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particular. read ' On wheat purpose of exportation being read, Mr. CURWEN called the attention Of the House to the impolicy of a clause of this description. The clause enacted that such corn as was so ground, if not exported, should be taken back to the warehouse. Now he defied any one to devlbe means for deter mining whether the flour so returned was from fo reign corn or not. He was sure that upon the whole Incire was to be lost than gained by such a measure, and therefore he hoped the House would reject it. Mr. BRIGHT said, that those who imported coat before the alteration in the currency, had an eqoitable claim upon that House in the decision of this ques tion. The Noble Marquis Opposite had said, that if the Agriculturists had been stripped to the full mea sure of justice towards the commercial interest, with reference to the corn protecting duty, that duty would have been 1355.. instead of 70s. All the Agri cultural 'Merest asked of them, however, was, to ad mit this clause, and he (Mr. Bright) maintained that the best thing they could do for the Agriculturists was to bring speculators into the corn _market. The farmer would then have , a rising market rather than a falling brie. Sir E . KNATCHBULL said, that notbei ng able to agree With the Hon. Gentleman who spoke last, that.this clause would be beneficial to the Apical. tprists, he felt himself called upon to give it ha most determined opposition. He confessed that he felt the weight of all the apprehensions entertained by the }lo Member for Cumberliwd (Mr. Curwen). aetteral GASCOYNE thought it would be as fair * to enact that hay should not be compressed into a small compass for the purpose of removal, as that corn should not be grhund into flout for the purpose of exportation. He thought that . ' the large capital which had been locked oUt from speculation in fo reign corn, had been most prejudicial to the agri cultural interest. Si, J. SEBRIGHT assured the House that he had. been informed by some of the most intelligent millers of Hertiord-hire, that if the cern from the warehouse once got into their mills, they defied the Excise or any other power to prevent its coming into the mar ket. Such being the case, he must oppose the claUse tending so encourage that practice. Sir T. LETHBRIDGE thought the'clause would be most prejudicial to the agricultural interests. He did hope the Right Hon. Mover would withdraw the • clause, seeing what the operation of it must be, and that the Noble Marquis himself who introduced the Bill was against it. He must say that if it should pass, it would be considered as an insult to the coun try. He:ivished the Hon. Member for Kent, and other Hon. Members who represeeted the landed in terest in that House, would speak out what they • knew to be the state of the country. Mr. F. LEWIS meant to support the clause, be cause he thought it would be essentially beneficial to the agriculturists. He did not say that for every quarter of foreign corn exported a quarter of British wheat would be exported with it, but he calculated that for every 4S pounds of foreign flour sent out, 17 pounds of English flour would go to a market which otherwise it would never reach. Mr. D. GILBERT had it on the authority of per sons much more competent to form a judgment on this subject than he was, that if this clause were adopted it would be impossible to prevent foreign corn from being brought into home consumption.-- He therefore objected to the clause. Though friendly to a flee trade, he wished the system to be very gra dually changed, as a sudden alteration, affecting as it needs must, from three to four hundred thousand perscns connected %kith the corn trade, could riot fail of producing er ensive distress. Mr. LOL:KHART spoke against the clause. Mr. RICARDO denied that any wish had been expressed on the part of the advocates for a free trade, but to open it by the most gradual means. He sup ported the clause from a wish to favour the corn im porter, so far as this could be done without injury to the British agriculturist. That it would interfere with the interests of the British corn-growers it was for them to prove, and this had not been done. He should vote for it, considering it to be a measure of justice to one body of men, which would not injure any other class. Mr. BEN ETT (Wiltshire) thought the clause under consideration would be most injurious if it could be acted upon, but was of opinion the Bill, if clogged with it, could not pass; and he therefore hoped, if it should be carried, that it would be the means of enabling them to get rid of the measures altogether. Mr. JAMES BROWNE Member for the County of Mayo) was unfeignedly surprised to bear from the Member for Portarlington f that he considered the burden of proof that this was an innoxious mea sure to lie upon the agriculturists ; he had been taaght to believe, that when 'a new plan was pro posed, the proposer. of the new plan were bound to she that no mischief was to attend it. This he must class among the new systems that were creep ing into the State, to its great injury ; and must op pose, on the ground that it was delusive, unsound, and itself a proof of its own weakness. He should oppose the measure from beginning to end. Mr. T. WILSON did not consider the corn im porter to be entitled to any particular favour, and objected to the clause. Mr. CANNING, in reply, declared, that he would not have offered the clause, had he not conscientiously believed that it might be adopted without injury to the agricultural interest. Whether it were adopted or not, he should vote for the Bill, considering it to be calculated in some degree to ameliorate the exist-, ing distress. When, therefore, it was contended that ' the corn importer had no claim to favour, he must remark that his claim had already been admitted by the provisions contained in the Bill, which allowed warehoused corn to come into the market when the price was ten shillings under that at which other corn was to be teceived. Their case for favour being esta blished by the concession of a boon which might ope rate against British= interests, they now ventured to solicit that which might beast them, but which could sot be injurious to others. It would be better to exclude' importatian for ever, than to take the course advised by some of the advocates for the landed interest, which would ruin the importer we Locouraged to come here in time of scarcity, the sur The . ,larquis but general view of the case, and shewed that if the corn importer was entitled to some consideration, the right of grinding his corn into flour here was not among the advantages which had been held but to him. The principle of the clause before them, he considered to be sound and useful, but as it was to be temporary, to be acted upon immediately, and was only to apply to corn now in warehouse, be was by no means sure that it could in the first instance be carried into successful execution. He looked upon the present Bill as a measure of a.protective charac ter; but still the agricultural mind was very much disturbed on the- subject;. and the proposed clause would, he feared, increase the unfavourable im. pression. He confessed that he did not see the dan ger of the clause so strongly as others did ; but, for l •the reason he had already given, he should oppose the receiving of the clause, thouh he should do so with considerable reluctance.—the Houie then di- Tided, when there appeared— Fes the Male - - - - St Apinst it - - - ttias Majority - —as Mr. HUME said, he was sorry to find the Noble. Marquis changing about in this =timers He (Mr. Hume) had divided with him the other:night, on the substance of this very clause, and was then in a large majority ; and now the Noble Marquis having changed about he (Mr; Hume) had found himself in an unusually small, inority. Be considered this as a practical proof that the Homo west* .do anything the Minister might ask it 'to do. He was persuaded that the clause ni question would hawk rendered a . benefit to the inspor, era without at all injuring the agriculturists. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY said, that on. the occasion alluded to by the Hon. Member, it was distinctly understood, and even stated, that that vote pledged no Member to support the clause in question —(Hear). The observation of the Hon. Member was, however, a fair specimen of the mode in which he al. , ways attacked him (the Marquis). Mr. D. BROWNE repelled the imputation thrown out by the Hon. Member, that Members of that House gave an indiscriminate support to Ministers. After a few words from Mr. RICARDO, the Bill was ordered to be engrossed, and read a third time on Wednesday next. t si • ment tbitt plent#, by GOD i a PrOlidetiele• ratilltado+ ticular atnewillient involving that clause was If importation 'Weis allowed at alliiks dc& :nth tpart. d by the Clerk.. would be unwise, incostsistent,,=n i d unfair. )n the amendment for permitting warehoused He concluded by repeating the that he eat to be taken out and ground into flour, fo. the would not have tatted the clause, had be considered -pose of exportation being read, . it at all calculated to injure the English corn-grower. ,k4Pi IR WEN called the attention the House The Marquis of _LONDONDERRY took .abrief CZ=FTZeIi , M4qW , r MARRIAGE OE DISSENTERS. Mr. W. SMITH, in moving the Order of the Dari for the second reading of the Bill for altering the Marriage Service, so tar as the same related to the Marriage of Dissenters, stated, that be had hoped the alteration he proposed was perfectly unobjectionable; but he understood that many persons of respectabi lity, panic tilarly Clergy men ofthe Established Church, objected to it. Now nothing - could be further from his object than to offend, in the slightest degree, the sci uples of one class, while he proposed to relieve those of another. He at first entertained a belief that considerable alterations might be made in a Commit. tee ; but he thought it better to withdraw the present Bill entirely, and move for leave to bring in another, which he trusted he should be able to shape so as . to avoid giving offence to any religious feelings. The new Bill could be presented and stand over for the present year, so as to give every opportunity for its deliberate consideration. He would therefore move that the Bill be read a second time that day six months. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY said, nothing could be more fair or discreet than the course proposed by the Honourable Member. He would, however, give no opinion on the general question to be raised by the measure. Dr. PHILLIIVIORE said, be was decidedly ad verse to the object of the Bill, which he thought tended to degrade the marriage ceremony. He would not oppose any measure which went merely to put the marriages of Dissenters on the same footing with those of Jews and Quakers. Dr. LUSHINGTON thought the marriages of Dis senters should be legalized to all purposes. At pre sent those of Jews and Quakers were not valid for the purposes of transmitting real property. He objected, however, to any alteration in the Church Service. Mr. H. GURNEY said, it had been expressly de cided that the marriages of Quakers were good for the purpose mentionuct by the Learned Member. Dr. DODSON thought the Bill highly objection able. He had no doubt it would lead to the proposal of other alterations. The motion was then agreed to, and Mr.W.SNITII obtained leave to bring in another Bill. The Report on the Passage Regulation Bill was brought up, read, and ordered to betaken into consideration on Monday. The Insolvent Debtor' Act Amendment Bill went through a Committee, and the Report was ordered to be received to morrow. iie Other Orders of the Dar were then disposed of ; and at Half-put Eleven the House adjourned. By a return made to the House of Commons it appears, that is &sex there are 10 banks, the firms consisting of 31 names; in Cambridgeshire, 7 beaks, 21 names ; Hertfordshire, 14 battles; 3% names; Kent, 51 banks 74 names; Norfolk, 16 banks, ST name s ; 17 bank s, 73 names; Yorkshire, is banks, 1911 names. An official paper, printed by order of the House of Commons, states the estimate of the sum requisite to be granted in the pre sent Session of Parliament, in order to enable the Commissioners for the Caledonian Canal to proceed in opening the navigation between the eastern and western seas, at £25,000, clear of all deductions. Among the Parliamentary Papers, lately published, are " Returns of the names of the Agents of the New Colonies," &c. The Right Hon. W. litmus sou is Agent for Ceylon, with £l2OO a-year. He is also Surveyor of Woods and Forests, with £2OOO ' a-year. The Agent for the Cape .of Good Hope is THOMAS PERRORINI COMM/NAY, Secretary to the Board of Controul ; his salary, as Agent, is £6OO a-year ; his salary, as Secretary, £2,200. There is an Agent of Malta, SEYMOUR BATHURST, who has £6OO a-year. The Agent for Mauritius is RICHARD PENS, with a salary of 400 a,year; he is Clerk in the Secretary of State's Office, with £1,125 a-yeal. At the Circuit Court, Philadelphia, came on re-, cently the trial of Sally Sleight v. Stephen Barnes, bath of Clinton, for breach of promise of marriage. It appeared on trial, that the defendant had courted the plaintiff for nine years, the fruits of which were an illegitimate offspring—otherwise she sustained a fair reputation. Verdict for plaintiff, 1,500 dolluts. ro • ~ 1 1 k . t it: •. • -6, a , ". SPAIN. • • SITTING OF ThE CORTES, Kati SI. ; The Report of a majority of the Finikee Copi ng. sion on the Loan cont acted on the 2r2d of Deiensber last, by the z-Minister of Finance, Don AttoacVate coo, was read, and containedebefollowing Articles: Ist. This the Cortes neither can nor &sold recognise as the result of their outhotity conferred epee the Goverment-61 , th, Decree of the 27th of June, Mel, and the Resolution of the 28th of the same mouth, the contract for the Loan formed ea the 22d of December with the houses of A rdouln and Hubbard by the Ex-Minister of Finance, Don Angel Vallejo, on, aceovnt Of his having exceeded the limits of the said authorination. 2dly. That the Cove:meet suspending the mention of the contract, should arrange with the house et Ardoubs and Huh. bard the means of avoiding the prejudice to third parties, and repairing the immense tomes already occasioned to the nation, affording thus a new proof of the desire of the Congress to leave untouched good faith and national honour. idly. If the .Govenunent cannot reverse this transaction, it wiU communicate to the Conte for their final disposition. as fikevri.e for their approbation, the contract which it may be enabled to form. To leave the Government an absolute independence for this operation, and to enable it to waft for peremptory con ditions, fix Willie authorised to negociate with national or foreign houses, the sum requisite to complete the 200,000,000 of reale. Sthly. In both cases the Gqvernment will submit to the Corres,', for their approbation of Utopian or project of the loan. • 6thly. The Government will proceed in the whole matter with the greatest expedition, because the public expense of the present economical year must be settled, and the Cones must soon' close their Sittings. 7thly. That the present measure be submitted to the Cot-o mission for cases of re billy, that it may propose what is' proper to be repaired of pubile functionaries who have, directly or indirectly, taken part in them Infractitms of the Constitution and of the laws which may have been committed in the articles of the contract entered into by Don Angel Vallejo. Several Deputies begged to speak, both for and arsittsf rabble of:tale - Report ; and Senor Rimers DirARILLLANO read a discourse, of i which the following s, an abridgment:—A subject i3f this importance, he'iaid, required the most de tailed elimination. The point under consideration l!fas, whether they were to reverse an operation ruin ,oiis in itself, Sccording to all the calculations pre •sented by thrFinance Commission, disgraceful to Spaniards by the conditions on which it was con tracted; and, lastly, invalid, both on account of the want - of power in the Minister of Finance who con cluded it, and the term! on which it was formed.— Considering the enormous mischiefs which this con tract was calculated to/create, it appeared impossible that any Spaniard could be found who could sanc tion it by his signature; but, leaving out of-view the losses which it would occasion to the State if it was ca;ried into effect, andlikewise the disgraceful terms on which it was concluded, the first question which presented itself was, whether the Minister of Finance, Vallejo, had powers to make the contract: and, se-, condly, even if he had, whether the Cortes ought to approve of it, some of the articles of it being breaches of a fundamental law. The authority which the Cortes conferred upon Vallejo was, in ' substance, that he should enter into a contract which should be most advantageous to the nation.— It was a well known maxim that no officer empowered to execute a particular commission, ought to trans gress the limits within which his commission is re strained ; and if this is a good general rule, how much more ought it to be regarded when a matter of so great importance as the happiness or ruin of a nation is concerned. To say that Senor Vallejo exceeded the authority of the Cortes, and the powers conferred upon him by the King, to contract for a loan, is to say that those terms ought only to be fulfilled which they proposed, and nothing more; but in place of doing this, the Minister of - Finance, straining the in terpretation of the power of the commission of the Cones, carried the matter much further than the Congress either wished or was able to authorise. He would not examine the different parts of the contract ; it was sufficient to state one article to give an idea of the whole. The 6th Article, for instance, could not, be examined without horror. In this Article it was stipulated that if the present system of Government should cease to exist by any unexpected event, the contractors would not be bound to continue their in stalments. Such i condition as this is offensive to the Monarch, offensive to the nation, and in every view disgraceful. In another Article it appeared that a Siliking Fund was established—an establishment that could only be formed by the National Congress. The Hon. Member stated several other objections to the existing contract. Senor CANOA expressed his opinion, that the sub ject before Congress was one of the greatest interest, and begged leave, in the name of the majority of the Commission, to explain the meaning of the Report h w ich they had presented. In the Decree of the 27th of June, 1821, it was said that the Cones authorized the Government to contract for a loan of 200,000,000 of reals; but the Minister submitted on the same day to the Congress the following exposition: " Most Excellent senors—The desire of Government, in an ‘ LUNDO operation so grave and so delicate as the loan of 200,000,000, which the Cortes have authorized it to make, cannot be any other than to attract, by means of public opinion, the confidence, of speculators, so that no doubt of the execution of the compact must influence in the smallest or greatest degree the conditions which may be proposed. Attending to these reasons, and con sidering that perhaps the realization of the loan will render it necessary to establish a Great //oak, to create a sinking fund, to apply several branches of the public revenue to this establishment, and to reduce the whole or a part of the foreign debt to a new loan, for the purpose of being included in the Great Book, the King commands me to petition the Cones, with the greatest urgency, that the authority granted to the Government to con tract the loan, may extend to the four points which have been mentioned, si nce. wit out this circumstance, propositions founded on any loan operations cannot be admitted, however advan tegeous ; public opinion being prejudiced by the idea, that the Govenunent acted only on limited and insufficient authority. I communicate this to your Excellencies, by the Royal order, that it may be communicated to the Cones with all the expedition which the subject requires." The Resolution of the Cortes, in reply to this com munication, was couched in the following terms: “ Most Excellent Sir—The Cortes, taking into consideration the proposition which your Excellency has submitted to them in the Message of the inch inst. and especially that the realization of the loan will render necessary the establishment of a Great Book, the creation of a Sinking Fund, the application of several branches of the revenue to these establishments, and the reduc tion of the whole or part of the foreign debt to a new loan, to be included in the Great Book, have resolved, that the Iklinister of Finance be authorized by the permission of the same Cortes to take the necessary measures that the loan agreed upon be realized in the mode the must convenient and advantageous to the natiop." In this manner the Cortes, in their second ordir, sanctioned the proposition which the Government submitted to them, to have a Great Book, a Sinking Fund; and to reduce a part of the foreign debt, etc.— l ln virtue of this,.theretore, the Government deemed itself authorized to make the contract. He could wish that the blinister of Finauce should rectify ;~~~ 41F A t i l yaw l did not arise ham the subject bun eassikodicial information. He had heard it thl Resolution of the Cartes did sot appear in sir Jostresis at the time, but that it was afterwards Aslivesod to the Minister Vallejo. - • Th e p len a hlasssxse of Ftssece,replied i that be irnevr nothing of this. Senor ,FXRRER begged that the Opeaker would tend the Act in which the permission of th. Cones was stated. Benor - Cmsoa totitittbect—Thd Han. Memtier tlh sires to say, that this permission does not, appear from the Act : it does not, bot it appears from t h e Report which proceeded from the Committee of the Cones; and he held that resolution to be good, be. cause it was signed by the Secretaries of the Co rte% and because it was not of a nature to be contained in a decree of that body. Out of regard to this dec!a ration, the Government thought . that it was authc. rized to execute a loan in the te, ms which it bad pm posed. He concluded by beseeching the Cortes to re collect that the honour of the nation was at stake. Senor FALCO said, his opinion would always be Against loans, especially as this kind of negociation had become a species of art so compli.:sted and so difficult, that it was confined to a few mercantile houses of Europe who engaged in it., He feared much that the nation had become victims of the su periority which was obtained over them in this kind of knowledge. Senor ADAN observed, that those who opposed the Repos t Of the Commission, had, in his opinion, availed themselves of reasons that went to support. rather than destroy it. The MINISTEE Of FINANCE said, the Gocernmtfit felt, in taking part in this r iscussion, it was the wo, k of none of the individuals who at pr esent con.po,zd it. This circumstance animated him in undertaking the defence of the negociation to a certain extent. The Government concurred in the opinion of the Com mission in every respect, except in the clause of the first article, by which it in effect prop unced the contract null.—The time of ending debate was then drawing near. Several Members wished to speak; the Sitting was theretore adjourired. 1. SITTING, OF JUNE 1. Previous to the resumption of the discussion en the Loan, Senor ADA N .topri ed the Cortes that the Coin. mission did not present the first Article for delibera tion, and that its opinibit was that it should he ie. fined to the'tovernment to act in the best possible manner for the public interest iti this business, as the contract could not be annulled. The debate afterwards was continued with much warmth, but was notconcladed. M. FERRER and the Mourrei of FINANCS, the former against the con tract, and thelatter in 'support of it, spoke a t great length, and the debate was adjourned. ---~ 1 HE EVEN ISG STAR,. TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 1522. St. I imuchami.--11•1klay at th. Bank. • THB :FUNDS. ROYAL EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. This'being a holiday bOth at the Bank and Stock Exchange, a great number Si BrOkers haw assembled on 'Change, and a good deal is doing in the foreign market, particularly in the Catilian Steck ; there is also a demand for Old Spanish Bonds, as yesterday, towards the close of the market, purchases were rnstieiktAbe abosre Stock by some eminent Houses, which it is titiouglit - was owing to the express from Madrid, that the Spanish Government would ratify the Contract for their Loan. In Russian Stock there has been a little doing, but not of• that im portance to cause a rise. Colombian Stock Is also on the ad vance. Prussian. Danish, and Neapolitan Stocks maintain their prices. Spanish Old 61a I; New 61* ; Cbiliaa 78 ; Russian 82} ; Prussian 851 1 ; Danish 851; Neapolitan 721 ; Colombian loll; New 84. ROYAL EXCHANGE-ONR O'CLOCK. little or no business doing. The only :object of conversation is some new Loans that are to make their appearauce, it is re ported, in the Foreign Market iu the present week. Large bets were made to this effect. The Loans are, an Austrian, a Po , tugnese, and a Prussian. Last night, in the House of Commons, the Corn Importation Bill went through one stage, and was ordered for a third reading to-inorrow. 4 The clause for permitting the grinding of foreign warehoused grain for exportation, proposed by Mr..CA , sNiNc, was rejected on the ground that it would be impossi ble to guard against a large portion of the flour being introduced into our markets. The Paris Papers of Saturday have been received. They are still chiefly occupied with the preliminary proceedings in the Chamber of Deputies. The prin cipal question was the validity of the election of M. CAUMARTIN, a ti Liberal," for the arrondissement of Chatillon, in the department of the Cols d'Or. The point is somewhat curious. After the election it was discovered that five unqualified persons were admit ted to vote. Now the subtraction of five votes would deprive M. CAUMARTIN of his majority. But again, in France, the Electors vote by secret ballot, so that it is not presumed to be known what candidate each supports. The point was referred for further investi gation.—The following are extracts: PARIS. JUNE a. On Thursday, after the adjoUrnment of the Cham ber, M. Benjamin Constant demanded satisfaction of M. Forbin des Issarts, for a letter published by the latter, on the sth, in answer to a letter published by the former, on the 4th. Without further explanstion, the two Honourable Deputies proceeded yesterday (Friday) morning, at seven o'clock, to the ground. M. Benjamin Constant was attended by General Se bastiani and M. de Girardin. M. des Issarts by Ge• neral Bethuy and Colonel Chamoin, Lieutenant of Garda du Corps, in the company of Luxembourg ; all but the last mentioned, Members of the Chamber. M. Constant finding it difficult to walk, or stand erect, the two gentlemen were seated . = chairs at (to paces distance. 1h!/ fired together two shots each, at P