The Sun.
London, England, 1841-10-04 00:00:00

REGISTER ! REGISTER I RE-

OISTEii,
(FROM A. CORRESPONDENT.)
This was the advice given by Sir Robert Peel to his
friends some six years ago, and not only have the Tories
most assiduously followed the advice of their leader, but
Sir Robert himself carries it out to the very letter. As a
pattern to all thorough Reformers, only peruse what oc-
curred at the Revisitee Barrister's Court for the city of
Lichfield last Wcidnesday. The Tory Baronet '.as ob•
jected to by the Whigs. His claim was supported by
Messrs. P. Dyott and Alfred Egging ton, the Conserva-
tive agents, attended by a host of other professionals. His
steward was called, and was proving his qualification as
a freeholder, when the town-clerk said the only objec-
tion was that Sir Robert did not reside within seven
miles, and that he should call witnesses to prove it.
The Tory agents said they were quite prepared on
that point, and called a witness, who said lie was a land-
surveyor, and that he had been at the express trouble of
meesuring every inch' of the road, from the entrance hall
at Drayton Manor to the hotel:laq post of the city, and
that the distance was six miles and 416 yards by the
turnpike road. He should judge the distance, "as the
crow flies," to be not so much as five miles !
The Reform party were not prepared with witnesses to
rebut the measurement, but the agent said he had several
who o Wuld swear, "to the best of their belief," it was
above eight miles.
The Barristers refused to receiert evidence of belief,
in opposition to the positive proof laid before them ;
and thus. the Whigs were obliged to give up their objec-
tion, and Sir Robert's claim was accoangly estl:blished.
Clz ! that 411-e-could persuade every true' Rbfortnetto
lake a leaf out of the Tory's book,• and not merely at-
tend, but attend Will piettared cc allpoints, at the Regis-
tration. Had this been done last year, the Tories cou:d
never have boasted of a majority of 91.

__.!_me•g...a.••••••m•mtses
THE CHANCELLOR 0F THE EX
CHEQUER'S LOAN.

The present funding is not so advantageous to the
public as that of 1839, which was the last official act of
Lord Monteagle. There must consequently ht an error
in the report of the debate upon the Exchequer Bills
Funding Bill last night, where Mr. Goulburn is made to
say, in answer to Air. Williams—" In no instance had a
loan been obtained for the country on better terms than
those upon which the present Excheqtfer Bills have bean
funded." In 1839, 4000000/. Exchequer Bills were
funded ; whereof there were subscribed by the Bank_of
England-7 • • • •-• Three per Cent. Consols.
£500,900 at the rate of 1094, ss. 2d.
Three per Cent. Consols for every-. '•
1001. Exchequer equal t 0... £546,291.13 0
3,500,000 were subscribed for by the • •
public at the rate of 1101. Three per . •
Cent. Consols fir every 100/. Ex-
. chequer 8i115..., ...................... 3,850,000 0 Oi ,•
So that, to withdraw. four millions of. :•-• -
Exchequer Bills from circulation,
there were then created........:,... 4,396,291 13 0
On the present occasion, the terms. .offered by the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, and accepted by-the public.'
to
,the extent of .seven-tenths of the .intended subscrip-
tion, are 1121. 2s. Three per. Cent. G.insols for every
1001. Exchequer Bills subscribed. .So,that, to effect the
withdrawal of 4,000,900 of ,Exchequer Bills at present,
will require a creation of 4,484,000/. Three per:Cent...
Consols ; whereas in 1839 the same anwun t can-
celled at an expense .of 4,396,2911. 13,1. of the same de-
scription of. Stoek. The public Will therefore give
87,8081. 7s. more Three per Cent. Stock to retire
4,000,0001. Exchequer Bills at present than they did in
1839; which, estimated at 89 per cent., the market price of
the day, represents a capital of about 78,150 L, and subjects
them to an increased annual charge of 2,634/. It is not
intended to charge any mismanagement upon the present
Chancellor of the Exchequer,' who could not be expected
to obtain such favourable terms for the public when
Three per Cent. Consols were between 89 and 99, as his
predecessor did in 1839, when the price was between 92
and 93 ; but simply to point out the fact, that the pre- •
vious funding. was made upon more advantageous-terms
fur the public than the present.—Spectator.

ACCIDENT TO LORD SYDENHAIVI.
(From the Acadian Rec'order.)
QUEBEC, SEPT. 7.—We are sorry to learn that his
Excellency, whilst riding near Kingston, on Saturday
last, met with a serious accident by the falling of his
horse. The extent of the injuries sustained by his Lord-
ship has been much magnified by report. They are,
however, sufficiently severe to be productive of much
suffering and inconvenience, and are, we believe, cur
rectly reported in the fo;lowing extract of a 'letter we
have this morning received from Kingston :
" Saturday Evening, Ten o'Clock.
" When we were at dinner a servant came in with a
report that the Govern*General's horse hal fallen with
him, broke his leg in . two places, dragged him a eonsi-
derable distanCe, and bruised his head and side. I took
a cab andlvent out, and ascertained from Major Campbell
that his horse had fallen going down bill near his own
residence, that there is a .simple fracture of the leg
above the nude; ar cl that there is a bruise on the thigh
where he fell, which is cut a little. It is an awkward
thing, and has happened at an awkward time. The thing
to apprehend is a fit of the gout; but he is in such good
health that the niNfical men pay venture to take liber-
ties and prevent it."

DAINTRY AND KYLE'S BANK-
RUPTCY.

An adjourned meeting of the creditors for further proof
of' debts against the estateof Daintry and dole, bankers,
and against the separate estate of Mr. Ryle, was held
at the Wellington Hotel, Peter-street, on Wednesday.
The Commissioners "present were R. G. Duck, Esq. •
barilsterrnad J..B.'Brackenbury and J. Taylor, Esqs.,
.solicitors. Messrs. Atkinson and Saunders were solicitors
under the fiat, and Messrs: Peet and Hobson,accountants.
The debts proved amounted to 294,4631.
In addition to this large sum, was the claim still re-
maining unproved of Messrs. Whitmore, Wells, and Co.
London, of 225,8291. 18s: I hi., and which it was now-
sought to prove. Mr. Frederick Whitmore, one of the
late firm, and Mr. Belcher, the official assignee to the
estate of Whitmore and Co., were present, together
with Mr. Ryle, one of the bankrupts. Mr. Heelis, of.
the firm of Slater and Heelis, solicitors, Princes-street,.
appeared as legal adviser to Mr. Whitmore and Mr.
Belcher.
The proofs having been gone through,
Mr. Heelis said he appeared to support. a proof which
he tendered on behalf of the assignees of Messrs. Whit-
. more and Co.-, bankers, Londoms':The matter ,was tinder
discussion on. a former occasion, and-had been before the
Court. of IleView. He MOW sought, tinder, the order of.
the Court of -Review, to-prove' for The sum of, i189,501L-
-13s. lid. • The debt, in point Of 'fact,: was 225,8291.--.lBs-..
lid. ;:but there were various bills; and securitiesi amounts
ing to 36,3281. 55., which had to be'Aeducted, leaving,
the balance the same as they sioW sought to prove. He
then, tendered the affidavit of Messrs. Whitmore and:
Co. in proof of the debt. - • ' , .
Mr. Atkinson thought the affidavit could not be taken
as. en-examination before the • Commissioners, and: said
it would be better to ..ask• him the questions sepa-
rately. This was agreed to ; 'and Mr. Whitmore
having been sworn, a long examination' was: -entered
into, which, lasted till- nearly four when' the
Court adjourned.. The, examination was re-opened
again, on Thursday, -and -lasted the whole day, when it
was adjourned to yesterday. The Court assembled-yes-
terday, but not till after twelve .o'clock, when the exami-
nation was again proceeded. with andeoneluded, In- the.
course of this examination Mr. Whitmore, having sworn
the debt was owing, said that the accounts bet% een the
two firms commenced about 1821 or 1822. The terms
upon which the business was transacted commenced with
a verbal understanding that there was to be a cash balance
in their (Whitmore and Co.) hands of 5,000/. in favour
Daintry, Ryle, and Co. There was no charge for
commission at the commencement. That began eight or
ten years ago. There was then an understanding come
to there should be a commission of ls. charged upon
every 100/. of payments made by them to Daintry,
Ryle, and Co. This was led to by the increase of the
amount. Mr. Atkinson—State the balance dun to you
on the 31st of Aug,., 1836 ? 12,224/. 12s. 11d.—Now refer
to the before-mentioned statement of interest charged up
to that da3, Gil. Gs. 2d., and state upon what amount it is
calculated every clay after the 6th of August, 1536,
during that month. I refer to the statement marked '
" D."—And you adopt it ? Certainly.--Does it not
appear, from such statement, that there was due to you
for advances on the 6th and 7th August, 1836, 8,50 C/. ;
and does it not also appear that interest is calculated and
charged on 13,50(-1, being 5,000/. more than was owing
to you ? Ido not know how the account was made up.—
The question is, does it not appear to be so? I find that it
is so.—Does nut such appear to be the case during every
day in that month ? -Yes.—Was that the gene;•al prac-
tice up to the bankruptcy ? Yes.—Does not the state-
ment now produced, and marked " E." contain the
charge of 8101. 9s. 8d for interest for the month of April
last ? Yes.—ls not interest invariably calculated from
day to day upon 5,000/. more than the daily balance
actually owing to you ? Yes, it is.—What gave rise to
this mode of charging interest on 5,000/. more than was
due to you ? The usual understanding. on a banking
account when an agreement is made.
By Mr. Brackenbury.—What is the usual undestand-
ing to which you allude in the last answer ? Had not
the-cash balance of 5,000/. been agreed to be kept on the
account, our charge of commission would have been pro-
portionably higher. It is the custom amongst bankers,
in order to be paid for the trouble of conducting ac-
counts. We have selected the above questions and an-
swers out of the very long examination of Mr. Whit-
more ; because it will be seen that the objection to the
proof is principally founded on them.
Mr. Peet was then sworn, and said he had examined
the accounts between Messrs. Ryle and Co., and Messrs.
Whitmore and Co., and had seen the charges made for
interest. What is the rate of interest charged ? I have
not gone beyond August 1836: The interest charged
since then was chiefly five par cent. ; but in June and
July, 1839, the charge was five and a half per (mit.; from
Aug. 1839, to Jan. 1840, six per cent.; from Jan, to Oat.
1840, five per cent.; from- Oct. to May 1841, six per
cent.; afterwards it was five per cent. again.—Upon what
does that rate of interest appear to be calculated, and
charged? Upon bills discounted.—ls there any charge
made for interest in the cash balances? Yes. —ln what
are those balances formed—at what periods? From the
accounts it appears the balance is struck at the close of
every day's transactions, and one day's interest charged
upon such balance, except when a Sunday intervened,
and then two days' interest was charged ; and at the
end of the month the interest upon that month's amount,
that is, each day's interest is added up, and the
amount of such interest carried to the general ac-
count, to the debit of Daintry, Ryle, and Co.— How
is the general account balanced ? The general monthly
account is balanced after such interest and commission
is added, and that is carried forward and heads the
amount of the succeeding month.—By that mode of
charging is not compound interest charged twelve times
a-year? It is charged twelve times a year, except the
first month in the first year, August, 1836.—1 s not in-
terest in those several accounts charged on the amount
of the commission, brought from the preceding account?
It is.--As well as upon the cash advances ? It is.—
Monthly in the same way? Yes.—Have you ascer-
tained the amount of the extra interest of one per cent.
over and above five per cent. from the 17th Oct. 1840, to
May, 1841 ? I have, and it amounts to 42C1. 12s. 6d.
What is the total amount of interest charged in advance
account, from Au gust, 1836, to the time of the bank-
ruptcy ? 22,8361. os. 9d.—What is the total amount
charged as for interest on bills during the same period ?
It is 16,3311. 19s 2d. Had not calculated the commis-
sion interest.—Up-,n what amount is the 22,836/. Os. 9d.
calculated upon ? It is calculated upon 5,000/. more
than the balance of the cash account owing to Whit-
more, Wells, and Company at the close of each day's
proceeding.
Mr. Heelis asked what was the average amount of
transactions in each month between the. banks ? Mr.
Peet said he could not say the average, but in the
Month of .Tuly, 1836, it was 181,00(.17; in the same
month of 1837, it wa ; 87,0001.; in the same mouth of 1836,
47,0001.; same month of 1839, 67,000/.; in June, :1841,
41,0001.—Should you consider the interest of .5,00 C/. a -
sufficient remuneration for the trouble attending the
management of a banking account involving transactions
to this extent ? No.—Should you consider that an ad-
dition of one shilling per 100/. of payment in addition to
the interest of 5,0001. more than might reasonably be ex-
pected to be paid for 'the management 'of the account
between the firms of 11Thitmere and -Co., and Daintry.
Ryle, and Co. ? Judgino, from the letters read to-day of
the uneasiness which the account gave to the parties,
-certainly not.
The examination havims been concluded, Mr. - At-
kinson rose and addressed the 'Court at some length,
against admitting the proof tendered. Upon the depo-
sition it was stated that the debt was for money lent
and advances merely. Nuw it was evident that as
much as nearly 40,0001. was for interest and commis-
sion. He submitted, therefore, in point of form, it
was not correctly stated. Mr. Atkinson then went on
to contend that the mode of charging interest on this,
account brought it under the usury laws, and quoted 3 and
4 William IV., cap. 98, and the case of Berrington and
Collett, 5. Bingham's new cases. He had been in prac
tice upwards of thirty years in the Courts of Bankruptcy
and Chancery, and he did not hesitate to say that of all
• the cases of usury he had never met with any equal to
this. It had been a question long in dispute, whether a
banker could rest and make interest more than every six
Months, and a case had at length been decided that, to
make quarterls rests was grossly usurious, because more
than five per cent. was obtained ; but he would challenge
any person to show a case of compound interest being
sanctioned like this, of accumulating monthly rests. It was
like a -snow ball going on, as had been somewhere ele-
gantly observed, increasing by an aggregation of its
force. And then, in addition to this, there was the
addition of 5,0001,, on which interest had also been
charged, which was not actually owing to the bank; It'
.this was not usury, then he confessed lie did not un-
derstand the term. Lastly, he contended further that
they had no right to tender the proof till they had sur-
rendered the deeds in their possession as security for
their account from Daintry, Ryle, and Co.
Mr. Heelis shortly replied, and met the first objection
by' tendering a new affidavit, which was admitted.
At half-past six o'elock the Court • adjouriutd, and it
was understood would meet again on . Mood Iy' Week,
when the Commissioners would give their idecieion.
(Prom. the Manchester Times of Saturday.) •

ANTI-CORN-LAW PRAYER y
compliance with tt resolution passed at the Coifference of
Ministers at Manchester on the Corn. laws, the Rev J.
Guthrie held a prayer meeting on Monday evei,iing lust, in
the.Presbyteriatt Chapel, Woolpack-yard, to supplicate the
divine mercy that the present iniquitous and,demoraliz-
ing bread.itax mirht be abrogated. The statements made
by the Rev; G, ntleman were deeply affecting and convinc-
ing. as to the evils of the nreszent restriction's upon the
bread of the needy. Kendal Mercur,y.

NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT.

STRIKE OF THE MASONS.

The following statement has been drawn up by
Messrs. Grissell and Peto, the contractors, respecting
the unfortunate dispute batween them and the masons:—
The workmen from whose evil influence the " strike" of
the masons at the. new Houses of Parliament has origi,
nated having addressed a letter to her Majesty's Com-.
missioners of WoodS i and, Works, containing four spe-
cific charges of oppression against their forennui, we
feel it a duty which we owe to ourselves and to Mr.
Allen, the foramen complained of, to prove to the Com-
missioners and to the public that these charges are with-
out the slightest: foundation, and • that the secession of
the workmen has originated, not in any oppression on
the part of the foremal, but in an attempt which, had
it been successful, would have robbed their employers of ,
one-third of the labour they have paid for, and have
placed the inexperienced and idle operative upon a par
with the industrious and experienced workman.
The evil of this position both to ourselves and to the
industrious part of the men in our employment is too
self-evident to require any comment on our part, and we
have only to regret that the tyranny of the Union is
such as to alarm the well-disposed workmen into a tame
acquiescence with resolutions whose only tendency isato
keep them unemployed, and which are only caused at
their meetings through the charm of subtlety and false
__
representation. I
_

The charges alluded to, with our refutation of them,
which, we trust, will prove satisfactory, are here sub.

CHARGES BY THE- MEN. .
Charge 1. —One instance is of a man who unfortunately
fell from the scaffold and broke his leg, who, as soon as
he was able to resume his employment, returned to his
work, expecting at the least to find a compassion of feel-
ing would. be shown towards him, but, however, no ;
" he was brutally told to go about his business, as he
(Mr. Allen) did not want such men on the work."
Charge 2.—Another instance is that of a man who was
taken-ill in consequence of his being previously out of
employment and unable to obtain the common necessaries
oflife ; and having at that time a wife who had been ill
for seine months, he was in consequence obliged to remain
from his work a few days, and when he came back, ex-
pecting to resume his employment, he was insultingly
told "to leave the ground, as he (Mr. Allen) wanted
none there but sound men." . .
Charge 3.—Another instance of his Cruelty and tyranny
pus -exercised upon an. individual,. who, obtaining leave
from an tinder foreman to remain at home, teclose the
eyes of ehis dyires-•Wife, was.told the-ensuing morning,'
when he came. to•°llis work, by this !Allen, • `S:to,go and
-her., and be damned."
.
Charge 4. —.Another is a young man, who:recipiAT,dithe:
distressing news,of the death of his moth,ereAnd ett&C-::
..fluently, solicited Mr. Allen to allow him to go and. see
her buried. The time required was a week or a fort-
night,
but-this .unnatural being unfeelingly told hire he
mni ht ge, but lie should not come back Algain, as he
slieuld.not keep his work open for any one.-under such
circumstances. .
GRISSIiI4L A N I.) • PETO'S REFUTATIONS.Of
Charge.—It is perfectly true that alabourer. (not
a mason) had the.misfortunee some twelve months since,
to. break hie leg by -the falling of a stone upon him, and
upen.hisrecovery be applied to our firm for
.and
a recommendation to enable him to obtain some of her less
ilaberious .employment.. The- statement that he applied to
us again for,employinent, and was refused, is. net true.
Of Charge 2.—As to this, neither Allen, nor any of
the under-foremen, have any knowledge or recollection
of the circumstance.
Of Charge 3.—ln respect to this, all the foremen agree
in declaring that the circumstance related never could
have occurred. No man would have been discharged
under such circumstances. The enormity of the charge
carries with it its own contradiction.
Of charge 4. With respect to this, we can bear our
own personal testimony to the untruth of the statement.
The circumstance was simply this : a man applied to the
foreman for leave of absence to bury his mother, to
which the foreman immediately assented ; but, upon the
workman mentioning that he should be absent about a
fortnight or three weeks, the foreman replied that he
could not undertake to keep the place open for so long a
time ; the man then replied, if that were the case he
would not go out all. We believe he did go, and returned
to his work, at which he remained until the time of
the strike.
As the public must necessarily be interested in the
progress or delay in a work of such great national in-
terest, we feel it our duty, in addition to contradicting
and refuting the above charges, to state to the public the
circumstances under which the strike of these men °He
ginated, and we leave the facts to speak fur themselves.
Some short tithe since a few of the workmen deter-
mined to organise an arrangement among themselves by
which only a certain quantity of work should he per-
fbrmed by each man within a certain given time, and
that any workman who presumed to do more than the
allotted quantity should be subjected to a fine, to be de-
termined by the Committee appeinted to carry out this
arrangement.
Time natural effect of such a resolution was, that the
industrious man was at once placed on a level with the
idle one, and that no workman had any opportunity ef
showing the superiority of his workmanship or ind4,stry.
One man, however, too honest to be influenced by a reso-
lution which, paralysed his exertions to do his best for
his employers, completed the working of a window-head
in two or -three days less than the allotted time, and for
this " chasieg," as it is called, he was fined tis., as will
be seen by the letter from the Chairman of a meeting
convened 'for the purpose of trying him for having done
nothing but his duty to his employer, and which letter is
here subjoined :

Letterwfrom tho Masons to Wm. Geggie, one of the
i masons employed at the New Houses of Parliament :
• , " Paviour's Arms, Sept. 3, 1841.
" Brother Gctrgie—l am instructed by a meeting of the
masons employed on this job, held at the Paviour's Arms
this eve2:ing, tu which you was summoned but failed to
attend, to inform you :hat it was unanimously resolved
that you should pay the fine of five shillings fur your
late conduct in chasing ; you must pay the fine to
Messrs. Stewart (Thomas Downs) by Saturday night,
August 4th, 1841, at the latest.—Signed on behalf of
the meeting. JOHN WORTHINGTON, Chairman."
The ruinous result of such a combination to the em-
ployer, and its evil influence upon the industrious and
honest workman, are sufficiently evident to. require no
observation from us.
Upon the refusal to pay this fine, which he considered
had been so unjustly inflicted, a meeting was held for
the purpcss of proposing .a strike against the work-
man who had resisted their injustice. This was, how-
ever, found not to be feasible, and they therefore re-
solved
to adopt Mr. Allen as the cause of their turn-
out, because he had been instructed by us to protect a
workman whom we considered to have done only his
duty.

Cpon this resolution we received a notice intimating
the intention of the workmen to quit their work unless
Mr. Alien was discharged, but, strange to say, this
notice did not contain one of the charges since brought
against him, but simply alleged " that the masons were
required to do more work in one day than they (the
masons) considered a fair day's work," as the sole cause
of the strike ; nor was it until six days, afterwards that
the charges were made.
The workmen are well aware that upon a recent occa-
sion, when some misunderstanding had occurred, that in
a personal interview with us, which had been requested
by them, every complaint was arranged to their perfect
satisfaction.

But upon the present occasion no interview was so-
licited, no friendly interference sought for—and for this
simple reason, that an investigation of the truth would
not have suited the purpose of the unionists, who were
too well aware of the falsehood of their statements to
submit them to public and fair examination.
We have indeed every reason to believe that the real
object of the few who govern the many is to show to the
public, and the builders in particular, the power which
the combined Union possess to control the price of la-
bour and regulate the quantity of work to be performed,
to an extent which can only be anticipated with alarm
by the builders in the first instance, and which Must
ultimately operate upon the public at large by necessarily
raising the prices of every article connected with build-
ing. Such a power must likewise effectually put an end
to public competition ; for what builder of capital woald
jeopardise his property in large public contracts, calcu-
lating, as they must do, upon the ordinary value of la-
bour, if workmen during the progress of a large under-
taking are to become the judges and dictators of their
employers of the quantity of work that is to be done,
and to have the nomination of their. own superintendent?
We know that there arc some who argue that a men
is at liberty to ask what price, he pleases -for hiS labour.
It is, however, we humbly submit, a very•different case.
fur a number of men employed upon a particular work
to combine to raise the wages or lessen the quantity .of
work, and with "a dog in the manger" .syStexii, by in.
timidation, prevent other workmen from accepting what
they refuse.
Another serious influence of the Union is that every
Workman, good or bad, idle or industrious, shall receive
the same rate of wages, namely, ss. per dieM, and that
no man is permitted to undertake tusk work, by which
absurd and unjust regulation hundreds of workmen are
prevented from availing themselves of their own capa-
city and industry to provide for their families,- and
against the contingencies of sickness and old age.
In considering.this question we conceive the workmen
to be quite as much interested as ourselves, as the exer-
tions of industry are paralysed, and the good workman
is placed quite on a level with ,the bad and the idle of
the Union.
In conclusion, we beg to state at the present moment
we have between 3,000 and 4,000 workmen employed on
what is called contract work, or work undertaken for
specific sums; and for which our calculations have of
course been made upon the presumption that a good
workman will execute a certain quantity of work in
a given period. The position, therefore, in which live
or any other contractor must be placed by havintnie
accessary authority of an employer wrested frop:ontest
by• a combination of, the workmen, upon whose honesty
and labour we calculate fur
and ire
engagements, may easily be conceived,
eninloy, both
confi-
dently appeal to all the worlimen in ourr
the due performance of ott)r
received at our hands.
collectively and individually, as to the
consideration which they have ever
' r "AND PETO.
ondness and
GRISSLL
Lambeth,- Oct. 2, 1541.

SERIOUS ACCIDENT.—On Wednevlsty evening,. 11
.at seven o'clock, as the omnibus called Taglioni, running
between King's-cross and the Elephant and qastle, wn
approaching the foot of Blackfriars-bridge, it came in
co:Aaet, with a cab coining in the opposite direction ;
both vehicles being furiously driven, the collision was
dreadful. The cabman was thrown headlong to a consi-
derable
cab-horse
&rabic distance, !s Hospital. The near horse of the And was conveyed in a senseless state to •
(...,t„nilblztlitsll:‘°alus billed
ine
upon .the spot,l.e dthewhite
Unserviceable.
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It is impossible to a
was so injured astso:e with whoa n for eve i

MORNING SU

ISLAND OF JAVA.

The Universal Gazette of Lei fisic of the 27th ult.,
contains a letter from the island of Java, dated the IGth
of March, stating that an insurrection of the natives had
broken out on February 24. The insurgents, under the
command of Rtulisha. Cali, King of Batips, after having
• murdered some soldiers,' who were scattered through the
-country, and laid waste the coffee plantations, besieged
the forts of Pieck and Ribu. Colonel Michiels, one of
the best 6flicers in the Dutch army, placed himself at
the head of GA iuen, and marched against the in-
surgents. His little troop had only four pieces of can-
non. On the 26th of February Colonel Michiels fell
upon the insurgents, to the, number of 5,000 men, and
totally routed them. The insurgents, having rallied
upon the 28th, were again beaten by the Dutch troops,
who burned their capital. The King of Batips was
afterward captured and sent to Batavia.

THE NEW TARIFF BILL.

AN ACT RELATING TO DITTIES AND DRAW-
BACKS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen-
tatives of the United States of America in Congress as-
sembled, that on all articles imported into the United
States, from and after the 30th day of September,
1841. there shall be laid, collected, and paid on all
artitiss which arc now admitted free of duty, or which
arc chargeable with a duty of less than 20 per centum
ad valorem, a duty of 20 per centum ad valorem, except
on the freloaing enumerated articles, that is to say—
muriatic acid, sulphuric acid or oil of vitriol, alum, tartar:c
acid, aquafortis, blue vitriol, celomel,•carbonate of soda,
corrosive sublimate, combs, copeeras, indigo, nitrate of
lead, teed and white lead, dry or ground in oil, sugar of
lead, manganese, sulphate of magnesia, bichromatc of
potash, chromate of potash, prussiate of potash, Glau-
ber sal's, Rochelle salts, sulphate of quinine, refined salt-
petre, which shall pay respectively the same rates of duty
imposed on them under existing laws ; and the follow-
inz articles shall be exempt from duty, v:z., tea and
coffee, all paintings and statuary tive productions of
American citizens residieg abroad, all articles imported
for the use of the United Stater', and the followine arti-
cless when specifically imported by order and for the
use of any Society incorporated or established for
Philosophical or literary purposes, or for the encourage-
'lnent of the fine arts, or by order and for the use of
any cellege..maderny; .8401, or seminary of learn-
ing in the 'United States; to wit,—pbilosophical apps
rata?, instruments, hooks, maps, charts, statues, busts
of Marble, broi.ze, alalaster or plaster of Paris tests,
paintings, drawings, engravings, spejmcas of sculpture,
cabinets of coins, gems, medals, and all other colieo-
, tions of antiquities, statuary, modelling, painting, draw-
ing, etching, or engrayng ; and also all importations of
espec:mens in naturel history, mineralogy, botany, and
,anatomical preparations, models of machinery, and the
models of other invcniionr, plants and trees, wearing
apparel and other personal baggage in actual use, and
the impli meets or tools of trade of persons arriving in
the Ueiteel States ; crude antimony, regulus of anti-
Melly, animals imported for breed, argol, gum arable,
;doer, :ambergris, bole armenian, .arrow-root, annotto,
aniseed, oil of aniseed, : amber, assafeetida, ava-root, al-
carneque, adba eanellae bark of enrk-tree unnianufac-
tured, burr-stones unwroughi., bras in pigs or bars, old
brass only fit to be remanufattured, brimstone or sulphur,
barilla, brazilletto, baracie acid, Burgundy pitch, berries
used for dyeing, tmeltz, lastieg or ptunelle used in the
manufee!urc of buttons end shoes, vanilla beans, balsam
tole, gold and silver coins and bullion, clay unwrought,
copper iniptrrted in any shape for the use of the mint,
copper in pigs, bars,. or splatee, .or plates or sheets of
which copper is the material of chief value, suited to
the sheething of ships, old copper fit only to be re-
manufactured, lapis c eliminates, cochineal, camo-
mile flowers, coriander seed, catsup, cantharides,
castanus, chalk, coculus indicus, colombo root, cum-
min seed, easearilla,.cream of tartar, vegetables and nuts
of all kind;, used principally in dyeing and composing
els es, lac-dye, emery, epaulets and wings of gold or silver,
furs undressed of all kinds, flexs.eed or linseed, flax
unmanfactured, fustic, flinty, ground flint, grindstones,
gamboge, raw hide!, hemlock, henbane, born plates for
lanterns, ox and other horns, Haarlem oil, hartshorn,
hair -untnanufactured, hair peneds, ipecacuanha, ivory
unmanufa tured, iris-root, juniper-berries, oil of juni-
per, kelp, kerrnes, madder, madder-root, musk, manna,
marrow and other soap-stocks and soap-stuff.., palm-
oil, mohair, mother-of-pearl, needles, nux vernier', orris-
root, oil of almonds, opium, palm-leaf, platina, Peru-
vian bark, old pewter fit only to be re-manufactured,
Fluter of Paris, quicksilver, rags of any kind of
cloth, India-rubber, reeds unmanufactured, rhubarb,
rotten tone, elephants' and other animals' teeth,
polishing atones, bristles; . rattausetimnaiaufactured, raw-
and undressed skins, spelter,, erude.saltpetre, gum Se-
negal, saffron, shellac, soda ash, sponges, sago, saran.
perilla, serum,- sumac, tapioca, tamarinds, crude tartar,
teutenegue, tin foil, tin 'in pigs, bars, plates, or sheets,
tips of bone or horn, tortoiseshell, turmeric, weld, woad,
or pastel, Brazil wood, Nicaragua wood, red wood,
camwood, logwood, dycwoods of all kinds, unmanu-
factured woods of auy kind, except rose-wood, satin-
wood, and mahogany ; whale and other fish oils.
of American fisheries, ar.d all other articles Ow
produce of slid fisheries, and zinc ; and also,
wool unmanufactured, the Nellie whereof at
the place of exportation shall not exceed eight
nts per pound. Provided that if any fine wool be
mixed with dirt and other material,. and thus I e re-
duced in value t, eight cents, Crl pound or under, the
appraisers shall appraise said wool at such price as in
their opinion it would have cost lal it not been so
mixed, and a duty thereon shill he clvar,rad in con-
forni:ty with such appraisal ; and provided further that,
when wood of different quallties ia.imported in the same
bale, bag, or package, and any, pare thereof is worth
more than eight cents a pound, valued as aforesaid,
that part shall pay a duty of 20 per cent um ad valorem-
Provided that boards, planks, staves, scanning, sawed
timber, and all other descriptions of wood which shall
have Leen wrought inlo shapes that fit them respec-
tively for any specific and permanent use, without
further manufacture, shall be deemed wed taken as
manufactured wood.
Sec. 2.—And be it further enacted, that there
shall be levied, collected, and paid on each and
every non-enumerated article which bears a simi-
litude either in material, quality, texture, or . the use to
which it may be applied, to any enumerated article
chargeable with duty, the same rate of duty which
is levied and charged on the enumerated article which
it most resembles in any of the particulars before men-
tioned ; sod if' any non-enumerated article equally re-
sembles two or more enumerated articles on which
different rates of duty are now chargeable, there shall
be levied, collected, and paid on such non-enumerated
article the same rate of duty as is chargeable on the
article wh:ch it resembles paying the highest duty ; and
on all articles manufactured from two or more materials,
the duty shall be assessed at the highest rates at which,
any of its component parts may be chargeable. Provided,
that if in virtue of this section, any duty exceeding the
rate of '2O per centum ad valorem, shall be levied prior
to the 30th of June, 1542, the same shall not in any-
wise affect the disposition of the proceeds of the public
lands as provided for by an Act passed at the present
Session of Congress ; and provided, further, that nee platy higher than 20 per centum ad valorem, in virtu&
of the said section, shad be levied and paid on any un-
manufactured article.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, that from rend
of er the using of this Act, the drawbacks payable on
exported refined sugars, manufactured Loin foreign
sugars, and on exported rum, distilled from foreign mo-
lasses, shall be reduced in proportion' to the reduction
which shall have been made by law (after the passage
of the Acts of Congress of the 21st January, 1829'
and 29:11 May, 1830, allowing said drawbacks) in the
duties on the imported sugars or molasses, out of whieh.
the tame shall have been manufactured or distilled, and
in . no case shall the drawback exceed the amount of
import duty paid on either of those art:tles. .
Sect.
04f .
FAe
bnrdo
abrey it
next
e enacted,wina o f France shall oil
that
2d
day
Act cr any
be subjected, under the proviaions of
this
existing law, to the payment of higher
rates
of.
duty than
sks six cents a:
the following; namely, on red wines
in
gallon ; white wine in casks ten gallon,centsta and Prencla
s perca
shall gallon. Pros
sided, that no higher duty ran prior
the
not
wines of all sorts in bottles 22 ebeen
charged under this
Act, or any existing law, on the red wines of Austria,
•
than are now, or may be, by this Act
wines are i Act levied upon else
imported
red wines of Spain, when the said
in casks.
further enacted, that tile Act en-
titled Sec. 5. And be it .
co from duty iron, prepared for
" An Act to release
inc!ioedfo
r
and actually laid on railways or
the saute
places," ap-
proved I4th July, 18:32, be, .
and saute is hereby re-
and a • shall be laid, collected, and paid on
pealed, there
such iron here
after imported, a duty of 20. per centuna
ad valw'em
; provided that such repeal shall not operate
nor £ballsuch duties be imposed 011 any railroad iron which,
shall be imp d
3d daorte under the provisions orthe said Act,
prior to the yof March, 1843, and laid down on,
any • railroad or inclined plane of which the cenetruction
has been already commenced, end which shall be teces-
sary to complete the same. - • •
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, that nothing in
this Act contained shall apply to the goods shipped in a
vessel bound to any port of the United S
having left her tart port of lading (eta 'yard of the Ca rates actually e
of Good Hope, or beyond Cap Hcan, prior *. r Cape
day the lst.
- day of August, 1841,
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted; that all laws or
parts of laws inconsistent
with this Act are hereby
repealed.

. •
: . SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT GRAVESEND.--•
lOn cavle'rtilday wtoilnvo4l-11,11elig. ,aast
„tel. teeslQi
hod'o, l. ofookr
i.booant,allovna,s atbheoutt.otlo,
lowing inClancliolY accident loccurred. Two very re-
spectable young women, in'runaingdoWn t:, the steps to
catch the boat their, feet slipped anti both fell into the
One aS immediately got out dreinched to the
gate One
Av
the other WRS carried sonic. distance down the
river anthilisappeared. It was elicited from the cow-
paPion ,of t4„,e,Pilkrtunate deceased that her name was
Einiliajane rompkins, and. that she resided with her
'
mother, a widow lady, in Iferberes-buildings, Waterloo-