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iinptrtal 4Jartianirnt. SE OF LORDS.-MONDAY In moving for some papers relating to the income and other taxes, Lord MONTEAGLE entered into some finan cial statements and callulations, which, he hoped, would meet with due consideration from the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The -D of WELLINGTON said be v !ling to afford every information on the subject ; but he thoZight the noble lord would not expect that any statement should be made by him until the financial measure had been brought forward by the government in the other house of parliament. SE OF COMMONS.—MoNnAv On the motion of Mr. BROTHERTON, the following re turn was ordered :—Return of the number and names of the persons summoned for offences against the Factories Act, between the Ist day of January, 1844, and the Ist day of January, 1815 ; specifying the date of the convic tion or hearing, the place of hearing, by whom each con viction was made, the offence in each case, and the man ner in which the penalties and costs were appropriated —Also, a summary of the total number of informations and convictions the amount of penalties and costs. Mr. J. YOUNG moved for a new writ for the borough of Lewes, in the room of the Hon. H. Fitzroy, who since his election has accepted the office of a Lord of the Admi ralty.—Ordered. Lord DUNCAN gave notice that on the 20th instant he should move that the house resolve itself iuto a committee of thewhole house, to take into consideration the window tax. Lord EBRINGTON presented a petition from the Rev. Dr. Carwithen, rector of Stoke Climsland, in the diocese of Exeter, praying that the statutes 2 and 3 Edward VI., c. 1, and 1 Elizabeth, c. 2, may be repealed ; and that the house will procure a calm and temperate review of the Book of Common Prayer, rubrics, and canons of the Church of England. The noble lord also presented a si milar petition from Sou' h Molton, and expressed a hope that the house, at an early day, would take into consider ppy disputes which had taken place in the ation the IL . _ of Exeter HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TuEs )ved a series or resolutions respect ing the management of railways, contending that the whole system required alteration, in order to secure for the public, without any injury to the interests of the railway proprietors, additionA speed, greater accommoda tion, and cheaper fares. He believed the members of the ;ment of the Board of Trade were slaves to ..osting companies, and discouraged new projects ; t they had caused great mischief, and produced all the ra , lway depar• the bu r night in t Gazelle. After a long discussion t A as withdrawn n made by C pt,in PECRELL for returns relative to employing paupers in workhouses in grinding and crushing bones, led to an animated conversation, in the course of which Lord EBRIN GTON defend tice, saying that he knew not why, because tb offensive, it should be thrown upon the ind pauper. Sir JAMES GRAHAM moved for leave to bring in a bill to consolidate and amend the laws relating to parochial settlement, and to the removal of the poor. It might startle the house to hear that one-tenth of th e w h o l e po- potation of the kingdom received relief from the poor rates ! and, to give some idea of the extent of the relief led, he would just state that, since the year 1815, no had been collected, as poor rate, t h.n two bun fourth of the capital of the national dred millions—one debt. He did not propose to give any retro-active effect to his bill, but to enact that from the date of its passing into law, birth should be the sole source of settlement. He did not propose to make five years' industrial resi dence a claim to immovability, but he did propose to give a great number of limitations to the power of removal as it now existed, which would have the effect of ie operation of the present law I settle s, which he conceived ty of frequent removw:and at the tached to their report, they had conscientiously and labo rio4ll discharged thek duty, and pronounced w in each case, in flivour of that scheme which would produce the greatest amount of public good. Lord -.BROITGLI AM :contended, thil „whatever eight be said of the effect whichtbe deasienalf the Railway Board would- have, the government practically would be bound to support them -; and, as government measures, they would be carried through parliament; so that, in fact, however it might be disguised, the reports of the Board had the force of enactments. As in the other house one was never mistaken who predicted the report of an elec tion committee from the politics of the members, so he should always regard the reports of the Board as the de cisions of parliament. He ridiculed the series of precau tions adopted to prevent the oozing out of intelligence, but treated them, on the other hand, as indic a ti ons th a t the reports, thus kept so studiously secret until the proper moment for divulging them arrived, were really considered conclusive. He thought it unsafe that so much power over the fortunes of a large portion of the public should be intrusted to any except the sworn and responsible ser vants of the crown, who were impeachable if guilty of any dereliction of duty; and.trusted that some better security than now existed would be devised to give, not only pro tection ao•ainst malversation, but confidence that no mal- versation - should take place. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE thought that it would be better if, when the decisions were promulgated in the Ga zette, the grounds upon which they were arrived at were also given. Lord STANLEY, in reply to Lord Brougham, denied that the government would take any share in forwarding the railway projects of which the Board had approved; and, after a few words from Lord DALHOUSIE, their lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—THURSDAY. Mr. ENTWISLE gave notice to move, upon the noble lord the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster bringing up his report upon the best mode of forming railway com mittees, that any person having any interest, direct or indirect, in railways or railway companies, shall be ex cused from serving on such committees. On the motion of the SOLICITOR-GENERAL, leave was given to Sir William Gossett, Knt., the serjeant-at-arms trpna:__ •• and —aiding the house, to appear and plead to the action brought against him by Thomas Howard. Sir CliAnt.Es NAPIEH. moved fur a select Committee to inquire into the manner in which the money voted since NM, for the construction of ships of war, had been expended, and if the ships constructed were an improve- . - meet on the old s' stem The hon. and gallant commo dore entered into a critical review of all :he vessels of war built or in use. since the year 1800. He blamed the Ad miralty Board for the appointment of Sir W. Symonds to the surveyorship of the navy, and condemned the large ships constructed by that gentleman. He animadverted se. verely on the state of our steam-vessels, and declared that we had not a single war-steamer worth a farthing. Sir G. COCKBURN defended the Admiralty administra . tion ; after which the H ouse divided There were motion Against it Majority against the motion .... —6l Sir J. GRAHAM obtained leave to bring in a bill to re gulate the appointment and payment of clerks, and other offic;rs of the Courts of Petty and Quarter Seision of the Peace, Oyer and Terminer, and Gaol Delivery. The other orders having been disposed of, at half-past eleven o'clock the house adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY THE BUDGET The order of the day for going into Committee of the Ways and Means was then rend, and the Speaker left the chair, which was taken by Mr. Greene. about. to circulat propose the secom , uld have suffirie 11 as its pr nciple, and i enabled tc e merit: I reading of tl it time e more freely bly ameliorat would country tails as whole me fidence Colonel Woon was Ee;tlernents would After some cunt members tc bill until the I ever, was nderstand i e should h ther the general opinion upon the f which he had great con- f opinion that the proposed unio give rise to conside my rigt hand b; a which several honourable part, leave was given to bring in the bill pears on one hand by an estimated re duction of taxes to the amount of £400,000. I allude to the wool duties, and to the duty on gloss, which were re moved at a subsequent period of the session, but on the other hand credit was taken, for £IOO,OOO, on account of the China expenditure, which vote it is not necessary to refer to, because that will not affect the calcul,tion of nd, because there is a saving on the one alarming the reduction the other. My right hon. friend stated at the same time, that in consequence of the postponement of the payment of £700,000 the sur plus would be reduced, and that the real surplus would be £2,273,000. That estimated surplus was, in point of fact, in making the account of the s!li of January last very cons'derably exceeded. It will appear by reference to the document of the state of finance and expenditure of the sth of January last, there was a surplus of £3.357,000, and that instead of £51,790,000, the sum cal culated upon by my hon. friend ; the amount of net receipts of revenue on the sth July last, was £54,003,000. The 'ncrease of revenu - 4 re- ceipts from the customs toms revenue, as estims rose chi , rrom the increase or Instead of 1;21M0,000 of Cus 'y right hon. friend, the ated by actual receipt was, on the sth of January, The Excise, which was taken by my right hon. friend, at £13,000,000 produced on that day, £13,380,000. There was some money received under the treaty with China, amounting to £385,000, fur which my right hon. friend bad not taken credit, but the re-ult was, on the sth Jan, last, an income of £54,000,000, instead of the estimated income of £51,795,000. The expenditure on the sth Jan., 1845, had been, on account of debt and consolidated fund, £32,862,000, and on account of the payment then made for the army and navy and other public services, £17,458,000, making a total expenditure of £50,617,000, and leaving a surplus, as it appears on that account, amounting to £3,357,000. (lit ar, and cheers.) At the same time, although that is the actual account, as ap -stb January, yet the house will be naturally anxious to have an estimate of the account as it will pro bably appear on the sth of April next. For the period of which I am speaking, I am of course hound in a matter of this kind to give an estimate rather than a positive statement, but certainly 1 have every reason to apprehend that the balance, comparing the actual receipts of revenue within the year on the sth of April next, with the expen diture, will amount to a sum of above £5,000,000 for the year. (Cheers.) The accounts, to any one cursorily reading the papers which had been presented to the house, might appear rather confused, on account of the arrange ments which are necessary to be made in different quar ters for the p iyment of the public creditor. At one period of the year, taking the year ending on a particular day of one quarter, the charge for the debt will appear consider ably more than the same charge for another year termi nating on the same day of another quarter. I cannot trouble the house with the accounts in detail on that point, but I think—taking the estimates as they are ready to lay before the house-1 think the house may calculate upon our being in possession, on the sth of April next, of a surplus of revenue received during that year, as com pared with the expenditure, of, at least five millions. Now, I know that my right hon. friend states that that will not appear on the face of the acoounts. For instance, £2,000,000 of money have been applied to the payment of Exchequer-bills, on account of the opium compensation. I do not wish, however, to deal to-night with the intrica cies of accounts. I wish to state to the house what is our real practical position with respect to finance severed from all questions of annual account ; and I think that I am justified in stating that such has been the improvement of the revenue, apart from the property tax, that the surplus which I have stated, namely, a surplus of at least £5,000,000, will be the surplus of revenue this year as compared with the last. (Hear, and cheers.) About £385,000 will have been received on account of China money; there are other small sums from the South Sea Company ; and taking them altogether, perhaps the whole amount received from casual sources will be £500,000, which we cannot rely on permanently. Of course a portion, and a very considerable portion, of the revenue is derived from the income tax, which has produced £5,190,000. The stamp duties produced in the last year £7,100,000, and the taxes—that is to say the land-tax and the assessed taxes—produced £4,200,000. Then, with respect to the post-office, I feel warranted in estimating the revenue of the post-office for the next year at £700,000, for the ac tual produce of last year was £691,000. The crown lands produced £1,500,000; and I will take them at that esti mate. As to the miscellaneous sources of revenue, I am inclined to take them at nearly the same amount which they actually produced during the nest year—that is £250,000. Now I have been here speaking of the ordi nary permanent sources of revenue, and tie net amount of my estimate on these is £47,900,000. Besides, I cal culate that during the coming year we shall receive £600,000 on account of China. So that. even if the house should refuse its sanction to the continuance of the income-tax, I think that I should be entitled to take credit for half-year's produce of that tax, viz, £2,600,000. which will come into the receipts of the year ending the sth of April, 1840. Therefore. with this £2,600,000 on the account of China, I am warranted upon calculiting a clear revenue of £51,100,000 even if the house should refuse to continue the income-tax. The charge for the debt could of course be calculated. On the filth of April, 1846, the charge for debt will be £28,450,000, and then you will have the full advantage of that reduction which took place last year on the interest of the Three-and-a Half per Cents. The charge for debt, funded and un funded, £28,450,000 ; the charge on the consolidated fund, £2,400,000, making a total of £30,850.000 on ac count of the debt. The estimated debt voted last year amounted to £17,700,000; the total charge, therefore, assuming the present system to remain unaltered, would be £48,577,000. Deduct that sum from the total revenue, that is £48,557,000 from £51,100,000, still the surplus on the sth of April, 1846, will be £2,523,000. Sir Robert, at great length, alluded to the estimates for the army and navy—in our military establishments he would propose no increase; but on account of our naval service, and of the ordnance connected with the navy, there will be an in crease in the estimates of one million. The estimate I now present of the total expenditure of the present year is as follows :—The charge for the Debt, £28,395,000, the charge for the Consolidated Fund, £2,400,000, making a total of £30,795,000. The vote of supply for the army, £6,617,800, for the navy, £6,936,000, for the ordnance, £2,142,000, for the miscellaneous estimates, £3,200,000, being together, £18,895,000, and added to the charge for the debt of the Consolidated Fund, £49,690,000. For the revenue of next year I will take 51,100,000. The charges for the present year, £49,690,000. And, even with this increased expenditure, there would be a surplus on the sth of April, 1846, of between one and two millions. An HON. MEmnsta on (the Opposition benches.—The half-year's income-tax ? Sir ROBERT PEEL.—Of course the half-year's income tax. lam not now estimating the permanent expenditure ).500.0( HOUSE OF COMMONS.-WEDNESDAY The SPEAK ER said, that th Sergeant -Arms had a cnmunication to make to the house touching nrivilege Sir W. GO SETT then appeared at the bar, and annou ced that on the 22d of December, 1843, he was served with notice in an action at the suit of Thomas Howard ; that an appearance was entered for him on the Ist of Jail. 1841; and that he waited for the declaration to see what that the declara- ground of action there tion was servt d on the 19th of December, that, under the advice of the law offi,urs of the crown, he had applied for time to plead to a judge at chambers, and that he tained until the 1816 of February. The action was one of trespass, and was grounded on Thomas Howard's deten tion in his custody by order of the Louse. The SoLictron-GENERAL said, that from the informa tion he had received. he was disposed to take the same course as that adopted in 1843. He should move that the communication of the sergeant be printed with the votes, and then gave notice of a motion on the subject. On the motion that the house resolve itself into a com mittee of supply. Captain HARRIS gave an explanation .relative to a branch of the South Western Railway, in which he con sidered an unjust imputation had been thrown on his re lative the Earl of Maltries,ury. Mr. ROEBUCK called attention to the fact, that the thanks of her .11 , jesiy were alleged to have been given to the Sheriff of Montreal, for his conduct in the late par liamentary elections for Canada, though an election peti tion against the return for Montreal was pending before the House of Assembly, in which the conduct of the she riff, as returning officer, was impugned. Mr. HOPE, the Under-Secretary for the Colonies, re plied, that a despatch, written immediately after the elec tions, had been received from Sir Charles Metcalfe, in which he adverted to the conduct of the returning-officer, as having been instrumental, by me,..ns of admirable ar rangements, in at once securing, under alarming circum stances, the public peace, and also the free exercise of the franchise. Lord STANLEY desired Sir Charles Metcalfe to convey to the returning-officer the thanks of the executive go vernment; not, as was supposed, the special thanks of her Majesty. Sir It. PEEL, in answer to Mr. Bouverie, reel there were no negotiations pending with the Brazils rela tive to any alteration in its tariff, those actually under discussion having reference only to the usual treaties of navigation and commerce. ed that Mr. RICARDO and Mr. MILNER GIBSON hoped that the government would abandon their fruitless policy with respect to differential duties, e s p ec i a ll y on sugar. Sir R. PEEL, in reply to Lord J. Rus,ell, said that he would not rr:ss for a decision on the resolution he would propose on Friday, after making his financial statement; but he trusted that no long delay would take place between the statement of his plans and the decision of the house upon them. Lord J. RUSSELL had adverted to it, because, without a knowledge of the nature of Sir Robert Peel's intention, it was impcssible to give intimation of the course he would himself adopt. If a decision were pressed for on Friday, he hoped that be would not be accused of taking the house by surprise by any amendment he might propose. Sir R. PEEL repeated that he would not ask for a deci sion on Friday, though from the importance of the inter ests involved, he would postpone all other public business until the opinions of the house were expressed and defined on the financial propositions of the government. Mr. H. GOULBURN, in answer to Mr. Francis Baring, gave some explanations respecting the arrangements tor raying the dividends, consequent on the reduction of the Three-and-a-Half per Cents. ; and also stated that the whole of the opium compensation had been paid, with the exception of some fifteen thousand pounds. A formal vote of Exchequer Bills was taken, in a Corn , mittee of Supply, and the house adjourned. HOUSE OF LORDS.—THURSDAY. Lord DALHOUSIE, in presenting the report of the Railway Department, on the South Eastern District, after describing the circumstances under which the Railway Board was constituted, proceeded to explain the miscon ceptions that bad prevailed as to the duties and the powers that had been intrusted to the Board. It had been ima gined by some that their decisions upon projected railways would be final ; while by others, less credulous, it was apprehended that their opinions would be of necessity adopted by the government , and wou ld, b y it s support an d influence, acquire the force of positive enactments. For neither of these rumours was there the slightest founda tion. The reports of the Board were never intended to be used except as aid s t o P arliament in pursuing its in vestigations. It bad b een objected, too, that they were a secret tribunal ; b u t w i t h how much greater force could they have been charged with usurping the functions of Parliament if they had adopted the forms of a committee ? It bad bees said, that they should at least have confronted the respective parties, that they might discuss their case before them ; but this course would have been so utterly impracticable and absurd, that if once tried, it would never have been repeated. They had been charged too, with having asserted that a satisfactory inquiry was impossible. This, however, was a misrepresentation, arising from their having explained the impossibility of receiving repeated deputations from the same company, His lordship then proceeded with much animation to defend the several members of the Board f rom t h e i mputation that they had acted in a spirit of favouritism, or h a d a ff or d ed a corrupt preference to companies in which they held shares. For himself, and for every other member of the Board, except Mr. O'Brien, he denied that they had ever possessed a single share, and Mr. O'Brien himself bad disposed of all those he had ever held before the Board entered upon their duties. He (Mr. O'Brien) was well aware of the suspicion to which the Board would have been exposed in consequence of his brother's connexion with the South- Eastern Railway, and had in consequence abstained as much as possible from interference when the i n t erests of that li ne were un der discussion, although it was almost too absurd to suppose that if even he had had any impure motive, be could have induced his colleagues to fail i n with hi s v i ews. His lor d s hi p t h en entered into an expla nation of the precautions the Board 114 d taken to pre ven t the premature di sc l osure o f t h e i r d ec isions ; and concluded by assuring th e house that , whatever value might be at. Sir R. PEEL then ros, He said—l will, in the first o that estimate of finance and expenditure of the country which was taken by my right hon. friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he last brought the subject under the consideration of the house. My right hon. friend, speaking at the Latter end of April, 1844, calculated that the revenue for the current year—that is, the year ending the sth April, 1815—would amount to the sum or £51,790,000. My right bon. friend calculated the expenditure at £48,643,000, leaving an es ' is of £3,147,000. That calculation, how sturbed on t- of yte country. I alai qatatinierhat would be the state of America and China, and even in our own colonies. the - finance •cif i the &nista, on the sthlbf April, 1846. ( Hear, hear.) Therefore, we conceive that to repeal the ( ear, hear.). It is quite clear, that if the income-tax duty upon this article, and abolish it altogether, will be estU:ratitste be renewed, toeless Ni l , „..„ 1 , 14 „ some con- follo we d b y th e very b est results. (Cheers.) The esti siderable Increase in the pdblic revennefr4 other sources, mated loss which the revenue will sustain by the abolition there would probably be a deficiency. I have thus of this tax—taking into account the amount of the revenue attempted to lay before the house deg present financial received upon it last year, will not be less than £680,000. conditions of the country, and estimated the revenue to (Hear.) Her Majesty's government did not intend to the sth of April next, and for the year ending the sth of recommend to the house any further alterations in the April, 1846; and I have also laid before the house what duties-upon any other articles of this description. (Hear.) amount of expenditure her Majesty's gove rnm ent, w ith a The particular branch of duty lam now about to refer to, provident care for the public interests, shall feel it their though the attention of the government may not have duty to recommend to the house. The next question that strictly been called to it, 1 will demonstrate is one more arises is—and it is a most important one—in what man- entitled to reduction than many of the objects I have hi ner this increase of expenditure is to be provided for ? If therto adverted to. - (Cheers.) The daty to which I refer we receive the sanction of the house for the continuance is the duty on the free transfer of property, or rather what of the Income-tax, we shall feel it to be our duty to make is called the auction duty. (" Hear, hear," and cheers.) a great experiment with respect to taxation, and we shall The total amount which you receive from the auction hope that the general prosperity that will result therefrom duty in England, Scotland, and Ireland, is about £300,000. will continue to fill up the void caused by the cessation of There is no duty the remission of which could, in my taxation. We do n o t p ropose e t o ma i n t a i n any mater i a l o pi n i on , l ea d to so great a reduction in the expense of surplus of revenue or expenditure, confid en t th a t, what- collecting. There is no duty, I think, which is so ob eyer may happen, this house is determined to maintain the jectionable in principle as a duty on the transfer of public credit. We have determined to recommend property. We propose, therefore, to reduce the duty extensive reductions in those taxes which, in our opinion, upon auctions, and to substitute for the present system of press more onerouslyon the community than the Income- licensing one uniform license, the maximum cost of FRANCE. tax. I first propose to t a k e th ose taxes w hi c h are i m p os ed which will be £l5. With respect to the article of glass, In the Chamber of Deputies, on Monday, after the pre by the customs duties, and I shall su b m it t o th e co nside- I must say that it is one which has especially occupied my sentation of several bills, M. Duvergier de Hauranne ration of the house, on that point, what are the views of attention. The duty upon glass has been doubled since ascended the tribune to develope his proposition for sub her Majesty's government in respect to a reduction of the 1815, and I think I can show with respect to this article, stituting public voting to the ballot, or vote by scrutin duty upon sugar. (Hear, h ear .) Th e h ouse w ill recol- there are grounds of exemption more than can be alleged secret. The Minister of the Interior (M. Ducheld) did lect that upon this subject last year an arrangement of a for almost any other article. In the first place let me not oppose the taking into consideration of M. Duvergier temporary character was ma d e , b y w hi c h sugar , th e pro- recite some of the objections to this charge. The amount de Hauranne's proposition • and the President putting it duce of settlers who use d f ree l a b our, was a d m itt e d into of tax is £2OO or £3OO per cent. upon the value of the ar- to the vote, the Ministerial as well as the Opposition competition with sugar the p ro d uc ti on o f our colonies. tide ; for instance, the tax was one shilling per foot, and Benches rose together, and the proposition was ordered There was no reduction proposed to be made upon Bri- a manufacturer was asked what he could supply the arti- to be examined by a committee. The Minister of the tish free labour sugar ; but a proposition was made for Iles for if the duty was taken off ; and be answered that Interior then presented a bill on Secret Service Money. the admission of sugar th e p ro d uce o f f ore i gn free labour, he could sell it for 3d., or at any rate the price would not The bill was ordered to be sent into committee, and the which has induced her Majesty's governmen t t o ca ll at- exceed 4d. (Hear, hear.) Take the case of glass, and Chamber, after some uni m p or t an t b us i ness, b roke up at tention to the subject of th e sugar d u ti es g enerally, with see what a muc h greater e ff ect the reduction of the duty three o'clock. The following are the heads of the treaty the view to proposing a reductio n in them. (Hear, bear.) on that article will h ave on th e comfort of the working concluded by M. de Lagrenee with the Chinese Commis- The amount of the discrimi na ti ng d u ty, by w hi c h foreign classes than a reduction of the window duty. It is esti- signers, at Macao, on the 24th of October last :—" 1. sugar, the produce of f ree l a b our , was a d m itt e d, was mated that in Great Britain there are 3,500,000 houses ; France is to be placed on a footing of equality with the Ms. 6d. ; and her Majesty's government now propose to of these not mor e th an 500,000 are charged with the most favoured nations as respects customs' duties. 2. admit to general c om p e titi on sugar upon th e t erms to window duty ; therefore, there are 3,000,000 of houses She is never to be subjected to the payment of any peri which allusion was made l as t session. (Hear, hear.) We which require glass to be used in them, and which, by the odical tribute to the Sovereign of the Celestial empire. also propose the admission to competition of sugar, the removal of the tax, would benefit by the whole amount of 3. She may establish a factory at Canton on the plan of produce of free labour in our colonies, upon the same the remission. I am afraid lam wearying the house by those possessed by the English, Dutch, Danes, Swedes, terms as sugar the produce of free labour in those foreign these details, but I wish to satisfy those who hear me and Spaniards. 4. She will be permitted to -trade at countries with which we now h ave w h a t are ca ll e d th os e that these remissions are not made from any desire to Tchang-tcbeou, reserving the right of the Crown of " reciprocity treaties" that have heretofore been made. court popularity, but that there is good and substantial Spain, which enjoys a privilege irothat city. 5. She may (Rear, hear, and loud laughter.) We pr o p ose , th ere f ore , cause w hi c h l ea d s me to adopt the reduction of this duty. establish factories at Hiamen, Tchao-hine, and Nin o with regard to a ll sugars excep t t h e pro d uce o f our own (I mmense cheering.) All parts of the united kingdom 6. Finally, she will have the right of trading in ev erygl . colonies, to make this reduction. In respect of brown will be benefited by it : Ireland, Scotland, and England place that may hereafter be opened to the most favoured Muscovado sugar, which is now subject to a duty of 255. will b e equa lly h ene ott e d. Ir e l an d will de rive a direct nations." The quantity of snow which fell in Paris on 3d., we propose to make a reduction of I ls. 3d., an d t o b ene fi t f rom the reduction of the duty on glass, and Ido Monday rendered it extremely difficult for carriage s to reduce the duty to 14s. (Hear, bear, f r om the commis not see any reason w h y I re l an d s h ou ld not b ecome the proceed through the streets. The contents of the Paris tion.) With regard to Muscovado sugar, that reduced _seat of a successful glass manu f ac t ure . If it s h ou ld not, wipers of Tuesday are o f littl e i nterest. The Journal duty will apply to all British Pl an t a ti on sugar —t o sugar it will benefit by the reduction of the duty, which now des .Debats invites the opposition to a contest on the the produce of the Mauritius—to sugar the produce of amounts to between 200 and 300 per cent This reduc- Secret Service Money bill, in a tone which seems to indi our West India Colonies; and with regard to the produce tion will giv e to the peopl e of Ireland, as well as the peo- cate that Ministers are perfectly secure of a majority; nay of those districts in British India, with regard to which a ple of Great Britai n , the command of an article essential more, that the battle will be decisive as to the position of different rule now applies, we propose, in the case of those to their convenience arid comfort. (Hen .) The right the Government during the remainder of the session. districts, to retain the same relative proportionate duty, hon. gentleman sat down amidst loud cheering. It is reported that the Prussian and Danish g overn - We and that duty shall be 18s. Bd. This is appicable to those Lord J. RUSSELL said he would be ready to proceed merits have agreed to refer their differences ab out g the of India which are permitted to import sugar. with the discussion on• Monday, when he would take the Sound-dues to the mediation of France. We propose that the amount of protective duty shall not whole of the propositions, including- the proposition re exceed 9s. 4d., and the duty on free sugar will, therefore, specting the sugar duties, to which he had serious objec- be 235. 4d. Of course, in countries with whom existing tions, into consideration. A letter from Hanover, of the Ist, states that the Prince treaties are in force, we cannot deprive them of that which In reply to a question from the noble lord, Royal, who had been for some time suffering from an is their right. With regard to white, or clayed sugar, or Sir R. PEEL stated that he proposed that all the duties attack of the eyes, has recovered sufficiently to be able to • sugar which by some process is made e qua l t o c l aye d su- should be immediately abolished, with the exception of appear in public. gar, we propose that the duty on British Plantation East that on glass. Letters from Rome state that the Pope's new treasurer India sugar should be reduced from 255. 3d. to 16s 4d., In reply to a question from Mr. 'Williams, finds the revenue of his holiness in a state of the greatest and that the duty on sugar imported from India, or those The Right Hon. Baronet said that no allowance would confusion. Cardinal Torte, the former treasurer, has parts of India from which sugar may be imported, shall be made for stocks on hand. been recently dismissed, and it is found that he is a de be 21s. 9d., and that the duty on free labour foreign sugar After some observations from Mr. 'Warburton, Lord faulter to an immense amount. —that is clayed—shall be 285., thus retaining the whole J. Manners, Mr. S. O'Brien, and other hon. members, 'We learn from Zurich that the great council has de amount of discriminating tluty which last year was lOs Gd, the discussion was adjourned. cided, by a majority of 106 votes, that the deputation to but applying it in a different manner, giving 9s. 4d. pro- . mair,serammetwo..memagzemll7lo2.9.t the sovereign canton of the Diet shall vote fir the expul tection on Muscovado sugar, and increasing the protec sion of the Jesuits. This resolution contributed to trans tion to Ils. 4d. on white sugar. The amount of discrimi- PuREIGN AND COLONIAL. quillize the canton. nating duty would remain the same as it was last year. The duty on molasses we propose to preserve in th e same THE REV. DR. WOLFF.—Letters f rom E rzerourn, proportion. It is necessary that I should m a k e UNITED STATES. d a t e d t h e 3 r d o f D ecem b er, announce the safe arrival tentions of the government well understood. the in- there of this intrepid tr ave ll er , b ut i n so debilitated a state Without going into minute details, reserving them fo r cons id ers - The splendid new r o y a l- ma il s t eam - s hi p C am b r i a, C ap t . o f b o dil y h ealth as to be unable to journey on horseback, tion when the :agar duties come under the attention of educeion on re- nine, a rr i ve d h ere on Th urs d ay morn i ng, at hal f -past and therefore he will probably be induced to avail himself the house, we propose to make a further nine, havin g l e ft B os t on on the I st an d H al i fax on the 3u, for awhile of the hospitality of the British consul, Mr. fined sugar. We propo s e o n re f ine d sugar , th a t it should r She brought fifty- s i x passengers , among w h om was a J ames B rant, i n order to recruit his strength, before pro be imported at a d u ty o f 14 s . i ns t ea d o f 18 s . Bd., an d th a t bearer of despatches front the American govern m e n t. n e edi ng onwar d s t o T re bi zond, in route for Europe, es double refined sugar s h ou ld b e i mpor t e d un d er a d uty o f The demand for f ore i gn bill s was not extsns i ve, b ut pec i a ll y as the i ntervening road is covered with snow, and 215., the 145., includi ng th e 5 p er cen t. W e con sid er that prices were fi rm a t th e following qu o t a tio ns : —L on d on 9 the winter season thi s y ear unusua l ly rigid. From Tee the effect of the redu c ti o n u on sugar will be, on the to 10, Paris 5.224 to 5.23. bizond he can travel by s t eam a ll t h e way to Southampton whole, a reduction o f d u ty, s o far as duty is connected According to the New Y or k M orn i ng H era ld o f the 31st ult., the conditi on o f th e pr i nc i pa l cotton markets with price, Amounting to 1-4-d. per lb.. or not quite so had been decidedly i m p rove d by th e f avour hi e advices pony a high rate of duty, we thi n k th e f u ll e ff ect o f th e much as 1. d. But if you add oth er c h arges th a t accom from Liverpool by the C am b r i a , an d an a d vance of f rom i i on reduet on of the d u ty w ill no t b e muc h s h ort o f lid . per to of a cent. per lb. had be en rea li ze d. Th e stoc k lb. (Cheers.) N ow , p os tp on i ng any di scuss i on on t h e hand in the souther n mar k e t s was ra th er li g h t for the subject of the sugar d u ti es un til a per i o d w h en it w ill come season, the shipments t o f ore i gn ports h a d b een l arge, an d for some time past th e receipts from the interior h a d b een immediately u n de r cons id erat i on , I proceed to enumerate limited by the low state the other duties of w hi c h we s h a ll propose , as a conse different ports from f the rivers. The receipts at the Sept.p 1 up to the date were 984.602 quence of the continuati on o f th e i ncome -t ax , th e re h oc - d ifferent against 860,712 d ur i ng t h e same per i o d l ast year, the tariff passed, in the year 1842, there were some sma ll tion or the extinction. It w ill b e rec ollected th a t, w h en and 1,143,641 the ye a r b e f ore; th e expor t s d uring t h e duties still retained upon exports from this country—ex- same ports either of raw materials, or manufactured articles so 684,67peri0d , respectively, were 612,315, 346,739, and bales. The circular of M essrs . W r i g ht an d L ew i n , . nearly approaching raw materials that they could scarcely of New York, diff e rs f r om th ese fi gures , g i v i ng th e re tier distinguished from them. At the same time it will be i . e . t_s for the three periods a t 968,81 5 , 889,734, an d remembered that we abolished generally the duties on ex- e 1162' 454 bales, the exports at 600,878, 337,000, an d ports. They were all abolished, with the exception of a 110.928 bales both of the Herald and of l bales. few articles, such, for instance, as china stone, and so m e The calculation others of the same description. We pr o p ose t o adopt, Wright and L ew i n i s th a t th e crop o f t hi s year wiMlrange as a general rule, the abolition of expo r t d u ti es on all somewhere bet ween th ose o f 1813 an d 1844. Freights articles of this nature, and from th e a ppli ca ti on o f th a t were stationery at 11.32 p er square to Li verpoo l . rule we no not propose to e xce pt coa l f or consumpt i on . The debates o n th e O regon an d T exas questions were I shall, throughout this red uc ti on , b e en ti re l y indi ff erent s till go i ng on. to any temporary triumph. (Hear, h ear , an d l ou d c h eers Mr. Webster has been e l ec t e d, a l mos t unan i mous l y, a from the ministerial benches.) I and my r i g ht h on . f r i en d menstier of the U. S. Senat e of th e L eg i s l ature o f Massa will do that which we believe to b e our d u ty, w i t h ou t chusetts. `Nu caring for such considerations. But, applyin g thi s gene . Mr Mhingt lty, Clerk of the Hou se o f R epresen t a ti ves , ral principle to exports of every desc r ipti on , we d o not at Washington,ingtori, on, had proved a defaulte r t o th e t une o f think it would be wise to exempt coal f rom it s operat i on. 44,500 dollars. Mr. L ove tt, t e ll er o f th e C ommercial Bank at Albany, had a lso "d e f au l te d" t o th e amount of (Hear.) We do think tint it will be an i m po r t an t prin ciple to establish, that with respect to all exports there 35 ' 300 dollars ' shall be no duty leviable (cheer s ) ; an d i n es t a bli s hi ng On the 9th inst an t, th e s t eamer P otomac b urst a b o i ler that principle, we think th a t coa l oug ht nat Mobile, by w hi c h t wo men were kill e d . single to be the The expectation that Pennsylt ania would pay the e s to exception. lam bound to say also that the revenue rest on the state debt, due on the lst instant, proves to derived from coal has not r quailed our expectations. We b e erroneous. calculated upon an amount of revenue, after the reduc- The accounts from Canada are unimportant. tion, of about £160,000, whereas the net revenue received in the last year has not exc ee d e d £120,000 . Th e export ther had bee n ver y severe. of coal has been impeded i n consequence of t h e com b ine- Accounts from Vera C r u z to th e 4th u lt. s t a t e , th a t a P tion between the coal propri et o rs , an d th at h as b een t h e battle had t a k en p l ace b etween S anta A nna and repo t main cause why the duty on the e x p or t h as not b een equa l near Puebla, and th a t th e f ormer was route d. A r,aredos, to our expectations. But Id o no t rest my unw ila ngness via Galveston, s t a t es th a t S an t a A nna h a d b een t a k en an d to make coal an exceptio n up on th e groun d o f i ts unpro- shot. Both accoun t s s t an d i n nee d o f con fi rmat i on, and ductiveness, but upon the p r i nc i p l e w hi c h I h ave state d , more especially as th e i nsurgen t s o f V era C ruz were most that there should be no d u ty on experts. (H ear, h ear. ) actively en gage d i n th e f ort ifi cat i on o f t h e c i ty, an d the I have said that the amount i s £l2O 000, but I believe I citizens of Me x i co were s i m il ar l y emp l oye d un d er G eneral say more correctly £llB,OOO. This, , sir ' Bravo. A lett er f rom T amp i co o f th e 14th ment i ons a we shall have in giving up the e x p or t duty is the desperate battle at Appa, between Santa A nna an d B ravo on loss which coals. I come now to the duties leviable o n ar ti c l es o f raw mate - and Paredes, te rm i na ti ng i n th e d e f ea t an d capture o f t h e rial used in manufactures. The am oun t on t h ese i s very former, but its a u th en ti c ity i s d ou bt e d. Accounts from Texas to the 18th ult. had been r ece i ve d small. We have given the subject a grea t d ea l o f consi at New York. The President, (Jo nes ,) w h o i s an anti the kis a difficult and import an t one . B ut, upon annexationist, has annulled his r ec o gn iti on o f G enera l the whole, sir, we have arrived at th e op i n i on t h at it Duff Green, as American Consul, a t G a l ves t on . G reen ' s would be desirable—retaining the po wer o f exam i nat i on effence is said to have been an attempt either to b r ib e or —retaining the power of ascertainin g th e quant i ty an d of bully the president into annexation doctrines. Th e to weight—we think, in making a g re a t reform this kind in the rest of the customs' duties, it wou ld b e b etter to Committee of Fi nance h a d re p or t e d a d verse l y o f th e mea sure of free tr a d e ; th oug h th e su bj ect o f a re d uc ti on of abolish duties altogether than to m a i n t a i n th em. (L ou d cries of " Hear,' from the oppositi on b enc h es. ) The the tariff con ti nue d t o b e di scusse d , an d the Finance Corn articles on which we prop ose t o a b o li s h th e d ut i es N i mittees of the tw o h ouses h a d ma d e separate repor t s, va. Rill be those generally which a re th e raw ma t er i a l s o f our menu- tying but littl e i n su b stance, en d b ot h recommen di ng a factures. The list of th ese , att'cles contains 430 s p ec ifi c very limited reducti on i n th e t ar iff . items, and, as that list will b e pr i n t e d, Id o no t t hi n k i t The Houston St ar sa y s , "It i s repor t e d th a t an o ffi cer necessary to make such a t respass on t h e pat i ence o f the engaged in the coll ec ti on o f th e revenue on th e S a bi ne, house as to read over th e w h o l e o f t h em. I t hi nk i t, has lately fired se vera l s h o t s i n t o an A mer i can vesse l en therefore, better to postp one th e m i nute cons id erat i on of gaged in smug g li ng on th a t r i ver . Th ere b e i ng no treaty these articles till anoth er oppor t un it y; b ut I may state between Texas and the U n it e d St a tes pr o hibiti ng th e r that the total number of ar ti c l es t h a t w ill b e a b so l ute l y right of search, thi s o ffi cer i s d e t erm i ne d t o ta k e t h e re sp(!nsibility, and compel all A mer i can v esse l s t o su b m it t o swept away from the t a riff w ill b e no l ess t h an 430. T hese will include those fibro us ma t er i a l s , suc h as s i l k , hemp. visitation; and if th ey h ave con t ra b an d goo d s on b oar d , they will be liable to forfeiture and sales, as the law di_ and flax, which would be admitted at a nominal duty ; le Sam's vapouring to the co n t rar y no t w ith- U ta, n c yarns, twisted, of different kinds. I p ro p ose a l so t o o h o - rec t s, f lish the duty on furniture woo d s . O n an i ma l an d yeee- standing. ' table manures the duty will be entirely abolished. We propose to remove the duty on ores and minerals, with the exception of copper ore, with respect to which an ar rangement was made in 1842, which had worked exceed. ingly well. The duties on iron and zinc in the first stages of manufacture would be abolished, and on all dye-stuffs and on drugs universally, with the exception of some that were very obnoxious. There are some other articles with respect to which, on other considerations, this total removal of duty will not take place. I do not propose materially to interfere with the general principles which we have applied to the timber duties. With regard to the great article of foreign timber, there has been re cently a large import of Baltic timber ; that import is in creas ng, and I confidently hope that eventually the in crease will be found to be not far short of what I had estimated it at. The amount received for timber duties during the course of the last year is not far short of £950.000. There is one particular article, in relation to the timber duties, which rests on special grounds, and which takes it out of the general category of the timber duties—l mean the article of staves. We have given the most deliberate consideration we can to this subject; we have read various memorials which have been presented to us on behalf of the coopers, and we do think that they have made out a case of peculiar hardship, entitling them to an exemption from duty on an article which in point of fact should be considered as an article of raw material. The coopering trade has been gradually failing of late. I hope that by the remission of this duty we shall restore prosperity to a trade which finds employment for some of the most ingenious and respectable artizans of this country. (Cheers.) The house, I hope, will consider that we are justified in taking these articles out of the category of the timber duties. vidends. She has, however, 157,946 dollars on board, £3OO in British coin, 7240 ounces of gold dust, 1303 ounces of silver, 54 ounces of platina, and 15 serons of cochineal. The Dee does not bring any important additional news from Mexico to that previously received by the American packet-ship Ashburton and the Sea. Santa Anna bad left the city of Mexico, and was proceeding towards Vera Cruz, with the intention of attacking that place—at least it was so reported. Martial law bad been declared there on the day the Dee left, and the inhabitants called upon by the government to defend the place to their utmost. They were consequently actively engaged in fortifying the town to the greatest possible extent. No collision had taken place between General Paredes and Santa Anna, but the former was following him as closely as possible for the purpose of attacking his army, which it was re ported now consists only of about 5000 infantry and 2000 cavalry. At Queblo the country people had come in from the mountains, seized all the a rms an d ammun i t i on they could possibly lay hands on, with a fixed determination to give the Governor a warm reception. The whole country generally were strongly in favour of the existing govern ment. EDICT AGAINST FLIRTATION- - Letters from Rome, dated the 22d ult , state that the Pope has just annulled an edict issued by the Bishop of Sinigaglia, which prohi bited young men visiting families where there are marri ageable daughters. under pain of imprisonment and ex communication, unless they presented and declared them selves as suitors, and then the nuptial ceremonies were to be performed within three months after such declaration. The inhabitants of Sinigaglia loudly protested against that decree, and Pt itioned the Pope, who, in an autograph letter, testified to the Bishop his disapprobation of the edict, copies of which have been brought up by numerous foreigners at two Napoleons each. MEXICO.—The following letter, received by a commer cial house of Liverpool, may be relied upon, as showing with fidelity the position of affairs in Mexico :—"Mexico, 31st December, 1844. The rapidity with which the whole country has declared against Santa Anna has, I believe, even surprised the parties themselves who sought for it. At this moment he can merely call the ground his troops occupy his own. All that were with him have to a man remained faithful, and as they consist of the best troops of the country, and amount, it is said, to about 10,000 men, he may still give the existing Government trouble. He is. with all his forces, between this and Rio Jico ; but whether his intention be to attack the city or march on Puebla or Vera Cruz, is unknown." THE OVERLAND JOURNEY TO INDIA.—The following details of a journey recently performed by Lieutenant Waghorn prove that a trip to India and back is quite as practical as any of the common continental tours, and we have no doubt that in a short time we shall find it the fashion of the day. Mr. Waghorn left London on the 26th of September; he reached Marseilles on the filth of October, arrived at Alexandria on the 11th, remained in Egypt 11 days, where he had audiences with the Pasha, left Suez on the 22d, and arrived at Bombay on the 10th of November. His stay at Bombay was 23 days. He left it on the 2d of December, got to Suez and Cairo on the 20th, had another audience with the Pasha, left Alex andria on the 23d, was detained at Malta a day and a half, and arrived at the Motherbank on the 9th of January, and landed on the 11th, after performing two days' qua rantine. The total absence from London to Bombay and back, including stoppages and the delays abovementioned, was 107 dews, or 70 days' only actual travelling. The wea- THE GERMAN Romtsx CHURCH.—The priest John Ronge, in Breslau, and his followers, have, after several meetngs, finally constituted their church, and adopted the confession of faith put forth by the priest Czerski, the leader of the community of German Romish Christians in Schneidmubl, in East Prussia. Subscriptions have been raised in many towns of Germany for the purpose of providing Czerski with the necessary funds for build ing a regular place of worship of his own, the service ac cording to the new ritual hitherto having been held in a private dwelling. Two Romish priests in the province of Posen—Hubert, priest in the town of Raszkow, and a country curate of the name of Wodzinski—hate declared in his favour, and their Polish flocks have followed the example of their pastors. An officer of the Prussian army, who asked the King to permit him to join Czerski, received the answer that there were no objections to his doing so, the new German Romish confession being re cognized by the state, and as such under its protection, and there is little doubt that the number of these sece ders from Papal authority will rapidly increase throughout Germany. ZURBANO.—The execution of Zurbano was attended with such distressing circumstances that it continues to excite much sympathy throughout the Peninsula. The death of his sons had driven Zurbano into raving idiotcy. At times he was quite beside himself, and his companion Muro several times endeaboured to snatch him from the spot, and to carry him far from those woods, so fertile in sad recollections for a father. All was in vain ; the shrieks which the father of the victims uttered in his frenzy, rendered it impossible to traverse in any direction where they might have been heard ; it was necessary to keep him in a solitary place, and Muro, in spite of all the danger, would not abandon a maniac who might have destroy d himself. But the approach of death restored him. All accounts agree that Zurbano had completely recovered his faculties at his last moments, and he walked to the place of execution with the serenity and valour which he had shown during his whole life. Having beg ged to be allowed to address the escort, he did so in the following terms ;—" Soldiers ! The only charge I give you is to remember always that you belong to the people, and that you defend till death the Constitution, the Con stitutional Throne of Isabel 11., and the liberties of the country. Now fire ! " AUSTRALIA Port Philip papers to the 15th of October describe the business of the colony as improving. The demand for agricultural stock had increased, and, generally speaking, things were better. Clean sheep and stations were in quired after, but owing to the rainy weather experienced of late, there had not been much done in the market. Good fat wethers were selling at 6s. to 6s. 6d. average weight 601 b. to 651 b. 1,000 head of clean ewes with lambs, and 300 wethers, not shorn, without station, were bought in at 6s. 11d. each. The best hid was 6s. Fat cattle of 8 cwt. each had sold at £3 ss. The butchers were buying beasts of 6 cwt. to 7 cwt. each at £2 to £2 12s. 6d. for slaughtering. A flood at the Yarra had done some da mage to the neighbouring country. Sydney accounts of the 18th of October state, that bu siness continued exceedingly dull. A few bales of new wool had been received in the market, which being shorn from wethers ready for the slaughter-house, could hardly be called of the clip of 1845. The price paid for these samples was Is. Id. to is. 2d. per pound. Skin wool was dearer, and more scarce than it had been, from the fact of the few drays arriving, and a decrease in the quantity of dried skins. Butchers skins, which were not previously contracted for, were in demand, and one lot of 1,000 we thers that were boiled down, was refused to be sold at 2s. 10d. Fat cattle had declined in this colony, and the average quotation is not more than 325. per head. Sheep for slaughter were ss. 9d. to 7s. per head. The weather had been bad at Sydney. A gale, worse than any expe rienced since 1834, had done some trivial damage to the shipping. It lasted two days. Hobart Town papers of the 25th of October give no news of interest. M. LABOUCHERE.-:Do . you remove the duty alto gether ? The accounts from Adelaide to the 6th of October bring the melancholy intelligence of the massacre of an overland party by the natives. The victims, it is understood, to the number of 15 out of a company of 20, were murdered while asleep, and their flocks dispersed in d fferent direc tions. Despatches had been received from Capt. Sturt on the subject, who, with his companions, was quite safe, and proposed to proceed to investigate the matter on the spot where the catastrophe is alleged to have taken place. The circumstances, related by some natives who had come into town, agreed in every substantial particular with those asserted by Captain Sturt. The Governor of Ade laide bad sent off a force to join the captain, and if ne cessary to protect him and his followers in making the proposed inquiry. Sir R. PEEL—Yes, we take it off altogether. It amounts to £32,000. We diminish the temptation to fraud for ordinary purposes by making a simultaneous re duction on all cabinet timber. I now come to that article which is the most important to the prosperity of the country. I now come to cotton-wool--(hear, hear)—and the duty upon it. The present duty on cottop wool is, so far as the revenue is concerned, 5-I6ths of a penny a pound. The six -seventeenths or three-eights of a penny a pound would be the total amount of duty on cotton wool. Now when the price of cotton wool is 4d. a pound on the average, three-eighths of Id. a pound is a duty of nine per cent. on the value of the raw material. If the price of cotton wool is as it has been of late not more than 3d. a lb„ three-eighths of Id. per lb. is a duty amounting to not less than 124 per cent. on the value of the raw mate rial. This duty as levied falls with peculiar severity on the coarsest descriptions of cotton. (Hear, hear.) L pon the finer muslins you can hardly estimate the amount of duty, but the coarser the fabric the higher ie the amount of duty. It is in respect to the manufacture of that coarser cotton that the manufacturers of this country are exposed to the most formidable competition in South IRELAND, The election for the county Tipperar} is fixed for Fri day the 21st, at Clonmel. Dr. Murray, Romish archbishop of Dublin, is about to be made a cardinal, and to reside at Rome. The parish priest of Balbriggan, near Dublin, refused the use of the chapel to his flock, for a meeting to petition against the Bequests Act. On the sixth instant sixteen persons were drowned by the upsetting of a fisherman's boat at Dundrum, near Newry. On Saturday week, a young girl, at Foxborough, near Athlone, while in a state of frenzy, brought on by typhus fever, murdered her mother, who was attending on her. REPEAL ASSOCIATION.—There were eight members of Parliament present at the weekly meeting of this body on Monday last. The rent for the week was announced to be £514 Is. 10d. We are informed that the Committee of the Protestant Association have it in contemplation shortly to hold a public meeting, fOr the purpose of adopting petitions to parliament against the increased grant to Maynooth. POPULATION OF IRELAND.—According to the data of the commissioners, there are, in Ireland, dependent for subsistence On Agriculture 5,395,531 WEST INDIES. On Trade, Commerce, and Manufactures, united 1,962,029 The Dee, ro y a l ma il s t eamer , arrived yesterday week at A few days since, a man who bad shortly before taken a Southampton, from the West Indies, with the usual mails, farm at Cloneheen, near Mountroellick, Ireland, from with the exception of those from the interior of Mexico. which the previous tenant had been dispossessed, was These, from some cause or other, had not arrived when fired at in his own house, and was severely injured. the Dee left Vera Cruz on the 2d of January. A courier, Another man was shot through the lungs, and is barely however, arr i ve d w i t h d espa t c h es to our government from alive. The latter person's wife had her arm broken.— Mr. Bankhead. Another attempt at assassination took place at Newry on The Dee has no specie on account of the Mexican di- Friday week. THE MANUFACTURES OF IRELAND On Thursday, pursuant to a requisition of the Lord Mayor, a general meeting of the citizens of Dublin was held in the Royal Exchange, for the purpose of consider ing the best mode of developing the manufacturing re sources of Ireland. The Lord Mayor took the chair, and Mr. M'Nevin moved a resolution expressive of regret at the absence of industrial enterprise in Ireland, and of a desire to infuse such a spirit into the people. The Rev. T. D. Gregg, who entered the room whilst Mr. M`Nevin was speaking, and who was received with several rounds of Kentish fire, was asked to second the motion, but declined, as he said he bad an amendment to propose. After the resolution had been seconded, the Rev. T. D. Gregg came forward and said—My Lord Mayor, citi zens of Dublin, fellow -countrymen, and brothers, I came here this day, my lord, on your invitation, and with a heart glowing with affection to my country—(cheers)--and to every man who calls himself an Irishman. (Renewed cheering.) I came here to further the object that your requisition has proposed to further ; and I do trust that although I have been popularly regarded as an individual usually animated by bigotry, I feel that the grand assem blage which I now have the honour to address will give me a fair hearing—(cheers and applause)—and judge for themselves whether I and those with whom I labour da not as anxiously as any amongst you desire to further the best interests of Ireland. My Lord Mayor, I am iden tified with the operative classes of my native city. (Hear.) I feel it. lam proud to labour among them, and I con sider it my duty to secure for them a legitimate weight in the decisions of the empire. My Lord Mayor, lam iden tified with the Orangemen of Ireland—(cheers and hisses) —and it is now announced and declared by those who are your leaders, and by him who is your great and distin guished chief, that those Orangemen ought to be conci liated. (Hear, and loud cheers.) I have heard it said that the orange and green shall be combined together. I know not why that should not he. (Cheers.) lam iden tified with the orange, but I love the green. I love the orange, and I would be identified with the green as well. (Hear and cheers.) My Lord Mayor, I believe that Ire land is a most ill-treated and ill-ruled country. (Cheers.) Mr. O'Connell—Bravo ! Mr. Gregg—She boasts of natural resources that are second to those of no other country in the world. I have not travelled far, but I have visited her favoured sister island, and I never have approached the shores of Eng land without being struck by the marked contrast that that island presents to our green and lovely land. Glori ous is the bountiful profusion that has been bestowed upon her by nature—ample are her natural resources, and for the capacity of mind, and brilliancy of genius that be long to her sons, I know of co country under heaven that can compare with our Emerald Isle. My lord, discour aged as we are at the condition of our manufactures, how did it astonish me some few months since, when I visited the national exhibition of Irish manufactures, at the Dublin Society House, to see those evidences of skill, and marks of enterprise, that I verily believe we should not be able to find in proud England herself. Perhaps, my lord, I may be excused in referring to a single instance. There is one branch of manufacture which demands a peculiar amount of skill, and a very considerable supply of taste—a branch of manufacture so very peculiar, that out of London it is scarcely attempted in any town in England—l allude to the manufacture of Pianofortes. What did I see at the national exhibition at the Dublin Society House? I found a manufacturer of pianofortes of our native land • and where do y ou t hi n k he learned his trade ? I n a village of the provinces. How do you think he succeeded in his trade? By competing with the manufacturers in the metropolis of England—(hear, and cheers.) I was a short time since speaking to the most distinguished publisher of books in Ireland, a most exten sive publisher, one who spread the reputation of Irish literature not merely through the boundaries of England but through the whole extent of the civilised world, and who is intimately acquainted with the genius and talent, and powers of Scotchmen, and, moreover, naturally pre disposed to give them the preference. I put the question to him " whether do you think the mind of Ireland or the mind of Scotland is most distinguished for brilliancy of genius ?" " Beyond any question," was his reply, " the mind of Irela n d "—( c h eers. ) And when we consider the distinguished individuals that have made Ireland I may say (though humble in her temporal circum stances) something like the boast of mankind—when w e consider, for example, the distinguished patriot Grattan (loud cheers) when we remember the burning eloquence of Curran, and the glowing energy and noble patriotism of Swift; the admirable genius of Moore; aye, and not merely Moore, but to turn to men of the present day whose vocation is comparatively undiqin- • guished—when we view the pages of the Weekly Nation, we find the emanations of the Irish mind so distinuished by brilliancy and so marked by power, that a man may almost envy the privilege of those who boast themselves to be natives of our beloved land. (Tremendous cheers.)- But it is not these alone. I would apply to the assembly that I see around me. I would there point out a people willing to suffer, active to labour, bold to dare, fearless to undertake, and remarkable for a determination not to be led beyond their own conviction, second to none other people on the face of the known world. (Cheers.) And yet, Mr. Chairman, with these capabilities, what is Ire land? A wagging of the head among nations. She is almost as remarkable for suffering as she is distinguished for power. The rev. gentleman went on at great length to descant on the evils under which Ireland groans, and ' concluded by moving an amendment to the effect, that though Ireland is rich in resources, she is lamentably de ficient in industrial enterprise,—that though increase of trade would be an obvious instrumentality from which to expect an augmentation of the temporal prosperity of the people, the true origin of national poweraed prosperity is the blessing of the Most High, and that that is to be looked for through the national prevalence of true religion,—that • it is obviously absurd for government to encourage con tradictory systems, and that either one religion alone should he established and receive undivided support, and that as being the true, or else all support, whether educa tional or other, withdrawn from all alike. That since it is, therefore, a matter of paramount importance that the true religion be ascertained, a petition be prepared in accordance with the views of this resolution to the Ina- , perial Parliament, praying that adequate means be at once adopted, in order to test the claims of opposing systems of Christianity, and that when a solemn national decision has recognised the truth, the religion that is true may obtain universal prevalence; a result which would extend our manufacturing operations, and thus effectually ac complish the objects proposed by the meeting. Mr. GREGG'S amendment, having been seconded, was negatived by a large majority, though the show of hands in favour of it was considerable. :Soon afterwards, Mr. O'CON . NELL rose, and in allu sion to Mr. Gregg's address, said—My speech is already made, and I can tell you what, infinitely hater than I could make it. I say it without the least affectation, topics which I have familiarly handled—subjects that are the topics of my day dreams, and even occupy my thoughts during my night's repose—questions that have been cling ing to me from earliest infancy in political life to the present moment, and were the subjects of my study and admiration, have been handled here today with a power of eloquence, a happiness of language, a felicity of diction. such as seldom have been equalled, and never surpassed. (Cheers.) I aro not paying any unfounded compliment-- lam stating that which is literally true. It was a m ost admirable speech, delivered in the very best spirit and in the very best manner. (Cheers.) lam delighted to live to sec the day when you have listened to such a speech, and heard it as you ought to hear it, whh the respect due to the speaker. (Cheers.) Oh, we are good friends at last. (Cheers.) If it were to last but for a day, I ata delighted that I have lived to see the day; but it must necessarily be the ground-work of good feeling amon gst us. (Cheers.) For the rest of my life, let him do what he may. I will never say one word against him. (Laugh ter.) I pledge myself to that. lam so thankful to him, in the name of Ireland, and of the Irish people, for the lesson he has read—not only to us, but to those who agree with him on other topics, and to the British govern; ment, that if he were to knock me down in the street would not say to him, ill you did it. Rev. Mr. GREGG—There is no fear of that. Mr. O'CONNELL.—I know that there is not. Ile speaks of himself as all Orangeman. lam glad he is ae Orangeman, for I am rejoiced to hear an orangerns o utter such sentiments as he has uttered. (Cheers ) He said I was anxious for conciliation with the Orangemen' lie is quite right ; I am anxious to conciliate them. Since the passing of the emancipation I have spent six years 1 0 endeavouring to conciliate them, and if I have not stl o ' ceeded, I am willi ng t o spen d s i x years more in se eking to effect that object. (Cheers.) But there is another class of person s w h o w ill lik ew i se b e i nstructed by w hat fell from the reverend gentlemen—l refer to the govern' ment. (Hear, hear.) The government think that chef are able to play off one set of Irishmen against the other' This day they say. " Hurra for the Protestants ;" a fortnight afterwards they declare, " Popery is not 0 3 bad : we will p u t i n p l aces t wo or three Papists." .A 0 thus they are playing us off against each other." The Rev. Mr. GREGG (emphatically).—They are e contemptible set. (Loud cheers.) Mr. O'CONNELL.—I have no great respect for they myself, but I don't go so far as the reverend gentleman' The Protestant agitator, when he becomes one, beats 0 : poor Papists out and out. (L aug ht er .) Th ere i s a d e ter s ruination—a manly determination about him ; and he do e _., not mince the matter at a ll—(l aug ht er )—b ut g i ves thel the full expression of his hearty contempt. (Cheers.) will join with him in that expression; I have a best" contempt for them. of A committee was appointed to carry out the objects the meeting, and the assembly soon after separated. 4 This meeting is look e d u p on i n D u bli n b y the pros all sides as calculated to call from the government seriouti attention. The Dublin Evening Mail says, "itis W e worth their deep and deliberate contemplation:" A man and his wife were poisoned to death laFt iveel‘et at Camberwell, an d th e i r s h opman near l y so, through 0;4 ing drank a quantity of tea into which some oxalic sc:/ had been put by th e f ema l e i n m i sta k e f or carbona te w r soda, which was i n t en d e d t o h ave b een put i nto the wale to soften it. IRON TRADE.—The make of iron in the United WV!: dom at the present ti me i s near 1,400 , 000 tons annu al', Scotland furnishes almost one-third part of the supply 0 being 450,000 tons annually, or a t t h e rate of 9,000 I°b/ per week. But in the course of two months there wil l nine new furneces put in operation in this neighbourb, s o alone, and their combined yield r os y b e ca l cu l ate d at P tons weekly, or 70,000 tons per an num. Th ree new ir io works have also been arranged for, which may b e cor;# pleted, and have twelve fulnares going within two o f months. They will give a yield, if at all succet-sfub re 1 1 1,800 tons weekly, or 93,000 t ons b y th e year. The ,00 sent large stock of iron i s ou t o f t h e h ands of t h e masters; and their make f or a cons id era bl e t i me to co w" is sold up.—Waspow Paper. THE - 'LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Feb. 18, 1815