The Sun. — London, England, 1840-06-02 00:00:00

an se li 3r er It Portion of cases taken into the Court of Exchequer, which w4aoverv,helmcd with business, while some of the ablest Judaea were in the Queen's Bench and Common Pleas pith comparatively little to do. At other times, SoEngland it has been the fashion for suitors. S ° Crowd the Court of Queen's Bench, although Judges the full as able as ay Judges of that Court pi-co:id, ti in t he Common Pl eas . Th e b us i ness o f t h e Exchequer was incre asing, lnd had increased, The increase had begun at the time his Noble and Lesrt'cd Friend opposite pre sided over that Coda. There was no reason in the 1 14 " why that Court should be a favourite, since just the , 4 ele legal talprit and the same judgment, could be found all thQ other Courts. He would now state what, in his wrAst the proper remedy for this. He did not see eoul d c, should tu er be any choice of Courts permitted. He -1 / 4 ener see any reason why a plaintiff should have the V"l' of chosmg his Court any more than the defendant. it'tvvere becatte the plaintiff was the person in possession, alight perhaps Le right, but the plaintiff was t ,Ti t i ne "ily the person out of posi•ession. Now, if „, 41 choic e was g i ven b ecause h e was th e p erson out 1 ": posses s i on , i t wou ld at l east b e cons i s t ent ; b ut he I ," not always the p erson o ut of possession, and there an nothing less consistent than that the plaintiff should ha ve, the c h o i ce o f C ourts , an d i n ear li er ti meg suc h was -°t the.case. Th e pl a i n tiff i n those times had no choice, 4a - all suits went to their respective Courts, and it was - :, t , ri Until fictions were introduced that tic plaintiff hod the icQ of Courts. Now, how did this apply to the Master the Rolls? He would say, that if they removed the baster of the Rolls from his Court, they would increase e evil, and the remedy was not to give parties the choice Courts, but to send suits to the Rolls to relieve Court of Chancery and the Vice-Chancellor. He lilt he told th a t it w o uld b e ha r d upon the suitor to to d 0? hi m to go to t h e R o ll s, b ut w h at were t h ey a b out ? The Master of the Rolls was going to the Prisy - : u ncil• The suitor had no choice of Judges of arP"lt and there could be no appeal against his decision, there was no appeal from the Privy Council. On one Not he wished to address the House. He thought there ought to be an intermediate Coto t of Appeal for certain frurpcsee.He believed they ought to allow an appeal 'at th e Rolla to the Vice-Chancellor or Chancellor. P a • - "lea might elect which, but they should not have 14,nther appeal from that decision. The bulk of appeals tclt es e to the House of Lords did not come I.ntritlte Court of Chancery, but came front Scot• His Noble and Learned Friend k r bt *d, he hoped, not require further assistance than would, th e real arrears was ce got rid of, be sufficient to meet I L " teal exigencies of the ease, and he should advise their ° Niships strictly to restrict the additionA supply to those Iligenetes. ;the LORD CHANCELLOR said he believed his *'"ble and Learned Friend was aware that it was the ° P it 'ion of all persons who had been engaged in any des I) :ttreent of the Court of Chancery, that justice c,uld not Properly administered without great additional strength. s uch wa s t h e o pi n i on o f th e B ar , suc h was th e o pi n i on o f , olicitors, and that such was the opinion of the three I: , tl Kei; engaged in the administration of Equity their I,.,l°Niships must bs aware, from the statements which his l 'hle and Learned Friend BA himself had made, and Po from the recorded opinion of the Vice-Chancellor. ~:„. ° l ll the book of causes their Lordships would find, that a fters , • bad uitc , rbad completed his case, after all the evidence been examined into, and when nothing was wanting complete the case but the decision of the Judge, three totes n•ust elapse before such suitor could obtain a hear :K. No one had suggested that this was owing to defi- Jere exertion on the part of the Judges. He believed ‘utiat every one admitted they exerted themselves to the t i tlost of their power. His Neble and Learned Friend had : i uded to a distinguished individual who had once presided. , ‘ , 4 l 'ccsChancellor. and subsequently as Master of the Rolls, e 0 got through his business with great rapidity ; in fact, be believed he had got through a greater amount of busi tres.st than had ever been got through by one individual ; i nt' he would give him the credit of saying, that, consider :og the vast quantity of business that he did, it was well n tl e. But h e wou ld as k hi s N o bl e an d L carne I F r i en d , tat , e would seriously recoeeniend any one to attempt irro king the rapidity of that. Judge ? Allusion hind been pe de to t h e t i me o f L ord Hard wicke. Now, hose hap dtirl!ti it that so larg e a num b er o f bill s h a d b een fil e d t _-ag his ti me ? Wh y , b ecause w h en a party came to the seat h e was sure of having his business done. He i i ld not be t o ld th a t h e must wa i t s i x years f or i t; b ut In g: a 'Dill occupied no time, it was the hearing which "c work to the Judge. Now, the hearings in Lord stardvvicke's time were not one-third what they are at pre feet. _ In the five years ending 1764, the average annual 1 9 8 , ;aunt of hearings was 383, and in the flue years ending tr ite 9 e the average annual amount of hearings was 1,248. e i k r ."ng even a later period, during Lord Eldon's time, Ing, the year 1812, the year before the Vice-Chancellor 4 1 : ti a l , Pointekl, the average annual amount of bearings had Annual d• In the fi ve y ears en di ng 1812 t h e average 100 amount of hearings was 562, while in the five years as he had before stated, it was 1,243. ttu• t in , Was not merely the qu an tity d one th a t th e y w e re t o e ig . 1839' , R id d tset the business of the country respired it to be re, -- "e• He would mention, as an instance, the annual it'erage number of cases set doter during the three years a v , f °re the appointment of the Vice-Chancellor, was 540, ,„ -4.4 the average annual number during the three years after i rk . '" 717, Now what had happened to occasion this increase? ; e fact was that they would have to provide for the in crease of business, which would be sure to follow the ap rlintment of a new Judge. That was manifest from the the of business which had followed the constitution of - ”, e Vier-Chancellor's Court. There was another fact to t it tch he wished to call the attention of his Noble and warned Friend. It was this, that the longer cases re blhed unh ear d, t h e more i mpract i ca bl e t h ey b ecame . Th e i„-h`lAber of c ases a l one was not a j ust cr i ter i on o f t h e t i me ei r ic hthe duties of the Court would occupy. He wished to 'et their attention to the new duties which would be j t tPo se d on t h e M aster o f the Rolls, though he would not at any length on that subject, as the question then before their Lordships NI Is merely that they should go into Committee on the Bill. The present state of the Privy Council was certainly not such as it would be desir able to continue. No one individual was at present Oblig e d to attend that Court, and it ther e f ore f requen tly became a matter of extreme difficulty to regulate its sittings. The jurisdiction of the Privy Council was, how "°,, of a very important character, and it was of the utmost consequence that its duties should be properly attended to, It was calculated that about fifty days in the Year were necessary for the sittings of the Council, and it w°t 'ld therefore tyke the Master of the Rolls that "le to absent himself from his own Court. He Z,, ltai ntY regretted this, but ho saw no other means ‘'ilich the matter could be more advantageously d Ptil ed 4,• • It would be impossible for him to require the d nes of the other Courts to attend the Council, consi. ,: 1-i ng the duties they had already to discharge. For these j. t i l l "ot, and after every deliberation in his power, he ." fight that nothing was more likely to secure the proper els e ), 'arge of the duties of the Privy Council than the 'course he had taken. p f Lord LYNDHURST said that his Noble and Learned thafends had certainly entered into the details of the ques j,joitt a manner which showed its importance. It was to , Bs ible., in his o pi n i on , t o come t o an y sa f e an d satisfac eo4"eci,ion on the mutter, except by referiing it to the at le4keation of a Committee up stairs, lie believed that s at one a ddi t i ona l J u d ge was recesaary for the Court ilc., e' „atieery, and the only doubt nn his mind was, whether ch, w ould be sufficient. Teat, however, was a matter of t h : ._ 4ll, and in order thhey might ar iv at a safe on the n the subject h at e t propcsed that th e e entire question 'uld undergo further examination. He did not think it b ces 'sare, aa an investigation into the subject would e carried or' elsewhere to enter then into any details with r ~eaP ect to it. Hi s mot i on was t h at t h e Bill s h ou ld b e re 'erred to a Committee up stairs. ;The LORD CHANCELLOR sa id , t h at t h oug h h e . h himself conv i nce d o f t h e trut h of the statements he ti % 4 advanced, others might find it necessary to have fur 'tat information on the subject ; an as he had no dubt 'gat the object o f th e proposed investigation was A o fair "a, be should accede to the motion of his Noble and Learned Friend. Lord BROUGHAM had no objection to the proposed Qu 'le. He should observe, that on one subject his Noble s nci Learned Friend (the Lord Chancellor) had misunder stood him, as he had not argued against the appointment of an additional Judge in the Court of Chancery, and as his only object had been to show what was the extent of arrears In the Court in question, and what further assistance it might require. As to the statement of his Noble Friend, that the Mas terof the Rolls should sit at the Privy Council, and there ad rainster justice, he would venture to say it was impossible for any one man to make himself properly acquainted with the lews of the different countries which the Privy Coun cil had to administer. Lord E LLEN BO ROUG H acquiesced in the propriety of the motion of his Noble Friend, that the Bill should be referred to a select Committee, as he was convinced the subject could only be properly considered in such a Committee. They had had the subject brought before them year after year, and be thought it was now high time that the matter should he settled, His Noble Friend had mated that he thought one V , ec- Chancellor would be suffi cient ; hut that was a questiett for the Committee. If an other Vice-Chancellor was required, the Committee would r ecommend it, and it would be the duty of that House to a dept the recommendation. Lord LYNDHURST was satisfied that an additional e- Chancellor was required at the present moment, and 41 the Committee it was clearly shown that two were re quired, he should be the first to accede to the proposition. Lord ELLENBOROUGH thought the question of theNiaste• of the Rolls going to the Privy Council, and the alteration in the Court of Exchequer, were matters for the et) nsideration of the Committee, and not for that House. h . Lord A BIN GER cocurd entirely in the motion of I s Noble Friend, to refer the Bill to a Select Committee. The Duke of WELLINGTON thought if the Bill was -t) go to a Select Committee, it was useless further die. ,tossing it in that House. .Lord DENMAN was rather disposed to think, after the 1 111 nicreus inquiries which for the last twent y y ears had b een carri e d on , a ll o f which ended in a universal opinion th a t more strength was required in the Court of Chancery, that their Lordships were as competent to pronounce an c T in ion upon the subject, as any Commit tee u p stairs. He tutted, therefore, any Committee that might be appointed i°tlld be expedi.inus in the discharge of their duties, so "t th e subject might be speedily disposed of. L The Bill was then ordered to be referred to a S elect • - cmrnitte e . Lord LYNDHURST presented a petition signed by 420 Solicitors iu London, iii favour of the Bill, so far as it r eitited t o t h e appo i ntment o f two new J u dges in the Cour T,hanccry, and the abolition of the Equity Exchequer. petition was referred to the Committee. The Noble L ord also presented a petition from the Ushers of the Court of Exchequer. praying that if the Equity Ex.. l ''qtker was abolished they might have compensation. e Noble Lnrd Oen presented a similar petition Iron vtDer officers of the Court. The Bills on the table were forwarded a stage, a. f .2, tL riAl . 5O - inilcurn e d at a Quarter Fast Eight os.Ctook. HOUSE OF COMMONS, JUNE 1. The SPEAKER tool: the Chair at Four o'Clock. Th,r, R,Tort of the Committee en the Dublin and Drog heda Ass brought up. The Nairrit!lire Road Bill was read a third time and pasmi, lutien-e." Thet !tie the opinion of this House (as the peo ple of Ireland do not contribute to the Assessed Taxes) that, in any additional taxation that may be required to make up the deficiency of the revenue of the United King dom, it is unjust and inexpedient to impose any tax which will fall exclusively on the people of Great Britain." Se jesnt JACKSON raid he dottld con;tair in but little that h,qd fallen froiii hie Ilbh, Friend ; for he believed that instead Of the plan of the Chancellor of the Exchequer being partial it was just and necessary. lie denied that Ireland derived great advantages from our Colonial pos sessions. Belfast was the only town in Ireland that pos sessed foreign trade. Then his Hon. Friend wished to impose taxes on treland-eathat was to equalise the taxation of the two countries; but how would he raise it ? While they imposed 41 per cent. on spirits manufactured in England ho would impose 14, 1 i per cent. on that in Ire• land, which was most unjust. Mr. O'C ONNELL said it was mockery to Ireland to talk as the lion. Gentleman had done; the Hon. Gentle man would deprive them of equal franchise and political rights, but would equalize their taxation—a financial being different from a political question. This was a mockery. He then talked of the exports of Irelsnd; if he had talked of the imports of Ireland, and shown that they exceeded CUSTOMS DUTIES BILL. the exports he (Mr. 0 . C.) would know the country was Mr. HUME said that as the object of the Customs in a state of prosperity, because they would be consumers ;. Duties Bill, which stood upon the Orders, was to impose but exports of the necessaries of life were a proof of po a tax of two millions upon the people, he felt it his duty to verty ; and could the Hon. Gentleman tell him of any oppose the Bill, because he was convinced that the expenda. thing that went back for these experts? No; the moment ture which rendered that tax necessary sass occasioned by the they were received at Liverpool, they were turned into had policy of the Government in reference to the affairs of money, which was sent to the banking-houses of the ab- Turkey and Egypt. On the 27th of March last he had aentees. He also talked to them of the propriety of a stated in the House that the conduct of the Government had rise—it was going far hack, but it was right to do so, to prevented, instead of promoting, peace between the the period of the Union to speak of this subject. Pasha and the Porte. He on that occasion called on the At that time the debt of Ireland was twenty-two millions, Noble Lord ( Palmerston) t o s t a t e w h et , hi s policy was; and that of England four hundred and forty-six millions. but the Noble Lord said that it would be inconvenient to I To show the English bonus of ten millions annually on the her Majesty's service to produce the documents. The two debts,t Noble Lord did not deny the whole of his (Mr. Home's) he proportion ought to be I to 22 , but inst ead of statement, but said that he was not fully acquainted with that it was 8- 1 e to I. A grosser injustice could not have been inflicted. To palliate this, Lord Castlereagh made all the facts, and did not, therefore, comprehend the specious promises. On the sth February, 1800, he said— policy of the Government. At that period an important I" In respect to the former expenses, Ireland should have no event occurred which caused considerable changes in concern whatever with the debt of Great Britain, but the France. The French Chambers called upon M. Tillers two countries would be united as to future expenses. lie to state what his policy was with respect to Turkey and should have considered it a most valuable circumstance in Egypt; he made that known, and he stated that, sup- this arrangement if the countries to be incorporated had no posing other Powers did not concur in that policy, France distinct revenues, the inconvenience of which had been was strong enough to uphold that policy alone. He ( Mr. H. sh policy was estranged from France, H.) felt in the Union with Scotland." H e went on to sa y complained that Briti that to obviate this inconverience an equivalent was paid to and Ministers were doing all in their power to support the S co tland, and she was thenceforth equally taxed ; views taken by Russia, and for that purpose the country and that Great Britain now paid taxes for the was keeping up a great army and force. Within the interest on the debt of ten millions (the falsity present month France had offered to withdraw ten sail of of which statements he would presently show), for the line from the Iscvant.—( Hear, hear.) It was any pro p or ti on o f thi s h e wou ld no t call on Ireland, clear, therefore, that France had no idea of war, and nor offer, as in the case of Scotland, any equivalent. It they wished to see peace established between Mehemet Ali was, therefore, absolutely necessary the debts should re and the Porte. He , Mr. Flume) thought the House main distinct, and of course that the taxation should be ought to have a statement from the Noble Lord, the Se- separate." Nosy, see how Lord Castlereagh had misres cretary of State for Foreign Affairs, what policy they in- presented—the debt of England at that time was 420 mil tended to pursue before they granted any money. The lions; the charge on the funded debt was 15,8001. ;on Noble Secretary for Foreign Affairs insisted that the Porte the unfunded debt, 1,020,0001 ; the total, instead of It) should not give up Egypt and Syria to the Pacha—hold- millions, being 16,821,0001. England paid 5,408,000/. ing that Egy pt alone should be given up. France, on assessed taxes; for the stamp dutica, at a higher ratio, say the other hand. was content that the Sultan should refill. one and a half million. The rise on the separate quish Syria. The Sultan was about to complete the ar- taxation of England was 7,000,0001., when according to rangement, whet, a note from the Five Powers required its Lord Castlereagh, it ought to have been 17,000000/. abandonment. That was in July, 1839. By this inter- Here was a plain and palpable injustice. After the Union ference, ever since then, had the Porte and the Pasha— the first thing that was done was to raise the taxes as re- ' England and France been compelled to keen up forces, pidly as p oss ible. He would read a few lines from a Par when otherwise peace might have been secured. We had liamentary paper, printed in Jane 8, 1833, to show how been pursuing a policy utterly at variance with the interests t h e P ar li am ent had dealt with Ireland. The Hon. Gen of Turkey, with our friendship far France, and with our tleman then read an extract, from which it appeared the own interests. What h e com pl a i n ed o f was, that the po. increase in England had been 23, and in Ireland 46 the licy of the British Government had stopped all negotta- per cent. After that were Hon. Gentlemen to corn lions for peace at a time when ;Mehemet Ali had declared his p l a i n o f the partial taxation towards Ireland ?—( Hear. ) readiness to deliver up the Turkish fleet under any guaran- The Hon. and Learned Member went on to say, that the tee England or France would secure. The House was bound inequality of tsxation was one of the gross wrongs which to call for an exposition from her Majesty's Government had followed what Lord Plukett called the most atrocious of the policy they had manifested towards Turkey and injustice ever perpetrated, yet now came forward the Hon. Egypt. It was not his intention to press for the papers Member for Lincolnshire with an under-growl—( A to which he had alluded, because that might interfere with l aug h) —about e qualizing the taxation of Ireland Rod the regular business of the House, but he did hope that the England. Let tee Hon. Member do justice to Ireland Noble Lord would state whether any proposition had been in other respects, and even then there would be gross made from France to promote peace between Turkey and iniquity in making greater what was in fact the inequality Egypt, and to withdraw a portion of the naval armament of taxation as against Ireland. that was at present kept up, and which was so expensive Mr. LUCA S said all he could urge against the motion to both France and England ? had been anticipated by the lion. Gentleman who had Lord PALMERSTON said that was a question of very just spoken. considerable difficulty, and his lion. Friend was attempt- Col. CONNOLLY said increased taxes on Ireland ing to draw him into a discussion very prematurely, and would be sure to be unproductive, and that was the best one which, if the attempt were successful, might be very secur ity against their imposition. He ens afraid that the prejudicial to the interests o f the c o untry. lie fell it his proposed increase of the per centage on the spirit duty would duty, however, to assure the house that almost be, to produce illicit distillation. And he begged the at every assertion made by his Honourable Friend tention of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to the general as to the policy of this country, and the fear propriety and justice of rather adapting the increased of any outbreak with France, the conduct of her Ma- taxation to the various articles, so as to levy it more upon jesty's Ambassador at Constantinople, every one of them the higher classes. were founded upon the grossest m isinformation. —(Laugh- C o l o n e l SI BT HOR P said he thought there ought to ter.) The Hon. Gentleman said France was prepared to be a per centage duty on all salaries above 8001. Ile protect Mehemet Ali with force. Now no such communia should like to see a duty levied, for instance, on the salary cation, or anythieg like it, had been made to the Govern- of the Noble Lord (Morpeth) the Secretary for Ireland, ment ; but it he were to attempt to deny in d e t a il all the who was so fond of capering in quadrilles.—( Laughter.) m isstatements of his Hon. Friend he would be led into that No harm in it ; for I (said the Gallant Colonel) was fond discussion which he thought the interests of the countr y of dancing once.—( Laughter.) I should like, also, to demanded bins to abstain from. His Hon. Friend said the have duties levied on the Noble Lord the Secretary for the increased taxation was rendered necessa r y b y the evil policy Colonies , so with the Chancellor of the Exche q uer ; so of the For e ign-office. Now was he not aware that a great with all of them.— ( Laughter.) The increased expenses portion of it was rendered necessary by a measure which, have been • produced by the mismanagement of the during last Session, received his warmsupport ; that it was Government entirely. I wish they could be ousted from rendered necessary by the large reduction made upo n the their places; better men mi g ht be found—worse could not postage of letters ; by the unfortunate occurrences which possibly be discovered, to fill their offices.—( Laughter.) had taken place in Canada, and the events which had hap- Mr. 'Alderman HU MPHE RY wanted to know if the pened in China ? He begged most distinctly to deny that gentry of Ireland who lodged in England great part of the it was at all rendered necessary by' the naval force main- year, and paid no assessed taxes for their residence any tained in the Levant. The expense seas rendered necessary where, were assessed to the duties on carriages, horses, for the purpose of putting our naval force upon a relative &c.—(Hear, hear.) footing with that of foreign nations, and he was not aware The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that even if these questions were settled the French naval he believed not ; there was, however, an exception for force in the Mediterranean would be reduced. Lookin; Members of Parliament during the sitting of Parliament. ai the question pending in various parts of the world, he Mr. HUME hoped the Hon. Member would not divide did not think that any but a small portion of the vote un- or. his motion, though he peifectly coneerred in the justice der discussion was to be attributed to the naval force of a general revision and better equalization of taxation. maintained in the Levant. No man in the House at- lie would pledge himself to support any motion for the tached more importance to the alliance between France general equalisation of taxation ; but he would oppose this . . and England.—( Hear, hear.) Ever since he had the motion as unfair and partial. honour of holding the office he at present filled, it had been Sir C. B. VERE was understood to support the motion. his constant s tudy t o support that alliance ;So great had Lord WORSLEY, who was also very indistinctly been his anxiety to do so that he had often been charged heard, opposed the motion. in that Elouse and elsewhere with placing the English Mr. HUMPH ER Y said that when the Report was Government at the beck of a foreign nation ; but that al- brought up he would propose a clause for subjecting the hence, based as it was upon the interests of both countries, carriages and horses of Irish gentlemen resident in Eng-• was likely to last. But in his opinion, the English Ge- land to the same taxes as were paid for English carriages vernment should care nothing for the policy of any country, an d h ors es. whether France, Austria, or Russia; an English Minister Mr. JARVIS did not understand why the taxation of ought to look at the interests of England alone; he the two countries should not he equalised. But ought not to be twitted with such and such being the ,at the same time, he would recommend the opinion of any foreign Minister, lie utterly denied the I Honourable Gentleman (Mr. Christopher) to statement that the French Government had given any I withdraw his modon, as it wculd be lost by a large major- intimation that they were prepared to take up arms for ity, which would in sonic degree compromise its future the protection of the Egyptians; it did not then success. He did not see why the people of Ireland become him to state whether there we re an y differences should not be equally taxed with the people of this coun between the Powers or not, but if there were any diffe- try, as they enjoyed the protection of the same institu rences, it would not be for the interests of France to be tions ; if an additional tax could be levied with a compcn chivalrous in defence of Mehemet Ali in a cause which sating return for the expense of collection, ho thought could not be reconciled to the national honour, or the obli- • that his lion. Friend the Member for Kilkenny, ought, gations with other Powers. His Hon. Friend had stated on his own principle of equality, to pay taxes for the Irish that his note of Joly had prevented a reconciliation be- . carriages and horses which he used in 'England. tween Mehemet Ali and the Sultan, and he charged the j Mr. HUME said he never claimed exemption from authorship of that note upon the English Ambassador ; taxation on any ground whatever. that was paying bins a high compliment, seeing that it Mr. DILLON BROWNE would not be dissatisfied was agreed in by the representatives of the other Powers. with any tax imposed on Irish gentlemen residing in Eng- It was not necessary for him to explain whence the note land, as it might have the effect of causing them to stay rocreded ;he would merely say that it did not emanate a the mote in Ireland. When Hon. Gentlemen spoke of from England—the French Government, however, had equalizing the taxation in England and Ireland, he would not denied or repudiated the note, and it was still binding I suggest that they should relieve the people of Ireland upon them. The maintenance of the integrity of the from paying more than their fair proportion of the national Ottoman empire had always been the object of the Go- debt. vernment ; and the more he looked at the question, he was Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the the more satisfied with the soundness of that doctrine. House divided. The numbers were— The interests of this country required that that Power should For Mr. Christopher's motion retrain in its integrity ; and had the peace alluded to by his Against it Hon. Friend, boon concluded, which he thought would have Majority been nothing more than a surrender by the Sultan toMehemet On our re-admission to the gallery, we found the House Ali of all his rights, it would have entailed upon us the in Committee upon the Customs Duties Bill, and necessity of maintaining a large naval force in the Medi- The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was teranean sea. What ho was anxious for was an arrange- addressing the Committee. He said that he had received mcnt which should put the two Powers in a state of information, from quarters of all descriptions, on which he friendly relations towards each other, and so prevent the could rely, that it he increased the duty on Baltic and marching of a Russian army again into Constantinople-- Canadian timber by 5 per cent., as he had proposed, the the policy of his Hon. Friend would most certainly bring trade would be greatly affected, and the revenue would down another army to the shores of the, Bosphorus. When lose rather than gain. The duty on Baltic timber was there sere such interests at stake—when a negotiation 255. a load, and on Canadian timber only los. Now if, was still going on, and when these negotiations were made by any increase of the duties, upon both, one load the subject of discussion, and especially when an Hon. of Baltic should be displaced in our markets by a Member came down with most unfounded statements, a load of Canadian, he would lose the difference person holding the situation he had the honour t o fill was between the los. and the 255. Ho wished it to be under placed in a situation of very great difficulty. However, it' stood that he did not mean to interfere with the question the explanation which he had given to the House were not of the they itself, but he found as a matter of revenue that considered full and satisfactory, he trussed that lion. he would not be able to derive is return from the increase of Nlernbera would not take for granted those facts which the duty. What he now proposed to do was to go on with his Her. Friend had been supplied with, for he had re- the Bill, as he did not wish to have any delay in it, and he ceived the most extraordinarily unfounded information that would bring in a separate Bill for the timber ditties, in had ever been given to any Member of the House. which he would lay on a certain duty upon some articles Mr. HUM E begged to ask the Noble Lord whether both of Baltic and Canadian timber, which would bring in the speech attributed to M. Thiers was not correct ; and the sante amount of revenue as he had originally contem whether we were acting ie accord with France ? plated in this Bill. Lord PALMER ST ON could not deny the accuracy Mr. GIW I'E was glad to hear that it was not the inten of the speech attributed to M. Tillers. But the House tion of the Right Hon. Gentleman to propose the addi would please to remember what was the language of the tional duty of 5 per cent., for he understood in the City Speech from the Throne, at the opening of the Session— that it would ruin many Baltic merchants, and at the that the concord subsisting between the Five Powers same time seriously inju re the revenue. The p rotection had brought the affairs of Belgium to a satisfactory con- which the products of the Colonies at present received was elusion, and that Her Majesty hoped that the same quite sufficient, without giving them any further advantage unanimity would prevail with regard to Eastern affairs. by an increaseof the differential duty. On the question that the Speaker do leave the Mr. GOULBURN wished to warn the Chancellor of Chair, the Exchequer not to diminish the protection of the North Mr. CHRISTOPHER sail, in making the motion of American Colonies. Whatever might be said of the wisdom which he had given notice, it was not his intention to sunhat protection the present was a most unreasonable time reimpose those taxes upon Ireland which were repealed for removing it. in 1823; his object merely was to call the attention of The CHANCELLOR of the E XCHEQUER begged the House to the mode in which the Chancellor of the leave to be distinctly understood that he did not n urse Exchequer proposed to raise the deficiency of 2,700,000/. any additional duties on the Baltic timber, hut by ma- That increase was rendered necessary in the first place by king the alteration now proposed he sincerely believed the increase of our Naval Force, in consequence of cur he left the question relative to Canadian timber op en i n t h e foreign relations, and secondly, by the decrease of the most fair and favourable manner. He believed th at if h e Postage which was made last Session. Now he had i bad carried his measure as originally framed, imp os i n g no objection to the principle of the Assessed Taxes, and I additional burthens on the B a ltic timber, that that would the addition thereto ; because it fell principally upon the I have been followed by a motion relative to differential richer classes; but Ireland had participated in all the j duties. advantages w hi c h the United Kingdom enjoyed, and After a few words from Mr. A. CHA PMAN, ought to b ear h er pr o portion of the taxation. It might Mr. HAWES said he entirely approved of the altera be said that I re l an d was a p oor country', and therefore tion proposed by the C hancellor of the Exchequer. ought to be exempted ; but that would be a dangerous I Mr. HUME hoped the time was not far distant when doctrine, because if allowed there the, pauperized coon- the Chancellor ti the Exchequer by equalising the duties ties of Lincoln or Berk s hi re m i g ht claim exemption tea' would add to the revenue and do justice to tile consumer. the same ground. He would prove from returns to lAt present this country was obliged to use had Canadian that House the po )pie of Ireland were as able as ! timber, and to pay a higher price for it. the people of England to contribute their proportion Mr. KEMBLE thought the Chancellor of the Excite of taxation. He should, therefore, like to know oa quer had acted wisely in listening; to the suggestion s what grounds this unequal taxation would be that hail been made to him, ar.d had altered his measure tified. Ireland mast be eon , ;dered in a great degree es a because he believed t hat as originally proposed, instead of large agricultural country, and if be showed by returns - the increasing the revenue it would lessen it. He should b e prosperity of agriculture there. he thought h e s h ou ld suf- very glad, however, to know whether her Majesty's Go ficiently establish his case. Th e export a ti ons o f cor n from vernment contemplated any further change in the Bill. Ireland bad greatly increas e d sinc e the Union. In the Tho CHANCELLOR of the EXC H E QUE R did not course of the 1.1 , t 3S years the increase of the exports of mean to make any alteration in the Bill, except a foie pd 0 7 th e state proposition, that sit h n e o, corn had been from 525 q uarters to 3.474,000 quarn:rs: verbal amendments; and in order that there mi g ht be n o He was C on ,inced the measure proposed by the Ch ance ll or m i sun d erstan di ng he begged distinctly of the Exenequer w ould give general satisfaction i n E ng - s h ou ld oppose any a l tera tion. land and Scotla nd. He therefore., thought be should no t M r . W. ATT WOOD was oro dig-Airy kis ditty it be did nut 11101 - 0 the followieg re as the increase or 5 per cent., woad materially logm th. consumption. It was also a question worthy of the con sideration of the Committee, whether they would change the duty fr.im the 15 , .h of May, the date of the resolution, because it would create a 'groat deal of confusion in the commerce of the country. The blank in the clause was then filled up with the words " day of May." Captain JONES complained of the duty of 4d. pro posed to be added to the duty upon spirits. By the pro posed prin4le, while the duty u p on E ng li s h spirits was per cent., upon Scotch spirits it amounted to 10 per cent., and upon Irish to 14 per cent. ; spirits both in Ire land and Scotland were hire,* taxed to the utmost, and any increase of duty would lead to illicit distillation and all its attendant evils. _ Mr. HUME begged to ask the Chancellor of the Ex chequer whether he had considered the effect this addi tional duty would have upon the Corn laws? Wes it in tended to levy the 5 per cent. upon the sliding scale. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER rerer red the Hon. Gentleman to a clause which specially ex empted the Corn-laws from the operation of the 13t11. (A laugh.) Mr. LUCAS said the Irish distillers complained of having, been taken in, although they did not mean to im pute anything to the Right Hon. Gentleman. However, it appeared that the distillers of England had obtained in formation of what nas about to take place, or they had had the spirit of divination ; the fact was, that they bad got quit of all their stocks into the hands of the rectifyers ; the Scoich distillers also appeared to have the same spirit of divination, for they also had no stocks. He did not think they would get 5001. of revenue from all the spirits on Land, while the Irish distillers had no less than 20,000 hogsheads. He thought it was an extremely hard case upon the Irish distillers, and he hoped there would be some explanation given. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER could assure the House that no information had been given from the Governmentof any increase bout to he laid upon spirits. He could well imagine that those parties, seeing the de fective state of the revenue, might suppose that they would become the objects of increased taxation, and would there fore take their measures accordingly. The material qu,s tion wes whether they should alter the proposed rate of duty to aadpdeirtincocuai taxestagedu weret)•. He tob believedelaid it on, wo spiritsuldbeadmitted that if a subject as any other arti c l e ._( Hear, hear.) as fair Heb- be lieved, from ali the information he had received, that 41. a gallon could be fairly borne by the Irish spirits. The duty on Irish spirits at present was 9 s. 4d., and the duty before 1834 was 3s. 4d. He admitted that under the 3s. 4d. rate of duty the system did not work well ; but he believed there mould be little, if any, decrease in tile con sumption, and no addition to the smuggling, under a duty of 2s. Bd. Mr. GOULBURN believed that the duty of 2s. Si. 2 wrl i d o e th l:o ,r ud e n wa t s oo n h o i i g m h h ; au iut b i e o c no s u f e the nd r e e r ve t r ie duty of revenue in Ire land. He feared therefore that the Chancellor of tl:c Exchequer's calculations would be found erroneous, so far as the probable additional revenue to be derived from Irish spirits. Mr. CALLAGHAN said, lie feared the increase of the duty would only lead to smuggling, which was always the effect attending it in Ireland. There never was a duty so unpalata'ele to those engaged in the manufacture of spirits in Ireland as this addition of 41. per gallon. They were now loaded with heavy stocks on which the Chan cellor of the Exchequer was about to place a tax they had never contemplated. He hoped, therefore, the Right Hon. Geutleman would reconsider the subject, for he was sure no increased revenue would be derived from it. Mr. H. DRUMMOND protested against the increased duty. Mr. PLUMPTRE supported the proposition of the Government. He was sure that anything that would re duce the consumption of spirits, would be a great benefit to the country. After a few words from Sir R. FEriousori arid Mr. Sergeant JACKSON, Mr. R. STEUART said no representations bad been made from Scotland as to the inexpediency of the pro posed spirit duty per tentage, and us to the probability of its increasing smuggling, he believed that apprehension was utterly grourndless. Mr. F. SHAW said if he thought the duty bring in creased on spirits would diminish their consumption, he would agree to it. But he believed that the reverse would have the effect for smuggling would be produced. The Committee divided— For the Amendment 26 Against it 31,jority All the other blanks were then filled up as the Chan cellor of the Exchequer proposed, up to clause Mr. B. WOOD objected to this clause respecting the duty on sugar, as to imposing it on the purchaser or pur chases up to the 15th April. Mr. TH ORN E L Y also objected. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER ad hered to the clause, and _ _ Mr. 13. WOOD postponed his objection to the Report. Captain PECHELL objected to the clause giving the increase on the window tax. He thuught this a tax bearing most oppressively on the artizans—the most numerous class of labourers, the agricultural labourers being already exempt from the tax on cottages. TIIC CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he really did not think that the parties concerned had any right to complain, for the window-tax had been reduced one half in 1823, and the house-tax had been taken off. Mr. HUME said that the Right Hon. Gentleman had not given any answer with respect to owning old windows. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said there was no intention whatever of interfering with the provizions of the Act of Parliament that had been al luded to. Mr. HUME wished to know whether they were to un derstand that all old windows which were opened after that Act had passed were not to be charged ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the pledge given by the Composition Ac: would not be interfered With. After a few observations from Mr. J. Jsavis and Mr. Goose's, Sir IL HALL said after the pledge given by Lord Althorpe to repeal the Window Tax, he was not prepared for the proposed increase of it. Mr. BROTHERTON thought the increase of the Assessed Taxes would restrict the present franchise under the Registration law, and he trusted the new Act for the registration of voters would pass, and relieve the voters from the present restriction of the franchise. Captain PECHELL thought that the Chancellor of the Exchequer ought to provide distinctly for the exemp tion of these windows which had been opened on the faith of Lord Althorp's pledge. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the Act of Parliament, from which he read the clause, expressly provided for their exemption. Mr. JARVIS said that the clause would exempt only the person who had opened the windows under the clause, but would not exempt the person who afterwards became possessor of the same house. A proviso was necessary to prevent an unfavourable interpretation of the clause. Mr. GODSON said that the clause referred only to the composition for the assessed taxes, and would not apply at all to a new assessment. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was understood to say that he would not object to such a pro viso as had been suggested. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the Com mittee divided, when there appeared— For the clause For the amendment 36 Majority Clstres 9 and 10 were agreed to, and ordered to stand part of the Bill. On clause 11 being proposed, Mr. GtLLON proposed that the whole duty charged upon carriages kept for hire should be remitted, and moved accordingly. Mr. HUME supported the amendment. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER re sisted the amendment on the ground that in the present state of the revenue he could not spare the amount brought in by the tax. Mr. HUME contended that if the tax upon carriages let for hire were taken off, the revenue would he increased by the additional number of the horses which would he kept. They were actually now in danger of having no horses in many parts of tho country, which would be a great grievance. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was not prepared, after the result of the Post-office experi ment, to risk taking off another tax.—(Great cheering.) Mr. HUME considered this was not at all to be com pared with the Post-office. lie trusted the House, not withstanding what had been stated by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. would vote the tax away. Mr. CRAVEN HER KLE Y . thought that the present was not the time when they ought to oppose such a clause as the present in a Bill of this description. He believed all the prin&pol roads were complete deserts with respect to post.horses. —( Cheers.) After a few wurds from Colonel SHITHORP, strangers were ordered to withdraw, and the Committee div dod, when the numbers woo— For the chum ........................... For the Amendment Majority ........... Mr. G IL LON t After a few words fro m Mr. Hume, Sir C. GREY, and teen proposed to fil l up the blank w:th the sum 21. 2s. the CHANCELLOR of t he EXCHEQUER, the amendment WE $ withdrawn, and the clause agreed to. Captain PECHELL moved to add a clause to exempt persons from payment of the window tax, for furnished houses which had been uninhabited for six month s . The clause was however negatived without discussion or di- vision. reed to, and in answer to a up the Report The preamble was then agCol. SI BTHORP, the CHANCELLOR question from CA NADA BILL. The report on this Bil l was received. o th f i t s h d e a E y XcCruHesldt:aQyU. ) b.; R said he should bring On the motion that it b e a g reed to, Mr. HUME expressed a ho p e that the Habeas Cor pus Act would no longer rem ain suspended in this p rovince, as ee a n most u r r e e sp d ec i t n ab a le d g u e n n go ti c ern n 3'' '75 years td age, had for now more than three ye ars , b and had never been brought to trial even before a Court marti:l. The sufferings of the Italian prisoners in th e dungeons of Austria had not been more atrocious than the sufferings inflicted by the British Government on some of the most virtuous citizens in Lower Canada. .`:3ir C. GREY felt that he ; s hould be acting a moat,un manly part , if he el,d not support the proposition that Mr. Bejet, whose acquaintance and hos p italit y he ha d enjoyed whilst actilig as a Commiss ioner in Canada, s hould be im mediately discharged. He be lieved that i t was the mode in which his prope,ty w as implicated with the eccl es i ast i ca l seigneeriN of Canada that had prevented him from giving to tile British Government the sureties which it had de mancled as a preliminary condition to his liberation. Lord J. RUSSELL felt that it was quite impossible for him to speak with any certainty at to the measures which might be taken with respect to Mr..Bejet ; the Governor- General of the colony, wbo was on the spot, must judge of the dangci to be quehaded - to the Fr . oi nco from 6,, WEAVER CHURCHES. Mr. WILBRAHAM presented a petition from the boatmen. miners, and labourer; employed on the tiArcr Weaver againi,t the Weaver's Churches EXETER MARKETS. _ . On the motion of Mr. DIVETT, the Exeter Markets' Bill was read :x third time and passed. EXETER PORT DUES. Mr. DIVETT brought up the report of the Committee on the Exeter Port Dues' Bill. MILLBAY PIER. Sir G. GREY brought up the report of the Committee on the Millbay Pier Bill. On the motion of Mr. BROTHERTON Kollmann's Patents Bill was read a third time and passed. On the motion of Mr. H. BERKELEY the Bristol Building and Imprevement Bill was read a third time and passed. I liberation of any person now in custody. He was led to be lieve that Mr. Bejet, who was one of the richest men in Lower Can,d , i, had been concerned in giving aid to a most atrocious rebellion, which had been accompanied with some most cruel, revolting, and sanguinary murders. But, as the Hon. 'and Learned Gentleman had just acknowledged, Mr. Bejet, if he had given the required sureties, would not have been detained in custody. If this Bill should be passed, and if a representative form of Government should again be restored to Canada, be was quite sure that there would be:a desire to overlook all that had occurred, so far as was consistent with the security of the province. He had no doubt that under such circumstances the restrictive system would no longer be continued.—( Hear. ) Sir C. GREY said, that his impression with respect to Mr. Bejet was, that he, being one of the richest men in Lower Canada, had given encouragement not to those who bad embarked in the rebellion, but to the setting.up of those newspapers, which had supported the same princi ples that were avowed by those who were concerned in that dangerous and delusive enterprise,--( Hear, hear.) The report was then agreed to ; and the Bill was ordered to be engrossed, and to be read u third time on Friday scsneight. GRAND JURY LESS BILL. Lord MORPETH proposed to take the Committee on this Bill. Mr. Sergeant JACKSON said at that hour (half-past twelve), it was really " too bad."—( Hear.) Mr. BROTHERTON expressed acquiesence in that sentiment. Lord MORPETH said the Government did not care much about the Bill, but in the other House it was said that the Corporation Bill could not be gene on with with out thiS Bill.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. JACKSON said that Bill could not go on without this—they were inseparably connected. I ord MORPETEI—Now really just see what is said. Last year se were told that the two Bilk were utterly un connected ; now it is made the pretext for delaying the one that the other should go with it. It does look as if there was a settled design, on whatever pretence, to stop the Muoicinal Bill, and deny it a fair discussion. — ( Hear , and cheers), Mr. Sergeant JACKSON vehemently denied the Noble Lord's assertion. Mr. PIG OT energetically repeated the Noble Lord's statement. • Sir R. BATESON violently controverted Mr. Pigot's representation, and moved that the House adjourn. Lord MORPEtH said, in the face of such an op position he would not go on. Serge:lnt JACKSON said he had waited in the House day after day,—week after week,—till past midnight, for this Bill. Why did not the Noble Lord bring on the Bill earlier in the evening. The Noble Lord was a Member of the Government, and could commend his time. Lord J. RUSSELL said, as to time, other Bills of greater importance had occupied the House for some time past, and Hon. Gentlemen on . the Oppositi on s id e must not imagine that no business of importance would ever come on after 12 o'clock —( Hear, hear.)--..J1i1l put off. Lord J. RUSSELL brought in the Clergy Reserves (Canada) Bill, which was read a first time, and ordered to be printed. REMOVAL OF THE REMAINS OF NAPO. LEON. On the motion of Mr. F. HOWARD returns were ordered of correspondence between the Governments of France and England as to the removal of Napoleon's re mains from St. Helena. House adjourned at a Quarter to One o'Clock. THE ARCH IMEDES STEAM VESSEL. (From the Detionport Indepekdent.) PLYMOUTIL-This fine vessel, burden 240 tons, and of 80-horse power, which it will be recollected was built in the river about eighteen months since, and is propelled by one engine, named the Archi median Screw, wholly confined under her bottom, arrived at this port a few days since, and came up into Hamoaze, where she was visited by Sir Graham Moore, Admiral Warren, Captain Mann sell, and other naval and professional officers, who, for the purpose of attesting her qualities, proceeded in her about ten miles beyond the Breakwater. The result of their investigation will be best explained by the following informa tion, furnished by an officer on board:—" Blow ing a fresh - gale at West, with a heavy sea ; Archimedes steamed head to wind to the Ram- Head—speed about 6,1 knots per hour. We then . set sails, reeled, and went 9 knots per hour, running out close-hauled towards the Eddystone. After a time we disconnected the screw propeller, and went, under sails alone, seven knots, with a heavy cross sea. The fore-throat tye-chain broke, and the gaff came down by the run, but the ship, to the surprise and admiration of all present, tacked without her foresail. We then connected the propeller, set the foresail again, and furled the mainsail, running in again free, at a speed of ten knots. The Admiral's yacht, with all sail, running free also, but dropping astern. Arriving in Ply mouth Sound, the engine was stopped and reversed, when the ship ran astern five or six knots. Proceed ing on again, we steamed up Hamoaze, without sails, and ran round the San Josef twice, and in and out among the hulks, like a jolly-boat, in a manlier which elicited general applause. The naval office's, and indeed all on board, were delighted. HAMBUHGH MALL. BERLIN, MAY 26.—The Crown Prince was to set out this evening on his tour to inspect the troops ; we learn, however, that it is put off. Princes William and Albert have likewise deferred their departure. A courier from St. Petersburgh brought the day b e f ore yesterday official intelligence of the departure of the Ern- peror mid Empress for Warsaw ; and this morning at nine o'clock bis Majesty's Aides-de- Camp Von Ranch and Col. Von Thumen set out for the Polish capital. According to their account the Empress and the Grand Duchess is ill certainly arrive at Posen about noon on the 31st, and they may therefore be expected at Berlin on the 2d or 3J of June. On Thursday last there was a grand dinner for 120 per sons in the Knights' Hall in the Royal Palace. The Crown Prince and all the Royal Princes now here, all the Pint , - sian and foreign Generals and Staff Officers, were present. On Friday the grand parade took place under the direc tion of the Crown Prince, under the windows of the King's Palace. It was unfortunately a rainy day. HANOVER, MAY 26. —Ns Royal Highness the Crown Prince has declined receiving a deputation of the two Chambers, which was to present to him the congratu lations of the Assembly of the Estates to. morrow, which is his birth-day. MAY 27.—His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was pleased to receive this forenoon, in a crowded and brit iiant drawing room, the congratulations on his birth-day. The Mlgistrates of the capital gave an extraordinary allowance to the poor in commemoration of this day. Hamburgh Papers, May 29. r UNDS--BRUS9RLS, MaY 30. Actual Debt, per Cent. flcthachiiri'sLf:a , . 5 per Cant.. .. • ln2r; Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. 951 ---------- :)per Cont. 74. Loan of City, 153 . 2, 4 per Cent 93Ni Seciety of Commerce, 4 ••,, per Cent I I() Bank c f Belgium, 5 per Cent S3X • National Society Exchange on London (short) —Brussels Papers, May 30. AUSTRIAN FUNDS..—VIENNA, MaY 2•2 five per Cents. Metalliques Font' per Cents. Three par Cents, Bank Shard 1872 —Altgemeine Zeitung, May T. SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS The summer entertainments at this place of public amusement commenced last evening in all their splendour. The renowned, the far-famed, and the venerable Vauxhall, with all the interesting recollections of Mr. Simpson, who at this season, for many years, enlivened the public with his incomparable addresses from the Royal Gardens, is no more ; and the Royal Surrey Zoological Gardens now form the only representative of a place so famed in history. In many respects these gardens arc superior. The orchestra, whh the promenades musicales et chant pctres, the Lime light, the menagerie, Mount Hecla, *and the brilliant fire-works at the conclusion of the entertain ment, altogether produce an effect which leaves the old Vsuxhall in the shade. • Last evening the scene was superb. Probably not. fewer than three thousand persons were present, all in holiday dresses—ill happy, the evening magnificent, and the verdure of the shrubs and trees surpassingly rich. When the Bode, or Konia phostic, or Drummond, or Gurney light (for there arc many claimants fur the honour) shed its splendours on the congregated multitude, on the lake, and the trees in full verdure, the scene was extremely beautiful. The fire works at the conclusion were as good as any we have seen at Vauxhall ; they terminated by ten o'clock (a great im provement), and the company at that hour retired in the greatest order. Mr. Cross deserves great credit for the arrangements which he has made to render this a place of ratior.al and innocent amusement. His Royal Highness Prince Albert evinces a de cided partiality for promoting talent in British artists, and has ordered, from Messrs. Davis, brothers,:the Opticians, of New Bowl-street, one of their newly-invented patent telescope walking-sticks. His Royal Highness highly approved of it, and observed it reflected much credit on the ingenuity of the in- Yentors. • DEPARTURE OF THE EARL OF DURHAM TOR GE amaxy.—On Sunday the Noble Earl, accompanied by the Countess of Durham, left the family residence in Cleve land-row for the Continent. His Lordship proceeded by short stages to Dover, and slept on Sunday night at Canter burr, last night at Dover, and this day embarks fiir Antwerp, en route to Carlsbad. The Ladies Mary •and Emily Lamhton and Viscount Lambton and the family physician , ' yesterday for Dover. The Noble Earl is attended by an extensive retinue. SUDDEN DEATH FROM ANEURISM OF TIIE HE A KT. —On Wednesday an inquest was held, touching the death of Archibald Stewart, a Custom-house officer, who re sided in Rushton-court, Houghton-place. The deceased had been on duty night and day on board of a vessel lying in the Waterloo dock, and on Monday evening, at eight o'clock, left home quite well, to go on board of her. He returned about six o'clock on Tuesday morning. He asked his wife to make him a cup of coffee • b u t before she could do so , he suddenly fell on the floor. His wife attempted to bring him round, and a young woman went for a surgeon, who came in about fire minutes, but tho deceased was dead. Mr. Gaines, surgeon, examined the body of the dedeased after death, and found the right ventricle of the heart ruptured, which was the natural cause of death. The Jury returned a verdict that the 40- coasod dial by tha visitation of Gal—Lire - loci Chronfore. MONFY MARKET and CITY NEWS. - -400- • (MONDAY EVENING.) TlMES.—Nothing is more amusing in city affairs than the sort of petty warfare carrying on between the private bankers and the joint-stock banks. That the private bankers should still pertinaciously refuse to their corporate rivals the benefits of an admission to the clearing-house, is perhaps too fixed a principle with them to afford much prospect of its being changed, until some new turn in bank ing affairs shall force the measure upon them, and as they suffer some inconvenience themselves from the exclusion, there is the less to he said by third parties in the matter; but they seem lately, at least some of them, to have extended their sphere of action, and to have thrown difficulties in the way of the payment of checks even when presented at the counter. An instance of this kind, which is too curious not to merit preservation, occurred on Saturday. One of the joint-stock banks re ceived in payment for deposit a draught of 25,0001. on one of the most eminent of the private bankers, which was crossed, according to the common business practice, with the words " and company," which imply that it can only be presented through the medium of some other banker. But a joint-stock bank is not a " company," in the commercial sense of the word, and advantage was taken of this quibble to evade payment. Firsr, the check was marked " for the clearance," and when reminded that the bank in question " could not clear," payment was still refused, and the check turned away with the answer " that it would not be paid till Monday." Of course this brought the drawer of the check, whose credit was in volved in this indulgence of a private pique upon the head of the recusant banker, who at first sent the mere gentle mes sage that th e c he c k w ould be " paid at 4 o'clock ;" then an other , that it would be paid immediately; and so the nit ter terminated. All this is so little in accordance with the liberal spirit which is generally supposed to be the characteristic of the merchants and traders of London, that the parties would richly deserve to have the ridicule of the public added to that of the private circle in which . the facts ar e k nown. If f or b earance i s exe rcised now, it is because they stand so very high in character that the incident appears more likely to be an oversight, or an ill considered act, than the result of any general rule of practice. Th's has not been an active day in the En g lish stock market, nor has money been greatly in demand. Consols, after remaining 9 4 to f or mone . v, and 93 to for the account, nearly all day, improved in the afternoon, and left off at 92i- (buyers) for money ; 93, 1 , (buyers) for the account. Exchequer-bill s rema i n a t 25 to 27 premium. The Queen of Portugal in her speech on the opening of the Cortes, having merely alluded to the foreign creditor in the most general terms, end while expressing her wish to satisfy foreign claims, having pointed out no method in which this is to be done, the intelligence from Lisbon has had no material effect cn Portuguese stock, which left off at 354 to / for the 5 per cents. Spanish Actives are 27k; Dutch 4 per Cents., to f. There has been much excitement in the Share-market, the Great Western, probably on account of the line being opened to Steventon, having risen full 21. They are quoted 32. to 4 premium. Brighton are a shade better, being .q to discount. Birmingham maintain their high price of S 7 to 9 premium. The accounts from Rio de,Janeiro of the sth of April bring the exchange upon London, 31 to 31i, and the price of the Local Stock, 761- to 77. SUN.—Many of the speculators were absent to-day, this being " holiday week" with some, on account of the doings at Epsom, which leaves a good field open for the game of chance. Consuls closed rather better this after noon, viz., 921 for money, and 9.1 for account, there being buyers at these prices. Exchequer Bills were 2 . 55. to 275. prinainty, and the New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. 100 i. The Speech of Donna Maria on the opening of the Cortes of Portugal has had but one effect on the Bonds of this country, viz., to render them heavy at a trivial reduction. Scarcely any business was done in them, and the New Five per Cents. alternated only from 351 to 1, while the Three per Cents. remained at 0 54. Spanish Active Bonds have been done at 271 -I, and for Account at 27k, being a shade better. The Market does not benefit much by the advance at Paris. Co lombian Bonds have been dull at 261 to -1 ; Brazil Stock was worth 76} to 4 ; Dutch Two-and-a Half per Cents. fluctuated from 54-i- to 54 3 i. The Railway Shares have been rather higher to-day. Great Western Shares have been done at 321 ; New at 16 ; South Western at 1.1 ; New Manchester and Leeds at 111 ; New North Midland at 9} ; and Black wall at premium. Brighton Shares realized 5 dis., Birmingham and Derby 14, North Midland 4, Croydon Trunk 1, South Eastern and Dover 13 discount. New National Provincial Bank of England were 1 premium, and National Bank of Ireland -1 discount. Accounts of the Gth April from the Cape of Good Hope state that a grand encounter had taken place be tween Dingaan's troops and the emigrant farmers, in which the former were entirely destroyed, their King having saved himself by flight. In consequence of this Panda had been elected to the throne in his stead. This news seems to require confirmation. The French vessel La Lise had been wrecked off Cape das Aguillas, while on her voyage with sugar and coffee from the Mauritius to Bordeaux ; only thirteen of the crew were saved. A light-house, it is said, would be very desirable at this point. The 72d Regiment having completed its period of service at the Cape was about to return to England, but several men had purchased their discharge and in tended to remain. More were inclined to do the same, and, to retain their valuable services, it was proposed to raise a subscription to enable them to accomplish their wishes. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAT. (Frem the Morning Post.) We believe that the hatred of the Irish millions to the Tories of Great Britain—that is, to the great majority of the nobility, s entry, clergy, and yeomen of Great Britain , reached its limax during the Normanhy government of Ireland. British gullibility and weakness were then at their height, and Irish Rornanirm revelled and exulted in the wildest intoxication of mingled batted and scorn. It exhibited in public precession a Vice-Regal zany as the re presentative of the Majesty of once triumphant England, and one wild shout of derisive laughter and mock adulation shook the land, from the rocky shores of Kerry to the de solate mountain passes of Donegal. But their exultation then got the better of their cunning. They made too much use of their fool, and the monstrosity became appa. rent. Since then they have found more caution and coin- I mon sense in the management of Irish affairs, and they I have seen the power and influence of the Tory party stea dily advancing. Their hatred is in consequence giving way to respect, and at this day the Romanist political power in Ireland is not within ten per cent. of what it was at the death of William the Fourth. (From the Times.) Is it not a notorious fact that the poorest set of livings throughout the kingdom, the livings of which the incum bents are the most oppressed, and their houses in the most dilapidated state, arc the livings dependent on cathedrals, of which the great tithes, and not infrequently some of the terra firma also, have been swallowed up by lazy pre bendaries and residentiaries? Can anything be more just than to restore a portion gradually, and not in a revolu tionary spirit, to the toiling vicars? The only difficulty we have on this head is on the subject of patronage. With whom should it rest ? The Bill of the Commissioners gives it to the Bishops, and these have so greatly abused that trust in times past in favour of their own undeserving relations, that we dread an increase of their power in this respect. Perhaps a distribution of some of the cathedral livings among the colleges of our two Universities would be useful ; and be it observed that the new laws with respect to pluralities and residence will operate as a great impediment to the future accumulation of preferment in one man. (From the Morning Advertiser.) The slave question is not one of creed or country, but of general man ; and those who unite not in the effort to ex tinguish it, whatever their profession of faith, or whatever the place of their birth, are scarcely less traitors to hu manity than those who actually participate in the reeking spoils of the infamous traffic. For the same reason we consider the cause of the suffering African would be less effectually promoted by the spirit of missionary zeal than by the establishment of well-regulated commercial rela tions. We are not inseusible to the vast good which Christian missionaries have achieved in various parts of the world, but we know also that those calling them selves Christians have perpetrated enormities so horrify ing, even to the savage, that he has rejected the chance of Heaven itself rather than avail himself of it in con junction with parties capable of committing such monstrous crimes as he had witnessed in those professing a desire for his temporal improvement and eternal salvation. Com mercial intercourse, which appeals at once to palpable interests, is the most effective introduction to Christian►ty and civilization. _ (From the Morning Chronicle.) The Morning Post of yesterday has a resume of the arguments in favour of Corn-laws, not very remarkable for its logic, but worthy of notice from its resting upon two . facts, which are very material to the question. One is, that " in other countries, owing to the extent of sui face, the superiority of climate, the lightness of taxation, the lowness of rents, and specially the poor and wretched manner in which the labourers live" (worse than on the Duke of Buckingham's estate ?) " corn can be raised much cheaper than it can in England." The other fact built upon by our Contemporary is, that many " family settlements and other trusteeships have been entered into, and become legally bincEng, which have reference to such a valiv of land in t hi s c ountry as it can possess only through the continuance of agriculture," i. c. of monopoly. That is to say, in plain English, certain needy aristocrats have mortgaged the tax upon the people's bread, for the benefit of the junior branches of their families, or of others for whom they wished to provide. They have grant e d " sett l ements ," which imply a bread tax rate of rent, and so the labourer is bound to make good their bankruptcy out of his dear and scanty loaf. - Our contemporary has unwittingly given the rationale of the system, and of the party for whose sake it is supported. (From the Morning Herald.) According to the preient resolutions of the s I my /. • Coun cil Committee no school can partake of any portionichc n. of the i Parliamentary grants which will not submit so t i spection, and, consequently, the great rasjor2sls of of the tl ; R schools of the N at i ona l S oc i ety , an d a ll the sei of Par. kingdom, a re i pso f acto exc l u d e d from any portionthat they liamentary assistance. It is of no c onsequence are willin g t o su b m it th e i r pecuniary taY acco unts to this fl admit the Privy tyrannical audit, unless they will a Council Inspectors into the tchonl. e and thus degrade the autbority.of the bishops, the mittees and inspectors—they clergy,ar and their own corn. :deciared absolutely in. capable of . partaking of ono farthing of the public bounty i ... . .. We say, that a more tyrananical and crbitrary pcwer wA 9 never attempted to be introduced into England, sad that if such a wedge can be forced into the constitutiou by the Privy Council, it is quite sufficient to split up the union between Church and StaLc. HAYMARKET THEATRE. Mr. Kean, who has recently returned from the United States, and has been engaged for a limited number of evenings at this theatre, made his appearance last evening in the character of Bandit. The house was full, and the audience received him with the greatest enthusiasm. His acting in this favourite character is wrll known, and re quires no comment. We shall be delighted to see Mac ready and him acting together in some of Shakapeare's plays. Tragedy every night is too much, and besides, the effect is greatly enhanced when two brilliant stars shine together. At the end of the play Mr. Esau wag called, and hailed with hearty acclamations. flit. O'BRIEN. TO 7'HE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sirt,—To iou, as one of tile most powerful and acknow• ledged guardians of those rights, and redressors of those wrongs which the laws of cur country reach only through a.vvell-filed purse, I appeal for the protection of the cha racter of my imprisoned husband, Mr. James Bronterro O'Brien. rose his incarceration in Lancaster Castle cer:ain interested persons have presumed to keep his narno before the public in connectiot, with the Southrn Star Sunday Newspaper ; with which, or any other publication, my husband could not possibly have any concern or interest since the priod of his confinement. The most vexati,,us part of this unprincipled tr2.nsaction,however, is the fsct that to each succeeding Number of the publication in question the persons conduciing it gate that the same is published for thy, benefit of Mr. O'Brien and fam 7 ly, whereas, so far from ever rec e iving any benefit, such eleemosynary m e ans cf sub,;istence would but ill accord with ,Mr. O'firien's or my own idea, and h;...bits. . . TruF.ting to Jour readmesq in redressing grievous wrong, and to the reputation of my imprisoned husband, for the publie3tion of this letter, I have the honrur to be, Sir, Your most oht!dient servant. SOPHIA O'BRIEN. Lonlon, May 31, 1840, NORTHAMPTON. At a large and highly respectable meeting of ratepavera and others h o ld this day ( Monday) in the Town-ball, " the deyor, T. Sharpe. 142 - sq., presiding, the following reso lutions, caused by the cruel treatment to which Mr. Fear gus O'Connor and his unhappy brethren in confinement. are subjected, were carried amid the most unbounded ap plause, there not bein7 a single dissentient present Resolution .—That it is the opinion of this meeting that laws to be binding on, and respected by all, inouf be submitted to and receive the sanction of all, and that in asneich as legislation hitherto in this country, instead of being based upon this just are' holy principle, seems to have been intenled only (in effect) to subserve and ender to the wants and wishes of a capricious, and in too many in stanco besotted few, it is necessary, in order to put a check to the further continuance of such an anomalous state of things, and to secure to all, and more especially the productive classes, that which ought to be possessed by all, namely, political power, as the only protection against oppression and arbitrary rule, that the principles as advocated by and set forth in the People's Charter should become the law of the land. Resolution 2.—That this meeting is of opinion that the 1 recent attempts on the part of the Government to deter and prevent men from giving expression to their real and un bought sentiments, by incarcerating, and when incarcerated rendering their condition even more intolerable than that o f the wretch who, but a •few hours before, has been found guilty of shedding the blood of unarm ed innocence, or it may he (as is the case at the present moment at York Castle, in which gaol Mr. Feargus O'Connor is a pri soner) of robbing virtue of its brightest, purest gem,* calls loudly for an expression of the public will, and be_ lieving that Ministers for such conduct, instead of meriting the respect, deserve only the execration of every right and well.constituted mind ; and further, that as a test to prove its sincerity, pledges itself to use every lawful means within its reach to induce her Majesty that she may be graciously pleased to dismiss from her Councils her pre sent advisers. as no longer deserving the confidence of the country ; and at the same -time she would be graciously pleased be to ts,xuffetetrtclingher Royal eardon to all such persons as may on account of i their religious or poli tical opinions, as the surest way n which the too-long disturbed tranquillity of the country may be rendered per. manent and lasting." The following petition, to be sent to Messrs. Wakley and Duncombe for presentation, was also agreed to:— To the Right Honourable and Honourable the Knights, Citizens, and Burgesses in Parliament assembled. " The humble Petition of the Inhabitants of the Borough • of Northampton. •' Sbeweth—That your petitioners request that your Honourable House will present an humble Address to her Majesty, praying that her Majesty will he graciously pleased to diintiss her present Ministers, as traitors to the Crown and the people, and to call to her Councils Minis ters who will pledge themselves to make the principles of Universal Suffrage a Cabinet measure ; and also that her . Majesty may be graciously pleased to restore Frost, Wil liams, and Jones to their families, inasmuch as they a-ere illegally eonvictel ; and also praying that her Majesty will be graciously pleased to extend her Royal pardon to all persons in these realms incarcerated for political or theo logical offences. Anti your petitioners, as id duty bound, will ever pray. * Mr. O'Connor, in his petition to Sergeant Talfourd, colt. plains that there are two persons in confinement vith him for the abduction of a female thirteen sears of age, and another for a rape upon a girl ten years of age, all of whos:• sentences are less by six months than his. MA Rfl lED.—At Gretna Hall, on the 2Stii ult. and afteresrds at St. Marv's Church, Itlarelebone, by the Rev. W. H. Charlton, on the 2.i! June, the N'iscount. Drum lanrig, only son of the Marquis of Queensberry, to Caroline Margaret, younger daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir William Robert Clayton, Bart., M.P., of Gloucester-place, P0f1.1113.• square. Atter the ceremony the bride and bridegroom left town for toe neighbourhood of Windsor. ELOPEMENT.— , About 12 o'clock on Wednes day night last, an elopement took place from the quiet and an cient town of Caerleon, which caused a great deal of amaze ment, and much conjectural conversation, on the following morning. Thus runs the tale :—A certain master-builder, of sott and persuasive manners, had long paid his affectionate dernirs to one of those young and beautiful damsels who bloom. so plenteously in the pleasant town of Caerleon. The fair beauty, captivated by the blandness and affection of her swain, reciprocated the sweet passion, and vowed to be his only. But " fathers hare flinty hearts The wooings of the enamoured lovers were discovered, and a careful restraint placed over the actions of the young lady. Being driven to determine, since parental authority was so rigidly interposed, the gallant Lothario procured a stualenaiianitevrinvgiewg- owtilthmslsteisssii,titnamoofraatioi,hautitnddirwvrisusatda:tel : elope; n her lad too d t er it was fixed against the window, down which she almost, flew from her chamber, and fell breathless into her lover's arms, who bore her triumphantly to a carriage hard by, and bade the post-boy drive like wind towards the Old Passage, beyond which no trace of them has yet been discovered ; but there is no doubt that " the young roving lovers" have, ere this, pledged their vows of deathless constancy at the altar of Hymen.—Merlin. GLEANINGS FROM TILE NOTE-BOOK OF A Nolen's:it s TRAVET,LER.—A Polish lady, a subject of Aus tria, provided herself with a passport to go to some town in Russia. When she arrived at the Russian frontier, her pass port and luggage were strictly examined, ani being found un exceptionable, her dress next underwent the same scrutiny : and a ring being found on her finger engraved with the arms of Poland and Lithuania, she was sent to prison, and was with difficulty released, when, on the application of her friends the Austrian authorities claimed her as a subject. Some one re marked to the Emperor Nicholas, six or seven years age, Poland is quieted for the present. but in fifty years it will stilt exist ;" his answer was, " Poland may, but there shall I e us Poles." One of his plans ' for putting this resolution into effect is, to carry off every two years souse hundred. of children (from six years old and up { wards) to colonise , a part of Siberia. About a year ago a Pole I was imprisoned at %l ilia on suspicion of being a political agent ' from France. Nothing could be proved against him, but ne vertheless he was condemned to be shunt by the Russians, after he had been rendered incapable of walking by having scalrehig lead poured upon his legs, and other torments to make him confess. _Before execution he was told he might take leave of some other Polish pi isoners detained on similar• suspicions, the Russians hoping to perceive some sign of intelligence iietween them in the interview. In this they were disap• pointed; be merely said, " I hare been told you are my coon ii t e r 32 1 nt, country." .: , , if 1 1 1 f h i a ,. : w e And l ib : ei e e: e_ gte l l a ,bo ec etloa u ni s d,, e l d tujizse o r f , tit. i , u tefi f r o nln r oll m as, r i e n a, h,n g de ag ht a inun:sittn,o)u, Dombrowski,ot ,bur, here declare it to be false. for, as you know, you are all perfect , strangers to me• .. though we perish," and sing inert:g unable to walk) to executive, 1 " No, no, while we words " while we live:" ing this lie was carried (t: the people, as he passed through the streets, joining; the proces sion and singing in chorus. • Among the carne` of the sulicribers to Doc-'ton's Fund, it is doubly delightfel to see those of men of genius, such as Talfourd, Dickens, &e. It is delightful on Dowton's ! account, by reason of the h on our done hint ; and on that of the men themselves, in showing the! their pockets can afford it . a felicity, alas ! too rare with their brotherhood. But why do not semi, of them take courage, sh:l not blush to subscribe smaller sums--crowns and half-crowns t'" The example is want' ing to the multitude of Dowton'i admirets; and who so fit as they to set it ? • Mic 4 • -K belly's they're closed on Friday, being , we I believe, tiii‘lyeal t h h e e r l:r a i n t t i t 'es t L:eaon p f rl i ce t s heatriealrec ord. The best of ! high • demanded, may be stateel as i the cause. TUE I.?_T . F, ADMIRAL SIR SIDNEY SMITH, IC. t'. 11.—Br the nen:i.e of this gallant Admiral at i'aris, the appoietment" of Lieutenant-General of Marines and the in i sinia of a Knight Grand Crest , of the Bath have beunme I vacant. eir Sidney's COMIniSSiOn as Admiral of the Red sees dated 19th July. 1621, and that of Lieutenant-General of the Sidney avas W i seeded his late Majest King William IV. Sir Marines gete June. I:30. In ti,i.e.latter appointment he sue -1 alto a Knight Grand I,ross of . the Sword of Sweden . end of : St. Ferdinand and M erit of Spam. ILLUSTTIATIONS OF CHA NCERY PRACTICE.-- family of the name of H---te—The father was a highly respectable efergynan, possessing some valueble - freehold i t e every wretchedness b eh ' 1 estates—on his death the family were involved in la* ; the ' l Court of Chancery was the scene of action—the suit 'or snits °rfedfornetCvd t years; oex tr a e u n poverty., About About fourteen or sixteen years ago a number [ ; continued, I t w hi a ny eev u e p n w t a u r a d li l y ' 1 roffdtahtpoetorneys, the sons and grandsons of their departed parents ' elm had been engaged in the suits befOre thew, :net at a err , tai „ inn i n . „se—shire, which might he named. They exa mined their bill 4 they had ascertained before they met the amount of mousy in the Aecomitaitt- General's hands, and. ! found it just sentient to satisfy them, and they then deter :stilted. 1 (the parties in the ease being all reduced to pauperism) this suit ought no lon g?r to be persevered in ! This was generous. j Woolsack. OXFORD HERESY.---When tirgt vve noticed the the and progress of Popery in the Church, and its alliance. with Toryism, we ventured to predict that it would soon be come formidable. andobtain the ascendancy in the Establish. , raent. Our conjecture has been verified more speeiily that, we bid aatitiFatid...gosereet chronic. 1. EVEN ING EDITION. . :.. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 1840. EVENING EDITION.