The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-14 00:00:00

GLASGOW, Airdtisx 12

STOCK ExcnatiGE.—The sales are—Airdrie and Batbgate, 803.
Caledonian' New, 275. 6d.—Caledonian Extension, 325. 6d.—Cale-
donian and Dumbartonshire Extension, 22s.—Clydesdale Junction,
231.—Direct Northern, 335. 6d.—East Indian Railway, 16s.—Edin-
burgh and Northern, 9%—Glasgow General Terminus, 854—Glas-
gow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, New, 381.—Glasgow, Dumfries, and
Carlisle, 36s.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 29s.—Great
Indian Peninsular, 6s. 9d.—Great North of India, 6a.—Manchester
and Southampton, 32s.—North British, Extension to Carlisle, 70s.—
Scottish Central, 18%—Ditto, New, B%—Shrewsbury and Hereford-
shire, 7s. 6d.—South Midland, 56s.—Strathern Junction, 395.
Wishaw and Coltness, 47%.

THE SUGAR DUTIES.
HOUSE OF LORDS, AUG. 13.
LIST OF THE MAJORITY ON THE SECOND READING.

Lord Chancellor EARLS. BISHOP.
DUKES. Clarendon Durham
Norfolk Kingston
Bedford Wicklow LORDS.
MARQUISES. Grey Camoys
Lansdowne Morley Beaumont
Clanricarde St. Germans Calthorpe
Norrnanby Ducio Carrington
EARLS. Auckland Lilford
Suffolk Dinorben
Scarborough VISCOUNT. Strafford
Radnor Hawareen Campbell
Fortescue

ALLEGED ERROR IN THE CORN

BILL.

The Lord Mayor having observed what had been said by
Mr. Villiers, in Parliament, respecting an error in the Corn
Bill, which was likely to occassion injury to persons whom
it was not at all intended to injure, sent to the Corn-market
for information on the subject. One of the principal persons
connected with the trade immediately waited upon his Lord-
ship, and stated, after some conversation on the subject, that,
as Wednesday was market day, the interested parties would
then confer, and decide upon the kind of statement which it
might be most advisable to lay before his Lordship.
-Yesterday a deputation from the Corn Exchange waited,
by appointment, upon his Lordship, and handed to him a
paper of which the following is a copy :
" To the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor of the
City of London,
" We, the undersigned, of the Corn Exchange of this City,
tender to your Lordship our best thanks for the trouble your
Lordship has taken to ascertain the opinion of the trade upon
the manner in which the duties are levied on foreign rye,
peas and beans, under the Corn Act (9 and 10 Vic. cap. 22.)
"We humbly submit to your Lordship that the measure
aforesaid is an error, and will work so inconsistently as to
prove a grievance to us and a hindrance to trade.
"The 4th section of the new Act enacts that the averages
of all British corn shall be taken in the same manner as
under the old Act, which manner was, that the rye averages
regulated the rye duties, the pea averages regulated the pea
duties, and the bean averages regulated the bean duties; but
in the schedule to the new Act, it is ordered that the duty on
rye, peas, and beans, shall be, for every quarter, a duty equal
in amount to the duty payable on a quarter of barley, thus
totally neglecting the average prices of rye, peas, and beans,
respectively in contradiction to the said 4th section.
"Now we humbly submit that the intention of the Act was
that the same scale should apply to rye, peas, and beans,
as to barley, but not that the duty on these articles should
be levied by the average of barley; and to prove the latter
we submit that further down in the Schedule it is ordered
that the duty on barley-meal shall be regulated by that on
barley ; but the duty on rye-meal by that on peas ; and the
duty on peas-meal by that on beans, thus clearly showing,
we submit, that different rates of duty were contemplated
agreeable to their respective averages.
This opinion was signed by the following corn-factors of
the highest respectability:—
Alexander Ball L. Alexander and Co.
Coventry and Shepperd Easter and Hutchison
Giles, Son, and Co. Thomas Ruston and Son
Frederick Kerchwall J. and E. Ward
Robt. Wright King, Melvil, and Co.
W. and J. Woodley W. W. Landell
Rosling and Watson Kingsford and Lay
Gillies and Home lonides and Co.
Benjamin Bov ill T. C. Ending and Sons
Ashlin and Sons John James and Sons
Robt. and John Hewitson R and J.Wilson
Dan. and Jno. Birkett and Co. Wm. Fothergill
Beglin and Young John Hayes
Robt. Farrand T. and R. C. Woolner
Robinson and Goulding J. K. Brown and Co.
S. H. Lucas John Neill and Co.
Wm. Bardgett H. Skipper
Thos. Osborne and Son T. Nixon and Co.
Richard Harris and Sons D. Anderson
William Hill D. Smart and Co.
Henry Dunkin C. J. Heath
C. Douglas and Son C. Francis and Sons
H. Chittendon Wm. Maidlaw
J. G. Foster T. Bax
Smith, Finer and Smith Charles Lester and Co.
Goulding and Ledger - B. Rathbone
Win. Wells IL and E. Muggridge
Philip Browne S. Plimpton
B. Smith and Son S. Judkins and Co.
Vogar and Son John Edwards
Ambridge and Andrews G. D. Mitchell and Cc.
Hopkinson and Co. T. Palmer
W. Rathbone G. and A. Anderson
West, Green and Sedgwick T. Gill
Roffey and Bowyer Wm. Muggridge
M. and T. Love Wm. Sholt
11. and E. Downs John Gill
T. Wright John Cowell
James King G. W. Andrews
A. B. Callandar James Boyd, jun.
Randell and Co.
The deputation said that the Act, as construed by the
Board of Customs, would work in a manner directly contrary
to the intentions of the Legislature in framing the sliding
scale, for at the time of the year when the average price of
beans and peas were at the lowest, and the country had the
least need of foreign supplies, the rate of duty would be at
its lowest; and at the time of year when the average prices
were at the highest, the rate of duty would also be at its
highest, and for this reason :—From the month of May to the
month of October, there was no fine barley required for malt-
ing; consequently the farmers would have threshed out all or
nearly all of their fine barley during the malting season, and
during the months above alluded to, nothing but inferior
descriptions of barley appeared for sale, which reduced the
averages, and raised the duty; and during those very months
it would be invariably found that the price of beans was much
higher than during the winter months; consequently there
would be a low duty on beans in the winter months, when
the averages of barley were high, and a high rate of duty in
the summer months, when the averages of barley were low.
There would, therefore, be a low duty on beans when
there was the most abundant supply, and a high duty
when there was the shortest supply ; for, during the winter
months, which were the season for malting, fine barley came
freely to market, and, being sold for high prices, raised the
averages, and during the same months the farmer sent beans
and peas freely to Market ; consequently there would not
only be our own grown produce but a foreign supply at the
same time, to the injury of the agriculturist.
The Deputation exhibited to his Lordship the corn returns
of the day, published by Mr. Joyce, from which it appeared
that the following were the averages of barley, beans, and
peas :

Barley. Beans. Peas.
s. d. s. d. s• d.
Six weeks' average ... 27 4 ...... 38 9 35 10
Duty 4 0
The LORD MAYOR said the inconsistency of the regula-
tions, with respect to rye, beans, and peas, appeared to him
to be undeniable, as these articles, instead of being reduced
33 per cent. on the duty, suffered an additional duty of 100
per cent. Such a thing never could have been contemplated
by those who had brought in the Bill.
The Deputation said the Customs read the Act in such a
manner, as to compel the payment of the increased duty. At
Liverpool the duties were paid under protest. They were con-
vinced that the passers of the Act would, upon an interview
with any of the trade, be convinced of their error. The
construction put upon the Act by the Customs was in direct
opposition to its spirit.
The Loan MAYOR said he would undertake to make in-
quiry, in influential quarters, upon the subject, and enter-
tained no doubt that some meanswould be adopted, although
the session was almost at its close, to remedy the evil.
The gentlemen of the deputation thanked his Lordship for
the prompt and candid manner in which he had inquired into
the nature of their complaint, which they repeated they were
convinced originated in a mistake.

Yesterday, at the Roman Catholic Chapel, Cadogan-
terrace, was solemnised the marriage of Henry, eldest son of
Henry Petre, Esq., of Dunkenhalgh, Lancashire, to Miss
Power, daughter of the late E. Power, Esq., of Gurteen, Ire-
land, and step-daughter of the Right Hon. R. Lalor Sheil,
Master of the Mint. The ceremony was performed by the
Right Rev. Dr. Griffiths, Roman Catholic bishop of the
London district.
We learn from the Madrid journals that incendiariam
is very frequent in Spain. Amongst the recent fires were
several in the environs of Jerez de los Caballeros, where pro-
perty to a very large amount has been destroyed.
THE PENNY-A-MILE SYSTEM.—Amongst the now
projects of the day is one for an omnibus company to compete
with the penny boats, &c., on the river. It is proposed to
raise 10,000 shares of 21. each; the deposits to be 2d. per
share ; 100 omnibuses to be put on the roads. The company
has been duly registered, and amongst the startling statistics
of the road it is stated that the net profit on one omnibus is,
if half fall, 1751.35. 6d; two-thirds full,: 8571. 3e. 6d.; full,
7214 Orh Kt pa out, pe; awliu

THE AMERICAN TARIFF.
The American news contained in our columns yesterd. Sy is
of considerable importance. The battle of protection has
been lost simultaneously in the eastern and the west ern
hemispheres. While the last wail over a departed corzt-IgAw
was resounding in our House of Peers, the accordant ek? '
over a defeated tariff was chanted in the American Senate:,
Whilst here Lord Stanley was making a decorous show of
resistance in a hopeless cause, bets were laid with difficulty"
in New York as to the division in the Senate. There the
cause of protection was more obstinately defended, and more
hopefully wagered on. There uo illustrious General brought
the influence of a time-honoured name and highly-valued
services, to cow the expression of private feeling or thwart
the advocacy of particular interests. Therefore the senators
spoke and voted according to their consciences or their in-
terests. And so equally balanced were the chance of free
trade and protection, that even after the votes on distinct
divisions were known, the final result could not be safely
prophesied. A majority of 28 to 27 eventually decided a
measure of consummate importance to all
engaged in com-
mercial transactions with America, which means to every
nation of Europe. Henceforth the principle' of duties for
protection must be considered as abandoned in the United
States. The duties which remain, insufficient 1.0 compass
the objects of protection, are quite high enough to, insure a
revenue to the State, ranging as they do from 20 to 40 per
cent. on their value. Th alteration in the America-A tariff
cannot but be regarded as a great triumph gained by the
principles of free trade. A new country presents fewer via-
terials for civil dissensions than an old one. Classes are lets
disti marked; caste has fewer external symbols, what-
ever niTS, be its esoteric signs, in a republic like the States.
But, besides this, every new State inherits the commercial
doctrines of the older kingdoms of Europe. They all have
inherited some portion or another of the " comme:cial
system" which Spain first employed and afterwards
parted to England and France. This hereditary prejudice ig
confirmed by a spontaneous impulse. A false knowledge is%
pressed into the service of a natural ambition. Each never
State desires to produce everything independently of all
other nations. It wishes to anticipate the fruits of many
generations. It in the first place induces many to transfer
their industry and their capital from natural and obvious
sources of wealth, and then it forces the others to remunerate
an unnatural employment by an unnatural sacrifice. It im-
poses a tax upon every consumer in the State on purpose to
repay the cost of an artificial production. With the hope of
encouraging industry, it fosters monopoly; and professing to
extend commerce, it strikes it with a fatal blow. An error of
this kind must, sooner or later, be found out. The benefit of
a few will not conceal or palliate the loss and the injury of
the many. There has long been in the United States a
party anxious to realise the doctrines of free trade.
Their efforts have been resisted by the indifference of one
class and the selfishness of another. But when the first
commercial people in the world flung away the tethe:s of an
obsolete prejudice, and courted the competition of riv,ll in-
dustry, then the friends of free trade in every quarter of .the
globe gabled confidence and hope. Anew movement begat: ;
its first fruit is the modification of the American tariff. Thee
principle which most peculiarly marks the new Act is a good
one. 'Whilst it reduces the duties on articles of necessity, it
in some instances raises, and in others leaves untouched,
those on luxuries. It thus gives to the poor man the oppor-
tunity of exchanging his labour on the best terms to him-
self; while it compels the rich man to purchase on termer
most profitable to the State. It destroys a mis-called pro-
tection; it continues a productive impost.—Times.

COMMISSION OF LUNACY.—Yesterday a commission
de lunatico inquirendo was opened at the White Hart Inn,
Witham, Essex, before F. Barlow, Esq., Commissioner in
Lunacy, and twenty-one special jurors, to inquire into the
state of mind of Elizabeth Perry, aged 55, a maiden lady
daughter of the late celebrated Thomas Perry, Esq., of Stret-
hall, Essex, and niece of T. Wilford, Esq.. of Elmsden, Essex,
from both of which she has derived large landed estates in the
county, as well as considerable personal property. The com-
mission, which was unopposed, was taken out by the next of
kin, and in its support appeared Mr. Aspinall, of the Chancery
bar; and Mr. Burdett, of Saffron Walden, as solicitor. It
appeared that the unfortunate lady first manifested this de-
fection of her mind in Dec., 1843, by wandering from home
and talking very incoherently, and frequently obscene, to
persons she met, and to whom she was unknown. She was
subsequently removed to Mr. Timpkins's, the proprietor of
a Lunatic Asylum at Witham, where she had since remained,
and throughout had laboured under the delusions that per-
sons were continually talking to her and of her, though no
one was present. Miss Perry was introduced at the com-
mencement of the inquiry, and paid considerable attention to
the evidence. Her answers to the Learned Commissioner's
questions fully bore out the evidence, and the jury returned
a verdict, dating the unsoundness of mind from the 20th of
January, 1844.
THE LATE STORM—At a meeting of the inhabitant
householders cf the liberty of Saffron-hill, held last night,
to take into consideration the loss of property by the poor of
that neighbourhood, in the late storm, it was resolved to
raise a subscription to compensate their losses. The good
work was immediately set about, and a committee appointed
to collect subscriptions. Mr. Buckle, jun., stated at the
meeting that his list already amounted to 100/., which will
go one• third of the way to replace the 300/. which the poor
of that neighbourhood are said to have lost.
THE ROYAL ASYLUM OF THE ST. ANN'S SOCIETY•
--Yesterday, at eleven o'clock, a half yearly general court
was held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, to receive
the report from the committee, and to elect, by ballot, five
girls and seven boys from a list of thirty-one girls and sixty-.
seven boys. Mr. Bright in the chair. The secretary read
the report, which stated that the society was now incorpo-
rated, and in it the especial thanks of the committee were
expressed to the Duke of Cambridge, who presided at the
late festival; and to his Highness the Pacha of Egypt, for
his liberal donation of 50/. The report was received and
adopted, and the election took place.
SIR CHARLES WETHERELL.—The accounts received
last night of the condition of Sir Charles Wetherell, by Sir
B. Brodie, who returned to town, are favourable. He has
recovered his senses, and, though still in a dangerous state, is
expected to recover.
THE BENEFIT OF AN EXAMPLE.—A few days ago,
Justice Erle, at Bodmin, thus addressed an unhappy girl, who,
under frightful circumstances, had been indicted for infanti-
cide, but was acquitted of the charge, and found guilty of the
concealment only. The judge said—." Not to add reproach
to you, but to hold you up as an example to others, I feel
bound to pass upon you a severe sentence." And the
sentence was two years' imprisonment. Now, in the name
of justice, if the girl, for the crime committed by herself, did
not deserve so severe a visitation, why, we ask, should she
suffer as an " example" to others ? To suffer for, a crime
committed is justice, but to suffer only that others may be
deterred from evil, is to be a martyr, and not a culprit.—
Punch.

THE QUEEN DOWAGER. Yesterday her Majesty
the Queen Dowager completed her fifty-fourth year, having
been born on the 13th of August, 1792. Her Majesty's
tradesmen illuminated as usual.

MILITARY FLOGGING. A numerous meeting of
the inhabitants of Hammersmith was held last night, at
which a petition to the Houses of Parliament against fog-
ging in the army and navy was unanimously agreed to. The
petitioners also called attention to the present mode of en-
listment, and prayed the House that some means should be
taken to secure a fair compact between the soldier and the
Government.

RICHMOND RAILWAY AND THE INHABITANTS OF
MORTLAKE,--At a meeting of the inhabitants of Mortlake,
held in the vestry-room yesterday, Lord Fitzroy in the chair,
it was resolved to take counsel's opinion as to the obstruction
of the carriage-way caused by the Richmond Railway, and
to act on that.

A COLLEGIAN REGULARLY CLEANED OUT.—Yester-
day's Government Police Gazette contains the particulas of
the robbery from the person of the Rev. Edward Brume'', of
St. John's College, Cambridge, of a silver watch with a blackribbon, and a small gold ring attached; a brass key fitting
the watch, a mourning ring, with the words, " In memory
of" on the outside, and inside, " Richard Brown," with the
date of his death ; a solid fine gold filed out key seal, with
blood stone, beautifully engraved with a head of Socrates :
a green silk purse with steel rings and tassels, containing
four half-crowns and two shillings, a steel ring, to which
were attached seven or more small keys, two latch keys
rivetted together, from which the handle 'ring had been
taken off; a card case containing four or five cards with the
name and address of the Rev. loser ; a volume, " Laneton
Parsonage," and a pair of black kid gloves. It is not
known by whom the robbery was committed.
THE HOUNSLOW FLOGGING CASE.—MEETING AT THE
NATIONAL HALL.--Last night a public meeting for the
purpose of expressing an opinion on the recent affair at
Hounslow, was held in the National Hall, High Holborn.
Mr. J. Watson in the chair. He was averse, he said, to
flogging of all kinds, and in fact to soldiers of all kinds, and
he hoped to see the day when no soldiers would be needed
in any part of the globe. Mr. Moore moved a resolution
expressing abhorrence and indignation at the late floggpfr
and calling for energetic exertions to put down the punish-
ment. Mr. Henry Charles Wright, an. 4merican,
... aTd. a
zealous member of the American Anti-Slavery _
spoke strongly against the practice of flogging,
t and
said of
his own country,
American so long as the flag States should
of the United
that he would repudiate he name of an
wave over a slave auction, where a human creature is ex-
posed for sale. Mr. Wright's address was most favourably
received. Mr. Parry proposed a resolution, applauding the
conduct of the Rev. Mr. Trimmer, T. Wakley, and the jury.
The resolution was seconded by Mr. Neesom, and carried
with vehement cheers. The third resolution, proposed by
Mr. Holyoak, and seconded by Mr. Brook, was to the effect,
that the military powers possessed by the aristocracy of this
country, for the purpose of maintaining their own unjust
privileges and monopolies, are highly injurious to society at
large. The resolution was carried with great applatise, and
the meeting, which throughout had been very orderly,
broke Up.
ROBBERIES IN THE METROPOLIS.—The following
robberies have been reported to the metropolitan police since
Monday last :—From the residence of the Earl of glarandon,
Grosvenor crescent, Belgrave-aquare, a gold engine-turned
double-nased watch, initials E.G., the property of the
Countess of Clarendon, by a man who stated that he was
sent to repair the injuries in the skylight, caused by the late
storm. From the Ship public-house, Walcot-place, an oil
painting of her Majesty, 24 by 14, which was cut out of the
frame hanging on the wall. From the shop of Messrs. Man•
ster, Snow-hill, pawnbrokers, six engine-turned gold watches,
" Binns," maker. From the Ship public-house, Chandoes
street, Covent-garden, a quantity of plate. From the house
of Mr. Gwilt, architect, Union-street, between 500 and 600
Roman coins, and a silver snuff-box, presented to Mr. Gwilt,
in admiration of his able restoration of the beautiful specimen
of early English architecture, the Ladye Chapel, St. Saviour's,
Southwark. From the house of Mr. Muddeman, Davies-
street, Berkeley-square, a valuable gold watch. From the
residence of Mr. St. Leon, Rathbone-place, several dresses.
From the shop of Mr. Wyatt, Ebury-street, several gold
watches, the whole of Geneva manufacture. From the pre-
mises of Mr. Weston, Hyde-park-gate, a quantity of wear-
ing apparel. From the house of Mr. Mason, Adelaide-place,
various articles of silver plate. From the house of Mr.
Long, Old Gravel-lane, wearing apparel. From the house
of Mrs. Melton, New Peter-street, four 10/. and four 5L Bank
of England notes. From the shop of Mr. Larand, watch-
maker, New Bridge-street, Vauxhall, ten silver watches.
From the Park Chapel. Chelsea, the entire fittings of the
communion table. From the Antelope, public-house, Ship-
street, Shoreditch, a cash-box, containing 341. in gold and
silver. From the shop of Mr. Rubens, hosier, Oxford-street,
several dozens of silk handkerchiefs. Besides numerous
other robberies of a minor description.

FRIGHTFUL AND FATAL ACCIDENT TO AN AGED
FEMALE.—On Tuesday afternoon, between one and two
o'clock, an accident of a most frightful character, and
which has been attended with fatal consequences, occurred
to an elderly female, named Rebecca Foster, living in the
neighbourhood of Smithfield, under the following distressing
circumstances:—lt appears that the unfortunate creature,
who was in her seventieth year, was, at the time in quo...
tion, proceeding along Goswell-street, and in the act of
crossing over to the opposite pavement, when a carrier's cart
came up at a smart pace, and before the old woman had time
to escape she was knocked down, the wheels passing
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her. The driver stopped immediately,
picked upassistance
having come forward, the deceased was
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