The Sun. — London, England, 1846-01-28 00:00:00

THE StrN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY ETENING, JANIT'A - RY 28, 1846. i a n of h - , it ir ' l l . el , ' i r :i s : I llties•—(Hear, hear.) That is my therefore conceived that the Right Hon. Baronet's pro takeo'ulit:roerniething of this already at work it , position to enter into the full consideration of the are se tae tn. ,‘," e t . t . e United States, notwithstanding question on Thursday would be decidedly L unjust and k i,: I socn ' et Vons of a hostile spirein that premature.—(dear, hear.) It would oe necessary for tlefsee atethe r ling of that spirit at work. Look all parts of the House, tilose concerned in the ma.nu , ell st, report lately made by the Secretary of Facturing, as well as the agricultural interests, to weigh :• i l i tripi e ts - ' n e t -- ,(liear, he a r.) 'That shows that the subject well before they came to any final decision. "ir. W elker "' altogether unavailing. In that re- —(Hoar.) He would remind the Right lion. Baronet tari % the states, that in the conflict of op- 'hat when he proposed the Income Tax Bill, no less , agrieui3sacrificed the i n t eres t s o f t h e cons - t h an e i g ht w e e ks a e re a ll o wed by hi m for the full con triAs well -e ' and navi g ati on of the ir sideration of the question, and surel y this sub j ect was of tre mi ght they imp o se monarc hic a l fir more interest than the income tax.—(Hear.) t r t tel institutions upon their Gevern- Sir R. PEEL said that he had no objection ' ent ine ree (he 4 , an our G ; Ports t o s'i i aal d th„ a_ll the world, says) be as free and as to postpone entering into the subject until Mon overnmerit and advises them to :lay, instead of Thursday week.—(Loud cheers.) and nation after At the same time he would state .that the Government Var.") A _ i follow their example.—(Cries of intended losing no time in bringing the matter to a ti lr. I begin thi l .'" if the question should be asked— final issue. —(Hear, hear.) He might also add, to what s t . it is is work of removing these restric- he had observed in the course of his speech, that Zgli tud ll LT l!wered (h e says) by the fact w h en he propose d a re d uct i on i n th e i m p ortat i on o f raw of t h ei _sa already a b o li s h e d t h e d ut i es mater i a l, h e h a d an ti c ip a t e d a great l oss i n th e revenue, ah,,itspor'taeJPorts: they h a d re d uce d t h e i r d u ty b u t h e had been most agr,l.eati!y disappointed, for the "‘22 alai It of cotton, on bread stuffs, consumption of these articles hid so much increased, teed (h e other articles. The reduction of that there. had been an increase in the revenue during s a ,..teloan t e dds) would lead to an in- the past year in that respect of 4,000,0001.—(Ilear, ti l that °,:v.revenue. Here, then, Sir, is the hear.) Arid the gain with respect to articles formerly e s : f eetl in : o i' ret Lb have set the example—that paying customs'-dues had also, during the past twelve amount of duties upon your months been very considerable. gi, Nti gers aud export, without any pre- Lord JOHN RUSSELL wished to know whether, if e you more with any other Government. they adopted the resolution of the Right Hon. Baronet, ta ke countye with can give a country, the question of the corn-laws would be one of the first • ei rn 't lib e o Y, can be to the United States, now that would come under the consideration of the House? Pe; who r- n 4 c , l , iv jewP • I must say, in justice o the Sir R. PEEL said, that the Government was anxious with ea o _ rules over that country, that to give the House and the country b anopportunity of e t , reSp eet tn u r c aents written by him, contain- pronouncing its opinion upon the su ject op of the corn er at iih er `yreedoin of commercial intercourse, laws at the earliest periol, and they Would therefore en -- Men a , as could come from any mann deavour, when this question would again come _before s -I%) That Sovereign is constantly the House, to arrive at some great leading principle of Pe ' d ° l°n of all commercial duties, action.—(Hear, hear.) NI if not d • N a wishes W il l th is te• , despair that at a very Mr. LIDDELL then . rose to address the House. He • ,atal a Vn inclination carried into e ec ~ beca • deffect., t Aus- was at all times anxious to meet tha wishes of the . to follow the same ex- House, and he could assure it that he never rose to .ses n. -u other co untries.—(Hear, hear.) Sir, I address the House with more diffidence ; but he felt l b e P It that foii, t he example L. , bound to express his opinions upon the important ques tttk ewe ( ' b, ___ which .we are going to in that th e ...t s ,vvery other country on the con- tions that had been alluded to. his opinions were in . 4. 111- Vsitatt Y nail quote you as an example opposition to those of her Majesty's Ministers. The , teLst ne fre' e l d a ( r at e°ll o 7e•—(l - lear, hear, rued cheers . .) . Right lion. Gentleman, he was sure, would do him the sill „ e w bo n d , s , commercial intercourse will Justice_ of adaaitting that he had not a more faithful or t 4 ,mot Qpno:l peace—(Cheers)—and that this staunch supporter than himself in the House. Ever ; ' 4ll ev t " ' e any measure which may have since 1830 he had given his adhesion to him, and w il l Pi'ey ; f : 01 ' the permanent continuance of never until this moment had he cause of regret.— e4 lle tnati e o n t ; us from being exposed to •,'" Hear, hear," from Colonel Sibthorp.) He had sup -li:titters ' and will gain for us ported him throughout the whole tariff and the adinis -14,-,:gleet .„ And I do think we sion of foreign cattle ; and he had also supported him " t ags "° opportunity to gain such in his measure with respect to the Canada Corn-bill. food : by h , tot, in th; ng an abundance of Till the very last moment he had continued the confi "aid th at 1 ,- . ' s country.— (Loud cheering.) 'knee he had hitherto placed on her Majesty's Govern iti stee alO 4 have proposed these measures in went. He had even declined to attend a Protestant ' I ar ise th te Of gain and an accumulation of meeting in his county, so convinced was he of the con °n ese it nbf w „ , ° i n no such principle. I believe the sistency of the Right Hon. Baronet and the Govern the - "e of tt i' l Ltn—that is the increase of ca- ment. But when he heard on the first night of the 4 tl eaalineneoe fans by which we can main- session the speeches of the mover and seconder of the lie „ e t' the - 14 this country which she has address, and that the Right lion. Baronet him ,arni to ~°ther countries of the world. But I self abandoned the principles of protection he had tnea teli . it t i l u e °w that .abundance of provisions and hitherto held, he felt that the time had come s ti l l lion ~ main thing, not only contributes to when he c ould support him no longer.—_ , (Hear.) t. ev. . ot , ) the ktio t , of walelattn, but it is directly conducive He was perfectly ready to admit that the tiretques question e h i . alk vi , public burdens. It leads like- which should occupy the attention . of .the Government e O -413 of h atinn of local burdens by diminish- in the present condition of affatr3 was, the question . that ithk - ndeci,e a uPers, but above all, and before all, the poor must be fed.—(Hear, hear) That question 1 7,tehe 122 . the • spread of morality, by he had never lost sight of. The Premier had decla ed . Yo s `beerir:i7PLations to crime that arise from that they could no longer support the policy of pro . tee- Vt kilie li Ple e°4 o B 4 °flet t ar.) not I ask you, therefore, to don on the grounds which he had formerly entertained, an any narrow view and that if the llon. Member for Wolverhampton were t pr th .(St ill e cr e „. neet "d With the mere accumulation again to bring forward his measures for dle repeal o .7% . 7 e 'Ple of - e of the revenue), but upon the far the corn-laws, he could not conscientiously oppose confidently, Ai, 11 , 1 eres se increasing morality. Depend upon the score of protection. He (Mr. Liddell) .. 1 te nt . 1 . ask ~6 luxury You will increase voluntary with the opinion that the poor must be fed, would main- 1 .h e to thi: 11. therefore, for the sake of morality tain that an abundant and cheap supply of food might 'k tl P e r h e°l which I ask you to consent to it be obtained, and, in fact, had been supplied for years. esst ft - espe e2 '': have brought you, that abund- under the principle of a protective duty. On these bees, 'fah3 diminish crime. lta- st___ . I could give you ground', if on no other, it was proper that protection , it (ey rntts. erethe social effects of comparative should be maintained which had prevailed throughout a 1 : ts k s klitrS:iitci r ecur in numbers to the mind of this long series of years. He would take the liberty .i of i , v tieare is no danger of scarcity. qnotin; from a speech made in 1840 by the . Right I on. , .4 1 6 1,. ezt toite",,: It was a relative question. Baronet, which would materially assist him (Mr. Lid- stli s ,r tr im . — ~c'Ene miht not b so to others ; dell) in the course of argument which he wished to orice,f 4 ' o lapse of threeears p of abund- pursue. "The protection," said the Right Hon. Gen- S ro ,the pe p great chan ge • habits an d the t j emae . which I wish to retain, I will not retain for . Ltiv Ple ___, ge in the ge ~,, e eh • (eaear, hear.) Three years the ag ' reindise . ment of any particular class. The only lard it , - that, ~,,e aß less had indeed produced protection which ought to be tolerated is that which will 'ld th -A nter o e" i nch was not scarcity ; in provide for the benefit of the whole class of the peo ' o 4l4,i".!oth e : ‘ ,` 18 42, would be scarcity now. pie." On those grounds the Right Hon. Boronet had L , A ,ls fin er that in one of the battalions of formerly supported protection, and he (Mr. Liddell) 'ot ro h a d se in the number of the private could see no reason why he should now depart from the I l lt h Pie s i W .„ Yea r — , b,applied for furloughs during principles which he had . then laid down. But what had I '(c i o e "as very yetrs. rheas groat, and had been occasioned the change in the principles of . the . . Premier? d iner eas° as ,con.} aced with The Right Hon. Baronet had said that his principles had je w alk ' I "P Y had more than doubled undergone a gradual change, in consequence of the ai e b4 that w t h" told that the reason of this benefits which he had perceived to accrue generally from re tt. te c om a friends of these soldiers had been a remission of protective duties, and the immediate h i ttr , j e'oertable circumstances during the last cause:of the Premier having taken the steps which he e 'ist llllT 'A' nress I thought this a singular had was the failure of the potato crop in Ireland '_l' iiii 1‘,,..., soiao.f absence vvas i. ' :CI le t'hro'w th is instance of the abundance remedy which the Right Hon,. Baronet . had proposed to V th -av e 4 country. I also think that this meet this admitted evil was, in point of fact, no . remedy tteCiet " l er productive of much at all.—(Hear, hear.) If he had sent 100,000/. or h Y of e!- f ur it permitted him to en- 200,0001.. into Ireland . to be expended in the construction k iti . 4. - 131 , e etter eis frends, and made him return of public works—in such case,. he (Mr. Liddell) could ‘• t o . " was qualified for the . performance of conceive there would be some improvement in the con- L'Qlt t disturb ed the other night why I was dition of the poor in Ireland. It would be putting l ' '' foe . hev the state of prosperity money into the pockets of the labourers, and . they om wo fo u r l t d . „k\i t o ~- , Z 44 .e 1. alluded ? I was told that be enabled to live in a state of comparative whichc, on ': B.B;.leietit p ea abundance of the last three He (Mr, [Addle) would admit . the great merit i lh: -a neete r' e a was given for disturbing the various occasions had distinguished the proposals . of (Mr. e - ei t e t!ts, for that prosperity co-existed Right Hon. Baronet, and which bad induced him l it I tuv teltti on t he i n 18 3 which had bean made Liddell) to give him his support, but on the present oc- 4 pro ve . 4 2. My answer to this casion he could not conscientiously give him (Sir Robert ikii, st „_ ray referred to existed up to Peel) his support. Wages were never so high, and never , 4t hg year ; h t bat in that year and during had there been a greater demand for labour than at the ' \ `, 4 the 4" „ h ave sire elapsed, all in- present moment, which was a proof that the system of IV l \ Atk 'then i n- P A reeedin g D ‘ roiPerity have dis- protection should not be further interfered with. If, in II FY betw een --ll " th a tnoe then there had been the course of his argument's, the Right Hon. Baronet ['o?l,ll„,ases and -tee Prosperity c the manu- could have shown that the price of grain had increased,. 'o 1.- '` the ---e Prices e o4 T con - or was likely to increase, he (Mr. Liddell) thought . it lei f eel month of October o. food. .a e - Yr. g that a DTadoption eat , n hay to la,' before I . `,eiesi tsPe lle, are tr,, 1845, we hau would have formed a stronger argument for the a a l Yetve e e Proposals had b brought forward. chan ge was necessary. of the eeurse intended to be parsued by the Govern als, whieh, on the part ment than any other that Pen. of 41 1. 1 1 .0 th i n,, t _ ~ you.—(Hear, hear.) The contrary, w " th e 'is woos b. fear from any ungenerous endeavouring to arrive at a as the ease. In 1540, in h° • '3ver' w price for bread, which should the is f . e . There has been no ap- remunerate the vendor, and at the same time be within set kee erta feeling on ikh , tle tn feeli n question. iti i .atiet l y a a preeperthisps this • The the reach of the consumer, the Right Hon. Baronet had it • ern f gof the country is in favour taken the average price of the preceding ten years, and If Jefie on l ate nl part Iti spirit. There ler - ' e can now had fixed the proper price at SS. 6d. pee quarter, which with has been a he . considered as a fair and just price. Now, he (Mr. respect to this Liddell) had calculated the average price of corn for • still settl e P e you set in taking upon three months, up to this day. Jan. 270846, and found ' , t ri l l l a he folio ont of this all - important that it was 56.5. Bd. per quarter, which fairwo 1 11,1 jl l 3 ,. i ir j ust red hY the rest of the world. price which had been fixed as a just there a a n appeared \t t o o n th i s in your wisdom, the means average. On this ground, then,. 1 ) 1 ) the a exact 'st - 41, 4 4 , coer ' L i ls on. que , s u ti e o a h r , h becaus ' e d you are no causei would tell for the repeal of the corn steerll the Right lion. )3aronet, that if o ,' 14 4 11 , 4 \ cl w itt 6 /Il iad that we ' m e a ar, a i i: av cheers.) laws. I k i t , t n th's• t eee -r t ? times than 3trheeworse in . coreq e uence of the great changes which he had . pro a y material diminution should take place in the N",, 4 s t i l t .: 4ll lse }: ua t the measures which present—l have P ;ric e e ' of n eorn, and that in consequence vast t t r • e a s e 1' that ° f tl, 4 4 i ' l s, q i of sJe been brought forward with the land should he thrown out of cultivation, the p i a l r ho l se who he ;v eil H a t ing an adjustment of those great suffer would not be the large landoW 4 th e at tenti on Present so prominently occupy in the first place would be the suffereardes";vould be the 11 the b it a ,: and that theY may ultimately tenant-farmers—those who h . ad . expen o(l s :teir pital ' t y r OUghe e ,?f her Majesty's subjects. They in the improvement and cultivation of tluar farms rrit a o n rs el , ( h t t lb, will ,Torward from a sincere desire the next victims would be the small landed ,411fos,:it,rieultiirnefit all classes without who tilled their own land, and who had inv i es e t p ed their tts ai rtt a i ed w i th _al body. They have not been all in the improvement of their land. His conctituents t i l .tt eo ci , to th e ° e , lt the deepest consideration hay- should not have to reproach him (Mr. Liddell) for to I: n av: t4 lti lee Yt n , the en nett which they will have On the ing departed from those principles of protection, P k,,i st t e ha„Nta a lintr Y• I therefore recommend port which he had been returned as their representative. ter k tri n e", th at „nd dispassionate consideration, in He for one would not betray his trust, he would Neire t t l utly rc reY will conduce to the mainte- not appear before his constituents in any other Vh,lities7,._,---te hying between different classes of light than as the avowed supporter of protec k, c,: m tier , - "th ir‘ng securities. for the permanence tion. to which principle he had pledged himself. S t i l ,,'lea,•"`eiest e assurance of maintaining loyalty There was another body of men that would be affected N k „th, .--, an ds L subjects ; that they will increase by the proposed measure—he meant the clergy. The kqee l 11 1* 4e lie "e i ,tter the condition of the whole clergy were not an overpaid body of men, yet the pro l'fensie4kt• * h -i he Right Hon. Baronet then position of the Right lion, Baronet would occasion a k a t 'N ;on, 1 ) , --.nndat loud cheers principally from considerable loss em their ineomes.—(llear, hear.) Ile l't %Nl' 4Vhg a ddressed the House nearly three saw in that a very strong objection to the proposed ti ll s Ilt • all, he t lip 1 ,,,, change. He had still another objection to the proposi -11.,eilt5it413iLle_1;4rThr-4 road again in a few . minutes tion—it would cause a falling off in the quantity of 'i ells t . „l , e ge 4i ei t i btatstateraent, and said he wished home grown corn. If . so, that would be a very great hde reason - evil, as a falling off in the growth of that article would thtit „time jorisid er L.e House ;.'"ig-t . '1i, 141 kly Il i it sh atton of his pro ti 4 b e nl•ea s _ "Id take p,-.:49nin before occasion a diminution in the demand for labour, the rats of wag es , would fall—(Hear, hear)—and the parish place. He did net ex" rats up in t kl 4' lj i t Ij e z tit ireb, unah le time would be required, but burdens it ould be increasedTlainesdewwheyrebtehe fears that , i kr t illi, h 4 Lii g n : icled by the sense of the House. lie entertained en the . question,. Nee o r sk t % n a te he would wish to ask a ques - the House to place hie s entiments e 3 n u ts b j o e n ct re o co t. rd c . om li p e en w s i a s t h io ed n 'tit.tllti:l:o`4lleis 87'eeeslitzuareonntet in ,,_ reference to the linen to say a few words on . ti t ► to I nlis h ut he s hould be-Ln reduction of the duty not a had no doubt on his mind that the d The Hon. Baronet .d had proposed by the Right Hon. Baronet. Ile (Mr. Liddell) ytii N- 1, 4 t o ..._ conceived ita c w omm ld ercial m an ossible on a position be i t l , s rj q t: ' ill elll'' esT t P h sta nd its Pt nii *N lP ele ge e 'light „ on in_ reference to ficial,graennat number sabatri,ofafettonreygtroticthllswna.umnetryw. w ould b p e ar b t e i n eu e: Vbt o 4 ble t ,"e of tt i l ler al ter m ? • Gentleman , Iltii lly a :Mi ta : harde ns t nia • n h t the colonial possessions in the same posit!on as_ Canada, ee.n, would lady concurred in the policy of placing the wholeoftlo.ejr idea o ' n an the land '' S well a as and he saw in the Canadian Corn 13i11 a likpl'.S. lll. of ,:at re na l c 'f the State. For there was to measure, as it were extending the AO of protection \ Itiq °1:1441e 4°41°11 (if th e Fella ees,„ Ee./ _ ,e 0 revenue, fares i,,, I ; iti eonaid ea th woul d w i sh the aggregate. connected n them together.—(Hear, ili e ' 4 qf " that at clue s ~ before the Right Hon. pectations of the country on that measure la beer.)—The ex d been re t\ear,i, t hia que asy f 011 , t o , ask - him whether he alized; shipping had increased in the last a eighteen Viet th at iee c ! rti net too soon for the dis- months to a greater extent with that colony than they tole in at it w, ii t i 4 e4 t , ll ( ries of s :: Oh, oh," and had done from the repeal of the navigation laws, He k ktli t e i° n•---( t ri hi . s Iloe m ac le tis hri,, t° , 4 l ; t ernind the Right . Hon. looked d upon the policy then as wise, and he now con- I tli Sues • ( a b g le e i nt `ole before that time to curre with the colonial policy laid down by the Right it. i t , sn ot , ehe r eat t, , , t , e ewe or fr. the l i - connected with this Hon. Baronet. But when he (Mr. Liddell) heard it 1 lii„, ar clasp e d „ rad, , •Baronethad k t "etts ' r la . ` e t '''•°n• t Ltt .l. 44t i t w e e rcee , n a;'° l 7 by but whatever opinion corn-laws were to be repealed—the process to go on ) o f w ould b? e w ould wh o were opposed to gradually till then—be could not on any ground of corn y) I EnglandraPos *h - i s aY this, that before a pensation stated, reconcile himself to the change pro ,piStelQ was to s , i e,,for the Opinions of the posed by the Right Hon. Baronet, The sight Hon. It i) 1" - ; la i n wh o t4 tonish e ' ci e ften this House.—(Hear , Baronet talked of the 16,000 managers connected with 01. to tl;'°llr °professed t that the other side of the various trusts and roads throughout the country 1,11,,1%11ti,!t feel: their Politic 9 have the feeling of the connected with highways and local . improvemente, q .ppi• N i t n g , titt'^ ie,,• eat s , should show an appli• the waste and improvidence they occasioned, and the , 104 d that s far e tt q / Itj -,e; the that any' ° Leona being • • necessity there was for a consolidation of their powers ; but It tii the Was tinder iously expected afraid of such ' however true that might be, and however desirable it was to have a change,... it was not therefore necessary to repeal the 114 14 1. ii4b. te uod a mista.k the event. • laws. (Hear, hear.) It could as well be done ander t , (4 t*leechnstite any dis cus if he thought ' t C h h a e t 1 sion until th heard rti , „ l. . IL Si r it vents That i e th o e rn existing corn-laws . Then the law of settlement was 1 4, k ,..14,,"tt1e) ~ • Peel ',., at would be lacng his ' referred to, . . but however humane and proper the Right lion. yq h, q 11 6,,e ,, 'Ni s -t?Uld. nev er see condition Which he hoped why improvements mix , -„, with the corn-laws? Then agricultural _. . Baronet's proposition on this subjectmighbe, ` l lo.4h, l 'or th e ' think e nun occupy. Sir U. to, but he sees little advantage . in that . proposition. reliefVer '1 h -.ni..-... (Cries for the p eo i c referred 1 t Sir 11 td' t h, d give o f ~ 0 , P, , , and his If land offered a proper security to parties having money to getting it now. And if the s'e c lay , ' 0 the • Peel ‘ ", "ooh' and laughter.) lend, there was ne difficulty in . k lk tr , th e c ount Nould e • and encumbered that } he proprietor could not 1 , , ._ e t , lb t r e li ef . 1 •3 7 , and, so f sitate to admi- land was so poor . ° ' i l a4 e et would ° ufs'ilt to be • ar . from requiring raise money on it in the ordinary wa, lie saw no great ad d,'te t 4 th °ray a immediate ; and if the vantage in getting the money. as a loan from the Government, 1 lr i t ebb, e ca, se b pp the principes of cc of bi:11 DOW , were to Then other local burdens, to the amount .. d I°l-1 I'Z 'to e ' e Would In- ed Fund. That he admitted t 1 4 ,, j t , ti ,,, , rater at 0 not be at any loss, but be removed on to the Consolidated ILI t 4l kit It % k h ere rosenee upon the debate. ' I was a benefit, but not at all adequate compensation to the in. ,te, i ,, ee l , Pie R 0,,,. andi_ said—lf I may be allowed, i terests affected by the change. It and i uld have been easy for he was aware of lis ,i ti 4 1 ; 1, 11 is orl tiefe hea :LA tleman to allow me to him to have taken another course, el Ai eof k. oud l at ,„e. ‘ - 1 peculiar situation in the county he represented ? . yet, notwith vco riot of great i, a..,(9") I think the - • •he would honestly state his ronvletiPPe tNt t z' th the ,portance and the standing this, ko , e propositi ' acceptanceought to he this question was settled, he thought the country _ _ . e 4 5 4 (0 a t eOllnt r , Gas he is ofgreat lt ; but; Y opp or - 7- . I should he the conse- appealed to, He, for one, was not afraid . of meeting before his I il l ! 4 % it i. t ' ll a'tY beine• • last person to ' constitueney those who were now raising the . popular cry of top 'hk t P , t ° sB ibi: kis° of impert given fur due conside- , cheap bread. He said this, trough threatenedwith serious I ' w G l ieutenant ,t_h, at 4z the " me nce to man to know as ; opposition in the county he represented ;UV ~,Cr"; c _ wt . ok Op. Vrisii,, t ',lllUrSda week Parliament intends to adopt. thinking it not inconsistent . with his duty to make , ev , tiZt e :llt,rati on of day • will not be too so,n speech agalust him (Mr. Liddell). Ile would, 4 nevertheless , 14 1 t no lAi lelit sai d, th is impeTtant subject. esition ' whatever difficulty it ;;r4r,ht eceasion, or whatever 01)P.. . ,n.. tt iltli tt ~,i ; siiy, i t at whatever the Anti Corgi-law ihe might raise, act up hotteetiy :Jai ißdependently to his L , of 104 , "I" but just for the iThuse to Ili and de • give ; ?stetsons.—(Loud cheers from the Conservative i,epplies.) , e . liberate consideration to the-in- , Cepieie R. 01.18 said that, seeing the wanner the Right Hon ur a ii r . ~, I Baro n et' it ..---knear, hear)—.. an d be had beep wet by . those behind him , he considered • .ter to wa.s his duty, JO LW fri01464 . MS'S Pip ply of w ef trains 1 state to the House that he would support him heart and soul, as he considered the measures proposed were for the good arid welfare of her Majesty's subjects. On many questions he had voted against. the Right Hon. Baronet, but never against his general policy. Tie was not like some gentlemen in that House, going into the gallery and voting against the Right Hon. Baronet, without adducing a single argument, or offering ' a single remark for so doing. He recollected one case of this kind happening last year. He, for one, would riot go there to vote if he was not prepared to give his reasons for that course. —( Hear, hear.) He recollected that, in 1842, he made a speech in favour of the existing corn-laws, and against the pro position for an Ss. duty ; lut since 1842 he had seen good grounds to alter his opinions. Since then there had been a failure of the potato crop, and the imi nent danger—had there been a fortnight's longer wet weather this season—that the wheat crop would have been destroyed. This, coupled with another argument, that the population was continually increasing, while the soil on which their food was raised was confined to a limited area, had operated on his mind to bring about the change. It was said that the measure would throw two millions of acres out of cultivation ; but, as arable land could produce three times more than grass land, there was no proof that the land would go out of cultivation. But if the land went out of cultivation, and if there were labourers out of work, they would be very glad to go upon it, and work it, profitably to themselves and the proprietors.—( Hear, hear.) He had not prepared a speech—he had not come down to the House, like some Hon. Members, with a speech ready prepared against the proposition of the Right Hon. Baronet, without hearing it. He would, therefore, conclude by saying that he would give the greatest possible support to the Right Hon. Baronet, and if he failed, and a dissolution of Parliament took place, and the Noble Lord the Member for the City of London succeeded to power, he (Captain Rous) would support him with the same zeal as he had supported the Right Hon. Baronet.—(Cheers. ) fifty-three claims and objections iti East Surrey,' and' itidly requires vigorous ,!Torts to be made to rescue the representation of East Surrey out of the hands of monopoly. lam there fore directed oy the Council of the League to take the liberty of urging upon you personally "—I directed, sir, said the Hon. and Gallant .Member, my butler to lock up every silver spron 1 haul in the house—( Roars of laughter)—" the im portance of your immediately obtaining a freehold qualification for East Surrey—( Loud laughter) —and that you also suggest the same to the members of you, family and to your friends and relations, who it is hoped %sill, by your strenuous recom mendatien, be induced to follow your example.—( Great laughter.) In all probability, upon the registration of 1846 and 1847, will turn the legislation of the country for the next seven years, and you are therefore reminded that the qualifica tion must be obtained before the 31st of July next. Re questing your early attention to this commuication, I remain my dear sir, by order of the Council, W. PAULTON.— P. S. On payment of 561.—(Laughter) —at this office, 40s. freehold qualifications will he obtained for you, which will enable you to vwte for the Eastern division of the county of Surrey. The sum will include the cost of conveyance." Now he received this letter that morning, and he read it, hut whe ther it came by the direction of the Right Hon. Baronet be knew not, but he strongly suspected that it did.--( Hear, and laughter.) For a number of years he felt an honest prde in supporting the Right Honourable Baronet, and he should now as faithfully oppose him.—t Hear, hear.) Ihe Right Hon. Baronet had ventured to submit to the consideration of the House a measure which, if carried, would strike at the root of society, and without trespassing long upon the attention of the House, he should sit down observing that a greater insult had never been offered to the count! y than had been offered by the Right Hon. Baronet that night.—(Hear, hear.) The Earl of MARCH said, in the present state of their proceedings, he did not intend to take up the time of the House by entering into arguments upon this great question. It was a subject of such vast magnitude that they could not be too careful in approaching it. At the same time, he must say, that never, in the whole course of his life, had he been more horrified, more distressed, or more astonished, than when he heard the proposition which hail been propounded by the First Lord of the Treasury. He was perfectly certain that he could speak for his constituency, for he was sure he knew their opinions, and he was convinced they would not assent to, or accept in any way, the proposition which the Right Hon. Baronet had made that night ; and he now begged leave to tell the Right Hon. Baronet that he would meet with his strenuous, his violent, and most consistent opposition.— ( Hear, hear.) In the course of this session they had heard statements, made both in and out of the House by the Right Hon. Baronet, of the reasons which had changed his opinions on the subject of protection, and he must say, that when he heard the Right Honourable Baronet, in June last, resist the motion of the Hon. Member for Wolverhampton, he certainly did not expect that in the following November the opinions of the Right Hon. Baronet would have undergone so serious a change.—( Hear, hear, and cheers.) But they had had the Right Hon. Baronet's state ment that his opinions had undergone a change, and they were bound to take that statement in the way in which it was offered. (Hear, hear.) He should be the last person to attribute im proper motives to the Right Hon. Baronet for that change, but he did think the House and the country had a right to demand Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN said he would not have occupied the attention of the House had he not been so per sonally referred to by the Hon. and Gallant Gentleman who had just sat down. Ice had referred to his going into the gallery and giving a vote without a speech. Surely all reason for a vote was not to be found in a speech, but that it was possible for there to be such without resorting to a declaration of that kind. With respect to past votes, and past pi oceedings, there was not much reason for many of them to congratulate them selves, as even the Hon. and Gallant Gentleman had himself referred to his own proceedings on the duty. They ought to let bygones be bygones, and not enter into matters in which so many of them would present so very strange a figure. He might remark, that if the Hon. Member for Stockport took credit to himself for the change of opinion that had taken place on the corn-laws, the Right Hon. Baronet denied that either the speeches or the arguments of that Hon. Gentleman had had the least influence on his mind, in making the present proposition. The Hon. Member for Stockport talked of the obtuseness of intellect that characterised the country gentlemen, who would not he influenced by his coun sels, but it was curious that while they (the supporters of Protection) and the Right Hon. Baronet differed, they should, according to the logic of the League, be therefore equally de ficient in mind, and incapable of appreciating sound argument. —( Hear, hear.) It had been asked by an Hon. Gentleman on the other side (Mr. Hume) when it was remarked that they should go to the country before settling this question—" Were they delegates that could not act without first consulting those who sent them ?" He (Mr. S. O'Brien) to this would say, that all he wanted was to go to his county (Northampton). He did not wish to enter the lists elsewhere. He did not wish to be like that gentleman, the butterfly of the House.—( Loud laughter.) Not confined to one borough or county, or even one kingdom or island, but extending his flight to the sister is land, and finding, when driven from everywhere else, a refuge among the pc,tatoes of Kilkenny.—(Laughter.) Mr. HUIVE— I never was in Kilkenny. Mr. S. O'BRIEN—If the Hon. Member was not, it did not mend the matter, and now he had sought a shelter among the heather of Montrose.—( Laughter. ) In conclusion he would say, he remembered the principles on which he was elected, and would act up to them ; when he could not do so, he would resign his trust. After a few remarks from Mr. NEWDEGATE, which was inaudible in the gallery, Lord INGESTRE remarked that the Right Hon. Baronet had said nothing about how the averages of tithes were to be taken ; he should like to know ? Sir R. PEEL said the averages could be kept in perfect consistency with the proposed law. Lord INGESTRE very much regretted that he felt it his duty, in accordance with the principles he professed of protec tion to industry at large—not that he had any selfish aim in ask ing protection to agriculture, but because he conceived pro tection, as a principle, to be necessary for the salvation of the country—to oppose the Right Hon. Baronet. He felt that, in the speech made that right, as also that made at the opening of the session, there was not a single argument to convince him of the necessity of the organic change that they were doomed to forgo. He could not conceive, he repeated, any necessity for the change, for, since the year 1842, agriculture had been recover ing—grain was obtaining fair prices—ample employment was afforded to every person, and therefore he did not consider that at present there was any need of this organic change. His own opinion was, with the Hon. Member for Durham (Mr. Liddell), that all these things were good in themselves, if they did not make themselves dependent on foreign nations for the food of this country. He could not, at the same time, conceal from himself that the country at large, and those with whom he associated, owed a heavy debt of gratitude to the Right Hon. Baronet. They could not forget his exer tions in the famous crisis of 1831-32, the period of the Reform Bill. He (Lord Ingestre) did admire the expressed deter mination of the Right Hon. Baronet on the first night of this session, that he would not guide the helm of the State unless that helm were allowed to traverse; but he (Lord Ingestre) had joined the Right Hon. Baronet's ship when it was sailing under other colours.—( Hear, hear.) He did not then expect that the landmarks of the people would have been removed. He would not lend a hand to hoist the topsail when they were going down the stream of destruction. They were, indeed, to have some further time for discussion, but he had taken the very earliest period to express his objection to any alteration of the present corn-laws. Mr. F. R. SCOTT said, that he had never risen with greater regret than now in opposing the proposition of the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Government. He (Mr. Scott) had come down to that House determined to hear the case before pronouncing a verdict upon it, and he exceed. ingly regretted that the statement he had that night heard was not such a satisfactory one as to induce him to alter the opi nions he had previously adopted ; namely, that support to native industry was the safest guard to the prosperity of the country. He had not pledged himself at the last election to any particular course of policy ; but as he considered that a promise should be held stronger arid more sacred than a bond, so did he consider that an implied understanding was ever, in an honourable man's mind, to be held equally strong.— (Cheers.) The statement of the Right Hon. Baronet had not convinced his mind that there was any necessity for this change ; at no former period had there been more work or higher wages foe it. That was the case, particularly in the northern districts of England, and in the south of Scotland ; at no former period were the prices of grain so steady and so accessible to the poor. Surely that could not be a reason for abandoning the system which had led to that prosperity. There might be causes to lead to this change in the mind of the Right Hon• Baronet, but he much deubted if the same causes would con vince his colleagues. He would not deny for a moment that a cheap rate pf grain had contributed in no small degree to the welfare of the aountry ; but he contended also that grain from their own soil was the greatest benefit to their country. He (Mr. Scott) was sure that if the present system of protection were continued for ten years longer, there would not be in that country u disPntented people. When the Right Honourable Baronet, at the last aettlement of this question addressed the House, he assured the agriculturists of the Pontitry, that by agreeing to his measure they would fortify their position to suet) a degree that they could defend themselves against all foreign commerce, They (the agriculturists) were snot placed: on equal terms with the manpfactures in the changes which were to take place. A manefaeterer would change his works, but the stock of the agriculturist was sunk in the ground, and could not be recovered. But the Right Hon. Baronet, although he had informed them that the duties were to be taken off the ex cise and the pasterns, had not informed them how the deficiency was to lie supplied, whether by a property-tax, or by some other means. He again expressed his regret at the conduct pursued by the Right Hon. Baronet s and his own inabilityto sup port it. Lord G. BENTINCK wished to know how the Bight Honourable Baronet calculated the tithe averages. The present law supposed an average of 58s. Bd. a quarter, and tithes were paid upon that amount. It would take seven more sears before grain would be reduced to 455. Were the agriculturists to pay on 58s. Bd. when grain was only 455. a quarter ? Sir R. PEEL explained that the proposition he had intro duced to the House would not, as anticipated, have the effect of reducing the. price of grain to 455. per quarter. It was, however, at present quite uncertain what the result would be ; but he did not think the question of the Noble Lord required an answer. The same question might with equal reason have been asked in 1842. He hoped that the reductions he cons templated would lead to an increased demand for labour, and that wages would in consequence so increase that grain would remain at steady prices, If otherwise, the House could take the matter into consideration at a future period. Sir JOHN TYRRELL (whose appearance on the Oppo, sition benches was greeted with roars of laughter from all parts of the House) said, that he once had the honour of being one of a deputation who waited upon the Right Hon. Baronet, on the question of wool. The night Hon. Baronet on that occa sion had, as be might say, presented a pistol at the head of his Grace the Duke of Richmond, by holding to him a docu ment, which had reference to the price of wool, and he asked, with an air of triumph—'. Look, since the duty on wool was reduced ld. per pound, prices have risen." But the reason that the prices had risen was, that English wool was required for the manufacture of coarse cloths, while for finer fabrics fo reign wool was imported, He regretted that this discussion had gone on, because it would end in nothing important, but the Bight Honourable Baronet complained that this the part of his portents. He 6onfessed that he SirJohnTyrrell) e (S. • • the Peninsnlar war, who might see argument had only been met by vituperation on the over to Nlarshal the Duke of Wellington and his staff going Soult.—(Laughter. ) He believed that that was precisely as position of a person in the agriculturists felt now. He felt that the Bight Hop. Baronet in his speech from the throne.—(Laughter.) He would rather tiel4 them what a farmer said to him one day when he was out hunting.—(Continued laughter.) He said Sir Robert Peel will only pull in front, he will rot go into the shafts, and he want pall in the middle.—( Roars of laughter.) The Right Hon. Baronet would forge his diction &Etna the country, however much it was averse to It, He could riot forbear expressing his opinion that the Right Hon. Baronet was not doing well inthnsforcinghis opinions on them. It was perfectly true that the measures of the Bight Hen. Gentleman might turn out as he anticipated, but he ( Sir J. Tyrrell) did not think that the supporters of the Right Hon. Gentleman hod been well treated by him. He was surprised that the other Members of the Hight Hon. Gentleman's Go vernment hail said nothing in the way pf explanation upon this subject. All that they at present knew was that the kjohle Lord the Member for London had written a letter from Spat land which had put the Right Hon. Baronet in a pretty poo r siderable fix—such a 4 that he has been compelled to resign his office. The Lord Noble himself then came in, but he was . obliged to resign in consequence a. demand made by some of his friends, that the fines. member for Stockport should form one of his Cabinet, a step violently opppsed by the constitution al Whigs. And this was all they had beard. rip 4igb i t: [ion. Gentleman at the head of the Government had not then& proper to say anything oboist the potato disease. It was no doubt the potato disease which had brought about the present measure, and therefore he (Sir J. Tyrrell) called the present the Potato Peel Government.—(Laughter.) Colonel SIBTHID RP rose to read a letter which he had that Morning received. The letter came from the Anti-Corn law League—(l-Oars of ltughter)— and wall nlarkfti "prly , ltt , and confidentiil,"—(C-Ontineed lai4ghler : ) COreing front such a quarter " private and confidential" to him was something to be admired.—(Laughter.) Of course, if he received a letter marked "private and confidential," respecting a conspiracy to 4 - 1104er arty Member of that House, o f course h e s h ou ld n ot scruple to matte it public.--( H eart h ear. ) And so he would The ci; e y r t e h o i m s i e g n h c t e b d v I T ti d r e i a n r nt S i o r d . proceed to read the letter he h e ld i n lics hand..--(Laug=hter.Rt i ° t a vi r s • was not a n I t l74lit fi s r titer er. e Me erivre.tiees of theLeagne in Lancashi re , Yorkahire Cheshire, Itlidd , rsex, and . Lineolo,ll4; other illpoFtaa onstituencies, having secured a majority in favour of the prin_ ciolee of the Leare in those important constituencies; the council feel justified in appealing to you to co - opera t e With them in their endeavour. Within th e l ast two months they have racqd!34 elital)l five ilandred 4 d .4hinf from the other Members of the Administration their reasons for their change of opinion.—(Cheers.) They had a right to demand this, because it had been currently reported that the minority of the Cabinet had voted in favour of the Right Hon. Baronet.—( Hear, hear.) He held in his hand a paper, con taining a speech of the Right H.n. Gentleman the Member for Wiltshire, which he made to his constituents on accepting the office of Secretary-at-War, in which speech he found the following passage :—" He was not about to excusa himself for his vote upon the corn-laws, because, at the time he gave it he thought the amount of protection was ex cessive. He was, however, mistaken, for he had since dis covered that the amount of protection was not larger than it ought to be, and it was, he thought, the opinion of the people, and of the Ministry, that this protection ought to be uphold." Now this was spoken on the 15th of February, 1845, but what would be the Right Hon. Gentleman's reception if he went amongst his constiiueney, in February, 1846, as a supporter of the proposition of the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Government. He repeated that they had a right to demand of the other Members of the Administration the reasons for their changing their opinions which they supported, he would not say in lt-42, but which they promulgated in 1845. Air. SIDNEY HERBERT—Sir, I think the House will agree with me, that, in this stage of the proceedings, it will not be for their convenience that I should now enter and ihotild, 7 on that account, be abolished.: tie wis convinced, in his own mind, from something which the Right Hon. Baronet had thrown out as to the oppressiveness of the malt tax, that its repeal would have been one of the boons to be held out to the w&king population ; and not to them alone but to the whole agricultural interest.—( Hear.) He con fessed he was deeply disappointed that the Right Hon. Baronet had not proposed a rep,al of the malt-tax, because, when he heard the Right Hon. Gentleman professing to do all that lay in his power to relieve the labouring population, he expected that he would have reraled that tax a.'s one of the boons to the labouring classes. They were as much worthy of the attention of her Majesty's Government as any other class in the community. He knew the country from long experi ence, and knew that wages invariably followed the price of provisions. Mr. B. ESCOTT wished, in one word, to express his ex treme thankfulness to the Right lion. Baronet fur having in cluded in bis schedule of reductions the article on Indian corn, for which he gave notice last session. There was no one measure more likely to promote the interests of both the farmer and agricultural labourer than the free importation of that article of food. Mr. WAKLEY said, it was utterly impossible for Hon. Members to have heard the scheme of the Right Hon. Ba. ronet without feelings of the strongest approbation and ap proval. They could not have heard the whole plan as he (the Right Hon. Baronet) had laid it down, without in the main agreeing that the scheme was a good one, and one to which they should give their support. There might he some points of disagreement, of difference of sentiments, which might call forth considerable discussion in their future debates on the question, but when they reflected that at the end of the next three years there was to be a total repeal of the corn law s, and also a considerable and immediate reduction in the other ar ticles which constituted the food of the country, they must feel and express the strongest approval of the scheme as a whole.—( Hear, hear.) Now the lion. Member for Wilt shire (Mr. Bennett) had expressed his astonishment that the Right Hon. Baronet had not proposed a repeal of the malt tax, and he had expressly stated that the working classes of the country would, by his (the Right lion. Baronet) silence on that head, be deprived of those benefits to which they were entitled. But be that as it might, he (Mr. Wakley) was per suaded that the scheme which the Right lion. Baronet had proposed would be for the benefit of the millions of this coun try.—( Hear, hear.) It would be for the benefit of trade ; and it would likewise be the basis of the peace of the world ; it would advance the social condition of millions, and also create for them markets for their labour.—( Hear, hear.) For his own part he represented nearly 3c0,000 of the inhabitants of the Northern part of the metropolis—( Hear), and he would venture to say that his constituents would express their entire approval of the Right Hon. Baronet's proposal.—( Hear, hear.) He firmly believed that no proposal had ever been made to Par liament as a whole, which would be more conducive to the happiness of the people of this country than the schemes of the Right Hon. Baronet. Did the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Wiltshire conceive that the scheme was not calculated to im- prove the condition of the working classes ? Why did it not at once go for the reduction of the price of bread and meat of every family in the kingdom ?—( Hear, hear.) If a proposal bad been made for the repeal of the malt-tax, what would have been the conduct of the Honourable Member for Wiltshire with reference to the other . branches cf the proposal ?—( Haar. ) His (Mr. Wakley's) 6tm conviction was that it would have met with his decided opposition. He (Mr. Wakley) clearly saw that the next fortnight would be expended in agitation— (Hear, hear), and they might depend upon it that it;ould not be very peaceful agitation.—( Hear.) He could see clearly enough that an appeal would be made during that period to the passions of the electors of this country, and in carrying on that agitation the Hon. Gentleman on the opposite side of the House ought to bear in mind under what circumstances it would be made. He would wish them to recollect one little fact in reference to it. Let them bear in mind that if they did excite the passions of the electors in the electoral districts, and if their agitation should extend, not only throughout the most remote parts of the kingdom, but also into the cities, there were hundreds of thousands of peo ple in the country who were tie consumers of food, and not the sellers, and who had no votes at elections. He would wish to ask Hon. Gentlemen opposite if they were prepared to meet the cries of those consumers at every hus'ings in the king dom? He would beg of them to bear in mind that they were about to make an appeal which, in his opinion, would be one of the most dangerous kind. The consumers of food, who had no votes, would say to themselves, " Those gentlemen who are merely the sellers of food, have votes, whilst we, the con sumers, have none." They would immediately set about pull ing down the system of class legislation, because they have no voice in making the laws which they were called upon to obey. They would say that they were the victims of class legislation.—( Hear, hear.) He (Mr. Wakley) merely threw out this intimation now, because he was convinced that at length, and in detail, into the reasons and grounds upon which I have formed the opinion I hold upon the subject now before the House, or to explain the grounds which induced me entirely to change the opinions upon the commercial policy of the country which I have hitherto advanced in this House.— ( Hear, hear.) But this I will, and I hope it will be satisfactory to the Noble Lord and the House, that when the discussion comes on in a future stage of this proceeding, I shall be enabled to state explicitly, simply, and undisguisedly, all the grounds which induced me to change my opinions, and to give such an explanation of my conduct as to be perfectly satisfactory to the House. I think it will be more for the convenience of the House that we should not enter prematurely into the whole bearings of this vast and great question, or to put forward at the present moment the many arguments which may be urged in its favour. But at all events I think it more for our convenience that I should not go into the reasons and grounds which have induced me to form the opinions I now hold, because, while entering into those grounds, it will be necessary for me, after what has fallen from the Noble Lord and other Hon. Members to enter upon a discussion of a somewhat personal character.—( Hear, hear. ) I beg leave to assure my Noble Friend, who asks me what sort of a reception I expect when. I again go amonst my constituency, that no man can impute to me any but disin terested motives, or that I changed my views end opinions for the sake of power, and certainly I could not have changed them for the purpose of currying favour with my constituency, because nay constituency is a peculiar agricultural one. But, when I do again go amongst my constituency, I hope they wit so fairly and dispassionately have considered this question, and the many arguments in its favour, that there will be little or no difference between their opinions, and my own.—(Cheers.) Let me further tell the Noble Lord that on my reurning to town last autumn, I found the affairs of the nation in such a state as to induce me net to hesitate for a mo ment in making up my mind as to the course I should pursue, and I joined with my Right Hon. Friend, the First Lord of the Treasury, in advising the Council to adopt the measure which has been brought forward to night, and when proper and convenient time arrives I shall he ready to explain my reasons for doing so, without any reserve on my part. When, therefore, 1 shall again present myself to the notice of my constituents, I have the firmer conviction that—this question having been in the meantime calmly and dispassionately considered by the country—those who now take the sincerest interest in agricultural protection will think that I have never neglected my duty to them or my duty to the community at la: ge, in giv.ng my hearty, disinterested, and honest support to the measure which has been brought forward this evening. —(Cheers. ) Mr. P. HOWA RD said that, connected as ho was with the lauded interest of the country, he must be allowed to address a few words to the House, on the important subject which had been brought before them. He had listened to the able and elaborate explanation of the Right Hon. Baronet, and he confessed that the equiva lent the Right Hon. Baronet proposed to afford to the landed interest for the change he was about to make, was much less than was justified by circumstances ; but, considering the suc cess which had hitherto followed free-trade measures, he was prepared to give his support to the resolutions which were to be submitted to them.—(Hear, hear.) He confessed that he would much rather have had the change made less suddenly, and while the period of three years was much too limited, he thought the maximum protection to be afforded in the mea ntime was no less scanty. There was an alteration, how ever, which he hailed as a boon to agriculture—he meant the alteration in the law of settlement. Only those farmers re siding in the neighbourhood of largo towns could appreciate the importance of this change ; but nevertheless he begged moat heartily to thank the Right Hon, Baronet for the con cession. 111 r. EDMUND WODEHOUSE begged to ask the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of her Majesty's Government, whethe r llouse any it o N f ca the communications intention to lay upon the t a ble of the ommunieations he had received from the c rowned heads of Europe respecting their opinions upon free because upon that subject they had no assurance ex the flopograble gentleman, the Member for Bolter), t e r e a p d t e iron (Dr. Bcwring) Sir ROBERT PEI[.. hoped to be enabled in a few days to lay before the House a formal eonvention from the crowned heads of Europe favourable to the relaxation of protective duties. H e ar, hear.) Mr, GROGAN observed that, as an Irish Member, he wished to state that four articles, tn whieh protection was most essential, would be seriously affected by the Right Hon. Baro net's proposed reductions. The first of these, linen, was one of the chief articles of home manufacture in Ireland, and pro tection was to he withdfawn front it. The provipqn trade was also a staple article of commerce, which would be thrown open to the competition of foreigners. The article of butter was also a main feature of frish traffic, and although it was one of the items left unaltered in the last tariff, it was now proposed to reduce the duty one half. There was not, he believed, a single article of Toth manufacture whiph thp f i egisl4t4re ought to ba more anxious to encourage than the butter trade.—. (Hear, hear.) With respect to corn, the people of Ire land were in the same condition as the people of Eng land, with this exception, that they had no manufactures to fall pm when there was a scarcity of agricultural em ployment. Consequently any withdrawal of protection from corn would be very severely felt in Ireland, 4s the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir R. Peel) had stated that they were to have on the following evening a schedule, comprising the names of the articles, and the amount of duty to be reduced upon each, he Wished to know rrhether thh schedule would contain an are ate amount pf the reduptiops, and also tq kposy in what way t o ile deficipney in the nations revenue was to he met. Sir It. P EEL„ in reply to the Honograitjle Meml2Pr, said, be was in hopes that some of the reduction, in duty would, so far from creating a deficit, .t 914 to Increase the Hear, hear t ) He could show that in the years when there was the greatest importation the r e had h d e tr n co th d c , bricesyte in ii r a c ci du n e Q t t io i? n ee i n n a d n u y t d y im led ioti to tion increased the quantity of home produce. As Ileiref4l gentlerpep price s. rthls there The " hP peared anxious upon the Would now rema4 that it was P9t the intention of h er Majesty's Government to make any proposition wiith H ear , hear.) Although the respect to the income-tax.-.-( great reduction which he had proposed upon the yarioes article temPeTant effect upqn . the Re had mentioned Would P I • "it qcP c a h cob dente in' the increased revenue, nevertheless lie had su reductions, and the a demand that would result from these °, iv that the revenue .ddi could tic. t pniPlAY.Ii Ftth4t w° lo ile tt'o c eal taxes.—(Cheers. be met without proposing any ad Mr. H. HOWARD expressed a hope that some attempt slave-trade sugar, would be made to make a reduction is inentative of • Mr, CURTIS I as the !PR. in the ctiltiva a t r ir number of persons in t a r ° Le • e attentiono f , , • of 1)(:ps, trusted to draw t t. He there would Bight flaronet tg that ipterps f not it would be unf • be an entire free trade ill hops, for . gn hops. Ho unfair to take away half the protection fromf f r or f e r i ee trade in ho asked, the name of the hop growers, nber fur East Su p s s' e and n 9 duty, and called upon the Hip. ~lrlirht Hop. came et, to support him in that object. If the 4 r d t' " ad tie from Qs nroposed with respect to corn, general._ as . can would have given him his support! Wit it. was now would net commit himself, hut foe his tr i u s p u n t s t l e t r l!_a and candid consideration, while he woll n l 1 .1 ) ? - —nit to be his opinion. to concur with those ifs Right Hon. Baron'ent -(Hear, hear. N or his part ho was most anxious to have. the question of the corn-law; finally set at rest. Considerirns the enormmts cloy that was now paid on hops, he hoped the Right lion, Baronet would turn his attention to the subject, w , th the view of repealing the duty altogether.—( Hear. ) Sir 11. PEEL observed, that after the very candid speech of the Hon. Member (Mr. Curtis) he ought to make him a reply. It he were in private conversation with the li on. Member, he would tell him not to encourage the hop_growers h Stir ti l ls )145stion. Vpon a former occasion he ( Sir Robert Peel ) hat proposed to reduce the duty on hops from 61 . ' 41. 10s., but he had been opposed in such intentio n , He really thought there was now a very fair protection on hops. Mr. BENNRTT rernarlted, that the Right Honourable Baronet had forgotten the labouring population who consumed both the malt and and the hops. He did hope that the Right Hon. Baronet, among the other duties which it was his intention either to reduce or a bolish would have pro posed the total repeal of the malt-tax.—s Hear, hear,) That tax ! be Fain4ined ; was tl4 nun file I .qtinwi n g population, if the appeal to which he had alluded should be made ; and if the considerable excitement which he anticipated would be made to maintain the principle of protection, the results would be most injurious to the country.—( Hear.) If Hon. Gentle men were sincere with reference to what they said, and if they believed that the scheme proposed that evening by the Right Hon. Baronet, which really interest the public to the extent which they represented, he would ask them, were they pre pared to extend the power of voting to the consumers of food? He would advise them to be cautious, it they were not pre. pared to answer that question in the affirmative. They should beware how they excited the feelings and indignation of the millions of the manufacturing inhabitants of this country Believing as he did, that the scheme of the Right Hon. Baro . net had - been propounded in sincere discretion, and for the benefit of the nation at large, without reference to any parti cular class of individuals— ( Hear, hear)—believing that it was one of a just character—believing, in fact, that there was no thing of injustice connected with it, he should give it his most cordial support in every stage of the proceedings; and he was ,ure that if the Right Hon. Baronet persevered in the course which he had prepWsed, he would be supported by the millions of the people.—( Cheers.) Mr. BENNETT said that he came to that House fettered by no busting pledges, and he would have the Hon. Gentle man who had just sat down to understand that he intended voting on this and all other questions as his conscience guided him.—( Hear, hear.) Agitation had been spoken of, but he wished to know whether, if there Lad been no agitation through the country on the other side of the question ?—( Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") The Anti-Corn-law League had sent its agents into every toAn and village of the county which he represented; but he -had much pleasure in saying that the public papers would bear him out in saying that they had met with the unanimous indignation of the farme►s and their labourers, and that, in fact, their attempts at " anti-corn-law demonstrations" had been complete failures.— ( Hear, hear.) At one of those meetings which had been called in his own village, there were scarcely 300 present. He would wish to inform the lion. Gontleman who had last addressed the House, and also all others, holding the same opinion, that the gentleman connected with the agricul ture of the country had deep rooted dislike of all agitation of the kind alluded to. They would, however, on this question, use all the constitutional exertions within their power, and they would take care, in their agitation, to do nothing which might prove detrimental to the interests of any class in the country. were the principles on which they defended protection; they were not narrow and mean, and - upon those — print/Ow they claimed to go to the country. He wo uld again report, that it was on a great general principl e, that%they defended protection, and not on any principle of compensation. Why, they repudiated the term, and if they did not so repudiate it, they would say the terms were too mean, too paltry. for their acceptance. And again he would say, adopting the words of his Right Hon. Friend at the head of the Govern ment, that this was a question which must be settled by the voice of the nation.—( Hear, hear.) But the vo:ce of the nation was not heard in that House upon that question. The House then resumed, the Chairman reported progress, and obtained leave to sit again on Monday, the 9th day of February. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at Twelve o'clock. If they should become agitators, they would not be agita tors in the cause of mischief.—( Cries of " Hear, hear.") Mr. GISBORNE stated he wished to make a remark upon an epithet which fell from the Hon. Member for Finsbury. He stated that the friends of the Anti-Corn-law League re ceived the announcement of the Premier with " stubborn silence." He stated that he had no authority to speak on behalf of the League. He. in common with others, left the House under the impression that the House did not intend to raise a debate upon the question, and it was only by accident that he heard of this debate. He hoped, therefore, that the silence connected with the League would not b 3 construed into " stubborn silence." Mr. Newdegate said that he should connect himself with the one question which he had proposed in the former part of the evening to the Hon. Baronet at the head of her Majesty's Go vernment. He would, however, just make one remark upon an opinion of Mr. Vi'akley. Why did he deprecate agitation P Had he ever known gentlemen on this side of the House en gaged in exciting those feelings ? He would also call the at tention of the First Minister of the Crown to the circumstence that, perchance, with the best intentions, but with no distinct view, as the Hon. Baronet had himself admitted, of the otiose. quences of his measure as to the agricultural interests, they might find themselves placed in the position that the yeomanry of England, who now contributed to the preservation of the peace of the country, would, when danger threatened them, be not so ready to afford their wonted assistance. Did the Hon. Member for Finsbury consider that the agricultural interest did not understand their interest, or that they should nAt appoal to their constituencies? He considered that they had reason to demand time for full inquiry into the matter, Mr. WAN.I.,EY statcd that ha never attended but one meet ing of the Anti-Corn-law League, and that a parish one. He considered that that body had been of great service to the country, and deserved its gratitude, He did not intend that any expressions which fell frquil him should be hurtful to the feelings of Hon : Ambers on that side of the House. Mr. 14 EWDEGATE rose to explain. Colonel WOOD said he did not intend to express his opi nions on the details of the measure before the House. Ho con" sidered the proposition of the tlon, Baronet bad a ten. dency to settle that queation ;Thiel; now divided the two great interests of the coehtry—and he hoped that his endeavours would prove successful in the settlement of that great question an I he would give his most cordial and hearty support to the measures of the Right Hon. Baronet. He believed hlm to be actuated by a patriotic spirit, and he would give him his sup port in CangeqUellee• Lord NEWPORT said he could not agree with the senti ments of the last speaker. He thought the supporter e s : o o f seea t d h : e Right Hon. Gentleman adopted a new policy, contrary to their own convictions and the pledge they gave to their constituents, He considered they ought to appal to the country. Mr. AGLIONEY saki be bed sat fur many hours in that He Hnuse, and heard the opinions stated out of doors repeated posedstere. in oF t rt h oh e me ero f a e nl i c ler it n l as e treh m osin, b sew e t r hm s tohe i o n ,:a,F t up h ori aersstetdHwtiaohosul measures s a t d prr a a nz pro in : arßge th fr:g a cth t qht im tUtit he saw many Members in that Houle who were not connected directly or indirectly 'AO commerce or manufactures, conscien tionsly advocating the abolition of the corn-laws. A great change had come over those, and he believed a great change had come ever their constituencies also.—( Hear. ) He believed a we r lias g i u cg m hg e he n ee t s s bt , iee m lni e a .v d e e du v t e eo r w y bae m s a a e ni eopQ e ie l e t ic: : 4n e a r tl t h S aop t s ci aw t t h e e r that the gentlemen of the Anti-Corn-law League had, their go —o who cause ou chha da i present w e' t adopted it as a class question. It was a great atop In the cause which he believed to he essential to the free trade of this country, and he woqlcl, :and did, tender him his cordial and hearty thanks for the proposal of such a measure...... 4 Hear, hear.) He would express a hope that before long he would see another tax repealed for the salvo of the labouring classes of this country, which waa essential for their comfort; he alluded to the tact uppn malt. In many parts of England farmers i would bq enabled to make malt of tijored or inferior wheat, which they were new unable to do,-1 Hear, hear.) On these grounds he hoped before long he would see the malt tax repealed. Further than this he could not go now, than to say that he cordially approved of the measures propounded 14 the Right Hon. Baronet, and tendered hire, his. thanks for that great step. * m r . 84N4E4 said he was of opinion that this measure ought to be de c ided by the country, 1 0 ' 4 . a legitimate manner, The T he 11 was not introduced in . 7„, Member who had just con taking/ cluded his 4,ksveh • ne was glad that the country was ob easure of relief, and that it ought to con vince - all th a t" ena the sc heme included the interest s o f the asriculturists; but with that opinion he did not agree. The compensation the farmers were to get was a relief from highway rates, and the payment of medical officers, but he con tended this was no relief, and read a document to ahow what a farm in his county paid for highway rates. The great land owners would receive no injury at all by this measure, as it would only affect the smaller classes of farmers. —( Hear.) There were three rents paid, it was a well-known fact; the rent for the landowner, the rent for the tenant, and the rent for county charges. He was sure the Right Hon. Baronet's measure would sweep away the small classes of farmers from this country. They did not desire any compensation if they were not allowed to maintain their right to the existence of those protective duties; as a national right they would repudiate the idea, for they considered if they were not so entitled, they were not entitled at all. The ground of their opposition was founded on no class right, nor was it by reason of their peculiar burdens that they claimed a continuance of protective duties. They considered that the estimates voted for the army and navy were not so much to defend their corn-fields as to pro tect Oregon, and the sources of their commercial prosperity in which they were an deeply Interested. Those SIR IL PEEL'S NEW TARIFF. RESOLUTIONS TO BE PROPOSED IN COMMITTEE ON CUSTOMS AND CORN IMPORTATION ACTS. Resolved,—That in lieu of the duties now payable on the importa tion of corn, grain, meal, or flour, there shall be paid, until the let day of February 1849, the following duties, viz. If imported from any foreign country; WHEAT: — Whenever the average price of wheat, made up and published in the manner required by law, shall be for every quarter - - - tinder 485., the duty shall be, for every quarter - - - - 488. and under 495. - - - 495. and under 50s. - • -50 s. and under Ms. - - - -51 s. and under 525. - - - - 525. and tinder 535. - - - 533. and upwards Bearzy, PEER, OR RIGG WheneVrr the average price of barley, made up up and published in the manner required by law, shall be for every quarter - - - under 268 , the duty shall be, for every quarter - - - - 265. and under 278. - - 475. and under 288. - - - 288. and under 298. - - - 295. and under 30s. - - -30 s. and under3ls. - - -31 s. and upwards - OATS : R. d. 10 0 9 0 8 0 7 1.1 6 0 5 0 4 0 5 0 4 6 4 0 3 6 3 0 2 6 2 0 - Whenever the average price of Oats, ma€ie up and published in the manner required by law, shall be for every quarter - under 18s., the duty shall be, for every quarter - - - -18 s. and under 19s. - -19 s. and under 20s. - - -20 s. and under 218. - - -21 s and under 225. - - - 225. and upwards - Rya, PEASE, AND BEANS : For every quarter ; --- 4 0 -_- 3 6 --- 3 0 --- 2 6 --- 2 0 --- 1 6 A duty equal in amount to the duty payable on a quarter of barley. WHEAT MEAL AND FLOUR : For every barrel, being one hundred and ninety-six pounds ; A duty equal in amount to the duty payable on thirty eight gallons and a half of wheat. BARLEY MEAL : - For every quantity of pounds ; A duty equal in amount to the duty payable on a quarter of barley. OATMEAL:— For every quantity of one hundred and eighty-one pouthls and a half ; A duty equal in amount to the duty paable on a quarter of oats. RYE MEAL : For every quantity, of pounds ; A duty equal in amount to the duty payable on a quarter of rye. PEA MEAL AND BEAN MEAL : For every quantity of pounds ; A duty equal in amount to the duty payable on a quarter of pease or beans. And that from and after the said Ist day of February 1819 there shall be paid the following duties, viz. : Wheat, barley, beer or bigg, oats, rye, pease, and beans, s. d. for every quarter - - - - - - 1 0 Wheat meal, barley meal, oat meal, rye meal, pea meal, and bean meal, for every cwt. - - - - 0 4% If the produce of and imported from any British posses sion out of Europe ; Wheat, barley, beer or bigg, oats, rye, pease, and beans, the duty shall be for every quarter - Wheat meal, barley meal, oat meal, rye meal, pea meal, and bean meal, the duty shall be for e, ery cwt. - 1 0 0 4 Resolved,—That in lieu of the Duties of Customs now chargeable on the articles under-mentioned, imported into the United Kingdom, the following Duties shall be charged, viz.: Agates or Cornelians, set, for every 100/. value - - £lO 0 0 Ale and Beer of all sorts, for every barrel - - 1 0 0 Almonds, Paste of, for every 100!. value - 10 0 0 Amber, Manufactures 01; not enumerated, for every 1' 01. value - - - - - 10 0 0 Arrow Root, the cwt. - - - - - 0 2 6 —of and from a British Possession, per cwt. - 0 0 6 Bandstring Twist, for every 1001. value - - 10 0 0 of and from a British Possession, for every 1001. value - - - - - - - 5 0 0 Barley, Pearled, the cwt. - - - - 0 2 6 —of and from a British Possession, the cwt. - 0 1 3 Bast Ropes, Twines, and Strands, for every 1001. value 10 5 () —of and from a British Possession, for every 100/. _ ._ value Beads, viz. :- -- Arango, for every 1001. value Coral, for every 1001. value Crystal, for every 1001. value Jet, for every 100/. value - not otherwise enumerated or described Beer or Mum, the barrel - - Blacking, for every every 100/. value - Brass, manufactures of, for every 100/. value - - Powder of, for every 1001. value - Brocade of Gold or Silver, for every 1001. value Bronze, manufactures of, for every 1001. value - - Powder, for every 1001. value Buck Wheat, the quarter Butter, the cwt - of and from a British Possession, the cwt. Buttons, Metal, for every 100/. value - Candles, viz. Spermaceti, the lb. - - Stearine, the lb. - Tallow, the cwt. - -- Wax, the lh. - - Canes, Walking Canes or Sticks, mounted, painted, or otherwise ornamented, for every 100/. value - Carriages of all sorts, for every 100/. value . Casks, empty, for every 1001. value Cassiva Powder, the cwt. of and from a British Possession, the cwt Catlings, for every 1001. value - Cheese, the cwt. - -5 0 0 - 10 0 0 - 10 0 0 - 10 0 0 - 10 0 0 . 10 0 0 -1 0 0 - 10 0 0 - 10 0 0 - 10 0 0 - 10 0 0 - 10 0 0 - 10 0 0 -0 1 0 - 0 10 0 - 0 2 ti - 10 0 0 0 0 3 • 0 0 ltAi 0 5 0 0 0 2 - 10 0 0 - 10 0 0 - 10 0 0 -0 2 6 -0 0 6 - 10 0 0 -0 5 0 -0 1 6 of and from a British Possession, the cwt.- China or Porcelaine Ware, painted or plain, gilt or orna mented, for every 1001. value - - - Cider, the tun - - - . - Citron, preserved in salt, for every 1001. value - Clocks, for every 1001. value - - - Copper manufactures not otherwise enumerated or de scribed, and Copper Plates engraved, for every 100/. value - - - - - - - 10 0 '0 Copper or brass Wire, for every 100 'value - - 10 0 0 Cotton, articles or manufactures of Cotton, wholly or in part made up, not otherwise charged with Duty, for every 100/. value - - - - - 10 0 0 of and from a British Possession, for every 100/. value - - - - 5 0 0 Crayons, for every 100/. value - - - ' - 10 0 0 Crystal, cut or manufactured, for every 1001. value - 10 0 0 Cucumbers, preserved, for every 1001. value - - 5 0 0 of and from a British Possession, for every 1001. value - - - - - - - 210 0 Fish cured, not otherwise enumerated, the cwt. - 0 1 0 Gauze of Thread, for every 1001. YAW - - .. 10 0 0 —of and from a British Possession, for every 100/. value - - . - - - Hair, mantifeeteres Of Hairor Goats' Wool, or of Hair or Goats' Wool and any other material, and articles of Ollch manufacturewholly or in part made up, not par ticularly enumerated, or otherwise chtfrged with duty, thr every 1001. value - - - -10 0 0 of and from a British Possession, for every 1001. value - - - . - - . 5 0 0 Hams of all kinds, the cwt. - - - - 0 7 0 -- of and faun a British Possession, the Cwt. - 0 2 0 Harp String*, or Lute Strings, silvered, . for every 1001. Value . , - - - Hats or Bonnets, viz. of Chip, the lb. _ -- of Bast, Cane, or Horsehair Hats or Bonnets, each Hat or Bonnet not exceeding twenty-two inches in di ameter, the do,oop . _ - - - - each Tlat or Bonnet exceeding twenty-two inches in diameter, the dozen - - - - 010 0 ~ --.--- Straw Hats or Bonnets, the lb. - - - 0 15 0 Hats, Felt, Hair, Wool, or Beaver Hats, each - 0 2 0 made of Silk, Silk Shag laid upon left, linen, or oilier material, each - - Hops, the cwt - . - - Iron and Steel, wrought, not otherwise enumerated, for every laii, Value - - - - JaPalnied or Lacquered Ware, for every 1001. value Lace, viz., Thread, for every 1001. value - - made by the band, commonly called Cushion or Pillow Lace, whether of linen, cotton, or silken thread, for every 1001. value I- - - 10 0 0 Latten Wire, for every 100/. value - - - 10 Q 0 Lead, Manufactures of, not otherwise enumerated, tbr every 1001. value - • . - - Leather, manufactures of -- -- Boots, Shoes, and Calashes, viz. : Women's Moots and Calashes, the dozen pair - Women's Boots and Calashes, tinned or trimmed With far or other trimming, the dozen pair - - 0 7 6 Women's Shoes with cork or double soles, quilted shoes and clogs, the dozen pair _ Women's Shoes, it trimmed or lined with fur or any other trimming, the dozen pair - Women's Shwa of silk, satin, jean, or other stuffs, kid, morocco, or other leather, the dozen pair - 0 4 6 - Women's Shoes, if trimmed or lined with fur or any other trimming, the dozen pair - - 0 5 0 - Girl's Boots and Shoes, and Colosimo, not exceed ing seven inches in length, to be charged with two thirds of the above duties Men's Boots, the dozen pair - - - 014 0 - Men's Shoes, the dozen pair - 0 7 0 - Boys' Boots and Shoes, not exceeding seven inches in lentettl, to be charged with two-thirds of the above - 10 0 0 -5 5 0 -5 0 6 - 10 0 0 -5 0 0 - 10 0 0 -0 3 6 0 7 6 -0 2 0 -2 5 0 - 10 0 0 - 10 0 0 - 10 0 0 - 10 0 0 0 6 0 -0 5 0 0 6 0 dutiesi - , - Leather boot Fronts not exceeding nine inches In height, the dozen pair - - - - - 0 1 9 Leather Boot Fronts exceeding nine inches in height, the dozen pair 0 2 9 Loather cut into shapes, or any article made of Leather, or any manufacture whereof leather is the most valu able part, not otherwise enumerated or described, for every 100/. value Linen, or Linen and Cotton, viz. ; -- Cambrics and Lawns, commonly called French Lawns, the piece not exceeding eight yards in length, and not exceeding seven-eighths of a yard in breadth, and so in yaoportion for any greater or less quantity plain, the piece - - - - - - 0 2 6 - Bordered Handkerohieft, the piece - - 0 2 6 - Lawns of any sort, not French, for every 1001. - 10 0 0 - 10 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 214 value - - - ---- Damasks, the square yard -- Damask Diaper, the square yard - - - Plain Linen and Diaper, not otherwise enumerated or described, and whether chequered or striped with dye, yarn, or not, for every 1001. value . - 10 0 0 Sails, not in aotual use of a British ship, and lit and not Otherwi se d i e . and necessary far such ship, paled of, for every 1001. value - 10 0 0 _—Articles, Manufactures of Linen, or of Linen with Cotten, or with Wool wh o ll y or in part made iniz up, not particularly enumer a t e d , or edlrw rwise charred with duty, for every 1001 . value . Maize or Indian Corn, per quarter t I. -10 0 0 Meal, the cwt., - - - 0 1 0 musical Inatrwtl.4o4%, tar Ov' - - - 0 0 6 40. 3 00. rtonr, the etv.• • ery 100/. value - , -10 0 0 Bape*, Whited. • -.-- - 0 6 0 Milo.— , painted or stained Paper, or Paper P.. _ -.g, or Flock Paper, the square yard - - 0 0 2 - ,acils, for every 1001. value - - - - 10 0 0 —of Slate, for every 1001. value - - -10 0 0 Perfumery, not otherwise charged, for every 100/. value 10 0 0 Perry, the tun - - - - - - 5 5 0 Pewter, Manufactures of, for every 1001. value - 10 0 0 Platting of Straw, the lb. - - - - 0 5 0 romatum, for every 1001. value - - - - 10 0 0 Pots of Stone, for every 1001. value - - - 10 0 0 Puddings and Sausages, the lb. - - - 0 0 1 Rice, the cwt. - - - - - - 0 1 0 Rough, and in the husk, the quarter - - 1 0 Sago, the cwt. - - - - - - 0 0 6 Sausages or Puddings, the lb. - - - - 0 0 1 SEEDS, VIZ.:— Canary, the cwt. - - - - 0 5 0 Carraway, the cwt. - .. - - 0 5 0 Carrot, the cwt. - - - 0 5 0 Clover, the cwt. - - - - - 0 5 0 Leek, the cwt. - - - - - 0 5 0 Mustard, the cwt. - - - - 0 1 3 Onion, the cwt. - - - - - 0 5 0 All other Seeds not particularly enumerated or de scribed, or otherwise charged with duty, for every 1001. value - - 5 0 0 These Seeds of and from a British possession to be charged only one-half of these duties. SILK lissaTFAcTrims : Manufactures of Silk, or at' Silk mixed with metal, or any other material, produce of Europe, viz. : Silk or Satin, plain, striped, figured, or brocaded, viz. -0 3 0 Broad Stuffs, the lb. - - - Articles thereof not otherwise enumerated, the lb. 0 6 0 Or, and at the option of the Officers of the Cl's- . 15 0 0 lODIS, for every 1001. value - - Ribbons, the lb. - - Silk Gauze or Crape, plain, striped, figured, or - brocaded; viz. Broad Stuffs, the lb. - 0 9 0 Articles thereof, not otherwise enumerated, the lb. 010 0 Or, cud at the option of the Officers of the Cus tams, for every 1001. value - Ribbons, the lb. - Gauze of all descriptions, mixed with silk, satin, or any other materials, in the proportion of one-half part of the fabric, the lb. - - 0 9 0 - - Articles thereof, not otherwise enumerated, thelb. 0 9 0 Or, and at the option of the Officers of the Cus toms, for every 1001. value - - 15 0 0 Velvet, plain or figured, the lb. - - 0 9 0 Articles thereof, net otherwise enumerated, the lb. 010 0 Or, and at the option of the Officers of the Cus toms, for every 100/. value - - 15 0 0 Ribbons of Silk embossed, or figured with velvet, the lb. - - 0 9 0 Manufactures of Silk, or of Silk and airy other . • - material called plush, commonly used for making hats, the lb. - 0 2 0 Fancy Si k Net, or Tricot, the lb. - - 0 8 0 Plain Silk Lace, or Net called Tulle, the lb. - 0 8 0 Manufactures of bilk, or of Silk mixed with any other materials, not particularly enumerated, or otherwise charged with duty, for every 400/. value - Millinery, of Silk, or of which the greater part of the material is Silk, viz.:— Turbans or Caps, each - Huts or Bonnets, each - Dresses, each - Manufactures of Silk, or of Silk and any other materials, and articles of the same wholly or par: hilly made up, not particularly enumerated or otherwise charged with duty, fur every 1001. value - - 15 0 0 Silk Worm Gut, for every 100/. value - - 10 0 0 Skins, articles manufactured of Skins or Fare, for every IOU!. value - - 10 0 0 Soap, Hard, the cwt. - - l 0 0 Of and front a British possession, the cwt. - 014 0 Soft, the cwt. - 014 0 Of and fl'oni a British posses - ion, the cwt. - 010 0 Naples, the cwt. - - - 1 0 0 Spa Ware, for every lOW. value - - 10 0 0 Spirits, viz., Brandy, Geneva, and Miler Foreign Spirits, not being Spirits or strong Waters the produce of any British possession in America, or any British posses sion within the limits of the East India Company's Charter, and net being sweetened Spirits or Spirits mixed with any article, so that the degree of strength thereof cannot be exactly ascertained by such hydro meter, the gallon - Steel Manufactures of, for every 100/. value - Tallow, the cwt. - Of and from a British possession, the cwt. Tapioca, the cwt. - Tin, Manufactures of, not otherwise enumerated, for every 100/. value - 10 0 0 Tobacco Pipes of Clay, for every 100/. value - - 10 0 0 Tongues. the cwt. - 0 7 0 Of and from a British possession, the cwt. - 0 2 0 Turnery not otherwise describes, for every 1001. value - 10 0 0 Twine, for every 100/. value - - 10 0 0 Of and front a British pc ssession, for every 1001. value - Varnish, not oth erw i se described, every 1001:value : 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 Wafers, for every 100/. value - - 10 0 0 Washing-balls, the cwt. - - 1 0 0 Wax. Sealing Wax, for every 1001. value - 10 0 0 Whip-cord, for every 10 0 / . value - 10 0 0 Wire, gilt or plated, or Silver, for every 100/. value - 10 0 0 Woollens, Articles or Manufactures of Wool not being Goats Wool, or of Wool mixed with Cotton, wholly Or in part made up, not otherwise charged with duty, for every 100/. value - - 10 0 0 Of and from a British Possession, for every 100/. value - - - • 5 0 0 Goods, Wares, and Merchandise, being either in part or wholly manufactured, and not being enumerated or described, not otherwise charged with duty, and not prohibited to be imported into or used in Great Britain or Ireland, for every 1001. value - - 10 0 0 Resolved,—That the Duties of Customs chargeable upon the goods, wares, and merchandise hereafter mentioned, imported into the 'United Kingdom, shall cease and determine, viz. ANIMAL -9, living, viz. : • Asses. Goats. Kids. Oxen and Bulls. Cows. Calves. Horses, Mares, Geldings, Colts, Foals. Mules. Sheep. Lambs. Swine and Hogs. Pigs, sucking. Bacon. Beef, fresh, or slightly salted. Beef salted, not being corned Beef. Bottles of Earth and Stone empty. Casts of Busts, Statues, or Figures. Caviare. Cranberries. Cotton Manufactures, not being articles wholly or in part made up, not otherwise charged with duty. Enamel. Gelatine. Glue. Hay. - 15 0 0 - 011 0 i 5 0 -0 3 6 -0 7 0 - 110 0 - 0 15 0 - 10 0 0 -0 1 o -0 0 1 -0 0 6 Hides, or pieces thereof, tawed, curried, or in any way dressed, not otherwise enumerated. Ink for Printers. Inkle, wrought. Lamp Black. Linen, Manufactures of Linen, or of Linen mixed with Cotton, or with Woel, not particularly enumerated, or otherwise charged with duty, not being articles wholly or in part made up. • Magna Griecia ware. Manuscripts. Maps and Charts, or parts thereof, plain or coloured. Mattresses. Meat, salted or fresh, not otherwise described. spdals, of any sort. Psi lmetto, Thatch manufactures. Parchment. Pens. Plantains. Potatoes. Pork, fresh. salted, 'hot Hams. Silk, Thlrivn, dyed, viz.:- - P .,lngles or Tram, Organzine or Crape Silk. ' P ' 7 lescopes. • Thread, not otherwise enumerated or described. Woollens, viz.:—Manufactures of Wool, not being Goats' Wool, or of Wool mixed with Cotton, not particultry enumerated or described ; not otherwise charged with duty, not being articles wholly or in part made up. Ve etables, all, not otherwise enumerated or described. Vellum. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. From the Votes and P, oeeedings of the House of Commons.) TUESDAY, JAN. 27. The 'following Petitions for Railway Bills were presented, and ordered to lie on the table : Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway (Thirsk and Malton Branches). - - • Soutk Midland Railway (Northampton and Bedford Lines). South Midland Railway (Huntingdon Branch). Newcastle and Berwick Railway. London and Brighton Railway (Wandsworth Branch). Brighton and Chichester Railway (Steyning Branch). Brighton and Chichester Railway (Bognor and Littlehampton Branches). The following Petitions for Railway Bills were referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private 13111 s : Ayrshire and Galloway Railway. Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole Railway (Methley, Askern, and Oakenshaw Branches). Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Huddersfield, and Goole Railway. Edinburgh and Peebles Railway. General Terminus and Glasgow llatbour Railway. Epsom and Dorking Railway. Direct London and Portsmouth Railway. Manchester and Birmingham Railway. Leeds and Bradford Railway (Alteration of Lenls in Bingley). Staines and Richmond Junction Railway. North Kent Railway. Liverpool, Manchester, end Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junction Railway. Lame, Belfast, and Ballymena Railway. Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rosstrevor Railway. East Lincolnshire Railway. Ballymena and Ballymoney Railway. Belfast and County Down Railway. Ir sh Great Western Railway. North Staffordshire Bailway (Pottery Line). North Staffordshire Railway (Churnet Valley Line). North Staffordshire Railway (llarecastle and Sandbach). Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnoch, and Ayr Railway Amendment and Branches (No. 1), • Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnoch, and Ayr Railway Amendment and Branches . (No. 2). Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway Ainendment and Branches (No. 3). • Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway Amendment and Branches (No. 4). Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway Amendment and Branches (No. 5). Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway Amendment and Branches (No. 6). London and South-Western Railway (Chertsey and Egham Branch). London and South-Western Railway (Romney and Redbridge Junction). London and South-Western Railway (Basingstoke and Salisbury Ex tension). London and South-Western Railway (Epsom Branch). London and South-Western Railway (Salisbury Junction). London and South-Western Railway (London-bridge Extension). London and South-Western Railway (Hampton Court Branch). London, Newbury, and Bath Direct Railway. South-Eastern Railway :(from the Waterloo-road near Itungerford bridge to the Greenwich Railway). an ' So. th-Eastern Railway (Greenwich Railway to Chilliam , near ( terbury, with Branches to Sheerness antrFavershain Creek). ). t South-Eastern Railway (from the Greenwich Railway to c near Ashford, with Branches to Tunbridge and Riverhead). K E i d r i k n i b n u ti r l g lo h ch an a d nd li Glasiglsoyl-lißlat,iiliwlwattyY! Amen dment and Bran 1). North British Railway (Hawick Branches). s North British Railway (Carlisle Extensioni. North British Railway (Gre tna Brane h) Ayrshire, Bridge Weir, Junction Railway. way. Ashburton, Newton, and Carlisle Railway. Stirling and Dunferrnalnindes'iw:tiliPporetvoaniasirway. Glasgow, Dun i— London and Brighton R a ilway (Dorking Branch). London and Brighton Railway (East Grinstead Branch). Nor L' Kent Rail Way (City Extension). Blackburn. Chorley, and Liverpool Railway. Waveney Valley and Great Yarmouth Railway. Taw Vale Railway Extension. Liverpool,Eßdi a i c n k b b u u r g r n o a a n r mn d d s Leith i r r e k , t o aA n ildt ß mr a o i rs lw vesh a teo y rin . cßitaialwlwayay.. ' Northßitish and Railway. Edinburgh Northern drew's Branch). Railway (Newport Railway and St. An- Edinburgh and Northern Railway (Kinross, Woodmill, and New burgh Branches), and and Northern Railway (Lochgelly and Leslie Extensions). Northern Northern R R ai ai l l w w a a 3 y . ( ( s D t u ra n t f h er e m ar l i i t ue Branch). Edinburgh and Deviation). Edinburgh and Northern Railway (Branches from the Dundee and Arbroath Railway and Tay Ferry Improvement). NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL-OFFICE. TUESDAY, JAN. 27. Newcastle awl Darlington Junction Railway (Thirst and Malton Branches)--Committee on Petition, Wednesday, Feb. 4. York and North Midland Railway (Whitby and Pickering Exten sion)—Committee on Petition, Wednesday, Feb. 4. . _ Windsor, Slouzh, and Staines Atmospheric Railway—Committee on Petition, Wednesday, Feb. 4. Guildford, Chichester, and Portsmouth Railway—Committee on Petition, Wednesday, Feb. 4. Guildford, Chichester, Portsmouth, and Fareham Railway— Com mittee on Petition, Wednesday, Feb. 4. Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings Railway (Deviations and Branches to Eastbourne, )\ewhaven, and Seaford)—Committee on Petition, Wednesday, Feb. 4. Cambridge and Oxford Railway—Committee on Petition, Wednes day, Feb. 4. London and South-Western Railway (Farnham and Alton Branch) —Committee on Petition, Wednesday, Feb. 4. _ _ Brightf.',lltindChichester Railway (Steyning Branch)—Committee on Petition, Wednesday, Feb, 4. Brighton and Chichester Railway (Bognor to Littlehampton)— Committee on Petition, Wednesday, Feb. 4. London and Brighton Railway (Wandsworth Branch)—Committed on Petition, Wednesday, Feb. 4. South-Eastern Railway (No. 6, Maidstone to Strood, near Roches ter) —Committee on Petition, Wednesday, Feb. 4. South-Eastern Railway (No. 8, Canterbury to Dover)—Cont mittee on Petition, Wednesday, Feb. 4. Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction Railway—Committee on Peti tion, Wednesday, Feb. 4. e'ornutittce on South Midland Railway (Huntingdon Branch) Paition, Wednesday, Feb. 4. Monday, Feb. 9. West of Scotland Junction Railway—Committee on Petition, South Midland Railway (Northampt on and Bedard Lincs)—Com mittee on Petition, Wednesday, Feb. 4.J ic Ashton, Huyton, Proseot Grand Junction Railway (iltiyo , e n n • t - l i a, warrington and Parkelde, and St. Helen's, Warringtondaud / ~i v Feb. 4. hlli and Iluyton Branches)—Com mitteek}:dlogiland Warrington BranCh) C Sh°‘vltiollnain,ecltilt'ioornt,obewiedio,,,,a_n Railway (11n.) (=- Grand Junction Feb. 4. Wednesday, mittee on Petiti on , N ewca stle and humid: nauw a y —Committee on Petition, Wed- n&ulay, Fob. 4.. -. eff Direct Railway—Committee en Petition Perth and tri , lion. day, Feb. 9. COLON IAL ACCOUNTS . —OR this motion of Dr. Bowri ag th e follow ing resolutions were read. and agreed t o : 1. Itesolved,—That hi the O pi n i on of this Committee it is de sirable that a uniform pl an o f Colonial Estimates be adopted. 2. Resolved,—That it is the opinion of this Committee that such Estimates be prepared (wherever it is possible) in time to receive the ....• .••••• erest arsd, esen t there fund. land, Lnnot t we A by urges irgeS liged Zion. r the ) sa ely of fled, c Ce n t • ; tooY Y, the land, l eniee 02iS - gave lo ved, State , asses. funds ;),-- the de for - Ma t prOVi . ought