The Statesman. — London, England, 1822-05-08 00:00:00

Importation, would amount to antidtuar It would be sprite impossible that the fo mild ever "apply us upon mach terms. If net "apposed that an expense. of 4lis.could an article that already cost &ht. in the ipposed a Inmate that, if carried, could trek. He would ask if the House would . Hill in one sitting? He could not eon• don greater thaw to sanction loth • vis ite proposition of the Hoe. Member for kratal , k so mach of the nature of the ether wno means agree I. it. The duly of 215., which, with the 10s. added, charge Intinstely too high to remain's!' the price rose to Wk. This, likewise, *thing short of a direct prohibition, and ilmitteol eve a emeriti principle. Looking non of the lion. Member for Porterling that it was for having a freed duty always red that it should he reeulated on a toed.- iis proposition differed from that of Ida, bond, inasmuch a. his Right lien. PrialMll Iris duty of 15s. not timed in all cases, lilt Lion wonting to ciernmstatseea. It ft ▪ Hon. kletnher for POrtarlitigton so le Honourable Member for Somersetslabi erahle •klemher for Wiltshire, es to pm deed dety should be reminded "noel ices of the market. lint he (the Mae idonderry) would contend that it was have a fixed duty after the prices 'a height; and he trunk, sot hesitate td his own views of the question, he should lute, without-any impost price at ell. It r that. in the present nunesnral stet, of il duty meld be adopted, for it most he i referent., no the price In the market, a nut. to be taken as a stan d ard for usali. le could wish that the house were to gel eletity of the law with respect to the are a eas not' the time fir makinz the rape :lc opinion cats against it. !low could he eto try it who were against lowering the i front nits, to ph.. the quarter? If he ,went bring himself to believe that it or penitent to a4opt the propositions of le Member tor hettiersetshire, or that of le Membeetats Wiltshire, he should readily o supports hat he found that bons ware, at a every erinriele of aimed policy. He ronsider the more tuaderite duty proposed intl., thin of 125.; and be might be allow alias must be its effects, if there was no duty till the price rose to Sue., the market Is. The duty of 150., as proposed by his Friend, %%lilt the 10s. addition, world e of 25e. ; and supposing the, price of 90s. 255. taken from it wonid leave 655, to the tar. It was Then to be considered what lire wonlii be thrown into the market by dos. Tht rain eof corn-en the Centieent Ll.Lic the standard of former years; sad II to certain an error into which some pee leJ respecting a statement of hie on this :A never denied that corn might he brought try at apis.the gnat:et, (or cora %vas now measure, &preadult all over the world, and it might he gat. out of our own ware .: but it was to be observed that this was rating price, and kiwis !aline, prospectively, matural hat.i natural state of things, the I not take it as standard. ffe had said 'rig to eke propositioss of his Right MO; oisAfaeorter stoeld : have h clear [stye cif fThAlWervittat ilea "c ity grin n nottild r market. It woe) ;certainly bring in all is u arehouses. utlifn •t present was an its. ty, thenght aims a risk that ought I in an unnatural stateof the. market. •A obi certainly be very desirable; but it was inciled•to the pries in this country, whioh roe influeaced by that on the Continent. An' ignoeorn must inverlably keep the market e knew of no remedy against the effect of bat 'to Like, in aid of duty, an import as Willing to allow that it,might he advis e priecipli- of an import price could be get, her, hut at present that was quite impair ioble Marquess, after recapitulating some arguments upon this point,thee proceeded :tracts from the Report of the Agricaltn e of loon veer, with the view of showing he Committee thought a fitted duty advisee Rid not be adopted in the circumstances of air could any thing more be effected than a )(the existing law sailed to the necessity of The comnuttee said that we bad not at state of things in which a sound end per finis could he adopte.: with respect to the Ili' 'own opinion certainly was, that no , on bad taken place since last year, as would ewperimeot being now made. He had no er that if we avers in a natural state of rupositioa of iais Right Hon. Friend might .ith great advantage; but as the circum is country now stood, it did not appear to Ent security. He knew that there were shed; if possible, to get rid of the Corn sie measure %%Lich should be conclusive.— ere was certainly very desirable, but be d that this was not the time for carrying it All parties were anxious to come to some the Ilompiember for Portarlington evinces! position to accommodate as could be ra in individual tenacious of a particular prim rer, that Hun. hi ember propoaeol two eo , tits eh appeared incompatible with each other. bought that the House could not do better, a useasnre of adespate precaution suited to of the present times. The proposition Isimaelf submitted to the Committee, be slated to rpru a wore ample field to com bat whirls they finally agreed to; but as ▪ preferred, he thought it proper to ac e Committee proposed a duty of 12.. with lion of 3.. for warehousing. Having offer• rvations as to his own views of the subject, w submit the proposition of the Committee and he hoped that a difference of two or gs ip tie scheme of ditty proposed on a it, lotaid not have the effect of eutharrass- Ise *Ai r oleeioli ng on so important a ques waglotkiiig which was inure to he depre spgrieete.: protection, and anv impression tvaa ealeulated to agitate and disturb the The Noble Marquess concluded souse fur. dions to the same effect, by moving the tiuu, upon which, he said, the debate might defended the arguments he ad r , iiice d riestion. He admitted lie duty of thi• House to legislate for the dc.! cut tor any particular class; and he misunderstood it lie was supposed to advo str:iry principle. If these ever was a that ite of the coantry called for a different eye. 1 which *now prevailed, it was the present. that a duty of 355. could not he thought to,. the state of the market was considered. An merchant if-firetity informed him, that he Mist with wheat at 26e..the quarter. Is it the present law gave the landholder a so. this lie altogether denied. In February. 'er than 2,;110,000 quarters et eon were Im• 01 that glut bOU,OQU quarters yet remained it eratehonsets. 11 woe ma' wonder thatiOnglish better (Veld act fetch bd. epoankwboo Dutehatim sold theirs it N. • pound, and got • rand peed' by it, after miss" .tbe freight and ditty. The Euglialt cheese expemernal a similar fats. Therefore it was In vain to look at this question simply with a reference to corn ; and if protecs, Son was not carried much farther, the agriculture of the country could not support itself. This was the time thee to protect agriculture, and it was absolutely neces sary to do so. .As to the public creditors, it was uajest that they should receive the whole of their interest so long as the country was in its present dreadful state— (Hear, hear!)—and it was high time also to cut off the tail of the Right Hon. Secretary's Bill. which passed three years ago. It was with these views be should now bring forward the 'Resolutions be had to propose. It had been said *hams could grow oarown coneumptioe; end if that teas the case. what necessity could there be for importation It was treating the landholders with the greatest levity to legislate on the principle of the Resolutions that came from the other side of the hones; and he believed the day was net far distant when the landed interest would be annihilated, unless they stood Orin by each other in defence of their rights, and in op position to the miserable system et economy originating with Ministers. The Hoe. Baronet concluded with movie% as an amendment, a Resolution, declaring that waft expedient for the protection of agriculture against re '4ompetition, that certain rates of duties should - befoul on importation, higher than thole already pro pelled. It stated the duty on wheat at 355. per quarter, end proportionate duties on all other articles of foreign Eroduce being of the same kind as those produced by nglish farmers. Sir F. 131:ItDETr said, that in entering , into the dis cussion oh the question then before the house, be should pass over the v.trious details that had been entered into, as thin , . of minor importance. The Hon. tlentlenian who spul:e last, had in many respects taken a clear view of this imesti o. He bad contended for the necessity of presenting the importation of corn, tin .1 the price of our own corn rose **high as to give the grower a rennin,- rating profit; and he wanted to get rid of Mr. Peers Bill at the same time. tie (Sir F. Burl It) was, how ever,firmly persuaded that there was no difference be tween the landed interest and the other interests of the country, and that the distresses oldie farmer could not be relieved by the mans which the Hun. Member had proposed. As to what hail been proposed by the Noble Lorif opposite, he did nut believe that Noble Lord was more in earliest or less in joke on the present evening than he was last uight.—(Lond langliter and betir.).— " If I," said the Hon. liaroset, " hail a musical voice, and if the house were disposed for a little amusement, I could retort upon the Noble Lord, by enterteieing these with the well known song—" cease your funning."— (Much laughter and cheers.)—lndeed the Noble Lord must hare supposed that be possessed wonderful powers, when be thoeght that hecouhi persuade the house• to adopt a measure, when he could not persnaule himself as to the utility of it. He bad brought forth an offspring, which bad scarcely seen the light; his balm was strangled in the birth ; after he had mode a speech of three hours end a half in praise of it, this unfortunate being was not only exposed, but the Noble Lord WAS so ashamed of it, that-be sow called on hint who was sup posed to be the real father to come and own it.—(Load langliter.)—A greet deal had been said &bent the rates of duties which were to be imposed. His opinion was that there ought to be no duties at all. Before any re medy was proposed in that house, they ought to know what were the causes of die diitress. As for the Nobte Lord, he was in her wholly unable to do any . thlng, and le that state heatratillwowing hiselielt se the kimil nese of any one who would tome in to his assist ance. The Noble Lord ball remrked, that his if nut likely to 44.. , could do no harm. Bat be (Sir Francis • ptt) would main tain, that any measure which good, must do a great deal of harm. Then the IV' rd wished that every thing might be left to them : - advice bad been followed long enough; 7 years had elleady passed, sett in that time nothing had been slime. 'time, ia feet, only aggravated the disease. sad brought with it lOW and accumulated mischief. The chief Minister in the other House of Parliament had said that the distress of the farmers was caused by an overabundance of produc tion, and that a reduction of taxes could give them no relief. This assertion was followed op by an hyperbole on the part of the Noble Lord opposite, who was very fond of dealing in hyperboles; he went so far as to assert, that the farmers would find no relief from their present distresses even if all the taxes were taken away. Whatever might be the effect of a total reduction of that kind, this one thing was certain—that low prices, limited currency, and high taxes could not go on toge ther. As to a superabundance of products, he denied that such existed. It appeared by the Reports made to that House, that there had been only an aver age crop in the last year. and that the corn was of an indifferent quality.—(Hear.) It appeared that for twenty years there had been a regular importation of corn; and that when the greatest quantity was imported the prices were at their greatest height. So hr from importation being iajurious. his opinion was, that it would cause high prices. Therefore all the cries raised against importation, and fur the necessity of protecting duties were absurd. The principal cause of the present evil was the diminution that bad taken place in the cur rency ; for even a small diminution must bave produced a most tremendous effect. A diminution of five millions must have had the effect of taking fifty millions out of the income of the coootry. With regard to importation he would say, that • country which imported, must have high prices, for if more corn was brought ia, the mom factures would be increased ; there would he an increas ed demand for manufacturing labour. An increase would then take place in the number of consumers; and high prices would be the necessary consequence. But if the markets were to be narrowed by restrictive duties, the conseqnence must be a diminished market for la bour, and throwing thousands of paupers upon the pa rishes. With regard to rents be saw no reason why they should not be high. These were matters of pri rate contract between the owners and cultivators of land. It was a proof of a prosperous country to have high rents; and it was very proper that high rents should exist. That measure. however, which went to limit the circulation had a most ruinous effect on all classes of people; for that me , instead of produ cing any benefit. brought every thing nearly to a etateof despair. He k new of no greater crime than that ()faltering the standard v due of the country.—(Hear, hear.)—lly such a proceeding thousands of people were driven to beggary and ruin ; while, at the same time that the cur rency was so reduced, all the taxes of the country were kept up just as they were before. In every point of view s then, it was a most dreadful operation. There was nn precedent for inch a measure in any part of our his tory ; for the country never had the same sort of circula ting medium as that which existed before Mr. Peel's Bill— s medium which was at a great depreciation, and on the departure from which an alteration was effected in all the contracts that had been made by individuals before the Bill in question passed: and it was • gross injustice to keep up, amidst our present limited circulation all that monstrous load of taxation which bad bees imposed during the depreciated currency. It was an injustice still greater to keep up all the increased salaries that had been created while the cdrtency was in a depreciated state. Soule tiros ago the Ministers hadsaid that it was impossible to take off taxes; and sew they were begin ding to take someof them sitf.--(Hear. Lear 1)--he was sere they must take off many; and if they did not. the eoentry could not go on. The country think:nen now felt that their were notilliniside t to he sooner taken on questhma of this wial'the detain jand he was sere they would aos now sapped the illin'sters in their vacillating and miaow* mealtimes. They were very different front another rare of memo% she, thoneh highly favoured;inight be offin a t e ranieet.Thefiteoftlie country was in their hands, and it was now their duty to rescue it from the delusive and ruinous plans of Minis ters, than whom no set °Mee hail ever presented them selves in inch a predicament to the country.—(Hear !) It was impossible for any one to know whether the Noble Lord was in earnest or not. New the first step that was necessary to be taken was to inquire into and scretinize every expense of the country ; and as prices were now at the rate of what they had been in 1792, all expenses ought to be reduced to what they were at that 'time. A great deal had been said about keeping faith with public creditors ; but it was of more importance to consider the other classes, who were oi ern helmed with distress. The pithlic creditors must nut expect to get more than could be given to them ; and he was sore that faith could not be kept up with them. As to superabund ance. it was impossible it could injure the farmers, be cause, if prices were diminished, they hail inure property to dispose of: and manufactures would increase in con. sequence of plenty ; and the advantages of those mann factures would then he felt by the farmers. Hr main tained it as a fact that there was no slyrralmeslance ; that there was no proof of it ; but that the contrary was the fact. The first cause of the heavy distress was the conlailinPnt of the currency; the next wax the taxation; ttassl as to interfering with the corn trade, it world ag gravate the evils we felt. The Noble alarress, he was more, had lost the confidenee of the country, and was at last reduced to the situation of not knowiog what to do, 'UFO to get a vote for the evening.—(ilenr, hear ) The cosintry.was in a worse situatiou now than du: mg the most expensive period of the war , and all this sea miring to the imbecility of Minister+, is Lich no power could withstand.—(Hear, hear.) The 'loose, seeing that Ministers had abandoned the helm of State to other hoods, it was the duty of the House to take upon it se timely the task of considering the state of the country. If the Noble Marquess really in.endeil to do no more than sit upon the Treasury bench and reerive the seg. gestions of those who chose to offer them, lie (Sir Francis Borden) could only say—that the Noble Lord had done his utmost, and his hunr of departure u-as conic. The Ministers dare not look the country In the face. They dare not present -the true state of the coimtry to the House except by partial glimpses. They strove to put down discussion, and avert the consideration of the dis tresses of the country by promises that at some future time relief world arrive. The real cause of distress was enormous taxation—the low priers made that cause of distress insupportable. But the Government was not in a condition to bear the application of the acknowledged remedy ; and it was therefore his opinion that under the auspices of the present Ministers, and until a better set was substituted, it would he utterly impossible for the country to in nn.—(Cheers.) Mr. F. ROBINSON said he felt somewhat surprised that the Hon. Baronet should have seized an opportu nity like this for leading the House to the consideration of the general policy of the Administration.—(Cbeers from the Opposition were so frequently repeated for some minutes, that we could not catch the two or three subsequent sentences of the Right lion. Gentleman's speech) He said he had greatly misunderstood the meaning of the Hon. Baronet, if he did not accurate)y state the character of the Hon. Baronet's speech. He 'considered that it would be much wiser in the Honour. oWienet ; it would be fairer that he should have takep, another ppportunity _for discharging his i !WM lives against the Ministry, and openly s t ud directly put them upon the defence of their acts. lie (Mr. R.) as one of those node public conduct had been arraigned by the Non. Baronet, was prepared to meet him upon that question whenever he should think proper to bring it forward. Considering the importance of the ques tion immediately before the House; considering the variety pf feelings and passions which it had excited in varloktbranthes of the patine, he must say that it was shewing an Improper disregard to the interests of the body whose complaints were before them, to evade the immediate question, and take up the time of the House in invectives upon the general policy of the Government. —(Hear.) Although it was true the Hon. Baronet as well as many of those Gentlemen who sat near him, together with several of those whose petitions were now before the house, might be of opinion that there was no remedy for the existing distresses of the country but the removal of the Ministry, yet it was not reasonable to take that fur granted; nay, he was warranted in holding a contrary opinion with the honourable baronet, inasmuch as the great body of petitions from various parts of the empire complaining of distress, never alluded to anch a remedy, but all expressly pointed to a different coarse of proceeding.—(Hear, bear.) — if the reduction of taxation to the extect wished for by the Hon. Baronet and others were to be carried into ef fect, they must de it by lowering the interest of the debt —(Cbeers from the opposition.)—lt was well to find that so many Gentlemen opposite expressed themselves so unequivocally upon this subject, far their object would now be seen.—(Cheers from both sides.) —And if that was their object, it being a question of an impor tance and magnitude not to be exceeded, it was still more necessary for them to exclude from its considera tion the presence of invective and party feeling.-- (Cheers.)—He had always professed his belief that no measures of alteration in the Corn Laws could afford im mediate relief, becanse the distress depended upon low prices. When he first introduced a measure upon this subject to the house, he did not regard it as a good, but as a necessary measure, because he did not like the prin ciple of restrictions upon the corn trade. Yet he felt that they were called upon now to remove a speci fic defect which existed in the present law, and that he would be ready to do. The question really was, whether or not the proposed measure was calculated to remedy that particular evil, which the Report of the Committee of last year repre sented to be a grievous one, and one susceptible of re medy.—This was the object of his Noble Friend in wow ing the re-appointment of the Committee. If they did not want to abrogate the law, they must restore its oper ation ; and the scale of duties now proposed appeared to him calculated to accomplish that object. When the Hon. Baronet attributed the distress to taxation, he knew not how they would account for its existence, even to a greater degree, in all other corn-producing coun tries. Yet all these coentries, as well as Spain and Por tugal. who did not grow their own supply, either had established, or were about to establish a system of re stricting ditties. With regard to the subject to which he had lirst alb..iled, if the Hon. Baronet thought the removal of the present Ministers from power was the only moans of relieving the Agricultural distress, he had better to persuade the country, and if the country. the house, to remove them. But he would tell the lion. Barouet that Isis taunts would not induce them to alter the course which they conceived to be beat suited topro mote the true interests of the country. Sir J. NEWPORT-expressed his doubt, whether tin der the present circumstances it would be wise to tamper with existing laws upon the subject of corn. Mr. RICARDO said, that as be considered the die peas of Agriculture to depend upon the system of oar, , *pro Laws, be thought Owe the proper time for deliver his sentiments upOn the question. He contended tkat there was an incdisisteney is the arguments of hie bonourablefriend (Sir F. Burdett) when he admitted aC first that abundance would produce distress, and decreali' the value of produce. He was aware that his honouree tale (Heed afterwards corrected the. asbnissioa, mad 'mid that abundant.* areuW mot radacerthe value of prodeee beyond what it would bored's-ad •Ity small crops with high prices: He afterWards.applied the first argent. eit to the (serener. Now the fact werr,• that an j acres*, in the quantity of any particular artier , . did nut neerm rily refiner its aggregate , ' vales. Suppose fur itia;.anee. such an article as superfine cloth were wholly unknown in this country, and 111,0011 yards alio-id be introduced. It would necessarily he distribeted among the rirb, at a very high price. If -his quantity were then to be Jim= bled, and there should be 20,009 yards introduced; *ls. though the yard might Weenie, cheaper, yet the aggrrol gate value of the 40,041 yatds would be greater th a..,. ''''. that of the 10,000 yards before the quantity was iticraiit , • ed. It they then doubled t h e . quantity to 40,000 yardsi'v . the same result would he obta ined; but if they went os doubling .until .tbey had. supplied all-slammse4sf-41se . iflt b community, and then they doskbi4 the qu • again i • then, undoubtedly. the ifiteganyvali4 0 e de- . creased. 'The same with respktto fern. .. + an of must follow, because the consumption of tarn must necessarily be limited. But the carreitcy was an exeep . to all purposes, and iU employment had no bound;..Any increase therefore, in the cirrulating medium wpuld only affect the prices of produce in a certain proportion, but not at all upon the same kale, as an increase of any other supply for which these teas a limited demand. Fir pontended that our system cif Corn LAWS : predated the distress complained of.. and that the resolutions he should more were calculated to remove the eril. . What be proposed was that there should be ten shillings duty upon the importation of corn, and a boon, of seven shillings upon exportation. It was inspAlible that there could be a greater relative differeace betwixt the expense .of other countries and the grower. of this country than three shillings. Protection op to 706. be oonsidered tp be equal and fair even under the existing dls trams. ' In calculating that 10s. would bet sufficient protec tion. he had allowed for all the particular asses paid by the lhome grower over those of other countr:es. The evidence lakes before the Committee showed that all the taxes did hit ailmual to more than one-tenth of the produce,-therefore a protection of 10 per cent. would place them upeoun equal footing if others paid no taxes at all. Isle proposed fixed duties, because he considered it an injustice to the farmer that they should sot be fixed. Indeed he was avivocating• the cause of the former, and was a better friend to him than many lionottrable Gentlemen who pi:Mended .tokmi mere so. From the evidence of Mr. Softy It appeared the! corn ama ss lin the bderior of the country could be shipped at Dantrie end imported here at not less than 63a. Now the Honour . I able Member for Wiltshire lad said lasetillittihat a re munerating price to the groner of this coutilry . shyyld id. that amounted to 07.. a :porter. The MD. Member for Cumberland gav: in h a evidence that 635: *mild ha a rettlit;. nerating price. How then could they ask for a higher pre portion than a duty of twelveshillioge.ak his restsiugion pro• prosed. He proposed a bounty ; and het assurelh I ‘on... Genie. who were afraid of bounties. that the one he proposed would operate only on perliculer 'occasions, ."Tut evident". of Mr. Took and Mr. Jacob oh shiailbject was quitetleeisive. The ouly question then. that rentarnedoess the • cy ; but that he would net touch upon at the . present time. Gentlemen had ridiculed the idea, that three mil. lions could be withdrawn from circulation idiot lie would tell them that in [7'33, when the Bank Issues were very extensive, fall 3401,0001. was withdrawn for that and the three following years; antlsehie lomat must have had a considerable etlect.upori all.thecnoney trent actions of that time. Ile mentioned the fact, however, only to ;hew, that 'whether a notion Poisessed a wealth.: or a paper currency, it was subject to collations, as well rn tlte quantity as the value of the (Hear.) lir; HEMET? then roseAfin tihi tries of '-adjourn." were **general, that the flan. Member was unable to proceed. Mr. lIROUDEN (Chairman of the Committee) stated, the Hon. Member was in possession t e . 1 - 10 use, noel asked whether he meant to avail privilege and go on. Mr. BENETT said; as the • f the House was against his proceeding, he would postpone his observa- • tions for the present. The Marquess of LONDONDERRY expressed a hope that nothing would be allowed to interfere with the re sumption of the discussion tomorrow, as it we; a subject to which the public looked with great interest. The House then resumed, the Chairman reported pro gress, and obtained leave ttrsit again to-morrow. The other orders of the day were thee-disposed of.— Adjourned at one o'clock.tbis morning. COURT OF ALDERMEN. Yesterday the Lord Mayor held a Court of Aldermen, at Guildhall, for the transaction of general business, which was well attended. ! --Mr. Alderman Lucas pre sented a petition from certain members of the Court or Common Council protesting against the stveariog in at Mr. Denman to the °like of Common Serjeant. The pe titioners being called, Me. Samuel Dixon, Mr. Crocker, Mr. Deputy Brook, Mr. Robert Smith, Mr. Gibbs, and Mr. Stuart presented themselves at the bar. The pe tition was then read. It recitml the circumstances of the election of i 1 r. Denman, and proceeded to state that by a. by-law of the Corporation, made in 1.55-1, it was ordered that no person should be eligible to the office of Recorder, Under-Sheriff, or Common-Serjeant, who have not heed for two years previously a common pleader of the city. It appearing therefore to the petitioners that Mr. Denman was ineligible to be elected to the office of Common Ser. jeant, they prayed that Mr. Bolland should be called in and sworn into the said office, he being at the late election the only eligible candidate. After the petition ers had withdrawn, a discussion ensued on the peti tion, and it being considered as an attempt to revive an antiquated law which had never been acted on in the memory of 111411, and perhaps never acted on at all, it was moved and carried that the petition do lie on tits, table. • Mr. Denman was then called in and sworn, and Walt his seat at the Table accordingly. Mr. Brown attended and resigned his office of Keeper of Newgate, when the Court were pleased to come to a unanimous resolution to present hint with a piece of plate, in testimony of the high settee entertained of ::is uniform good conduct during the tiwe he tilled that situation.—The Court then proceeded to elect ;t Keeper of Netvgate„ in the room or 7,1 r. Brown, resigned, whea, Mr. John Wontner, Citizen and Cluck-maker, was Uo4' nimouely elected, and took the moo' oaths. A very cruel robbery was committed on Sunday last. • Mr. and Mrs. Bowles. the unfortunate persons wlease child and sister were killed by the fall of one of the houses in Budge-row, Cannon-street, and who were themselves dreadfully benised in the rains, determined to attend the body of their infant to the grave on Sun day. It was with great difficulty they hobbled to a neighbouring church-yard, where the funeral was per formed. They were objects of great compassion to the multitude; but there were persons in the crowd, base enough to take advantage of their absence from house, and break into their apartments, which were soon stripped of every thing valuable, before the two poor sufferers reached the house. It is supposed that the thieves expected to find great booty, a report having got into circulation, that 3001., the property of Mr. Bowles, had been found in the ruins. 'lke money that had been found, however, proved to be the property of another person. All the little articles of plate, which were re covered from the ruins, and which were the only things of any value remaiaimg to the unfortunate couple, were taken by the thieves. : • t • 1 i I •. • c . # • . , . : • i } 1 i I 1 4; 1 n 0 ' . , c, 1 i I . I 1 H 1 ~ 4 . . 1 . , , , 1 , t 1 I . . i 11 1,4 ; 1 ~ ' t i I • t I . I 1 • f i . I 1 1 • I ; I j . i , 1 i i i 1, ! 1 i 1 • , 111 • 1, i .. 1 f I V : I !i f . 1 1 1 1 4/ • •• ;*. ~.** . i••