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THE SiN, LONDON, TUESDAY E_yEINING, MARCH 11, 1845.

income for a single man to protect him from the necessity of
our compassion. 145/. 10s. will provide an individual with suffi-
cient food, sufficient raiment, and a decent lodging, in even a
comparatively respectable station of life ; and it. may be
doubted whether the single man of 1501. a year is not to
some extent compensated in the reduced price of his com-
forts and humble luxuries for the 4/. 10s. taken from him by
the income• tax Commissioners; but if the man be married,
still more if he have two or three children, there can be no
doubt at all of his ample compensation. Six persons con-
suming the ordinary food and using the ordinary raiment of
the working-classes, will certainly save more than twice
four pounds ten shillings by the various reliefs afforded
by the tariff and those promised by the reduction of taxes,
while a consideration of far higher interest— the demand for
labour—must greatly enhance the value of that whish,is the
poor man's capital—his industry. It were desirable, indeed,-
to relieve the humbler classes of all taxes ; but we must fall
back upon the reflection that. in our present state, we have
but to choose among evils and injustices, and that
the best legislation is that which selects the least in
each kind. Mr. Sheil complains of the hardship of the legacy
duty as contrasted with the immunity from taxation of a
descent of freehold property. If, says the Member for Dun-
garvon, a man leaves me 20,000/. in land, I get it free ; but
if he leaves it to me in money, I must pay legacy
duty. There is here a little mistake. Lands devised to
a stranger arc subject to the same duty as money,
and money bequeathed to one's children pays a very trifling
duty. But, let us look on the other side. If any one
chooses to give Mr. Sheil, in money and durante vita,
20,000/., he may do so without a penny additional
cost; but if any one chooses to endow the Right Ho-
nourable Gentleman with 20,000/. in land, or to sell him
so much land, the parties must, one or both of them,
pay 240/. for a stamp, with such trifling additions as
a conveyancer, who, however, will scarcely stop short of
three figures may think it convenient to annex. So, after
111, there is no such great inequality in th?, cost of trans-
ferring land and transferring money—at all events, if
both modes of transfer are to be placed in the same
category— as regards mortuary demises, they ought
to be placed also in the same category as re-
Teets conveyances among the living—and as no finance mi-
nister would dare to encounter an insurrection upon the Stock
Exchange, such as a conveyance tax like that on land would
excite in the locality in question, we' suppose that stamps
upon conveyances must be abolished ; with how little advan-
tage to the revenue the stamp returns can tell better than
Mr. Sheil or ourselves. For the rest, we refer to the speech
-of Sir Robert Peel, in which the whole subject is exhausted.

COURSE OF EXCH)
Amsterdam CF.• 12
Ditto, at sight l2 6
Rotterdam 2U. 12 8i
Antwerp 26 20
aamburgh M.B. 13151
Utona l3 154
Paris, 3 days' sight 25 90
Ditto, 3 months 26 15
Ilarseilles
Bourdeaux 26 25
Frankfort on Maine 123

.NGE.-- (Tills DAY.)
Gibraltar..
Leghorn ...
Genoa . 26 20
Venice
Naples
Palermo, I.*, 1184
Lisbon s3i
Oporto.. 534
Rio Janeiro ....
Bahia ...... 24
Buenos Ayres... ......
NewTorkx2dyssight
PRIG lekt •IF *WILTON, Mit OE.
Foreign .34,1 d, bars..S.3 17 9
Portuga! (gold Coin 3 17 5
New llool•ioons..... 0 0 0
New l-N,llars 0 4 9/
Silver in Bars. 0 4 1

eetersburgh, 3 Us... 37
aerlin 7

Vienna, enc. fl. 3 M lO 2
Trieste, ditto
fadrid 36}
Cadiz
Bilbao 36
Barcelona 36

Seville

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.

(From the London New Price Current of Mut eh II.)
SUGAR.—To-day there was no public sale of any descrip-
tion of raw Sugar. Importers of British Plantation mani-
fested firmness, and refused to sell but at full rates ; the
lem and, however, was trifling, the private purchases amount-
ing to only 80 hints and tierces. The demand for Mauritius,
Bengal, and Madras, was only for small parcels, but full
prces were insisted upon.
BEFINICD.—To-day there was little variation in the value
of home-trade goods, but the business done was extremely
limited. Bonded Crushed Sugar moved off slowly, at 31s to
31s 3d per cwt.
alatmenus.—There has been an improved demand for this
les,..:ription of Sugar, but merchants have been free sellers,
and the market has been largely supplied especially with
',right Grocery descriptions. At auction 14,014 bags and
14 casks were all disposed of at prices that averaged those
If the last public sale, some of the piles, however, went 6d
to is per cwt cheaper, fine yellow realise 623 to 645, good 58s
3cl to 61s, good middling 57s 6d to 58s, middling 55s 6(1 to 575,
'ow 53s 6d to 54s 6d, good and fine grey 57s to 58s 6d, mid-
fling 54s to 553, low 52s to 535, good to fine brown 52s to 53s'
3,1, washed 52s to 62s 6d, and Syrupy 57s to 59s Gd per cwt
The-quantity of brown in the sale was small.
EAST INDlA.—lmporters of Bengal Sugar have manifested
more firmness, and the market having been sparingly_sup-
tilled, previous rates arc sustained. There has been a better
Imand privately for all descriptions, and several parcels
tare been disposed of at previous rates. At auction 2,309
iags were all sold, one lot of- middling white fetched
;Is Gd, the remainder were damaged, and went at 583
to 62s for washed, 58s 6d to 65s for damp, and
30s to 52s per cwt for damp and washed yellow. The public
sales declared are of little moment at present. Madras has
•net with more atttention. There has been no public sale of
Foreign East India, but 13,000 bags of Manilla, with certifi-
cate, are declared for the 18th. Java has been sought after,
end full prices are offered, but the market is still scantily
supplied. Manilla is held with firmness.
FOREIGN.—There has been a good demand for all deserip-
ions of Prazil Sugar, and very full rates have been paid for
.very kind. The private transactions arc a floating cargo of
new Bahia at 24s 6d fur white, and 19s 3d for brown, one of
,ld white Bahia at 235, and a cargo of yellow Pernambuco in
tags at Os 6d per cwt, all for a near port. On the spot
100 chests of Bahia have been sold, white at 21s to 245, and
Town at 18s to 19s per cwt. At auction 255 cases and 8
,arrels of Bahia were taken in above the value. Yellow
Asvannah has been sought after, and previous rates offered.
n other kinds of Foreign Sugar the private operations are
yon a more extended scale at former terms, and there is
',Ailing pressing for sale. Holders of Foreign Sugar gene-
ally are sanguine in their expectations as to the future posi-
i.in of the article. Only a small quantity has again been'
imported.
MOLASSES.—There are few purchasers of West India, but
Alders are not inclined to reduce their prices, and 20s to
.i3s per cwt is the value. East India dull of sale, but not
,ffered upon lower terms.
RlCE.—There has been a lively demand for Bengal, and
natty parcels have been disposed of at prices showing an
tdvance on those previously quoted of 3d per cwt. The supply
t market is yet insufficient for the demand; 1,759 bags 500
,ackets at auction went readily, low white at 103 6d to I Is,
nid lls to Ils to Ils 63. good mid bold but rather dusty
Is 6(1, sea damaged, first class lOs 6d to 1 ls, second class
tOs 6d, third and fain th class 7s to 9s Gd per cwt. The mar-
let has been sparingly supplied with Madras, it is muah in
-equest, and previous improved rates are well supported, yel-
low fething Os to Os 6d, and common white 9s 6d to 10s.
['here are several buyers of Java, but there is little in the
narket, and prices rule firm, white is worth lOs 6d to 12s 6d,
:nd yellow Os to lOs per cwt. Cleaned Rice has met with
'eady purchasers, Carolina at 23 to 28s, and Patna 13s 3d to
!8s per cwt ;it is taken off nearly as fast as it is produced.
COFFEE.—This afternoon Plantation Ceylon met with in-
Teased attention, and 400 begs at public sale, a favourite
:nark, went at 4s to 6s per cwt above the we nations. and
!etched 86s to 88s for middling bold dark colory, and
75s to 82s for sea damaged first class. Mocha is
.wanted, and 84 bales at auction were sold at steady rates—
hat is to say, middling greenish clean garbled at 593 to 60s,
bold Triage 50s, small broken 38s to 40s, black 16s 6d to 17s,
and sea damaged of other sorts 35s to 57s 6d.. Ceylon of
;nod ordinary quality is fetching 46s 6d to 47s by private
reaty.
TEA.—Since the public sales of Tea there has been an im-
droved demand for all descriptions at full prices, sound
!ommon Congou for cash has realised 10d to 141, good
:ommon 1031,14 to 11d, Pouchong 5d to 10d, Twankay
!ommon of the late arrivals Is 2%d to is 3iel; Hyson
:ommon 2s 7d, and middling to good of the new import
2s 8d to 3s per lb. In line Congou there has been a. good deal
loing at 2s 5d to 2s 6d for Pekoe flavour. An increased desire
cave been shown to purchase scented Orange Pekoe, and ,
1,500 hf-chests have been sold at 3s 2d to 3s 4d. The ac-
:mutts come to hand from China state that the crop of green
Tea was likely to prove large, but of black it was not ex-
pected to be above an average—prices ruled high for all
sorts, and the shipments made had been large since the de-
:tarture of the la•t mail. _ _ _

RU3I, V BRANDY, ASA) HOLLANDS —Leeward Island Rum
it Is 10d to Is lld per gallon proof strength. Demerara,
4trong descriptions are worth only 3s to 3s 2d per gallon.
Jamaica was purchased with caution, and the prices
ire yet depressed, 26 to 36 per cent 0. P. 35 4d
to 4s, fine 4s 2d to 4s 6d, and very fine high flavour 5s to 7s
per gallon. Calcutta Rum at Is 8d without, and at Is 9d to
is 9id per gallon proof strength, with certificate. Although
there are free sellers of Brandy, still the purchases have been
limited : Cognac best brands of the vintage of 1838, hhds
Is 11d, puns 4s 9d; 1839, hhds 4s Bd, puns 4s 6d; 1840,
hhds 4s 8(1, puns 4s 6d; 1841, hhds 4s 7d, puns 4s sd;
1842, hhds 4s 4d, puns 4s 2d; 1843, hhds 4s 2d, puns 4s;
1844, hhds 3s I Id, puns 3s 9d; mid and good mid of the
various vintages 2s 10d to 3s Bd, low 2s 7d to 2s 9d, tmd
Bordeaux 2s 6d to 2s 8d per gallon. The market dull for
Geneva, and Is 9d to is 9id is the value of common export
,ort ; fine fit for duty is worth 2' 4d to 3s. English Corn
Spirits firm at lOs 2d per gallon, cash.
SPlCES.—Cassia Lignea good and fine 63s to 665, mid and
flood mid 57s to 625, low mid 55s to 56s Gd, and low to good
'rd 50s to 54s per cwt. Black Pepper has been purchased
with caution at 2Ad to 24d for Sumatra, lid to 2Ad for Pa-
lang, and 20 to 3-id for Malabar. Although prices ruld low
for Cinnamon, still few purchasers are to be met with. For
Pimento the demand good, and former rates are well sup-
ported, good middling at 3d, middling at lid to 3d, low mid-
dling 2d to 2FI, and sea damaged 2d to tad per lb.

NEW PROJECTED RAILWAYS.

(From the Gazette of this Evening.)

RAILWAY DEPARTMENT, BOARD OF TRADE,

WHITEHALL, MARCH 11,1845.

Notiee is hereby given, that the Board constituted by the
Minute of the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for
Trade, for the transaction of railway business, having had
alder consideration the following schemes, for extending rail-
way communication between London and York and in the
intermediate districts to the east of the present lines of rail-

way, viz.:—
The Barnsley and Goole,
The Bedford, London, and Birmingham,
The Cambridge and Lincoln,
The Direct Northern,
The Eastern Counties—Cambridge and Huntingdon,
The Eastern Counties—Ely and Lincoln Extension,
The Eastern Counties—Brandon and Peterborough De
viation,

The Eastern Counties—Hertford and Biggleswade Junction,
The Ely and Lincoln,
The Goole and Snaith,

The Great Grimsby and Sheffield,
The Hull and Gainsborougb,
The London and York,
The Lincoln, York, and Leeds,

The Midland Railway—Syston to Peterborough,
The Midland Railway—Nottinhum and Linccln,
The Midland Railway—Swinton. to Lincoln,
The Rotherham, Bawtry, and Gainsborough,
The Sheffield and Lincolnshire,
The Tottenham and Farringdon-st:eet Extension,
The Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole,
The York and North Midland, and Doncaster,
The York and North Midland, and Goole;
lave determined on reporting to Parli(!mqt in favogr q the
Bedford, London, and Birmingl4kw,
Cambridge and Lincoln,

Direct Northern Xas:to the portion between Lincoln and
- York),
Eastern Counties—Brandon and Peterborough Deviation,
Eastern Counties--Hertford and Biggleswade Junction,
Great Grimsby and Sheffield,
Midland Railway—Syston and Peterborough,
Midland Railway—Nottingham and Lincoln,
Midland Railway—Swinton to Lincoln (as to the portion
between Swinton and Doncaster),
Tottenham and Farringdon-street Extension,
Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole ;
and against the
Barnsley and Goole,
Direct Northern (as to the portion between Lincoln and
LOnd-on),
Eastern CountieS=Cambridge and Huntingdon,
Eastern Counties—Ely and Lincoln Extension,
Ely and Lincoln,
Goole and Snaith,
Hull and Gainsborough,
London and York,
Lincoln, York, and Leeds,

Midland Railway—Swinton to Lincoln (as to the-portion
between Doncaster and Lincoln),
Rotherham, Bawtry, and Gainsborough,
Sheffield and Lincolnshire,
York and. North Midland, and Doncaster,
York and North Midland, and Goole.
DALHOUSIE.
C. W. PASLEY. G. R. PORTER.
D. O'BRIEN. S. LAING.

l'IlE LONDON GAZETTE
(THIS EVENING.)

WHITEHALL, MAncif 8.
The Queen has been pleased to grant to the Rev. James
Enddl Tyler, 8.D., the place and dignity of a Canon Resi-
dentiary of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, London, void
by the death of the Rev. Sydney Smith.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, MAncn 7.
The Queea has been pleased to approve of Mr. Joseph
Gordon, as Consul at Jamaica for his illajesty the King of
Prussia. _ _

The Queen has alse been pleased to approve of Mr. Robert
P. de Silver, as Consul at Port Louis, in the Isle of France,
for the United States of America.

Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of the North Riding of
the County of York.
H. W. de la Poer Beresford, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant ;
M. W. V. Milbank, Esq., to be ditto ; M. Wyvill, jun., Esq.,
to be ditto, March 8.

BANKRUPTS.
Joshua Taylor, draper, Whittlesea, Cambridge.
Albert Green, apothecary, Brighton.
William Hardisty, whitesmith, Wakefield.
John Roberts, grocer, Liverpool.
Thomas Griffiths, auctioneer, Blaenifed, Cardigansbire.
DavidHoldforth, grocer, Stratford, Essex.
Alfred Knott, miller, Brighton.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT
(THIS: ;EVENING.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack al
Five o'clock.

THE WELSH BISHOPRICS.

Viscount STRANaionD presented a petition from the
University of Cambridge for the repeal of the Act uniting the
bishoprics of Bangor and St. Asaph.
CANALS AND RAILWAYS.

Lord CAMPBELL presented a petition from the Birming •
ham .and Staffordshire Canal Company, which he considered
of some importance. The petitioners represented the canal
interest as distinguished from the railway interest. For his
own part, whether for his good fortune or misfortune, he had
no connexion either is ill canals or railways, and he would only
state the case of the petitioners, as they put it themselves. They
did not object to the formation of railways, but they complained
of the unfair course adopted towards them by the railway com-
panies. They admitted that they were beaten by the railways
as far as the carriage of passengers was concerned—
Lord BROUG 9 Asl—And speed.—( A laugh. )

. .„
Lord CAMPBELL—But the petitioners said they could beat
the railways in the carriage of goods, if it were not for the
unfair means adopted by the railway companies to ruin'the
canals. The railways carried goods at so low a rate that the
canals could not compete with them, and thereby the former
would secure a monopoly, so that after the ruin of the canals they
would charge the public what they pleased for the carriage of goods.
At present they charged ten times as much for the carriage of
•
ton weight of third-class passengers, and thirty times as much
for the carriage of a ton of first• class passengers, as for a Con of
goods. By this means they made up the excessive charge for
passengers, for the loss they had on the carriage of goods. The
petitioners prayed that there should be a. fixed ratio between
the charges for passengers and that for goods.
The Duke of WELLINGTON said that he had pretemied,
some time ago, a petition upon the same subject, and that (as
we endersood) Lord Normanby suggested that no Act should
pass :to prevent the charges of railway carriage when once
lowered from being raised again.
SPIRIT LICENSES FOR TOLL-HOUSES IN
SCOTLAND.

The Earl of MINTO presented a petition frets several
places in Scotland against the granting of spirit licenses
to tell-houses in Scotland. The Noble Earl said that this was
a great grievance, of the extent of which he believed their
Lordships were not at all aware; but he could allure them
that the granting of licenses to these houses was a source of
great evil and immorality to the country. A plea had
been put on the ground that the opportunities for the
accommodation of travellers in Scotland was so few, tbat it
believed the evil did not exist equally in all the countries, but
was absolutely necessary to grant licenses to these houses. He
in fact he could say that it existed to a very 'great extent.
These toll-houses were become regular houses for drinking
and intoxication,. and great inconvenience ofterrarose from the
blocking up of the road by carts and other vehicles, and
the consequent tumult which arose. He believed that
(the Duke of Buceleuch)
erenstitoef the evil, and the I puke of
hwßiaessxbaNewrogablrlieehoadfFraittehtneednded a meeting the other day, in which the
evil was loudly complained of, and he believed that no remedy
could be applied until there was a change in the law. The
grounds of the evil appeared to rest upon the pecuniary inte-
rests which the Magistrates had in these toll-houses. They
were fearful that it these licenses were not granted the revenue
would merely be raised to satisfy the necessities of the trusts
and pay the interests of the sevrral debts.
Tne Duke of I3UCCLEUCH said that his Noble Friend
had rppealed to him, he must say that eertaiuly great evil did
exist, and he believed that there was some reason in what his
the pecuniary interests of the
magistrates
strPa'rteiesn;d
buthad hsaeidberleiespveecdtigtnhat
this
re
presentation had been
greatly exaggerated.—( Heur, bear.) He had, it is true,
made an effort to introduce a clause in the Ge-
neral Turnpike Act of Scotland to abate the evil. But
with respect to the pecuniary interest of magistrates in these
tolls it should be observed that the gentlemen for the several
counties had given their guarantee for the satisfaction of the
claims on the trustees, so that the plea of those houses being
licensed for the sake of revenue was evidently groundless.
Lord ABINGER said, that he could bear his testimony to
all that had fallen from the Noble Lord opposite reepeeting the
evil of those houses, and one of the few nuisances which he
would venture to recommend to their 'Lordships, would
be one for throwing some additional obstacle in the way of
Aranting licences to those houses. He thought the doing so
would greatly abate the evil and immorality which those houses
occasioned, and he hoped that a measure would be introduced
for altering the law respecting them.
The petition was then ordered to lie on the table.
ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSION.
The Earl of CADOGAN moved for certain returns relating
to the Ecclesiastical Commission, which were ordered to be
laid on the table.
SCOTCH CURRENCY.
OThne the motion of the Duke Of BUCCLEUCH, other Bills
were also read a second time, but the titles were not heard in
the gallery.
Their Lordships then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The. House resumed at Five o'clock.
NEWCASTLE AND SHIELDS RAILWAY.
Mr. ORD presented • petition in favour of the Newcastle
and Shields Railway.
TRENT VALLEY EXTENSION RAILWAY
On the motion of Mr. M. PHILIPS, the Trent Valley
Extension Railway Bill was read a second time.
SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY EXTENSIONS.
Mr. ESCOTT brought up the report on these extensions.
It was stated that the standing orders in this case might be
dispensed with, and leave was given to bring in separate Bills.

NEWARK AND SHEFFIELD RAILWAY.
On the motion of Mr. STRUTT, leave was granted to bring
in the Newark and Sheffield Railway Extension Bill.
Several Hon. Metribers brought up Railway Bills in which
the standing orders had been complied with.

endeavoured by an offer of mediation between the two
parties to put an end to that hostility. The question which he
was going to ask was founded on documents which bad been
published in the newspape,s of Monte Video, in which had
appeared a correspondence between the British Minister at
Buenos Ayres, . and the Minister for Foreign
Affairs at Monte Video. Founding himself entirely on
that correspondence, he learned that in the summer of 1842
the British Government determined to interfere, and
to put an end to these hostilities by foreign interference.
Now, without at all expressing any opinion one way or the
other upon the policy of the question, as to whether it was one
which 'should warrant the interference of the Government of
this country as a third party, he would say he was en-
titled to an answer..---(Hear.) It was quite true that those two
States had an undoubted right to quarrel amongst themselves ;
and, therefore, without saying which party was in the wrong.
Whether either, or one, or both was to blame, he would still
conterid for it that his question should be answered.
It appeared by a letter which he had read, and which had been
sent to Mr. Mandeville, the Monte Videan Consul, by the
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, that it was' the wish
and the intention of the British Government to use every effort
to put an enet.to4e war.
• (LEFT SPEAKING.)