The Sun. — London, England, 1853-08-26 00:00:00

T CAUTION TO _THE PUBLIC.-TUNISIAN BANK NOTES, PERMITS, &c. -q). S ir J. Eme rson T ennent has been directed b y t h e Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade to "Inn?unicate to the editor of The Sun the accom panying copy of a notification which the Tunisian Go vernment has caused to be addressed to the European suls, and whi c h h as b een recently transm i tte d t o th e l ec r!tarY of State for Foreign Affairs, under theappr!3- elision that an attempt may be made to negotiate in England the bank -notes and permits to which it refers. Board of Trade, Whitehall, Aug. 25, 1853. " From the Servant of God Almighty, the Musheer timed P ac h a Be &c , to our ally, Sir Edward Stu art t uart Baynes, agent and Consul-General of the British Government. "At the time we established the bank-notes, you are aware that we entrusted the direction of the bank to our 8011 , General Mahmood Benayad ; and we gave him a quantity of bank-notes, as well as of permits for expor tation of oil, with orders that whenever he should have issued a bank-note he was to deposit the amount in cash thereof in the bank ; and that whenever he issued a permit, he was to deposit in the bank the relative amount of duty. "Ile has subsequently departed, leaving his son to set for him ; and, upon the death of the latter, he apl l Pointed his nephew in his stead. b"Having, however, directed our attention to the ank, we did not fi n d i n it e ith er th e amoun t of the - notes which had been issued, or the remainder of the not es . W e are, therefore, obliged to inform you of , in order that you may notify to those who are under your administration that they are not to receive from 41 8 agents either bank-notes or permits for oil until we may have determined the matter with him. With re gard, how ever, to the b ank-notes w hi c h are i n circula tic; and also t o th e perm it s w hi c h c i rcu l a t e , the holders paereof are to come unto us in order that a mark of ac- Inowledgment may be applied on them. This must be "Tie 'within ten days frome this date, so that they may continue to circulate between your experienced mer chants and our subjects as heretofore. They are not to Present themselves to the bank for changing them until l 'c'e inform you ; after which everything shall be as it was ; and whoever shall wish to change in the bank may 15 ° 1 : 1 5' it, agreeable to the prescription written on the very ef the notes. We have authorised our beloved, faithful, and trust 'Worthy Minister of the Interior, our son Mustapha -44,4 nadar, to apply the mark of acknowledgment on the no tes and permits. Continue to be under the Lord's safe keeping. (A true translation.) (Signed) ‘‘AISANTIMANA, Insthabn repr a et , er to the British Government. "Writt en 2d 1269—May 10, 1853." TAE UNITED STATES MONEY MARKET. _ The recent a d v i ces f rom th e United States represent a to_ndition of financial affairs which has an important ~..earing on the money markets of other countries. Two p ec uliar causes are in operation to produce an unusual eh "nee, and although one of them is of a more local erecter than the other, they are both of sufficient ma gnitude to occasion striking results. Until recently, the law s of New York have required the various bank ing institutions of the State to publish their accounts of _ li abilities and a sse t s only once every three months. The "ncequence s , however, were found to be such as to ne cessitate a reform. No system cou ld h ave be e n more tra nsactions for gamblers, or more hurtful to the regular -tra nsactions of commerce. Within a few weeks of the Period of th e i ssue o f th e i r s t a t e ments, the banks, in or der to ex hibi t a pos i t i on o f grea t sa f e ty, we re accustomed to call in a la rge p ro portion of their loans ; and as soon the n necessity was over, they would then again accom date their customers with greater liberality than ever. a quarterly panic in the stock-market, followed 3r ,a1l equally violent rebound, was an event alway s to be u Pled for, and speculators of large means, acting upon s knowledge, could realise profits with a deeTee of cer tainty that afforded a singular illustration of the blindness °f * the smaller dabblers among the general public, who Were invariably its victims. To remedy this a new or has lately been passed, which came into force on the 9th of the present month, and which requires from a ° ll bank, for the future, weekly instead of the larterly publications. The last intelligence from New ork reached to the lgth inst., and by confirming the an ticipations as to the effect to be produced by the first Operation of this measure demonstrated its usefulness. The same rapid steps of contraction had been pursued IT the several institutions preparatory to the appointed uay as had been witnessed previously on the approach of each quarterly period. The rate of discount even on the best commercial paper was suddenly raised, the quo tation of exchange on England declined so as to check the amount of specie remittances, advances on all kinds o f securities were required to be repaid, and even mint notes against deposits of bullion were sold at a con liderable discount to avoid the few days' delay before their amount in coin could be obtained, a simultane '°us fall of 5 to 15 per cenG. in all except the most established securities being likewise reported. From this time, however, no such convulsion s can recur. The returns of each bank being made from week to Week cannot admit of sudden fluctuations, and there Will be no inducement beyond such as the fair course (4 the market may offer to vary the amount of accom lodation to the commercial public. After this date, t herefore, as far as mere bank regulations bear on the question, a more steady state of affairs may be expected ad ld the causes of the momentary pressure being recog nised, a return of confidence can be relied upon. The other circumstance, however, which is now affect :tug the A me rican money markets is far more general " permanent in its influence, and is one that will re quire to b e taken into account even in the calcu l a tions lthat have lately excited attention regarding the move petits of specie throughout the world. When the Na' t°nal Bank system, on account of its having been made LPolitical instrument, was abolished in the United 1 - ,',_tes 15 years ago, the Government resolved to trust ,„-° banks whatever, and a law was adopted requirbag all r t a Yneents on account of revenue to be made in specie, being provided that the funds thus received should be e Posited in sub-treasuries belong in g to the State. while the disbursements of the nation were equal, or nea rly so, to its receipts, this plan produce d little incon °Ulence although even at those times , as the incomings an d outgoings were not always simultan eous, a dis turbing effect would be produced on the mon e y mar- I, °3' a large sum being accumulated for a few weeks, it then poured forth in one or two extensive pay inei°otc- But since the introduction of the reduced tariff, '° 46 , the Customs duties have gone on yielding in t:aced totals, until a surplus has been hoarded up of ex .eordMary magnitude. Its total, according to returns Just made, is - now, equal to about 4,500,0001. or th' at this sterling ; and when the fact is tone in mind a , this heavy Bum, which would, according to ordi- Il tiV r notions, be an ample basis for a circulation of „ Lee times its amount, is actually lying idle and wire -4Vließented in the Government vaults, so as to be virtu ally in the same position, as regards any effect it can s a 0 On the world, as if it were at the bottom of the ir t e idea will be arrived at of the important element st a ""e questions regarding the counteracti n g circum kures in connection with the recent production of gold, "f utu t he effect that m at any time be produced by a .ti o " influx. At some not distant day the appropria eel,- and disbursement of this surplus will be decided elatedd will create effects such as few have contem go • But, meanwhile, the accumulation can only c ouri n increasing. The revenue receipts of the te ac i: l 7 , owing to the extraordinary prosperity of ju s t are augmenting month by month, and in that e nded —namely, July—they exceeded any sum this r eceived for a similar period. The enlarge ment f a Year of the sub-treasury hoard will, therefore , be te rb be yond the original estimate. It is true the Secre lasi" of the Treasury, according to the advices by the the Packet, has, with the view of reducing it, exercised th e Powers vested in him for applying these funds to bra extinction of the Federal debt, and has adiertised au Hess to purchase a sum of United States' Sixes, d ual v to 1,000,0001. sterling. Much of this stock, is such is held in Europe, and the price at home also eo eces as to render it doubtful if the bid will prove the a ,„ sfu l• Just to the extent of the purchase will be d uce mount of specie liberated, and this specie will pro- C s ai ro i l l A the same effect as if it had been dug u p in Statest:nia or Australia ; but if no sellers of. United - securities should be found on the proposed con by l n s, the evil must go on until it shall be terminated orneegislativ appropriations for public works, or by k r i se increase of national expenditure, such as would ° aYA vl rt a tc r. le o . r a purchase of foreign territory.— Tll / 4 RARVEST IN THE NORTH OF IINGTON, Ang. 24. We have ha d reni consequently, the Weather during the past month, an beautiful wheat have E arTab rjAil ly n fi . n — e w p a A r n n; hrest has commenced bout a fortnight earlier than t i _ ae predicted. Several fields of thetll the ljeell cut throughout the county of Durham Past seven or eight days, and in several In consequence er °Ps will be soon ready for the sickle, 4 : l t f the cold, bleak weather being protracte t d he in T t e o es M da a l y e during districts h i! . Year, spring wheat will be late, and in Barley Tao Weardale districts oats look very .2 6k8 well, and it seems the general o contrary — be has been expressed previously to the eon will that if this th - holds out, the crop of cereals _ b e , . Nvea weather sound. a lair average. Winter wheat will be very _ in ion—though fat ,„ til iPe Deed rain. The harvest has also commenced _ tr 4 ..." ° toe of the districts of Tyneside, and reports speak jorably of the progress of the crops in the southern also of N orthumberland. Farming operations are I,l° reassuring in North Yorkshire. it —Ra Tri OP GENERAL MONTHOLON.—The Debats an -4'lllloes in a sing *danc es this le line the d ea th o f G enera l C ount de kentholon in Paris. Wh en and under what circum tw event took placelad is not s a son, who tated. He leaves y), and , w ido w (who is ver, it i s b e li eved, succeed to the title i n consequence of the circumstances contiected with'his birth. General likentholon must have been more than 70 years old, and whita suffered occasionally and severely from a wound had h he received in battle under the Empire, and which withn e ver been thoroughly healed. The general was Emperor Napoleon from a very early age, and t ri l a a a great favourite. He had at one time a large for la,ti%bs.utli,ost it in commercial and manufacturing specu limited, or some years his means must have been very 4 TRAIN S BETWEEN PARIS AND BRUSSELS.—The trot trial of the new fast trains from Paris to Brussels id-atus..nzesetodpepdagbeyond expectation ; 232 English miles ;_ ve re got over in less than seven hours, and allowing an the average speed was more than 37 14411 WWI and a half per fiour. ALLEGED UNLAWFUL BARGAINING FOB AN EAST INDIA APPOINTMENT. Yesterday having been appointed as the day on which the Lord Mayor was to deliver his decision in the matter of the charge preferred by the directors of the East India Company against Mr. Norman Wilkinson, of having been concerned with a person whose name is unknown in the trafficking for the appointment in the gift of the East India Company, the justice room of the Mansion-house was densely crowded, as on the former occasions, with members of the Stock Exchange, mer chants, and other persons of influence in the 'City. Messrs. Lawford appeared as solicitors to the East India Company, with Mr. Clarkson as their counsel. The defendant was represented by Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Hawkins ; and Mr. Willes appeared on the part of Mr. W. A. Wilkinson, the brother of the defendant. The Lord Mayor delivered the following judgment : This is a proceeding instituted by the East India Com pany under the 49th George 111., chapter 126, which constitutes the negotiation for the purchase and sale of civil and military appointments under a company a mis demeanour. I have heard the evidence for the prosecu tion, because, under the 11th and 12th Vict. c. 42, it was my duty so to do, seeing that the accused party carried on his business within the City, and by this statute, having heard this evidence, I am of opinion that I have no jurisdiction to proceed further with the y ca N the o evidence has been brought fo rward to prove th transactions charged as an offence took place w i thin transactions the City, and in my opinion this is indispeneable to give me jurisdiction to act further than I have done. Ido not mean, by saying this, to have it implied that suffi cient evidence has been given to satisfy e that m t with in he offence has been com mitted if it had taken place my jurisdiction. I am not called upon to express an opinion upon this point. All parties have borne testi mony to the honour and integrity as well of the gentle man against whom the summons evi hadence.n s bee it obhastained been as of Mr. Wilkinson, upo sought to establish the charge. I entirely concur in the opinions thus expressed it is due to the the law defen dant that I sho uld say, whatever construe tion might have put upon the conduct of this gentleman, if it had been proved that this treaty, as far as it went, was conducted in the City of London, I am quite satisfied that, until apprised by a friend such a proceeding was illegal, he was not conscious of it ; and that, as soon as he discovered that it was so, he retired from any parti cipation in it. Mr. Clarkson said the remaining portion of his duty was of a much more painful character ; for be had to submit that his lordship was called upon to commit Mr. William Arthur Wilkinson, under the 16th section of the 11th and 12th Viet., cap. 42, for seven days, for his contumacious contempt of this Court. That act authorised the justice, if he shall be satissed by the testimony of credible persons that a witness who has a material evidence to give on the part of the prosecution, and who is not willing, or in the language of the section of the act, " will not voluntarily appear for the purpose of being examined as a witness at the time, and place appointed for the examination of witnesses against the accused," to commit such person for the time above specified. The learned counsel entered at considerable length into the law affecting the case. Mr. Willes then addressed the court on behalf of Mr. W. A. Wilkinson, and said he could not avoid charging the East India Company wit h acting in a udic well as in an unfounded manner with reference to the transaction in question. So far from his • client and friend deserving the character which had beer i given to him, of being an unwilling and a hostile w an itne ss, he had attended when called u p on to appear, d liad. stated everything he knew relative to the allegenard n.egoci hadatnot ion between his brother and the party whose ae transpired. All that he had refused to do was to dis close the name of that party ; and any pers on who did not feel some degree of unwillingness in being brought forward to give evidence upon a criminal charge ,affecting so near a relative as a brother must be tote lly void of feeling. The part which his (the learned courn !el's) client bad taken in the transaction, so far from beiing discre ditable to him, and only worthy of being characterised as a subterfuge, would redound to his honour and credit to the latest period of his existence. The learised counsel then proceeded at considerable length to art ;no the law of the case, and submitted that there was no'diing in the act of Parliament which would justify the Lord Mayor in acceding to the application. Mr. Clarkson, in reply, observed that his learned friend had gone a little out of his way to impute to the gentle men who were prosecutors a spirit of vindictiveness ; he regretted the tone that had been adopted, because Mr. William Arthur Wilkinson was the very last per son who ought to complain of the conduct of the East India Company. Mr. Wilkinson had been. the source of a most grievous and scandalous libel against the Board of Directors of that company, in the great council of the nation, and, when called upon as a witness, had chosen to prevent the company from having the only opportunity which the public justice of the country afforded them of proving the falsehood of the assertions which he had, - made. The Lord Mayor—ln regard to the application to me to commit Mr. W. A. Wilkinson, for refusing to divulge the name of the party who made the proposition to his brother, lam of opinion that entirely fails. This is a special application under the powers conferred by the 16th section of the act. The section requires, as the foundation for the summons, that there are grounds for believing that the witness is likely to give material evi dence, and will not voluntarily attend. Mr. W. Wil kinson's conduct disposes of this altogethe.. He has always voluntarily attended upon every occasion, and has been examined to the material question put to him to determine whether I had jurisdiction. He has frankly answered, and if, from the want of a venue in which the act is stated to have taken place, I have no power to commit, I think, however, the witness has reasonable ground for the course pursued. The summons was then dismissed. The following is the correspondence that passed be tween the directors of the East India Company and the Messrs. W. A. and Norman Wilkinson. The two first documents were objected to, and not received in evi dence. " East India House, July 23, 1853, " Sir,—lt being reported in the public jou r n als of this day that you have stated that an offer to sell an appoint ment in the service of the East India Company was made to a brother of yours, I am commanded by the Court of Directors to request that you will have the goodness to inform me if such report is correct. " I am directed further to request that you will commu nicate to me the name and address of your brother.—l have the honour to be, " ., JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. " W. A. Wilkinson, Esq., M.P." " 5, Bennett-street, St. James's, July 23, 1853. " Sir, —In reply to your letter of this date, I have to inform you that the report is substantially correct, and that the address of my brother, to whom the statement refers, is underwritten, —I am, sir, & (Signed) Wm. ARTH c., UR WILKINSON. "James C. Melvin, Esq. " Norman Wilkinson, Esq., " Nutfield, Surrey ; and 56, Threadneedle-street." " East India House, July 23, 1853. " Sir,—The Court of Directors of the East India Com pany aving been informed by your brother Mr. W. A. Wilkinson, M.P., that the report of his having publicly . stated that an offer to sell an appointment in the com pany's service was made to you is correct, I am commanded to request that you will have the goodness to communicate to me the name of the party by whom the offer was made, and such other particulars of the proposal as may be within your cognisance.—l have the honour to be, & S c. ecretary. (Signed) " J. C. MELviLL, " Norman Wilkinson, Esq." " 56, Threadneedle-street, July 25,1853. " Sir,—l beg you will inform the Cou rt of Directors of the East India Company that I do not feel called upon to make any communication upo n the subject of your letter to me. "I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) " NORMAN WILKINSON. " Jas. C. Melvin, Esq." "East India House, July 27, 1853. " Sir,—l have laid before the Court of Directors of the East India Company your letter of the 25th, in reply to that which I addressed to you on the 23d instant, request ing that you would have the goodness to communicate to me the name of the party by whom an offer to sell an appointment in the company's service was made to you, the fact of which offer to you and of your having been in treaty for the purchase of t he a pp ointment was publicly stated by your brother, Mr. W. A. Wilkinson, and is not denied by you. The Court regret that you do not feel called upon to make any communication to them upon the subject. You cannot but perceive that it imports your own honour as well as theirs that the transaction alluded to should be probed to the bottom ; and they trust that, upon further consideration, you will see the propriety of disclosing all that you know upon the subject. " I am directed, therefore, to add that, as it appears to the Court that an offence has been committed against the act of Parliament, and as they apprehend that you may yourself be liable for the part which you have taken in it, the Court will feel it to be their duty to order proceedings to be instituted against you,,unless by your disclosing the name of the party more directly charged with the offence they should feel that the ends of justice will be effectually obtained. —I have the honour to be, &c., (Signed) " J. C. MELVILL. " N. Wilkinson, Esq." "56, Threadneedle-street, July 29,_1853. " Sir,—l beg to acknowledge your letter of the 27th inst. I must protest against the attempt in the first para graph, to gain from me anadmission which may, according to your subsequent threat, be used against me. I can only say that I have no fear of my honour suffering by any investigation which your directors may think proper to set on foot, and should they . deem it advisable to take the proceedings threatened in the last paragraph, I beg to refer you to my so lici , t , o l rs h , a ll v l e es t s h rs e . h ß o ur no c u h r e t ll o a b n e d , Co. (Signed) " NORMAN WILKINSON. "J. C. Melvin., Esq." DEATH OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHDEACON M'CABRON.—.The Freeman's Journal announces the death of the Rev. M'Carron, Roman Catholic Archdea con of Derry, who was tried and acquitted at the last Londonderry Assizes, on a charge of inciting some sol diers of the 54th Regiment to disobey the commands of their officers. It appears that the rev. gentleman, whilst celebrating mass, at twelve o'clock, on Sunday last, at Waterside Chapel, Londonderry, was suddenly taken ill with an attack of apoplexy, and a dually be came worse until between seven and eight o'clock in the afternoon, when he expired. "My son," said a doting father who was about taking his son into business, " what shall be the style of the new firm ? " " Well, governor," said the one-and -twenty youth, looking up into the heavens to find an answer, " I don't know ; but suppose we have it John H. Sam plin o n t t y h e o r f . ' t ' e iThed ide a: old bu t g c e o n u t l l e a m n a o n t a w d a o s pt s i t t r , uck by THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING-, ATTGITST': 26, 1853, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—THURSDAY. A remarkably thin attendance, and very little busi ness transacted. Enough, however, was done to show that the favourite for the St. Leger was not so firm as his backers could wish, although 500 to 400 and 100 to 80 were laid on him at the commencement ; yet, towards the close, 6 to 5 would have been taken to some money "that he does not win.' Sittingbourne, meanwhile, had an advancing tendency. After 5 to 1 had been laid to upwards of 3001. offers of 9 to 2 found acceptors ; 200 to 50 was taken once, but 9 to 2 was the closing price. Bto 1 was laid to 501. agst Cineas. 6to 1 would have been taken about Rataplan. Further comment is unnecessary. ST. LEGER. sto 4on Mr. Bowes's West Australian (taken). 9to 2 agst Duke of Bedford's Sittingbourne. 11 to 2 agst Mr. Thellusson's Rataplan (offered). Bto 1 agst Mr. Powney's Cineas (taken). CESAREWITCH STAKES. 3000 to 60 agst Mr. T. Parr's Defiance (taken). 1000 to 20 agst Mr. Nicol's Newminster (laid 5 times). 1000 to 20 agst Mr. R. D'Arcy's Rosalba (3000 to 45 also 2500 to 50 agst Lord Chesterfield's Boarding-School Miss filly (taken). 1000 to 20 agst Mr. Hayter's Friday (taken). 1000 t. 15 agst Mr. Megson's Weathergage (taken). 1000 to 15 agst Mr. J. M. Stanley's Contentment (taken). CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. 1000 to 25 agst Lord Clifden's Pelion (taken). DERBY. 1000 to 25 agst Mr. J. Scott's Meteora (taken ; 1000 to 20 also laid). DERBY RACES (YESTERDAY). The rain to-day did not prevent a large attendance of spectators. Owing to a mistake in the weighing of Pastrycook's jockey, the races were delayed some time. The excellent sport, however, compensated for this delay. The INNKEEPERS' PLATE of 50 sovereigns, in speceie. Two miles. Mr. Sheppardson's br m Pastrycook, 3 yrs, 7st 81b (Measham) 1 Mr. Choyce's by h by Drayton, out of Spring's Dam, 4 yrs, 9st llb (Ashman) 2 Mr. Clarke's b h Missive, 4 yrs, Bst 9lb (Sharp) 3 Betting-6 to 1 agst Pastrycook, 6to 4 agst Missive, 3to 1 agst Drayton. Pastrycook made the running, followed by Missive, Drayton lying behind. They kept in this order round the course, when Missive came in front at the turn for a short distanee ; but Pastrycook regained the lead and kept it, winning by a length and a half, Drayton beating Missive by two lengths. The CHATSWORTH STAKES of 50 sovs., given by his Grace the Duke of Devonshire, added to a handicap of 10 sovs. each ; mile and a half. 33 subs, 17 having declared forfeit, pay 3 sovs. each. Lord Chesterfield's b m Gladiole, 6 yrs, Bst 31b (Ashmall) 1 Mr. W. T. Copeland's oh m Candlewick, 5 yrs, 7st 111 b (W. Sharp) 2 Mr. Leache's blk h Master Slender, 4 yrs, 7st 51b (Charlton) 0 Mr. T. Flintoff's b c Whalebone, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (Wells) 0 Betting-5 to 4 agst Gladiole, sto 2 agst Candlewick, and 4to 1 agst the other two. After a false start, Can dlewick made the running, Gladiole lying second, and Master Slender third. On reaching the turn the four were together, but Gladiole soon came in front, and after a beautiful race home won by a neck, Master Slen der being half a length behind him, and Whalebone a good fourth. The CHESTERFIELD STAKES of 50 sovs., given by the Right Hon. the Earl of Chesterfield, added to a Sweep stakes of 10 sovs. each. Lord Caledon ns b f Eva, by Pantaloon, out of Bertha, by Launcelot, Bst 31b (Whitehouse) 1 Mr. J. Inma►n's ch f Horatio (Templeman) 2 Calliope The following also ran :—b f Topsy, b c Blakeley, ch f Sister to Stafford, br f Orange Blossom, ch f Twinkle. Betting-7 to 4 agst Calliope, sto 2 agst Twinkle, 4 to 1 agst Horatio, 7 to 4 agst Eva, 8 to 1 agst Blakeley. Eva made all the running, closely followed by Horatio, and won cleverly by a length and a half. A good race between Horatio and Calliope. The DERWENT STAKES, a Handicap of 3 sovs. each, with 30 added, for all ages ; three quarters of a mile. Mr. G. Taylor's Game Chicken, 3 yrs, 6st (Garvey) 1 Lord Chesterfield's Humphrey, 6 yrs, Bst (Ashmall) 2 Mr. Choyce's May Day, aged, 7st 71b (Wells) 3 Mr. Goddard's b h Priam the Third, 4 yrs, Est 101 b (Kendall) 0 Mr. Pallisco's b g by Dromadary, 3 yrs, Est 41b (Palmer) 0 Betting-7 to 4 agst Game Chicken, sto 2 agst Hum phrey, and 4to 1 agst any other. Game Chicken took the lead at a rattling pace, and kept it ; the race was an excellent one, Game Chicken winning by half a length ; a good length between second and third. The SELLING STAKES of 30 soya., added to a Sweep stakes of 5 sovs. each. The winner to be sold by auc tion, immediately after the race, and any surplus arising over and above the sum entered to be sold for to go to the Race Fund ; heats one mile. Mr. C. Peck's Lady in Waiting, 4 yrs, to be sold for 201., 7st 91b (Charlton) 1 1 Mr. Nicoll's Lady Sarah, 3 yrs, to be sold for 501., Bst 21b (Sharp) 2 0 Mr. Goddard's Priam the Third, 4 yrs, to be sold for 201. 7st 121 b (Escott) 3 0 First heat won cleverly by a length 2nd walked over. The winner was sold by auction by Mr. R. Brearcy for 32 guineas. Thus concluded an excellent day's sport, which passed off to the satisfaction of the Stewards, the Clerk of the Course, the Race Committee, and all concerned. Lord Stanhope has accepted the office of one of the Stewards next year ; and the following are subscribers for the tradesmen's plate for 1854 :—The Earl of Ches terfield, Lord Stanhope, Baron Rothschild, Mr. Merry, Mr. W. Palmer, Mr. P. Cook, and Mr. Wadlow. EGHAM RACES.—Prince of Wales's Stakes.—lt has been ascertained that Hyacinth was correctly described in the original entry for these stakes ; the stewards have therefore ordered that the stakes be no longer withheld. Tavistock was declared not to start for the Surrey and Middlesex Stakes and Runnymede Stakes, at Egham, on the 20th instant, at 5.20 p.m. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. BEDFORD RACES.-SEPT. 20. Weights for the Bedfordshire Stakes. Forfeits to be declared on or before the 17th of September. Age st lb Hungerford Frantic *Cariboo 6 8 7 Garforth 6 8 6 Father Thames *Poodle Scarecrow 4 8 1 Montague *Talfourd Retail 1. 7 13 Waterfall Ethelwolf *Harp 5 7 7 *Pancake *Grief a 7 6 Missive Waverley Presto 5 7 3 Those marked * were ente their owners, and will be closing, unless ordered to re: Age st lb Ibis' 4 7 0 Treinble 4 7 0 Corybantes Pug Orrock Tickton Salus *c by Gilbert Gur ney, out of Fam a 3 6 4 Perfidious Haco *MadameLandeau 3 5 10 f by Gilbert Gur ney, out of Queen of the Gipsies 3 5 10 Olinder Pensioner Rough Robin 3 5 3 Bred without the consent of struck out at the time of main in. CHELMSFORD RACES.—AuG. 30. Acceptances for the Chelmsford Stakes. The highest weight accepting being Bst 41b, it has been raised to Bst 71b, and the others in proportion. Age st lb Age st lb a 8 7 Beverlac 3 6 7 6 8 3 IBradford 5 6 3 4 7 3 , I Lampedo 5 6 131 Rough Robin 3 5 9 5 6 13 i Tittle Tattle Retail Garforth Waverley Miss Talbot Presto MR. MACGREGOR, M.P., IN GLASGOW. (From the Glasgow Constitutional of August 24. ) On Monday evening, Mr. John Macgregor, M.P., one of the representatives of the city of Glasgow, met his consti tuents in the City Hall, for the purpose of giving an ac count of his steward s hip, i n f u lfil men t of a promise to that effect, given by the honourable gentleman at the late elec tion. On the platform w e o b serve d, amongst other gentle men, Bathes Gilmour M , and J. W. Macgregor ; Councillors Moir, Couper, and 'Adam • Messrs. Peter Mackintosh, Paton, G. Ros s , J. Mumble', J. Smith, J. M'Adam , J. Clark, Wm. Ro ss , M`Gregor M'lntosh, Rowland Hill. g unanimouslyelued M to ` The galleries were well filled, a nd there was a large atten dance in the body o f the hall: On the o r wasmotion of Councillor Bailie MacGREGon, on being called to the chair, said— Fellow-citizen s , it i s w i t h pleasure I res pond to your A t D h A e c Di h , air. Bailie J. W. Macgregor de sire that I should take the chair on this occasion. I could have wished it had f a ll en i n t o a bl er hands ; but on account of my immediate connection with Mr. Macgregor, as chair man of his committee at the late election, it behoves me to defer at once to your wishes, trusting to your indulgence to assist me in bringing the business of this meeting to a termination honourable to ourselves and agreeable to our representative. It is unnecessary for me to detain the meeting by any st a t emen t as to its object. You are all aware of this from the public notice given in the papers. I will only state, to prevent misconception, that Mr. Mac gregor, while on his canvass and at public meetings during the late election, stated, that if returned again for Glas gow, he would consider it his duty to appear amongst you annually, and at his earliest convenience, after the close of the session, to render an account of his stewardship. Mr. Macgregor appears before you to night for that purpose ; and it Must be gratifying to us all that he is enabled to mingle thus early amongst us, in perfect health, aft er suc h an arduous an d i m portant session, to inform us what h as b een d one, an dwhat maybe expected, and what should b e d one. I know you will give Mr. Mac gregor an attentive an d a patient h ear i n g. The details connected with financ e , law, and c ommerce, may be dry to some, but the subject is an important one for the welfare of the people ; and when you hear of this from the mouth of one of your representativ es , it will give you m ore inte rest, so that if your assistance is required you will aid your representatives in bringing matters of importance before tho State, for if both the representative and the repre sented go firmly united to have their grievances redressed, it will require a perverse government indeed to withstand them. (Cheers.) I have further to congratulate you in having a representative that honourably and respectfully thus comes before you, that your intercourse may be strengthened. I trust this good example of confidence may have its effect uponother members and other constituencies, but remember many eyes are up on you , a nd I do hope and trust that the business of this mee ti ng m ay so terminate that Mr. Macgregor may have pl eas ure in renewing . his pledge, and that the great cause of social progress—of civil and religious liberty—may be advanced at such meetings as the present, conducted in a spirit of mutual forbearance. Allow me, then, without further remark, to introduce to you Mr. Macgregor, for whom I crave a kind and an atten tive hearing. (Cheers.) Mr. MACGREGOR, M.P., who was loudly cheered, said — Mr. Chairman and fellow-citizen s . I now appear before you in fulfilment of a promise which I considered it a duty to make when you did me the honour of returning me a second time to represent you in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. (Cheers.) I consider it a debt of gra titude upon my part to come before you immediately after the close of a most important session, to give you not only an account of my own stewardship, but also to make some statements, which I trust may be instructive, with regard to past administrations, and with regard to the present Government of this mighty empire. I perfectly agree with what has been stated by your excellent chairman, that a re presentative ought to come in communication with his con stituents; that he would be unworthy of your kindness and the trust devolved upon him if he had not the resolution, the honesty, andt he candour to come and meet you at the end of each session of Parliament, to submit to you what he has done as your representative and subject himself to your inquiries and your questionings. (Cheers.) The most solemn trust which you are privileged to enjoy is that of sending to the great Legislature of this country men in whom you have confidence —men, who, you believe will do that justice which your interests demand, which is required by the general welfare—entrusted, as they are, with the making of laws that will not only affect you, but your posterity from generation to generation. (Cheers.) Depend upon it that the right of electing a representative is not only a moral but a relig ious obligation, which you ought to discharge honestly, freely, fully, dispassionately ; beyond almost any other obligation, it involves every one of your civil, political, and religious rights. Therefore, as I have already said, in gratitude and in justice bound, I have come before you to endeavour to give an account of my stewardship, and to make some cursory statements with regard to the administration of the different Govern ments of this country for the last few years ; and with re gard to the legislation of the past session ; a legislation which has been of the greatest, the utmost importance, and the results of which I do say, fearlessly and hopefully, will be of the utmost advantage to the progress of civil and religious liberty within these realms. (Cheers.) As I will have several statements to make, as I trust these state ments, which are all based upon truth and experience, may be of some little use to my constituents, and being ad dressed to a constituency of so much importance as that of the city of Glasgow, I hope you will bear with me, and ex tend to me a little of your gracious patience. Before pro ceeding further, I wish to make one premise, and it is a maxim of vital importance in everything connected with our free constitution—a maxim without which no govern ment can exist—a maxim without the due observance of which no public, no civil, no political, no religious liberty can endure. It is a principle that was first secured to the people of England by the great contract of liberty that the barons and freemen of Eng land exorted from a tyrant—that was afterwards con firmed by the two most remarkable statutes frequently quoted by one of the present Ministers of the Crown, I mean Lord John Russell - that was confirmed by the sta tutes of 25th and 34th of Edward 1., that no freeman, no liber home, should be taxed without his free consent, through his representative in Parliament. (Cheers.) Now, that great maxim of our constitution appears ex ceedingly simple ; but I could prove to you that without that maxim you would enjoy no liberty whatever within this realm—the principle that no man should be taxed except with his own consent, through his representative in Parliament. The violation of that great and sacred maxim by Charles I. led him into those fatal errors which cost him his life. Forty-eight years afterwards, when the people invited William of Orange to England, before they would consent, as they foolishly did with Charles 11., to his ascending the throne of these realms, the Convention Parliament of Lords and Commons insisted on his agree ing: and signing and swearing to that solemn deed and covenant called the Bill of Rig - ht, in which were embodied the Magna Charta, the acts of Edward 1., that celebrated bill that was passed by the Long Parliament, the Petition of Right, in which all the great bulwarks of British liberty were embodied—embodying also one of the most sacred laws that ever existed in any country in the world, and which only exists wh ere the English language is known—viz., in England an d America—l mean the Habeas Corpus Act, by which no man can be i deprived of his liberty unless just ca use b e s h ow n for his ncarcera tion. I trust you will not cons id e r me tedious in making these few preliminary ob serva ti ons . Upon this rests everything that we enjoy —on this depends the liberty of the Press, our civil, religious, and all other liberties ; for if we weise to give up to the:Crown or to the House of Peers the power of tax a ti on , the power of illegal im prisonment, the depriv a ti on of liberty which exists in other countries, you would be slaves to the Crown and to hereditary jurisdiction. (Cheers.) Having made these preliminary observations —having made them advisedly, and I wish them to be undestood well by the country—for wo do not always speak out as we ought to do in Glasgow—l do, and many of my friends do ; but with a population so g rea t, so wealthy, so enterprising, and so intelligent, I s a y, not' only in this but in all other respects, the voice of Glas gow, as a g reat component por tion of the empire, ought t o b e h ear d. (Cheers.) I now come to the more modern and ma tter-of-fact portion of the statements I have to make t o y o u. And I must go back to the time when you first did me the honour of elec tin g me one of the representatives of this great city. The party then in power, the Whig party, were considered ex tremely strong in consequen ce of their great family al liances—the relationships su b s i s ting am ong those who held power at that period. Far b e it from me to say or do anything against any individ ua l members of the Govern ment of 1847 ; but still I am compelled to speak the truth in addressing you. I owe great obligations in a mo r al and political sense, not only to you, but, as every public man does, to the country. For) some time past, but especially in 1851, that Government began to grow weak before the country. The House of Commons, and, I believe, the public generally, became weary of the Whig Government. In fact, the House of Commons did not like to see ten or twelve highly respectable noblemen and gentl emen ruling the whole country, inasmuch as with one or two exceptions they all stood with respect to each other as brothers-in-law, sons-in-law, uncles, nephews, cousins ; and, in fact, among themselves, they were an exceedingly happy family. (Cheers and laughter.) But the happy family unfortu nately did not enjoy the confidence of the House of Com mons nor the confidence of the country. The country thought they liked their ease. The country thought that men who would do more with regard to the progress of re form were necessary. It is quite true that in that Govern ment there was a statesman, a favourite of the House of Commons. From his kindly nature, he was respected and loved in his domestic relations and with those who en joyed his hospitality—he was a man loved, respected, and trusted by all. The Prime Minister of the day had stated, "he is not the Minister of Russia —he is not the Minister of Austria—he is not the Minister of France —he is the Minister of England." (Cheers.) He had no relations in the Cabinet—he had no brother-in-law, no father-in-law, no uncle in the Cabinet—it was determined to get rid of him, they dismissed him very unceremoniously under the pretext of having had an indiscreet conversation with the French Ambassador, Count Walewski. This occurred on the 4th December, 1851, two days after what was called the Coup d'etat in Paris. On the 17th of the same month he iicas dismissed without any notice what ever. That statesman was Lord Palmerston—(cheers)—in whom the House of Commons had confidence—the man who always held. up his voice against the despotism of continental Europe. The pretence was a conversation he had held with the. French Ambassador. I know what the real cause was; but it would be indelicate for me to un veil the secret—now he is in the Government it would be useless. Very well, the House of Commons and the country saw, from the moment the only popular element in that Government was left out, that the downfall of the Ministry was inevitable. Some time afterwards, the Government entertaining very extraordinary apprehen sions of being attacked, invaded, and ruined by France, brought forward various measures for the protection of the country. I don't say they were not in some degree pru dent. A Militia Bill was brought forward. Lord Pal merston, who had been in the War-office before, and had great experience, thought, because it was to be a Local Militia Bill, such a force would be extremely pernicious in every town with regard to morality, and he moved an amendment and carried it. The Ministry were in a mi nority, on the following day they resigned, and the com pact Government was broken up for ever. (Cheers.) In making these observations, as I have already stated, far be it from me to make any invidious charge against any member of that Government. However much I may blame them, I cannot forget the service which Lord John Russell rendered to the country. (L ou d cheers.) I cannot forget that it was,. through his exertions that the repeal of the Tests and Corporation Acts was carried 26 years ago. I cannot forget that he was one of the principal actors in carrying tfteßeform Bill—which I considered very imperfect, yet a great march in the progress of reform—l mean the Reform Bill of 1832. (Hear.) He was certainly the most active of those men who carried that bill—a bill that disfranchised 58 boroughs in England, returning each two members to Parliament, although their whole popula tion did not amount to that of the Barony yerish. He also reduced the number of members sent by other 30 boroughs • from two to one—all of these sending two members to Par- RACING FIXTURES FOR 1853. The figures within parenthesis denote the number o day's racing. AUGUST. Eccles (3) 29 Lichfield (2) 29 Chelmsford (2) Plymouth 30 SEPTE: Lincoln (2) 1 Bridgnorth Marlborough Cheadle (Staff.) (2) Warwick (2) 6 Totnes & Bridgetown (2) 7 Weymouth Morpeth (2) Western Meeting 8 Rochester &Chatham (2) 8 Western Zoyland and Bridgwater (1) l2 OCT( Chester Autumn (2) 4 Monmouth YorkshirelJnionHunt( l ) 6 Wrexham (2) Newmarket S. 0. (5) —lO NOVE Worcester (2) Epsom Autumn (2) 3 Cowbridge Hunt (2) 9 Liverpool Autumn (2) 9 MBER. Folkestone, Hythe, and Sandgate l3 Doncaster (4) 13 Dover 15 Pontefract (2) l9 Bedford (2) 2O Leicester (2) 21 Lanark (2) 22 Manchester Autumn (2).22 . _ Canterbury (2) 22 Newmarket F. 0. (3) 27 Walsall (2) 28 Northallerton. (2) 29 BER. Warwick Autumn (2) lB Caledonian Hunt and Kelso 18 Richmond (2) l9 Newmarket (H.) (6) 24 IMBER. Shrewsbury (2) 15 Newton Autumn (1) 24 Aberystwith (3) Last week INVITATION TO LORD PALMERSTON TO A BANQUET AT DERBY.— It having been stated that Lord and Lady Palmerston were about to visit Melbourne at the latter end of this week, a meeting was called in Derby, on Monday last, by circular, signed by the mayor, at which it was resolved to invite the noble viscount to a public banquet. The mayor was requested to enter into corn munic%tion with the distinguished statesman on the sub ject. DIINGARVAN ELECTION.—The nomination for the re presentation of Dungarvan took place on Tuesday, Mr. J. F. Maguire and Captain Brabazon being the only candidates. The show of hands was declared in favour of the former. The polling took place yesterday. At an early hour on Monday morning an express messenger arrived in Clonmel for a company of the 9th Regiment, which, with three officers, left shortly after on special oars for Dungarvan, liament except Hyam Ferrara. He therefore disfranchised 145 seats in Parliament whose members always voted agaist the interests of the people and in favour of every corrupt measure brought forward by a Tory Minister, whilst at the same time he rescued Scotland, tell you the result being . a great rotten bo rough, to be so independent, that I will of what S co tl an d did at the late change of M inistr y . It is this—ln fact, were it not for Scotland , y ou would have had Lord De r by now in power. (Cheers.) When Lord John wasand his colleagues resigned (I am now com in g ver y near to the present times—within a few month s ) her Majesty t o advised, I thi n k v ery wisely, to see what they couldo, send for Lord Derby. Lord Derby went to Buckingham to Palace, an d h e was em p o wered by her Majesty to form an Administration. Lord Derby having received this com mission, went f rom B uc kingham Palace to ahouse mra. x lc lane, where resided a gentleman distinguished by the bril liancy, the fl uenc y, an d th e a crimony of his eloquence. do not believe that he is of the Jewish persuasion himself; but this I do kn ow th a t paternally and maternally, he belongs to th e I srae liti s h nation. lam not at all illiberal with respect to that ; I have voted and will vote for re lieving the Jew; from their disabilities ; I merely state the fact, that to this eloquent member of Parliament was i n t rus t e d th a t grea t esse ntial maxim of our liberties and taxation—to him was intrusted the carrying out of that principle, that no subject of her Majesty should be taxed without his own con sent through his representatives in Parliament. The Derby Administration was formed. Mr. Disraeli was entrusted with the most important responsibility in the country; as Chancellor of the Exchequer he had the whole responsi bility of the immense taxation, the revenue and the ex penditure of the United Kingdom, everything from the salary of the Prime Minister down to the mere wages of the letter-carrier. With regard to the personnel of the Derby Administration, there were several very excellent men in it. I must do that Administration the justice to say, that with regard to their legal appointments, never were there more able or better men, probably, with one or two exceptions. Their Lord Chancellor was the greatest Equity lawyer that this country ever had at the head of the Court of Chancery. He had long determined that he inent, and I believe would do away with the delays and iniquities of that op pressive, vexatious, and interminable Court. Their At pay . a just tribute to o to ito rnzf u e e n r :r l a f l o f r o l r r E el n a g u l d a , n w d, e a re nd all th e e 2 t Attorney and Soli- Co e.c lonial-office. t, I er, I do not to as h t o h n e es H k o l m a7 D er e s p a a s rt e m v o e u r must pay With regard regard d e ;: to and u our foreign fair fore i tgb u relations,t e also t t h h o e w 31 W r ith W r al e think the Earl of Malmesbury was to be trusted ; his lean ings being altogether towards absoutism, as allhis tions prove. I will say nothing about the minor app6jnt meats further than this—that some of them were exceed.- ingly discreditable—men who were appointed to do the dirty work of a Protectionist Government. Very well, they entered on power. They met the Parliament which then existed. It was necessary for the Chancellor of the Exchequer to bring forward a budget. Lord Derby, in the House of Peers, still declared himself a Protectionist —predicted ruin to the country if we persisted in the Free-trade system ; Mr. Disraeli was rather more cautious in the House of Commons ; but his colleagues, when they went to be re-elected, still de clared themselves Protectionists. We found we could not I put our trust in them. However, it was necessary, as I have stated, to bring forward a budget, and Mr. Disraeli did produce a financial scheme, which he brought forward with very great ability—extraordinary ability. He was cheered by the House of Commons—he was eulogised by the press, and generally praised out of doors. Out of regard to the peculiar circumstances of the Government, we passed all the estimates without a division. As Chancellor of the Excheque, Mr. Disraeli got gloriously through the budget and the estimates for the remaining part of the session. But it is painful to revert to certain circumstances con nected with this subject. Mr. Disraeli had previously stated that Sir Robert Peel's administration had surprised the Whigs when they were bathing, had stolen their clothes, and came into office wearing their garments. Un fortunately the budget which Mr. Disraeli brought forward was not his own. It had been previously prepared. The Army Estimates were prepared by Mr. Fox Menlo, now Lord Panmure ; Mr. Disraeli found them at the Horse Guards. The Navy Estimates were prepared by Sir Fran cis Baring : Mr. Disraeli found them at the Admiralty. The Ordnance Estimates were prepared by General Anson: Mr. Disraeli found them in Pall Mall. The Colonial Esti mates had been prepared by Lord Grey : Mr. Disraeli found them in the cul de sac at the bottom of Downing Street. The Estimates for the Miscellaneous and Contin gent Expenditure were prepared by Sir Charles Wood and the Lords of the Treasury; Mr. Disraeli found them com fortably folded up within red tape in his new residence at the Exchequer so that he at all events had discovered the old clothes of others that had been there before him. Lord Derby, in the House of Peers, declared himself still for Protection—he said the country had thriven under Pro tection : that the prosperity we had enjoyed for some years past was purely accidental, in consequence of our having had good harvests and other circumstances which he stated. Mr. Disraeli stated the same in the House of Commons—still adhering to Protection. They then said we will dissolve Parliament; we will go to the country: we will abide by its verdict, in full confidence that we shall have a majority to' enable us to govern the country upon Pro tectionist principles. They did dissolve Parliament ; and they went to the elections. Never was there so mnch in trigue, never was there so much immorality practised as at those elections ; yet notwithstanding all that, when Parliament met afterwards, such was the good sense of the people—so great the benefits they had derived under free trade, full employment, from the great prosperity of manufactures and commerce, with all the advantages of being fed, better clothed, and better sheltered than they had been before—they sent a large and decided majority to the House of Commons in favour of free trade. (Cheers.) On the 4th of Nov. 1852, Parliament met. In the mean time, the Duke of Wellington having departed this life at Weimer, on the 12th of that month, Mr. Disraeli, in the House of Commons communicated a message from her Majesty, intimating that it was her Majesty's gracious wish that the Duke of Wellington should have a public funeral at the expense of the country. On that occasion" the Chancellor of the Exchequer delivered a brilliant ora tion worthy of Fenelon or Massilon, to the memory of the illustrious departed hero. But if the shade of the Duke of Wellington had been present it must have shuddered to have heard his funeral oration was not that of an Englishman but of a Frenchman. It was an oration delivered over a French General who was buried some years before at Pere la Chaise, every word of all its inunortelles, and all by that witty, sparkling French statesman, known as the author of several romances which he calls histories. It was an oration by M. Theirs—(a laugh)—at the grave of General St. Cyr. These were stolen goods at all events. (Loud cheers.) A few days afterwards, the Free-traders and others in the House of Commons wore determined to bring the Derby-Disraeli Government at once to declare whether their policy was to be that of free trade and Libe ral principles ; and Mr. Charles Villiers was entrusted with a resolution to this effect, that "free trade is just, wise, and beneficial." It is quite true that the Derby Govern ment obstructed us, but they themselves were compelled to declare, both in the House of Peers and in the House of Commons, that a return to Protection was an impossibility ; and we carried Mr. Villiers' resolution that " free trade is just, wise, and beneficial," all the members of the Derby Government, and even Sir Robert Inglis, going out into the lobby with us. We therefore settled the question of free trade for ever. Then came the question of the politi cal integrity and morality of the Derby Government. Mr. Disraeli had declared—l believe, as a disappointed man— that the Government of Sir Robert Peel was " an organ ised hypocrisy." The country, fortunately, thought other wise. They considered the measures he brought forward were practical, were consistent with the circumstances and necessities of the times, that his free trade measures espe cially were permanent realities. We then began to think that Lord Derby and Mr. Disraeli and their colleagues, having for ten previous years resisted ever/ thing like the appearance of free trade and Liberal sentiments—having declared, on coming into power, that their policy should be to arrest the dangerous progress of democracy, which was undermining the institutions of the country, and admit of no system of education, except that which should be strictly and indissolubly connected with the Established Church of England, we began to think that the proper designation of the Derby-Disraeli Govern ment was a great political immorality. (Cheers.) We, the Liberal members of the House of Commons—and I am glad to say there were none more Liberal than certain members of the Peel Government, both as regards civil and political liberty, as well as that connected with our com mercial and industrial operations—we, the liberal members, were determined to bring them to the test. We knew very well that Mr. Disraeli must now, at length, bring forward a budget of his own. He had to fulfil some pledges of his colleagues. The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, for instance, addressing the electors of North Lincolnshire, said that he was still a Protectionist—that Lord Derby was a Protectionist—that Mr. Disraeli was the great leader of the Protectionists—and then there was their veracious Soli tor-General, in addressing the electors of East Suffolk, said " we are going back to Protection as before—give us power and we will do it." The country, he said, had been de ceived by Sir R. Peel—the country was still Conservative. Mr. Forbes Mackenzie said the same thing. There were rather blacker things done at Derby and other elections. Well, Mr. Disraeli did bring in his budget. It did con tain some good ' things • and he certainly put the best things in the front. I admit at once that his proposals with re spect to merchant shipping, by taking off the various re strictions as to the manning of our ships, and other parts of that measure, were quite equal to that passed by the present Government. But in admitting that, I am obliged to stop. The rest of the budget, if it were his own bud get, which I can hardly conceive—from his really well known abilities, I should say it was forced on him—for it exhibited so great a want of financial sagacity, with such an utter ignorance of the sentiments and interests of the coun try, that I can only regard it as the last expiring effort of a desperate party. He proposed, in order to relieve the agri cultural interest, to take off half the malt tax, sacrificing two millions and a half of revenue. Nov, if the duty could have been altogether abolished, it might have been very well ; but taking away one half of it would, practi cally speaking, have given no relief to the agricultural in terest. There would still have been the presence of the exciseman, and the great malsters and brewers would have got the whole benefit, from which the consumer would have derived no advantage, for he could not have got his beer not one halfpenny cheaper. And then there was to be an increase in the amount, and an extended area given to the house tax by including the houses valued at 101. and upwards, and doubling the tax ab ove the previous limit of 201. All this for the purpose of making up a remission of taxation in behalf of the landlords. Mr. Disraeli brought this forward with great inge nuit y and skill ; and I admit that, if he had agreed to what I and others had proposed he —if he had agreed to aboli sh the whole soap duty—if had agreed to re duce the duty on te a from 2s 24d to at the end of three years—if he had agreed to abolish the duty on advertisements, and various other things, pointed out by myself and' others, we might have agreed in prin ciple to the increase of the area, and doubling the rate of the house tax, as a direct tax ; but he did not, and we had to meet him. After a very skilful speech, he was answered by Mr. Gladstone in one of the most powerful speeches over heard in the House of Commons—l believe the most powerful and conclusive ever pronounced upon a financialquestion. What was the consequence? W e di vided, and we left the Derby Government ins, minority. I n a house of 591 members, they had 286 votes, including a ll those who had since been unseated for bribery and corru tion. We had on th e Liberal side 305 votes—the who le num b l e; inthe house voting being greater than in any other division since the passing of the Reform Bill. Our maj or it y was there f ore nineteen against the absolute Tory Government of Lord Derby. (Cheers.) But I have t o remark that ill consequ ence of the bribery and corruption 'which prevailed, a majority of 15 English members; Lord Derby had taking also into conside ration the briber y that was practised to the Irish to the a great extent in Ireland, and addin g Eng lish members, Lord Derby had still a majority of 4 in the scale; but when we come to includ e members who voted from Scotland, and this is a most glorious fact, that in the first place no Scotch member has been unseated for cor ruption; and when we came to decide upon thegreatprin ciples of civil, religious, and commercial freedom , the Scotch members gave a majority of the whole aga in s t Lord Derby of 19, (Cheers.) Let not Scotland forget that we did that. For a long period both civil and religious liberty has been sustained by the determined moral and political courage of Scotchmen ' • and when I state to you this offi cial fact with regard to the division in the House of Com mons, and that no Scotch members have been unseated for bribery or corruption, while 127 petitions have been pre sented against the English and Irish members, I think on may well be proud of the result. (Cheers.) yon may now got rid of the Protectionists, the Derbyites ;ig the ued T n o e r x i r , d for ever. Lord Derby and his colleagues re The Queen was left, I must admit, under very difficult circumstances. She, however, sent for two experienced statesmen, Lord Aberdeen, a countrymen o f your o wn an old experienced Liberal, the Marqui s o f Lansdo, and The noble Marquis declined taking any p ar t i n the aa. forma tion of the new Government, but he stated th a t so f ar his advice or influence could go in the formation o f a prac tical Government, he would render all the service in his power. In consequence of his age he had bid adieu to public life ; and I must say, in justice to him, I never knew a man take farewell of public life, as I heard him do in the House of Peer, with more grace or dignity, having n ever b een guilty of a single illiberal act during his long life. Lord Aberdeen, after a good deal of consideration and reflection, I undertook to form a Government. He consulted with - I Lord John Russell, and it was then determined that a I Government should be formed by choosing men from dif ferent parties on both sides of the house. When I state how the present Administration was formed, I am very far from approving of all the appointments. Ido not think that a sufficient amount of democratic element is intro duced into it ; and even as far as the democratic principle has been introduced, I do not justify it., because I have no hesitation in saying that the new democratic clement which has been introduced is not an independent element in the Government; I say so fearlessly. (Hear, hear.) The Government was formed by selecting a number of practical Peelites, a few experienced Whigs, and one or two at most of professed aristocratic Radicals. But still the Government, when formed was and is a strong one. At first, Lord Palmerston was either not invited to join the Government, or he declined to do so. My impression is, although I have not his authority for saying so, that he declined at first. The wonder in the House of Commons was, that he joined it at all, for he was the only man in the Commons who really cou ld have formed a great popu lar party i n th a t h ouse . But he did so at the request of those who had been instrumental in dismissing him, and from the impression under which Lord Aberdeen laboured that it was impossible to conduct the affairs of this country with a statesman so popular, so experienced in business, so skilful in debate, both with regard to foreign relations and domestic policy, out of power. At the same time I believe that Lord Palmerston only joined the Government under conditions which have rendered it much more liberal, and that he did it out of a strang sense of duty to his country. (Cheers.) I have reason to say so. Well, on the 30th day of Deceiuber, in order to give sufficient time for the re election o.f those who had become members of the Govern ment, Parliament was adjourned until the 10th February. On that day Ministerial explanations, very liberal in their professions, were made in the Upper House by Lord Aber deen, and in the Lower House by Lord John Russell. Lord J. Russell had temporarily taken charge of Foreign Affairs, which it was understood he would give up to Lord Clarendon, who had not taken office—Lord John then to continue leader of the House of Commons, with out office. Shortly afterwards Mr. Gladstone brought for ward some of his financial proposals. By his first he pro posed, in consequence of the great abundance of money, to convert a certain portion of the national debt, and especially that very anomalous portion the South Sea Annuities, into a'consolidated debt that would be less expensive, being at a lower interest to the country, thus saving from 1,000,000 to 200,0001. a year. I did not exactly agree with the manner in which he did that, at least as to a portion of it ; but still it would have saved money to the country, and it has. It has not been so successful as was expected, because we, at that time, had no idea of a disturbance of the peace of Europe, in consequence of the difference between Turkey and Russia. Then, at that time we had no unfavourable prospect of a deficient harvest. Men in consequence did not invest moneyfor a long period with the same confidence they might otherwise have done ; yet, so far as it had gone, the measure had been a saving to the country. But the great measure was Mr. Gladstone's financial scheme. He brought forward a budget, which I say without hesitation, is the greatest ever presented to the country. (Cheers.) In the first place, he went thoroughly and fully into the whole of our national obligations—he went fully and thoroughly into every branch of taxation. He grappled boldly with that which no Ministry in this country ever had the courage to contend with—the extension of the tax always exacted on succession to personalty, to landed property. His calcula tions with regard to that tax had, I believe, been made with great care—to'my knowledge ho had applied his mind to financial subjects for some years. When I speak of Mr. Gladstone before this assembly and before the country, I speak from personal knowledge of him, having acted under him for some years in office. We had daily intercourse while he was Vice-President, afterwards President of the Board of Trade, and I was chief socretary, and consequently intrusted with all the important airairs of that department. I saw he studied during that poriod everything con nected with our commercial legis/ation, Instead of being bigoted as a (politician, in religious or in civil affairs, I found he had thrown off an the little pre judices of youth—l found that he was a man who had determined to do everything that he considered commer cially, financially, and morally right—and I knew that he moment he took office I and others might place coneidence in him. (Cheers.) His calculation with regard tee the ' succession duties was in substance, not iu his more hecid words, this—l shall probably, during the first 15 monties, get from 2,000,0001. to 2,500,0001.—it will eventually pro duce 3,000,0001. a year. I am looking forward to the falling in of the terminable annuities in 1860 ; from tile conse quent diminished expenditure of 4,000,0001., and the in creased revenue from this source, I shall be enabled to do a good deal. In the first place, in the excise department I am pressed to abolish the soap duties, yielding 1,000,009/. I am advised not to meddle with it at all unless I abolish it altogether. It is a tax on cleanliness and health ; very well, I will abolish it altogether ; because, if I allow the exciseman to remain for the purpose of collecting my duty I shall prevent the extension of the manufacture ; I shall nearly double the price ; I shall prevent the poorer classes getting all the advantages of cleanliness and salubrity ; IRA I shall be doing more, I shall prevent the extension of the African trade in palm oil, and prevent Britain from being the greatest soap producing country in the world. (Cheers.) Then lam called on also to reduce the duty on tea. I should be happy to abolish it altogether, because I consider is should be as free a beverage as water is now : and, to use the language of a gentleman from this city, to whom he said it, instead of the people drinking slightly stained water as they now do, I want them to drink good wholesome strong tea. He adopted the amendment that was proposed to Mr. Disraeli—l proposed he should reduce the duty from 2s. 24d. to ls. in three years ; I should like to do it immediately ' • but deriving a revenue of 5,900, 000 /. from tea, he could not do it at once, inasmuch as there is only one market to produce the article, while many other are competitors for it. He reduced it in three years to one shilling per pound. He then brought forward mea sures long contemplated. He said there are 227 articles now subjected to Customs duties. They don't produce a very large revenue ; they are a great restriction on com merce and trade. The collection of this revenue, too, is attended with great vexation, dispute, and litigation, even more than the revenue on larger articles. He therefore abolished the duty altogether on these 227 articles. (Hear.) These duties included many on the raw material of manu factures • all the remaining articles of food being now re lieved oeduty, except eggs, on which the duty is merely nominal, to enable an account to be kept. Then we had a good deal of discussion on the taxation upon knowledge. I wished them abolished altogether; but taking into consi deration the state of the revenue, and believing that a progressive reduction was better than none at all, I came to the conclusion that it would be well if wo could this session repeal the duty on advertisements, and look to the next and following year to abolish the excise on paper ; because he made up his mind that in all cases where the excise were concerned, with the single exception of spirits, if touched at all the duty should be abolished. As to the advertisement duty some objection was made ; there were a few men in the Govern ment who wanted to retain the 6d. I voted against its retention. We beat them ; Mr. Gladstone was not sorry ; it was probably his own intention to have repealed it first. (Hear.) Then there was a new arrangement of the assessed taxes. They had been greatly moderated ; and there were those on carriages and horses, which Mr. Gladstone had changed to a more equitable and much lower rate. We had various other matters to look into. A bill was brought forward for the purpose of relieving merchant shipping from existing restrictions in regard to the manning of ships ; that bill has been carried, and it certainly is a great ame lioration of the former state of things. Ido not say it is perfect, but it was perhaps as much as could be done at the time. Various other measures were introduced by the Government which it would be tedious to detail. There was the Charity Trusts Bill, which I believe will be attended with great advantage to the country. (Cheers.) Other measures were proposed and abandoned, or postponed until next session of Parliament. Lord J. Russell introduced a bill with regard to national education ; that bill was post poned. I will, therefore, say nothing about its merits. It was not a bill to meet all my views ; nor do I believe it would entirely have met the wishes of the people of this country. I trust the time which will elapse between this and the reassemblinc , of Parliament will enable him to bring forward a better bill than that which in the meantime has been postponed. We had a bill of the greatest possible importance introduced—for the govern ment of India. Such a bill may not be very well compre hended in the extent of its importance by the public gene rally. It was a bill that would have been exceedingly im prudent if it had concerned a European nation ; but consi dering that from time to time the monarch of this kingdom has acquired sovereignty over 151,000,000 of people in Asia, divided into many nations, professing many religions, speak ing several languages, divided hereditarilyinto numerous and unmixable castes, legislating for that country could not be ra shly attempted, in order to make any immediate and rapid change, when we consider that that country is go verned, with its 151,000,000 of inhabitants, by Europeans, of whom there are not more than 12,000 res id ent in the whole of that immense empire, extendi ng from tßeloochis tan and Persia to the p rov i nce o f Ava—from Hima laya mountains Lto Cape Comorin—a territorymohreetilhiicinklay settled than one-half of Europe. A bill, therefore, was brought in, which chan ge d t o some extent, yetretained s the Government with a great proportion of its former powers, reducing the number of directors from 24 to 18, of whom 12, or half the former number, are to be elected by the proprietors, and six to be nominated by the Crown. The bill related merely to the administrative Government of India ; it did not trench atal s l on the rev enues an d com merce of the country, an d it was considered merely a, temporary bi ll (H accordingly, being was one circumsta nce connected 'with i H t e w a h , c h h e hear.) w . ) will e e rne tion, the more particularly as my vote on that point was different from th a t o f unconstitutional My honourable colleague. A most had not th e p ower t motion was br oug ht f orwar d, w hi c h we ment of Indi a the o carry out, having given the Govern financially for 3 ower of legislating commercially and itself. So long as we continued that power we could not interfere with any of their duties ; but it was moved that the salt tax in India should be abolished. I did not vote for that, because I knew it was unpractics.- ble ; but I k new more'; I know that instructions were to be given to the new Government of India to reform the whole commercial policy of that country, and provide as rapidly as possible for the abolition of the salt duties alto gether. Other members who were not acquainted with these circumstances, voted in ignorance; they voted for what could not be constitutionally done; they voted, in fact, much the same way as if the proposal had been that Parliament should impose any particular local tax on Glas gow, while your own Corporation had th e power of managing your own affairs. At the same time, had a measure been brought into Parliament for the purpose of disabling the I East India Company from imposing that particular tax, should not have voted against it if I were not certain_that Government are to direct their attention to its gradual an d rapid abolition. My vote in Parliament has been misun derstood. I never give a vote in the goy of Commonst h e most a practical view. I wish alw a y s to attain, i n most practical way, the best thing; but I never . refuse . to gain, step by step, that which le ads to this best thing, be cause I cannot get them all at once. The hon. gentleman then referred to the Canada Clergy It""Y", Which he considered a moss b satisfactory bill, both in its bearing on civil and religion' 3 liberty and the satisfactory government of Canada. A vs ay important measure was also brought forward by Lord J Olin Russell with reference to the Island of Jamaica, a color ay as to the government of which great dissatisfaction had for a long time prevailed. Important changes are proposed for the government of that colony, giving it, as nearly as possible, the same form of respon sible government as that which has been so successful, and given so much satisfaction to the inhabitants of the North American provinces. Numerous other bills of minor im portance were passed. As respects Scotland, several im portant bills have been brought forward and passed. That which occupied most attention in committee and in the house has been the Sheriff Courts Bill—a bill that, although it gr eatly amends the present system by dis pensing in the first instance with written pleadings, still leaves behind the great, anomalous, and pernicious evil of a resident and non-resident sheriff ; and I would say until this evil be removed, until the Sheriff Courts are assimi lated as nearly as possible to the County Courts of Eng land, I fear that the people of Scotland cannot be satisfied with the law as it now stands. After alluding in a cur sory way to one or two other topics connected with the proceedings of the last session of Parliament, Mr. Mac gregor made special reference to the wav in which Scot land was neglected, in comparison with other parts of the country, by those at the head of the administration of af fairs. He showed that while Scotland, since the Union, had paid her fall proportion of taxes for the support of the Government she had not shared like England or Ireland in monetary grants for national, educational, institutional, or other public purposes. While Manchester, Dublin, and London continuously obtained grants to public parks and other institutions, Glasgow was altogether overlooked. (Hear, hear.) Great injustice and unfairness had been done to Scotland ; and he complained loudly of the wretched and niggardly conduct of the Government with regard to our Glasgow Post-office, which he cited as a sample of the mode in which the just claims of Scotland were treated by those in power. After referring to the good effects likely to result from the appointment of a Secretary of State for Scotland, Mr. Macgregor concluded a long and able speech by cordially thanking the meeting for the patience with which they had listened to him, and resumed his seat amidst loud and continued expressions of applause. Bailie GILMOUR then rose, and moved a vote of thanks to the hon. member—first, for his preliminary or introduc tory remarks, which formed a succinct narrative of the proceedings on which are based all our civil and religious liberties 2 • 2d, his observations as to what had t ransp i re d for sometime previous to the session just expired ; and, 3d, and most important, for an epitome of the business ac complished during a session the most brilliant, in the course of which has been passed more beneficial legislation than during any other session (excepting the Reform Bill in 1832) since the days of Pitt and Fox—(cheers)—and which has shown that the present Government comprises as great a ga laxy of talent as the Governments of these remarkable and eloquent statesmen. Although he (Bailie Gilmour) did not vote for the hon. member at last election, he did not vote against him, having voted for his friend Mr. Hastie a lone ; but the hon. gentleman undertook the duties, explained his principles , con sc i e ntiously acted up to them ; and he is entitled to our sincere gratitude, not only for doing so, but for coming here this evening to redeem the pledge which he had solemnly made. (Cheers.) It is a s heartless task, pu bli oh,o ifw e y v o e r u , d t o strive o n o tr w e t v h all y e even en o u m i ght thanks r n d o the hearts of the hon. gentleman's constitutents would be as callous as the nether mill-stone if they did not return to him their warmest thanks for his eminent services. But he knew that the hearts of his fellow-citizens were formed of the proper stuff, and he moved that this meeting tender to the hon. member their warm, grateful, and sincere ac knowledgments for his consistent and assiduous attention to their interests in Parliament. Mr. Mom seconded the motion of Bailie Gilmour. Mr. Macgregor had set an excellent example to his colleague, Mr. Misfit) ; and he hoped that although Mr. Hastie was not present, he would not be slow to follow the course taken by Mr. Macgregor on this occasion ; for he believed it to be of the utmost importance that a cordial, friendly, and right understanding should subsist at all times between a representative and his constituents. The motion having been put from the chair, was carried unanimously. _ _ Mr. MACGREGOR then shortly acknowledged the compli ment, and returned his sincere thanks for the expression of approval that had just been given of the manner in which he had humbly discharged his duties in Parliament. A vote of thanks having been tendered to the chairman for his conduct in the chair, the meeting broke up shortly after 10 o'clock. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT, Aug. 24. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) MATCH FOR ONE HUNDRED GUINEAS. This match, between the English yacht Alarm, and the Swedish yacht Aurora Borealis, came off yesterday. The yachts were started from off Cowes Castle at 11 a.m., with a light wind from the N.E. The Swede was to windward, and was so good a match for the Alarm that Corke could not shake her off till they got off Ryde, when by a piece of trickery he got away from her. It soon after fell off calm, but the ebb tide took them down the back of the Wight, the Alarm at one time nearly a mile ahead. When near the Needles passage (the tide still carrying them to the westward), the Swede drifted almost on board the Alarm, and, but for the crew using their boat-hooks, would have become too closely ac quainted to be pleasant. The were hardly clear of each other when the Alarm let go her anchor, and the Swede directly followed her example ; but they had hardly brought up, when a light breeze sprung up from the westward, and the Alarm's small anchor (only 2 cwt.) was on her bows again, and she was off. The Swede soon followed, and after a hard struggle they reached the starting vessel at nine o'clock, the Alarm beating by two minutes, after a trial of ten hours ! It is much to be regretted that these vessels bad not had a spanking breeze to contend with, as they are both fine powerful vessels, and splendid sea boats. This match has done nothing towards deciding v.hich is the fastest yacht of the two. The Alarm was sailed by Edward Corke, the most noted and successful yacht sailor in this district. THE AMERICAN YACHT SILVIE.—This yacht was hauled up on Mr. Joseph White's slip on Monday, to have her bottom scrubbed. Numbers flocked to exa mine this challenger of the English yacht clubs, with her two sliding keels. She is generally considered to be a complete failure. We are very much surprised at this, as she was built by Steer, the talented builder of the justly celebrated America. Her bottom is like a spoon, one of her sliding keels is amidships, the other aft—the first acts very well, the aft one is a failure. She draws only 6 feet water when they are up, but 15 feet when they are down. ACCIDENT OFF NITON.—The name of the gentleman who was' drowned off Niton on Saturday morning last is Mr. Ed ward Anderson, of London. A reward of 20/. has been offered for the recovery of the body. He was but lately married, and his lady was on a visit with him when the fatal accident occurred. The watermen were, Francis and Peter Barton. A reward of 101. has been offered for the recovery of their bodies. A verdict of manslaughter was yesterday returned by the jury against Captain David Corke, for occasioning the death of William Yearn, on Monday, the Bth inst., he being the master of the Medina, Southampton steamer, engaged in a pleasure trip round the Isle of Wight. Having neglected to keep a look out, the steamer ran down Wearn's boat, drowning him and his two brothers. The mate and seaman of the steamer seem to have been equally to blame, they having left the bows of the vessel, where they ought to have been on the look out, to go below to drink with one of the passengers. The commodore of the Royal Yacht Squadron's yacht Zara came into harbour this day to lay up, she having been in commission only one week. The Earl of Wilton and a large party of fashionables sail to-morrow for Ireland in the Xarifa. FRENCII PRIZES FOR VIRTITE.—M. Viennet, in his report to the French Academy relative to the Montyon prizes for virtue of the present year, relates the follow ing case :—"Etiennette Chanouny was for 15 year s i n l the service of a rich family of Montauban. when a daughter of her master contracted a badly -assorted mar riage. The servant foresaw that the marriage would be an unhappy one and she asked leave to act as servant to her young mistress. Her presentiment was soon realized, as the fortune of the husband and the money brought by the wife were prodigally squandered, and great dis tress followed. Etiennette had a field belonging to her, and she sold it to help her mistress ; she received a legacy of 600 f. and that sum she also gave up. But the husband continued his career of dissipation until at last a fit of illness carried him off, leaving his widow and her daughter without other resources than the devotedness of the servant. But she worked for both, and not only kept them from want, but sent the little girl to school. She hoped that in the end the daughter in receiving a good education would be able to assist the mother. But misfortune again fell on the family, as the girl died, leaving the mother, whose health then gave way, to the charge of Etiennette. The latter was now 60 years of age, but her heart was still young, and she set to work as if she were only 20 to obtain employment to support her mistress. She got some apartments in the town to clean every day, and so earned wherewithal to keep her mistress from want. Is it not time that these 30 years of devotedness should receive a recompense ? The academy has undertaken to do so, and a prize of 2000 f. will give some alleviation to this woman, who has evinced so much delicacy united to so much generosity." e a m t b 3 the rs ,each other from UNlTED cerit l y STA “ T e E h S e .— win S g OM e e fr i? t o a f b G t l h e E e lsr a T A t u :ssem Y Al b l b l N y an T w y ll e E r were hotel,re by traveller drew a from Oneida," &c., when a Bentucky etely their respective counties, as, discontinued peal of laughter upon them that t c h o e mpl huge darkie waiter, "I'llcaliitnh-ank the gentleman the practice, by exclaiming to f ro m Africa for a slice o f "I'll thank the gentleman ham!"—A meri caii; Courier. il sayDsltshGautsTolnNGEAriFdFaAymla.—st Tahne Irish. No rth nr ii labourert s I D r e a s i d y ga elevated,D r y gates d t r e e t e e r t i G n l e a s d g t o o w , enlist h a v in the xit t,: he ot eonhi shortlysmel f Hon. astEuaraf Saturday ryl r tn i o t d t oi le last, a z t C h o e m b p o a b n y . ' s On service reac , h a m n g d a h e i s c o d r d o i t n n g i c l Pat related the i affair to i , iy bis co b n e s t i t d e e r re h d alf h , o w w he i n ler sh h e. u l s i b k a e nd a couldloving w esca pe from the clutches of the soldi ers . H er confidentilarle,frtie7dgs were immediately called in to delibe rate, and after a short discussion it was resolved that Pat's right eye should be sacrificed, thereby disabling him from being a soldier. The unthinking wretches in stantly put the resolution into force by attacking the man, who was still under the influence of liquor, and knocking him down. Alternately the women—but more especially the man's wife made unsuccessful attempts with their fingers to gouge or tear out Pat's eye ; the poor man meanwhile making the best resis tance he could against, the inhuman treatment. The police by this time were apprised of the occurrence, and proceeded to the house, but the "oculists" had fled. The man was brought to the Central Police Office, and attended by the surgeon of the establishment. The eye which had been experimented upon was severely bruised round the optic, the lids were much sworion and dis coloured, and his face scratched in various places. ti• t 3 4 10 4 F lo id 6t Lb' iv;