The Sun.
London, England, 1824-03-11 00:00:00

SILK TRADE•

On the motion of ]fir. lILTSIZISSON, the House resolved
itself into a Committee on the Customs Acts : he stated that it
was for the purpose of proposing a resolution relative to re-
mitting the duties on the silk on hand, to which he anticipated
no objection. The resolution was to allow a remission of half
the duties on ruanufactured silk goods sent into the warehouses
on or before the 25th of March, and to be taken out within a
month of that period.
Mr. ELLICE said, that a deputation of the silk-manufac-
turers from the country had seen the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer, and they were so well satisfied with the assurances which
they had received, that they had returned to the country that
morning. As to the wish expressed both in the house and in
the country to extend the period for carrying the measure into
effect, he had expressed his opinion that the manufacturers
would do well to let it stand as it did at present, lest, in press-
ing for an extension of the period, they should get it curtailed.
This was his opinion, and inure particularly as his Majesty's
Government bad done every thing which the manufacturers
considered liberal and fair.
Mr. HUSKISSON said, that he had already stated that in
his opinion the time already granted was not necessary, but it
was given in deference to the opinion of those interested, and
who thought themselves likely to be aggrieved.
Alderman WOOD said. there was some alarm amongst the
dealers in manufactured silks, lest there should be any limita-
tion in the quantities to be received into the warehouses.
Mr. 111.1•KISSON said, the pieces must be entire and really
new; but every facility would be afilsrded consistently with a
due regard to the interest of the pUblic.
Mr. ELLICE said, he understood that sonic of the work-
men were gone down to put their looms to work, in order to get
out a quantity of goods before the 25th of March.
The resolution was then agreed to, and the house resumed.
Dr. LUSH INGTON presented a petition front the inhabi-
tants of Drogheda, praying for a restitution of their corporate
rights—Ordered to lie on the table.
Mr. HUM E was desirious to know if it were the intention
repeal the Spitalfields Acts.
Mr. hiUSKISSON said, that in the last Session a Bill had
been brought into thatllouse, but from a different view taken
of the subject in the other House of Parliament, it was no:.
passed into a law. In the present state of things, 4 occurred
to him that it would he desirable if the measure were to origi-
nate in the other House. It had his cordial approbation, and-
he should be anxious to giva it every support.— Adjourned.

MINING COMPANIFYK—We have IMICh pleasure
in being enabled to state that a second Mining
Company has actually been formed, to be called
" he Hibernian Mining Company." A Petition
has been lodged for their incorporation ; their
capital to consist of 500,0001., of %%tact, 350,0001.
has been subscribed in England—the remainder
in Ireland.—( Dublin Morning Post.)

LITERARY NOTICE.

II OW to be RID of a WIFE, and THE LILY of AN-
NANDALE: Tales, by ELIZABETH Is',BELLA SPENCE,
Author of " Letters from the North Highlands," " Old
Stories," &c. &c. In Two Volumes.
The works mentioned in the title-page of these
-.colonies have made the name of the fair Author
known to the Public, and the present will tend
rather to increase than diminish her reputation.
.;:me descends, we understand, from an .ancient
family in the North, and her numerous and re-
spectable connexions enable her to
become ac-
quainted with the passing world, and with human
life in general. The first of these tales is said to
he founded on what actually occurred in a noble
English family. The story is well-told, the in-
cidents are ingeniously expanded, the characters
are various and well-drawn, and though it is im-
possible not to anticipate the catastrophe, yet the
several impediments in the way of that catastrophe
are introduced so judiciously as to keep up the in-
terest with unabated curiosity. Time style of the
.fair Author is easy, sometimes forcible, and in
-general correct. It is evident that her own
amiable feelings tempt her occasionally to be a
little too -.lavish in praising female beauty, and
in describing its decoration's. Iffr love of nature,
also, at times, induces her to be too descriptive
of rural and romantic scenery, but these pas-
sages fall in with the course of the story; and
do not impair its main action. We object to the
title of the first Tale, for, instead of teaching hus-
bands how to get rid of bad wives, ns it implies,
it merely relates to an individual case, in
which a low-born ruffian treats an amiable wife
with the utmost cruelty, at length sells her at
open market, according to a false notion, only pre-
valent among time vulgar, he dies, and her imutr:.rings
Li:cl virtues are finally rewarded by her mar-
riage with a nobleman of high rank and great
wea him, who had originally protected her from
the barbarity of her tyrant, but who had too
much honour and delicacy to make any gallant
overtures to her till that tyrant is no more. The
eharacter: of the hero and heroine of the tale are
drawn with great delicacy, and are uniformly
well sustained. Our readers will perceive, from
what we have now said, that the title is much too
.g,neral, and that unhappy husband;„ rchomay read
the work in the hope of obtaining an effectual
remedy to get rid of a connubial clog. will start.
a disappointment. The second Tale, " The Lily
(if Annandale," is of a more melancholy, and
somewhat of a terrific, description. The Heroine
is persecuted by a brutal chieftain, who addresses
her with the sanction of her father, yet she is
secretly attached to a lover of quite an opposite'
character, but while she -is on the eve of being
happily united with the latter, slur falls a victim
In the ferocious vengeance of the former. As
this tale takes place among the Borderers, whose
characters have been brought into notice by the
Poems of Sir Walter Scott, and the Romances
attributed to him, the Author has assumed some-
thing of a more poetic style which is better
adapted to the nature of time story, and of the
incidents which it comprehends. Upon tine whole
Miss Spence has provided an agreeable and in-
teresting amusement for female Readers, in par-
tirnlar,and has really added to the credit-of her
is Tents.

111FH II U.ILOUR.

M-11. lIL.rIE and !?re " WATERFORD MERCHANTS

IN RE SIR JOHN NEWPORT.

It iy said that previous to the Easter Rectsi,
umn triTang to move in the House of Commons, that
proper officer or officers be ordered to metre out a return
;C,7*:': With to that Honourable House of the number of herrings,
snratS. cockles, muscles, and of all kinds of fish, whether tes-
taeecus or otherwise, setting forth whether the same shall have
been taken in the open sea, or to estuaries—and in fresh water,
whether in river, brook, lake, or pond—and whether same have
been salted cr dried, or how otherwise disposed oF;—and the
number of polarols of cheese and of butter, whether fresh or
saited—and number of pounds weight of potatoes. And also, that
a retain-. be made of the number of eggs, specifying and parti-
cularising such as had undergo tic incubation, and setting forth •
the auecies of incipient poultry contained therein respectively,
and their probalie value.; and of the quantity of wheat, oats,
barley, and rye, and of the number of hundred weights of hay
and straw, and the number of toads on car., on horses,
mules, and asses' backs respectivel7, and the number of pounds
of bread, and of what quality of four or meal mad stating
the average of white, household, and brown ; and
.a rem!,
of gingerbread. buns, and cages of every descriptom ; and
the number of onions, leeks, cebbages, carrots, parsnips.
and turnips, and other vegetables ; and the number of
quarts of milk, 101etl3r sw..et or sour, or of buttermilk ;
and the number of brooms, and the value and amount of all
vecsels and utensils, wooden, or made of earthen ~are;
and of brogues, either in pairs or in single shoes, with the
number of nails
beta in the soles and heels thereof,
distinguislllng between those made of cast metal, and those
made of iron ; and of every article of brass or tin ;nano-
facture, whether new or old ; and of all cutlery ware, and
japanned articles ; and the names of all Imxters, fish-
.;olters, hawk pedlars, farmers, gardeners, or person 4
employed by them, who, have, within tae City or Liberties of
AVaterf,)H. exposed for sal', the above, nr any other commodi- ,
ties by retail ; and who have paid the tolls, duties, and customs,
for the entry or sale of sftrnz, to the liT.eigh Master of said y,
or for his use to the Deputy or deputies nominated by him—
to collect and receive the same—since the appointment to the
said oze of the Right lion. Sir John Newport, Bart. M.P.—
uo to the first of March, instant.—(Dublin Evening. Mail, I
March 8.)

PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS.

/MUST: OF COMMONS.
Mercurii, 10° dic Martel, l 524.

ROADS—Shipley, Langport, Glasgow and Yoker, and Dun-
church—Bills read a second time, and committed. Red-
brook—Report on Petition for Bill read, and another Bill
ordered to he brought in. Stow-on-the-Wold—Rill read a
third time, and passed. -Newent—Debate on bringing up
Clause to empower the Trustees to defray the expences of
making a Road to Aston Glebe Lands resumed : further
consideration of Clause put off' till this day six months : Bill
re-committed to former Committee, with leave to sit and
proceed on Friday. Glasgow and Portpatrick—Petition for
Bill reported, Report to lie on the table. Radnor and Here-
ford, and Teddington and Evesham—Reports or Petitions
for Bills re-committed to former Committees. Wetherby
and Knaresborough, and Carlisle and Cockermouth—Bills
reported, to he ingrosscd.
1
HirarrwaYs—Wedmore lßiils
read a second time, and 4nrert TRINITY HOUSE
committed.
(GAOL—Ayr
HARBOUR AND POLlCE—Greenock IPetitions for Bills re-
PAVlNG—Margate , ported, Reports to lie
CANAL—Thames and Medway ) on the table.
ComPANY—General Gas
1 Bills read a first time.
VESTRY—Southwark (St. John's) J -
FEMALE OnPnAN s' A al-J.17:4—8M reported, to be ingrossed.
FIRE INSURANCE—Kent—BiII ordered to brought in.
P tr R r. ICAN s—Petitions of Licensed Innkeepers and Victuallers
of Hertford, and Wisbech, for the repeal of the increased
Duties on Licences . • to lie on the table.
FISIIRIIIES (Scotland)—Petitions from the Lord Provost, &c.
of Edinburgh, and Merchants, &c. of Montrose, for the re-
gulation of the Laws applicable, to the Salmon Fisheries, to
lie on the table.
Fn E MASON s—Petition of Freemasons of Coleraine, complain-
ing of Act of last Session, which prohibits the meetings of
certain Societies ; to lie 00 the table.
COAL DUTlrS—Petitions against the Duties on Coale, from
Tevistock (Two)—to lie on the table.
llizenoo Wtnows—Petition of Inhabitants of 'Paristock,
against the practice of widows burning themselves upon the
funeral piles of their husbands ; to lie on the table.
WrxDow TAlL—Petitions of Inhabitants of St. Nicholas,
Bristol, for the repeal thereof; to lie on the table.
EXCITEQUER COURT (Ire-1 Bills read a first time ; to be
land) >. read a second time to-morrow
ANNITAT, DITTIES I (this day).
8 mit —Petitions of Manufacturers of Ribbons in Coventry,
against the importation of manufactured Silk; to lie on the
table.
PosTaar. RATY.s BlLL—lnstruction to Committee to make
provision to allow the President of Revenue Commissioners
to send and receive Letters free of Postage ; also to prevent
the embezzling certain Papers sent by the Post.
PUBLIC NoTArtrEs ACT—Petition of Attornics and Solici-
tors or Manchester, for the amendment of 41 (ho. 3 ; to lie
on the table, and to be printed.
31Aules:T Tot,r.s (Ireland)—Heturn ordered, "of all places
where Customs, Tolls, or Duties, are levied at Markets,
Pain, and Ports, in Ireland."
31ESSAGE FROM TIIE Loans—That they have agreed to
Revenue Inquiry Bill, and Kidwelly Roads Bill, without
amendment.
That they do request, .that this House will he pleased to
communicate to their Lordships, a Copy of the Report made
from the Select Committee appointed by this House, in Ses-
sion 1822, to consider of the Laws which regulate the Linen
Trade of Ireland ; together with the Minutes of Evidence
taken before the said*Committee, and the Appendix.—Cory
delivered.
COMBINATION 07 WORKMEN. LAWS—Petitions of.Tournev-
men Tin-plate Workers of London, and Boot-makers, Sic.
of Woolwich, against, referred to the Select Committee on
A rtizons and Machinery.

VALUATION OF ll:ELAND—Resolved "That it is expedient,
for the purpose of apportioning more equally the local bur-
them collected in Ireland, to provide for a general Survey
an'! Valuation of that part of the United Kingdom :"—Se-
-1:•ct Committee appointed, "to consider the best mode of ef-
fecting such valuation :"—Mr. Spring Rice, Mr. Goulburn,
Sir J. Newport. Mr. V. Fitzgerald, Sir IL Parnell, Mr. G.
Dawson, Mr. Abercromby, Mr. Plunket, Mr. Trench, Mr.
T. Courtenay, Mr. D. Browne, Mr. I). Gilbert, Sir G. Dill,
- Mr. S. Bourne, Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. James Browne, Mr.
Agar Ellis, :►lr. Brownlow, Mr. G. Lamb, Mr. Grattan,
and Mr. Stuart (of Armagh) :—power to send for persons,
papns, and records ; five to he the quorum. •
CottrortATlC RIGHT, (Ireland)—Petition of Inhabitant 4 of
Drogheda, for the restoration thereof ; to he on the table.