The Sun.
London, England, 1833-05-22 00:00:00

NEW EDITIONS OF MRS. AIARCET'S WORKS.
CONVERSATIONS on VEGETABLE
PHYSIOLOGY ; comprehending the Elements
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CONVERSATIONS on CHYMISTRY, in which
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illustrated by Experiments ; with a Conversation on the
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CONVERSATIONS on NATURAL PHILOSO-
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CONVERSATIONS on POLITICAL ECONOMY.
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Just published, by the same Author,

JOHN HOPKINS'S NOTIONS on POLITICAL
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STORIES for CHILDREN, explaining the Manner of
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TONBRIDGE WELLS.
TO BE LET ON LEASE,
By Mr. REID,
Son-in-Law and Successor to the late Mr. JOHN ROBINS,

(Of Warwick House, Regent-street,)
AVery desirable Compact RESIDENCE,
in excellent order, and fit for immediate occupation,
situate within an agreeable distance of
THE PARADE AND PUBLIC ROOMS AT TON-
BRIDGE WELLS,
planned with convenient domestic offices, coach-house,
stables, &c., fore court, tastefully laid out, delightful
lawn, ornamented with thriving shrubs and evergreens,
dry gravelled walks, very productive kitchen garden,
planted with choice fruit trees in full boaring, and
FINE MEADOW LAND.

The appropriate Household Furniture may be taken at
a valuation.
Particulars and tickets to view the Residence may be
had of Mr. Reid, No. 170, Regent-street.

DUTY ON SOAP.—It is not generally known
that the reduction of the duty on soap will not amount to
per pound, which the public would infer from the
way it was announced by Lord ALTHORP. At present the
aoapmaker is charged a duty of 3d. per lb., but from this
he receives an allowance of one-tenth to cover the loss i❑
mantifactuie by waste, scrapings, inlake, &c., and this
allowance is to be withdrawn at the reduced rate of duty.
The reduction, therefore, barely amounts to lid. per lb.,
and the public can only benefit by it in that proportion
from the Ist day of next month.— Glasgow Herald.
IMPORTANT TO SHIP BUILDERS.—B

timber and plank are now imported into the Isle of Man
upon payment of a duty of ss. per load upon the former,
and Ss. per load upon the latter; whereas in every other
port of the United Kingdom, the duty per load upon
Baltic timber, is 21. 155., and that upon Biltio plank is
41. As all vessels built in the Isle of Man are, under the
existing law, entitled to British registry, it is not to he
wondered that this inequality of duty has attracted the
att-ntion of speculators. Such is the case. A number
of Liverpool merchants have formed themselves into a
company for the purpose of Wilding ships at the Isle of
Man for the English market. In consequence of this,
the Liverpool ship-builders have already petitioned the
Legislature for an equalization of the duty payable on those
articles, and for protection from the undue advantages
which the ship-builders in the Isle of Man possess over
them: and a petition of the Sunderland shipbuilders,
having a similar object, was a few days ago in the course
of signature, and has since been sent to Mr. Alderman
THOMPSON, the talented Member for Sunderland, for
presentation to the House of Commons; and we cannot
hut urge upon all those engaged i❑ ship-building, the
❑ecessity there is for activity in petitioning the Legisla-
ture. If the present rate of duty he continued, the Isle
of Man will be one huge ship-building yard, and the
other British ship-builders will be ruined.—Newcastle
Journal.

The conduct of Mr. MACAULAY has given

:he highest satisfaction to his constituents, and to all the

friends of negro emancipation throughout the country.
When our representative had heard the plan of Ministers,
and found that it was deformed with the great vice of
compelling the slaves to buy their own freedom, as well as
with other faults of detail, be frankly informed Lord AL-
Timm, that he must both speak and vote against it, and
therefore tendered the resignation of his office. At a Ca-
binet Council held on the same day, his objections awl his
resignation were considered ; and the Cabinet wisely de-
termined to leave their plan open to modification, and tp
request Mr. MitcAuLas to retain his office until he should
see whether such changes might not he adopted as would •
remove his objections. We have reason to believe that
Mr. MACAULAY received every possible mark of respect
and kindness from the members of the Cabinet ; and there
is ground to hope that the weight of his talents and cha-
racter may be eminently useful to the cause of the slaves,
as well as to the English public, in inducing Ministers to
abandon the objectionable parts of their plan. It will be
r,metubered that this is not the first occasion on which
Mr. MACAULAY has given the strongest proof a public
man could give, of his sincere attachment to cqlonial man,
aipation, and of the high place it holds in his regard. In
1831 he tendered to the Marquis of LANSDOWNE, the
patron of the borough for which he then sat, the resigna.
tion of his seat, on the ground that he felt bound to oppose
the Government, on Mr. F. BUXTON'S motion. Tin
Marquis characteristically told him to act according to the
dictates of his conscience. He afterwards voted against
Ministers on the same subject, within a week of taking
office. Conduct more honourable to all parties has seldom
been exhibited ; and our earnest hops is, that the Cabinet
rosy now add to its exemplary candour, by going the while
length of righteous principle, and straight forward, manly
p ilicy, and consenting to the unconditional and immediata
emancipation of the slaves.....,Leed3 Mercury.