The Express. — London, England, 1850-04-27 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. I HOUSE OF LORDS —FRIDAT, APRIL 26. The horse net at Ile Lord 1111141DAL1 sat Speaker. PRIVATE BUSINESS. TllllO RlADDlo.—Biriteabeed Isproventrat HI/1. PUBLIC BUSINESS. PETITIONS PRESENTED. EltreeTlON tN IlliLeXD.—By the Biel of RODEN, Rem Kalman ; teem • pines in the Comity of Does, Sago, Dobbs, Westmeath, mad ether Sem Is Ireland; ageism the e. stem of asthma odoestina is Ireland. Baas smore.—By the Berl of BARROWBY, teem Maga, Newesetle-es.Tyne, and ether plena, against beer *sow Ista tier a•t. larßannerre.—By the Bishop of LON DON, tress the Tower Hamlets bomb of the Moropolitsa ansitiory Amonetiem, ezpreming poet spgreval of the mss maw latroomeed by the gemming.% eat ie subject of inter mime of the deed. The right rev. prelate ..,ported the prayer of the petition, and expensed hie hope that the gevernment mould resist the opposition organizing against do bill, otirogisii it would cot pus this seseioe, or at say odor poled. TIN 'abject 41 bees dealt with by the t angst mastetly moaner, sad &Memel many Mlt i re:irconlil yet have to be grappled with. be hoped bee Majesty' goverunmat would stresatimil @ppm any attempt to mien oho aura pelaciples of the MIL IlLAya Tamea.—By Earl TALBOT, from a place ia the Maid of Jaasfr, praying for do suppression of the slave he Made owl t egmilesioa of free labeevers into the colonies. COSBE'S DIVORCE, _ _ _• ALTERATIONS IN PLEAD IN 08 ; TITLES OP RELIO lOUS CONGREGATIONS (SCOTLAND) BILLS. These bills mere gsverally reputed to the hour. Their Wok* them adjoarned. HOUSE OF COMMUNE.—FRIDAT, Arin. 28. TM B►autuz took the chair at 4 °Week. PRIVATE BUSINESS. - • - ANIXMISSTII C0;1111i1RD .ZontenWich Hospital persaineat Illatooszt all•DI160.-81tipwricked Fishermen and Mari am Bearsoluat &natty Bill. PUBLIC BUSINESS. PETITIONS PHISBNTED. rtairraomoo Totoorze.—By Mr. THOIWELY, from Wolorrhamosoo; Kr. PILKINOTON, trot. Ataisotos ; Lord RENDLEBHAIIf, from fratfora, is savour of orbit's tros motifs._ Cirt;cstßarns —By Col. BALWET, from the inhabi tants rir Bridsnortli, vary numerously signed ; from Mr. Alfrad Tilly, Baptist minister, BriAtinutth ; from Mr. Thorn. Sall, Brnlanorta ; from Mr. Jas. Odorant, Bradgnorth ; Mr. BRIGHT. from Northampton; Mr. 0. THOMPSON, from Donley ; Mr. FOX, from Oldham, far the abolition of Mimi* um. _ DVTT OX Nam; PPPPP ADTERTISIMINTIL—By Mr. M. GIBBON, Srin Mau/tester ; tor the repel of the now met advertisements ditty. COPUOLD EXPILANCHISIXINT.—By Lord GEORGE MANNERS, front Ratlandshiret, agaiosti the eopyhold esfrasenteemeat bill. EITCL;iI; RR RI/ Enwrze BILL—By the SOLICITOR GENERAL, from attermays of Leeds, praying that the Irish bill might be extended to &Wend. FACTORY BILL —By Mr. GEORGE THOMPSON, from Darstitry• Lord R. GROSVENOR. from places. in York. shim sod Lam:whin, is favour of the CAPITAL PCIIIII/lIIINTS —By MT. °SOROS THOMP SON, iron Otaigow, for the aniline of capital raga imam NOTICES OF MOTION. 111 r. PAGE 1FG615 gave ;Title; itatonMonday nut he would sok the First Lord of the Tressary whether it was the tatostien of government to propose Lay 'Reason daring the peasant itemise with refugees to the administration of oaths to members Latino their sea's io the hones ? NORTH AMERICAN COLONIES. Mr. ROisiVelesve Wolin that ;ienl;l;ns •up the re port of the Australian Colonies Bill 'he should move so to extend the provisions of the bill that the colonies of British North Astoria might be permitted to constitute themselves isle a general federal association. ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE. It was ei;;;Z:n7ltrrTi;dtiat tit;iiossitatiti rising do adjoarn to Monday nest. WOODS AND FORESTS. Lord DI.. liiCAN asked the adds lord when it was hk intention to proceed with the Woods and Forests Bill. Lod J. RUSSELL could sot name a d►y, but there was a responsible monster at the head of the board. LECTURES AT THE UNIVERSITIES. Lard J. RUSSELL begged the indulgence of the house whilst he made • statement u to Sir James Stephen, the Professor of Modern History in the University of Cambridge. What he said the other night as to the lectures in the Mai. amity of Cambridge wee, that having recommended to the crown • Prstessor of Modern History for the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, he had been naturally anxious to know in what manner those professors were received in their Calamities, and how they were enabled to discharge the Important duties which belonged to the professorship of modern history. In the course of last autumn having met Sir Jame , . Stephen, he put a question to him as to the time he could devote to the delivery of letters at Cambridge. He had stated, the house would recollect, that be could only give one lec' ure in the came of the week, either of It hour or 2 hours duration. Sir Jas. Stephen said he did rot remember any con vitiation that took piece, bat the sternest he might have made might have been this, that he was to deliver every academical year, as many lectures as there were weeks in the peer. Such • statement was strictly correct. The academical year embraced 26 seeks, and it was provided that any course of lectures n weird as the condition of a prolate/Ws csflkate be not Tess than 20, nor more than 25 lectures. It appeared that be (Lord J. Russell) was mistaken in supposing that Sir James Stephea could not give more than one lecture in ene week, but, according to his owee statement he consi dered bluetit restricted not to give more than 25 ; and the mks required, as the audition of the professor's certificate, that he wee not to give more than 26. That would come to one lecture in a week en an avenge, in the course of the aca demie year. He likewise stated that having been to the Vies Climaceller, he remarked that the laws is question did not prevent the lecturer giving r many lectures as he pleased. They only exempted the pupils from the obliga tion of attending more than 25. It was right that he should state that this conversation took place in the course of the autumn, and an inference bad been drawn, very vidairly, that be had bee. making some complaint as to the reetrietioa ef time. Mr. GOULBURN rid that some limit must be imposed ascertain whether a sag had sullitiently complied with the retarder given by the professor to entitle him to • proletariat eertittem, sad the university had laid down the rule that • man was sot obliged to have attended mere than 26 times. It was a different quake& what camber Ito might Moor to attend. DISTRESSED UNION ADVANCES AND REPAY MEN? OF ADVANCES (IRELAND) BILL. On the modem that the Speaker do now leave the chair, toe the tootle going lute committee on this bill, Col. SIBTHORP rose to move that the house do re solve into the said 006111111 WIS upon this day six months. He wee understood to attribute the nemeity for the ad vances to the seismaaagenient of the (overuses': he felt it to be his duty to oppose any further grant. He toiled that the total amount of rants of the lea 10 years was 12,037,4324 13.. 2d. ; the loans were 8,751,2551. 17s. The loam !sight be 'smoldered as granted. There was no ammo. Is.. the sable lard who proposed to grant 300,000 L, that he would me get more. That was a very important plat, sad be thought they shoald know what they were likely to have before they voted amy Ran. The hew. and gallant massaher proceeded, bet km the soils meted by twaverratio• nd lewd osier of " Divide, divide," N was almost impassible to catch a syllable of what he said. we oaderwood his, however, to ask the right has. geode mss the Chancellor of the Exchequer If he sealii assets the lease that there would be no further solicitation on the part of the Irish landlords for loam. It was almost impossible to tell where this system of leading would end, or bow they could be repaid. The "swim being esteudea, Mr. HERBERT said that he always found that whiniest propositions of that kind were 'Me, observation were sure to fell from honourable mitlemes which were Melly at va riance with feels to which they refuted. Hs thought that some lii h member should take ties lest opportunity of making a few obematiesseas the subject of Irish leans and gram, is order to show the fallacy of the statements which fall grim English gentlemen in that house. Whoa English members toot the opportunity of snaking observations which were poreceally tamiltine to Irish members, and arm from an utter igsewasee of the facts, he thought it time that the setts+ should be more thoroughly sifted and the truth of the ease discovered. He would bring forward returns which had beta produced in conformity with a motion of the hon. member for Glasgow (Mr. Megrogor), and he found by them returns that from the year 1817 when the Elebtquets ewers eon., lideted to 1845, the total amount of loans amounted to 11.328,5901. Out of that sum 8,483,0001. was paid back— ( ch.eri)—esaviag a balanee due at that time of 2,843,6961., which was see • very Urge sum. A great part, however, of that was no imaimiests which were not yet minsidered to be due. The hew. ratleznan then showed that, notwith mending the Mimed taxatikm, and the missy and distress Mist existed throughout Ireland, the mast depressed counties of which he , 00k to be Mayo and Kerry, the plass which be represented had lidd back a large amount Of the loam that had bems advaneed to it. He alp pro duced the evidence of Sir J. Burgoyne, when ve racity could not be questinned, to show that the ROT rament had gained considerable sums by loans to Ireland. Sir J Bermes bad proved in hue evideaes that the government bad actually gained 60,9861. on Exchequer Mlle 'matted to Ireland. He wished, in reference to a state ment that he was about to make concerning Irish railways, to say that he regretted that the project of Lord George Bentisck bed not been carried out. He had the authority of Sir J. B 'lgor,* in stating that out of the loan advaaeed to the )(Motown Railway Company, which amounted to 157,00C1 , 99,5961 had ben paid back. ' (Hear ' hear.) Mr. F. FRENCH beli eve d t h e f ac t t o be, that the km. and gallant member did not understand the oats," of the bill before the house. It was intended to bs of advan tage to the grand jaries, and yet every ohs of those bodies had expressed themselves against the Olsen whose falsify It was toteoded to pay. They protested egaieot the labour rate, as calculated to demoralise the people, and against being celled upon to tipsy sums gives to relieve immediate starvation, the more ospecial:y mot the letterset above fem half went loth' actual relief of the people. Oi:e of the immediate objects of the bill was to pay the salaries of the vies-guardians, and he would i sok the now to consider whether these Marks could be i is rip levied oaths unions. In ctadesion, he 'appended the tai Oda Megan !mimed assessery by the reseal peeks N asks. Mr. IL M. FOX mos to eimpleis of a Teresa white bad is.. teat la by Me peer law wimmaselleasts, with refereme Ss a salsa with whim& be wee seaosiOd. All he bed to say of that Mars wee, that it we a emplin "W m4eahaladat to mid, the *feet Owlish woe to maim amoeba qmaru de faulters ; sad Mee* lb* innrdisi paanfamonA too sow I eabismers refund ea smite the pow alterallea. Tie fon was, that the essmaimiesen caste esasetion the money se napaid relief advances. sad spprepriating it to the eedlerue peer law perpona. He sordidly appeal , . dof the bill, which bad hem seaserred is a fair sad liberal spirit, sad while it did ao more Mae Jostles, be maid missy fell sItZ Kr. P. BCROPE hoped tie boom would remember that ois=rdisee bed ally be appointed whim the eleeMd g had failed so prism their duty, sad to Om relief ems whoa the lime of the poor had boa is deeper hem the IMeasity of the maim. Ile lass from wishiai this Mil dolionva, he regretted that it hal beta so loos del iyed ; saw Male time be mast protest against the manner in whisk the messy hod bees expladed laths distressed mime. The poem seem would have bees to ham mail* the *aims emit sapperdag by employian die poor la preaMblo wear, but the plan which bed bees punned was te keep Ibsen b kilsosse, or, if employed at all, employed only Is Mai of a perfectly aspirodoetive and mass. ohmmeter. Deslas the time h• was ia Ireland he bad *sea grass greW tz. tie beeps of stones, sad in was I illitSl3o.ll mope of IS the stones. which those who readmil relief had Millpirla in brooking. Barely that was sot a seise ee seedble appropriation of public money. (Cries of " Divide" and " Qmetina.") The question was—shoeld they vote 101$" es pa l b . debts of certain distressed 111111J01, sad = 7 mar yaws th erepayment of lid mem adamant And dm was a quo sties mrsigas *sly . undmos esndarallen. objese was ail se mese .__ • or dahq the motion for going into viatmittee, but to are apes tY house tbat befogs woe* money wu expended they bed better decide upon the mode in which it should bs op plied, and do se in time. (The hon. gentleman concluded amid loud tries for a division.). Colonel DUNNE wee et opines that this grant was end= in tossequenes el the ssal-administration of UM poor law in Inland. In his opinion the cause of the distress which pre vailed in tinny of those anions was entirely owing to the mal.administration of the law by the government oaken. The house then divided : Par the motion 132 For the amendment l2-120 The house then went into committee on the bill. On clause I bring prorated, Col. DUNNE susgested that aßer the word onions," the words '• electoral divisions within those unions " be in serted. -- ft; CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER observed that the debt was a debt due by the naive. Mr. P. SCROPE said that the total amount of debts due by cataract was 513.0001. It was then proposed to lend 300,0001, and he was desirous of knowing to what ratieu lar unions this run was to be lent ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that he should sot like to be called upon to exercise the power to which the how. gentleman bad adverted. He was happy to state that the debt of 613 00W , owing by Ireland, bad been reduced to 300,0001. The lean was to be app3ed to 30 unions. After a few words front Mr. R. M. Fox and Mr. Moir- SZLL, Mr. STAFFORD observed that the bill would plain the rateable property la Inland in the hands of Sir Charles Tramllyan. The clams was then agreed to. Oa dame 2 being proposed, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER pee a detailed statement of the sums advanced and repaid, from width it appeared that the Nampa owing was 4,515,0001. The flaasewan agreed to. Oa ammo 3 beiii proposed, Lord NAAS raid that 'most extraordinary and arbitrary power waa given to this Treasury by this dame. The real question was, as to the time for the repayment of the ad. venom. -- After much conversation, Mr. CLEMENTS (acting upon a suggestion made by Lord Barnard) moved an amendment, the effect of which would be to euberitate the period of 40 ye.re at least for the discretionary powers given by the clause to the commis- donors to cheeps an annuity or other equivalent on the Pelectoral division or union within that period—giving, in , fact 40 years' credit instead of Weser periods. I The gallery was cleared for a division on this amendment, bat after the lapse of about ten minutes, strangers were re admitted, no division haring takes place. Aloe some fur. thee discussion, Lord J. RUSSELL said that the bill had been introduced aa a boon, but boa. gentlemen seemed desirous of making it appear that it would be an injury. Re hoped, if they did nos feel so, that they would not unnecies-rily obstruct its . - progress. Mr. ROCHE said it had been geaerally unientood in Ireland, when the bill was introduced, that full f.rty years' credit would be given. That mused much satisfaction, hat he feared the discussion of that evening would tend mate- rially to diminish the moral effect which such an expectation wee calculated to produce. It now appeared that government would require repayment at an earlier period. If the amendment was not carried Ireland would be greatly disappointed. The committee then divided— For the amendment 3l Against it The clause was then agreed to. Clauses 5 and 6 were agreed to with some verbal amend ments. Os clause 7. whieh provides that the Treasury 'nay make additions to advances under this bill and future workhouse loauti _ . . Mr. MONSELL said many of the unions were without any workhouses at all, w►ieh wee a great evil, and he s fished to know what was doing with regard to the erection of workhouse. A. ST AFFORD remarked that groat dissatisfaction had been caused by altering the boundaries of unions. CA. DUNNE said gnat complaints had been made in districts which had belonged to ono union and been trans ferred to another at having been charged to the rates in both unions. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER agreed with his hon. friend the member for Limerick that nothing was so essential as the erection of workbouees in all unions. He mild not give him any resent information, as he bad not been able to keep up with what was going on, but last year he pro. vided the amount that the commis' ont r stated would be re quired for this purpose up to the 30th March. It was for the commissioner to determine what was wanted, and all he had to do was to provide the money. With regard to the gatetios of the hos. gentleman opposite (Mr. Stafford) it was set n Treasury matter. The division of the unions was ha to the immingamiers. With regard to the observation of the hon. member kr Portarlingtro, that certain lands had been subject to the rates of two unions, he imagined that must have been for the extinction of the debt., to a portion of which such lands were liable along with other portions of the anion to which they had belonged. The remaining clauses were then agreed to, and the bill was ordered to be reported. The bout. then resumed. REPAIR OF THE RING'S ROAD. PIMLICO. Oa the order of the day for going into committee of supply, Sir J. PAKINOTON called the attention of the gottam meet to the controversy that had been waged between the Marquis of Westminster and the ratepayers of Chelsea. respecting the expenses of making and maintaining the King's-road, in that parish. At considerable length, and despite of an appeal from Mr. C. AIniTZT, whose own motion was kept in waiting, the hoe. baronet contended for the propriety of Mitigating the question to a court of law. The ATTORNEY OENERAL explained that both the Marquis of Westminster and the trustees of the parish high. ways were equally in fault in allowing the road in question to remain in a state of neglect; but added many arguments to show that the ease wee not one in which the crown could properly appear as promoter. Lord CAAITLERZAOH and Mr. MARTIN' pleaded In the cue ratepayers of the district, and Lord °nose - axon as the represontatin of the Marquis of Westminster. Lord C HAMILTON wished to have the question tried before a judicial tribunal. The subject then dropped. MARINE ASSURANCE STAMPS. Mr. lIIGREOOR moved that, in consideration of the remit changes in the navigation laws, and consivently with the state of the revenue, it is expedient the stamps ea omens assurances, bills of lading, charter par lea, and other shipping documents, shall be abolished. The hon. gentle- I man accompanied big motion with a few (enervation, which, owing to the noise which prevailed In the hew% were not heard in the gallery. Lord J. MANNERS eueaded the motion. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that he meet give the same answer to this motion which • few sights ago he gave to the motion for the reduction of the duty on paper. He had already stated the amount of ftzstion which he thought it would be advteable to make, and ha could not uncut to reduce the revenue still lower. But the hon. gentleinan, with a jest regard for the public revenue, was not, he &Hayed, prepared to urge any reduction of duties which would effect that surplus which the best interests of the eolantry required to be maintained. With regard to any faint* reduction of taxation, he thought it would be unwise to pledge themselves m to the taxa to be remitted. (Hear ) He would not say a word on the subject of the tax, any more than he did on the other breathes of taxation on which he had been urged to make • reduction ; because he con. esived it would be unfair that his opinion should be open to any but the but considered's'. the subject. (Hear, near.) Therefore he hoped the bowie would join with him is nega tiving the motion ; and he keyed hie hoe. friend would see the neceendey of not prude* It tea division, but permit the house to proceed with the Iseminess of supply. Lord JOHN MANNERS said the right hon. gentleman, the Chancellor of the Examiner, had not advanced a single areament is favour of the tax, objectionable u it was ; and he therekee galled upon the hones to support the motion of the hoe. member for Glasgow. Ald. THOMPSON would have preferred that his hon. Mead had not brought forward his motion until age, the Chancellor of the Exchequer had fully dec'ered his inten tions, which, he believed, would be in the e,une of the ensuing week. However, be should observe that manes insurance societies with jars' espial, and conducted on the most honourable principTee s - were established in *vary pore where no dory prevailed, ahel a town of the United States, like system was in operation at Hamburg. (Hear, hear.) It was the manifest interest, nu only of ahipvweere, but also of shippers of goods, to effect insurances hi these countries; and to his own knowledge they did so to a groat •Kteat. (lieu, bear.) For hi; own put, he (Aid. To m?soe) .• prepared to remove that incubus on the trade and 2111144. THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 27, 1850. ties of this country; sad in so &lag be Meseta be would be supported by every seeded mat l e the boor. (Her, her.) The ,tleg polisy el iseassuite was very keen, end .militated saris the shies bower ; sad therslnre, Hirt house divided, be would feel himself read to support the mere of his hem freed the somber for Glargow. (Hoer, best) Mr. HUMS sailed ea the Charities. of the Hasbequer to redeem the promise he bad made at to time Mille passim( of the navigation laws, and on the faith of whiela promises—to the ghee that the shipping interests would be relieved, so es to OMNI ale* to enter tato etnepstitioa with other astisaa—hi vane, es weU es the votes of vary other boa. podium., had been hire is favour of the government ' policy. (Heat, bear) Now, be wished to burr why the right hon. gentleman, the Chancellor of the Embepar, did not apply the surplus of 500,0001 to the relief of the shipping interim. instead of applying it to the liquidation of the arrest debt ? (Hear, leer.) He timer the bore relit to compel the government to falai the pledges made by them. (Hear, hear.) He would vote in favour of the preposition of the hoe. member for Glasgow; sad he hoped the house, by its we, would compel the government to see that it cold not with impunity violate its promisee. (Hut.) Lord J. EUSIDILL begged to est the hon. gentleman right in refers/me to has saserien ' that the goverameet had made promis's on the comesiun of the repeal of the naviga tion IBM. The hon. gentleman was =Walvis in thinkieg so and is saylag a. The government had no object in re tainiag the tax In question more than any other lex; and the simple reason why they did not repeal it was, that it eras sot alone desirable, but absolutely necessary, to maintain the credit of the country. (Her, hear ) Mr. DUNCAN should are that the impression on his mind wee, that the right hon. gentleman, the President of the Board of Trite, had promised to remove all restrictites sonnicted with shi pping r sort as possible, and under that impression his Tot , wee 0.. He, therefore, hoped his hon. friend .oeld divide the house on the question. (" Hear, hear," end " divide.") Mr. HENLEY rogreced hoe. gentlemen did not held their vies until they got all that had been promised them. (Laughter.) Ev ry elus and interest had its own grievance to tomplais of ; and if ail those grievances in the shape of taxation were removed, the Mame of the country mutt suffer materially. ((Hear, hear.) Howevtr, the Chancellor of the Exchequer had shown no reason for con• tinning the tin ; and BS there was a surplus, he thought it could be better applied is the abolition of a tax, than in the way it had been. (Hear, bear.) The house then divided, when there were, For the swims . Again tit On returning to the gallery Mr. DISRAELI was addressing the house—Nesrly two saoethe ego the government favoure 1 the house with a general view of the financial state Of the country, and with what they intended to do with respect to the remission of ' taxation. It had been always held as a matter of great im portico that the financial statement should be made as early in the erasion as possible; because, before the house voted the sopplia, it was of primary importance that the ecnstituente of hon. members should know if they were in • position to bear the burden of supply about to be voted, and also it the minister were in • posiion to remit any of the tales. 'Hear, heir.) When they knew the amount, they were better prepared to meet the exigencies of the ambit ; and therefore it was of great importance ea the finenciel statement should be mad* as early se possible. (Hear, bear.) The government, he should Ili them the justice to •tmit, took an early opportunity to main that statement, which they did two months ago; but although commenced as far back as two months since, they had not yet finieh.d their statement. (" Hear, hear," and laughter.) He wee not can that the house would not find itself in the same position now that they did in 1848. In 1843 her Majesty's minir ere made their statement; hut in that remarkable y. ar the budget wale opened en the 17th February, and was not concluded until the 25th of August (Laughter.) He wanted to remind the house of • circum stance, because the government might be about to pursue the identical coarse now that it did on that occasion. In the year 1848, her Majesty's ministers, in the course of their finan cial exposition, got entangled in the the ministry brought forward a new sugar bill, which was not earessful. They brought leeward a second one, which shared a similar fate ; when a third was produced, and all those tells wan compiled with schedules similar to those that had been recently criticised by the house so successfully that her Majesty's ministers found themselves in a similsr position to that in which they were in 1848. (•• Hear, hear," and laughter.) Though the government commenced the year with an exposition of their views of the condition of the country, well digested, and the consequence of many councils and grave deliberations, yet they were now at the 26. h of April, and no member of the house had • clear idea as to what the objects and views of her Majesty's ministers were. (Hoar, hear.) N-ow it was a matter of groat importance, especially after the late division, that the government should fairly tell the house whether they intended—he would not say, to proceed with the r measure respatiog stamps, because that measure was entirely given up—but to introduce a sew measure. If they m ant to i.atro,luc. • new measure, they were, in fact, again commencing their financial exposition. (Hear, bear.) All that bad happened hitherto was the repealing of an el rise duty. No one would pretend that that was the budget of the government. (Hear, hear.) It was not offered as ouch; and all that recommended it was, that it was the re peal of an excise duty. The repeal of an excise, and not • customs, dry was certainly the recogni tion of • salutary principle. ("Hear, bear." from the protectionist members.) Now he knew very well that a conventional indulgence was always exhibited towards the finance of • whir ministry. (Laughter.) They could not expect the government to excel in every branch. The , foreign office by its peremptoty dictation maintained the dignity of the country, and by its numerous blockades vin dicated its supremacy. (Laughter.) The colonial office, by its ingenuity in making constitutions, upheld the well earned reputation of this c tinny as the pattern of liberalism throughout the wurld—(laeghter)—and there was always in the pigeon holes of a whirr cabinet a traditionary policy which inevitably rendered Ireland rich and Engl a nd cemente d, These were circumstances which compels, eted for an occa sional deficit and for startling propaitions to double the income tax. (" Hear, hear," and laughter.) Re repeated that the finance of the government was a subject which had always been treated with indulgence. But there was a limit even to parliamentary patience, and as two months had elapsed sines they had th e exposition of the govern-I meat, wed u, so fat as they could form an opinion, there was no prospect whatever of their ideas being fulfilled and completed, be thought it would be indiscreet on the part of the house hastily and hurriedly to vote money without giv ing these gentlemen an oppor unity of telling them what their intentions were. (Hear, bear.) Honourable members on that aide of the house were par ticularly interested in that question. It was not • monstrous asenaption that they would hear no mire of the Stamp Defies Bill ; for the ease of the Stump Bill was a much more aggravated case of ministerial incompetence than thet of the Sugar Bell, and it three failures in the Sugar Bill brought the government to the 25th of August, with four failures in the Stamp Duties Bill, it amounted almost to a certainty that the original scheme of the government or one at all similar to it could no longer be contemplated as a political probability. (Laughter.) What then, was the position of her Majesty's ministers ? More embarrassed with a surplus than they had ever been with • deficiency, they had aat knowledged the distress of the agricultural interest, rod hod e(lotted • particular sum for its relief, Tbi Chancellor of the Exchequer bad promised • moiety of the sum at his disposal, and the house must acknowledge that they might claim it with re ill grace after snakiest in the interval more than one attempt to relieve interests which, to their astonish ment, they had found to be also suffering. But those at tempts had not succeeded. One had failed within the last few minutes ; and now that her Maj sty's ministers asked them to form themselves into a committee of supply to vote public money, he wanted some distinct explanation from them ae to their Intentions and their means, with the view of securing for the agricultural interest the relief as long and so voluntarily promised. (Cheer) Ho asked whether the circumstances which prompted the government to come forward at the end of February and announce to the bouts that • considerable portion of their surplus was ready for the relief of that in tereet—he put it to the house whether there had been such en alteration in those cinema:those as rendered the engage ments of her Majesty's min eters less binding ? He knew there had been an opinion prevalent on the treasury bench that alter Easter they (the protectionist man hen) would meet with more cheerful counte nance* and that the p ass i ng c l ou d w hi c h had lowered over the broad fields of England would have va nished. (Hear, hear.) Wes that the cues? (Hear.) They were now told by the nterithsra of gov. rnment in another place, that this unprecedented depression, resting upon the agricultural interest, was an exceptional CYO. (Hear, bear.) Excerptions' in what respect ? Were they to understand that low prices were exceirt-nal ? Why, he had thought that it was to attain low price. that parliament had changed re legislation. (Cheers.) He could not admit that the circrostances were exceptional. It was not for the credit of that house, or of this present or the late govern reset, to believe that them circumstances were ex aptiowel. (Hear, hear.) If wheat were selling at 800. • quarter. he could understand the legit which would make • free trader telt him that the circumstances were exceptional ; hut when what was selling at 3-ss. a quarter, instead of denouncing the sale he must regard the 'fiat's of a legitimate end 'eminent character. But if that were the , ease it was still more important that her Majesty's ministers , reould inform the hour what they Intended to do to relieve the agricultural intend!, mourning as he .lid that the legis lati el a apecting the stamps was defunct. If It were necessary to relieve the agriculturiet interest two months ago, the necessity was still more urgent now. teem " t o" vote the awa g r e tt ni or me p a u;:lic b' f l ei .) a r ds I t " tel e l xP rhe ted m distinctly whether they meant to procee d to another at tempt to complete the budget upon their original scheme, an', if nut, what they proposed 'o do for the relief of the staging agricultural elegem' of this country, (Cheers.) Lord J. RUSSELL m id he tt•mght it hardly worth the I a. gentlemen's while to proyent the how.. from proceed ing to the prerticel hiseineee of .he evening, either for IL. rake of the inf innst•nn which he bad conveyed to the a - ese—(langhter)—or for the purpcel of inking the in 'Prig which he had mad , . ( Renewed heighten) In the first pl me, the hon. gentleman had iniureneo the house that when the house went into con mittee of supply, they would orobably do so for the purpose of voting politic money. As hit right I.oli. friend the First Lord of the Admiralty had giros Lotice of the u•s.l cremate, that information he thought, was beraely erquired. In the next place, the Yon. gonileroen intortnad the house that it was the usual course d all minis ere to brig ig 1-rward the ImdKet very early; to state what they into ad to remit, and then to pr , cved with the nip:disk Now thee woe en: the reel course. (" Hear, h. -.r.' end I rip Itt,r I In titre. .of poamt it would not be a "r 7 ' zWrrilurt ten'. . it - tine. of -.r uoal be utterly ' aboard and imprestisable. Therefore the hon. gentleman bad ki the lint plant given information that wee nuke sa wbram pseleons, tios and pmesseed was tot t ly alk omerea • and tli ( e ni te r x . t ko pl ar an; The boa gentleman then went en to make certain mime mere on she government with Teepee% to the hisses of the year. (Hoar ' hoar.) What his right hoe friend the Cheapener of theExtikeepar said early la the insokin on that subject wee safileientl= (Hear, hear.) He stated that, wading to hie of the expellees and receipts, there would be a e o u r i: ar , about 1,400, to 000 i. (" He, = hear," from CoL .) He proposed devote half of that surplus to Me re of public burdens; the other half he proposed to apply to Me digitisation of the debt intoned In late years. (Mon, hear,) That was the general principle, and whetter lt were or were not suited to the cirountstaneee, nothing could be dosser than the polity of the proposal. (Hem, hear.) Teat policy was stated on the 13th of March. The govern. meat were still minting it; and sae of the duties which the government proposed to rap% namely, an excise duty bed already bees remitted. (Hem, ken.) Such being the general policy of the government, he should not ate• fit the invitation of the hon. gentleman to go Into details with repent to Its fill•WIISI WWWWIB, nor should he attar What course they Intended to panne with regard to my measures which might be Weft the house. (Hear.) But as the hose gentleman bad given this invitation, he would call the atten tion of the home to the policy of the hen. gen tleman himself. (Hear, bear.) It was • policy which was not a little remarkable--not a little wavering and inconsist ent (Hear, hear.) The hon. gentleman, as they were in formed by the public papers before the commencement of the session, expounded &great plan of finance of his own, which, whether it were or were not advisable to adopt it, had one very striking feature. (Hear, hear.) He proposed to maintain the reedit of the country very high, he proposed to have • surplus above the expenditure, to keep oar enabling all persons who had need to borrow, to borrow at a very low interest. The hon. gentleman's plan might not agree with those who had thought much of finance; but, at least, it had that very creditable feature that it was only on the basis that the revenue was far to exceed the expenditure. Then at the beginning of the 911111i013, they were told on the fir.t night, that the grand aim was to obtain protection; that restoration to agri culture was the mnin object to be attained. The amendment on the address did not directly contain that proposition; but no sooner did the house reject that proposiuon, than they wet, told that the majority of the house was against pro tection. and that there war no we of talking about protec boa. Further than this, the hoe. gentleman chose to pro pound a great plan, by which the revenue was to ha in- ceased and kept very high above the expenditure, and now, for the last month we had seen, when anybody brought ' forward a motion—(hear, bear)—were it about the window tax, were it the paper tax, or marine iniurances, however little it might affect the agricultural interest ; however little it might relieve the landed interest; from whomsoevir it might come whether from the honourable member for Manchester or any other pewit who profeised strong opinions on free trade, the bon. gentlemen and his friends were only eager to diminish the tae of the country below the expenditure. Tie hon, gentleman talked of the plan of finance ; he was attained of the principle of • plan of finance which combined some relic fto the country, with a steady maintenance of surplus above expenditure ; bat be approved of • atone of policy which consisted in voting with a party who, having objections to • p articular tax, merely came down to vote for anythirg that would impair ;he credit of the country. (Hear.) That ?id seem to be, for a great party, a most singular and extrsordinery proceed. ing, and not • course of conduct that was likely to raise them generally in the opinion of the country. That had been, as he had said, without much regard as to what the tax might be, or *chat might be the purpose of the mover. The mover was one who aid, "If I take away a tax, I at the lame time mean to diminish expenses, b cause I mean to take away roma 20,000 men of the navy and army, and I man in that way to redress the bnlance, and make the receipts still exceed the expenditure." But those gentlemen who voted with teem had no excuse of that kind ; it was contrary to their views to make this great reduction of expenditure, and therefore they exposed themselves to the chances of being responsible for making a great inroad on our finances, and leaving our finances in that irate in which the credit of the country could not but be impaired in the view of this country, and all foreign cookeries. S .me persons said that the notion was, that if this were do- e then the revenue ot the country, not sufficing for the expenditure, the House of Commons would find itself obliged to impose these taxes of protection—(bear,. hear)—on the admission of corn, and the admission of preo alma, and the admission of those various articles of general consumption which it had been the policy of different governments and of different Houses of Comatose of late years to reduce—(hear, hear)—and by that cheer which he heard there really did seem what he must say was a mere wild goose chase; to ima gine that because a certain number of gentlemen voted with them for the reduction of the tax on windows, or the reduction of the tax on paper, they would thereby find themselves in a majority in favour of the restoration of protection, and that a =sprit, of the house would be found to restore those taxes which went to enhance the price of food in thin country, was • mere visionary expectation. (Cheers from the ministerial side of the house.) If their great plan cit finance, which they had not openly monied to the house, was, that they would vote for the diminution and repeal of any tax, with the hope that, taxes once reduced, they might get duties of import upon all the great articles of consumption, and *specially upon corn—he must Bay that a wane plan, a plan of finance based on more shallow views, that a plan of finance which tended more to destroy the credit of the country, in the first place, and distal, the peace of the country in the second place, was never tin. ceived by any party which had numbers, wealth, and station in this house. (Cheers.) The bon. gentleman had invited him to the diocunsion of his plan of finance by the observa tions he bad made upon others. The hon. gentleman, he was sure, must see how utterly he had departed from the very honourable notion that be had before parliament met, that whatever we d d we must keep up the credit of th e country, and have a large surplus. Without asrecing in his particular opinion, ii he had kept firm to that principle, he, and those who helped him, would have kept up a high reputation in this country, and it would have been said that their views of policy at least were conformable to the views of policy in th e best times of the history of this moiety. The bon. gentleman bad alluded to something which had paused elsewhere ; be had said that he had seen the course of things that htd passed elsewhere, and he had seen that people were begiontog to wk, not only what revision of salaries, what reduction cf offices, could be made, but whether it was possible any longer to pay the dividends and the national debt. He (Lord J. Hassell) doubted whether such questions were really and seriously asked by any portion of the people of this country ; he did not think it wise that such notions should be set afloat, especially in the high pleas in which they were. Ile believed that no such notions would obtain any accordance or any following among the people of this country; he thought really that hon. gentlemen opposite, instead of abandoning all their own notions, in order to get into a majority by following in the train of the hon. member for Maneheater—(a laugh)—adopting his notions and following his views, would set far better if they would resort to their own policy, if they would place plainly before the house, whether they meant to adhere to protec • tion or meant to abandon it ; whether they kept it in reserve for some future occasion, or whether—and that he believed was the case, although they did not venture to say it to the farmers of the country -(cheer,, and cries of "No, no")—they utterly des paired of protective duties and h ad no thoughts of restoring that policy. If that is not so, let us (said the noble lord) have • direct motion. (Cheer.) If they do mean to enters pro. teeth:in, it then is a large part of the country which is call ing out for protection, and saying that as long as free trade lasts every interest must be ruined ; if that is redly so, if the country is suffering under the infliction of free trade ; if the policy punned since 1842 is utterly mistaken ; if the people an really going en in the road to rain, I say it is the duty of those who have that belief to bring that question before the house. (Cheers.) At all (menu, I will say, we shall not be afraid of meeting the question—(sheen)—that we are ready to meat it at any time ; that we hold that at the present moment, whilst the tae is sufficient for our expenses; whilst the revenue shows, both by the duties of excise and many other duties, that then is no falling off in the consumption of the great articles which pay cut, in this country ; that there ere cit. conistanors (there an reports which will show it, and which will be stated and produced wh the question is brought forward), that the great mesa of the people of this country, the great majority of the people of this country are now the enjoyment of every comfort which they have ever enjoyed. (Chasm) Lord J. MANNIVIS observed that the noble lord had slid %bat he thought the information of the hon. mem ber for Buckinghamshire was superfluous and objectionable. He (Lord J. Manners) could easily understand that it must be unpleasant to the noble lord to be reminded that a great and important interest in this country was still suffering; but when the noble lord went on to say that the eapo•ition of the linanci,l scheme of ministers at the commencement of the session was made plain, and that their financial scheme was still made plain, and easy to be understood, he (Lord J. Manners) must say that it wet exactly the re verse. When the noble lord found fault with the great scheme propounded by the hon. member for Buc'tinglam shire during the recess, let him remind him that that scheme wu mentioned in terms of eulepty ; nay, even wu plagiariud by the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he brought forward his scheme. The noble lord bad had the courage to say that the member for BuckinghentAire and the great hulk of his colleagues had voted for the propasiti of the hon. member for Bath for the repeal of the window duty. The noble lord was not well founded in that state ment, and be asked him now to retract. The noble lord bad also stated that his hon. friend and those who generally acted with him voted for any reduction that might be proposed, without consulting the maintenance of the pub lic credit of this country. This was not the ease. He objected to the noble lord's takieg that opportunity of telling them that they were acting in an improper manner when they voted for taxation. In making such an accusa tion by way of a vindication of the plan which they im pugned, and by way of defending this budget of his own, which seemed to he falling to pieces before their eye., he would tell the noble lord that when this was his netenee, he wee perfectly willing to leave the question in his own hands. (Cheers.) Cul. BIBTHORP said that, however honest the noble lord may be, he was totally mistaken In his course of preceedieg, and in that mistake he was backed by hia right hen. relative. (Ltughter.) He concluded by asking the noble lord (J. Himmel) by whom the deanship of Hereford, lately made vacant, was to be tilled. Lnrd J. RUSSELL made some reply, but in commitment" of the now in the body of the house it was lopootOlo to mike out what It. purport was. Mr HUME said that he had that night witnessed ea ex traordlaary emme, hot he blamed both of the parties who floured is it. The boa. member for Boekingbantabire very ►►rrooppeerrly galled upon the government to afford relief to the aricalftirel Interest, and be (Mr. Home) called upon the house to afford relief to all interests. He advised the reduc tion of taxation and the lessening of their expenditure, is order that they may have a surplus. Whilst the bon, gen tlemen opposite complained that the government had no policy, they forgot that they declared that their policy we. to make me more reduction in the expenditure of the country. (Hear, hear.) What, then, was the ' consequence ? It was that they could have no surplus, for it they spent all that they had how could they? (Lsushter.) But the ►on. gentleman oppcsite who now took the oppor tunity of complaining very frequently, came to the rescue of the government when they were pot in danger on goes times of that kind. (Cries of " No, ne.") Yes, they bad done ere repeatedly. (Hear, hear.) The best and 'Ally way of obtaining rellet was by the redaction of their establishments. He himself had proposed that cer tain reductions should Ire made in the army, and navy, and he found that he was not supported by the gentlemen opposite, and was left in a miserable minority. (Hear, hear.) If they wanted relief, let them take the means by which it was to be obtained; lit them do as they would do in their own establishments. Let them join with him in reducing the expenditure of the country, end then they would have a surplus. He concluded by aasertirg that this was a commercial country, and that, as its prosperity de pended on its COMM roe, they should remove, as far as they could, every floral restriction on their commerce. (Hear.) Mr. DISRAELI explained, after which the home want into committee (but wi bout any vote being taken), when the chairman reported progress, and obtained leave to sit on Monday next. NAVY ESTIMATES. Mr. F. MACE ENZIE wished to know from the aoble lord when the navel estimates should be breath t on? Lord J. RUSSELL—Net before Monday week. FEES (COURT OF COMMON PLEAS) BILL. This bill was eommittedpro forma, and ordered to bo re committed on Thursday next. TUB CASE OF SIR THOMAS TURTON. On the motion of Mr. Roebuck, the following were ap prinited to act as a committee to inquire into this esss : Me. Roebuck, Marrieds of Douro, Ville ,unt Jootlya, Mr. Arm. strong, Mr. Bihot, Mr. Mastic, Mr. Rouverie, and Sir James Hogg. DEFECTS IN LEASES. The SOLICITOR.GENERAL m eved foe, and obtained leave, to bring in a bill to amend an act of the last section of parliament for granting relief stipend detects in leases made under powers of leasing. The house having gone through the other orders of the day, adjourned at a quarter after 12 o'clock. Eihe erpreoo. OUTGOING MAILS. The West India Mails, including Bermuda, Ilavannah, wait, llni:duraa, New Orleans, and Ileato, , and xcludibp these for Madeira, St. Juan-de-Nioaragua, New Granada, Chili, and Peru, will be made up on May 2. The mails for British North Asitiica and the United States will be made up on the evening of May 3. 1 he mails for Maderie, the Braids, and Buenos Ayres, will be made up on the 4th of May. The mails for Lisbon, Svain, and Gibraltar will be made up on the morning of May 7. The snails vii Marseilles, to As Mediterranean, Egypt, ' ylbn, India, Hong-Kong, &c., will be made up on the weenie:, of May 7. The mails for Gibraltar, Malta, Cr, tee, the lonics Islands. Egypt, Ceylon, India, and China, yin Soutluumptin, will he made up on the morning of May 20. MOH WATIIk AT LUND4.II% Two Daa—lforeMa, Ahem...* 2a. 32m. 1 a-moues —llarsug. 3.. 11a LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 27. Or all the blunders and absurdities of the statesmen of 1813, tlse most gross was, per haps, the Germanic Confederation. It was put to gether with two aims—eke to form a strong corps of resistance to any military aggression on the pert of France ; the other to keep out the democratic and re volutionary ideas known to spring from that s,il. How did the Germanic Confederation perform the task assigned to it, or attain the object for which it was fri nitcl? In 1830 France broke through the territorial arrangements of 1815, declared the to it hostile kingdom of the Low CJuntries dissolved, and menaced war if a single member or soldier of the Germanic Confederation came to the assistance of the King of HOLLAND. Toe Germanic Confederation then ssw the treaties of 1813 torn before its eyes, and wanted alike the courage or the power to defend them. Did the Germanic Confederation perform its other task, that of keeping out democratic ideas ? 1848 is there to 1188 A er. The effect ot the Con federation and its laws was simply to sub ject the enlightened and constitutional portion of Germany to the dictation and despotism of the most brute and de-potic portion of it, and that without offering in return the least recompense, for Austria never intended to defend central Germany against France. She fortified her own hereditary dominions and treated Germany as an avant poste, to be cccupicd and foraged at the commencement of a war, acd then abandoned to the enemy as not of vital im portance. The more enlightened and more developed parts of Germany, however, gradually flung off the yoke that the diplomacy of 1813 had laid upon it. North and central Germany liberated itself, first inteliectuaily, then commercially. The Zollverein created a fiscal Germany, with which Austria was prevented from amalgamating by the embarrassment of her finances, the independent and non. German nature of its best provinces. 1848 arrived, and with it the demand for a solid union of Germany, and its reconstruc tion on a popular basis, for the great purposes of the epoch. These were no longer, as in 1813, the defence of the country against France, and for keeping down constitutionalism, but for placing it in equable independence, and equipoise of Russia and of France, and for developing the constitutional system, 83 as to unite all classes of the country in national defence. The Frankfort parliament, composed certainly not of very practical men or experienced politicians, sill performed its duty with an honesty of purpose and a thoroughly German straight forwardness, which, however it may have fallen short of its aim for the present, yet laid a foun dation for that great national structure which time will complete. Such writers as Mr. LAING may com pliment Norwegian farmers with having framed a constitution in a week, and twit Germany with having failed to satisfy, combine, and reconcie their multi farious interests of region and of class. Tire ono was child's play, the other an Herculean task. And no nobler monument was ever bequeathed to posterity by a representative assembly than the constitution as voted by the parliament of Frankfort. Whatever is objectionable, and imprac ticable, and ultra-democratic in that constitution, is well known to have been foisted into it by the Austrian and the destructive party in order to render it un auceessful and defeat it altogether. This Machiavelism, however, has not succeeded. The constitution, so altered as to suit the collapse ot popular power, and to be a fit standard for even royalty to uplift and bear up amidst the throng of mi litary monarchies, has been voted at Erfurt. The right of German powers to form a league, on constitutional and representative principles, inde pendent of the dictation of Austria, or the inter fere nee of Russia, has been asserted and maintained. The right of the League to be an efficient and in dependent state, making war and peace for itself, at least with all powers not included in the old Ger manic Confederation, has been assented to. It has moreover been notified to Austria and to the Kings, that the League will have nothing to do with the pro longation of the interim government at Frankfort, ?r the formation of any new system to replace until the League be permanently recognised in its existence and its claims by these powers. A constitutional Germany has thus been formed aicl p ported decrees ro m ulg a b y t. d o f adeputiesn ot e powerfulon i a n n and o d n 'i professors, a 6 rc us h ' built ons but disce i - -- plined and formidable army, and by a population given to the ways of freedom and of peace, as well as trained to the habits and the knowledge of war. In common with many of our friends and coffee!) in denter, we had fears of never seeing this realised, arid our congratulations on seeing it accomplished are in proportion to the doubts previously entertained. Whilst the great cause of German unity and con stitutionalism has thus advanced at Erfurt, in &spite of Russian menace and Austrian intrigue, we regret to find that the long-pending negotiations for the settle meat of Schleswig, and the restoration 3f peace and order in that peninsula, have utterly failed of result ; and that instead of progressing, things have re lapsed into the position they were a year or two ago. Denmark has, in fact, ruddy rejected all the terms and conditions that Prussia offered. The court of Copenhagen speaks of the duchies just as the court of Vienna speaks of Hungary. Resistance 11 rebellion, demand of constitutional rights or indeliea- I dance is to be put down by cannon, and liberalism Kid is to be punished, as it is at Naples or Peath, the hangman. This appears to us most fatal poll for even if the vi o le nce contemplated should su " even if the Schleswigers should be subdued, • tyranny consequent upon it will but hasten produce the affect which it is sought to evade_ viz., the driving Schleswigers as well as Holateiners into the UM of Germany. Prussia and Eogland had obtained a very important emceed= from the people of the duchies. The had consented to the separation of Schleswig free Holstein, and their constitution with separate cum, hers. If Schleswig was ever to be weaned from Ger many and attached to Denmark, it was by this. F the court of Denmark has cow rejected the wt._ series of proposals of which this made one. Presair i withdraws in consequence from negotiating any mo re , and of course the duchies insist on the old politica connexion of Schleswig and Holstein, which must un Danify them, whether they be ruled constitutionalli or tyrannically. It is, however, a subject of congratulation Prussia should have altogether withdrawn from negotiation as well as from the war. Denmark tie iderl would not grant terms of peace, whilst Itushia making the presence of Prus.ian troops in Sir lest tne pretext for meditating and menacing the tin] of Russiate troops in the reduction of Schleswi g . avoid this, and prevent it, Prussia has withdrawn troops, aid even the officers commanding the troo; of the duchies. She has proffered a separate peace Denmark, in herown name and in that of the 1.-ant so there will no longer be an excuse for hls , kadi Hamburg, that great annoyance by which t• ot Denmark put the screw upon Lord PAL Celt, At.d Dates aid Schleswigers will thus be 1 , -1 - c to f out their quarrel, unless they can come to terms. It is now for the British minister intervene and offer good counsel. For will depend on the conditions which Engle recommends Denmark to grant, in order t r seci peace in Schleswig. Prussia having v.ithdra‘ England atone remains to sup;iort or recommer co: stitutional and liberal idea. Russian councils of course, scout any such thing, because Russian rests require tole sere of Schleswig to be kept ups; that ample room may remain for interference intrigue. We is gret t.t say that we have no hope of k councils tnm British diplomatists. It is imposer for men oil ling themsi-lves politicians to be nr.re utti ignorant i , f the subject tux' of the interests of wi they treat, more bigoted, or more illiberal, than agents we empl..y at Copenhagen, Berlin, atd ern Hamburg. Every one of them speaks the languagi HAYNAU and SettwAnzi:NnuaG. They are ultra ac,tocary. They are the mere SlBTfloftri of d.• macy, without the sturdy independence of the member for Lincoln. As long as the Foreign-office works by such agt it is merely plying into Russian hands. But Foieign•ottice has power to send a dispatch, to give the.. fair and liberal counsel which it, di matists may not be altogether able to cuuntir And we do trust that 1..1rd PALMERSTON will forth his intelligence and liberalism, to demouit to the court of Denmark that the violent conii let the duchies would he no other than their eventui. whilst to c,nciliate them by fair and large excess might win them back to the CUUNI of Scandicr unity and strength. THE course which Sir CHARLES Wool) has adoi upon the camp duties ir, no doub - , the wrest must plitic which, under the extremils- difficult cuinstacc.s of the case, he could have adopted. right hon. gentleman having, by his last tip brought himeelf into a position of check-mi•e, übandoned the game. In assuming that his psi rendered this disagreeable course inevitab.e, Si WOOD 'eked for another week to consider in wtat he should endeavour to make his 'oast experii availab:e for a future opportunity. The hou,e, matter of cmnplied with the etitticEtp.ii, quest, and he has cow until nex: Friday nigt arrange the plan he may adopt for giving the ra the auvantage of the 300,000 i. of which he is Mal GO tit cure them the full benefit. At the a:et...dinner tables of hospitable pin. it has not unfrequently been our lot to tear Cit.eaus Wow) declaimed against as an olsti and impracticable tinaticier, whom it was equ impossible to convince or govern. Certainly experiet.ce we have had of the right hon. gentlemi conduct on this question goes to disprove every allegaton. We of the Erprest have no ref to complain that the CHANCELLOR 01 the Ex. (VAR has beta wilfully pertinacious. Afar t exposure in these columns of the atter eb,urdi and entire impracticability of his artier schedule, the right hon. gentleman took very earliest possible opportunity of tom ing his psalm). &Ed withdrawirg plar f the consideration of the house. indeed, tnrou out the whole discuision we are bound to suy the CHANCELLOR has surrendered one poi:: a another to our remonstrances with a riad:t which we cannot too high:y appreciate—es daily as ouch sacrifices must cut untrequa have ben made under circumetaacts that can hi afforded Sir CHARLES WOOD anything hat sat:s: tion. Whoever may hear it r, prat, d society that the Cu.tsenciin of the cliEui7Ett's course on popular questions—su:h instafice, u the window tax or the advertisrmi dory—has savoured of obstinacy and disre,,rard puha° feeling, may, henceforward, safely ci:: the markable promptitude of his concessions stamp duties as satisfactory evidence, that it always through his pertinacity acd doggedoes• !! the government of which he is a member, is inro:l in i‘s emberrusments. Sir CHARLES WooD propos( s to consider, ou, . the ensuing week, whether it would be at ail t Bible to reconcile the scale adopted by the House Commons with the exigencies of the public rerecti We are bound to say that, without the entire abs donment of all the data presented by the 11..iaril Inland It.venue in I)..cember, ISO, and cart ful.v gaited, as S.r CHARLES Wool) informed us, din the interrening period to the :Nth of April—withi we say, the complete and entire abandonment of these data as fallacious and ridiculous, we fear CHANCELLOR will rind any such n recocci tion" utterly impracticable. IVbether official etiquei will allow the right hon. gentleman to throw "t board "overboard we cannot pretend to sty. Did ' deem it possible that ourcounsel might be taken m that as upon other matters, we should advise that all means suet a course should be pursued. would say to Sir CHARLES WOOD—get rid of sue advi.ers altogether. Seek for the advice, not red tapists, but of some one or two setae men thorooghly conversant with all the details the Stamp Acts. Prepare for Friday next w their 'sails:once a comprehensive plan of stmt duties reform, based upon the principle assented by parliament : the principle, namely, of an raforent dwy, commencing at the bwest prac:ic. scale. Le: s our measure be, nut a pietist wail applicable only to a certain class of stamps. b. measure beating upon all description —a mean relieving the poor of the burdensome inequa:i under which 'hey labour, removing the objection e which impede the operation of industry . commerce, al d, at the same time, levying prop. app-rtione4 duties where they may be equitably : to rte full extent, and only to .the full extent, which the revenue requires that such a tax should imp, sea. 1). spite l' e failure of the present bill—despite the unscha cc. which have befallen the Clllaert L. lebouring, u.i doubt, under the infliction of bid cot eel, it is n too late for such a measure this, if the Minister of Ficance will 1111 t mon up his courage to the tusk. In the promo Lion of such a great and vei.uable work we make tends: of ur assi,tance, if, upon review of the .: eumstane 4 of the past fortnight, be should incline arrive at the conclusion that the discussion of thi ' questio is by the press is, after all, conducive to the right treatm . it by the senate. .ltd t course w'iieh Sir Citanes WOOD took on Nut day does lent us to hope that upon this gin sti, at 1, :est he will be ready to acknowledge that su, serwinis ng vistigation OA that to which, from tiro to tone, arc hire subjected his Stamp Bail, is not o °' de sirubl.. iv it-elf bat is also conducive to good con sures. I i this else, at any rate. it has enabled tic to avoid t..e misfortune of submitting tor adoption I preheat a plan of which he himself preiwone• mat i.• 'he opinion of those who ate venal to ti 'abject. it would leave open the door ti si mash rev as to ren ler it inexredieut ithd • ." 3 1 at , by teed, the and de— inert rtact rhey from. lam. Ger. 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