The Sun.
London, England, 1841-07-10 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, JULY 10, 1841.

like goods and-merchandise so imported or exported in
national vessels.
And, reciprocally, goods and merchandise, whatever
their origin may be, imported into, or exported from, the
ports of the republic of Texas, from or into the ports of
the Netherlands in Europe, in vessels of the said republic,
shall pay no higher or other duties than shall be levied
on the like goods and merchandise so imported or ex-
ported in national vessels. The bounties, drawbacks, or
other favours of this nature, which may be granted in
the states of either of the contracting parties, on goods
imported or exported in national vessels, shall also, and
in like manner, be granted on goods directly imported
or exported in vessels of the other country to and from
the ports of the two countries, it being understood that
in the latter, as in the preceding case, the goods shall
have been loaded in the ports from which such vessels
have been cleared.
" 6. No duty .of customs or other impost shall be
charged upon any goods the produce of one country upon
importation higher than the duty or impost charged upon
goods of the same kind, the produce of, or imported
from, any other country, and his Majesty the King of
the Netherlands and the republic of Texas do hereby
bind and engage themselves not to grant any favour,
privilege, or immunity, in matters of commerce and na-
vigation to the subjects of any other state which shall
not be also, and at the same time, extended to the sub-
jects and citizens of the other contracting party, gratui-
tously, if the concession in favour of that other state
shall have been gratuitous, and on giving as nearly as
possible the same compensation or equivalent, in case
the concessson shall have been conditional. In such a
case the matter will be made the object of a particular
convention between the contracting parties. The Dutch
spirituous liquors shall not be subjected to higher duties
than those of the most favoured nation. _ _

" 7. The contracting parties agree to consider and
treat respectively as vessels of the King of the Nether-
lands, and as vessels of the republic of Texas, all such as,
being furnished by the competent authority with a pass-
port or sea letter, shall under the then existing laws and
regulations be recognized as national vessels by the
country to which they belong.
" 8. The subjects of his Majesty the King of the
Netherlands, in the Netherlands colonies, and the pro-
ducts of those colonies, shall enjoy in Texas all the ad-
vantages which are or shall be granted to the most
favoured nations.
_

" Reciprocally the citizens and products of Texas
shall enjoy in the colonies of his Majesty the King of
the Netherlands all the advantages which are or shall
be granted to the most favoured nations of Europe and
America.

"9. All traders, shipmasters, and other subjects
of his said Majesty shall hare full liberty in the
republic of Texas to conduct their own business
themselves, or to intrust the management thereof to
whomsoever they may choose, either ship-agent brokers,
agent or interpreter, and they shall not be obliged
to employ other persons for that purpose, or to
pay them higher salaries or remuneration, than in the
similar cases are employed or paid by natives. In like
manner buyer and seller shall be at full liberty in all
cases to regulate and pay at their option the price of im-
ported and exported goods and merchandise of whatever
kind, conforming themselves to the established laws and
customs of the country. The same privilege shall be
enjoyed, under the like conditions, by the citizens of
Texas in the possessions of his Majesty the King of the
Netherlands.

" 10. In all that relates to the police of the ports, to
the loading and unloading of ships, and the security of
goods, merchandises, and wares, the subjects and citi-
zens of the contracting parties reciprocally shall be sub-
ject to the laws and local regulations of the country
where they reside ; they shall be free of all forced mi-
litary service, by land or by sea ; no forced loans shall
exclusively be imposed upon them, and their property
shall be subject to no other charges, demands, or taxes,
than are paid by the natives of the country itself.
" 11. The subjects and citizens of the contracting par-
ties shall reciprocally enjoy the most complete and con-
stant protection, with respect to their persons, houses,
and property.
" They shall have a free and ready access to the courts
of justice for the prosecution and defence of their rights.
" They shall be at liberty to employ the advocates,
attorneys, or agents, of whatever denomination they may
choose ; and in general, in the administration of justice,
and also with regard to all that concerns the inheritance
of personal property, by will or otherwise, and the
faculty of disposing either by sale, gift, exchange, will,
or any other manner, of personal property, they shall
enjoy the same privileges and freedoms as the natives of
the country where they reside, and in neither of those
cases or circumstances shall heavier taxes or charges be
imposed on them than are imposed on natives.
" 12. The subjects of his Majesty the King of the
Netherlands residing in the Texas shall not be in any
way molested on account of their religion, it being un-
derstood that they on their part shall respect that of the
country, together with its institutions, laws, and cus-
toms. They shall also have the privilege of interment
in the places set apart, for that purpose for the subjects
of his Majesty dying in the Texas, and the funerals and
burying grounds shall in no wise be molested under any
pretext.
" The citizens of Texas in all the possessions of his
Majesty shall have the free exercise of their religion,
whether in public or in private, in their own dwellings,
or in edifices destined for public worship, all and every-
thing, according to the principle of universal toleration
established by the fundamental law of the kingdom.
" 13. With a view of greater security, and the inter-
course between the subjects and citizens of the two con-
tracting parties, it is moreover agreed, that should at any
time the friendly relations that now exist between them be
disturbed, the merchants who reside on the coasts shall
be allowed six months, and those who reside inland a
full year, to arrange their affairs and dispose of their
property, and they shall also receive safe conduct to em-
bark from whatever port they may choose.
"All the other subjects and citizens residing in the
respective territories, for the exercise of any traffic or
special business, shall have the privilege to remain and
to continue such traffic without being in any manner
disturbed in the complete enjoyment of their liberty
and of their property ; so long as they shall conduct
themselves peaceably, and not commit any offence
against the laws of the country, their property and
effects, of whatever nature, shall not be subject to
seizure or sequestration, nor to any charge or imposition
than such as occur with respect to natives.
" 14. It is further agreed between the two contracting
parties that the Consuls and Vice-Consuls of his Majesty
the King of the Netherlands in the ports of Texas, and
reciprocally those of the republic of Texas within the
dominions of his Majesty the King of the Netherlands
in Europe, shall enjoy all those rights, privileges, and
immunities, which are accorded to such functionaries by
the law of nations, and that in the ports of each country
respectively the authorities shall give all due legal assist-
ance and protection for the apprehension, safe-keeping,
and delivery of all deserters from private or public ves-
sels of either country, as the case may be ; and all the
powers and privileges given by the contracting parties to
other nations shall belong to both reciprocally, as it
regards the apprehension, safe-keeping, and delivery of
such deserters.
"15. In case of salvage or of shipwreck the like pro-
tection and assistance shall reciprocally be afforded to
the vessels of the two contracting parties, as are enjoyed
by the vessels of the country in which the accident occurs.
" 16. Should one of the contracting. parties be at war,
it shall be allowed to the subjects or citizens of the other
to prosecute their commerce and navigation, with the
exception only of contraband goods, and of such places
as are actually under siege, or are blockaded by bellige-
rent Powers with a force adequate to prevent the neutral
from entering.
" 17. By contraband shall be understood guns, mortars,
Are-arms, pistols, bomb-shells, grenades, shot-muskets,
flints, matches, powder, shields, pikes, swords, accoutre-
ments, pouches, saddles, &c., except such quantities of
these articles as are necessary for the defence of the ves-
sel and the crew.
" 18. In cases where a merchant ship of one of the con-
tracting parties may be searched by a ship of war of the
other, it is agreed that the search shall only be made by
a boat manned with, at most, six men ; that the master
of the merchant-vessel shall not be obliged to quit his
ship, and that the papers shall not be taken from on board.
"If the merchant-vessel is under convoy of a ship of
war, no search shall take place, and the assurance of the
commandant of, the convoy, on his word of honour, that
the merchant vessel has no contraband on board, shall
be held sufficient.
" 19. In the ports of the neutral party, the vessels of
war of the other, and the prize , which they carry in there,
shall meet with all that aid and protection which, are com-
patible with the law of nations.
" 20. In case the contracting parties should at any
time mutually be at war with a third Power, it is stipu-
lated that the ships of war of the one party shall convoy
the merchant vessels of the other, as often as they should
he pursuing the same course ; that the prizes made by
the ships of wat,of the one shall be admitted into the
ports of the other, and may be sold there after legal
adjudication, and that in case of recaptiim by the one of
prizes made on the other by the enemy, the same shall
be restored to the original owner, deducting in favour of
the vessel recapturing not more than one-eighth of the
value in case the recapture was made by a ship of war,
or of one-sixth if made by a privateer.
" The present treaty shall be in force the term of eight
years, commencing three months after the exchange of
the ratifications ; and further, until the end of twelve
months after either of the contracting parties shall have
given to the other notice of its intention to terminate
the same ; each of the contracting parties reserves to
itself the right of giving such notice to the other after
the expiration of the said term of eight years ; and it
is hereby mutually agreed, that in case of such notice,
this treaty, and all the provisions thereof, shall at the
end of the said twelve months altogether cease and ter-
minate.
" 22. The present treaty shall be ratified, and the ra-
tifications shall be exchanged at the Hague within nine
months of its date, or sooner if practicable. In wit-
ness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed
the same, and have affixed thereto the seals of their arms.
" Done at the Hague, this 18th day off` September, in
the year of our Lord 1840."

DUTIES ON SOAP AND CANDLES.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sia,--I have perused, in your Journal of yesterday's date,
your observations on Lord Willoughby d'gresby's remarks on
several articles charged with high protecting duties, gn their
importation in this country.
Allow me to call your attention to three principal articles,
which, although heavily rated, are only nominally so, and,
principally, they are for the protection of the agricultural in-
terest, viz., soap, tallow, and candles, of which their origin
consists of tallow, which is heavily charged with a heavy duty,
besides the arise, on the manufactured article, together with
the duty on the ashes required to compound the soaps.
Ships are built of courep pc !Amber, which article, as is wet
known, is heavily burdened with a)q duty, for the protec-
tion of the landed interest. —I am, Sir,
Your obedient servant,
A READER OF YOUR JOURNAL.

City, 'July 8.

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, FRIDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert
took their usual walking excursion this morning in the
Slopes and Little Park, and the new grounds.
In the afternoon the Royal party left the Castle for a
drive in the Park, in several carriages ; in the first (an
open carriage and four) were her Majesty and the Queen
of the Belgians ; in the second carriage were the
Duchess of Sutherland, the Dowager Lady Lyttelton,
Countess Vilain XIV. and Viscountess Palmerston ; in
the third carriage were his Excellency the Belgian Mi-
nister and Madame Van de Weyer, the Hon. Miss Pitt,
and the Hon. Miss Cavendish ; in the fourth carriage
(a pony phaeton) were the Duke of Sutherland and Lady
E. Leveson Gower ; in the fifth carriage wereithe Earl
of Fingal and Mr. Rich ; in the sixth (a pony carriage)
were her Royal Highness the Princess Royal and her
attendants ; in the seventh carriage were Colonel Buck-
ley and General Goblet.
The Earl and Countess of Uxbridge, the Ladies
Eleanora and Countess Paget, and the Right Hon. Sir
William Freemantle, will have the honour of joining the
Royal circle at the Castle at dinner this evening.

The Duke of Cambridge visited the Duchess of
Gloucester yesterday, at Gloucester House.
The Chairman of the Excise had an interview with
the Chancellor of the'Exchequer yesterday, at his official
residence in Downing-street.
Viscount Palmerston arrived in town on Thursday
morning, from Windsor Castle.
Mr. Thornton, General Alexander, and Sir Henry
Pym, transacted business at the Foreige- office, Down-
ing-street, on Thursday.
The Right Hon. Henry and Mrs. Labouchere have
left town for Germany.
Despatches from the Governor of the Bahamas were
received yesterday at the Colonial-office.

THE APPALLING CATASTROPHE

AT ROTHERHAM.
An inquest was held on Tuesday at Rotherham, on
the bodies of the fifty persons who met with so melan-
choly an end at the launch of a vessel at Rotherham.
The Coroner and Jury assembled at the Angel Inn, at
two o'clock, and were occupied for four hours in going
from one house of woe and desolation to another for
the purpose of viewing the bodies. The following evi-
dence of one of the witnesses shows the precise manner
in which the accident happened.
Mr. Edwin Cadman, of Pitsmoor, Sheffield, said—The
vessel was built by Mr. Chambers, for Henry and Ed-
win Cadman. Robert Marsh is to be the captain. I
was present when the vessel was launched. I saw
the launch ; and as the vessel was leaving the stays,
about half over on the balance, the parties on board
(men and boys) rushed to the leeward side of the
vessel to see the effect of its dashing into the water.
By that means, the weight of the men and boys to the
leeward side caused her to overbalance and to overturn
before she reached the water, which was about three feet
from the stays. I was standing on a fly-boat in the cut,
at the head of the vessel which was launched, and
had a good view of it. I had examined the vessel, the
ways, and the packings ; and I thought it altogether
perfectly safe, having seen vessels launched before from
the same yard. I thought it so safe that I was inclined
to go on board ; but from an impression among the boat-
men that it is unlucky for an owner to be on board
when a vessel is launched, I was persuaded not to go
on board. The men were perfectly sober and quite
steady, and conducted the business in the usual manner,
and to my satisfaction.
By the Jury.—She did not pause till the rush took
place. I think she was within eighteen inches of the
end of the ways. I considered it to have been entirely
accidental. Have seen many boat yards ; and have been
on vessels which had to drop six yards or more into the

water.
The inquest was, after the testimony of several other
witnesses had been received, adjourned until Saturday
(this day). On Wednesday upwards of forty inter-
ments took place in the parish churchyard. From nine
o'clock in the morning until about six in the evening,
the mournful funeral processions were seen approach-
ing from all parts of the town ; and at four o'clock
about twelve coffins were in the church at one time,
and these, on being removed therefrom, were met by
others on their entrance to the sacred edifice. The
church and the churchyard were crowded with spec-
tators, who evinced by their broken sentences the
deep impression which so mournful an event had
made upon them. During the greater part of
the day the bells, which were muffled, were toll-
ing the approach of the departed to their last rest-
ing place, and the solemn sound gave still greater effect
to the mournful proceedings. In the afternoon a dumb
peal was performed by the Rotheram ringers, as a token
of regard for Mr. Samuel Heathcote, joiner for Mr.
Bentley, of the brewery, and who had acted for several
years as the leader of the ringers, by whom, as well as
by the public generally, he was greatly respected.
In order somewhat to alleviate the distress which
exists, a subscription has been opened for the poorer
class of those who have been bereaved of their friends.
Mr. G. W. Chambers, the proprietor of the boat yard
where the accident occurrefl, has subscribed 201., and
his father, Mr. Chambers, has sent the same sum from
London. Mr. Bentley, of Rotherham, has given 10/..
and we understand that about 2001. is already raised for
the benevolent purpose. The Rev. Thomas Blackley,
the vicar, also kindly offered to inter the whole of the
bodies, relinquishing the usual fees.—Abridged from the
Doncaster Gazette.

CANTERBURY POLITICS:—Two anecdotes
connected with Canterbury politics have been communi-
cated to us, on what we deem good authority, each in-
structive in its way. The one is, that the Duchess of
Northumberland, who was the governess of our gracious
Queen, subscribed a large sum (3,0001.) toward the elec-
tion expanses of the Hon. G. Smythe, in his single
contest with Mr. Wilson, a few months since. The
second is, that at the recent election, Mr. Bradshaw, the
defamer of the Queen, consented to pay Mr. Smythe's
share of the expenses of the late contest, as well as his
own, on condition that Mr. S. would canvass for and
with him, that he might be screened by Mr. S.'s com-
parative popularity from the consequences of the insults
he had dared to utter against the Queen. To this, and
this only, was Mr. B. indebted for his meagre majority
of nine over Mr. Hodges. This is the last time of Mr.
Bradshaw's appearance on the Canterbury hustings.
EXMOUTH.—EXTRAORDINARY AND DREAD-
FUL SUICIDE.—This town was thrown into great con-
sternation on Friday se'nnight by a report that a private
in the 9th Lancers, quartered here during the election
in Exeter, had destroyed himself in the most deliberate
manner by blowing his brains out with a pistol. The
report proved unfortunately too true, and the following
are the circumstances of the case :—the deceased, whose
name was Terence Shields, was billeted with several of
his comrades at Bastin's Globe Inn. They slept in
rooms at the top of the house. In the morning the de-
ceased had been out on parade, and had returned to his
sleeping room for the purpose of shifting his parade
dress. This was about ten o'clock. One of his comrades
was with him for the same purpose, but having changed
his dress before the deceased, he left the room, and went
to the stables. About five minutes afterwards, the report
of fire-arms was heard in the room, and an alarm being
given, the unfortunate man was found extended on the
floor quite dead, half of his face being blown off. An
inquest was held on the body by R. H. Aberdein, Esq.,
on Saturday last, when evidence was given eliciting the
above facts. It appeared that the pistol with which the
dreadful deed ivas committed belonged to the deceased,
and so determined had he been in his purpose, that lie
had actually loaded it with, four rounds of ball cartridge.
The balls were found lodged in the ceiling with a portion
of the scalp of his head. The deceased had betrayed no
symptoms of insanity, excepting a slight melancholy,
previous to his destroying himself, and one of 'his com-
rades deposed that five minutes before his death he was
perfectly. cool and collected. He was somewhat given
to drinking, and had been intoxicated two days pre-
viously, which circumstance seemed to have preyed on
his mind. His sergeant gave him a good character, de-
scribing him as a quiet inoffensive man. He was twenty-
four years of age, and not married. After deliberating
upwards of four hours, the Jury returned a verdict of
Felo de se, and the unhappy man was buried privately
the same evening, no funeral service being read over
his body.—Plymouth Journal.
PIRACY AND MURDER.—The Havre Journal, under
head of New Orleans, says:—" The American merchantman
Charles, bound to Bordeaux with a cargo of cotton, tobacco,
and other goods, was towed to the mouth of the river, and sailed
in good condition in company with the Louis XIV., hound for
Havre. Two days afterwards a steamer cruising at the mouth
Of the Mississippi found the Charles adrift, without a soul on
board, her decks stained with pools of blood, and stripped of all
her valuables. The steamer towed her back to New Orleans.
The general conjecture was that she had been attacked by
pirates, who were acquainted-with the fact of her having shipped
several chests of piastres. It is recollected that a few days
before her departure eight men engaged to go in her as pas-
sengers, and it is supposed that it is they who have committed
the crime, and afterwards made their escape in the ship's boat
either to the shore or to some pirate vessel waiting for them.
Every pursuit has been made, but no tidings have as yet been
gained.
ATTEMPT OF A HUSBAND TO MURDER HIS
WIFE.—On Thursday last, between the hours of one and
two, great excitement prevailed at Faversham, in conse-
quence of a journeyman gunsmith, in the employ of
Mr. Marshall, attempting to kill his wife by cutting her
throat. The weapon used on the occasion was a com-
mon pocket knife, with which he inflicted a severe
gash across the throat, extending from ear to ear. He
afterwards attempted his own life with the same weapon.
Surgical aid was at immediate command, and the poor
woman's wound sowed up. It is stated that the prisoner
and his wife have led a miserable life, the prisoner de-
claring that her temper was a perpetual torment •, whilst
his own character is notorious as a common and habitual
drunkard. They had been separated for several years ;
and had only rejoined each other but a few months.
The man whose name is Filbeam, is but slightly in-
jured. He was taken into custody and examined before
the Magistrates on Friday, but the woman not being
well enough to appear, the prisoner was remanded.—
Kent Herald.

FRIGHTFUL ACClDENT.—Yesterday a man
man natned William Sale, 44 years of age, was received into
St. Bartholomew's Hospital under the following circumstances
--It appears that Sale, who was employed by Mr. Board, far-
mer, of Edmonton, whilst engaged in arranging the reins of the
shaft-horse of a heavily laden cart, the animal suddenly plunged
and knocked him down, and before he could raise himself from
the ground the horses proceeded onward, and the wheels of the
Vehicle passed over both his thighs, near Tincearr. the hip-joints, which
were ethahed in a most frightful

Lord John Russell was expected on Wednesday
at Minto-house, Roxburghshire, on a visit to the Earl of
Minto.—Edinburgh Paper.
On Monday last a quarrel took place at the
Ship beer-house, on the Green, between Robert Bowering
and a young man, a sawyer by trade, in the course of which
the young man made a violent thru:t at Bowering, and Wilts
his thumb pqmpletely forced his eye from the e„oc4et.—
Independent.

THE MARKETS.

AESTERDAY.

CORN EXCHANGE.

The arrivals of English grain this week are moderate, and
of Foreign wheat considerable. The Wheat trade remains firm
at Alonay's prices. Barley, Beans, and Peas, as last reported.
The demand for Cats is moderate at previous rates. In the
Hour trade little is doing this week.
COLONIAL MARKET.

In these markets prices were firm for most kinds of produce.
Raw Sugar at last last week's rates. All useful sorts of Coffee
at stiff rates. For Spices prices were firm.
SMITHFIELD MARKET.

The supply of Cattle at Market was but moderate, the de-
mand brisk for all descriptions of Meat. Every thing sold well
at our present prices. Beasts, 553; Sheep and Lambs, 8,770;
Pigs, 417 ; Calves, 361. Beef, 3s. 4d. to 4s. Bd. ; Mutton,
4s. to ss. ; Veal, 4s. 6d. to ss. 4d. ; Pork, 4s. to 4s, 10d. ;
Lamb, ss. to 6s.

s. to s.
56 64
52 62

56 62
60 70
59 62
62 71
52 73
50 74
52 62
56 60
60 64

147 67
145 66
I 54 64
LEEE
lk and Sufi
and Limo!
Lk and Suitt
lire and Lii
ing

S. to 8.
27 32
23 26

$2. 26
21 2$
22 30
24 30
21. 30
20 30
20
24 28
22 26
23 28
25 27

5. to 5.
44 50

3S, 42

s. to s.
40 Zp6

23 30
MARKE

40 50
40 45
40 46
40 44
40 50
40 42
40 46

40 CI

33 44
40 44
36 40
35 46

40 44

40 49
a -

40 44

603. to 665.1 ,
.
. 3os. to 33,.
275. to 313. clc
255. to 293. i
351. to 41s. g
21s. to 265. !"
—11 d. to 120. per stunt
26.5. to 295. pet 'wad
RN MARKET.