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Of A sudden , that a great degree of mu muting had duty should go on decreasing es,: as the average rose 'wad among them. He then sent for the oldest o f h is o ne , unt i l the price arrived at was 70s. se 'd eants , who told him that the men were induced to Mr. C. GRANT said, that with respect to the spring believe that Sir Francis Bordett had d u ne away with corn, the ordinary measure of value had been to treat. wpm ,' punishment ; and he was actually obliged to barley as of one-half the value if wheat, and oats one• ma ke an exa mple lif one man to restore order in his third of the value. The Committee of 1842 had thought regiment. It was only the power that British Officers that estimate rather too low, and had been disposed to snot-d; they were not disposed to use that power, add a little to the relative value of the oats and barley. o l e o wry other means had failed. Let any Hon. The Right Hon. Gentleman then stated that, upon con member shew by what other means he could preserve sideration, Ministers had come to the determination of military discipline, and he would at once give his proposing a higher duty upon the importation of oats sanction for removing this evil, which lie now felt to be and barley than that which was originally submitted to a neceisity one. the House. What the alteration was he would state The amendment was then negatived.—On the ques- when the Committee should come to the Resolutions 'hoe that the 1111 do pass, respecting those kinds of grain. Sir R. WILSON observed, that the strokes given The Resolution was carried. stab the Art of the sword, did not cut or bruise. It Upon the moving of the second Resolution, et that roast be recollected that the Prussian army entered whenever the price of wheat should be at or above 70s. Trance ander feelings of great irritation. When they the duty shall be, for every quarter, Is." st i g matised the troops of foreign nations let them be Mr. CALCRAFT and Mr. CURWIN severally expressed just, and recollect what kind of orders General Aber- their approval of the intention to increase the duty on a lembic was compelled upon one occasion to issue; the importation of oats. and the orders also which were issued by the Duke of Mr. WODEHOUSE said he did not rise to prolong Wellington, on the retreat from Bad.jos. The conduct this discussion. He should merely state to the Corn. Jibe French troops during the recent occupation of mittee, that at a future period he should submit two Senn, had been uniformly good. Resolutions, on which he was determined to take the Sir H. IA ARDINGE said, the French troops had sense of the House. The first pioposi-ion was, that • e ntered Spain as friends; when the British troops certain proportion of the duties to be levied on foreign• e ntered France they were taking possession of an grain should be paid on duty at the Boaid of Customs— enemy's country. He had himself, during the retreat (Hear)—the 'proportion to be determined with respect to of the French troops from Spain, towards the concha- the several sorts of grain and with respect to the ship - 1 air n of the last war, assisted to break open the doors of meats, whether made in English vessels or those of other a house, from which they set free fo r ty women, all of countries. His second proposition had reference to the vhern were deplorably emaciated and diseased from article of oats. There were certain peculiarities at:ached the brutal treatment they had undergone, on the past to it. In the first place vessels could carry much mese of the French soldiery who had preceded them on their of oats than of any other grain. Oats might he loaded tone. up to the hatches without inconvenience, while if so lilt. HUME thought it extraordinary that the Gal- loaded with wheat they would go to the bottom. The l int Officer should compare British soldiers with the cultivation of it was an object of great interest to the felons in the Penitentiary. As to the doubts thrown poor soils of England, Scotland, and Ireland. He should upon the horrible recital of his Hon. Friend, by another therefore propose some limits to its insportaticin. With Gallant Officer, the vet diet of the Coroner's Inquest respect to the general measure proposed by Government ought to be believed until it was authoritatively and he should support it, and he thought it highly creditable decisively contradicted.—(Loud cries of" Question.") to them. With respect to oats, however, if tome limi- Sir H. H ARDINGE said, that if he stayed thete till cation could be introduced, it would be a matter of tomorrow he would not suffer so unfair and untrue an serious moment. insinuati.m of the Hon. Member for Aberdeen to pass Mr. FERGUSSON said, that the country was in en. mice& He had not compared the British soldiers debted to the Right Hon. Gentleman for having deter.' pith felons. He had only adduced a case to prove the gained to increase the duty on oats, without which ho necessity of corporal punishments, and it was a remark- was sure the greatest injury would have resulted to the ably strong one, as it was a case in which it had been agricultural interest of Scotland. thought possible to dispense with them. Mr. Secretary PEEL requested the Committee would 1 Mr. HUME—Then why speak of felons, if they had abstain from entering into any further diicussion re :cabins to do with the subject under discussion ? specting oats or barley, until the resolutions respecting Sr H. HARDINGE would again repel the indecent those grains came before them. As a proof of his own and absurd imputatioa. He knew what it meant—it forbearance, he would not even noticethe unjust attack was intended to undermine the discipline of our troops made upon Government by the Member for Preston nor abroad. Mr. Wood), in which he had applied the coast es• •-- Mr. HUME (amidst great confusion in the House) repeated his previous observations, and appealed to the House if such motives cs-uld be fairly imputed to him. Sir H. HARDINGE would leave the Ho-ourable Member the full benefit of his illiberality. tiir H. VIVIAN, in reply to one observation of the Honourable Member, could only say, that he had never had the misfortune to meet with a military surgeon who watt' suffer a soldier to be flagged so as to endanger his life.—Tbe Bill was then passed. The ion►er consideration of the Bribery at Medians Bill was poqyoneil to this day mennight. lit. Savory wu called to the bar, and being sworn, deposed that be was a medical man attending the Marquis of Sandford, and that the Noble Marquis was disabled by indisposition from attending a Comt.sittee of the House, and that for two or three days It would be unsafe for his to leave Mt room. The Marquis of Medford was accordingly excused from further attendance. pression of " bullied" to Ministers.-.(Hear.) Mr. PORTMAN said, that the landed interest had gone as fir as possible in conceding that 60« should be considered the minimum price; and if the present measures should fail, they (the landed Interest) would be compelled to turn round on the Government, in which he was convinced they would have the Support of the whole country. After a few words from Colonel Woop, Mr. Alder man TwolerseN, Lord Mitrozaed Sir Joan Nawirour, which were interrupted by louderics of." question." Mr. Alderman WA ITHMAN complained, that the trading interests were denied a hearing upon this impor tant subject, and that every effort was made to put down their voice by clamour. The question was not now upon wheat, but 00. OAS (Laughter.) The CHAIRMAN interrupted the worthy Alderman . _ THZ CORN LAWS. to inform him that the question upon wheat had not Mr. CHARLES GRANT moved the Order of the been yet disposed of. Day for a Committee of the whole House upon the of o Mr r . AId.WAITHMAN replied,that whether disposed question of the corn trade. the discussion for MRS* time had exact- On the question h r the SPZAZZR . II leaving the chair, sively turned upon oats and berley, and not upon wheat. The resolution was thin Fat and carried without a divisiso. Mr. W. J. DENISON said, that he supported the resolution of Ministers, and he believed with the con- The CHAIRMAN then put the neat Resolution, turrence of his constituents. Sonic c hange as to the which was, that " whenever the price, of barley was terms of the spring. corn (the oats and barley) he L2si. and under 335. the duty upon every quarter shall thought might, perhaps, be made with advantage in ' the Committee ; but as to the wheat, he was entirely Mr. WHITMORE deprecated in the strongest terms agreed. He differed entirely from those Gentlemen the passing of so oppressive a law as must arise out of alto these Resolutions. He was persuaded that . the eyes of desired to see a fresh alteration in the cu r ren c y. In 1819, he had no doubt bat that it would have been the country would at length be opened to the tremen better to have changed the s tandard ; but to make any d our erns Ann in which the recent alteration had been evils of such a system. He likewise complained change now would only bete do f r esh mischief. He of was very anxious, however, to see the old Winchester th effected in the details of this measure. TO measure restored throughout the country. the departure Lord ALHRP could not concur io his Hon. from which h a d o ccas i one d muc h i nconve ni ence . U n d er Friend's strong opinion of this measure. The import the existing arrangement. we were obliged to import price, which the present Resolutions altered, had been wheat by the Winchester measure and sell it by the at 80s. the price at present substituted could not exceed Imperial. nOs. and would not, he thought, be 575. per quarter, so Mr. CURTEIS differed from the Hon. Member for that by the change the consumer profited to the amount Surrey on the question of the currency, and wished to of 235. With respect to the alteration in the details, it see the 14 notes restored. He was desirous that the met his approbation—indeed, the proportion was rather country should reborn to the old system of theWinchesta taken below the mark, for the expense of growing bar measure. The present state of things was inconvenient. ley was two thirds that of producing wheat. Mr. Alderman WOOD complained of the manner Mr. J. WOOD said, that the resolutions of Ministers in which the resolutions had been altere.d. No attempt had spread alai= throughout the manufacturing Ms- was made to conciliate the people out of doors, but tracts, and well this might be the case, since their first every influence was used to command the votes within. effect liad been to raise the price of corn Ss. or 6s. a Sir JOHN NEWPORT condemoed the attemjits quarter. He disapproved of the plan of weekly averages which had, been made to separate into classes the int entirely, and thought that its effect would be to convert wrests o f th e people. If the agriculturists were not Merk•lane into a second Stock Exchange; and, for die protected, the manufacturers must suffer. Ireland WAS settlement talked of as effected with respect to the currency, it s e eme d to hi m o n ly to be se ttl e d by an agricultural country—how could she deal with Eag land for manufactured goods, if her produce was not an Act of P ar li ament , w hi c h h e was qu i te sure wou ld encouraged at a remunerating price? never be c.pable of being carried fully into effect.— . ra.r. He hoped it was not true, as was rumoured out of LEnis had not condescended to tell the House the HOBHOUSE was surprised that his Majesty's doors, that Mi n i s t ers meant to l et themselves be "'' bullied by the landed interest into laying any fur- reason why they considered a deviation from their first thee restrictions upon t h e i mportat i on of oats and barley. proposition necessary. He knew what was the opinion ot' the country relative to his Majesty's Ministers—an Mr. CRIPPS said, th a t h e gave hi s op i n i on as con o inion which had been begotten by their undecided netted both with agriculture and manufactures; and he was decidedly in favour of the Resolutions. He believed con p duet. The Public thought that such a vacillating., disjointed Government was not worth twopence—(A " that they could do no mischief to the manufacturing interest, and that the manufacturers in his part of the laugh)—that it could not exist. He would ask, Waal country (Gloucestershire) we r e we ll sat i s fi e d w i th them wo uld have become of the propositions of the Right. H o n. Gentleman if they had not been supported by the He id.d not think, h owever , t h a in that part of E.ig- Opposition side of the House ?—( Cheers and laughter}, 1 ... d the existing re nt s c o uld be t mainained, subject to Thor were only carried by a majority of 60, and this the plan ; bec ause they had been calculated for the might surely have been prevented it the Opposition molt part upon the assumption that corn was to bear had been that mean place hunting set they were de "l a'retage price of 645. The Hon. Member, after de r scribed to be—(Laughter). , 'cling the expediency of throwing the lighter lands or Mr. Secretary PEEL observed, that the Hon. Mem. t!'e tc,untty out of cultivation, and stating that he her had been diverted, by his indignation against hie' thought the greatest advantage had resulted from their Majesty's Ministers, from the real question before the "Ploy ment, concluded by supporting th e v i ews of the Committee. He (Mr. P.) should have thought, had be lion Member lor Surrey, as to the return from the Im perial to the Winchester measure. entered the House ignorant of the matter at issue,th at hi. ' Majesty's Ministers had been guilty of some scandalosis The House then went int* a Committee, and the &St dereliction of duty , whereas they had merely added a Resolution was read from the Chair—to wit, that the little farther protection to Wrier- Was the Govern cial Von foreign corn. when the average price in this merit of the country so constituted that it could not, country w as 60, should be 20s. a quarter, and that the „ ro p oa e to the House an alteration iu a proposition once subtti(ted to it He . (Mr. Vat) should not have expected .that the Honourable Member for We.t minster, an advocate for-popular Government and •the tights of the people, would raise his voice againu ,she mode in which Ministers had proprsed a reason .able alteration in their fist plan, which was done in consequence of better information on the subject. How could this be reconciled with the statement of the Honourable Member for Preston, that they had been bullied out of their proposition? When his Right Hon. Friend, the Secretary of &ate for Foreign Affairs, stated his propositions, he declared that bis ob ject was to promote a free trade in griin; and upon its being objected, that although the proportions as to wheat we►e fair, these of barley were not, he distinctly said, " that is matter of detail." His Right Hon. Friend had accordingly called for further returns; and if he had found fiom thence that the prices he had assumed were correct, he 'would have adhered to the original proposition—(hear); but he found they were nat correct, and he did what the Minister of a free (*lsle ought to do—he proposed the necessary alteration to the House of Commons—Mear, hear). He (Mr. Peel) hcld the account to which he referred now in his hand; and it appeared front thence that the pro portions of wheat, barley, and oats, were - as follows: the aggregate of forty-four years gave an average of 565. for wheat, 31s. fur barley, 'and 205.-Stl. for oats. If Iflinisters were willing to abide be 60s. for wheat, there was no ground for imputing, inconsistency to them. His Right Hon. Fiend, the - Secretary for Foreign Affairs, had distinctly lift the subject of barley and oats open to consideration. By the present modifica tion of their otiginal propositions, Ministers were not lisble to the reproach of being bullied by a majority in the Howe; nor dill they deserve to be characterised in the elegant and classical phrase of the Hon. Member (or Westminster, as " a Goveinment not worth two pence' (Loud laughter). General GASCOYNE stated, that he should main coin. his own consistency by voting for the original proposition. Mr. WARD observed, that be had voted for the osi ginal proposition under the conviction that it had been the result of consideration on the part of - his Majesty's Ministers. He viewed the present amendment as an encroachment upon that proposition, and should vote against it. The proportion of barley could not be in ' creased, without thereby increasing :o a certain extent the price of wheat. Sir T. LETHBRIDGE, with reference to some re mark which fell from General Gascoyne; observed that the Hon. and Gallant Member had committed himself with his constituents in writing to them, as aeon as the proposition was made, that it would be adopted— ( Hear.) If his Majesty's Ministers had come to the House with such a proposition as that originally pro posed as to barley and oats, it would not have been supported, and with great wisdom they changed their plan ; for which they were reproached by the Hon. Mem ber for Westmiaster, in one of the most variegated speeches be.bad ever heard in the House. Tbp only fault he (Sir T. Lethbridge) bad to find with the amend ment was, that Ms. fir barley was not enough (A' laugh). Colonel SIBTHORPE supported the amendment. Si• E. KNATCHBULL said, he should- support the amended proposition Rd 'Government. • Mr. MONCK roe* inside loud tees of Qtestioa." He would sdbere to the original propotitioo of his Majesty's Ministers against the Ministers themselves. The averages for the last forty years were wrongly taken—(Coughing). The gallery was then cleared for a division, when the numbers appeared to be Foe the Resolution . 211 Against It Majority In favour of the Resolution - --177 . The other Resolutions respecting the duty on barley were then agreed to without a division. On the Resolution respecting the duty on oats being put, Mr. Alderman WOOD said. the question would oc cupy a considerable portion of time, and therefore pro. posed to report progress l—(Cry of " Go on I go on I") Captain GORDON • did not think the proposition would be any improvement of the Act. of 1815. Mr. WHITMORE then rose, but the noise continuing, be sat down. Lord MILTON complained of the interruption, and expressed his intention of adjourning the House if it should be continued. A conversation ensued, in which Mr. THOMPSON, Mr. PEEL, General Gaiscoiriz, and Mr. Hume took part, the latter Gentleman insisting upon moving that the Chairman should report progress. The motion was, however, not put, and Mr. W. WHITMORE again rose, and said, he hoped be might be allowed to address the House vet y shortly, without interruption. He was sure, notwithstanding what had been said to the contrary, that the duty on oats now proposed was much more oppressive than those under the existing law. By the resolutions of the Committee in 1822, the duty on oats was fixed at 4s. per quarter, with an addition of 2s. for the , first three months, that made the whole duty 61. per quarter. By the present resolutions, when the price reached as. per quarter, the du 7 was to be 8a; that was At least 2s. more than the other. If it were fol lowed up; the difference became still more striking, and this which was said to be an alleviation of the distresses of the country, was any thing but an allevia tion. It was by no means what the country had expected, and had good right to expect. They had been buoyed 'up with hopes which the present conduct of Govern. ment entirely disappointed. He was satisfied that if this oppressive law should pass now, it could not con tinue, and that the agriculture of the country would be exposed to all the danger and inconvenience of per. pitual legislation. He despaired of convincing the House, in its present temper, that this question, which ought to be settled on fixed principles, had been-pro ceeded upon without due censidera:ion ; but he fe.red that the conviction would be forced upon them by the painful and disadvantageous means of experience. Mr. HOME DRUMMOND said a few words. Mr. CHARLES GRANT thought that the charges elhis Hon. Friend were quite unfounded, and that is far as oats were concerned there was a clear relief by , the proposition now before the House. The resolution was then put, and carried without a division. The other resolutions were agreed to. The Marine Mutiny BM was read the third time and pissed. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and'the [Louse adjourned at ONE o'Ccoce. POLICt INTELLIGENCI., • • BO W. ST R ERT. Samna CautrrearrafCrersi.--,Arantins Colasss, a Jew, abwt thirty years of age. retV i f dingel-pLace, Long-alley, Skiaimir.streat , was charged wi cossoterfeit shillings to David Smart. a dealer la SA, at 711. Ceer4triss, Seathileist. Smart deposed * that he and tistlibft Yawl ma. ea three different meadow s Infelhase 4 of the primmer base shilliogs, and paid him at the rate of sin ehils Sags the score. On &Noisy afternoon, they had Mini fiteded Mew, given to them by Alderson and Mace, polies eonebilims sad they wear to the prisaaer's bum*, and purchased twenty bad shilliags, which they produCed. The prisoner, when taken into custody. hintnediatety after the transaction, at the Shinners Arras relic-house, in Skinner•street t was searched, and some of the marked money given fa payment for the base coin was foam( OP his persen. The base elliG prodaoid was very badly executed—The prisoner was remanded. MARY LA-RONOTP.. Yesterday, soon offer Mr. Rawtalises had taken his seat, one of the Mary4a.boone Beadles brought up a poet ersagewoman named Rlizabeth Hick, and charged her with baring, vended her fruit during the hours of Divine Service on Sooday, contrary to the Act of Parliament. Mr. ELVIVLIPPON remarked, that be thought it very proper that these people should be prevented front breaking the Nibbles boa be could not reconcile the inconsistency of Interfering WWI Mew poor women, whet, shopkeepers, and mor e particularly fisittorseget were permitted to supply their customers on Sunday; and (cm. tinned the Magistrate, addressing the Beadle), do you shut your ties when you pass these places no Sunday, or how is it that at this fashionable. time of the year, when persons of rank give dinner parties on Sundayi so many fishmongers and other tradesmen are allowed to serve their cowmen' with impunity ? In my opinion It would be much bettrr to- begin with the higher class at affeedets tbms with these people. The Beadle attempted to reply,lot the liagistrsee did net eon. eider she was a lit object for the severity of the laws and dm was accordingly discharged, and her oranges restored to her. LAMBETH-STREET. . New Rase Lowboy Teaarse.—Major• Modes waked on Mrs Wren. to request, ea behalf of himself and several other inhabi tants, his assistance to prevent the erection of the Theatre which was about being built is their Immediate vicinity.—. Mr. Madee said, that if the measure war carried Into effect, it would be a entree of peat annoyance to them, and render a 'residence In that nelgisa bembood absolutely Intolerable from the number of vicious chant. ters it would congregate. Mr. WYATT replied, that Mr. lillisten, the Gentleman soder whose superintendence and management the new Theatre, be teetler. stood was to be placed, bad applied to Met fee his lellovece on the occasion ; the answer he thee gave to him was, that he would ie.. nude perfectly neuter on the subject, and having thus pledged hbh self, be could not now think of intettiring claw: on one aide oR the other. ASSIZE Th*Judges, Barons GAnnow and VottnatA/I, arrived in this city from Oxford, at six o'clock on Saturday evening. They were met about - two miles from ihs city by the High Sheriff, GEORGE FARLEY, Esq. and a most numerous cavalcade of the Gentlemen of trip' county. They immediately went to the Towis-hall, and opened the several Commissions for the County and the City. It is understood that Mr. Baron GAnnow Will sit on the crown side, as he did at Oxford, and that Mr. Baron VAUGHAN wilipreside at Nisi Prima. We regret to state that the Calendar is very heavy. On Sunday morning their Lordships attended Divine Service at the Cathedral, when- the Assize Sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr. TRINE°. The city is very full, and every thing seems in a bustle.. LANCASTER. MARCH 10. This afternoon Mr. Baron Ituu.ocx arrived from 14.=and Mr. Junket . .114421.ET AVM Newcastle. are nearly 100 prisoners for trial. The num ber of iwttres entered for trial is also great, and such the extent of business, that the Assizes are expected to last above a fortnight, and indeed their Lordships must make great dispatch to get through the business in that time. There are two causes in the list, which. from the extraordinary circumstances connected with them, have excited very general and uncommon inte rest, namely—the prosecution of the King by Edward Turner, Esq. against Edward Gibbon Wakefield, Esq. for a fraudulent abduction ; and the King against William Wakefield and gthers, for ccmspiracy, arising out of the first charge. The same anxiety and hustle which were manifested at the last Summer Assizes upon this business appear still to prevail. The agents on both sides have been most actively employed here jos the last week in procuring accommodation for their witnesses, and. as might be expected, the value of vie* thing, particularly lodgings, has been much.enhanced. The trial of Wakefield will continue, it is said, two days. It is believed that the minor points, touching the admissibility of Miss Turner's evidence, will soon be disposed of, because the defendant•cannot, after he kit pleaded, avoid trial, the more particularly when the 'barge is 'of this nature, which can only be proves) by the evidence of the young Lady herself. • Mr. Turner's family have engaged a house foe . the Assizes at the foot of the Castle-hill, and the -Wake fields will be at their old quarters near the Assembly rooms. The trial nil' take place at Nisi Paws ; all the de fendants must be in Court. There is no knowing liken the trial will come on, but it is conjectured that it will commence the beginning of next week. A counsel has not yet been appointed to 611 the va cancy caused by the promption of Sir John Copley to the Mastership of the Rclls' Court. He was retained on the last occasion by Mr. Turner. • AYLESBURY sitES 17,1* lileact to. Joshua Bowler and Joke Basuto were charged with having, on the night, or early in the morning of the 15:h of January last, maliciously set fire to allay-rick, the property of Thomas Grace,. a farmer, in the parish of Princes Risborough. • John Bowler called his father in his defence, who swore that the prisoner on the night in question, went to bed at nine, and did not rise until seven the' next morning ; and the prisoner Joshua called his mother, who deposed to his going to bed at eight, and not get ting up till seven the next morning, and that he could not have gone out of the house without her knowledge. Thomas and Joseph Bowler gave evidence in sup port of the alibi to the same effect. Mr. Justice GAzticut summed up the evis!ence. The Jury, after having consulted forsome lilac with out being able to agree, retired from the bba, and in about half an hour returned into Court with a verdict, finding Joshua Uowler Guilty, and John Bowler Not The Learned Jaime, in addressing the convict, told Mai, that notwithstanding the heinous crime of Machias had been convicted, there was a circumstance in the cue which woeld enable him to represent his situation to his Majesty with some hope of having the Idreadful sentence of the law mitigated by the Royal clemency ; that circumstance was, that the hay-rkk to which, under the infatuation of his vindictive and ferocious passions, he had set Ore, weal:emote from any habitation, and, therefore, no other proper' y. our any human lives were put to hazard ; but if it had been in a dtuation where a users extensive conflagration might have been the pre batik consequence, or if a stogie life bad been endangered, he would have felt it his painful duty not only to pass immediate sentence of death, but to leave him for circuit's'. At present the sentence would be recorded, and if his Life should be spared, he paged to have hi, millet. cutrtri for •yrr. • I) I f 14 I 1 9-1111 4 IA