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r - - which the currency had yet to undergo—the changes which the foreign relations of the country might probably undergo—were enough to prevent him from entertaining the idea that by this Act they were settliiig the question of the 'Corn Laws for any very considerable period. 'He saw also in the present Bill much which led hini.to believe that a future and early revision of the subject would be necessary. In une part it gave less protection to the landed interest than the Bill of last year. In another it pressed harder upon the eisetsumert but.yet he approved of the measure, as an approximation to a good system, and as evincing improved dispositions and improved information in that Housei Tbt , Earl of MALMESBURY did not agree with the Noble Marquis, that any considerable change of opinion had takers place in that House, or in the country. The greatest apprehensions were entertained of the effect of this measure; and he himself believed it would not be permanent, because its effects would be too ruinous to admit of its being persevered in. And if, as the Noble Marquis thought, they were really about to pass only a temporary Act, they were doing a most mischievou. thing.. There was a quantity of floating property cone stantl'y kept in a state of dangerous uncertainty, by un certainty in the state of the law. There , was no possi bility ot landlords and tenants adjusting their respective interests in a satisfactory manner. If, which was not unlikely. there should be an appearance of a deficient crop, and prices rose to 595. they would have foreign cora pouted in in immense quantities. The Noble Earl ojected particularly to the enactments of the Bill re specting the Isle ot Man.. That island, close to our own shores, was left in the situation of a colony. Lord ELLENBOROUGH said. 'that .it might be some satisfaction to the Noble Earl to learn, that the Government intended to place the Isle of Man in the, situation of a part of the United Kingdom. This re quired certain arrangements which could not be con - pleted immediately, but a Bill for this purpose would be introduced nest year. With respect to the apprehen sions.of the Noble Marquis, arising from the currency and die foreign relations s f the country, they would have been equally applicable to any other measure.that could have been introduced. As to the state of the fo reign religions, be could say with great satisfaction that there was no probability of any change likely to affect the operation of this measure. The Bill, he contended. afforded adequate protection to the agricultural interest. andit was advantageously distinguished from the Bill of last year, by affording more secure protection to the grower at the point which indicated a deficiency of his crops The Noble Marquis bad congratulated them on the change of opinion which they had undergone.... Ilefosuld account for the change by stating, that the circumstances had changed, and he might add that the Government was not the same. It must be recollected that tutu)) was said last year of the principles of free trade. and he confessed that he viewed those principle& with suspicion, and that. be waimilling to resist that(' further progress whenever he could find an opportunity,. It was the intention of the present Gower /maim that the. measure should be permanent. . • The Berl of DARNIMY supported the Bld, soldeh be could. deed as a decided hopcovesneutupou the Bill of..last Year.. . • The Earl of ROSSLYN had not inteudoct to addreis their Lordships, but from the nun the debate bad taiiiq be was induced to say a few words. He opposed the present Bill much less strenuously than the .Bill of last year, principally because, in the conduct of the present Government, be saw a disposition to afford per. manently to the agricultural classes what they thought an adequate protection. He agreed with the Noble Marquis, that in that part of the scale below 58s. tbe protectioo was by the present Bill less than by that at last , year. Wheat might beimpotted two or three shilr ling: below that price. It would be a greit improve ment in•the Bill to increase the duty 2s. for every fall of Is. per quarter in. the scale of price. He should move.= amendment to thiseffect, not intending, bow. ever, to divide their .Lordships upon it. The Noble Lord proeeeded to argue at considerable length for protection to agriculture, with a view to the prosperity of Ireland. His objection to this Bill was, that it tended to discourage the investment of capital in agriculture. There was another amendment which he should pro pose, which was to take the duty * upon exported corn according to the price at the period of its importation., The Duke of WELLINGTON said, that the Noble Lord bad certainly directed his opposition to that part of the Bill which had generally been the most unfa vourably received—that past which fixed the duty when the price was from 58% to 525. He agreed with his Noble Friend, that if the Bill was not calculated to encourage British agriculture, it was a most fatal Bill. , But he firmly believed that it was calculated to encou rage the agriculture not only of Great Britain but of Leland, and if be had not believed this, the Bill should never have been proposed or supported by him. One effect be anticipated from the Bill, was to encourage speculation in British instead of Foreign Corn. The duty, at the price of 68s. was greater is the present Bill thaain the Bill of.lost year. The Marl of itOSSLYN said No, tum di mum • The Doke of WELLINGTON said the Noble Lord was correct. The point c equality was 58r. and below that prica the duty was rather lower in the prestent.Bill thous in that of last year.. He had been induced to adopt this scale of duties from the incteities of the , Commtuee which-had sat last-year 'upon the subject, and to which he bed devoted a very considerable degree of attention. It appeared that Corn could be imported. into this country at the price of 311. from scale Oates might beimported at a lea price, but-fait -marketable Cori , staid Mt be imported - for less thas' Sir. If to 511.' they mete to add the *duty of 2903 d. ibe lowost price at which this Corn could be sold would appeat.to.bc 60s. SdAitittbeirLiodshipamust observe that this price of 31 s flit without profit to thedealer. - Altlido.gh Corn might be imported at lower prices, it was take recol lected that ukbossis.of.infesioripsality, it: asoutd-hase. to ray she duty esticsiated , upos: dappritat of Cons of satrap quality. ft was ere this grosiudthat he thought the jilts itig duty provided by sufficient. and the agricultural interest did not want nowaihan was ficient.-The object being to. provideagasee scarcity, he • diendithitiltittedrisarr Di fitting to do more than atif. ficienti Then, with respect to the proposition.. of Noble gar', to make the dutxpayable. at the .tini• of importation, his, objection to,that- was, that it...would , drive the importer to take refuge in the pertrof Holland. The cost . of ireportilion from the Corn cotntrietto flidland sad to England was the same.— The cost of transit from Hollaodto England was about three shillings per quarter. Then suppose the importer - to'find the price in England very low, he would natu ll rally take his cargo into sOme poft on the opposite Oast. It he only waited for two shillings advance in the. price °I rani in England, he would gain not only the two' shdlings advance in prig*, but two . shillings . riductioh in dot,. He wottld thus, by only two shillings advance' of ptlcv. =itch fOur thiffings, *high *rebid be sufficient to pay all his expenses. This then, was his objection to the amendment of the Noble Lord, that by trying to tale im- get the dotyklittla wove, tbqy porter to.warebouse his corn abioad a tisk dlyprive the owners of w arehouses :in country of eltiodvan tages which they oughtinatorally topoiteas. The agri.. cu l t ural intereat of Angland coold derive no advantage ftom this alteration. - The only, effect of it w ould be to' t h r ow into the hands of the owners of war ehoetes iia' Holland advantages which ought to belong to the owners, of warehou,es in Englaud. The Earl of ROSSLYN thought the amendment he, had suggested would lessen the chance of an excessive importation at any one period. Tne Earl of MALKESBURY bore testimony to the 'candour and good fa:th of the noble Duke, .put be, thought he had taken an erroneous view of the sultject. The Noble Earl here entered into detailed calculations to show at how low a price. corn might be imported into this country, leaving a profit to the importer. The Duke of WELLINGTON restated his former calculations, in which he said he could not perceive any inaccuracy. Earl STANHOPE opposed the BiU, but it was less objectionable than the ill of last year, simply becan , e it was not intended by Government as a stepping ;Mir -to further spoliation. This, rather than any intrintic merit in the measure, accounted for the diminished number of its opponents, which had excited the. surprise of the Noble Marquis. He bad opposed both, and could not be called on to explain the conduct of those. Who had supported this Bill after having opposed the former; but if he were to hazard an explanation, it would be that, the Government of last year was the object of go., neral disgust and suspicion, and the Government of the present day the otject of general confidence and esteem. They ought, however, if they passed this Bill now, to, accompany it with two other measure:—one to change the value of the currency. and another to give to far mers throughout the country the option of caneelling their leases. He felt unbounded veneration and respect for the Government of the Noble Duke, and could not but contrast the state of things at present with that of last year, when the Landed Proprietors were made, in another place the object of reproach, and their interests appeared to be devoted to spoliation. Lord GODERICH having twice addressed their Lordships upon this subject, would not have troubled their Lordships at present, had it not been for the con• trast which the Noble Lord had instituted between the present Government and that of last year. He ought to have recollected that the Bill of last year was framed by the Administration of Lord Liverpool, of which thel Noble Duke now at the head of his Majesty's Goveris ment was a Member. He had always been the advo cate for adequate protection to the Landed leterest. There was no foundation in fact for the sarcasms and calumnies in which the Noble Lord had indulged. Lord REDASDALE did not believe that the men.. sure of last year was the measure of Lord Liverpool; be bad too high an opinion cf the good sense of that, ,Neble,tiord to believe it. The reason why corn was, de..rer in this country than in Poland, was the difference d in the value of money; money was comparatively of Mule value here. Allowing for the change in the value, of. money since the time of Charles the Second, corn ,was net dearer now than it was during that reign.— What, was the principle of this Bill? The principle of the Bill was to allow the great capitalists of England to look throughout the world to find where the cheapest Icorn could be fouid to supply the markets of this 'country. Then, having established this principle, thee set themselves to check its operation by means of im portation duties. The Noble Duke had said, that the 'fact of the Bill would be to encourage speculation in British Corn. Why, did not the Noble Duke know ; that at present all the markets of the country were supplied by speculation? How otherwise could the lopulation of a million and a half in this great town acid its vicinity how by any other means than speculation could the immense multitudes collected together at such places as Manchester and Birming ham be fed? The Noble Lord here entered into a Cidtailed account of the system of the internal Corn Trade. It was inPeain to expect that the present Bill could be a permanent measure. Was their currency in a permanent state ? On the contrary, he believed it was in a most feverish and uncertain state. He could not, therefore, consider this as a permanent measure; but there was another reason why be could not consider it as a permanent measure. They were to get corn from Poland. But let a good Government be established in Poland, and that country would produce them ten times as much corn as it could afford them now. Nothing was required to enable it to do thus but an improvement, in the means of internal communication. When the operation of the measure was likely tn be so materially affected by changes in other countries, how could they expect the measure to be a permanent one? The Noble Earl proceeded to condemn the law which permitted the impottation of foreign wool, as calculated to pre vent the best modes of cultivation, and the proper stocking of farms. The Noble Earl then proceeded in great detail to explain the system of farming in different .parts of England, and concluded by expressing his dis sent from the-Bill. Earl STAN HOPE, after several obserrations, moved the intro duction of words to Impose the same duties upon corn imported into Guerstey, Jersey, Alderney, Sari, and Nan, as upon corn hinported into Great Britain. Lord ELLEN BOROUGH said, that the Act contained provi sions to prevent any abases. Nett year the Isle of Man wouldbe some a part of the UMted Kingdom. With respect to the Islands Of Guernsey and Jersey, they possessed privileges of which the clause proposed would be a v The Duke of WELLINGTON said, that in his opinion the provisions of the 818 wasldleallitctual to prevent fraudulent im. 'breathing from the 1 •1- , ! The•Amendasent was thew negatived without a division. The ilOSSLYN,nsovidtlaat the duty should be levied according to the average of price, as made up the wee* benne ins. portaden. After a few war& &Wm Loot Zratotbasterou, the Amendment was negatived without a didsioa. - .; . • • Art STANN9Pit moved in orb" words a clause respecting the isle of Masi, similar in its Wpm io the former amendment, whieb was negatived. Bart STAB HOPE moved thstrerions &etch and Irish mar *hats be included in she averageow • • . . The Duke of WigoLINGTON • sa)(10 bit. the Bill bad been 'framed upon the basis of the averages as at present taken. Tits atrientititebt proposed would alterthe whole basis of the Bill: tfiliilteritioniseolletted.• 'lt would Whetter. if•tbe rate of duty , Wasinstillielent, to increase it id's dicers manner- The Noble •Lord slikSt coßretalY 4nottik that the towhees from which the averages were taken were selected upon no *meta. Ac first they were the Mailieti in the tnaritline districts, afterwards other I p aces were `iSided; but the Bill of this year, as well as of the last, was framed aponible basis of the averages so taken, and there was no reams 'Tor soy shersdee. • Earl Suenork briefly replied. Lord ELLENIIO.II.OUGH said the extreme fluctuations from week to week in the markets or Irebbd and Scotland WU nosisii objection to the proposed elauie. ;1; • t 'The Amendment was then nega4nd without a divishm., n•.. ammo'. pi pshi po intonta-. erei• :inevedtbs 811 , 110511111 iil i ttireor. SOBS a 0 1 44 0 9, AIX& 44. 1, WO Paved On increase epos shier.de"e6ini, Fer#lcove the price of Bas, • , The Duke of W e uticoToti opposed . the jlii•Neble*Friend he4'Melt In the ktztof bt e 4 pets 04, vbs. ask remuneratitif prim. in lilinrinirte'ot flight be necessary to renumerate the grower. Bat be knew ping's* io which gas, ansiStiopid *Vet bent priammentiesellA notating price% After a few words from Earl &minors and Lord ZummonOmur, the madams was neptived without a division. ~ .~, .~. I G. , ii,.. . . iiiN ., • ' Pak/ Ot not OTON,Akenoodipeff itL v . i intni?rorWle. to ttrilia.:l4-Wr:Or tha d'diflVrte Aillqen "4 fs' tb 3r d b l e the ow of what should be above 635. - and bo"tas.2ll43ind4 should be a 34 when the price *rad WO 11 1 , i d be lc 66$4...andtbedusedety .bold de ld ehe be swwp. ll. is.. heem ild. whea bw it r at ie s e d. so ss osi d so ow. a ov use e scale of ,deity decreasing saltitthe Aim d pace: The amendment was Qingdao. Mod STANHOPE th e n .proposcdsotne tithes sincrUhasntickr ere ttiemz e tre ed, d on the Joa dso mal k . a was passed I . lie , 7b4-Pdult:sunD'eesenedndo.fmes_t h aving Tntesswo. . • j 'ford ALTHORP presented . 11 Pedal • from Northampton, HOUSE OF COMMONS. Cuoca. aga st the practice of burning Hindoo w ido ws. • • be me i c.,mooHE,paesented a Petition from the . r a c ee p., 'tie 4 ' e, Dublin, liwore,onCsßtirinEarglttabitbn'ttßowalotheeddlrl,,fiestLonePri:omwobisadrieng.rfinNota e ßili ßili to repeal Sr JA MRS GRAHAM moved the third reading of the Genital Tiluittpike • BK.-The big was read a third limo. .:, ~; • Dr. PHI ualtiong bevuo t la • Bill to foitliot4 tho.olllol of t of the t r h k e nt: B .: a : ni ii i N ra or r a d o e y f re gh d p e d to Pi rt h e N e mg2 E re t ad t :si e . p sec C resest ou on rt d t d ed t l as C t e la h on e terb dde MeoarY d cl : a y epoe .R*4 Dounce•Committee.—Ordered to be printed, , ~ . ~1 Mr. N. CALVERT brought in a Bill to disqualify certain tleCtors of tast Retford from voting for Members at Parliament. '—Read a fitst time, and ordered to be read a sectind time on the tab or July. - • ... Mr. W. SMITH presented a Petition from nearly a Hundred Congregations of Dissenters in Loudon and, its neighbourhood. against the Additional Churches Bill. - RiLATIONS WITH, PORTIIiAt '' sir R. WIL,SON' said, that it had lksenhis'lntentien to Nave yisterdaiy asked the Right HOD: SiseietitY jiii the Home Departmentsome question? oWlii - ibbject el, lour existing,reletions, with POrttigial, 14 IlirlstiffiCieni ' reasons be had been indueed to postprinetlieth'untifthis day. The House would beat in ea n mind . that NOW :Friend (the Member fOr . Bandon Bridge) had; on Tues day evening, inqnired whether, in coneeitience of Ilia" 'Miguel having asssinset the title Or Kink' . Ind con. yoked the National Estates (being thereby guilty of a breach of treaty), any instructions had'been given to .the British Ambassador to retuen to this Coepatry ? In answer to this question the Right*HotiOniablentreentin had stated that his Majesty's Ambasseddehad received instructions for his guidance, id the evint . .Of certain ,specified contingencies arising, an d that it efiiiivhile, 'to mark this Government', decided disapprdliatioti cf the course which Don Miguel was pursuing, the Nations of the British Ambassador were virtually suspended. it was remarkable that the "Right Honourable Gebtle man had, on that occasion, used the word " ind is id tial" in allusion -to the person to whom, as Regent, our Ambassador was accredited. To the expression he desired to call the particular attention of the House, as in these times words were of more than usual import ance. Now he (Sir R. Wilson), in common, he be lieved, with the House, had certainly understood, from the Right Hon. Gentleman's reply, that the diplomatic relations between Great Britain and Portugal were at an end. It appeared, however, that a communication, under the authority of the Earl of Aberdeen. had been received yesterday at Lloyd's, announcing, the in telligence "that an effective blockade of the bar of the city . of Oporto has been declared by his Royal High ness the Prince Regent of Portugal." Ic conse quence of this communication, it was his wish to be informed by 'the Right Honourable Gentleman oppo site, first, whether the appellation "His Royal High ness the Prince Resent,' thus officially bestowed, was to be understood as implying that the diplomatic tune. tions of our Ambassador were renewed ? Secondly, whether this' intelligence had heed transmitted from' onr Ambassador directly, or, if not, through 'what other channel? And, thirdly, supposing this information not to have been so notified, whether the blockade was to' be respected so long as we did 'not - acknowledge the authority of him by whom it was instituted? Might ii not be assumed that our respecting this blockade would' be a recognition of the legality ot Don Miguel's autho rity, notwithstanding his violation Of 'existing treaties? In putting those questions, he begged io auurethe Right Honorable Gentleman that he viewed 4 ith tinipildtfied sitisfaztiOn 'the • whole. policy which had been hitherto folloWed by thisecion ht reference to Portugal:'' '' j Mr ? OetresStri P.E*L felt persuaded that the ei'plina tion which he had to offer would not tend to diminish the satisfaction of tha Hos t Member, or induce him to retract the favetrtable opinion which he had done Go:. vernment the honour to express relative to this part of .our foreign policy. The present notification of the blockade of Oporto.was in-strict conformity with the. priuciples by which Great Britain bad been invariably guided. He had already stated, upon two former occa sions:, that this Government had signified their.disappro bation of Don Miguera proceedings by causing an inter. tuption of the diplomatic. functions of our Ambassador,, and in such statement-it was very probable that he bad mide use of the eipreision, " person," or •' individual,* in allusion to Don Miguel. As, however, we had not hitherto, .by any act on our part, denied his authority as Prince Regent, we did not now deem it expedient to withdraw our Ambassador, such *an act implying i denial of his authority in the capacity in which only be was hitherto recognized. Don Mignel bad,it seemed, in the exercise of his functions, declared an effective' blockade of the city of Oporto. The difference between this and a constructive, or paper blockade, was clearly understood, as the legality of the latter' would notbe' ,acknowledged, not being supported by a snffitient force. It was impossible, under existing circumstances, for Government to have received official notice of the blockade having been instituted; bat having obtained the information, they had thought proper to inti mate the fact t 3 the British merchants; not acknow ledging; be it • clearly understood, the authority 01 Don MiFnel by this communication. In such a Case' limit was no alternative, unless they should be pie pared to follow up another line of conduct by the introduction of force. The policy which was now pursued toward Portugal had been acted on upon vari ous other occasions, and was sanctioned by unquestion able precedents. In 1819, the Government of Chili, where we bad no resident, determined on a blockaBe, and we had carefully respected it. No sooner was a notification received as the Foreign-office, than 'orders titre issued to the Bridal' Admiral to abstain from irter fdring With Callao;then under an e ff ective blockade. This - bippened whin' Lord' Castlereagh was in office, and the sisal of pone,. was carried strictly into effect. the time recognition Of authority was noie acted on towards.,Don 'Miguel 'as Prince Regent. The-intelli gence, 'he repeated, was not received'through an official „chatitiereif coMmunicition, and had notobertnirei ats.' pearls! in the. Lyndon Gazette; but Government had; nevertheless, thOtigtt it due to the metcaotileimetesi l tO ,ci:' prise"thens of the intelligence received, as It might depended on. Should they violate the tildekede so auncriincc i fkkhey woisld'dci so at their own ' per ilkli.i:, i yfrnmeathad discharged its own daii,b'T giving theist' synely infatuation. lielitisted that, although he had' not replied' to the questions of the Hon.' Member itt 'fa i n, aipsey were proposed, he had outwithstanding h answered them sgusfactorily In substance.' 4. 44 7 • Sit 'R. WlLSON'expresied hits sell'fbily satisfied with' t he answer of the Right Hon. Gentleman. Mr. Aldermaa THOMPSON inquired 'whether, in of any British' merchant ve.sel 11OCkii,e, Government woUld demand its restitntion? -ibir.Seretary PEEL replied. that the usual results ellusi necessarily fullow in case of such a contin , an er Vs•ihe Hon. Member had supposed. They would be obtiged • tt, %Welty. dm Matinee Gee of , theirovris act. Sir F. BURDETT asked on what authority Govern. mint had mentioned the blockade? - - Mr; , -Secretary PEEL slid, that Gover nment kal i received'their information on sufficient, although u • offieial authority. The Honourable Baronet, he tru ste d , woilld see the expediency of confining themselve s to thetquestions first put. Government, as he had already stated, might, consistently with historical precedents, ad' as they were now: doing without being prepared to recognize the authority of him who bad instituted the .blackade. In the case of Chili they had observed a - oesitrality, although they did not admit the authority of that Government. In Greece, more recently, bloikade had been respected, ho diplomatic relation existing between England and those who bad declared it. Under lift circantstarreesoh conformity with th e i r fstalslisheclicincf,'Gdvecnitikintthad reiolvtd to resp ect tliii blockade 'ffiesiselties,:and 'prepared :to exact a si. guitar forbearance on the part of the British merchants. GLOVI TRAD.E.• Mr. gopinox presented a ?cation from the Glovers of Worcester, praying for protection against the importation of p c ,. reign Glove% . . Lord HOTTIA hi and Mr. SYKES thought the subject worthy the consideration of the House. _ Sir F. BURDETT hoped that Ole free trade policy which hsa been lately advocated by the House, irould be persisted in —for tu, system of policywas so favourable or so preclu ct fret° native indust r y. The several Petitioner' that bad prayed the House for protectir e to the several branches of trade, had no objection to free tradeie every department of Industry safe their own, which they e m b e d to be a monopoly—(Hear). , Colonel DAVIES agreedlirlds the honourable Baronet's ples • but still must contend that so long'as other trades were p ro , tested it was unfair to refuse all protection to the glove trads,. The protection was the more necessary as it was, lie tested, beyond doubt that the French glovers would undersell the British eves the home market. Mr. C.' P. THOMPSON contended that there was be mil founded apprehension that competition with the French gio sn could injure the British trade, He knew one house in the City that :sold 2,460,000 pair of British made gloves la , t year, and the same quantity the year before—and another house that sold 217,000 dozen gloves in the same period. He would therefore consider any additional protection as a .violation of the free trade principl e , u , which the House was pledged. Mr. T. P. pop KTEN A Y said, that nothing should induce blot to depart front the 'determination ' he had upon a former occasion declared, that the whole of these questions should receive a full led dispassionate consideration from those connected with the depart. ment under mime Sootroul they were placed and that io the meow time all speculations as to the result of that consideration mast be perfectly gratuitous, and should not excite his notice.. * • Alderman W A ITH Al AN maintained that protection wasnetes. sary, under the Nervy taxes of the country; and that free trade was only fair under equal talatint—(llear). The Petition was ordered to be printed. Lord MORPETH presented a Petition from a place is Wee. ford, complaining of grievances endured by the petitioners ander the Irish Constabulary Act. Mr. H. GRATTAN took advantage of thin occasion to obtain 'promotion concerning the Intentions of Government ant only not to take a part in the Orange processions of the In and 12th hill, bet to suppress them with the aid of the civil force. Mr. PEEL bad no hesitation to declare that he not only depre. cited those processions, but also that Government would aid in suppressing chem.—The Petition was ordered to be printed. hlr. B. p AVENPORT presented a Petition from 730 indisi. duals engaged in the silk trade at Stockport, praying the Hoar to fix a minimum of wages, by which masters as well as workmen would be mutually bound. The Hon. Member supported the prayer of the Petition, and contended that the present low toe of wages among thite'engaged in the silk trade was occasioned by the Act taking off the high duties on foreign imports. Till the high duties on foreign corn were also taken off, the silk trade and other trade, would be placed in a most disadvantageous situation. Mr PEEL would willingly attend to all suggestions on the subject alluded to by thillon. Member; at the same time that ke thought it fair to state, that he was convinced that it was an im possibility to Az by laws minimum or maximum rate of wages. Mr. HCME thought the Petitioners came before the Hone rather inconsiderately; for they now intemperately sought for that which they not long since intemperately opposed. Petidoos were presented from Thos. Plannagan, against the Coto stabulary Force Bill; from Birmingham, against the Coin of Bequeath and complaining of the conduct of certain othcen is that Court ;' frOM EdWard Copeck Turner, complaining of the abuses in the *Law Courts in the Isle of Man, and praying for a reform la those Courts. Sir J. MACINTOSH took occasion to recommend to themes. 'tion of Parliament. Mr. Humphries, as most competent to be one of the Commissioners for inquiring into the abuses of the law, sad expressed his regret that this Gentleman had not been named lathe 7onumirdon. _ . -- Mr.ieCretary PEEL did not expect to have been called apes respecting these Commissions. He was not acquainted with any one of the present Commissioners; they were recommended as fully competent to the labours they had undertaken. With respect to Mr. Humphries, he admitted that be was an able man; bat if that Gentleman had been appointed, it Would have been necessary to select persbns who took an opposite view of the subject treated of by Mr. Humphries. The Right Hon. Gentleman defended the constitution of.tbe two commissions. Sir F. Busitee, Mr: BATOgY, Mr. Baotrashbf,and Mr. /low, made a few observations in favour of the appointment of Mr. Humphries, who it was stated is intimately acquainted with the law of real property. Petitions Were presented from the Corporattoo of Winchelses, against the Alehouse Licensing Bill ; from the Weaveri of Kendal, praying for time regulations respecting 'the rate of wages; from the Retail Brewers and mechanics in the Staffordshire Potteries, in favour'of the Bill respecting Retail Breweries ; from the Room Catholics of St. Pete?. Chapel in Birmingham, to favour of Fans .. ..... cipation. Mr. STANLEY was unwilling to bring the subject of the Poi. don of Baron de Bode under consideration in the present state of the House (which was very thinly attended), and which was of so much importance to the individual, and therefore he would post pone it until the Ist of July. Mr. BROUGHAM Said he bad a motion standing for that day. After some conversation, it was at length fixed for consideration on the day named. '" rn CURRENCIN Mr. LIUME rose, pursuant to notice, to move that Country Bialarm's in future do make quarterly returns of the Bank-notes they issue. He brought forward this motionin the hope'that Ministers would concur in the I necessity' of putting the Banking system of the country upon a footing of security, and one deserving the con fidence of the public. He was anxious, if he pouibiT could, to excite in them the feeling that it was of vital importance to take some decided step, and he thought that remedies and preventives might now be adop ted with ease, while at a future day it might be et tremely 'difficult to save the country from the recur rence of those unhappy embarrassments which in the year 1825 had reduced the country almost to the brink of ruin. These evils had occurred, they might occur aga in, and the country must hold his Majesty's Government esponsrble, if, with the ?manta prevention within their reach, they neglected to provide suitable safeguards f or the protection of the public against the effects of ape' culation, arising from unlimited issues of paper. It in the year 1825 due attention had been given to the pray er of a Petition which he presented CO that House, the peo ple would have been saved from the chance of loss , an d even the Country Bankers themselves eventually bene kited. if that prayer had been attended to, the la mentable results of 1825 would have been preven ted. The responsibility on the pattof Ministers to protect t h e public in this respect, not only arose naturally out of the ir situation, but was actually assumed by themselves; for,tti a speech which was made from the throne soon alter the pecuniary embarrassments of which he had been speak , tingi, his Majesty states that he relies upon the wisdottt ,4 Parliament to protect the public, and private indivi duals, from the ill accts of fluctuations in the run •:rcy. by estmialtshiog a 6,11 n foundation for the credit 0.; ~~D~ . h (TCU I ran% tb nab A nd 1 respg iect I wish) flou vroc lan' Pal isst bes MG