The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-20 00:00:00

THE su'lT, kW-400N, MONDAY E-YENING MAY 10, 1844.

3 yrs-7. Mr. chf.,;sTuVa, 3 yrs—ltr, Wilsor's
Ila,Mpton, , Hcathcote's oh c by cilauedi,
out of Shrine, 3 yrs-Mr. E. R. Clark's b h Chummy,
5 yrs—Mr. Wythy's b m Ellen, 5 yrs—Mr.Stirlina's
b The Pocket Viper, 4 yrs—Mr. Ayres's br m In-
heritress, 4 yrs—Mr. ch g Obelisk, aged—Mr.
John Osborne's hi c Bonifact,?, 3 yrs. . . _

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THE SUGAR 'QUESTION-

The Sugar Bill is to be brought forward on Friday,
the 24th inst., and I call on all arembers of the House
to give the matter only one moment's reflection, and they
will agree with the Chancellor, that it is an important
question.

The Derby and Oaks StakeS of 5 sovs. each, with 40
added ; three yrs old, 7st 41b ; four, Bst 91b ; five,
; six and aged, 9st 21b., . Mares and geldings
allowed Slb. Horses having started once at this
meeting and been beaten, allowed 31b : twice, 51b ;
the winner to be sold for 120 soya., but if entered as
to be sold for 80 sovs. allowed 71b over and above all
other allowances ; the second horse to receive back
his stake. Heats, one mile.

- The consumers should now have cheaper sugar, parti-
cularly as the revenue can afford the trial, and the re-
venue may benefit by the change, which would give us a
large amount from the produce of countries which now
give nothing.
Why should not the poor man have his sugar for
fourpenee, instead or sixpence or sevenpence per pound?
And the sugars of all nations would be required—of
course, a foreigner paying a higher duty than our own
colonies. Indeed, our own colonies should only pay a
nominal duty of ls. or 2s. per cwt., and not make a chief
requisite of life the mode of obtaining so large an amount
of revenue, for it is felt chiefly by the paor. But to the
point. Lord John Russell has given notice of his amend-
ment on the question, which will not even be listened to.
But I warrant him, that if he will read this, and call to
his aid all his machinery, he will carry his measure, and
receive the support of every interest—colonist, foreigner,
the trade, shipowner, and, in fact, every trade. Let
him give immediate notice, and there is ample time for
all to show if they do not take this view of the measure.
He cannot carry his present amendment—it injures too
many interests, and will scarcely be noticed.
When you wish to carry an important point, let every
interest derive advantage from the change—injure none,
and you do away with Opposition.
I am practically experienced on the point, and never
saw a better opening. Sugar reduced from sixpence to
fourpence per pound for the poor man, will increase
the consumption of Ireland and Scotland materially,
where they scarcely see it now. Even the cattle may
be fed on molasses at the duty I propose ; and as the
consumption is so great in India and the .islands pro-
ducing it, so will it be here, if they can get three pounds
for one shilling, instead of two pounds. The adultera-
tion would be done away with, which is said to be (in
the last price-current) 100 tons per week in London—
thus insuring the article It is mixed with and also the
revenue. Why is the consumption of sugar only the
same now that it was fifteen years ago, and the popula-
tion 15 per cent. more ? Because the price is the same
and adulteration going on to a great extent, and the
question of duty always on the tapir.
The produce of the British possessions this year will
be 200,000 tons, which woshould use with no change of
duty, and thus the revenue, with all sweets, would be
5,500,0001. Next year the produce of India will be
greater, and of Mauritius, owing to the import of hill
coolies there. And why cramp our West India colonies
and prohibit them being sent there. Demerara, Ja-
maica, and all our islands, would thrive if free emigra-
gration was allowed, and why prohibit it any more than
from this country to all the world ? Appoint Govern-
ment Emigration Officers, as in this country, to license
and inspect emigration ships, and the people would go
into a land of comfort, and be brought in many instances
to Christianity ; at any rate, would be more useful
members of the community, and likely to improve. See
the vast increase in all trades by such a measure. Why
grant the boon to one colony, and not to all ? This
would be the grand death-blow to slavery and the slave
trade.

To be sold for
Mr. Shelley's hr f Nizza, 4 yrs , BO
Mr. A. Prescott's b g Bosphorus, aged BO
Mr. Smith's b g Tubalcain, aged BO
Mr. Osbaldeston's h c Shocking Mamma, 4 yes BO
Mr. Osbaldeston's b c The Monk of Dree, 3 yrs
r. Booth's b h Camelino, aged . .
Mr. A. Johnstone, b c Broadholtn, 4
.yrs
Mr. C. Arundalc's br g Jamie Falshaw, 4 yrs
Mr. Dawson's br c Dalcsman, 3 yrs BO
Mr A. C. Little's b m Dahlia, aged BO
Mr. Death's br g Light Dragoon, aged
Lord G. Bentinck's Misdeal,.s yrs
Mr. Law's b_ m Isabella, by Oppidam, aged (h bred)
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Mr. Balchin sb c Mousta,ihe, 3 yrs —.
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Besides those named for the Derby and Oaks, the
following horses have either arrived or are expected
Arcanus, c by Defence, out of Negress, Cameleon, Re-
pealer, Orlin, Robert de Gorham, c by Wintonian, out
of Flight, c by Laurel, out of Monogolian's 'dam, c by
Glaucus, out of Shirnie, Siricol, Khorassan, La Stimata,
Hydaspes, Amorino, Campanil, Chapow, c by Jerry,
dam by Wiseacre, c by Newton, dam by Camel, f by
Liverpool, out of Miss Tree, Ballinkeele, Norna Creina,
Auld Lang Syne, Chummy, f by the Tulip, c by Glau-
cus, Gander, Gorhambury, Jerry Abershaw, m by Bay
Middleton, out of Adriana, Hicup, the Bishop of Rom-
ford's Cobb, the Odd Mixture, Poison, Escrick, Shock-
ing Mamma, f by Monarch, out of Sister to Clara, Volai
Vent, Susan, Nizza, I-am-not-aware, Isleworth, Load-
star. Inheritress, Misdeal, Naworth, Nerius, The Devil-
to-pay, Ben-y-Ghlo, Lucy Banks, Oliver Cromwell, The
Iron Mask, Jumal, Sting, Loadstone, 2 yrs, Turquoise
colt, 2 yrs, Blackdrop, Fakeaway, Keeley, the Caster,
the Blusteser, Wee Pet, Broadholm, Jamie Falshaw,
Epaulette, Crocus, Dahlia, Light Dragoon, Venatrix,
Pelerine f, by Sir Hercules, out of Taglioni,_Nubia,

Hampton, Ellen, The Bocket Viper,
'Obelisk, Bospho-
rus, Tubalcain, Isaltella, Romulus, The Spanish Ox,
Sancho, Llangollen.
LATEST. BETTING.
DERBY.
1000 to 20 agst Lord G. Bentinck's lot—taken
1000 to 15 agst Mr. Dawson's lot—taken
9to 4 agst Mr. John Day's Ugly Buck-5 to 2 taken
3 to 1 agst Mr. Crockford's Ratan—taken
13 to 2 agst Col. Peel's Orlando
16 to 1 agst Sir G. Heathcoto's Akbar
16 to 1 agst Mr. A. Wood's Running Rein •
20 to 1 agst Mr. Scott's Bay Momus
25 to 1 agst Mr. Ford's Qui Tani
40 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Lancet
40 to 1 agst Col. Peel's lonian—taken
66 to 1 agst Hon. S. Herbert's Delightful colt
1000 to 15 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Croton Oil—taken
A pretest against Running Rein, on the ground that
he is not the horse described in the nomination as "by
the Saddler, out of Mab," signed by Lord G. Bentinck,
Mr. Bowes, Mr. G. Ongley, and Mr. John Scott was re-
ceived by the stewards on Saturday. Those who have
bets on the race are anxious to know whether the case
will be gone into before or after the race.

1 propose that Lord John Russell gives notice at once,
and thus give timely notice to the country and his
friends that the consumer be considered, as the revenue
can afford the trial, and may gain instead of lose, if riot
in sugar, by the increased consumption of other articles.
It is a grand trial, and may be the means of giving
future Ministers the power of raising two or three
millions of revenue with much ease.

OAKS.
April Noddy and the Moor-Hen filly were backed at
20 to 1 each ; the other favourites as before.
PERFORMANCES OF THE FAVOURITES.
The UGLY Bucx, b c by Venison, out of Monstrosity;
Mr. J. Day's. Purchased, when a foal, of Lord George
Bentinck for 2002, conditionally, h 0.% ever, that 1,000/. in
addition to that sum should be paid if he won the Derby.
At Goodwood he won the Molecomb, beating filly by
Elis, out of Margravine • Crosby ; Tiptoe ; All-round-
my-flat '
'
at ; Best Bower • Emerald, and the Dog Billy.
`Won by a length. Dog Billy Did not get off. At the re-
cent First Spring Meeting. at Newmarket he won the
Two Thousand, beating The Devil-to-Pay ; Joe Lovell ;
Algernon ; Dr. Phillimore ; Eemi, and b c by Camel,
out of Wadastra. Won by a neck, after a close race with
The Devil-to-Pay from the Bushes. His name was first
inserted in the public betting list on the sth of June last,
when 25 to 1 was taken about him. 10,000 to 200 had,
however, been laid twice against him. At Goodwood
he rose to 10 to 1, and for months stood Undisturbed in
his position as first favourite. An immense sum of money
has been laid out about him.'

We now pay the War duty, and we ought to see it
changed.
Propose that the duty be reduced on—
British plantation to IN. per ton, would give .£2,000,000
Foreign do. to 301. per ton-60,000 to 70,000
tons would be required this year; say
50,000 at 301.
British do. Molasses, at 2i. per cwt. £150,000
Foreign di. do., at 12s. per cwt.... 150,000

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Other sweets

£4,000,000
Yours, respectfully,
A. PHILANTHROPIST.

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen and Prince Albert, the Ladies and Gen-
tlemen of the Royal Suite, and the Household, attended
Divine service yesterday morning in the Chapel Royal,
Bnckingham Paltuze. The Hon, and Rev. C. Leslie
Courtenay officiated.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Col.
Wylde, Equerry in Waiting, went on Saturday morning
to the office of the Duchy of Cornwall, in Somerset House.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and
the Princess Royal, were taken airings on Saturday in
the Royal Gardens of Buckingham Palace.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the
Countess of Mount Edgeumbe, Lady Caroline Cocks,
Hon. Miss Devereux, Viseeunt Hawarden, Colonel Ar-
buthnot, and• Colonel Wylde, honoured the Italian Opera
with their presence on Saturday evening.
Her Majesty the Queen. Dowager attended Divine
service yesterday, in the Chapel Royal, St. James's.
The prayers were read by the Rev. Mr. Haden, the
lessons by the Rev. Dr. Wesley, and the Communion
service by the Rev. Dr. Sheath. The sermon was
preached by the Hon. and Rev. R. Eden, from Isaiah,
chap. 30, verse 1. The musical service was Arnold's in
F, and the anthem " God. is gone up " (Croft).
The Queen Dowager was attended by the Countess
of Sheffield, the Hon. Charlotte Hudson, and Earl Howe.
The Bishop of Norwich and the Dean of Hereford, the
Clerk and Deputy-Clerk of the Closet, were in waiting.
Among the Nobility present were, the Duke and
Duchess of Beauford, the Duke of Leeds, Marquis of
Normauby, Lords Wilton, Sheffield, Ingestre, Alford,
Berwick, and Leveson ; Ladies Palmerston and C.
Sandford.

RATAN. ch c by Buzzard, out of Bamboo's dam ; Mr.
Crockford's. Won the New Stakes at Ascot, beating
Assay, 51b extra ; Charming Kate, 51b extra ; Johnny
Broome ; c by Clearwell, out of Nininka ; filly by Li-
verpool, out of Mecca ; Ashtead Pet, and colt by Camel,
out of Margellina, by three lengths. At the Newmar-
ket Houghton Meeting, 21bs extra, won the Criterion,
beating Pastoral, 21bs extra ; Seaport ; filly by Liver-
pool, out of Mecca ; Molly Meg Lightning ; filly by
Slane, out of Seakale ; Crenoline, 21bs extra; Elemi,
and Voltri, by four lengths. At the late Newmarket
Craven Meeting won a Sweepstakes of 50 soya. each,
D.M., beating Delapre ; Crosby ; Sir Piggery Diddle
Nininka colt ; Eserick ; The Blusterer ; and Mumskull.
Won by two lengths. His first appearance in the public
betting ring was on the 16th of June last, when 20 to 1
was taken about him.

LEANDER, b c by Scamander, out of Sister to Mussul-
man (1236) ; Mr. Lichtwald's. Won a Sweepstakes at
Ascot, beating Fair Play ; filly by Velocipede, out of
Countess ; filly by Beiram, out of Datura ; and Coro-
dino. Won by two lengths. At Goodwood, carrying
Bst 21b, ran second to Orlando, Bst 41b, for a Sweep-
stakes of 25 sovs. each. T.Y.C. At the same meeting,
carrying Bst 91b, ran third to Barricade, Bst 41b ; Ze-
nobia, Bst 11b, being placed second. On the 17th of
August was first backed for the Derby, the current price
being 40 to 1 agst him. .
ORLANDO, b c by Touchstone, out of Vulture ; Colonel
Peel's. At Ascot, ran second to filly by Sultan Junior,
out of Monimia. At Newmarket July Meeting, won the
July Stakes, beating Boots; filly by Beiram, out of Da-
tura; colt by Agreeable, dam by a son of Whisker ;
Eluina; Candidate; and She-is-not-worth- a-name. Won by
a length. Same meeting, Bst 41b, beat filly by Retainer, out of
Purity, Bst 41b, by alength. T.Y.C. At. Goodwood, Bst 41b,
won the Ham Stakes, beating filly by Sultan Junior,
out of Monimia, Bst 41b ; filly by Ellis, out of Cestus, Bst
llb ; Muff, Bst 71b ; All-round-my-hat, Bst llb ; Ze-
nobia, Bst llb ; Strathspey, Bst llb ; and Ninety-one, Bst
11b. Won by a length. At the same meeting, carry-
ing Bst 41b, won a Sweepstakes, beating Leander, Bst 21b ;
and Strathspey Bst, by a length. At the late Craven
Meeting at Newmarket, carrying Bst 21b, won the
Eleventh Tuesday. Riddlesworth ; beating Baveno, Bst
21b ; and Cloak, Bst 41b ; won by a length. At same
meeting, carrying est 41b, won a sweepstakes of 100
sovs each, h ft, D.M., beating filly by Beiram, out of
Manto, Bst 41b, by a length and a half. Same day,
walked over for a sweepstakes of 200 sovs each, h it,
T.Y.C., six subscribers. On the 14th of June, at As-
cot, he was introduced into the betting ring at 1,000

The Duke of Wellington, the Duke of Rutland, and
Sir F. Trench, attended the early service in the Chapel
Royal. St. James's, yesterday. Prayers were read by
the Rev. Dr. Wesley, and the sermon was preached by
the Hon. and Rev. R. Eden.
The Duke of Rutland, the Marquis of Downshire,
Earls Talbot, and Delawarr, Lords Sydneyand Norreys,
attended the afternoon service in the Chapel Royal, St.
James's, yesterday.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge arrived
in town at five o'clock on Saturday afternoon, from the
Royal Military College at Sandhurst. His Royal
Highness visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager
yesterday, at Marlborough House.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, attended
Divine service yesterday morning in Grosvenor Chapel,
South Audley-street. Baroness Ahlefeldt was in
waiting on the Royal Duchess.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge
visited the Queen Dowager on Satuaday, at Marlbo-
rough House.

'their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge, attended by Baroness Ahlefeldt, and Baron
Knesebeck honoured Viscount and Viscountess Palmer-
ston with their company on Saturday evening, at their
residence in Carlton-terrace.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visited her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday at
Gloucester House.

to 30.
ARBAR. ch c by Rockingham, out of Stately ; Sir
Gilbert Ileathcotes. At Epsom Spring Meeting, won
the Trial Stakes, bcatimr Emma ; Gaiety, llopeful, Cu
rate, Mespelus, filly by Camel, out of Minikin, and Midas,
Won easily by a length. March the 11th he was "priced"
in the Derby Market at 1,000 to 10.
RUNNING REIN, b c by The Sadler, out of Mab; Mr.
Goodman's. At the Newmarket Second October Meet-
ing won 501., T.Y.C., beating Crenoline, Charlotte, and
the folloiiing not placed :—F by Albemarle, out of
Erica ; Skeleton, f by Venison, out of Whisk; c by
Beiram, out of Agnes ; f by Gladiator, out of Prize-
flower's dam ; c. by Rococo, out of Georgiana ; Amata,
Sister to Pompey, and Audrey. Won by three lengths.
Running Rein was afterwards objected to, as being three
years old, but the case having been heard before the
stewards, they decided that the objectionwas not proved,
At the same meeting ran third, but was not placed, for
the Clearwell Stakes, won by Zenobia. Running Rein
made his appearance in the ring on the following day

A deputation on the Dissenters' Chapels Bill, to re-
quest delay, had an interview with Sir Robert Peel on
Saturday, at his official residence in Downing-street.
The deputation consisted, of Lord Hillsborough, Lord
Jocelyn, Lord Claude Hamilton, Mr. Boyden.
From the Presbyterian Church in Ireland—Rev. Dr.
Stewart, moderator ' • the Rev. Dr. Cooke, of Belfast ;
Rev. Dr. Brown, of Aghadsvvey ; Rev. Henry Dobbin ;
James Gibson, Esq., barrister, Belfast ; A. J. Mac-
rory, Esq., of Belfast, solicitor to the General Assembly.
From the Wesleyan Committee of Privileges—the Rev.
C. Brest, secretary ; Richard Mathews, Esq.. barrister,
and Thomas Farmer, Esq.'
From the Congregational Union of England and
Wales—the Rev. Professor Hoppus, L.L.D., London
University College, and the Rev. Dr. Henderson, of
Highbury College.
From the Protestant Dilenting Deputies of the three
denominations—John Remington-Miles, Esq., chairman ;
John Wilks, Esq., James Cook Evans, Esq., barrister,
and Mr. Hull Terrell, secretary.
Lord Camoys had an interview with Lord Stanley on
Satiirday at the Colonial-office.
A deputation from the West India Association of
Liverpool, on the subject of the proposed changes in the
sugar duties and coffee duties, had an interview with Sir
Robert Peel on Saturday. The deputation consisted of
Lord Sandon, Mr. J. Moss, Mr. Robertson Gladstone,
Mr. Francis Shand, Mr. Thomas Murray, Mr. W. R.
Sandach, and Mr. W. P. Bushby.
Dispatches for Sir C. Metcalfe, Governor of Canada,
and the Governors of the other North American Pro-
vinces, were sent off on Saturday evening from the Colo-
n i al -office.
Mr. Dean, Chairman of the Customs, had an interview
with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on Saturday.
Mr. Cartwrighthad an interview with Lord Stanley,
at the Colonial-office, on Saturday.
Mr. David . Salomons had an interview with Sir R.
Peel, on Saturday.
.Earl Talbot has arrived in town, from Leamington.

(October 18), at 40 to 1.
lONIAN, b c by lon, out of Malibran ; Colonel Peel's,
At the Newmarket Craven Meeting, carrying Bst, beat
e by Velocipede, out of Arundel, Bst 41b, in a match,
T.Y.C. ; won by two lengths. At the same meeting,
received forfeit from f by Voltaire, out of Snowball, in a
match. At the July Meeting, won the Chesterfield
Stakes, beating Mocha, Crenoline, Deuce Ace, Pergu-
laria, Slanderer, and Henchman ; won by two lengths.
Was first quoted at 30 to 1 on the 9th of July.
Campanero, Bay Momus, Lancet, and Qui Tam are
"dark" horses, or, in other words, only private per-
formers as yet. On the 12th of November the first was
brought into the market, and backed freely at 50 to 1.
The second, which has occasioned much " Scott and lot"
argument, was backed outright on the 7th of March, at
1,000 to 15. The third first figured in the ring in the
month of September, 1,000 to 20 being taken about him ;
and the fourth put in ati appearance on the first of April,
and was supported with much confidence at 1,000 to 15.
NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE RACES. •
Acceptances tly the Northumberland Plate.

Attila 5 yrs, 3st 121b—Knight-of-the-Whistle, 6 yrs,
Bst 71b1-Galanthus, 5 yrs, Bst 21b—Pompey, 4 yrs, Bst
Scalteen, 5 yrs, 7st 101b—Whistle Binkie, 5 yrs, 7st 81b—
Queen of the Tyne, 5 yrs, ist 81b—The Caster, 4 yrs, ist 61b
—General Pollock, 4 yrs 7st 61b—Parthian, 4 yrs, 7st 51b—
Armytage, 4 yrs, 7st 21b—The Era, 4 yrs, 7st 11b—Mania,
4 yrs, ist—Ermengardis, 6 yrs, 7st-11 erry Andrew, 4 yrs,
6st 131b—Broken Down, aged, Gst 131b—Belle Dame, 5 yrs,
Est 101b—Dumpling, 4 yrs, Est 10Ib—Ameer, 4 yrs, Est 101 b
—What, 4 yrs, Gst 81b—Naworth, aged, Est 71b—Glossy,
4 yrs, 6st 51b—Telegraph, 4 yrs, Est 4th—Quebec, 4 yra,
Gst 41b—The Cure, 3 yrs, Eft 41b—Reviewer, 4 yrs, Est 41b--
Hipponst, 4 yrs, Gst 41b—Crikey Billy, 4 yrs, Est 21b—The
Bashaw, 4 yrs, Est 21b—Shocking Mamma. 4 yrs, 6at—
Poussin, 4 yrs, sst 131b—Dog Billy, 3 yrs, sst 111b—Best-of.
Three, 3 yrs, sst 1 Ilb--Benbow,4 yrs, sst 111b—BayMomus,
3 yrs, bst 101b—Spinacr, 3 yrs, sst—Beaufront, 3 yrs,
4st 10111—Advice, 3 yrs, 4st sib—Deuce, 3 yrs, 4st 41b.

THE PRIZE COMEDY AT THE HAYMARKET.—The
Committee appointed by Mr. Welister to award the prize
of 500/. offered by him for the best five act prose comedy,
illustrative of modern British manners, completed their
labours on Saturday, when the prize was awarded to the
author of the comedy entitled Quid pro Quo. The prize
comedy is from the pen of Mrs. Charles Gore. The
eecision of the Committee was unanimous.

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ORLEANS, TOURS, AND BORDEAUX RAILWAY.—
The report of the Commission on this Bill is drawn up,
and ready to be presented to the Chamber of Deputies,
by Mr. Dufaure, one of the ablest members of the Cont-
mission. It is understood that the draft Bill proposed
by the Minister has been adopted, almost entire, with
the exception of cutting down the term of the lease to
41 years, 16 days, which 18 to be recommended, on the
groun. that a company of known practiCal experience
and ample capital have asked no better terms. We per-
ceive by the Paris papers, that the Bill for this line will
be the first to pass the Chambers.—Railway Record.
Mr, Charles Mangold has announced that his
annual evening concert will take place at the Queen's
Concert Room, Hanover-square, under the patronage of
the Duchess of Kent, on Tuesday. The vocal performers
are Mad. Dorus Gras, Miss Dolby, Herr Staudigl, Herr
Kroff, and Mr. J. Parry. ; and amongst the instrumen-
talists we find Mr. Parish Alvars, Mr. Case, Mr. Han-
'cock, Mr. Maciejowiki, Mr. Clinton, Mr. Mangold, and
others, who will perform various new arid effective pieces,
which cannot fail to gratify the lovers of good i-fstr4t
:mental music. Mr. Benedict Will c(iddtio,

Lirc'Eusi THEATRE.—The following distinguished
persons have .visited this theatre during the week:—The
.Duchess of Bedford, the Marquis and Marchioness of
NOrmanby, the Marquis and MarchionesS of Douro, Earl
"of Malmesbury, Earl and Countess of Chesterfield,
Count St. Aulaire, Lord and Lady Rivers, Lord Castle-
peiiti,h, Lord and Lady Berwick, Lord Osborne, Lord F.
4e4uplerk,•the Uountess pi' • .4ilesbory, Lord Delainere,
Lord Gardiner, M. and Lady Paroline Sandford, Lord
Wm. T.,einip, Lord. Mounfpliarles, Lady Adolphus Fitz-
clareoce, Lprd unmore, Lady Trollope, Sir Wm.
Massey Stanley and Lady, Sir R. Bulkeley and Lady,
Sir Charles and Lady Egerton, Sir Bellinghani Graham,
Sir Andrew Corbett, Mrs. Denistoun, Baron and
Baroness de Sternberg, Green Wilkinson, Esq., and fa
Cijy, Mrs Standish, G.. Wombwell, Esq.. Col.
4?TyvPrs, papt,in G(fard, Mr. Hume, Mrs. Capon, Cap-
twit Beles, Martin, R. 0., and failly, Mr. Bradshaw",
M.P., Mr, V'illpboist 84e„skci

( FLANDERS bUrff,GMNIAIL. / THE FINALE or THE FACTORY
Bfttrssams, MaYl2.—Her Royal Highness the Duchess • DEBATE.
of Kent will stay for about a month in the environs of ' (From ahe Examiner )
Berne, with her sister the Grand Duchess Anne (wife of The defeat of Lord Ashley's amendment by the large ma-
the late Grand Duke Constantine, from whom she was jority of 158 is no triumph of principle, no sign that on
im-
separated), 'whom her Royal Highness has • not seen proved knowledge and reflection the error of the former votes
since 1818, when she came to England to marry the on the same question has been discovered and corrected ; it
Duke of Rent. I is merely the result of subserviency to the Ministry, whoa()
The .King; who left the railway station yesterday existence is preferred ter all other objects and considerations.
morning at a quarter past ten, arrived at Namur at half-
There is a majority for imposing restrictions on labour, and
for confiscating a portion of the capital invested in mills; past twelve, and at his seat at Ardenne at five o'clock.
but those who would not scruple to overthrow our inanufac-
The Theodore sailed on the 15th from St. Thomas's,
turing system are restrained by the fear of upsetting an Ad-
with 128 passengers and previsions for three months. I ministration. The principles, if the name be given to them,
At the beginning of the sitting of the Chamber of are under suppression, but their bias will probably appear
Representatives to-day, the Minister of Finance pre- before this Parliament is dissolved, and in that case the
sented a project of law for re-imposing the duty of great Conservative rally and triumph will have given the
excise on all employed in'the manufaCture of cheese in- first representative to doctrines worthy of Jack Cade, and
tended for exportation. It was sent to the sections for . breaking in at once on the rights both of industry and pro-
examination.. perty.
In a preceding sitting the several Members expressed The division of Monday night will not remedy any of the
nmoitschuietfdtohat
ohasd a desire to know what had been the result of the law of heenurdoneethbeyshthoertplreerdesinlf,ivtoatteison;
.it
will
the 6th. April, 1843, for the prevention of smuggling. The delusionP isannowrfixied inafhe minds of aaltrge bportion of the
the
Minister of Finance gave some explanation, from which work-people, and the cruelty is done which cannot be undone,
it appeared that smuggling has become more difficult of adding an unreal cause of discontent to a lot which is
since the law has been in .force. hard enough without imaginary grievances. The notion has
The Chamber, after a long debate, rejected by a ma- been sanctioned that Parliament can regulate wages, that it
jority of 51 to 27, the motion of M. Delahaye, to delay can abridge labour without diminishing the remuneration for
the vote on the commercial question till the Government it, and this insane idea will spread through all the provinces
shall have presented some further information respect- of industry. Sir Robert Peel, in his masterly speech to
ing its views, Monday night, produced an example of the working of the
AMSTERDAM, MAY 15.—This morning, at half-past delusionis
four circular ued brTahboo?..s:importantsc as the
four o'clock, his Majesty the King arrived here by a workers. acotton factories,issasrs' special train from the Hague. His Majesty imme- Great Britain and Ireland.' (Hear, hear.)ia They acmaakemtalieso
diately proceeded in the same manner to -Utrecht, in-
_aemands.'—e Hear, hear,' from Mr. Fernand.) To which, it
tending to go from that place to Soetsdyk and the Loo. appears the Hon. Gentleman, of course consistently upon his
UTRECHT, MAY 15.—This morning about six o'clock principles, is prepared to yield, but to which I am not.
his Majesty passed through this city on his way to the They are urged, however, upon the same principles as those
Loo, whence he will return this evening to Soetsdyk, on which we are now appealed to; and, if the presumption
His Majesty came.in forty-two minutes by an extra train be that those who are employed know best their own inte-
frem Amsterdam. rests, of course our yielding in the present case would but
provide a precedent for repeated concessions to all similar
The Minister of Finance has given notice in con-
demands in future periods.—(Hear, hear.) This, then fortuity with Art 3, of the law of 27th December, 1840, is the address of the turned-out miners ; they enumerate'
that the total amount of Treasury bonds issued accord- their grievances, and thus enunciate their proposed reme-
ing to the law of 27th December, 1840, and 19th June, dies : We ask, yea, we would say, demand, first, these
1843, was on the Ist of this month, 1,278.100 fl• boons, as the redress of those grievances—first, we wish
GORE/CCHEM, MAY 14.—1 t is generally reported here to work eight hours per day and no more—(Assenting cheers)
that a branch from the Rhenish Railway is to be made —secondly, we wish to receive 4s. a-day wages—(Laughter,
by way of Jaarsveld, Schoonhoven, and this fortress, and Hear, hear)—thirdly, we wish to be:paid weekly—(Hear,
and then to be continued to join that of Antwerp. hear)—fourthly, we wish to be united for our security.'
THE HAGUE, MAY 15.—The Queen, accompanied by 'Friends and fellow-countrymen, we now appeal to your
Prince Alexander Henry, set out to-day at noon for sympathy, and ask you, in the name of justice, whether to
be buried in the caverns of the earth, inhalino' the most
Soetsdyk. Their Majesties are expected to return about noxious air for eight hours a-day, be not enough'?';---(Loud
the end of the week.
cries of 'Hear, hear.') Whatever is morally wrong, cannot
PADERBORN, MAY 10.—Yesterday evening there were be politically right.—(Laughter from the supporters of the
deplorable disorders in the town of Gesecke, in our Ministry, cheers from others.) We ask you is 4s. a-day too
neighbourhood. Between eight and nine a mob col- much fur digging out of the bowels of the earth so useful a
lected and attacked the houses of the Jews residing commodity as coal, our lives all the while in the most
irnmi-
there, all of which, except one, were, more or less, nent peril—(Hear)—every moment threatening us with the '
damaged. It does not appear that any person suffered most horrible death—(Hear)—aud no provision for our wives
violence. It is said that the cause of this act of Vandal- and children?'"
ism was, that a venerable priest at Gesecke had received
It is remarkable that, throughout the debates on the Fac-
an anonymous letter, with the post-mark "Paderborn,tory question, not a syllable has been said in defence of the
millowners' rights against the proposed confiscation of a sixth
which contained, not only the greatest insult_ to himself, of their properties.
but such scandalous abuse of the Roman Catholic It seems as if it had been agreed that if reducing the hours
Church, and of everything sacred to the Roman Catho- of work would improve the condition of the operatives, the
lies, that we refrain from repeating it. The contents were improvement should be effected at the cost of the capitalists.
speedily known in Gesecke, and the letter was imme- No one protested against robbing Paul if it could be made
diately ascribed to the Jews. This excited great indig- certain that Peter could get twelve hours' pay for his ten
nation against the Jews, when it was resolved to chastise hours' work.
them, and hence deplorable excesses were committed. For nights the discussion was, whether wages would or
An investigation into this business is now going on, would not fall with diminished production, as if upon a con-
which, we suppose, will throw some light on it. elusion in the negative a clear case would have been made
out for taking from the millowners a sixth of their profits, or
for ruining many of them altogether.
Mr. M. Milnes, indeed, remarked with infinite coolness
that. if Lord Ashley's amendment were carried, the manu-
facturers would make up for the shortened time by improved
machinery, as if the millowner could afford to provide him-
self with new machinery as an idle gentleman purchases a
trinket or piece of furniture of a new fashion.. The machi=
nery in many factories has cost more than a hundred thou-
sand pounds, and would require as large an outlay to substi-
tute improved machinery for that which legislative restric-
tions had made unequal to the remunerating production.
Manufacturers cannot all afford to be.in the newest fashion
of machinery; their means of refurnishing their mills do not
keep pace with mechanical improvement; and hence the
greater number of factories are now worked with inferior
machinery, which would be utterly inadequate if there were -
a further reduction of the working hours. To tell these pro-
prietors that they must make up for shorter time by un-
proved machinery would be much the same as advising a
man who complained of the sacking of his house that he could
set it all right by employing a fashionable upholsterer.
If some of these fine gentlemen who talk so glibly of fac-
tories would take the trouble to go and look at one, they
would find that its machinery was not to be thrown aside
and renewed as easily as a toothpick.
Lord Howick advocates the Short Wages project as a check
to the too eager pursuit of wealth "
If a too eager pursuit of wealth put to hazard the moral
condition of the people and impeded their moral improve-
ment, that pursuit it was the duty of Government to mode-
rate. The people should not be allowed to follow the pursuit
of wealth to the neglect of still higher objects."
He would impoverish spinners, weavers, and millowners for
their moral advantage. He is shocked that people in earning
ten shillings a week neglect higher objects than money-get-
ting, and accordingly he would mulct them of a sixteeth of
their little incomes, to give them leisure for moral cultiva-
tion, which it is absolutely certain will occupy the time
hitherto devoted to work.
We are quite ready to admit that there is too eager a pur-
suit of wealth in this country, but the factories are not more
forward in the chase than the shop, the counting-house, the
bar, and every profession and vocation that can be named;
and we cannot think it withm the province of thelLegislature
to contrive checks to this propensity, as, amongst other ob-
jections, there will always be danger of its destroying the
.livelihood of people in the attempt to control the excess of
industry. There are lawyers who work their brains and
lungs for sixteen hours a day, and who kill themselves by so
doing; 'but the Legislature would hardly pass a Bill appoint-
ing inspectors of chambers and courts, and prohibiting at-
tendance in them for more than ten or twelve hours a day.
The correction of the pursuit of Mammon to the neglect
of higher objects is the proper business of the Church, whose
heads so forcibly illustrate the scriptural precept that riches
are the root of all evil, by insisting that bishops cannot main-
tain their respectability without incomes of many thousands
a year, and that 150,000/. a• year is an inadequate sum for
twenty six prelates.*
But throughout the Short Wages argument there is the
assumption that the factory work-people are in a worse
mental and bodily condition than persons of the same classes
in other employments, which is utterly false. They are
better fed, better clothed, better lodged, better educated, and
more moral than the rural labourers; and if they have not
the advantage of working in the open air, they are, on the
other hand, spared the rheumatisms and other ailments re-
sulting from exposure to wet and the vicissitudes of weather.
Mr. Charles Buller, indeed, asks—
" Could any Hon. Member deny that labour protracted to
the period of twelve hours a-day did not greatly interfere,
and was inconsistent with the moral improvement, education,
and well-being of the people who were subjected to it?"
The condition of the factory population is the practical
denial of the question ; and if the labour which is proved to
be accompanied with the greatest demoralisation, the densest
ignorance, and the worst diet and lodging, is to be put under
Parliamentary regulation, it is that of the rural population
that the landowners in Parliament should commence their
experiments upon, by some Bill for improving the labourer's
state by the confiscation of a sixth of the landlord's estates.
If the factory work.people are deficient in morality, educa-
tion, and the comforts of the poor, let us be told in what
'other province of labour the advantages wanting in their
case are to be found. Are we living in the midst of a moral,
educated, and prosperous populace ? What isit that we see
all around us ? As Mr. C. Wood remarks, " the greatest
amount of depravity and vice is displayed in the haunts of
the greatest poverty," and to make the poor poorer is the
proposal of Lord Howick, by the arbitrary confiscation of a
sixth of their property in their industry.
The truth is almost confessed that there is no peculiar oc-
casion for interference with factory labour, except tbat it is
so easy—that they present so inviting an opportunity for
meddling. As an idle boy throws a stone at a bird or beast,
not from any provocation or ill-will, but simply because it
kad the ill luck to offer so fair a mark, legislators have their
fling at factories because they are such broad objects for
interference.
We must except, however, one special argument of Mr. C.
Buller—
" He referred to the necessity—the absolute importance,
of keeping the two sexes to their own.distinct and proper pro-
vinces.—(Cheers.) A master manufacturer had put forth a
statement on this subject. What was that statement with
regard to the proportion of men and women employed in
the manufacturing districts ? Why, in the large town of
Manchester it was stated that of the labouring portion of
the population employed in the factories three-fifths were
females and two-fifths were males ; as three to two.—(Hear,
hear.) That was a great evil, requiring certainly legislative
interference."
This logic is borrowed from the Duke of Wellington. The
absolute importance of keeping the two sexes in their proper
provinces is asserted, it being assumed at the same time that
spinning and weaving and-piecing slender threads are in the
indisputable province of male labour, and that women are as
much out of place in such employments as at the forgo or
plough. This point being so summarily settled, it is next
found that the women in factories are to the men in the pro-
portion of three to two, and that, declares Mr. C. Buller, ex
cathedra, is a great evil. But how, in what respect a great
evil ?
If Mr. C. Buller will look about him lie will find that the
women employed in rubbing and scrubbing, in private houses,
are in more than the proportion of six to one males, and to
his polite horror he will find that in the immense. majority of
houses no man is employed, women blacking shoes, brushing
clothes, cleaning knives, besides sweeping, bed-making,
ing and boiling, and all the rest of a,. household
manyga d
oNfoaLllordwoAsrk paceshlehasoNyeertiocatichuolaotoetuirshoowofmaandyanmihleoswa maid
rill hnesrheerrrahuaild to, or ourrutio
dhoowimr muchsta
stairs
punishment
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Nor has anyfarelltsuirint
tbheeenwloirakd ooff tollieeanniunignblevrinNdvloilovsa,rteokislalevde
annually by
the expense of a glazier.
The same reason that accounts for the employment of
women instead of men in families explains their prepondere
ance in factories, they are equal to the work reciturQ, and
their labour is cheaper.
But Mr. Buller thinks them out of place in the factory,
which they notoriously prefer to domestic service. Spinning
and weaving have, however, from all antiquity, been deemed
fit female occupations, and the difference in the improved art
of them is, that the steam-engine does the heavierpart of the
work, and leaves to the operative only what requires an at-
tentive eye
seannding inalighthand.
lilmhaberdashers'
shops attend standing for
a longer time, and go over more
fro, than piercers or weavers in a ground in stepping to and
2mill, and they underacl trouble and vexation from the' whimsies of custeanese that
the factory work-woman is exempt from 3 Bat no one has
diScovered that women are out o,f province in a haber-
dasher's shop, or that ',lie bisiness of measuring yards e;
ribbfais Angerlig laces should be left to in.c.;l czclu-
s;veiy.
vinlfcel‘scr.tCo.,vrßwidoilerb-e:M;d, as he wishes, torn the wont oaf of the factories, wlier would tey Arid thon
so igixie‘ul to "proper pro-
confine them? Some
IniZht get into the onlethe drudgery, which they are so
0/41 to (pit>ar faetOry employment; more would be throw;i
Into the workhouse, and many, would fall to prostitinina. 1s
the workhouse or the brothel a more suitable pro Vince than
the factory?
Mr. Hawes is too intelligent and too' honest to deny that
short wages 1--4.-t be the consequence of short work k but lie
imposing ale' restrictions as a way in his view of get-
tut rid of the corn restrictions. But how? There is bat
One way in which such an effeet can .be producil,
brso dai.na,ging the manunictUring intero4ts that fly deliver-
mice' from -shebr. 'rain they must wake a struggle
.of des-

SALE of MR. JEREMIAH HARMAN'S
COLLECTION OF PICTURES.
On Saturday the sale of the pictures which formed this
valuable collection was resumed and terminated. As on the
first day's sale, the great room of Messrs. Christie and Man-
son, in -King-street, St. James's, was crowded to suffocation
by company, and all ingress at the door was, after the com-
mencement of the day's:sale, totally impossible. The most
valuable pictures were sold on Saturday and produced very
good latices ; indeed, one or two of them brought prices al-
most dnprecedented ; thus proving that a taste for what is
really good in art has not deteriorated in this country, and
that works of the highest class are almost like bank-notes
and will always command a real value in the market. The
proceeds of the sale on the first day amounted in round num-
bers to about 9,000/., the proceeds of the sale on Saturday to
about 17,000/. or 18,000/., making the whole produce nearly
27,000/. for 115 pictures. The principal lots were knocked
down at the following prices
Lot 65. A Boy leaning on a Bank fondling a Pigeon.—
Titian. 150 guineas.
Lot 76. A Portrait of Charles I.—Vandyck. 151 guineas.
Bought by Mr. Norton.
Lot 79. A Cat with dead Birds, Grapes, &c.—Snyders. 105
guineas. Bought by Mr. Seguier.
Lot 81. A Portrait of a Gentleman. Very fine.—By Ron-
dani. 250 guineas.
Lot 83. The High Priest in the Holy of Holies.—Rem-
brandt. 150 guineas.
Lot 87. The Magdalen contemplating the Cross.—Carlo
Dolce. This delightful picture was bought by Mr. Pennell
for 690 guineas.
Lot 89. A Landscape—a Storm ; with figures.—Gaspar
Poussin. 209 guineas. Bought by Mr. Gardner.
Lot 90. An infant Christ asleep. A finished study.—By
Guido.. 153 guineas.
Lot 94. A view of Dort.—By Cuyp. In his luminous and
brilliant manner. The purchaser was Mr. Mawson. The price
1,010 guineas.
Lot 96. A Dutch River Scene.—Vanderneer. Bought by
Mr. Sloane Stanley for 210 guineas.
Lot 97. Portrait of Gonsalvo de Ferrand in armour on
horseback.—By Georgione. 250 guineas.
Lot 99. A Virgin and Child, with Angels and Saints.—
Garofalo. 240 guineas. Bought by Mr. Buchanan.
Lot 100. The Ménage Hollandais.—Adrian Van Ostande.
One of the gems of the collection. It has been engraved;
several time;. Mr. Buchanan bought it for 1,320 guineas.
Lot 101. Christ and the Woman of Samaria.—Aunibale
Caracci. Sold to Mr. Seguier for 225 guineas.
Lot 102. A view near Haerlem.—Paul Potter. It has been
engraved. It was bought for 800 guineas by Mr. Higginson.
Lot'lo3. A picture called the " Tabby Cat," and mentioned
in Smith's catalogue.—G. Metzer. 260 guineas. Bought by
Mr. Nieuboys.
Lot 105. Portrait called " The Duke of Hamilton." It is
mentioned in Smith's catalogue, and has been engraved by
Heath.—Vandyck. 240 guineas. Bought by Mr. Lloyd.
Lot 106. A Storm and Shipwreck.—W. Vandervel de. Men-
tioned in Smith's catalogue. 470 guineas. Mr. Higginson.
Lot 108. A Landscape, with figures, by Rubens.—lt has
been engraved by Bolswert, and is mentioned in Smith's
catalogue. It was brought into this country from Holland
In 1818 by Mr. Emmerson. 510 guineas. Bought by Mr.
Gardner.
Lot 109. Peasants regaling at a Cuinguette.—Jan Steen.
610 guineas. Bought, we understood, by Mr. Norton.
Lot 110. A sea view, called le Coup de Canon.—W. Van-
eervelde. Formerly in the collection of the Count de Merle.
1,380 guineas. The bidding for this picture was very ani-
mated; it was ultimately knocked down to Mr. Mawson.
Lot 111. Portrait of a Venetian Lady.—Sebastian del
Piombo. Bought by Mr. Nieuboys for 430 guineas.
Lot 112. Le Bonnet Vert.—Teniers. Formerly in the ca-
binet of /.4. Vanderlys. A beautiful gem. 660 guineas. Mr.
Mawson.
Lot 113. The Age of Innocence.—Sir J. Reynolds. This
picture fetched the highest price of this class of art ever
given for a picture of Sir Joshua's; it was bought by Mr.
Vernon for 1,520 guineas.
Lot 114. Peasants passing a Ford.—M. Hobbima. A noble
landscape by this master, whe has repeated the study of the
trees in the centre of the picture from a landscape of a still
finer character in the possession of Mr. Farrer. It is men-
tioned in Smith's catalogue, and is signed and dated 1662.
This beautiful work of art was purchased for 1,850 guineas
by the Baron de Rothschild.
Lot 115. dEneas with his Father and Son visiting Helenus.
—Claude. 1,750 guineas. Bought by Mr. Nieuboys. It is
mentioned in Smith's catalogue.

IRELAND.
THE STATE TRIALS.

DUBLIN, MAY 18.—Trinity Term opens on Wednesday
next. It is considered probable that the judges of the Court
of Queen's Bench will deliver judgment on the following day,
Thursday, upon the new trial motion. There is no doubt
that the Court have determined not to hear counsel on the
part of the traversers, in reply to the Attorney-General, on
the new cases introduced in the argument by the Crown. It
is understood that Chief Justice Pennefather has prepared a
very elaborate judgment, stating at length his reasons for re-
fusing a new trial, and defending those portions of his charge
to the jury which have been so strongly animadverted upon
by the counsel for the traversers.

- The Conservatives still assert, very confidently, that the
Court will be unanimous in refusing a new trial, unless in the
case of the Rev. Mr. Tierney. In that eve it, the argument
on the motion for arrest of judgment would be in progress at
the close of the next week.
THE SPY SYSTEM. .
_ _

It is really appalling to contemplate the extent and atrocity
of the police spy system, which, ever since the accession of
the present Government, has been in actiye operation. The
ramifications of this system extend to various counties, and
new disclosures are made almost daily. The inquiries re-
specting the police villanies in the Queen's County is still in
progress at Dublin Castle, and more policemen are said to be
implicated. The Tipperary Vindicator of this day contains
the following :—" h urther evidence is forthcoming of the
nefarious plot concocted to entrap the unsuspecting people in
the meshes of crime. The charges are not confined to Ogle,
Lyndon, and Parker—others are said to be deeply implicated
in the foul and hideous conspiracy, to get up prosecutions,
and trade on the liberties and lives of the innocent. It is.
confidently stated that since the accession of the present Go-
vernment to office, a great portion of the police force has be-
come tainted with the morbid appetite of transporting and
hanging inoffensive men for rewards. That this is the fault
of the Executive would plainly appear from the observations
made in the House of Lords by the Marquis of Normanby, on
Tuesday night, when calling for an investigation into Stipen-
diary Grey's case. Be this as it may, we hare now to inform
our readers that two other police constables, named O'Leary
and Cantrill, have been brought up to Dublin within the last
few days, and that they are undergoing an examination into
a series of charges preferred against them by Revington, who
seems to have rejoiced in the peculiar confidence of the con-
coctors of plots against the people."
. NEW STIPENDIARY MAGISTRATE.

Mr. H. Pollock has been appointed stipendiary magistrate
at Thurles, in the loom of Mr. Grey, whose dismi3sal formed
the subject of debate in the House of Lords on Tuesday.

Bell's Life in London of Sunday, May 26, wi
give the most correct account of the four days'sport at Epsom,
with a portrait of the winner of the Derby. Contents of
Bell's Life of last Sunday, May 19:—Fifteen columns of
Sporting events, including Paris Races, and a peep at the
French Derby (Chantilly), an epitome of the week's mis-
cellaneous news, and 100 advertisements, chiefly connected
with Sporting matters. The insertion of a single advertise-
ment in Bell's Life may be equally beneficial to that of half
a dozen in sonic j.ournals. A sixpence, orsix penny stamps,
to Mr. Clement, Jun.,.170, Strand, will at all times i,n4;ire a
copy of Bell's Life by return of past. The weekly sale of
Belts Life exceeds 20,009 copies. It is regularly published
in time for the Saturday afternoon railways. Bell's Life of
ti.
ct :
"Fromwnoi ltli notice ee
June 2 will contain an engraving of the Ascot Cup.
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continued (Sundays excepted) until further notice." It is,
however, arranged, that the afternoon service is tohe per-
, formed to- day.
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• Ecclesiastical Report of 1835.

paittlog Ear itibUtitin 4 th.- woo,*
evil that good may come of it seem to us as
consistent with prudence as with sound morality. The
mischief would be certain, but not so sure the expected
remedy.

And what right has a legislator to take from the poor
operatives a sixth of their little incomes, and from the mill-
owners the same portion of their profits, that through their
sufferings a certain reform may be brought about ? Other
supporters of Lord Ashley's proposal believe, or pretend, that
the work-people would not be the losers by it, that wages
would not be reduced ; but Mr. Hawes does not countenance
the delusion which induces the operatives to pray for re-
strictions, and he would find few indeed of the youngest and
least reflecting among them to consent to his scheme for
bringing about the abolition of the corn-laws by cutting off
a sixth of their wages.
Lord Howick, who is always consistent, as he proposes to
diminish the production of our cotton mills, endeavours to
reconcile us to such a result by showing that it would not
materially affect our foreign trade. The rise in the price
of the article his Lordship thinks of little consequence, as
" Any practical merchant would tell them that, if a cargo
of cotton goods was sent to Ric, it was not the price which
determined whether the speculation would be a profitable
or a losing one. If he was forced to pay a heavy premium
for a bill of exchange, the consignment might be a losing
business ; whereas, if he paid a less premium, and received
only the same price for his goods, the speculation might be a
profitable one."
It would:be well for Lord Howick to bring this doctrine to
the test of experiment. Let him, for example, send a cargo
of British brandy to Bordeaux, or a consignment of velvet to
Lyons, and upon such ventures he will ascertain whether the
premium of exchange is the main element or a very secondary
one in the profits of foreign trade. If we send a dearer article .
to a foreiem market, it is the same thing as sending one not
in demand, and our cotton, raised in price, would be as much
a drug in competition with the cheaper American article
as our brandy, velvet, or cambric in the French market.
Lord Howick instructs us to look to imports only as the
essential of foreign trade.
In Swift's advice to servants the same economy is taught,
all the servants being admonished to swell the bills in their
respective departments for their master's honour, the butler
to order in as much wine as possible, the cook as much meat,
the coachman the greatest possible quantity of hay and corn,
without troubling their heads about the payment.
A.spendthrift, who must have had a glimpse of the same
principles, used to say that he reckoned his yearly income by
casting up his bills. These were the imports, in his view-,
payment for them the export, which he thought quite im-
material.

Carrying out the doctrine of Lord Howick to its extreme
conclusion, if, instead of reducing manufacturing production
a sixth, it were destroyed altogether, the foreign trade would
be nearly as prosperous as ever, or, to use his own word, the
inconvenience would be small.

We confess that we rather incline to the opinion of Sir R.
Peel, that importation and exportation are of equal import-
ance, and that we cannot receive Commodities in our ports
without sending out something in payment of them, unless,
indeed, we adopt the economy of Swift's servants or the
spendthrift.

FATAL OCCURRENCE-THREE

LIVES LOST.

Last night, between eight and nine o'clock, the most painful
excitement was produced in the neighbourhood of London-
bridge and Fresh-wharf, in consequence of a distressing acci-
dent, iavolving the loss of three lives, occurring on the river
at the foot of London-bridge steps. It appears that at about
half past eight o'clock a boat under the charge of the son of a
waterman, named Williamson, a young loan about eighteen
years of age, pushed off from the stairs on the City side of
London-bridge, with about eleven boys (under the age of
twelve years) and three girls, intending to take them to the
Custom-house. The boat had not reached ten or a dozen yards
from the stairs, before she came athwart the tide, which was
running down very fast, and she was carried with great vio-
lence against the bows of the Diamond steamer, moored off
Fresh wharf. Had they kept their seats, in all probability
nothing further would have happened, but unfortunately the
whole got up, and instantly the boat went down stern fore-
most, precipitating all of them into the water. The acci-
dent being observed by many hundreds of persons assembled
on the bridge, and on the different steam-boat piers, the ex-
citement that ensued was of a character easily conceived.
Fortunately a man having charge of the dumb-lighters in
front of Fresh-wharf was standing at the bow of the Diamond
steamer at the time. He threw overboard ropes and other
floatable articles for the children to lay hold of. Most of
them rose to the surface, and eleven, including the Waterman,
were with great difficulty saved ; but the remainder (same
say three, and others six) were drowned. Among them am
known to be two girls (one 16 and the other 18 years of age),
and also a boy eight years of age, whose parents are living
in Milton-street. Those saved were in a most e-xhausted
state. They were all immediately conveyed to the Royal
Humane Society-house—the New Castle, in Lower Thames-
street—where they received all possible assistance. Drags
were directly put into requisition, and search was made for
the bodies of those drowned, but, up to eleven o'clock, non
of them had been discovered.

THE FACTORIES BILL.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Snar—ln your paper of Wednesday evening, May 15, in a
list purporting to contain the names of those whose aid was
withheld from Lord Ashley, on Monday last, May 18, you
mention the names of the Hon. Colonel Butler, and ISlr.
Fitzstephen French.
Colonel Butler paired on that occasion with Mr. 'Williams,
the Member for Great Marlow, in favour of the Ten Hours'
Amendment, and Mr. French, to my knowledge, voted for
Lord Ashley in company with myself—other newspapers,
particularly the Sunday ones, have copied these erroneous
statements; and as public opinion is rather strong upon this
question, they would do well to rectify these and other such
inaccuracies.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant,
No. 3, Queen-square, Saturday. P. S. BUTLER, M.P.

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LADY PEEL'S ASSEMBLY.—On Saturday Ilya
Lady Peel had an assembly at the family mansion in White-
hall-gardens. The splendid picture gallery and the several
saloons opening en suite on the first story, were thrown open
for the reception, and brilliantly illuminated. His Serene
Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar and the following
personages of rank and fashion were present :—The French
Ambassador and Countess de Ste. Aulaire, the Turkish Am-
bassador, Baron Nieumann, the Russian Minister and
Baroness Brunnow, and Mademoiselle Olga de Lechner, Prince
Castoicicala, the Belgian Minister and Madame Van do
Weyer, M. Dedel, Baron de Cetto, the Danish Minister and
Countess Reventlow, Count Pollen, Countess Bjomstjerna,
the Venezuelean Minister, the Brazilian Minister and the
Marchioness de Lisboa, the American Minister, Mrs. Everett
and Miss Everett, the Portuguese Minister and Baroness
Moncorvo, Baron Hugel, the Mexican Minister and Mrs.
Murphy, Baron Koller, Count Jarnac, Baron Scheoppingk,
Count Rosen, Baron Brockdorff, Baron Bremer, Baron
Bjornstjerna, and the Dukes—Buccleuch; Montrose. Duch-
esses—Northumberland, Buccleuch, Montrose. Marquises
—Douro, Huntly, Ailesbury, Normanby, Ormonde, Salis-
bury, Kildare. Marchionesses—Aylesbury, Douro, Ormonde.
Earls—Devon, Normanton, Jersey, Delawarr, Beverley,
Besborough, Haddington, Kinnoull, Clarendon, Winchilsea,
Powis, Sheffield, Dartmouth. Countesses—Jersev, Delawarr,
Beverley, Haddington, Kinnoull, Clarendon, Nelson, Powis,
Dowager Mansfield, Wilton, Dartmouth. Viscounts—.
Ossulston, Melville, Strangford, Parker, Sydney, Villiers,
Adare, Mahon, Hawarden, Clive, Ingestre. Viscountesses—
Adare, Sydney, Parker, Villiers, Mahon, Beresford, Maynard,
Ashbrooke. Lords—Prudhoe, Redesdale, John Manners,
Charles Wellesley; and above 300 other persons of rank
and fashion.

Mr. Colvile, M.P. for South Derbyshire, is, it is
understood, is to be the new Master of the Atherstone ILunds
in the room of E. Applewhaite, Esq. ,
REDUCTION IN THE ROYAL HOUSEHOLD.—It is
not to be concealed that there is growing up a feeling of un-
easiness, if not discontent, about the reductions that are
constantly taking place in the Royal household. We allude
to the subject reluctantly, but, we hope, with a proper sense
of the delicacy with which it should be treated. The whole
case, reduced to figures, seems to resolve itself into the fol-
lowing particulars :—lndependently of the personal income
of the Sovereign and her Consort, of the augmentation of
Prince Albert's allowance by about 10,000/, a-year, derivable
from places and appointments conferred upon hint by the
Queen, and of the large revenue drawn from the Duchy
of Cornwall for the use of the Prince of Wales, an annual stun
of 375,0001. is granted by Parliament for the maintenance of
the customary splendour of the Court. We have never heard a
single objection taken to the amount of that grant. On the con-
trary,we believe, if it were required, Parliament would at any
moment be prepared to increase it—the special purposes for
which it was originally designed being, of course, always kept in
view. Now, of that sum of 375,0001. per annum, reductions have
been effected to the amount of 25,0001. The rage for retrench-
ment which appears to have set in with the income-tax has
reached the Palace itself, and equerries. riding-mistresses,
chamber-pages, -and all sorts of gold and silver people in
waiting have been cut down to meet the economical
spirit of the times. if a saving to the country had been
positively accomplished by this reduction of 25,000/.
per annum, it would be very ungracious on the part
of the country to complain ; but the popular grievance con-
sists in the somewhat anomalous fact, that this very reduc-
tion will absolutely entail an increased burden upon the
public. The persons whose services are thus dropped out of
the Royal household must be pensioned ; but the pensions
are not to be paid out of the amount saved by their reduc-
tion, but are to constitute a fresh charge upon the national
Treasury. The consequence will be that the public expen,
diture, instead of being diminished by this 25,00 W. a-v
, ear,
will, in fact, be augmented by the amount of the pensions.
To this conclusion all the information we possess at present
on the subject distinctly points. Perhaps it is intended to
return the surplus to Parliameent ;da withbnudt,aa a goy
view
no indication of
ea lw
et
cooenlargednoln y i
such an intention has been madet
one department is generally dir
acourty
se.n an
CourtJ other we
rn do not anticipate the adoption of such
oual.
EXTENSIVE FIRE AT TATTERSALL'S FARM, Irri. MlDDLESEX.—Yeaterday (Sunday) :et:
DEN-PADDOCKS,
ing, shortly after nine o'clock, the inhabiTAis of the pie-
tpuarresk qcuaernveirli,algeveroef
alrVoilulsesneddefnro,
naibtohn4rtl.
houeltohnregailgotfo a
Edmundfir e upoTa7-51usUllialliqelfretounide IlbyYdthe-e
the exttnsive range of premises
Tattersall, Esq.. who is universally
known for his connexion with the sporting -world, situate
the Padd at
ooke, 'Willesden. The fire originated in therick-
ards Ckattiguous to which stands a line of stabling chiefly
at of wood. In the yard there were at the time of the out-
break two inuneuse stacks of hay, containing (our reporter
was informed) 140 loads. It appears that a boy employed
upon the premises was amusing himself by cleaning out a
kettle which had contained a quantity of pitch, used the day
before for farming purposes. To'clo this the more effectually
he heated the vessel by kindling a fire near to a hedge close
by the Ties. By some accident, at present unexplained, he
upset the pot of pitch, anal the wind blowing very &tali at the
time, the flames communicated to the body of hay. Alarmed
by the circumstauot, the boy ran away into the fields to seek
for helps and in a few momenta isevaral labourers were upon,
NI Eliot attempting to subdue the violence of the raging e.-
' 'tient. Finding it impnuible to check the flames, information
was sent off to IYillesaen and LeAdou, and several engines
were preantiy In attendance but although great efforts were
mad; ey the firemen, a4te4l by at least 200 countrymen, the
names could not be subdued, and the whole of the hay would
have been coniumed had not the expedient of cutting'the
. Itiihtirnt from the burning Inass been resorted to i but the
operation was performed with great diffieulty, and some
danger to those engaged in it. By twq o'clock the Smoulder-
big ashes of the stacks were quenched, but up to half-past
five cA'elock men were employed in Cutting and trussingtis notthe
hay which remained uninjured : unfortunately, this
more than one girth of the original quantity. 'lr. Tatter-
sall's sting litiox is uninjured.* and the great quantity of
young horses and brood mares were not hurt. The property Exchange Fire-office.
L 5 insured in the
um,
MAT 14.—Our markets .
DUNDU TR
yarps, and linens
without change. The demand for ilezt, Inv
keeps steady, and Prices are While- u-t
alteration. In hemp
and hemp cedilla there it Still nothin d • both articles are
and fetches from'ls/. to 16/. per tonajecutaerthisngstirllo wquanaititeyd..
allits.nominal. Indian oin"nd price.
of
The advance in freights at Calcutta 'should affect the value
of jute in this market.