearied exertions of the officers of the garrison, particularly the officer commanding, the troops were provided • with shelter and comfort-- able accommodation, under the circumstances (the rain falling in torrents during the following day), the greater part in tents erected .in the pasture, and many in huiidings temporarily cleared for their re ception. Ihe loss of stores, arms, &c., is immense ; and from the total destruction of the barracks, it has been deemed advisable to send the whole of the white troops to Trinidad, for which purpose the brig Judson has been chartered, and sails for that island this evening. e,S7r," t ,t. 141.5 51 v *dr_ MPERIAL PA iiLIA MENT. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.)'The following Members of the Cabinet were sworn in :—Lord John Russell, Lord Palmerston, Lord Morpeth, Sir George Grey, Sir William Somerville, Mr. Sheil, and Mr. 'Milner Gibson. The SPEAKER, at four o'clock, adjourned the House until Monday. EXCHEQUER. —(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) The Court was occupied nearly the whole of the day with a case arising out of an order made by Mr. Baron Platt respecting the delivery of certain title deeds, upon which it was contended a lien was held by the attorney to the defendant. The particulars of the case were not of sufficient interest to the public to warrant a lengthened report. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) BOOSEY V. TOLKIN. Mr. Sergeant BYLES applied for a rule to show cause why an order obtained by the defendant in this case, and made by Mr. Baron Parke, should not be rescinded. The order directed the plaintiff to strike out the first and second counts, or the third count of the declaration, it being alleged by the defendant that they could not be pleaded together without a violation of the ordinary rules of Court in such cases. The action had been instituted in consequence of the alleged infringement by the defendant of the copy right of an air contained in Bellini's opera of La Sonnanzbu la.—Rule granted. COBBETT V. HUDSON. At the conclusion of the business of the Court, Mrs. Cobbett appeared on the floor of the Court, and re quested their Lordships to issue a habeas corpus, calling upon Captain Hudson, the Keeper of the Queen's Bench Prison, to bring her husband, William Cobbett, before their Lordships, for the purpose of showing that the return made by him to a certain writ was a false return, and that her husband was illegally detained in custody. The COURT promised to look over the return, and give their decision on Monday. e BRISTOL SUGA R M ARKET, Nov. 19 . —The marke t opened on Saturday with a goo d demand, but which he since become quiet. The sales of the week reach 500 hhds. West India, at steady prices. The refined market continues firm. In rum there is still but little businest4 do ing.—Bristol Mercury. NAVAL IN"FELLIGENCE. PORtSMOUTH, FRIDAY.--The Fire Queen, Stearn yacht is ordered to be fitted fur port duty at this station. The Terrible, steam-frigate, Captain Ramsay, is ordered to have new masts and yards of increased strength, to enable her to carry a heavier press of canvas*. The Blenheim, transport, with the first division < f the 69th Regiment on board for Halifax, s4iied this morning._ The Nautilus, 8, Lieutenant -commanding W. T, Rivers, sailed last evening to resume her station. off' Brighton. The Camperdown, 104, was brought down froni her moorings this morning, to be a hulk for the offi cers and men at the ordinary during the fitting of the Blenheim steam guard-ship for their reception. The Princess Royal, transport, Lieutenant IV. C. Harris, agent, sailed to-day for Cork. The Belleisle, troop-ship, Captain John Kingcome, will embark military baggage to•morrow; on Mon day the 69th Regiment will be put on board her. In Harbour.—Victory, Excellent, Victoria and Albert, Bellerophon, and Belleisle, Terrible, Oberon, L ia ightnSoingmes, tra, Fairyn sport, Myrtle, a n d Echo, steamers ; Mar. At Spithead.—Asia. In Dock.—Leander, Asia, Firefly, Sappho, Rifle man, Orestes, and Emerald. In the Basin.—Prince Regent, Retribution, and Rocket. Wind calm, weather thick and hazy, but fine. THE FOG.—The metropolis was this morning en veloped in a dense fog. The gas has been burning all day in the shops in the principal thoroughfares, and the steamers on the river have, in some instances, ceased to ply, and in all have been unable to keep anything like their proper time. The railway trains, too, have been in many instances delayed, and the omnibuses, instead of rattling on merrily as is their wont, now "drag their slow lengths along " like so many " wounded snakes The fog, which is increasing in intensity as the evening approaches, is accompanied by a temperature of the most piercing chilliness. THE IRISH PARTY.—The noblemen and gentle men connected with both Houses of Parliament, whe, assembled during the last session at King-street, S. James's, and were known as the " Irish Party," pur pose again to associate together with the view of aiding the Legislature in the adoption of some general met: - sures of amelioration for the sister kingdom. Since the last; meeting, of the party," its constitution has undergone considerable change. and the name has been altered to that of the " Irish National Council," by which designation it will in future be known. The body, as at present constituted, consists of Repealer Federalists, and Whigs, and includes several Members of the House of Commons who have never before en joyed seats. Among the latter are Mr. Anstey (Youghal), Mr. Blackall (Longford), Mr. Devereux (Wexford borough), Mr. Fagan (Wexford county), Mr. Fox (Longford), Mr. Green (Kilkenny), Mr- Keatinge (Waterford), Mr. Keogh (Athlone), Mr. M'Tavish (Dundalk), Mr. Magan (Westmeath), The r. O'Gorman Mahon (E nn i s ), M Meagher (Waterford city), Mr. Monsell (Limerick), Mr. Moore (Mayo), Sir L. O'Brien (Clare), Mr. O'Flaherty ( Ga lw ay rlo bi: rough), Mr. Reynolds (Dublin). Mr. S_edlier ull ( y ca (Ti borough), Mr. St. George (Galway), _ . treth tan is to preside. It pera3), and Mr. Tenison ( Le itrim). The first meeting of the Irish Natonal next, at Palece-yard i Westminster. Mr. . shou ld Mr Henry he SpeerGrat tan from the Throne not recommend the adoption of prompt measures of a comprehensive and remedial ch aracter for Ireland, the Council will move an amendment to the Address. The meeting has been convened for eleven o'clock, and circulars have been issued request ing the attendance of Hon, Gentlemen.---post. PROSPERITY OF SEAHANI HARI3OUR.--W SiXty-eight ' sail r e i s t s y el t s h w at e , r o e ne di d s a p v at l e a h s e t d w etcul k s,ea in one tide, at learn o fr f oni loaded h autho rity Seaham Harbour. This was the largest number ever yet known. Such are now the ( port, which was in earl d ,wer and means of this 3 ays traduced b • tion of Lord Lundonderr ' „ .3 the appella- Y 8 tlek'pOrld ;' and which, it was predicted, could never becom e a h arbour. The month.—D ur h am shipments are from 20,000 to 30,000 c h a ld rons per Chronicle. MYSTERIOUS A FrAnt —on Thursday last, a large bundle of linen, deeply saturated with blood, was found in a field near Chapeltown, and brought to the Police office at Leeds. No clue has yet been found to this mysterious discovery. —Leeds Mercury. CONVOCATION OF THE CLERGY.—A Convocation of the clergy took place yesterday in St. Paul's Cathedra. The great doors at the west end of the cathedral were thrown open soon after eleven o'clock, and the Bishops of Her e f or d and Rochester, the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's, the advocates, proctors, and other o ffi cer! of Doctor's Common s , an d a number of the clergy, w alked walk in pro cess i on up t h e centre aisle, prece d e d by Bishop the ver gers. Th e serv i ce was t h en rea d i n L a tin by the by Dr. of Hereford, and a L a ti n se rmon was preached After which the Jelf, the Princip a l o f Ki ng 's College procession was again formed, an d t h e Convocation again quitted the cathedral. 0 r or YORK.—We under stand that the THE LATE ARCHBrIoSilte, ls e i with her own hand, a lett er of condolence to e Clufsn w Miss Harcourt, the daughter of th e l a t e Archbishop of thisdio cese, on the demise of th a t la mented prelate. It is said by t h ose who hav e b een f avou red wi th a sight of this interesting d ocument, that its sentiment and expression reflect the highest credit upon the intellectual powers as well as the amiable sensibilities of her Majesty's disposition.—Doncaster Gazette, .. r . lock, eded Mr. tail )rth- , for 1 the Mr. Mr ellor rest.. vs" Lin ed day'. 5 the 50 01 ' lahr wee 0 hr the hick ;ill; , st LSO ring T O To- Dula r the 00 4 be • 1