The Sun. — London, England, 1846-03-14 00:00:00

~-- ncrensed :ed n few ‘en given b(:,re dis in °Per' my from bstantial ltaiC ti "°llE l did not say the gentlemen of Ireland; Poor of Ireland. 4:' ( . 1!; ILI : IL118- -"A.l1, then, the poer of Leland. 144 ety 17 ' 111, 10 did not . see that the poverty or netioof Ireland could be at all coon( cted with that ke 4, 1 ' and he asked whether it would not ho neces qete auee case to have a poor-law for Ireland ? The Neit n ,oPposed t o t h at quest i on a d m i t t e d t h e ne• %'it t nat law. If ther e was a Legislature embrace 444'115e Commons and a House of Lords sitting "eile at that moment would not the first law which `4. Poor ' e`;93o their attention be a tax for the relief of tre; erred e ' The other great argument shich was `leal The the Hon. Member for Limerick for the Nrer' the union, was the absence of the landed 4et'i?'''• Absenteeism he would admit might operate keee l 'inrieuely on the inter:sts of Ireland, but ab (ttl,jllleould not be laid to the fault of the Legislature t'o chi Ile would call the attention of Hon. -Mem 'let, that the estates of some gentlemen who t(11 4 /11 4s n til tee were better managed than . those of the wno resided in I- nd —(Hear, hear.) '1 ..1 )8(311 tOPE explained. 'ea He begged to assure the aeloefinber and the House that he did not wish for a fr it 41 the union ; he merely said that if he were a ki ltti a 2n t hine in Ireland, and subjected to those k w; id,o,4ader which that country ' laboured, he would be to ' ate for the repe a l of the union. He did not et ° l lner l erstood however as being himself favor e,er'Peal of th e un i on . ,lheil r 'WßE ;ATE said it appeared that the ideas Member for Wolverhampton (Mr. Villiers) eNa - tl e t i , ° ' o entrated upon one subject—that of free 6lteill" he could not hear of any circumstances that 4 .11 e at e against that doctrine; for instance, the twee pher stated that the exportation of agricultural t r eat Ireland to this country was a grievous eve as yt kido kh all ti , pressed upon Ireland, and he suggested eo e : 11 , 13, finding elsewhere the means of supply to Oa 4 '3', that Ireland might be relieved of that le d eek ke, 4 ad retain to herself her own agricultural m_ lie e ,e would not condescend to stoop to circu Oe'd' e u leas his ardour in the cause of free-trade. 4 4 13 et r u i lZa m tis n th f e advantage tres that Ireland would de u established in that country, ta4t444r:talll.ingaheur manufactures produce, all of which irtl4,‘,rould, as it had been said, be obtained by the tail le Union. But if the repeal of the union were el" i ll Il te l ) ?n Ireland the loss of a market for her pro f e country, it would only involve greater teatPttl the people ; and he (Mr. Newdegate) must__ der his opinion the repeal in that sense would L'aeiadeantane either upon England or Ireland. eZhe re - e ° l l, amidst cries of " Oh, oh," rose to say ef t eei e lY wished to observe that the great griev ekkßricaituld was not that she exported so much _of ipd f produce to this country, but that the a''' . labour was so little.—(Hear, hear.) In fact, li •e w e greatest curses which cuteld be inflicted upon e7 r iete ' )ul d be the importation of the produce . t . t eatty Prussian labour into the markets of this e ",ieh would naturally cause the demand for et i r 4 e -re 'and to be even less than it was at present. e,:t re ' e ar.) And such would be the result of the o,tlitrastere of her Majesty's Government. He a k ,eat her Majesty's Government were, however, kiltihgrns: steps to - remedy this evil in Ireland by tia" se em s of money for the execution of public alo l e tt a e 11 must say that, differing from them as he our other occasions, in this,- at least, he was i ‘th e wn that they , deserved the thanks of the country jl c)f rileas ures wlchtheyhad introduced for the par e‘llPntn if possible, to the distress and h tl 16 , F an end, „ re \ S p :' a. present prevailed in Ire.ano.—e Aar., C'liEtt then put the question, that leave be 'te e a r ulg in the Bill. ps granted, and the Bill was read a first time. e: ) ,Pft-LAW AMENDMENT BILTe. kfer . e, - "Altaill then moved for leave, to bring in a vletephi e `` e a mendment of the present law relating e na mt of the poor in England, the main e i . a n t g ur t e o s ‘t kf ttr fie" to give the poor a claim to parochial re -444444- w , e Years' industrial residence in the country the e given to bring in the Bill, and it was then ern time. rI l• TIMBER DUTIES. lte%•'B - INDE presented a petition from the ship- We e 4 a ls eelation, in which the petitioners stated that gtie,l e P e releared to give their assent to all the `em ail - the in the Customs' and Corn Importation nlah - th le exception of that portion which proposed e duty on timber. 1 , CORN-LAWS. -eLLICE, in the absence of the Noble Lord i e 4 titi o l7 for London (Lord John Russell), presented the the a number if silk manufacturers, who is the silk trade was paralysed r a t e suspense in the measures now Pr e r, Consideration of Parliament, and abletl that the house would as speedily as p ee be t he Bill into a law, in order that activity iie a t ' W. l. l . ,' 9 l l : a eti to the trade of this country.--( ma a ta r u ) . k 4l ‘ e rs oe r I CE presented a petition from the . 19 8 TONte' u ndon to the same effect. G )pa e , e a l kNO CORN IMPORTATION BILL ease ' 4 'l'4l: h a • brought up the report on the Rsjeselutionsving t714, (-) e "ER rose to move that the report be re : the • " day six mont h s —(L aug h ter )— an d in pries . S s '. Indulgence of the House he would state as briefly e i sl ble the reaso ns w hi ch induced him to propose t h at e ltieent. By a d opt i ng the resolutions now under e lite er t !ttion, th e H o u se wou l d abandon those pr i nc i p l es L tt(,„,." thotwht were calculated to advance the i t - all classes of society—(Hear, hear)—he l it 4 : l 4r, i l `e principles of protection to native industry -I,ear)—be that industry agricultural or mann iellee policyny had ever been protected. lel , t ty a ":e on which we had . ever acted, and it he e teee adhesion to that . policy that the country e° raised to that pitch of commercial greatness kliptaa`ufacturine• renown, which it now so justly l e n4 i( i )," - e(llear, "hear.) It was also raised in his elee - e ' e tt , r lder the blessings of Providence, to that station ;' 4 l F t e jun which it at a past period occupied, by 4 ,,,i 0-t uitt principle, and by it they were enabled to te eee'ainst the effects of revolutionary wars. It was CLt,. 4 t Principle that the colonies had pros 1 -, „ hear.) It was their commerce that ' l ll' " envy and admiration of Napoleon, and 3 Leh h P'ed that if they abandoned the principles of protec a,' `tal e - ','Yeindustry, they . would . destroy the interest lipping trade, their colonies, and their com be-ssee"4enr, hear.) And . what were the reasons that j" t v"n for abandoning this principle to native Op r t j Why they had been told that past experi I,Nred that a protected article was not damaged by Oea eP r otection, but that the price of it after the pro Ol e h l atl been taken away universally inc . reased 14' 1 1 a % Etr .) That was the statement of the Right Hon. 4. l '..'4s t ed s,t.he head of the Government.—(Sir R. Peel his dissent.) He most undoubtedly con !kL)llQt at that was the view of the Right Hon. „. The Right Hon. Baronet had referred to the L4 l -4 of the last three years.—(fltar.) And what t tell tt them ? He told them in . the first place to th e • . rea importation of cattle since the duties had 11;tletrefl. That ground had been shown to be un tJ the unanswered and unanswerable speech of Lord the Member for Lynn—(elear)— v‘e 4 :iti ll e ?ois (Mr. Spooner's) opinion, was, of all Mem a,leet."4 House, the most able to speak upon that 11 1 .11 t t . i .- I ( e n ear s- ,:hei:r.) Food . was too scarce to feed the Vel e n ut time—(Opposition cheers)—and that was e' a Why they could not be kept. That fact ep th e prices, and those low prices brought a panic t Gti t alb j ; t ' 4l ners, and the natural consequence was that lk. s t.-.( 1 , s upply of cattle produced an increase in the pr, ttp 'ear, hear.) But they were told that from ex (l),ltitt-reetheY - had othing to fear from the abolition of ) -to native industry. As a case in point he iststeaellote the trade. Before the abolition of upon glove there were in this country the It l l4 ecaan g u li f l a v e e t s o ' ries in Europe • but out of the 11:ornel;llfactories that then existed there were ti re 40 ; and in his own immediate neighbourhood eakhl` r e now 800 houses uninhabited,Ewhich before te`kia - "ti'en of the duty on gloves were inhabited by e n gaged in the glove manufacture.—(Protec; iagef ee ;'eers.) He knew a great number of glov ta w 'llrers, who at the time alluded to were opulent, e t 'ae ' consequence of the great importation of t it, ti es, they could scarcely maintain their families. t,:4Atir ' l°3 , e they contribed large sums to the n o , o ti ti o t n o al f t t4l' 4 4 now, in consequence of the carrying toile t rade principles, they were consigned to drag e; 4 oe te mainder of their days in comparative poverty ektertlrity (ll ar, hear.) He knew also that the •-- e e l• the country had been very greatly . in ippt eh ? that experiment. And the only capital of the laboure r w a s possessed, namely, his skill, tjh knowledge of the trade in which he had e!ltnught up - was decreased.—(Hear, hear.) A Oteite n rit np to a particular trade finds it almost bea ,' "t e en abandon that trade and enter upon afore vat ta m e fact that it was almost impossible e a :" 1 , S ta ke up other trades than those to which he hal iPeeee T ettomed • most ably and powerfully prove A e m ' 4 e l u le Lord Member for the city of London, Rat work upon the British Constitu d ta t on e . t k t l k i t leis' t other things, the Noble Lord had showe hish 411-"-that when - o man was forced to abandon L'ale% e ''uld take up another; he told us, in ct, that th e - ,?t, be done ; and he clearly made out this t. tte - ‘ 1 1e., 7 "t was not safe to be guided explicitly by g c tho u ' Plea in measures like the present, but that 4 4 , 1 .41 w look t o the practical effect of proposals which th" t d t ec t the industry of this country. Now, wi_th , le4 the silk trade. It had been clearly shown to :e t .Lord, the Member for Lynn, that with re (ittatta article, the principle of buying in the cheap - 1 - 'lll .l g. in the dearest was merely clap-trap.- - \ ,er.) (mr. S pooner ) was prepared t h o bear th nie • r e hle Lord in the able statements whic °l' that Noble Lord, and he would request hat .11); Sour portion of the Hon. Members of to s tpdy the interest of the silk trade since t th ' e '9pe tt iv, ° , , its protection, before, they came forward kQetaaaa-ete support to the present measure, whichof~Qllgit - I : 3 •' l Qd to undermine the interests not only c oc a ' i tt f e hut of the commerce of this country. Ne l e ilip:P e t next was the reasoning in favour of the Ara an 0 , 11 had b een sa id th a t th e country was blessed daUarndant harvest in a particular year, and the ( 14'1 h,,-,Pster of the d a y sa id it was, in fact, too abun -4:4e. that a remedy should be applied in eonse tlt,'qie 1314 there followed immediately a very wet th,':tre thatn the same Prime Minister was compelled to tier► ti t the e suffering in consequence ; Pest e rimay was tlb h retation wan too abundant, and that emigre ao' t b 4 tit - encouraged. That was to say, that the ° l it er °I the popalation of the countiy was to be a t 4 nte y w tt, arid that the blood, bone, and sinew . of the b ay ra t time to expend their energies in a foreign tvi,ly.44(ii.me4tWO Committees were siting—one of which eaLeeeule N b e e e to ascertain what were tl-o best measures 1 ) 4 adopted for preventing the importation of 41 1 4 e erre this country ; and the other eat for the ofthe w eed eviling the best means of emigration, or, in ec 'un s tr ' f()r devising t ebest mean h s Of sending out Y the mouths that were to be fed by this THE SUN, UODQN, SATURDAY EV - E/4 ENG. MARrii 14, 1846. bread.—(Hear, hear.) But the answer to all these evils ; was the one grand argument, which he would not tire I the iieuse oy rc peatteg ia eletell; it was the naseister evil from which, he would say, arose all these distresses that had been complained of—an evil which the House was familiar with, but to which he might nut, pAilaps, more than dare allude to; he meant the Bill of 1819.—(Ilear, hear.) That measure was one to which he ascribed all the evils that followed ; and until that was inquired into, no remedy could be applied. He looked upon the prin ciple that guided the acts of the present Government to be the same es the argument of the man who lost himself in a wood, and who fixed his eye upon the polar star, saying, that so long, as he kept that in sight, he would be sure to get out of , the wood ; and on he went until his course was stopped by a deep and rapid river, and he had to turn back again to the south.—(Hear, hear.) Re would contend then that if the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of her Majesty's Government persevered in this measure, he would be compelled to come down to the House with another measure, the object of which would be to prevent the exportation of gold from this country ; and the conseqeence would be, that this country would have to fight against the hostile tariffs of other countries. to which this ' , old was exported. If the Russian, or the Pole, or the German, sold his corn in this country, he would insist upon receiving gold for it ; and instead of expending that gold in purchasing the taxed manufac tures of this country, he took it to the Continent, when he purchased untaxed manufactures.—(Hear, hear.) Os those grounds, then, he would say, that protective laws. were essential to the safety of national industry, na tional prosperity, and the stability of the Crown. Be • fore he sat down, perhaps the House would permit him to show that the opinions he was then propounding were not new to the House. These opinions had been enter tamed by the Right Hon. Secretary for the Home De partment in 1827, and had been published to the world as his doctrines ; and so clearly, unanswerably, and dis tinctly, had they been put by that Right Hon. Gentle man that nothing could remove them from hie (Mr. Spooner's) mind. He then appealed to his Right Hon. Friend to ascertain whether he since had changed the opinions then entertained by him ; and if he had, hr trusted he would explain to the House the reasons for so great a change.—(Hear, hear, and a laugh.) He should say, that to his Right Hon. Friend he owed that adherence he then entertained, and which nothing could induce him to abandon. It' he were wrong in entertain ing these opinions, the blame lay with the Right [lon. Gentleman, and he should, therefore, explain. He called on all classes in society then, me chants and manufacturers, if they realized an extended and profit able commerce, to compel the Ministry to grant the Committee required—a Committee that would coolly and dispassionately, and without abstract notions of political economy, consider the question in all its bearings. Mr. NEWDEGATE seconded the motion. On the question being put, Sir G. CLERK said that before the report was brought up more than one petition was presented, setting forth the inconvenience and less of time to the various trading communities in the country.—(Hear, hear.) Now what was the manner in which the motion at present before the House was brought forward, or what was its obj. ct ? Why, a postponement for six months. He (Sir G. Clerk) had expected that the Honourable Gen. tleman would have shown that the great nnmber of re ductions proposed to be made would be attended by serious loss ; but, instead of that, he had not instanced a saigle objection. Mr. SPOONER—I will do so by and by. Sir G. CLERIC should then consider himself as troubling the House, such beinc , the case, and would, t h ere fore, reserve his reply till by and by, when the Hon. Gentleman had fully concluded.—(Hear.) Mr. NEWDEGATE made a few observations, which were inaudible in the gallery; after which, Mr. SPOONER informed the House that it was not his intention to press the measure to a division.— (Oh. oh, and laughter.) He merely brought it forward for the :purpose of stating, his opinions ati to what its re sults were certain to be, and he then tKgged to with draw it.—(Renewed cries of " Oh, oh," and laughter.) On the motion that the Tariff be read, Mr. SPOONER said that be would not trouble the House at any length, but he merely wished to say that the reduction of the duty on foreign bronze manufactures, from 15 to 10 per cent., would destroy that branch o , valuable manufacture. It would throw a great man) persons out of employment, and he therefore begged leave to move that the item might be struck out of this Tariff. Mr. MUNTZ said that he hoped his Hon. Friend would withdraw that motion.—(Laughter.) He did no! believe that the native manufacturers would sustain no injury. by this reduc ion ; on the contrary, he believed that they would be seriously injured. He had only on( fault to find, and that was, that all other articles were not included in a similar reduction, as the same principle applied to all things in the Tariff. He wished to ask the Right Hon. Baronet if he intended to remove the duty from this branch of manufacture in 3 years ? Sir R. PEEL, in answer to the question of the first llon. Member for Birmin ;haul, who says that if we re duce the prosective duties on Birmingham bronze manu factures from 15 to 10 per cent., the manufactures will be ruined. I can only state that with a protective dut) of 15 per cent., the quantity of bronze manufactures from abroad, entered into this country during the past year has paid 781. duty.—(Laughter.) I will venture to say that the Birmingham manufacture of bronze will not be ruined under a 10 per cent. protective duty, but in the course of a year or two will be benefited by it. With respect to the question put by the other Hon. Member, who, I think, dissents very wisely from the motion of his colleague, I was asked the same question the other night by the Noble Lord, and said in answer that I was not prepared to fix any period at which this duty is to cease. If the Hon. Member will come forward some years hence, and say on the part of the manufacturers that this duty should cease, I am not prepared to say that I will resist his appeal. Mr. MUNTZ said that the Right Hon. Baronet was not correct rslen he said that a reduction of so much percent. would not affect the trade. He believed that it would have a most material effect, What the Right Hon. Baronet had said about the principle of free trade was right so far as it affected one cltss of articles, but the duty ought to be taken off all classes. lie was anxious that the duty should be taken off copper, and he hoped that the Right Honourable Baronet would consider that article. If the principle were not thoroughly carried out, they would never have free trade in the the true sense of the word. Mr. NEWDEGATE said that the answer of the Right Hon. Baronet, and the query of the Hon. Member for Birmingham had come very nearly to him. He was bound to say, that although he had a large constituency in Birmingham he had not felt it his duty to take any part in this debate without consulting the great body of manufacturers. He had done that at any rate, and he could assure the House that this question had been con sidered day by day, and the more nearly they approached it the greater were their feelings of distrust. They felt that they would not be able to recover the first shock which the Noble Lord had admitted would prevail to a great extent when protection was withdrawn. With respect to the statement of the Hon. Member for Bir ming,ham who had last spoken, he would read a letter he had that day received from a manufacturer in Birming ham, in which that very item was mentioned. His cur reepondent stated, that in almost every case the menu fecturer agreed that the proposed reduction would be injurious to the trade, as they would have. to compete with Franco, Prussia, and Belgium. where the metal was as cheap as in this country, and there manual labour was much cheaper. The produce of Birmingham and Sheffield were forbid den in France and Belgium, and in Russia the duty was so high as to amount almost to a prohibition. The du ties on all English produce had been, within the last two years, increased in every country in Europe. Each country was endeavouring to be able to supply its own wants. The writer of that letter was in every way com petent to give an opinion, as he had consulted with others of the same class. He would conclude by say ing,.that neither of the Hon. Members for Birmingham were at all aware that he (Mr. Newdegate) had received this communication. Mr. S. O'BRIEN said that he would ask his Hon. Friend not to divide on this question. There were two principles recognised in this tariff, and neither of them had been extended to the farmer. The main question was with regard to the differential duties in the import of raw materials. There were twenty-one differential duties, and more than 100 protective duties in this Tariff. He would a k the Right Hon. Baronet how he hoped to maintain protection for the minor articles, when the principle of free trade was acknowledged with regard to the principle articles of comfort ?—(Hear.) It was said that the manufacturers had in large numbers solicited the removal of protective duties. In this re spect they had shown more consideration than the far mers, for the farmers had not advanced in procession to ask for the abrogation of protection. But he would ask the Right Hon. Baronet a question before sating down, to show the distinction between buck wheat flour and flour made from the ordinary wheat? He challenged him, or if he could not answer, he would ask the Hon. Member for Grantham (Sir George Clerk), who could see as far through a mill-stone as any one, the distinc tion between these two kinds of flour.—(Laughter.) Mr. SPOONER, in answer to the call of several Hon. Members not to divide the House, said he would not withdraw his motion, though he would not press it to a division. . _ The motion was then negatived without a division. On the article of bronze powder being read, Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said this was an article in which he thought the duty should be done away with alto gether. Bronze powder was an article used in the manufacture of stained paper, and as the duty on paper hangings was proposed to be very much reduced, he had received representations from the trade, that if the home market was thus to be thrown open to foreign paper hanging manufacturers, all duty should be taken away from the raw materiel. The present alteration of. the duty on stained paper would only benefit t'le rich, as the duty still to be retained of twopence a yard would effec tually shut out the inferior kinds, while the superior kinds being admitted duty free would materially affect those who were engaged in this kind of trade. The mannracturers complained that in this matter they were hardly used, as they would have to enter into competi tion with the foreign manufactures, while they had the Excise duty to pay and this duty on bronze powder, which they used in many descriptions of paper. Already lie had been apprised that several paper-hangers had intimated that if any loss arose fro m this tatift it should not be taken out of the profits of their business but from the wages of their workmen.—(Loud cheers from the pro tection benches.) One extensive paper-hanger in Isling ton, lately called his workmen together, and gave them notice to this effect. Another one he (Mr. Duncombe) had heard of, had kept back one-fifth of the workmen's wages until the tariff was passed, with the intimation that if it passed, any loss should be deducted.—(llear, hear.) It was unfair that the loss should fall upon the men, and, therefore, it behoved the Government to take care that all duties on raw material were done away with, so that the cause, if ouch a course,. be .taken, might be done away with. If the reduction in the duty on stained paper was made to 2d. the yard, they ought also to re move all import duty on bronze powder and metal leaf. —(ilear, hear.) Sir GEORGE CLERK, in answer to the Hone Member said that * the excise duty complained of was but very triflin g , being but per lb. Now he would ask the Hon. Member, what was the weight of twelve yards of superior kind of paper ? Why, just twenty ounces; so that the duty was not quite id. a square Yerd.—(Hear, hear.) Against this they had a protective duty of 2d. a yard, while the duty on rags, and nearly every other article of raw material was done away with. Though there was still a duty on varnish ; very little of it was imported, it being made principally. in this country, and the duty on the raw material, which entered into its composition, was done away with. Bronze powder .was but used in a small quantity of paper, and he was told that buyers now provided them selves at Birmingham, where the article was so much iniprovel that they used it in preference to that imported. [IQ might also state that the duty on ultra marine and other pigments had been done away with; and, there fore, he saw no reason why the paper-stainers of this country should not compete with those of any other country in the world. Mr. Alderman COPELAND complimented the Hon. Member for Finsbury (Mr. Duncombe), for the able protection speech he had made. He admitted that the tendency of the Tariff would be to reduce wages.—(Hear, hear.) lie (Mr. Alderman Copeland) was persuaded that not only would the paper-stainers suffer in this respect, but shoemakers, and many other trades. He would go with the lion. Member entirely on the present occasion.—The subject then dropped. On the article buck wheat being read, Mr. S. O'BRIEN repeated the qurstinn be had put to the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir R. Peel), about buck-wheat flour and ordinary wheat flour. Unless the Right Hon. Baronet could tell them wherein it was different, and now it was to be distinguished from ordinary flour, he (Mr. S. O'Brien) considered the article should be struck out of the resolution. Mr. THORNELY said when he was in America he had seen buck-wheat used. Mr. S. O'BRIEN said the question he put to the Right Hon. Baronet was, suppose two samples of flour, one of buck-wheat and another of ordinary wheat flour, how could he distinguish between them ? Sir R. PEEL replied by taste. He could not state any other certain means of doing so. On that portion of the resolution relating to butter and cheese being read, Mr. GROGAN complained that the alteration pro posed in those articles would seriously affect the farmers engaged in making them. All experience went to show that in this particular branch of agriculture, it was with the greatest difficulty the farmers could maintain their ;round in the market egainst home competition.—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Member concluded by moving that the butter be left out of the present tariff altogether, and thus leave the article still at 255. per cwt. Sir. G. CLERK said, that considering the importance .)f this article, being an important component part of the food of the masses, he was inclined to believe that t duty of 25 per cent. was too high. Considering, also, chat the price of butter varied in this country from 20s. to 100 s. per cwt., he was disposed to think that 10 per cent. was a sufficient and ample protection against foreign eempetitioe. Mr. TOLLEMACHE said that, since the duty had been taken off butter, 150,000 casks of that commodity had been imported from America, greatly to the disad vantage of the British producer ; for it must be remem bered, that the price of land in this country, devoted to the produce of cheest; and butter, varied from 101. to 121. per acre ; land of the same quality could be got fur little or nothing in America. Sir R. H. INGLIS said the duty pail last year upon foreign butter was 247,0001., and upon cheese, 147,0001. That duty would be, no doubt doubled, under the present tariff, and it would be so much taken from the British Farmer. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER agreed with the Hon. Baronet that the reduction of the duty would prove injurious to the producer, but it was im possible fez. Government to look at this question without considering the consumer. He admitted that they were making a large amount of revenue, but at the same time he confidently hoped that the importation of the articles would be so much increased as to render that reduction less in amount than it was at present supposed it would be. When it was considered that butter was an article which entered into the every-day wants of the people, he was hero his lion. Friend would feel that it was the duty of the Government to take care that at no time there should oe any scarcity in the supply of that necessary article. fie therefore, for the reasons he had already stated, did not anticipate that there would be so large a reduction in the revenue as some Lion. Members had predicted would follow this measure, while he was convinced the measure itself would contribute materially to the benefit of the lower classes, in so far as it would always keep at a steady and moderate price. An Hoer. MEMBER declared that since the paseing of the new tariff a great number of farms in this country had been converted into dairies ; and he know of his own knowledge that the present change proposed by the Government was looked upon with great alarm. Lord G. BENTINCK thought the arguments adduced by the Right lion. Baronet the President of the Board of Trade were sufficient to justify the House in adopt ing the amendment in preference to the original motion. flia Right lion. Baronet began by telling them that butter was the staple manufacture of Ireland, upon which it was now proposed to reduce the protection by one-half ; and he followed up that statement by de claring, what might appear to be incredible to some Hon. Members, that there were annually introduced into this country from the sister island up wards of one million hundred weight of butter. ff they were going to release the protection to butter at the rate of 10e. per hundred weight, the amount that would be lost to Ireland would be half a million sterling annually.—(" Hear, hear," from the protective portion of the House.) He should like to know if this would reduce the price of the article to the consumer ? —the contrary would be the result. If then they were not going to reduce the price of butter by caking off the duty, what adventaee could result to the country ?—(Hear, hear.) 'This was proved by d the c t iargumentsons lan G d ov i e n rnm he e r nt m . oTsthsitsarpele article of produce, and this surely was not the Session thenw-ooufldherinAj injure Ireland of Parliament to do anything that could injure that country.—(Hear, hear.) Why in this very session they `were called upon to vote 230,000/. for the relief of Ire land, and in the very same breath they were asked to - pass a measure which would injure it to the amount of half a million sterling annually.—(Cries of " Hoar, hear, hear," from the Noble Lord's supporters.) What said a very excellent authority on Irish subjects? The Times Commissioner said, that the small farmers in the county of Kerry—the frieze-coated farmers of that place—had made deposits in the savings' banks to the amount of 200,0001., which was an average of 34/. for each depositor. Such, then, will be the injury to these men ; they will be injured to that amount each.—(Hear, hear, and No, no.) The protective laws upheld the in terests of these men, and her Majesty's Ministers pro posed to do away with them. This large amount of deposits was made by six thousand little farmers, and it was now proposed to injure them to that amount.—(Hear, hear, and cries of " Divide.") What said the Right Hon. Gentleman?—why, that whatever was the duty on butter, it would have the same effect on the Dutch. Why not protect the producers of this coun try, and not look after the Dutch ?—(Hear, hear.) They were also asked to take off 70,0001. on cheese. The re duction of the malt tax, would not be allowed because it would benefit the drinkers, and the brewers, so of course her Majesty's Ministers would not allow of such a thing. —(Laughter.) If this measure wits introduced fur the benefit of the consumer, why not then propose the reduction of the duty on tea ? The reduction of that duty would be as great a benefit as another.—(Hear, hear.) The Right Hon. Gentleman had not attempted to take that off, because it was not the produce of Groat Britain.—(Loud cries of " Divide, divide.") For these and other reasons, he most cordially concurred with his Hon. Friend behind him in opposing this reduction.— (Divide, divide.) The House then divided, when there appeared— For the amendment Against it Majority against the amendment --102 On our re admission, we found Mr. NEWDEGATE addressing the House. He said he had received many letters besides the one which he had alluded to. The same post which brought that lett:er brought him also one from a manufacturer, who said he perceived it was but one step in the course of the Right Hon. Baronet. That letter ended with a fer vent wish that the measure before the House might be passed. Lord G. BENTINCK said that they objected to cheese as much as butter, but they would not divide the House, as they considered the question of butter carried that of cheese.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) Mr. SPOONER objected to the proposed reduction on copper. Sir H. HALFORD objected to the reduction on cot ton, as injurious to the stocking and frame-working manufacturers of Leicester and Nottingham. He would quote from an authority which had been often relied on in that House—Mr. M'Gregor, in answer to a question, whether it would be proper to admit the manufactures of Saxony ? His answer was, that he would admit them on an equitable duty, whether it would destroy the trade of Leicester and Nottingham or not—(Cries of " Hear hear")—but, if it did, it would be better for the whole country to subscribe sufficient to relieve the distressed than continue the tax on the property of the country. The Saxons, in the year 1815, had only 9, 000 stocking-frames ; in the present year they had 25,000, which were all employed for the purposes of ex portation.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. GISBORNE did not rise to contradict the state- 1 mints made by the Honourable Member who had just vet down. He believed that what he had maintained re specting the wretched condition of the frame knit workers was but too true. He, himself, lived for ten years in a village in Leicestershire, and during that time the condition of this class was most miserable. He had also occasion e the e t and h do es h se e t c tr a o l t u t ee l d s bear h testimonyconditiongreat f t r o ma m t e h ae to know the state of the poor-rates in many of the vil lages s o u p r p e res o a s r l i • o v S s e c e o n t f a l r a t o u n m r d e , support en o ai n itci e t i, h si i to s hf d s e te p he a ei r n t mg m ot e hr n ei t s rm o e f iasde i n irny d e u ,s s as tnradyn.dh he could, and those who were dependent for their cieouhl accuracydad, t m h a e a s r n e t yo its existence. He now lived in a large place, where e the e do out t e b y staplerepresentationstem ahnousfiaehcretsu hadrein, and mt haadht made note eiregrettedty. toolt hosiery ttoru sayly b that fooremn might be that they would not be more likely to flourish under the measure at present under discussion, but if anything could give them relief, it would be open ing their ports to all parts of the world, and allowing a free interchange with all nations. lie did not receive any instructions or any remonstrance from his consti tuents on this measure. *Both working men and mas ters seemed to think that their interest would not suffer by the propese3 alterations, but that it would rather im prove under the influence of free trade. ROLLESTON could not agree with the in ferences which had been made by the Hon. Member for Nottingham on the condition of the frame-work-knitters. If this class hal boen reduced to such a condition, having the protection which they at present enjoyed, surely the reduction of that protection one-half would not be the most effectual mode of improving. their condition. How such a conclusion could be come to by his Honourable Friend he was at a loss to determine. So much he had to say with regard to the llon. Gentleman's remarks. He would now apply a few words to the Right Hon- Gentleman at the head of the Government in reference to what they would all allow was the greatest interest in this country. This was not, perhaps, the time to go into the subject in detail, but he thought that the Right Hen. Gentleman and the Noble Baronet should not interfere with that interest, unless after the most mature and grave deliberation. He trusted that the House would enter into the consideration of the subject in a fair, full, and open manner.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. M. MILNES rose for the purpose of saying that if the Hon. Member for Leicester did tot divide upon this question, he (Mr. Milnes) would—(Laughter)—and he would do so, because he considered that the present was a favourable opportunity for the landed gentry of England to clear themselves from the unjust accusations which had been made against them.—(llear, hear.) Those accusations were to this effect, that because pro tection had been removed from agriculture, they were determined to make up the deficiency of their incomes by inflicting upon the manufacturing interests duties which would operate upon them most prejudiciously. He believed that the frame-knit workers' trade was at present in a most critical condition in consequence of the suspense as to the settlement of the present measure of the Government in favour of cheap food; and he believed that as soon as that measure was pass:d into a law, the individuals employed in that trade would so far recover themselves as to be able to compete with the foreigner. After a few words from Mr. PACK, which were in audible in the gallery, S:r G. CLERK said that Hon. Members had drawn a very melancholy picture of tho frame-knit-workers, but the House must bear h mind that that state had been brought about by the present system of protection. The Hon. Member for Leicester had stated that,: every short time ago, that trade exported goods to the value of 1,000,000/. sterling per annum ; but that at present the amount was reduced to 400,000/. ; and he had also ad mitted that that decrease was in a great measure attri butable to their character, which had been lost in the foreign markets by their dishonest practices. Now, the only method in his (Sir G. Clerk's) opinion of improving the condition of that branch of manufacture was by ex tending their foreign trade, and the measures now pro posed by the Government had a tendency to increase the amount of their exports. Under those circumstances he was perfectly certain that he should not be actine right unless he resisted ; the amendment of the Hon. Member. Mr. STRUTT rose for the purpose of stating that the object of the meeting of frame-knit-workers which had lately been held at Nottingham, had been misre presented. The object of that meeting was to petition for the repeal of the corn-laws and the general free dom of trade. The ground w hi ch those manufacturers took was this, they were placed in such a position by t ioa he poss o ib p l e e rat t i o on eomofpete with the corn-laws, that it was the foreign manufac tures, and the censequence was that they were reduced to their present lamentable position. Their object, therefore, in meeting was not to petition for any protection whatever, but simply to ask to be placed upon the same footing as the manufacturers of other nations, with whom they would then be able to compete. Mr. W. ELLIS said that he entirely Concurred in the observations that had been made by the Hon Member in reference to this petition. He (Mr. Ellis) was cognizant of many of the facts that had been stated in reference to this subject. Ho had himself canvassed the town of Leicester, and during that canvass he had been told tales of distress the most horrifying that it was possible to conceive. Sir J. HOBHOUSE said there was not a year in which he did not hear those complaints of distress in Nottingham, and therefore he was compelled to believe that there must be something vicious in the system which prolonged such a state of things. Mr. MILES said he had heard the Hon. Member opposite state that the result of this measure would be that the people of this country would receive an abundant supply of bread. Now he had been many years in Nottingham, and he should say, as the result of his experience, that the Saxons would throw into this country such a supply of their manufacutures as would materially injure the manufactures of this country.. Mr. DUNCOMBE said, that in his opinion, the Saxons had as much to do with the matter as the New Zealanders.—(Laughter.) Neither did he believe that the trade at present was in the bad state in which it had been represented. Nothing certainly could be more dreadful, more miserable, or more degraded, than the condition of the operatives ; for this reason, that they never got a far share of the profits. Hon. Gentlemen might suppose that by raising the duty from 20 to 40 per cent. they would be bettering the condition of the opera tives. It was no such thing.---(Hear, hear.) He knew very well, that while the manufacturers were getting 18s. per dozen for hose, the operatives engaged in fabri cating them did not get more than Bs. per dozen, which, decidedly, was not a fair share of the profit —(Cries of "Hear, hear.") Now, wby was that the case? Simply because there were middlemen, who stepped in between the manufacturer and the operative.—(Hear, hear.) Let them do away with that system, and they would need no protection.—(Hear, hear.) Lord INGESTRE rose amid loud cries of " divide." He wished to ask if, in the meetings referred to, held at Leicester and Nottingham, there bad been a single ope rative present After a few words from Mr. FREWEN and Lcrd WORSLEY, which did not reach the gallery, owing to the loud cries fora division, Lord G. BENTINCK begged to be permitted to say one word in favour of the hose-weavers. Hon. Gentle men would have the House believe that part of their dis tress was owing to protection.—(Hear, hear.) Now he should like to know, if protection were the bane of the hose-weavers, how it came that the Saxons, who were also protected, not o n ly ma intained their position in the market, but were al so d r i v i ng the English article out of the market ?—(Hear, hear.) The accounts given by Mr. Mac Gregor with regard to the manufac ture of Saxony proved that they could there afford to make stockings at 3d. per pair. His Hon - . Friend the Member for Finsbury had told the House, that in this country they could only make them at Bs. per dozen pairs ; and he (Lord G. Bentinck) wished to know how the stocking-makers in Nottingham were to compete with the Saxons at a protective duty of 10 per cent. His Noble Friend (the Member for Lincolnshire) came to that House to seek for protection for agriculture, to benefit the English labourer, and yet he expressed his readiness to try an experiment on those half-starved stocking-makers of Leicester. Did not his Hun. Friend (the Member for Leicester) tell the House that there were more than 100,000 people in the stocking trade ; and was his Hon. Friend prepared to try free-trade ex periments with the 100,000 poor stocking-makers ? After a few words, in explanation, from Lord WORSLEY-, Strangers were ordered to withdraw, when there ap peared— For the amendment lO2 Against it l9O ....... Majority for the Government _BB proposition ....... Mr. BANKS considered it was not expedient that they should proceed further that night, and, therefore, he should move the adjournment of the question. Mr. LABOUCIIERE complained that trade and co mmerce were suffering in cunseque nca of the Tariff being unsettled. What he would suggest was, that they should postpone those items to which there was any opposition, and go through the rest of the Tariff. The former wore very few, and this arrangement would do much to facilitate business. Lord JOHN MANNERS protested against saying that the trade and commerce were suffering from the op position of 120 Members on his (the protection) side of the House. Sir GEORGE GREY coincided with the suggestion of Mr. Labouchere. Mr. TRELAWNEY was of opinion that the oppo- Bar to occasion delay, so Baronet from getting the s a i s t i t o o n h o i f n - d li e o r n t . h G e e n nt i l g e h ra t en uo %'o . s only revenue. Sir R. PEEL said, all the consideration he had given to this measure -was for the interest of the country. The arrangement made was, that they should take the second reading of the Corn Bill as early as possible, and he should wish, if it were possible, that they should commence the second reading on Tuesday. They would go on on Monday to complete the Tariff, as proposed with respect to the corn-laws. Having made that ar rangement, he confessed that he was very unwilling to depart from it, if they h ad any prospect of completing the debate on Monday. He repeated that, as far as the public interest was concerned, it_ would be the best that could be done to go on with the Tariff on Monday, and the Corn Bill on Tuesday. Lord GEORGE BENTINCK said that as far as he was concerned, he had not the least objection to the pro position of the Hon. Baronet. He and his friends were not prepared to discuss the Tariff, and they bad as yet allowed it to pass through the Committee without any objection. There were however certain articles to which he wished to state an objection, such as silks, spirits, and French brandy, and the debate would more than occupy the space of one night. PEEL said that he trusted that it w as possible to finish debate on Monday, at any rate they would continue the Tariff on Menday, and if th ey wore a bl e they proc eed with the Corn Bill on Tuesday. owouldfii rni: Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that it seemed far more likely to be for the commercial interest of the country, if the Tariff were continued as early as possible. He was persuaded that many of his Hon. Friends, who had motions for Tuesday, would readily waive their right, in order to allow the Right Hon. Baronet's proposition to I be carried into effect. Lord SANDON made a few observations, which in the confusion did not reach the gallery. OUT-PENSIONER'S PAYMENT (GREENWICH AND CHELSEA) BILL. On the question being put as to going into Committee on this Bill, Captain PECHELL rose and objected to their going through Committee at that late hour, and particu larly as the Right Hon. Gentleman, the Secretary at War, had afforded the House no explanation on the sub ject of th-s Bill. Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT hoped the Gallant Officer would not persist in opposing the committal of the Bill, for it was of the utmost importance that the Bill should pass at as early a period as possible. It was not pro- posed to embody the sailors, and he hoped this state ment would remove the objection of the Noblo and Gallant Member. Sir C. NAPIER said that after the explanation of the Right Hon. Gentleman, he had no objection to the Bill passing through Committee. At the same time, how ever, it must be distinctly understood that the power of ;he Admiralty, in respect of the sailor pensioners, was tot to be transferred to the Secretary at War. The Speaker then left the chair, and the House went nto Committee on the Bill. On the first clause being proposed, Captain PECITELL expressed himself dissatisfied with the explanation of the lion. Gentleman the Secre tary at War. If it was not proposed to embody the pen sioners who were sailors, why not amend the Bill ac cordingly ? It was but natural for sailors to prefer being under the command of a nasT.l rather than a military officer. After a few words from Mr. S. HERBERT and Captain PECHELL. The Bill passed through Committee pro forma, and the House haring resumed, the report was ordered to be brought up on Monday. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at Half-past One. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Worcester, March 12. CROWN COURT. James Baylis, George Lee, John Willis, and Henry Willis, were together indicted for a burglary on the Bth of Novem ber last, at Eldersfield, when nine cheeses and a quantity of eggs, meat, and bread were stolen. The facts of the case seemed sufficiently conclusive as to the guilt of the accused, but, strange to say, the jury, after a few minutes, returned a verdict of Not guilty. Mr. Huddlestone appeared for the prosecution ; the prisoners were defended by Mr. Beaden and Mr. Cooke. (Before the LORD CIDF,I , BARON.) . . - - -• George Hilt was indicted for stealing a gelding, one curt, and a set of harness, the property of William Hill. Mr. Huddlestone conducted the case for the prosecution, and Mr. Selfe defended the prisoner. It appeared by the evidence for the prosecution, that there had been some negotiation between a person of the name of Southwell, and the prosecutor, for the purchase of this horse, but as they did not agree about price the treaty was broken off. A short time afterwards the prisoner, who was a ser vant of the prosecutor, drove the prosecutor's son to Stam ford, and returned with the horse and cart safe, having re ceived instructions from the prosecutor's son to return to Stamford the following day, for the purpose of bringing him home. Accordingly, the prisoner on the following morning left the house of the prosecutor at an early hoar with the horse and cart, but instead of proceeding to Stamford, as directed, he took the horse to Bridgenorth, having previously left the cart at a half-way house. At Bridgenorth he dis posed of the horse to Dlr. Southwell, who had been iu treaty for him before, and appropriated the money to his own use. Mr SELFE addressed the jury for the prisoner, contending that if, when the prisoner left home in obedience to the di rections of the prosecutor's son, he had no intention of steal ing the horse, whatever subsequent dishonestyle might have been guilty of, he could not be convicted on the present in dictment. The LORD CHIEF BARON having summed up, The jurt• returned a verdict of Guilty. There was another indictment of a like nature against the prisoner.—Sentence deferred. Worcester, March 13. CROWN COURT.—(Before the LORD CHIEF BARAN.) Emma Cranmore, aged 29, was charged with having, on the 19th of February last, at Alvechurch, concealed the birth of her female child. Mr. Huddlestone conducted the prosecution. The prisoner, who was defended by Mr. Beadon, was a dress-maker, and the body of the child was discovered in a state of putrefaction by her mistress, under the bed, wrapped in a piece of black cloth and an old petticoat. The Learned JUDGE being of opinion that this fact did not constitute a concealment within the meaning of the Act stopped the case, and the jury, under his direction, returned a verdict of Not Guilty. Daniel Wars, aged 25, a man of remarkably muscular frame and ruffianly appearance, was placed at the bar, charged with highway robbery, at Chaddesley Corbett, in this county. The prosecutor, an infirm old labourer, bad met the pri soner at a public-house, where he paid for his beer; and, in return for his hospitality, was the same night waylaid by him, thrown down, and robbed of his purse, containing two half-crowns and a sixpence. The prisoner nearly strangled him, and knelt upon his chest till the blood gushed from.his .ears ; after which, leaving him in an in sensible state, he made off, taking also a stick and tobacco bax belonging to the man who but an hour before had en tertained him. These facts having been proved by the counsel for the Crown (Mr. Whitmore), his Lordship summed up, and the jury returned a verdict of Guilty. The prisoner, who bad been previously convicted, and against whom there were two other indictments, was sen tenced to ten years' transportation. HOME ClRCUlT.—Maidstone, March 12. CIVIL SlDE—(Before Lord Chief Justice DENMAN and a Special Jury.) THE QUEEN WATKINS AND OTHERS. This was a proceeding arising out of the dispute between the proprietors of the Greenwich stone pier and the water men who have established the opposition floating pier at that place. The defendants were indicted for a nuisance, in having erected a pier or jetty in the river Thames, and by that means prevented its free navigation by the public. Mr. Sergeant Channel!, Mr. Sergeant C. Jones, Mr. Words worth, and Mr. Baddeley, conducted the case for the Crown; and Mr. Sergeant Shee, with Mr. M. Chambers and Mr. Peacock, appeared for the defendants. The case occupied the Court for several hours, and was not concluded until late in the evening; but as the circumstances have so frequently been laid before the public, it will be un necessary to go into a detail of the evidence that was adduced en the present occasion. The defendants named in the re cord were a portion of the owners of the watermen's or float iner pier, and the prosecution was instituted by Mr. Sutton and Sir Richard Dobson, two of the principal proprietors or directors of the stone pier. It was alleged that the floating erection abutting in front of the river, near Garden-stairs, and close to the stone pier at Greenwich, and which was used as a pier by the watermen's steam -boats, was a hindrance to the free navigation of the river, and prevented, particularly, any access being had by wherries to Garden-stairs. In support of this view of the case a number of witnesses were called, all of whom expressed their opinion that the pier in question was an obstruction to the river, and hindered the navigation. It appeared pretty clear, however, that besides the alleged inconvenience to the public, there was a very strong feeling on the part of the proprietors of the stone pier that the rival pier deprived them of a considerable portion of the pier dues which they would otherwise receive it it were done away with. Mr. Sergeant SHEE, on behalf of the defendants, made a very able address to the jury, and urged with considerable force that the object of the present indictment was not to abate a nuisance, but that, in point of fact, it was merely a struggle by the proprietors of the stone pier to get rid of their rival, and thus increase their own profits. The watermen had, by the change that had taken place in the traffic upon the river, and the introduction of steam boats, been deprived of their original means of livelihood, and they hid been compelled hi consequence to resort to the esta blishment of this pier, for landing upon which certain dues were demanded, upon which alone they depended for sub , sistence ; but so far from this being any nuisance or incon venience to the public, he said he should show, by the evi dence of a number of witnesses, that it was the greatest pos sible accommodation. A number of witnesses were then called, many of whom expressed their opinion that the pier was no obstruction to the navigation of the river, and they considered it a very great accommodation to be able to land from steam-boats at the pier at Garden-stairs. Upon cross- examination, however, it was admitted that before the establishment of the floating pier, persons yere enabled to land from wherries at the Garden-stairs, that barges and other craft could get to the adjoining houses and unload their cargoes, if required, which they were now pre vented from doing. One of the witnesses, who had formerly been a watermen, but who was now one of the proprietors of the floating pier, also stated that they received three far things from each person who landed at their pier, that their receipts during the year amounted to between twelve and fifteen hundred pounds, but the whole amount had hitherto bean expended in litigation. Mr. Sergeant CHANNEL', in replying to the evidence ad duced on behalf of the defendants, urged upon the jury that they had nothing whatever to do with the question whether or not this pier was to a certain extent an accommodation to the public, but whether in point of fact it impeded the na vigation of the river; and this, according to his view of the law, was the only point they had to decide. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE then addressed the jury, and having intimated it to be his opinion that there had been no legal defence made out by the defendants, under his Lord ship's direction they returned a verdict for the Crown. Maidstone, March 13. In consequence of the pressure of the criminal business, Mr. Sergeant Dowling, both yesterday and to-day, assisted in disposing of the prisoners, and in consequence of the valuable aid thu3 afforded by ie Learned Sergeant, the busi ness on the Crown side was concluded to-day; and Mr. Baron Alderson then proceeded to try civil cases. (Before Mr. Baron ALDERSON and a Common Jury.) GROOMI3RIDGE V. GORHAM. This was an action brought by Elizabeth Groombridge to recover compensation for the loss of her daughter Harriet, by reason of her seduction by the defendant. Mr. Sergeant Channell and Mr. Bovell were for the plain tiff; Mr. Russell Gurney and Mr. Locke for the defendant. Mr. Sergeant CHANNELL, in opening the case to the jury, said that the plaintiff was a widow, and since the death of her husband she had carried on a respectable business as a baker at Avlesford in this county. She had brought up a large family respectably, and Harriet, the unfortunate object of the present inquiry, was her vounest daughter, and at the period of the transaction was about twenty-six years of age. The defendant had previously occupied a cottage belonging to the plaintiff, and he subsequently set up in business as a butcher in a shop opposite to the plaintiff's, and they dealt together, and were on terms of some intimacy, and the result was, that the plaintiff's daughter was seduced by the de fendant. There was not the aggravation in this case, that the seduction took place under a promise of marriage, but still there was no doubt that a grievous injury had been in flicted by the defendant, and it would be for the jury to say what damages he ought to pay for his misconduct. H arr i e t Groombridge, a good looking young woman, was then called as a witness. She deposed that the plaintiff was her mother. There were eleven of them in the family, and s h e was the youngest daughter, and was now 26 years old. Her father died thirteen years ago, and since then her mother had carried on the business, and she assisted her in it. The defendant, Ambrose Gorham, was a butcher, and lived oppo site to her mother , and they were i n the habit of dealing with each other. In the autumn of 1844 she went to the shop of the defendant for some meat, and he laid hold of her and forced her into the parlour, and then committed the act imputed to him. In the December following she found that she was in the family way, and on her informing the defen dant of the fact, he at first said he knew nothing about it, but afterwards sent her a letter (produced), in which he ad vised her to go away from Aylesford for two or three weeks before she was brought to bed, and he would pay the expense. In consequence of this she engaged a lodging at Maidstone, where she was delivered of a child in June last. The de fendant subsequently sent her, at different times, 51. 103. Cross-examined -:The defendant had never paid any atten tion to her, and she had nut spoken to him more than three or four times when this happened. It was between eight and nine o'clock in the evening when she went into the defen dant's shop. and be laid hold of her directly, and forced her into the parlour, and acted in the way described. She did not go to the shop again for a fortnight, and the saint thing then happened again. Thomas Groonibridge, the brother of the last witness, proved that upon his being informed of what had happened, be went to the defendant , who told him he was very sorry for what had happened, as it made it " so very unpleasant" for both parties. A letter from the defendant, in which he offered to pay half-a-crown for the support of the child, at the same tune stating that many people only paid two shillings under simi lar circumstances, was then put in and read; and this closed the case for the plaintiff. Mr. RUSSELL GURNEY, in addressing the jury 6r the de • fendant, characterised the action as a most trumpery and unnecessary one, observing that if there had been any seduction in the.matter, it was very probable that the de fendant himself was the party seduced. As, however, the present course had been adopted, he could not deny that the defendant had rendered himself liable, and the verdict must pass against him, but he trusted that under the circum stances the jury would feel that the smallest possible damages would amply meet the justice of the case. Mr. Baron ALDERSON having summed up, the jury after a short deliberation returned a verdict for the plaintiff.— Damages, 301. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—York, March 12. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.) Jacob Gregg, aged 29, who was said to be a Swede, and in the sea-service, was charged with stabbing, cutting, and wounding Thomas Rodgers at Hull, on the 7th of Jan. las t . Mr. Rains and Mr. Dears , ley conducted the prosecution. The prisoner did not understand English, and an old lady, who could speak the Swedish, was sworn to be interpreter. The prisoner, on being called to plead, bad said that be would like to have counsel ; but the case had proceeded some time without his being defended, the evidence for the prose cution being translated to Gregg as it was delivered by the witnesses. Finally, however, Mr. Sergeant Wilkins offered, in order to save the time of the Court, to cross-examine the witnesses of the prosecution, and to conduct the ease for the prisoner. Thomas Rodgers, of North Frodingham, the party injured, stated that he is what is called a shopman. On the 7th of January last witness was in Leadenhall-square, in Hull, at about five minutes past twelve at night. He and another man by the name of Joseph Lee, and some other young men, were at Jackson's public-house in the square. The prisoner and two other foreigners were seen coming along the square at great speed, and apparently much excited. They stopped in the street for a while, and prosecutor and Lee stood near them, at about two or three yards off. The prisoner, and those with them, then went towards Manners. street, leading into Broadly -street.. Witness went in the same direction, and on getting to Broadly-street, saw the prisoner and one of the other foreigners near to a considerable crowd of per sons, where they seemed to be engaged in arguing with some person. One of the foreigners (not the prisoner) held a drinking glass, and an English sAilor told him that "he must give the glass up, or, that he would make him." One of these foreigners was Isaac Inman, another Swede, now to be tried here upon a similar charge, that of wounding Charles Saunderson. Prosecutor then rejoined his companion, Joseph Lee, and in a minute or two, while they were stand ing talking at some distance from the crowd, a person said, "Here are some foreigners coining, with their knives drawn." Two of the foreigners then made their appearance, the pri soner and Inman. Gregg carried a knife. It was a sailor's common clasp knife, with a string of leather tied to it. The prisoner first struck Lee in the forehead, and directly after struck prosecutor several blows, one on the ribs, near the heart, one behind the ear, and another across the cheek. By the latter blow a wound was inflicted; it was a wound of some depth, and caused much blood to flow, though the cheek was not cut through. The prosecutor stated that he had been attended by a surgeon, and had suffered much illness in consequence of that wound. Other witnesses confirmed all these facts, and stated fur ther details of the transaction. One of them, however, proved that the prisoner and the other foreigner, Inman, had been attacked with sticks before the prisoner wounded Rodgers. just before was shown to have had a stick handed to him before the assault complained of ; but it was not shown who it was that had attacked the prisoner and his companion, and there was nothing to indicate from what motive the pri soner could have inflicted the wound upon ikalgers. Mr. WILKINS, in his address to the jury, remarked upon the want of practical charity prevailing among some people towards any who happened to be called " foreigners." He said it was clear these men must themselves have been aggrieved before they would have deemed it necessary to use their knives. It was proved that they had been the object of an attack, snd that they had been beaten with sticks only just before the assault was committed; and, under these circumstances, there was nothing to justify the supposition that the act of the prisoner was done with any other intent than that of insuring self-defence. The jury-, after hearing his Lordship's summing up, agreed with the Learned Counsel in their view of the case. They left the box to deliberate, but ultimately found the prisoner guilty of the common assault only. NORFOLK ClRCUlT—Huntingdon, March 12. The commission for this county was opened to-day at nine o'clock by Mr. Baron Parke, who arrived at that hour from Bedford, the scene of his exertions yesterday. The calendar, though it contains the names of twenty-two prisoners, is not of a heavy character. It embraces one case of arson, one of burglary, one of housebreaking, one of assault on a woman, one charge of sheepstealing, and a few of common larcenies. Of the contents of the cause list it is rather difficult to speak just now, for it has not made its appea rance yet. Perhaps it awaits the arrival of Mr. Justice Maule, who has been detained at Bedford trying pri soners ; but it is whispered that it can only contain that fabulous animal, the " single case at Huntingdon," un less indeed it be referred before the arrival of the Learned Judge. CROWN COURT.— (Before Mr. Baron PARKE.) Eliza Haycock, aged 22, was charged with maliciously setting fire to one stack of corn, one stack of hay, and one of straw, on the 2d of January last, in this county. Mr. Gunning conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Prender gast the defence. The prosecutor in this case was Mr. Bridgfoot, a farmer, residing in Ramsey Fen, and at the time of the plum's:non of the offence the prisoner was in his service, having entered it at last Michaelmas. In consequence of her misconduct it would appear that the prosecutor soon had reason to find fault with her, and to threaten to summon her before the justices. This occurred twice, the last time being a week before the day named in the indictment. About five o'clock on that afternoon the prisoner was out of the house, and in stead of attending to her duties, remained absent for half an hour. About six she came into the parlour where her master was sitting, and told him in a very excited and alarmed tone that there was a light in the stack-yard. On this the prosecutor rushed out and found that the property named in the indictment was all in flames. There being no help at hand the three stacks were entirely consumed, and, there being no possible ground for imputing the act to any stranger, suspicion fell on the prisoner, whose manner had of llte at tracted the notice of her master and his family, but espe cially on the previous day, when she was very ditferent from what she had been before. She was accordingly questioned, and her answers lent strength to those suspicions, for they were contradictory in themselves, and opposed to facts within the knowledge of the family. At one time she said she had been busy making her master's tea at the critical period just before the lire burst out, but his sister had herself performed that office for him in her absence. She then said she had been out to fetch some sticks for the lire with a lantern, and that in passing between the stacks she fell down and let fall the light, and set fire to the stacks, after which she was too frightened to stop and pick up the lantern, and ran away. This, however, was no better than the other account, for it was well known that there was not a stick on the premises, the farm being a thorough fen one, and supplied with turf alone for fuel. After this she burst out into tears, and said she did it because her master threatened to summon he: ; and when taken before the magistrate she finally admitted " the job" and said that "it would not have happened if her master had not threatened to prison' her." Mr. PRENDERGAST addressed the jury for the prisoner, contending that the conflagration was not malicious, as it was the result of accident, arising from the nervous and excited state of mind into which she had been thrown by some unknown cause, perhaps the threats of her master ; while he endeavoured to explain away the effect of her ad missions and contradictory accounts by reference to the same all-powerful cause. Mr. Baron PARSE told the jury, that unless they thought the prisoner absolutely insane, they ought not to pay any attention to the accounts of her manner which had been ex tracted on cross-examination from the witnesses. These ac counts did not amount to anything like proof of such a state of mind as would admit of - the prisoner being irresponsible fur her acts, and if the jury saw nothing in the case to raise any rational doubt of her having tired her master's property maliciously, they ought to say that she was guilty of the charge imputed to her. The jury, without much hesitation, found the prisoner Guilty, and she was thereupon sentenced to fifteen years' transportation. Mr. Justice Maule reached this place at two o'clock, and immediately preceeded to try prisoners, the assizes having turned out a maiden one on his side. The cases brought under the cognizance of his Lordship were not of a character to call for any detailed notice. WESTERN CIRCUIT.— Salisbury, March 12. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron ROLFE. ) Elizabeth Butcher was placed at the bar, and charged, upon the coroner's inquisition, with the wilful murder of her in fant child. An indictment had been preferred against her, but the grand jury ignored the bill, at which some surprise has been expressed. Mr. Hodges appeared on behalf of the prosecution, and stated the facts of the case to the jury. By the statement of the Learned Counsel, it appeared that the prisoner had been a pauper in the Cricklade and Wootten- Bassett workhouse, and in December last was delivered there of an illegitimate female child. In the course of the next month Elie wished to leave the house, and accordingly gave notice of her intention, as was required by the regulations of the house on her leaving. The unfortunate baby "'as stripped of the clothes it had worn in the workhouse sin7olll birth, and the mother was obliged to take it away any covering except a shawl, which the mothuert have when she left. The child was quite w h 11, h e a a t k i f t e e t d o r the mother had left the workhouse, and dead in a brook of water. ths,etcherldefT'o7raes, f f o (tr iPnlP. t t wd h el)nn e jary h er e , t o h r er the mother had thrown into the stream by whether the child btoeesnay, guiltyun de under f a et crime ,n ci,n circumstances ,u Liei.dd l s t t o w cs; had died and had been afterwards he — klade Union, and was j r. The Learned anecook nm e a ou n t i t i s r e s l e t i h n en th c e a c lle r d ie so in December last. The prisoner was there at that time, and was delivered there of a female child. She gave notice on the 9th of January that she wished to leave the house, and at that time she had no clothes to put ox the bady, and I told the mistress of the workhouse so. She said that she (the prisoner) had better not leave the house until she had obtained some from her friends, and told her that by the rules of the house if clothes were tot brought in none were allowed to be taken away. The prisoner said that she could not stop to get any clothes, but must go directly. I took the union clothes off the baby, and it was then naked. The prisoner wrapped it up in a shawl she had, and also put a handkerchief on its head, and a pair of socks on its feet. The matron of the union was present when I so stripped the child. The prisoner left the house at about eleven o'clock in the morn ing. I was afterwards shown the dead body of a child. It was the same child. [At this stage of the case the gaoler stated that the pri soner had employed an attorney to instruct counsel to defend her, but no learned gentleman had, it appeared, received any brief. The trial then proceeded.' Ann Coward—l remember meeting the pi isoner on the 9th of January. She was going on th e roa d f rom W oot t on - Bassett. She was carrying a child ; it was crying violently. I spoke to her, taking her for a person I knew. I (lid not know her before. [ Here Mr. Slade, the attorney of Devizes, came into Court anal stated he had been employed to defend the prisoner; but as the grand jury had ignored the bill against her, be had no idea she would be tried on the coroner's inquisition, and therefore had not delivered any brief to counsel. Ile then handed a brief to Mr. C. Saunders to defend the prisoner.] Charles Brown—On Friday, the 9th of January, I was going along the Trinity-road, which is a few miles from the union-house, and met the prisoner, who had an umbrella and a small bundle with her. About a mile after I passed her I had to go over a little bridge, and saw something in the water which looked like a child. I went back to a cot tage near. Mary Ann Longley lived there. She returned with me, and brought a garden nice, and with it we drew out cf the water the dead body of an infant child. It was quite dead. The child was quite naked. Mary Ann Longley confirmed the witness as to taking the child out of the water. John King— I am a policeman, and apprehended the pri soner on the 10th of February. She had the shawl and handkerchief, the same: that had been wrapped round the prisoner's child's body when she left the union. Cross-examined—The child was quite healthy when it left the workhouse. The child had no clothes but those belong ing to the tnion.house. It is the custom of the house to take away the clothes from the children when they are taken out of the house, even although they have no other clothes, and were left naked. The child was called Ann Botches. Henry Dixon—l am a surgeon, residing at Parton. I made an examination of the body of the child found in the brook by Brown. I opened the body. The appearance of the viscera was healthy, and there was nothing which was likely to cause sudden death.. I even now cannot say what was the immediate cause of the child's death. I cannot say it was by suffocation by drowning. There is nothing to enable me to say it died from suffocation, or that it did not die of suffo cation. This was the case for the prosecution. Mr. C. SAUNDERS then addressed the jury for the prisoner, and contended that there was no evidence to show that the child died from drowning, which was the cause of death charged by the inquisition, of which they must be perfectly convinced before they could convict the prisoner. The child might have died on the road, and as it was illegitimate, might then have been thrown into the water by the prisoner to pre vent her shame being known. Mr. Baron ROLFE, in summing up, told the jury to take all the circumstances of the case into their consideration, and then say whether they thought the death of the child was from natural causes, or from drowning by the band of the prisoner. It was not because the surgeon could not dis tinctly say whether . the child died from drowning or n o t that they were to acquit her, but they were to decide that ques tion looking at all the facts. The jury, after a few minutes' consultation, acquitted the prisoner. ADDRESS FROM THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE. " To MY COUNTRYMEN, " Encouraged by your former kindness and consideration, I trust that it may not be mistimed nor unacceptable that I now again venture to intrude upon your attention. " About this time last year I presumed to address you upon a subject of intense national interest then in progress. I then hazarded an opinion that the same ruthless hand which planned the elevation of Popery would not scruple to work the downfall of our agricultural system. You have now too much cause to lament with me, that my words have not proved untrue. You have witnessed with astoniehmeet and detestation the hideous treachery and tergiversation of public men, which burst forth suddenly upon your incredu lous view in the full blaze of its triumphant deformity, sup ported by a shameless effrontery unexampled in the annals of well-regulated states. "As virtue is proverbially said to be its own reward, so treachery may be said to be its own perdition,—and thus it is in this case. The Prime Minister expected that he had so contrived and so securely plotted his arrangements that suc cess Iva certain, failure impossible. No man was ever more mietaken in his calculations, no Minister ever more deceived in an estimate of his own controlling (if not despotic) power, and individual essentiality. Instead of dismay from the fear of losing him, lie finds that no one desires to retain his services; and where he thought to raise entreaty, he has only raised a pitiless storm of scoffs and indignation. Faith and confidence in hien have ceased, and his political sun is set. Under protective laws we have flourished, under them and by them observe well, not in spite of them Groat Britain has grown into an empire of the first rank for wealth and power in the universe. Who, in truth, can deny this fact? Not the merchant, the manufacturer, the trades manethe shopkeeper, the artisan, or that humbler but most deeerving class upon whose industry and labour the wealthiest merchants and producers depend, as in turn the work man depends upon his employer for ample remuneration in the shape f liberal wages—all of these must perceive that without protection their prosperity will decline into abject poverty, and that a full protection is as indispensably neces sary to them, as to the British farmers and labourers in husbandry. "Now, then, gentlemen of Enaland, stand forward. The clergy, bold yeomen, trusty farmers, worthy labourers— all those interested in the cultivation of the soil-stand forward. Must I stop here ? No; general protection is a question of vital interest to you also, and you cannot, must not, shall not, be excluded from the appeal. Without the grossest injustice to your high national feelings, and an un pardonable insult to your patriotism, to your acknowledged intellect, and comprehensive understanding, I cannot omit you. I call upon you, merchants, manufactu rers. and traders of England, to come forth frankly, boldly, nobly, as an essentially component part of our great English brotherhood—stand forward, join us freely, without any mental reservation whatsoever, and unite with us, your British brothers, with all your heart and all your soul, in de fence and preservation of our Church and State, for involved in and most intimately connected with them, is the all ab sorbing question of general protection to British industry. " I confidently call upon you, all and each, for your assist ance. By your timely aid and determined support you may bring into power men who, I trust, think like yourselves— men who have no party but their country, no aspirations but for its solid and permanent welfare—who are identified with you and your interests, and who, by their plain deal ing, honesty, and English uprightness, will score all crooked ways, and will undeviatingly pursue those of equity and truth. ' "You must be prompt and energetic. A general election may be near at hand. 1 have just witnessed in my own county a most extraordinary result of British virtue and moral courage, emanating from and conducted by the awl cultural interest alone, which may well be a model of action and an example to the whole country. " Believing, as I confidently believe, that we all most earnestly desire, the peace, welfare, order, and prosperity of our loved native soil, allow me to entreat you to adopt the measures so successfully employed in Nottinghamshire. "Then lose not a day or an hour ; instantly and busily set to work to form and organise Protec tion Societies in every county in England—especially make choice of a good and influential chairman and a working committee—associate with you all the fri rids of protection to British industry, whether farmers or others—make yourselves acquainted with all your brother electors—pay the closest and most minute attention to the registers, and select and communicate with fit, and none but • the fittest men, to represent you in Parliament ; have nothing undone ; let your preparations be com plete at the earliest period ; and, this done, calmly, but most determinedly, await the hour of trial, and, when ever it does arrive, take into your own hands what is your own business ; regulate. execute everything for yourselves, with the energy, the intelligence, the just and fair, but mil/ending determination of Englishmen, and you may reasonably hope that, by God's blessing, you may be enabled to save your insulted and injured coun try from the most fearful perils which the machinations or infatuation of false men and treacherous statesmen ever de vised for the degradation and ruin of the land of their birth— a land whose natives are worthy of all protection, and deserv ing of the most ardent exercise of your purest and most exalted patriotism. " Believe me to be " Your ever faithful friend, " NEWCASTLE. " P.S. I can scarcely anticipate that this revolutionary measure, now under discussion, can ever become the law of the land ; but if, most unfortunately, it should be so, as suredly a future national majority will at once decide that an enactment so atrocious shall no longer continue on the Statute book. " London, March, 1846." RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. MANCHESTER, Masten 13. STocK ExcniNGE.-The sales are -Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 3 p.-Blackburn, Clitheroc, and North Wales, 11E dis.- Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, par-Bradford, Wakefield, and Midland, 11-16 dis.-East Lancashire, No. 2,3% p.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, Quarters, 17 1 ,4 -Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, Is. p.-Grand Union, % dis.-Lancashire and North Yorkshire, 4 dts. -Leeds and 'l'hirsk, c.-Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, 6 p. - Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 455. p.-Liverpoel, War wick, Manchester, and Stockport, 15-1 G dis.-London and Manches ter (Rein.), 1 3 A ,dis.--Manchester and Birmingham, Quarters (B), 7 p. -Ditto, Quarters (C), p.-Manchester and Leeds, Sixteenths, 9%-Manchester, Midland, and Grimsby, 1 dis.-Blanchester and Southampton, 3s. p.-North Western, % p.-Preston and Wyre, Halves (B), 1 p.-Ditto, Extension, to dis.-Sheffield and Lincoln shire Junction, 11G p.-Sheffield and Manchester, Quarters (No. 3), 2N I p.-South Eastern and Dover, Halves (No. 4), % p.-Trent Val ley, 22 p.-Welsh Midland, 1 dis.- West Riding Union, 2% p. LEEDS, MARCH 13. STOCK EXCIIANciE.-The sales are-Manchester and Leeds, Ex tensions, 31/ 2 p.-East Lancashire, No. 1, :31. Bs. 9d. p. - Great Grimsby and SheflieldExtensions4s. dis.-Iluddersfleld and Shef field, Leeds told TiLlielersdks andl 7 . B 6 r d a d . f d o i r s d . ,_4 l, B , rpoo c.-Leeds ian d and u r D y. Dewsbury, b p u : o bi Ormskirk, and Preston, p.-West R and Doncaster, ss. p.-London and Yo i r d k in , g bergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 17s. 6d. Birkenhead, Chester, and I Al'clland I.s Gd Wakefield, anc , „. • • Mold, &c., 275. dis.-Bradford, :31. 3s. bd.-Li% erpoo Union, 4/. 145.-Am -2s 6d. dis.-Lecester and Bed -Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland,l . Matlock, af:d Midland, 31s. 6d. ford, 9s. Buxton,dis.-Manchester,_ Wesh slidlands, 275. dis. dis.-Grand Union, 10g. chg.-Leeds and Liverpool Direct, 10s. dis. p.-North Western, 16s. p. STOCK EXCHANGE. re. I/ 4. 6d -London and York, carter Slut • - • sion, 1/.195.-Ditto, SHEFFIELD, sala e M - A G R r c i i H n s l b 3 y . and Sheffield Eaten " and Canal, 11. 175.-North Western, 11. 165.- and Lincoln Union 3/ 3s -Manchester, Midland, and Great Grimsby, 1% -Manchester A NGE.-The sales are-North British, Half Shares, South Yorkshire Coal Ra H illa L y i ,2/ 3 . 1 1 A 9 R 5 C . H 6d 1 . 3 - . West Riding Union, 5. STOCK EXCH 8)i -Ditto, Carlisle, 2/. 4s. Gd.-Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush, 1.5x.- B ra dford, , akeneld, and Midland, 375. 6d.- Hull and Barnsley Junction, 27s. -Ipswich and Ely (Cambridge and Ely), 10s. dig.- Lincoln and Wainfleet, 3Gs. 6d.-Liverpool and Leeds, 21. 35.-North starronishire, 5/. 125.-West Rid Mingancu Union, 41. 17s. YORK, 13. STOCK EXCHANQE.-The sales are-Grand linion, Its.-Leicester and Bedford, 155.-London and York, 3/. 35.-Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 3/. 14s. 6d.-Newcastle and Berwick, 191( 1 -Newcastle and Darlington Extensions, 9y 2 -North British, Car lisle Extension, 21. 4s. 6d.-West Riding Union, 41:13a. 6d.-York and North Midland Extension, New (East and West Riding), 9%. BRISTOL, MARCH 13. STOCK Excrtialas.-The sales are- Bristol and Exeter, New, 10-Bristol and South Wales Junction, 2 1-16-Caledonian, 12%- ' Ditto, New, 2% -Eastern Counties, York Extension, % p.-Great Western, Quarter Shares, 16 -l'ortbur,y Pier and Railway Company, 1% -South Devon, 3334 . GLASGOW, M ARCH 12. STOCK ExenKsor..-The sales RTC - Ayr and Galloway, 358.- British and Irish Union, 425.- Caledonian, New, 505. -Caledonian and Ayrshire Junction, 345.-Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junc tion, 395. -East Indian Railway, I la.-Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dumbarton, 17 e.-Glasgow General Terminus, 834 -Glasgow and Bel'ast Union, 28s. 6d.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 711.-GLas gsm' Kilmarnock, and Ardrogsan, 415.-Glasgow, Airdrie, and Monk land Junction, 3ss.-Glasgow Ilarbour Mineral, 361.-Great Indian Peninsular, 75.-Klinianioek and Ayr Direct, 355.-Manchester and Southampton, 455.-Scottish Central, New, 7 3 -Scottish Southern, 325. 6d.-Slamannan and Bo'wncss, 555.-South Midland, GOs. 6d. PASSENGERS' BAGGAGE.—The Commissioners of the Customs have approved of the following form of notice to passengers arriving from the continent of Europe by steam packets :—" Custom-house, London.—Notice to Passengers. 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