The Sun.
London, England, 1842-05-12 00:00:00

11 OLLAND.

Tin: HAGITE, MAY 2.—The Second Chamber of the
States General, in its sitting of April 30, received a
Royal Message, with a project of law for regulating 11. e
application of the surplus of the finances of the colz,nit.;
for the year 1842. The project of law was accompanied
by an explanatory memorial and other document&
PROJECT OF LAW.
" We,. William, &c. •
"]laving taken in consideration that, according to the
estimates which have been made, the receipts in the
mother country for account of the colonial administration
during the present year, will exceed the legal expenses
of the colonies, to he defrayed out of the said receipts, by
the sum of 4,90,000 florins, which sum will constitute
the excess disposable in fitvour of the mother country,
"-Desiring to regulate the application of the excess,
conformably to the last part of Article :39 of the Funda-
mental Law.

"For these reasons, with the advice of our Council of
State, and in concert with the States General, we have
decreed and decree by these presents.
" The probable excess of the amount of the receipts
and expenditure of the Colonies for 1842, kept by the
Colonial Department, estimated at the sum of 4,900,000
florins, more or less as the case may be, should be paid
into the public treasury, in the course of this year, by
our Colonial Minister. This excess, conformably to Art.
10 of the Law of October 14, 1841, shall serve towards
defraying the expensei comprehended in the Budget fur
1842.
" Commanded, ordained, &e."

VESSELS SrOK EN Watt.—A stranger, supposed the Orin-
tal, 6th inst., oft' Lisbon, by the Great Liverpool, arrived at
Falmouth. Ship Scotland, 7th inst., lat. 48, lon. 7, by the
Norval, arrived off Falmouth. Cheesah, Liverpool to New
York, lat. 46, lon. 36, by the Alargaretha, arrived off Dover.
Confidence, Davidson, bound to Madras, 24th ult., lat.
lon. la, by the Tam Q'Shanter, arrived off Doter. John,
Africa to London, 20th March, lat. 1 S., lon. 20 W ; Islander,
London to Barbadoes, 9th ult.., lon. 4; an outward bound
ship, with B. 13. in her foretopsail, 29th ult., lat. 42, lon. 2'2,
by the Medora, arrived at Liverpool. Plutus from Bombay;
Yssel, Havre to Batavia, lat. 4 N., lon. 22 ; Louise, bound
west. sth April, lat. 25 N. lon. 58, by the Antigua, arrived in
the Gironde. Mogul •Begue bound to Monte Video, 16th
March, on the Equator ; Lutilow, Antigua to London, 15th
oft., lat. :38, lon. 60, by the George, arrived at Bristol.
ltelvidere, Liverpool to Bombay, 21st March, lat. 8, lon. 19.
The following. has been received at Lloyd's:—
" Ns rhEs, APRIL 7.—Yesterday the 13ritish Consul eean-
municateu to the merchants a copy of a note front the Prince
of Scilla to her Majesty's Plenipotentiary at this Court, tating,
in order that tine precautions may be adopted for the safety of
ships and cargoes, as it is pcssible hostile measures may be
taken against the trade of this country by the Governments of
lolland- and Belgium."
The trouenat 1111 . Vre letter froth the
master of a inerehant vessel of that port., in which he states
that, whilSthe was iu Australia last year, a French vessel, the
Ville de Bordeaux, was seized by the English Customs on pre-
text of smuggling ; but, on investigation, the charge was funnel
to be false, and the conduct of the seizing officer, a young man
only 22 years of age, was generally censured. The Government
of Sydney. says the writer of the letter, convinced that the ves-
sel had been improperly seized, ordered its restitution, but oil
condition of the owner paying all the expenses of the seizure„
and, as he had refused to do this, the vessel had been for nine,
months lying useless to all parties. There is a good deal of colour
about this letter, and the is niter goes so far as to insinuate that;the Ville de Bordeauxi was seized upon a mere vretezt.,
because she was a fine vessel, and at the time of seizure netts
had arrived at Sydney, relative to the affairs of the East, seem-
ing to indicate that a war between France and England was in•
evitable, and, therefore, the possession of the Ville de Bor-
deaux by the English was desirable. The fact of reftisal to re-
lease the vessel without the payment of. the expenses by the
owner, may, however, be correct, and it is not necessary that
she should have been French property in order to, account for
it. The practice of compelling the owners of vessels to pay the
expenses of seizure even when it is admitted that the charge
upon which the seizure was made has not been estitetished,
da
very common in England, and has been protested. against very
frequently. Unjust as such a proceeding ktnwards English,
vessels, it is doubly so towards a foreign one,
A few days ago, as a cobbler, who had his stall un.
der the wall of the. barracks of Saint Raphael, at Bordeaux,
was beating one of his children with brutal violence, a gentlst-
man passing by interfered, and remonstrated with' the man
for his want of natural feeling. The savage only tweed his
rage upon his humane adviser, anti, seizing his curling knife,
wounded the gentleman so severely, that he died almost kn.
mediately. The murderer was immediately secured and
placed in the hands of justice.
:Mr. Atkinson, of the Royal Mint of :England, who
arrived in Paris a few (lays ago, had the honour of a special
audience of the King on Wednesday, whets his Majesty most
graciously expressed his thanks for the services rendered by
Mr. A. to a deputation which had been sent to England te-
specting the contemplated alterations in the French Itlintt:,
Mr. A. presented a new five-sovereign piece, which 'elicited
the praise and admiration of the. King as to the likeness of
Queen Victoria, the taste of the design, and the excellence of
the engraving. Mr. A. had the honour of dining ail he Tuile-
ries on Friday.

Viscountess Villiers (daughter of Sir IZ. Peel and
Lady Peel) this morning gave birth to a daughter, at her resi•
deuce in Grosvenor-place. We are happy to state that her
Ladyship and infant are going on well.
It is said that Sir George Woodibrd will shortly
retire from thc Governorship of GiLraitar, and Sir James Lyon.
is already named as likely to be his successor.
The King, of Sweden, says a letter from Stock-
holm of the 2tith ult., his sent to the Freemasons' Lodge of
that city the four packets relative to free-masonry -found its
the chests of Gustavus 111., which were recently opened.
The Austrian Government has abolished the qua-
rantine which has hitherto existed at Orsowa. All vessels
ariving from Constantinople with clean bills of health are to
be allowed to navigate freely in the Austrian portions of the
Danube.

STATE or BURN LEY A NI) THE liOUR11001),
—We regret to learn that the condition of the labouring popu-
lation in the neighbourhood of Burnley is becoming daily more
deplorable. Not only are the hand-loom weavers very inade-
quately employed and very wretchedly paid, but many of the
factories have ceased working, and nearly the whole labouring
population is in a state approaching destitution. In some of
the country townships, too, where almost all the inhabitants are
poor, it is difficult, and indeed impossible, to collect a. vofficient
amount of poor rate to afford relief to the claimants upon the
parochial funds; and it is greatly to be feared 'that, unless
some assistance can be obtained from other quar#sers,
the or
will be left without resource. We understaiet t',iat strong re-
po
presentations on this subject have been made toGoverment.
Government by a gentleman resident in the neighbour-11'mA ; and it is nut
improbable that those representations maythaye had consider.
able effect in causing the issue of the Qoe en's letter for making
collections throughout the country. Irdherto. the peoyle have
shown exemplary patience under their manifold privations.
Though large meetings have 'been held in different parts of
the districts, we-do not learn that they have been marked by
any violence, even of language. ; Bid tt is t.o le feared that this
patience will not be proof against a continuance—and especi-
ally against an aggravation—of the present state of distress.--
Alone/tester Paper.
The Sieele states that a serious 4_linfliet took place
on Sunday last at Romainville, between sonic of the soldiers of
the corps of engineers employed on the works of the fort in
construction there, and a party of the 4th regiment of the
line. It appears that fourteen of the engineers, under a ser-
geant, were celebrating the King's fete at a traiteur's, when
the house wassurrouneed by about 3(s) men of the 4th, utter-
, ing threatening cries. The sergeant of the engineers went
out to remonstrate, but. being insulted by a corporal, seized
him, with the intent. of conducting him to the guard-house.
This was the signal for a general attack: front the line. The
sergeant was driven back into the house, and carried down into
the cellar for safety, but would have been followed, and per..
haps, murdered, but for the courageous resistance of the laud-
lord, who received two severe sabre wounds on the head. The
combatants were separated by the arrival of a strong pielet
under the command of an officer, 'nut not until seven out of
the fourteen engineers were severely wounded.
The mikes of cad:A and Seville, sons of Don
Francis de Paulo, arrived a, few days ago at the Hague.
The ('curries' ficuis gives the following letter
from an officer of one of the vessels of war off Tangiers
lat pursuance of orders brought by the
rsielartni,V,—;; nave quitted the delicious station of the
dated April 9
Tagus for these mehousholy latitudes. If we had to send a few
bullets against the morocco people, that would reconcile us a
het dipluacy takes place of artillery, and
tlilitrt.le Gtromi t ? was het
m before us to announce our coming
Our little division consists of. the .lena, 90 gun-ship, the
Africane, frigate of 60, the Volage, brig of 10, and Grondenr
of 160 horse-powermore than is necessary to demolish the
fortifications of Tangiers. When we appeared before the port,
we were taken for Americans UMW to avenge the insult oftery.4
to their Consul. .Sueb was the alarm that. a great number of
families fled to the mountains. When they learned that we
were French, the agitation calmed down. It would appear
front this that the inhabitants have no great tear of Uli ; the,/
see that we are always threatening, without ever exec uting.
The Presse states that it is the intention of the
Emperor of Russia to grant, in July neat, an ainnesVi in favour
of Poles condemned for political ()truces_

IMP. 10. A.-1 TAAL- lAMtN T.
- HOUSE OF COMMONS, May 11.
The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four
o'Clock.

GUARANTEE SOCIETY BILL.
Mr. GREENE brought up the Report on the Guaran-
tee Society Bill.
SOUTH METROPOLITAN -GAS BILL.
Mr. GREENE brought up the Report on the South
Metropolitan Gas Bill.
SUDBUB,Y IMPROVEMENT BILL•
Mr. GRIMSDITCH presented a petition from certain
ithabitants of Sudbury against the Sudbury Improve-
ruent Bill, and the petitioners prayed to be heard by
Counsel against the Bill.
' Ordered to be referred to the Committee on the Bill.
ABOLITION OF TITHES.
An lION. MEMBER presented a petition from Wilt-
shire, praying for the abolition of tithes.
Sir J. HAN MER presented a petition from Kin4ston-
upon-Hull, praying: that the proposed alteration in the
timber duties might not be postponed until 10th October.
Sir J. EASTHOPE presented a petition from the
cotfee-house keepers of the metropolis, praying for a re-
moval of the prohibition on the importation of foreign

sugar.
DISFRANCHISEMENT OF BRIGHTON.
Mr. ROEBUCK said he had to present a petition of
si very novel character. It was from certain of the in-
habitants of Brighton, and the petitioners prayed that
they might be deprived of the privilege of send-
ing Members to Parliament. They stated, that
in consequence of the possession of that privilege, their
town had for the last month been one continued scene
of drunkenness, and that vice and immorality had been
much encouraged in consequence. They appealed to
the police returns in confirmation of the truth of that
statement, and requested the House to ask the opinion
of both their Members tat the subject.
THE FRANCHISE AND THE INCOME-TAX.
The HoN. and LEARNED GENTLEMAN also presented
a petition from an individual praying that all persons
contributing to the Income-tax should be entitled to the
franchise.