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London, England, 1841-03-31 00:00:00

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^gainst wii;cla all in that Hausa bad so

tinn—a doctr!tle --- •
frequently prot,,.A."„, ~ "Liined.
Mr. G. PAL A C" "4-A Cut ti.../1 elan° •should- t
cestc... !
~ e
M. DARBY su,_ '
withdra:vn.
would Lei, t6trike the clause out,
Mr. FOX MAULE
L el. clause, regal, "ing the pro-
but wt;ulti introduce e.noti.
portion of the cor.t,itaitio:lF. • , ~ ~,, ei.l,, -nisEionerg
Lo-d JOIIN RUSSELL c" 1' '" '''' -.• ef the
had t.ot the power of regulistir V the propartioh
contributions, they would be ohlced to come to 1.
Lord STANLEY objected to
meat main to regulate the contricnttons. .
',Hitt-
termining the pro;4orti,,n of tl.4'
sior.e:s with the pacer of layieff .down the principle (.10*
eltUustir,g the Cortlh.
contributions. The'
principle should be laid down by 1., w; and the Commie.
sioncrs might then apply the pi,,cill,-.., and unless the
Noble Lord would consent to acme 's Ich prevision, he
should feel very much inclined to vote f'l" the rejection
of the clause.

1. ri J. RUSSELL bad to objection to tie irtrodue-
tim of words t) tat

111 r. TO \VNLEY PA R.K E begtzei to ask the Noble
Lord whether this cisme had rot been made with ,vf.eretce
to the perpetuity of the Poor. law Conand;sioners
Lcri JOIN RUSSELL said not to his knowli-dge,

The chute as an coded was then agreed tc.
Cause 16 was then agre Al to.
On clause 17 being proposed,
Sir. GROTE proposed an amendment, the ol,jf.,et of
which was to invel,t the Commizsioners, under the Same
restricti:ms a; ae c contained in the lOth c!alse, with the
poxer of comLini,,g the three unions 4.f tha City of Lon-
don for the special purpose of providing a.si a ate union
fa the re.i4 and the setting to work 4.f.casual and de.Ai-
tote poor. The lion. Member said that in the City of
London, wi Inn the wails, there was no workhouse. It tuns
customary to give one shilling to those who applied for re-
lief. The applications were numcrouq,:ind numbers of teese
who reet>iv4:4l relief aldavits, applied for admission to
the List London and West London workhouses. 245
prisoners bad claimed and received admission into the
West London workhouse. within a single week, consisting
chiefly of very disorderly and notorious clia-actcrs. Tha
object of his proposal was to remove, as fir as possible,
the evils which attached to such a system.
Colonel SII3I'IIORP opposed, and moved that ilL.s
clause be expunged.
Mr. B. WOOD said there were oth_T parishes than
thee in the city of London which would like the provision
moved by the lion. Member for London.
After a long coi.v.•rsaton to p eti• g the establishment
of a penal workhouse fot lewd womcn.
General JOHNSON sail after we had bridewelie,
housss of correction, &e., cettainly would vote eg •inst
the clause.

M. G ROTE said the clause did Oct provide fir my
means of coercion. The cprestiun r.as rne:ely heiher
those poor creatures sheult h:.vo the power of corrupting
the other inmates of the workbou;e.

Colonel Sll3l'lloll4' said the cause WAS so arbittas
fiat he shuuld cortzinly vote against it.
On •the queation !lilt the clatve, as amended, stied
putt of the Bill, the [louse divided, slice there appearc.l-
- f_vour of the clause
Again.t it
MAjor:ty
—l2l
On clause 1S being proposed,
Mr, FIE LDEN moved that tLe ChP:aman do report
progress ; upon which, taw a short conversLtion, the
[Luse divided—

For the motion lB
Agri it
Majority again,t th? motixt
On our return to the gallery,
Lord G. SOMERSET said. that he dal several im-
portant amendments tl popose to the next clause.
A shat convo:sation ensued, during which several Mem-
bers stated that they had amendments to propete, and ob-
jected to iroceeThg further with the Bill tba.. evening.
Lord J. RUSSELL said that such. being the cane, he
would postpone the clause.

The House thea resume& ail Chairman reported pro-
grep, and obtained leak to t•it again f'n Thursday.
On the mot'ou of Mr. FOX M AUL E the
Bill wtnt liirough (>)mmittee.

hff, FOX NI lULE moved for leave .o bring in a 13:Il
f.)r :egulating the employment of c1..-tdren in silk factories.
The other 0rdr2.1,8 of the i.ia) were the.: dispoF.cd
and the flousc adjourn,;,-,1 at t

MANAGEMENT OF FOALS AFTER
Vik:ANING.

The prineipal object with most breeders is to have
their stock large and porw!rfal at an early age. It is
really wonderful wind may be done towards effecting
this by means of good food judiciously supplied, proper
shelYer, and liberty of range in favourable weather.
It is natural to suppose, when a foal is first taken
from its dam, that it will in SOlllO degree fail away in
condition aad lose flesh ; the nutritive properties of its
" mother's milk" cannot be taken from it without
affecting its yet tender constitafou. To guard
reoinst this every attention roust be directed to the
quality as well as quantity of food which is presented
to it ; that which contains mast nourishment must
be pro%ided, and although the bulk of hay which a foal
consumes is very trifling, it should be of tee best quality.
I have seen lair,loin hay used with very great success, tut
I behove there are many kinds of soil which
are net suitable to its production ; at least
I judge- so front the fact that there are
many counties in which it is not grown, although I
would by all u:eaus recommend its trial on dry sound,
laud. For foils when tl-,ey are first weaned, linseed
gruel should be their constant beverage, and indeed
it cannot he too highly recommended for all horses.
A liberal allowance of oats is like. iSC necessary ; foals,
if in health, cat at kast two qua-terns per
day ; as they itlefeaSe is ag,', this allowance
may be augmented. The seeds is►chaos are left frotu
tie linseed gruel should be given with the corn. I have
previously recommended the pract•ce of bruising the
oats, and must ecrtanly report it even in opposition to,
the arguments of sortie persons who are averse to it.
Bran-mashes may be given at teat once a-week, and
in some instances more frequently. Carrots will
likewise be found a %cry proper food for young
stock, and should be given once or twice a-day.,
Too long a continuance of the same food cloys the ap-
petite. A man would not like mutton chops every day
of his life ; and doubtless the variety of aliment which
Provide:ice has presented to us, with a desire for occa-
sional change, is the greatest assurance that such a
change is conducive to health. Boiled barley is found
to be very nutritious food, and most horses are very fond
of it. As an alterative it may be given with great advan-
tage, it foals do not consume their earn with their usual
appetite. It requires to be well boiled for two or three
hours in a swan quantity of water, frequently reple-
nishing it that the grain may not burn, and constantly
:frring it that every cern may undergo an equal pro-
cess may be considered sufficiently boiled whoa
the corns have burst, and, when given, should have sr.

1 We bran or finely-cut hay mixed with it.
About ten days cr a fortnight after they are weaned,
each foal should- have a geate dose of physic—one
drachm to a drachm and a halt of aloes, with a drachm of
Castile soap, and the same quantity of ginger, will ge-
nerally be found sufficient. At all events it is
desirable, to commence with a mild dose, and
thereby a:certain the animal's constitution : ,t is much
better to give a stroeger dose in a week's time
if requisite than to overdo the mark at first. Strong
purgati‘ei are :hays objectionable, especially for
young stock ; and it tt ey are prepared as they ought
to bt for two days previously with plenty cfsloppy bran..
„,she;, and very little hay, a moderate quantity of
lots will generally produce the required effect. The
d;:y after the physic Las been given tl.e foals
should run out in the paddock for a short time
if the weather be fine, in order to work it
off end take away the sekuess ; and an attend-
ait should be at hand to keep them moving
about, not by any means to hurry them and cause th.m
to ga lop and overheat themselves, hilt merely to keep
them in motion until the physic has operated, when
they may be returned into their hovels.—Old Spurting
Magazine jor Fcbruary.

dividend of ::*
al-
TRAVELLING.—The Great Western Railway
nil' positively be open to Cirencester on Monday, the 26th
of ro:xt month. The journey from Cheltenham to London.
tdaicirinnii,ohdit, commodious
w ill Ilea be performed infour hours and a-hay.
THE ST. GEORGE'S CHESS CLUB.—This ce..
hundred strol,,agi,la,iinligbduelet,taire, vrrntshwaniiic.:::
1 .hilved Club, nearly one
many persons of distinction.Lelong, is now attLehed ta the
a pi iv:dgentoan
he obtained his certi-
apat uncut having been prepared for the accommodation or
the namlars.
11,, al Polytechnic Institution,
In the Insolvent Debtors' Court on Monday.
1 eration
far vrWelt no consideration to contract
s lv n
iCnui 1, a
0.: l
si
til 3.
auc;cpst Ipsecte,le;ro,:mrpewi
rplb,iiifoeidoowtr. ao,
chs
ri
be
deeseaxsajacddrnmii hi
i,etakadt
et
examination,
cedliatos trstim weree, i ti
paillB3 6 ,
than once entcred.
the insolvent,
ofiaTbctbtaTaieln.kliu:iPrh:brs c, rt fi. ate in I 527, had contrived.t, who had
'I h? insole e:.t had lived at Tonbni. ore
debti to 9,4301 ;
ceivd, 5.7E61 ; and LOGO/. was
fintlly now resided. Ile had Si. ridge Wells, where his
had 700/ a-ye.ir. The Chief cx childten and his wife:
it was a very discredit &die tole ornmissioner declatcd that
dule.
were Messrs. Parry, lin The proposed bail
endr
opposition was made, on the apers, on Ludgate-hill. Art
to the description of th •le part of a Mr. L. Samuels, at
nriisioner asked ere of their Effidi,v.t,. The Chief Corn-
c.ircer the them whether he had known 'die
insolvent
twice a had pursued, that be bad been
extravag.nee, as bankrupt, and had led a boundless nurse of
The pr,paei
bail had appeared from the present. exposure,
answered that be knew the insolvent
had been a bankrupt.
tte „ice ~.,,r The Court ever,,,,uail-
y adjourned
I a weAt, to amend the aSidl,vits, and said he
would lit.ve every information for '..,reditors LeEro such &
titian as the insolvent was per...aided to go out On bail;
k very much daubted vrtlotber, in the exercise of he
be
discretion in the Court, the insolvent should the
dik:,,
charged on bd.!,
Pope Pius 1,1,—A few days after,
the Mrs.
SA -inhume was presented to him, and took children,
as he came up 'rem hit day. tion; in thechapel
the sacrament made the chil
at St. Peter's. She
-
dren kiss hfs feci. He then held it out
for he to
lisp, 4,1,1 saett day he relit her some
t,.,,h a-,d stones if oriental agate.
ceremonies IA WI much
rVery beautiful
He performs all li.
grace, and appears
',O have prac-
lised and stunied his actiJus before he ez,omes out of his
mow. lie is very proud of his lc g 4 ryd feet, and wears
his gown short to show
.n i'
ein.—Ssetnbarne's Courts of
Europe.

RNING EDITION.

POLITICAL SUMMARY OF THE
MORNING JOURNALS.

The limes of yesterday, speaking incidentally of Lord
Sandon's notice of amendment on the. New Poor law Bill,
says:---,‘ Such an emendment, of course, falls far short of the
remedy which, in our opinion, must sooner or later be applied.
and the principle which it ineolves. if consistently folloised out,
would probaUy be found to strike at the root of the union sys-
tem. Still, it would not surprise us if many who do not open
their eyerto the whole extent of the evil, were to vote with
Lord Sandon when this proposition comes to be discussed,
The stock argumerAlad those who advocate the Poor-law are
fallacious and illogical, even with reference to the agricultural
unions ; yet, as they pretend to be based upon facts having an
existence in those unions, their fallacy requires to be exposed."
The Morning Chronicle alludes in the following terms to
Lord Denman's remarks on the Earl of Waldegrave's case in
the House of. Lords on Monday :—" Asfar as Lord Denman was
himself concerned, he did right in relieving himself from an
unjust imputation. We are not so certain as to the propriety of
his noticing the allusion in the newspapers to the case of a
man lately sentenced by Mr. Justice Erskine to fifteen years'
transportation for a less heinous offence than that of the Earl
of W aldegrave and Captain Duff. We will not assume the
possibility of the Noble and Learned Lord being actuated by
any but the purest motives in the sentence which he shall pro-
nounce. We believe also that Mr. Justice Erskine merits the
panegyric which his Lordship pronounced on him that a more
excellent judge, or one that more applied himself to the facts
and the evidence, did not exist. But if Mr. Justice Erskine
did apply himself to the facts and the evidence, and is an ex-
cellent Judge, we do not see why a reference should not be
made to a sentence pronounced by him, when parties are about
to be sentenced for an offence simi ar to that which was pu-
nished by transportation for fifteen years, with the difference,
that the case remaining for judgment is much the more
flagrant."
The Morning Herald, returning to the question of Puseyism,
observes:—" If the Puseyite is justified in denying Christian
burial to the child of a Dissenter, becaus-, in his opinions, he
has not been canonically baptised, then, as we have already ob-
served, he would also have been justified in denying Christian
burial to some of our moat distinguished Bishops—to Seeker,
to Butler, or to Burnet, because they had never been episco-
pally baptised, and therefore, according to the Pusey doctrines,
they were never members of the Christian church, thouga they
had been consecrated Bishops according to the rites and cere-
monies of the Church of England. Yet these are the men
who affect to uphold the apostolic succes ion of our English
Bishops—to be the staunchest and truest friends of our eccle-
siastic establishment, and to be the only effective opponents of
the Church of Rome I"
The Morning Advertiser observes, in a leading article on
the subject of Lord Denman's explanation of the Waldegrave
case on Nlonlay in the House of Lords With great defer-
ence for Lord Denman's authority, we would ask, by what law
is a pecuniary millet to acquit a noble from a wanton and out-
rageous assault, for which the untitled culprit would be vis:ted
with imprisonment and even transportation? No just scale
of punishment call be fixed by a pecuniary fine, the pressure
of which must altogether depend upon the income of the in-
dividual, the poor man frequ .ntly finding it more difficult to
pay twenty shilling:, than the rich man, like Lord Waldegrave,
would to pay as ma ,y hundred pounds."
FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.
(Froru the Standard.)
The cuutt,y is large'y indebted to Lord Denman for
his explanation in the House of Lords last nigh', a'-
though, as a v:neL:ation of the Noble and Learned
Lord's ennduc', it was p rfectly unnecessary. The
public estiinate of Lord Denman's character as a
Judge is the very Ii; hest, in respect to his purity,
temper, and independence of spirit. All parties
concur in a .vareiog this praise to the admirable Magistra.e.
and none more sincerely render it than the members cf tha
party to whom, before his accession to the Bench, the
Learned Chef Justice was through life must warmly, not
to say bitterly, opposed. If there arc any dissentients from
the geacral tribute of gratitude and reverence, they
are to be found among his Lordship's former parji•ans.
Altfenusfb, however, it was quite unnecessary for Lord
Denman to 4efervi himself, it was due to his ofil e, and due
tto t' e public, to a'.ow by his exalted example that the
Peneh- bee ar g to vindicate its bounty. by
.means
less questionable than - Prosecutions, and that. t' e
rople have a. right on their side to obta.in
- 13414.4ti0n-isisest their most distinguf.;hed magistrates are
accused of misconduct. The man who t ,;!her resents or
despises pabl:c opinion, is an unsafe public marl in a free
State. He may be sen honourable and a good man, by
his
proper place is in a private station ; yr if he etc ciie
authority, and either resent or despise the iudgmeot of hie
fellow citizens, he must exercise it as a tyrant. As to t! 'e
case which was the sul,ject of Lor 1 Doornail's explanation,
it is one upon whicha great deal of idle vehemence has been
squanderer'. Lord Waldegreve and another person are
charged to have assaulted a porceman. This may
be a very grave or a very trifling charge, not
'merely as regards the degree of injury inflicted, but also
with reference to other circumstences. An assault may be
anything between a menace with an uplifted finger
and a cruel battery, verging closely upon homiei le.
.Again, wietever may be the degree of personal injury,
father circumstances may infinitely vary the degree
tof legal guilt, just as we see t' a', even in homicide, there
is a scale of guilt aseenniog gra Wally from actual murder
up to perfect ineocence. lint at whatever point the
d grey' of Lord Waldegrave arid his companion's guilt
may be ultimately fixed, it is plainly unjust
,and foolish for those who know nothing either of the
ara,unt of injury or the circumstances of the case, to pro-
nounce upon it. Nor would it have been ever proposed
to do so if the accused had not been a Fear. Many thou-
sand assault cases, some r f them no doubt cases of
gr:uvaus assault, are annually di posed of without the
,public, or any part of the public, assuming beforehand the
e;crminatibn of the proper sentence.
(From the Globe.)
`We think Lord Denman owed it no less to his own repu'a-
lion as a judge than to the public, for whose interests he
holds the office, to afford the explanation he has given.
There is, however, one part of his observations in
which there appears, in our view, more of soreness
than of that calm dignity which so distinguishes
ibis Lordship when on the Bench of Justice. We
allude to the contemptuous expressions in which his Lordship
is represented to have indulged respecting the reports of the
newspapers—" of these it did not become him to take the
slightest notice F' No one knows better than Lord Denman that
it is the public press which secures the pure administration of
:the laws ; and that were it not for the full and faithful " re-
ports" furnished by the daily journals of what takes place in the
iCaurts of Justice, there would be great danger that our Judge;,
mithdrawn as they would be from the public eye, and being no
longer effectually responsible to public opinion, would become
again the minions of the Court, and the Ministers of
oppre:sion and injustice. When a distinguished fo-
emigner, visiting the old Courts at Westminster, expressed
this surprise at the confined space within which the justice
of the country, in its supreme Court of Judicature, was
ministered, the Lord Chief Justice of that day replied,
pointing to the reporters' Lox—" By means of those gentlemen
-we administer justice in the presence of the whole nation." And
as the public are present by means of the pre:s in the Courts of
Just ice, so have they a right to discuss freely, by the same means,
the tion,duct of the counsel, the Judges, and of atl others engaged
in the administration of justice. Nor does contempt for that
institution, which is at once the glory and defence of cur
country, comport with the respect for public opinion, from
ewhi.h the laws derive their efficiency, and to which their ad-
enneistrators must always look for the vindication of their
authority.

( From the Courier.)
The speech of Mr. Fielden, prefatory of his motion for an
instruction of the Committee to introduce a clause for the
repeal of the New Poor Act, will comm Ind deep at-
tention by the unanswerable array of facts and reas,-,n-
ing which it presents. Unanswered it was, as well as
smanswerable, and it was lost on a division by the large
majority of one hundred and fifty-five to nine. This result will
excite no surprise after the fate of former motions involving the
same intent. The division list elsewhere will show how Members
noted on this oee,asion, and we take this opportunity to impress
upon all electors the paramount necessity of narrowly
.and earnestly scanning the division lists generally, not with
ireference only to the votes of the thoroughgoing herd of
Whig and Radical supporters of new Poor-law .barbarism,
'tido are only wallowing in the mire of their natural
siocatlon of oppression and hatred of the poor, but
With respect als, to the votes of professing Conserva-
tives, Which, if in the same sense of hostility to the poor,
we trust will be uesoaringly recorded against them for the
day of trial. We have had a great deal too much hollow
.and hypocritical pretension, much too large doses of lip
!service, about and against the new Poor-law, and much
too little practical redemption of professions and pro-
mises, to satisfy us of the real good faith of various
showy Conservatives on behalf of the poor. These addle-
headed and cold-hearted people seem always to be eon-
neetiwz the rental of their estates wi,h the question of the sup-
Tort of the poor, and te, have uppermost in their minds nothing
less than the ranting warning of Lord Brougham to beware
lest weir lands, hereditameuts, and premises, be eaten up by
poor's rates. We arc far from de=icing one measure of
justice fur Whigs and
Radicals, and another for pro!essing
.Conservatives, on this question of P,,or-laws. The e t'-
we trust, will serve all alike, and in fitting t season, on
,proof of delinquency discharge the one class from future ser-
v the other.
vice as well as
MONEY MARK.ET and CITY NEWS.

FROM THE MORNING PA PE,RSoOf Ffurtre7giligence
CHRONICLE.—In the absence.,
athetbene
brie-
arrival from the United States, business
and still clisappointeil
has not
arrival of the President steamer,
at the Stock Exchange, where the dealers appear
fudristihnecrlindeed
to enter into any extensive operations until some
spatches have been Teedved.
In our article of the 16th of Di cembor last there are some
.cogent arguments used for an amendment of the lahw of banthke-
faig, and, in particular we argued strongly. forhaving
to
names of all partners in joint-stock banks, -without regardi t-
locality, registered at the Stamp-office, their deeds of sett.e
.ment submitted to the inspection of a public officer, and that
his certificate should be the warrant for the Stamp-office
authorities to issue the license. We added, "The regulation
ought not, however, to be confined to joint sock banks : it
ought be extended to all fire and life insurance companies.'
The Committee on Banks of Issue will, doubtless, con-
raider what amendments should be adopted as regards
tele law regulating joint-stock banks. To speak, however,
ea law on that subject, is incorrect. The country joint-stock
banks are certainly established by statute, but the London
joint-stock banks are merely suffered to exist, while their
powers and privileges are unsettled-and undefined, and neither
class is regulated by any well-digested uniform code of legisla-
tion. But if some general system of registration and loclg-
.lnent for inspection of the deeds of settlement be called for in
.:‘,„ spect of joint-stock banks, as a measure of safety for the public
Inter -ests, and to protect the rights of bona fide establishments
from t
,purions companies, much more so is this the case in re-
garcijito other joint-stock companies, and particularly fire and
e companies. In treatingn if the loss to which the
lifelnsur4 'c
-toned from the want legislative. checks upon
public was ex:l°- ' f this last description, we stated in the
to "to make
fiash‘establishme.'t3,°rks before referred to, that
..,ing they take car%
by vi ar
tuu neo uonf z
ae
erai.C.4.: lb"'
course of our rem._
the picture more plea .
.b
tishwedhieuhmaterre
eaninii.:
that the Company is est
variety of Acts of Parham. n , ..
, which I've
are the statutes applicable to ii.'enwdlty sioncieties
no power over or any thing to do
1 ninsurance companies.
.To prevent impositions, and to secure the public in the belie-
' Sts resultin from a proper systetn of well-conducted life
'insurance cog mpanies, the subject ought to be taken up by
•aome active member of the Legislature. He will find plenty
-of materials and no want of evidence that legislation to correct
isxsting evils is essentially required." Since these remarks
~,,, -were written' disclosures have been made at the Mansion
T" '3l3l*er'Nhkeh prove their truth, and we understand that the
~. _ - liptiancellie :of the Exchequer has'
announced his intention of
~ , ..--Ittovilrg for a, Committee to inquire regarding the
constitution
151- '- 01. joint 4 'tante • • • W
tru t ' h '
t t erefor th 4 thesubject
1 ' , E', a,
,400.4 b
cu.. a not being banking companies. e
of fire and life insurance
insurance
t '`'oxollati)es.:l4it:l4 of the .4iseount and loan • in the
- ...., 'Metropolis irW4o.t -4 • companies
, .....„...„)
\404.....
Cr
1 FOS e imiety of the b •
.:.._,
...,) ug-neo domes generally to

obtain some further news from America has been intense
throughout the day, indeed far more so, we should hope, than
the circumstance of the two countries, as they actually stand,
at all warrant.
At a meeting of Portuguese Bondholders held to-day some
resolutions strongly deprecatory of the decree of the late
Finance Minister at Lisbon were passed, we may say, unani-
mously, as they found but one single opponent. and this was in
an individual who admitted his connection with the agency.
The conduct of the contractors of the Penin,ular loans was,
moreover, reflected upon in terms which called forth great ap-
probation, the remissness of the parties alluded to forming, .
when compared with the active exertions of Messrs. Huller
( Brothers) and Co., Messrs. Powles and Co., and Messrs.
Baring (Brothers) and Co., in the respective cases of Chili,
Colombia, and Buenos Ayres, a contrast that was certainly not
flattering to them. Some communicationsfrom Lord Palmer-
ston were read to the meeting, and gave much satisfaction, his
Lordship evincing a disposition to push the interests of the
Bondholders, not in the Peninsula alone, but in every other
quarter where their claims aro not honestly met. The attend-
ance was unusually numerous.

TIMES.—The wholesale grocers and refiners had a meeting
to-day to consider the expediency of assimilating the mode of
bringing forward Bengal and Mauritius sugars for sale to that
adopted in the British plantation market. It seems that this
branch of the trade have seized the present as the most fa-
vourable opportunity to impress upon the merchants, whom
they must consult before their plan can be put into practice,
their views of the case, the sugar market being in an excited
state from the late failures. They propose that business shall
be carried on by private contract, which they say will secure
both to the importers and the trade a fair average price,
besides obviating difficulties and losses arising from the se-
lection of buyers. To a private contract business they appear
to think the dealings in this branch of the sugar trade
must eventually come, as it is yearly increasing, and
both descriptions are readily bought. Besides objecting
to the system of public sales, as at present, on the score that
at certain periods of the year serious fluctuations occur from
exfensive imports, they also object to the system on account of
the time occupied in the valuation of the description offered,
and the examining of lots. They admit that at times public
sales are necessary, but when these take place, they propose to
regulate them irs respect to lots, &c., after the manner of the
public sales of British plantation. Judging from the appear-
ance of the meeting, which included the leading members of
this branch of the trade, and the unanimity that prevailed,
there would seem to be good encouragement for the move-
ment. It was generally contended that bo !i the merchants
and the trade would be much benefited by the altera'ion, and
a Committee was appointed to confer with the merchants.
Another meeting of the holders of Portuguese Bonds took
place to-day, on the subject of the late decree for the conver-
sion of the bonds, and the conduct of the financial agency in
endeavouring., subsequent to the expression against it of a
large meeting of bondholders, to carry it out. - This was
strongly adverted to in the resolutions passed, the more so, as
it transpired that our Government has instructed the Minister
at Lisbon to enforce the claims of the bondholders, and that
Lord Howard de Walden has already been in communication
with M. de Magalhaes on the subject. The support of the
committee of the Stock Exchange having been likewise se-
cured, the meeting determined to resist every compromise not
based on fair and equitable terms, for which good and tangible
security must be given.
The public are already in possession of the facts that Captain
Douglas, of the Cambridge, has been reimbursed his expenses
for Ira gallant conduct in the Canton river, and that he ree
ceived on Thursday last the order of knighthood. In addition
to the honour thus conferred, he and the crew of the Cambridge
have received remunerations on the following scale :—To
Captain Douglas himself has been awarded 2,0001. ; to the
first officer 1001. ; to the second 601. ; to the third and
fourth, each, 50/. ; to the surgeon and purser, each, 80/. ;
to the warrant officers, 401. each for those engaged in the
action of Kow-lune, and 301. each for those not engaged ;
to the petty officers 151. for those engaged, and 101.
for those not engaged; to seamen in action 81. ; to those not
in action 4/. ; while two seamen who have been severely wounded
are allowed 20/. each. It is an interesting feature in this affair,
that it is the first instance of an officer of a private merchant
ship receiving the order of knighthood for his services, although
officers in the East India Company's service have been known
to receive that distinction. In the city this acknowledgment
of valuable services is regarded with much satisfaction—in the
first place, because it is thought the occasion was a most fitting
one for conferring the honour ; in the second, because it is
hoped that a precedent is established, according to which simi-
lar services may be similarly rewarded.