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oes known from every newspaper that there were calf* to their St ,heat, hear.) Me would therefore recd n . 6 ` ) 7,l lllM s en o lS t . b. llooosable Mover not to increase the excite "t" when • halm world be mote desirable. The inconvenience v' t 3:; wa s the great abjeetionln respect to the reproach that od lo c i b ee n cut on hint for nut fu lfilling the pledge given last Se , . hes p ou lti wry. that be really did not think when 51inisters of sn. ade such a pmmitte, that they were obliged to redeem the hoot any regard in alteration of circumstances. lint wits;-1-w-as."o7enpledge to - which they were bound so pertinaciously to that Government would take up the subject, tt "mit eieM "tnTorsa ma tion. and in due time. was furnished on the • :w the infomation had not been furnished, an had been ant the question could not therefore be brought 81 ,L • A ,, n r i u s- di - tem% Immo m - ent of the present Session. He grieved to eoete than much diners. existed in the manufacturing and other dis. be mild aid, that if he thought the present motion tracts; and :• i nt a t lito --- iate the mi se r , y, he would most cheerfully conc ur with It; bat he did not think an; on the contrary. he believed ts intro. i h r tion st thefiresent period most hootspicinua He was of opi. lON if t he petite of corn were reduced by any human power, an by L et wature, that the result would be to aggravate. and not la eveyer calamities were experienced at the present ofne. ""glii?: wlil would repast. that the 'vile attendant on the restrictive nstem ev e a MOM serious kind ; but the discussion of sloe argil meets on the subjec would only add to the calamity. Any depres. or the agricultural clam would noon be found to affect d the her Slave of the community. He should not enter on the e °its which had been given, is such a proceeding would be produc ts He had, however no difficulty in stating, that the re tie:ciao of those laws was celled for in miler to prevent the fl uctital ion' w hi c h we eeriond to be so injurious to the country. His wish was for • pmtecting but not a prohibitory duty. He was not desi ro us to p tfe i the agricultural interest at the expense of t h e o u ter terclasses , bat 1w thought the adoption of the course suggested in the motion of t he Hon. Member not likely to promote the benefit of the other (ha. , while it would deteriorate the interest of the agriculturists; rod, by a natural coincidence, aggravate that misery which it pro i rod to alleviate. Tne 'object was indeed of rare Importance, an d fa that very reason should not be treated lightly, and in a hurry. Is , difficulties were excessive, and to encounter them in detail troehl at that period be productive of no good. He knew very yell that persons more crimne eat than himself would feel them selves embarrassed in haedling the subject in such a manner, and with such precision as to prevent themselves front being under stood. A m ieutdeltanding of that kind would be prodoenve of Brest mischief, and ten good could be attained by even an evasion of that contingency. It would be worse than uncles. to enter on the rations bearings of the subject. His wish therefore was, that the quenion shied stand where it did before the motion was made; and if the House would take his assuralkee, he pledged himself that in the next Partiament—notwithstanding the laugh of the lionotirable Member for Northampton—lie assured the House that he would transfer the redemption of the pledge given la the last Station to the next Parliament. lie hoped the general reasons which he had assigned would be sufficient to induce the 'use to potpane the question ; and he trusted that they would accept his guarantee, notwithstanding the sneer of the Honourable Member for Northampton (Mr. Philips) When he pre that awaruce, however, he wished it to be understood that hie pledge Was rill subject to the same regard to time and circumstances übe had already exhibited. If the Hon. Gentleman thought that • shrunk front the difficulties of the question he was match mis taken. and knew not his (Mr. Iluskisson*t) feeling+. Ile would take the fleet opportunity which presented itself in the entitling Paha:nem to bring forward the subject of the Corn Laws, b •t he should not be taunted by the Honourable Member for Northampton with a forfeiture of his pledge, because he did not urge the mentor* forward in deli vice of the force of cou t. teivailing circumstances. He begged leave, however, to assure the lion. Gentleman opposite ( Mr. M'hitmnee) that he declined the subject at present merely for the general stas.ine assigned, as he gave him great credit for toe able manner in which he advocated the propriety of abolishing the restrictions. The lion. seconder of the melon seemed to be wntequainted with the motives which in. flueneed Government to admit the liberal system that has been introduced. He seemed to e'lar,ze the Ministerial side of the House as meanies to free trod% hut that assertion win founded on i(norance of the motives which ielleeteed him (Mr. II.) and his colleagues. Many duties were levied, in order to meet the pubic exigencies. In order to meet the public debt it was necessary to levy a con siderable revenue. Weer.) The duty on timber was laid on, not for any purposes of protection, but for the benefit of the revenue ; and toe duty on sugar, one of the largest and moat productive duties collected, was not enacted with reference to the protection of any other branch of commerce, bat because of the advantages which it afforded the revenue. As to the East India sugar, the protection Wei more nominal than real, as he could easily 'thew if this was a fit occasion for entering on that subject. There was no reason why one production of British skill and capital should not be protected se well as another. The object in all cases was to put the productions of this country on a lair footing with the like produetions of other countries. This was done to such an extent as would countervail the disadvantages to which our own country wan subject compered with others, and to no greater extent ought the principle of protecting duties be applied. In the various pro position's which he had the honour of submitting to Parliament, what he had in view wae,not that trade should be fret from all pro tecting dune., but that the amount of the protecting duties should col/ be commensurate to the disadvantages un..er which we la. bthare in Al "Priillifetflin of' Ay lekticular trtfcte, tomparetr with other countries, so that there should be sufficient room to excite emulation. With this view, anti not to destroy the Silk Trade, the alterations were proposed and made relating to that important trade. All protection was not withdrawn from that trade, but such a protection wait continued, as, whilst it destroyed snuggling, would place the British manufacturer in a condition in which he need fear nothing, notwithstanding the alarm which pre vailed no the subject. Ile (Mr. Iluskisiton) was satisfied that the protection to the silk manufacturer would be found sufficient, The changes made in duties, were not from protecting duties, but from prohibitory and excessive duties, having the same effiect as protii bitioos..and the only consequence of which was to promote smug ling. These were the description of duties to which the principles of free trade had been applied. His Hon. Friend said, that he should begin with corn, when we intended to act upon the prin ciples of free trade, but the House would recollect the statements of Ile. Webb Hall, who stated the protection the manufacturers re ceived, and the cry then was, grant only a moderate protec ion to the manufacturers, and the agriculturist's have nothing to fear: This was the way in which It was advised to accomplish this moat i.nportant object, and upon this principle Government had acted. The cotton manufacture wax liable to sonic duty, not to an exces sive duty as the Hon. Gent. had stated. Mr. PHILIPS (amass the table) denied that be had said the duty on cotton was excessive. Mr. IJUSKItiSON resumed. He thought the lion. Gent. had so stated it. The duty on cotton was 10 per cent, and he (31r. II us kieson) thought that a sufficient protection. On other nianubic. tures the protecting duties were rated according to the peculiar dr.\ emnsterwesconnected with them. So it should be with corn. The only difficulty was to find the proper standard of protection, that was the only question, and not whether the British coin grower should be protected or left without any protection. When circum stances should he more favourable, Hon. Members might conic to the consideration of that question, with a greater chance of doing Julie to the ioteeetits of ell parties, with more satisfaction to their own militia, and with a greater prospect than could be now hoped for, teen by the advocates for a repeal, that the country would be reconciled to the change. Proceedings which would only tend to increase difficulties if at present pursued, would then be found to produce opposite ind advantageous results- For these reasons, which he had thought it his duty to state fully to the House, he thaught it unfit to proceed huffier at present on this subject, and therefore with every respect for the opinions of the Hon. Gent. who moved the resolutions, he felt himself bound to move the pre vious question. The Hon. Gent. concluded amidst cheers and cries of question. Lord 51ILTON expressed his disappointment at the mariner in which Iliniatera had treated this most important snhject. The Right Hon. the President of the Board of Trade had only repeated the arguments used by him last Scission. lie had then pledged himself to come forward with some specific proposition ; and, re it:muttering that pl4ge, what but disappointment could be calcu late) fonts the future. The Right libnourable Gentleman talked • surense, but be (Lord Milton) insisted on the state of suspense in which the country was kept by the nuomer in which Ministers The value of land and of every thing else in the country was left indefinite by the manner in which this subject was treated. Ministers admitted that the question of the Corn haws roust be considered, but they wrapt up their opinions in such mysterious language that there was no penetating them. On the part of the tenantry he protested against the power left in the hands of the lamllord. Tbelanded interest was powerful, it consisted of the 31einbersof the Legislature and those who made Members, and he trust say it tau not to the credit of Parliament to say, that it naa considered incapable of entertaining the question of the Corn Laws. He ( lewd 31 atoll) did not believe that the equitable adjustment of the Coen haws would prove injurious to the landed interest. No doubt it would occasion a fall in rents, but the landed interett would derive other corresponding advantages raising from the tow price of corn and all the miter necessaries of life. It could not ruin the agriculturalists, for the agriculturalists ernild not be ruined whilst the manufacturers flourished. In his opinion no interest pined by the high price of corn. Certainly the tenantry did not gain. On an estate near his Mord Milton's) resi dence, when the price of corn rose the tenants had notice to quit; anal this ought to be remembered when Honourable Gentlemen talked of their anxiety for the agricultural interest, when their desire was only to protect themselves. He knew his opinions on this stibject were not palatable in the Hoare. flan. Gentlemen were generally too mach disposed to listen to arguments which pro. mote their own interests and to reject all others. He must say, however, that if there ever was a time when the question of the Corn Caws should he considered it was now, in a season of great commercial distress. The Corn Laws appeared to he a great ob stacle to our foreign commerce. They shut us out front the Baltic and from France. though no great trade could ever be driven with the latter country for corn. The Hon. Getitleman who moved the resolutions had shown that we were preparing perpetual exclusion than the commerce of other countries, by persisting in those im politic, unjust, and unchristian regulations. Ile Raid unchristian, because it was unchristian to enhance the price of corn, one of the tocessariea of life. He felt that on his head there was the sin of consenting to tnis law. He had done so under the influence of sr. Insolent. used by the late Mr. Elliot. On this subject the eloquence et th t Hon. Gentleman bad deluded the House. He thought that, In the diminished production of corn, he saw the loss of the na. *mei independent's; but mature reflection showed that the Hon. a• d eloquent Gentleman had not made out his case. If the Coup I.laa were not maintained on the ground that they upheld the in. pendeece of the canonry, they could be maintained on no other ground. It was the landed gentlemen of England coming forward ' to claim high rents and profits tor tlaenierlres. (Hear, hear.) That class might to he devoted to the country. willing to sacrifice their own interest. and reedy to set an esampleof magnanimity. Vet this was the class which asked other and humbler classes to Sa crifice for them. ( Iliac.) If the prohibitory laws were looked to, it would epitome that they were passed in no instance to taymte a pluticular class, but because that class had ingenuity enough to make it appear that the public interest was CO/IMAM. It was now said that time national dcht .41,1 paid by the high rents; bet did not other things pay the interests of the national debt besides rents P ( lind not the profits of stock and the wages of labeler pay the national debt as well as rents? (Hear.) As one of the instru ments by which the Corn lotus were inflicted upon the counter, he felt happy at this opportunity of expressing Ins decided opinion that those were not founded in justice, in policy, nor in any sound - . . - Mr. HOWIE SIIIINER next addressed the House. bat in a tone so how, that many of his sentences were not Ilearti in the gal. lery. We understnewl him In complain thitt the landed interest was placed in a eery disagreeable situation by the manner in whielli • this subject had been brought( forward. Hr round fault with the manner in which it had been introduced by the Honourable Mem ber for Rrldgetior , li (Mr. Whitmore). and thsvight :hat the landed Interest had :den been ill treated by the Al embers of his 31Isjesty's' Government. Last session the question was s no:hered by the Right Hon. the President of the Board of Trek, and this session the question hadlieen treated in a like mann( r. The opinion,' he had heard that night were frightful to the landed interest and to the country. The unesrtainty in which Sliitisters left the subject prevented landlords from entering into their engag.mtents. (.11r. Hoime Sumner) did not say that the principles of tree trade bait been improperly applied to any of the branch., of trade to which it wasamdiesi, hut he was sure those principles would pro. duce irretrievable ruin if applied to corn. If a particular trade WAS injured, there was a disposition to find a new supply of panel : but this could not he the ease with agriculture. A Noble Lord had said that landlords were only atiroeving their own in terests. This het Mr. Stunner) disclaimed on the part of the land. lords. (Hear.) The estate mentioned by the Nahle lined watt a a particular case, not creditable to the individual concerted, and was In no degree an example of thet conduct of the land. lords of England, whose conduct was always; in the hivitest degree honoutable. (Hear, hear) If the advocates for )he Corn haws mite,' to take off the sic millieenrof poor rates, the two mitllimr 4 land tee, anti the other heavy burthens that pressed peculiarly heavy upon the landed interest, they may main. fain their proposition with ntore plausibility, and propose a reduc tion of the protecting duty on corn. The years of high prices were years of prosperity, and the years of low prices were years of distress to the farmer, the labourer, a..d all classes. Whilst he he remembered this. he must hear something stronger than has yet come before the House, before he could concur with the Hon. Gentleman who introduced the subject. Captain 3IA HERM:" rose amid,t cries of "question.' Ile objected to the course pursued by the President of the Baird of Tiede. The Right lion. fientleman's arguments would apply to any time or any subject. (Hear. hear.) He might mould his ar. (fitments to suit any time Hr now said Parliament ought not to interfere because of the general distress, and last Session he said Parliament should not interfere because of the general prosperity (lies .1 This was blowing hot end cold. (A laugh.) The Right /lon. Gentleman cook, not he held— .• Quo teneam 'Mitts mutantem protea nod° ?" Ile eluded - the groan. An to Mr. Jaeoh'a evidence, if it was not laid before the House it was the fault of Ministers; there had been time enongh. It was rather hard upon him and Ilia Honourable Friends on that (the Opposition side of -the Howie) that after having been called upon last Session to pitsrpone the discussion of this question, on the ground of the country being in such a general state of prosperity it was not necessary to enter at that time upon it. It was rather hard, he thought, that the Right nonourable Gentleman (31r. Huskivion) should now turn round upon them, and throw into their teethe the evidence which had been adduced by Mr. Jacobs, but which had not yet been published, and urge it as a reason far further postpon ing the decision of this important question. IVith regard also to the general election, anti the probable advantage it might occasion, the Right Hon. Gentleman (Captain Maberly) would say that the Where might be settled before the general election came on. Where was the inconvenierce of settling it during the present Session ? The Right Hon. Gentleman scented to have involved himself in a great fallacy. lie had said that suppose the manu facturer got cheap corn, what good would it do them since the agri culturists were the consumers of the produce of the ntanufaciu errs ; and, therefore, if the agriculiarists did not obtain a high price for Corn they could not purchase of the manufacturer, who would consequeutly be rather injured than benefited by any Filch measure as was now proposed. But the fallacy of this reasoning was obvious, for if Corn were admitted to be imported, romething must go out in return. Ile would not now go into the question. lie would merely say that he objected to the present state of the law because it created such excessive fluctuations in the price of corn, which were equally prejudicial to the interests of the manu facturer and of the agricu:turalitit, whom the law was said to benefit ; and because. unless some change were made, the principle of pro tecting parties would o.mtinoe to go on, without any assignable limits; every rear more land would be thrown into cultivation, the expense of which would demand a higher protecting price to secure a remunerating price, the consequence of which system it would be Impossible to foresee. What had Wendy been the ease ? In 1775 the price was —, in 1791 it was 49a,, in 1814 it was Rs., and at the present moment it was ; and i f the course now pur sued were nut altered at no distant period the House would be called upon to nass a law to increase the remunerating price to a still higher point than it was at present. The alarm of the agri culturists at the prospect of importation of corn at a !neer price was altogether absurd. In enncluaion he declared his most cordial concurrence with the motion of his lion Friend, and he entreated his Majesty's Minsters to relieve the country from a system which, in his conscience, he believed operated as a severe check to the pros perity of the country. Mr. lICSKISSON rose to explain. With regard to the come munications made by Mr. Jacob to the Board of Trade which th- Honourable Member (Capt. Maberly) seemed to think had been unnecessarily withheld from Honourable Members, he could only say that no time had been lost on his part in having it transcribed and laid before the House. At to what had fallen from him last year, when this question was brought forward, he could only say that lie had not made the prosperity of the country the plea of postponement, but he had witted that as he was in expectation of receiving information from abroad as to the state of the continent. He thought if it were postponed, he should be able to proceed at the commencement of this Session to the consideration of the question, when he did not despair of being able to propose to the House a revision of the Corn Laws; but he had not add one word about the prosperity of the country. nor did he Intend to urge that the distresses of this year were a reason fur its postponement. [lt was with great difficulty that we could catch the import of the Right Hon. Gentleman's observa tion', in consequence of the impatient calls of the House fur the question.) Mr. PHILIPS explelnel. Mr. CURWEN rose amidst continued cries of question. We understood the Hun. Member to say that he did not rise for the Purpose of entering into a discussion of the subject, but to rebut the opinion that had been stated, that the prenent laws were sus tained with a view to gratify the sotalid interests of the landed Proprietors. Title was an aspersion which was most unjust. If it could be shown that the measure proposed was for the advan tage of the working classes of the country, he would be the last man to oppose it. But lie would venture to say, that if the plan were to be carried into effect, the consequence must be to lower the condition of every member of the working classes of thie country; and that, instead of producing comfort anti happiness to the people, it would produce the very reverse. (Hear, hear.) Mr. WOCIF.HOUSE thanked the Hon. Member for Bridge. north (Mr. Whitmore), for having made out so good a cave for his (Mr. Wodehouse's) side of the House. (The cries of "Question!" were here so loud and Incessant, that we could not here another word that was spoken by the Hon. Member.) Sir FRANCIS BURDErT rose, but the continued cries of question prevented us from catching his first two or three nen meets. lie differed so much from the Right lion. the President or the Board of Trade with respect to the advantages or dinadean. tagee of disesission on the present occasion, that he (Sir P. Burdett) thought there never was a subject brought before the Howie,' and especially at this particular period, that wanted more of discussion and one which would certainly gain more by discussion than the subject now before it ; and whatever might be the ultimate result of this debate, he should think that the discussion it had produred would be of great benefit, and be wished it might still produce more, for he was anxious to hear the. opinions of ell par ties; but he was confident that it was a subject of that kind that required to be discussed without any angry feel ing, and still less of say unkind insinuations as to the nu.tives of the different classes of people, which was a course ill adapted to the consideration of a question of this nature, and one which he thought it must be the wish on the part of all to avoid. (Ileac, hear.) In specking on this subject. he could not agree in feeling with his Hon. Friend (.Jr.l Gurwen); he did not pretend to be so totally disinterested on the subject, which he seemed to think was necessary in order to a person's being properly qualified to enter upon its discussion. As a gentleman of England, and as a person possessed off anded estates, could he believe that it was detrimental to the interests of the country gentlemen to alter the pre. sent law, he confessed he was not so great a patriot as to maintain it againatlhe station which his property entirled him to hold. But be had the consolation to know,that while hews maintaining his own inte rest in that station which his property gave him, he was also main. taining the interest of society itself. (Hear.) He was in a singular preificainent, being about to Tote for a motion with out at all participating in any of the views or motives of the Honourable :11ember who brought it forward. He did not trdieve the measure. if adopted, would produce any of those effects which that Honourable Member anticipated = nor did he think it would be attended with thriqe results which iiiiopponewit seemed to appre. !lend. But he was about to support the tnotion, because he was ' persuaied that the interests of the Landed Gentlemen of this country were as much consulted in its proposal, anti would be as much pro. moted by its adoption as those of any other part of the community. With respect to the Noble Lord ( Lord Milton) who had I addressed the House in support of the motion, in a speech replete with feeling, patriotism, and eloquence, though he con. ceived the Noble Lord to be mistaken in the conclusions he had come to, yet be could not hut admire the moire which prompted his exertions. The lion. Member who seconded this motion (Mr. Philips) had set out by stating one or two things with which lie (sir F. Burdett) fully agreed, and he had also stated one or two things from which he (Sir F. Burdett) was compelled to differ with him. It was, he would agree with the Hon. Member, an object of all society to employ as many parsons iu protinctive labour as THE BRITISH PRESS. possible, but at the same time he contended that the great beneit COURSE OP EMI of society was where a met produce could he obtained by the labour A ' n•teribin E./. 12 9 and exertions of a very few persons. Many persons whom he saw t t t erer s :la" 2U l2 10 about Lim seeped to plink that it was rather a discredit to the sari- 33 3 , t ,,, rp m imiturni part of the country, that they were mimetically fewer than i -tris t h is urg h • l4 to 23 U. *7 10 the other productive portioned' the Empire. Ile, however, thought attune 2a U. 117 11 it was rather the re'erne, and that it reflected great merit on the Patjth 2 days' Wild 25 75 agriculturists to find that in so small a hotly such skill and such 1 2 114 ° . 2U. 26 0 industry were combined, the their productions were autlicient to ,c_,____l7--- .. ~.... ~ .26 0' maintain all the teat of the community iii that state of wealth and prosperity in which it mimed, excepting the W eeping Ytankfuri e'n • lilshie Ifs. II . 156 clams, Piterabtfrik :tile ' 2 V*. el *whose condition et this moment wits peculiar. bat which did henna, aSective t1... 5 .„2 M. 10 26 not contradict his general position. (Hear. hear.) lie thought Trl6el9 .'....dd lO 2tl this presented an *object of ontleropistion to the mind esceesting all „li_adrid. •• •• • ........ • •:• • : 0 4 the rest of Eumpe; nay. he would say. all the countries that ever r i r„: l ....... • ••••."••• al sa minted in the world before. And this wan the result of the ' 1 7.7,1 •••••-•? e aea ............ .... . as welhspplied labour of a very small part of the community, 5„, 313 . ... ..• 34 taking it at a third only; for, according to the Population He. tithrelipz•. • .:: • .::::: •• •• SI turns, it militarist that therelearsooly four millions employed . . „ PSICEs OP SHA in agyieultural labour. while there were six millions employed in 'III 171111naSetares, and two millions in the learned ipratemionti. It wan this subdivision of labour, and the great excess of productive morlormenta which gave this country such advantage's over all other tuitions of Europe. hook. for instance, at the kingdom of ' France ; there it would he found that upwards of fotir.fitths of the community were employed in agricultural pursuits, and the re maining one fifth in manufactures and the learned profemions ; and what (said the Honourable lientleman) was ,he cause of that state of things ? It was Immune the property was so sub divided that the egricaltural part of the people became so nits merous that they consumed as boo as they produced, and no sue pits urnritice was left for any manufacturing classes. The great principle of a country's prosperity was the exchange of agricultu ral for manufacturing produce : but there being no surplus produce of the agriculturist in France. it wan ridiculous to suppose the people of that country could be rich. The manufacturer could nut be rich, because it was only the agriculturist "rho, with a surplus of fond,could purchase his goods and having no su Thee he could not purchase, and then it followdtbat the manufacturer, not having any mode of einoming of his Wards, cuuld not, un the other hand, purchase of the agriculturist • MI thus both dame.. must remain poor. This seemed to him toile the siniple and oily view which it wan necessary for the fftetageoetabg of the question* Putting aside all Hoot *worry tinE . KiElauTiyaphich attended questions of currency and other abstruse subjects. he would ask what it was thin' Haase had to consider ? It wssobrie, that the agricultural produce i was given in exchange for manniscturing produce. But some Hon. Members had naid—tilve us cheep manufactures, and we will give you cheap corn. But this wins slimly impossilile. Cheap was a con vertible term. To say fiat corn was cheap was to say that manu factures were deer. They could not be both deer or both cheap. It was the due propor•ion between the two that wan to be ef- Peeled; anti according as this proportion was preserved would both aviculturist and maitdacuirce flourish : both would be rich together. It wan not correct to suppose that there could be any separation of interests ; or that one could prosper while the other was depremed ; the fairidatinn of all matperity was the agri cultural interest of the country—(hear, hear) for without that there could he no menufarturing eroded", the consumption of the latter nem Rarity depending on the capacity of tile former to consumeit : nor. let him tell men of genius stadof science, would there be any funds out of which thy could be paid. If they doubted the fact let them look abroad and see how men, whom talents and genius were an ornament to the age in which lived, were remunerated and contrast the rewsrds such men received with what was paid to the learned and talented of this country. The !Amos of the agriculiurint wan the eouace of all them benefits. He would not pretend In say that iseMould merge all consideration of interest connected with himself had these were dear to him, on lookine at thin question ; but without laying claim to any particu lar purity of any description, he would say that the motion now before the House involved as well the interests of the clans to which he belonged RR to any other class ofthe community.( Hear. )The Hon. Baronet then adverted to the argument that had been adduced in favour of Cultivating more soil, and particularly to the observation of an Hon. Member, that Snowden niighsbe subjected to tillage, and stated that it would be a great .nhiforture to do so, because it would be a misapplication both of labour and capital, and would bring a disproportionate number of persons into agricultural em ployment. The wealth of a country was in the proportion between itn population and its produce. The Honourable Baronet again alluded to France, and consideted the laws of th.:t country to be the principle cause of her comparative poverty. In consequence of thine laws, every generation becamepoortr than the one preceeding it. It was certain the country would be from day to day grow ing poorer and poorer anti more sod more improvident. (Hear.) He could not agree with his Honourable Friend (Mr. Whitmore) in attributing to the Corn Laws the effect of keeping up the price of provisions. lie thought they had quite a contrary effect and did much injury to the landed interest. With regard to the labouring part of the community, the money price of thing* was to them a matter of utter indifference. It might be of import ance to the manufacturer who was always anxious to get high prices for his goods and labour at the cheapest rate. Such men did not come with a vety good grace to this House to ask for corn; and to attribute the 'Keened', of trade to that NOUNe was an error which. supposing the people in the country were not ca. pable of reflecting for themnelyea, would be extremely mis chievous. If the surplus produce of capital gave the labourer a proportionate rate of wages, prices would not affect him. Gen tlemen - might talk of !theta' Mem, • bet there eewld be no such thing. Wages must be rgrulated by the demand. If a man were to give what was celled liberal wages, and that system were to go through all CLISSea who employed labour, there could be nothing more pernicious to the country._ This question must be relieved of all those topics respect ing the labouring classes. They, were affected in a very dif heent way , stet they seemed to be tolerably aware of that ; for in the petition from Blackburn, although allusion was made to the price of corn, yet the grave:men of their complaint was, the use of ' the rower-loom. That undoubtedly was to those unfortunate Persons an uneenileble hardship, but it was one which the necessary progress of society led to. Machinery was what had brought this country to its proem height; and had created the enormous wealth which this «now possessed. Although, there forein individual canes of hardship groduced by the use of machinery he would give temporary relief. yet to legislate upon such reasoning as wax adopted by the petitioners, would put an end to all the prin. ciples upon which the interest of the country depended. The Hon. Baronet then recapitulated his argements that the Corn Laws did not make cora dear; anti said, that the fact of great dinttess minting among the people of those countries where corn was cheap, was against that propositioo. Again, during all the time this country was in a state of prosperity, particularly the agriculturalists, there was an annual importation of corn. Let corn be imported, and the manufacturers of the country would amply remunerate the agriculturists by their increment pro. duce. It was not any sacrifice on his part to support the motion, but from a thorough conviction that the landed interests were in complete mistake in their opposition to it. and that a more eaten sive range of mischief could hardly be devised than the stopping of all importation of emit. After a few observations as to the inconsis tency of the President of the Bout of Trade in opposing this mo tion, the Honourable Baronet sat down amid loud cries of question. Mr. BROUGH A3l said he was deterred by the lateness of the evening, and by the eloquence which had been displayed in the discussion, from trespassing at any length upon the patience of the House ; but he wished shortly to state his remelts for supporting the motion of his Hon. Friend, the Member for Bridgnorth. He voted for the motion, for the purple of settling the question, and he thought it a minor consideration that such a course would prolong the duration of the Session, compared to the ad vantage of setting the - question arrest. It would be most desi rable that it should be disposed of in one way or the other. But it was said that the measure might be better discussed after the next election. For his part he did not consider that Members need have any apprehension. There had not been any statement of what was intended to be done by his Majesty's Ministers. The manufacturing and agricultural interests would each put their own construction upon the silence which had been observed. He could net but admit that there were some difficulties inlthe way of coming to a right understanding of the subject at the present mo ment. The inquiry into the state of the currency presented a great inconvenience, and that was the principal reason which weighed with him ; but why it should be put off until the next Session he could not see. The delay wield create an uncertainty in the minds of buyers and sellers. This present system was never intended as a permanent tole ' ' and he thought the time was come when some measure of a permanent nature should be adopted. It would be treating the landed interests with unfair. ness it' he were to my that the adoption of the present resolution would not tend to lower prices, and it must necessarily lower rents also. And then there was another department in which he Mailed to see prices lowered, he meant the wages of public function aries, those he wished to see reduced, anti he wished also to see the, public burthens lessened. For his part he preferred to have fair protecting duties rather than that system of exclusion which had been maintained at so great an inconvenience to the Country. Mr. WHITMORE wished to make an observation before the House divided tenon the 'evolution which be had the honour of submitting to their consideration. Ile had been charged with affecting the price of produce by the agitation of flue question ; but If he had brought on his motion three weeks sooner he might have complained, with greater appearance of justice, for pre viously to th.t period the prices of provisions had fallen, and it had so happened that that since that time the prices had risen con. miderably. Ile did not wish to trespass on the House at that late hour, but he could not regret having called the attention of the House to a subject which involved the interest of the wattle cont. manity. The House then divided, Mtge there appeared— For the motion, 81—Against it, 250—Majority, M. The other orders orate day were then disposed of, and the House then adjourned, at s QUARTER PAST ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES OP BRITISH STOCKS YESTERDAY, Sank Stock 200 199, hung Ann. 19 1-16 19 i S per Cent. Red. 78 3 3 India Stock 2 per Cent. Cons. 74 9 70; 79 I Ditto Bonds 5 pm Ditto Aect. 763 i 794 79 It Es. Rills 10001. II El pia Iper Cent. NB Ditto 5001. 6a pm per Cent. Red. 449 is Ditto Small 6 04pm ew 4 per Cent. 24$ * Ite Ng 95 Lottery Tickets 911. I Is. An*ln-Nr•lr* .... . breelstitit Ball/11l Irian tknual If Initer*ftwielaties Vatted iteilcaa Ultte.New.. United Ilene/al.. PRICES ta leUitt;RCN Bret Mon Bonds b4l 5 STOCKS YESTERDAY. Greek Bonds Ditto Bonds (1825) I 4 116 Mexican Ronda Ditto Acct. 53 Ditto Bunds 1825 CI 0106 If + 2 601 Ditto Acct. 606 160 16 3 2 001 Peruvian Bonds 26 6 7 I Ditto Acct. 26 7 Purtnoase Bonds 724 _ 901iutubiati Bonds 404 14 Ditto Honda (1d24) 301 40 39 1 44 39 Mao 4 Acc e t. 391 10 39 401 40 1 394 Donsish Bond, (1035) 55 ilitto Acrt. 56e Preach Mentes 5 per Cent. 9Gf. imamate 26f. 66c. 60e. SOc. YESTKRI/A Y. 'sq. .011141. eine bfl VI) dlit 100 14 v dig 100 15 100 SO Di We .. 100 b 20116 .. 400 80 IS die 40 20 ..... .......... 40 IS of dl. All tine* !Ital.!! and lOO 10 I dto iniator ?Ira • 2O Il jai 041 MOIST Agin COM/ FOSIPAXIIIII. .10 xis ogs. 18 81 dls At•qtrailan.. . -- ............ ...... I 7pm Imperial Plsie . oia • 2 If New•CoraEscharge ...... 7. 4 itt Nr(tish alrtos. • I)RUEYJLANIC THEATRE. • This veolsig, Aoril 111 will be pErreppisdkiefefik N.' TM PE WINTBIO YALE, Leone"... Ilr. lesefiluSWlFLothel,ilit,Wallack ; Autolycley, Mr. Raney; Hermlone, Mrs. nurrn , Pauline, eire.W.Weq Perditu, Miss I . Palos. After which the new (island Itoinantic Fairy Tele of 011BROM ; nr, THE CHAHMF.O HOB:it. The principal Character. hy Messrs, 0. Smith. Bennett, Browne. T. Blanchard, P.ipr, Howell, Mercer Vintage, W. Bennett. and G. Smith; Mlilit3 Smithson, Vincent. and M acdonald; and Mrs. Harlowe. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. This Evening, WEDNESDAY, April 19, will be performed the Grand Romantic and Fairy Opera of ORERON ; or, THE ELF-KINO'S OATH. _ Tbe Overture and the of the Al u:.ic composed by Carl Marla Von %Veber. The principal Characters by Messrs. Rraham Cooper, Duruset, C. Bland, 3. Isaacs, and 'nanny; Missies Paton. Lacy, and B. Cawsa t Madame Veitrie. and Mrs. Davesport. . . After which the Force of TOO LATI POR DINNER. Frank Poppleton, Mf.:Jurkir Mleboirt Mr. Keeley; Robert Rafter, Me. Rayner; Mr. Pineroft, Mr. Lancbard. Mrs. Thoropaoa, Mrs. Davenport; Miao Fmrna R , nnerton, Mt v. Love. The Pates commenced puolishing yesterday morn• Ins at ■ quarter put five o'clock. ----- LONDON, WEDNESDAY, AI'RII. 19, I R2O. The principal article of importance in the French Papers is one in the Pilate of Sunday from Mentz. If we admit that the Pilate is correct in attributing a demi-oft/do/ cha racter to this article, the only conclusion that can be drawn from it is, that it is the object of the writer, whoever he may be, to remove the prejudices and objections of the liberal party in Europe to the interference of Russia, as far as demonstrations go, in the affairs of Greece. In short, everything seems to confirm the general views which we have repeatedly laid before our readers on this subject. The trial of the Editor of the Etude for defamation, in the cage of LA (7/IA lOTA'S, is going on before the Tri bunal of Correctional Police. However unfounded the ac cusations of the Etnile may have been, it is impossible to suppose that a Court of Justice can visit a case of this sort with any degree of severity. The descendants of the ,111trist Dint:Rol., as he has been called, might prosecute the Editor of the Etoile on this principle, as those of LA CIIALOTAIS have done, who is accused of being hit as sociate. (From The Ferri le, dated Moody, April 17.1 Pam, AleatVlL The Oermin journals, "Melt ire luriftticeived to My, stifiWy iss news front Greece. The Urtivertelle Gazette is aatonishett at the silence of it.• . correapnndents on this auhject. We find, indeed, in the same journal, an article from the Oriental Spectator, of pretty recent date, but it is another of the eternal accusations against the Greeks, and it is easy to ace that it comes from the same source as the last article of the Austrian Observer, for the news and the re flections follow in the same order. We have received the Madrid Gazette, which announces officially that the Infanta Louisa Charlotte has been delivered of a son, and that " Te Deum" has been performed in consequence in the Royal Chapel. This event has delayed the departure of the King for A ranjuez Letters from Alexandria, in Egypt, say that the scarcity of money is met severely felt there. It was not believed at first that the Egypti.,ns would meet with such an obstinate resistance in Greece, and it is believed that Mehemet Ali is preparing a new ex pedition for the Mores. Ibrahim's troops cost several millions a month. If we add that his father, not content with having ships of war built in several European ports, has sent an agent to Sweden to have cannon cast for him, and that the crops in Egypt, of which he has the monopoly, have been very bad for the two last years, we shall easily imagine that he must be much embarrassed in his finances. _ _ _ From the Pilote of Sunday.l PARIS, APRIL 15. A (lemon Journal contains a remarkable article, dated from Mentz. By its language, which has an official character, it is ap parent that the anonymous author must hold a high diplomatic rank. An article of the Times serves him to explain the views of Russia, and to prove that the mission of the buke of Wellington would have no result. He says, he would have passed over in silence the opinions of the English Journalist if they had not been literally in serted in the Moniteur, in answering the Times. The author says that that paper has pretended that these powers, in concert with England, had commissioned the Duke of Wellington to declare to Russia that they were resolved to demand of the Porte the en franchisement of Greece, and that they were resolved to oppose all hostilities on the part of Russia against the Porte, with the sole view of securing the tranquillity of Europe. The author remarks that such a measure would be far from securing peace, and that the demand of eitfreinehisement cannot be made without hostile intentions, and without the intervention of Russia- The Times, says he, thinks that such an arrangement would suit that power. ►ecause the intestine enemies with whom it has to contend, render it ',possible for it to t►ink of a foreign war, and the more so, all all the neighbouring states of the empire have a right to demand the disbanding or the reduction of an army in a state of mutiny. The author replies, that the English journal is ignorant of the state of Russia; that it ix undoubtedly ignorant that the intestine troubles are appeased, and that the army, consisting of 800,000 men, has always remained faithful to its duties, and had in its ranks only a very small number of battalions which were led astray, but which very soon returned to order ; and with respect to some officers who figure among the conspirators, they are all in irons, and no longer make any part of the army. Nevertheless the patriotic wishes of the Russian nation, which has testified no dis content at the change of the Sovereign, ere not overlooked by the Emperor, Nicholas I. The. Times, when it pretends that the critical situation of the finances of Russia renders it impossible fo r 1 it to take arms, falls into an error which is still more remarkable than the first. A magnanimous Prince, who has just ascended the throne of a vast empire, must find, in the character at•.d the interest of his people—in the position and strength of his government—the ele 'tient, of his policy. It is these several considerations which in. sure him a marked preponderance of the career which Provi dence ha• just opened to him, and from •hi:h he cannot turn aside. How could he, in the situation in which he is placed, listen in the councils of those who prepare tor him a great future hu miliation, and the debasement of the dignity with which he is invested ? Germany, which knows the projects of England, founds the greatest hopes in favour of humanity, in the wisdom of the powerful monarch of the north. We learn from Frankfort, that of 4.000 bales of wool in the warehouses of that city, only 200 have been sold at the fair ; the Belgians, formerly the moat considerable purchasers of that article, have not come to the fair. It is afllmied that they hope to buy at much lower prices. English manufactured good. bays met with so buyers, sad the warebinuas au fell of thus. t lANGE YESTERDAY. (lento. Venice Malta Naples Lisbon Oporto Rio J 4111140 'Bahia : . . • .. Rnenco.iltaw Dulola, 21 days' slglat Cork' • sinaryx,, rs* e... 4. Portugal Gold, In Nvin .. 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in ban. .. 0 17 Hew Doubloon , 0 9 New Dollar, Sliver, la bars.standard 0 • 4 Ile ....per 05.4? The important subject of the Corn Laws.oTtpiett ifist attention *of both Mese' of ParliaMent last night, ►or more especially that of the Commons. In tl:e Lv;rd•,. • sooversation arose on the presenting of a petition by 104 CALTHOItP/1 from Birmingham, praying for`thtir repeal in doing which his Lordship said that lie believed his in: tition embodied the sentiments of all the manufacturers at the kingdom on the Tit stion, and be complained that one of the gnat erfls of the Corn Laws was their tendency tls produce discord between the manufacturing and agritifil tura! classes. lie then accused . Ministers of placing the landed interest in an invidious point of view, by not OM forcing (causing to be enacted?) such measures as might - be beneficial to all classes. The Earl of Livss POOL U. pressed his surprise at such an attack upon Ministers, whey he hail himself declared, in the last Session of Parliament/ that be whole system of the Corn Laws ought to be re ' vise& Bat his Lordship thciught that this was not a proper time for discussing the subject, considering the many circumstances which ought to be well weighed Mote so momentous a question ought to be brought before Par*. liament. lie distinctly stated that he did not think that the subject should be discussed during the present Session but he, of entitle, admitted that it was competent for ani Noble Lord to bring the question before the House in 14 shape of any specific motion. In the !louse of Continently alto, Mr. W. Virairunas brought forward his motion*, • CommitteattO revise the Corn Laws; on ishieh-itt.Holls iiesov noise, as an amendment, the prcvious quessksag 'declaring, liihe Lord Lrvaaroot, that this was not the proper time for enteritri into the disctission of such a iab. jest. Afters long elebstle, the original motion was nem tired, on a division of al to M. • Three or the present Member{ for the City having sigk nified their intention of withdrawing from public life, Ms wAan, a Merchant and Bank Director, has been ituriteti by t numerous body of merchants and others, conneateti with' the shipping and trading Interests of the City at London, to offer himself as a candidate to represent it the approathing General Election. The adveitited list of the names of those persons from whoM Mr. WARD la; received this invitation, presents as strong and as honours able a testimonial aa it ever yet fell to the It of any indis vidual to receive on such an occasion ; anti he can hare ifti better guarantee for his success. Wa this t.tquist!ion alarmed the civic patriotism of the Times journalist, who no socner read this list, than, forgetful of his recent abuse{ of everything connected with Commerce and the City, he becomes on a Sudden . up M the ears in love vilifi Charters and Corporations, and can endure no freedom bit the free dom of the City. "It is observable," says he, " that the great majority consists of men who ate not liverymen, why have no connexion with the Corporation of London, whe t in fact, are not citizens in the proper sense of the word, se they neither live in the City, nor perform any of those sir ful and laborious offices, for the due execution of whielb the City charter was granted, and for the neglect of whieb the charter would certainly he forfeited." The Giants iii Guildhall must no doubt feel themselves grievously Han+ dalited that any of the merchants of London should whit' to have the interests of the Metropolis ably and faithfully represented by those who have not " Their heads with service silver'd o'er," in the dischavge of those laborious functions which Moult gained, and, as we all know, alone perpetuated the City Charter ! "It is fit and reasonable," says the writer, " that those persona whose lives have been spent in labour. ing for the servipo of their falow-liprytnen, Amid ma such honours and rewards as the Lively have in their powet to bestow." Without knowing Who these very disinterested persons may be that, with a generous disregard of their own con. cerns, have spent their lives in labouring for the service of their, fellow liverymen, we would fain ask who it is that intercepts the reward of their heroic generosity ? Not Ms. WA RD certainly, as, by offering himself as a Candidate, he will rather stimulate than put a stop to the labour of those devotees, whoever they are. • That very weighty poems among the Liverymen consider their rights, sind the right* of their fellow citizens, quite safe in hits hands, is manifest ; and it is too much to assert that there can be no patriotism out of that body. The party, whose cause the Tinges would eagerly espouse, is obviously alarmed at the intro auction of this new Candidate, anti finds its interests nos a little menaced by the powerful support WI openly an.. flounced in his favour. As for Mr. WARD, his fitness for the situation to which he aspires is well known ; his prind ciples will stand the test ; and the popular choice, there is no doubt, will at the ensuing election confirm the judgment which his private friends have thus publicly paned *pot! him. CITY, TUESDAY EVENING. With the exception of the gossip relative to the new', Loan, the subscriptions for which, as we stated yesterday; amounted to about nine millions, the City to-day has beet free from reports. The funding is epoken of in tertn4 diametrically the reverse of each other by the different' parties interested in the measure: the one rays that it hat answered the full expectations of the Finance Minister; and the other party, with equal confidence, asserts that flit was anticipated forty millions would be subscribed fli t and if that had been the case, there would have been IL buoyancy about the new Scrip that it will now always be • stranger to; because then it would have been in demo* subscribers only receiving a third or a quarter of what tbef wanted; but as is at present the case, each subscriber red ceiving the amount of his application, a quantity of it mai necessarily be in the market, for it is well known that • larger sum is always written for in affairs of this naturi than is required; the consequence is, the oserplus son come into the market, and dcdress it. The price of the new Stock to-day is par to pm. There bas been but little doing in Consols to-day, bee still the market was firmer at the close than at the cum. mencement of business. The first price was 781, and the last 794 1. Excheq►xr Bills were 6s. Ss. pm.; and Indite Bonds 4s. ss. pm. The Old Four per Cents. are Hi there is, in consequence, an apparent bonus of two per cent. in favour of the holders of the New; yet, taking the difference of the payment of the dividend, it amounts only to one Per cent. It is quite evident that either the Ohl must fall or the New must advance, as the holders of the Old can immediately make an exchange and clear ono per cent. There was not so much fluctuation in the Foreign Mar.' ket to-day as we hare recently witnessed. Mexican Six' per Cents. were 611 611, Colombian Bonds 40, Peruvian. ditto 251 6, Russian ditto 761 4, Greek 14k, and Spanish Shares continue unsaleable. The General Steam Navigation Company's packet, the Earl of Liverpool, arrived from Ostend, with passengers, &c. in fifteen hours. She made the passage out, on Satur day last, in the short time of thirteen hours and ten minutia. Letters from Buenos Ayres, dated Jan. 2, mention a ris6. pid rise in the price of colonial produce; sows articles had risen as much as 160 per cent. V 7