The Sun.
London, England, 1835-08-27 00:00:00

ROUSE OF LORDS.

(Before Lord Brougham and other Peers.)
ALLAN V. TRUSTEES OP GLASGOW.
Dr. LUSHINGTON this morning concluded the argument
on behalf of the respondent, after which Sir CHARLES WE.
THERELL was heard in reply.—Judgment postponed:
ALEXANDER WATSON (PAUPER) V. ANN WATSON AND

OTHERS.
In this case Sir WM. Follett and Mr. M'Neill appeared
for the appellant, who pleaded in forma pauperis, and Dr.
Lushington and Mr. Pyper for the respondent.
Sir Wm. FOLLEIT stated the nature of the case, which
was an appeal from the Court of Session against an interlo-
cutor of the Lord Ordinary in an action of reduction, com-
menced at the instance of the present respondents against
the appellant for the purpose of setting aside a service
expede before the Magistrates of Renfrew, upon Nov. 17,
1827, and by which he was returned nearest lawful heir in
general of Alexander Watson, town clerk of Port Glasgow.
The title on which the respondents founded their right to
pursue this action was a general service, said to have been
expede before the sheriffs of Perthshire upon the 29th of
April, 1829, and by which they were returned as the nearest
lawful heirs-portioners in general to the same person to
whom the appellant had been previously served.
Lord BROUGHAM made some inquiries into the cls;,racter
of the evidence on which the respondents rested their case,
portimis of which were read by Dr. 141::;;ington (to whom
hia Lordship turned for infotmatiovf), and, in conclusion, de-
clared that it appeared to
;,nn to be the most advisable
course to allow the part es (one of whom was a pauper) to
endeavour to effect
an arrangement between themselves, for
which purpose;ne would postpone the further hearing of the
case till t:::n o'clock to-morrow.
Ttgeir Lordships then adjourned, at half-past two o'clock.

SPORTING r*Y"'-'

ft' -Ym A P .`" EST,FRD.I Y..,
ablenCe 1z4.41ty and the imwomising ,scate of tliN
weather id the early part; of t:fie.44l4,ponisctereen4iti4slitet4
the attractions of a very farp kt;yerake ';Lie company, never-
thele4 retpeaabie, and the sport of a very grati-
fyin* .e.C2.tViVion. The Royal tent, although wanting the il-
lustrious visitors of Tuesday, Was not untenanted, several No-
blemen and Gentlemen connected with the Go qt having
availed themselves of Its ttetotiVAVA. Ile subjoined re-
turn of the ttAnt tleSerlbe its character.
The,ittEfq. Chaita Makes of 50 sovs. each, 20 sovs. forfeit, for
EDlib ?did fillies foaled in 1832 ; colts, Bst. 51b ; fillies, Bst. 211 N
Those got by untried stallions, or out of untried rams, allowed
31bs. The New Mile. The winner of the ilicrby or oaks to chrry
71b. extra. 5 Ettbm.
Me. Mutyti's li. c. liy 1111meinlee • • .„.Aiann
Clardnor's Arnim -•• 2

Mr. Sidlces eh. f. by Defence
Betting•=6 nth 4t.gst Amina, 6 to 4 agst Defence filly, and 3 to 1
igat tllw Wsitiller. A very fine race, and one by a neck only.
the Surrey and Middlesex Stakes of 25 sees. egclti,.l4 a4t),.
feit, and only sif declarrd, Tik-g 1.1:111ei &int a distance. The
winner of the Q-,f..".1,'.a.,-;;;;a or Brighton Stakes to carry 71b. ; if
'htn!"., Mo. extra. 32 subs., 18 of whom declared, &e. )
Mr. Forth's Louisa, 4 yrs
Colonel Challoner names Airy, 4 yrs
Mr. 111aqin's Pincher, 4 yrs 3
Captain Betkley's Paris, 4 yrs 4
The following also started:—Sir G. Ileatheote's Summand, b
yrs, Bst. 121 b. (broke down); Mr. Gapp's Kate, 6 yrs, Bst. 81b.
Mr. Crommelin's Levity, 4 yrs, ost. slb. ; and Captain Gatdnor's
Jonas, 4 yrs., fist. 1013. Betting 7to 4 agst Airy, 2to 1 agst Paris,
3to 1 sgtt Louisa, and 6to 1 agst Jonas. A tolerably good race,
and Won by a length:
The AnkerWyke SttkOs Of 9 Zois. each, with 35 added; three yrs
old, ' foUrt Sat. ; five,4Bst. 81b ; six and aged, Bst. 111 b
Matta alid geldings allowed 31b. The winner to be sold for 100
joys., if demanded, &c. Heats, one mile. 7 subs.
Mr. J. Day's b. f. by Godolphin ...,.,Chapplo 0 I 1
Mr. Chamberlayn's Deva, S yrs
Mr. Rogeys's Hamm Scaruni, 4 yrs
Captain Gardnor's Amina, 3 yrs • 1 Udr
Captain Martyn's Clarence, 3 yrs -
Sir J. Heathcote's Nistts, 4,yrs• • •
Mr. Crommelin's 4)15
Betting aft,..kk• Th'd iltst heat-5 to 2 agst Amina, 4to 1 agst Den,
3 I Est Clarence, 4to 1 agst Jewess. Betting after the second
heat-5 to 2 agst Amina, 7to 4 agst Deva, 3to 1 agst Jewess. The
first heat was very severely contested, and won by a head rally i the
second was equally close, being won by net there than a neck ; the
last was won cleverly by two lengths:

AQUA-tit&
81(41 gAiLiNG MArcit.—A skiff sailing match for a sweep-
stakeis aniongst five gentlemen, owners of boats, took place
yesterday. They were limited to mainsail and foresail only,
and not to exceed twenty feet in length.
The following were the contending iinat3l-..
Roarer (pet: 0-411 r: firntes e*tter, belonging to Horselydown.
Heroine (bliie)Mrt lltintirds owner, belonging to Lambeth.
TWO Third (black)—Mr. G. Stone owner, belonging to Milbank.
.toe (red)—Mr. Lennard owner, belonging to Arundel Stairs.
The Sisters (white)—Mr. Bishop, belonging to Lambeth.
They sailed the usual above- bridge distance. The third was
first out, but the Roarer soon afterwards passed her to wind-
ward, and maintained the advantage up and down. The He-
roine eerie in second; The Third was third; the Sisters was
fourth and, as for Joe, why poor Joe, was swamped going up.
h is asserted that the first boat exceeds the stipulated length
by an inch and a half.
KIPPING AND COOMI3t/4......Thete men contend this day in a
sculler's boat for 201. The match has sprung out of Lyon's
sovereigns, for which both contended, and Coombes came in a
few yards before Kipping ; but Coombes certainly had the best
station. Large sums are depending on the issue. Betting is
brisk at 5t04 on Coombes. It will be a beautiful match.

TRADE, FINANCE, AND STATIS-

TICS OF BRAZIL.

The annexed extracts from a mercantile circular just re-
ceived from Rio seem to us to be worthy of attention, much
beyond the sphere to which such documents are usually
confined :

" With regard to the future production of this vast em-
pire, fears, in our opinion groundless, as we shall prest:%,
show, are entertained that the abolition of *le slave trade
and the active measures taken to prevent contraband im-
portations will lead to a diminished, production ; for that
without fresh supplies the nt?:;:oer of slaves will progressively
decrease, inasmuch
as the number of births, in spite of in-
creased care and improved treatment, both morally and phy-
sicall:;„ is not in proportion to that of the deaths. According
to Calmon (in a work recently published at Bahia) the de-
crease is 5 per cent, per annum, and that consequently the
slave population will be reduced to one-half in ten or twelve
years. This alarm, as already said, we do not participate
in ; that population may be taken at 2,000,000, and the
average annual importation from 1820 tQ 1827 (the
eight years preceding the extraordinary importation
caused by the approach of the abolition of the legal
trade) at 40,000, or 2 per cent. on the stock, which
will surely be more than compensated by improved treat-
ment, even without the aid of clandestine importations, but
which there is too much reason to believe will continue.
We find, however, a much stronger argument against di-
minished production, in the conviction that much free la-
bour will be imported (some emigrants arrived a short time
ago from the Western Isles, who were immediately engaged
upon such terms as must encourage further emigration),
cheaper and more easy means of transport be soon esta-
blished by new roads and canals, an improved mode of agri-
culture and preparation of produce according to scientific
principles hitherto disregarded, and a great increase in the
application of mechanical power. At present, of about 850
sugar estates in the province of Rio de Janeiro, only 16 are
worked by steam, and 10 by water power ; of 603 in that
of Bahia, not more than 100 to 120 are worked by steam
or water power ; and of 453 in that of Pernambuco, not
one is worked by steam, and about 60 by water power.
This we instance to show what a vast field there is for
displacing negro labour by mechanical power ; and it
must, moreover, be borne in mind, that the waste of
life and strength is chiefly on the sugar estates, and
that negroes so employed, if put to lighter work, as the
cultivation of coffee, cotton, cocoa. tobacco, rice, tea,
&c., would thrive and increase in a much greater ratio
than is now the case. We are quite aware of the
obstacles presented to rapid improvement by the easy
and inactive disposition of the majority of Brazilians,
and their consequent unwillingness to adopt new methods,
however superior to the old and erroneous systems they
have hitherto pursued ; this is, however, already in part
counteracted, and will be progressively so in a greater de-
gree, by the example and activity of foreigners, who,
prompted by self-interest, introduce into this vast and rich
country the improved means which the progress of science
and skill in Europe furnish, and there is also strong reason
to believe that several public companies, encouraged by
the concession of liberal and , extensive exclusive privileges,
are on the eve of being formed for these desirable purposes.
" In reference to our last year's statement of the popula-
tion of the empire, we are now able to give it more-cor-
rectly, from the returns recently received by the Govern-
ment, showing 3,130,000 free people, and 2,086,666 slaves ;
the population is evidently increasing in a greater ratio than
was formerly the' case, though in a few poorer and less cul-
tivated provinces, as Espirito Santo and others, we find it
to be stationary or even decreasing. The number of slaves
is possibly underrated, from an apprehension of their owners
.when making returns of a poll-tax.
" As the important consideration of how the course of
exchange is likely to rule in future involves in a great de-
gree that of the state of the circulating medium, the re-
lative amount of the value of exports and imports, the
finances, and even the politics of the country, we presume
it will not prove altogether uninteresting to our friends if
we briefly notice these several subjects.
" The circulating medium was left by OA Legislative As-
sembly last session in its previous deplorable state, but the
necessity of a remedy has become so urgent, and is so loudly
called for (some of the provinces having actually begun to
lagislate for themselves in this • important matter,) that it
may be hoped the present session will not be allowed to
close without the enactment of some efficient law, as a pre-
liminary to which the Minister, appointed a committee of
merchants and others to consider the subject, and their re-
ports have been given in, a primary feature of which is to re-
commend that the copper coin do forthwith circulate at no
more than its intrinSit or half its present nominal value, and
as the law of October, 1833, called it in, no injustice will he
practised en the holders, and a death-blow be givon to fur-
ther importations or home manufacture of counterfeit chin,
which that law, not being accompanied by such proViiiit'M
of isubseqUent reduced value, greatly encouraged, as was
easily foreseen and foretold. The whole amour
of copper
coin, spurious and genuine, inFludin: •
;no see/e/a4 or Go-
vernment obligations, given
in exchange for what was
brought in by virtt:, or
the law of October, IEM Net-
mated throe; ;lout the empire at only 8,000,000 dollars),
is ot.itv generally believed not to exceed 10,000;000 dollars
and of the notes of the extinct Bank, at present national 011. z
gations, 18,237,141 dollars—together, at 40d., 4,706,1894
sterling—a sum which a State with such immense re.-
sources, could easily raise in loan, to enable it to have an
honest and safe currency. A sudden return to cash pay-
ments would, however, be pregnant with infinite mischief
and it ought to be gradual, beginning probably with 10 or'
15 per cent., and increasing progressively over a period of
five years or more."

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THE PARIS OMNIBUSES.—A new line of omni-
buses has just been established in Paris, under the name of
Algeriennes. For five sous they traverse a distance of upwards
of three leagues from Neuilly, through Paris, to the very
middle of Bercy. But in granting this privilege, the police
have imposed a singular condition on the speculators in these
new carriages, that of not stopping by the way to take up
passengers. Those who wish to travel by them are obliged
to mount while the carriage is in motion, at the risk of break-
ing some of their limbs. This is done in order not tc. appear
to interfere with the privileges granted to the omnibuses of the
capital.