The Sun. — London, England, 1840-05-23 00:00:00

E \TEN ING EDITI ON. lace been to have done that which would have been don•t in former instances, viz —that the vote of the Hon. Gentl,- man should have been disalico,vt d. The words of the Act were hat the mere acceptance of ofilee should vacate the .eat ao effectually as if the Member were dead. Therefore they had been is the same situation as if some person had come into that. House personating the Hon. Member for Coctiermouth He did not call upon the House now to ake any iudicial steps, because he might be asked what woof he had of the authenticity of that address. He could icly say that there was very strong .prima facie roof of its authenticity ; but if there was any loubt about it, the party who printed it was liable o be called to the bar to ascertain by whose authraity he had done so. He wished, however, before any lather proceedings were taken, to ask the Noble Lord the Secretary for the Colonies when the offer was made, and whether it was accepted on Monday last, as stated in the address ? ............... Lrrd JOHN RUSSELL said, of course the Ho curable Baronet was quite correct in saying that the Haase could not now take any steps, because whatever might be the law of the ease, the printed paper could be no evidence ag to what had taken place. With respect to the question put to him by the Hon. Baronet, his (Lord John Russell's) answer would not be of a very tweeise description.—( Hear, hear, and a laugh.) All he had to say was, that when he came to town on At:lmlay last—he believed it was Monday after soon or Tuesdag—that Lord Melbourne informed hini be had !nude th offer to Mr. florsman, and that he seemed lack dto accept it. That was an account of what passed tween them. Of course be need not say anything no- with regard to the general law of Parliament as to the...acceptance of office. FEARGITS O'CONNOR. 7rft. AG LIONBY said, at the request of several Limols of Mr. O'Connor, he wished to ask the Under ;ecretary of State, whether it were true that Mr. O'Con nor, who Ilad been sentenced to a certain period of im prisonment for a political offe.nee, had presented a peti tion, accompanied with medical certificates, praying that cn apeount of his health he might be imprisooed in Lon don instead of Xork and whether it was also correct that he had been removed from London to York, and whether the Home Office were aware of any returns of the pri son rtgulations, or had a copy of them, and whether they were aware that it was mode under those rules? Mr. O'Connor, who was imprisoned for a political offence, was sufflring the severest punishment in the felon's department. Mr. Fox MA.ULE said, with reference to the state. ment made to the 'Honourable Gentlemen by the frierds of Mr. O'Connor; he could only observe that, by the decision of the Court of Queen's Bench, he was sentenced to an imprisonment in York Castle, a sentence which he apprehended the Secretary of State, with reference to the place of imprisonment, had no power. With regard to the application which was made witn respect to Mr.O'Connot's health, there were certain applications made to the Under- Secretary of State, and owing to. t'oe period, which was late one evening, at which they were made, it was thought. fir- to deiay his removal from the i•rison of the Court of Queen's Bench to York, from Satorday to Monday. Other representations were then made to whio'a the ;answer was that the Marshal of the Court was r:, , sponzib!e, and not the Home Office. The Marshal had thought fit, upon his responsibility, to carry into effect the sentence, and Mr. O'Connor was removed. With referehee to thedepartment in which he was confined coaldnat answer that questiom. The Secretary of State had no reciins of giving directions to the visiting Justices wit„l regard to the rules of the gaol, and he apprehended O'C,nr.or . was confined there upon the rules adopted L) the Justices. CORN-LAWS. Mr., DARBY wished to knosv of the Honour a!Aa Member for Wolverhampton whether it was his in tention to make his motion on the Corn-laws ou the 26th of this rnonth. Mr. VILLIERS said it was his intention to do so. STEAM NAVIGATION. L' rd S AND ON wished to ask a question of the President of the Board of Trade. Considerable uneasiness was felt by parties connected with steam-boats at the frequent appl;ca tions made to the Board of Trade, either for the privilege of limited liability or being excused from liability altogether, and they complained of the neglect of these applications. in order to relieve the doubt and the anxiety which pre vailed on the subject, he (Lord Sandon) had thought the best course would be to ask the Right Hon. Gentleman whether in the prlciples be acted on he was governed by the minute which had been laid before the House by his department of the Board of Trade. _ _ 3 , 1 r LA BOUC HE R E said — he was surprised that any doubt could pre7ail on the subject, for he had always nest' on, and always intended to act on, the principles laid down in the minute referred to, which might shortly be stated thus—that the Board ought not to g rant the privi lege of patent to any Company, the object of which could .11'3r, be equally obtained by a siugh7 person. IRISH ESTIMATES. Sir R. B ATE SON said he should be glad to hear from the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the Irish Esti mates would not be brought on earli er thi s y ear t h an t h e last, when they had not been brought on till most of the Irish Gentlemen had left town for the Assizes. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he could not name the day ; but for unfortunate circumstances f-e had hoped they would have been brought on before this. POST-HORSE DUTY. Mr. M ACLEAN asked if it was intended to take off the pest.horse duty, or any part thereof? Te - CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—No —( A laugh.) PRIVILEGE. 2.ir GEORGE CLERK here rote and said, The arswzr of t!,l. Nobie Lord opposite was so unsatisfactory in peewit' to Cockermouth, I be; to give notice that the sucetion wi!l be repeated on Tuesday, when I hope the No'c,le Lord will be able to give better information on the sn at. Several Members on the Ministerial side—" What guns- ti on ?" Sir G. CLERK—Whether Mr. Horsman had not ac cepted of N , on Monday, the 18th ?—(Hear ) Lord JOHN RUSSELL—The Hon. Gentleman may repeat his question.—l have told him all I know about it, and I very much doubt whether I shall give any other answer.—(Loud cheers from the Ministerial benches.) Col. S lETHO RP took the liberty of asking the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer on whot day he proposed going into Committee on the Civil Contin gencies ?—( A laugh.) Also whether he intended to give a more satisfactory statement as to Dr. Bowring's expenses? And further, he wished to give the Right Hon. Gentleman netice that he ~ lauld take the sense of the House against. proceeding vsith the Budget this evening, as the constitu eats of many Members of the House had not had sufficient netice to enable thorn to communicate their sentiments to their representatives respecting the increased taxation. The. CiIANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that as thi3 aas the dly fiXed for the Budget at the time when he made his statement, and as his Noble Friend last niglltstated, that it would come on this evening, he car tair.,ly would ric the second reading. As to Dr. Bow c.r.peil7e3 ample information arts contained in the *fore the House, and he had not y et fi xe d u p on a t at toe the enntinc.neie4. EZ. AT ING OF STOCK IN TRADE. Thr? ATTORNEY-GENERAL bcggeri leave to give . notice tSat ir7;trarl of rna-iing fora el , tune in the Poor. law Amcniirne!nt as he tad in!cnded; to exempt stock in twadf.! fr7krn ratir:7 to Ole Poor-ra.'.cs, he would bring in a BiU for that puror,..e. Mr. DARBY i ed 1.! -. ,e Bill Nrculd 12 ccr.Etted to that " • sir i!Ti opject• ATTORNE G EVER/ L intcr.:lal it should i; , ! NOilTll-‘,ST PA SS kGE. L6rd INGE' STU IE ~,gc..(l to ask whether the Go vern:l7Pa had n - criynd any despatches frdm the expedition - tent out to•exp'nre the Nnrth-West Passage? Admiral ADAM said. there had been some privee letters, but no official dr?spatch. ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE. Or; the motion of Lord J. RUSSELL it was ordered that the llOwe at its rising do adjourn till Tuesday nay. -REGISTRATION OF VOTERS (IRELAND.) Lord STANLEY bagged to move the Order of the Day for the HOLM goit,„fr into Committee on the Regis tration of Voters Ireland Bill, for the purpose of postpon it. Lord J. RUSSELL ssid it would be more convenient if the Noble Lord in the first instance stated what day be ;wended to postpone it to. The present day was one usually appropriated to the business brought forward by the Government, and he (Lord J. Russel!) had already given notice that the Bill regarding taxes would be brought forward. It would be the:gore desirable, in the tirst instance, to state the day, as it triight give rise to some debate.—( Hear, hear, from the Ministerial benches.) The Order of the Day having. been read, Lord STA NL E Ysaid it did not make much diiference whether he stated it before the Order was rend or after wards. He was anxious to take the earliest opportunity of bringing the subject under the consideration of the House, believing that there was rone more dese (5g g its immediate an d serious consider at i on . ~ rse Vr nestl he could not bring it forw ar d cti ay next, as th e other Orders of the D a r il l would take precedence. O n t h e follewing. Wednesda); he• was afraid it was not likely there would be a lre - e attendance, if any, and therefore the earliest day on which be could propose to fix it would be the following d a y, namely, Thursday, the 4th June.—(Her, hear.) Lord JOHN R IJSSEL L might as well state the course he propered to pursue with respect to that subject. It was as the Noble Lord observed, a very important goes. tion, and if the question of registration was to be taken up, of murk it would have a considerable effect with re_ spect to the general business of the Session. He (Lord fohn Rus se ll) h a d a l rea d y pro p ose d th a t th e Thursdays after the Ist of June should be taken to enable the Bills to be proceeded with which have been introduced bq Members of the Government. ana Some of which were of great importance, more especially the Bills regarding Canada, the Bill for the continuance of the Poor-law, and the Bill with regard to Ec:desiosti enl Duties and Revenues. These subjects being before the . House, * c erta i n l y was not his (Lord J. RussciP3) infec tion to hav e proceeded so early with the Registration Bill, but agreein g with the Noble Lord that it was a very im portant subjec t , if the Noble Lord proposedthat that matter was to be discussed on Thursday neit— Lord ST ANLEY—Thin. a y the 4th of June. , Lord JOHN RU SSE LL—Thereby taking, as was per fectly compet for him to do, a day intended for other business—(Cr' of " Oh, ob,")—he must consider what course be would take with regard to that very important subject. He did not think that it y would be very convenient to take the subject into considera tion, without having before it the proposal the C4ovt.rn ment meant to make with regard t o reg i stration.—( ft was, therefore, his intention t o l ay b efore the Ho Hearn Tuesday next, his Bill for the Registration of Wters in England; and his Hon. and Learned Friend, the Solici.or- Geoeral for Ireland, would move for leave to bring in a Bill with regard to the Registration of Voters in Ireland. n . blged to postpone other Bilk which lie lie might be thought were of Wry great importance, in consequence of ; the Noblo Lord's preg ib 'ing the subject of Regist ration before th 7 Howe. However, h • 4,.-i iot think he had /1 c , i: , ! • :in Ifohrat the opinion i ti on e o f f d the h i e t w it a u b s e s u with lu:4 Y r e n g e a c r e d s s t a o r y t h h e e s ' e h t o t u l e l d m ' : s n k t of the affairs of Canada. It was his duty, of route, ' fiom the present office be held, still more from the deep impression he had, that the subject should meet with the • speedy consideration of the House, to see that that was, not neglected. But certainliihe next subject which ; be should endeavour to press upon the consideration 1 of the House, were the Bills with respect to the re gistration, and to ask the House for its opinion upon the principles contained in those Bills, and • the claims they would embody. The House would then be able to decide fairly upon the question—fur he did tot think Members had on the last occasion on which this question was decided, and still less on the former occasion, an oppertunity of weighing the reasons that might be given for one set of proposals or the other. —(Opposition laughter.) But when the Noble Lord peptised that the House should go into Committee on Thursday the 4th of June, he should in some way or other (be would not say in what manner) ask for the opinion and decision of the House with regard to the vari ous *poise's on this subject, which as he conceived did really involve the queetion whether the House meant to put a large and lieeral construction upon the powers o . f the Re Bill, or whether en the other hand, the House would determine to contract those powers to the greatest possible extent.-4 Loud cheers from the Reformers.) Lord STANLEY wished to know from the Noble ' Lord whether it was his intention to bring for ward any motion for the purpose, for the third time, of offering opposition to going into Committee upon this Bill.—(Cheers.) With regard to the comparison between the Bine, which it appeared they were now to have on the part of her Majesty's Govern ment, and that which he had had the honour of sug gesting to the House, he could only say that he would not on his part offer the least opposition to the Solicitor-General for Ireland introdueing that Bill. on Tuesday. On the contrary, it would be a great grati fication to him to see the plan, and to know the way in ' which the Noble Lord and the Solicitor. General proposed to carry out their views, but he thought it would have tended more to a fair diseu , sion of the question if, after the long notice be had given of his Bill, the Govern ment Bills had been introduced at an earlier period be fore the House—(Cheers)—and not at a time when they found they were compelled to introduce them for the pur pose of obstructing a Bill that had already received the ' sanction of the House.—( Continued cheers.) With re gard to the day he had selected he begged to state he was ' not aware when the House agreed that Orders should take precedence of Notices en that day, that it was intended the Government should have three days out of the five for the purpose of bringing forward Orders exclusively connected with the Government, but still less did he ex pect, when Wednesdays were the only days set apart for Members unconnected with the Government, that up to so late as the I eth of June those days were already occu pied with Bills brought forward by her Majesty's Govern ment.—(Cheers.) He, therefore, could herd:) , have sup posed it was the intention of the Government to monopes lite all those days. He, therefore, begged to repeat his question to the Noble Lord—whether he meant to bring on his motion as an amendment to the Speaker leaving the chair on his ( Lord Stanley's) Bill. Lord J. RUSSELL said he must first state that he. was not aware the Bills referred to had been fixed for Wednes day, the 10th June; he thought they were for the Mon day. He would, at all ev ents, say that th e y s hould b e no hindrance to the Neble Lord.—( Hear, hear.) There fore, the Noble. Lord was wrong in saying that they were fixed to obstruct his Bill.—(Ministerial cheers.) Now, as to what the Noble Lard had said, that he would be glad to see our Bill, I have to state (said Lord John) to the Noble Lord, that when the Government have so many Bills before Parliament already, if they had brought for. ward three or four additional Bills on most important sub jects, they would not, in my opinion, have conduced to the convenience of the business of the House, nor escaped com plaints from Gentlemen opposite as to not having time to consider them altogether.--( Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord asked me if I should introduce any proposal to ob struct his going into Committee? I reply, that without pledging myself to that course, I shall feel myself at per t', et liberty to move any other Bill for registration, in pre ference to the Bill of the Noble Lord.—( Hear, hear-) And I must say I think it rather too much that these de nunciations against obstructions should come from him— (Ministerial cheers)—who was the first person to threaten the Government with the obstruction of the public busi ness.—( Loud cheers.) Mr. O'CONNELL said he had already intimated, that on the motion for going into Committee, he should move that it be awinstruction to define the franchise. iv accord ance with the intentions of the framers of the Reform Bill. Dr. - LE FRO Y, who was for some moments inaudible from the noise of. Members leaving the House, said he would not occupy much time, but he had no doubt that on the subject to which he was about to request the attention of the House he would have their sympathy, which was never refused to anygentleman who appealed to the House in a matter personal to himself and to those connected with him. In the debate upon the Irish Registration Bill the Hon. Member for Kerry made statements respecting apart of his (Dr. Lefroy's) property in the county of Longford, and said that the leases on that property were invalid— that the tenants were perjured, and- that the landlord was accessary to the perjury.--( Hear, hear.) When the Hon. Member thought fit to make that charge of the gravest and most offensive kind, he (Dr. Lefroy) hoped the House would not refuse him au opportunity of answering it.-- ( Hear, hear.) He should have expected that the Hon. Member, in making that grave and serious ch a rge, wo u ld have referred to th most important part of the evidence, which showed the reasons for introducing the covenant re ferred to, but that part of the evidence was withheld alto .gether from the House. The covenant was confined to a few leases which were made under peculiar circumstances, and at a time when the country was under excessive inti midation. He would state to the House briefly what the circumstances were. At that time a part of his property being out of lease—the tenants being principally Roman Catholics, instead of remov ing them on account of their political opinions as had been insinuated, it was determined to retain them, and give leases to those who were most eligible. Nor were any removed on account of their political opinions.—( Cheers from the Opposition.) It was said that the object of the landlord was to coerce his tenants, but no charge could be more unfounded. If such was the desire of the landlord he would have framed the leases differently, and would have kept the tenant in his power. Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL contended that these te nants bad no title, because the landlord might at any time eject them on six moniha' notice. He was informed also, and believed, that one of these very tenants had come before Mr. Kyle, the Assistant-Barrister for Longford, and he had refused to register him, and since then he be linvtd no appeal had been made to the Jude.—( Hear.) He complained of the flimsy pretext upon which charges of perjury were trumped up against the frieze-coated peasantry of Ireland —( Hear.) Mr. Sergeant JACKSON said he believed it would be found that Mr. Kyle had, on subsequent consideration, declared that the minion he had pronounced was an erro neous one —( Opposition cheers.) The accusation against his Right Hon and Learned Ft iend really came to the .subornation of perjury. No man was more incapable of such conduct; and no man was a sounder lawyer, and • more competent to declare the reality of the freehold. Sir M. CHAPMAN said he must directly contradict the Learned Sergeant—.(Loud chcers)_.for Mr. Kyle had written a letter declaring that he adhered to his deci sion.—( Reneeed cheers.) Mr. Sergeant JACKSON said he would be glad to see the letter ; for Mr, S:u a member of the Irish Bar, had stated what he head jest said to have been the fact. Mr. O'CONN ELL said he was sure Mr. Singley had not state l anything wilfully untrue., so doubtless it was an error. --t Hear, hear.) The Bill was then fixed for the 4th June. FINANCE I On the motion for going into Committee on the ems itoms Duties Bill, Mr. HERMES begged to draw the attention of the House to a subject on which he hop-'d to be able to con ! vine° the Government that great injustice had been done— / a great mistake committed in regard to onr own sub jects, and a great neglect of our international engagements. The matter to which he was about to call the attention of the House, was one to which public attention had been much drawn. In the year 1833, a general Act was passed, by which a duty was imposed on rice, commonly called rough rice," of 20a. a quarter, when it came from any foreign country, while a duty of one penny a quarter was imposed on all rice coming from British settlements. There were merchants in this country connected with our trade on the west coast of Africa, which was a settlement of our own, and who were in the habit of importing rough rice at the low duty of one penny. It appea:•ed, however, that impediments were thrown in the way of these parties, inasmuch as the rice was not produced within the immediate limits of toe settlement itself, and it therefore became a question whether such produce came within the letter of the I tw. They applied to the Treasury, and solicited that an Act might be passed which would give them the adrac tage of the clause, and in compliance with their wishes the Act was altered. Under that Act rice came not from America, but from the settlements on the west coast of Africa. But in 1836, without notice, an Act was intro- duced whiC;ltmaterially altered the entire effect of• the previous measure. The consequence was that a Foreign State, America, was permitted to import its produce at a reduced duty of one penny, but if one Foreign State was admitted, all Foreign States who bad treaties with Great Britain, which gave to them a right of introducing prothice at the lowest rate of duty, would import rice at the same duty as America did. The same change was effected on another article —namely, t)ee's-wax. Tue. stood pee cisely upon the same footing as rice, by the Act of 1833; and, in 1835, no alterations were made with respect to that article, but, in 1836, the same alteration was made in the terms of the duty. The Treasury persisted in the change; and the Board of Trade appeared to agree with the Treasury on this subject. Seve:al parties interested in this subject, feeling they could not get redress from the British Government, applied to the American Mii:iAter, ! and he referred them to the S.'cretary of State for Foreign Atrdrs• The Secretary of State applied to Lord Pal -1 merston, and the answer returned was, that the papers were before the Lords of the Treasury, and that their Lordships i:ltended to refer the matter for the opinion of ?net the a:!_ the 1, , w officers of the Crown. Wha; t h e law officers of the Crown had to do with tite subject, he i (Mr . Herries) was at a loss to conceive . They Englishman or violating when they refused bv to it. He should be sorry to make a mo tion,'vantages secured assurance was made that justice should hoped he be done, he should feel it for an explanation ; and if that but unless some hid said enough to ca satisfactory, it would be his duty, was not given, or not it his duty to do so. li e on some future occasion, to take some further step in the mater._( Hear. hear.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER v ,„ much surprised that an Hon. Member of so great expe rience should bring forward a motion of this kind at the very time he admitted negotiations were being carried on, and likely to be speedily and satisfactorily terminated, between the Governments of the two couutriea. By so THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY. MAY 21, 1840. tioine, H lt.d 1.1. al tiiin,;"h' It; th , . t , marine et eh h - i -er . ; '. 7 . we t c'h tretent. eed 'all: the re ho hhe tee; e decided opinion teat the Gove rnment w a s wrote; et t enie the en ti:,: - t ._ pt .., oi' •-• i' . .f i. le - .t ' .i. t . e when such such was not asserted by the American Government. mere extieva g atit than the Chancellor of the Exchequer, The course taken by the Right Hon. Gent. Was extremely who mi g ht exc l a im, es did Lord Clive at the bar of the inconvenient, although it might be convenient enough to House of Commons, that at that moment he was astonished the parties, and he hoped the Right Hon. Gentleman at his own mo deration. He should vote against the tax wculd not pursue it. It wiis a case of British subjects proposed be the Chancellor of the Exchequer. appearing at the Treasury, and stating they considered Mr. HUME explained. that good faith towards America compelled us to make Mr. E. RICE having voted against the amendment of this reduction at a time when the British and American 1 the Member for Kilkenny the otleir night. h e w i s h e d to . Governments were i n per f ect accordance on"the subject ; 1 state that he should vote for the second reading of the and when such was the ease, were they the parties to ' Bill, as he considered the proposition of the Chan whom the Government should listen ?—( Hear, hear.) eellor of the Exchequer was the best means of meeting As to the remonstrauces which were said to have been the emergency in which the country was placed. made to the Treasury, he could only say that was the first Mr. DARBY would not oppose the s econ d re ading of time he had h e a r d o f t h em . Th e Ri g h t H en. G ent l eman ' the Bill, but he wished to know from the Chancellor of did not appear to understand the words of the treaty, the entchequer alien he intendiel to go into Cern:twice which stated that any rice wherever grown, if imported on th e Bill, because time ought to be afforded to parties from the west coast of Africa, should be entitled to come to censider the situation in which they would be placed in under the lower rates of duty ; but cif the other by this Bill, in order that no injustice might be corn it stated no such thing. The bees'-wax must be the mitted. It might be a good principle to put five per cent. produce of Africa, as well as imported from the West on different articles, but if there was an immense texa coast of that country. The object of the treaty was, tion, say 1,200 per cent. on one arti c l e , an d on ly 5 p e r , 'giving to that count r y the s e a r ti c l es o f sa l e , to turn t h e i r cent , on anot h er , the raising of that taxation by 5 per attention from the slave trade to honest industry. He felt cent. might in particular instances operate very unfairly. confident the American Government would not press the He admitted it was an easy mode fur the Chancellor of case in a way which would compel us to recur to our the Exchequer of inceasing the revenue, but gross itijus• former prohibition, and thus prevent the little good which lice might be:committed by it. had been effected by it from being continued. Mr. E WART concurred with those Hon. Gentlemen After a few words from Mr. HUME and Mr. HER- who deplored that Ministers had been urged into an ex- RIM Sin explanation, penditure by Hon:" Gentlemen opposite. Indeed, one of Sir ROBERT PEEL said, without passing any the happy effects of a Conservative opposition was, that opinion on this particular case, of which he was not suffi- extravagance was coincided in and frugality opposed.— clently informed to do, he thought if a British merchant (Hear, hear, and a laugh.) He was glad that his Hon. put a correct construction on a treaty, and made a specula:. Friend the Member for Kilkenny had called the attention tion on the faith of it, the waiver of one of the contracting of the House to the predominance of the landed interest in Governments had no right to disentitle him to the adv a r,_ its exemption from taxation.. In no other European na tages of the treaty.—( Hear, hear.) tion 'did that distinction exist, for in almost every other Mr. LABOUC HE RE thought that the statements of country there was a land tax, and instead of taxing labour his Right Hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer and commerce they taxed superfluous luxuries. Originally wero not properly understood by the Right Hon. Baronet, the principle revenues of England were derived from land He should also say that he had never heard with greater and malt ; the wars of ' William 111., and all:the great surprise a speech in that House than the speech in which victories of Marlborough, were supported principally the discussion had been introduced by the Right lion. by a tax on land, but now our commerce was loaded Member for Harwich. The question was whether it was and land was exempt from taxes. The secret was in the power of this country, consittently with the rights of that the majority of both Houses of Parliament were treaties, to give a preference to articles of commerce pre- landlords.—( Hear, hear.) Not merely by the exemption duced in any particular country. Without entering into from some taxes, but by the addition of others, they derived any particular discussion on the subject he should observe benefit, as for instance in the Corn-laws.—( Hear, hear.) th t that was the general practice of all commercial No doubt an aristocratic country, where the landed interest countries. predominated, would have a tendency to taxation and ex- After a few words from Mr. GOULBURN and Mr, travagance. Because the aristocracy would have a ten. LABOUCHERE, deney to wars, for their lands being mortgaged, they Mr. CHRISTOPHER withdrew the amendment cf which he had given no ti ce , unt il the House went into C0.,.-wished to get their younger sons provided for. He thought the present system was much more unfair tnan a system of miitee on the Bill. ad valorem duty, because, it that cyst( m were adopted, the The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER then rich would pay a larger portion of the tax in proportion to proposed that the House should go into Committee on the quantity and value of the luxuries they consumed. He Friday next. confessed he thought that was the only just and fair system Colonel SIBTH OR P censured the dangerous and ne. of taxation, and be trusted it would be eventually adopted. farioue courses pursued by Chancellors of the Exchequer He fully agreed with those Hon. Members who demanded of late. He wished that the Chancellor of the Exchequer a revision of the present system of taxation. If they did who laid his Bill on the table of the Houvo or. that morn- not take up the matter soon, and with a determination to lug only, should postpone the further consideration of it for effect sound and judicious alterations in it, they would one a week or ten days. cf these days be awakened from their slumber by the loud and The queition of the second, reading , having been put— urriversal discontent which at present prevailed throughout Mr. WA RB UR.TON objected to the additional duties the country, and which before long would overwhelm the proposed to he levied on timber. He believed that the country. He trusted the-subject would be taken up early Chancellor cf the Exchequer would not gain what he ex- in the next Session of Parliament by the Member for Kil peeled by such an arrangement. The result of it would kelt:ly, whose attention to that subject best fitted him fur he that in the course of a short time they- would not have bringing it forward.--( Hear, hear.) He should on the a stick of colonial timber. He believed that if the Right present occasion vote for the amendment, as be believed Hon. Gentleman had merely imposed a duty of 10s. on the proposition of the Chancellor of the Exchequer was colonial timber, and felt the Baltic timber as it was—he in many respects objectionable. would benefit by such an arrangement to the extent of Mr. W. ATTWOOD was unwilling, from the general 660,0001. concurrence which the plan of the Chancellor of the Ex-- Captain GORDON objected to the additional duty on chequer bad received, to offer any observations to the ...piths, particularly to the mode in which it was to be House, but it appeared to him, after a full consideration of levied, which would he unequal and unfair. ; and as 50 par the subject, that the plan was not the beat that could be cent, was to be taken off the foreign spirits duty, that adopted under the circumstances. The House, however, would come into competition, and the result would be the having admitted that in the present deficiency of the re increase of smuggling. In CoMmittee he (Captain Gor- venue some temporary expedient of the kind should be don) should propose en alteration on this point. - adopted, he should not vote for the amendment. Tin; Mr'. WILLIAMS could not allow the Bill to pass by House would pause, host-ever, before it put implicit faith without saying, that if he could believe that the expenses in the statements of the Right Hon. Gentleman as to the which had been incurred were just, he should be cblieed probable results of his calculation, which he apprehended to admit that the Chancellor of the Exchequer had would be found lamentably deficient. That would be mat adopted the only honest mode of meeting them—by i n _ ter for future consideration with the House, and he felt crease of taxation—( Hear, bear)—but he did not per- satisfied that his predictions would be fully verified. ceive any justification of the great increase which bad Captain PECI - lELL had supported the reduction of taken place in the national expenditure for the last few the postage, and bad been one of those who had pledged years. The increase in the standing arty, for example, himself to make good the deficiency, but he thought the was in his view unnecessary. On the whole, there had been an augmentation of upward s of four millions in the steps that had b e e n t a k en f o r that p ur p ose i n t h e present instance were objectionable in many respects. He was expenditure since 1835. Was this the cheap Govern- decidedly opposed to the additional duty which it'was in merit ?—( Hear, bear, from Colonel Sibthown ) Wh y , tended to impose upon windows. He had little hope of there had been an increase of between two and three mil- success in any rep resen t a ti on h e might ma k e on t hi s su b lions in the expenditure since the year before the Reform i ect to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and feared he - Bill—a positive increase over the expenditure of the old should be obligedoo oppose him at a future stage of the boroughmnngering system.—( Hear, bear.) Mr. Williams Bill. said he would never cease recommending a property tax— Sir G. SINCLA IR thought the Chancellor of the Ex. which would be tha only fair and equitable system, and chequer bad now adopted sound principles, and was adopt the only means of securing economy in the administration ing them in practice in a proper manner. He protested of the national funds—(Hear, hear)—which was vow little against the system which had been pursued, and thought, thought of, in consequence of the taxes being borne princi- if persisted in, it would meet with a speedy and abrupt ' pally by the middle and lower classes.--(Hear, hear.) termination. He feared the outward bound bills which The existing system of taxation was unjust in the highest were equipped and waiting for orders, would be obliged degree; it was imposed on the articles required by the for the want of them to lay by for the winter, and he working part of the community; 30,000,000/, of the re- feared at the Queen's Theatre of St. Stephen's the curtain venue was levied on spirits; malt and hopswsngar, tea and of prorogation would di op before any of those extraordi coffee, butter, corn, cotton, tobacco, - paper, Ste., and by nary performances had been exhibited which had been so weight and measure, not advalorem duty ; so that the rich glaringly advertised to the country.—(Laughter.) All paid no more for the best qualities than-the poor for the they had • yet done was to make long speeches 'and 'vote worst.—(Hear, bear.) What reason could be: assigned, money.--k Hear, hear.) How would it be possible for a now, why there should not be a tax levied on- the -descent person to go on in private life on this hocus-pocus sys of real property, as there was upon the descent of real tem of raising money on Exchequer Bills?—(Hear. ) property? He would certainly .be no party to the conti- Wny were Frost and his associates regarded by the work nuance of the present unfair and unjust system of taxation, ing classes as martyrs instead of malefactors? Because and he therefore moved that this Bill be read a second time the Reform Bill had failed to produce to them any of the that day six months, benefits that it promised, and they had neither better elec- Mr. HUME, in seconding the motion, said they tors, better Members, or better measures thr o u g h it. H e were driven to that c ourse b y t h e f orms o f the was as much a friend to education as anybody, but people House, which would not permit them to alter must have bread as well as Bibles—( Hear, hear)—and the - mode of taxation proposed, and therefore were they to place a copy of all the publications of the So they must object to 'the whole, or to no part ofthe Bill, He ciety of Useful Knowledge in every cottage in the king perfectly agreed that the present system of taxation was dom, it would be useless unless they at the same time ad grossly unjust and - . partial, bearing chiefly on the lower ministered to the physical wants of the inmates. The and middling classes; the aristocracy, with all their basted whole financial system of the country was wrong. The stake in the country, paid less than any other aristocracy. country was like a patient between two quack physicians, the In other countries the landed interest paid 27, or 25, or -Whig and Tory parties, and would die between them both, 20 per cent. in direct taxation in Franco, Belgium, Hol- All that the people wanted was shelter and protection, and land, &c. - But what taxation did the land bear here? In kindness was never thrown away on them, There was a 1795, when-Mr. Pitt brought in two Bills, one to tax per- complaint, however, among them that the. House never :tonal, the other real property, the first was . carried, the paid sufficient attention to their interests, and that while other rejected—( Hear, hear)—and the equalization had the rich were represented in it, the claims of the poor were never been attempted yet, though never was there such neglected.—( Hear, hear.) The present condition of beneficial to th ose misery and privation as new pressed up on th e wor ki ng things was undoubtedly who could look classes. On no honest principle, then, could he essent to forward to places for their relations and power and profit this Bill. Since 1836 there had been an increase of for themselves, but the humble never shared in its benefits. 600,0001 a year in the charge upon the funded debt. The --(Hear, hear.) The substance of the remonstrances of charge on the unfounded debt was in 1836 736.0001. In the poor amounted to this—they said, "We are a large 1839 it was 771,000/. In all the establishments, such as Portion of the inhabitants of this country ; we are willing the Civil List, there had also been a increase. In to work, but we lead an existence so wretched that life is a 1836 • the charge upon the Civil List was misfortune, and vie call upon you to adopt such measures 2,137.000/., last year it was 2,410 0001., and in . as will enable us to emigrate to foreign chines or to earn at ' the four departments, the Army, Navy, Ordnance, borne a sufficient livelihood." Those remonstrances, how- ' and Miscellaneous Estimates, there had been an increase ever, passed unheeded, and the people were cen of three millions. The aggregate increase of the expendi- stared and condemned beyond measure for Murmur. ture from 1836 to 1839, was 4,296,000/. That increase ing against the institutions under which they lived. had been produCed by the immoderate votes of the House. Radicalism and riches (if not incompatible) seldom went —( Hear.) Gentlemen on the other side were constantly together—( Laughter) —and few thought how much our harassing the Government to increase the navy, and raising patriotism depended on our prosperity.—( Hear, hear.) a cry of the danger to which the whole country was ex- If the Patriarch Job—( A laugh) --had declared that none posed in an unprepared state. They ought now to be served Cod far naught, and that if he lsid his baud upon manly enough t o t a k e t h e c h arge upon. themselves. them they would speedily curse him, so the Chancel ( Hear.) Tne Chancellor of the Exchequer, as a consei- for of the Exchequer would find in his case, if he proposed entious man, ought to ler& to the rich, wlyi had occasioned to tax the rich—(Cheers)—to rate incomes, or to tax - the expenditure, and make them hear their proportion of briefs.—( Laughter.) Unless, however, the grievances of the burdens. A tax upon landed inheritance was ealeu- the working classes were redressed, there might be a !her b:Wed to 'produce 2,4 000,003/ The additional duty of ful crisis, much nearer then politicians, however prudent, 3 per cent. upon the raw material would greatly affect our or statesmen, however sem:Mous, imagined.—( Hear, hear.) manufacture and diminish employment, adding to the Their outbreaks might for a time be repressed by ballets staff. ring of the productive part of the community. The and bayonets, and their leaders crushed by gaols and gib conduct of the Minister in this respect was inconsistent bets, but nothing could suppress the sullen -moulder in gwith his duty and the oath he h a d ta k en —( H ear, b ear.) discont e nt o f m illi ons su ff sr i a g en d aggrieved,' but the re- Could he lay his hand upon his heart and say dress of their wrongs, and the removal of their misery.- -that the mode of meeting his financial difficuliits (Hear, • hear.) And while our fellow -countrymen were was the best he could propose? Last year there was an thus suffsring it was hypocritical to expend our philander°. iacrease in the revenue of 1,460,'1001, of which he was lihy on Hindoos. Hottentots, and Hill Coolies.—(A laugh.) sorry to say the greater portion r.rose from the duty upon Mr. MrUNTZ feared that this increase of taxes was an article of food.—( Hear, hear.) Whilst many of tha cot temporary only, but permanent, and that every year -working classes were, with their wives and c hild ren ,. d y i ng ' would bring in fresh and l arger ca ll s for increase; he I for the want of food, they could see the corn through the therefore should feel bound to vote against the Bill. The grated windows locked up from their reach. Gentlemen 4 landed interests, he thought, had no right to protect them -smiled, but did not want produce disease, and did not die- selves by the Corn-laws, unless they gave the people -ease produce death ?—(A laugh.) He (Mr. Hume) wages in proportion to the price of corn,—(Hear, hear.) wished the Hon. Member who laughed had a trial him- The fact was, that our difficulties arose from the contest self, and he would sing to a different tune.—(A leugh.) between the Corn-laws and th e .money law—the first If that House were really the repr e s entat i ves o f the rt.-ass ,tending to make cent twice as high as the latter had a of the people, and as the ballot-hex would make it, the tendency to make it. Between them,. we paid 50 per excess of expenditure would never take place. But it R ats , cent. more for food titan our manufactures could stand. absur!a to call that House the House of Commons, as it The people had long found that the Whigs but followed attended only to the interacts of the rich, from whom it in the wake of the Tories ; and hence, feeling that if threw all the burdens on the shoulders of the people. they were to be starved to death, it might as well be by Mr. HAWES was sorry that on this occasion he could Whigs as by Tories, had became indifferent as to what give no support to the Hon. Member for Kilkenny, f or b e party governed.—(Laughter.) In fact, the loyalty and was bound to say that the mode in which the Chancellor of religion of Englishmen lay rather in their stomachs__ the Exchequer had endeavoured to raise the additional in- (Laughter) —and if nut well filled, their stomachs would come necessary was, as far as he could . understand the nut allow of either.-4 Hear, bear.) feeling; in the House and ounrather acceptable tha n o th er - Mr. BERNAL w i s h e d t o know treat was to be done wise. There was one clause, however, in the Bill, to which with regard to windows opened (as we under be wished to call the attention of the Chancellor of the stood him to say) for trade or professional pursuits. Exchequer, and which he was sure could only shave He wished to ask it it was intended to add the 10 per cent if been inserted through mistake. Tire clause (the 7 t h) upon windows opened on the faith of the former Act ? was to the t ffset that in the ease of contract entered his Right. Hon. Friend could g ive the explanation con into before the passing of the all, either party—th e cot.- sistently with hi s d u ty, it would be very thankfully re tractor or the pureimeer might declare the contract in- ceived by the country. —( Hear, hear.) valid. The inconvenience of that was so obvious that he No answer was given. Member fear Kil me could only believe there was some mistake. If the addi- Mr. TURNER said that if the Hon. M • don of 5 per cent. was to be permanent, he would opp o se kenny had moved for a property-tax, he would have sup it, but if it was to be a temporary expedient, he h o p e d ported him. But he co uld n o t support the rd the neces amendment, that the House would, in the meantime, turn its att ent i on considering the difficulties of the finances a to a revision of the whole system cf taxation. Th e r e was city for raising a larger income. Howas t productive desirous of such. no country in the world where so much of the t a x a ti on a revision of the taxation as would relieveb u ens upon the was paid out of the productive capital, nor was th ere any classes, and throw a portion of the rthh country which possessed so much capital not appli e d to t h e wealthier classes. He hoped the time when the wealthier classes would take.i:as not far distant t o their considera purposes of production, and yet that unprodu c ti ve cap i ta l who were contributed nittidog to the burdens of th e countr y. tion the means of relieving the working classes, as was ever The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was a t this moment in a state of distress as g reat understood to say, in explanation, that he saw the clause suffered by any people in the world. " " alluded to with surprise, and th a t it must h ave b een i n- M r . SLAM EY (who spoke a midst cries of Divide ) served through mistake.—( Hear, hear.) - could not agree to the amendment, as it would only defer r Mr. GISBORNF—I-1 thought the theory of the Con- the evil day; but, at the same time, he otosted against stitutien to be that the House o f C omm o ns was a c h ec k the measur e of the Government as i a permanentr enactment. upon the ex t ravagance o f t h e G overnment . B ut if ever T here was a grea t and growing ri difference amongst the that roes the case, the tables w e r e now turned, and there people as to which of the two great par ties in that House was no security b u t th a t o f t h e Ch ance ll or o f t h e E xc h e- h e ld t h e re i ns o f Government, and he would urge upon i themselves to a re side against the extravagance of the House. On one Hon. Members on both sides to app • - y l d the relief of the side of the House there was unqualified approbation of a vision of the system of taxation, and lavish expenditure, and on the other hend the Hon. Mem- / suffering. pep` le. lor of the Exchequer bar for Lambeth info: mod them that the Chancellor of the Mr. WARD thought the Chancel Exchequer had increased his ' • b increase 'mig ht have increased the revenue by other means than popu.arity y an of ll on the mess of the t"alimh-e--( Hear, hear, and a laugh.) Every one had resorting to a taxation that must fill the least able to his hobby. His Hon. Friends the Members for Kilkenny, community, and upon those who were Lambeth, and 13riti hadattachment . port no to armies and gufft diminutionof the small return they at present r a daily and hourly natirs • , their hobby was in hole-and-corner improvements , , derived from their labour. He received . . represented, Sheffield, of the and accordinely tl •voted • complaints from the town ho reprete Downing-street.—(" , . , they 400.000/. for improvements in m owning-strect.—(" No, no," from Mr. Hume.) He did pressure which the Corn-lows imposed upon . - elves from it. not reeret Vint the Chancellor t f ti- . E h found the utter impassibility of extricetiow themselves himself' in difficulty, which he > bd. . e e v d xc equer he The Hen. Baronet, the Member for Clithotem (Sir G. i l of c would be t fate of the poll- . the I only means of inducing Chancellors the Exchequer, or Sinclair) had described appropriately the House The tions that were presented to that House. They were not . of Commons, to reduce the expenditure. i is eee eoe ie; o-eti as they were kid on the table. He thought tin theeilt reckon that Hon. Baronet henceforward as an earecet con vert to the motion of his Hon. Friend the Member for Wolverhampton, for the repeal of the Corn-laws, and as a decided opponent to the motion of the Hon. Baronet the Member for the University of Oxford, because he had told the Hattie they must deal henceferward with the physical rants of 0-e people.—(Cheers.) He (Mr. Ward) had nu doubt a substitute might be found for the grant pro, posed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and feeling it was iliter duty to ameliorate the pressure on the working clesees, and not to increase taxes on articles con sumed by the great mass o f the population, he should give hia vote in favour of the amendment of the Hon. M-ru ber f .r K•'keney, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER would detain the ii eeie for a very short hew, because Hon. Gentlemen, in the course of the present debate had token the opportuuity of expressing their own opinions as to the course they were likely to pursue, rather than entering into any argument as to the arrangement he had pro posed. These were one or two things, however, which had dropped in the course of the debate, and questions had been put to him which he ought to reply to. The Mon. Mem. ioer for Lambeth, in addition, ha then took the liberty of enswering„ lied asked him whether this was a temporary arrange.nent? He (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) rasa quite sure that the best course in cases of this kind was that there should he no concealment between hint and the House.—( Cheers.) Nothing would give him greater pleasure than bein , enabled, by the circumstances of the couriery to reduce taxation, but he would not shrink from stet iog that it was not his intention ever to place the finances of the country in such a condition, that the income might be permanently below i s expenditure.—(Loud cheers.) That duty he had felt so imperative as to compel him to call upon the country on the present occasion to make an effort to render the income of the country equivalent to its oxpenditure.—( Hear, hear.) That same duty would in duce him to continue that course, believing it was the only sale and proper course to pursue.—(Cheers.) He sin cerely believed it was the best course for the poor as well as the rich; he sincerely believed that disordered finances were the seeds of all calamities that befel nations.— (Cheers.) Temporary expedients were easily talked of, but disordered finances led to distress at home and con tempt abroad.—(Cheers.) It led to an incapacity of meeting those pressures which must occasionally occur from interests being heavily dealt with by a 'particular class of taxes, and it led to an impossibility of relieving those parties who laboured peculiarly under difficulties; but there were on the present occasion some interests he should have wished to have relieved if he had been able to sacrifice any portion of the income. That was the only observation he should make upon what had been said against the principle of taxation he pro posed. The Hon. Member for Greenock had made use of en argument that appeared to him rather seigular, an argument against the per centage he proposed. The Hon. Member said who ever thought of taking off taxes by a per centage when the object must be to increase consumption. The whole object when taxes were laid on was not to affect comuraption. In laying on a tax his anxie.y would be not to eff:et the consumption of any aricle at all ; but if he took off a tax• his object would be to effect consumption in the greatest possible way.— ( Hear, hear.) Therefore that ground of objection ap peared to him to be utterly untenable —( Hear, hear. ) His Hon. Friend, the Member for Rochester (Mr. Ber eel) had asked him a question, and had stated there was some alarm as to the mode of proceeding with respect to the window duty. He was glad his Hon. Friend had given him an opportunity of distinctly staring that the 7th clause of the 4th and sth of William I V , which gave privileges to certain parties to open windows would he observed. He had no power, nor had be any wish to repeal the clause of an Act of Parliament, and shat clause, therefore, would be left perfectly untouched. Strnngers were then ordered to withdraw, and the House divided— For the second reading lO7 For the amendment Majority —92 CANADA REVENUES. The House then went into Committee on the Canada Rev: flues Bill, Mr. Bernal in the chair. On the Resolution being moved, Mr. HUME objected to the principle of that country appropriat!hg the revenues of the Colonies. The Resolution was then agreed to, and the House reiumad. VACCINATION BILL. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said, oi the discussion on this Bill was postponed until Wednesday the 17th June, when it went into Committee, he would recommend his Hon. Friend (Mr. W.ikley) that both Bills should be committed at the same time, and that the discussion of both should come on the same evening. Mr. WA KLEY assented. SMALL-PDX PREVENTION BILL. On the motion of Mr. WAK LEY, this Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Wednesday, the 17th June. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at. Half-past Eleven. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE BUCKINGUAAI-PALACE, MAY ‘‘.?, 1840. His Royal Highness Prince Albert has been pleased to ap point Major-General Sir Edward Bowater, G. C. H., to be one of his Royal Highness's Equerries. WHITEHALL, MAY 18, 1840. The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Alarshall Barwick ; of Leeds, in the County of York, Gent., to be a Master Extra ordinary in the High Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, MAY 20. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great seal, granting the dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain arid Ireland unto Cap tain Sir Edmund Lyons, Knt., her Majebty's Minister Plenipo tentiary at the Court of Athens, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten. WHITEHALL, MAY 21. The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. Wiliam Watt to the Church of Foveran, in the presbytery of Ellon and County of Aberdeen, vacant by the death of Mr. Maxwell Gordon, late Minister there. WAR OFFICE, MAY 22. 13th Regiment of Light Dragoons—L. J. H. Allgood, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Hole, who retires, May 22. 70th Regiment of Foot—Assistant-Surgeon J. Maharg to be .',urgeon, vice Kemlo, deceased ; Assistant-Surgeon J W. Chambers, 111. D., from the staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Maharg, May 22. 94th Foot—Lieutenant W. C. Seton, to be Captain by purchase, .ice Spitler, who retires ; Ensign R. Bruce, to be Lcutenant, by purchase. vice Seton ; H. J. Wahab, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bruce, May 22. HOSPITAL STAFF. —R. C. Anderson, M.D. t) be Assis tant-Surgeon, vice Chambers, appointed to the 70th Foot, May 22. ItOYAL MILITARY ASYLUM.—F. H. Byrne, Gent., to be Quartermaster, vice Brownsori, May 22. ERRATUM in the Gazette of the Bth instant.—For Assis tant-Surgeon D. Maclachlan, M.D. to be Surgeon to Chelsea Hospital, read A , :sistant-Surgeon D. Maclaclslan, to be Physician and Surgeon to Chelsea Hospital. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, MAY 21. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Second Captain H. Morgan to be Captain, vied Charleton, placed oil the Retired List ; First Lieutenant G. W. Bingham to be Second Captain, vice Morgan ; Second Lieutenant R. P. Radcliffe to be First Lieu tenant, vice Bingham, May 13. Commi3sions by the Lord Lii-utenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire, and Borough of Kingston-upon -Hull. C. Wood, Esq., M.P., to be Deputy-Lieutenant, May 15. Commission by the Lard Lieutenant of Cornwall. Royal Cornwall Militia, or Duke of Cornvrall's Rangers.— Captain T. J. Phillips to be Lieutenant-C010..e1, vice Treva nion, deceased; Lieut. J. C. Frelawny to be Captain, vice Phillips, promoted ; C. G. P. Brune, Gent., to be Lieutenant, April I. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED THOMAS SEDDON and GEORGE SEDDON, cabi net-makers, Gray's-inn-road. JOHN JAQUES, dyer, Hare-street, Bethnal-green. BANKRUPTS. THOMAS GOULD, stay-manufacturer, Oxford -street, to surrender June 4, at two, and July 3, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Hall and Thompson, Salters'-hall. ROBERT JOHNSTON and EDMUND ROWE DAN SON, ironmongers, Gracechurch-street, June 5, at twelve, and July 10, at eleve n , at th e C ourt of Bankruptcy. John son, Basinghall-street, official assignee ; Phillips, Clement's lane ELIZ 4 KING, innkeeper, Basingstoke, May 30, and July 3, at twelve, at the Angel Inn, Basingstoke. Johnsen, Son, and Weatherall, King's Bench-walk, Temple, London; Cole, Lamb, and Brooks, Basingstoke and Odiham. WILLIAM WALTER YELD and WILLIAM BOWER DAWES, brewers, Rugeley, Staffordshire, June -, and July 3 ' at twelve, at the S wan Hot e l, Li c hfi e ld. S m i t h and Buckle, Licl.field ; Dove, Carey-street, London. GEORGE JEMMETT, coach-maker. Long-acre, May 29, and July 3, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basin hall •street ; Rohn:son Half-moon-street, Piccadilly. , ROBERT BROOKS, grocer, St. Albans, May 29, at twelve, and July 3, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Clark, official assignee, New Broad -street-court; Robinson and Hine, Charterhouse square. JA.VIES WELLINGTON, butcher, Ross, Herefordshire, June I, at two, and July 3, at eleven, at the Ki ng ' s H ea d Hotel, Bloomßoss. Ja i l, Ross' S m i th and Son, Southampton street, sburysquare, London. JOHN TOWERS, hatter, Wolverhampton, June 1, at ten, and July 3, at four, at the Star and Garter zlotel, Wolver hampton. Philpot and Son, Southampton-street, Blooms.. bury, London ; Philltips and Bolton, Wolverhampton. JOHN MARSHALL, commission-agent, King William street, London, June 5, at one, and July 10, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lackingt,n, official assignee, Coleman street-buildings ; Kiss and Son, New London-street, Fen church -street. GEOR tiE WHITEHEAD, printer, Fleet-street, June 2, at one, and July 3, at eleven ; at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, offeiat assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry; Parker, St. Paul's Chur c h-yard. DAVID JONES, flannei-draper, Pontfaen, lgontgornery shire, June 6, and July 3 at eleven, at the Oak lon, Pool, Montgomeryshire. Jom.s, Welch pool ; Milne, 'Parry, Milne, and Morris, Harcourt-buildings, Temple, London. 'IIIOM A S WI LIA MS. linen-draper, Liverpool, Ju ne 6 , and July 3, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Ab bott and A: trey Charlotte street, i3edford-square, London ; Bennett, Manchester. DIVIDENDS. A t the C o u r t o f B an k ruptcy, B as i ng h a ll- street. J. Tayl or , i ron manufacturer, Berwick-street, Oxford-street, .Tune 12, at h alf-past eleven—J. Waterhouse, and W. Water * hi:use. j un ., coach proprietors, Lad•lane, City, June 12, at half past el even —J . Bates, farrier, Long-lane, Bermond sey, June 12, at twelve—W. Wilson and E. Brodribb, merchants, Alark . lane, City, June 15. at one—J. Telford, leather factor, star : wha e courtfin, lread-str ee t;Ch eaps id e , Ju n e 15, at twelve—C. W a lk er, ger, Lower Belgrave-place, Pimlico, Jane 12, at one— ;' P. P•ase, mahogany merchant., Lecik, June 12, at half -past one —J. Gunn, cowkeeper, Old-road, Li:ecimusei June 12, at half-paA two—W. Clark, merch int, Upper Thames -street, CitY, Jane 13, at half past eleven--J. Innes, mercliant, St. Mildred's. court, City, June 13, at twelve—J. Black, merchant, Glasgow, June 13, at one—J. G. Liversidge, Leach maker, j ~, - k% ey:k „ 1- ;ithardson. merchant, Coria , r,tion-row, St. Jelin-street, June 12, at half-past twelve. In the Country. B. Murgatroyd, worsted spinner, Bradford, Yorkshire, June 12, at eleven, at the Court-houe, Bradford—T. Smallwood, banker, Drayron-in. Hales, Shropshire, June i 2, at twelve, at the Phoenix Inn, Drayton-in Hales—J. A. Howe, umbrella manufacturer, Bristol, June 1:3, at twelve, at the C,nnmercial rooms, Bristol—C. Hannum, carpenter, Chippenharn, Wilt shire, June 16, at one, at the Coaimorcial-rooms, Brktol—J. Hunt, Lilor. Southampton, June 16, at one, at the George Inn, Southampton. CERTIFICATES.—JusE 12. T. Dixon, flour dealer, Preston, Lancashire--D. Alder, mer chant, East India Chambers, Leadenhall. street. City—C. Aleock, ease manufacturer, Bermondsey —J. G. Meyer, wool broker, Baltic Cotr,e-house, Threadilec.lic, street. City--. 1. Lloyd, linen victualler, Bristol —J. Heatley, brewer, Manchester. i'ARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. G. Wylde and J. Entwisle, silk throusters, Macclesfield, Cheshire—L. H. Cove and W. Rowley, coal merchants, Adelphi —T. and 11. Blore, feet dealers, Manchester—A. Gibson, jun. and L. Chandler, ship brokers, Cardiff, Glarnorcranshire—W. Norman and T. Jones, slaters, Traumere, Cheshire—W. S. P. Hughes and R. Rising, attorneys-at-law, Worcester—T. Ludlow and S. Barrett, brick makers, Edgley, Cheshire—R. Knight and H. Kirk, cochineal merchants, Martin's-lane, City H. and J. Myers. watch makers, Winchester—J. S. and E. Waterfall, tea dealers, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffclk—J. H. Poi lock, P. Thomson, J. D. Whitaker, and J. W. Davies, mer chants, Manchester (so far as regards J. W. Davies)—R. T. Clavcring and W. Preston, hosiers, Quadrant, Regent-street— R. Sturdy and I. Bell, soda-water manufacturers, Leeds—A. Smith and R. Glasgow, iron founders, Manchester —J. Hazard and J. Dare, jun., salesmen, Bristol—W. H. Whitteil, J. Wylde, and J. I3urniston, woolstaplrrs, Bermondsey—W. Spriggs and J. A. Alger, general dealers, Dale. Pembroke shire---B. Watkins and E. Patrick, coal merchants, Abingdon, Berkshire—B. Simmons, J. Simmons, J. Simmons, and J. Nowell, manufacturers of prussiate of potash, Battersea (so far as regards J. Nmveli)—E. C. Morgan and T. Baker, corn merchants, Norwich—G. and E. Bavly, Fountain chairs. Bermondsey—B. Simmons, J. Simmons ' J. Simmons, and J. PinS., manufacturers of prussiate of p o t as h, Battersea (so far as regards B. Simmons.) SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. ALEXANDER FORREST, smith, Edinburgh, May 26, at twelve, at the Old Signet Hall, Royal Exchange, Edinburgh. JOHN ILLINGWORTH, commission agent, Edinburgh, May 27, at one, at S. Paton's, solicitor, Edinburgh. CAMBRIDGE ELECTION. CAMBRIDGE, FRIDAY, FIVE CLOCK.-.-This contest has concluded in the way that was expected by all rea sonahle men, and those who knew the extremity to which the Tories were prepared to go. The Liberal Candidate is defeated by a majority of 93. The pollieg commenced at eight o'clock this morning, and for about two heurs Professor Starkie was a-head, at cne time as many as sixty ; at half-past ten, however, the scale eas turned, and the Tories kept the lead for the remainder of the day. Their desperatisn at seeing Mr. Starkie a-held drove them to all sorts of excesses, and they seemed determined to win, if exertion or money could do it. The goWnsmen worked incessantly, and with great spirit. The election, on their part, was curied on in the most quiet way—there was no treating, no flags or banners, for as Professor Starkie had come for.vard on purity of election principles, was determined to reduce expense as much as possible. The Tories, en the contrary, were lavish of expense, and res,ortvd to all the old electioneering clap.t-aps—be sides which money was flying in all directions. Indeed, it is certain that the intimidation and the bribing prac• tised at the last election w(re nothing to what has been going on at the present. some cases of which are s'eort:y to be lard before the public ; and it is expected that Mr. Grant will enjoy his eeat hut a very short time. The Li betel part of the electors declare that pos.cssion of the elective franchise without the protection of the ballot, in a town like Cambridge, where University intimidation is so unblushingly exercised, is a curse, and a meeting is shortly to be held praying Parliarrient eitie rto grant the one, or take away the other. Barnwell, a district of the town in hehited chiefly by the poorer classes, has been during the last two nights like a fair. Troops of gownsmen and bullies, armed with bludgeons, have paraded the streets all night, watching the movement of every person who stirred, and intimidating and coaxing the poor and the corrupt voter. Long, the notorious briber, who gave his evidence before the House of Commons, and who is to be tried for bribery at our next Assizes, has been here prowling ebeut, ,aid going every day to the houses of voters, far what pur pose it was not very difficult to guess. At the conclusion of the poll the eurnbers For Grant 745 Starkie Majority __93 There are upwards of 400 qualified electors unpolled, the total number being about 1,830—a pretty convincing proof that intimidation has kept a great number back. The numbers polled at the last election in September were— For Sutton Gibson 617 Majority --100 The declaration will take place on Parker's Piece to morrow, and chairing on Monday. LUDLOW ELECTION. FINAL CLOSE OF THE POLL. LUDLOW, FRIDAY EVENING. The Tories have succeeded in returning their Member, The following was the final result : Botfield Larpent Majority ---41 MISREPAES EN TATION. We willingly insert the following letter, as the best apology we can make fcr unwittii,gly copying from a Country Paper a paragraph rcfL•cting on the wine and grammar of a respectable publican. The false accusation had been smuggled into 71.te Sun, by some evil-disposed person, and we suspect the Editor of the " scurvy Paper," for some selfish purpose, or out of personal pique, had a hand in the business. Wo, will not dispute abuut grammar with our honest Correspondent, and there fore give his letter without alterations or additions:— TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Mr Editor Dont you think you might have been better employed than copying from that Scurvy Paper the Stock port Advertiser a scandilous libel( about my wine when I regularly reads your paper and as it upon my bar table and in the h,uling gree❑ for my Custornms I wish to tell you though I em a c , uncillor that I am at good at grammer as either Jem Lomax or any man in your office but I expect you will make an appoigy through your next Paper or J, H. that incans John Hamer will leave off reading your paper May 21. st 1840 COWE-FRIDAY. (FROM OUR OWN CCE,iii:?P,NDENT.) ROYAL YACHT SQUADROS INTELLIGENCE, MAY I6.—The new cutter )acht Storirtineh, of 63 ton, belonging to E. H. Chad. Eq., was this day launched from intnan's yard, LymingtAL 17.--Commodore the Eirl cf Yarborou.4ll's Kestrel yacht came out of In,rbour. B.—Sailed the Eudora ct.Wer yacht for Ireland; and Falcon yawl yacht, Rev. Denis George, on a cruize. 19.—Sailed the Harriet schooner •aciht, for Southampton 20 —Sailed G. H. Ackers, Esq., in his Brilliant schooner yacht, of 393 tong. for the Chancel Islands. 21.—Sailed the Earl of Di. , art, in his 0.... en Glendwi cutter yacht, 113 tons, for Madeira ; and Phebe cutter yacht, Captain A. L Corry, R.N., on a cruiz!. Arrives Juhn Beardmore, E;q., in his schooner yacht Harriet. The Secretary has sold Mr. Ackers beautiful schooner yacht Dolphin, of 217 tots, to the Earl of Grosvenor. Yachts remaining in the Road—KeArel, Albatross. In Ilarb::ur—Hobe, Osprey, A r id cutter, Artel schooner. Nautilus, Aurora, tic. A great many fashionables continue to arrive daily, and more .houses have been already ;Ikco than at a u,outa Liter in the season last year, but all for short periods, and at about half the prices charged in July and August. MURDER 61Loui) w. RUSSELL TO THE EDITO7I? OF THE SUN. Shefti,,ld, :thy 21, 1840. SIR,—Not knowing where to direct, I take the plan of writing to you, thinking to give som: , ) chance of detecting the murderer of Lord Wm. Russell. Pray inform the police in the proper quarter to have all the razors of the murdered Nobleman examined by an ex perienced cutler (several of which may be found in Lon don), and see if any marks of blood be found in the joints of the scales, or about the rivets or pins. Should they have been used in the dreadful event, I have no doubt btu some remains of blood will be left, for let the murderer do what he will, I think he cannot get all away by washing. Should this have the effect of proving the affair against the culprit, it will have the end desired by respectfully, ONE IN A SMALL DEGREE ACQUAINTED WITH SHEFFIELD GOODS. THE VOLUNTARY PRINCIPLE. The town of Bucks, in 'Suffolk, has, for several years past, been th e sceae of violent Church-rate coest; victory siding alt ernate l y w i th each party, rates have nt bee s n carried and rejected, informations have been supported and dismissed, and, last year, the goods of divers recusants were seized and-sold. On Sunday last notice was given of a vestry to be held for making a Church-rate for the ensuing year; whereupon the Dissenters set vigorous), to work to muster their powers for the approaching struggle, and they mani fested the spirit of peace which actuated them, by circu lating copies of Dr. Oliver's speech in the Wolverhampton vustry, with an appal to the churchmen of Beccles to follow so exemplary a leader. Ot Thursday last the vestry was livid, and the church wardens stated that they would require a rate to raise 801. Hereup on it was moved, by W. Henchman Crowfoot, F.• 44.. and seconded by the Rev. Thomas Farr, that t:e con sideration of a roe should he waived otic‘enr, and that an attempt should b e made to raise the necessoty expenses by voluntary contributions. The motion vres carried unanimeu•ly, and it was an edi fying spectacle to see the (Thurehn.e n pushing forward with their money, and praccallTortir g a pr which is incompatibl e with that of a s n ut E.4ablishmentinciple. The memhPrs of archeious Establishment, aecu.;torned to the Fayrw:lit of legal does for religious purposcs,k at, pres ent very li ttle of the pleasure which is found in cordial and volunt ary parrot mance cf this holy dory. and vary littl e o f t h e power and et7:e.sev of their o7 t a lr r e li:ni ' prnicipl t . s whe n t h ey are diseneuml;cr,;(l mate and compulsory support. stalk of b ar l e y, in foil ear, was plucked, OXI Mond a y last, i n a fi e ld b e l ong i ng t o Mr Robert gliring, of Boherb ec , in Tralee. EV EN ING E OTT] ON ;, 1 ) •- • V T , is• , • Ni 4 ,t 1 1_ IV FITE FUNDS--(CLOSING PitICES) BRITT SFr" , 15N DS. %3ank Stock - • 3 per Cent. Red 914 ' Ditto Bonds 4 pin 3 per C e nt C ons ... .... 9z3. Ditto Old Annuities ... '.l per Cent 8ed........ WO Dino New Annuities.— Yee; 31- per Cent iNeiv 3 p,r Cent ... Long Annuities to expire • Ditto Small dan. 16JI) l3„i Bank Stock for Acct...176 - i Oct. 1839 133 India -lock for Acct...253i Jan. 1660... l4 Consols for Acct......... 92fr FOREIGN FUNDS. A dstrian, 5 per cent Portuguese, 5 per cent. —7 li, , !gian, 5 per cent Ditto, Nev Ditto 33* ilrazilian Bon , s.. ...... Prusian, 5 per cer.t.... liuynusAyres, 6 per cent Rus,sian, 5 per cent.... Chtirm, 6 per cant . Ditto, !letallic - Culombian, 6 percent... Spanish, 5 per cent 2Bt Atto, 1824 Ditto, Deferred ... 13fr Danish, 3 per cent.... 794 French,s per cent... —f• —c- Greek, 1825, .5 percent. Exchange .. Alexi..an, 5 per cent.... French, 3 per cent — l .. — f; Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825. 31Z Dutch, 21- per cent...... 54 t Peruvian, 18'25,6 per et. Ditto, 5 per cent lOll SHARES. Cheltenham and treat Western Railway ... 26 Great North of England Railway Great Westernßailway Ditto New Shares 42 Hull and Selby London and Brighton Railway 3O London and Blackwall Railway - 22* London and Birmingham Railway Ditto Quarter Shares London and South Western Railway ... London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) l2 Ditto Scrip, Manchester and Leeds Railway North Midland Railway South Eastern and Dover ...... .... 8i SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALF• FRObI THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. (From the Globe.) The exultation of the Tory Press on the remit of the Cambridge election is as indecent as it is unbounded,: Si' ought to excite disgust in the minds of all who have not' lost the sense of shame by a familiarity with corruption.: The following are the strains in which one of the Carr' . bridge oracl e s i n d u l ges on the occasion And now th at : Sir A. Grant, a gentleman wholly unknown to the elector s: of Cambridge till w i t hi n t h e la;t three weeks, hip election by th e mere force of his p o liti ca l principles , against Professo r S tar ki e, a townsman, a lawyer o f gr eat; talent, and, what i s a stronger recommendation with th e hungry clique wh o t a k e t h e l ead in Liberalism hate. !I gentleman who i s no t wit h out i nterest in Downiog . st reci r an.! has gained th e d ay, too, b y such a noble majority, ws suppose we sh a ll h ear no more of the foul calumny Alt`. dozens .end score; of the electors of Cambridge w e "' s,duced at th e l as t contest f rom their public duty, an d itt dix:ed, by brib er y an d i nt i ma; i on forsooth, to g i ve tbei support to Mr. M anners S utton! " has carri ed! . or Sir A. Grant, although a stranger to the electors • C... ambridge, w as no stranger to its University. Th a t ye nerable corporation is the Alma Mater of both the success-7 ful and defeated candidate. On the former she conferred! the distinction of plucking ; the latter she numbers among; her most worthy hoes, au,] nailed him senior wrangler of bi year. The " politica! principl es " o f Si r A. Gr a nt are _ the ultra class—he avows the most uncompromising atta ch ' :tient to the cr ee d o f t h e Eld nns and Castlereaghs of 01( 1 ' 0 when rotten ooroughs fl' , urished, and the hated Das ° of Reform :vas heard oely in assemblhs within which "e eri e / ooli:e" seldo m ventured, lest th e y should be sh( 4 e ke by the discordant sound. With such powerful recent . ; mendatioes, th e h ea d s o f h ouses, and other influent" members of the University, were content to lose the rtt collection of Sir Alexander Grant's college disgracei, indeed, they most probably selected him on acco'Jnt the peculiar attractions which ignorance and. bigottl discover in each other, and by sympathy induce them embrace They are members of the same family, an t ()Ugh: not to be disunited. In the present instance, th principle was active : the love was in active operation l• Bigotry supported Ignorance by all the aids which law • leranee had placed at her c:rnmand, and Corruption e e-as invoked to give substantial succour in the cor test, having first obtained en assurance (hardly t weet nary) that the obligation should be returned, if the se: vices renjered proved success f i l . !•• ( From the Courier.) It will be seen that the Conservetive candidates St Ludlow and Cambridge have been returned by large, Ir .a7 jorities, a pleasant pra c ti ca l comment on the boast o f Ministerialists, that their princ ipled leaders possess' t° confidence of the country. un It is now undeniable that tiles, cause of the most cotrupt an d i ncapa b le faction t h at T O' attempted to wield the power of a nation is perfectly 'Joe' less. We attribute much of the reaction, however, to tin' disgust whch the country generally entertains fa; genie!: siveness to office for the sake of pelf, when all ref isonabr expectations of carryi n g an y cons id era bl e mess are 1%1; t r have been extingui s h e d l ong ago. The r e tu r n of Alexander Grant and M r . B ot fi e ld at th i s joy ewe is 1 a important event, as they will be enabled to Tr.:pair the d g.i fection of Lord H ow i c k an d M r. Charles Wood, who, is understood, do not intend to vote on either side in t h e Committee on Lord Stanley's Bill. (From the Standard.) How does it happen that when no other interests 'ar e to "the voluntary sy stem," the interests of religion 'are to b abandoned to the world's cold charity ? This was not tb e ling of our ancestors. They reared, edifices like Si Paul's, and built fifty churches at orie time in London when London did not num b er a fi.iurtb, probably not a 1110:, of its present population ; but they lodged theirr Houses of Parliament and Miriisters in convenient but t y no means showy buildings, anti even their princes in mode it palaces. They feet with the Royal r r irophet. that while t lie king dwelt in cedar palaces, the 'worship of the King •of Kings ought not to be left exprased to the inclemency 'of cli nate, or the contempt of tke scorner. What, then, -is he diffirence between us, lind our fathers ? They be at It fur the interests of relis.',on—we, for the vanity of nu and they excelled us simost as much in the magnifice of their works—for what can we show like St. Paul's anl Wran's fiftyichurehes—as their object exceeds our objet in dignity. PRINCE ALBERT. TO THE EDITOR OP THE SUN. SlR—Ha7iug seen in one of the London papers a r re' posals to give a fete to Prince Albert on jrining the H' 0 ' sars, I beg leave to suggest to my broth, r officers of L. 0 4 : cers that they are new dec i dedly call,:d upon to give entatainment to th e di st i ngu i s h ed member of the Itqf 1 Family who h as l ate l y j o i ned their branch of the Tervia It would pe r h a p s h e as well, bef(y fe coming to any de ter .. m . nation on the subject, to obtPon the concurrence of 0 3 ' regiment of Lancors now in lodia. I purpose being •I 4 London during the next wedt, and be happy to r l " ceive any suggetions on the subject. I remain, Sit., your obedient servpnt, LANCELOT PIKE, Brigadier-General of Lancer: Spurville, near St. Hciiers, Isle of Jersey. GERMAN OPERA. 0 Thursday night was performed for the first jg time in !hi3 cou n t r y, S po li r ' s grand Opera of E tzus t. It ,i - npo..sibl e to g i ve a full description or its great 40 d var beauties on a first hearing ; indeef.l it must be heard scr: ll bef,re its magnificent mus;.c can be properly ciated. The story is well knorcn, and in its present , I °' . resembles the melodrama of Pau ttes, performed at 13 - eui 7:2; lane some t en y ears back., to which Bishop coinposexl so very good mute, thouk;ll not i n an operatic form. For the ben e fi t of those who may not know the sto • we will inform th em t h at Faust has contracted an unb °? Inc Evll On e , w hi c h endsin his destructio , but till this is consummated, he is permitted to work sum i t er, miracles for his o wn en d s. Separating lovers, demnlish i .!.,isties, vanishing in the air, sinking in. the earth p:lrt and parcel of his rower. di id But for the music—Hcrr Poeck (AVephistopheleg ) , ample ju s ti ce to t h e part assigned Km. The OP et !i;i; r ; duet betw e e n hi m an d Faust was beautifully sung, b"'' " Stifle n oc h diess Wutliverlati gen ," a t the oloa ;„ • f the third act , was admirable, ar‘d so delighted the a u fiance, as t o e li c i t a second er.core. We were Po e t amused by th e ent h us i asm of a wag in the gallery, w ho l he third conc l us i on of the song, called out, " 14 W eny devil 1" Tne grand scena "Ja ich fuhl'es, treue Liebe,' 91 1 be Madame Fischer, is full of the peculiar beautieteo. Spohr's. instrumentatio n ; the singer well sustained bar rem potation in iti performance, and was loudly apP lau.4 the conclu s i on . In the I ncantat i on Scene, soo. lody, interrupted now and then by the wild song 01 -; off" at hags. The music in this scene is the most ginal in the opera. The Corals sung behind the see at the marriage of Sycorax sings a delicito.u:e e xtrecti- il.unigmede with Graf Hugo was encored.n The and the quantity of acting required, difficulty of the music, the little rest allowed the singers'n° easy task, yet all this was well done by the German* the must have been ri d • splendidly seconded by their beautiful band. With t exce p ti on of the Finale, which is deficient in hrill ig : e i g we do not hesitate t o say , that Faust is equally great - Der Freyehutz and Fide4o. , ---------- ~ -----. -- •0 of t he We Understand that a preliminary ineetin, Metropolitan Anti Corn-lavr Delegates will talk, p l ace at Brown's Hotel on MondLy next, at one o'clock. The Great Emporium and Centre of Fashi"- • ' ' as Mes srs . W e ll s and Davy have styled their new and ci 1140°11s itrsiA, fel silk and drapery establishment, 43 and 44, ° is a titl e amp l y merited. It is decidedly one of the structures i n E urope , an d appears to be stoc k e d ad's an endless variety of the choicest and most magni ladies' dresses. If only to see the splrmdid - shop, . 0 fid, and repay a visit; it is fitted up in thg most novel, sce costly manner imaginable. rroblS IN :".!,'I R JAP, ES ALEXANDER'S EXCEIRS- _ - lately WESTERN Ararca.—Considerable attention having been directed to the west coast of Africa, erring tot ae constant . ~.. and important discu-sions in Parliament, regardirig the sl pression of the slave-trade, and the proceedings of ,the F rench . : ., n u t a w rt , i , led es for s ea a r th o ie f h Good ani s H o .fot7psi the ail(937fge.f, an'i.njtjt-11:t:11)1irentg*elnondsisoet notice c ; et h l f t er a o s m sustainedcolonyits su(letr a hi n ne t g t i s still ;‘, , r:&on of the farmers in large bodies into the wild.a of tY i e in+ rector acid towards Natal; on all these aceouros a more fave.r al,lo opportunity could not have been prese• d ted for prodwAng a scc.:nd and cheap es t e ,li t i on of this work, which is annov.nee i f, ; .• immediate appearance. His Serene Highness Prinee Leininlen landed l y as ,, t o i s .v i e l i i i , i t i e ig i tat pursue Dove h Dover f i r s om Calais, ar4 proceeded the Royal her Maj es ty. journey to town this day, on a visit to We are authorised to State that his Royal High ne's the Ds e of Sussex will take the chair at the ensuing an nivor , aty of the Jowl' Hospital, on Thursday, the 28th inst., bring the first occasion during the last fire years on which kis Royal Highness's health has permitted him to preside at any pulihe festival, I I