The Sun. — London, England, 1840-11-19 00:00:00

EVEN' NG ED IFION . FR.(NCE. CHAMBER OF PEERS.—SITTING OF Nov. 1.7. The Chair was taken by Baron Pasquier, the Presi dent, at half-past one ; but few Peers having arrived at that tim':, the sitting was not opened till two o'clock. N zaity all the Ministers were present, and a great many :Deputies were seated in the public galleries. M. Barthe ascended the Tribune, and read the pro ject address, as follows " ADDRESS IN REPLY TO THE ROYAL SPErCH. " Sire—in approaching the throne, the first duty of the Chausber of Peers is to return thanks to Provi dence, which, after having protected, a few days since, ye or sacred person against a horrible attempt, has just given, by the birth of your grandson, the Due de Chartres, a new pledge of security for the future wel fare of our institutions. " France, relying with confidence on the friendly as surances repaatedly given by the States of Europe, was favourably progressing in that spirit of enterprise and peaceful labour advantageous to the development of the public wealth and the happiness of nations, wheni grave events arose to disturb the harmony which appeared so well established. Under these cin cumstances your Majesty resolved on advancing the epoch of the session of the Chambers. The Cham ber of Peers thank you for this resolution, Sire ; vou have wished to place yourself in the midst of the coun cils of the nation, and claim the enlightened assistance of the great bodies of the State, previous to embarking your Government in questions so connected with the best interests of the country. The treaty concluded between the Emperor of Austria, the Queen of Great • Britain, the King of Prussia, the Emperor of Russia, and the Ottoman Porte, for the settlement of the dif ferences existing between the Sultan and the Pacha of Egypt, and the acts arising therefrom, have determined your Majesty on taking such measures as should permit France to observe with entire liberty of action the course of events in ehe East. Sire, the policy of your government for ten years past has efficaciously contri buted to preserve humanity from those conflagrations which suspend the progress of civilisation, the fatal conseences of which arc so long felt by nations ; but the rity of a nation is its very essence, and we know how dear the dignity of France is to the heart of her King—the French would rise at your call, and would be ready to make any sacrifice rather than consent to the humiliation of their country. Nevertheless, we trust that a just and disinterested line of policy will prevail in the councils of Europe, and that the main tenance of the balance among the Powers will prevent necessities from which France would be the less ready to recoil, as her Government has done all that honour permitted in order to avert them. " Your Majesty has manifested on all occasions your interest for Spain. France joins in your good wishes for the stability of the throne of Queen Isabella 11. and the institutions on which it is founded. We should grieve to see that ancient ally of France, so lately es caped 'from the horrors of civil war, a prey to the scourge of anarchy. " The sending of fresh naval forces to obtain the just satisfaction demanded from the Argentine Republic proves that the protection of your Government extends to all points where French interests are concerned. " The valour of our soldiers has again been displayed in Algeria, where several expeditions have been crowned with success. Two of your sons have shared the dan gers. France has long known their devotion and their patriotism. The Chamber of Peers relies on the con tinued efforts of your Government to guarantee the safety and prosperity of our settlements in America. " The budget and the clauses relating to the unex pected expenses imposed on the country will be the ob ject of serious examination. If the balance between the receipts and the expenditure should be momentarily deranged, we flatter ourselves that a strict and enlight ened Administration will soon succeed in restoring. it. " The Chamber of Peers will examine with equal care the other Bills which your Majesty may order to be laid before it ; but we cannot defer expressing our thanks for your earnest solicitude in behalf of that por tion of the population which has just been visited by such dire calamities. We shall receive with readiness any proposition made to ua on this subject. " The mad attempt of which the city of Boulogne has been the theatre has proved the false idea the factious entertain of Trance. The National Guard, the army, the whole population, were equally zealous and devoted. " Sire—The passions of anarchy have not been dis couraged by their impotence. They have endeavoured to keep up an agitation favourable to their criminal de signs —they have even endeavoured to mislead, to their profit, the noble susceptibilities of a generous nation. A firm and persevering execution of the existing laws is the first duty of Government. The laws should never slumber. Public liberty itself would be compromised if repeated attacks against the inviolable principles of the Constitution, and the bases on which society rests, should succeed in disturbing public conviction, and in weaken ing the faith of the country in its future prospects. " Sire—The trials you have had to encounter have served only to show the love and gratitude of the French. . They have participated in the anguish of your august family ; they know that all your thoughts are are far the welfare of France. The Chamber of Peers, devoted to your national dynasty, is always happy to offer you its assistanoe in accomplishing the great mis sion you have received from Providence." M. de Dreux Breze (Royalist) was the first to ad dress the Chamber. He said that in the grave circum stances which the Treaty of the 15th of July bad placed France, all party spirit should be laid aside, and be should consider himself highly culpable if be entered upon a vexatious opposition at the present moment. The treaty of the 15th of July was the precursor of the partition of the East, snd proved how little reliance ought to have been placed upon the boasted English alliance. He regretted that the very first moment the signature of the treaty of July was known that the French Government had not sent a considerable fleet to Alexandria and an army to the Rhine. There could be no doubt that by the treaty in question France was excluded from the councils of Kings, and stripped of her fair meed of influence in the affairs of nations. In France, honour was not only the first of senti ments, but was essentially connected with the true inte rests of the country. Every atttempt to lower France in the scale of nations should be promptly and energeti cally suppressed, otherwise she must soon descend from the high position which she had obtained. The Noble Peer then entered into a long critique of the policy of the Thiers Administration, which, he said, had com promised their foreign relations and given scope to fac tions at home. With reference to M. Thiers's memo randum of the Bth of October it appeared perfectly null, and in no respect calculated to meet the great question at issue. It was neither a protest nor a de claration of the real intentions of France, but a mere do cument to gain time at the very moment when the loss of a day was of vital importance. M. Thiers seemed to think it sufficient to transform a question of fact into an Egyptian question. The Government, on the con trary, was called on to give a proof of all its energy, but with moderation ; nut to threaten, but to act. In conclusion M. de Dreux Breze said that, under the diffi :tilt circumstances in which the country was placed, lie should hope that the present Ministry would act with more decision, and repair the injuries inflicted upon the interests of France. Baron C. Dupin was proceeding to address the Chamber at'the hour of post. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES-SITTING OF N0v.16, At half-past one o'clock, M. Calmon, cne of the Vick.- Presidents, took the chair, but it was some time before a finffleient number of Deputies appeared. The Mi nisterial Bench was occupied by MM. Guizot, Testc, and Martin (du Nord). 'The . flrst order of the day was the discussion of the project of law for opening a credit of 5,000,000 francs, to be distributed for the relief of the unfort tivate indi viduals who tad suffered by the late inundations. The Bill was unanimously adoped par tISSiS et /eve. The next on the Orders of the Day was a project of law for a grant of 1,000,000 francs, to be applied in repairing the damages caused by the late floods, and for re-establishing the communications interrupted by these disagters. The Committee recommended that the above sum should be carried to 1,50000 francs, so as to cover any extraordina r y expenses that might be required. After a f©w observations from M. Lacrosse, the Chamber proceeded to vote by ballot upon the Bill, which was adopted by a large majority. Upon the motion of AI. Renouard, it was agreed that the discussion upon the Factory Bill, interrupted at the close of last Session, should come on immediately atter the debate upon the address in reply to the speech from the Throne. The Orders of the day being exhausted the Chamber TOSC at three o'clock. , SPAIN. the 2.5 th October last, together with the manifesto atr-1 nexed to it relative to the right of your Highness, du ring the absence of her Majesty the Queen-mother, to exercise the guardianship of our Queen Donna Isabel IL, and the Most Serene Infanta Donna Maria Louisa. As this is an affair of the highest importance, and one that involves questions of serious and difficult solution, the Regency, desirous of acting for the best, has deemed it advisable to take the opinion of the Supreme Tri bunal of Justice, and will, in due time, have the honour of informing your Highness of their decision, praying the Lord, in the mean time, to preserve your High ness's life for many years. " Madrid, Nov. 3, 1840. 1" The Mnst Serene Infante Don Francisco Antonio." At a meeting of the principal capitalists of Madrid, held this day at the Bank of St. Ferdinand, the sum of ten millions of reals (about 100,0001.) was subscribed on loan to the Government, and against drafts upon the Havannah at from 1 to 24 months' sight, with a bonus of 18 per cent., besides which interest, at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, will be paid in the Havannah upon all bills of longer date than three months. The Minis ter of Finance expects to raise thirty-one millions of reals here, and ten millions between Cadiz, Seville, Ma laga, and Barcelona, which sum, with the bonus, makes the fifty millions nominal capital, for which he intends giving Government drafts. ORDINANCE OF THE SPANISH MINISTER OF FINANCE. The Spanish Minister of Finance has published the following rules for regulating the working of his im important decree relative to the assignations of the Havannah. The following is the ordinance issued : declaration of the MADRID, No v . 10 . — The f o l lowing Infante Don Fra ncisco Antonio, and the reply of the Provisional Regency of the kingdom, hov e been in. serted in the Gazelle of this day As QUCCII Maria Christina of Bourbo n is ali from Spain, and as the c har g es of Re g ent and GU:r t. dian cannot be held together by the Council of ters, the guardianship of my August Nieces, Queen Isabel IL. an d the Infanta Donna Maria Louisa, d e _ volyes upon me, in virtue of the laws actually in force, until the decision of the Cortes. " The interest of the nation. and my affectionfor the daughters of my brother and King make me desirous of assuming that. charge forthwith. " I, therefore, address this declaration to the Provi sional Regeacy, confident of the loyalty. hon our, and patriotism of its nembers ; and I expect that their sup port and co-operation will afford me the means of dis charging that high and delicate trust. (Signed) FRANCISCO ANTONIO, Infante of Spain. To the Regency of the Kingdom Paris, O ct . 25 , 1840. " * ANSWER OF TIE REGENCY. " The Provisimal Regency of the kingdom has re ceived the declamtioo of y our Hi g h ness , d atc d Paris, TURKEY. They consist of a series of religious essays, which though in point of doctrine perfectly orthodox, contain nothing that is striking either in thought or sentiment, but are in fact a mere tissue of common places. CONSTANTINOPLE, OCT 28.—8 y tater, arrived late last night from Malatia, official intelligence was received by the Porte from the Pacha of that district of the re mains of the Egyptian army, left by Ibrahim in the neighbourhood of Marash and Orfa, having entirely abandoned those provinces, and retired through the passes of the Taurus into Syria, evacuating, at the same time, both Adana and Tarsus. It does not appear from the tenour of the despatch that this retreat was occasioned by any demonstration of a forward movement on the part of the Pacha of Malatia, but in consequence of orders to that effect from Ibrahim himself. A fleet of trans ports, with strong reinforcements for the Turkish army, and supplies of ammunition and stores of every kind, has been for some time ready for sea, but has been unable to leave in consequence of the prevalence of bad weather and contrary winds. Anticipating, however, the above-mentioned retreat of the Egyptian army, several regiments have been sent forward to strengthen the force of the Pacha of Malatia, who will now, of course, advance to occupy the plains of the Taurus. In consequence of fresh instructions received from his Government by the last steamer, the French Am bassador had an interview with the Sultan a few days since, and negotiations arc now being entered into, by which the Porte consents, as I anticipated would be the case, that the operations of the Allies shall be confined to Syria ; and after the whole of this shall be abandoned by the Egyptians, and provided that Me hemet Ali will then deliver up the Turkish fleet, and place his own at the disposition of the Sultan, he shall still he left in possession of Egypt, and that it shall be granted to him under certain conditions as hereditary in his family. The frigate with the Egyptian prisoners, which sailed from Beyrout the day previous to the departure thence of the Taira Bahri steamer, only arrived here on Monday evening. The number she had on board is I,oo3—five having (lied during the voyage. The brig of war which was sent to guard her, and the two other vessels which accom panied her, likewise loaded with prisoners, have not made their appearance : they had been separated, it appears, by the heavy weather, but they are now looked for every hour. Since the date of my last communication five vessels have arrived from Alexandria, bringing the whole of the officers of the Turkish fleet. Their num ber altogether amounts to 520. The sailors, it is stated, Mehemet Ali has placed on board his own vessels, mix ing them up with the Egyptians ; but he has sent back the officers fearing, which, of course, would have been the case, that in the event of an attack being made on his capital they might have been the means of inducing his own crews to declare for the Sultan. Thursday last being the anniversary of the promulga. tion of the Hatti Scheriff of Gul Khane, a grand festival took place at Constantinople, and the first stone of a magnificent column in commemoration of this event, to be erected on the spot where it was first read, was laid by the Sultan in person, surrounded by all his Ministers. The whole of the Hatti Scheriff is to be engraved on the column in letters of gold, and is to be entitled the column of Liberty. The city was brilliantly illumi nated in the evening. THE STUDENT. Sherwood and Co. This new periodical (French and English) pos sesses several novel features. Besides original essays, translations, Sec.; it contains a Self-Instruct ing French Grammar, admirably calculated to faci litate the pupil's progress in that useful language. It appears to be very well received. as the last Number states that the proprietor, on account of its success, intends enlarging it one-third its pre sent size without an additional charge. IMPORT I) UTIES.-INJURY OF PROTECTIVE DUTIES. THIRD ARTICLE. We confined our former notice of the evidence collected by the Import Duties Committee to the inutility of those duties,—w e shall now proceed to prove their immense and positive evils. We will begin quoting the su b stance o f w h at i s sa id about b coffee, y because that is the first important article, proceeding according to the alphabet. REDUCTION OF DUTY.--.COFFEE.--The good effects of a reduction of duty, and, pro tanto, the mischievous effects of a high duty, are thus well illustrated by Mr. Porter : In 1801 the rate of duty on coffee being Is. Cd. per lb., the consumption per head was 1 oz. and 9-100th parts of an ounce per head, the amouut contributed to the revenue being lid. per head. In 1811, the duty on coffee having been reduced to 7d. per lb., the con- ' sumption amounted to 8 oz. 12-100th parts of an ounce per head ; the sum contributed by each individual to the revenue in respect of coffee was 4d. In 1821 the duty had been raised to Is. per lb., and the consumption per head was somewhat less than it had been in 1811 ; it was, in 1821, 8 oz. per head, and the sum contributed to the revenue by each individual was 6d. In 1831, the duty bad been lowered to 6d. per lb., and the con sumption per head was increased to 21 oz. 13-100ths of an ounce, the amount of duty being Bd. In 1838, the rate of duty remaining the same, 6d. per lb., the consumption of each individual was 22 oz. and 6-lOths, and the rate of duty per head Bd. and 1-601 of a penny, showing that the reduction of duty on coffee has tended in a most material degree to increase the consumption. It is scarcely necessary to add, that Mr. Porter states no new facts of importance ; they were all known before ; and therefore his statement is unex ceptionable. He has indeed strengthened our con viction of the impolicy of high duties by his excel lent illustrations. Besides the duty, how evei, levied on coffee for the use of the Govern ment, there is a differential or discriminating, duty which was, up to the close of last Ses sion, %%hen a slight alteration was made in it, Is. per lb. on coffee imported from other places than British possessions within the limits of the East India Company's Charter, and Is. 3d. for foreign coffee. Thus coffee, the produce of our colonies or territories is protected in the market by an additional duty of 6d. per lb. on coffee brought from other coun tries beyond the Cape of Good Hope, and by an ad ditional duty of 9d. per lb. on coffee imported from foreign countries of this side the Cape. Now we have to beg the attention of our readers to the ef fects of this additional duty, which is not levied for the State, but to serve the interests of those who cultivate coffee in territories belonging to the East India Company, and on land belonging to the planters of Jamaica, Demerara, and the rest of the British colonies. We must, however, impress it on the reader as a general principl e , never t o be lost sight of in these discussions, that no part of these discriminating and protective duties go to the labouring classes of the favoured territories. The semi slaves of the pro vince of Bengal, or the island of Ceylon, will not get a grain of rice a-piece more as wages in conse quence of the discriminating duty imposed in favour of their productions. Up to a recent period, the labourers in our West India colonies were all slaves, and their comfort was not increased by the wealth those duties poured into the laps of their masters. Even now it may be stated that the free labourers will not receive any increase of wages from these duties. Wages are determined by a competition for employ ment, and as, in general, the labourers bid for work, it is their competition against one another, rather than the wealth of their masters, which determines their wages. Now this is a most important element in considering all protective duties, because it shows that the whole benefits of them go into the pockets of an amazingly small class of persons, such as landowners and capitalists, while the real question at issue is, to borrow the language of Mr. J. D. Hume, " do we propose to serve the nation, or to nerve particular individuals 7" The nation is not comprised in the few individuals who alone are enriched by those duties, which rather consists of the many la bourers than of the few idlers who live by their labour acrd make the laws. LIMITATION OF CONSUMPTION.-- As the discriminating duties on coffee confer no benefit on the masses of the population in India and in the West India islands, so they inflict, for the sake of the very few individuals we have alluded to, a serious injury on the bulk of the people. Mr. Pewter shows that the discriminating duty limits con sumption:— The consumption of coffee in this country has of late years . been completely starved by the differential duty. Mr. Villiers asked, have you ever made any cal culation of the extent to which the consumption of coffee would be further increased, if the duties were equalised ?—Mr. Porter replied, It is impossible to make any exact calculation upon the subject ; but, rea soning entirely from former facts, there is every reason to be certain that the consumption of coffee would be very materially increased by a reduction in the differ ential duty. The consumption has been increased by the reduction of the duty on British plantation coffee, from 750,0001b5. to 2 5,000,0001b5. It has been nearly stationary for several years past, because the consump tion of the country has overtaken the supply of coffee which is admissible at the low rate of duty. There is no reason to doubt, that if a larger supply were pro curable at the low rate of duty, the progress of con sumption would likewise go on. To the extent to which the differential duty tends to limit consumption, and to increase the price, it operates as a tar. upon the com munity. It also limits the amount of revenue collected upon the article. The way in which it shows itself is in the enhanced price of the coffee admissible a: the low rate of duty, which, of course, tends to limit the consumption, and thereby to limit the revenue also. The differential duty is a tax upon the community in England, for the producer (landowner, not labourer) in the colonies. AMOUNT OF TAX.—If we must be taxed for those virtuous patriots, the owners of the soil of England . and their co-receivers of rent—the tithe owners —does there exist any good reason why the White people, including those favoured classes, should be taxed to enrich the rent-receivers of De merara, including Church-building Gladstone—the new Loyola —and Ceylon. By the following ex tract from the evidence of Mr. Shiel, a Liverpool merchant engaged in the trade of St. Domingo, fractiontli a ,,c e of t e t.icn public ogidLuu ndy m e ro a ns y d s c. e op e f re er t e o l b. I plunders what extent tetn M the descrimi n_ r r ea Ceylon . series asked, what is the general value of Hayti coff ee i mporte d i nto t hi s country ?—I s h ou ld say the average value would be 435., or 445. per cwt—a sof years Hayti could supply this market with coffe e at 43 5 . or 44 5 . ?—For about fiftceen years t i Hayti eceoff l a i et a es whichwas averaged admitted i ta sold 3 o about on n at thethat6d . Continent.price. duty, h a n t has been tbe pr Bef 1835, it was then ' like St. Domingo, imported and sold for export, and I find that up to that period they bore the same val ue ; S t. Domingo co ff ee was a littl e hi g h er than Ceylo n . I take this m arket as being a better cri• tcrion than any other ; because coffee is brought here for all other markets, and therefore it is the measure for the value of other markets. I find Ceylon and St. Domingo coffees, up to 183.5, r unning nearly parallel in price ; but in 1835 there was a c hange made in the duties, and then Ceylon c offee became an article of consumption in this country ; then I find that the con sumption increased, and it rose rapidly in price. In 1834 the price of Ceylon coffee was from 48s. to 51s. in the Londo n market ; the price of St. Domingo 51s. to 535. ; that was the y ea r before the change ; now the year after the change, in 1836, the price of Ceylon coffee was 738. to 76s an d the price of St. Domin g o coffee 54 5• to 555. ; in this present month of July, Ceylon coffee is worth from 808. to 85s. Ido not give its extreme quotation ; some has been sold as high as 103 s. ; samev.rt 18 u 3 p 4 t to the 1 834 one I give the general run o f th e market ; St. Doming o cot fee is worth 445. to 45 5 . The quality of the two coffees is so nearly value, alikeand ti to 503., and th e ot h er from 5 1 s . to .538. Chairman—C ou ld vou state how much the British t h e ri y a l s v w e r o e r t a h t f a r b o o m u tthe 48s. consumer pays more for his coffee under the existing system than he would pay if the St. Domingo coffee was introduced, looking to the prime cost of the article ? —I should say that he pays just as much more as the difference between Sr. Domingo and Ceylon coffee. 50s. is not the price of St. Domingo coffee for export ; it is the price, with the advantage of bringing it at the THE sUN, LONDON, Tiltutsfixi, NOTEMI3ER 19. 1840. duty,, which allows something for the extra charges, l but not much: Here . are two samples of coffee (pro- clueing the same) which 1 0 . vvonkl show to any dealer almost in London, and I woulii v&ljAi thet tre would not be able to say which is the better quality ! , he would not be able to tell me which was which ; tlid one sells dt liCis., It. Domingo, and the other at 928., Jamaica coffee, but this TVs. Is tb 's privileged coffee ; it is not the St. Domingo coffee ; on the Continent with out the privilege it would be worth 445. Without the additional expense of going round the Cape of Good Hope it could be sold at 445. ?—Yes, I should be very glad to sell it at that: So that the St. Domingo coffee totild be imported into this country and sold at this time, at dee ,, half less than we are paying for Jamaica coffee ?—Yes. Mr. M‘Gregor, and a witness called Mr. A. fl., both agree in stating that coffee is purchased on the continent of Europe at from.Bo to 100 per cent. than in England. But taking Mr. Shiers estimate, and taking the annual consump tion of coffee at 5,000,0001b5., the tax levied on the people by the discriminating duties on coffee is not less than 570,000/, a year. What a bonus to the landowneers of Ceylon and Jamaica I ADULTERATION.—Of course this heavy duty gives rise to much adulteration. Mr. A. B. states that chicory and corn are mixed with the coffee, and that there are establishments in London where chicory and British grain are roasted and ground, and where they arc afterwards sold to the grocers. Mr. Hume deposes to similar facts, and says that out of sixteen ounces of burnt coffee three or four ounces consist of chicory or burnt corn. But the persons who chiefly buy their corn ground are the poorer classes ; and on them, therefore, fads most of the mischief, and most of the cheatry of ,his adulteration. EVASION OF THE DUTlES.—Besides the adul- teration, all the crimes growing out of which are to be wholly ascribed to the law, the parent of many crimes, the spirit and intention of the law are evaded. On this point we shall quote the evidence of Mr. M‘Gregor, and one passage from that of Mr. Sheil The effect of the high differential duty on coffee has been the legal evasion of the law, in principle, es to the way of bringing coffee to this country. 57 out of every 10Olbs. which were imported to England by way of the Cape of Good Hope was carried, in the first in stance to that colony from Brazil ; eight from Cuba ; twelve, I think, were sent, from England of foreign coffee to the Cape, to be re-imported to England ; six, I think, from Java, and six or eight sent from Holland to the Cape of Good Hope, and the remainder from other countries. Mr. Thornely—From your evidence it appears that cargoes of coffee have been sent from the United Kingdom, and from ports on the continent of Europe, to be landed on the Cape of Good Hope, and to be brought back to the United Kingdom for the purpose of supplying the necessary consumption here ?—Yes, from the 26th of April, 1838. to the 24th of March, 1840, it appears by the returns that eighty-one cargoes, importing more than 21,000,0001b5. of foreign coffee had arrived in the United Kingdom from the Cape of Good Hope ; the duty being on that mode of carrying coffee 9d. a pound, that is 6d. less than if imported direct from foreign countries ; the duty, if imported from the country of the growth of the principal part of the coffee would amount to 1,750,000/. ; the duty saved by the indirect importation would be 750,0001. supposing all to be entered for consumption. Chairman—Then it is to be understood that mer chants, in order to evade the discriminating duty, have been at the expense of sending coffee from those differ ent ports, and even from England, in order to obtain admission at the reduced rate ?—Yes ; and also upon other articles which pay differential duties, such as spices and nutmegs. Mr. Sheil was asked by Mr. Ewart—Do you mean that foreign coffee goes to India and the Cape of Good Hope, and afterwards find its way here ?—Yes ; the prices in 1838 rose to such an extent that they left a sufficient margin to en able foreigners to send coffee to possessions in the East Indies, and afterwards bring it here and pay the 9d. duty. Chairman—But ought there not to be a certificate of origin accompanying all coffees purporting to be from British possessions within the limits of the East India Company ?—lf they are accompanied with a certificate of origin, they are admissible at 6d., but the circum stance of their being carried in this way admits them I at 9d. From any place, without a certificate ?—Yes, all the vessel has to do is to go there, land her cargo, and ship it again. Have you known any coffee sent from St. Domingo to the Cape and landed there, and afterwards brought to England ?—Yes. several cargoes. By this discriminating duty the revenue suffers to the extent of at least 250,000/. a-year, as well as the people ; and if any person can point out a single advantage, besides the mere enrichment of those who arc already rich, to set against the evils of fraud, plunder, adulteration, and evasion, he must read the history of the coffee duties very differently from the manner in which it has presented itself to us. We shall conclude by reminding the religious and anti-slavery part of our people, that the coffee from St. Domingo, which we exclude, is the pro duce of free labour, while much of the coffee for merly imported, and some of which is still imported, is the produce of slave labour. On the one hand we give 20,000,0001. to put an end to slavery, and on the other, we give a yearly sum to encourage it. People and Government are alike inconsistent. CORN is the next article to which we must refer ; but looking to the extent to which the Corn-laws have been discussed in our pages, we shall now content ourselves with quoting a portion of the evidence of Mr. J. D. Hume, a gentleman whose testimony, from his disinterestedness and great acquaintance with the subject, is of peculiar value. We have the more pleasure in quoting it, inasmuch as it agrees with the opinions propounded in The Sun which some persons have designated as extreme. HIGH TAXES NO REASON FOR A BREAD TAX. You have often heard it stated that the people of England being higher taxed than they arc in any other country, would be unable, as regards the price of food, to compete with other countries if the Corn-laws were taken off ?—I have heard that argument, but have always been surprised at it, because it appears to me that the very circumstance of our being so highly taxed for the good of the State, is a reason why we should not be taxed between ourselves. You consider that a fallacy ?—The greatest fallacy I can conceive ; it is the very opposite of the true pro- position. Chairman—Have you ever made a calculation as to the amount of taxation which the community pay in consequence of the increased price of wheat and butcher's meat, which is occasioned by the monopoly now held by land ?—I think that a tolerable calculation may be made of that increased charge. It is generally cal culated that each person, upon the average, consumes a quarter of wheat a year. Assuming, then, the amount of duty that this wheat paid, or the price enhanced by protection, whatever that is, as far as bread goes, to be 10s., it would be that amount upon the whole popula tion. Then you could hardly say less than, perhaps, double that for butchers' meat and other matters ; so that if we were to say that the corn is enhanced by 10s. a quarter, there would be that 10s. and '2.os. more as the increase of the price of meat and other agricultural pro ductions, including hay and oats for horses, barley for beer, as well as butter and cheese. That would be :36,000,000/. a year, and the public arc in fact paying that as effectually out of their pockets as if it did go to the revenue in the form of direct taxes. And, consequently, are less able to pay any taxes that the State may require for its support ?—Certainly ; I conceive that having paid the private taxes they are the less able to pay the public taxes. Is not the effect of that also to cripple and limit the industry of the country ?—I conceive the great evil lies in that branch of the question ; it is not so calculable, but if they could have the trade which I believe they would have if all those protections were taken away, I think they could pay 30s. a head easily, compared with what they can now do. So that the burden of this protective system gene rally exceeds the whole amount of taxation paid to the State ?—I conceive so, taking the cost and the evil con sequences together, if that evil was equally subject to computation. It is the case with many duties, such as some of the excise duties, which are more injurious in their regulations than they are in the sum t a k en f rom the people, though you cannot estimate the injurious effect. I. conceive the actual money paid, and the evil effect , computed in money, would be m o r e th an t h e whole ' re venue of the country. Mr. Villiers—Supposing that, in order to change this system , . some partial injury mi g h t b e inflicted upon some existing interests, that rath er a groun d f or com pensation, and entering into an arrangement with those interests, with a view to mitigate the evil, or is it a ground for perpetuating the system of protection ?—lf a mode could be adopted, and the alternative were whether we should conti nue t h e protect i on or compen sate the parties injured, I should not hesitate a moment to say, give the compensation. It is a circumstance that has often struck my mind ; I have very often seen duties kept u p b ecause of the i n j ury w hi c h t h e remov ing of them would occasion to particular interests, when a comparatively small sum would have compensated the parties. One of our greatest faults is that we will not pay the price of extrication from former errors. I understand you to say, if there is any difference i n the cost o f li v i ng i n t hi s cou ntry and in other c o u n t r i es , or that we are un d er di sa dvantage in competition with them, it chiefly arises from the protective system ?—. That is my opinion ; with our great command of trade, j " MINISTRY OF FINANCE. " Article 1 of the decree which was addressed to me on ae 4th instant orders that there thall be brought into the Peninsula, in the manner and form the most convenient, the payment madelby the public treasury of the Havannah of all assignations not forming part of the finances of those islands, for the purpose of creating with the amount of these assignations an equal value in the Peninsula. " The amount of these assignations reaches annually to 25,000,000 of real: ; so that for the future there may be negotiated in the Peninsula an amount of no minal reals of 50,000,000 or 41,000,000 effective, by consigning for the payment of the integral value of the assignations at the expiration of 24 months. The Go vernment will realise these funds on the following con , ditions 1. It will obtain 41,000,000 by means of voluntary loans : between the capitalists and the merchants of Madrid for the sum of 31,000,000 of reals, and for that of 10,000.000 between the capitalists and mer chants of Seville, Cadiz, Malaga, Valencia, and Bar celona. " -2. The subscribers shall pay down in cash the sixth part of their respective quota, and the rest in bills at from one to five months' date payable to order. "3. There shall be given to the takers in payment drafts on the treasury of the Havannah payable in from one to twenty-four months after sight. " 4. The usual discount of eighteen per cent. shall be allowed en these drafts. " 5. For the drafts that have a longer date than six months an interest at the rate of six per cent. per an num shall be paid at the Havannah." I have frankly pointed out to you the ideas of the Government in this contemplated operation. There is no necessity for me to point out to you the guarantee offered for the reimbursement of the different sums by the drafts given in payment, as it is known with what regularity these drafts are paid at the Havannah. VITTORIA, Nov, 11. " The Deputies of the provinces of Alava, Guipus coa, and Biscay, have met at Bilboa, to take into consi deration the peculiar circumstances in which this coun try is about to be placed. The Government of Madrid having altogether neglected to provide for the mainte nance of the numerous troops stationed in the Basque provinces, General Rivero repeatedly applied to our authorities to obtain money and supplies. On an extra ordinary occasion these provinces do not refuse to lend assistance to the troops ; but, as a regular charge they cannot admit such a precedent, contrary to their fueros, and that the people would not suffer long. The pro vincial authorities have consequently intimated to Gen. Rivero that he was in future to provide for the wants of his troops. BELGIUM. We are assured that the Budget of the Ways and Means will be presented to the Chambers on Monday. This Budget is expected the more impatiently, as it is known that it will propose several augmentations of the taxes, which will make the resources of the country per manently equal to the expenditure.—lndependant. The Echo du Luxembourg publishes a letter, which announces that the deputation sent, by the principal inhabitants of Luxemburg, to the Hague, have returned with the most satisfactory account of the reception given them. by King William IL Hie Majesty pro missed to attend to the requests which the deputation were entrusted to make to him. His Majesty, it is said, expressed his disapprobation of the administration of M. Hassempflug. BRUSSELS, Nov. 17.—The draft of the Address to the King, in answer to his Speech, was read yesterday in the Chamber of Representatives, and ordered to be printed for the Members. The debate is fixed for the following day. HOLLAND. THE HAGUE, Nov. 13.—Tie sections of the Second Chamber of the States General have complete(' their examination of the proposed financial laws ; orL sec tion only is not quite ready. His Majesty continues to receive deputationE , and addresses from different places and public bodies, ,on gratulating him on his accession to the throne. THE HAGUE, Nov. 17.—The Staats Courant of this date publishes the Royal ordinance relative to the composition of the provincial assemblies of North and South Holland. The Assembly of South Holland is to consist of 86 members, viz. 10 for the nobles, 41 for the towns, and 35 for the country. Rotterdam is to have 10 members, the Hague 8, and Leyden 5. The Assembly for North Holland is to consist of 72 members : viz. 6 for the nobles, 44 for the towns, and 22 for the country. Amsterdam is to have 22 members. [Here follow the names of all members of the As semblies of the two provinces, who for this once are no minated by the King.] ODESSA, OCT. 23.—The 10th division of the Rus sian army, which we expected here, bas not arrived, but has suddenly been ordered to halt o❑ its march, because the events of Syria have rendered Russian assistance in Turkey unnecessary. Admiral Lazareff is said to be gone to Nicolajeff. VIENNA, Nov. 7.—A number of officers and subal terns of the artillery, who, besides those officers of engi neers who have already gone to Constantinople with the permission of the Imperial Government, will enter for a time into the Turkish service, have been directed to pro ceed to Venice, whence they will be conveyed direct to the Syrian coast, where they will probably be employed in taking measures to secure during the winter the con quered places. HAMBU RGH MAIL. BERLIN, Nov. 9.—lt is certainly true that for some time past the Clerks in the War Office have been more employed than usual, because it. is thought proper to take such measures as prudence requires against a pos sible breaking out of troubles in France ; but they are by no means so important and extensive as some German journals represent them. PRAGUE, OCT, ;3.—Yesterday the imperial army lost a General, whose name, though he has long since retired from active service, calls to mind one of the brightest dais of the military annals of our times. Lieutenant Field-Marshal Count Noslitz, as is well known, mainly contributed to decide the great battle of Leipsic, by a vigorous charge, at the critical moment, with the cavalry under his command. HA:dm:Rom, Nov. 13,—The Silesian journal an nounces that Machbcrbe, the Abyssinian girl, who was brought from her own country by Prince Puckler Muskau, died on the =24th of last month at Muskau She was 17 years obl.—Hamburgh payers, Nov. 13. HAMBURG BONSENHALLE, Nov. 13,1 Bills. Money Austrian 5 per Cents. Rank Shares Anglo-Russian Loan 1073% 107 Russian 5 per Cent. lot series, C.rtificate Inscription, Ist Sciies lO2 Russian 5 per Cent. Hop,: and Co. 3d and 4th Series Ditto in Certificates Dutch Actual Debt, 21.4.pe - i :rut 4S T EI 4'31 Ditto 5 per Cent — Polish Bonds New ticket Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 pc , r Cent Norwegian Loan, 1b34, 4 per Ccot,.., Spanish, New 3 per Cent s . —. XCHANGES ON LONDON. HAMBURG, Nov. 13.-1;1 41i .—Two months, 13 DA. BREMEN, Nov. 10 —Two months, 613. Siocr.noi.m, Nov, 6—Seventy-five days, 11 :P. PLTERSBURGU, Nov. 3, —Two months, :19% pence. fltiti.ifs. Nov. 10.—'fliree months, 6. 17. DUTCH FUN -05.—ANISTEADANI, Nov. 17 Mone, Bins. actual Debt, ‘.i.*!4 per Cent ilitto, ditto 5 per cent. Arnett Syndic,‘o4 percent.... ........... Ditto, ditto, 11)4 per cent 71% 72 1 4 Commercial Company, V,", per cent l6 i'/4 164 Ditto (16:35 and 1537) 5 per cent. ...... Lo'll 1f;37, 5 per cl`t 9 4 1.4 9174 Exchange on London, One month l2 Two months ...... Dutch Papers, Nov. 18. n..bschiliy. n tiliirty Millions, 4 rtF.t.olAr I. UNDS—ttaussm.i, Nov. 17. Loan, 5 per C.nt Actual Debt 2 1 ' per Cent. _ q-0.4 per Cent 6B 141 7'46 :(1:4 ) 96 --- 7 - 7------....., , s tl per Cent. — ----.. inirtyaer en Loan of Cit 4 per Cent -- ... v,193_,90 S:xiety of Conin,rce, •IY.iper Cent llO Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent National Society . ............ F 6 Exchange on Londolq (short) ........ ....... it 7 Brussels Papers, Nov. .... .. ********* " AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENKA, Nov. 9 fire per Colts. Metalliques • ................. ...... ..... ir6l4 Four per Ceni5........„ ......... ... ................ ..... itv,. 'Three pr.r Cents. .......„ ............... .. ~... ........ ...... 3% Hank Shares .... ; .....«•••••••p,.!•!•••••• ................. 1718 ...Atigemeine &gun'. N ov. 14.. LITERATURE. IRELAND, ITS SCENERY, CHARACTER, ST.—PART I. How and Parsons, London, 1840. , . So far as we can judge from a first Number, this account of Ireland, which is from the pen of Mrs. Hall, bids fair to be the most comprehensive, and, at the same time, the most impartial work, of the sort that has yet found its way into print. Impar tiality, indeed, observes the authoress in her intro. duction, will be the main characteristic of the book, and in order that she may be enabled suc cessfully to carry out this laudable object, she has herself, accompanied by her husband, made several recent excursions to Ireland, so that her descrip tions will be derived from her own impressions of things, not from the loose hearsay of others. It is high time, indeed, that party prejudice should cease to influence the opinions of those who write upon the subject of the sister island ; hitherto we have had little more than the statements of Whig, Tory, or Repealer ; and cannot give too cordial a welcome to a lady who assures us that she has no political objects to serve, but will judge for herself, in a temperate and perfectly unbiassed spirit. 'We are glad to see that Mrs. Hall bears testimony to the great improvement that has taken place within the last few years in Ireland. In the neighbourhood of Cork—to an account of which the present Number is confined—this improvement, she tells us, is par ticularly striking, one great cause of which is, of course, to be ascribed to the facilities of communi cation afforded by steam-boat travelling. But there are other causes in operation, and among them we may mention the spread of Temperance Societies, which are be g inning to confer inestimable benefits on Ireland. Of the Rev. Mr. Mathew, the great apostle of this reformation, Mrs. Hall thus speaks : " The expression of his countenance is peculiarly mild and gracious ; his manner is persuasive to a degree, simple and easy, and humble without a shadow of affec tation, and his voice is low and musical, such as moves man. A man more naturally fitted to obtain influence over a people, easily led, and proverbially swayed by the affections, we have never encountered. No man has borne his honours more meekly ; encountered oppo sition with greater gentleness and forbearance ;or dis armed hostility by weapons better fitted to a Christian. His age is somewhat above fifty, but he looks younger ; his frame is strong, evidently calculated to endure great fatigue, and his aspect is that of established health—a serviceable illustration of the practical value of his sys tem. He is somewhat above the middle size ; his fea tures are handsome as well as expressive." In addition to several tales, sketches, and anec dotes illustrative of Irish character, which are in terspersed through the present number, there is a map of the county of Cork, two highly finished en gravings, and a variety of appropriate wood -cuts. Altogether, the work—so far as it has yet proceeded —is got up in a very creditable style. MAXWELL'S LIFE of WEL LIN G 7 ON. Fart 9, Bailey, London. 1840. A full-length portrait of the Duke of Dalmatia, dressed in his splendid Marshal's uniform, is pre fixed to this Part, and if our recollection of the original does not deceive ,us, is a most admirable likeness of the original in every respect but that of figure, which is rather too tall for Soult. The expression of the thoughtful, sagacious counte nance, Lowever, which is more that of a statesman than a soldier, is preserved with singular accuracy. The Marshal is represented standing alone on a battle field ; a map and a telescope he beside him on the ground, and he is evidently busy in the con sideration of some comprehensive military scheme. Possibly he is meditating the chances of his gain ing possession of the throne of Portugal, for which he was at one time, it has been said, actively in triguing, but against which Napoleon resolutely set his face. The portrait is carefully en graved by Lightfoot, from an original paintin g by Rouillard. The first chapter is chiefly confined to a description of the great battle of Salamanca, which, says the biographer, " whether considered in its military or moral results, was probably the most important of all the P%-minsular triumphs." This decisive conflict is detailed at great length, and with Mr. Maxwell's usual vigor and perspicuity. The Part closes with an account of the prepara tions for the equally decisive battle of Vittoria, ' and contains a remarkably spirited plate, entitled " The Retreat from Waterloo." THE HEBRETV GRAMMAR OF GESENIUS. Translated by T. J. Conant. London : Thomas Ward and Go., 1840. Thi s Grammar was originally written in German, by the learned Hebraist Gesenius, and after pass ing through eleven editions, it was translated into English, by Professor Conant, of New York, who has added to it a valuable course of Hebrew and English Exercises. Of the American edition, which was well received by the soundest Biblical scholars and critics, the present is a beautiful re print, and we can safely recommend it as a valuable help to advanced students in Hebrew literature. For, like the bulk of elementary books written by German scholars, this Grammar is by far too ab struse for mere beginners, and rather calculated to frighten than encourage the timid tyro who looks aghast at the first view of the Hebrew alphabet. We, had almost forgotten to observe that Gesenius was a sturdy advocate for the retention of the Ma soretic points, without the aid of which it is next to impossible for an European to read the Hebrew lan guage correctly. In fact, the Hebrew Scriptures read without points in the way taught by Romaine and Parkhurst sound as differently from the punctuated text of Van der Hooght as Italian does from French. Nor arc the points less requisite to determine the sJise than the sound. Without points the same word may be indifferently interpreted, the sun or a wall, gate or a lion, and thus le a ocountlesso r a a bbru ic r k d , a ities in translation. To t t he moon s students having some previous knowledge of He brew this Grammar will prove a valuable acquisition. CO 0 ICE'S REMAINS. 2 Vols. Longman, London, 1840. We have perused these volumes with some at tention, but cannot t ake u p o n ourselves to say that we have derived much benefit f rom th e perusal. EVENING_FDITIOTQr. otti navigation, our capital, and our geographical posi tion, if trade #n this' country was perfectly free, and we were enabled to obtain in the cheapest markets, upon even terms, all the commodities We want, I can see no teason why this should not be one of the cheapest lo life in that any civilized popal&ro country can be. 'litre are many matters in which density of population leads' to cheapness. Then when you speak of competition from cheaper labour abroad, you mean when the people here betog tertvily taxed to the State, their burdens are increased by taxes to topport particular interests 7—Exactly ; I conceive protectiot to be a positive increase of taxes, not less positive than if an additiocal tax were put upon the commodity itself ; whatever the compulsory amount which you pay more than the natural amount, it is to the consumer as effectual a tax as if it were collected by the tax-gatherer, the custom-house officer, or the excise. You did not mean to say that general taxation did not affect prices, but that it afforded no excuse for protec tion ?--Certainly ; what I mean is, that the general taitation is not a ground for taking the burden off one portion of the cemmunity,• and laying it, as it must be borne by sonic one, on another portion, that second por tiOn paying double, the other paying none. If I might illustrate this, I would take the article of corn ; suppos ing the taxes paid by the landed interest in their perso nal and domestics expenditure should amount to 10s. a quarter upon the earn raised upon their lands, and you put 10s. upon foreign corn, while you habitually import it and pay that 103., thus raising the puce of all that is produced at home by 10s., I conceive that J Os. to be a burden thrown upon the other parts of the community, and that the landed proprietor literally lives in this coti.n try without paying any tax at all. You observed, in a former part of your evidence, that one protection was constantly a ground for claiming another ?—lt furnishes a plea always to parties who are ever seeking pleat ler asking for protection ; it is particularly and everlastingly, as far as my own ob servation goes, alluded to by the landed interest. And it frequently occurs that when one interest has thus got itself exempt from taxation, it has reimposed the tax upon itself by having to pay it as protection upon other productions ?—Witatever the proportion may be between the protected goods produced by the party, and his expenditure in the general articles of consump tion, he gives and receives in that proportion ; if they are equal, then he certainly does, in my opinion, restore the money back again to the other protected parties. I will suppose that there are 100 trades and It;0 com modities, and that you give a certain measure of p:0 - tection to every one of them, well measured, as far as the nature of the goods will admit ; then I conceive that those 100 parties would find all their cases com pletely neutralised ; each would receive from the system a benefit as one, and would pay it away in driblets to the ninety-nine, and thus they would all be brought to the same position as if none were protected at all. But if one interest was more powerful than the other ninety-nine, it is possible that it might get some advan tage over the others ?—The great evil of protection is, that it cannot be made just, equal, and equitable. In my illustration just now, I supposed that you could find a way of protecting each in an equal proportion, but that is not possible. Sir C. Douglas—ls the abolition of the Corn-laws inseparable from the opinion you entertain that the re moval of import duties ought to take place ?—Just so ; that is the great article, and I conceive that otherwise we should expose our manufactures to the most unfair competition with foreigners, not because of the light taxes which foreigners pay, but because of the general cheapness of living, from having corn and other pro visions upon better terms than we have. I think that the first necessaries of life should be the Srst articles to be set free. Then from that last answer the Committee may un derstand that you mean a total abolition of the Corn laws ?—Certainly, and I should prefer the total aboli tion ; I cannot see any ground whatever for any coun tervailing tax upon corn, I cannot perceive anything in the principle of protection that is peculiar to corn. British corn does not contribute to the public revenue ; there is therefore no charge upon it to be countervailed. Then you would not even allow a small fixed duty ? —My opinion is that there is no ground for any duty ; the only ground I can perceive is to countervail charges in the production of corn. I know that there are a great many charges which the landed interest con ceive to be peculiarly on them, and to fall upon their productions ; but as far as I have been able to investi gate those charges, I think they have services in return for them, and they do not go to the public revenue ; they are of a local nature, and I think the farmers are so much better off, and so much more enabled to raise the commodity with advantage by reason of those local charges, since they have facilities in return equal to the payment : and I do firmly believe that any country that has not the system of raising funds for the purposes for which those local funds are raised, would be at a great disadvantage in the production of agricultural produce. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sta,—The late concussion on the above Railway— although not attended with loss of life—still shows the inefficient management pursued on this line, and undoubt edly proves its directory to be either careless in action, or deficient in judgment. It appears to see that there is but one method or plan to be adopted which can prevent simi lar accidents, which is, that either the Northern and Eastern, or the Eastern Counties (both running on the same line for some few miles) do agree to start at the same time from the London station, and that one locomo tive engine do convey both the above trains up to the point where they have to separate, one of the Companies having its engine in readiness; at this point it can be attached to its own train, and each will pursue its oppo site direction. To effect this the two Companies have only to agree which do find the locomotive power for the few miles both use the same line, and which would be a certain preventive to these appalling accidents. Your's, &c:, A PROPRIETOR. MAYOR'S DAY - AT GR E AT YAR MOUTH. In the good old times of rampant Toryism, when the then self-elected Corporation rode roughshod over the town, the Mayor's-day was celebrated with all possible " pomp and circumstance to give effect to the scene." Flags and banners were displayed, guns were fired ; the Corporation paraded from church dressed up with crimson gowns and cocked hats, accompanied by a band of music ; and to crown all there was a dinner at the Town Hall, to about 200 gentlemen of the town and neighbourhood, of whom about one-third were parsons, who sat at a table by themselves. At this dinner the Mayor presided, and he also invited all the guests; but he did not pay for it—the expenses were de frayed out of the Town Funds, and thepoor devils who did pay never even got a smell of the good things which these Tory parsons and aldermen yearly assembled to feast upon. At night little boys let off squibbs. more for mischief than for joy, and notwithstanding all the pageantry and feasting, there was a heartlessness and want of spirit in the whole proceedings. and a feeling of disgust amongst the inhabi tants in viewing them which plainly told of their aversion to living under the "cold shade" of a aelf-elected Corpo ration. Now mark the difference. On the ninth of No vember, the Town-Council met for the purpose of electing a Mayor for the ensuing year. That Town-Council, which is chosen by the free voices of the rate-payers, which con sists of 48 members, amongst whom there arc but two To ries, and amongst whom there will be no Tories at the ter mination of the period for which those two are elected, for they will assuredly be ousted if ever they try to regain their seats. There were 42 members of the Council present. Their names having been called over, RICHARD HAMMOND, Esq., rose to propose a fit and proper Ferson to fill the Civic Chair for the ensuing year ; and after paying a high and well-deserved compliment to Samuel Palmer, Esq., proposed that gentleman to fill the office of Mayor the ensuing year —( Loud cheers.) Mr. C. Davie and Mr. JOHN BRIZ,;FITWEN supported the motion, which was carried unanimously. The Mayor having been invested with the chair by the late Mayor, then qualified and took the usual oaths, after which he returned thanks to the Council, and requested their punctual attendance at the Corporation assemblies, and a vote of thanks having passed to the late Mayor, and some routine business transacted, the Council adjourned. The Mayor, who is in every sense of the word a" Libe ral," was attended to his residence by a numerous train of gentlemen, and in the evening there was a public dinner at the Star Inn, to which about seventy gentlemen sat down, to commemorate his election. Much disappoint ment was felt by many persons, who were not able to ob tain tickets, the room not admitting of dining a larger number than named above. During the day the bells rang merrily, the shipping in the harbour displayed their flags, and a general expression of satisfaction was mani fested by the inhabitants at the choice which the Council had made of a Chief Magistrate. The dinner was most sumptuous. The Mayor presided ; Mr. Johnson, Mr. R. Hammond, Mr. Barth, Mr. Bur roughes, and Mr.T. Hammond, acted as Vice- Presidents. The cloth being removed, the MAYOR gave " The health of our beloved Queen, and a long and prosperous reign to her"—three times three; " Prince Albert"— three times three, and many other loyal and patriotic toasts. Mr. W. JOHNSON, in proposing the health of . ..the new Mayor, said he might be reckoned among those very rare individuals whom cne finds once in a lifetime—( Cheers)— a faithful friend. They had found in him a faithful poli. tician who had never once swerved. He had been found among those whom the fiercest opposition tended to render more firm to his cause. He doubted not but he would perform the duties of his office with the greatest diligence, and he would at once give the health of one for whom they all felt the greatest friendship—The Mayor of Yarmouth.— ( Loud cheers.) The MAYOR, in returning thanks, said, that he told them that morning when they paid him the compliment to elect him Chief Magistrate, he felt it the proudest moment of his life ; but now he knew not how to express his feelings or his gratitud e . H e bad th a t d a y b e en elected by a Council , returned by 25,000 ratepayers—and not to acknowledge and feel deeply so high an honour would be base ingratitude in him. He trusted he should perform the duties of his of- I flee with credit t o hi mse lf an d benefit to the town. He hoped that should he err they would give him the credit of erring rather in the head titan the heart. : —(Cheers.) The festivity of the evening was continued in good hu mour till a late hour. The election of Mr. Palmer to theoffi w c h e ic o h f M he ay c o a r rr h ic a s s given general satisfaction in this borough. His munificent hospitality, and the spirited manner in out every thing be enters upon, give a.asurance of a year of unusual gaiety and bustle. NEW ROMANCE OF 3IILITARY Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., post SW , , T HE CONSPI RATO Or, The ROMANCE of MILITARY LIF E. By EDWARD QUILLINA,,i; Esq. h. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlil.orougt• Just ready, in 3 vols. post Svc), n S. Trllt E E P A NOVEL. By LADY STEPNEY. Bichard Bentley, Nev. - linrlinatoT_____2„.„.. T HE JO ANNA BAILLIE'S POEMS. In one Volume, price 9s. c loth. s F . UGIT I V F ERS By JOANNA BAILLIE. Edward Moxon, Dover-street. Price Is. 6d. OEM S ' SHA K SPEARE'S P Also, prke Hif: cloth , Tith 11E SHAKSPEARE'S DRAMATIC: WOR KS , MARKS on his LIFE AND WRITING S. By THOMAS CAMPBEL L. Edward Moxon, Dover—street. _____-------,----------- .„. THEATRE ROYAL, COVEN'r GARvi.4Ol4 UNDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME 14' THIS EVENING, NOV. 19.• Will be repeated Ehakspere's .., MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM .. fte so o,lluplr. B o Theseus, Mr. Cooper ; Quince, Mr. Bartley ; Harley ; Flute, Mr. Keeley ; Snout, Mr. Meadows „4.daree Mr. F. Matthews • Hermia, Mrs. Nisbett ; Oberon, ,""Firot Vestris ; Titania, 'Mrs. W. Lacy ; Puck, Miss 'Marshall' Fair, Miss Rainforh. ill b. or' The y Interval between the Play and the Afterpiece vf cupicd by f OAT E WS A COMIC SCENE between Mr. CHARLES A-- and Mr. KEELEY, entitled TWO IN THE 'MORNING. After which the popular Farce of THE RINGDOVES. aing dorep Sir Harry Ringdove, Mr. F. Matthews; 115 " Y r • C . Mr. Charles Mathews; Miss Longclackit, Mrs. Org . ' ' cilia, Miss Lee.- gory On Friday, The Spanish Curate, with Two me 1.- ing. and Fashionable Arrivals. with T o On Saturday, The Midsumm, r Night' i Nights Dretut in the Morning, and Fashionable Arrivals.and Sec?nci Dress Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price , 3 s. 6d.; F ir st ti Pri ce ' ° Circles, bs. ; Second Price, 2s. 6 d. ; Pit , 35.; Sec t. 23. ; Gallery, Is. foro lunes Doors to be opened at half-past Six—the ref irsimence at Seven o'Clock. , b ff Gr a Tklkets and places for the Boat!! to be taken of 0. •:, crilr .t the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Sess4' s j eller may ne ha uon aplication. Private d ßoxes to p be had so!ely of Mr, Andrews' b°°l ~„.... :67, New Bond-street. ------"---. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATIT/TIAEO' UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF Mr. ."" THIS EVENING, NOV. 19. The entertainments will commencO witb WIDOWS BEWITCHED. sr. OD; Hector Fairwin, Mr. Butler ; Captain FrankleYt D. Widow Frankley, Miss J. Merdaunt ; Widow Delator' - 11. Beverly. ent itled To which will be added the New P iece, A LAST DAY. i, ; W S ' Tom Brisk, Mr. Balls ; Sam, Mr. Samuel Relh.' Miss Seymour ; Fanny, Miss Shearsmith. vrrs To be followed by the $ S •- WRITINGS OF MY GRANDMOTH EIV° Mr. Bouchier, Mr. St. John 'ord e beer+ ; t. Lady Emily Bonchier, Miss J. Mled 1v To conclude with the New Drama en ti 01 0 PAUL THE BRAZIER; or, the REItiN °I IP Paul, Mr. Balls. ,-O efietl 6 4l ; Dress Boxes, 4s.—Olympian Boxes , 33 . —Pit, 2e •4 ls• Half-price—Dress Circle, 2 s. ; Olympian Bei-4 Pit, Is. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANteoce t it Mr. ELIASON begs leave most respectfully to el'iirfraL` the above Theatre is now OPEN EVEO entitled with the Grand Musical Entertainme nts, THE CONCERTS D'HIVER. svgAit-2' Leader, Mons. NADAUD— Conductor, _lsl°,°e* :JOY' PROGRAMME FOR THIS EVENINvi, FART FIRST. Overture—Semiramide—Rossini. Valses—Les Fusees Volantes—Strauss. Overture—Der Frieschutz—C. M. von Web New Quadrille—Rendezvous de Chasse—gesa,,,`7oloooef Grand Duo from Guillaume Tell—Dove Vats r and Ophicicide, by Herr Koenig and M. PW e Solo Violin by M ons.e De Lofre. Locke's celebrated Music in Macbeth . , L . 1101 11 PART SECONP• • n RD Grand Overture to a M.S. Opera, the co m p ositic Highness Prince Albert. Fantasia Harp by Masterr Taylor. First Grand Solo, and Cornet a Pistons,antasiafromLes Der r Hugenkts--oen Barret, Sigo.le Owe/ New Quadrille—L'Angleterre—Musar d. Pr ee. Galop—a Vapeur—Musard. Prices of Admission :—To the Promenade, is" ot "'- Circle, 2s. 6d. ; Upper Boxes, ls. 6. of PasslPP Visitors te the Boxes have the prdivilegelo6 from the Promenade. • 4.1. Mr. Eliason, in c ompliance with numerous. N r the begs leave to announce that the Lower Gallery vr , i 0. 0 ture be opened at the admission of Is. to each Persf rao seo e Doors open at half-past Seven o'Clock, to cu Eight precisely. hell, 1 r /jo g' Private Boxes can only be procured of 11fr. Afitc oo o Library, No. 33, Old Bond-street, and at the Boll A . , Theatre. Prices 10s. 6d., 11. Is., and 1/. 11s. 7 4 ' og roo, re0 and Places in the Dress and Upper Circles may b e b e ke pt t tpplication to Mr. Parsons, at the Box-o ffi ce, deiltg be till Four o'Clock, and those in . the le during the whole of the evening, if required. 1 3, PRINCUS' THEATRE, OXFORD-ST9_,— This splendid Theatre is OPEN EVERY EvEN.O ) PROMENADE CONCERTS, Under the Direction of Mr. WILLY. THIS EVENING, NOV. 19.—PROGRAMME. Overtures—Ohevy Chace, La Fiancee. Haensel's Fantasia, introducing Solos for the principal WWl' ments. Selection from the Mountain Sylph, introducing the St Chorus, Farewell to the Mountain, and the Fort une ' Scene. Trio—Two Violoncellos and Contra Bass--Corelli. Solo on the Trombone by Mr. Holt. Quadrilles—Torquato Tasso—Les Danois. Waltzes—Themis Strahlen, Iris. Solo on the Flute, Mr. Carte. for To conclude with Beethoven's Grand Battle SyroP s , - - ahich an addition has been made to t he already numer° efficient orchestra. Promenade, Is.—Dress Circle, 2 s. —U pp er BOOS 15 ; 0 6 be lie u Private Boxes, V. Is. and 10s. 6d. each, may Box-office, and of Mr. Mitchell, Old Bondtret_______,/ ROYAL SURREY THE 11 0 0 1 Unprecedented Novelty—Another New Piece--u°,; fto e!t a ° of " The Wreck of sts, hte Royal Gee—-engaPe the Negro Melodi and Revival of rg e he lte La " Th e bythe THIS EVENING, NOV. 19, Will be acted, a Caledonian Romance, 4° l O S THE REIVER'S RANSOM ; OR, GILD ER° BONNY BOY. After which, G g 0 0; THE WRECK OF THE ROYAL T. ire' R, O THE SEAMAN'S CH S ello Preceded by a Grand Pictorial and Scenic E Induc e d a wful senting a Cruise round the Coast, and depicting tb lamity, with the sinking of the Vessel, &C. 1U ca lled To be followed by the astonishing Negro .'"` a iled Smith, in a celebrated Extravaganza. c .k IY 'V' JIM ALONG JOSEY, A 130.-,, In which he will introduce his " Long Ist i sc"Coon• rites' and also the Mississippi Melody, " b;,. P ortiir' Ar r GOP ° In this part of the performance, the el f - ,,,,tuck` a " ninny, Colman, will appear in the Old i'"'" Vine Twist. To onclude with „, t ig THE LADYE OF LAMBY"'" • AI IPSI4S‘ ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL — „.ge. g g,' Under her Majesty's Immediate PutrAVVix- Thishighly popular and interesting resort is "" from Ten till Dusk. „Aert ‘ i ors, The Menagerie, which is unequalled in the n • sever „Ist' ind beauty of the specimens it contains, occoP le arr s l, 4 - e - ions and elegant buildings comfortably heated, and 017'101 sith the nearest possible assimilation to the ilat ur t - h. rec e yptf the animals. The most important additions recelleelecreti are the rare and beautiful black Leopard, le Migo - t he of a pair of the scarce Curassows, called Cush Birds , a ?A ir ly lois, the Bush Cow (the only specimen in Europen)in cul l° Cassowaries, the Monster Boa (the largest e ver 9ce- ,cioto ment), &e. The splendid collection of Carnirora are f ed at rctiriv°o9ol, it nhich time the ferocious attributes and smazieltin° p )wers of these forest monarchs are displayed to th vantage. Admission, One Shilling. --- --- COURT CIRCULAK. : ; a g I h e r Her Majesty and Prince Albert too k an air-a-0-f ColonelHon ie d 0 , terda ' morning in vv • t i p . a ttco u a pony phaeton. The Cavendish, Equerry in at 4, horseback. Viscount 'Melbourne had an audience of her iu.'cstf yesterday. ; g lb° The Earl of Erroll had the honour of .0-11.iller le Royal circle at Buckingham Palace at dill- . evening. 1 Foot _ The Band of the Coldstream Regiment 0 , Guards were in attendance during the evening' ...prof°, The Duke of Cambridge l e ft - dal ' e 0 town vester , Gue for Sudbury Hall, on a visit to her Majesty tPe a Dowager. ;de w The Marquis of Normanby has left his reis of f Mulgrave Castle, York zclarenoe shire, for C has left the k own. setl g 0- t Lord Adolphus Frt Lord Forester on a visit to the Earl of Stradbr° ' his residence Henham Hall, Suffolk. ---- Wee ks —__—_---r--------- THE ROYA CRADLE.—About three, ,rot since an order was transmitted from the Boat °' ow+ Cloth to Messrs. Seddons , of Gray's-ion-radt nail too sterers to her Majesty. to design and make the ea A house . " t he baths for the expected scion of her illustrious day or two afterwards a drawingwas forwarded to i t Palace for the inipectton of her Majesty and hierhePir Consort, who were graciously pleased to eig nit 1 as g ens proval of the design. On 'Tuesday nigh ht the cot */ t el' . o f that to home. The body of the cot is in the shap e gant marine shell the nautilus. The frame to rk i • l des ar e choicest Spanish mahogany, aad tho bottom and st iles od padded and quilted in flutes, whole of w hich, in si l h the out, is corcred with rich green silk, embroidered 01rcoor white rose of England. Between each flute is a° l The rib of mahogany, the edges of which are richly OP f 0 0 cot swings between •llof b any stan"'"gooly p ars ma og , a utt - plinths, ,which are supported by lions' feet. u e d hung carved and gilt. The canopy is finely scolloped a" s 00 with silk drapery of the same colour and t he dll.gn °Royal lining ; the whole isgilt, and surmounted wit " still-noun ders t Crown. The baths arc not yet finished. It us un _ o we, that one will be lined with silver, and the other with "j oir oy The Earl of Derby is surrounded by a 1 Da circle at Knowsley Park, consisting of Lord an el Stanley and family, Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Stanle sut'spid, liornby, &c. Last week Lord Stanley, 11"• B. b e pre' and Colonel Hornby had three hours' shooting in t serves, and killed a vast number of birds. 1