The Express. — London, England, 1851-04-12 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 12, 1851. by experience to be so beneficial, even to the treasury, in its ultimate results, and which was so intimately associated with that system of commercial policy awl legislation which he considered vital to the well being of the country. (Chain.) Mr. STAFFORD supported the amendment. He com plained of the indignity and insult sifted to the farmers of England, who did not, by this motion, ask (or raki,', but that their case should be considered; their d in = whatever its cause, being acksowledged. lie upon the diversity of the financial doctrines advocated b r the ministerial supporters, to all of which he main Mr. Gladstone had shown a fickle bias. Ministers, he re marked, tried to shelter thenuelvee under every failure and blander by raiaing a warning shout against protection; but they 'Mont happen to cry "wolf' too often. He inquired what was the real meaning of free trade, and after giving various illustrations of high and low prices, concluded that the latter signified nothing but dear money. Mr. Ai.COCK should vote against the proposal of r. Disraeli ; nut bemuse he did not feel deeply on behalf of the fanners and landed interest, but because he did not choose to follow a leader who was totally inconsistent arid aelf-coovicted of political dishonesty. Mr. J. SANDARS opp osed the amendment, bell - that the land was ant unly taxed, and that this was an i attempt at cites legislation ncon.i.tent oith the liberal policy from which he country hod derived so many ad vantages. Lord J. NIANNERS, parting by the various subjects 'referred to by the ;hon. gentlemaa who last addressed the house, and which had no reference whatever to the question at issue, won anxious to direct attention to the matter they were really discussing—the distress of the agricultural interest. What was the position of the government in opposing the motion of his hon. friend; and thereby is fusing all remedy to that distress, the existence of winch they fully admitted ? They commenced the present session with a declaration in the speech from the throne that the agriculturrits were the only suffering community ; but they had ever since acted as though they looked upon it as the only prospering one, and what most excited his in dignation woo, that it was the yeomanry of England who were out- ring from, this diecurilance between the words and the sets of ministers, and that on the great body of the agriculturista all the evil* of their misdeeds and neglect fell. Year after year expectations of remedial measures had been held out. awl the conviction that something would be done was strengthened this year, when beyond the :imm inence of sympathy cantained in the speech from the throne, the Chencellor el the Exchequer, in imewer to the previou motion of his bon. friend (Mr. Disraeli), objected to it on the ground that he woes about to bring forward his budget at a very early period. Of Course it was immediately supponed that that budget was to contain the pu nacea, that then the agricultural body was to find the balm for its sufferings. But what was the ease? Even the paltry boon 10. Id birth in that budget had been nine withdrawn, 1/4 ruse it was not sulticii utly appreciated. What had been granted io eumpaseion had been withdrawn in unto, he bon. gentleman the member for Westbury bad, in reference to the programme winch he had put for ward as the unerring guide fur fanners, endeavoured at the opening of the pr.-wilt year to 'Account fur the failure of every one of his prophecies, by stating that expectations raised that the corn laws would b, repealed had enrouraged the growth of corn abroad to an unpneeelenteil extent, and that Irma the consequent user-productien prices had been generetly reduced, and our markets had been depressed; that these ratio were nut likely to be permanent, and it they were the merthants and secricuiturists all over the world would deceived and disappointed, SA much as thine of this country. (Hear, hear.) lie (Lord J. Manners) belie vial that the hon. member who had penned this would, un the 11th January, Ini2, have to cum , lUf want and roil. avour to console the agriculturists of Eng land with the wrier:met that the agriculturists of all other porta of the world were equally unfortunate. For his own part, he saw no reason for euppesiug that there would li• any rise of prices. (Ilear, hear.) 'floe right hon. the l'osident of the Hoard of Trade now told the tanner, that they must look fur relief to the continued pnieperity of the , manufactoring interest. They, the proterti ts, bud throughout the eession, for the purpose" of debate, admitted the reality of that manofacturing pnoperity. True, the hon. on e oilier for the West Dialing (Mr. Cobden) hail lately, found it convenient to qualify iu a recuarlte h h. degree the pnisperity- - (hear, hear)—and in every teethe circular iesued within the last three months they had seen anticipa- Cone of difficulty and hiders+. (Ilear, hear.) But when they were culled upon to look to th.• prosperity til the ma nufreturing interests, as the remedy for agricultural dos treop, they nau.t enquire lid only did that pooperity exist, I hut if it was of a po eminent eh:water awl likely to endure. lie could not perceive that it was so, nor mold he see how ' if that prosperity were permanent it merit ne• esearily re-' net favourably on liuntlisli agriculture. Having quoted from trade circulars, the noble lord said hr could not cons since himself that the in: futuring interests of the route try were in a pernismenlly tlouri.hing condition. But as he hail already seed, if it were at, how was that piosperity tin rrath our English agriculture? (Hear.) Would the Manchester and York.hire cloths he exchanged for the bas ves sad genii of Lincolnshire, Cambridge ' and the layi titian.? Not onlem they could he gut at as low a price as those ..f Holstein, New York, and Od e ssa. With o . gie d to the cost of freight, that to was falling. From New York there was a reduction, bringing down the charge is about 2s. • barrel. Abram Woodward, 1111. corn Colors of Liverpoid, showed in their circular that the freight of corn had fallen, between 1819 and la 00, from 3.. to Ye. and 1.. tel. from Duisburg, about the one t - Bremen, from 2.. 641. or 1, to Is. Oil. or Is. Cal. front Hui bool, and from 2.. or a. 911. to In. from Delirium. And at 'trent this year wheat hail hem put on board at 32.. 411., barley at its. and oats at Ile. 7.1. Add to that Ihr freight, and What chaise hail the English pndu, er in roan-' p e tition with the ferrii,na grower? (Ilear, hear.) Ile complained that the government had given no hope that Coo raiding distress Would diminish, and therefine th e y geaw f o rw a rd oo ask the Illorie of Commons to do some thing to allrviate it. It hail 11eVn said that this nos a opus tem ..f cheap dear bread. They, the :WTI/VI/Ural party, were us anemia. for cheap bread as th e e ,-.4 „r t h e 0 . 0 . inanity. Ile war not going to argue the garrison as between protertien and free trade, but what dirt (the coun try party) was, that parliament by it, leois lalieon rompelled the Engli+h producer to prtituee bead dear if he produced it at all, by laying nom hint a weight of [illation that neeessarily enhanced the prier of the venni...lily ho. produced. They asked the homer to make its acts riniforrn to itedeelarations; and while cheap Cost was 1114 . great point of legislation, let them not evert 110 e. thl. on every quarter of grain raised in England. (I'mtertionist cheers.) It had been itetiested that a drawhaek should tw allowed on malt u-eel for besting! rattle; that had been refried, though, when Ilse manufac.' turves melted for a drawbark on snap, it hail been allowed. Some re. 1 In II miltiuons ..1* uu ls of soap were manias factor, J in Faith and last year, .in which there wite a draw back. Ceder all these eirctionstancre the hon. member foe Ilueltinghantshirr came forward and said : You admit the you have a surplus, apply that Aurelio* in malice tien of the distress. Did the hon. member atilt this apnea of tlt• eurplusfor !he advantage of the great land- in opinion and with the hon. member for Bucks in their us and that great source of dissension shall stand obliterated vote. (Cheers.) and destroyed." (Hear, hear.) Then let them come for- Mr. W. MILES observed that nothing had been said in ward if they will, and put the matter on a fair issue— the speeches supporting the resolution about a duty upon (hear, hear)—for it is unbecoming a great party in this corn • but, if every legitimate remission of taxation was co untry not to p ut the issue fairly. (Cheers.) refused to the agricultural interest, nothing was left for Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL (amid the cheers of the house) them but to take the sense of the country and endeavour to severely rebuked the " unblushing" declaration Mr. Rey go back to the system of protection. Mr. Miles read to an im- nolds had made, as to his vote, betbre an assembly of gen 'patient house details to prove the enormous loeses of the class Heinen. He should oppose the motion, objecting to being . whose distress it was the object of the resolution to relieve. dragged through the mire. The hon. member continued, amidst considerable inter-' Mr. KEOGH, in supporting the motion, replied to the ruption, to speak of the fall in the price of wheat and barley asperities of Mr. J. O'Connell, and diee‘airned all idea since the year 1818, but he was at last obliged to intimate of faction, but justified his vote on the ground that he that he would bow to the wish of the house, and not had, a few nights previously, voted for an inquiry into Irish obtrude further on their time. He concluded by inti- distress. mating that he thoroughly concurred with his hon. friend Sir T. D. ACLAND supported the amendment, contend (Mr. Disraeli) in endeavouring to alleviate the existing sag that as the prosperity of the other classes of the cons- agricultural distress. (Loud cries of "Divide , divide." ) munith woe chiefly at the expense of the agricultural into- i Several members simultaneously rue to address the rest, now that there was a surplus the distressed agricultu house. The Speaker called on rists had a right to a share of it. Mr. NEWDEGATE, whose reception was of the most up- Mr. J. O'CONNELL (in answer to Mr. Reynolds) con roarious character. Forscveral minutes he attempted to obtein tended that free trade had done great good to Ireland, and a hearing, but no sooner had he commenced a sentence, than said he could not vote with the government on that occasimma. his voice was drowned in vehementshouta of "Oh, oh," and Mr. 'GRATTAN denied the truth of Mr. O'Connell's "Divide, divide." The Sp: dice in vain several times in- assertion, and accused certain parties unknown of plotting terposed his authority, for every fresh essay of the honour- to set Irish members to attack one another, in order that able member to deliver his sentiments was defeated by re- the attention of the house might be diverted from the real newed and increased uproar. The hon. member at last queetlon. Ile should support the amendment, believing resumed his seat ; but, before doing so, it was understood that free trade had beggared Ireland. that he expressed his determinat(on to be heard; and that The house then divided. as the house seemed unwilling to bear bins that night, he The numbers were— begged to move the adjournment of the debate. For the con tttt ittee Lord JOAN RUSSELL then said—l think it is For the amendment most desirable that the house should divide to-night. The numbers were announced amid loud cheers from the (Hear, hear.) I trust, therefore, that in order to enable protectionists. us to come to that division which cannnt he very far off, The house then went into committee. those hon. gentlemen who wish to adduce some reasons for On the vote for substituting a house tax of 9d. in the the vote which they arc about to give, will be now listened pound for the present window tax, to by the house. (" Ilear, hear," " Divide, divide.") Mr. DISRAELI asked what would be the course of the Mr. NEWDEGATE again presented himself amid loud government on Monday next calls for Sir Robert Peel, and ccies of " Spoke, spoke." Lord J. RUSSELL said that he proposed first to take The interruption, though now of a somewhat eubilued cha- the report on the window and house tax, and then the cotter Teeter, was still such as to render the hon. gentleman indis- and timber duties. tinctly heard. Ile thanked the noble lord (Lord In answer to Lord Delos, John Russell) for interposing on his behalf, and Lord SEYMOUR said that he would take the Forest of stated, in correction of what had been said by Hainault Bill at the time of private business on Mom,,, the Chancellor of the Exchequer that he (Mr. evening. Ncwdcgate) had charecterised the proposed mins- Mr. SPOONER moved that the committee report pro lion of the duty on agricultural seeds, and the transfer- gress. cure of the cost of mama. lunatics to the consolidated fund, Atter a short discussion, as very insignificant. The Chancellor of the Exchequer had Lord J. RUSSELL needed to the motion, but stated proposed to remit taxation to the extent of 1,500,0001., and that he would proceed with the incense tax on Monday, if the amount of the proposed relief to the agriculturists was a discussion were not intended until the couimittee. only 180,0001., or about one-eighth of time whole. Ile Mr. DISRAELI thought a diecussion on the second thought he was fully justified in characterising that as a reading very probable, and therefore would suggest post very insignificant quanterm of relief to the distressed agri- ponement. culturists. (" Hear, hear," " Divide, divide," and calls Lord J. RUSSELL, under these circumstance% post for Sir R. Peel.) poncil the second reading of the imbrue 'l'ax Bill until the Sir R. PEEL, being loudly called for, rose and said—ln 24th of April. Ile would take supply alter the house dutie s order that no misconstruction should result (runs the con- on Monday. scientious vote he was about to give that night un the nue. The house resumed, and the chairman reported progress. Lion before the house, and unwilling as he was to detain INDEMNITY BILL. the house at that late hour by any lengthened statement of This bill was read a emend time. his views and opinions on financial or commercial schemes, ENFRANCHISEMENT OF COPYTIOLDS BILL. yet, as a flee trader and landed proprietor, he shined at the Mr. AGLIONBY moved the following select committee same time express a hope that, in any measure that might on Enfranchisement of ('opyholds Bill e—Mr. Aglionhy, be introduced foe the remi(eion of taxation, attention Mr. Coniewall Lewis, Mr. Beuverie, the Earl of Asendel would be paid to the interests of the tended proprietors. and Surrey, Mr. Shatto Adair, Mr. Ileadlam, Mr. Henley (Hear, hear.) Mr. Mullinge, Mr. John Abel Smith, Mr. Tamil, Lord R: Lord NORREYS said that haying hail above twenty Grosvenor, Mr. Armstrong, Mr. Sotheron, Sir E. Buxton, , year s experience of parliamentary tactice,he was old enough and Mr. Miles. Agreed to. to know that the amendment of the 'mealier for Bucks was NEWSPAPER STAMPS. one of the usual means by which a party out of power, Mr. M. GIBSON nominated the following select COM* without the responsibilities of aim, sought to disturb time mittee on newspaper stamps ;—Mr. M. Gibson, Mr. Tamil, party in power; it was, as usual, cleverly worded, fur the Mr. Ker Seymer , Mr. Rich, Mr. St:llford, Mr. Cobden, Mr. purpose of catching agricultural votes, and rendering those A. Hamilton, Sir J. Walmsley, Sir T. F. Lewis, Mr. C. who opposed it odious in the eyes of the agricultural cons- Forteccue, Col. Mure, Mr. S. Adair, Mr. Ewart, Mr. Sothe munity, and its original wording had actually been altered, run, and Sir W. Molesworth.—Agreed to. as he had been informed, to catch the vows of other mem- The onion of the day were then disposed of, and the hers ; but however vague and indefinite it was in its terms, house adjourned at a quarter after two o'clock. the only thing that was clear, in spite of the alteration, was that those who supported it would vote indirectly against the repeal of the winduw tax. It was idle to suppose that by voting for a mere abstract resolution they were doing anything towards agricultural relief. He regretted to say that he believed the severe distress the agriculturists were suffering was beyond the powers of legislation to remedy, it was in a great degree to be attri buted to the legislation of 1810, to which he had been op posed, hut now that they had gone so far through the state of transition, he was certain that env attempt to reverse that policy would only aggravate the difficulties and renew a conflict which, however it might suit the views of a party for electioneering purposes, could not end advantageously for the landed interests. Ile suspected this resolution meant something more than it professed. Ile condemned time amendment as utterly useless for any agricul tural relief. It was artfully made, aimed an indirect blow against the repeal of the window tax, and, indeed, a large minority had, by their votes a few nights agO, virtually proclaimed their hostility to the remission of that tax, and he objected to be a puny to tai-ing expectation, fur elm:ellen. erring purposes among the agriculturists which he knew were doomed to be disappointed. (Hear.) SirW.JOLLIEFE, who ruse amid loud calls of "divide," said that his parliamentary eeperience was at least equal to that of time noble lord who had just resumed his beat. (A laugh.) Therefore he would not make a speech at that late hour. (Hear, hear.) The conduct of her Majestys ministers, and in particular that of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, alone compelled Min to rise that moment. It was with great surprise he had 'want the right Lou. gentle I man (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) state that he bad withdrawn the trilling boon which he held out in his first budget to ugriculturiste, because it had nut been received with sufficient thankfulness on that side of the ("lle'' and that ala b,Lcri uthgh.,)Butforeihoisr "Hoar, (Sir\ J hear.") Oili.., tf . S part, e repud i ated c week—cont: ifho t t: tn h t r eiebtii:dmuet.i called catla he re presente d labourer received the N best o d ntesl our he tlt drawal the al, bad t was ptpro ev cause it was ery Y e w o d i snahlycy becamed io f er scar cer. te n s . theyi them. 0 0mir lhe agriculturist., berowc e a t all to The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER (as we un derstood) denied having said that the recalling of the re peal of the agricultural melt duty was on account of what the hon. member opposite had said ; and he slid not wish the hon. gentleman to suppose that his influence had had any effect to the change in the financial arrangements of the government. Col. sunitonr rose amidst a storm of calls for a divi sion, and cries of " Oh, oh." Ile begged to inform the noble lord (Lord Norreys) that, as a proprietor of land in the county, he had had the honour of voting for him at the last election, as the fanners' best friend; but he warned him that, if he stood forward at the next election, he should oppose him (as we understood the hon. and gallant mem ber, who was almost inaudible from the noises mu the house.) lie hoped he had never allowed private feeling to run away with him against his sense of public duty, unit in abstaining from supporting time hon. member, he helievea in so doing that he best discharged his duty to all that class of persons represented by the lion. gentleman and his friends. Lord J "*"`'''-- -Sir, at the head of the government, because the noble lord, with that want of caution which not unfrequently distin guished him—(" hear," and laughter)—had admitted into the Queen's speech a paregraph which was a direct invita tion to the hon. member for Buckinghamshire to get up a discussion in the first week of the session ; and then the Chancellor of the Elehequer, committing another blunder, but brought forward a proposition in his first budget which he ought not to have done, hut which, if brought forward, hon. gentlemen opposPe had a right to expect he would adhere to. (" Hear, hear," and cheers from the protec tionists.) That paragraph and proposition had caused the hon. member for Buckinghamshire toget up this inteiesane Idisetuedon which be (Mr. Bright) had hoped was worn threadbare. Now, he was prepared to dispute half' their case—that is, that the owners of land were suffering distress, or that they had any claim on such ground to come to that house for relief. The hon. member for Hercrord shire (Mr. Booker) hail said the other night that there had been a fall of rent to the amount of per cent.; but, though that hon. gentleman's oratory might be good in Herefordshire, y et he (Mr. Bright) believed that that was a fact which h e dune not assert in the face of the farmers of that county. (Hear, hear.) Now, the honourable member for Buekingham.shire hail admitted that night, or rather he bad assumed, that the reduction of rent might be taken to be 10 per cent. He (Mr. Bright) did not believe it was 10 per cent. He had never seen or found a single case authenticated which went beyond I.i per cent. lie had found many cases in which no reduction had been made ; and where there had been reduction. it was very often not made by permanent agree ment with the landlord, but it was merely a temporary remission, precisely ouch as he had known to he given ' by landlords on several distinct occasions. Ile twk it for granted, therefore, that the fall of rent was to a very small extent; and that, in point of fact, it was not worth comparing with the losses which many who had property invested in other ways, except in land, were constantly liable to in all parts of the kingdom. Now, there might he, and he believed there were, cases of difficulty among landowners, and particularly among the landowners in Ireland. There were landowners who had small incomes and large reel-roll., and from eztraragance and other causes they had engaged to give to their credi tors or to the annuitants of one kind or another nine tenths of their actual rent roll. Of course this was equal to the destruction of the whole rent-mil. But this was no fault of free-trade or of the free-traders; the Manchester school were not to he blamed fur anything of that kind. The noble lord (J. Manners) had read from Mr. Littlodale's circular the parts that suited him—(hear)—not the parts Ithat suited another view of the question—(hear, hear)—not Ithe statement which that circular contained that the trade appeared to be settled on a solid and sound basis. (Hear, hear.) Why the nehle lord ought to know that trade had been so good in Yorkshire for the last two yearn, and the increase in the consumption of wool so great that the price of wool had become extremely high, and that it was the price of the raw material at this moment which was inter liming with profits in Yorkshire. It was only yesterday that be (Mr. Bright) came from the Hatfield station on the Brest Northern railway to London in eompanv with a buyer of wool, who told him that hie trade was bad at present — that wool was so dear, and so little of it to he had that, as a buyer of wool from the farmer., and a seller of it to the Yorkshire manufacturers, he found his trade entirely un profitable. Ile (Mr. Bright) gathered from that fact, that the farmers were enjoying a considerable profit on their I wool, and that it had been a prespernws article for a very ' long period. (Beer, hear.) But the hon. member for Buckinghamshire had made an admission which was worth osonething. Ile said be calculated that the landowners, toeing JO per cent. of rental, were losing 6,000,0001. per annum; but he added that the full of rent gave them no claim whatever to come to that house fur relief. lle (Mr. llrsght) was very glad to hear that fact asserted by the hon. member. But then a great number of his followers held a very different opinion, and he (Mr. Bright) had beard from the ministerial benches in former time. that it was necessary to keep up the price et corn in order to keep up the rent. But if the hon. mem berfor Buckingleinishire would now look at this fact, that the labouring population were comfortably off, and gene ✓ally in a stele of pri•perity—if that prosperity had been Marl by the transfer of the 6,000,0001. of rent from the leaded proprieter,, who never ouelit to have possessed it if given to them by the corn law—if labourers were prosperous by the transfer of that 6,000,0110/. to them, they were enjoy ing t ee; of which they had been deprived for 34 years by the operation of • law, the repeal of which was so much regretted by some hon. gentlemen opposite. (Hear.) lie denied altogether that the consumers were suffering, or that they were Null . ..ring to an extent which required that they should be pointed out as a suffering class. (Hear.) He now a tree to the question of the occupiers. Now, it was affirmed broadly that the occupiers of land were stirring great distress. lie believed that distress moat neeesearily arise front the circumstance of a temporary depression of low prices for pro . dune But this distress was not a ran• inelaily with the ' occupiers of lend. Violent speeches bad been made in that bowie from Ihie upwards, in favour of relief . to the dis- I %reseed occupiers of land. Mr. l'reston, slntinguished gentleman connected with the law, had written a pamphlet two or three peers after the corn law woo put on, in which lee showed that the distress of the occupiers was most ago- I tieing, and that they had lint 100,000,000 C of their capital, 1 which was transferred to other elaeses. There was nothing to show that any considerable portion of %hat they eaffereil now arose directly or indirectly from the legislation of that house. But, if it did, what was the re reedy proposed, stripped of and thing like delusion ? (Cheers from both sides.) '1 he hon. number for Buckinghamshire I did not propose to remedy the grievance by raising the price ' of eorn ; but his proposition was this—the making of some small transfer of a certain rate, paid now by a certain de , seription of property, to the consolidated fund, by which that description of property now paying the rate should only pay a certain portion of it, and the rest might be distri buted over the taxpayers of the United Kingdom generally. la connexion with the pour rate there were sonic fact, to which he wished to cell the attention of hon. gentlemen op hposite. Beton," showed that the amount of the rute itself hail fallen from 8,600,000/., in 1833, to 5,15114,000/. in IMO. He took the year 1833, rind found the land paying 61 per cent—that war to say, 5,131,000/, —and then, taking 11430, and assuming the land paid 40 per cent., they would find that in amount the land now paid only 2,158,0011(. (Hear, hear.) In other words, the land of Englund soil Wales paid, in 1833, double the poor rate which it paid in 16710. (Cheers.) This was an important element in the question they . were now consider ing. The right hen. gentleman opposite (Mr. 'terries we believe) Amok his head; but he (Mr. Bright) did not mind that; fair the right hon. gentleman had been in the habit of shaking his head at everything ever since he had entered that house. (tired laughter.) Did the right hon. gentle man mean to say that the condition of the landed proprietary had not been affected by the hundreds of millions expended on railway* in this country and which now paid 300,000/. per annum to the poor-rate on parishes to which they had never contributed a pauper ? (Cheers.) Did he mean to assert that manufacturing towns and villages could be springing up is s direction, and the moment they sprang up be - want relieve a great majority of the Irish members would vote that night with the hon. member for Bucks. (Cheers, and cries of " No, no.") The hon. member for Ennis (The O'Gorman Mahon) cried " no," but one " no" was nut much in 105 votes). (Cheers.) He would remind the hon. gentleman : that 53 Irish members recorded their votes in favour of the !notion of the right hon. member for Stamford (Mr. ! 'ferries), and that only 23 went the other way. If then, be j might speculate on what was likely to occur from what u Lad already occurred, he thought he should not be a bail prophet in foretelling that the great mass of Irish members would record their votes for the motion of the lion. member I for Bucks. (Cheers, and cries of "Divide.") He would not detain the house longer, as they were evidently impa tient for a division; but he would remind the government that they were fast approaching the Easter recce. They (the Irish members) would be returning to their own coun try, where they would have something both to say and to hear. If he were asked his opinion as to the matinee in I which Ireland had been treated during the session by her ! Majesty's ministers, he deeply regretted t that he would have to lc i t T e e gi e l'rE w L o alt r of the e EXCHEQtER r thought the hon. gentleman who had just ~at down need not have " occupied so much time in giving the reasons why he should vote for the motion of the hon. member for Bucks— (cheers)—because, if he mistook not, it was not many nights since the bon gentleman told them that, whatever might be the occasion, and whatever the principles involved, he should vote against the government. (Loud cheers.) They knew, moreover, what was the reason why the hon. gentleman was so disposed—(renewed checte)—but much as they should regret the loss of any support, the govern ment would 110 that which they believed to be right, what ever the consequence might be. (Cheers.) Ile must confess that like his right honourable friend (Mr. Labou there) he had been a good deal puzzled by the hon. mem ber for Bucks motion ; and still more so by the speech of the hon. gentleman. As on • former occasion he had suggested a great deal, but he had proposed nothing. (Hear, hear.) Ile would quite admit that as the motion was originally made there was some sense in it; but he could not understand how the hon. gentleman could declare himself in favour of his (the Chancellor of the Exchequer's) proposition, and then by moving . his amendment, attempt to thwart what he had admitted were his own wishes so well as the Chancellor of the Exchequer's. (Hear, hear.) There was not much in the hon. member's suggestions clearly defined—not much that they could possibly compre hend. (Hear, hear.) Ile asked them to relieve the agricul turists of 1,700,0001., and in another part of his speech of 1,200,000/. And he had mentioned four measures by which that relief was to be afforded; but he must conclude that the hon. gentleman had no fixed purpose in making his motion; and he did not think he would be very grateful to his uoble friend fur extracting something of clearness from his pro position. The motive of the hon. gentleman might cer tainly be to defeat the government; beeause if his motion were earn.. be (Sir Charles Wood) would not go into cum mittee on the window tax; and if the hon. gentleman were really diepocil to support that proposition !ally did he muse his amendment upon it ? (Hear, hear.) If, on the other hand, he merely wished to embarras the govern ment, then the course he had pursued was perfectly con sistent with parliamentary usage. (Hear, hear.) The hon. gentleman said that in the proposal of the govern ment there was no relief afforded to the agricul turists; but did not the country gentlemen, did not the tenant farmers live in houses and pay window duty? (Cheers.) And were they not proposed to be relieved with the rest by the removal of that obnoxious tax ? (Cheers.) Did not gentlemen representing that interest consume articles which paid duty ? Did they not use timber in their buildings; and would they not, in common with the rest of the community, be relieved by the reduction in the prises of those articles ? (Cheers.) Why, he made a proposal for the remission of the solitary tax which the agricul turists alone paid; but it was not only received in silence on the other side of the house, but it was actually opposed by two members representing agricultural constituencies, the hon. members for Peterslield and War wickshire (Sir W. Julliffe and Mr. Newdegate.). They ac tually disapproved of the proposal, and at the same time they aerosol the government with having proposed nothing to benefit them. (Cheers.) lie did not persist in that pmpoeal; and if the farmers did not get their seeds cheap they wi re indebted fur it to agricultural repres e ntatives themselves. (" Oh, oh.") Why, were not the hon. mem bers for Petersfield and North Staffordshire owners of land, and did they not oppose the repeal of the duty on seeds ? (Cheers.) Ile had proposed also to relieve the agricultural interest to a certain extent, by removing from them the cost of maintaining pauper lunatics ; but he did not propose to relieve the landed in terests alone. In making that pro;cosition he had done so principally for the sake of the parties theineelves ; and in ithiletwing it he had given to the agriculturists far more than he had withheld. (Hear, hear.) He had afforded them for more relief in his second proposal than in his first. (Cheers.) It would not be difficult to prove this, he thought, to the satisfaction of the most sceptical farmer. Allow hint to ask if they had ever considered that there was not our single tax, with the exception of the income tax, by which they contributed an much directly to the go vernment as the window tax ? (Hear, hear.) The relief, then, which would have been afforded Icy the proposal reverting the maintenance of pauper lunatics would have been little more than a quarter, and, certainly not a half of what they would get by the r eduction of the , indoor-tax. (Cheers.) It was only that very day that lie had received a strong complaint from the citizens of Edin burgh,that, in the proposed relief, greater advantages would he given to the landed interests; and hon. gentlemen would remember that, when the old house tax was re- peakel, one of the most important objections to it was that the country iIIOVICIS of gen tie men did not pay so much as the houses in towns. (Hear, hear.) His own opinion was that the proposal to levy the tax upon the value of the house was a fair and just one ; but es the value of houses was inevitably increawil by their being situated where the great masses of the population were, those in the towns would, of course,', upon a house tax, pay m e re in proportion than they did under a window tax. (Hear, hear.) lie had a calculation of the relief that would he afforded to the agriculturists by the proposal. Ile had taken eight counties, of which two were those which contained the greatest amount of manuftetitring population; and he found that while the relief in Laeetashire would be not quite one-half the tax they now paid, and in Yorkshire it would be fully one-half, in Hampshire, Bedfordshire, Essex, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, and Suffolk. the counties where there was the greatest dis tress, the relief would be two-thirds. (Cheers.) Thus the relief afforded to these agricultural districts was far greater in proportion than it was in the two coun ties which contained a larger house population. (Hear.) The whole amount he proposed to take from the Consoli dated Fund for lunatic asylums throughout the kingdom was 150,000 f. The six last-named counties, Bedfordshile, Essex, Hampshire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, and Suffolk, would obtain, in rettaiseion of the window-tax, no less a sum than 75,0001., or one half the whole of the sum formerly proposed to he remitted for the United Kingdom. (Hear, hear.) If told that he gave nothing to the agricultural interest, he would appeal to those figures. It was true, he had withdrawn that which he first proposed to give ; hut in - neglectful off' • - - PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES. ST. ANDREW s RAlLWAT.—Ycateraily, the com mittee, consisting of Mr. Dental, Mr. Brotherton, and Mr. Edward Ellice, declared the preamble of this bill proved. LONDON AND DLACKWAT.I. RAILWAY. —Yesterday, the preamble of this company's bill, for the extension of their line to Tilbury, wits declared proved, after considerable in vestigation. ULSTER UNION RAILWAY.—The preamble of this bill, for making a railway from the Uhler Railway at Armagh to the town of Cakeno, county Tyrone, with u branch to the Ulster Canal, was proved. EDINBURGH, AND DUNDEE RAII,WAY.—The preamble of this company's bill, for consolidation of its acts, and to grant further powers, is proved. CHARING CIIOOS BILIDGE CoMPANY,—Yesterday the I committee, consisting of Mr. lb rood, Mr. Brotherton, and Mr. Musiennan, passed this company's bill to raise a fur ther sum of MAO/. to pay off %orlon.: sums. RONAL N %VAL SCHOOL—The committee, Mr. Bontal, and Admiral Bowles, yesterday, passed this bill for extend ing the benefit of the Royal "Nitival School to el.ildren at present ineligible to be admitted therein, and for authoris ing the establishment of a chapel in connexion with the school. AYLESBURY ELECTION.-THE POLL. AYLESBURY, FRIDAY EVENING The poll began ut K eelnelitiiis morning, and in Indian hour '27 were polled fur IletheU and 8 for Ferranti. At three o'clock the nunthers were : Bethel' Ferranti 477 Now the excitement was at its highest pitch, for scarcely hod the last statement been announced, when carriages drove through the streets with a large number of electors for Ferrand, and the poll had only another hour to run. The majority at half-past three, in favour of Bothell, was said to be only four, but in a few minutes voters were brought up, and some of the extreme radical ivirty who had kept behind, entered for Bothell. At four o'clock, when the pull elowd, the multitude scarcely entertained or, opinion in the matter, and a difficulty was sustainial in getting the exact figures ; but at last Mr. Bethel' ascended an elevated position in the Market-square, and began to address the people as his constituents. 'At state of the poll was then zumounced: Bethel' Ferrand .llB Majority for Bothell 26 IREI, AN I). Denms, Arnie 11. The rival Irish steam companies have at length amicably arranged their differences, and resolved to abandon the competition which they have fur the last few years been carrying on with such serious effects 'to the shareholders. 'the circumstance is thus an nounced in the Freeman of this morning, a similar statement appearing also in Naitmlcres A errs-Lefler. It niroras us much pleasure to announce that the opposi tion which has been carried on now for nearly IS months between the Irish steam companies in Dublin and other ports, has been brought to a conclusion. Each of the con tending parties draw off their daps and retire to their own lines. This week several meetings took place in Dublin, and a mutual desire for peace brought about this happy ter mination. It will be hailed, we are sure, with delight by all the proprietors, and the public at large will be gratified to hear of the end of so wasteful nud ruinous a contest. We only trust nothing will again arise to disturb the good feel ing of the companies. It is said that the influence of government is thrown into the scale against Mr. Whiteside, at Enniskillen, but I believe that no one has any very definite notion of the present division of political par ties in that borough. Mr. Whiteside is more popular out of Enniskillen, and Mr. Collum more popular in it, simply because he is a native of the place and Mr. Whiteside a stranger. an eve direr,- ..1. $L I wish to call the attention of .. . . , . - --- • owner, of t h e country ? No such thing. Ills app ea l w as tam forte - I on b e h o lf o f th e suff e ring tenantry of England and Irelond ; the land from the hurthens to which it had been subjected ? class; he &Admitted them ; and let them of be so unjust as the house to the delusion which I think is practised on this null w h en th e right hon. the Pooident of the Booed of 1 Why, if the right hon. gentleman meant this, he cur- to say that he had not given them mom than compensation. house, and on a great part of the country, by the repeated 'fret.' (Mr. l ot ho u chere) made an appeal to the Owners of tain y could never have been fit for the post of (Hear, hear.) If he hod not withdrawn the items referred motions we have hail on this subject. (Hear.) Thi s p ro p er ty who Masted aated of their 10001. a year , that appeal Chancellor or the Exchequer. (Laughter.) At any to, he could not have placed the house tax on a fair foot- motion, apparently the smallest of those that have been 1 oust no re spotese on that (the, protectionist) side of the house, rate. these were facts , to which he (Mr. Bright) had thought ing -a footing on which he hoped it would permanently brought, merely proposes that instead of going , into coin- This was a que stion not affecting the murk toes ,if large it not ivappropriate to call the attention of the house. stand. (Rear.) But the noble lord the member fur Colt:hoe mime to consider the repeal of the window tax, that in estates, hut the half ruined and suffering humble clams (Hear) But the argument still was, that, notwithstanding ter (Lord G. Manners) said the government paid no regard to case of any relief to be granted by the remission o f th e coun try. The noble lord the prime minister this diminution in the poor rates, the farmers were still the peasantry of the country. The noble lord knew that, or adjustment of taxation due regard should he paid to the and th e g o v e rnment took credit to themselves that distressed. That, after all, was an argument in favour of t ,king England throughout, the peasantry never were so distressed condition of the owners and occupiers of land. the distress had not descended to the pemantrv, and seemed that view of the question which he and his friends took: we ll o ff a , no w. (D e ar, h e ar.) He knew perfectly well that If. as the hon. member fur Bucks says, the window tax is t o f orge t that the present state of Ireland was such as to their conviction being, that the transference of the the reduction of prices was infinitely greater than the re- to be repealed, and he has said so, by my right her friend's v,apiire the eameet consideration of the house. (hear, hear.) rate from the occupying farmer to the occu- ductiou of wages. (Hear, hear.) Had wages been reduced proposition on that subject, looking to the amount of sur lie h o p e d it might he true that in England es well the pre.. pying householder, by means of taxing his tea one-half any where ? Friceshod. (near, hear.) Would one plus that we have, it is clear that no special and effectual sure h o d no t y e t descended to the peasantry ; but l ur e h e or his .10r. would not prove permanently beneficial gentleman get up and state that lie knew a single district relief could be given out of that surplus to the owners and was th a t if the pi weintro were not at present sufferers from to the tenant farmers. (Hear, hear.) For all the clue- where wages had been reduced one-third en one-half ? occupiers of land, as the hon. gentleman desires. But if the widespread and organic distress, at least it could nut be tions in the poor rate, to which he (Mr. Bright) had Mr. BOOKER-Yes; in the iron districts. (" Hear, that question was brought forward as a general motion I said that they hail derived any benefit from the measure alluded, had not in the slightest degree affected the in- hear," and .' No, no.") should admit the importance of the landed in which produced it. (Hear) It might be true that, owing terest of the tenant farmers. Those caws, of course, cx- The CHANCELLOR. of the EXCHEQUER said that Wrest of this country; but I should say that it to the unparalleled exertions of the 'owners and occupiers of eepted in which the farm had been held continuously at district was not included in the case of agricultural la- was impossible we could make any considerable remie the soil thi s great p re ss u re h ai l not extended to them; b u t the same rent during those years over which the redue- bourers, which was pressed upon them. (Hear, hear.) It sion of taxation, and that we could not remit the duties were there no signs that it was coming up"' them ? If is tions had but maintained the rents; and any transference might be, and he was very sorry for it, that there had been upon windows. upon tea, upon soap, or upon any article of were true again that the pressure was not yet felt by th e which the hon. gentleman (Mr. Disraeli) could make, a pressure on the iron trade; but this was no doubt occa- great consumption without it being at the same time a great lowest class of the Agricultural eenimunit.r , with all the in the event of his obtaining a majority, w o uld have no sioned by the cessation of the demand for iron for rail- relief to the owners and occupiers of land. If there was mew . maes t rov aid he entreat of the house, ere it was tee effect whatever on the tenant former-for, if there was any ways, when the works had been stimulated to greater a reduction of five per cent. on areal taxation, or any great m e , t o nee that all-important class from the ruin which he truth in menoruicol science, the tenant farmer would be supply; and this was nut a case of agricultural labourers reduction of duty on articles of general consumpti o n, it feared was now imminently hanging over them. It m i g h t b e a compelled i n th e en d W par an i ncrease d ren t f o r the land at all. (Hear.) Whatever might be the avowed object of could not fail to affect them beneficially, and the repeal matter of indiffennee that the owners °ndoecuPielo of the he held. Undoubtedly, ho weve r, at this moment, the con- the motion of the riola hon. member for Stamford (Mr. must be a great relief to them. Therefore, I say, on all sub- 77 ~, - - a.5....5t- r.. OF A PILNUNI.R FROM TUE 'MIDDLESEX 1101:AE or Colutee - rtos.-Yesterduy morning about 8 soil should su ff er di s tress and sink under ilittieulties. that the dition of the tenant former was one which every man must Berries), or of the hon. gentleman (Mr. Disraeli), the real jecta relating to the landed interest, let them n u t l oo k t o old ancestral halls of Enolish gentry should be closed regard with sympathy. (I ron i ca l cheer s from the protec- object had been avowed in the language the hon. gentleman special legislation on their own behalf, or to a special price o'clock the attention of several persons who were pausing against the claims of hospitality and the calls of duty, that flocked benches.) He defied any one to say, looking held t o a deputation of farmers that waited on him of corn, or to special exemptions of any kind-(hear)-but the molest comforts and manly reen•ations of past times to the course which he and his friends had pursued as last year. He told them he had not given let them look fur relief to that legislation which by the Clerkenwell House of Correction was att rac t e d t o that part of the walls of the prison which is close to the free traden in that house, that they had ever manifetited up protection at all; but as it was not con- affects other classes and tends to the prosperity of the corn wheel of the tread-mill, upon seeing a nun iu the convict should henceforward be excluded from the farm-houses say want of sympathy for any one class of the tax payers of venient to urge it on the house, he would munity at large, and then depend upon it that that great of the occupiers of the soil, but let th e h o use beware how drew mount the parapet, and in leas t than a minute he WWI (Cheers and counter cheers.) At least there go foe a reduction of local taxation, with the view of tom- and important interest will prosper along with the rest. they tampered with the employment and dintinialied the this country. observed to plies a sort of ladder on the outside of the wages and shortened the comforts of the peasantry o f could be no d en ial t o th e assertion that they had always pelting government to grant a cis. duty un corn to make up (Cheers.) This somewhat vague and unsatisfactory propo- This dune, he promptly descended, and dropped on England and Ireland. Let them pause before it was too advocated diminished expenditure an d ilimiuished taxation ; a deficiency. (Hear, hear.) Though this might be kept sition can hardly be the reason why we arc called upon to wall . late. Lithe= interfere that night, and show all dames of and that they had urged s diminution of taxation in that out of view now, it was impossible not to see that it was the delay going into committee for the remission of taxation, the ground. As soon as lie recovered from the shock, he the. great and suffering interest that th e y were prepared particular sbrection which would have alike affected all guiding-star of their policy. The right hon. gentl eman and a substitute fors general proposal to give p rac ti ca l ran by the side of the dead-wall towards the factory of even now to avert tbe ruin which, in th e ir own s p e eches, classes, inasmuch as their object had been to remov e taxes opposite (Mr. Gladstone) had entirely approved of the repeal relief. No, sir, and here is the delusion contain e d i n a ll Mr. Cubitt with his utmost speed, and was soon ou t o f was admitted. Let them obey the dictates of their own from articles of general sad universal consumption,and here of the window duty, and the substitution of a house tax, these motions. The hon, member for Somerset said sight. Information was promptly communicated to the' convictions, and avert a ruin which in hi s c ons c i e nce he be- obviously the farmer would have hem:fitted not lesa than the b ut com pl a i ne d o f t h e wa y i n w hi c h i t was to be levied. he did not hear any one say, and the honourable mem- aothorities of the gaol, when the governor d es p a t c h e d levied would otherwisehang ever the agr i cu lt ura l interest, weaver. But the farmers were in an =fortunate politico i Ile should have been glad if he could have raised a larger for Bucks certainly should not say-that prot e cti on wog several officers in pursuit, but without effect. Subsequently (Hear.) they were the victims of a vicious system ; that, however, amount on house property, and have applied it to a reduc- involved in the motion. The hon. membe r for Manchester a report of the occurrence was scut to the offi ce o f th e Mr. BRIOIIT said, if he und ers t oo d th e o bj ec t o f was not their (the free trade rs .) s y s t em It was the system li on o f t h e duties on articles of consumption ; but h e slid says ho believes the hon. member for Bucks h a d no i nter - Secretary of State. It appears that the convict was en the hon. member for BuckinghamMieue-taking it from hie of h° 4 - gentlemen opposite. M r. Bri g ht, i n c o nclu sio n. not think it would have been possible to have carried a lion to restore protection at all. (Hear, hear.) po w, if i gaged in the carpenter's shop (which is at a short distance speeches in that hawse-he came to the comeasion that the said he believed that parliament could give no relief to the house tax so high. Had he proposed a house tax to produce that is the case, why is it when the simpl e y eomen and I from the wall), where he had an opportunity o f ma ki ng tomachine with which he scaled the enclo sure . Thi s ' the hon. gentleman was &winced that say m comae.comae. distress complained of, end that the agriculturists must an amount equal to the window duty, he must have gone farmers who wish for the restoration of pre tc ,.. i ng preteetho air the merest , gad b (lb, rely upon the exercise of the same skill and indmery that into every street of every town in England. He was told lion , go to the hon. gentleman opp os it e , an d , was composed of pieces of the frame-work of a d oor i n t o 3 d chosen together a Disraeli) kw, pribelly well-every ims who 01111116111011 enabled the rest of their UMW WaSaSZPS.a .....m.. ",SSSPL he ought to have carried the tax lower. There was an other leaders of that party, tornssardiporpowthi, them leaks, so i as t e totbefoermadtaaffoledaicngh of which T w h e e m pri co so n n n e ee r had te the subject must haw-that so Imo in Ma. gentle- M r. REYNOLDS Oahe "de tee. the side of example for the exemption in the income tax. But it was " Wby are you continually bringing fo gn i ., opposite weed& has this e g g i m ee m em se m e the house) was one of thine who intended t -, !, be dsheded" not worth while to carry the tax lower, as the amount the remission of taxation, or this or that special ' time for his courageous exploit when the warders were en question ; main part of their peaky, lbw losilleso woe aistised by the motion of the I_a. neember for Bucks. (Laigkeer,) produced would be so small. Complaint haul been made why don't you give to us that special protection"- their gaged in getting the breakfasts for the convicts. Th ere are to sit on the shady ells ef the , sal lbw midi sever He =to mamma that be was going to vote for that by i n cl u ding 201. houses, he bro u ght i n t o answer is-" although th a t i s not t h e direct object ofdispensed our no day-watchmen on duty, these ha r i ng b een trees C the table, and sit en the sisisterial beaches. that In drag as he mast not be understood as taxation 25,000 or 30,000 houses that had not paid the win- motions, it is the indirect object of our motions • and with lately, while a reduction in the number of the warders (" Hear, hear," sad chins) He, thasellme, ulna advise bed his ymardsm ekes 'smoky. If Mr. Disraeli's pro- dow tax : and as far as he could ascertain from documents if these can ever be carried ony will find the ' . had also taken place, in compliance with te restoration yv mof ail them who esproned the boa. walk, Owe Buckingham, um* peramisa 'directly or indirectly, he would that would be the case. Had the tax been carried down to of protection will follow." I sa this ' the delusion economy which hie lately been recommended by visit = y e shire en amid the qualm el protective •Impthee i , es no head male seism it. If the intention was to raise houses of 101. animal value, a considerablynumber practised bothmembers if " • greater soda hod hem Arany rad invert:Air *Mei. C Hear," NO lades ad lasi epee the poor man, be would be found must have been so brought in: but the amount gained upon that great part of thecountry which mho t a lk s STATUE FOR TRAFALGAR -SQUARE. Allo arid renewed cheers.) Now, ne bes. gentleman bad MED seitag sub a pispition. Look as be liked at amend- would only have been 42,0001 and f o r the sake of it f., that 0 the restoration of their welfare by the restoration of the suggest that the statue of King , tid o - m e l e th e home, mes the agricultural warms meat. he null amass • particle of protection in It. It was was not worth while to bring so large a number of houses duties on corn. But hon. members who vote here do not Leicester - square, beplaced 0 Des wiso www wow Ow ollsisoNesid Well* est tea ts eV Ike the agriealseist and the mumfecturer under taxation for the first time. He had before protection . On vacant Pedal' in 'Pm stated mean the other hand, while eve one knows (agar- nue the no - T y sq , non - occupation of which is unsightly ; wen am , i s h es tg_dim the ignewrgedjosiunt,esaiseng WOO In dlll NM ban* The lam had s same ro- the reasons which induced him to prefer the rep eal -and had a test of of the *wows ma Ilielfkla at land, hodsserspend dini• Seeds% the ham had arse. Ia Wind the inummee in. window-tax an d th e su b e tit ut i on of aho use tax as the firm honourable member for Gloucestershire-that any motion Correspondent of Builder. to sere spealal reNst Zs Mil armed On they were illillaßlS k lbw moils bad been sawed easier& by and most important measure . He did no t and that the for a direct duty on the it import of corn introduced SOUTH ESSEX REPRESENTATION.—The sounds of ipmendly. It net auivendly, the 11•111,0 nimestalials at_ Am** bar. He ended that ho u se diff ere a f rom hi. ; and h i be , i „,,, ..... ; bat he had am nee Wm Mimi 101 duutved smy Um& teem bee trade. He was would meet the h is proposal in this house would be, as has been, rejected by a large electioneering struggle and strife begin to be heard in this Utica of the house If hcat mem- nujori Yet debates .. am _ ars as owasis aaa km is me mdse, hot set a imosided tree wades.. He wished bees agreed appro they _ . . ty. and divisions on such motions are division of the county. The requisition to Mr. Bramstonl with him, wohilli fete against the pro- represented to the farmers as the test of the o • of the and Sir W. Bowyer Smijth has been ted d ted 1/ 1 Te -!- 4 -- A s at thri wd, wen at all. re s it=lbastlestra ,and Leads. sad Huddessfield, of the hos. member for (Bucks, as this was the House of Commons (Hear hear) It presen an accep . riche ______....._. hes. hes he dams wee se we these twine =l ine which mit he tam . . . . • Leon . be better to Both gentlemen pledge themselves to come forward, Mr. to carry mem own wishes take a mere candid course W. to i g ger n == ambles% steamy oil solar isamems. This was not • vote i n n, e l e m. If were the country. The right Brunton, however, reserving to himself a discretion, if the the re r il i ai, if 0.... win . goo irooosaine is ma a mama, I. a portion of the booty ' window tie, they "Posed to peal of the hon. member for Oxford fairly pro t Lesed it, and dissolution be deferred till neat year or to 1863, of which , let them vote sm. the smendment ; but lot said. " Th us sae seetie duets affect as s there is at present not much probability. We have not yet d that the ma amber lad i nk "t essit llll /wr where Mr. Muria welly excess, them sot delude themselves with theopinion that MI Give us reliefw ith amass with the a9bie {aid he inessmost do crumbs. Re behoved that could _ him ow minimum arse with of the Bxchsquer you shall never her one word more of protection from Buxton' ' s fnends.-Clielmsford Chronicle. SPORTING. NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETLNO. Fittafot. M Nett. D.M. 200 It R. Lord elif.len's Oleander, est lOlto - Lord Isidnitoses Nondescript, • .st IflA (Miriam) 2 Ikaing .2to 1 on Oleander. Won by a neck. ]tun in Imin. ld see. PORT SrAK Es of 100 tors. each ; h ft for 4-props ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst Alb; not named in the Claret ; the se cond to save his stake. T.M.M. (10 subs.) Lord ElPintan'sThe MAO'S of Avoid (Marlow) I, bard KM, ld's !whom. r (Vtatm an) 2 Mr. 6. M rors Torpor . -- - . - . . . .. . . Betting: .5 to 4 on &chanter, and 5 to 4 ag the laiglit of Avenel. Torpor took a strong had at starting, and, with the Knight of Avenel in hia track, made the running to the flitch gap, where he was joined by the Knight, who headed him in rising out of the dip, and at the T.Y.Q. post had put him hors-k-combat. Heehunter here took his place about a length from the leads r, challenged on en tering thecords, had his head first half way up, and up . - peared to base the best of the race ; the Knight, how. ever, came again three or four lengths from the chair and won on the post by a head. Run in 3 min. 11 secs. SWEEI•STtKEs ul 100 sees. each ; h ft; fur 3-yr old colts, Sat ilh ; fillies, SW 21b. D.M. (I subs.) Lord Exeter's Midas walked over, Although the card promised only a couple of races, and the weather was unpromising, the Port excited so tutu It general interest, and had been the source of such ht..."), speculation, that several gentlemen—amongst them the noble owner of the Knight of A,cnal- availed themsekes of the ordinary train, arrived just in time Mr the .vm mencement of business on the heath, and were gratified with one of the most severely contested rates ever wit nessed. Apart from this crew, we may safely affirm that the day was a fitting wind-up to the worst Craveu Meeting on record. CHESTER el - C. 16 to 1 art Knight of ATenel 11,000 to CO art lta.aborougli r;;) Her Malady's se etehnunds, Monday, Nide , e; Thursday, r• .tc • !timidity le. erk, Thicket; Sawed., week, linoot,e_. 11: Furl eatzsri.liant's hounds Monday, 3edlend Purl:ens; Waolneoday, theta eel;—at 10. H. 11., Monday, Su - ton Common; Thnr day, Chilton O'd Saterelar, Preston thekhltht at aqu *err to 11. Ileyehron (Lord Reek dale's) hounds Yorday, Cernhory Park; Thursday, Kin :woo I Oak —at I I. Mr. Lutleing.hee's hovels, Tceolay, Laois Lick; Saturday, Stem 1 Stile-614 11. . . HUNTING APPOIXTMENS. Mr. ‘lontan't. hood*, Monday, RAre Course 'WM:church r > au); Thttrutar, Sta [inn' o - at half-port 10. Now Yore t Idood boundri Turudny, Vittuey Ridge; Saturday, Boldrewooti —at 12. . . Ea-tore Vlnaar —at a onurier to It. PytelA, Tur Jay Ite‘ne; til:truburce ('ow ranture; SAtur.laF, Drayton a r•cr , to :1. Mr. Trrlawity'a hound? , Wolnewiar. Mr ,r -at halft aat 10. Tirtrlale hounds, MonLy, CArtrtt Hot; ThwaLly, Log PIP —at balf-paat 9. 2na t;;l•ercuL by put., c ity MILITARY. (Prop la 4 Gavtte.) WAI4OII , IM Arm H. Ilibbert, who rets. 7th Iti7t. of F. G. J. A. Ctm,untr, ben lith F., to be neut., Without rtr., vice Kay. dee. 11th Cadet It. Curcio, from the R Cul., to be tout, without tow" vice Camerou, loom. in 7I O M. I:th V.--I.sent. W. 11. (arEAlor. Jo Or c mt., by intr., vie. Read, who rel..; Kn.. T. W. Crow:iris to be brut., by pur., raw 14th Y.—Copt. J. P. ItAm. to be pnyiu vie: P. V. Wol, who • • • rrto. upon h..p. I.—Ueut. C. DICISTNY to tr sip:, by rr., Tice Irwin. who rets.; vra. Meet. W. J. Luou w ho lir;;t fietit.,*hr ftur., vine 1/.% Nth F.—Lieut. W. It. fLue.rollt. to be T..pt by per., ewe Cereee, . . . who ret, ; T. RICE to _ • lieut., OF pur., vee ' , rue . . trete.; En*. K. 11.suportu lobe :trot., by toe., lire Ratn4.yd. 3Kb Htnna to be en t.. by t.nr., vier Bildt who . . MA. Ens. H. K. AN to Le ut., by pur.. vice Laker. tint I.—ltay. Y. Mutate to be lieut., by pv., vioo lermick, who rem _ 91ot I.—Yris. C. 11. S. Pickwick to be lieut., by pa., vice Lcilinac, men HIM. 'tine Brigade.—ftee. lieut. the lfon. hue tke foith I', to be ,er. lieut., Ma Sir H. W. Weller, hart., who ltori+l Neu f Compinien. -FAA it. A. LAW, to 61 alljUt., Viet who resigns the wbutey. only. Aimpttt.iy,Ai•m. R. The folt . wing promotions hare thisilie taken place, eamtennent nit the death of Vice-Adm. T. 11,..wne V.cm.Adtn. of the WM . , Sir S. Pvt., to be riee-othn. of the thst, Viee.A.l.u. of the I.luo 11. SI to ot the White; Resr..l.lll. of the Het A. Leeson? to he siee-stim. of the thus; Itenr-,t m. of the White J. R. 14 sot. ts be rears he. of the Red; Ihur-Au.n. of the Blue G. T. FALCON to he rear-adm. of the N hitei Owl. J. Cause. to be rtur-eca. of the Blue. GOSSIP. [From thr .Ithetereems.] We mentioned but week that the Society of Arts proposed to make their house a place of rendezvous for es hibiters during the period of the Exhibition, and to hold conreraazione every week, to which exhibitors would he in ietd. The connexion of their president and of the institu tion itself with the Great Exhibition ropes-es on them the duty of affording such hospitality as lie,' within their MedtlSl to the foreign guests whom they have largely contributed to call together. Their intention is, to tit up in the society's house, during the Exhibition, a convenient reading and writing room, furnished with the principal juornals and periodicals, be the accommodatien of the foreign commis -.boners, the representative agents of foreign countries exhi biting, and foreign exhibitor, reennumnded by the com missioners and agents, during their visits to the metropolis, and to keep an address-bool: in the reading-room for the convenience of those who are entitled to its use, showing, as far as may be practicable, the addresses and periods of arrival and departure of distinguiffitsl stranger , connected with the Exhibition.—The Converses* • will be held on each Wednesday evening, cotnineneing with the first Wed nosolay in May (in lieu of the ordinary meetings of the so ciety), and will Lc open to the members of the mai-1y and all persons having the privilege of entrance to the reading room. Each member's ticket is to include the right of admission air a lady; and the expenses incurred are to be defrayed, not tout of the ordinary expenses of the society, but by a subscription among the members. This week lord Ashley has obtain d leave to luring into the House Of Commons a bill to encournge the construetion of lodging-houses for the working classes. We have our selves shown again and again that the superior model cottages and lodging-houses erected in various parts of London nut only effixt moral changes in the habits of the lower orders of a most important kind, but actually return a large per-tentage on the capital invested. Were it not that difficulties exist in the law of partnership—in the ex penses of obtaining charters—in the heavy burdens imposed by the State on building materialoo,—these, valuable so range- Taunts would by this time have extended themselves into every locality of London. Even with the taxes on light, bricks, glass and timber reduced or abolished,—the involved to partnership by the laws of Eneland prevent men of moderate means from embarking their pro perty in such speculations. The new hill should be mado to provide for an exemption of all such enterprbrt Born these drawbacks. Why should a few persons wishing to combine their means for the promotion of a public object be taxed at the rate of 1,200!. for a charter ? Were those legal difficulties to a free co-operation removed, it is pro bable that numbers of small tradesmen and artisans would be found ready to invest their savings in building model tett:toes for the use of their families and fellows. This would he progress and conservatism combined. In the wake of a desire to saver this small surplus of their earnings; with a view to becoming their own landlords, would follow many of the social and domestic virtues. Another contributor to the fund for a new Literary Relief Institution has conic forward in the person of Mr. !ttaelise. Mr. Machete contribution, whatevermay prove ultimately to he the measure of its value in money, is a munificent one, —demanding, as it will, a libel& Ascritice of his tier^ and application of his art. Ile is al oat to paint —; awe under . stand it into one large picture—the portraits of aU the amateur actors in Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton's contribution play, together with that of the author himself:—the pro ceeds of the work, by engraving and by sale, to go to tho o purposes of the new endowment. , We have had from time to time to record the decease of two or three of our Literary and Scientific I ostitutions,— among others, of the Western. It would seem, however that they have not died without their loss being tilt. On Wednesday last, a meeting was held for the purpose of forming a new literary moiety in 01,, parish of St. James's Westminster. Lord Carlisle presided; and delivered an L address well calculated to encourage those who are promote log the new society. Mr. Macaulay has consented to L become the president, and upwards of two hundred gentle , men have already enrolled their names us members. Mr. Bentley, Mr. Pickering, Mr. Murray, and other publishers L have promised donations to the library; nod promises of lectures from Professor E. Forbes, Professor Ramsay, r Dr. Lankester, Mr. Robert Bunt, Mr. Tobynee, r and Mr. Hillman were aunounced. In one of the most interesting speeches of the evening, Mr. G. Smith, the , solicitor, traced the decay of tho Western Literary Society ' to the fact of its having involved itself deeply in the pur chase of premises mind the erection of baildings. We hope • the new society will avoid this error. It is founded for supplying knowledge, not bricks and mortar, to its mem ; hers. A distinguishing feature in the new society is the low annual subscription—one guinea. We shall be glad if the committee of this institution can demonstrate that this small annual subscription, by the aid of numbers, will secure to the young men of Ist. James's au efficient organi sation for recreation and improvement. THE FRENCH AGRICULTURAL CONGRESS, in its sitting (at Paris) of Monday, was occupied with the con sideration of the question of mortgages, but it came to no conclusion beyond expressing a wish that reforms should be made in the present system. In the sittting of yes terday the report of M. Payen on the question of artificial manures was read. It pointed out the abuses caused by speculation in the sale of artificial mown', the marvellous results of which were published. The congress decided that the report should receive extensive circulation at the expense of the government, and expressed a wish that the Minister of Agriculture should address a circular to the prefects, to be published in each department, to warn far mers against the deception practised on them by speculators in artificial manures. The question of sugar wu afterwards brought under consideration, when the following ideas were adopted:—Equality of duty on home-made or colonial sugars, but the duty on the latter to be reduced in a certain degree, until the production again came up to what it was before the emancipation of the slaves. LI —w i 1-gail . I - - 1 si — f l ; say geoid shim so Mist. eves IS.,} is (14. WOO among shi a worn ts arms as last what arg