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THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
[MaRcH 26, 
of the Ban 
ause for sending 
Mr. Duolap, —— of the 
habe The 
. eve > pws ciple 
having a canes resdes ney 
he 
ere he was d halaed 
ife 
cadia are favourable ; 
a ing 
at 
rejoici i y the news of the safety of the 
Caledonia steamer, no tidings of her return to Liverpool 
lasgow had been 
mail; but the peal Ps the Acadia 
having been Ewop received, and days having 
elapsed since oe dei of sailing. "The Unicorn, ictearte 
belonging to the Livetpodl a 
age 
bd Ixpizs.—The Jamaica papers received by the 
New Y. sda contain pe ngoona * e..2 captu vane 
estruction Cartagena ong Fee 
oe M. ds de Coury, tached a the 
The c 
0 
roving unsuccessful, 
Lieut de Courcy, of H. M. the " 
bourhood.* Lieut. di ap urcy hed an 
r aletter to the te at of the squadron at Poa 
agena, d _ nding the release of Col. Gregg and 
er Bri itish su cote This letter, age ause it wa 
not writen in Spanis “4 was Dy on with contempt. 
the o returning to the Charybdis, ae reporting 
eaten s to hi u 
ge was 
by which the forestay of the Chary bdis was shot 
a ea and 
ommo 
ooners, whi h 
vette, were attacked in turn by the Charybdis ; and in five 
-minutes after the Charybdis brought her guns to bear on 
the ee she was sunk, and the schooners 
ieut. de eae sen to rema 
is prizes till he hears f ao ae Aira on igs 
of the 
2 | 
ES 
attac! 
of th to have been that a brig, Jane ey 
Sarah, whilst lying 5 yay in com 
Little William, was boarded by 
baal | 
Hi 
s 
a, 
eS F 
and to be employed for ten years in hai : 
pic work os ~~ island, for having taken part ina 
oe eneie 
a apers from Swan River, Western Aus- 
tralia, ap ath = aig — arrived. They t the 
in hand e land fund was 3,063/..18s. 10d., 
t s wished should be appropriated to the 
Dies ictiennt of emigration. Labour appe to be re- | 
rn Se ¥2 various districts 5 yer oe mat a cor- 
Inthe 
es were trouble- | 
27 the oatuitioes had much 
put into the har- 
Sony: was continuing his 
n river and its 
tof inint land had been dis- 
y for the 
pro- 
oO ho ma 
z immediately to remove his sheep thither. At Perth, 
the latest local improvements were the erection of public 
establishment of a steam-boat company. 
way of New — Le 
cia 
ss 
ae 
purchasers were cation fo 
* me Kad Ler poe of t 
t of rain, and 
ies was no gras 
ry and 
day, a great par s 
people are sling, their land, to are cone ithe the first 
chance that offers 
Parliament. 
pour USE OF LORDS. 
Saturday.—On the ei daft ia. Sage ipa oo the Consoli- 
dated Fund Bill was ‘anil as and ordered to be aond a 
third time on Monday, The eovEate “Gaol se eg a the 
piven India Clergy Bill passed lagen a Committee, an or- 
dered to be read a third time o 
M pn gt Lordships oa yang “ short time: sev — peti- 
resented, and several bills advanced in their respec- 
e House was to have adjourned Hs day for the 
ocuring her 
ie opinion that hans appointment = ps 
would pane heen enough. This, he ag had been predicted. 
The Lorp eer cok in reply, said that the 
predicted that re for once been a true pro et—‘The re s 
— orde 
conles as given by commission to the Consolidated 
Fund Bill, the West ‘india Clergy Bill, the Regulation of Appren- 
tices Bill, the Societies Bill, the Newgate Gaol (Dublin) 
Bill, and Mitford's Divorce Bill. The Lord agama 8 potas raking 
bishop of Canterbury, and Lord Wharncliffe 
Their Lordships then adjourned over the holidays. 
HOUSE OF COMMONS. 
Monday.—The Severn Ni m Bill was read a second time 
pce some discussion, Mr, Lae ‘having declined to press his 
postponement 
sept a question fom Mr Havyrer, Sir R, Pesu said that 
cent. additional duty of agen and Ryo anes imposed 
= 1840 by the late ee of re » would still re- 
It was not propose uld be 5 per cent. 
ad “aa i: Beet 5 per coat: on the auty rebeicanod t in the tariff. 
To a question from Mr. L 3 repli 
ng th yo sip fe 
of the opium 
° memes that naaeey Was an open one or not he had hot 
| served, that 
eply to iry from Mr. , Lord Error said that it 
was a inte: lati oe Aaah to include in the estimates for 
id Yager a: the usual grant, Rife iaeic orp posing any alte 
veal m of national educati n force in 
thet ‘ittee ot" Ways and 
Mr. postpone the taking of the 
sense of the Hous eon his financial resolution Me after Easter, 
for th of Scotland, bale Lia 
had not received intelligence of the meas 
express their opinion of it.—Sir R. Pee. declined to postpone the 
m —Some conversation t then 
his finan 
. C. BuLuer preferri: 
i he prefered ch yey be e opini 
use on the I upon that the whole financial 
Ne the country must be ‘beuee 
Lord J. Meabait. ‘hong it more desirable to proceed sical oe 
Corn Importation Bill, as verybody knew what best 
have to pay t The right hon. Gen sane 
however, he said, take his own course, He could cay 2 Say that 
it was his determination to divide the House he the eer utio’ “sie 
on the vin ee on the first reading, on the second reading, 
the third read: 
ion cot 
t.. FP. Manne pressed Sir R. Peel to 
ing. 
EL said he gi acey’ biess the psa. Lord had deter- 
‘f 
an ce e 
pay under the Income-tax—that is ra ny that every one was now. 
re 
conciled to it.—The House then resolved itself into Committee. 
and the adjourned deb: was opened by Mr. Ha 
clared that the noble Lord should have his most earnest suppo 
in every possible opposition he coul er to this measure. 
denounced the principle spe aan 
when rai for the p of retaliation in ; 
Ch: ani ffghanistan. He poprati the principle of 
he a ates ee B eter 
st the injustice of taxing connie’ e income oar 
i i a nant i 
said, for such - a cag and there ¥ were 
axation yet op an THo 
ad g's chide, stip er a efe era! ae 
overnment. usted, however, that Government 
would act ina cen and confiding organ -_ give credit to 
the mercantile classes for es with oon ess. 
He hoped also that some! farther ¢ bet rati would be given 
to the question of bur tree ond terminable annuities = heavily as 
piri ie which he felt to be a great in, sea W. Cay ob- 
adirect tax upon incom 
ulgar, ab at 
least a very easy eapetiont. ~ an Pn through a “financial get 
Tan He disapproved the proposal of taxing the pots Tad 
upon the of his ren t to move an altera. 
sc’ 
d have preferred, would have been to alte r tho cat Init 
= on such alteration bub resto Sa Fevenus and in the 
ean time to meet the tem) y a fresh issue of 
Exchequer. bills. 
Sir G, Crerx defended the measure of Government. He in- 
sisted the advantages which the proposed levy would produce 
neral commerce ane ee soo al: nation, by rendering 
hi any im ant remissions which 
were proposed in the.new ot Hf. He ss abe ther il must 
e 
pre sure, but he hoped — Barri. it would be courageously 
— ord a eae praii d the style and clearness of the 
drama statem: of Sir Peel ee being unrivalled since the 
days vn Pitt. Had the right hon. Baronet taken into account the 
distress of the country, and stated 1 that he resorted to an Income. 
tar t, on the road to a more liberal 
policy, he would have supported him. But he considered that he 
prod Bi govertl it in order to sustain monopolies opposed to the 
c of the age, and he should therefore oppose it.— 
oop. » inveighed against the general prine iple pd an In. 
me. tax, t 
the strong government of Lord Liverpool had been ona wa 
pee a 1c Peas poy ns it objectionable, main a for th 
capita 
He © denied the that 1 th of taxation were exhaus ste 
rted to the ‘oudget of the lat e Ministry as one 
ay “ raised a considerable revenue without thi 
resource. — . Sa sume 
measure. —Mr. "P.S 
whi 
vaee 
ashok 
norm aR 
ipts, vate *- a 
not craters ed by permanent prop: 
he eee not object; but he Vout not agree to assess mere. el 
rag ually with it. *_After some remarks from Mr. Preiser ce 
n opposition to the Government measure, Sir G. ¥ ani iad: 
vances upon 
he said, shrank from the obloquy of panponehig. their your 
their speeches. The deficiency in the ax which ha ought to be made 
whic 
up; but was it to be made up y a tax d bee een repealed in 
1816 by the “indi ant feeli and which had been 
originally imposed en we were struggling for national exist. 
ce? He maintained it would be an inquisitorial and obnoxious 
impost, and when once inflicted, even for a temporary period, there 
was no 5 t t would not be perpetuated. No necessi! 
had been shown fo: tax ; and even the deficiency which was 
he 
ores the pretence ier at, had been lar 
of the measures of the Tate Government. 
qoences theta 
of Sir R. bas —Some di iscussion took place bedi: Lo: 
dthe Chairman = rt the forms ¢ of pro sy and 
de tha’ 
0 as) reap the Committee divided, 
for the motion to report progress, 51; against it, 328; 3 majority, 
277- A conversation followed, a sever ember: lained 
eir reasons for voting inst or in tavottt of the divition: Mr. 
V. Smiru attacked th for their si ir J. 
HAM Observed, that as 
—Col. SIBTHORP 
Bid aS, 
of the Exchequer had | 
rating ey had to say in th 
she to have it underst 
cit factious views ; but - DUNCOMBE be 
was a very goog thir 
fri anda should go on. movi ing adjournments for the cai pur- 
pose of procrastination.—Another motion being then made for 
adjow sgh aap a division took ge “wiex the numbers were 
—for the adjourn i. vi again 241.—A third motion for 
Sajooineshen mt treltig” o by Mr. Duxcouse, with the declared | 
view of veges the diviston till after 
Sir R. Pees said, that though it was in mete power of the mi- 
the main question for that night, 
a postponement over 
a 
defended his o uct i 
T. ACLAND bastyen, gods f ge 
delay without discussion, their camatitateires would hav 
up the ds without heari paige the argument.—Aftera fou Wott 
from . BULLER, and an explanation from Sir R. Pzen, the 
perense was adjourned. 
The Rivers (Ireland) Bill, the Public Works Bill, , anid the Spirit 
Duties’ (Ireland) Bill, went t n the motion 
ir J. GRA vg the Queen’s Bench Prison Bill was read a third 
time and a asse 
Tr a, vn pills for- 
warded in their iceetee stages. John cherortic a had in- 
bial the Eo a a of the Clitheroe Election Committee, 
was brought to the bar, admoni ished byt the Speaker, an 
ryet 
d dis- 
Z eration of his a the m0- 
tion of Sir R. Peen, the admonition of the ‘spoee was ordered 
to a entered on the journals. 
r C. Narier brought fo 
of thie state of the navy, witha 
Serie a motion for the peerage 4 
cal liom — ator 
é Ministries, decline eee atty on the administra- 
tion or Laid Minto, who had, he said, ransacked all  Seotand in 
he Ca) 
would secure uniformi 
give gr to the navy. He al 
the ee ise naagh 6 
ee, 
a a opere to his profession, 
or iralty, that the soul aigutest example 
= could ke Dive rane peng of two civilians, Lord 
Lord Spencer. Mr. Pitt’s author cod = was in fav or 
ee ppointment ofa civilian. Wi th respect to t hich 
fleet, he Feicsord, to say that the deficiency in this pee b iagr 
existed ba he Syrian hostilities had now been © t 
medied ; eo eho thought tha 
eace CO! 
ary, he 
the gallant Commodore had done himself and his br ra 
great eicgan for at Sir. Graben) was [ch eecoraph that at thon 
their ships wer anned, they hon 
honour of the Bri alesis dtr 
—, He was far from disapprov the: 
gallan Admiral i in toto, though = palneog: 
such as Daye conveniently Bie = te) House 2 of Com- 
therefor pe 
ms with 4 
a 
i Boe Sole 
vour of the first Dyn ot c 
with the 
was he g,a pers 
hips, their state, and seats a tora wonsTag 
rable to Sir C. Napier’s views. —Capt. Pecett also 
the et . 
Sir R, Pext resisted them.” The Se caaaal 
