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THE GARDENERS 
CHRONICLE. 
bik UNE 1 fs 
ns. Besides the places above 
; vahidh rthquake extended, accounts b 
: P . i 
era received at New York, state, that on the 
from we 
of the Sapiaas to west longitu 
of that island, po 
Ga if of 
- advice s.-yet ex ee Although the 
length of pel course the e thquake seems to have taken, 
n bre ws th the region affected by the shocks 
narrow ; and therefore 
- Further 
looked for with interest ; and if i 
bring —— of still see saree loss of life and pro- 
~ than is at bp nt 
pia.—The “M aes. "Post t” of Thursday contains 
following’ melancho oly passage a priva 
dressed to one of his friends in ‘En em 
the 3d Native Infantry :—‘ Ahmedabad, April 22, 1842.— 
op 0 has one wre that these poor fellows have 
Ther 
been destroyed to ere were ut 25 officers 
on sande: n, sick included. he sepoys i pa hol 
heir muskets, and the Ghazis referred to in ae 
Reresining this, pene: upon and destroyed ‘shaun 
: Parliament. 
acc pie abe bills were rows ie tt fro e Hous ec of = 
— time. Io eaten in answer 
huond ina by Lord Beaumont _ the ieke Beh Cleve- 
pag stated tt that G vernment were ab: tee a 
facilitate the pes tp of light sovereigns fo: for it of full. weight. 
“Mauch im , he said, had been fe vera apes the more igno- 
ade hobier light coin, but from t rage ak that which had 
been receiv e Bank, theactual deficiency in weight appeared to 
‘amount to not more than from one ia a half to ee per cent. Lord 
‘Campari then, suant to notice, brought on his motion for cer- 
adnan toa trial be: ustice Cle last 
eof the prosecutor was, at the 
as being unworthy ar cre- 
The noble Lord en- 
seit ting a 
which had een sehen 
Fos mprer y 
bethgig i in 
after a pi 
d di eceeen, and ere. 
la pas a 
Tuesday.—After the Duke of Wet 
LINGTON d the order of the prt Lae ere on the 
-tax Bill. Waa ae 
id on the table the re- 
dment to the bill by the 
wh 
hich was as follows: That ile the House 
recor ain ing 
of the dut affecting econ 
coger, "and timber would have vat diminished the amount of ad- 
oy ope taxation ean? by the exigencies of the State; and would, 
t the same time, from its effects in increasing the comforts of alt 
dlagses, and. less sening the privations of the great body of the people, 
together 
other sources, have been eth i to a tax on income in the p 
sent circumstances of the country.’’ ‘The Bill then tin through 
committee, was reported without amendments, and ordered to he 
read a third time on Friday. 
The Marquis of CLANRICARDE rol W estions respecting 
the Ti ipperary special comm =e Dukeo WELLINGTON ob- 
jecting to such quest ions, without noti ice, 
Lord W 
pesenchirrs acres a petition from 
w requiring individuals on rd gp ine to pind: ~ their 
-eseing said that the plea of ‘‘ Not Guilty,’’ by 
was an addition of solemn falsehood to er and 
leading to’ indictments bd unneces: juny. 
Similar sentiments were expresse: pe venee law Lo 
UGHAM moved the the of the messes’ 
legislate for ve tio Seer ic hess rales 0 
a: m r in t oe a 
oogegend ce ti ot 
ps. By 
himecif in ilation of 
bet Sey pay oilcedloge the country 
co pea lng kery, he had 
alae peupten, totes 
as the best mode of fi 
that the bill, with all its defect defects, should lat, thet as 
oophole of escape mighthe left. After 
present mivavane, Nad expeteiie his opis Stein br own mh 
was of some of its most valuable-provisi 
under it mi ight still ee he cone! 
Cette 
: us ume 
ba weighed with sotle" dts heecancy is pel acer 
= saa 
t nO e way. but to render 28 possible 
the remaining sami’ ‘of ‘th @ session avail able for the i ot —Lord 
Wicktow had n Tull, _ ith tte Lor e 
GHAM Riper. = 
afte ri few 
Lon the | b sta went ot ehiotghe ctaliane was go bate read a third rant 
and passec 
Thursday. : -— £ moved fora return - the number 
and amount of equer - Bills whick - been bought on account 
of the Sayings’ Banke, and converted i 
such purchases, and the as rice of such Exshequa Bills, and the price 
of stock at the time. He his object in making this motion som 
be remove some inlsapprehensions which had gone forth on the sw 
o stock; als vg the dates of 
—The motion was granted.— Several Bills were brought up fro 
ject.— 
The e Sugar Duties 
the House of Commons, and advanced a stage.- 
The Earl fof RapDNor ask ed for certain returns r relati tive to the im- 
press 
asking if Government meant to t take any : 
the distress before the close of the session ?—The EL- 
LINGTON replied that Government did not chi adiher any other 
measures thee those ‘ares dy un under r their pies eaecationy Fscaucar © 
y to nu- 
thought give gre: iy 
facturing interests, but t ared os Lord KINNAIRD 
moved for a copy of the 
Paisley to investigate the Fatate “Pe; istrean| in that place ; but with- 
drew he Duke of Wel- 
lington, and Lord ‘Wharneliffe, on the ground that the communication 
measures Ate the relief of 
h of W 
reply to questions by Lord H ~peaveie 
aid that the ‘om be bes were in some degree more 
favourable dias those previously received : ae t that still tliete was 
much, not only in the condition of that country, but of every other 
rsh province, which presented matter for regret and ne mang 
The question, however, was how far we could interfere, 
with aes respect for the independence of Turkey. - daly oy Syria 
to the Turkish authority, we did not engage to gov also; still, 
d our interference on behalf me the 2 inhabitants of 
at other vers of 
urope. Their great duty sai espe ecially 
Seat a cna of Syria were sciel in certain priviieges, 
A 
recent eckaonts fo 
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hitherto possessed by them, and _ oe had been pro- 
mised under ‘the auspices | of the British Government. ne ots the 
pled t ad been 
ae eemed Sm = he gs Lr hegre and the ere Gevernment 
would still its influence on behalf of the inha- 
bitants of ile 
The eral Cas NCELLOR brought in a Bill, which was read a first 
e the practice of op ph bey nbd: Bo stated, in reply 
time, t 
ocal Cou Bill 
to L ord Campbell, that it was no’ 
e iaee or Rirow, in iderabl "length, vaared “tne 
third reading of Bul, t 
estimate of the Peabable we of ‘the tax. The sn of es 
on Tues’ ‘day. 
pamate o Tu 
HOUSE OF COMMONS. 
Mo remy —The pills pas amendments to the following Bills were 
agreed to rail the Bills passed :—The Yarmouth and Norwich Rail- 
way cer the Slug-road Pill, the Dundee and Arbroath Railway Bill, 
the ity and M a Insurance Company Bill, and the Kings- 
Church 
In reply to Mr. Disraeli, ‘Sir R. Pere said, that the recognition of 
the gate ea “oe — by “ state of Texas did not necessarily 
mply 2 of the 1 independent state; but " 
should feel ‘ Ps “dat ty to up ‘hold the ood | faith of the Briti sh tic 
vernment pa the ciation: 
the treaty wi ; and he said this without expressing any Pg - 
nion as to eg relate of that treaty, but simply on the ground that 
it had been Coubtivted on the part of this country by persons duly 
authorised Soe the Pog who, so far as he had reason to believe, 
-_—* pore eeded struc — 
£ 
rtoa eatin from 
‘the Pateaapes said he bess a take a nae patente to dispel the 
perp taker ev Pete 
de! mg a t ortion Hed nae ubli 
Sarat ce polk eens moet Oe 
predation « did pee panera 1} to 1S cent., 
of 3d. from the value of any light haves 
Mr. 0’ Connet asked if veto be a 
there 
the coroners’ inquisition on the table of 
late serious transactions at Ennis, ta Trelan 
. 
the utmost that 
and, as the parties implicated cs the 
coroner’s inquest must t take "their trial, he hoped swore ep would 
be Ae oe a a mist sa to prej judice the proceedings. 
The was then re ol ae Mircueuyn 
propos edt to ee gt pat pe atte es from Gi, to 8. per pe arguing 
that the Government rate of co ge nan = mre sufficient protection 
to = interests concerne ed.— opposed the amend- 
ras i negatived bya ag Bd 
f the dut 
on stones “for buildin ng purposes, chiefly ‘with a i seo to the protection 
of the quarries in the of Portland.—Mr, Cunistiz supporte 
uty, 20 perc on so rude an 
ease was more than even the parties interested canteen: asked 
: f a 
f foreign coffee, Lord Howicx moved oon! — 
import — set down} in the Tariff br ‘Bd. per Ib., should be re 
to 7d. aid that at sd. Lt om _ better kinds of enfes resi 
ren plachetioonn would pay about 100 per cent., and the or 
inds a much larger per poms: and ‘these — duties upon 
article entering rot be ja into t r. . This high 
ent the 
ou, 
revenue—nay, 
e increase of consumption, 
reduced in 
e aay nothing of the advantage which would be p 
the cages asoe-e of adulteration.—Mr. Guapstong urged the 
tain the higher nfo for the present, mainly on 
te oe mee ind th the 3 in some of the now pending treaties with forei 
ties might be made the re 
derations for important concessions to the trade of this coun 
orte owick’s pr ape om Re bin regretted ‘he 
— EEL admitted that, am hiloso- 
erases that we should vay as seep 
— w 
beter — sense of common advya: tine with a view to the 
dine at market for our manufactures. For instance, th 
~p ate nm of the French Government hg raise the du 
eae Finen yarns was gee Pe Aoserts sensation é wine-srowing 
districts of Frai tr. Haw hjedied. that the 
effec of the per in the Tari would be to let the sy ave 
ce at a lower proportionate duty than the poor.— ow- 
RING was persuaded, in ak ges the Seat in- 
Strument we Id would be a diminution of the duty on her 
wines.— Mr, said, he should have understood Sir R. Pe 
iy That poy f naturalised 
rein bo bee, = — “as ngirrigs the way, which sh shall arrive on or 
red. nap a Pe 
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admit the force sca hag 
coffee 
pred of cee: sgagle a 
at 
bern rary p, which ive ne could not ‘and wn the | 1 
y of general i tnlebasec Bess ensued, in rse of 
which Sir R, Peer ¢ sen t no faslislens had be been 
ere: possible 
aN 
: tora cio supported th 
H 
ened the Tariff, bed regard been paid to individ 
amen _— eat: ee negatived by a majority of 133 ¢ 
INDSA r. MANGLES 8 hong Sir R, : 
the pate “of orcs eo uty ; but Sir lt coe 
core of revenue.—On the sitiels ae 
books, S . PE +a a ication from Dr. Bowri wad 
pressed his intention ‘to "reconsider the duty, with Tetcrepen i 
i 
ord Worsiey 
begged ‘that e prot ection, instead of 10s. per ewt. ‘ 
but Mr. Gladstone adhered to the lower pat w hich was might _ er 4 
adop 
be oe mittee.—On the ppc “3 duty of 5d. € 
red for row nding - De vas move Per pound near 
oedaoea from 5d. the pound to is. ‘the ton. After s wy be 
some discussig 
the committee divided—for the amendment, 81; sent i ra 
majority, 56. 37; 
ray h A 
on 
ports, Sir a cael ‘in ene o Dr. eae: ts said that, y 
to any difficulties that age as — arr ‘ with with wre 
the duties upon that article, n of ies ek on haste 
of hee British jamb ig aoe that Fran. nce no on the Part 
pri s of commercial policy.--Dr. 
pro’ 
selene aay of 20 per cent. on straw hats ond Pees f 
of 8s. 6d. per pound on straw hats, 78 6a 
on straw platting. ‘This — ee without a division aoa r 
pas “trther progress, the committee rose, Sir R. Peel ex Pressin 4 
he ome hat the Tariff aan ba pony pee of the follo tas 
bill for the Sg: noes rer Keatassh Taxes. The wil: was then pal 
and read a first tim 
Tuesday.—Gair's N: ent lisation Bill and the Carlow Roads Bill 
Were read a third time and passed. The following bills ‘Were read a 
Bourne’s Natur: 
Bil, Lesbazielle’s Naturalisation Bill, Ashton’s Divorce wil at 
Toxteth Park Paving and Sewerage Bi 
a r. SHaw then moved the issue of a new writ for Belfast. 
NDON, with reference to ee Been renee of this writ on the ard 
mek on account of an wales mpromise, read a letter from Mr 
Tennent and Mr. Johnson, the late age ok Pra that the y had 
been parties to any such 
an amendment, the appol 
into a ek compromise, the “fact of which was not den 
said h rovided 
tised at the last Belfast, election, the # which, he considered, 
tira lee: ak from Capt, Pout, 
Sir H. Ww. BARRON said he was a £ state to the House the 
who made the compromise, and the bd of 
money agreed to be paid. The person who acted on behalf of the 
yaa epi bana 2 was Mr. John M‘Neile, of baephd 3 t 
lem ho acted se he pe ore cai was Mr. f 
a 
"The oney agreed to be paid to nove rt 
from point "basore hie committee—to a se the 
pees nt members of the co ater 
, 6007. paid down, a 
additgonal 4007, should b not. He 
that Bis ga soul $name, as ae was not 
but 
ought h he pais not gir 
mized up i in the awe 
2 Pre 
Sir R. 
bre this nrhyn, 
ow that it was i cher rie s bri 
He admitted = nébbanity of an inquiry, pein te d peer for 
— of the writ for a limited period. ee € a ations 
fro rom Sir C. Lemon, and Mr. Lord J, 
RvSSELL said he 
Sir mi INGLIS, 
iy 150; ‘majority against iss ning the writ, 97. 
The Hou se then went into ¢ committee on the ‘Tariff, when the first 
that there shall be charged upon goo oods, wares, and merchandise ex- 
ported from the United Kingdom to forelg ia OURO 42 duties 
to be esha agreed upon, was adopte 
The CHANCELLOR of the es ty then a forward the 
of ve ws export of 
overnment 
mposing a 
d export tation.— ELL Beta h 
reduction, and his hope that even this diminution’ of 
various documents rhich, he's o the negotiation ‘of. oe coal-owners 
with Gov ernment, which, he said, ended i in their eos ad this ont 
prom mise, 
Small as the amount of this 
diminished impost 
would materially affect our export trade in coals, which was ies 
d of the Medi- 
terranean and continental m So "rom making £0 foreign 
nations tributa y this thi ax on ahi, # ould drive them to 
those mee of sical fuel ~~ were wit thin ‘thee reach ; er for 
in G callectink' 
Mr, Horr resistad the io mec tax on s meses grounds to those 
i b - rd H NCELLOR of the a ee 
with the coal- 
coal-owners 
the pine g pen of jr 
oo amendment to the Government 
—Mr. BERNA ak ps pore 
ment. Mr 3. “4 ina appre 
jections to the raha here pro 
duty cig be unproduetiy ve; _for it w 
ae som oat 
—After ba 
cg 
er to the selling prices 
me o sa oe ies, Mr. gS 
m 
Reda rg 
ue; but the amount to be deveed was alto: octet ‘coer 
seule on to the important interests which were endangere 
ee = the maritime tra ee for 
ask, Govern 
partes oe ee ie 
m this eomprony 
to sfinilas charges for no iter tan the previous on 
rs Porn ement with Lord S nm in the meget 
rh sat itself, Greenman were 
Sanaes a the revenue as compared with "ae Sipendi 
looking at the article on which this duty was proposed 60 
. pong ing q 
abroad, and our in its 
made out for this giainay I¢ would have been to have 
saw ng danger 10 be tacnnved ier ie 
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