The Express. — London, England, 1852-11-24 00:00:00

t o be nature of the measure I proposed, 1 motioned is - • thous with which I prefaced the motion that th y ; h the Justine. Me on that occasion. I will not trouble the h details. It is enough for me to say that t h at pro reu-e with temperate in tone and moderate in conception. p I a change is the incidence of taxation which, :;ole f able, was most extensive. Still it was one g n ot co g loat was °quest interest to the mei .ultural class, as • tre e 01 the feeling end sympathy of this hoar. On that , n I remised the distinguished and valuable support ;4 s : s omber for the university of Odom' (M r. G lactstou• of the ablest areeches which ever that able s peaks, .A 0 1 0.10 o d t h e h use with. Now, ea • vindication of lie course, in the line which I took fur nearly three 7 . . ° ,i r i u this house—what, on February 19, 1830, • year th s lint break •up of the government of the noble v .—what we, the view taken of my conduct by me of the gag monk •s t members of hat house, between whom and 1 them is so political ,sympathy. and who naturally jrmil at the movements of this party with anything bat • (marl feeling ? Mr. Madman said, in ma tr t o t%ose who brought up the hackneyed Brat of its being protection in disguise, that Mies, tirmers from an amine timid. nee of the : r oor roe foss protection in disguise—(hear, hear)—ho said thiuelit that them was a concision hetween the two ▪ which yeas fatal ti the revival of protection. The mtion, if not perfect, was at least an alveoli's,- ion to justice. (Cheers.) It wee said that the poor ./ was tan inherited by the landed interest, and that proiarty having come to tit to on this condition, they .4 no Jane to be relieved from the payment. . . . . g s d hoe del the matter rest so ith respect to their inheti we ' They did inherit poor rates with their land, beat thee also inherited with it • protective system, which had pin to thaw property an artificial value." (Hear, hear.) I on not askinii the house to Nate with that i r;onion of the tight hon. gentleman ; nor am 1 gaotimr it to substantiate the motion 1 then brought f o rward, but to show that in the opinion of g pr of the most distinguished members of this house, not w i ng in political connexion with me, but rather inclined t' slew my motion with suspicion, there was nothing in it M . that course of mischief of which we have heard, but rather that he thought it a roost praiseworthy end judicious vane, and out which, with most seismal's,' eloqweism, he wort 'Mined the e event of the house to ; for certainly to ray. speech I attribute the glory of that division. (Cheers.) list while grontioned the right hon. gentleman) he re join,' in the full evidence that a large portion of the cores sanity lit re in the enjoyment of at 'met an equal or more than an ay.eaate share of comfort. yet the condition of the filming ea.., and of the agrieultural labourers in • large ~egos of Engleml, to say nothing of Ireland, Was such as ta drat iud the careful attend .n and considera'ion of the luesr ' We ate told that we must ,aot make an s.,asion, even • hypothetical allusion, to the pm 'we:ay of any clam being injured. (Cheers.) Awl here we have the most free trading authority et the bowie telltale as that the condition of the agrieal tur.t met, nit •. de anemia the canfal attention and causide na.n of the house." (Cheers.) " And if he spoke of them eirjustice, prods:nee, amid eniparian prompted, he need sit wait for the haaacial statement sI Me year in order to . . Yet it was impossible to avoid the cones that a saver" struggle was going on, and that the r s, 05 a elms, were manfully exerting themselves to mi , t the coos. . . He trusted mouthing to that neva rf lillarals'y and conciliation which induced men to remede something to them over whom they hail obtained a goat triumph" (Hear, hear.) Now, that ie the language —I think the twautitel and enema:optional& language—of the right hon. gentleman. Surely, the right bee. gentle .an a ,“ sot rise to sight sad any that in then Messerce .1,„!, 1 brougiit ("retard I wet elleellieflone ‘1:11.11 ) For the right hes, has left itoo record. in hie brilliant speech, theft the nurse I was "unwed. by showing sympathy with •liiiheleg elan, and ~.• ••••••ing • s).t.m ot remedial WOW lbw lowly provost • resilience to that whisk k• se asscb hared. ((beers) So far. themdani, orgasm. of the followers of Sir Holbert Peel at se Om swim Wen by the protectionist party with rehouses le the 1111 • sellert connected with the nem of din In& lhe riga hia. ge ntleman then proceeded te emit the Oar pesitri—svhirs and Feelitee—with their 11111 6 / 6 with re gard to the sugar duties and savisellea laws. end to main tain that they had been guilty of - es "emernees mischief " ea the prvtealtesils's themselves. H. feel seed: Now, I have shown to the house that, from the , we resolved tuner to attempt to disturb the re One of those three I. du of law. is this house ; that, liaise se circumstances, did we think that this country could reran its steps, unless the tonditem of the workiag clones was permanently INTWIMAI , that all this time there wee a strop' and most 'utensil party out of the been—a party whose sufferings sere..luring that time, net only acknowledged by states men. but s)nalathird with by their sovereign. (Cheers.) And we are told that we were not to encourage these men under all their distresses; that—suffering, as they believed themselves to be, from the desertion of their natural leaders—we were not to scents to them at lama the consti tutemal epees: +Lich, if they were not under a misappre leasiva. would give them the wpm of relief which they sou; it. I have no wish to bring in those external rases for the course we took; but I OM Italy soy, aa sae returned to this house by my constituents, I mane sole prebend the policy which should have induced me to desert them in their hour of trial. (Cheers.) And the &faculties of our posol —difficult as was the position in which we were placed with regard to this suffering Interest—were immensely aggravated wh e n the minister of the crown was perpetually eitherosconanunding his sovereign to acknow kdu those stifferlegs or bringing in seamen:es of penis!, or temporary re.isf. (Climes.) How could you suppose that these suffering interests would ever believe that your laws were to be conclusive when even the government seem. dto doubt their consequences, and you were con stantly meddling with the legislation yen 'causeless pro posed ? (Cheers.) 1 have shown to the house. that.= upon them two principles—list,that wo would met that legislation unless the working classes was p•mwilellf oaf rise, sad, secondly, that we would by senethel Wit hum alleviate and mitigate as meek se puede the set fairs of the agricultural interest, whose &Ws I have shown the leaders of almost all sections have ennewledged, and whose distress they haw attempted to alleviate—we came t., the dioolution of parliaments The disoolatioa of parliament too,' place, I think, in the meth of hay. The right hon. gentleman hire described the circumstances of the dissolu t on. the result of the appeal le the country sod the pea nut position of the goveratheat. He seetplabeed Needy ef, vexatious impediments throws le hie way byaiseeisee of the epee and added: The newearee whitshee ts bare brought iurward are aseseres the led spew the ae gumption of unrestricted M.sp.ll r a;to ms the papilla/ ' language of the platform, el a thee eseeser toil system. These measures I have esphinei le wry eel knee!, and they have receind tisk inepat ineasig_ there is no reason why I shoal net MOW 0111111111110111 to the emsideratioa of the Muse. ha that we have W bra been mat by the avn ' . . _ tee / whisk ha my Mme combo! in _nts, and what is a meth more haperteat seertheate armies a spirit. (Load cheers.) You ere net ethy sealilehiss a presedest which may destroy this gerwiresse—si ark ef but email moment, as it appears to the his. sal hewed thsether for Wolverhampton —but you are eilakildting • prendeat which will destroy all government , %eel When) BOW tan ly would it have been for es if ear had bees not to eapleis our pricy, to have moved the wenn quirtion. Ma, Sir, I w ou ld not move the /reds %uestioa. (Clem ) I am convinced that since we have assedied to otter, even after the Ws& whisk bee beta wide epee eKle ▪ w• have behaved in as beemellie themer. ) W • have prises La messeweV NW Mae* sly to vindicate Omit nallgAli /NAM Ithise thet muse which will oastribette to MI6 Ithethethelt thaws slid want of the country ; and I fkie mem sad my hare received in wood the apple* el aw l = this house and of many ef see bleeds Mat H. Pin/ Try feel that we have dew the this el that wee honour could. We have gins thew lie of op . yes!ing to the country, and new tilleag met Iligive a frank support to that pulley whin OW shoed dream stuns of the country require. (Lend ableseld sheen.) Tk. bon. sad learned asember kir Weliellengten nye that the duties of a Wakes: the maw =reateL I can only say that, if ewe he bessethe a .11eps he will not be disappeialed in the Wks he will 11110 IS se dum (Laughter.) I an no het Ewa ia the Wend to withhold • just tribisto of _Feiss hew the pennons civil servants of this country. 'their elentiee le the public ser vice is one of the meet beselllel Memel le err the hey. (Cheer) Bet I sea tendliethor say that tle toils aad reepeeibilithe of rase are as much la thew days r say mama eau hew. (Chewy) I do not think they would be bora* by lay Ole who was not sustained and upheld by th e newest 11111 parliament. I can say for myself / awl hr thy 'Orme*, that we neither seek, wee am lehi tees on sufferance. (Hear.) We leek the Nein upon as without Inquiring whether the Ws perthewest wee Or was not hostile is as newel peaky, bank* that it us. the general desire ef the Hesse 01C11111111111 of the mouthy. We Wahl &My think that we wadi eilslaie trm as we did to the bee ef sat mholy. r at diligeatly the affairs et the ; bet we Meaty sat *oak we submit to the rata ewe of a sew parlia ment, which would be a seem threlge to the spirit of the &Pith constitution. (Hear , best.) I en enter* here to lean the ease et the sweiensel. Thee 1 bath *eel it belies the beesw very larifeally I eseeet hat het the alibied wee newithat lupe ad I Inn es engirt!, as it was possible. 11;34 say posessel feel hes were enesreed I should It ekes ; bed I Oath I may, +Meet vanity, sad speakied t he p s ins ink, und er th e eirciumetaner in w th y en them. gee saes asasideraika. (Hear, how.) e sesZletha W Inn the holm a p o li t y w hi c h we m Mina., ea inerraae of the welfare, the tenteeemeat, eel the pew perity of the mantry. (Hew, bar.) I hope it is se VW *why ambition to dnire te bows ea sobinitting it to parlienest Mere e = llll may be tl4 that this h set le be the ease. lot Omsk 1 have too weak reopen Mthie blue to sesinesed a admen the ease •f the pneraineat, I wish to say sonethieg es behalf of IA ridg e and I wall tats theesten. eltheth • 111•8.1 .•.saahZip *nark s o Re be r as that le whisk we an 1 will not believe, nweellethee that derriere pull& menu, that these who hen athred it fie the int time have alt , sely iespiel their epthises-1 wit an believe that thsy will sot Moo to ad So Nowa ef {lee See *AKA I ball hag& hirgsigirealt i me_e a t ile.) it I loth*, new ownaltsoo—a OM of die whiebeeet aide they set, that I omit with wellies% Tbay haves., tend, gagag of Alm site. nu kepi, thet hese le whisk they leaked lintewl with he& seo. with hope, oaf with Wormy l have no dwelt they an 'sheeted with no sablithil. and with to make --away a ilion—tbais hedges ospixotiom. I sea say Ms tie loa m of my boort to this, ea whatever sits they may Mt, may they set be dimpelMil. fee whatever elenselle ale added to the elesposee and character of ibe hem% add to its charmer, and Melioration in the arand will costribulle Mel satda the latellectsal peuleasessee of the Seine at Cam eos. (Hem, t hem I appeal, I upped te the sesames gad the youthful, and 1 ask them te game sow, when the ale in the threshold of the senate, net to Memo , the took er the 'Mims of exhausted Mimi and Maine ',knee. =he right boa. it edemas eamieded. emidialeal sheers, by the s% followi emeadment:-.."Thet this hems at with ea , that the delegnees of moil esessimed by meat legislation ham Maly multi belled le Mime the sedition and harem. tho 'Morn of the midelg tows; sad that unrestddei esagetition hawing hem adept.d. Am dee deliberateness*, priaciple of ewe eilninerelal system. this house is of opisien that it is , the nat. ef the government unreservedly te Where to that policy them rename of financial and admiaistrative reform Melt, under the circumstances of the meatry, they may deem it their duty to introduce." Mr. BRIGHT roes and said—Sir, Him Illetesi with that interest in which the whole ho w bee Jelned te the speech of the right hon. gentleman, and I aiyalasill whoa he ruse that he would have made at least some attempt to answer the speech of my bon. friend. I meet conceive that the right hon. genilemaa lost sight uninteatiosally of the point of my bon. friend's speech, sad of the real ques tion now in dispute between the governmeat and my hon. friend. (llear.) If the right hon. gentleman avoided entering into the quanta which has been introdueed to the notice of the house, I may at least be justified, I think, in avoiding a large portion of his speech. I shall, therefore, in the first place, call attention to only one or two points which the right boo. gentleman arged. The right boa. gentleman waited to make it ap ' pear that he was now • member of a free trade Rowe meat, and that he acted with the free trade party, and yet repeatedly during his speech, and within six sentences of its conclusion, he spoke of the whole body of his supporters as still the protemennst party. (Hear, hear.) The right hon. gentleman said, moreover, that be took no steps in the direction of unsettling the settlement of 1840 aim that period. The right hon. geutlentan seemed to forget that in lain he voted in favour of this resolution, "That the whole house niche itself into committee of the whole house, for the purpose of taking into comidentioe the sets relating to the importation of foreign corn." ((heers.) This was a motion made by a gentleman who was not now • member of the house, bat one whom the right bon. gentle man seduced from this aide of the house by speaking of what he would du for the farmers —I allude to the late member for Gloucestershire (Mr. O. Berkeley). More than that, the right hon. patinnan endeavoured to persuade the house that with regard to sugar and shipping be was as blameless as on the rpsestion of corn, sail that if any one was culpable at all in regard to sugar eo one wee more so than the head of the late government. But the right boa. gentleman seemed to forget or to tonged frau the house that the right hon. gentleman the Secretary for the Colonies incessantly endeavoured to unsettle the first settlement of that question in 1847. The second settlement took place after the long committee on the colonial question, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer mewed to forget that another colleague of his whom I see opposite, the ngh Oen. gentle man, the governor of oar Indian possessions. (Laughter.) I speak advisedly when I say governor, for I recollect that a predecessor of the right hon. gentleman admitted, in answer to • question et mice in ememittee, that he was the ruler of India, and that he wee responsibei for its government. (Hear, hear.) The right Ikea. gentleman (Mr. Harries) gave notice of a motion respecting the nevi plies laws ; he felt, I believe, the insecurity of his psi- Me, and sexesitated by the successive meets of the hon. member for Stoke (lir. Ricardo) he was induced to bring forward his motion ; but he was so discos , carted at the reception it met with that he did not ask to p to • division. (Hear, hear.) The right hon. gentleman ' following in his usual adroit manner, fined spa the conduct of the sable lord sad two or three of his colleagues, in order to diesel attention from the real subject at issue. I am afraid that the noble lord has been too long in this house to be perfectly con. *Gust. (Laughter.) But I &Atli show the Mee that, however bed may have been the course of the noble lord, that of the right hon. gentleman wee not a bit better. (Hear, hear.) But I will not enter upon these questions now, for that before the lime is too important in the eyes of the country te be dimmed of by recriminations between the members of the Ms and the present government. (Hear, hear.) My hes. (Mad mold with perfect honesty say that he mid sot be actuated by faotioes motives in belogis this se** forward, for he brought it forward 1h pese ps am i =ably no public man suffered more la hie mil prospect* thee my hon. kissed enidamb by his undeviating advocacy of what to him at lasetemeil • great endowed question. beer.) My MA friend is therefore precisely the am to M Mid tosellea forward, and every person meet admit dialltlo harmseises in the position he ammo to efillA, whoa miessarel by the position which be always m ewled on din pieties. (Hear, hear.) The government wens asked lest Febnesty and March what course they trentet to pursue, end the right honourable gentle- Seen said he meant te appeal to the country. Well, die seemly, bas ban appealed to, and the right hon. psilemen has gives en is understand that he Mali seat cultivate the preesedeelet lice of business. ia Iffee gantry. They did not de se to mach extant in the but they did so most seeklimeM lat the counties ie i d n eh e is home wield give me len I meld obeli MO m them mei Med M wady a single the mealy le whisk the then.did a =Men* en pretestimdhe she. (Hear, bear.) Therss shine bet on the home are submitted for our stneidegallina. ad Miles I am ready to admit that that of the deg hes. enigma is far ia ad-1 ems et my proposition whisk he come made Me the Meal (riled pert of has feemer political carom that M lavelms semething which, Mete it may be lnaer makes to the may oppesite, eentake dot Is pew steely Ise the Mowed et the isountry, sad spa Mils I it ra;the country osmosis we IMO se a assldos. ose the ewe neeleshas to be pissed being theameley at the salsas eisedem—daa of my he, Maid "bah diabeee the 'demote _tehish the meatry hie &mind beet free trade. bet &deem emmilft of the mason of MA whisk established the bee iesien of fladall SIM that it was a " jest. cad " aid aw n the right bee. gentfames-11 the whale esentey, and MIK wire polled wish rasped M that penieelar pu rge ef the meld them ad be as easensee• and menriakeing erojedgy elite 1 demeghset the whets seemery. in Amer aftheimehdisa shay him freed? Dem the bea. plialllala *hilt thie *elm. member for whe seaseded the edam'. wadi di Dr Mat free weds beesegh. mdse. be sidled OM dm Ad of ISM was a jest. sad lisasibid mmanwe. (Hoar, ham) The w jestleaM of ISIS weed *lies lid it was a who, jest, and bemediel meeeram Is IlMes nay member whe voted he that WU la 1144, the amble bed lite member ter Timm% or say odor, who did set believe that under all Oho sheemesseme the swear was a wall, jest, and beeadeld eesemee. ri g he eer 2 , bear.) And if be had any delible them , le after the experiem of the last pus Mt Ise have any Mkt at pretest T parliament of 1847 same to SIND aamtlasism la the parliament of lied, aid Monte Wilda allielM dile mistime it resieled the meow dad liss, Ti m beselleial measere. Aad Mgr the peellement of ISM ailed together under a pro eidlonise pro m s isat—ter pmesetiemet they were whoa they wean die headaitonesenr age sow— (beer bear) — s this poems assing. matel by the right. boa. geadeies MINA MI boiled that the ink 'fear gems lias ban bowelidel to the inn balk of tbe dines ef tbe oininy. (Neer. beer.) Sew penlisani is galas te pis Ilesi en dings the wand= ekes - ir en man e& I sheold hen thagrabt that Si boa. Mead volifst 16 yews babes theseesistailseder gene tree wade "Min fa padlansit should he is yams to draw ap in twee Wt wedge. sal ass ewe lir Ind hem the mew of hoe tugs. (Rear d:ar v i t Sone dens sey. I spat Mb, of whet is geld ia Oat sew lenses on mask lbo sine, sad k Is ady a &we g est warir WZLIII: *sly • Owen about des weeds to be eleyind. 11/ are win essealsed. it dime as to be andisseil awl se he whey sorely the wain ▪ rassemaidges et the lasi deniel Mead of tbo OYasaaOeshguld ba ia peglignoe *lbis of Ile of met Sweatier. pm, kir.) BO *a wards en est the ewe ; the penglyles ere set the sem the ears', this latnat, the while niter is sot the Mao sad I will aim Ms bens when they differ. The min ties of say hes. ling lesablisise • priselpie. gad Os right his. wain wavy • dr. Thu cz a rldie fin train bedew Ibe when neatly god the sad says that owt meioses nut anise as apil l on ion sad mil lb. alba Imes le WWI In non to earlia Wailes te be sigh Se aids labials ft egwesented he way some wine peffigge r mt leilwesd Si give. (Hear. beat.) The debt him meet set suppose that the buss. is so eastalleidysiwyle be to think that be. peahen Wash be sea omen. Igisaa to be sibilylewsted an this agendas. Sea own sits. who bweind so mash, owyedease ar the styli bis. my Ina kita—Qambwe)—lat wa mast at il lrithoug stlyandeas asi mildews. (Met. been) Sit y an wise poet est we nail* what ige eses aid es these b lsai ashes admit et this hewn Mark bear.) The nlybs hew. sweisies spoke et the miegelly .1 the aehle kid ► brat the right lea. paamg has awiesley I Sow Ili he and his party eseini the fenesseaot Os I sabanlif * mettle the sat of lfle. sad that day lied to pat dew the eissannwe ampinigis at the femme. es the eggesilas et the Mims was the salvia iavolvedi the is lime a emsdent MIAS le sanitise et die I Wea• gene lagenesteniumat of Wt Ws amber n tbi. asegesews is the an Men. buss,) Why, de wan genial tbe splodges whin they =Mb by deans all net the say beton the linen—do we aid realise' di degalMigas to the Bad ef Dail—de we NM sesellsol mini Niko with whisk the in* ("Hair, woe nit bait to their tow= sad eseades f hene." sad "Mite.) I was arm one mewed Ia say Ili Om Was I wed medial the newer ot the eight boa pr dolma to the depolatisa that sane to see bin. hewn Ins et this selesetbet I defy WI or .sea 60 lama Is min b ea d ea tea ilk, (" am bar " sod isdeekos.) debt hsasagable yeademegi mkt so delhad hissed: lw be »tenni die Nadia Si Simi Peel la UK Win eggs geolge a passim aim scabs hear. to ) Dili ems Wasp Mama Os •irs. (ism A tool. liak a dm . 1 . . 15 I Ills =r atlntie hew. rdid Id Yea maim la eviestbsiiiirldemTh rad desif the Beiglit ergastiatisa —(boor, ban)—ad that I vas eidehobS analay bin sad theta le ftles the gorselleve Mt the onawy libr OW e a It I* PARIS tad id Obit whim be um heel =fib. the dui pagesillea that weld been haw lid in Yon wealibase bees a menthe the scion sN yensigely rat eintiew which di tame sew beige Ow imam boob Os sin oral. (Chit,.) The EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY Other presidents sleeted by the II& hem. gemdeneno more et the tame character. (Hear, bear.) The right 1111M.gentismna and his party constaatly eadeaveared to NNW Kagpse. either that theorem law was greeted to the Whale le that. for certain heavy special bandann NW& hues before the curs law, er that, having the privates of Ilto otos law, parliament thought it right to impose eal b spesiel Wraiths duties the exist eta se that kw. Ineseds, for whom nothing warn $llBl . N• bswallow, seised upon this at the ha me IhA Nom of their cuirass. But the right has. potions& new *freed a fact, figure, or quota tion to prove the statism* which he made. (Hear, bear.) Ido not recollect ever having found in this debate see @thee word that led to the conclusion that the corn law was then granted to the landowners to compensate them for any burdens that they bore. (Hear, hear.) 1 have sever heard since even of any Chancellor of the Ex chequer imposing any tax upon the landed portion of the community fur the burdens they had to endure, or that the landed interest was able to bear all their share of the taxation because they had the protection of the corn lama (Hear, hear.) Now, with regard to that point, I will Just for • moment lay two or three figures before the how, met, however, that I wish to trouble them wish any lengthesed statistics on this occasion, fur we have got far beyond the statistics of this question, except those of the division which the house is to come to at the close of the present discussion. (Hear, hear.) Well, then, from 1801 to 1815, a period when this country was fighting against French principles, the taxes imposed—l take m figures from the "Pavers of the Nation," the work et my friend—were thirteen millions and a half; but it is not to be seen at all from any records that we have that any of these taxes were especially laid upon land. (Hear, hear.) The Customs duties were 7,301,0001., the Excire 10,702,0004., and stamps 104,0001, which included the Probate and Legacy Duty, which ago tainly was not • duty upon land or real property. The other taxes 11111102111t1d to 11,751,0001., including the Inman Tax and the Pcrit•office , reaching to 608,0001,1. a. log • total of 31,638,0001. Coming down to 1810 I ace bet far thew taxes were repealed, and 1 find that Customs there were 62,0001. repealed. Eldest 2,863.0001. and of other taxes, 14,681,0001., maks/ a total of 17,646,0001. Now no man coo show me free thole aeeounts—and I can go more into detail if it is nem . . eery—that any single to was laid urn haler l oe that any single tax was taken of goy other i rme .ll 2 sh British industry or class of the commuaity but that of t but if he examine them properly, he will find that all les tercets were included in the imposition of these tole, egg that none were excluded from the benefits which may lirme resulted from the repealing of taxation. (Hear.) To a certain extent all were gainers, and none were excluded. I come next to the question of the poor rate, which the right bon. gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer has referred to, and I find that from 1812 to 1813 - the average poor rate of the year, calculated by the two pre soils{ years, was 8,688,0001.; whereas in 1843 and 1844 the average poor rate was only 6,878,0001.; so that, in point of fact, in 1843 and 1844 the average poor rates of this country were less by 1,810,0001. than they were is 1812.1813. (Hear, hear.) And then, if we take also the enormous increase in property, and the value of land, aid the accumulation of railways, we shall find that tho poor rates are an insignificant burden upon land. (Hear, hear.) la fact, they are not half the burden on the landowner w the farmer that they were in 1812-1813. (Hear, hear.) With regard to the Legacy and Probate Duty, I the right hon. gentleman, the Chancellor of the E r = riser, is sot here, but I see the Secretary for the Hese Department in his place, and no doubt he is fully cereisant of the changes which be proposes t i make with regard le the Legacy and Probate Duty. I find that it has hese charged since 1797 upon more than 1,339,000,0001. of per sonal property, whereas the whole of the land that is free hold land, which is the character of most of •the land in this country, has been entirely free teem this charge. (Hear.) Probate and Lego" Eluty during,the yodel up to 1815, that is 49 years, was upwards or seme•ymee sterling, and bear in mind that when that camera was int brought in Mr. Pitt intended that it shield aver all pre. perty—(bear, hear)—hut the great lineman in this hoses at the time bad sufficient strength and Mimes* to induce the hose to reject that portion of the measure which is. laced to real property. (Hear hear.) But I will not go into further statistics upon that branch of the question; suffice it to say that if tiers was no pretence of the nature I have suggested fur the corn laws is 1816, there has begs none since, nor is there any at the moment at which I am speaking. (Hear, bear.) It was, in fact, the law of the strong carried against the weak, as my bee. and learned friend the member fur Wolverhampton hai repeatedly shown. And that was its characteristic from the hour when it re ceived the royal assent down to the hour when it was re pealed. (Hear, hear.) The right" bon. gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer twits my hoe. friend about the extent of loss which the country hi, suffered in the reduced value of food which bar taken place since the repeal of the corn laws ; but, is answer to that, I will take leave to call tha attention of the honourable member for Cansbeidgesbire, who is the honest supporter of the prinsiples of pro tection to the statement lam now sheet to make. I have n:ade inquiries—extario bageiries hmilhe in different classes of society in the sebomt, cotta I had thee the actual cost per head in emh family of the article of ism is about 10d. per week, whisk is sheet equal to 46g. par head per annum, shish, he 11,000,000 of gives gemething Übe 81,000,00111. sudiag. the heat ef thepeople of du United /Wishes oust slits wins* with wheat at Ms. girter with wheel at BM the met wrest be ninety imBI ether, hap.) But the right huneurable 'outlaws thinks, so doubt, that the meths ha takes all that dilasewse hen the tamer awl s tl e =riseltaral Hue, and If the sine lesaity_weeeses. sew as bohee,of aura the less wield fall we their ibeelises, but wig that • von papules et this atom diary questity stirred is brought hes ahead, awillski by ems inaeihoteres, the thirty Mikis see his we WOW= or measure of the loss whisk the agricultural oboe has sestained. beer.) WA time, hew is *shakos, nada up, began.. I admit Hattie agrieuluwal aka bee wrealusd • leas ? Ws taws peelsoled to dew that, but always said that it would be the est result et the repeal ef the law. (Hear, bier.) Bet if they hays •Wm It is wale up by incressed production, by greatly IMPINIE aud intended markets km the sale of week They had Wes I Ebbw barb= le bar sad skew Nam besides, an eosins= Ow te milldams el see populates who are ossemese of op* sultweel pedals ft Ili. (Hear, beer.) New the Chasm& le, sf the Horkswww rinks fairly that the eswelsy hes Er Merl foist bin, sad I lib* that every geollemus es ale ' aide et the hews will else admit that the rely Is Me. dilly with lib. Than h ark usesimity be* is sad ewe if dews ea the wetwltheleedis thet may obese. tins are ustse - ea the ether side of the house to free trade, but the ft* wade ssa!ority in NW „house is but • hint sad inadequate Miles of the free made majority an exists amiable{ the United Hisalen. (Hear, kiser.) _My hew thsa the sambas me Weheehureplut, submits • maim whisk he esseidus be be wholly, emirely, and expliekty is see leashes el the de ifi es of the oraawy, while we be. lime that the answitoot of the debt boa. (*Hems the Memel* of the lashatere Is made with • resew Ilia. whisk say peudily keel* no is der =eisserpeasese la the tiers. (Hear.) Tate we peeps* tha nadallisa, mid watt it to the mmadmesd. Oa any ties Sider dsebt he a moment Wisher, the interest if bee trade—hem* that h the walla Wan we—it is wet be the 'damage of the eswelothat the he Arad spas* the reside. rather than the Gamiest Oaa swum, I say, who h a tree *aim eserisolleudy doubt whisk it is peeper le M t Bat if any ma des Awl% Ist Maltase tura ler a wesent to the owe Mos by the of the geverasesat ea • neat eseedew whin cla p Mee begin the estuary. (Hear.) lan disposed sew ha a moat or We le ask the ateatiso of the base le Os spikes expesual Is July last, when the esesleis• if the shah* Is delies of the weary was net se oppress as it h new. 'Whet were the of haa. wombs* opposite then ? peer, hoer.) geakesa, amidst the Aare sal howitter of the hews% here read • hag ef prelastleast painless he* various Eisenberg The the geesseseht matt d their pporter,. esollweed The bat e tile! sessehse (Mr. su Hasksaue) l am er Limped MTh afterewolemethe Wimp* it Orsetimas, at Wells theli at Soldell. salil at Uweek, " We may willingly , omega tee ono am &Ids the Was." Why hal mem* the itews and abler Os Was ?" (Opperd sheen Why IWO yea, based of issiapsharester with yeurhiestle in the ramatry, why doe% yea, UMW dmereybig re petition he sserslity—(reeswed dieme)—velma yea bare • seat in that bewsh,irby dew% yaw, le • rawly seasor, fail in *hoes ef awe wad elbow, Mile s ugh telelebsw, have martial*. treated yes with • that saw sever be exceeded ? (Chem.) Come to Ws ef the bum, ass off year ski and if there be any quake ea whisk yea sea die** who seemed yea, de it es halleasly, as aerardy, ad as verrOly as yea sea. (Hear, bear.) Now, my apes. is ree those c=eases was to hew that it is set Es t alum hem isewthers H en to 'mit es* that we ewe *greed es thb quakes. (oer hear.) I de ms belisee—whaner theOhemiler etas (Have, ezhiree 'Mb mad to hie sera 'globes spew the of the plevenomeiv-1 de set believe that year 114 (addeaskte the atisistadella leaders) are h ave • ; sad, wet Was Ibmotraites, bow au they have eery semidries hi you,f they am Ibsen sad you are cis. cwt bear.) Or bra INS tee have "uLb—Wt the sietilel of Msteaks, and Garry out a Marla pulley fee the him, who ve knew that three-he:he if hogs who beep yes In Meg are as Rosh wised now se ever they were to the palsy thigh we advigais ? (.. Hear, lastr," and *beta) le asolosisa, the how. samba said t I woad jam sal the atm*. et the been le the adalesiser sags as to the pupae= Nadi*, of the haboastorg dense in W parts of the ereatry. Irish at their empleyoust, bow steady it I. sad law eatidastsey thole weigh Lila at their meal and Mel meth% and ohm* whairsoisillity peak& ail ewe the .matey. (Hama hoer.) Is dist seusapematies to yew, the beMen of As and 18,118 awes Is it no admits.* It yee, eves if ye. had aullreed when se a body I believe yes bare resl..beit if you b 44, is it e m s ommn to yea that yew ,without the en sissy arm your high eel it wi ehe 4guistlerthdesses puss midi is wants* In order OM pest tor be risk. If yes leeh at le Wag Zee WO Oki la lie oolitic. et the labouring sissies eseripmesthe hr whet Wary ,they repeal of the ears MIINN may twee lasted ea Orbs el " Hear, .") The dela hie. the Massenet of the Haar um ea • rowed oreelee, 1 Wok is leeks--sad I should slake his whin asst he gem there to be a little awe awehl, for the q mogliseeminent min ere reported, and Min be Mein Ihmes be dogs not repeat lsewhere— ipllwilirlirtta6 14111 EVENING. NOVEMBER 24, 1852. —(a laugh)—beat I behove it is looked spent es something rather unplessaid and immunise' in a oountry. (Laugh ter.) The right hoe. 'oedema ought to have keowe better. He ought to have Mews that daring the lose six years he has net cestributed • feather weight, while ere, whom the vilifies, have soot:dieted a great deal. Ten or twelve years oh our lodides.) lives have Me devoted to this one object, and althea, It all men should revile us, we stand acquitted hyper owe coneetencee, believing that we have worked successful ter tho good of oar 00018011 country, (Hear, hear.) 'I ask the house to unction its own pssicy, to set Ito seal irrevembly on what it did is 1866, and by its vote of to-night to establish on a arm basis the charter of lees indestsy to the people of this kingdom. (elms.) Mr. ICBM SEYMBR, in supporting the amendment, defended the government, as the only one that the country, who were tired of the whigs, and afraid of the rsdicale, could be expected to tolerate. Mr. F. PEEL was not contented with the free trade pro- fessions of the government, who wished their opponents to receive them as oonverts, rather than to brand them with the stigma of apostate,. In July, the majority of that party were protestisideey and the prevent converts were principally men these who had bosom warmed in the race for oMee. Me thought, too, that some reparation was due for the pest. They all remembered how that party had received one Me apolitical conversion.— COneeleiOn that, compared with the preseet, was attended with a tenfold amount or pollidem—ond k would be fair if that party were now eempelled ee deekte the free trade policy of 1846 a wise, jim4sed beneficial measure." Lord PAUtERSTON then rose, and said—l shall not detain the hem at say length in stating the view which I take el the ptepssNlsns submitted to us, and of the position in while the hens mo ons l i k e l y to b e placed. I have stated me • forme es orlon, and I repeat it now, that I think it was not anlypreper, but, under the circum stances, absolutely sitemerry, tbst we member should pro pose to the bowie a reesiales swplss the question which the government bad put to the mean y the dissolution of the last parliamesh If, Ittihad, the speech from the throne, had been, in regard to that pea of it which treated of the question of free trade and mention. couched in language more plain and unambiguous, it l. possible that the address in reply might have been soaped as the answer of the house on the part of the country to that question, as to the preference between the two opposite prin ciples of commercial policy. But in that respect the speech from the throne was undoubtedly as ambiguous as words could nuke it; and that fact increased the necessity in my opinion for some such measure as has been taken on this occasion. It was not necessary, indeed, with a view to settle what should be the policy of the government and of parliament that any opin at all should be impressed on the subject; because those who have watched the progress of public opinion, and have observed events in this country must, I think, have lug since made up their minds to the full conviction that a reversal of the system of 1846, and of succeeding years, was as impossible as any physical miracle that you could mention. But it was very fitting nevertholue in some respects that pulismentshould express an opinion. But to give to that expression of opinion that weight which it is desirable that it should carry, it:is in my opinion most important that that opinion should be expressed, if not with unanimity at least with se large majority as possible. (Loud cheers from both sides of the haw.) In regard to the resolution my bon. and Marna kind has proposed there is not a word in it to which I shell not be ready to subscribe. I think the amenliMel Sad the policy to which it refers were wise were jest , sad have been beneficial. (Rear, hear.) I thisk - with my hon. and learned friend and with the go rermaime. as they have expressed the conviction that the improved condition of the country, and especially of the indushiens classes, has been mainly the result of that recent legislation which has removed protective duties, and which has established the principle of unrestricted competition. I think I need sot say that I concur with my hon. and learned friend and with her Majesty's government in being ready to affirm that that system ought and must heneef,rward be the guiding rule of the legislation of the country. If, therefore, the motion of my boo. friend were put tos,this house,of aye or no, I should be compelled by my own conviction% to say aye. But I cannot but m older also not merely my own convictions and opi nions but the convictions of thou who are re q_uind to concur in the proceedings of this house. (Loud cheers from the protectionists, from which side of the home only was the noble lord dimmed during the rest of his speech,) There is a large party in this house who have long held di ff erent opinions from those of my hon. and learned friend, and who bare honourably, 1 think, now yielded their personal and original convic tions to their senor of what is the opinion of the country and the inevitable force of events. (Cheers.) I fur one em very far from joining in the taunts and reproaches ad dressed le that party. In a country like this there cannot be a mem Onerous doctrine to establish than that It is diegrasetal to men to yield their convictions to the force of ocantereetiag events and eircumstenees. (Hear, hear.) With seek a doctrine established there would be an end to all pregame or improvement. We meet hero from day to day for me ether peepers than to convince each other • sad every men who esdeavears to persuade other people to memo round to hieeeppfis e, debars himself in justice from he right of repessila s them when he has succeeded. (Hear.) I say therefore, that the wares taken by that party in surrenthrinf their original immense' is as ho nourable to them GO tis betteUal to the enemy. Taking that view, mg spike is that the tonalities preponed by her , Majesty's reveranser seethe the halsr adasewledement of the histells wadi resent sammersial Is hes pro datied—(obeers)--ead does pledge every men who ems for I it to contribute te loader that system beseelerward puma sent. (Hew, beer.) In regard to the present mak regard , to the future, =Le little di ff erence in substeam and ' fact between the of my hon. friend and the moo lotion of the greereemat. (Cheers.) In some respects the resolution of government is stronger than even that of ay hoe. hind, because It cmolodes with an opinion of the home as to what it is the duty of her Majesty's government te de. (Hear, hon.) That mown ie obviously unusual, and I heal peeler the terms adopted by my bon. friend, rairilys sots. the readiness of that house to consider any ine may he proposed, in conformity with the n aiades the hewn may establish. But I regret to me a Mal Pis the emulation of my hen. friend, which met be earidiseed by gentlemen swan as a bar le their asespennee et the wbele. (Cheery AU that this anstry mks a pselimmt—ell that the canary cares deal is, what is pediment geliti o devehat are to be the perma nent principles flour I don't think run cuss, Of thee hoo • what may the vats whams et the wty to the be To be melting mss Is that respect is war; following the ism* of a tribunal which we are set in the heat a imitating—it is like the pear tin el die leiniatier te amyl pe_ see le some ham yes, sad set assist with heir &dandles rest dole modest ail be is seanalw with year deem le hese them to go dews ea thole arm sat to ammo any . .term of nentetion yea eines is nen ups hrs. .) We use len an meembly a gestiseier and 6771.5 We who are gentlemen es this tide of dm Men eight to remember we are haw with gentlemen es he ease side Ohs hoses; sad I, fee one, ewes resseelle it le hear he ea mieseenarily was any set of Boyish he lierwe=say purpose I may have la AIPW, dant tertaim, or to roma le ;ewer they don't entertain, hat meg .1111 be herniae In their mina. Id yeas hem,lfpeylia, dim tWp stM think thessessereses is was astSWhe, I think, they earn tray reels missewleige le the me ss of with have predated the restate skin "'moot Woo I thin they will seseede, have hese win I myself an a wines tat when pat tele nil eh se=he sedgented ammo ef ems to Way, end hoe has the of dis poni, Sem manses sad dim regale, they eh nine need to as spine * the peat a bides me mil u p s . a s r i m e . Bet it I. nut to the pen so for as the scenery is eissermed, what they pistil the edgiest inner rinse. (Hier.) And ease dine I sheen mesh wish pat same middle dil i o n =2 Is NM folliodos head be pospend, This\ en IMO La Ernie. in he assist maser the delseminalim of this hues le pews and ser thee the pay whisk we es this side .. ef g ,, i i i tel• ea the other Ismil be ha hem th ese as . so eland. head the iineml isprd m framas (Hear, bees.) Mesh a whet las ip=debateseam to Ise to have been dal a iewraeany. The boa member far Keembeeter shod nes Se genament to alma le the modes bs ege h o l bed Manila Mead. while r. iamb et h wand m dmiler reader that WNW ispoodble. lte. gentlemen (Mr. Brightj shags that hl. peii4ll dint is that a frostrade resehillea of this heels On* be pat es regard for the p of hedge masa seers_ particularly he des of Ile tiled Sass; but by at the man thas the le eserelis ges hot esendieg saw lugsof ges ti IM mer specie% sad very by dm general tense able tante hen shone eteginioa, roma te he to be doing ell be midi to rehab the=h _if s arlerity it is to be, is haiver amy her ea Idea's moo ban, to the meant yeah ensent (Chews) I ask ay her triad WUwlu stkee in le hit se) to ea deer theesesequeses Imam se aellesey party =CMm wish I thia emir lam b eing ends& M paha Nom. hem Ws peen a alma l e e.) Wenn to a rest *l deems& altyllitth) When lay sonequases Ide net spin the re ran of this MO regards the debility of this partner geneemeat. I put the metier this way. My hen. ma le na hind* reselidies will be emend or will be milesla I bat I talk it ie amity enough le he sem i from the Ins sa rt F o rr et the Mem that I will eine be atria or by a very sme end nerea arhai. I will apples that it will be re all so imposeibb asymni—geud began t di rs . 411sehleidsb) ;—berease hilt there ere loony immine et ale been sot 'sly awing the mew hone, hoes hese appealed le with nee hulk dim bat she mew the eneelensed "id )—who ere cre o w pr =ly didmined nand mama into a mere ty he resell sew leg die genemsest. (Hear, hear. I for one nee Hein- Wend le lehe that view. (Hear, boor.) This lea serrate gamin elimpribse, and sesta to be kept separate from any esed)andes ef " enlithase " or "se seaddenee." Metts, lAir.) I my, _bmiever, espposhig my her end honed Mears renellea wen le be - islested, the AY wend go nor he Ism* end breadth ett P li s mt, sad sense the • meeld - natarally_ he that the free loads pnty was in a in the time of ONIIIIIIIIII, art egad emi a t easin eht eminsised, areamonk a helm awake fee might be re to, in leash be doesemees as peolialseisle dine who Cahn le nes he , the esselehe et ay her sad heron Mai (Hear.) I Nile het wend be an esil foga to be eveldia. bat, 111 ebb Wag bra, siffesiel lb/ rads- LORD PI don denied by a majority of 10, or 20, er 30—all that could be expected—l will ask any sincere free trader whether that would be a satisfactory result ? Would it be satisfac tory as compared with a resolution in favour of fres trade unanimously arrived at? It is, perhaps, natural that gentlemen who struggle as the champions of free trade against what they have regarded se en un fair and dishonest principle, should, on obtaining a victory, desire to push their triumph to an extremity, and to trample on their defeated foe But in the present circumstances, when they have to con sider that the decision of parliament miy have a very ad vantageous result epos their canes all over the world, and that on the other hand the consequences of the course they are taking may bo moat mischievous to the interests they desire to uphold, I think that they might see the policy of accepting the hand which is tendered to them, and of not compelling their opponents to state too exactly the precise degree of their convictions, if only those opponents are too tent to act with us. (Cheers.) 1 think it is ungenerous on the pert of a majority, if majority it be, to endeavour to compel unwilling persons to subscribe to opinions which they do not entirely share. It is in vain to make the attempt, for we see that they will not do it ; and therefore not only is the attempt ungenerous, but it fails in the accomplishment of its purpose ; and the only re sult is, that we deprive ourselves of that fall authority which the unanimous vote of this house would give. l'er haps it might still be desirable to have dimientients—to have some fieldmice of the existence of protectionists, if only by way of a contrast. (A laugh.) But I thi n k it i s uogen roue, and impolitic, and unwise, to do what is now being attempted to be done. I would propose a middle C3WW. Certainly, as there are already two resolutions before the house, Ido not presume to lay a third on the table. But at the same time, if the house will permit me, I will just read that form of words which, if I were encouraged by any manifestation of opinion on the part of any great body of gentlemen in the house, I should be ready to tender for their acceptance. This form of words records, I think, in the one hand fully the doct-ine of free trade and the perma nent establishment of that system, while, on the other hand it isnot liable to the objection of requiring those who might agree, to to much to recant opinions which they may honestly in former periods have entertained. What I should propose is this—it would almost be like a plagiarism of my hon. and learned friend if it were to be too like his —(laughter)—.. that it is the opinion of this house that the improved condition of the country, and especially of the industrious classes, is mainly the result of recant legisla tion, which has established the principle of un restricted competition, has abolished taxes, im paled for the purposes of protection, and has thereby diminished the cost and increased the abundaoce of the principal articles of the food of tho people ; that it is of opinion that this policy, firmly maintained and prudently extended, will beet enable the industry of the country to bear its burdens, and will thereby meet surely promote the welfare and contentment of the people; that thin house will be ready to take into consideration any measures consistent with this principle, which in pursuance of her Majesty's gracious speech and re commendation may be laid before them." (Minis terial cheers.) Now, continued the noble lord, I really would submit that these words contain everything which my hon. and learned friend has proposed in regard to the present, and in regard to the future, while they contain nothing which any hon. member who hoe yielded his opinions to the irrefutable force of events can, with perfect satisfaction to himself, subscribe to. (Hear, hear.) But now I shall be told that this form of words, by omitting a weed, just leaves a door open for the question of compen sation, and that I take to be the real point. ([tear, hear.) Bet I say that the inserion of the word "jest" does not shut the door at all. It would be equally competent for the Chancellor of the Exchequer or any other member who chose to make the proposal in the finan cial arrangements of the year, to propose a change of taxa tion for the purpose of giving what they may call relief, which amounts to coommuntion, to the agricultural classes, and I hold we should not stand in any degree worse—we who might be disposed to resist the resolution because the word "just" was not in the resolution. I think there is nothing so undesirable as mixing up together questions which are not connected, and which are essentially dif ferent. I hold that these two questions are quite distinct— the one question whether our commercial polity should be maintained ; the other a question whether, in comequenott of that policy, a claim for what they may call compensation and relief should be allowed. You may affirm the main tenance of the principle of free trade, and yet may entertain one of the two opinions with regard to comminution. It is perfectly competent for any man to think that the principle of unrestricted competition ought to be maintained, and that its maintenance does not entitle anyone to compensation; er he may entertain the opinion that it is • hardship on • certain class, and that that dam have sn equitable claim for compensation. My own opinion is that the compensa tion to the agricultural class is to be found in those circum stances which were so wall adverted to by the hon. mem ber for Manchester—ill the improved condition of the country, in the cheapness of everything which they have to buy out of what I must admit in many cases to be their diminished rents, In the contentment of the people, in the cordiality of feeling which has been established between the upper and lower classes, in the love and affection of all around them, in the absence of all that invidious )'esloasy, which before the lower classes were naturally led to feel towards their superiors ; feeigiethtie at the laws were cake- Leta to put money into the of the l andlords at the expense of the great mass o ( the people of the country. I say that is the compensation which I think the landed in tenet an entitled to, and that is the compensation they have already obtained. That is my opinion. I do not quarrel with any man who may entertain • different opi nion; but when them questions Immo before us, let them come distinctly, and we shall not be the lees able to new Live any proposal we may disapprove of because we have united on this resolution. What is the calculation of those who brit on these words. I presume that they expect to be la • mejority. Well, if they are in a majority to-night Infaisnien the word " just," with a view to prevent sonnet they make the same muster on repal=ke' so when any motion is brought forward to grid ? They would be just as able, and I wadi tray thew wield be better able, to shut the door when the peeped than they would be to night by ea Whim ex • aids wind, to shut out a claim whisk they oad y negative, and which is not distionly brought beide the consideration of parliament. I have only to my that I deplore the condition in which the beds is abed to find itself. I do not think it is to the credit et pediennat, that when a great question of amnia polls, las been pat to the country, and when the beds ie called apse te make ea answer to that question, that we shoed tarn it at ease isle a mere party struggle, dem whe get up oa side lazily mesa it as a smears apes the dna ought to mean it eat, m the illestallea of a Is evident this 61611.1111111111111 i Is -sight, awl shield wily hope that lam pelleasta will well adder between this time and Mot "Ma the debate shall be eseemet ; that a spirit of mmellatien reef be bead tot minds bed sides sf the pthet en the id head them who are dinged beset pemnia trivia Is inpied to tatsde ea mead meat es 'have read, sod ea the ethic band, 'y hen. friends who sit on this side may be seated with something like what I have proposed, free ban dame expended which hurt the &sham of boa. gentlemen, and that the result may be that we shall all sobs is whet would be ea overwhelming alirmatien ef • great prin ciple of 11011111•61 piney, m eg a which would bead only ssaisbustery te alas Madam sad ninetp nine slit if every thousand pasties in the eseatry, but which 4be of the sunset imprenaes is ear relations with adatries. (Cheers.) )1. GLUON and Mr E. Borman LITION then both nen sad both or one of the be.. member, we could not mosetmia winds. moved the adjournment of the debate, thigh was at once put and carried, earl o' dosi The house they adjourned at tan 'Mantes peat twelve t. RESOLUTIONS. That ff le die *pixies at this boar that dr re. Wmaditha etre esentry, sad avidly of ths Wm ose, le mealy the resale ef Ruh Withsa haseseddishe4 he ',triple et lowtoWerCessape- Mtel.iss retired tsar Insposed teet h pow. at pro and taxerthereby dirainished het sad hareased the ahudea the priecipal utilise of the hod of the !MatROOM h of opinion that this peaky firmly sad pereatly exteadr, will boss suable the Wire, of re merry to bear its berthas, sad will rrrook eared, rears the welter and hatestasst yeals That Hewn will be ready to take into consideration say iniewsses sewskteat with this principle, which, in par eaaaee Aw reperfs i miess weer and reehamenda doe, may hl e ha leash Bar has us bead, thsrlan hag I du/ it ; He has ~ host, sad gets his swags sy It. G. HEALER OF LONDON DUPING TILE WEEIL—Tho hllewing are sit:sets ham the tidal report :—During the three weeks at hate /mini dais seoetk the deaths show a decrees*, bevies liesa sammelvely 1,101, 1,022, and 921 Is tits Ma weeks soresepeadhog to the week that ended last !Worley the average mists was 1,011 . which, if eor. reseed be hareem of pepelalleo. Umtata M. that which amount last week's mortality h Ism by Them facts are evidence that the palls health has she salmi lately, neterlthsteadlng the unreel lad paimeged wawa of the weather. • bemoan b ehe eheened in he mortality of systolic diessems, while have helloed teem 228 I. the pre ceding week to 184 la Ai last, while la the same time diseases of the naphsteey organs 01:111111MITO have demand hos OS to 16T. Searistisa has fills from N on;clod with mspect to ether sphismies the saw hen mimed le them last week see es fallow : small put f, I, lumping maigh 17, croup 4, ihessh 4, dieerbais l 6 dmoolia I, influenza 3, =L •WM I, Wahl, sat remittent fever 2, Mk rumpled fever g (beetles ether 6 deaths that issearred Is childbearin g ), ..,incise kayp h ilis one. Last week the births of 770 hays sad 770 girls, in all 1,490 Attires were registered is Ueda'. In the area cones- Mi,l'weeks of yeara 1046.61 the averse! number was 41$ the Soya' Observatory, Greenwich, the mesa of the barometer is the week was 29 . 169 in. The mass pasture of Om week was 49.3 deg., which is 6.2 deg. above the average of the same week in um years. The sem daily temperature was above the averag• on every day of the week, and the ease was more than 8 deg. en Mon day and Tuesday, and 6 deg. en Wed/today and Saturday. The wind blew generally frees the synth-west. The rain to the Meek assisted ii 1 . 77 ia. ghe erpreoo. TO CORRIMPONMINTS. if erond !Whim of "The ISepreee," eeetatatno ;he 131710 eventere Oasette,"is publibed every Tertiay mad Friday COI, la MN ler poet. I.lvetteeseestelateuded foe "The lizproe," Lett:dna pew, taw te et the (pr et Bouverit-etreet, Tye t.'eleek es the C., of pebileedee. 2110 H WATER AT LONDON BRIDGN. Tom DLT—Marniag, Ob Us .Arcerisnee. Oa bigh. Thagoanow—Mornlag, Ib. I 1 as Afterimage, Ib. 20. a. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24. Ir the spirit of Sir ROBERT PEEL could last night have re-visited the scene of his old labours and successes in St. Stephen's, it is doubtful whether surprise, indignation, or disgust must have found mas tery in his breast. There, in the midst of some hundreds of the men who took part in the legislation of 1846, were the old speakers going again over the old ground with all the old facts and arguments le rength ened, however, by the present national prosperity begotten of free trade ;—yet with some circumstances of the drama how strangely ehanged ! Mr. VILLIERS was still asking forcommercial justice to be done, but in this instance bisdemand was for final ratification of asystem which a thriving nation had chosen a new Puha ' ment to confirm ; whilst over against him stood the old Mephistopheks in the new guise of a Nlin is. er, with " unlimited competition" now on his lips, in stead of the ancient shibboleth " protection to native industry :"—" remedial measures" and " remedial le gislation" being the new guise for the landlord claim to high rents. How sternly the departed statesman would have listened to the spes eli in which this juggle was propounded, exhibiting as it did the turning of a political coat :—• penitent without sincerity, &confession without grace. Mr. VILLIERS'S motion having provoked the Tory amendment, Mr. 1 lime veLl has been compelled to say something about Free Trade, but in doing so last night, ho prefaced the very word with a sneer about the platform, and mixed up what he h*d to tell with ill•feeling towards a class. With an awkward affectation of candour, be admitted that the government could not now reverse the policy which has saturated the country with prosperity, but he did this without calling himself a I.' rye- trader,—and in the very same breath denied the propriety of affirm ing the justice or the wisdom of the policy of 1848. With cool audacity that would have dune credit to Robert Macaire, Mr. DISRAELI declared that he and the Protectionists always had hut one care—only one anxiety—only one wish. Their sire was " for the labourers "—their interest " for labour." This, from the advocates of dear bread, is unparalleled. He denied that Protection had ever, since 1816, been asked on account of the " suffering of a class." The Tories. he declared, had never really opposed the new Bread Law,the new Sugar Law, or the new Naviga tion Law. They had never opposed anything or anybody ' • they did not ask for o ffi ce—not they ; they kad been put there by Lord JOHN RUSSKLL, who had gone out of his own accord, and for the purpose of giving place to Lord Heim ; whilst the present PREMIER'S programme was merely ono of " compromise and conciliation." With the skill which has recently been made manifest, he quoted garbled passages from other men's speeches, to show how everybody else had done exactly what everybody in the present ministry wanted to do and meant to do. Ho pointed significantly to the defeat by only 10 votes, of his proposition in 18.51, for tho removal of burthens, and without giving pledges or promises or really definite indications, he would have the land lords behind him look anxiously for the great benefits which, from the same fertile source, would soon be looming in their future. He was resolved not to disturb Free Trade (because he has not the power), but means to get compensation (when he can(. The tongue that had maligned PEEL, after playing last night fast and loose with P eels opin ion s—slavered PALMERSTON and puffed GLADSTONE in the most nauseous way. Mr. DISRAELI fished for Peelite votes by baiting his hook with praise of their lenders; but men who had courage to vote for Free Trade in 1846, when Mr. DISRAELI denounced it as ruinous, are not likely to be hooked with the Johns-like tiat tory of that same Mr. DISRAELI in 1852, when the ruin ho foretold has been converted into unparalleled prosperity ; and when he who now desires to hold office in the sunshine of that prosperity is the very man who exerted all his power to prevent its yeah sation. Altogether Mr. DISRAELI'S speech was a voluble and crafty, but undignified and unsuccessful, expla nation of the conduct of the Tories from 1846 to the present time. It was clear he had in hand a task of difficulty : his real object being to throw dust in the eyes of the honest Protectionists,—to cajole the Peelites,—to bully the Whirs,--and flatter the new members whose votes Mr. FORBES M'ILENZIE has not been able to secure. Of course everything like plain statement was as much as possible to he avoided. The ingenuity of the speaker was to be called into play to hide as far as possible—behind magnified-versions of the admissions of their opponents,—all those points which could tell against his party; to talk two hours and say as little as he could on the one subject needful,—to lead as far astray as possible those wish ing tobe deluded ;—and to play up to any voters whose minds were yet undecided on the great topic of the debate. The result was an oration much more original than that on WELLINGTON, and certainly very much more dull;—volable in words, but dis- Exjointed in illustration, and illogical in argument. Except when a personal sarcasm lighted up the dreary exhibition, or a small joke (for the smallest are acceptable in dull hours) gave excuse for a laugh, an " Oh, oh," or a partisan cheer, the speech was • dull apology for shameless political tergiversation. Three phrases frequently repeated in the course of his harangue told—more plainly than any vouchsafed statement—his real views. He talked of the " Pro tectionist party "—he called the demand for a ratifi cation of Free Tracts a " vexatious proceeding "—and he spoke of "remedial measures" and " remedial legislation." This, with his reference to the project for putting the Poor Law charges on the Con solidated Fend, explains most palpably his object. It means not real Free Trade—not a hearty adherence to the policy of 1846—not a ratification of the wis dom and jrutice of cheap food and unfettered indus try—but such • translation of the words "unlimited cam lion" as shall enable Mr. DISRAELI to keep in , and to use the possession of office for the r: ear l i est possible reshifting of taxation. He does not mean honest penitence, but he does mean " compen sation ; " he does mean taking taxes off the land to put it on the towns; and in this way it is clear he and Lord DERBT have cajoled the deluded Protee tionists to follow him once more into the slough of delusion and disgrace. We say delusion, because if it were possible for the affirmation of Mr. Vatteaelf motion :to be rejected, the country would at once rise in revolt against any unfair shifting of taxation., and we say disgrace, because it is nothing less than disgraceful for the landlords to follow any longer so shameless and so impudent an impostor in a road leading directly towards national injustice. The drama of the night was fitly wound up by the surprise of Lord YALMERSTON'S proposition. Has the Ex-Foreign Secretary made a compact with the Tories? or is he fearful that Lord JOHN Rrnstm should get back again to place? or did the dullness of Mr. DISRAELI, last night, lead him to believe a new leader is wanted for a new semi-Conservative party P Ile assumed last evening the character of Peace-maker—he may prove to be a Marplot. The verdict now to be pronounced is full of interest; and if the present Parliament rashly decide upon keeping itself distinct from the feeling of the country, the consequences must some day be most disastrous. The Tories admit that the appeal to the constituen cies of the empire has been favourable to Free Trade. If the electors are Free Traders how much ifficure so are the non-eleetoni, and how much stronger their determination to submit to no juggle. Yet the Free Trade supported by the constituencies st the hosting. is that real bona fide Free Trade involved in Mr. Viumts's motion—what the constituencies and the non-electors have gone for, is the ratification of the policy of 1846. If the Par liament could be cajoled by Mr. DISRAELI, or by Lord PALMERSTON, or by any other leader, or would-be leader, into accepting the sham in stead of the substance, they would assuredly be sowing the seeds of wide-spread discontent and be laying the necessary f- " • national agitation. night is fraught It must be regarded Mike of struggles, in essary fotiodatione for another The debato commenced lad with tho 'greatest results. u tho crow= act I which one ids °-/ t' , X • t. , ''rs:' , l • ' , ...s 4 . •••'.% Ac . 1. ' ' ...- 7 s • A 4. , ) ! rn, It ( 4 . *A " 74 % 1