The Sun.
London, England, 1834-04-23 00:00:00

NEW TEA DUTIES.

It may be useful I think, at this time, with reference to
Mr. Craw ford's intended motion for a select committee of
the House of Commons, on the 24th instant, to recapitu-
late some of the leading points of this very important ques-
tion, as well as to take a view of the conduct pursued by
the government in legislating upon a subject which affects
not less extensively the interests of the public and the re-
venue, than those of the trader himself.

I will not stop to notice the unjust imputations which
have been cast upon the tea trade, for the view they have
taken of this matter, or for having stood up to defend their
interests, as well as to expose the fallacies of the govern-
ment ; and it would be useless to dwell upon that reckless
haste and pertinacity with which a government, avowing
themselves to be even-handed and clear-sighted, have
adopted, and adhered to, a scheme which is equally wild,
impracticable, and mischievous. To those who have, like
myself, some confidence yet remaining in the good inten-
tions of our rulers, but who are not quite satisfied of their
infallibility, I would suggest, that this is not their first
mistake ; and, if any man has the hardihood to say that the
tea dealer, in opposing them, is studying any private inte-
rest of his own, I can only answer, that I wish he had stu-
died the principles of trade better.
The subject of the new tea duties divides itself into two
principal heads ; that of fraud which may be practised, and
of bad tea which may be imported, under such a system as
the one proposed ; but even these are so blended together
as hardly to be treated of separately. In reference how-
ever to the first, I observe it has been asserted pretty
roundly, that upon the present scheme of classification two
different inspectors may charge a different duty upon the
same cargo of tea, to the extent of 50,0001., and this is per-
fectly true • but it is an extreme case, applicable to the
present scale of East India shipping, and quoted I suppose
only by way of example. Taking however those ships which
are eventually the most likely to be employed, from 300
to 600 tons, and supposing that contrivances to this end
are planned by the dishonest importer upon only part of a
cargo, I assert, without the fear of contradiction, that
frauds to the extent of .5,000/. or 10,0001., may easily be
practised, and are indeed likely to be of ordinary occur-
rence ; and the simple question therefore seems to be,
whether that system be a wise one which admits of such
fraud, or if it be morally right to invest any government
officer with a discretionary power to such extent over an
article of trade, the distinction in the qualities of which is
admitted on all hands to be one of difficulty. But the
importer has determined, we will say, to avoid fraud him-
self, although some of his brethren are not so nice about it.
Two persons of different character import the same descrip-
tion of tea. One of them, by the irresistible bribe of 1,0001.
to the inspector, gets his tea passed at a duty of
5,0001. less than the other, (which fraud be it recollected if
found out, may be pleaded as a mere error of judgment, )
and thus, although he should sell his tea at the cost price,
profits 4,000/. upon his venture. The other, being more
conscientious, imports to no profit at all, and is in danger
of losing his trade into the bargain. Then comes the tea
dealer, who independently of his desire to discountenance a
fraud to which he must almost necessarily become a party,
would wish to encourage the importation of good qualities,
because it will promote his trade, and add to his profit ;
but is this likely to be the case when the good teas are taxed
higher in this country than their relative proportion of va-
lue in the Chinese market? andwill not the importer,whose
object also is to improve .the consumption, perhaps over-
look such a consideration, and rather bring home the
secondary qualities, about which the government inspec-
tor cannot if he would make any mistake? But it is as-
serted by the government that there is, er ought to be, no
difficulty in discriminating the quality of different teas. and
therefore that the inspector, if honest, may do rightly.
What, however, is the fact ? Why, that the tea brokers,
who are supposed to be the most experienced judges, and
are certainly the most practised in this sort of knowledge,
vary in their individual opinions always to the extent of
ld. to 2d. per lb. (less than which will determine the dif-
ferent duties), and often from 3d. to 6d. per lb. upon every
break or parcel of tea put up at every sale ; and if this dif-
ference of opinion has existed hitherto, it is fay to conclude
that it will exist still, and that any thing therefore like
uniformity of opinion is unattainable. But it would be
well to inquire if these asserted broad lines of distinction
between different teasreally do exist. What did Sir George
Staunton lately say in the House of Commons? and I be-
lieve there is no higher authority in the country. "Bohea
was the original name,and still is the Chinese term for all kinds
of black tea. Different soils, and different cultivation,
have given it a different character, but it is the same spe-
cies, and the same tree everywhere. There is no such
thing as Congou tea, or Souchong tea. Congou means
only a preferable black tea, and Souchong the select of the
preferable." What also is our own experience upon this
head, but that the Congou or preferable black tea, in
which, as between the Bohea on the one hand, and the
Souchong on the other, the government allege there is so
marked a distinction, sells usually at only 4d. to ld. per
lb. above what we term the Bohea, and some of it occa-
sionally lower than the best Bohea, and two-thirds of the
Souchong or select tea sell much under the fine Congou.
The same apparent incongruity will apply to the Campois,
Pekoes, and other teas, where the prices continually jostle
and even cross each other, and, therefore, really there is no
boundary line between any of them In fact, the terms with
ourselves are altogether discretionary, and frequently synony-
mous. The Bohea of one dealer is the Congou of another,
and the Souchongs, Campois, and Pekoes, are equally in-
discriminate in use, and indefinite in real meaning. They
are but the ordinary, middling good, and fine of all other
articles ; in the precise application of which terms no two
persons, and especially buyer and seller, ever agree. Still
it is asserted that the government have found out the se-
cret, and that the experiment prepared by them, and refer-
red to some chosen parties for decision, makes every thing
clear and straight; but this is not the fact. The Board of
Control, a twelvemonth back, certainly did make experi-
ment with certain persons upon certain samples, but these
samples differed from each other at least 4d. to 6d. per lb.,
and these referees, the tea brokers, than whom there is not
a more respectable body of men, did therefore, after much
deliberation, pretty well agree in judgment, although
not wholly so. What, however, did the tea brokers say
when they ascertained the unworthy purpose for which
these opinions were obtained, and what is the sub-
stance of the document since signed by them, and read
publicly by Sir Robert Peel in the House of Com-
mons, when they found all private remonstrance to be
fruitless, but " that the experiment was no fair decision of
the question at issue, and that in their opinion no boundary
line between teas of different qualities did exist." Let me
ask, however, why the drift and meaning of such an expe-
riment should have been concealed, and why the London
dealers, not one of whom was consulted, should have been
precluded from giving an opinion ? Are brokers to be
trusted only when hoodwinked, and is the character of a
London trader at so low an ebb that he is not to be trusted
at all? Does an experiment thus dished up prove any
thing but the folly of those who prepared it, and if in such
a thing, evidently intended for effect's sake, there has proved
to be a moment's hesitation, do the government really ex-
pect to find uniformity of judgment, where the differences
of quality, if any, approach to within id. per lb. of each
other ; where, instead of having, as in this case, boiling
water and teapots at hand, with plenty of time for. deli-
beration, you must decide at some public wharf or ware-
house in a moment, upon large quantities, with the super-
ficial examination of the sight or the smell only ? Can all
the infinite variety of shades of quality in 400,000 chests
annually imported, thus be determined with any fairness
or certainty, and will it indeed be possible to do it at all ?
Yet the government say it can be done, and have accord-
ingly determined that the Congou shaltpay Bd. per lb. more
than the Bohea, and the Souchong 10d. per lb. more than
the Congou, although, as I have said, these teas are so
intermingled as not to be distinguishable, and the prices
of them actually run into each other. Was there ever
anything so preposterous ? Would it not be idle to attempt
a scale of duties upon the different flavours of wine from
the same country, and probably the same vineyard? and,
when a similar crude notion was entertained for sugar was
it not at once seen to be impracticable ? Have the govern-
ment received no warnings upon this subject? What was
the answer obtained a twelvemonth ago by their chosen
agent, a late member of Parliament, and a thoroughly
practical man, who was despatched into the city to make
inquiry of some of our first merchants, but that the scheme
" would not do," and why, therefore, was the bantling '
fostered any longer ?

The mistakes— of the government do not, however, end
here. Every one knows that good tea goes the farthest,
and that a good article promotes consumption ; but our
rulers seem to disregard this circumstance, as well as
the fact that the poor man will always give a good price,
in the hope of obtaining good tea, not only for eeonom'a
sake, but also because, like his betters, he prefers it,
In spite, therefore, of its frequent adulteration by the
mixture of Bohea, the Congou forms hi the aggregate
four-fifths of the poor man's consumption, and this tea
now pays a duty of ls. 94d. to Is. lO%d, per lb., but !
the government kindly propose to make it 2s. 2d. per lb.,
under this
the will
name
bae m see eanr
in
although to give the turn back they will allow him the
use of the Bohea tea at a duty of only Is 6d: pei: lb.,
which, if he does not drink, ,‘ he ought to
c ..drink, and
" with which he really must for the futureontent him-
self." 'rids operation they dignify by the term of a benefit
to the poorer classes, but I call it deceit and quackery.
The
the
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evilpo
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Bohea, which was imported formerly, but which hardly
deserves the name of tea at all; and which is still
rti on however
of that is to
made by the Chinese . for the use
of other countries,
come,trmh and

but for which the English are sure to obtain the
pref,rence as soon ;+s it is determined by govern-
yient that all future competition shall be directed to
rice and not to quality : for who will, with the encou-
:gement given to use a low commodity, bring a good one
to market ? A scale of duties is, in fact, a temptation to
import the inferior instead of the better article ; an alter-
native presented to us, either to pay higher prices, or to
drink a worse quality ; an insult to the understanding of
an practical men, and the very thought of which, in this
ease, will for ever stand as a monument of the miserable
iticapacity of those theorists who are so little fitted by their
education to comprehend the details of commercial practice.
Of an ad valorem duty I need say little. Under any
other system than monopoly it is equally liable to objection
with a scale of duties, for a single importer only, apart from
all combination, might easily, by public sale, depress the
market with a supply beyond what was wanted at the
moment, so as to fix a low duty, and then by employing
.somebody to buy in the teas thus offered for sale, re-sell
Chem most advantageously for himself, but of course to the
great injury of the revenue. A fixed duty is, therefore,
inevitable, and one duty upon tea of every description, 1
believe honestly to be, the only safeguard to all classes of
the community. It will shut the door upon fraud ; it will
not only give to everybody good tea at a lower price than
was ever yet known, but also augment consumption and
improve the morals of the people ; it will at once place the
honest trader upon a firm footing, and through him furnish
to the government a sure, an abundant, and an increasing
revenue.

And what snore ought to be desired ? But the present
scale of duties forsooth is an experiment, and ought to be
allowed a trial. This argument, however, is pure sophis-
try, and would warrant any absurdity. Is an import-
ant branch of trade, yielding to society so many com-
forts, and to the government so large a revenue, to
be made matter of experiment ? It is to be wished
that our rulers would upon every subject adopt that theory
only which is supported by sound practice—that when
simplicity will effect any object, they would avoid compli-
cation ;- and, above all, that they would somewhat distrust
their own judgment upon all those details, of which per-
sonally they can know nothing. They may make experi-
ments upon their own property if they please, but it is ma-
nifest injustice and impolicy to give a sanction to fraud,
and:in defiance of every remonstrance not only to destroy
the prospects of the fair trader, but also to tamper with
the enjoyments of the community.
I am unwilling to add to the present letter further de-
tail, but one other argument may be adduced to show the
futility of this scheme, which, if it be deemed too specula-
tive by the public, the members of a government pluming
themselves on their knowledge of political economy ought
to comprehend, and it is this; that the price of any article
to the consumer, is governed infinitely less by the artificial
burdens laid upon it, than by the law of demand and supply,
and its relative value to similar commodities. In this view
of the tea question, and under present circumstances, it is
impossible that the poor man can derive a benefit by a low
tax upon the Bohea as compared with the Congou tea,
even if he drink the former. The price of Congou is at
this time about 3s. Bd. per lb. including the duty of Is. 9td.
per lb., and that of Bohea 3s. sd. per lb. including the
duty of Is. Bd. per lb. Now, if the Government, instead
of making: the Bohea duty Is. 6d. per lb. after the 22d of
April, were but bold enough to take it off altogether, they
would at the very next sale in June see the truth of my po-
sition, and lose nothing by the experiment, the tea itself
being then their own property ; for as the Congou Tea is
to be bolstered up through the year by protecting prices,
and the demand for Bohea Tea is above the supply (be it
for adulteration or otherwise) the latter will continue to
preserve its relative proportion to the Congou, and, we
must still give 35. sd. per lb. for it, out of mere compe-
tion, though it paid no duty whatever. But none are so
blind as those that won't see, and I shall therefore conclude
with a word to the public, begging them to use their own
judgment, only if they should be told that the Tea Trade
are interested in keeping up the prices of low tea, or of
any teas whatever, for the very reverse is the fact. All
that the tea trade desire, is to have a clear stage, without
patronage or favouritism, but to this end legislation founded
upon common sense is needful. The good opinion of Go-
vernment is indifferent to them, if they can but secure that
protection from fraud which will enable them to importand
sell a good commodity at such prices as will increase the
consumption ; for their dealings will then be more uni-
form and extensive, their expenses lighter, and their pro-.
fits more certain.

JOHN TRAVERS.
Swithin's Lane, 16th April, 1834.

MURDER.--ADJOURNED INQUEST.

BIRMINGHAM, April 21.
This day the jury met, pursuant to adjournment on
Monday last, relative to the daring and barbarous murder
on the body of the woman Webb, on Wednesday the 9th
instant.

The CORONER stated that there was a woman about to
come into the room whom he had been informed could
give some very important information. H should examine
her very minutely. The prisoner, Fitter, who has been in
custody since Saturday week, and against whom very mate=
rial evidence had been adduced, was then brought into the
room.

Mary Anne Hilton Patteson, a young married woman,
whose husband was a soldier, stated that she resided in
a court in John-street. She knew Fitter well, hEi having
mended shoes for her. She went on last Wednesday week,
as nearly as she could guess, at half-past three o'clock,
to his house. She saw his wife and the baby in the
kitchen alone. She was binding shoes. She thought
she inquired if Fitter was within, stating that she
had brought her boots to be mended. She stood
at the door with the door in her hand for a short
time, and was going to turn out of the house, when
Fitter came in. He had on a pair of slipper shoes
and a red jacket. As ho came in he hardly stopped, but
went as swiftly as he could across the house to the cellar
door, which he opened with his left hand; and as he threw
the door open she saw blood on his left hand. He went
into the cellar and pulled the door after him with his
hand. Whilst he was in the cellar a stout man came in
with dark clothes on, and walked up stairs. • She only sat:-
his back. Fitter then came out of the cellar without
either shoes or jacket on. She asked him if he would
please to mend her boots, describing in what manner. He
said, " No, my girl, I can't awhile." Mrs. Fitter got up
and walked towards the cellar head. She could not tell
whether she went down into the cellar, as she
turned away and left the house. When he went
down the cellar, his hand appeared as if it had been dipped
in blood ; and when he returned it looked smeared, and. as
if it had been wiped off. The witness further statial that
she went from his house to a Mrs. Rufford, whc was in the
habit of washing for her. She asked her if she had brought
her caps ? She replied no ; that she had her boots in her
handkerchief; that she had taken them to Lawley-street
to be mended, but could not get them mended ; she did
not sal to whom. The circumstance ofherhaving a bundle
with her the woman Rufford denied at her examination, as
well as many circumstances relative to the former witness
going to her house at various times the following week ;
but when confronted with the girl, she would not swear to
those circumstances, but could not remember them.
The Jury and Coroner were very much dissatisfied with
her manner in giving evidence.
Two women, neighbours of the woman Rufford, and whom
the girl knew, substantiated her statements about calling
upon them at the same time she did upon Rufford. She first
mentioned what she had seen respecting Fitter, and the
day she was at his house, to Mrs. Rufford on the Monday.
She also mentioned it to several persons who were stand-
ing in the crowd opposite the house at which the jury was
sitting.
Mary Hodson was next examined. She stated that
on Wednesday week, as near four o'clock as she could
guess, she was going up Lawley-street to a coal shed for
coal. She saw no one in the yard, nor a barrow in whidi
she could wheel the coal. In going towards Lawley-street,
to look if she could see the coalman, she saw Fitter come.
out of his house and go up an entry. When she mac,
to the entry up which he went, she had occasion to go up,
the yard. She went up, but did not see any convenience;
She was then going into Mrs. Webb's house to ask her the
kindness to let her go in ; when she at to the window
she saw the person near (the prisoner Fitter) standing. in
the house with his back toward* the window, with a
woman's head leaning on his right arm; there was no
noise, she thought she might be in a fit, or tainting. She
did not go in, but turned down the yard ; she went down
the entry, and went into the yard above, and was there
about a minute; she then went across the coal-yard and
got the coal. The man had on a leathern apron, red
jacket, ck
pieceet , and r col
ppaper t
tchaep .
barrow, When o
opposite
iNt‘
she was putting it in she saw Fitter come out of it and go
into the house he came out of; he walked fast, and hack
Fitter before in ilex* life, (It will be recollected, that
from the evidence Mr. Wood, surgeon, the throat. must
and that ' Litter allowed himself
er
the left corner of his aprons in his hand. She newr saw
have been cut left-handed, was
he entry.wheeling. h coal
that he was so.)
Other evidence was brought forward, after which the
jury returned a verdict of At ilful Murder against John
Fitter.
On his hearing this decision he became almost unable to
stand. His daughter, son-in-law, and sister, immediately
came to him in a private room, and the scene was most
afflicting.

The premium on gold at Paris is 5+ per
which at the English Mint price of 31 17s.
loAd. the ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange
of 25.28, and the exchange at Paris on London at
short being 25.30, it follows that gold is 2.25 per cent.
lower at Paris than in London.

By the advises from Hamburg the price of
gold is 434 per mark, which at the English Alin,.
price of 3/. 17s. 10d. the ounce for standard gild,
g=Ves an exchange of 13.94-, and the exchange
Hamburg on London at short being 13.9, it follcw;
that gold is 7-32 per cent. dearer at Hamburg tl
in LontiQn.

LONDON,
WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 23, ►834.

We expressed yesterday our confident expec-
tation of an agreement, on the affairs of Portu-
gal, between the governments of Donna
MARIA, Queen ISABELLA, England, and
France, and we have reason to believe that a
treaty between the four powers was actually
signed, or at least finally settled, and trans-
mitted to the respective courts, for signature,
yesterday morning. The Times assures us that
no armed interference will be resorted to; and
we have ourselves little doubt that the moral
effect of this formal and ostensible declaration of
the concert and agreement of the four govern-
ments, though, in our opinion, too long de-
ferred, will yet dispel the illusion of those who
adhere to the two pretenders, and perhaps in-
duce those two misguided Princes them-
selves to accept the terms which the
humanity and generosity of the contracting
parties are willing to secure to them. But we
shall be much surprised, and, we confess, dis-
appointed, if one of the immediate objects of
the treaty be not, as it ought to be, the secur-
ing, under certain conditions, to the Queen-
Regent of SPAIN the right of marching her
armies into the territory of her Portuguese
neighbours, for the purpose of putting down
the rebellious pretender to her daughter's legi-
timate crown, and a stipulation that the same
force shall act in aid of the Portuguese Govern-
ment of Donna MARIA against Don MIGUEL
and his adherents. It is reasonable to suppose
that such efforts, under the full sanction of
Great Britain and France, will be sufficient to
enable the two Peninsular Governments to put
down their respective rebels, and termi-
nate the savage warfare which desolates
Portugal and threatens to involve Spain in
a similar calamity. But if, -contrary to
all human probability, the wicked struggle be
obstinately continued, it is not to be supposed
that Great Britain will allow the enemies of
a Government which she has now not only ac-
knowledged but engaged, by every good office,
and in concert with the other allies, to protect,
to draw any resources from her dominions. No
doubt any Englishman in the service of Don
MIGUEL will be recalled—those willing to
serve the young QUEEN will be encouraged, and
a final stop be put to the communication by
sea between the Miguelites of Portugal and the
Carlists of France and Spain.

Ingenious as may bs the sophistry, and
subtle as is the logic, of Bishop PHILLPOTTS
and his Oxford sophs, there is no escaping
from the following dilemma. The lads,
when required on matriculation to sign the
thirty-nine articles, are either expected to read
them, or they are not ;—if expected to read
them, they infer assent by their signature to
propositions they have not examined and
cannot understand; if not expected to read
them, they are taught, on the threshold
of a religious and learned education, that
subscriptions and declarations mean nothing.
In the first case it is an idle mockery, in the
second a disgusting defiance, of moral feeling.
In the first it cannot by possibility be neces-
sary or advantageous to the interests of the
church, or of religion; in the second it has a
direct tendency to inculcate the practice of
hypocrisy, or at least of indifference respecting
solemn asseverations, declarations, or subscrip-

tions. How is, or can, such a practice be
necessary to the maintenance of a system of re-
ligious instruction ?

The tithes, the parsonage-houses, and the
glebe lands, are as much the property of the
nation as the churches. The clergy, who are
the ministers (or servants) of the church, re-
ceive the tithes and occupy the premises for
their lives—that is, provided they comply with
the conditions imposed by the Legislature ; but
the clergy are not a corporate body, nor can
they rightfully claim the property any longer
than they perform the duties of the office which
entitles them to the use of the pulpit, the house,
the land, and the salary. The provision for keep-
ing in repair the church is not a boon to the clergy,
it is no more than the necessary preservation of
national property at the public expense. And
if, when the income of the clergy shall have
been fully ascertained, it shall appear to Parlia-
ment to have been excessive, the surplus may
just as easily be applied to any other strictly
useful public purpose, as though the provision
had never been made for the repair of the churches
out of the land-tax revenue. Lord AL-
THORP'S measure takes away a bone of con-
tention between Churchmen and Dissenters.
It lessens the expense more than one half, and
wil' therefore be a relief to the farmers and
tradesmen to a very considerable extent. The
more intelligent and moderate Dissenters will
accept it as a great relief. They do not want
to be wasting their time and opportunities in
needless contention. They are not disposed to
seek occasion of quarrel with any government,
but especially one composed of their friends. They
know that the Tory rule would sooner or later
lead to a bloody revolution, and they want con-
fidence in the extreme radicals. They wish to
live in peace, to enjoy true liberty, and care
not for trifling sacrifices, so that they be left free
to propagate their opinions, and to inculcate the
doctrines they hold as of eternal verity. We
know many of the most enlightened among
them, and we believe that they dread anything
which shall bring them into collision with the
friends they revere and love, and that they will
gladly accept such measures as the Government
may be able to carry, trusting for all the rest
to the gradual, but certain, progress of truth
and freedom.

Mr. O'CONNELL brought forward his long
promised motion last night for a repeal of
the Union. His speech is very able, but unless
he could prove that the Union is disadvanta-
geous to both countries, which we appre-
hend to be impossible, it will have little
effect on the House of Commons. We
shall abstain from comment until we have
Mr. SPRING RICE'S reply, which we under-
stand the right hon. gentleman is fully prepared
to make, and that he will prove, from a num-
ber of indisputable facts, that Ireland is
greatly the gainer by her intimate legis-
lative connection with England. The dis-
cussion will, however, be of great use in leading
the people of Ireland to examine both sides of
the question, which is not the case when they
hear Mr. O'CONNELL'S statements and argu-
ments alone, in their parochial and other meet-
ings. The debate will last for two or three
nights, as we understand nearly all the Irish
members who can speak intend to express their
opinions.

The decree for the convocation of the
Spanish Cortes is a document of great im-
portance, not only to that country but to Europe;
and that importance is in no small degree en-
hanced by the able and judicious statement
which accompanies it, drawn up by the mi-
nistry, and addressed to the QUEEN REGENT.
This decree not only sanctions and , ordains the
meeting of the Cortes, but contains a very ex-
tensive plan of what may be called Parlia-
mentary Reform, and lays down rules and con-
ditions on which the Constitutional Legislature
is to be formed, and the mode in which
it is to transact business. The plan, as
far 4s we can judge of it, does great
credit to the ministry. It contains none
of the wild and impracticable projects of
the former Cortes, but adheres in many points
to the ancient construction of the old legislative
council of the nation, and departs from it in
the adoption of certain measures of reform called
for by the altered circumstances of the age and
country. As in this country, there are to be
three estates, King, Lords, and Commons.
The King to have the power of convoking and
dissolving the Cortes, and the sole privilege of
introducing bills and proposing subjects for dis-
cussion. The Upper House willdiffer materially
from our House of Lords. All the archbi-
shops, bishops, and nobles are to have seats
by right of their rank, and to them will be
added a certain number of inferior lords, with
titles only for life—wealthy proprietors, whe-
ther possessing land or money, and persons who
have raised themselves to eminence either as
statesmen, philosophers, or warriors. It differs
from our House of Lords in another point, as
no nobleman can sit as a peer unless he holds
property, clear of every other burden, to the value
of 2,0001. a year. The members of the Lower
House are to be chosen by an electoral body,
in the following way. The municipal autho-
rities, and an equal number of the wealthiest
inhabitants of the chief towns in each district,
are to choose two electors, and these electors
are to meet in the capital of the province, and
return the members to the Cortes in such a
manner and form as shall be determined for the
purpose of securing good order and freedom of
suffrage. No one can be chosen a deputy unless
he is 30 years of age, and possesses an income
of 1201. a year. All persons who have been in-
solvent, or whose property has been sequestrated,
are ineligible. The Cortes to be elected every
three years ; in other words, the Parliament is to
be triennial. Some of the conditions on which
the assembly is to be constituted would be ill-
suited for a country like this, which has long
enjoyed a representative system; but for Spain
they appear to be highly judicious. As none
but persons of property can sit in either House,
all apprehensions of reyolutionary and destruc-

tive measures are avoided, and, conse-
quently, men of wealth and rank will
not be deterred, as formerly, from join-
ing in the plan of reform. In addition to
this, the proposed constitution of the Cortes is
not to be final, but gradual improvements are
to be made as circumstances may require. The
measure altogether holds out bright prospects
to Spain and Portugal, and we confidently look
forward to the period when the Peninsula will
possess, like England acrd France, a regular
and liberal constitution.

The Oxford creed concerning oaths and sub-
scriptions, so unnecessarily and unwisely divulged
the other night by Bishop PHILLPOTTS, has
filled with indignation every man who has the
faith of a christian or the feelings of a gentle-
man. Such casuistry, more than jesuitical,
tends to undermine the foundations of morality
—to mislead the consciences of the simple,who
confide in the spiritual guides set over them by
the state—to destroy the sacred obligation of an
oath, and thereby dissolve the ties that hold
society together. If an Oxford undergra-
duate may lawfully sign a declaration of
his belief in the thirty-nine articles without
believing them, or having read one word of
them, may he not be tempted to extend the
privilege, and sign affidavits he never read, or
make declarations of facts without regard to
their truth ? Nothing can be more injurious
to a young and ingenuous mind than to be
initiated from his earliest years in mental equi-
vocation, and taught by his instructors in'mo-
rality and religion, that he may palter with his
conscience in a double sense, without offending
his MAKER, or forfeiting the confidence of his
fellow-creatures.

The French Papers of Monday contain no-
thing of importance.
FRENCH FUNDS.—Paais, APRIL 21.
Five per Cents., 104 f. 15c. 10c. Sc.
Four per Cents., 92f. 50c.
Three per Cents., 77E 65c. 75e. 70c.
Bank Actions, 1,794.
Rente de , Naples 941'. 75c.
Roman Five per Cents., 95%%.
Rente d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 27%3.
Rente d'Espagne, Three per Cents., 40% 41.
Royal Spanish Loan, 843,i 85.
Rente Perpet. d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 66%%.
Belgian Loan, 1831, Five per Cent., 97%.
EXCHANGE ON LONDON.
One month, paper, 25E 30c. ; money, 25f. 20c.
Three months, paper, —E —c. ; money, 25E 17%c.
Authentique.

The Brussels papers, dated the 26th inst.,
have reached us. It appears that no less than
one hundred and fifty persons have been ar-
rested for various acts of felony.

A letter from Liege says—" that some of
the writers in the Journal de Rupell were ar-
rested on Saturday, doubtless to be expelled
from the country." One of the Messrs.
TORNACO, of Luxemburg is said to be of the
number.

Two Poles who had arrived at Tournay,
from Brussels, were arrested there by the police
in a public-house.

We learn from Dresden, dated Aprill2, that
the King of PayssiA will this year visit Top-
litz, as early as the 7th of July, in order to be
present at the autumnal manoeuvres which will
take place in his kingdom. On this account,
CHARLES X. and the Duchess of BERRY, who
is now expected at Prague, will visit Top-
litz as early as May. The Duchess of
ANGOULEME will go again to Carlsbad. The
French Colonel, Count PIGNORELLE, who
recently came to Prague, from Paris, in order
to attend CHARLES X., died there last week.

AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VI*NNA, APRIL 12.
5 per Cent. Metalliques 97 17-32
4 per Cent. ditto, BB
Bank Actions 1242
illgemeine Zeitung, April 17.

The Papal Government has ordered the Civil
Code, published a year ago, to be revived.
Great complaints are made that the existing
laws, especially against murderers are not en-
forced. Above 40,000 persons attended the
benediction of the POPE on Easter Sunday.
The illuminations of the dome of St. Peter's
and the fire-works were very brilliant. The
Royal family of Naples was present. The
KING reviewed the Papal troops. He has
since gone back to Naples.

In another part of our paper will be found an
ably written letter, by Mr. TRAVERS, on the sub-
ject of the new tea duties, which we recommend
to the attention of.pur readers. The question
discussed is one in which they are all interested,
either as contributors to the revenue, or as
drinkers of the beverage which " exhilarates
but not inebriates," and which, to be enjoyed
in full perfection, must be pure and genuine.
The government have divided the various kinds
of tea into three classes, on each of which a
different duty is to be levied. Mr. T. asserts
that the inevitable effect of this graduated scale
of duties will be to open a door for the most
extensive, fraud upon the revenue, to compro-
mise the interests of the conscientious dealer,
and to supply the consumer with an adulterated
commodity. To prevent these evils, he insists
on the necessity of having only one duty for
all sorts of tea. He supports his views by very
strong arguments, and makes out a case which
we think well worthy of the serious attention
of the government.

IMPER [AL PARLIAMENT,
THIS DAY, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

The SPEAKER took the chair at a quarter after twelve
o'clock, when there was a very full attendance of members.
ISLINGTON MARKET.
Mr. LYALL presented a petition from the Butchers'
Company, praying to be heard by counsel against the
bill for the removal of the Cattle Market from Smith-
field to Islington.
Lord ALTHORP said he had a similar petition to pre-
sent from the farmers and graziers of the county which he
had the honour to represent, and he thought he was able
to state, that the petition fairly represented the sense of the
whole agricultural population of the county. He had a pe-
tition to present on a former day, which being from illness
unable to present, had sent it to his hon. friend the member
for Lincolnshire, and which had been placed in his (Lord
Althorp's) hands by the solicitor of the gentleman inte-
rested in the Islington market. The farmers who signed
the petition which he now presented, represented the sense
of the agricultural interest generally. (Hear, hear.) The
effect of the bill, he had not any hesitation in saying, was
such that it was impossible that it could pass. (Hear.)
There were clauses in it of such a nature as had never
passed in any bill, a power was given by one of them to
the individual who was the owner of the market, to stop
the sale in the market whenever he should think fit. He
would say that it was impossible it could pass, as the effect
of it, without these objectionable clauses, was such
as would give a strict monopoly, so that the remo-
val of the market would be a disadvantage both to the
persons who sold the cattle, and to the consumers. The
effect would be to give a great advantage to the large ca-
pitalists, as the retail butchers would not be able to attend,
and the consequence would be that the large capitalists
would have a monopoly against both sellers and consumers.
He did not think that the measure could produce any
advantage, for even if the cattle were sold at Islington
they must afterwards either be drawn through the streets
of London in droves, or they must be carried in carts, so
that the• only difference would be that there would be a
great increase in the number of butchers' carts which would
be driven at a greater rate through the streets, and would
be much more dangerous than the driving of cattle at pre-
sent. Upon the whole, after fully considering the effect
of the bill, he certainly thought that it ought not to
pass. (Hear, hear. )
Mr. CARTWRIGHT said he had a similar petition to
present to that of the noble lord's, and like him, he (Mr.
Cartwright) was convinced that the removal of the market
would be productive of extreme inconvenience. Besides,
it would be contrary to all sound principles of legislation
to allow a monopoly such as the present to fall into the
hands of any individual. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. BYNG presented a petition from Richard Laycock
against the Islington Market Bill ; and another from the
graziers of Middlesex to the same effect.
Mr. HODGES presented a petition signed by 250
farmers and graziers of Kent, one from the butchers of
Gravesend, and one from 1,100 butchers of the metropolis,
against the Islington Market bill.
Mr. H. HANDLEY said objection had been taken to
a certain clause in the bill, but he should take care that it
would be so altered as to prevent the proprietors of the
market from closing it whenever they pleased.
Mr. ROTCH was of opinion that the removal of the
market would be desirable. A great many accidents oc-
curred on account of the present arrangement.
Sir CHARLES BURRELL was against the removal of
the present market, unless the southern counties of Eng-
land had the advantage of the markets established in the
southern outlets of the metropolis.
After a few observations from Messrs. HODGES and
SANDFORD, the bill was referred to a committee.
Petitions were presented against the Grosvenor-place
Local Improvement Bill, by Mr. LYON and Lord
CH AND 0 S.
The Northern Union Railway Bill was read a second
time, on the motion of Mr. GEORGE WOOD.
On the motion of Colonel EDWARDS, the Montgo-
mery Canal Bill Amendments were read a second time.
Mr. H. HALFORD presented a petition from Mart
Harbour, Leicestershire, against the Islington Market
Bill.

On the motion of Sir W. FOLKES, the Stoke Ferry
Bridge Bill was read a second time.
Lord ALTHORP presented a petition from the
farmers and graziers of Northamptonshire, against the
Islington Market Bill.
LIMERICK WATER WORKS.

On the motion of Mr. BONHEIM CARTER the Li-
merick Water Works Bill was read a third time and passed.
Mr. DUNLOP presented a petition from the borough
of Renfrew, against the Glasgow Water Works bill.
Mr. DIVETT presented a petition from the inhabitants
of Belgrave-square, against the Grosvenor-square Improve-
ment Bill.

Mr. MACLEOD moved the second reading of the Edin-
burgh and Dalkeith railway Bill. The hon. member then
presented a petition against the Edinburgh Police Bill.
Mr. TRELAWNEY presented a petition against the
Hayle Railway Bill.
Mr. CART WRIGHT presented a petition from the
Corporation of Norwich against the Yarmouth Railway
Bill.
Lord LOWTHER brought in a Bill for the Composi-
tion of Tithes in the parish of Kendal, county of West-
moreland.
Mr. PRYME moved the second reading of the Lords'
amendments to the Cambridge Gas Bill.
On the motion of Mr. GOULBURN, the Cambridge
petition was laid on the table.
Mr. SANDFORD presented a petition faom Taunton,
complaining of agricultural distress, and praying for a re-
lief from taxation to that interest. Also petitions from
several places in Somersetshire against the General Re-
gistry Bill, and for the better observance of the Sabbath.
Mr. TYNTE supported the prayer of the petitions,
especially that from Taunton.
Sir C. BURRELL presented a petition, signed by
twenty-nine magistrates of the western division of Sussex,
complaining of the effects of the new beer bill, and pray-
ing for its repeal. He considered the question one of great
importance, and had given notice of his intention to pre-
sent the petition. He was much disappointed that there
was no minister of the Crown present upon such an oc-
casion. He cited several cases of the bad way in which
the new houses were conducted, and trusted that govern-
ment would do something to abate the evil.
The Marquis of CHANDOS most cordially supported
the prayer of the petition. Not one meeting of magistrates
was held in the county with which he was connected but
great complaints were made of the beer shops. Seeing
the noble lord, the Under-Secretary, in his place, he was
most anxious to know whether it was the inten-
tion of Government to introduce any measure upon
the subject (Hear, hear), for the evil was indeed one
of very great and growing importance, and the country
would be ruined, unless these houses were suppressed.
Lord HOWICK said the complaints which had
reached the Home Office with respect to the subject
of beer houses had received the most anxious attention of
government. There was a bill now before the other house
which, in the opinion of some gentlemen, might obviate the
evil ;• there was also a notice on the books upon the subject
in that house, and he was authorised to say that govern-
ment would give their support to any practical mea-
sure that appeared to give a check to the evil. He,
however, was of opinion that the disease was more
deeply rooted, and that beer shops were not the cause of
the great increase of crime in the country. He trusted the
Poor Law Bill wouldbefound to operate much more benefi-
cially than the shutting up of houses opened under the late act.
Drunkenness had certainly increased within the last five
years. But when he considered the evidence before the
house, he could not understand how the sale of beer had
occasioned that profligacy and drunkenness. The petiti-
tions had come from counties in which the poor-
laws had been badly administered, and to that might
be attributed the demoralization of the people. The first
witness examined before the commissioners, stated that
those men, who were relieved, were in the habit of
frequenting beer-shops. (Hear.) Now, if the agricul-
tural labourers knew that they . would be relieved
from the consequences of their improvidence, of
course nothing but improvidence could be expected.
(Hear, hear.) In many instances the blankets and
clothes which were given to them were pledged.
In those parishes in which drunkenness and profligacy
mostly. prevailed the rates were 4s. or ss. in the pound,
while in those where the people were ordinarily sober the
rates were not more than 9d. or ls. in the pound. From
authority which could not be doubted, he understood that
the beer-shops had done no evil in Northumberland; in
fact, in every county they were but symptoms of the disease
and not the disease itself. • Another case of the evils
complained of was the mal-administration of the Beer Act;
under the impression that every body's business was no-
body's business, it had been neglected by those who ought
to have enforced its provisions, which were quite sufficient
to counteract all the evils complained of. He trusted that
the revision of the poor laws would have the desired effect.
Mr. ESTCOURT said the subject was one of too much
importance to be allowed to pass without making a few.
observations on it. He could not agree with the noble lord
that the evils which existedwere in consequence of the bad
administration of the poor laws ; thepoorlaws did not ori-
ginate the mischiefs, for they had greatly augmented since
passing
irlgl of the Beer Bill. By the operation of that
bthilel labouring classes were led into bad as-
sociations (Cries of " Hear, hear"), and many who
were before previously respectable, honest, and provident,
were now dissolute and improvident. ( Hear, hear. )
Having been many years a magistrate, and seen much of
the distress of the poor, he could state that he had had re-
peated applications for advice by females, who stated
that their husbands, who were formerly industrious, care-
ful, and in the habit of bringing their wages home, were
now in the habit of spending their money and what
wages they got at the beer-shops. (Hear.) He could
assure the house that the pictures of wretchedness and
profligacy which were continually exhibited before the
magistrates were extreme, and were daily increasing. It
had been stated that one cause for passing the Beer Bill
was that it would enable the labouring classes to get a
good and wholesome beverage at a cheap rate, with-

out resorting to a public house, where they would get
intoxicating liquors ' • but it was a fact that such was
the monopoly by the brewers (the beer shopkeepers selling
only by commission and as servants) that for a line of 20,
30, and even 40 miles in extent, the beer shops belonged
t) the brewers, and the consequence was that the liquor
that was sold was not genuine, and was a very unwhole-
some article. It could not be compared to the liquor sold
by the regularly licensed victuallers, who were a re-
spectable body of men, and were greatly injured by the
beer shops. He had it from authority that there never
was a time when such a vast number in that trade
had become bankrupts since the passing of the Beer Bill.
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must unite to petition against this bill, for whilst it
was productive of so much revenue the Government would
be anxious to maintain it, though at the expense of the morals
of the people.
Mr. WILKS said he had the greatest possible respect
for those who objected to the beer bill, but, at the same
time he was afraid that much of that opposition arose from
an anxiety on the part of the great brewers to get back a
monopoly of beer, and he felt sure that if there was one
thing which the magistracy ought to avoid more than another,
it was the restoration to themselves of those suspicions
and remarks which would be renewed if no means were
adopted to prevent the monopoly of the brewers. (Hear,
hear.) He had learned from various parts of the country,
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that the majority of persons brewed their own beer, and
that the consumption of malt had increased considerably.
They might talk of the demoralization of the beer-
shops, but when they walked about the streets of Lon-
don, and saw on every hand erections like pa-
laces, which were entirely supported in a lavish and
gaudy expenditure at the expense of the happiness and
morals of the people, where the evils of pauperism were per-
petually augmenting, what were the beer shops in comparison
with thesegiant haunts of vice? The government derived
a revenue of many millions yearly from the consumption
of ardent spirits. If, however, there were evils in the ad-
ministration of the Beer Bill, let them be corrected, but
do not reject the bill itself.
Mr. E. J. STANLEY said that they must not expect any
assistance from the government on this subject, and as
there were many difficulties in the way of any alteration of
this bill, he, for one, would be willing to join any member
in proposing that the bill be entirely repealed, and that the
malt tax be repealed at the same' time, thus giving the
people what this bill professed to give them, a cheap and
wholesome beverage.
Major BEAUCLERK thought that the only remedy
upon the subject had been pointed out by the hon. member
who had just sat down, which was giving an opportunity
to the poor man to brew his own beer. (Hear. )
Mr. ROTCH could not allow the hon. member for
aAb twolo Eumr er s ' Em-
ployment
Boston to state that the magistrates of the county were
anxious to have all the control they possibly could over the
beer shops. (Hear, hear.) For himself he would say that
he hoped the day was not far distant when all con-
trol in the magistrates, not only over the beer shops,
but the public-houses, would be taken out of their
hands. It was his wish to promote beer-houses ;he did
not care how many of them existed, but he most strongly
, objected to the beer being allowed to be drank on the pre-
Imises. He thought it the duty of government to make an
alteration in the bill in that respect, and he hoped, if mi-
nisters did not take the matter up, some hon. member
would. If such was not the case, he should consider it his
duty to introduce a bill for that purpose.
Mr. BLAKENEY trusted that his Majesty's govern-
ment would be slow and cautious in making any altera-
tion in the bill in question. He considered the house most
unprofitably employed on the present discussion, and
trusted that the good sense of members would immediately
put an end to it.
Mr. HILL thought the house would not do justice
to the people of England if they attended to the
suggestions of the hon. member who spoke last. He could
not agree with hon. members who spoke against the bill,
as it appeared to him there was nothing worse in legisla-
tion than legislating backward and forward upon a subject
that bore so materially and vitally upon the habits of the
people.
Mr. GORING said that the proprietors of beer houses
were competing, one with the other, who should allow the
greatest enormity in intemperance.
Colonel EVANS was glad the government did not in-
tend to take up the question. He was astonished to hear
the hon. member for Cheshire attribute all the immorality
of the lower classes to the effects of the Beer Bill,p.beErtitoitu,igonhst
in three or four years ago.
Lord HOWICK denied having stated that hsishi
Ma-
jesty's Government had an intention to oppose any altera-
tion which would remedy the abuses complained of.
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Bill. Also petitions from Wareham, Shipley,
and other places in Sussex, to the same effect.
Mr. C. BRUCE presented a petition from Elgin,
praying for the maintenance of the established church
of Scotland, and the maintenance of the connec-
tion between church and state. Also petitions from
Edenkerry, Radford, and Danish, county of Elgin,
which had
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been raised against that connection had been raised by a
very few individuals, and was at variance with the opinions
of the majority of the people of Scotland. The hon. mem-
ber then presented a petition from the schoolmasters of the
presbytery of Annan, praying for an increase of their salaries.
After a few words from Mr. WILKS the petition was
ordered to lie on the table.

Major BEAUCLERK presented petitions from St.
Margaret, Westminster, complaining of the state of their
sewers ; from 3,oooinhabitants of Macclesfield, in favour of
the Dorchester unionists, and petitions praying for reduction
of taxation, vote by ballot, and triennial parliament from
St. Mary's, Newington.
Mr. MAXWELL presented several petitions from the
hand-loom weavers of Glasgow, and six other places, com-
plaining of distress. The hon. member then presented a
petition from the landowners of Lanark, against the Lan-
arkshire Road Bill.

Mr. D. W. HARVEY stated that it had been arranged
by Lord Althorp that the petitions of dissenters should be
taken into consideration on Monday week.
After the presentation of some further petitions, the
Speaker left the chair.

At the Call of the House last night there
were 48 defaulters, who were ordered to attend to-day ;
the list will be given to-morrow.
The Duke of Newcastle has been once more
exercising his well-known penchant for " doing what
he likes with his own." In consequence of circum-
stances of a domestic nature, a widow on his Grace's
estate, whose worldly means of retirement were on
the wrong side of competence, felt herself under the
necessity of quitting her farm ; but on the facts being
communicated to the Duke, his Grace at once, and
without solicitation, signified his intention to allow her
301. a year for life.—Boston Herald.

WARWICKSHIRE.—MEETING OF THE
TRADES' UNIONS.—A meeting of the trades' unionists
of Leamington Spa and Warwick was held in an open
field in the vicinity of Leamington Spa on Monday,
banners,l and
000 unionists,
oanbi sotusi
havding was
the same number of spectators. An individual of the
antheir attendedusu usual flags tiaguspw aydds of
name of Platt was called to the chair, and a delegate
from London ( Macgrath) addressed the union-
ists. The object of the meeting was to petition Par-
liament to address the King for a remission of the sen-
tence passed on the Dorchester labourers, and a peti-
tion to that effect was introduced and passed; previous
to which resolutions were carried expressive of the
" surprise and indignation" of the meeting at that
"unjust and impolitic sentence." Mr. D. W. Harvey
was selected, as a fit champion of the cause, to present
the petition ; and the great Liberator—Dan himself—
is to be requested to support its prayer. Previous to
the meeting the unions paraded through the principal
streets of Leamington, with bands of music and flags.
The whole business passed off in a very quiet and
peaceable manner. Lord Frederick Fitzclarence was
on horseback within a very few yards of the place of
meeting. _ _

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, APRIL 21.
—We have had a very quiet market in cotton to-day,
but little demand or business done : the sales are only
1,200 bags, at Saturday's prices—viz. 100 Orleans for
export, Bd. ; 100 Maranhams, 10p. to lop. ; 50 Per-
nams, 101 d. ; 50 Surats, 64d. to 60. ; 40 La Guay-
ras, 94d. ; remainder American, Bd. to qd.
Yesterday morning the remains of the late
Marchioness of Hertford were removed from the man-
sion in Manchester-square, for interment in the family
vault at Ragley. The procession was unusually grand;
and comprised, besides the carriage of the deceased,
those of both their Majesties, the Princess Augusta,
the Dukes of Cumberland, Sussex, and Gloucester,
each drawn by six horses ; those of the Dukes of North-
umberland and Wellington, and of thirty-nine other
noblemen and gentlemen. From five to ten thousand
persons are computed to have been present as specta-
tors of the scene. Last night the procession was to
halt at Salt-hill, and this evening at Oxford ; and the
funeral will take place on Friday at two o'clock.

VICE-CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY.)

JUDGMENT.—DAVIS V. GoonvEw.
His Honour the VICE-CHANCELLOR gave judgment
this morning in this case, in which the question was, whe-
ther a sum of 1,2001., given upon a marriage settlement,
was, under the circumstances, to be considered real or per-
sonal estate. By the stipulations of the settlement the
the benefit of the husband and wife in the purchase of land,
sum in question was given upon trust, to be laid out for
their consent being first obtained to the investment. The.
the question therefore was, whether the propertY
consent of the husband and wife had never been given, and
that had
been purchased was to be considered in the nature of a
freehold or a chattel ? At the time the case was argue 4
several authorities were cited, and his Honour dechuo
giving judgment, until he had an opportunity of looking,
more particularly into them. His Honour had now.v(:11
carefully read those authorities, and was clearly of opinion
that the sum in question still bore the character of per-
sonal estate, and that the plaintiff, therefore, had no right
to file the bill.

JUDGMENT.—MARTIN V. RARER.
His HONOUR also gave judgment in this case, in which they
bill was filed by the four children of a gentleman nalni,
Martin, whose father by his will gave a sum of 20,0"',.
three per cent. consols, to trustees, to pay the interest to S
wife during her life, and upon her death to all and should
the child and children of his son, until the youngest A
attain the age of twenty-one, at which period the princilts
was to be equally divided among them. The bill was
filed for the purpose of having it declared that the trust,
were bound to divide the fund, the petitioners having all thea
tained the age of twenty-one ; the principal question in the
fund should be divided on the youngest child, then liviu!:
cause was, whether it was intended by the testator that
attaining 21, or whether it was not intended that that eht
vision should apply to any other child that his son ung,a,
have. The wife had long since died, and the s°ll:sgt
between 60 and 70 years of age. His Honour thought "'—
the latter interpretation was the true intention of the testa;
tor, and that in strict law and justice the plaintiffs were T.
entitled to the division of the fund until the death of f
Warton. Under the peculiar circumstances, however'
the case, his Honour had no desire to keep back the fun f
and if the parties would give security to the satisfaction F
the trustees for the return of the fund, in case Mr. gar:
had another child, they would be justified in making e
distribution.
This case came before the Court
BERTIE V. THE EARL OF ABINGDON' Of
Mr. Bury Hutchinson, praying that he-might be at liberg
to go before the Master to establish the validity of a de
executed by the late Earl of Abingdon, granting an 111;
nuity of 1401. to a gentleman named Pyne, and also thatibe
might have an opportunity of watching the passing nfi in
receiver's accounts. The petitioner became interested„
the annuity in question in consequence of its having new
assigned to him by Mr. Pyne. A bis
Mr. MORLEY appeared for the petitioner ; the
Honour, no opposition being offered, immediately mad
order order as prayed.
THE MARKETS—(THIS DAY.)
uPon the petition

CORN EXCHANGE. ode'
The arrivals of all kinds of Grain this week are °lop,
rate, and the return of Hour not large. Fine Wheans
ports the terms last noted. Barley unvarisd.
meet a steady demand, and are rather improved in 'de
Pease, no alteration. Oats are not plentiful, anviour
factors have obtained more money for this article. '-
unaltered.
ARR IVA Ls• ar. _
Whe t. Barley. 0at..1.0,0},,
E !at) qt s 1,800 qrs 2,350 qrs.
Irish - 520
FOreign