The Express. — London, England, 1847-07-21 00:00:00

1 Wheat, 16,659 qrs. ; Barley, 1,193; Malt, 668 ; Oats, 2,425; BOMB, 1,128; Peas, 169; Indian Corn, 26.928; Indian Coin Weal, 3,211 barrels ; Oatmeal, 4,523 sacks; Flour, 1,039 sacks, 73.760 barrel.. Lyxx, JULY 20.--Some of our farmers are complaining of the appearance of blight, mildew, Le., in the Wheat crops; others repudiate such reports, end say the crops look most promising. In the course of the nest and following week • more correct opinion may be formed. A much better supply of Wheat at market to-day. Sales entirely to the miller., at an advance of lc tots. per qr. 621bs. to 6,Vbe , per qr., 72e. to 75e. minx IItIERTESL PLYMOUTH, JULY 20.--Farmers supplies of all Corn 0011- tines very small, and millers buy cautiously of merchanta, at last week's prime. The weather is not so warm as of late, with showers. SALISBURY, JULY 20.—The top prim u tiven for Wheat was 211 , per load ; brown, 20/. ; other q 'ties from 171. to 181. Barley nominally as last Tuesday. Oats were more in demand ; priors from 255. to 325. per qr. Beau are dearer by 3m. per qr. Pees remain stationary. Rye a trifle lower. Spring and winter Taros from 71. to Bs. per bushel. Htterzic, JULY 13 —At yestsrday's market a,few samples Only were exhibited, holders generally not being willing to sell at a material decline. Two small lots of 611 b. to 621 b., taint, high Mzed, fetched 6.35. ; and two inferior ones, 601 b., 61a. 70 lasts in all. For real good high mixed 66a. 6d. was slaked. The whole disposeabie quantity is estimated at 2,500 lasts only. Now that Poland is bare of mocks prices are advancing there for consumption at high as 80s. and up- wards. Only one small vessel has been chartered for London at 4, and one of SOO qrs. , for London or Hull, at 4s. ; otter ports of the east coast at 3s. 9d., to call at Montrose for orders. Wednesday's London letters have imparted a better tone to our market today, and 30 lasts of 611 b. to. 621 b., fair high mixed Wheat, not without blemish, has been purchased at 655. ; and 50 lasts, 621 b., middling mixed, at 630. Our dealers took secondary descriptions at 625. to 635. ; inferior, 601 b , 60s. CHEESE.—SAtießuity, Jutt 20.—A large pitch this day of New Somerset and Wilm; beet Chedder fetching 745. per cwt.; red Somerset, 645. ; fine double Somerset, 645. to 665. ; single do. and Wilts, 545.; best Half. cowards, 455. to 465.; Skims, 30s. to 345. HOPS.— BOROUGH MARKET. Two o'Clock.-- Marrs. Pattenden and Smith, Hop factors, report that the market remains the same. --- • - --- • W4O Ron Oaf., p.otrt. /1.010 44 0 Toorilog 1.• n.. p eat. 01. Igo 11, I WWI 4.: Kelm „ 4 4La 0 0 Toartles 110ona.. „ 110 to 330 gonna OlO ta 4 • OM Hops., „ 111 to 3 e DrUar - - SLLIRBVIIY, JULY 20.--Speculatoreare asking 71. per cwt. for beat Farnham'; 51. 101. for country; 51. for W‘icesters and common Sussex, the general opuuon being that the blight is not so bad es represented. MAIDNTOME, JULY 20.—The hops are clearer of vermin within the last new days and the bine in the college-ground has fur nished the peke much better than amid have been expected. They are owning Last into bore, winch in very strong, and the prevent gne weather promisee more Cavaugably lam the reports from many other places.—FaxLmont Prey ham venake, and hat coming into burr.— 13•1111:40 : Looking rmaselakty ireiL—Turao Generally good.— La., Exceed.* mad, r her from vermin. Roanstiut. Praia, WILLIMOTCIII, ass Lamaze.: Coming into burr, and prr.mising welL—BareCaLte : Vermin deerewing, and bine much improved.—Mmaxwomit AND Pinar : Never looked better. --CLCOMI Much improved.—Boooxempa: Going onwell.—Lnerces Going on well.—Srtweidat : The 111111 have nearly disappeared, and the bine improving; but some ground§ are too much injured to produce a full cum.—N.2MM klosSmed by the hot weather.— 1101UnIONDE,: Th e hot weather has destroyed all the vermin. A fair crop is expected.—Gorriavaar: rare than Wt week ; vermin .—Cae ..0011L: Immisehe ghee dean; the crop betre foul ens mast be shist—lkermeen_ Generally peurino—Boxviv or gore pm& IN.INMES but other seem gm into a blight. —fisninw r. As eidi se me be whited, except Sat Ilessa le ad so dud burr airgonnL—Pianrou Woman, Bate- Dams. : The bop neigh plea an rreu ; ems of the gar dens areepbmild. There are, breemet, to be found mom rounds died of lie, and some white lave ad pt got rid of the ven=b er at Mie odds, redrertledirly dose the last favourable here rim Imbed emit yeespemely. —Save:maze : Ili ii., despite the szememedvardly Meet the by me, sea wholelveldes wed, tbe ler expeeded, awl tbe dem mrcez uhr eed : Nam y tbror bed made very greet oepseroese, het dr Weds dorm of Tuesday night has tee Feet mageore reUledl the deader.— Buena lIPLLVD: Bather (oak hot et lies.—tmeemor NORM : irking wen. dem at themliseeit.— WWWIZAU : The casematiom agglied be dm apply here. —Trainees : Beard the plenmtioaa is. wry smelt befieted with mania; In abed dere ir ese del Idenvemeat.— ESSUPEAS The low groondearsi n full of verna. The lames are eurdtp 2 11 Wadi be dm of the Imbeale. bet where they have sot been so mai WWI with main there le same indeation of inprennest—Mnlskr leareek— Barna : The hies wpm mere deetimalleelheeladereek, whether it is through de ideas eggedle oaf the lobeemmem_ his, or nigger, rit is called, is tit tbelr milehese bee bras ebertseed by the in tame heat and drought we have had here in bepodvidble limpection, but from eons mum the bine is man dam men It Ye hitherto been. There la no MKS that an average and stet be got this year, der especially if get a good drembig zals.—Lerlloll.l.l. : There is &drilled lapreninsighe the ihebrer rains which fell an be ta were favourable for de rennin, with whirl eras pearetlana be this dleldet terribly beset. The Muir and rem a few whit dew strongly for blight.— Furman : Oarde het week, and sr breashiee set eadl a Ted=st w r i ley Yee • great deal better appereesse . eel the me net very on the young firma. Inn el lbs pinenne is. well and eery free tan nnek.—Mbassests : The le thin neighbourhood ler improved Mr IPSO. Thin Is Mbar tern et rmln. Hearn rizia : Thu mead elate eflbe lie belWbUsy tally warrants the ecedikedng erierenke it be we& Me Ike On we then, end had ensehreety leerms met dialed 66 Enke and lorry dew, hare dem bad adly gellhog bider cadpollemor drew* the extreme bin so.: mot a groat deal af the War shrhelled op, and is On the other band, enis is Er as infested with il er Meer itiust se W. Ism seeiderably improved by Its vdW. A goodsocking dower Is snximisly desired heart augh—Elnarsioscrel : Mess an bet meth. the bop, r toll auliddembood have been doeserded durlag - moldy past ef led wed. the Sae warm vadherlutx end& for the—bat lien segew to ewe made bat Ink prep= daring three hot few diff, melleSPease of the , preedies ere* wind, which does not mm dowersige hr 12*-11•7121110: /be gentral opinion Y, that the by lave mule same immtmemset IfY ewe, although they arc nth septiele el weeks. eel awe of the gar -6.0 =le Perl,desswillT. Inn be dime the lin in aw ing t out le peon Enke partisl. 1 7xwalet Chsrbnils west ss ii nie bspensa— set as much surnamed ire berimserpshaw. theserabletmethersoadnue, we may @Wipes • Mr erep.—lkessuat : We ate lairmitagreserious state. that the dime and nEst esprisrel greens ne st • Ism what to think eft= Sens he gramole ase *defog awl dare, but inn or lige tete Is se 111111111 MIN =ilW Set edges an is an. Wes pins Its imp and ' dm a firm.—ten.: We song* men nesb begeree me mewl Ihs ben p• hs Enerred thin in dahleg emise sleutl= d these hvoa the ir rg i l 011ar Ves wenn penis= s ea=ent. wbilsaa skate as tweenhle ssesset nen in poem en low when tbs wenn bl e =eit. Ile easterly whole Ode WiL ail yi me Melee have me beta imumatie le them We hem at present tllo.ll•llllpoiseswity den esd hair Inas he new Itself. —Barantruata: Thwe Is • pen darer d onsit, and there is a very mend Ithememeat be the hie plmitalkse lop elan borne' ti_ may psdnwentlie nee le Tonne's: & 111111MMIIMWOK se monk be he lbw d. Mr peen henslee sae le s r pines, sr be tines sk and meet bet lap We W rade Its senate, and more On an as= elasy, with She aontinuanse lvetrable souther, be ; abort , we mandy ever remember the mem se sod preporel ler what le lanasd a good ks i ret.—Wasmarre: The llmp thisllledet hem made but Me.snot . ke Ire pent they are Medd with win LI rat a t emsa f ~T.l bna t it le impumbisto mew say Uke • middle the mkt ream Mews seem myriads et Ise to. : Enke lte pet wen we hen had it ezeindlgTieL lir the Yee, ethleh earged ilerremmit =4ll, iperands ethers Ihn en Ike ten emisk Woheith the See weber, MY Loperremmt en be nos ea the bad Cgaand Uwe En tine ten appseeres they will grow but l: dem they an get rid deb oak —Surrey .4drereiar. WOOL.—SALTSBCRT, JuLT 20.—A quantity sold this day, at a rise of le. per tod for the beat Teg Wools; 32a. to 33.. given for first-rate Down and Long•wools; 28e. to 295. for second quality ; while all inferior hung on hand at the last quoted prices. CATTLE.—SHERBOCENE FAIR, JOLT 16.—The Beast trade was slack. Brat Devon, and Herefords sold from 121. to 141. each ; Soots, 91. to 101. • Webb, from 71. to 81. Cows and in-calved Heifers went off a lso readily, prices varying between 101. and IGI. each. Calves were cheap ; large, from 31. to 41. ; three months old, 21. ; just weaned, 1/. to 30s. Of Sheep, there were penned nearly 30,000; the sales were brisk, at very high priees. The Wilts Down Sheep, not being so large as the Hampshire, the prices are not so high. Some good Lambs made from 34e. to 365. each ; moderate 301 . to 32e. ; Ewes, best, 604. ; others, from 30s. to 46a. each. Rams sold at many prices, from 31. up to 201. ad. Fat Sheep were readily disposed of, though at lower prices; beet 2 and 4 tooth Wedders making but bs. per stone; excellent Mutton, 4s. Bd.; moderate quality, 4e. 4d. Horses were plentiful ; good sound riding and driving made large sums, selling without difficulty. Large cart kinds, fit for railway and other heavy work, sold at from 301. to 601. each. For Yesterday's Morhogo IN rut poor. SHIPPING. MAILS Aairrso.—Dublin, 3; Waterford. 2; Donaghadee, 1; French, 1; Flanders, 1 ; Guernsey and Jersey, 1. LONDON, July 21.—Wind this day at noon, W.N.W., light breeze, and - cloudy. DIAL, July 20.—N. E., moderate.—Arrived: Egerton, or Eglinton, Honduras; Humility. Guernsey. Arrived from the river: Thomas Hughes, Fart Philipp ; Wellington, Hobart Town ; Sussex, Tobago; Peplum, Havre. COWSS, July 20.—Sailed : Marshal BeaneU, Riga; Queen of the Usk. London. SOUTHAMPTON, July 20.-9. by W.—Arrived Forth (et.), West Indies. Sailed Ripen (at.), Alexandria. WRTMOUTH, July 20.—W.—Arrived : Speeulant, Dantsic. &stool's's, July 20.—N.E.—Arrived Ocean, Rio Grande. PLrisotrrix, July 20.—8.N.E. Sailed : Duchess of Northumberland, Adelaide, B.A. FALMOUTH, Jul y 20.—Arrived : Volant, Baltimore. PETERHEAD, J ul y 19.—N.—Arrived : Enterprise, Green land. Orr FALMOUTH, July 17.—Arrived lowa, New York, for Havre. 19th: Claudius Civilis, Amsterdam, for Batavia; Urania, St. Croix, for Copenhagen; Helena, Malta. FRNZANCR, July 19.—N _Arrived: liadestry, St. John's, New Brunswick. OUERNSIT July 16 . — Sailed : Queen Victoria, AITSCIS. BRISTOL,JuIy : Captain Ross, Callao. MILFORD, July 19.—N.B.—Arrived : Doris, Newport, for Jamaica, with compasses out of order. DzOonenA, July 19.—The Emerald Isle, from White haven to this port, and which fell over on the Mussel Beech, 16th inst., has been saved and brought to a place of safety. She has received considerable damage. LANCASTIR, July 16.—Atrived : - Marys, Restigouche. Dourazaa..—Arrived: Diana, Quebec. DUBLIN, July 19.—N.W.—Arrived 17th : Nereid, Balti more 19th, M'Donnell, New York. SUNDIRLAND, July 19.—Sa17ed: Msgdelena, Cuba. A severe hurricane, which lasted thirty-ate hours, and New from all parts of the compass was 'rye:domed, 26th Nand, by the Alice Maud, oliDlartsitOntlL IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.-TUUDAT, JULY 20. The Loan CeptcaLtaa took his lest shortly after 6 o'clock. COMlllTTEEL—Owalalliolue ;• Otaaracen aware , No. B NLl g ter gase_ lllanweal Salt (les I); =lab arivii%ronni); New Zeeland (N INER Da r4TONB eu INiFWVTASIDINCI ORDERS. Lord RBDRBDALE stated due toteeelve alterations had born recentlymade by the other bow adu lehading orders relating to private biIIN. It woe sinkable that the standing orders of this house should be demi in eiwiernity with then. The principal alteratioe width he proposed to adopt was, a reduction of private bar be. d■•• closes to two, and a liaiteties of the time requkei Se elope, between the presentation of os petitions rid the second reading of any bill. There on thee In esosider theme alterations le the preemie esolies, dunk' move their adoption early in the hest woks THE EXPRESS,. WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 21, 1847. TONFIREIWE WITH THE COMMONS. Sir eTiiiwt ad caw; limsmbmifrOni — tieUOmmons appeared at the her. and nereseted a °Deference with their lordships, oa the subject of their lordships' amendments to the Peor-law Amendment Bill. The Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord Strafford, the Earl of St. Germans, the Bishop of St. Asaph, Viscount Lorton, and cther peers were appointed to manage the conference on the pert of their lordships, and proceeded to the royal gallery for that purpose. On their return the result was stated to their lordships. BUSINESS OF THE SESSION. Lord 13R151JeliLcliaaii he rose i.;;ll;a;neion to the course that had been pursued in conducting the business of the session now so near its close. He maintained that his own conduct proved him not to hams been actuated by any desire t• oppose the government, but to have opposed certain measures solely from the belief that they would be injurious to the country; and he, therefore, claimed credence for the statement, that he was actuated by no hetious design or feel. ing whatever, but solely by the desire to emote the highest interests of the cluntry. He brewsla forward this motion with no vague desks of cooling Moan Oa She government — much of which he easphised beimeimshigat, almost necessary, to the way in which the bushier el the country was can ducted. Liu sole object was to gather wisdom from the past, and to prevent, if possible, the calamity of another such sea sion ever again occurring. He would first allude to the ay.- twat bills which had pared—he was going to say unhappily but a very limited compartment of the picture he had to present ; but be would say happily—for worse measures than those which bad become the law of the land, especially three measures relating to Ireland, had never passed in any previ ous session. He had a right to call these measures calami tous, not only from past experience, but from the results which had arisen sines those measures bad passed.—[Hero the noble and learned lord was interrupted by another conference with the Commons, which had been requested on the subject of the Passengers Act Amendment Bill.] — The following peers were nominated as managers of the conference :—Earl Grey, the Earl of St. Germans, Viscount Lorton, the Bishop of St. Asaph, Lord Camp, lord Straf ford, and Lord Sudeley. On their return, Earl GREY communicated that the conference had deli vered in the Commons' reasons for disagreeing with the Lords' amendments in the bill. _ _ Lord BROUGHAM then resumed. The noble and learned lord said that when interrupted he was about to state shortly what were the substantial measures which had passed, and which really formed the whole produce of the session. In the first place, there was the English Poor-law Bill, upon which he had already given his opiaion, and, therefore, would not now trouble their lordships with • single word beyond the expression of his hope that the measure might work well. In this re spect, much depended upon the appointment that was made to the office of chief commissioner. He trusted that the individual who would be appointed to that responsible office would be possessed of two qualities—first, firmness to carry into effect the great principles of the law, and of being utterly incapable of being deterred by clamour raised, either by the press or in parliament ; aid next, that he would have the capacity to explain and defend the measures and orders originating in the department of which he was to be the head. The next measure of substance which had been passed had relation to the sister kingdom. By that measure this country had taken upon itself the duty of lead ing the people of Ireland for a time, which was undefined. It was said that the distress in Ireland wss local, but seeing the amount of relief which was now afforded in six counties of Ireland, it seemed that some what more than one third—something between one third and one half of the whole population'of Ireland were in a destitute condition; and that, at the present moment, 2,900,000 and odd persons were receiving the means of suste nance doled out to them from the coffers of the Treasury, by paid officers appointed for that purpose. When was this system of relief to cease? He (Lord Brougham) looked with deep alarm to its cessation. That was the most perilous part of the question. It was said that in a month or two the system was to cease, and that the people of Ireland were to be thrown upon their own resources. If so, when be preyed God to help these poor people, he must add to his prayer, that peace and tran quillity would be maintained. The evil had been com menced by training the Irish population to become beg gars, and much was to be feared if the eleemosynary assist ance which had in their destitution been afforded them was suddenly withdrawn. Of the 10,000,00 W. lent to Ireland, but never to be repaid, according to the odious and des picable doctrine of repudiation imported across the Atlantic into another place, not mere than from 300,0001. to 400,0001. was now available, and yet with all the probabili ties of distress and destitutioa continuing to exist in Ireland, a vote of credit had not been asked for. He contended that having begun this system of relief, the government ought, se was the case during the war, to have asked for a vote of credit to be applied to the contingency which might arise. In fact the government had provided for the months of April, May, June, July, and August, but " wormer" months were to come, and for the contingencies to which they might give rise, be (Lord Brougham) con tended that, before the session closed, the government ought to take a vote of credit. The next measure of substance which had been paled was the Factories Bill, a measure, in his opposition to which he (Lord Brougham) had received the support of his able and learned friend on the woolsack (the Lord Chancellor), of his noble friend the Pint Lord of the Admiralty (the Earl of Auckland), and of his noble friend the now Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland (the Earl of Clarendon). Within the last three days, events had hap pened which showed a result that did not require • prophet or a seer to foretell, namely, that if the hours of labour were reduced, the reduction of the wages of labour must follow. The hours had been reduced from 11 to 10 hour; and waft had been consequently re duced from 12d. to 11d. These were the great measures which the legislators had passed in the course of the session about to expire, and without wishing tosay anything disrespect ful to tbeirlordshipe, he must wish them joy of the three very worst measures that ever received the sanction of parliament. HA had now disposed of measures which had • substantial existence, and he now came to deal with the puny infants which had been abandoned almost at their birth. The first of these was the contemplated provision by the state for the Roman catholic clergy. The abandonment, of that measure he deeply lamented. He desired, unpopular as the sentiment might be, not only thatsuch a provision might be made for the Roman Catholic clergy, but also, that there should be established amicable relationsbetween this country and the See of Rome. Another measure, which had not pained the threshold of the legislature, wee the Polling at 1 1 Elections (Ireland) Bill. That measure only saw the light on the 24th of June, and its premature fate could not be doubted. The next measure was the Parliamentary Electors Bill, containing provisions which were highly equitable and most appropriate to be passed now that the country was on the eve of &general election. This measure, important es it was, had been abandoned by its unnatural parents. Then, again, the Ineumbered Estates (Ireland) Bill had shared the same fate; and, lastly, there was the Railways Bill. The reason why parliament interfered with railway oonoerna and not with others, was, that the country was stored with a network of those undertakings; in the next place, that the old mode of travelling had heat done away with, besides which, the t risk of awidasts, so fatal in their extent, suede a police superintadaes absolutely asseesearp ; and lastly, because the legislature a wenopely is railway companies which were Wiliam apital, and taking away'people's peop rtyia • asepnbery manner, which the legislature ahem eould lThei a railway undertaking had the power of ge nie a Mad& Hoe, that could only be done by mospolling poem to allow them to go anomie theirland , awl this gave proilantent an adsobtewl power to ialsolbse with thew. Aceordingly a bin ems brought in, midi bed been put of till next sashes--thot morrow which might never ONO% bosoms the next andea woad be the first of a railway ; and if there vat me ehanee of carrying such • new,:rbat would then be then ? There would be no hops that it would paw soma ludo& ; and he lamented that it was put of dll the. Ho new same to another subject, which had been veseeemeelledla tba yes* hem **throne, in which postnasal was aosameatial to wispt mammas Ike improving the memo of froardise @Oast postnestiel dis ease. and generally to esomider the subject of the Health of Towns. (Hear, beer.) A bill was brought in en the subject, and very early. Now, of all tie towns in England, the one which most required this, and called meet imperatively on parliament to accede to the recoramendatim in the speech from the throne, and which felt most the effects of close pecking, filth, stench, and pestilence, and which ought to have been the most thankful for the recommenda tion from the throne, and for its adoption, was the City of London. What was the first thing that was dons ? His noble friend at the head of the government, being member for the City of London, withdrew that city from the bill ; and although London was the original cause of the bill—of the appointment of • committee and a commission to inquire into military reform—it escaped from this bill. But still, the omission of London from this bill was no reason why it should not have been applied to other towns. However, the bill, after lingering in a state of exhaustion, and then of Ma pended animation, suffered a death-struggle, and went the way of all the bills of this session, except those which were not good, and which had a pernicious vitality about them. He had a great esteem for his noble friend who had charge of that bill, and he was serer to see him so roughly handled; but he believed he only yielded to the necessity of his situa tion. Then there was another bill of great importance—the Thames Conservancy Bill. It was one almost of national importance, for it concerned the navigation of that great river, which was of such great importance to our mer cantile interests. That bill also was withdrawn, as was the Prisons Bill, and two bills of lass importance, the Scotch Marriage Bill, and the Bill for the Registration of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, in Scotland. He had now come to the last, and he round himself surrounded by a whole troop of the ghosts of bills. All these shades of bills gave a painful recollection of what they might have been had they lived. It wee most unfortunate that this wholesale • s h ou laeoup., end he thoughtthat sent wW h ewe all wet Ilhe very wellereeld he hotter Mean sea a weaken.. The constitntion tree wet to be with Ms aft* and wealusem. It wee riled hg Burnet, that Wiliam the Third said to Matti* les whether a monarchy or a republic was the hest hem of government, that there were excellent argeneialle en bath sides, and he could not make up his =hit en the subject ; but of one thing he was sere, OM any thing was better than a monarchy without . So he (Lord Brougham) said si a ministry whew imps Miley incapacitated them from performing the duties of government. A weak government which could net cure a single measure of itself could not possess that power of giving protection to the people which was the aresniso of their allegiance. He sincerely hoped that be might never live to see such another session, or to see bills meet with such a fate as the Railways Bill, the Landed lame:mance (Ireland) Bill, and the Health of Towns Bill. He hoped he might never sot bills so treated, and especially one of such importance as that which had been recommended by the Queen in her speech from the throne, and which her Majesty's representative at Paris hurried over to this country to support. He hoped the next election would see the government strengthened by the voice of the people, enhanad by its merits in the affections of the people, and backed by such majorities in both houses that there should be no doubt of their power—that they may be a government so supported as to make clear their responsibilities as a government, responsibilities which did not now rest upon them, but were divided between them and the people. His hope and trust was that that want of responsibility would cease for ever when parliament was restored to its functions by an election, and that they would never see again, and have to I lament over, a session so disappointing sad so ruinous to the character of the ministry and hurtful to the reputation lof the country at large. He begged to move that "an humble address be presented to her Majesty, expressing the 1 deep interest which this house felt in the objects which had been recommended to the attention of her Ma jesty : that it was with pain they admitted that the whole of the subjects which had been contained in her Majesty's recommendation, arid which were of the highest importance, had not been so successfully dealt with as to produce legislative measures to which the royal assent could he given that it was painful for the house to reflect that other subjects of importance which had been submitted to parliament had been abandoned, without any thing effectual having been done : that the house expressed an earnest hope that no other session will pass without more having been done to improve the institution of the country, end for the benefit of her Majesty's subjects, than it had been found possible to accomplish in the session which was now near its close ; and that the house now, as always, wil lingly and gratefully acknowledged her Majesty's paternal care for her people. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that, although his noble and learned friend disclaimed any factious motives in the course he had taken, he had perhaps unwillingly, perhaps erroneously, implied so much of blame not only against the government, which he said he did not wish to attack, but also against the general character of parliament, that it was necessary for him (the Marquis of Lansdowne), not to allow the motion to be put (to which he trusted their lordships would give a direct negative), without making a few observe: lions. His noble and learned friend said that there never wasa session which equalled the present in disappointing expecte. tion in the amount of measures which had, been withdrawn, and in the inefficiency end mischief of those which had passed. With regard to all those measures which had either passed or been withdraws, there was not one word of con demnation uttered by his noble and learned friend which did not apply equally to almost every session, under almost every government- It had always happened that a situation of things like the present, produced by the expectation of a dissolution of parliament, caused the same unwillingness, if re'. incapacity, to proceed with certain measures Wheu his noble and learned friend raid that they must not too readily make conceesion to popular feeling, he must recollect what was the inevitable result of that measure which he (the Marquis of Lansdowne) joined his noble and learned friend in sup porting, which was now the law of the laud, and which had restored to a greet part of the people the franchise, of which custom had long deprived them, and to the recovery of which they were entitled, and by the acquisition of which the foun dations of government were strengthened. Did not his noble and learned friend see what that result would be when he agreed in favour of that measure of which he was so strenuous &sup porter, and which was carried after years of failure ? His noble and learned friend must have been blind indeed, if he did not see that when it was carried, the inevitable consequence must be to render members of the other house of parliament more attentive to popular feelings and opinions. Making no allowance for this change, which had not operated this year for the first time, his noble and learned friend said that the withdrawal of several measures which had been introduced was peculiar to this assion. Why, that very sanitary met sure, to which he had alluded, was brought forward and withdrawni before, and without that apology which his noble and learned friend admitted for its being withdrawn. But the effect of its introduction in the present session was, that it had materially advanced in public opinion. When , his noble and learoed friend dwelt so complacently upon all these shade. of bills, he (the Slerquis of Lansdowne) must state in the outset, that if his noble and learned friend meant that great and important Inca-ares became shadows when they were withdrawn, he denied it, provided they had justice for their foundation. No one knew bet ter than his noble and learned friend, for no one had failed ()ranee in carrying bills, that even when measures were not carried, if they were based on the solid interests of the country they were fruitful even when they were withdrawn, that they left seeds behind them which fructified and caused the adoption of opinions favourable to them ; and this was often the means of bills being brought forward in a more perfect state, and made them better fitted for operation, by the public being prepared to receive them. He would admit to his noble and learned friend, that it was only by stating again and again opinions which were un popular that the feeling against them was subdued. His noble and learned friend knew that time was necessary to carry such things into effect. Hn noble and learned friend seemed to think that a strong government might have passed the bills which had been withdrawn. He (ihe Mar quis of Lansdowne) did not know whether the government to which he belonged was a strong one or a weak one, but he did know, that there never was, or never would be, a government so strong as to subdue public opinion, end to carry, in one session of parliament, important changes. What was the history of tke great changes in which his noble and keened friend had taken part, but a struggle against public opinion, on which it had been brought to reason by argument, but still involving the loss of bill after bin, in session after session ? He would mention the bill which took away the monopoly of the East ladle Company, at which government after government had struck, and which was at last extinguished. What had been the history of the Test Act, and of catholic emancipation ? What but a struggle against opinion, which was ultimately subdued by discussion. He said, therefore, that all measures were carried by long discussion and by time ; and he was not surprised at the number of ghosts of bills which prevailed, and which were consigned to the regions of datructioe, but some of which were destined to be called to lifeagain. Resew came to the observations of his noble and learned friend with regard to the actual legislation of the session. His Debased learned friend had omitted a great deal that had been done and if he would refer to the catalogue of billr which had been pared, as well as those which had not been passed, he would find that many bills of great importance had been passed without attracting attention. He (the Marquis of Lans downe) did not judge of the importance of bills by the length of speeches. For instance, some bills deeply important to the te nure of land in Scotland, had passed without any discussion whatever. Weretheytocondemnusefulandimportantlegiela tien, because it had been effected without discussion ? (Hear hear.) Then, had his noble and learned friend forgotten the whole series of bills which had been passed for the relief of Irish distress, and to alleviate the effects of famine in the sister country? (Hess, hear.) His noble and learned friend had stigmatised those measures as deserving the re probation of the house, but he had forgotten that they had been proposed under the immediate pressure of one of the greatest calamities that had ever befallen any country. He had not hand his noble and learned friend assert that famine, misery, and pes tilence were not to have been met without some effort to stay their fearflal . (Hear, hear.) Such measures as they had pared had met the evil ; no others had been proposed by any party, and, therefore, he thought it could not be fairly said that parliament had efected nothing in this important matter. It should be remembered, also, that the delay and discussion attendant on such measures, formed an element in the difficulty of proceeding with others, of the abandonment of which the noble and learned lord complaned. With respect to the money advanced by way of hen to Ireland, it should be remembered that it bore a interest than could be obtained elsewhere, and see inifirrpunctualtty with which previous advances had been Le thought it hard that his noble and learned friend make a general charge of repudiation and insolvency spied an entire nation. (Hear, hear.) His noble and learned friend had also greatly overstated the number of psalm in Ireland receiving relief on the public works. His neileand Wessel friend mast have taken his figures from ems old statement, es they did not at all correspond with the hies es they stood at yr geassnt moment. He quite =l with Me lOW leased friend se to the evil etelemegisey measure when carried on extensively, bat sash memo wen be course of rapid reduction in tre bled, end he wee begs) to add that notwithstanding the *sem carrying eat Toff measures in furtherance of that re- &Wks, there vas la sally rapid decrease is the amount of salvage, maps of outrage spinet property. (Hear, heart.) • The had been passed, and whiCh his noble sad hazard Mod deprecated, were as be (the Marquis atLeeedowne ) telltseded essential to the salvation of Ireland. But had all the legislation of the session been confined to Irish distress? He found that bills had mused respecting the importation of corn, and bills ing the Importatuan of sugar and its use is d is " t trlkri es. His noble and learned friend might stigmatise them as mere temporary manures, but those measures bad had the effect of bringing in an abundant supply of necessaries from every quarter of the world. He contended on the whole that the legislation of the session had been most valuable and im portant, and, therefore, he felt bound to meet the motion of his noble end learned friend with a direct negative. After a few words from Lord Baouoitem in reply, the motion was negatived without a division. The house adjourned at a quarter after eight until four o'clock this day. HOUSE OF OOMMONS.—TursDAY, JULY 20. The Braixok took the ohs& at 3 o'clock. PRIVATE BtIBINEBB. THIRD READINOB.—Dan Ltd Chapter of Weetnileeteee rotate; Jane Hospital (Newortle) Fatale ; USA.; Bilk. KrBLIC BC BIRBBB. PRTITIONR—By Mr. R. 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TRINIDAD. --- - In answer to a question from Mr. Helms, Mr. HAWES said that the island of Trinidad would be divided into districts for the purpose of establishing muni cipal institutions, with a view to ultimately conferring a representative government on the people of that island, who were not at present considered sufficiently advanced in civili- sation to have such a privilege conferred on them. THE BIBLE IN MADRAS. Sir R. H. INOLIS wished to know whether it was true that the Governer of Madras had objected to the eetablieh• meat of a class in the university of that city, the attendance on which was voluntary, because the Bible was to be read in such elms ? Sir J. C. HOBHOUSE (who turned his back to the gallery, and spoke very inaudibly) was understood to say that the statement was substantially correct, but the Court of Directors had discouraged the course which had been taken by the governor. DOCK YARDS. _ _ Ia reply to Mr. HrautsT, --- Mr. WARD said that dockyard corps were purtly volun tary associations. COLLIERY ACCIDENT. In answer to a question from Mr. HINDLE; Sir G. GREY said that he had been prevented from send ing an officer connected with the government to be present at the inquest on the persons killed by a recent accident at the Kirklces Hall colliery, in consequence of the ab sence of Sir H. de La Beche, whose duty it was to have attended such an inquiry, or appointed a competent person to do so. It appeared, however, from the statement of live magistrates who had investigated the case, that the accident was caused in consequence of the carelessness of one of the workmen. EDUCATION IN THE ARMY. In reply to a question from Sir R. 11. Inoue, Mr. F. MAULE said that schools were to be established in barracks for the purposes of education, which might also be tts.l IS places of worship when soldiers could not attend the church, but they were not to be consecrated, and there fore he presumed the service of the Catholic religion could not be performed in such places. FRENCH FUMING BOATS. Capt. PECIIELL wished to know whether it was the intention of the Admiralty to appoint additional cruisers, in order to prevent French fishing-boats from anchoring on the coast of Sussex and other parts of England after bunatt, con trary to the terms of the convention between this country and France ? - . Mr. WARD said inquiry had been made into the matter to which the hon. member referred, and it was found that there was great fault on both sides—as well on the part of the English fishermen, as the French ; and, to prevent any serious disturbance, the Admiralty had determined that some better supervision should be immediately had recourse to. THE ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSION. In reply to • question from Mr. Hoxsissx, Sir G. GREY said the living of Easier was annexed to the bishopric of Peterborough, and was not held in com mendxm, and, therefore, the ecclesiastical commissioners had no power to take it for the purpose of augmenting the income of the bishop. DISMISSAL OF A LETTER-CARRIER. _ . Mr. T. DUNCOMBE rose to bring under the notice of the house the petition of Robert Grapes, complaining of dis mi►sal from lila office of letter-carrier; and he was sorry to find that certain returns on the subject, which he had moved for a fortnight ago, had not yet been furnished. The peti tioner complained that he had been dismissed not for mis conduct, but because he had been instrumental in producing certain reforms in the Post-office, and exposing some dia honest practices in reference to the " Post-office Directory," and other matters. He (Mr. Duncombe) had received a great deal of the information which he had laid before the house as to the malpractices at the Post-office from Grapes, and that man had been persecuted ever since, until finally he had been dismissed upon a most trumpery pretext, after having been seven years in the establishment, without a fault hav ing been found with him. The hon. member concluded by moving that an inquiry should be made into the allegations of the petition. Mr. PARKER regretted that from inevitable delay the returns to which the honinember alluded were not yet ready. With reference to the dismissal of the petitioner, it appeared that the Postmaster-General, having instituted an inquiry, had good reason to be satisfied that Grapes had prevented a man called Watts from giving his testimony against some men who had been tried at the Old Bailey for the embezzlement of letters, end for that reason he had been discharged. The papers which the hon. member bad moved for would, how ever, shortly oe before the house, and the facts of the case would then be more fully known. Mr. PROTHEROE thought that the management at the Post-office must have been very faulty, when it appeared that the authorities there had not come to any decision with respect to an inquiry which had commenced is November. He would pronounce no opinion respecting the charges which had been brought by Grapes against the PL,st-office authorities ; but if it was true that he had been dismissed without knowing for what reason, the parties who dismissed bim did not possess the commonest sense of ordinary justice. A great deal of mismanagement arose from the carriers being obliged to collect information for Mr. Kelly's book. That was now, however, divorced from the Poet-office, and the carriers were no longer obliged to hawk it about. He thought that Grapes was entitled to know for what reason he was dismissed. Mr. HUME said that it was a most serious question whether a poor man wu to be ruined for doing a service to the country—for exposing abuses. Any man who would in form against his superiors ought, instead of being punished, to be liberally rewarded. Sir D. L. EVANS objected to this doctrine. Mr. MOFFATT believed Robert Grapes had been useful in exposing many abuses, and that he had not been fairly tried by the Post-office authorities. The Post-office altoge ther was most oppressively and obnoxiously .nanaged, and no one who complained could get any redress. He hoped, during the recess, government would direct inquiries into these matters. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER denied that Grapea had not yet had a fair hearing, but begged the house to forego discussion till the papers were before them. Mr. T DUNCOMBE replied. It was wholly false that Grapes h ad tampered with witnesses. The charges agsinst the man were altogether trum pe d up by Kelly, who had openly said ho would give 1 , 0001 . to secure the man's dis missal, and whose anger and vindictive feeling Grapes had incurred by endeavouring to expose his delinquencies. Grapes was dismissed to gratify that man's malice. Kelly was the bane of the Post•offies, and as long as be remained there nothing would go en well. There had been nothing but jobbing during his administration, and he was the greatest t r u t it that ever ev h er ei ge u e l tleLover a p m ub ov li e e Lffil i ..cHe i tr t , o h p ear . .2 office management, and partidarly into Kellyi r gepartment. The motion was then, by leave, withdrawn. CONFERENCE—PASSENGERS ACT AMENDMENT BILL. Mr. HAWES appeared at the bar, and was understood to bring up the reasons of the Commons for agreeing to the Lords' amendments to the Passengers Bill. Lord G. BENTINCE. was understood (amidst much eon fusien) to complain that although an agreement had been entered into between him, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the Under Secretary for the Colonies (Mr. Hawes), that certain amendments which he had proposed as to the manning of ships should be inserted in the bill, notwith standing this compact the noble lord the Secretary of the Colonies (Earl Grey) had induced the Lords to disagree to that part of the bill. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said there had been no such compact, and it was not right of the noble lord opposite to attribute the decision of the House of Lords to the influence of any single peer. Mr. HAWES said that when he moved that the Lords' amendments should be agreed to, he had stated that the noble lord's (Lord G. Sentinels) amendments bad been re jected, and he not only peetponed the motion on one °medal bemuse the noble lord was not present; but he had the pears' amendments printed in extent*, in order that the noble lord opposite might have an opportunity of seeing them. After a few observations from Mr. W. Brown, Mr. Hudson, and Sir R. H. Inglis, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that he certainly had promised the noble lord that he would intro duce clauses into the bill, with reference to perfecting the survey, and ascertaining the seaworthiness of vessels by serve y ; but when he gave that pledge his noble friend had not placed any notice on the paper as to the manning of ships, and no compact had been entered into on that subject. When the noble lord subsequently introduced a clause rela tive to the manning of ships, he saw no objection to it ; but he denied that he entered into any compact on the subject. It was however true that the noble lord at the head of the colonial department had, on further consideration, assented to the clause being struck out in the House of Lords. Lord G. BENTINCH said that, in consequence of coming to an arrangement with the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the hon. gentleman the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, he told all his friends that it would not be necessary for them to attend in the house respecting these clauses. What he complained of was that this arrangement was broken by the noble lord, the for the Colonies. If such conduct were permitted, it weul destroy all con fidence with respect to arrangements entered into with the members of the government. Mr. HAWES denied that there was any compact entered into with the noble lord on the subject of the manning clause. Mr. HENLEY confirmed the statement of his noble friend with respect to the arms ent that had been entered into. Mr. HAWES ap at the bar, and informed thi house that the House of Lords desired a conference on the 'abject of thie bill. On their return, the managers made the usual mporte. -POOR•LAW BILL• Sir G. GRIT appeared at the bar, and informed the house that the House of Lords dulled a ocateratos oa the *abject of the amendments to the Poor-law Administration M. Sir O. Grey and several other members were appointed on the part of the Commons. On hie return, the right gentleman informed the house that the bill with the amendments had been left with the House of Lords. idifiiiT Mr. HUME then rose inc;lltlTeattention of the house to the state of the province of Scinde. He said that politically and commercially our occupation of Scinde was unjustifiable. We had established there a most rigid military despotism. Hie object was to ask what its future government wan to be; whether it was to be placed under the same government as the other territories of the East India Company, or whether it was to become a Queen's colony, or to remain under mili tary government ? Sir J. HOBHOUSE was sure he sou not expected to give any opinion as to the soiuisition of Scinde. He had found the province under a military government, and with scarcely a civil officer employed therein. General Napier had re ported that this mode of administering a newly acquired province was not merely better and safer but more cheap than any other system. On the first blush he (Sir J. Hob house) must say that he did not entirely acquiesce in that opinion, but this was a question he would not go into. The whole province was at present in complete tranquillity, and so far the military system had answered well. He must say, however, that in his own judgment this system could not last. Mt was to bee province of British India, it must, of course, be governed u British India was governed. As to restoring the Ameen and the old government of Scinde, he consi dered that this would be wholly inexpedient. In the pro vince itself such an idea was viewed with great apprehension by the natives. The ultimate regulation of the province would, of course, be open to future discussion ; but the pre sent resolution was that, on the departure of Sir C. Napier, Made should be annexed to the government of Bombay. There was a despatch on the subject from Sir C. Napier, which he was ready to lay before the house, and with this view would formally move for its production. Sir R. INGLIS denounced the treatment of the Auteers as utterly unjust and cruel. After a few words from Sir D. L. EVANS the motion of the right hon. baronet was agreed to. I AMERICAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO IRISH RELIEF. Mr. BROTHBRTON moved an addreu for • copy of the letter from the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to her Britannic Majesty's nunistrr at Washington, acknow ledging the donation in food and money of the legislature and citizens of the United States of America for the relief of the famine in Ireland. Mr. BROWN seconded the motion, and mentioned that part of the contributions came from the Indian population of the far wee. Viscount PALMERSTON passed a warm eulogiurn upon the prompt munificence exhibited by the people of the United States towards the distremed population of I reland— a benevolence not only most valuable in its immediate re sults, but which was calculated to increase kindness and gdod will between the two countries. Heat once acceded to the motion. Viscount MORPETH give his persona testimony to the warmth of fraternal feeling evinced by the people of the United States of America towards the children of the old country. Whatever occasions of momentary annoyance arose from time to time, let but the voice of distress be raised by the men of England, whether on their own soil or as emigrants to the western continent, and the hearts and purses of the men of America were at once opened by the appeal. (Hear, hear.) The motion woo then agreed to. CASE OF COL. MUNN. Mr. S. WORTEElntiveifOT"JoiTiieatif all memorials or petitions presented by the late Lieut.• Col. Muun, formerly of the 14th and afterwards of the 27th regiment of Native Infantry in India, or by Mrs. Harriet Munn, his widow, to the board of directors of the Rut India Company, or the President of the Illiard of Control, complaining of deprival of his just promotion in the Indian army, and of the loss of the pay attached to his rightful rank, and the answers there to, as well as of any order or orders issued by the commander in-chief or the Governor General of India, in the month of May, 1824, for the division of the said 14th regiment, and the regulation of the promotion to take place in such division." Sir J. C. HOBHOUSE bad no objection to produce the paper' ; and if au injury was found to have been inflicted, deserving of indemnification, he was willing to have it re dressed. At the same time be mast observe, that the wrong done to Lieut.-Col. Munn was one resulting from a general arrangement of the service.—The return was then ordered. DESERTERS FROM THE ARMY AND NAVY. Mr. HUME mor,lf, r " a return of the number of soldiers of her Majesty's land forces, cavalry and infantry, that have been marked as deaerters, stating the number in each regi ment, in each of the three last years. Also a copy of any general orders by the commander of the forces respecting branding, and now in force. Similar return for the marine forces. Similar return for the navy." Mr. F. MAULE had no objection to the production of the returns ; and ho begged to say, with reference to the practice of branding deserters, that the operation was one which sailors submitted to voluntarily, being nothing more than tattooing aD on the skin with gunpowder. The returns were then ordered. CAW OF THE EX-RAJAH OF SATTARA. Mr. HUME moved for copies of correspondence between Captain Cogan, the governor of India, and Lord Palmer ston, relative to the case of the e:-Rajah of Sefton'. Sir J. C. HOBHOUSE had no objection to grant the papers called for, with the addition of " all communications from the government of her Majesty to the government of Bombay on the lame subject." Mr. WAKLEY read an extract from a letter addressed to hint by Captain Cogan, wherein that gentleman stated that he undertook the negotiation of a commercial convention with the Imaum of Muscat entirely on the request of Lord Palmerston, the then foreign minister, and that he was not paid for his services on that occasion. Viscount PALMERSTON read an extract from the in structions issued ►y him to Captain Cogan on the occasion referred to, from which it appeared that the sum of 3001. was then advanced to that individual by the treasury on account of his mission, with a strict injunction to the captain to use economy in its expenditure. The returns were then ordered. UNIFORM PENNY STAMP. Mr. BROTHERTON moved for the appointment of a select committee to inluire into the expediency of adopting a uniform penny stamp, instead of the present high and vex atious rate. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER having slid that he would give the subject his best consideration helore the next session of parliament, the motion was withdrawn. REVENUE DUTIES. Lord G. BENTINCK said that with the permission of the house he would state the reasons which induced him to ask for the return which stood in his name on the paper, and the result which he expected to arise from the production of it. Within the teat few days there appeared what ho might deem ibe as a state - paper, addres , cd to the electors of Tamworth—(laug h ter)—in which state- meets were made respecting the oieratio'n of the financial measures which had taken place within the last six years, which, if left altogether uurefuted, might have a dangerous tendency at the coming elections. The general effect of these statements was, that in consequence of the reduction of duties which had been effected in that period, burdens amounting to no less than 7,625,0001. had been taken off the people of this country, with little or no loss to the revenue. It was stated that the predecessors in office of the right honourable gentleman had left • deficit amounting to 2,100,0001., and that their attempt to restore the ruined state of the finances, by increasing the customs and excise duties 6 per cent., and the messed taxes 10 per cent., had failed. The right hon, gentleman would have it believed, therefore, that the result of his six years' administration had been this— that while he reduced taxes to the amount of 7,625,0001., there had been an apparent loss to the revenue of no more than 363,0001., or—giving the whig ministry the credit of the increase of 416,0001., from the alteration of the sugar duties effected by them last session—of no more on the whole than 779,0001. No greater financial conjuror oould exist than the right hon. gentleman, if this were a fair statement of the result of his financial operations; and if, on the eve of • dissolution it were permitted to pass uncontroverted, the necessary result would be that the people of the cemtry would come to the conclusion that they had nothing to do but to take off taxes al ether, and that the revenue could still be maintained. Now he (Lord 0. Bentinck) would show that the right hon. baronet had dealt with only 104 millions of the revenue and that he left 37,388,2541. of the revenue untouched, aad that there had been a deficit in that portion with which he dealt of na less than 4,925,3191. This deficit would have been most serious and disastrous if it was not compensated for by the increased taxation imposed by his predecessors on the 37,388,2..541. which he left alto gether untouched. A comparative statement of the amount of revenue from the following sources in 1841 as compared with 1846 would show what the real effect of the right hon. gentleman's financial policy had been. Bevsaae In 1841. Revenue in 1866. Br ins 443,018 ... 638,422 Paper Bssp 815,864 ... 963,040 Hop Malt 569,833 ... 286,263 ,M 3.363 . . 5,084,649 Ilcenata British eptrite 5,118,173 .. 5,949,151 Aseemed end land taxis 4,715,353 ... 4,474,462 Posthorn duty 199,864 179,831 Post-office 1,495,540 1,963,837 Mamma 7,276,380 ... 7,673,931 enbite, rem Tea Thlmeee end east 3,530,823 ... 4,319,061 Wine The Result of all this was, that the revenue which was not touched by Sir R. Peel, rose from 37,388,2541. to 41,638,5731. on the sth of January, 1847, being an increase of no less than 4,150,3901., or of 114 per tent. on those branches of the revenue with which the right hon. baronet had not meddled. (Hear, hear.) It was represented that the ordinary revenue on the sth of January, 1847, when the right hon. baronet came into power, was 47,917,0001. Deducting . 37,388,2641. from the sum of 47,917,0001., there rem ained • sum of 10,528,7461., and it was in regard to the sources of revenue from which this sum was derived that the right honourable gentleman made his financial experi ments. The result was that this rum of 10,528,7461. on which he tried his experiments dwindled down in 1847 to 6,019,4271. (Hear, hear.) And if the increase of 416,0001. which was fairly attributable to the reduction of the duty at sugar effected by the noble lord were subtracted, it would have dwindled down to 6,603,4271., showing a loss to Ike revenue on this portion of it with which the right has. gen tloman dealt of no lees than 44 1-3rd per cent. (Haab) If, instead of trying his experiments on onl twe-ninds Oil revenue, the right honourable bad Wad thou ea th e whole revenue, there would baw Moss a dabbed= of no ler than 20,163,9361. Bat, paw, ft idea be rid that though there was a loss to Ilto ewessno an lbws Wine on which reductions of Jolt bad been etheted, still mak an impulse had hem given to IN= soannfloteras of the country la of off las waled OM Mug cot tho splingo at , Mal as lammasi kesompka iM boa komined k raped% all other articles. Well, he held in hie hand a state ment of the comparative value of the exports of the four great rap'e manufactures in the first five months of 1845 and 1847, and the result was that the declared value of the exports of cotton manufactures and yarn in the five months of 1845 was 19,289,8681.; in 1847, it amounted to only 9,820,7721. The exports of linen manufactures and yarn is the five months of 1845, amounted to 1,750,5161. ; in 1847, to 1,495,6361. The declared value of woollen manufactures in the five mouths of 1845, was 3,046,4861. ' in 1847, it was 3,110,5681. In silk manufactures alone there was an i nc rease from 297,7211 to 404,6021., owing probably to the importation of foreign silk manufactures. The result was that the aggregate value of these exports in the five months of 1845 was 15,802,1911. In the five months of 1847 it fell to 14,831,4781. With regard to glass, of which there was to be such a large consumption after the duty was reduced, after being told that then gas and water would be conveyed by glass pipes instead of iron, the result wee that the declared value of these exports during the mine period had fallen from 215,635/. to 131,7391. (Hear.) He did not think he would be told that the increase of revenue was derived from the redaction of 7e. 10d. a gallon on brandy. Timber was another article on which the duty had been reduced with • great loss to the revenue, and it could hardly be pleaded that the large increase of between 400,0001. and 500,0001. on the poet office, and of 205,7721. on paper had grown out of the re duction on timber. (Hear, hear.) Another boast was, that the duties en raw materials and dye stuffs, which were used in manufactures, had been reduced, but as he had shown that the exports of the four great staple manufactures of the country had not increased, it could not be pleaded that the re moval of the duties of those articles connected with manufac ture, had been instrumental in increasing their consumption, But what the right hon. gentleman left wholly out of view was the gracious and merciful interposition of Providence in his favour when the whigs went out of office. (Mai laughter.) No sooner did the whip leave office than do country was blessed with three abundant harvests in rue cession ; and it was not the additional 5 per cent. and 10 per cent. which prevented the revenue from prospering, but the cause why it did not prosper in 1841 and 1842 was this, that they had then three successive bad harvests, and a bad cotton crop to boot. (Hear, hear.) He had spoken of the interposition of Providence, but be might venture to say that a more powerful cause was at work, and this was, that instead of 150,000,0001., as stated by the noble loss ! (Palmerston), being sent to foreign countries, as loans, on which no interest was paid, a sum of money equal to 100,000,0001. had, in the course of these six years, been spent at home in railway enterprise ; and they would find in the increased consumption of tea, tobacco, and engin., which was the consequence of this, the true cause of the elasticity of the revenue, and not in the often boasted effects of the altera tions in the financial and commercial policy of the country made by the right hon. baronet the member for Tanowortk (Hear, hear.) These boasts often reminded him of the two thee described by the poet Prior, which ascribed to their own exertions the dust raised by the wheels of the chariot— ." Say, Sire of Insecta, mighty Sol,. A fly on the chariot pole cried out, What Blue Bottle alive Did ever with such fury drive!' ' Tell, Beelsebnb, great father, tell,' flays Caber, perch'd upon the wheel, Did ever any mortal fly Rabe curt, a cloud of dust as I! Mr tit meet turned the whole debate— My ekuur saved the sinking state.' (Much laughter.) That was a fair sample of the leading characteristics of the address he had referred to, and seeing the circumstances under which it had been issued, he (L:rd li. Bentinek) thought himself justified in making a eounter.stanment upon the subject. He felt the more justified in so doing, because if such statements went (oak unanswered, members might be returned, placed in the position either of having pledged their faith to such principles, or of leaving the public credit in a position which would render it difficult to meet the de mends upon the nation. He was, as others were, in favour of a repeal of the malt tax and the hop duties, but not without some sort of commutation of other items of taxation. He was not one of those who would delude the people by saying that he ens ready to take off seven millions of taxes without equivalent. (Rear, hear.) Wnat he believed was, that, in the course they had rec. utly pursued, the parliament was mistaken. He believed that duties upon articles of foreign produce ought to be retained, and that if they were retained upon the principle of what might be called a revenue standard—that was, an ad valorem duty of some 15 or 20 ptr cent.--we might thereby derive such a revenue as would enable us to remove the malt and the hop duties immediately, and possibly the soap duty also, without risk to the public credit. That was his view; and, thanking the house for having listened to him, he would now conclude by morlog for returns showing the comparative receipts of revenue in the years ending the sth of January, 1842 and 1847. . _ The question having been put. The tAIANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that of course he had no objection to the return which the noble lord had rightly described as an unopposed 'me, and which being so, he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) of course was unprepared to enter upon the present occasion, into these elaborate details upon which the noble lord had thought it timely to expatiate. The noble lord had deemed it neces sary to answer an address puhlished by a right hon. member of that house, and as there were, consequently, manifestoes now before the public upon both aides of the question, of course it remained with the public to judge between them, and to decide for themselves which party had conferred most benefit upon the country. (Cheers and laughter.) With respect, however, to the noble lord's references to the state of trade at the present time, he must take leave to r,mark that the noble lord app'ared to have forgotten altogether the state of last year's harvest, and the commercial effects which were thereby occa sioned. To his mind, nothing more successfully proved the value of free trade principles than the effect which high prices of food had this year had upon the trading interests of the community. He would only further add that he hoped the house would not go into a premature dis! cuasion upon this question. There was no occasion for so doing, for the noble lord might have addressed hi. observa tions to the public through the medium of a letter to the electors of Lynn, and thereby have spared the house the address he had thought it necessary to deliver on the present occasion. Mr. HUME observed that new within his recollection had measures been so entirely successful as the free trade measures of the late government. Let them examine the returns before them. It appeared by a parliamentary paper of this session, number 260, that whilst the net revenue of 1842 was 60,979,5961. ' the revenue for 1847 (although seven millions of taxes had been taken off) was 67,589,0001. Of this sum, the income tax amounted to 5,474,0001., so that the clear profit, less the income tax, under the new measures, was 1,145,0001. (Hear, hear) He mast say that he con sidered the noble lord had failed altogether in making out his case. Ile should be as glad as the noble lord to sei the duties taken off malt, hops, end soap—in fact, he would remove the excise duties altogether—but he would make up the deficiency in another way than that proposed by the noble lord—namely, by direct taxation. (Hear, hear.) Mr. BANKES observed that the statement of his noble friend went to show, not that the gross revenue had been re duced, but that it had been increased where the late prime minister had not meddled, and had been reduced where he had chosen to interfere. As to the surplus, the hon gentle man had shown, it was mainly attributable to railway enterprise. Mr. GOULBURN said it had not been his fortune to he;;arypaTtoi the speech of the noble lord except ip conclusion. He had audentood the noble lord', motion was an unopposed one, and therefore not anticipating so elaborate a statement, he had thought he might safely leave the noble lord's facts and tieures to the tender mercies of the member for Montrose. (Cheers and laughter.) The noble lord, however, having thought it necessary to enter into these matters at so much length, he mast enjoy until his papers were delivered what ever triumph he might derive from the applauses of his friends around him—(loud cheers); and to that triumph, whatever might be its value, he (Mr. Goulburn) left him. After an observation from Mr. W. Wattams, the return was ordered. MANCHESTER BISHOPRIC BILL. _ . Lard J. RUSSELL having mound the order Of the day for the report of this bill, Mr. P. - BORTH WICK rose to suggest to the noble lord the emission of all such part of the second clause as esta blished the principle that bishops should take their seats in the Moms of Loci by rotation. He thought it very muck *Atm that the neepants of the oldest created sees should Mein their present seats, than that their rights should be toweled with ender a new etwangement led J. RUSSELL mid he stet have been very imper fectly emiemeetall Mho had he say roam for doubt which of the two glees he eamelliseed preferable. He had thought much apes En edged, and bad consulted very many others, and the dglaiea he had arrived at was that on venom; grounds the lined* of rotation was the beet. Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN must say that he agreed with the noble lend. The system of rotation was established is a lredimk but the principle of exclusion was neither eied nor in Ireland. Regarding the het that the be were unanimously in favour of the bill se it stead, he certainly mis t any alteration in it. Sir J. dt AM said that considering the state of the house, the period of the session, the business before them, and the length at which this subject had been discussed, he certainly was not willing to expatiate upon it again. Ile must say, however, that he believed the question was not what were the wishful of the bishops with regard to it, but whether or not in its present shape this Inman would ad vance the spiritual welfare of the people. He was prepared on the present occasion not to resist the further progress of the bill ; but he hoped, on the motion for the third reading, to be permitted to stabs his general objections to the messare. Mr. HUME suggested - that the bill, as it had bees amended in committee, ought to be reprinted before the third reeding was moved. Sir J. GRAHAM thought the reprinting of the bill Wag quit* Lerd u ITMELL said he had no objection to the bill I being regedelled, but he would not delay the third reading of the Mg antis the bill is he emended ane was reprinted. 0011LBURN lesek M sell the attention of the goveseennt to a tentlet wadi Ihe their Itt of Feat T rt• It should be therm ids preembet. The al• Veinal nn interferer will the ve, ia run maims bishop le the Rime d re erds P . ni r *ought that beim the bill se royal se mut to the meenue ought to toe tided ono of doe nimble et the mows. Lull. RU ELL said he dienld be prepared M turfy the aunt et the crown belbee the thri Inane fri the W I Z. Mt. MINLEY said he shinki set detain the house 7. - thee than* &dare his protest eselest the whole of this bill. Yr. WILELEY hoped to see &eWoe when all the Wins would be excluded ban dieing be the House of Peen, and that their labours sod sitistles well be exclusively doestod to thdle 'WOW 4oMfaat lOr irk the lii team, Aid by Os sidoika et tie saw rilrrtg If• exli 05.4 i tiot eft elfo re% the km We it? tilt of 1 t hai ! r el 6 % Coo a h ta Igir