The Express. — London, England, 1850-02-02 00:00:00

a „ ra t,. all other istereets. Cheese.) t m e ser , eu,turaliste) knew their position ;( them oiam ,„ ,• otos of Ametha was to Mae in free, the ea .1 * a England esthralled. (Chiefs.) Come it they plowed, and tell them that there „, , of man they vrewld not Gunlitate— ":„ ; fly world not stimulate, =dune ha whisk they t Messer, to mad forte to .vny sum. get,, aft prod-Mime of foreign moustries, bat marred that thle ernwary slould only be the •.• wwin'acterere end michesies, and that wben i a awspared every bream of industry, the lino, .. • •nd ahroottoold numb their slave tau their victim. midst lord (J. Russell) to spook out frankly ce. D 3 sot let Ma @oppose th a t this was a t (Rear, hest.) There line nothing more ; t , , • tar a g , rernmerst to pretend that Wee trade • ~ .e.rt us danger, and that those whip were ember tor the smomnnt were ielldenced by personal • tat „ it s. (Hear) The time had gone by for auk . • pr: i nee. , (Heat.) The question was tar too L. e danger too imminent. Let the noble lord e re ,. a.l et 9144“ te the land, and Ms would g a g nap tad disinterested espy eters. (" La• it the sable lord thought he was to ruin See n. of a lietemgeouna and unnatural at a w,a to have a Jacobin free trader side, awl a coueervative pr.ry can Woe on _, ; . 7 oLictiossist she. rs and cunt., cheers from the would tai: the noble lord that he • the ministry, but be would destroy the ,Il• pr...teCti.l3tet cheers.) This was not the 1.• boa attempted feebly to express these opi. ; et on of thus who honoured Elm • t ...,,pport. He told the noble lord last year that it •••., onreili ttion that he sp Me. (Laughter, . -Oh r't Yee * in the spirit nt eoneiLati o n. ...t cheers) Let them Co. aamise that it was • of moralities that they (the Froteetioulate) • , •re they 'Blahs take the opisertunaty of Phoning • ,te act shard of thote tubas whom othnn • •;e e esters Rom the ministerial end free ' ••• r , an . I ad emitter cheenng frma the H, .oral tell hon. pall-gust opposite • .1 ~art dad not use two ld g sum. He to any In that hi.,. what he said ("Olt," end a laugh.) lie had that .n th. Land of linelsed, that he mit i t Tarr. d was justice. (Rear, hear.) :ram. aid suillcient. (Hear, hear.) He had ;Ages which bad regulated the pros:rem:lop of U • :IA never redretted fora monieut that Le had •. • changer. fir more perilous, and, he believed, • . char gre had never occurred. duck a distur rv, such a 'mak up of all the infiasaces that -..1•ti0 LI life of this free country, such a • t. e• nt at alms by which government wee .n. or Os. more unnecessary, the history of this • atr•rd. 1341, he had ever felt—he took that • ,t , -.Mg his conviction—that there never .• .;„, ••••. sr than that of supposing that the • !:' at any time &pentad for it. :0r ..., ..ny artliciel laws whatever. What the •...icer was jostiee, — bni; hr aver fanni ..v.oci.ce petrified to come forward and .t: Die Tremont any turtles which the soil ww pointed out they (the .omen) pret.mici that that applied only to a . • c.e:o.r.ofe rakeraoss, forgetting that the ..::.oat sumereas, the sacs* thrifty, sad the .....1:.4 ere fa the world were the proprietors Tha i .oneitrv, and forgetting those Liotolaell:re hca Lis ilia. Mend the member for that ! • . te.ri,ht—forgetting the statesmen of the , • or the south of Ragland. (Chem.) ..bit too pro.wbohiste had sow brought this form. (Loud laughter hoz the mull exclaim the smile of hoe. • 1,. Bred the questios had bees put ea S • :e to theta that they would had very :ewe la withstanding the de. • T: • pro.e.:iosists for justice. But U e et the head of the government r• sad s.id, which he would do, — w • t;e jusliee of your claim, I admit you : t. ^ • 91:')jrC: 14 a taxatioa others are Irmo from, 1 •:-. • 'our pr: part) ah.uld not be subject to res• •c..- • other property is subject to, het the eon. •he c in.try 7Ci.littl it," them he (Mr. Disraeli) ace • Jr.:,lard taaitted, what he world admit— • c cnuncut of countries the political principles . .‘• the economical, and thou he . toe Lowe lord either to do the protectionists tc.l required, et to recosstrect the comic:lia ••that onstry es pi.eciple. faircur.b.i to the •.7 c. Reiten.L (Loud and continued cheers 63. ) 7.. 1.. ". 22, the hon. (mailman who las . r.. ask:? us not to stioreproseat th. purpose s ...I its trips... hays pat Bet, uowiiiiug as I t Marepneent that pulp we, I own that to . ,cr.ct ilea of that purpose la a thing to me anion . • • . Lubin sad dawn from tria maniaterialists.) -t. I..itzar. who moved the usendinest is a very • : tail. scrotal- - near, bast)—tall us that his • .• . 00. say plan. that we sheald raconsitla our retest ..ad I understood hits is a very parliameatary r t... '• • . lofng the around of that nornsidenties, —• . Mitt ass loatetfist,ly to adopt so altertu state of the ..r e .m. to any present psolatioa, hat to lay down for • • rem.iteratin the recast legislation of this sountn is •••• •tt to etrosmeeeial end agricultural policy. .7.Cothiag m roe Lair. Nothing could be more aseigael the& • purpose. Aid we, ber llsjusey's Moisten, being cast ,- • :ed that that resent 16011411 cm was ana4—being row ties we shosi4l sot be benefiting this ... A .h d a l tt the flelltit ivory. If we satintittetl that le rerr s, es altered avoleseassidered—wese immediately per • 4 ro o to oppose that amendment. (Hear, kw.) Bat toes c.o. •ba Pah* lea. geatineas, the member kw (Mr. Herrin) who °seaplane that there t• to: nittimat sympathy *animal is the speech urn •oe oistress of the landed istiseen. (Hear.) r.. unties:an, the number for Lincolnshire, e.ya, •'t pry sod irnspotby is sot what I ar k, I ask for am 5.r.4.1,1•11•Ufg• woio . ll will snow that yea will give relief to t'e croupy." Me ban had mean high inanity, is- i 221.1 it 0 .1 nynati enytniag we have hand is this haus, 5.5.7 it sae any of a vista and pasepect of the future, a... , taa• high satani•y we us told that the object is to ctu.e Pekin putcoment, to appoint a new govern. Vat is its sad the. to obtain a dissolution of • precut .2202400 of Comm% and from the sew Home of Conmosis to ask a restoratioa • ; • t•eti.ds. Then we have an explicit &adoration, and I our deans sad hesitations were all at an end, and tit: •••• thoald ko.w what we were fighting about—either t ••• r : , r4tec.s,n Or maintain the present state of am t.'' • ..ney. Ilat then the hon. gendarmes (Hr. Die n.. (nee *reward end asks as not to misrepresent aud yet he involve. his purpose !2 i..4%)2 sad ambiauity, in such tortuous ••: • • .sis—( bets)—and soch appeals to suss 441112 seat really it beg one again a matter of the utmost ct...• to know wipt t!.as asseadasent anus. (" Hear," • c • Now, let its say to the hon. gentemaa and • •14 , tupport aim that thin are two courses with . •: t u.. 11:a adopted. The not we, the niemben of parliament, do not pee espremiens contained in this ad,lnas; we think : part might he more warmly worded •we think 11 , niter too moth satisfaction is expr essed; that ths prosperity in one place, and that V; iiiitheiently sympathise with the exist • ttstr-n in another ; but these are general su.d we mean to reserve ourselves for itruincs, sad mean now to agree to a unanimous •.9 ea am crown." That is one coarse of policy. •tir equally parliamentary and constitational is to say • ..r.• state of the er.intry u such, and the views of the ',meet of 14e day are • • erroneous, that we cannot ' Nag e day to pus ; we must empress ouosinion— • art.etler in a m-jorivy or a minority, ' on the •es e' mass to see whether a system, injurietu to the • tr. • ken interests shall be persisted ia for tr.i hoar." That is enothet souse. But the gentleman km taken • third tonne — it buying as unmeaning aneendinent (lend • r -that of MTh', en emendmeat ambiguous end its phrases —(" no, so," from the pretenteants)— 5.5. I my, is the result of the boa. gentleman's amend fteies of " read" from the poseee.onists.) 1 will .e.ntlywhat they propose. Tits ham gentleman says • • i ars not restoriiig preened= by this amendment, sad "I are not caring to neaten the course of policy alias. sow, sir, in referring to the amendment, 1 mast Anne with regard to what has been celled the to the agricultural interest offered by her Majeity's in the speech. I can say that nothing was Myths/ Macaws, that we have heard with loam regret of •.r. • which a various perm of the country exists, and • • ~ , g wooed give se greater pl,maisre than that a,arts of relief we could propose that those ' 4, could b e ru t an en d to. Now, the words .re these: "Ear Majesty greatly lenient/ that any ..5 Isar subjects skou'.l be sulfating distren." • rue-.:meet that is proposed says: "We regret, how compelled humbly to represent to your Majesty • rot .7 parts of the United Kingdoms, end especially 'Be various classes of your Majesty's subject. 0:11- v.% the cultivatioe of the soil are 'shouting under !elms," l own I do tot use that in these words, ;11 regard to Ir e l an d, there is any material feu from the words we propose in the ad t•hear" and renewed cries of " Beau" from .• ctioni•tl.) I will not read the words again. I , • the words already, in which we have been accused the agricultural interest. We say, "We gm ; her Majesty In lamenting the distress tt .atendesent asys, " there are claws. sad •". u /reload, suffering great distress." Bat there Is snakes question of importance. • to us, amok as we should have rejoiced in any ,• •). advising her Maj ?sty to declare the opinion • • ~t ertain With regard to the recent commercial r that that exprenion of opinion should not fall h. , Itlek.sty It has appeared to us, in con -0104 re-va custom, that with regard to I legislation, on which parliament may • , •• , e as opiniia in the course of the S6OliOli, that • reserve thoet qu stiona on the first night of the rather to give an opinion as to the actual state •""ur, than to attribute that state to acts of L .' "LA dray seta that may have preceded. But 7* ;4• 1 et It, not take that course. The ! ./.,ee on to i si a g ai tt i at " the distress was mainly , • • recent 'we enactments, the operation • • V.SrillrltO4 by the heavy premium of local taxa • 5 1 , ' 41 that if I had thonght it right to &dyne t'• rive an opinion with respect to recent legit we I have advised that it is a owes R t.liation to her Majesty to winless • - I .ti truoyeacnt which cheapness has Psednends and I should have bees disposed to odd that that greatse enjoymat et the comaisrb of life was in a great &gra • owing to roast measures of Wilosiss. (Loud shun.) But I did not think that reseotftaftemoris those who enter tained different opaeioas. • TM him. gentleman, however, seem to entertein a different 'gigs& I will re lieve one of Ma apprehensions. He has spoken of Ma heavy taxed.' of the raw material, meaning the land of the country, and he seem to fear that my right hoe. friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, la about to pulothe as morocco of the land tax. I nth mare him that we do not man to increase by a adagio penny tho present land tas. riobably ha thought we mutt by a large anginess tasks of tha land tax to obtain an enormous sinking fund. I dui say he may on reftectios ham seen that It would be emedingly isjurions. Now, sir, with regard to the enthral state of the lauded lateens. We mast consider—at this late hour of the night I will endures" not to do it at any great length—bat we mast cannier a little, both what has pulsed, what is now paining before us, and what is likely in the hum to take place. Some ten yearn ago. consideriag the great Wirers of oar population with the groat rivalry there was in various braneties of essaufacture, the necessity thee. was of employing the greatly insured popdattee, and the danger we might some day or o her find trona the In , cr. see of population wi th out a proporti 'nate therms of the I means of disposing of the produce of their industry, I ems to the sonclusioa that at was denrable to snake a unmans of the questa& of the eorn laws and to attempt, while re dwing very much what was valid the rrotection thea to do it at the tame time in such a minter as not to bear hard upon the landed interest; and to get rid, not at once hat by degrees, of a system which every one who Ma csonidered the ineient at all most ad mit to be vicious. (Hear.) Teat proposition met with some favour and it was openly said at public meetings that that formidable body wh.eh pullemea °ppm 'C so much &s -liked, mutely, the Lan-cora-law League, would have been dissolved if ihat proposition bed bean carried. However, it was rejected. At the end of the year 1846 we came to the confusion, and t'le government of the day came, about the same time, to the conclusion that it was no longer possible to make nay comier.thise on this question, bat that the corn la vs ought to be altogether repealed, and that at no distant time. And amut a pear ago that repeal sr tasliy tosk effect, sad we are now paying a duty which brings in a considerable sum to the revenue, but aid is not therms to the consumer, and the people of this country have the hoc( fit of procuring food on the cheapest term,. Now, air, that being the case, we hove to consider—after a abort experience --after a year's:, ex. petiissee—whst ia the present state of the country, with that rosin freedom of trade in the article which Lithe mai a subsistence of she people of this country. Why, if we look to the great interest' of the country, if we look to the cond.- non of the main body of the people, as represented in the returns of the pour:an, we find that of able-bodied men there is no less than a diminuti.n of 30,000 on t'• let of Janu.ry as receiving relief, compared with last year. (Hear, bear.) It we 10-k to the returns of our shipping we find our shipping has much increased. If we look to the exports we tiod that there is an increase of 10,000,000 in 149, over the p ear 1848. If we look at the various other sources of wealth WI find that as to many of them the accounts are exceedingly satisfactory. If we look with regard to the revenue, ar.d partinlarly to that great broach of the revenue the exi.ise, which is supposed to be an lades of the condom of the people. the isereassd and shows em improved condition of the people. I meet say, likewise, that I hear from all parties, from* per sons I au, sad by letters I receive, that the great body of he Cna obtaining the advantages of cheapness ant plenty, act re they are now in a better condition than for many years ; ast. (Chem.) WeU, if teat is the account of the state of the coun tr yl it a moment toe the gotten: mint ol the country to my "We desire now to retrace unr steps ?" Sir, I must my I always wandered, end that was my ream for origi nally wishing a compromise on this question, I considered that we could tot pas the transition from a state of rest rie• titan in the article of food to complete freedom without con siderable suffcritg an the part of the anthers and occupiers of land. That suffering has come, but I mast say it has not come la so aggnsated a shape as I could have expecte& with regard to this, look back to that extruiely Gamy period in reterenee to this subject that las existed ever since your mactment of 1816. What were the compthints of the agri cultural interest in ISL ? Did we not bear then of farms being given up GE fanners being unable to live upon the %thaw of their farms ? Then what eid we hear in 1836 ? Daring 1836 the presto of corn had fallen, till in the end of that year at fell :o 365. •qr. That price, Mit observed, is only 4s. 6aL a qr. under the present prior, with all the importation that has taken plus. Well, but then gentlemen say, and it has been repeated over and over again, that in 1835 there was no foreign importation, and although the farmer got only 3fis. a quarter, yet that was for English wheat, and no toreiga wheat was admitted. Now if we had had this Tear a &Anent harvest I could maderstand the farmers sap in, with a deficient harvest, and having only a small quoatity of produce to dispose of it, was hard upon us baying only 36e. a quarter. Bat if the me is the contrary, and I be. litre the harvest has been more resembling that of 1833 than may preceding year, what does it miner to the farmer who receives 40s. for a quarter of wheat, whether the person who maim 40s. for mother quarter is a men from the next farm, or the next perish, or the next kingdom ' or even if he has beoessltt his awn from the other side of the Atlantic / What doss it ma:ter to the fermate if the 'produce is equal to that which be °bulged before ? I have beard Mo. autumns one after the other lamenting that we have received MAO twelve millions of quarters of dif bust kinds of then in the course of the past year. Bat then the whole of this is consumed, and the stock is remarkably low. Why, I cannot oympathiee with that complaint. (Cheers.) If the people of Ragland have had her their onjoyms at a great command of this great ammary of life—if wreaths men have been able to purchase thew bread cheap, and have coosom-d a great quantity of it, and if, after all this, the price is above that weieh the farmers obtained is 1836, wh en - pro•scion existed, I cannot sympa thias with that complaint, bat oa the contrary I rejoice that the means of consumption have been so great. (Che rs.) Bat there le another ethailerstion, and It is ore which I certainly will not go into at length, but I mast leave it for hon. gentlemen to consider. Ido not believe there has been ever an instance of a great trade being opeaed that bad been previously restricted, that tier wse net immediately a great rush upon that trade, that the abundant capital of this couatry,lend the speculative spirit of this country, ware not directed immediately towards that trade, and that you did not fled, in the hat plate, that there was a great abundance in the supply of that article, and that, in the next place, many persons were disappointed in their 'apse. tations, and that the trade went on afterwards in a reduced manner. That wu the case on opening the markets of South America—that was the cue with regard to the opening of the China market when the Bast I adlsioosispany'imoiso poly was dose away with. That was the cam to a peat extent with recard to the corn trade, bat, from all I bear, many of the persons who have introduced corn into the country have been losers rather than gainers. Whi, if that is the case I think it probable, I will rot say it certainly take pl ace for I &opc like to be a prophet—but!whativer may be the ease for the next five cr six months we shall certainly have on the go a higher price of corn than that which we have bad for the last year. Bet there is another cdnsi,:eration with regard to all these calculations that are made, and an hon. gentleman opposite, the member for Lincolnshire, favoured us with one to-night with respect to the balance of profit end lots. Why, it le obvious every charge on the farm, toe fixed capital, the live stock, the wages, haviug all bees calculated on the pre viAts price of cern, that that outlay will not be maintained by the proluce of the form. Bat suppose a farmer to begin after the change has permenehtly taken plac , , then all the articles which he has to obtain he obtains at a lower rate, and he has to make a new calculatioa—first, as to the expenses of W farm, sad then as to the remuneration he is to obtain. Now, that calculation I say bas not yet been made. All the calculations the. we have heard go on the supposition that the exiensee are to be calculated on the average prices of the last ten years, but that the sale of the produce is to be ealenlated cn the prize of the lost six mouths. So far, I Oink all these calculations are deficient, and that, se, posing *a Ow are to be permanently r.duced— Mi. CHILISTOPiIEIt—I wade an allowance for that. Lord J. it.76BlLlZihe boa. gentleman zaa1;;;;Flow. Inc. with respect to some articles, but not with respect to others; but, sir, I will now ask the house to consider—be cause that, after all, is the real question—whether we are now to take the Hirst step to a return to protection ? We have been told it is impoisibls this country should flourish otherwise than by a return to protection, and that we Minn sooner or It., return to that system. I do not believe that the plans which have been mentioted for the relief of the agricultural =West, by taking off taxes which effect them -1 do not believe that any hon. gentleman who made a pro positson of that kind, even it he were to carry it oat to the utmost extent he squid wish that it would materially benefit the farmer. The question then is, whether you will return to protection ? Now, let me observe to the house the position in which we now stand. The question is not the keeping up a restriction that exists; the question comes to this, should you by ants of parliament procure a price for a certain article of produce different . from that which the producer would other. wits obt ain in the market? (Hear.) That is a ques. ties with respect teen article of the utmost importance. If my right hon. friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer were to say, " I want more revenue from silk," some might object that that would he a protection to the manufactures of this country; but thus would be no great body of persons who would be seriously affected by that protection of the silk manufactures of this country. But this is a question that does not 00nCeZn, merely the owners and occupiers of land, or even the fair labours', supposing them= have an interest identical with the owners of land. It is a question that concuss the whole body of the people—(chaers)—and I must say I wonder to see the tours which has been taken by some of those who attended public meetings which have taken place on this subject I me that a noble lord la the county of Dawn eomplained that he could not obtain a majority of the meeting, because there were persons who had nu stake in the county who had voted on the ques tion. Why, on this question, every an has • stake. On this question every man has an interest. (Chews.) Not a man, woman or child who has not an interest in lt (Chem.) And if you were to put on a duty which you would say would raise the prim of corn Is. Is. 6d., or 2s. • bushel, every man would count the ls., la 6d. , or 2s. a week which he wad& have to pay for the support of his family in addition to that *Wok he new pays. (Hear.) Now, are you ready to feso *4qusetkm ? (Cheers.) Are you ready to fate the diese•Mat yes would thereby *pestles ? (Hear.) ' And, &servo tai—that you would be issaidered responsible, not only kr the Whet that year law might produce In raising ihe prfee bat lisr say aceidsstal rise which the mese et IM F mum, cw the Inadequacy of the supply Ste Sseelt hit enalrlee, might oseasios, even la the present slats of Supposing that you leave this law to Its °wades, peke of earn may rise from 40s. to ' 455., Iron 15e. to 60. per quarter; hat no loan la the ' country would have 9 t4kt to complaint and I believe 1/ 0 man in the Pantry weak' eimplein. (Hear, hear.) They would say: "Jambe boo leen SSW as; we have corn as cheep as it eaa be puma; sad if the psis. et bread is dear this week, we Mk IMMO ha WWI Mud; at lust, we have no halt to lad with our log - far taking ft dear." (Choreal But:lf you bed a idao kens 40e, to 435., and from 461, to 005., after yet hod prowl • sew law ergs. lads* Use importation of food, depend tepee Is, the diatom tent would be deep and universal. (Cheers.) Does the his. gentleman think that we sneer at the landed tenant because they have made complaints? I perfectly aohnouleelge their right to make complaint. I think, when aay Bailie/man thinks he Is suffering a hardship, or has hulas injestic! deem him, he does quite right to We his can plaint, and to make it as loudly as he thinks proper, that he may obtain redress for what he thinks an injustice. Is the else I have supplied, you would have complaints, load enough and frequent enough, saying that parliament had Imposed an additional price on the cost of the daily food of the people. (Hear, hear.) Do not conceal that from yew selves. No doubt you would be ready to face, and I believe pia would be ready to overcame, aoy oomplaiat against the fastitutions of the country,' any attacks on the Hoene of Lords, or upon the church, as lastitetions not awful to the country. I believe you would be able to overcome thus attacks; bat is it not much wiser not to put these manors in goestios—not to raise any discussion upon them ? (Cheers.) Look at the sitsuition in which we have stood during the past two years. Have our icetitutions been assailed ? His there been anything beyond the lowest murmur amongst the people in gentnl with respect to the nature of our ii.stitutions ? ( Bear, hear.) But put this question of orotetnion again before the country—have it agi tated in parliament—and who can say what subjects way not be mixed up with that discussion, and what imitations you a., not be called upon to defend ? (Cheers.) Let me tell you it is far wiser rot to Fut any of these matters in question. Defend them you can ; defend them you will. I would be happy to be associated with you in their &leases (Cheers.) But this, I say, is the course of prudence, to soutinue in a policy that you • have begat to pursue not to raise • complaint among the people by favouring a particular class of the community, and by causing a legisla , tive price to be put upon the ptomains of life ; but to prove by y our course of policy that Ours is eysspattsy ia the legislature with the great body cf the people. (Cheers.) If that be the case, I beg you, and, through you, the occeupiere of land, to cousider your present position. I do nut know any higher or better p. anion than that of a gentleman in Kneen.] (Hear, hear.) I think is is Mr. Obbon who sap that he thanks God he was born an Englishmen . ; but he thanks God again he was born an English gentleman. (Hear, tear.) An English gentleman, in the possession of an estate in the country, looked up to by his tenants, able to de acts of beneficence and generosity to those about him, having enough tusiness to employ his time, having enough of for recitation, if he wishes for it—called, If he is ambitious, to a seat in the legislature, to take a part in the most stirring political debates, and to irfluence the foriun_s of his cou-sry—l say such a men, in such • position, is in sited fortunate. I say he would do most rashly if he were to risk that pudtion for the purpose of giving toe particular clus,:an advantage by legislation which other classes do not seek, sad will not obtain. (Hear, hear.) I' thut be so, then, 1 ink the house to be ooatented with the present state of oar legislation. We have made a great step, a great change, accompanied by distress among a portion of the people of the United Kingdom. If anything which the boa. gentlemen opposite, or any other persons, may suggest, could bring relief to that distress, with fairness to all other claw', let it be proposed, let it be considered, accepted if useful, rejected if It would be disadvantageous. (Hear, bear.) But do not attempt, now that the question of prates den has been decided by • parliament; now that those, who is that parliament gave that vote for the destruction of protection, have been again subs itted to the judgment of the country, and have again been returns I to parliament; Co not attempt by your fresh vote to eisturb that settlement, and to make It • doubt whether your deliberations bare that constancy, that firmness, and that regard to the interests of all her Majesty's subjects which it is your bounden duty to entertain. (Cheers.) Let nee add likewise, that my belief it, that the course of policy began by the legislature in 1812, by the right hon. gentlemen whom I now see opposite, continued in suhlequent years, both by his administration and that which has succeeded him, ts to open a great course of honour and proiperity to th is oceustry and to the world. (Cheers.) I believe that, with respect ts the set which we passed last session—the act for the repeal of the navigation laws— that we have never suffi ciently known what are the benefits which that act may pro duce to us. (Hear, hear.) That the nations of the world would be In haste to follow you, is what I never expected. That in regard to that act in particular they should show a disposition to follow as, :Is what I am happy to recognise. (Hear, hear.) But if you say now that you doubt of your own decision,—that you are about to qe back upon the steps you have taken,—that you are :bout to resume that ult.eh they thought you had discarded as erroneous in theory and injurious in practice r —expect no more such benefits to come from foreign nations,—expect them to be confirmed in all their notions of the benefits of monopoly and restrictions. (Cheers.) I say, them, by your decision tonight, you will sot only have a great influence upon the welfare of the people of this country, upon the fortunes of the state, but you will likewise decide whether your example shall be beneficial or injurious to mankind. (Lund cheers.) Mr. COBDEN—Sir, I have not risen to mike • speech, but to express my regret that there is not en occasion arfoded for disclaims the question which I thought was to be submitted to us on this occasion. I came into this house fully convinced that before 48 hours had elapsed, an opportu tiny would be all ..rded those who are supporters of protection and those who are advocates of free trade to discuss thous two principles In this house. I must say that what has paned in the country has convinced me of the necessity of having that discussion instantly ; for I cannot shut my eyes to the feat that a very large and influential body of the community are under an impression that the question of protection and free trade Is not settled in this house. (Rear, hear.) Any ore who has had his eyes open for the last three months will admit that there baa been an 'want of agitation in the country sufficient to show that there Is a very intense feeling on the part of the occupying tenants of this country, • lags portion of the agricultural community —that this house Ls fpraparei to reconsider the question of the corn laws, and that an injustice has been done to a portion of thi s community which this hone will remedy. (Hear, bear.) It has been said that that movement has been a movement, not of the landowners, but of the farmers. It may be so ; but, at all events, the farmers recognise, as their representatives and leaders in this house, the gentlemen whom i see opposite; and I firmly believe that they are under an impression that • very large body of hon. members opposite have come to this home on the present Gannon prepared to vindicate the principles which they believe to be tut, and which they expect to see carried out in the legisla tion of the country. I must say that, so far as the govern ment has been concerned, there has been no disposition to palter with this question, and not the slightest hesitation in meeting it on its merits at the very opening of the session. (lltar, hear.) For it has been very broadly stated by hon. gentlemen opposite, and the hon. member for Buckingham shire has himself alluded to it in no very kindly terms, that the hoe. member for Wolverhampton, formerly a leading member of the Anti-Corn-Law League, was put forward to move the address to the crown, thereby I presume offering • distinct negative to the principles which hon. 'gentlemen opposite espouse. I must also say that ia au early part of this debate a considerable number of hon. gentlemen opposite did take a fair and candid course on this question. They have not Imitated to say what their objects are ; they have not dealt in mystification ; they have not attempted to lead us away from the question before us ; they Lave been peculiarly abstinent in personalities or attempts at samara. (Hear, beer. ) They have broadly stated that protection to native in d ustry is desirable sad necessary for the agriculturists of this country, and they have fairly discussed the question. But what has fallen from the hon. member for Buckinghamshire has altogether changed the character of the debate; he has totally altered the lame of our coming decision. For he has told us that the question before us is sot the question of protection, or free Made—thatl we are not on this *anion going to de cide whether the principle of protection to native industry is or is not to be the principle of this house. He mays that It may or may not be expedient, at some future time, to test the opinion of this house ea the subject, bat that, to night, so boa. ireatienas, who WOW commits himself at all upon the question. I mast say that u a very sorry beginning, after en loud a preparation as has been heard throughout the country. (Cheers.) I do not know whether the farmers are able to comprehend the position in which they are placed by the movements of parties on the other side. 11l found a body of gentlemen agreeing with their leader, I should know exactly what course they were going to take, what principle they adopted. When I find a body of gentlemen disposed to take the course which every man of common sense would think they all intended to take from the terms of their amendment—and when I find them followed by their leader, who distinctly repudiates everything which his followers have said bolos.. him—(hear, hear)—then, I think, the farmers of this country mast have as ucutsness which surpasses that of any one on this side of the house ; at all events, U they can understand what course their friends in this house mean to take. (Hear, hear.) I most say this is a very inconvenient tints and mode for the members of a party and their leader to make up ac counts together—the rank.and tile going one way, the leader another; and it is left to their confiding partimns out of dices to decide who is promoting their interest and who best re. presents their principles. (Cheers.) The host. gentleman then referred to what had fallen from /Ir. Disraeliont of the house. The hon. gentleman held a meeting at Marlow. (Laughter.) And he stated tit, re that It was not becoming tar one mem bar of parliament to meet another at • public meeting to diseuse the question—that the House of Commons was the proper arena fer discussing the question of free trade or protection. Now there he (Mr. Cobden) was, in the HMSO of Commons, and not in Buckinghamshire ; but he could not get the hon. gentleman into a dismission with him, for the hon. gentleman had talked of every conceivable subject except that of protection to native industry. (Cheers.) Now, whatever might be thought of free trade r da rotestime, every member of that house would that it was most desirable that the questioa should be settled as soon as possible. (Hear, hem.) There' was not an honest man in the country who would not say that It wee not advisable to have this question kept back one moment longer than iromald be avoided. If there was any party or gentleman In that house who wished to make protection a stalking horse for 'power or notoriety, of tomPo• eery prominence—if any in di vidual could passably set on such motives, and succeed for a while and It could only be for a while —by practising on the weak intellects of his beaus by mystifying the quo tiess, by playing with it, and pretending to *derail. FOt oo ' tic., whilst' be was afraid to enter upon its discussion-1f seek • pads were to succeed but fora single year la kmp• lag alive the dismission of this question, he was one of the greatest Main that the tenant farmers ever had. (Load THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 2, 1850. cheers.) And net merely that, but be would be one of the greatest enemies that the entintry nor had, became they were all interested is the euesseal t o f the agriculture of the country. (Hear.) Zee the fulled imafidenes that bps fellow-eonalryami endilleMemtplish all that it was pomade to eceumplish by bean Wan it 44 wen only told what it was they had to do. (Hear.) But they would paralyse their exertions by tel:ing them that the kaiak. tare would do for them what the should depend on their own exertions to d o . (Hear.) He confined he could not understand the tactice of hen. gentlemen oppo site. Why, what were they doing at this present moment? —ruonieg exist the country making the tanners diesedis. fled with their land. (Muer() Why, what persons dealing in raw materials were ever known to act en foolishly? (Loud chain and laughter.) There was an lIIIISTOUrf simile which applied to such condnot. (Laughter.) He would not use it in that houte but use must go to Billingsgat e to characterise sun; folly. (Laughter and cheers.) Not only did they deny the h own property, but they seemed tO be unconscious of the sonsequenos that would befall them. The question of free trade*, must be decided one day or other, and decided welt knew in such a way as would destroy all shaasendssir being able to raise the price of their produce by legislative intarterence. They did not seem to under. stand that the argument now put forward about the dept. chitin of the land woad be returned upon them at the audit day with compound interest. (Hear, hear.) lie could not for the life of him understand the principle on which the hon. gentlemen opposite proceeded, and thole who took= intelligent view of the viestion had a right to oomph in, like the boa. gentleman for Maldon, that the noble marquis tee member for Stamford was allowed to run at large about the country. ("Hear, hear," and laughter.) Ho should vary much like to beer 'be conversations at Bale Q ie Castle at the neat audit. Wear hear.) He accused the honourable gentleman opposite of raising hors which he could not and did not mean to fulfil. If the hon. gentleman really wished to have this subject discussed he should deal in solid tuts and arguments. (Hear.) Mere sarcasms. panonalities, bye-play, and the fi rewor k s of rbe- 1 toric wouli never answer. (Hear, hear.) The hon. gentle. man nuked the challenge of his hon. friend the mamba for Wolverhampton, than ernich, in the best days a the oorn-law diseesaion. a better was never male. (Hear, hesr.) He veiled on the honourable member for Bucks to give nodes to-morrow of his intention to propose a return to protection. (Hear.) Now, one word as to what had test from. the noble lord. The hub], lord left it to be unieseton that the Anthena Lair League %stela have contented to al complains' when the Bs. fixed duty wu pruned in 1841. Having been I:prominent member of thet body, It was, only due to himself and. those who were connoted will him, to my that that proposition would not have effected a compromelie (Hear.) It might indeed have allayed the irritation of the time, but the country would never have been satisfied till protection was altogether abolished. (Hear.) Even if pro tection was not struck down at the time it had been, the moment was not far distant when even a fixed duty must have given way before the distress of 1848 and 180. (Hear hear.) The calamities of these nun would Cave abolished the corn laws In spits of every thing, even if their tete head not been seed by the discussions which took place, and which enlightened pubis. ()plain with respect to their impulicy. (Cho. rs.) He had teen only to repeat hie request—ha solemn request —that, as the hon. member for Buckinghamshire valued the interests of lie farmers of England, is well se those of the community at large, and also as he valued his own Leta , grity and reputation, he would loss no time in bringing for ward the question of protection on the ILor cf CAI house, and then and there let it be ono and for ever decided. 1 ( ' Hear, bear," and loud cheers.) Mr. 11. DRUMMOND rose amid lend cries of "divide," bat after a brief period order was restored. lie was not going to make a speech at that advanced hour of the night, or relict' morning. The hon. gentleman who had jest sat down declared that it WAS his intention to watch the conduct of those gentlemen, members of that house, who attended county useshop is the various provinces, with a view to see if they would come forward, and here in that house avow the sentiments they had enunciated from the platform. (Hear, hear.) The hon. gentleman had also called on the farmers of England to watch them--(Laughter)— to au if they would utter in that house what they did not fear to s_wal. out et it. (Hear, hear.) Now he begged to give that hon. gentleman notice that he (Mr. Dnuninond) was then fully prepared, as be would be on any Were occa sion, to justify every word he bad ever spoken as well as to go Into the broad question of protection and free trade with the hon. gentlemen. (Protectionist cheers.) lie wool , ' not insult the irelinFe of hon. genii. men on his side of the qua ' ties by appealing to them to ascertain if they were not cquallyprepated to meet the question—(renewed protectionist I cocers)— for he believed there waa not 'single one of them that woe act prepared end anxious to come forward and justify their pimples, (Hear, hear.) Therefore, that the hon. gentleman (Mr. Cobden) should understand the ground on which he rested the question, he would try he cared not comparatively for the welfare of the landlord class, but he accussd that hon. gentleman of wishing to sacrifice the English lab.urer for the benefit of the manufacturer and the foreigner. (Protectionist cheers.) That was his asser tion ; and after that the hon. gentleman could not be mis taken u to the nature of the question at ions between them. (Cheers and counter cheers.) Col. THOMPSON rose, but was met with loud and con tinued cries for a division, which were rastsinei throughout his briefotsservations with such vigour and perseverance that not a single word he uttered reached the reporters' gallery. The house then divided. Far the motion ... 311 For the emer.dment Ilajoritria favour of Ministers 119 The house adjourned at 2 o'clock until Monday next. Viz _enartoo. OUTGOING MAILS. • The mails for Maderis, the Braids, and Buenos Ityrel,will be made up on the evening of Feb. 4. The malls for Lisbon, Spain, and Gibraltar will be made up on Feb. 7. The snails eil Marseilles, to the Mediterranean, Bgppr, Ceylon, ledis, Hong-Kong, &e., will be made up on the evening of Feb. 7. The mails for British North America and the trnittd Seams will be made up on the evening of Feb. 8. The West India Mails, excleditig Bermuda, Havannal, Nassau, Honduras, New Orleans, and Mexico, and including them for Madeira, Bt. Juan-de-Nicaragua, New Granada, Chili, and Pent.will be maul, on Feb. 17. The mails for Gibraltar, Malta, Greeee, the lonian Islanrle, Egypt, Ceylon, India, and China, eia Southampton, will be made up oe the morning of Fel. 20. MOM WAY= AT LONDON RILTDOL T.. thaw& h. Des Afteraboa. IL :bL T,lllolllo.—ltondag. td NI LONDON, SATURDAY, FEBUARY 2. IT is only through courtesy that one might style what took place in the HOLM of Commons on Thurs day a debate. Against two such great glum as Mr. CHARLES VILLIERS and SIR CHARLES Woon, giv ing forth for hours such a shower of figures and facts, the old-fashioned cnlverins that the country party brought forward, in the persons of Sir Joint Taw,- LOPE and Sir Joint WALSH, made the battle very much referable one fought between the artillery of NAPOLEON Of WELLINGTON, and that of the BLACK PRINCE Of HARRY THE FICTITIL, We expected the protectionists in both houses to charge and to mount the breach. Their vapouring announced theta to be burning to assume the offensive. Instead of this we find them in both houses timidly provoking attack, and then prudently assuming the defensive, creeping behind any brick or stone wall of an argument, showing no front, no pluck, no strategy, and in fact no fight. If the battle was merely deferred in the Commons, in the Lords at least there was no excuse for holding heir ; and yet the great chief, Lord STANLEY himsa, made but an exculpatory speech, parrying thrusts, dodging to escape heavy blows from overwhelming facts, and delivering an ingenious pleading in defence, rather than an indignant, or, as might be expected, an overpowering attack. To the argument that shipping and ship-building had increased einee the repeal of the navigation laws, and that great countries had passed laws of reciprocity, Lord STANLEY pleaded that the United States did so in consequence of its own old legislation, not by any new measure. To the point, that our exports of manufactures had segmented, he replied, that they only went to India' and, therefore, wrre not owing to free trade, es if cheap food did not operate wherever the export went to. In answer to the diminution of poor rates, his lordship hinted that paupers had been employed in out-door labour, u if, the same motive operating at all times, this itself did not indicate improvement. After these bits and scraps of cavils and objections, Lord STANLEY set Off upon Lord BROUGHAM'S wild goose chase to run down French republicanism, in order to divert the attention of the house and his own efforts from the main question, which, indeed, both their lordships openly shirked and declined to argue. It was much easier to declaim against French re publicanism and equality, and to present heavy land taxation as produced by them. Whereas the contrary is the case. The direct contribution in France, which amounted to ten millions sterling in 1814, gradually increased to seventeen millions in 1847 ; military expenses augmenting in the same period from twelve millions to eighteen millions. All this increase was imposed by highly monarchic chambers, elected by a very narrow elective body, the majority of which were of the landed interests, and necessarily the highest tax payers. But these high tax-payers had, by their electoral influence, a claim to the highest and beet paid places, so that they had more interest in augmenting tuition than in diminishing it., This is the history of the French budget, which tells the same stay as the English budget—republicanism and equality having is much to do with one as with the other. So much for the moral with which Lord STANLEY pointed Lord BROCOHAree fable. Nor was the majority in the Lords disproportionate to the feebleness of the argument. It was a majority of two last year, mid one of forty-Nice this! To return to the Cornmeal. Sir JOHN TROLLOPE, following the good role of ne setter ultra crepidam, made a Lincolnshire speech, confining hie remarks to his locality. Free traders have no moon to object to going to an issue on the corn question in the county of Lincoln, where, according to the honourable mover of the amendment, the small farmers are to be completely extinguished by foreign import. Now, the facts we believe to be directly the reveres of what Sir Jour TROLLOPE pot forward: We believe the small farmers in Lincoln better and more careful farmers than their larger apportioned brethren, and that they are much better of than the large farmere, although they pay in many instances double the rent. 'lbis occasions great tenderness on the part of the squires for the small farmers, who cry for a diminution of rent. They pay 31. an acre, whilst the large farmer pays from 335. to 40s. We know of districts in Lincolnshire, the Isle of Oxenholm for example, in which the small farmers resisted every effort to be driven by their lardlords' agents to the Lincoln meeting. And we will be bound teeny, that had there been a ballot at that meeting for votes in favour of protection or of lower rents, the latter would have carried the day by an immense majority. Lincolnshire. however, formed the point' of the battle. Captain PELHAM made it his hobby ' hone, and, not thinking it hard eningh ridden on Thursday, Mr. Cnalseornmt trotted it out again', Iloot night. None cf the protectionist speakers, however, sought even after twenty-four hours' research and cogitation, - o impugn the truth of the statements made by Mr. Vitamin. and the CHANCELLOR. Their efforts were out paereleotionis of what Lord STANLEY had tried in the House of Lords ; and it was partly is the chi, react of a forlorn hope that Mr. DISRAELI rose late last night. His grand argument was, that the ninety millions which Mr. C. \Tintless had represented as not ex torted, and therefore not paid by the consumer', was a clear loss to the agricultural interest. They ought to have had those ninety millions. Even though the crop was deficient, even though it was inferior, even though it could not by many millions of quar ters reach or supply the demand, nevertheless Mr. DISRAELI insisted that all the mon- y paid for bread in the United Kingdom, which did not go into the pockets of the landlords, was so much staen from them. Against such pretensions there is literally no use in employing argument. Nothing is possibla bat to scout thorn altogether. Acd this the House of Commons did lest night by a majority of 311 v,tee against 192. STRANGE things happen. The last country we should hare expected to find ourselves at war with is Greece. The last of our heroes whom we shittid Lave hoped to find engaged in a war of annexation and eggre-osion was the late Secretary of the Admiralty, Sir HENRY WARD. And the last diplomatist we should have thought to see enacting the part of a Roman Proconsul was decidedly Mr. WYSE. Nevertheleu we are at war with Greece. Our three-deckers lord it over the classic ground of Triremes. The Queen and the Caledonia blockade ' the Piraeus. And Sir lizotnu WARD claims certain islands which we never before heard of, as part of cur dominions, though it seems they are tenanted by his Majesty of Greece, bring close on his Majesty's dominions. Uutil we get the " particulars," we cannot pass judg ment on this strange circumstance, except that it striko sus at first in a ridiculous light. Poor little Greece we helped to make into a kingdom, helped to give it a King Log, selected advisedly from the royal family ot Bavaria. We straggled hard to in duce him to reign constitutionally, but as constitu tional government implied the rendering of accounts, King OTHO would none of it. Austria and Rus sia, and Bavaria licked indissolubly with both, of course direct the politics of Athens. France under Louis Naeottox is not iuclined to say nay to these potent seigniors.. And Mr. West is there, no doubt, without tufluence. We do not see great harm in his bring without it ; nor do we think this coun try would receive mortal damage, if its ambassa dorial place was as empty at Athens as at Madrid. We fear, however, that a feud has arisen between their Majesties of Greece and of Cortu. Ring %Vann, indeed, bitted in one of his proclamations, that the rebels of Cephalonia, whom his Highness flogged and slew, were but agents of some mysterious society which had its seat and ramifications in Greece. And we hear that Greece and its court took the liberty of laughing aloud at the ignorance and pas sion of Sir HENRY Watto. That irascible potentate may have retorted by disinterring some defuuc claim to the two unheard-of islands. If this be the origin of the new Iliad, we must leave the writing of the Epic to Punch, whose pen and pencil will do justice to the Knight of the Order of St. Michael and the redoubtable Otroo. It may be, however, that King Onto has, and can be proved to have, large &abets in the shape of revenue; and that, although duly summoned into the European Court of Bankruptcy, he declines either to pay or give accounts, relying upon his privilege of royalty or rarliament, or upon the backing of Russian and Austrian envoys. If so, the bonds of English creditors of foreign countries may indeed begin to look up. For no doubt we should give «luta protection to British subjects all over the world. It is astute of our Foreign-office, which may tell the Peace Societ, that it is merely imitating the government of the United States. The Yankees, however, applied their screw to great countries such as France and 3lexict+, whereas we coerce a potentate scarcely worth brine ing into a County Court. We may hope that his Majesty of GREECE will pay the just debt. As to his islands, we trust his Majesty may keep them, for we are convinced the British people would not spend a discharge of powder and duck-shot for all the islands that adjoin and adorn the Morea. It is announced that there aro to be large reduc tions in the expenses of the Army and Ordnance. GREECE. The following letter is from cur Malta cores pondent: MALTA, JAN. 26. The General Screw Company's steamer Hellos nt, arrived here on the 24th from Smyrna. Letters punt, her from Athens confirm the announcement that the government had refused iu foto the demands of Mr. Wyse, which were as follows : 1. ItJparation for the insult offered to Mr. Pacifico, the Portuguese consul, in 1820. 2. Indemnification for the value of an English vessel wrecked on the coast of I Magnia, and plundered by the Greeks. 3 Apology for the insult offered to Mr. Wood, the English consul at Patras, in the Merenditi affair. 4. 10pamtlon for injury done to an lonian subject, in the same place. 3. The interest of the loan due to England. 6. Indemnification for English travellers plundered last year by the brigands. 7. The immc diate restitution of the islands of Sapienza and Cabrera, appertaining to the lonian republic. The French and Russian ministers at Athens have protsted against these demands. The French fleet left Smyrna for Athens immediately after the arrival of the French steam-packet Tanerede, with the above news. All the principal ports of Greece are block aded by the English ships. M.M. steamer Porcupine will leave for the fleet this morning, with despatches brought by the French steamer this morning from Marseilles. H.M. steamer Medusa came in at noon from Alex andria with the Indian mails. H.M. steamer Merlin leaves immediately for Marseilles. ILM. steamer Antelope, due yesterday, with the Corfu and Patras mails, has not yet arrived. It is probable she is de tained at Patna to protect British interests. The Peninsula and Oriental Company's steamer Euxine, from Constantinople, has not yet been sir nalised. The Mediate brought twelve passengers from Alexandria, and was five days on her voyage. Bombay papers to the 3rd. The Malta Mail says : "The Greek lawyers have declared the demands inadmissible, and no doubt exists but they will be refused at the expiration of the allotted time. The Greek vessels wore conveyed Ito &lamina, and the steamer Otho, about to sail, was forced to return to the Pineal. FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY, a 30 P Ir. The Bourse rose to-day despite the news of the in tended risings in the whole of the country forming the 6th military division, and in spite of the anxieties expressed in the Paris journals respecting the attitude of England in the Mediterranean. No foreign news can stir the bulls at the Boars'', and for days nut an influence has been exercised on the Bourse which is irresistible. If reasons are asked, no one can give an answer, but predictions are not few of an approaching fall. I have said that intended risings at Lyons are men tioned, the semi-official Constitutionner is the autho rity upon which the statements rest. That journal mays: The opposition frequently reproach us with political op timism; therefor, we are sot alarmists. Bet though the perils to which society is exposed must not be e N .e,gerated, they should not be otneealed. Order is cerfain:y secured, but according to reports which have acquired • certain de cree of cousistenee4 it is likely to be disturbed at Lyons. There is now said to exist in that city, and w e several points of the sixth military division, an extraordi nary degree of excitement, and the authorities are induced to believe that • movement may shortly break out. A high functionary of the department of the Rhone has, it raid, come to Pane, to inform the govern ment of the state of things, and to elernand additional forces. This formidable sgitation is attr . .'nted to the incessatt ex citements wt.ich the refugees In Switzerland keep up among the population on the frontier. The Gernan powers, who dream of • joint occupation in the Helvetic cantons, take advantage, it II said, of this eircumarance to claim the co operation of Fracas in corw:deration of its own dangers. However this may be, the governmen which closely watches the meowing' of the machinctora, le prepared to prevent, or at least, to arrest the development of them. The day on which the movement wee to break out is known. I. ie pro to celebrate the anniversary of the 2in T.bruary. W. not, for ou r p ar t . h es i tate to givo puYieity to these reports, as the hest means of waning off the danger which is announced to us. There is no doubt that the democrats in the dis affected districts have been again getting up au agita tion, but since government knows all about it, why noise abroad the feet which mast necessarily create a certain anxiety, whatever the Conetitetionnel may say. There must be a purpose is view, and there seems to be no difficulty ia, conjecturing that the statement is pat forward as preliminary to an assent given to the demand for a SliirN occepoton. I never supposed that the executive wadi resist the demand of Austria and Prussia, but no one expected that the cloven foot would be shown so speedily. Thisques tion of Switzerland s til t creates great attention n the press. There is a tone in the following which is quite edifying. the Ordre earn:—"The kind of memorandum ad dressed to the French cabinet to ob'ain its adhesion and its eventual co-operation in the measures which appear to have beat concerted between Austria and Prussia against Switzerland, ie, it is said, drawn cp in the mcst circumspect and even insinuating terms. The German powers hope that the conservative and reparative government of France will not eeparate itself from them on a question which interests the .security of all Europe." It appears from the last we.kly returns published by the Bank of France, that the metallic reserve has again augmented 7 millions, 5 millions in Paris and 2 millions in the provinces. The elscount accommodation has increased 5 millions in Paris, and declined about half-a-million in the branch hanky, the amount of the former being 49,191,h88fr., and of the latter 69,661,618 francs. The protested bills have decreased about 100,000 fr. in Paris, and about 7,000 francs in the departments, the amount of the former being 1,881,033 fr., and of the latter 1,612,1.56 fr. On the side of the liabilities, the notes in circulation present an augmentation of about 10 million', having in creased 101 in Paris, and diminished; of a million in the provinces. 'fhe aezount-current of the treasury has increased about one million, the present amount being 75,375,004 fr. Privets accounts-currert in Paris have fallen off about 11 millions, whilst those in the provinces have increased about 20,000 fr., the amount of the former being 75,938,733 fr., and of the latter 24,931,379 fr. 'l'hc whole amount cf the me talic reserve is now 4571 millions to 4731 millions of notes in circulation. FARI4 You. 1. For i/ BOURSE. For ,I !or Account. Stoner. %rola.; TlEsiroot. Loorort., Closig. SS 50 I SS IS OS 30 SS 3 '3S 30 96 0 r 96 0 96 30 1,3 90 OS SO •• I PO It VD PP SP PO OP 3 per Osats. 1 58 30 '5B 15 SS 30 IS 5 155 50 5 per Oents. ,93 0 96 0 94 30 14 90 iO9 50 S do. New Loan I ~ I a rs ila per Oats. 1.. .. re 4 pa Oants. MO Exchange on London : 30 days, 23 421 I; 90 days. 23 50 Belgian, s, 1810 Do. 3, 1842 Do. 4a Do. 2 ( Piedmont 5 per Cents 87 70 „ BOVRIL—St. Germain, —• Versailles (right beunk), 203; Ter. stiller (let &mkt. 16173; t:rleans, s3u; Rouen and Havre, 261 23; Paris and Rowe, 6do; Avignon and Ildr ...Wed, :13 ; Strasbourg and bale, 116 25; Centre (Verson), 32 SO , North, 472 50; Hon. ;mean and Troyes, 113 30; Pais and Strasbour g , 260; Tears and :Limes, 471 23. !if town, JAN. 26.—Thre• per Cents., 11.16 paper. Four per Cents., 12i paper. Fire per Cents., , 3 account. Coupons, 71 paper; Bank of dt. Ferdinand, 134. Esch.Lage no London, 30.34. GERMANY. BERLIN, JAN. The First Chamber holds to-day two sittings, in order to settle the fate of the King's message out of hand. They have adapted in the upper house a mode of proceeding similar to that of the lower : first there is a debate on the general question, and in the even ing sitting the particular proposition will be discussed. The ministers seem to hold somewhat cheap the pos sible verdict of the First Chamber, for now the amendment of Arnim has been accepted by the Second Chamber their organs declare boisterously that the crisis is over This is as much as to say that the ministry conceive their pledge to resign in the event of the King's message being rejected by the chambers applies simply to the acceptance of the amendment] of Arnim by the Second Chamber. But there is an obvious difference, which the ministers seem to have overlooked, between the acceptance of Arnim's amendment by the Second Chamber, and the acceptance of the cardinal points of the King's mes sage by both chambers. Ten members of the extreme right in the Second Chamber say now they never would have voted for the amendment of Arnim, but they were forced to do so by the order of division on the motions. Thus, by the first division, the eighth proposition of the King's message was thrown out. The probable majority in favour of the govern ment in the First Chamber is computed by the Congtitutionelk Zeitung at 00 to 60. It seems, how ever, by no means certain that there will be any ma jority at all in favour of the gover..ment, as the Left and Right will both unite against it. The Cologne Gazette, of Thursday, has a telegraphic despatch from Berlin, of the 30th ult., which states that the Upper Chamber had, on the previous even ing, adopted, by very large majorities, the further decisions of the Second Chamber, respeming tho royal I message of the 7th ultimo. 11. von Arnim expressed a doubt that the king would not take the oath to the constitution. Montville' reminded the hoe, deputy of the promise which the minisiry had given t* the central committee, in case the dt:isioLs of the Steoad were adopted by the Upper Chamber. EXPELLED WESLEYAN MINISTERS. TO THO EDITOU OF TUB DItLY NEWS. Slll,—l am directed by the committee of the Second London Circuit to convey to you a resolution passed unani mously at their lint committee meeting, expressive of their best thanks for your kindness in sending a reporter to the meeting hold in Freemasons' Hall on the 8.1% of November, 1819, and for your able ►dvocacy of the omit.: of the expelled Wesleyan ministers.-1 am, Sir, 4:e. W. UREA:ED:ITCH, Secretary. 16, Lewis.stmet, Sentish-town. DEATTI OF TIIE COUNTESS OF PLYMOOTII. —We regret to hue to record the demise of the above respected Countess, who expired on Wedneaday morning, at her town residence. The deceased Countess was daughter of Mr. Thomas Copson, and married in July. 1793, Henry, eighth and last Earl of Plymouth. 8 1 families cf didinction are placed in mourning by the lamented decease of het ladyship. UItrITAN WORKING SCHOOL, HAVERSTOCE HILL. —Yesterday an extraordinary general unit of the pvernors of this charity was held at the London Tavern, Bishops gate-street, for the election of twenty children into the school. John Remington Mills, Esq., the president, having taken the chair at half-past eleven o'clock, said that upwards of 1,0004 had been subscribed towards the thanksgiving fund opened in accordance with the resolu tion of the last general court, and the committee in conse quence felt themeelvees warranted in admitting twenty children in addition to the two hundred at present inmates of the house. The meeting then proceeded to the election of fourteen boys and six girls from a list of one kundrel can didates.