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s effect sr/ beneficial purpose. He was Ma that there were millirem of moneftieturere obsoletely • starving; if so, •tiontithetion of two nullities wrielil ohs little or norm*. and one mantra/ from • melt• sine which 'viewed 1014 of the power than the dis position to serve them. Yet, if it could be at all r.-conciled to policy or to prudent-, he would wish to e ff ect it, brit would have one rivet at least, it - *mold Irive the effect of cisevincing the nautili site people, that Parliament sympathised in their distress and felt anxious to relieve it. In such sr. ewer, be would utmost set with his feelings. eves against the eolit..cliciatet of judgment.— Another topic on which he would soy a few words ems. the state of graces. fir frit eery strongly against any interference on Ow head, hut the pre sent circumstances were so peculiar, and the dist►ess of the labouring claims so great, that he was, at least. burned to go into an inquiry on the subject of wage*► The estraordinary state of wages was in fluenced by the existence of the poor laws. When ne heard Gentlemen my that wages should not be "interfered with, that they should be left to the free operation of enures, and should regulate then.- selves. he wail of opinion. that these Gentlemen for got that the poor laws put us in an artificial antra- Lion. Suppose that one hundred thousand manu facturers were at wo►k, suppose that twenty thou sand ut them were put out of employment, the @lmmo and emborrassment consequent on that event would net ,fall iso the twenty thousand unemployed, but would he visited on the 80,000 in employment. The habit of parishes letting out labour was one pregnant with moth evil. It was the interest, or ap peared to be so, of the manufacturer to screw down the wages of the labourer to es low a standard as passible. But the great manufacturer could not do it, there would be a general opt-cry against him, he would become odious as he should hatpin., ' TO be eminent ; o regard for reputation as well as the feelings of humanity prevented that class of etsanufacturers front an attempt to reduce the wages of lahotryrrs; . but the small ineu, who had no re ptstation to lose, who were careless of censure, and were too low to receive it—:hose men collected to gether the scrapings of the workhouses, and from those they procured labour at three shillings a week, whilst the eminent manufacturer paid 10s. This proceeded from au artificial state, occasioned by the Poor Laws. Hence it would appear, they were not at liberty to follow the doctrines of politi cal economists, which were in themselves Round, but which were not applicable to the peculiarity of our situation. He felt much difficulty on this sub ject, and though he would not pledge himself to the 'urinate, yet he would wish to go into an in quiry as to how far it would be practical to establish a minimum of wages; it was, he confessed, with great reluctance he approacheil that subject,— Ile would now my a few swords on the question of currency. He thought the public distress connect ed with that ques , ion ; but after they had gone so far towards a resumption of cash payments. he thought they ought to persevere. If they could have justified a depreciation of the currency of 25 or 30 per cent. by coinage, it would have been a great 01)0.3; by not doing so, they added 30 par vent. to the notional debt, at a time, too, obeli it was felt more heavy on their diminished means. The difficulty was the greater, as it affected trade, than the difference of per centage be tween one amount sod another. He took ii, that the extent of circulation for purposes of mle, was equal to an augmentation of capi ; for instance, if be could go to the Batik at any time he wished, and could procure 100,000/. or any other sum, that facility of rioting money ehliged him to keep the less by him ; but this facility wits greatly dimi•dshed, and that circuit). etstice greatly diminished the spirit and the facility of speculation. Whether those speculations were spurious or not was another question, but it w a s vet-taut that the couutre was then Labouring under the effects of those speculations. Having taken ii:e lice they did, they should pursue it. They were prevented by a sense of honour from establish• ing a depreciation by cnittage, but at the same time they 'bunld not act differently from the course that bud been pursued at former periods. He took it. that the two metals 'should base been admitted is payments of notes—gold and silver ; red tie was convniced, that if the Batik was empowered to pay silver as well as gold, it would give great facility to the operation of the system. Should he hope the gotise would support him, he would make a distinct irution on this subject. [living trespassed so long the attention of the House, be would only add, he hoped that the Noble Lord would see the •,stice and the propriety of tin inquiry—it would ta , ew a becoming tenderness for the situation of the :.eople—it might tend to that most desirable of ad objects, the return of peace sad good order in Late manufacturing districts. He did not despair of s.-eitig that object accomplished. Comparing the piste of religious and moral feelingF., such as was *wet cherished by the people of England, with the situation of the country in former times, and with the situation of ally country in Europe at the pre.. sent, lie saw no reason to despair. On such a preple, whatever might have been their errors, the measures of wisdnco and of justice would have their eft, et. Mr. BOOTLII WILBRAHAM, after passing some I.igli compliments on the siseevti of the Hon. Mem a,rr who had just sat down, said, that on our point, timely, a nsixistunt of wages, that question had tutu a cutisidered by two Committers, amid the result was, that it would be considered highly destructive to our numufactures. Oct the speech of the Hou, sMiaer. (Mr. Beim tr), be said that nine tenths of his speeds W4ll oil local questions and on lucal parties—us Waage lastitua isms, and other mattas,, more than the nature of trade. ' 'there was, Ferber', nut a gentleman in Lancashire, whom • it was desirable to have au the rumenission of the peace, tail dial not belong to it. They had strays avoided adroit ling say one Into it who was reamed ill Ctletaltitt or mane. traction from a smapealeos delicacy, lest such persons retest blase to hnag thorn' own corkages before umber Magi. snows os claps of aliseesdact, its which case tbe fin Id alive of all the parties must be haply silicoses.. Seine. Shia[ had bola said about Orioles anuciations. There err sun:, bad bens es Orange . processiou at Liverpool, and A ism dismissed. Be doss argued aphid the propoailiou at his nun. Film., fur seavertiag the ssmerliosus manistoctor- Jag populatims tato labourers or assts mud quarries; sods tasploymmit dwarfed with their habits, and had ualfuraily failed In experiment. Mr.Wit.soutsonee opplanded his Hoe. Friend's el' anti humanity , displayed in the rivaseusr of proposal( hie Res station to the House. He wished the poor creator.. Iwho had hers deluded into a belief that the House wise corrupt and deaf to any consitbration .if their distresses, could but have bestial him; it would, he really believed, • bore almost cured the country of the pernicious tesdosey ; of radical reform ; they would hwy. learnt from him the • danger which they ran into, of 'ldyllic the iwanoraetoring ; power out of the country. This we* a merman peril at i bodied to commerce, which distinguished its interests from iloose of agriculture. Look at all the great cuissasereisl Some which ever existed—Genoa, Venice, Florence, the I Haugealie Towns, Holland—it ovoid be readily perceived how swiftly their wealth and strength deputed at the slightest shuck of ;stainer. He agreed in the urressity, if the thing were possible. for the Howse to devise some measures fir getting the unemployed into occupations of some sort. lie palh.tieally and repeatedly expressed a desire, that tome. thing of the kind could be attempted, at least in the way of deliberation. He was confident that Mini only avoided it, from the fear of exciting hopes which nu human • ability could fulfil. He did nut think, hog/ever, that his Hun. Friend's motion was sufficiently free from political sir party motives. to accomplish so desirable a purpose. The distress which prevailed was the necessary conseqiinscr of a long and victorious war. God forbid that those who bad thrived by any thing so evil in the abstract as war, should not be visited for it—it ass agreeable to the dispeu sations of a 'amigo Providence. He thought the House had been ism careless atom the education of she liaise genera otherwise they unlit have prepared their omits for the mighty chases"; which bad taken place it. British society and property, so as to memoir their respect for property and their reiseration for its owsters. He had always been an advocate fist molt rale Reform, though the general character of the House satisfied him. He silireted to the motion. Mr. PHILLIP.; rather dreaded the effect of proposing any measures for relieving she distress of the tassisfact urea', (or fear of exciting expectations which could out be realised. lie did nut see how it was possible fur the House to raise the swages of taboos., that could only be effected by natural means He had attempted in his own neighbourhood to fix an age fir wages. He applied to a Gentleman to make boo some resume of ibe patrol scale of wages earned. It was found that met' could earn fun, hire to twelve shillings per we. k ; buys from four to eight shilLwg. , some less 'woe Inure. It was most important, at.bough great dos tress existed, that it should nut I.e overstated. In families of numerous t•hildren. too or more generally laboured; a grown child earned as much as the father ; • wile full as much as her husband. The stook was, that many of these families were living iii great comfort. He 'bought, however, Coo an ac quiescence ia the motion of his Hun. Friend would hove a good t ffect especially coming after the denial of bigotry into the Nlsseichester hushes, as it would prove that while the House were determined to put dowse disaffection and tug mulls, they were inclined to consider the distresses of the peo ple *oh all anxious view, if possible, to their relict Mr. STUaaT It'° KKKKK was anxious to speak, from the fear of being supposed to guild in the way of inquirisig iota' and relieving the d' se• of the country. He really be lieved that a Committee appoiuteil fur the purpose, free froin political considerations, night do great good by its bare in- • siitution us it would convince the prop'. list the House, hooey, r willing, could give thi m use effectual relief, and that lime was the oily remedy fur their ',offerings But how ; were they to come at the Committee> Not by the 1111/11011 t of the Geodesists opposite, which was mixed up with political and piny asperitits. But how could the House ! descend to any measures of conciliation, when the ; only terms demanded of them were the moods r of the ! Constitution? They had hearth much .boas Reform; ho was glad of the frequency of the discussions which took place use that subj. ci, locause they would in the and help to ; convince the country sisal the House was constituted accord. ing to the Constitution itself, and that any alts ration Of the rersesetitatiuti, while it would produce nu alteration in the public distress, would, in fact, he an alteration of the Coo. 'motion. Ili allusion to Lord John Russell's motion o Parliameidary Reform, be wished to slow them bow it was likely to be treated by the Reformers, He bad a pamphlet in his band, written by a person of their own ; rack ; the public voice attributed the work to the late I candidate for Westminster; it was a work of ability; bat I let the House listen to the views entertained is it towards I them. It was eutiikd "A Teiling Mistake; or, a Reply ! to the New Preface of the Second Edition of Lora Erskine's ' Second Defence of the Whigs." The first extract he alludd read ran shoo ;--;" It is not quite su consoling that your Lordship places the sheet.enchor of your hopes in I the motion of Lord Joists Russell. Disclose h ! I are you laughing at um, my Lunt? There is not use man excepting hr. Perry, and he only says he dues, I and your Lonlship, who cases a farthing; about hie Lordship's proposition." It was pldu that Hermon would ; not he enough ; nothing but the destruction of the Condi- ; to s ssss would satisfy the Reformers. He read again a pos. sage implyieg that the Parliament wsa looked to by Moab. tees and the public as the gathering of an army ; that it would chi that openly, which Ministers hid dour Myer. fertly ; it would corer the Manchester transactions. and pass laws in accordance with them. It ass then asked by the author, " What prevents Ilse people then from going down ; to the House, out the Members by the ears, sad throwing the key into the Thames? Nut aftectiou—we have no greater abhorrence than the abstract idea of a bo- rouglimongcr. Not their abilities—there is perhaps, sin ; annual of 'rich insignificant intellect as your mere Mem- ! bee of Pediment ; though in his corporate capacity the earth bell nu suds bully." The other passages quoted by the Honourable Gentiensau maintained the right of resisting eves the Parliament in acts subversive of aloes/testi- tuition. How was it possible, he asked, for the House to deliberate on reform, or any other question beer;og a else- : racier of conciliation, un.:er such threats, when •at would ouly be construed lute weakness? Mr. MAXWELL spoke in lesson of the motion. The LORD ADIOCATR objected to the motion. He took • review of the state of Scotland, about which there bail been much tuitio:dement. The weavers had been din because wages fell • they eudeavoured to make it up by longer hours, which increased the quantity of produce already too great, aud brightened the distress in proportion. 1 be spin. tiers bad to wait for water, so that they could not overstock the market , hence the wages had remained, in some eases, as high as 40s per week, yet there was a greater proportion of radicals among them than the weavers. The collier.. of Scot. land were worse; they were at preseut very well off, but at the heginuing of his Majesty's reign they were mere slaves to the as I collieries, and could be brought bark if they ventured to leave their proper owners I. the same unauaer as slaves. Kay, worse than that : if an old pit had began to work anew, the colliers formerly belonging to it, could be broaght back, sad compelled to out k in it. The Parliament had put them ass the same footiug as the other inhabitants of the king dom, sad had, moreover. rendered null and void certain bonds for money, ruined into by the colliers, to full the condition of their former slavery, and yet these were among them the most radical 'traducers of that Parliament which had so emancipated them. Radicalism had spread even into the Hightaads, and in great measure tainted that gallant and loyal people. Leagues were funned lwtweett tlum sod the Radicals; Union &tit tits for reading and die crowns* radical politics wire formed, and so were reloads fur teaching lire dui:times almost all user Scotland. The decay of rtligfou was uresofest. Wearies worked all day on &today ; wises who used to go to church spent the fureauun iu talking polities. At Paisley a riot, commenced on Saturday, eatutimsed elwoogbout Sunday ; the bruise of a mintier r ••• actatked.. The same thing had taken place at Clasp.. Thee Lerili.ietionstiot of Lanarkshire bad writ. ten In hint is sty, that Ittihad sr addititta to lire military force, he tool/ out answer for the peace of the 'reality.— He did not charm the Rottierds with torholeare generally : there was rather an 0.6164H1111 silence let their iteinessoor, as if some eatrasediusry elijeet _weighed us their *snide. He had great Lops, however, is the voirstoes measures Covens. meet were shoot I. oniopt, Mgutber with the s igitaure of the blintistratis sod the general good sense or die prairie, ref re "'dull the cimikt,i b tragesillell• As to conciliate**, at Was dal of de Iterating, until the Radicals reignited litett to rife pentessitore, rad (hewed their neheoheirte ld the laws. Mr. Ewes, to 'hew the Hoare what a great deal might he dune if they were inclined to adopt his Hos. Fritters he lms. begird leave to hale stone particulars of his own knowledge. He had made ae experiment as to fitting the ithrfamett of wages, and the resell was far Irryitooll his ex. periatioes. Then bad here some disturbance at Coves try, nut connected with pobhes, het springing from ohs). era distress,. He recommended the maisosfaeten re on that 0CC11.6011 la treat their workmen with leionery, tool do all in their power to reduce their suffering. They met gm •Peo4leaflet% and immediately ruhseribeel four hooting prensis. This anal had here laid art in relieving Ess• mermen families. He engaged with them, if they would keep up the wages of those workmen whom they could ent- PI"Yo he wooed unite, lake to supply the rifeessittes of the nauteepiril. Fur this purpose he clime to town and begged loser, from house to house, which he remitted to the teentry committee fur distribution. Thr cotireguesier had berm, that although the wages were kept up, NU digiti sation of the deemed hail liken place. This was cis.- latisly a benefit. It skewed bow much might be doer by the House, if it would resolve on any measure, sod support it by grants, to preterite a minimum of WWI*. It was only at worst taxing one part of the country to pay 'mother, mire diterssed than itself. This would reared,' dos however, to revive our foreign commerce, fur whirls we could never have a demand to Shp sate°, of the ability to produce, thooth we might have eh, trite is sot fur la"." aaaaa to keep our inamolact urine population in a slate of cuss fort Tetuttillel went as ruining slicer C.ll6llltlreC; he mention's il as CO svidence of its inc policy she wool tax. lir hail voted Sue she return to cash payment', from common honesty; his moons was to do away delusion; if a pound note were worth 20.. its reality, why nut pay one all readily as the tither It was, however, manifest that a ditutioution of tier circulation most theu take place, and that was the soot 11,611: us • rice to the same amount and timatitia.-- With less means then the public hail more taxes to pay. IVIIrt was the conduct of Ministers in this diffi.-ulty ? Why, they laid on alias.. snore mations of lases, and among them the wool tax. He would nut puha vial the iinpropriety of taxing a raw commodity; it had always been held irs sit COO. Crary In political erasuuniy that it had sterner beep at. tempted except in three instances it, this country. He would past it to the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he worild persist Its burdening the commerce of the crawntry with taxation, al tto its extinction, awl certaiiily to the danger of reroluii 111 l He would say fur himself sant die manufactu rers lie represented, take away the tax on raw silk, and then open she purls to France; he was confident llteu that the Encleab manufacturers would .all more than the French. He apprehended that nu one doubted that the first great cause of the discontent was dieter's He cutest:tined this opinion wills Lind Bacon, who said, Oat geritrally disaffec tion Ist a country resulted from distress. If the measures proposed by Ministers failed of *saves., and taxation still seem uti, capitalists would leave the country with their w►alth, stud we would be reduced to the same cnitrist that Holland bad. Suipiciuus of she aecurity to the public Cr, deer see m• ed to bare grown up, not au 1111 l g the lower 01 middle classes only, for lie could assure the House, that within the spare of a week nisi.. Notate Lids. the warm supporters of~liuirtrn,hail ROW large sums mit of the Nods. Facts Of Ibis slot would come out, and lie thuright it his sloty to make this statement puhltely, that if stinger did exi.l, the country might he made aware of it. lie should essppurt the nuoimi of Isis Hun. Fririssl, though be thought Monsters should nut shift um any C mitts e nip stairs the duty sod responsibility of and' an important investigation. but look the dais e. es of the eimistry manfully im the (ace themselves. Mr. Pau, was anxious to deny an inipulat cant opus. him, of baring delivered the sentioseni, alias WP 11111%1 make •w opium tretnern the tuaunuaucr of Bill usb manufactures, and the British Cuu►tuwttuu. What he hail said was, that while there were persons ready to take advatstaze of the dis tress of the nianufactorine, districts, 10 promote Ilse rtisruu• Irlii of thris population, lie looked wish gra at apprehension awl alarm to the slate of these districts. He thought Mat the safety of the British Consitintion was pes fectly com patible with the prosperity of Mir suanutectures, and lu say otherwise, would have betrayed, al lea•t, very bad taste i■ woe s , min Is i..delsted In them is. be was himself—(Haar.) If reason and judgment ■lour were to hr cuilsulltd they bulls answered, that there was an utter impossibility of de vising may remedy fur the distressing state to which neer ma. ■ufactures ware reduced. Fria all that be Lad heard, mid Crum the spirtt in which tlse debate lard been conducted, lee was the nn, re routine. d that uu gond would result from is. gutty. Hr was extremely sorry that the ai+ ct of placing a Mißi//14/11 by law to the wages of manufacturers lord beer istirsidsseed at all. He thoitgbt that the iurvitablecrsasequence of such a law would be to throw numbers out of all employ. meld. Fur what would Leconte of the helpless and the weak, who stow earned a certain pittasice, however 01101, when the master should have been compelled, by a Legislative enact. assent, to pay a cerlitiu rale of wages to which those classes could not bit held retitled !—( fiearj—The Right Hun. Gentleman theu expressed his doubt of the mood policy ace desvuuring to provide employment fur the poor by means of public winks, lu he carried nu with taxes taken out of the pockets of individuals, who would probably expend theta enure prudently themselves fur the attainment of the same object —r Lord cheering.) Mr. BARING and Mr. ELLICI respecilvely explained. Mt. J. P. GRANT .aid, it was the duty of the House to go into the inquiry, tither to discover some remedy fur the alas terrors of thr people. or to skew them that nothing had bees left untried fur that cud on the pet of their repre sentatives. . . . Mr. J. SMITH supported the motion, hot was through the greater part or his speech ioandilde,io consequtuce of speak. ing front muter the gallery. Mr. W. SMITH said, that at least it would look very un gracious to refuse inquiry. He thought it an absolute ab surdity to suppose that our mauufactiirers would be relieved by . the de_siouction of utachluery , relief to them was to bo produced by au increase of fc.crign trade and home con sisniption, mud it was the height of fully to suppose that that object co u ld be effected by a measure which would ren der ono u fart u red articles clearer. Mr. J. Sxmi and Mr. W. Sytrtti nodosity explained. Mr. MAsseittn (u we understood), expressed his regret that the Hun Mover had suffered himself to he led away so much by party spirit, that he could nut vote for his propos lotion. At the same time, if as impartial inquiry were pro. posed into the nature and causes of the distrtss in the ma nasetureng districts, he should give it his best though hem ble support. Lord A. HAMILTON said, slat the distress was as ffiIEESI as the (hulk/non, and it would hecione the Nuhk Lord and Isis rolleagnis to enter into inquiry, in ratter to &else the means of alleviating and preventing the (urines' rather than to pees. measurisuf seers ity to punish the latter. Mr. DAVENPORT said, that be was friendly to inquiry, but (se well as we could collect) uudecided un the present occasion bow he should vote. _ _ _ blr. TIERNEY said, that nothing like general argument bad kites from the Noble lord, or any of his Colleagues, iu aoswer to his Hun. Ft irad who bad opened the debate. His principal object in citing was, to delend the cuormo punned by Ins Hou. Friend its bringing forward the mottos,. And however it might be received in the House, he was convinced that the excellent unitises whtelo led to It would be duly ap. predated by the country. and slut of it were agreed to, it would lead to great good. He could nut approve of an isiywiry of ON limited nature prupwsed by the Noble Lord jCattleremgh). He and his Colleagues were alarmed at au extensive turratit.attoo, because it would lead to the Infer. elite that they were responsible fur a great part of the evils tinder which the country was labouring. The Right Hou. Gentleman than censured the vooduct of Government is rarioas particulars coaneeted with the distorhanees of the cennitry. We were held up to Ibis country, mod to the world, in the most pitiable sitnation of any nation us earth. Fur the ind time, it was affirmed, *About fear of contradiction. that Noble Lords had so=d largrty out of our funds to In vest their property is the French funds. But he thought that the fact, of which he bad been w►ll asseired, that small 145111$ of or 304:. were irasisferied f this cont.try to the sane place, was infinitely more alarming. It was re presented that trade stagnated, that our eaptial was Swain into other eitionehi, that there was a distrust in our finances and ks public reedit, sad that hlsapherny and ireeligiens (width is did not beliese), had ortillowed the land ; THE iiitITESH PRESS. LONDON, FRIDAY. DRCZNIIER 10. mg. A hope was held oat loot night in the House of Lords, that some limit will be put to the velem. dinary power now !assessed by the ATTORNEY GENERAL. of keeping informations filed ex officio suspended, according to his caprice, for any length of time over the head of si:y individual. In the Bill now pending for expediting the trials of misslenies- IMrsl, it was proposed by Lord HOLLAND to insert a clause, hunting the power of the ATTORNEY GA:MORAL ; but it was thought sdvisahle that the measuie should be made the subject of a distinct Bill, whidi the Loan CHANCBLLOR undertook, if, on consideration he found it practicable, to submit to the House of Lords on Monday next. The Bill for subjecting libel to the punishment of felony was *gain made a subject of discussion in the /louse of Lords, but the Report was received, cud the Bill ordered to be read a third time this evening. A precaution, however, was adopted last eight. against the abuse of the Bill ; fur the offence of a seditious libel was in tome degree defined, as far as it was possible to dame a HIGH W, seroinis was preached to the nwenbers of it afterwards. A tripoli slew kid taken place is ososeqnsent of this proces- sor& **did mid approve of such associations, or those protort wao. hot be bad beard nothing Ithanwside imputed to tot at Liverpool oil the day in question. The mot coon- dominos in Iris 600. Friend's speech was, a ebonite width be reimposed in the slialeipality of Manchester. Manchester bad dowishell ender the old atuaicipaitty, which was cont• posed of a bernaghreere. Iris depot,. and two ceastables. Thep were elected attanalla at the Court Lett of It. Oswald Iplissoley, and in no nee Inouye bad he baud any complaiat Mtaiast Wo o except in our case, obit's, tiros hernia& all this whit aftelliaft4 II 'a trismilthia 6si wow to poser, sad the visitation of 001.—(4 Ile lost If: years, the Moist." bad boa gait* ors from hod to worse, while every year the House went me rirposiar VFW!, cool. attire in them. Could they the* be onereised, if park thought there was somethioe +nag M the roastromion of that noose, mod impeded their ealnatities, GNI the miserable daire.trel mate of the eating, more to the usimblefa and ails. roodsoct of mem, than the visitation of Provisleare ? He did not voterive how a simmer ease far inquiry amid he made out shun that established by his Him. PriescJ —( (•• drists.) ;tr. CANNING said, that so late us four o'clock that day, he had close down to the Honor resolved to vote for the limbos. colic/414Ni thus it srunld have been hiesteht forwent in the of moderation. sod museiliatims ; but that the Hon Member ha.l, for *hat tense be could not divine, in. *endured into his speech ell she topics of irritation and psi. lit.eal hostility wbch had twee 4 tided uw over nod over by division, of the House and this rendered it impossible f.,r any Member of tie Atnsioti ion who eared wise straw for his character, to support it. Lord FaLIISTOISC thought that material benefit wield be Conferred sin the country by the motion of his Hon Friend, a. It had even during the debate elicited so teach esio.bk information on asabjeet not generally well stadershmset-- . . . . Ilw rause of she dime:rimed sod sinking stale of the nation. Thu. state of things was nut only uccasimied by the dara liun sal CUPP q of she war, but by the sais•rak of the Covesnott ni, who, for almost the whole of she last Ilb years. had She ruatiagetssent of she straws of this country. The Bight Hon. Gessiletran (Mr. Cinuing) had intimated, that the motion mess have bees. adosisted, tf, in the speeches mink in its aspport, political obloquy bad sot been plainly avowed as otessidied with it. Bus, unfurls stalely for slue force of this intimation from the Right Hon. Gentleman, Ida cork-agues had opposed the leboltual before essy ptduinl oblequy had been dirreted toward' them. The Government, if they pleased, might have mask me., is. quirirly which Involvesf no pdituesi ammeter, is Ike mime. fat-taring anomie, wish advantage to she people. They alight hare inquired lulu the state of she municipality of blatstb,ter, aim+ now that st had risen Willie sift of • town ettutaiutut 96,000 inhabitant., wail usana:ed by a Su. rimehrreve mad .Wll Constable., 'Weird us she Court Leet of the lord of the Manor, just she same 1.11 when it was a small onimporialst village. H had hoped dial, suobr all the cireematances of the case, an inquiry would be admitted. Mr. Peel, SIC. Cat ggg itt g, Mr. IVilberforee. sud Lord Folk stone, severally explained.' Mr. flgictrrv, in reply, lamented that Ibis inquiry Ind been restated, and the more pit titularly en use grt.und that it involved political topics. This cause of ress•sance to is, avowed as is had been, stolid, he greatly feared, lie of inure set vice so the had cause which agitated she dunressesl people in she snatinfacturing district., than any usher that could poasihty be assigned. The autism was then negatived withal.. a division. BREACH OF PRIVILEGE. Mr. Coowengssw roar, and asked the Hun. Member for the comity of York, whether it was his intention to propose any Nether pun-reeling Si, the Honor respersing the publtca tiu• of which be had read some extracts in the course of the evening ? Mr. Settmt? Worms' replied, that he airiest to take Mt farther step reeperling it. He merely quoted the extract, fur the purpose of using it •a • Parliamentary argument. Mr COURTS/CAT then said. that he should bring the sobs jeet before the House ski. day. [The notice was give• at use Wrltiek this morning Mr. BROUGHAM ent•eated of his Hoes. and Learned Mead to revolve well this matter is him mind, lend commit his pit, low before he bound himself wish • notice upon • subject of this nature. He ought to recollect, that the moment a brearh of privilege was once formally before the House, their hands were tied—tlwy lad no other course but to dia. pow of it. The great objection was, that the moment they begun ibis course, they must go on under all the obstacles that may oppose themselves to their progress. O• many oc casion. Most libellous matter had bras read in that House for the sake, as in the present case, of founding ■ren ments upon it. If ibis notice were now esteem up in a serious light, it would in future he impossible to refer for mere argu ment to offensive publications, without bringing them for. ward as breaches of privilege. The House would therefore be in this predicament—they would be either doing :scribing for their privileges, or what would be just es bad, doing too mach. Hr had always shown himself the weedy advocate of their privileges, when they were brought fairly betnre them, and it was therefore be was averse lv their guilig out of their way to take cognisance of them. Mr. COUR TT *** could not think he was going nut of his way in taking this notice of a publication containing such passages as bad been read in that House. It' the House could tolerate any sort of Isogon, which brands' could rake up, it would absado• its rights and duties. He did sincerely feel, that slick language, as applied to that House, could not be overlooked. Mr. R•OUGIIAM otter more entreated his Hun. and learn ed Friend to reflect further, before he embarked the House is this course. They had heard read from the papers laid on their table extracts more ioffimmitteie y, and which must he considered greater breaches of privilege than any which bad been read by she Member fur Yin kshire (Mr. %Voriley) that night. If she oae were entered upon, so must the other. He again entreated his Hon. and Learned Friend to consider well before he pursued the course be bad intimated. TRAINING BILL. 011 the wwihm ei Lord CAIITL ***** 11. the Trainioir Bill went through • Committee, the Repast was riceiwedowil the Bill rtad the third time and passed. SEDITIOUS MEETINGS BILL Mr. BROGDEN brought up the Report of the Sedition• Meetings Prevention Bill, which via* received, and the Ball ordered to be read a third time on Windily next. MALT DUTY. Oo the notion of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, the Howie went into a Cunimitset ou the Malt Duiy. when . . Mr. Foists eowiplaiued of the mousier lei which the duty wee trollecied in ficutland. After • few woods ID reply, in a how tone of voice, from the Chancellor of she Exchequer, the House resumed, ■ad then adjourned at HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK this morning. PRICE OF S 1 Bonk Stock 311 3 per Cent. Red. 65$1$ Si per Cent. 4 per Cents.... Et3l 8311 Indio 80nd... 3 V di.. `Creature of eirctlntstanee, consistently with the principles of nor libel law, as now recorawd and established. The publications therefore s►. frcted by the Rill are, blasphemons w►itin`s, 1 ,1 all political publications calculated to bring nits contempt the King's or Regent's Person sod Go. vernment, or to excite the people to effect any alteration its the laws of the country by other thsc lawful meals,. In the House of Commons Mr. BMW? m at e his promi►ed motion for an loquiry into the Di,, tresses of the Manufactisriog lUutrim s . for the pur pose of endeavouring to alle►iate them. The d e . bate on Ilirs question was protracterl to a very ad. mired boor, and the motion negatived without o division. Mr. CoVitTRNAT gave notice of a motion this day fur a Breach of Privilege, in consequene of certain passage*, reflectiog on the character of the House of Commons, cm/Milted in a pamphlet lately published, and which rumour autign s to the pen of Mr. flosiiinsi:. On Wednesday Prince LEOPOLD visited the Duke and Duc,.esa of KENT, at Keushigtuu Palace. Rumour says. that .it her been Howl' ' , e w er . min.(' to tiring on the rahject ..f a Royal Divot-ea in Pat I mint-id, after the Ct.rist nil. Recess.. (Earning Paper.) The Elrl of DERBY, we are happy to *tete, ;1 much better. The (*mile are expected ifs town to • few dayr, from their ►eat its Lx,.cartre. The Bishop of DURHAM Is now budding and endowing eight school., in minable sirtution., sinung the lead mines of Cumlierhthd. The mas ters will have moderate salaries to tocoor4ge dusky, but not preclude the orresnty of exertion. Tuesday Ms. ROCK. whose father was will known aud respected as manager of the Eilint.arcii Theatre for severs' teals. made her appramoce in the door:icier of el Alga Mandeville, and astonished the audience by her graceltalueor sod vivacity, and by the display of a maturity of talent. —(taledortien Met cur g.) Yesterday the dispatches for Bombs! and Chios, by the ship 1 humus C'orrits. were cico.rd at iLe East balm House, •ud delivered to the Purser at 11 4 1 ship. The following passengers take their d.. pismire by this ve►sel : Illsjor.General Sir Thomas Monte, K C.R GOVereflt of Madras, and Ludy; Major Charles Hervey Paarll; Liru. knout C. 0. Aveltne; Messrs. J. Wheler and W. Mono% writers; Mr. Riddell; and Messrs G. 00 Verret, G. W. Galin, W. andG. Msenn, and R %peas, cadets. We have recessed letters (tutu Dublin which state, that Radical ennssaries Gum Et ghsud have been endeavouring to disorruissate their &Mints ti, severed parts of Ireland., and uffer to re!l their tracts at a hal/pensy a-piece, but that error at this cheap rate they do not find many purchasers. We implore all who take a part in the debstss on the st..te of the country, to look well to their jaw / mi l ts. '4'e are certain they inuid he btot% who would call this di/oriel dirttirlted, or vast :my putation on the loyalty of its inhabitants. Tl.ere is Illy snore quiet towis and neighbourhood in the kii•gdom, and unless the people are provoked to rebellion by the arms-seekers or the military, we would stake our list a nil their proceitb!e (leilleanOur. We have rierilier room nor tune for Mull coniruen , s we hail intended on speeches during the week; we hope our readers will excuse them under such co cutinduoces.—(Neweastle Paper.) Saturday seirisight • meeting of the Refoimeis of Nessbottle, etc. took place. to display their u. w Hag, but their number being small (about 30). •o disheartened their leader, that 1w expressed Ins h.- sention to drink his sixpence (which was to hoer been given so part to !ruminate a drum), *rid gave the cause up or hopeless. RADICALL—AIa ex officio infurmai ion has been RIM by the Attorney-General against ifecleferhotrn, the 1114ek preacher, fur publishing a blasphemous butt. d. dicated iu the High Priest of the Jell'. He was muirehemied Judge's warrant, on Tuesday, and was loolgt d iu the gaol of New sate. Numerous robberies were committed after the meeting at Covest.garden and Smithfield, tut Wednesday, by dr:, penile gauge of villains. Apia . 1 --ilszal:o and Co. bare Sold the fist fl re* n Prize of 30,8001 Lost m0rn...4 N... ti the first drawn Prize eutillrd to 20,0001. (Money and Cm.. sola'; was Sold in Shares by “AZARD awl CO. wr.o a 1.., tie .i the first drawn Prize of 20,000/. our the Fir.l I)3v of tlw pi sent Lottery, No. 7,970 —HAZARD and Co's Olikra, Exchange Gale, 26, Conant!, and 324, Oxford.street, turan r of Swallow-street. Mr. G. LANE Fox has completed his rari , .! stables in Brambam town, just at the edge Bramham Perk, in which a piece of ground I been levelled, hear three miles in length, far tlo• home training of his race-horse.. A person of the name of Shiels was en Fti apprehended, and carried to the Slirritf ('irtk't office, on a charge of selling aedittous pamphlet,.-- Edinburgh Courant.) yErnsaast. Ez• 'MN to Dine Cum.. $7 3.2 di% 41 dis. Ceim. ler Ace. lift- BIRTII. On the grl indium!, at the Hague, the Counttu of A tiluw, of a daughter. MARRIAGE. _ _ At Raltimorr, Northiin;rtin:l.the Right Rev. Kerr, fli.latip or Mu ylead, (;rauville Sharp °Wield, 11=1 ettercbant, Tate fruin E,ngtand, to Ann, eldest daughter o' Ralph flegiabutbane, Eat of DEATHS. On Monday last. at Marino, Ttrrnte, io her ye.., Mary, relict of Ally■ Simmons Smith, EN. late of BaiiesurJ. Ou the 34th of August last, at Philadelphia, North AlMi • ries, aged 79, Mr. William Lary, the venerable old grill:. stash who emigrated in the renna, from Hull, in June lad, .mud Isle ef apeihrear y. :It THIS DAY AT LOtWON 41 atler 7. IlLenteisqg 5 after d. 01: Prieto/ aad Poblielied at the (Mee. No I. . where Ailireetiseaveale are received, and Leiirr Mid) nest lie aildreseril—C:llM ITN, NO. 71 In hilt s WHITE, No. •—_