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London, England, 1836-06-18 00:00:00

HARBOURS OF REFUGE.

Report of the Committee.
I. That it appears to your Committee, that from the Frith
of Forth to the mouth of the Thames there is no harbour
%which, i❑ the strict acceptation of the term, can be called a
harbour of refuge ; that all are tidal harbours, and only ac-
cessible at certain times of the tide.

2. That it appears to your Committee, that vessels engaged
in the coasting trade are particularly exposed to severe on-
shore w finds from the north, north-cast, to south-east.
3. That it appears to your Committee, that there are three
harbours upon that coast, Whitby, Scarborough, and Bur-
lington, which have been long maintained under the authority
of often renewed Acts of Parliament, by a small passing toll
on coal, in aid of the local funds which 'are levied at those
ports ; for Whitby a toll is levied of 4-d. per Newcastle chal-
dron, or 2d. on ten ton per London measure ; for Scarborough
id. per Newcastle chaldron ; for Burlington d, per New-
castle chaldron, or Id. on ten ton per London measure :—The
last Act for Whitby Harbour was passed in the year 1827, and
has no limitation ; the last Act for Scarborough Harbour was
passed in the year 1823, for twenty-or.e years ; the last Act
for Burlington Harbour was passed in the year 1816, for
twenty-one years.
4. That it appears to your Committee, that although under
peculiar circumstances the harbour of Whitby has afforded
protection to many vessels' yet that it is very dangerous to
enter in a gale of easterly wind blowing on shore ; that there
is no safe roadstead ; and that, from the construction of the
piers, there is so wide an opening to the swell from the north-
east, that vessels cannot ride in it safely during a gale below
the bridge.
5. That it appears to your Committee, that there is no safe
roadsted at Scarborough in an on-shore wind ; that although
in the present state of the harbour, the entrance in a severe
gale of wind on shore is attended with great danger, yet that
as Many as an hundred and seventeen vessels have taken re-
fuge there during one storm ; and that in the course of fifteen
years one hundred and eighty-four vessels have found refuge
there in a disabled state, most of which, but for the existence
of that harbour, must have been lost. A plan for the im-
provement of that harbour has been submitted to your Com-
mittee, and it is the opinion of competent witnesses, that if
that plan were carried into effect, it would afford a safe and
more capacious harbour, and easy of access during on-shore gales,
particularly to vessels embayed between Flamborough Head and
Whitby Rocks. The expense of these improvements is es-
timated at 49,0001.; that the local dues and tolls collected
from vessels trading to the port, are quite unequal to the sup-
port of the existing harbour.
6. That it appears to the Committee, that Burlington Bay
affords peculiar advantages to the coasting trade. The pro-
montory of Flamborough Head running out nearly five miles in
the sea, and on which a lighthouse is erected, forms a natural
breakwater, under which vessels of any depth, and to any num-
ber, can ride safely in northernly and north-easterly gales ; that
although the Bay is open to the east and south-east, yet that
a considerable protection is afforded by the Smithwick Sands;
that the anchorage is good ; that during low water vessels can
bring up under Flamborough Head in almost any situation ;
and that there is no other place between the Frith of Forth
and the Humber, where a ship can stop a tide, to get into a
harbour with safety.
7. That at the bottom of this Bay, distant from a mile and
an half to two miles from the best anchorage ground, Bur-
lington Harbour is situated :—That, in consequence of the di-
lapidated state of the Harbour, the Commissioners have, since
the passing of the last Act, proceeded to construct new works,
which were necessary for its maintenance and improvement :
—That about 60 yards of the new North Pier, being the outer
end, are completed :—That it is the opinion of Mr. Walker,
an eminent engineer, who has lately examined the harbour,
that these works are well constructed, and that, if fully car-
ried into effect, with sonic alterations in the proposed plan for
the southern pier, the harbour would be more easy of access,
and more capacious :—That Mr. Walker estimates the charge
of finishing these works at about 57,000/.
8. That it appears to your Committee, from a statement of
the funds presented during the Session to the House of Com-
mons, and inserted in the Minutes of Evidence taken before
the Committee, that more than one-third of the expenditure
which has taken place since the year 1816, has been defrayed
from the local funds; but that, unless adequate funds in aid
of the local are granted, not only the works now in progress
must be suspended, but that the whole harbour will shortly
go to decay :—That it is, however, the opinion of the Clerk
to the Commissioners, that if the harbour were once com-
pleted, that the local funds would be sufficient for its main-
tenance.

9. That it appears to your Committee, that from thirty to
forty vessels on an average yearly run for this Harbour in dif-
ferent states of distress ; and that on the Ist of last May not
fewer than twenty-six vessels took refuge in this harbour dur-
ing a very severe storm :—But your Committee are of opinion
that a very imperfect view of the importance of this harbour
to the coasting trade would be taken, if it were confined
mere to the number of vessels which may actually seek there
an asylum ; upon the frequent and long continuance or north-
easterly gales, the vast number of vessels which are at those
times collected in the Bay, the large supplies of provisions and
other necessaries which are frequently required, the very
heavy surf which during continued north-easterly gales does
not allow a vessel to land on the open beach, the high charges
which would under such circumstances be made by boatmen
from the shore, when all these facts are carefully weighed,
then only can the value of such a harbour be duly appreciated.
10. That it appears to your Committee, that a very con-
venient and capacious harbour which would be accessible in
north-easterly winds, and at all times of the tide, could be
formed at Redcar, near the mouth of the Tees : where nature
appears to have done a great deal towards the formation of
such an harbour ; also, that a spot a little further south than
Scarborough, called Filcy Bay, affords great facilities for the
same purpose. But your Committee cannot recommend to
Parliament, that works of such magnitude necessarily attended
with a very heavy expenditure, should be provided for by a
passing toll, either upon vessels or their cargoes, whether the
interests of humanity or other great national objects may re-
quire that such ports should be formed and kept up at the
public expense, are points upon which the Committee arc not
prepared to offer an opinion.
11. That it appears to your Committee to be of vast im-
portance, that every possible facility and security should be
afforded to the very extensive coasting trade of this part of the
empire, particularly to that portion of it which is employed in
the coal trade, on which the regular supply and consequent
cheapness of so necessary an article of consumption to this
vast metropolis mainly depend, that this constantly increasing
demand can only be regularly met by an uninterrupted inter-
course at all seasons of the year, between London and the
ports of exportation on the north-east coast of England ;
that the vessels so engaged are during many months of the
Year exposed to violent gales of on-shore winds, on an iron-
bound coast, to the great danger of life and property.
12. That it appears to your Committee, that although much
evidence of a conflicting nature (both with respect to the
general effects of harbours of refuge, and the proper means of
their support) has been offered to your Committee, upon a
careful consideration of all the circumstances of the existing
harbours, to which their attention has been directed, with re-
ference to their situation, their construction, their maintenance,
the state of their funds, the sanction of the present system by
oft-renewed Acts of Parliament, combined with a due regard
to the claims of humanity, and the safety of the valuable
lives of :In immense body of seamen, your Committee recom-
mend,

First. That a passing toll, not exceeding. the present
amount, upon all coals exported from the ports on the north-
eastern coast of the kingdom, passing southwards, should be
continued or granted under due regulations.
Second. That, as soon as the works now in progress, or the
proposed improvements in the existing harbours, shall be com-
pleted, the said tolls shall cease, or be modified in suck man-
ner as Parliainent may limit.
Third. That vessels engaged on voyages in which they
have paid the passing tolls shall be exempt from all charges on
entering the said harbours in a state of distress during such
voyage.
13. That it appears to your Committee, that on the north-
west coasts of Wales there is a great deficiency of harbours
of refuge for ships sailing to and from Liverpool; that great
facilities are offered for such an harbour between the Great
and Little Orm's Head, which would prevent very great losses,
as appears by a return extracted from Lloyd's books ; and
would be a good station for pilots required for taking vessels
into the Mersey.

THE DUKE OF SUSSEX.—The following bulletin
was issued this morning :
" His Royal Highness has again passed a good night, and
his progress continues favourable.
( Signed)

~ H. HOLLAND.

T. COPELAND.
H. ALEXANDER.
" Kensington Palace, Friday, June 17, 9, A.M."
• WORCESTER, JUNE 15.—The reports from all
parts of our plantations are as favourable as possible. The
plant is growing_ most rapidly and vigorously, and is almost en-
entirely free from fly. At present the prospect of the planter is
most cheering. Nothing whatever is doing in our market.
In London yesterday the duty advanced to 174,0001.

METROPOLIS IMPROVEMENTS.—Committee no-
minated of Mr. Alderman Wood, Mr. Hawes, Mr. Pattison,
Sir Samuel Whalley, Mr. Hume, Mr. Humphrey, Major
Beauclerk, Mr. Charles Barclay, Mr. Clay, Mr. Ramsbottom,
Mr. Wakley, Mr. Rowland Alston, Mr. Angerstein, Mr.
George Palmer, Mr. Law Hodges:—Power to send for per-
sons, papers and records ; Five to be the quorum.
KIDDERMINOTFR.—The carpet weavers have re-
sumed their work. No alteration in the rate of wages has
taken place.

The Lord Provost arrived in town on Friday night.
He left London on Thursday morning, between the hours of
twelve and one o'clock, by a steamer, and was landed at
Newhaven, next day at two o'clock—left Edinburgh by the
four o'clock coach, and reached Glasgow at half-past eight
—thus arriving in Glasgow next evening, and perform-
ing the journey from London, including two hours stoppage
in Edinburgh, in the remarkably short space of 44 hours.—
Scots Times.

The Persian Princes, on Friday afternoon, went
into a bath a little more than half full, and remained in more
than a hour, during which time they made a copious use of
soap, particularly about their heads, and then, letting off the
whole of the water, placed their heads at the sluice where the
cold water rushes in, and appeared to enjoy highly the gush-
ing stream. They then wrapped themselves up in cloths fur-
nished them by the guides, and sitting down upon the floor,
lighted their pipes, and smoked very comfortably for another
half hour, drinking very large quantities of sugar and water,
after which they retired in an open barouche to their quarters
at Yorke House.—Bath Chronicle.

HOUSE OF LORDS.--FRIDAY.

COMMITTEE OF PRIVILEGES.

The Committee of privileges met this morning to hear
the summing up of the arguments in favour of the claim
in the Faux Peerage case.
Sir H. NicnoLas summed up the evidence and renewed
the arguments which he had used at the opening of the
case, with a view to show that this must be treated as a
case where the original patent creating the Peerage had
been lost, and that in the absence of any direct evidence,
the House must presume that the grant was, in the ordinary
style of the times in which the grant was made, to the
grantee and his heirs, without limitation to heir male. In
the course of a very learned argument, Sir H. Nicholas
cited a passage from Stowe.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL objected to this passage being
received as evidence. It was mere antiquarian opinion with
which his Learned Friend alight, if he pleased, decorate his
arguments.
The Lords postponed their decision till another claim to
another Peerage, founded upon grounds similar to the pre-
sent, had been discussed.

The House then resumed, and sat as a Court of Appeal.

KING'S BENCH.-FRIDAY.

HILL AND ANOTHER V. SYDNEY, KNT.

This was an action to recover the amount of an attor-
ney's bill. The defendant was himself an attorney and so-
licitor, and having a cause to conduct in Chancery, in
which cause there were many different parties, for all of
whom he could not, according to the rules of Court, ap-
pear as the solicitor, he employed the plaintiffs as his
agents, and the letter written to them by him in 1831 con-
tained the expressions, " of course you undertake this bu-
siness as my agents, on the usual terms." The defence
was, that another solicitor was liable with the defendant
upon this contract, and ought to have been a defendant
with him, as the contract was a joint, and ❑ot a separate,
account, and consequently that the defendant was not in-
dividually chargeable.
The plaintiffs had a verdict, subject to the opinion of the
Court upon some points of law.

COMMON PLEAS.-FRIDAY.

SEDUCTION-MARTIN V. MILLAR.

This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a respecta-
ble working ship-builder, against the defendant, a dealer in
military stores, for the seduction of his daughter ; both
parties residing at Woolwich.
Mr. Sergeant ACHERLEY stated the plaintiff's case,
which appeared in the following evidence :
Sarah Martin, a very pretty young girl, of a petite
figure, with a remarkable intelligent countenance, appa-
rently not more than fourteen years of age, and the object
of this unfortunate inquiry, went to live with Mr. Millar,
the defendant, when she was fourtee❑ years of age ; she
was now near seventeen. Mr. Millar was a dealer in mili-
tary articles and stationery. She was engaged as a ser-
vant at 41. a year, with liberty to leave whenever she found
the place uncomfortable, on giving a month's notice. She
here entered into the details necessary to establish the case.
She became enciente, and went in March to her father's
house, and in the subsequent August she was delivered of
child. Her sister acted as nurse, that it might not be known.
Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant ANDREWS—She left
the defendant's service in March. She remained with her
father until October in the last year. The defendant sold
pipe-clay and all other conveniences for the use of soldiers.
His house consisted of five rooms. He did not let lodg-
ings. His mother-in-law lived with him. The old lady
was kind to her. Witness slept in the kitchen. The de-
fendant was almost always at home. The kitchen is
situated at the rear of the house. On the evening in ques-
tion she was at supper with Mr. and Mrs. Millar in the
parlour. She was told by Mrs. Millar to go and shut up
the shutters when she had her supper. When the defen-
dant commenced his attack upon her she called out loudly.
She could not say what she said. After defendant effected
his purpose she went up stairs. Saw Mrs. Millar. Did
not tell what had occurred. Never went to bed that night.
Never told any person what occurred, because Mr. Millar
told her if she would it would part man and wife, and that
her father would turn her out of doors, and her sisters
would never look upon her. She was afraid of her father,
so did not speak of it until February. She went home
one Sunday evening, and told her sister of her condition.
Her sister wrote to Mr. Millar about it, and desired her to
go back again. She expressed a wish to remain at home.
She knew a person of the name of Moore ; he used to play
with her when she was a child about eleven years of age.
She him but twice since, and that in the presence of the de-
fendant and his wife.

The CHIEF JUSTICE summed up, and the Jury found
for the plaintiff—Damages, 150/.

PALACE COURT-FRIDAY.

"THE BA LANCE OF COMFORT."-RAYMOND V. BOND.

Mr. Ross stated that the plaintiff sought to recover from
the defendant, lessee of the Adelphi and Queen's Theatres
for the sum of 201., being the value of a piece entitled,
The Balance of Comfort, which his client, an author of
some eminence in the dramatic line, had agreed with the de-
fendant should he produced at his theatre, the Adelphi.
The defendant bad not received any " comfort" from his
piece, which was produced and played only a few nights,
and was then withdrawn to make room for the display of a
Mr. Goldsmid ; so that, not being able to bring the defen-
dant to strike a" balance" in his favour, he had been com-
pelled much against his inclination to appeal to a Court of
Justice, which would, no doubt, hold the scales even, and
then award him what he was entitled to, viz., the whole
twenty pounds.
Mr. Douglas Jerrold, of the Strand Theatre, and author
of several successful pieces, stated that the piece was sent
him. He had perused it. It read well. But he sent it
to the acting manager of the Adelphi Theatre. Witness
had never seen it acted. He thought that the sum claimed
(201.) was not too much. The run of a piece would depend
much on the manager.
Mr. Bentley Buckstone gave similar testimony. When
he (witness) appeared in the second act, it was well re-
ceived. It was withdrawn for Mr. Goldsmid to make his
appearance. He thought 20/. a fair price.
Mr. GASELEE, for the defendant, contended that the
piece did not succeed, as it was not very brilliant. With
respect to the intrinsic value of the " Balance of Comfort,"
why it was just as Hudibras had described it—
" The intrinsic value of a thing,
Is just as much as it will bring."
Now, the piece was so dull that it was withdrawn to make
room for "The Goldsmith"—(A laugh)—whose appear-
ance, it was calculated, would change the balance in favour
of the manager. In fact, the piece would not draw.
Mr. Soane, acting manager of the Adelphi and the
Queen's Theatres, had frequently paid ten shillings nightly
for excellent pieces ; he had paid Mr. Lunn seven shillings
for his farce of " Coronets and Capers ;" and to Mr. Selby,
another writer of such pieces, ten shillings nightly. He said
" The Balance of Comfort" was not productive to the
theatre, or it would not have been withdrawn. He thought
five guineas was a fair price.
The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff for the full
amount claimed.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

OLD COURT.

Henry Greenleell, aged 19, who had been indicted on
the capital charge for cutting and stabbing James Eak, but
which was stopped by the Learned Judge, was indicted for
the misdemeanor. The case has been fully detailed in our
Police Report. The Jury found the prisoner Guilty.
In the course of the afternoon, Mr. CLARKSON applied to
their Lordships, to compel John Minter Hart, and three
other individuals, to give notice of bail, and also to extend
the time, to allow the prosecutor sufficient time to make
inquiries. The Grand Jury had found a true bill against
Hart, and three other persons, for conspiring together to
defraud a gentleman of the name of Lacy, residing in War-
wickshire, of bills of exchange to the amount of 3,000/.
Unless time was allowed to make the necessary inquiries as
to the hail, there was every reason to believe that the ends
of justice would be frustrated. He also had to apply for
an increase in the recognizances, the usual suns fixed by the
Judges was, that the defendant should enter his own recog-
nizatices in the sum of 80/., and his bail in 40/. each. This
amount in the present instance was insufficient.
Mr. Justice PATTISON—The charge is not one of
felony.
Mr. CLARKSON—No, my Lord, it is for a conspiracy.
Mr. Justice PArrnsorc—The defendants must enter into
their own recognizances in the sum of 500/. each, and two
sureties in 250/. each.
Mr. CLARKSON—On each of the cases, my Lord.
Mr. Justice PATTlSON—Certainly.
On the Judges taking their seats on the Bench, Mr.
Clarkson called their Lordships' attention to the case of
Spencer, who was detained in consequence of an applica-
tion which he made last night to the Common Sergeant.
Mr. Baron GURNEY—Was he not committed as an ae-
cessorT.
Mr. CLardisos—He was, my Lord, and the object of
having him committed, was to give the prosecutor. an op-
portunity to consider whether he would indict Spencer or
not. The evidence as to his being an accessory arises from
his own statement, and which, being uwapported, cannot
be used against him.
Mr, Baron GURNEY—As ,
the .-17.0 at One time
black was white, and at another whitel.was nlark. it iS im-
possible, Mr. Clarkson, to say what is true a v.)-4:;;.- false
in his evidence.

Mr. CLARKSON—Just so, my Lord.
Mr. Justice PATTESON—Then let Spencer be disct.arged•
The Jury at length terminated their labours, when fney
were discharged by the Recorder.,

The publication of Tun SUN NEWSPAPER commenced lids day
at 20 minutes past Three o' Clod.

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LONDON,
SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 18, 1836.

The Report of the Committee appointed by the
Commons, to draw up reasons of dissent from the
Lords' Amendments on the Irish Corporation Bill,
was brought up last night, and presented to the House
by the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, the Chair-
man of the Committee. The " Reasons" were ap-
proved of, and transmitted to the Lords in the usual
way, by whom they are to be taken into consideration
on Friday next. Why so distant a day has been se-
lected we pretend not to know. Do their Lordships
hope that the Chapter of Accidents may turn up some-
thing favourable to their views—something that
may save them from the bitter cup prepared for
them ? They need not deceive themselves with any
such vain hope. They had better make up their
minds at once to the fate they have brought upon them-
selves by their blind and reckless folly.
The " Reasons" are drawn up in a firm, and, at the
same time, a respectful spirit. The Commons speak
the language which it becomes the Representatives of a
free people, to speak on a subject which involves the
rights and privileges of the nation. They point out
the total alteration which has been made, both
in the principle and title of the Bill, which,
from being a measure for the reform and preservation of
the Municipal Institutions of Ireland, has been changed
by the Lords into one for their complete abolition—a
change in which it is impossible for them to concur.

The following is the concluding passage of this docu-
ment, which we are sure will be read with pleasure by
all who wish to see the Lords deprived of everything in
the shape of a reason for persisting in the course they
have commenced.

" The Commons have felt it to be incumbent upon them
to state the foregoing reasons for their disagreement to the
Bill as now amended. The Commons have consented to
confine the establishment of Town Councils to twelve con-
siderable cities and towns, whose wealth and importance
rendered them suited to such a system of local government.
The Commons have further provided for the local govern-
ment of 20 cities of lesser consideration, by applying to
them the local enactments alluded to in the amendments of
the Lords. The Commons have excluded from the
amended portion of the Bill cities in which the necessity
for legislative interference, is less apparent. The Com-
mons have endeavoured to maintain a good understanding
between the two Houses, by not insisting upon many provi-
sions contained in the Bill as originally passed. The amend-
ments from which the Commons have still felt it their duty
to withhold their concurrence, are such as appeared wholly
irreconcileable with the principles of the Bill, and had no re-
ference to the principles adopted in reforming the Corpora-
tions of Great Britain. From those leading principles the
Commons think it unexpedient, unwise, and unjust, to de-
part. In an address carried by both Houses, to the foot of
the Throne, a determination was expressed to preserve invio-
late the Legislative Union, but at the same time to remove
all just causes of complaint, and promote all well-considered
measures. Where the present Corporations are to be
continued, the Commons feel that a just cause of complaint
would remain unremoved ; and if the Bill is permitted to
become law, it would extinguish all traces of those Munici-
pal Corporations which have subsisted fiir six centuries, and
which at no one former period, even during internal commo-
tion and civil war, it was ever proposed to abolish. The Com-
mons do not suppose that enactments of such an unprece-
dented nature, would come within the description of a well-
considered measure of improvement, which Parliament felt
inclined to adopt."
Here we see no giving way—no flinching in matters
of principle, while at the same time there is displayed
an earnest and sincere desire to maintain by conciliatory
proceedings that harmony between the two branches
of the Legislature which is absolutely essential to the
well-being of the State. In what spirit the Lords
may now act remains to be seen. If report says true,
there is discord in the camp. The Tory leaders in
the respective Houses, it is reported, are not altogether
on the best of terms. Sir ROBERT called the glorious
EIGHTY-SIX a " great and decisive majority." This
has given mortal offence. The Right Hon. Baronet
is accused of indifference, lukewarmness, and so forth.
The country will not be sorry to see this want of
union--it bodes good.

Our readers will find, in another column, the re-
port of the Committee on Harbours of Refuge, which
was received by the House of Commons during the
sittings of Thursday. To foreigners the statements
which it contains may well appear incredible ; for how
is it possible to reconcile our boasted extermination of
pirates—our anxiety for the maintenance of a maritime
empire—our laws- for the preservation of wrecks and
all property cast away at sea—our inventions for ren-
dering assistance to distressed mariners—with the ex-
istence of some hundreds of miles of coast badly
lighted, and without a single harbour in which vessels

in distress could at all times ride in safety ? Who,
without such an admission on the part of a Committee
of thz House of Commons, could believe that in 1836
—nearly two hundred years after England had asserted
her supremacy on the waves—the entire coast from
the Frith of Forth to the mouth of the Thames might
be pointed at as destitute of a single harbour of re-
fuge ? Such culpable indifference to the preservation
of the lives and properties of a class of men who con-
stitute the right arm of England, is as inconsistent with

every principle of justice, as it is irreconcileable with
the liberal and generous policy of Great Britain.
The damage sustained on the coast of England and
Scotland from bad harbours, and a deficiency of
lights, is incredible. In the House of Commons on
Thursday last, Mr. CUTLAR FERGUSSON pre-
sented a petition from the Landowners and Commis
sioners of Supply of the Stewartry, and from the
merchants, ship-owners, and mariners of the Port of
Kirkcudbright, complaining of the want of Light-
houses on the Scottish side of the Solway Frith.
Though the shore was the most rocky and dangerous
in Great Britain, there was not a single light to guide
the distressed mariner in his perilous course. For
twenty-five years had the petitioners vainly petitioned
the Commissioners of Northern Lights to erect a
Light-house on e the Isle of Little Ross ; nor was it
before witnessing a number of shipwrecks, that they
deemed it imperative upon them to submit these facts
to the consideration of Parliament. During the last
year four vessels with the greater part of their crews
perished ; and during the last thirty years no fewer
than sixty-six vessels suffered a similarly miserable
fate This fearful destruction of life and property
might have been saved by an outlay of 1,4001. ; but
such was the utter indifference of the Commissioners,
the Admiralty, and even of Parliament, that it was
never proposed to enquire whether the recurrence of
such dreadful catastrophes was worth a moment's
notice. Now, had it been reported to the Admiralty
that a pirate had captured the crew of a British mer-
chantman, we should hear of war-vessels being fitted
out to scour the seas in quest of him ; nor would
the expenditure of twenty thousand pounds be thought
too high a price for ridding our maritime empire of
such a monster ; and yet what pirate ever caused such
a loss of life and property as the dark, rocky coast of,
the Solway Frith ? Our bad harbours, and our badly
lighted coasts, are worse than all the Algerine rovers
that ever infested the seas ; and yet Parliament can
hardly be persuaded to take cognizance of the evil with
a view to remedy it. We see thousands of pounds
annually lost within sight of our shores—every tempest
strews our beaches with the bodies of our brave mariners,
and yet, because the evil occurs at home—perhaps be-
cause the bodies of the drowned 'sailors not being black
do not awaken our sympathies—we quiet our con-
sciences by reflecting that we gave directions for the
employment of life-boats in the future event of such
• calamities

Parliament cannot, without culpable neglect of duty,
remain any longer indifferent to the state of the har-
bour and coast lights of the United Kingdom. The
Legislature must resume those functions, to the efficient
discharge of which the Trinity-house Board, the Com-
missioners of Northern Lights, and the Admiralty have
all proved themselves incompetent. The country is
indebted to the Hon. Member for Middlesex for bring-
ing this question fairly under the notice of Parliament.
He was the first to expose the positive inutility of the
Trinity-house Authorities, and the utter incompetence
of the legal practitioners, who hold, what in their case,
may very properly be termed the sinecure appointments
of Commissioners of Northern Lights. Mr. C UTL AR
FERGUssoN now comes to the assistance of Mr.
H um E, and provided there be no compromise entered into
with the Admiralty, we may soon expect to see measures
adopted for the effectual protection of the lives and
properties of merchants and mariners.

The Paris Papers of Thursday received this morn-
ing, contain an admirable speech delivered by the Pre-
sident of the Council, in answer to M. LAFITTE'S
attack on the revolution of 1830. At that: period M.
LA FITTE was a violent revolutionist ; he subsequently
was for a short time a Member of the Government.;
but so dissatisfied has he become of late with the state
of public affairs, that on Tuesday last he imitated
M. ODILLON BA RROT, by imploring pardon of
God and his country, for having assisted in the ex-
pulsion of CHARLES X. Such an invocation of for-
giveness was well calculated to rouse the President of

FRENCH FUNDS.—PARIS, JUNE 16.
Five per Cents., 108 f. 25c; 3.5 c. 40c.
Four and a Half ner Cents. 104 f. SOc.
Four per Cents., 102 f.
Three per Cents. 80f. sc. 10c.
hank Actions, 2,275 f. 2,280 E 2,290 f.
Rente de Naples, 100 E sc. 25c. 40c. 30c.
Roman Five per Cents., 10234.
Spanish Actives, 41% VA
Spanish Differes, 183,4 19 IN
Spanish Passives, 12%%N.
Belgian Loan, Five per Cents., 102%j.
Portuguese Loan, Three per Cents, 51%.
Dutch Two and a Half per Cents., 57f. 85c.
Haytian Loan, 397 f. 50c.
EXCHANGE ON LONDON.
One month, paper, —E —c. • money, 251. 40c.
Three months, paper, 25f. 2•4 c, ; money, 2.511 25c.
—Coors dluthent:que.

'THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 1836.

the Council. In his reply to M. LAFITTE, he began
by asserting that the condition of France was prospe-
rous, and that that prosperity was the result of mea-
sures adopted by the Government in opposition to the
will of those who assailed it. He proceeded in sub-
stance as follows :

" It was contended that the finances of the country were
in deficit—that word had a magic power of throwing the
country into alarm. He would now speak on this point,
and he would also reply to those who demanded pardon of
God and their country for having taken part in the revo-
lution of 1830—(Hear, hear)—and to those who expressed
a wish that such a revolution had never taken place. He
admitted that revolutions were sometimes expensive to the
country. Previously to the revolution of 1789, the Budget
amounted to five hundred millions, and afterwards to
upwards of seven hundred millions ; under the Government
of the restoration it had been still further augmented.
Were revolutions to be estimated merely by the sums
which they cost they would never take place at all ; but
was no account to be taken of the development given to
the institutions and the liberties of a country ? He
would, however, proceed to establish the fact that the
present Government was infinitely less expensive to the
country than that of the restoration. The Budget of
1829 bad been regulated at the sum of one milliard
twenty-four millions, and all the results obtained by that
Budget had been given by the Budget of 1836 for
one milliard twenty-two millions, to say nothing of the
improvements in canal and river navigation, the discharge
of the arrears of the War Department, &c. As to the one
hundred and five millions which M. Berryer on the preceding
day pretended to have found in excess above the Budget of
1829, he (the Minister) could only say that the Hon. De-
puty's calculation was altogether erroneous. He admitted
that the country paid thirty-nine millions less on the public
debt, 'and twenty-nine millions less on the civil list, the peer-
age, the life annuities, the Royal military household, the
suppression of the Swiss regiments, the Royal Guards, &c.;
but it was necessary to examine what had become of the one
hundred and five millions which the country had no longer to
pay. In the first place, it was true that the public debt had
diminished by thirty-nine millions ; but, on the other hand,
it had been augmented by forty-four millions, a portion of
which had been employed to liquidate the debts of
the Restoration. Finally the Government of the Re-
storation had left a deficit of 4,644,000 francs on the
pension fund, besides the expenses of canals which had
been commenced. It thus appeared that of the 105,000,000
in question, 14,000,600 were to be placed to the account
of the late Government. The remaining 80,000,000 had
effected improvements in a variety of departments, such
as the bridges and highways, public instruction, the tele-
graphs, National Guards, the arts, agriculture, &c. It
had been objected that the Revolution of 1830 had been
expensive to the country. The same observation applied
to all revolutions, because they centralised the expenses of
the country, because the augmentation of production con-
sequent upon a revolution led to an increase of expenditure,
and, lastly, because revolutions generally required to be
defended. Such had not been the case with the Restora-
tion, but that Government had purchased foreign protec-
tion with its millions. The Revolution of 1820 had not
been attacked, and therefore had not been obliged to de-
fend itself ; but the precautions which it had been found
expedient to adopt had led to demands for extraordinary
credits. The Revolution of 1820 was perhaps the only
Revolution in the world which had led to no augmentation
of the Budget, whilst at the same time it presented im-
provements in the different branches of the public service
to the amount of 80,000,000 and 5.5,000 additional men
under arms. In 1829 there had been two hundred millions
of Stock ; there were at present not more than one hun-
dred and ninety millions ; thus the public debt had been
diminished."

M. BERRYER followed M. Mints, and in a speech
of (great ability, defended the Governments of Louis
XVIII. and CHARLES X. from the financial attacks
made upon them by the President of the Council. He,
however, admitted that the present Government had
been unjustly censured by the Ultra• Republican party,
for that it had done a great deal to improve the coun-
try. This speech brought the general discussion on
the Budget to a close, and the Chamber proceeded to
vote the articles in detail. The articles from Ito 39
both inclusive, were then voted wit!iout an amendment.

The Chamber of Deputies met early on Thursday,
when several additional chapters of the Budget were
voted without opposition.
The French Princes have been invited to spend a
few days at the Bavarian Court. His Majesty the
KING wrote them a letter of invitation, which was
promptly accepted. The latest accounts from Vienna
state that their Royal Highnesszs were about to set
out for Munich.

PARIS, JUNE 15.-(Private Correspondence of the Megsa-
ger.)—MADßlD, JUNE 6.—The scarcity of money is so severely
felt, that unless some remedy is speedily found, it will be im-
possible to provide for the expenses of the war, and of other
branches of the public service. For some days past the trea-
sury is loaded with Bills of Exchange, accepted by the Gene-
rals of the Army of the North of Catalonia, and all are pro-
tested for want of funds. There arc already to the amount of
18 millions of reals, aid by the end,of the month there will
be far above 40 millions, without reckoning all that is owing
to the contractors for provisions and clothing.
General Cordova, on his part, will not return to the army
without taking sufficient money to satisfy the most urgent de-
mands, but it seems that as no more than eight millions of reals
can be given him, which it will be necessary to take from the
several branches of the service at Madrid, it will be very dif-
ficult to remedy this state of things without a foreign loan, for
the coffers of the provinces are empty, and the customs, the
duties on salt and tobacco, produce nothing, in consequence-of
the enormous extent of smuggling in every quarter. The re=
signation tendered by General Mina greatly distresses the
Ministers, as they have nobody to take his place in Catalonia.
The ground of Mina's discontent is the speech delivered by
M. Isturiz in the Cortes, on occasion of the death of the
mother of Carbrera. If Mina cannot be pacified, General
Manso will be sent to Catalonia.

General Cordova is much courted by the grandees, the
chief officers of State, and the inferior officers of the army ;
the Queen treats him with the highest distinction, and seems
inclined to create him a grandee of Spain, by the title of Duke
of Arlaban. What would be done for him if he should ever
have his day of Almanza or of Marengo ?
The Ministry, alarmed at the increase of the bands in
Aragon, has just sent out a reinforcement of 3,000 men to
General Ratten ; 3,000 men from the army of reserve are
under orders for the same destination, so that that General
may form a division of 10,000 men, with which he will be
able to clear the country of the hordes of brigands who lay
waste everything with fire and sword.

.
The accounts from the provinces are pretty good; there is
everywhere a desire for peace, order and good Government,
without revolution and without insurrection.

If the elections should be favourable to the Ministry, Isturiz
and Galiano may maintain their ground. The old Ministers
participate in the general confidence. M. Martinez de la
Rosa has resumed his literary pursuits, and is at this moment
employed in bringing on the stage his play of Alen Humeya.
Count Torreno drives about Madrid in a magnificent equipage,
and keeps a splendid establishment. As for M. Mendizabal,
he frequents the coffee houses and the promenades, explaining
his programme, and all that be intended to do, with the vote
of confidence.

You see that there is nothing very threatening in all this ;
the prospect of the future is good, but we must have money,
and good elections.—Messager, June 16.

BOURSE, QUARTER TO FOUL—The money-market has been
more brisk to-day than for some time past. Prices have im-
proved, and some business has been done. Three per Cents.
opened at 80f. 15c., and are 80f. 30e., buyers. Spanish
Active Stock has also improved, in consequence of the rise in
England. The opening price was 411 ; it afterwards went to
41-, and is now 41i.
LAST PRICES.—Five per Cents., 108 f. 50e. ; Three
per Cents., 80f. 35c. ; Five per Cents. Spanish, —; Three
per Cents. Spanish, —; Cortes, —; Coupons, —;Gueb-
bards, —; Differes, ; New Loan, —; Actives, 411- Pas-
sives, 12i ; Ducats, 100 45 ; Romans, 1021 —; Pedros, ;
Belgians, 102 i ; Dutch, 571. 85c. ; Haytians, 3971. 50c. ;
—; Brabant Bank, —; Belgian Bank, 19 ; Con-
tinuation, --c. ; New Differes, 191; Five per Cent. Perpe-
twlles, —; Royal Loan,

We have letter:; and papers from Madrid to the
10th inst. ConnovA was still lingering in the ca-
pital, under the pretext of ill health. He was not
idle however. NcverLheless, it was feared that he
would fail in his intrigue to draw Louts-PHIL-
jAPPE into an avowed co-partnership with himself
and IsTußiz.

Colonel VALDEZ had been summoned to Madrid
to be tied by a Court-martial, for allowing himself
to be beaten by CABRERA. He attended, was exa-
mined by the Council, and restored to his rank on