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Cam: T . 1 ~_. i 11.11111.111.11m1.11 Bee* ootterquences it was desired .te produce. Ile could not help callus the secollectioa or the HeresumblieGattlemen (Mr. flume) to the tenth Resolunon of the Committee on that Bill, and he did think that some better mode 'Maio • have been aided mon what was Snell, adopted. Tree worls ot that Resolution evidently re ferred to some new vactsure to be introduced in the stead of those best of statutes which the enuotnittee hut tecosontentled to he re pealed But what was that new measure? Why, that the prey, on cuovicion before two maglatrates titan the testimony of two witnesses, should be liable to two months impdeonment. Now he *mild undertake to ..y that this was in effect no remedy at all ; I foe that the persons who were dispnetd to commit these nets Wok especial eve never to do thou before more then one wit sea-.: they dexterously evaded the law on every occasion; for they reel under the advice of those who knew well hoer to instruct berm But ell shoold this be the distinguishing feature of this law? Why should the evidence of two witness=es he requisite to • ) cone.cion ? It was ineeptiehele to him that each a difficulty situnkl be thrown in the• way of a conviction, where the necessity of puppsessing such outrage. was so urgent. lie thought that the soon which was established snit acted upon in many parts of the canary, led to a system of fei•ror anti of tyranny over the master of which we here 'meld foie no adequate idea. Wee it proper ) that such a state of things , should he suffered to continue ? Ras i: consistent with the interest of trade that the master should be suaject to be told by ha men, that unless they employed certain s ' noleeiduals ghoul they themselves shoed paint out, or unless they 4f-rimed from their employ others whom trey named, that they i.. wood not work ? And yet such wee tee fact. in same of the pis" ie. the North the men had actothy refused to sail with the -i A vessel, unless the whole or ate emu belonged to a certain Union Tle situation of the men themselves, therefore, was that, unities i%list luei smelled themielree All members of this particular Society, . s tt;:e were wiu r li zs i miteel con t s o is it te n n e t k ,. .. ith f l t t w fr o e ua 14 1 3: f a t e t i otl t szl i L l a i , , might do previel in this country, and totally subversive of the f trapersompetition of labour. Ile himself knew that in the rivet Thames there hat! been a Committee of Joenseymen Shipwrights swing, who dictated to the master shipwrights who should and s who should not be employed by them.. lie knew that this course bail been taken. Sowie shurt time since, about four or ti v e men • same into the yard of a certain sitiperright, and proceeded to eel themselves to wotk. ' The foremen sant to them, •• you are not wanted here, we have plenty of hands without you: who sent •,t our 'lnteaeswer tif the ipso mut, that the &fermium batiaeow' them. lire matte, however, itfunel to employ them, and the coosequende weft, teat the Cotnientee prevented the men whofwere then at work Irani contismiog with the master; ft that, because this shipwright did not employ they: men whom the Committee 'had stet him, all the ode rs left hind, and his busbies; was thus exposed to be eritivoly desunytd. In the same way the men bad acted ili other paws e . f the country. Put the tendeasy of this ntystrenwas perniciotte, pin the principle that ie attempted-ea . sstahlish a masienen of sages. As tar as the Workmen them.. Selves *ere one:erne& it was destructive of trade. The active and industrious man ought to have more than the old and iodolcnt; 'hut that was not the principle upon which these unions and sock -1 ties acted. The yr.ung had the name pay as the old,- and the able man as much as the Inefficient. They might depend upon it, if they established the principle for which they were so anxiouse they voted in the end do more mishief to the ism:lse* than they mild at present he possibly aware of. His Right lionournbie F i ndielr.llutskiment had atluded to the vemeethe safety of esich had.biten risked entirely in consequence of this comhinatise system; that rinse! would Inevitably have been wrecked but for the timely ess e e n e e s or n esnu K ka, ItOtlitithttantlitig the senors on boned might have seed bee without such help ; hut they refine' to do so. be . mime ir was inconsistent with one of the titles of that Union to ohichhhey belonged ; which decided that a certain class of men should not assist in a spa/dealer part of the duty required to be renowned on boatel. vile tbe removing the ballast. Suds were the mischievous ouniyquenees of this !Tues..; and yet the Honourable ' deedernen (Mr. Hume) Revel that these oomointtiona ought to exist hecausto the masters combined against the molt. He desired most aaxiotesly net to nuke this a question on the part of the mate= merely. Bet it was eel satisfactory answer to him to say, when k complained of this eneduct of the mete, that that conduct should not be repressed because she masters had conducted them. sel es•hupmperly t to. He should be most sorry to make this a question of the masters against the men. It was one of greater -impatience. He would say, that it was the interest of the men that acme remedy should be applied to the tail system that existed, and if the masters acted improperly towards the men than Let the Home apply the same principle towards them also. The measure should be a general cane not confined either to one potty or the steer. Let us hook then at existing circumstances, aid see whether they did not make it absolutely necessary to inq u ire into ! and expoin the system which at present so unhappily prevailed. He most IL-mlir believed that •becircuinstaiees which had been stated . this night showed the veri great necessity of an inquire being im mediately instituted ; and lie believed too that the feeli fg of Par. ?lamest, which had now been evinced upon the eubject. when made known, would hove a mod salutary effect upon the rends of these misguided and deluded men. He believed it would induce them to see the policy as we 6 as *helm of abandoning this most pernicious syst en. He hod inseve:l letters truer all pats. inform. ing him of toe very serious effects which this system woikati. In a letter from a Gentleman at Dublin it was stated, that mit of this mimbination system no less than ten lives had been sacrificed, and these of men who had nothing whatever to do with these Unions ? wed yet not one of the persons concerned in these atroeibus murders had been brouttlft to justice. Was it fit that such a stare of r=ings should be allowed tte e me... Re netnaut econetweitisp 9 • those gie hose of 'f n neeteeett men shoiXl be lest. and rut a single Otitet uncle to pettish the guilty ? But the details oh these murders ! were esplained. The letter stated, that if the carpenters tot ned oat they employed the joiners to avenge:heir cause agaitst the masters. aid tf the joiners turned out they employed the carpenters, and that the law wax sought to be crated. As tar as the master was otamroed in the acts of these societies, it was %tamed in the letter, that it was fixed they should employ only twelve apprentices, and bemuse one master had takes a thirteenth, he was immediately • competed by the Union to dismiss him under the tern:: of all the non leavir.e. him. Seth a power as this was greater that: ever Par t linneet itself possessed, and would, if not eh:eked, toteliy usurp f all the censtituted authosides of the country. It was absolutely inmerasive on the Hosea to interpose its authority and 'lilt an end to scathe a state of things. Pertinent nt must carry its Tiir.,4 lur , iier I than these men, and contemplate not the interest only et a (.1.‘44, but if the whole body of the people. The case of 11r. Robinson was a most conspicuous one. That person was an eminent iron. mar:stf tch/rte. lie went to Ireland and established a factory for making of nails His men disputed with him Sr.:' refused to work, i but finding Mr. Robinson too strong for them, the carpenters formed 4 themielves into a body of no less than 3,009 men, who all declared that they staid not use Robinson's nails ; and if they were obliged to uus them they would drive them crooked : the consequence ww , , the factory was sopped, and they were now actneley importing the t very mankind of nails from Birmingham which its y could have had made in I:cline'. Here then was a este where it-was codes enured to introeuce the maim facturing of nails into Ireland, which i would have been a very beneficial thing to that country, aided as it F i would hare been by English talent and English capital; and yet this attempt was entirely fiusti stet! owing to this pernicious system of combination. Surely these things called loudly for inquiry. lie *hilted not indeed to revive the old law ; what he wanted was a i ints better and mere efficient than the old combination laws to put ! an indite diis aeominable system; and he thought that the present was tad meet favourable time in which such a measure should be done Ii was necessary to do it cautiously, and to consider well what was the best plan which could be adapael to do away with so great an vial- Sainethieg must be done to protect the masters, whose : intemes-were now at the mercy of :hese Unions. The masters sp. pliedlo hen for iviTista . .ce. Hu answer was that they should have rteeentssheance selects it was In his power to afford ; that there was *e law, the aid of the police, and even the ninitary if theseingeney reqeired et. The answer to this was, that Sty could mg avail themselves of any of these things, because they I :Cy set how to convict the men acting against them, such wesehe system with which these combinations procetehil. The only ad. vise, shereare, which It: wai able to give them war—" enter into a tomeer.combination. tern off these non, and see nhether you can. eot aitiniately do without them?' But this was a course most &Matte to be avoided. as it would excee on ill feeling miriade those seen who should consent to work contrary to the re. huistioes of the Sinieries. Yet such sons the only randy stuck he could, as the law at present *toad, sogrtest--one 11 1CnIstid certainly b; him with the utmost reluctance, be. 14 Ise s as he said, it was calculated to exere a strong feeling Belem the men who shoold adieu to their duty, and con. Item to work. lie *mid conceive no case half so spore. re the cat of II man who was thrown nut of employment because he itoule not join these Uniens, nor mix !Amide up with the cora -1 lehaions that existed. What was the case iff weft a man ? Why he wood; venture to say there were twenty towns i:i England where that moon meld not dare walk the streets from fear of personal in. tut, Ming done him by the members ea these eforisties. Ile did 4 °M.theerfare, that aftce having dna* every thing that was con . Myr! beneficial to the interests of the sod:men; and after hav!ri , omit a full inquiry into all the circumstances that had oceuersd, is h l enninee woeld lee appointed to enter into the question fully and nnereisily; and tint the ecsuk of :heir delikretions would be may law which would prnve en dhows) remedy both to tl:c totem avid the men, of the protect meat injurious system ; and 'ouch, if 004 p ut as en d to, wooed Week more serious Jujuy to this Settery than any thing ha had known to exist since he hail had the toxin of flinty his present station in the Government of the comoy. Mr. H. GURNEY &fended the conduct of the Committee who !at en the Bill which was pissed last Session repealing the Com. poetics laws. All the evidence which was adduced tended to Site that those laws ratites aggravated than prevented the vielence std outr a ge which then took ! lace between the masters and we e.' ls o. lie believed ;hat the re-enactment of those laws, after the ',Tenee which sho we d t h at t h ey did not prevent t h ose evi l s , nor Lai any tradeney to prevset any cambina ' ,on whatever, would be i. uatnecossary, and United mustobjeetienehle. 4 AlAlf VV• RIDLEY complained that the Committee hod not re .Im:trended tetra more efficient la to substitute those which aide id •^pesed ehonld be termite Zia Act of the Ilor.our 41'11des11;en Ihlr. Hume) had ccr inly been much mioon. .te e " . 44, sad hie object considerably th n, which had given rise 0 2 140 ,, eof these proceedings. He however, bound to say, In Hon. G ent l eman h a d , i n* nstances titan one, rehr tre"&.th' 1 " . tilt" in'o which mesons had fallen on the coostrac ._lo or hie A ct . R ut he (Sir M. W. *linty) had frequetely hard hee teniatk trade by persons rel P Pe ' intf these tYl""--th3"11.. Hone bad repealed Me Combiaation Less and they were now 141 :s tiititied HI uniting. With regard to What had been mad by tee R I'ht Honourable Secretary of State for the Home three , r .:4 , I! ' em mettn . would S the state of some of the northern ports, he I ' 9 r cotroberete that Right Honourable ticutlonan's sate ' 1 erepagerrilibb- - ment. He had been told, that in one of the ports, the sails 'sere I set, the cki'go on board and oiler weigh, bur the crew refused to sail because the inn of the mate of the ship was not a member of the Union ; and they actually took hint on snore and made him a member, without which the ship would not have been able to have sailed. He Was, however, not aware that any combination had existed among the men employed at the northern collieries. He would take this opportunity of declaring, that to the best of his recollection there had been no instance in which the men ern ploye,l in these rallieri es ever en d eav e ured to put themselves in o p . position to their employers. On the contrary, he could state that at what was called the binding, or the annual engagement made i with those men, and whi c h too k p l ace w i t hi n the last ten days, not 1 one effort was made by any of them to raise a dispute with their masters respecting wages ( Hear. hear); nor was there the knit re luctance on their parts to renew their annual bindings. Hot he felt that something was absolutely tequired to be done to put down the system wl.ich so extensively prevailed io other places. It would be inipossible for this House to attempt to establish that free and liberal policy which his Majesty's Ministers were now to 7aistably advancing, if the principle of free labour was to be counteracted by eie se combinations. The people were calling upon the Ministers thus to give to Me country the benefits of free trade,free intercourse, alai free commerce, ,mil yet they were the very first perom to put an end to free labour which was the source Mall, and without which nelilier free trade nor free commerce would do any ge0,... whatever. He therefore hailed with satisfaction the prospect which the pre sent motion held fkwth of some measure being speedily devised to' ut en end to that destructive sy s t em w hi c h at orogen: preva i le d , 0 0 whith tended t, neutralise all the g r ea t b ene fi ts w hi c h had been !eonfeered upon the country by the recent enlightened y.,:say of his hislastra 31inist.:ns. •iiir. I' RANT supported the motion, and concurred in the pro. pnety of the /corned inguny. Mr. C. GRANT, in sopporting the motion of his Hight Hon. Friend (.Mr. Iluskisson), was desirous of impressing upon the mind 1 of the Country that it was not less the desire of the Ilouse of Corn. Imoue to protect masters from the abuses to which a reformed _system of lams might be liable, than it wa s t o re l ieve servants f rom the operation of severe laws, From the abuses which had been nmntioncd ttoat tight , it was the ditty of the House to pro v ide, that I Masters should not be made the ustast victims of with abuses, i the'preralencc of these abuses' rota!d serve as an inducement to reboil to our former syste4ry,rathcr than, change it for one which .rsidretraVated . to be atiecued with MO much evil. Too strong tin guage.coulri not be used to reprobate the conduct that h a d b e ts that tight condemned. There were certainly efficiencies in the . Act which revcket! :he fortner combination laws; he was satisfied 1 his Right lion. Fiend, in adverting to them did nut mean to cast any imputation on .tie Committee that prepared that Act. He was i one of the fife); who heal prepared that Act, and he took his share ;.of responsibil:tr for au,• omission in it. If the revocation of the 1 combination laws had led to the end of the combining system alio gethcr, then there might L no further need of inquiry ; but at. it had to: done to, and as the system of combination had not been exploded, it was necessary to furrier investigate, and to see what meats could to devised to cou,neract the existing evil. If by the revocation of these laws masters end servants returned to that cam in which the natural feeling of dot; whit* should subsist between Them would operate, then there wound be no ocmsion for further legislative.: But It was calculated. ari , l,rlgictly en, that a re-action would takieplqat by the sudden alteration „in -the law. Such TO -1 action did oecur—an eff e te ercen ce was creates'. which would only I subside in tire course of time. It had been said that by tiro change part of the common law was revoked. It was his op:nion. he nbmild rather say impression, for on such a subject he et,..tlii not 'pest with professional skill and accuracy, that the only . ~-art of the common law that ass at all touched was the Act of 4 1 :-Iward I. whi,h prohibited two or three persons from uniting or cons'inini without.violence or threat—this was only excepted from the Isan on combination in its altered state. As to the use of seamen being exempted who had previously combined not to do their Mil, they were still amenable to . tbe less, and not excused for a dereliction of 3u:y by anything in the repealed combination laws. His Bight Him. Friend bad only discharged his dugs- to the country by pro. posing the present inquiry to rectify the a b uses that remained ; he never supposed that when the Committee bad closed its report there should be no recurrence to the subject. He (Mr. Grant) had approved of what had been done ; the late enactments were enactments of policy sad humanity; but he was aware that the change wild have been productive of the incidental evils which had I attended it, and which they were now called upon to inquire into st..d Correct. (Hear, hear.) A systrin of severity had been abau. dotted for the substitution of one of lenity ; but they should guard against the abuses to which that substitution was liable. Mr. LA MIITON approved of the proposed inquiry; in the North of England great alarm prevailed as to the effect of certain clauses of the late Act which repealed too combination laws ; this alarm prevailed greatly amongst those engaged hi the shipping interest, no interest with which he was connected, He was glad of rite investigation, as it would complete. he hoped, the many useful objects intended to be effected by the relies' of die old system of the combination laws. Mr. HusKiesoN would not trespass on the House at any length in explanation. The only cosh leel winch he wehed to see made in the Act were changes of such parts of it as had oven fotind prejudicial in their oiler ition, and were calculated rather to deliait than give effect to the objcets of the measure. (Hear, hear.) As to the observation of the lion. :Bet - ober (Mr. flume), that he (Mr. lluskision) ought not to visit the faults of a few ir , lividuals on the whole mass of the nianufacturing popula tion of the country— he begged to say that he wished to do us Inch sesseilot filVQiontff of severe or penal laws. (Hear.) In the part he took in tills measure he only regarded the in terests of commerce, as they were concerned in tie due adjust ment of the relation between master and servant. He would even go so tar as not to punish those who were culpable; but he was desirous of guarding them against the consequeores which their own delusion would entail upon them. lit effecting this object be was• the friend of the workmen. (Hear, hear.) The question was one in which no party consideration should enter—it was one in which every Cuing of that kind should be sunk, as the measure which vitally concerned the happiness of the people and the general food of the country. (Hear, hear. ) The motion WAS then put and carried without a division t and the Committee appointed. consisting ef the Attorney and Solicitor General, Ale. Peel, Mr. Home, and Mr. Husirisson. Mr. Hf.RIiIES obtained leave to bring in three Bills, which wets read a first time and ordered to be printed, in order that they might lie over and be further entertained after the Easter feces A Bill for enlarging the jurisdiction of the COTII• mi,:sioners appointed for paving and regulating the Regent's. park, the New Street, 4c.; 2d, a Bill for dividing and allotting the Forest of Selsey, in Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire ; and Sd, a Bill fur extending the powers to his Majesty in the dis posal of the,personal property of the King, his heirs and suc tessera. DISSENTERS' MARRIAGE BILL. Mr. PEEL moved that the House resolve itself into a Committee on the Dissenters' Marriage Bill, in order Chet it might be primed with the amendments, and lie over for discussion until after the Lamer Recce'. 31r. ROBERTSON was opposed to the principle of the Bill, and moved that the eonsidoration or it be postponed to that day six smiths. The amendment was negatived without a division, and the House resolved itself into a Committee on the Bill. It was ordered to be printed, and taken into further eonctieiation on the 18th of April. Tue Irish Bankers' Bill was read a second time and committed, and ordered for further convideraton to.mo-row (this day). The Thrcateniag Letters Punishment Bill went through a Com mittee._ _ _ _ The Felovies Pardee Bill was reed a second time GA:.( F: L.IWS (SILL. _ _ The Report on the Game Low, Hill was brought up, the several atiiendmenu were agreed to, and the IBilf ••u ordered to be read a third time oo the Voth of SCOTCH Ji.' . llC ATV E BILL The Log]) ADVOCATE• rrtoreel the woad reading of the Sco:ch Jcdicoture L'iU, which . w read, and ordered to be com mitted. SMALL DEBTS RECOVERY BILL. The Report on the Small Debts Recovery Bill WB3 brought up, and oreered to be read a third time on the 18th of Aprd. PRYSON LAWS BILL. The Prison Laws Btll Melanin was read a second time, and ordered to be committed on the 21st Of April. covyry TREASURERS' BILL. The County Treasurers Bill (Ireland) was reads third time and passed. FISHERY BOUNTY ACT. The Howse resolved itarlf Into a Committee en the Fishery Bounty Act. The several clauses were agreed to, and the Report war ordered to he received to-morrow (this day). The Colonial Intercourse Bill was read a second that, and ordered to be commit , ed. Mr. R. IRA RTIN gore notice, that on the 15th of April he lomat: move for a Bill to enable persmot charged with felonies to have Counsel to defend them. The !louse adjourned arEtcv EX O'CLOC Y. .HOI:SE OF Co lIMONS THIS DAY. NOTICE OTMOTIONS. Mr. Aidertnan ileepate—Bill to r ...eat the Penalties and For feiture" incurred under the Cbttry Laws, and to substitute others iu lieu thereof. _ r. ll‘unerParers respecting the past and present Slate and Expense of the Settlement of Swim Leone. Mr. Kennedy—Return connected with Parochial Education Ireland. onDr.r.s OF TIIE DAY. Supply. Committee. Quarantine Laws Wll—Seenod reading. Wars and 'Abatis—Committee. Danltrupt Lars Amendment Bill—Committee. Eagt India Judges HilL—Sesond Heading. It transpired in the House of l'umroons on Monday night, in the catm,e of conversation of some grants for pub lic buildings, that there is to he a new Gallery for the exhi bition of Paintings, instead of the Royal Academy's present rooms a: Somerset lionse, which rooms are to he given to the Royal Society ; and dist Somerset Rouse, fronting the Thames, is likely to be flniihed, the Client:eller of the Ex chequer stating, that Mr. Smirk, had been desired to pre pare plans for such purpcnt. • .3777 THE • BRITSH PRESS. PHICNei.Or IIItITiSA 3 per (sent. 93,i 93 MN) Acct. lt3ll Sew 4 per ('rut. 1 , India Bonds 77 Pi pat India for Acct. 280 • ;TVICSS Y gStEk Mt Y. 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The BRITISH 1'2E51 coinmeneed publishing yesterday morning at siz o'clock. LONDON, IVEDNESDAY, MAncii 30, MS. In the Paris Papers of Sunday we have the conclusion of the debates on the law for reducing the Rt.ntes. On Saturday several amendments were discussed and rejected, and finally the Chamber proceeded to ballot on the main question, whether the law as amended should pass. The whole number of voters was 356, of which 2.57 were in favour of the measure, and 99 against it, Tne law was accordingly declared to be adopted. We learn nothing from these Papers as to the proceedings of the Chamber of Peers on the Law of Indemnity; but it is mated that an amendment will be moved by the Royalist Opposition, similar to one that was rejected in the Lower Chamber fur the appropriation of the Sinking Fund to the purposes of the indemnity. In this case the law for reducing the five per cents. would be rejected as unnecessary. The French Ministry rm. , evidently in a state of considerable uneasiness on account of the temper lately manifested by the Chatn hers. The Eloik denies positively that the Port has advanced any claim of indemnity for his loss of the Comtat d'A vignon. The publicity of the debates of the German States is to be curtailed, or perhaps entirely suppressed. The Journal des DrLots has a well written article on the prospects opened to Europe by the independence of the new American Republics. We have given an extract from that part which will be must interesting at this time to the people of England. , [Front the Etoile, dated MoodaYl STUTElaitn, MARCH 13. It is reported here, that the publicity of die debates in all the States of Germany that have a representative government, is going to be very much modified, and the public sittings of the Assemblies will be reduced to a very small number. The States of the South of Germany are on the poiot of making al arrangement for a free trade between their respective tmitoriers MADRID, MARCH 17. Count Brunelli. Minister Plenipotentiary of hid Majesty the Emperor of Austria to this f' t, had a private audience on the 14th, to present to the King aletter from his Royal Highness the Ursud Duke of Tuscany. Count do Solaro, Charge d'Affaires of the King of Sardinia, had the honour to be presented to their Alajestivs and Royal Highnewi. Pairs, Maness 27. The Constitritionne/ has thought fit to amert, that the Coronation of his Majesty was deferred in consequence of claims made by the Pope fur an indemnity, on account of the Conitat d'Avignon. That Journal even dared to say that the Nuncio of his Holiness had been present at a Council of Ministers held on this subject. The Cometiistiotmel ought to know that no foreigner whatever has A any time been admitted to his Maje-ty's Councils, and in the wend place that the Court of Rome has uothing to do with the Coronation of our Kings. This august ceremony has beet" con stantly performed, almost without exception mace the time of Clovis, by the Aithbishop of Rhein*. We can further affirm, that the claims of indemnity of which the Constitathomet speaks, are entirely of its own invention. The Memorial Hot *lair contains the following artiek:— " Letters from Buenos Ayres of the 31st December last, re ceived by wa y a Havre, make no mention of the pretended ad van. tape" gained by Bolivar's troops ov.r the Royalists. Thee! same itn:ers say, on the contrary, that a convention was concluded in Au gust. between Olaneta, who had disregarded the authority of the Viceroy, and General Valdez, who Was sent to suppress the dis obedience of the former. Br this Convention Olaneta retained the command of his little division, but with the express condition of obeying the orders of La Sane, and General 1 , alder quitted his position with the eight thousand men that he commanded, to go and join the army of the North." The Wet' India Company Bill was read a second time last night, after a very feeble opposition on the part of Mr. F. Bei TON and Mr. W. Sun it. The ground of ob jection was, that the Company was established to uphold slavery. The negro question is one wlticl some Members of Parliament can never suff2r to pass by them without some vague and general denunciation of the colonists. This topic is so irresistible to these gentlemen that it even moved Mr. Fowst.t: Buxton to take the field against a bill for a Joint Stock Association. But really w'iat connection has this Company with the. question of negro slavery? Certainly. none, excepting so fir ai it may pro vide the means of disposing more readily and profitably of the colonial produce, and in that way ensure, amongst other beneficial consequences, the greater prosperity of the islands and the better treatment pf the slave populatiott. Slavery, unfortunately, exists. It was established by the British parliament in the colonies for the interests of the Mother Country. The only consideration with those who are the sincere and enlightened friends of the negrocs is, how the work of progressive emancipation can be most 'afely and effectually commenced, and during the con tinuance of their actual condition boii they can be ren dered most tranquil and comfortable. It is clear that if the planters be liable to frequently-recurring and widely-extended distress, the slave population must be miserable and discontented, and that no measures can be adopted towards them but those of coercion and severity. The that step to the improvement of their moral Ind civil condition must he to raise them frcm abject distress, and this end can be attained only when their masters are inn state of case and prosperity. A wretched body of proprietors and a comfortable popu lation of slaves cannot coexist. If Mr. F. BUXTON, then, were not warped in his judgment by his pre judices on this subject, he ought to have been among the first to have given his support to this measure, more worthy of his aid, we think, than any of the numerous schemes in which the Honourable Gentleman is concerned. The object of the Bill is only to enable the West India Company to sue and be sued in the name of its Secre tary ; and without denying the propriety of extending this privilege to any of the Companies now before Parliament, we do not hesitate to affirm that this is far more entitled to the benefit it solicits than any one of them. The di rection of the Company will be under the most ree?ect able auspices ; and it is the opinion of the ablest persons I conversant with the Colonial trade, that the formation of the Company will render the most essential services both to the planters and the population. The law as affecting Joint Stock Companies was brought under notice last night by Mr. PETI R Moone, On an in considerate motion for the repeal of the Bubble Act. When the Member for Coventry was made to understand that this Act, however objectionable some of its clauscs un doubtedly are, related to a great variety of different ob• jects, some of which nearly affected the rights and liberties of the City of London, he was induced to withdraw his motion. tie was afterwards desirous to bring in a Bill to amend the objectionable parrs of the Bubble Act, but as he could not specify the parts he proposed to repeal, he was again obliged to refrain from his intended legislative labours. Mr. ficsatssoir moved fora select Committee to re consider the Act passed last Session for the repeal of the Combination Laws. I t is deeply to be regretted that the disorderly and riotous conduct of the workmen has ren dered any change in the existing law a subject even of consideration with Parliament; but we fear that the sce:ie that have passed in the North demonstrate the necessit•- of some amendment. Mr. Heist's Bill was too much• characterised by that rash spirit of hasty legislation which belongs to his party. Whatever restrictions may he im posed on the workmen, let them bear in mind that ibis coercion is wholly the result of their own shameful and .intolerable misconduct. Mr. LITT trunr, last nigbr; gave notice of his intenticn to move for leave, on the 14th of April, to bring in a Bill for the purpose of lim;ting the elective franchise in Ire land. This will be the measure for abolishing the false and pernicious system of forty shilling freeholders, which is now so prolific of vice and perjury in that country. CITY, TUESDAY Errristo. Although there were heavy Riles of Stock, both yester day and to-day, Consols continued steady. They were done for money at 03k. 93, and for the Account at son j. The novelty in the Foreign Market was the Danish Loan, contracted for by Messrs. Thomas Wilson and Co. The terms are as follow:- 175 money for every 100/. of Stock payable at the • following periods:— .C 5 on the 31st March 1825 IS . 1:1st April 10 . • 31st May 5 16th June 15 . • - 14th July 10 . . 12th August 10 - . 14th September S . 13:h October r 5 Discount will be allowed on payment in full, at the rate of four per cent. per annum. It was done at first from par to } premium ; but it After_ wards declined to discount. South American Securitie s were tolerably firm; Colombian Bonds went up from b 94 to 90; Mexican Sc rip was 1 ; and Brazilian Scrip was at 2. Spanish Bonds improved notwithstanding the un ceasing efforts to depress them. The Old were at 231 and the New were at 181 1. The Greek Bonds were at 54, and the Scrip was considerably better towards the close of the day. It left off at 431. In the early part of the day it had been done at 34 4. Th' reason assigned for this advance was, that accounts hail arrived statityr that Russia had evinced a more friendly disposition towards the Greek cause. In the Share Market, the Pearl Sind Coral Company still continues to be the great point of attraction amongst speculators. The Shares in it were to-day done at V 3,27. The Peruvian Company was at 2} f. The Mexican at 6 to 7, and the Pascoe from 19, 20. In the Colonial Market there was only one board of Sugar sold, but that went off at a very firm price. There was nothing doing in Coffee; but we can state that the price is steady. The Cotton Market is rising progressively, and looks uncommonly well. Extract of a letter from La Guayra, dated the 9th of January :—" This morning, at half-past two o'clock, we had a severe shock of an earthquake, which created great alarm tit the inhabitants ; hut fortunately no mischief en sued from it. The alarm has subsided, business is again resumed, but the people are evidently under great appre hension that a repetition will occur. The face of nature here beats the most promising appearance, but the natives are so indolent, that they will not even take the crops from the ground—nothing is wanted but industry." Accounts from Spain state that mines of gold and :laver have lately been discovered in the valley of Santa Anna, in Estramadurs, and that the King has given ()Weis not only to allow but to encourage the labours and researches of those who addicted themselves to those pursuits. The last letters from Alexandria state the last year's crop of cotton in Egypt at 200,000 bales, of which Eng land will probably receive 150.000. The trial of Fort was continued on Saturday in the Court of Assizes at Paris ; Very, the Valet de Chambrc whom he attempted to kill, was one of the witnesses ex amined. By the testimony of a sett eon it appeared that a mere accident alone prevented the consummation of the crime. The prisoner was as active as on the former days, but his replies were less pointed and to the purpose. Sir Francis Omnianney did not persevere in his motion last night for papers respecting piracy; it being intimated to him in his place that provision was making for the dis tribution of banal... 3 for the capture of pirates, to be in corporated in the new Bill relatirg to the payment of the [crews of bis Majesty's shits. -- pr- - .....~ ON TILE AMA /CAN MIN(NG COMPANIE • dd Mirth of Si nday.J An evert t rr is r ih irepa t r h i e ng 'Thl in tre tl ei m change fa good 'or evil the finsacial 1 , {11:1111i0t/ of }'grope. since IMO the eortation of preciou s toeials drswn ran' .die mines of Ameriva ',own:crab', diminished, and has °floe 'demure quite intignifinme The mines Of Mexico, rained by tlo imingents tinder Hidalgos nod of late feebly set to work, instead4o tending to Europe went).- two tniehns of piastres. their old tri not., they have only sent us between nine and ten 'Minors ; mei se the working of mines or always expensive, and the ctif•ture of vacua. indigo and sugar. more lucrative and ado,, the natural tend:-co of free civilisation bas caused the mines to be shat.doned. Perfisps it is the true polies of the lletican Governmeet to limit that the relative value etito metals may be kept up. The mines of Peru hare not, like those of Alnico, been mete lien, injured ' • they wire not flooded, broken down, nor choked up. but they have been abandoned by the wail:men, who have enlisted la the Royalistermy, or hidden themselves in the forests of the in terior,. whilst the capitalists have fled from a country so distracted by war. 'The mines of Colombia and Chile, like those of Brazil, ate users river-washingt ; the gold is found in gains which the Mitam wasitee down withelte sand. Mineralogists have almost given tip the idea of (re:covering any vein of mineral ; the more easy and more prompt method will therefore he resumed in Colombia and Chile whenever the inliehitanut wish ; but the enlightened Colom bians prefer extending Weir industry ra the culture of those prodoc. thins favourable to the climate, and towards those manufae=ew which the country is in want of. Chile is raor2 attached to its minis : of topper, whose produce is called for by all commercial oedema:: Copper and iron are the metals of civilisation and liberty ; gold and silver may minister to tL spotism, corruption,lind The gold-washing in Brazil, thanks to sliariely, still confimissi* but it is only England wbo reaps the profit., .• • • Generally speaking, rocking can excite the free people of-act New World to leave their glowing sun aid charming shades, in order tsheind'otoranims anttgniness. But a foreign impulse, the spirit °rimer:Dirs.-in in the English, is about to draw from the Car. derilla the incycluinvrild- metalne treasures diet up in its bosom. England wishes no sell America es _many goods es posalle 4his dory not like to Moshe In eichange colonial commodities whirrs rival her own ; she therefetc wishes the metallic ptoductiolis to be. augmented, that thq rimy serve as a medium of exchange, which is advantageous enote;ll for those who receive it ; above all, when owing to riled of mottopoly they can fix the rate of change. Such is now the po s itive o f English commerce with regal to those new Stater. which t Ile confined policy of our Ministry and the Wiwi nen of Spelt" have thrown into the arms of a nation the) dislike, and tritich in every ort.er respect than that of the ex:baage of In gots has not one interest in contonoa with theca Ahoy comp*. hies of capitalists have been formed at London to buy the ptoperty of the Mexican, P‘ouvisn, and Colombian mines, in order to re. commence the working of them with the [Deans offered by Euiipean niece. , and which alone, by dimininhing the enormous es:polies, mar Ilititer the enterpiisc productive. Two thinp are ibsohotly ileitihary—Brst, timing-engines instead of human labour, which at present 10 extremely dear, and almost impossible to procure in the midst of a free and lazy. population ; the subterrenestairaters which have inundated the tai rs must be drained, more simple and some perfect modes of extrio.tion Must bo established, new galeriet must to opened, and the. rid ones must lie propped upt—second, miners login., equally acquainted wi th mechanics and chemistry mast be tenured; they must above all be able to apply to the unrefined oast tits eve methods of fusion and amalgamation. Xd~~irox.reiE r.vT~ttros: 'CE. • The Doke of Gloucester had a grand dinner party yesterday at Gloucester Howse The Larl of Belfast gave a grand dinner yesterday m his heir in Pall-mall. Eari Sefton gave a grand dinner on Monda► at his house lo A-- Brixton-street to Earl and Lady Georgina Grey, Lord Normat.l•r. Lo►d Duncannon,- Lord Arthur Busull, Lard Howlett, Sir f , . Wilton, Mr. J. Mills. Mr. Ellis, ke. Lord and Lady I , l'illtana Eassaell hare arrived 10 Arlington-str7ct from Devonshire. Mr. and Mrs. Willis left the British Hotel, Jernyn-mreet terday for Worthing. B. Lester, Esq. M.P. and Richard Norris, Esq. hare left Fen_ ton's Hotel, St. James's-place, for Hastings, Sussex. T. Beater, Esq. has arrived at the Waterloo Hotel, Jerrjn.- street, from Shrewsbury. Colonel Leslie, M.P. has left ditto. 'Lord William Bentinck has arrived in town frets Paris. Arrivals at Batt's Hotel, Dover-street :—Lady Geary. f — rri Tunbridge ; Mr. and.Mva. Trevino& and family.. front Se.otlard ; J. Hall, Naq. from Bath ; and Mi. and Mrs. J. Smyth. BARTLEY'S Lb:C rvi?E ON ASTRONO.7fr. Those amuaing, interesting, and highly instructive Lectures arc, for the present season, drawing towartis a clqae;' but their pepularity has amply recconperwief! the labours of the Gentleman who delivers them. Whether we COW:hie:r them as a tource of entertainment ur of infor. .rnation they ara. equollf-attroctire ; the Lecturer bssisls-" trived to introduce in the pleasing form of a public ex ' hthitfon a science, which, although perhaps the most beautiful of all scienms, is still, like all sciencn, dry end tiresome to those who only taste. and do not drink deepe'( its waters. It is not the least c , :isiderahle charm in these Lectures, that they are delivered by a gentleman who, from hit intimate acquaintance with rhetoric and the art of re citation. is enabled to clothe them in eloquent, deer, and impressive language, and to introduce in a skit "u 1 am! effective manner several floe passages from those of our best writers who have employed their talents in describing " the wonderful works of the Deity." The Lecture of last night was numerously and fashion ably attended, and throughout the audience manifest/ 1 1030 most perfect satisfaction. Yesterday the Duke and Duchess of Olcereesta had a numerous, dinner party at their resideuee in Park-lane. The - Dueben of Gloucester visited the Priem's Augusta yesterday. Their Royal Highnesses aftcrwaros took an airing in the Parks together. Yesterday 'a great number of cases, eentsioing foe &c. belonging to the Duke of York, were removed in a caravan from ,his Royal Highren's resi dence in Stable-card, St. James's, to the Bey'el Duke's Office in the Horse Guards,' *here they will recoil* till a new house is built for his Royal Highness. Yesterday afternoon, at two o'clock, the Lords of hit Majesty's Most Houourable Privy Council held a meeting at the New Council-Office, Whitehall-place, at which the Earl of Harrowby presided. There were also present, Lord Colchester. Lord Stowell, Sir John Nichol! Mr. Beckett, &c. Their Lordships were occupi e d w i t h Jersey business till near four o'clock, when the meeting; broke up. A Board of the Lords of the Treasury was l.eld ycster , day at the Treasury Chamfers. Yesterday morning. a Gentleman attached to the Em. busy of the Rieht lion. Henry Wellesley, toe British Ambassador at Vienna, arrived at the Secretary of State's Office for Foreicm Affairs, •in Downng-street, with. du• patches foe . Mr. Secretary ('anning. . LADY COM lIERMERE.—When General Crint gave the health of Lady Combermi re at the grand bah risen to her Ladyship by the garrison on her departure free , Ireland, but one sentiment of sorrow and regret pervade) the. whole assembly. The expression of her Ladyship's Itteresting couatenattee was felt by every one; and the lest! the irre parable loss the town and society were about to sustain. cast a gloom over the whole company. Such irert the feel ings of the higher orders. Grief and sorrow perYade A. whole trade. Lady Combermere's ball, her acembly, her charities, her universal benevolence, her Linemen, .15d good nature, can never be forgotten in Ireland.—DidNirrr a p . e r . A Committee has been formed to take i n t o considera tion the proceedings necessary for a new Establishment for the effective representation of the Italian Opera, enticisting of the following Noblemen and Gentlemen:—The Marquis of Anglesey; Earls Craven, Sefton, and Mounteherles Lord Rayenstenrth S Count St. Antonio; •Sies War . tendert, Gore Onseley. John "Nlurtay, Geerye..Cietk, and Andrew F. Barnard: tieneral th e Hon. Artlinclipton ; the Hon. Grey Booth ; Henry Sandford, Esq. ;.*r. Currie, Esq. ; and M. Stewart Nieolsoo. Esq. The Committee held their tint meeting yesterday at the Thriteitid House Tavern. Their next merlin is expected to take place im mediately after .the holidays, on A umplity the 12th of April. The ,remains of Lord Becton are to be removed to-morrow minnirtg from his home in Lower Grosvenor-s:treet, for in terment in the family vault io Northamptonshire. The late Dr. Parr has left a legacy of consAierable amountro Dr. Butler, of Shrewsbury, who, it is under stood, will be hie Biographer. lie is, no doubt, very ade quate to the undertaking; but, perhaps, not sa eqqal to it Jt as Dr. Maltbtas been led to expect 1r.,0f Lincoln's Inc, from *hose pea she terary public lIENDLOG Y.—Our notice of the Sink Lecture of Dr. Spurzheim will be given to-mortow. . . Coax Laws.—A requisition for conveniqg a puldrie Meeting of Nferchants, Bankers, Sh4pee twri l / 4 . turers, and Traders of the City of 1 0 010 on, to conaidsnal i expedieney of petitioning Parliament foe a R a n a i laza tdi e Corn Laws. is in course of sqinature. • The night Boa. the Lord .Mayor has prati'sed to prastdt, • x•, ...-.1-_ ' . -~~ . } .; I ) I fel. ~ , i i 4 ,: . • Mi 1. ~, : ._ _ i~ ~. ~... - J ) r II } i I I