IMPORTANT TO MERCHANTS. The following is a copy of a letter from G. Har rison, Esq. Secretary of the Treasury, to Messrs. Inglis, Ellice, and Co.— .. GarriA3C6lf.-.4 am commanded by the Lords Commis miasmas of his. Mejesty's Treasury to acquaint you, for the informedes of the nasmaints of London. engaged in the import ation et spirits. waif/peed the memorial praying that the duty of Kula might net he charged en the de•Wes of spirits in the u, that esy Lords have given di:salsas M the Com tilled's= of Snell le dee following Wear -6' Use eathasbls pals ItameAst engem& which shall have hem wersbered Ise ageeteasn 'sly. sad shall have re mained ealabenepaddy sake des Wm of the officers of the Excise MON% i wiesbeisses so bade after mentioned. shall not be carted with any on alisisades of strength or quantity, provided stai dellehecies do est send two per cent. 11. " That if the delkiessiss ds exceed two per cent.. the parties interested shall he aspired se pay the home consumption duty on the total amount of the deliosencies, as at present, in addition to any other panalties to which they may be liable, unless upon an investigation of all the facts and circumstances, made with die strictest thioatioa. and on the oath of the parties con earth sad isessisted. the Board of Excise shall be fully satisfied that sub dellaisecy shall not have arisen either from fraud or any want of dos me and attention. 111. " That for the necessary protection of the revenue. as well as to ohmage the building of docks and warehouses sur rounded by high walls, from which the revenue and the mer chants derive so much advantage, this indulgence should be confined to exciseable goods deposited in warehouses within the wells of the docks in the port of London. and to warehouses. within dock walls, or surrounded by high walls, equalling docks in security, in the out pmts. IV. " That this indulgence should apply to all exciseable cat present in warehouses as above suited ; but it is to be ly understood that no application will be entertained for a mown of duties on goods already taken out of the warehouses, et which may be deposited in warehouses otherwise than as chive owed. " I am. gentlemen, ?mu obedient servant. '"Treasiey Chambers. June 16. ' •• G. HARRISON." IN IRELAND. •-•.....-• Saturday a meeting of the nubility and gentry, holding loaded property in Ireland. was held at the Thatched Tavern, in St. James's Street, to take iajo consideration the calamitons failures in that country, and the best mode of affording relief to the sufferers by them. Lord Donough more shortly addressed the meeting, and observed, that after the liberal relief which had been voted in the House of Commons on the previous night, mad the sympathy which had been manifested by the Government, the object of the meeting had been accom plished as far as was reasonable to expect; he did not see that them was any necessity for any one to take the eh& ; unless it was to pass a vote of thanks to the House of Commons, and to the Government. Mb. Sternly. deprecated *e idea of parting without Flsol . Isi &Chairman, or suffering it to go forth that • ,me wished with what bad already been done, and more relief was necessary. Ho contended that the relief was inadequate so remedy a tythe of the din. tress wroth had tarried ruin to the palace as well as to the cosy. Lad tisseriek coincided with his noble friend Lord • that since the meeting bat! been called as had been done as could in the present state of affaidalbe expected, and the meeting had now nothing to do bot to disperse, reserving to themselves to meet again shoold again require it, which he trusted would not be IM ease. Major Towelss said, that the whole of the distress arose from a general run on the bahka of Ireland, in consequence of the withdrawing from circulation a part of theßank of Ireland notes on Mr. Ricardo 's plan of paying in gold bars. This had the effect of raising the eschange of Ireland from seven per cent. to a par with this country; and, therefore, he thought they ought to procure a retu rn to the circulation of paper for a time, and suppress the payment of gold bars until the present distress should be alleviated. The meeting then separated without the chair being aken, or any resolution having been proposed. It is with infinite satisfaction we learn, that tfie Duke of Sussex has been solicited to suffer his name to be included in the list of Candidates for the Pre sidency of the Royal Society, vacant by the death of Sir Joseph Rinks. The high intellectual powers of his Royal Highness, improved by a classical and re fined taste, eminently qualify him to fill the first scientific situation in this great metropolis. It would, indeed, be a difficult task to select any one whose seal in the pursuit of knowledge, whose affa bility of manners, whose liberality of sentiment, evinced on every occasion and on every subject, so well qualified to become the President of the Royal Society u his Royal Highness added to which, the very extensive library, selected entirely by his Royal Highness, and which it has been for some time past his intention to lay open for the benefit of literary and scientific men, would eminently conduce to the promotion of knowledge in every department of li terature, science, and the arts. Awros. OCCURaIINCE —On Sunday last, two Ser• mons were preached at Bethnal Green Church, for the benefit of the National Schools in that p.trish, by the Bishop of London, and the Rev. G. S. Hawtray.— During the morning service, while the Rector of the Parish was reading the second lesson, the master of he school, Mr. Hodge, fell down from his seat, and was in an instant lifeless. Every means was resorted to to restore animation, but without effect. The awful sen sation produced by this alarming event, in a crowded congregation, was beyond description; and which was greatly increased by the reflection of the high estimation in which he was held by the friends of that Institution, of which he was the supelintenslant. THE NATIONAL REGISTER:. polite. MARLBOROUGH STREET. On Friday a case of importance to the more respect able par► of society, and %V hich developed a most scan dalous sysicni of fraud, came on to be heard at. this °dice. Mr. Sewel, Secretary to ats instituties called "The Strangers Sociity," attended, and stated that he had re ceived a cominunication from Earl Fitzwilliani (who with others of the Nobility belonged to the above So ciety) that a man had applied to hiss for relief, and had sent petitions, stating that be was a reduced trade4man in great distress, with a wife and six children, who had been afflicted with typhus fever, and that in consequence of his nut been able to pay his rein, his landlord had seized his goods. He added, that if he could be suc cessful in procuring 201., .it would enable him to enter a school which was to se let in Charles Street, Hatton Garden, and thereby he could support his wi fe and fa mily. Earl Fitzwillium tbinkitig him a proper object of charity, sent lovcase of distress to Mr. Sewel, to be inquired into. Mr. Sewel accordingly made inquiry aid ascertained the prisoner's story to be a mere fabri cation. When he therefore ..ailed at Earl Fitzwilliatit's ionise, he had him apprehended. A woman wss also tprehetuled for the same sort of proceeding practised tot Lord Milton, and it appeared they had exercised weir plans of fraud upon the Duke of Devonshire, Duchess of Buccletigh, Earl of Harrowby, E,arl of Denby, Right Hon. Richard Ryder, Lord Maurer,, Sir Geroge Staunton, M. Wilberforce, and other persons of dISMICtIOII. At about three o'clock the office was crowded. and Lurd and Mr. Wilberforce, &c. attended to make their charges against the prisoners for having ob tained money under lalse pretences. Mr. Sewel, being sworn, stated his charge against the prisoner. George Wyatt, an old man. He recapi tulated the above particulars in the presence of Lord Milton and Mr. Wilberforce, adding, that on calling at Earl Fitzwithem's house he saw the prisoner, and questiohed him concerning the correctness of the tenour of his petition which he said was all true, in the pre sence of the k.lll's steward; and that the names of Mr. Wilberforce, Sir George Staunton, and the others, were all genuine: he gave the prisoner a 11. note. A letter was sent to him by Sir. G. Staunton, stating that the signature of his name was a forgery. Sir. Wilberforce was sworn. He said, on looking at the petition, that the name was not his signature ; whoever wrote it must have seen and tried to imitate his signature. A gentleman was here sworn,and proved that the pri soner's statement was false concerning his taking a school its Charles -street, Hatton garden ; he was acquainted with the place, and there was no school to be let in the neirfhboterhood. Lad Filawilliam's steward corroborated Mr. Sewel's statement. _ _ The prisoner, in his defence, said, that he was a hod• surveyor, and was in great distress, and the contents of the petition were true. He was not married to the wo- man an custody, but was the father of children by her, whom he was bound to support. He was remanded. Esther Nivea was then separately examined from the above prisoner. She is a decent-looking woman, of very mild manners and address. _ _ Lord Milton, being sworn, stated, that the prisoner came to his house to ask him for some money, present ing a letter. He inquired of her what ber object was in asking for charity ; she said she was in distress, and wanted to purchase a mangle to get her living. He asked her what would be the expence of a mangle, and she told his Lordship nine guineas, and that Mr. Wilber force had given her a one-pound note. His Lordship was going out at the dime, and he gave her some money; he had heard of the imposition, and a constable was standing at the Rate, and the prisoner perceis ing that she was going to he given in custody, laid down the money, and said she would not take it. Mr. Wilberforce stated a similar imposition on him. The Magistrate thought it a shameful imposition, and upon those who were the most useful members nt so ciety ; and, to prevent such cases in future, he hoped that every gentleman who had been similarly treated would codie iorwarcl. EMIGRATION.- having beon stated in the public prints, that it was the intention of his Ma. jesty's Government to give to emigrants from this country, on their arrival at Quebec, the sum oflol. sterling, independent el 100 acres of uncultivated land, and some doubt being entertained on the sub ject, a person in Annan, interested in this matter, made application to the Colonial Department f►r the necessary information, and Lord Bathurst has been pleased to direct the following answer to be returned : " Down too-rraterr. Juke 8. SIR,—I ant directed by Lord &Withal to acknow ledge the receipt of your letter of the Oils ult. stating that you were informed it was the intention ut his Majes ty's Goserninent to allow ten pounds to awl Is settler pro ceeding to North America; and acquaint you that there is nu intention of generally making such au allowance as that to which yon refer. " I am, dm. your most obedient humble nt. " HENRY GOULKURN." An end is now put to the thoroughfare, which the Public have so long possessed, through the King's New'. The gates and different avenues to it are now marked with " No Thoroughfare." A curious action for breach of promise of mar riage, against a lady of considerable property, which was to be tried the Sittings after thisi Term ) stands over to November. tOy An order from the Treasury was•received at the Custom-house in the. coulee of last, week, which has since become a general subject of conversation, not to say animadversion, in the city, on• account of certain features in the transaction, which assumilate it rather to an undue indulgence to individuals than to a politic attention to the mercantile interests at large, or to a still more important point—thelsealth of the community. This order is for the reduction of the duty on a drug called chillies, a production of the East and West Indies, and of Africa, which has been suddenly lowered from es. 6d. to 3d. per lb.— ft will no doubt be distinctly in the recollection of a great portion of our commercial readers, . that hi February, 1817, a memorial was presented to the Lords Commissioners of the Affairs of Trade, by the merchants of Liverpool trading tothe coast of Africa, for the purpose of removing certain difficulties, pre sented by the high rate of the then existing duties, to. the commerce carried on by them. The effect of their representation was a material remission of duty on the greater part of the articles imported from that quarter. An exception, however was expressly made in the articles of chillies (called also • Guinea pepper) and Guinea grains, because it was understood that those drugs were improperly wed by brewers and distillers, and it was therefure deemed expedient to impose on them such a duty, as should be tantamount to a prohibition, or at least a prevention to that mode of employing them asp- - posed to be injurious to the health of the consumers of spirits or porter. Instead of a reduction of the duty on Guinea pepper or chilies to ad. and on Guinea grain to Id. as was solicited by the Liver pool memorialists, those articles were raised, the former from Is. 7d and the latter from 90. to a duty of 2s. 6d. the pound, by the Consolidation Act of 1819. And so it has remained till the insureg of the present order. The first impression that will be made on every man who beans these ciecumseinces will be an anxiety to know what new information has been obtained concerning the properties of ehil lies to remove the opinion before entertained ref its noxious qualities, and thus to justify its circulation at that low price fur which it may now. be purchased. To the merchant other considerations will sugpst. themselves. He will. naturally•dispute the equity of a regulation so injurious to those who have stocks on hand of the same article, and which appears to have been hated, not upon.smy formal intimation of the prohibitory abet of the old duty, which would have thrown open the trade to fair andgeneral com petition, but.. after the arrival of-vessels freighted with the article in question. The first, after, all, is the most important consideration, and .is of, such a nature indeed that we trust some elloialinfoenta- tion will be given on the subject. A most praiseworthy society for the encourage ment of faithful female servants has been established . at York. It proposes to reward servants who have been two years in the same service to the sansfaction of their employers with 11. As. and incensing by half a g . uinea till the end of four years, after which 2L Ss. as to be the reward of every year after. A register ogee is also established for such servants out of place as have lived two years faithfully in.-their former situation, It appears suck socjeties have been productive of the most beneficial earns in Lon. don, Liverpool, Manchester, Bristol, Bath, statelier places. There is now In the neighbourhood of Sunder.. • land, belonging to Mr. Hudson, of the Saddle Inn, . a field of wheat actually in Lull ear. This is the more surprising, as from the contiguity of this part of the country to the German Ocean, late crofts are always calculated upon. as compared with the more western. , The robe or mantle of the Peers at. the Corolla, tioa will be of crimson velvet edged With miniver, the cape furred with miniver pure, and powdered with burs, or rows of ermine, according to their degree. Their coronets will be of silver gilt, the caps of silver velvet, turned up with ermine, with a gold tassel on the top, and no jewels or precious stones are to be set or used its the coronets or cone pirfeit pearls instead of silver balls. The Catholics are now busily engaged in.conei dcring who shall present their petition. All eyes turn to Mr. Plunket ; but it is deemed wise to as.. certain what his sentiments are about a Veto, before . any decision is taken with regard to him. Mr. Harris commenced theatrieal performances • under his new patent, in the Rotunda, Dublin, on Monday last, with the comedy of the Belle's Sirs tag" and the farce of the .pooled Child. A few days ago, as one of the Kinghoen packet boats came into the port of Leith, a bull, which it had carried over, became restive, leapt into the water and swam to the opposite side of the harbour. A rter who endeavoured here to secure hint, was furiously at t ac k e d by the animal, and ran into the water for safety ; but the bull pursued him te some depth, and before he could be rescued, his clothes. were almost torn off his body by the animal's horns. Fortunately, however, his person s.ultaiaisl :Ark injury. av r — In eil ed wt a i.