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f r y tbo ' r f' from f i tir Gila, Of l r %4' $ of ~V r c o; to , rce ? do or , 6 t fv ot', P ,rn bet bt fro ct j , ;1' 0, in b r Dy c e; ty , " 0 13° 0 0 4 F o ere 4ci e 0 p 0 in I s t r,bie t . 0 1 b Lor e s r , L i b e > Deli rt „rot 17 ' to • b l " . .. n lie,le ▪ 31.": 0 0 ,0 pia 11 0 0 ,i us e n bi) [on. ef it , u ou ' e i'tll• P O I to cie.o it „ pi ' e ob, t o ri • 91 0(j' 0 14t 0 0 a t 0- c o" - lig 14 00 00 4 i ou d focs • , tb ro... ;cf. , .4014 r L mn th e o , THE TARIFF. !to abolish this very large amount of revenue, which was larger Ile, e eeer , of the day that the House should go into ' than anv other sum of du y mentioned itt the schedule. One el tis; e . „fin 1 arifi' Customs Bill heing read, • of the obis ts s iif the proposed tariff was said to be te, lecreese be v 16 RI'' N said • •t A llote e - Teo the se ee wiser,. to say a few words to the the consumption of this Beech-, a:id net to thm:nish it. He li t h 'lnt on question. it was in the recoilecgen of the . ciitiiii not believe that any of her Majesty's Government, or • fee of , the 27th January the Right Hon. Baronet at of that House vrould wish to see the consumption of spirits in. ir.. s erraiil nee elejety's Government informed the House creased in this country. If it et re desirable, it wesule not be ils sl oe e noiees were about to take place, and that. • expedient to bring such articles as brande and other spirits s r ges were =er se t 0 _ to be accompanied hy other measures : inure within the reach of the people than they wee at present. 11 - ; eu eeiou 'eotage to the country. He did not take ilt could not he done because the price would be still high, for . one of free trade or of protection. weer' the proposed dety was put on there would still remain a hr;4lklllheghfolraengears (lid he mean to keep them in suspense before duel of 300 per cent. Cognac brandy was the only description IL out t e fon t he House those measures which he had stated of French brandy that was brought into this country for con eeetesseend"O‘v , but to accompany these great commercial sumption, and could only be obtained from a few who the meaning how long he had learnt to attach were engaged in the Cognac trade. He would ask what good Vitro a "'fling of the word . accompany . the had resulted from the oqualisation of the duties on French and IN t , 0, certa; ti ler % p r i nei l el measures passing their second reading, Portuguese wines Na accession of commerce had taken place, ti, roetsuresP eof which being thereby affirmsd, before neither had thecustomsrevenuebeen increased. He wishedalways I 'll ithle uf then cennextern with them, were even laid upon to have a surplus revenue of income over the expenditure, for h e. te e House? With reference to the Drainage it was the wisest, safest, and, in the end, the most economical ''ere Rightof_ Honourable Baronet stated that his for the country. In conclusion, he would ask whether the in cif te o 2"ree years was connected with the d e . wrests of the peop,e would no: be better consulted by a par est ee 'e e measures; whether or ne the three years tial repeal of the excise duty on soap, than by allowing the ilea's tie r e t reference to that measure—whether or no the sum- emit-mous sum which was paid on French brandy to be com sherlitee) 47 4 have refeience to that measure--he (Mr. S. e letely lost. He should move that the words " spirits and 14 (1 ) erlable not pronounce. and he complained teat he was strong eaters" he struck out. Kee th e e . to pronounce upon it.--( Hear, hear.) Mr. EWART maintained that the commerce with France e et einino ttigbt Honourable Gentleman any notion would be increased rather than diminished by the proposed re 43tltt m.esuess or unwillingness of the agriculturists to ac- ductinn of the duty on brandy. It was a well known fact that e thet w as e ure ? Had he ape notion of the number of the French trade . had increased since the equalisation of the ,I t iel ex,,...n re drainable? Had he any notion of the duty on wine, and it was only an act of justice that the duty i t ,. die 'T. s e of draining those acres—( Hear, hear) was reduced to the same amount as that paid on Portuguese ~..ed that ee mean, as he (Mr. O'Brien) suspected, wines. He was not inclined to favour France more than Por ete t o n should be all hap-haeard together. Th e y knew , tugal, but wished that British commerce should meet with every Les t el t 6 ri ta. ut it. With reference to Ireland the Right Hon. encouragement. He trusted that this was the beginning of a i rr ee ct i re eed, that it was his intention to take the police further reduction of the duty on French articles, and he felt wil s e n sed , out of the hands of the magistrates , and place it satisfied it would be met with reciprocity on the partof France. e r e p ] of the executive. This was because Leland The Marquis of GRANBY said that it was of very great 0. ht Y lt affected by the Right Hon. Baronet's urea- importance to the welfare of the lower classes that the duty on ctettet t he Right Hon. Baronet had never given the foreign spirits should nut be diminished. He had found that N erop r e, s , of Ireland an opportunity of toocnsidering whether crime and disease had increased in proportion to the supply u itl ' l tit l i i i. could be acceptable or not them. The great and consumption of strong liquors. He had a paper in his tile s ee l e centralization of -the police force was connected hand showing the great increase of crime, but he would not e te eeo " t 'alieation of schoolmasters and the auditors of trouble the House with reaeing it further than to state that Ores ' lt ', It was not his (51r. O'Brien's) fault that those the document showed that in Scotland seven-eigths of the 1 1 1 4 e n we re brought forward as isolated measures. The crimes that were there committed originated entirely from tic ' orb• Gentleman had presented them all to the house the abuse of spirits. If that statement was true, and he had ce it; e : t ee great scheme, and he (Mr. O'Brien) insisted no reason to doubt its If he really was at a loss to know o f i'er of to _ 1 a question o f party, or of politics, but as a what argument could avail in support of the proposed reduction le I to eee n :`,"ght-iorward business, that they should have a of the duty on foreignf spts. fhe Noble Lord then quoted Ni lli ght f litter them altogether. He was sorry not to see some extracts r. M'Culloch's work to show the inex. epied e n• Gentleman in his place, and he should have pediency of redacting the duty on foreign spirits. Now he did 14, 'at to his remarks in consequence, but that he believed hope that they would not pass the reduction of duty. For ' etre e i ee legitimate time for them was on the order ot himself he opposed it, because he believed that the question of iec t eor eot re et whether the Right Hon. Gentleman was in his protection in this instance must take higher ground, and the NI te e r etie thought Hon. Gentlemen, boih on the other ease he argued as one involving riot only protection to British Vele o i`?'"se, and on the Ministerial side, had a right to industry, but of protection to the well-being and happiness of % t4 ttle le t lhe course the Right Hon. Gentleman had adopted the British station. He did hope that Gentlemen opposite yre setir e e eY were charged with delay leg the progress o. would throw off the chains by which they had bound them k e l le ) , es they had a perfect right to complain that the selves to her Majesty's Government; and he did still more i o l'o e ,;,B u aronet had committed a double error in reference hope on this occasion that humanity and reeson would triumph t) had" tof these measures : He (the Right Hon. over a most peruirous and unnatural coalition. . . . e tl - e se s ti attempted to expedite the progress of these Mr. CA RD et h.LL observed he would he quite willing to le' s e in r °ugh the House by joining them with the cry of meet the Honourable Gentleman on the question of revenue, E s t t e e r elatiti. —( Protectionist the ts.) He made them and he was happy to a s ,ree with the statement, that in the e tt el t i! er eece to t em p orar y pressure. And he had also com- arithmetic of the revenue department, two and two would by no Zit el :" ether error in practical) , dissevering them fron. tneaes make four, for they could never double the produce in j l / 4s) , te'ores which, by his own confession, would have a the Exceequer by doubling the duty ; however, it by no means le i thoe t ° , alleviate a n d diminish the difficulties to which he followed that if they diminished the duty they would diminish s e lif e o `e expos e th e agricultural interest.—( Hear, hear. 'i the produee to the Exchequer. They had plenty of historical Oily, his did not pat the question on the g r ound of proof of the truth of the latter assertion, and, as he would not k „„, ts connexion, nor political friendships—which weary the House by entering into a leegthened detailed state le„ tl j ew no more—but he would persist in putting the neat of them, he would only refer them to the report of the 41. her' e re the Chancellor of the Exchequer or some other Commission appointed to examine into the excise duties. age es the Government then present would ' no doubt be After a few words from Mr. KNIGHT, it Pro t , w o ! it. He would ask in what manner the Govern- The House divided, when there appeared tZst a e se l i ed zi to conduct the public business during the For retaining the item kit of f e ?He wished to know whether they intended For the amendment 35 kit of shard their new measures relating to the improve- Majority — "et h ave land before Easter, so that the agriculturist., The several items from brandy down to clover were then re tho se a u opportunity of expressing their final opinions Agreed to le lietiteZeasures which would expose them to the threatened On the latter article being proposed, iN l itlit H,. He might repeat that he was sorry to see that Mr. ALLIX asked the Right Hon. Baronet not to take the le v ees "e• Baronet at the head of her Majesty's Govern- euty of 10s. off clover. He instanced a case where the con- O t . "t in his place—( Hear, hear)—but of course any tinuance of the protection would be of great use to the la tioptlati °t the Government would be able to answer the heurers, and proceeded to ask if it was wished to drive away fre e r in- te lt he had put, and if they did not choose to all the gentry of the country from their paternal mansions ? l'i%jotir:ttbe injury would not fail upon the shoulders of the He would not divide the House upon it, as the Right Hon. e li t :irl •ee t ,I;arty, but upon themselves in the opinion of ever) Gentleman appeared to be all pewerful, but in justice to hie k e OH P e ',,,,elient man.—( Hear, hear.) own feelings, he thought it necessary to protest against the 4nt e i ''''' I OELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that in reduction. ce rehi ace he must beg to apologise to the House for the ab- Sir -R. PEEL gave the Hon. Gentleman credit for sin iiresele a ' Right Hon. Friend the First Lord of the Treasury. cerity in holding the opinions which he did, but he thought elte4d4ssure the House, he believed, from the constancy of he carried his attachment to protection on clover a little tor, leN h.l e e—( Loud and repeated chearirig)—and his Hon. tar, when he stated that the reduction Vit would drive the Ott s4d ; believed, would be inclined to give him credit for gentry of the country from their paternal mansions. —(Great li . t m the e r e enothing but public duty could prevent him fr,m laughter.) That, he thought, was carrying protection a little t e et tee n his place.—( Hear, hear.) He (the Chancellor too far.—(Continued laughter.) So far, however, from this Cal tk_htquee) certainly wished that his Hon. Friend had. reduction being injurious to farmers, he considered that this „ W iellethinterval of seven weeks, which he stated had day of 75,000/. was one of the burdens on agriculture. No e, 'ali ens e Progress of this measure, availed himself of the thing would be more beneficial to farmers than increasing lOtese ot 'which he had just made, when his Hon. Friend their facilities fur procuring clover seed, and no duty tha' Ith l e a i tele ' e nd when he could have gone into detail as to could be remitted would be so beneficial to the 50/. tenants. le e nej e 4 which the public business was brought forward. l'his was one of the ciearest cases where the interests of agri ice, hi ,g,f,....rd the measures which were now before the eulture would he benefited. reee Mee 'gilt Hon. Friend had entered into considerable Mr. ALLIX explained. He assured the Right Hon. Baronet lt a - r of th "'Peet to those measures ; and if he (the Chan he did not say that the reduction of the duty on clover, but e pe distre4aehequer) remembered right, in the course of the measures of her Majesty's Government would drive away e t :Ised ek e which had taken place, great anxiety had been the gentry fror . n their paternal mansions. „, a tail of ‘ l ifie part of Hon. Members to have a knowledge of The resoluteon was then agreed to• e e l f t'f tie, (lo go Bills which had been proposed for the settle- The next item proposed was the reduction in oxen, cows, it b I' l . iti es tion. The object of the Bill referred to by sheep, &c. e e ehe ved fekrabers had been fully laid before the House • and Mr. W. MILES said that since 1842, when the alteration 4 44 0 the hat I copy of it was in the hands of every It ' lem- took place, the importation into this country of bullocks. cows, k th e ,_.ousle. With respect to the drainage of land sheep, &c., had greatly increased. If this importation went on r i h od elprovement of highways, very great pro- in the same ratio. there would be no chance for the English Ils e the been made i n the drafts of those Bills. grazier in competition with the foreigner. The duty at pre e te e __ Government would he in a better position, by the -ent on oxen was IL, on cows 155., tin calves 10s., on sheep , er equ ei s os d ut ee of Supply, to state what sum of money would 35., on lambs 25.. on pigs Sr., &c., and notwithstanding these Ziet o'fr officers the m aintenance of priseners, and for the pay- duties the importation of foreign cattle was yearly increasing. iee he , .1E bers conneeted with the poor-law, because some On an animal weighing only six cwt. the English let aver Z ieti e ra it: for required t o c lef th !te miscellaneo us obtain the necessary information. suffered a loss of 31. 12s. 6d., as the foreign grazier could =- services would be laid on the port it into this country, after paying all duties and charges, eNe __° .House with as little delay as possible, but any gen- for that amount less. He would just rake a comparative eete eti :equainted with the subject could make an accurate glance at the number of cattle imported into England for the N tt e ef the sum which would be required. The Go- last three years. On the sth Jan., 1844, the number of oxen, 0, to would laid e been happy, h a d public business per- cows, sheep, Szc., amounted altogether to 2,099 animals. On k m have tio.. l ai d a ll th ese. B i ll s s i mu lt aneo usly on the table tee sth Jun., 1845, the number was 7,764. and at the same L i ksr : s e • lie had sufficient ex p e ri enc e o t p u bli c business period of 1846 the number was 34,426, which showed a most S e esee' e at this was quite impracticable. He might have extraordinary increase. From this statement, therefore, the ors, le e . to answer the questions respecting the proposed mea- progress of the increase from 1842 had been gradually getting Sl i , 'ih regard to highways and drainage, if the Hon greater. He would move the emission of the following Ots t i ° , 4e had given notice of his intention to put it. At all articles, namely, oxen, cows, calves, beef fresh, and beef ' : Z t .e, could assure hirre and the House that the Government salted, and not hams. d esire to withold any information which might be re- Colonel SIIITHORP felt the measures proposed by her L si t ' U d Which they were in a position to give. He regrc tted, Majesty's Ministers to be of so unsound and unstatesmanlike a 1 ; 1 1%1; that the questions had been addressed to him, because character that he hoped their time was limited to no very die- Iliteuci'ot redrewConnee with some of those departments to which tart period. He (Colonel Sibthorp) had a letter from his .op ree Ilad ce.( Hear. ) constituents, expressing regret that he did not accept the etee ieetleßT UNIONS.- FARNHAM UNION. Chiltern Hundreds.—( Laughter. ) They were sorry he had salt k .,, r-GHELL wished to ask the Right Hon. Baronet, the not dune so, because they would have shown the Right Hon. ettette r a , e f State fur the Home Department, whether he was Baronet, that notwithstanding he would have sent down a p o ' r e petition had been presented from the authorities nominee of his own, he ( Colonel Sibthorp) would have been le, h art 4 ,, e _ ham Union, which was a single par ish under the returned without one farthing expense. 04 1 , 0 ti% compla in i ng that the Poor-law Commissioners bad Mr. P. HOWARD thought the best course for the Govern i‘k o t h e e e that it was their intention to annex that parish ment to pursue in regard of cattle would be to have a registra. e l s , lee rs undet the Poor-law Act. He stated that this order tern of cattle imported. Last year there had been imported d oubtiee tei . founded on the report of Assistant-Poor-law 15,0e0 oxen and cows, and by putting on a duty of Is. upon Zllts e `' et ' t en t er Pigott with respect to this parish, which was that amount it would . produce 1,0001. By having such a sets eoteee' able of the House a few days ago, and which they tern of registration, it would be the means of ascertaining the ISV l li e aned to show was erroneous. He therefore wished to erecise number of the importation of cattle. k , ot „, t h i er the Rightc an ßaront would institute an in- Sir ROBERT PEEL had listened to the Hon. Member Ikttl 'sh ~'' the matter and would sta y further proceeding, with that attention which his station demanded. He had also t t l i ir te e investigatio ' n was made. y listened to the Hon. Member for Somersetshire. The Hon. % pie In en eeltAilwei sa id h e had reason to know such an order elemher for Carlisle said there had been 15,000 oxen and cows Ltd unsoiled by the Poor-law Commissioners. and he be- 'mported in the last year, but that did not prove that the price re r ... - ` 1 47 1 r detesion was sustained by the facts of the case. of meat had fallen. The contrary was the fact. It was proved Vioe ° e ,P?wer to suspend the order, but he would call the on a former evening that the contract for meat in 1843 was dr o e' the Poor-law Commissioners to it, when the subject 11. I Si. 4d., but in 1844 and 1845 it heti more than doubled, and PeT. . k 1 e e t e h ECTION TO LIFE (IRELAND) BILL. teat did nut show anything like the injury to the value of the art i (tie that Hon. elembers anticipated. There was Ireland, whose Ve il l AW wished to know when Government proposed the soil was more fertile than in this country, and where the itesty t. ,:' first reading of this Bill? They evinced great wa g es of the labourer were much lower. The wages of the le i lii i* , remove protection on native industry, but they did agricultural labourer in that country were nernore, on average, end e t. et all ready in their desire to afford protection to than 10d. a day ; there was no land-fax, and no property-tax o , r , et r e. oleerty in Ireland. i here; and if the people of this country could compete a g ainst Cegof GRAHAM said he intended to fix the first Ireland, which ex p orted so much—a country with so many eWe ef t he Bill frir the first order day after the s e c ond advanta g es, where wages were so low—what need was the Corn Bill. there to fear a competition with other countries? What oc llt - THE TARIFF. casion was there to fear a competition with Holland, where () .1 % Flrt the use then proceeded with the tariff. wages were lower, but where the soil was not so good as in our t,tZ e Plestion of silk-gut being propesed, own country? It would be no consolation to tell them that . 4 YLEY o bjected to the duty being reduced on that they were being ruined by Ireland, and that, therefore, they t e lss',; et t said it was erroneous , to suppose that the working should also allow themselves to be reine. f i , by other f countries , Ilt . ef o e ,re ia favour of the Government measure, for meet- but there was no such prospect,. and the echo Ireland not re- OA 0 1 ;‘2%*”vers had been held in Middleton, Manchester, clueing the price of meat in this market fully answered every ,. The price oi ee'd l o lesierk an d o ther places, at which resolutioes were . argument raised against this article of the tariff. ke (f i t tl e4 1 4'1)08160n to the Government measure. The teo• meat had considerably advanced. Was not every butcher rais- L d t sleight do what they liked with the farmer and the nig the price of meat ?—was —was it not undeniable that the rise of -e t Propri • eked i Proprietor, but he trusted they would not sacrifice the price was occasioned by the rate of consumption By admit ting this importation, they would at least put down the extra e. t o r neoverisesed weaver.—( Hear, hear. ) cl i f, Q W RING w ished to add a few words to what had vacant price demanded for this article of consumption. It had N ttl2 n the Hon. Member who bad just sat down. The been said that there was a decrease of sheep in Smithfield mar e'm ers of Lyons had addressed a very remarkable docu- ket during the las' year, and was_ he d i oing h w d rong in giving tli:, t he Chamber of Commerce, in which they stated them a supp'y from abroad? t a heen It s ; i t d h lt !re poor and were considered to be ignorant, but plained of also, that there was a scarcity . of the t, ~,Leir poverty nor their ignorance had prevented then, article upon which cattle was fed . in this country, and k i lt% i"taining that restrictions on commerce were injurious he thought he was doing something to meet that want, 'rat in terests of the people, and that they were deeply in- in a ll o wing the importation of t o h f em ba t rley at the proposed re he means of feeding their Reilltoneettbseinex,ennsionn representedofmarkets the er same their industry einie as . as The d ea u t c t l e d ra a t n e, d w s h o ic h h e w h o e u tter a able to compete with the foreign oi ell itl : ts of the cotton dstricts in England ; Lid they cou- mar kets. C on sidering, then, the rep!ated . deficiency in the '% :l to that 1 . 0 far from protection being a blessing, it was a markets, to which he had alluded, he did think that the admis eh%:leeterlustry. Ile (Dr. Bowring) knew not why the silk sion of cattle and sheep to this country from foreign countries,. b l urera should be w .rse treated than persons engaged in duty free, would confer a great benefit upon the agriculturist' e e lls e L e n e ehes of manufacture.—(Hear, hear. ) The subject of this country, and therefore he should adhere to this propos!. ea s ter "ate was sills, and now the matters under considera- lion, for he felt assured that by it he had not sacrificed the in -117:44 e fishing implements; but he found that Hon. Gen- terests of others, re We re in the habit of making speeches in the course of Mr. FINCH had heard a great deal said upon this subject. - Ny l rUion which had reference to matters which were al- but he would just say in respect to the arguments adduci'd s etti ht .B keeed pf, and be thought that such a waste of time in reference to high prices, that the effect of the high duty being wo A r. t ee be sand to the House. taken off the foreign sheep and cattle, would only be to put Ih e e ttee • Bleitexelielecie thought that the speech of the money: n the pocket of the foreign importer, and therefore the It ill t , e hTher for Yorkshire had been mai n ly va luable from reduction of the revenue in that respect would be a needless 141141 sttation i ration it had to rived from the speech of the Hon. one, because the English public would really derive no sub %tete t ter Bolton (Dr. Bosermg), a speech which he did not stantial benefit from it.—( Hear.) Another reason assigned Qlo „ o „ sa er was alike creditable to himself, the country, and for the importation of foreign cattle so extensively, and free of r etee ll 'e•—(Cbeere ) But in that speech it was openly duty, was that they were of a description Si) inferior that the , I 4 ‘ e lly ~,, the weavers of Lyons and the people of France gene- English cattle dealer had nothing to fear from them.—( Hear, it e N tl etl e e .e'irely in favour of free trade. a mistake of which hear.) But then other Hon. Members had argued that e e zes ed Mous t o di sa b use t he House. The Hon. Member for the breeders of foreign cattle had been so successful, that iii a N_ „•gis e e'aid, do not on that side of the House say anything few years they would be able to compete with the first breeders c ~-estion at all. The question of the silk trade, he of cattle in the world. Now, he begged to remind the House i le sileel'essed, a n d it was not the proper course to discuss that the . English breeder of cattle had suffered much by the er et etti h e et ee h a_d? . on the quest of the silk gut. The Hon. destructive effects of the murrain in the cattle in his neigh- Vet . b ee said that the s ilk trade was most important to bourhood. Well, then, he would like to ask if the effect of 01 044, of was not the trade of the colonies of England ot this should be t t o t _r e ai d se t prices, would . the Right Hon. Baronet of e i , t imeertance to this country ? But let not this state be ready ,, to in p w u a a h in., u duty o H n ea aai h ri e , ar in ) the ls event of the prices gold I 4 ea l of evercthing, and a settlement of nothing. he hecormo e quite true, that lel . e i e er e d of.—(Hear, hear.) The effect of this change the Irish beasts could not competewith the English beasts In the les - " it t " te e any good in proeortion to the evil that estrum same way that - the foreign beasts did: but it i Ts A ltte,. tio ue h a d er , a p o logise' for having se long trespassed on that the foreign beasts would new be enabled alasy equally 31 1 1 . ° to ; enter into successful competition with the cattle of this coun lio'r. m t , t i of the House. vNTZ • 1 4 ) , 1441 114 „_, said he would vote for this measure because try, to the prejudice of the English agriculturists. If, there- It, t t s , ra 'ne for the repeal of All duties; but he would just fore, those reductions were to take place, what may they not • 1 04. 4 14 , e about zinc as it had been alluded to by his lion. anticipate in the shape of reductions of the same sort to the ti e -4 ton l -I , r h int, and i he hoped he would allow him to put that toepejuice introduced th li glish -English If foreign cattle were thus eti di - elte r e e t T itsroper footing. He (Mr. Muntz) had often be e into the market the English dealer eee, r e . a. _, learn w h a t he ought to have known befere. And would be ruined. There was at this moment an actual tax of o n every head of English cattle brought into the 0 11 ;a t q ai r to the zinc trade, he certainly thought he knew a English u the te le, about it, At one time that trade was confined to H msrket, as had been proved by evidence taken before of Lorde. The Hight Hon. Gentleman, the lied ee el, ~/ vi ll ( ft ° worked it merely for the purpose of coneuming st e tri ed he never made any profit by eit the ' f the aericultural ieendition o it. Another person t-Chlerance°l7o3er of the . Exch . eoeier laughed, but that only showed s t ,.ilfa, t ,. e manufacture of it, and the result was that he that he knew nothing whatever o , f But he begged to remind the se; u ti e' r ed himself into the Gazet f e . —(Laughter.) There the country.a( Hear hear) Vni nt ry,' "e Period when zinc was at a high . pries , ie th . is R.ight e n , t n lem i an that when he took into account the .at was ween tee zinc mines in s 1 esia, n e - - pie e riets t tod th e i ' . `e 1 - Idifference betwei His actual price of barley and the tax upon er t e o haul quite plain that what he bad stated was eri dim as working but if the Hon. Member eielt. it would appear he- er giv trb• act , i e him (Mr Mune' ) zinc at that price lie woule the fact. , , ki 101 h " h him for r aes e Wish I,oeo tons. There was one other pow , Inc teIIANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, he did %l e had 4 ed to men ti on . The whole trade carried on if: eot pretend to possess much practical knowledge upon this hj, w h • I, een entirely destroyed by the bringing in of foreign subject, but he begged to remind the Hon. Member that last ores le"' from it . s cheapnees, .suspended the original menu- year a Bill w a s brought in by which to enable the farmers to th e of tr am Uas any man for the repeal u se malt for fatting their cattle. Upon that arose a . dispute as figh ter') e° ' ll -law, ri Ai th ,as w e e w ll a a s s a t s he an rep w eal of all other laws.—(Loud to whether malt or raw barle would be most beneficial for that awe w,,,pe meant to say the repeal of all other du ies, purpose. The result was, that . an agreement was entered into (j' e d to e ''' . wi eb them to be fairly adjusted while they were tor tryin,g the experiment with those two articles, and . .it was t ti n t h list —.Agreed to. found that the cows fed upon raw barley gave more mile than e,'R rester; from d uty o f 15 s . o n spirits and strong waters hit:c fed upon malt. --t Heir, hear ) Patters bearing out this oho. e. T the e,hestatement ir, would be laid upon the ta ble of the House, and he Ate? oil c AIPSON objected, and said that by reducing the trusted they would satisfy the Han. Member. a ee reve ee fi n ac brandy to loss, which was nearly one -third, Sir JOHN TY RRELL said be had heard a good deal upon " 4 411 e of the customs would suffer a deficiency of 400,000/ the subject of malt and barley as food for cattle, but he should I. Rs did not know on what grounds it was proposed like to ask the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of her Majesty s - - - - THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVEINING, MAnen 18, 1846. Cloveonment whether he did not coneider himself answerieile toiiiibrelhAn7to stand out,against their nialtersylimrtre **el:l4 in a great measure for the falling off in the sepely of cattle that sin- principle to accede to teeir request. phis - cane. had taken place by reason 01 the introduction Leta this country %incline Tuned of what they mielit, expect from an abobtien of pro ot the disease of cattle Laughter. ) Hoe. Gentlemen might tection He was for prWesting the raise ine ustry o f ,hecouutry, laugh, but he begged to tell them that the introduetion of and he. for one, pref, met e caraorimeh linen to German linen, he sign cattle into tt is country with diseased lungs Red other Lees, woolen goods thelaelgium, and York clogs aneeshoes to diseased organs caused tee spread of that disease amongst the Pans articles. —; Hear, hear, and leuitheur. ) lie mov, d, as an cettle in England, and was a great means of preventing amendment, .het the word " linen" he left out. greeters from breeding cattle. Mr. DUNCOM BE sill] he repro-enteil a town where Mr. VILLIERS said that he lion. Member who had just thine were extensive linen Inanufa , :or,..,. Rad certainly he had sat down had dwelt at great length, and with great eloqu.•oce, j heard nothing irum hie eenstittienis to least him to believe that upon the subject of diseased cattle; but he had forgotten to they were opposed to the Government measure. From what tell the Bonus tha, there was a time when he made a speech in he knew of them, they were adverse to protection in any shape, which ire said that the ianners of this country had nothing to and did not dread competing with the foreigner.—t Hear.) fear from s merican competition, because, in fact, the cattle The amendment was negatived without a division, and the that came from that country wets in such a condition that original motion was agreed to. you could clearly read the newspapers through them— 1 HUBER DUTIES. (Laughter)—and as to the American pork. that lost more than On the timber duties being proposed, - half its value on the passage. He (Mr. Villiers) had heard a Mr. MITCHELL moved that the duty on foreign hewn great deal said about the importance of those imports to the timber he reduced 10s. per load on the sth day of April, 1846, dealers in them, but not one word had been uttered in reference and other kinds of wood in proportion. to the poor people for whose benefit their prices had been re- Mr. CARDWELL said that the principal abject in taking duced.—( H ear , h ear .) Th ere c o uld be Ito doubt that this off the duty on an article, particularly the article of timber, measure would pass, and Hon. ?'embers opposite had no doubt was to create benefits, rot for the foreign producer, but rather ot it—( Ch ee rs and laughter)—hut he would ask them were for the consumer of our own country ; and he thought that he they aware of this fact, that there were very many of the mi g ht fairl y take the authorit y of ie Hon. Gentleman him labouring classes in this country who for forty years had not self against the position which he had submitted to the House tasted meat?—( Hear, hear ) in support of his amendment. The Hon. Gentleman had told Sir JOHN TROLLOPE begged to offer a few observe- them, that if notice could have been given at an early period Lions to the House. The Right Honourable Baronet at the of the winter, there would have been a very large importation head of her Majesty's Government bad loudly cheered the of timber from Russia and Prussia into the English markets; remark of an Hon. Gentleman, with reference to the disease but if he rightly recollected the Right Hon. Gentleman's ob in 'he breed of cattle. Now he recollected when that Right servations, he must admit that large importations need Hon. Gentleman introduced the income-tax he told the coon- not be expected at the present moment, it the original try they should save at out of their style of living. He hoped motion were carried. The House of Commons were now the Right Hon. 3entleman had suffered his part of that.—( A called upon to determine at what period, with a due regard to augh. ) The Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer the revenue and the consumer of this country, they might abe had adverted to experiments, but he should say that they were lish the duty on timber; and he contended, that by the first prevented by the excise from carrying out these experiments. admission of the Hon. Gentleman, supported, and not im- Now, if he might be permitted to say, having had some ex- paired by the second statement which he had made, he h d periecce, that if his fr.ends at the same side of the House had his authority for saying that the House of Commons was called exaggerated the alarm with respect to the destruction of cattle, upon to resist the amendment. Atter a few further observe and the number imported from abroad, they did so: not of bons from the Hon. Gentleman and Sir John Hanmer in sup themselves, but on the representation of their constituents.— port of the original motion, ( Hear, hear.) They had been treated to a corn-law lecture Mr. MITCHELL withdrew his amendment. by the Hon. Member for Wolverhampton, though he (the Lord G. BENTINCK suggested that the further considera- Hon. Member) could not see what that subject had to do with tion of the timber duties should be postponed till Monday that under discussion. The Gentlemen on his side of the next—(Cries of " Oh, oh , " and-" Go on")—and then the de question were in favour of every description of encouragement, bate might he probably concluded next week.—(ob, oh," and cultivating the land extensively and feeding cattle, because they "Go on.") were aware that from those sources sprung cheap toed for tha Sir R. PEEL hoped that the prophecy just made would be public.— Hear, hear .) And it was only by the perpetual in- realised. — ( Hear , he ar, an d laughter.) He believed then that terference of the Government in the matter that such benes he might take it for granted that the debate on the second ficial effects were checked, as the Right Hon. Baronet, the F irs t reading would be concluded on F r id a y week. The question Lord of the Treasury, would, ere many years, discover to be was, whether they would prefer having six nights debate upon the fact.—( Hear, hear.) the tariff or the Ccrn Bill. He thought that the best arrange- Mr. P. BORTHWICK said that, in 1842, the Right Hon. merit that could be made would be (as there was an important Baronet at the head of the Government, in introducing his motion with regard to railway', with which he would not inter tariff, told them, in reply to an observation made by an Hon. Pere)—( Hear, hear) —to take the timber duties on Friday, Member, to the effect that Spain, owing to the richness of its anti begin the debate on Monday, with the general understand soil, would import cattle, that he ( Sir R. Peel) felt assured ing that the speeches would be so shortened as to admit of the a single hoof would never cross the Bay of Biscay, though the realisation of the prophecy of the Noble Lord.—( Hear, hear, result was that, in that very year, several head of cattle were and laughter.) imported from Spsin. They had heard it stated by the Hon. RAILWAY LEGISLATION. Member for Wolverhampton, that, owing to the depression in Mr. PARKER, in conseq'ience of a suggestion from Sir agriculture, the wages of the agricultural labourers were l o w ; R. Pe e l, co nsented to postpone the consideration of the motion yet they were going to improve the condition of the agrieultu of which he had given notice relative to the subject of the rists by a further permission of articles of foreign growth free necessity of some further legislation in railway matters. of duty. It seas impossible, in his opinion, to fix the gentlemen The Coalwhippers Act was then read a second time, and of the Anti-Corn-law League to any certain principle.-- ordered to be committed on Monday week. They had, to be sure, succeeded in converting two cabinets by The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the means the most extraordinary that ever the country witnessed. House adjourned at a Quarter to Twelve o'clock. They proclaimed in the lace of the country that their determi nation was to benefit all classes; but how did they set about doing that? Why, by depressing that class en which the pros perity of the rest of the country depended. —( Hear, and a laugh.) He wished to ask the gentlemen what reason they had given in defence of the proposition which they maintained? But he would not pursue the argument, as he merely rose to ask the lion. Member for Wolverhampton how it was that his ar eumeet so completely contradicted itself ? ( Laughter.) Keowing the distinguished ability of which the Hon. Member was possessed, he (Mr. Borthwick ) could not believe the Hon. Gentleman was serious when he rose to proclaim his opinion that the same measures could, at the sane time, and under the same circumstances, raise the prices of corn and beef, and also d, press them.— ( Hear, and lauehter.) After a few words from Mr. VILLIERS, which were' in audible in the gallery, owing to the cries for a division, Sir J. WALSH expressed his regret that Hon. Gentlemen at the opposite side should have attributed motives of a selfish nature to Gentlemen who happened to be at his side of the question, though they had ever contended that they repre sented the great national interest of the country, with which all other interests were interwoven, and still believed that they were contending for the benefit of all classes, as well as Hon. Gentlemen opposite.—(Hear, hear.) It was true that in the present moment the price of cattle was higher than it. had been tor many years; but if the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Government had been called upon six or eight months since to introduce his measure, he would have spoken very differently.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") He should express his regret that that Right Hon, Gentleman should have thought fit to disturb the arrangements entered into by him in 1832, and which occasioned the evil effects which the trade at that moment were only relieving themselves from. The case of Ireland had been mentioned. Now he saw no parity whatever in the case of Ireland as compared with - foreign countries, as Ireland was an integral portion of the empire.— ( Hear, hear.) The great article of produce in the south of Ireland was cattle, and if the value of these was depressed great evils would ensue, and the state i f the country be made much worse than it was at present. The measures of the Govern ment, instead of improving the condition of Ireland, would only aggravate its miseries,and place the population in a much worse position than they were even now. On these grounds he must oppose the present alteration. Mr. ELLIO YORKE only rose to protest against Honourable Gentlemen on the Opposition benches using such language as they did in reference to the great interest which he, and those on that side of the House, represented. He felt it his bounden duty to oppose the pre sent motion, as well as all others that went to reduce the amount of protection to agriculture. The prognostications of the Right lion Baronet on this subject had not been made out, and t erefore the change was not justifiable nor expedient, Mr. KNIGHTLEY sae' the cause of the present dearness of cattle was the unhealthiness of last summer, which destroyed a great quantity of stock. If the present alteration was carried, the effect would be, that the home market would be swamped by cattle from Russia and the north of Europe. Great facili ties would be suffered to sending cattle to this country, from the railroads that were bring constructed in those countries. Mr. CUMMING BRUCE was against the alteration. He had received a letter from an extensive grazier, who stated that the home market would be filled with lean cattle if this alteration was made; and especially that the Highland cattle rearers would be ruined by the importation of foreign stock. By referring to the importations that had already taken place, 'hey had evidence how the market would be affected. In 1844 the number of cattle imported was 1,521 ; in 1845 it was 4,920; while during the last year it was 16,870. He meat cordially supported the amendment. Lord G. BENTINCK rose amidst loud cries of "Divide, divide." Ile said, he supported the Right. Finn. Baronet when he altered the ditty on cattle, at the time it was a prohibitive duty ; but he could not ogres to the present alteration. He could no: look upon ten per cent. as a prohibitive duty, and to that he was disposed to adhere. In answer to the Hon. Mem ber for Wolverhampton, who had complained that the people of this country did not get a supply of meat, he would inform the House that the population of this country eat more meat than the people of any other country in Europe. The average con sumption of the people of this country was per annum 92 lbs. each person; while no other country in Europe consumed more on an average than 50 lbs. As he had resi•ted tie other portions of the tariff, that did a.say with protection to agriculture, so must he oppose the present, and vote with his Hon. Friend below him, who had made the motion. If they were defeated in that House, he had better hopes of the Meuse of Lords, and should Hon. Members be 'cut back to their constituents, judging from the recent elecions that had taken place, he had no doubt his party who stood up on behalf of native industry, would come back strengthened, and with such power as to put a stop to the ruinous policy that was now prevailing with the Govern ment.—( Cheers.) The House then divided, when there appeared : For the amendment Against it Majority Several items in the tariff having been agreed to without opposition, On the proposition that the duty on foreign hides should be lowered, PARLIAMENTARN: BUSINESB, 'rom the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons. TUESDAY, MARCH 17. The following Petitions for Railways were reported, and the Bile , r(lftred to be brought in Isy the untlermunod lion. NI enMers : Altrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and South Staffordshire (No. 1) —Lord Ingestre at l Mr. E. Buller. ihrewsbury, Woherhampton, and South Staffordshire (No. 2—Coal breokdale Branch)—Lord Ingestr.3 and Mr. E. Buller. At. Alban's, Luton, and Dunstable—Mr. Astell, Mr. Denison, and Mr. C. Buller. Admiral Dundas. Cornwallß ai a c r o L f e i M o a n r a r . n r d r M a e r d . . STANDING ORDERS' COMMITTEE The following resolutions were reported from this Committee:- 1. That, in the case of the Cornwall Railway petition, the standing orders ought to be dispensed with : --- That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, On inserting, in figur , s, on the cross .ec dons of the roads deposited in the Private Bill-office, the rates of Inclination of the present and altered roads. 2. That, in the case of the Alliance Gas petition, the standing orders ought to he dispensed with : —That the parties be permitted to oroceed with their 13ill, with the exception of the clauses giving power to the Company to sell or lease thei- undertaking. 3. That, in the case of the Wakefield Waterworks petition, the qtaiiiling orders ought to be dispense , l with : —That the parties be per mitted to proceed with their Bill on depositing an amended declara tion in the Private Bill-office, stating the nature aial amount of the innds or surplus revenue, by means of which the works are to be made. 'Mat the Committees on this and the two precedinz Bills do exa mine, in the first place, how far such orders have been complied with, and do report the same to the Hewe on the report of the Bill. 4. that, in the case of the Shrewsbury and Ilerefoid Railway .etition, the standing orders ought not to be dispensed with. 5. That, in the ease of the Lancaster and Preston Junction Rail way petition for leave to present a petition for a 1i 11, the sessional order ought to he dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to present a petition according l y. 6. That, in the rid Hants (llungerford Ex tension) precept a petition for a Bill, the sessional order ought to:be disp ensed with : — That the parties be petitioncase of fo t r he le ß av e e rk t s o and permitted to present a petition for a liill for making a Railway from Ilungerford to Westbury, and likewise a Railway from the Great Weste n Railway to, or near to, the Radstock Collieries. 7. That, in the case of the Direct London and Manchester Railway petition, the standing rders ought not to be dispensed with. 8. That in the case of the Edinburgh and Glasgow and Dumber -lonshire Junction Railway petition, the standing orders ought not to be dispensed with. First, second, third, fifth, and sixth resolutions agreed to.—Report to lie on the table. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) TUESDAY, MARCH 17. CUSTOMS ANI) CORN IMPORTATION. Motion made, and Question put, " That Spirits or strong Waters of all sorts, viz.:— Spirits, for every gallon - of such Spirits or strong Waters of s. d. any strength not exceeding the strength of proof by Sykes's hydrometer, and so in proportion for any greater or less strength than the strength of proof. and for any greater or less qmintity than a gallon, viz. :- -- 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 not being sweetened Spirits or Spirits mixed with any article, so that the degree of strengt h thereof cannot be exactly ascertained by such h;dro - 15 0 stand part of the Resolution." The Hou s e divided : meter, the gallon - - MAJORITY—AYES, 64. - - ---, Acland, T. D. Fitzroy, Henry Peel, Jonathan Aldan, William Goulburn, Heury Plumridge, Captain Baillie, 11. J Seine, Walter t h ir o i p th e a , i a n,. I S v ir . James Price, Sir Robert Hamner, Sir John Somers, J. P. i l s t ' eu ue lit Y ci, D E ' d " W id ar dG. Herbert, Sydney T.irrred, 11. W. Thesigcr, Sir F. Illewitt, Reginald Iloward, C. W. G. Thor oelY, T. llottleld, lieriak Howard, P. H. Tollemache, F. J. Bright, John Iltunphery, Ald. Trelawny, J. S. Browne, W. Kelly, Sir Fitzroy Trench, Sir F. W. Butler, Colonel Kirk, Peter Tuthell, weary Cardwell, E. Langston, J. IL Turner, Edmund Carnegie, Captain 11`Gettchy, F. A. Villiers, Charles 'jerk Sir G. Mahon, Viscount Warburton, 11. i;ochrane, A. Masterman, J. Wawn, J. T. Cocsbura, Sir G. Mitchell, T. I. White, Samuel i.lorry, li. Mostyli, E. M. Wortley, J. S. Dickinson, F. H. Muntz, Gif T. Yorke, 11. R. Douglas, Sir C. E. Isr. , vnie, Ralph In tie, Sir Janice O'Brien, J'. TILLERS. Duncan, George Osborne, Ralph Young, John rscott, }Witham Pechell, Captain Cripps, W. Ewart, William Peel, Sir Rubin MINORITY-NOES. 35. Al ix, J. P. Floyer, John Miles, William Irbutlimott, Hugh • Frew's'', C. IL Newdegatc, C. N. Islell, William Fuller, A. E. Palmer, G. teilett, J. Goring, C. Plumptre, J. P. Bennet, P. Ilalford, Air 11. Sheppard, T. itentinek, Lord G. Hind,, J. R. Sibthorp, Co:onel lierestbrd, ajor Knight, F. W. Trollope, Sir J. Buck, L. W. Knightley, Sir C. Tyrrell, Sir J. T. , 'ayley, Edward S. Lawson, A. Worcester, Marquis , lolvile, C. it. Lennox, Lord H. 'ompton, IL C. Liddell, H. T. TELLERS. i)isracli, B. Mackenzie, T. l'inch, George March. Earl of T u h r a o a m b p y s , o 1 1 4, ar(a alderman u i of - Motion made, and Question put, " That ' Oxen and Bulls' stand part of the Resolution." The House divided : MAJORITY—AYES, 111. Acland, T. D. Escott, Bickham .Neville, Ralph .I.ldatn, 'William Ewart, William O'Brien, J. Bailie, Walter Fitzriy, Henry Ord, William Bannerman, A Fleetwood, sir I'. Peel, sir Robert Barclay, David Forster, Matthew Peel, Jonathan Barnard, E. G. Gore, Robert Philips. G. R. Berkeley, Craven Goulburn, Henry Philpotts, John Berkeley, Captain Graham, Sir J. Pluinridge, Captain Blawitt, R. J. Greene, Thomas Price, Sir R. Bottleki, Beriah Grosvenor, Lord R. Protheroe, Edward Bowles, Admiral Hamilton, Lord C. Russell. Lard John Bowring, Dr. Hanmer, Sir J. Scrope, G. P. Bright, .1 ohn Hatton, Captain Seymour, Lord Brotherton, Joseph Hawes, Benjamin Smith, Benjamin Browne, W. Heathcoat, John Sonnets, J.. L. Bruges, %V. H. L. Herbert, Sidney Stansfleld, W. R. Rutter, Charles Hill, Lord Marcus Strait, Edward Busleild, William Hogg, J. W. Tapered, H. W. Cardwell, Edward Hope, G. W. Thesiger, Ar F. Carnegie, Captain Howard, P. H. Thornely, T. ltapinan, li. Jam , s, Sir W. Trelawny, J. S. , lerk, Sir G. Jocelyn, Viscount Trench, Sir F. Cochrane, A. Kelly, Sir Fitzroy Turner, Edmund , "ockburn, iir G. Kelly, James Villiers, t 7harles Corry, Henry Labouchere, Henry Villiers, Vlicount Cripps, 'William Latizston, J. 11. Warburton, Henry I lalrvinple, captain Loch, James Wawn, JT. Dashwood, G. 11. Lockhart, A. E. White, Samuel Dennistouti, John M'Geachy, F. A. Williams, W. Dickinson, F. F. M`Seill, Duncan IYoung,v Wortley, ,se,j Wilshere, W. Douglas, Sir C. wrpaggart, Sir J. Wood, Colonel T. Duke, Sir J. Mahon. Lord Marshall, William Duncan, Lord Martin, John Duncan, kleorge Yorke, H. R. Martin, C. W. Duiteumbe, T. Thomaso j l i s. Mitchell, T. A. Dundas, Ahniral -. ' TRLTARS. Ebringtou, Lord Elphinstone, 11. Morison,3lolewo r t u b e , n ti r r a l l Y W. Baring, ',Leary Mr. LAWSON said that he should have to offer one or n two n o , b i m s observations t o t n h e t h w i r sj du "hides"ect He be leftnt e intended out t a g m e t o b v e e r , a a . Thes introduction re foreign hides, by the tariff of 1842, had been attended with no benefit to the working classes, for he could state, with perfect safety, that in no part of the country were shoes to be had cheaper than before the duty had been altered, and therefore to that extent at least the reduction of duty on foreign hides had been attended with no advantages. The Noble Lord the Member for London had taxed the Gentlemen with whom he (Mr. Lawson) acted, with their new-born zeal for the working classes. He could inform the Noble Lord that their zeal was not new Thorn, and, as regarded himself, he could only say that in the proposed alterations of 1832, he had moved that native manufactures, where protected already against foreign competition, should return that protection. In the very same spot he now propOsed the amendment that the word " hides" be left out of the present tariff. Sir JOHN TYRRELL rose to second the amendment. As they well knew that one fact was better than a thousand argu ment., he should trouble the House with a circumstance which had been communicated to himself by a clergyman, one ot his constituents. He related that a farmer in the neighbourhood. a man of undoubted capital, was so alarmed by the late and further proposed alterations that he had already dismissed ten of his workmen, and was on the point of dismissing ten more. What made the case the harder was, that these men and their ancestors had been in the employment of this farmer and his predecessors for at least 100 years. He should like to know Gentlemen.n,fient would answer opposite, t hoer question, perhaps o how me thesthese Member m men f tE e e m r e G t H o o v o b e n r e them, now that they had lost thei r former work? He (Sir absorbed," for that he believed was the word with John Tyrrell) shrewdly suspected that ti e workhouse, in that and similar cases, could best tell the tale. These persons he was informed were in the habit of attending the meetings of the Anti-Corn-law League, and subscribing to their dogmas. He suspected that the promised "cheap loaf" had blinded their understandings. Sir G. CLERK presumed that the men bad been dismissed from their employment in consequence of the eneertainty which at present prevailed—( Great cheering from the protecticinists, which was ot considerable duration, and in consequence of which it was impossible to hear the conclusion of the sentence ) So great was the uncertainty that trade generally was paralized. Renewed cheering.) The Hon. Member for knaresborough had complained that the tariff of 1842 had been productive of no advantages to those employed in the manufacture of shoes. Did the Hon. Member mean to say that the introduction of the material which those persons used in their trade in large quantities and at a cheaper rate, was not a benefit to them ? The return of the quantity of hides imported would demon strate this fact. In the first year after the alteration, they had imported above 500,0e0 cwt., in the second year 600,000 cwts., and in the last year 700,000 cwts. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the House divided. when there appeared—. For the original motion Against it Majority for Ministers On our return to the gallery, we found that the article of linen had been proposes. Mr. LAWSON said that as the linen trade was very exten sive in the b.,rough which he had the honour to represent, he should think it unbecomieg in him if he were to remain silent while he hoard the dearest intereit of his con•tituenes interfered with. The growth of home flax had enabled the manufac turers in this country to compete with the foreigner. He had no doubt that they would be enabled to do so after the abolition of the duty, but they could only do so at the expense of their work people. During the last autumn he had been waited upon by a body of workmen, who stated to him that their masters, who were linen manufacturers, had promised them an increase in their wages of ten per cent. This promise, however, had Lever been kept, and therefore the workmen hail turned out. Their masters had informed them that they were unable to pay the workmen the required ad vance, in consequence of the badness of trade. These workmen applied to him (Mr. Lawson) to give them a subsseption MINORITYTNOES, 72. ----, Frewen, C. 11. Newdegate. N. uis of Plumptre. J. P. Affix, J. P. Fuller, A. E. Newport, Viscount Arbuthnott, H. Gardner, J. D. O'Brien, A. 9. Arkwright, '-i. Gordon, lion. Capt. Palmer, G. Baltic, H .1. Bell, Matthew y Holiest on, Colonel ikenvtt, Juan Halsey, 1 . P. Round, C. G. PhiIIP Bennett, Ileatheote, S‘r %V. Round, John ltentinc, Lord G. . leiiiey, j. w. Scott, F. Bentinek, Lcrd 11. .1 ilitdr,ird, T. B. N,eyiner, IL K. P.Preciord. Major Wade, J. H. Shaw, F. Borthwick, Peter (. 11 1 .1 .* It t 'o th r 3 : 1 , S M ir ar i g lenr !lope, Sir ..1., Sibthorp, Colonel Bromic, Lo - d hope, A.P•xander ;:myth, !kir It. Bruce, C. L. C. I luclson, G. Stanley, E. Buck, lA•wis W. Inglis, Sir R. Thompson, Ald. B uck, C. S. Jollity, si r W. 11 . Tower, C. Colvile, C. B. Compton, H. C. linightley, Sir C. Tumor, C. Disraeli, B. Lawsuit, Andrew T yrrell, Sir J. Lefroy, A. W a l sh, Sir J. IL Douglas, Sir 11. Farnham, E. B. Liddell, Hon. 11. T. W odehouse, E. Filmer, Sir E. Mackenzie, T. W orcester, Marqu i s Finch, George Manners, Lord C. Yorke, E. T. Floyer, John March, Earl of TELLIBA. Forbes, William Furman, T. S. Maunsell, T. B. N e oid, Joseph Miles, William Trollape, Sir J. PRGutt," has already reached a second edition. " The page, Of this ve r y remarkableA " HE CITIZEN OF Magazine) abound with an inti mate k n owledge M ARY 110vaT FS Ew 0.11:k and just apprecia tion of all the finer and (ssuabytsierthfe pu feelings of o University . f the ;111111311 heart. The plot of the story is well conceived, t a e u r d s, whichadmirably w rought out ; besides th e pr i nc i pa l charac and prominently forward to engross the feelings and excite the attention, there is also abundance of by plot to satisfy the most omnivorous appetite for love, mys tery, an d marvel. But, apart from all t hi s, t h ere w ill be found ' in the pages of The Citizen of Prague' far better matter. The book is historical ; and, as such, it is as in structive as it is entertaining. Replete with noble senti ments, conversant with great minds and great events, it teems with true and beautiful views of mankind; exhibiting in just portraiture the princely wisdom and high-minded love for die people, which so remarkably distinguished one i of Austria's most illustrious sovereigns —Maria Theresa—and enabling us, when we lay the work down, to feel we have employed." been profitably as well as pleasantly LAW EVUELL“.iENCE:rir : flOr'SE 0T LOPDS, Mareh 17. ' sat, tu-d hc:tr -; the Pee:s resent, wk -re the Lord Cl. an: eth.r, 73rougham, and Lira Campbell, 'JTSI{ V. MUIR • This easy cauie befor3 their Lordship; upon an :appeal from tine decision of the Court of Session in Sc 'Aland. Tne princip;i quesi,ll in tne ease was, wieller th, , t ap pelieolt, a groc , ..r Duintattton, under a atstutary Loro visikai exempting the resid:nt burgesses of I)umbarton, upon certain conditions, fr , in piyinent of the river anti tonnage dues imposed by the Acts for the Improvement of the Navigation of the Clyde and the Harb.tur of Glas gow, was exempted from tonnage dues on two puncheons of whisky - (amounting to Is. 6d.) carried from the Broomielaw to Dumbarton. The Court of Session de cided that the appellant was not exempted from payment, and from that decision he brought the present appeal. Mr. Turner and Mr. J Anderson appeared for the ap pellant, and the Solicitor- Ge,,eral and Mr. Bethell sup ported the dr cisi u of the Cour: below. Their Lordships, at the conclusi4,n of the arguments, gave judgment affirming the decision of the Court of Session. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. WESTERN ClRCUlT—Dorchester, March 16. James hart was indicted for maliciously setting on fire a certain stack of furze, the property of David Slade, at Lytchett Minster. Mr. Pouldeu was counsel for the prosecution, and Mr. Stock for the prisoner. It appeared that the prosecutor had a rick of furze made about a week before the sth of November. On that day, in the evening, it was seen to be ou tire, and was entirely con sumed. The prisoner at that time was at work at the Dor chester and Southampton Railway at Lytchett. A few days bef •re the sth of November the prisoner told a fellow-labourer that a man named Swaffield had persuaded him to set this rick of furze on fire, and he should do ir. The party to whom he told this recommended him not to do it ; but he said be would. The prisoner repeated his intention on the afternoon of the sth of November, and proceeded towards the spot. where the rick was, and it soon after was ou fire. The next morning a man said to him, "Well, you've done it, then ;" and he said he had; that he had struck four lucifers on the top of the box and then set it on fire, and before he could get across the field the rick was all in a blaze. The men all left the employ in a day or two, and went to Portsmouth. The one to whom the prisoner had told this returned again in about a month, when be gave information. Another labourer, who was present when the prisoner uttered his threat, and afterwards stated what he had done, confirmed the evidence of the first labourer. The prisoner was appre hended on the sth of December. When the prisoner was in custody, he said it was no use to deny it—he had done it, and Swaffield bad persuaded him. The prisoner had always borne the character of being a quiet, hard-working lad, eighteen years of age. For the prisoner it was urged that it was a mischievous frolic, for the purpose of making a bonfire on the sth of November. 1 he jury found the prisoner Guilty. Sentence—three months' imprisonment. NISI MOS COURT. The whole of the day ci;; - I,Teen — oe(Tuii;4 in trying a right of way cause, in which all the points have been left for the consideration of the Court above. 11Ir. Cockburn and Mr. Fitzherbert were for the plaintiff, and Mr. Crowder and Mr. Stock for the defendant. OXFORD CI RCUl7'.—WorceAter, March 16. (Before the Loun CHIEF BARON.) Joseph Prooks, aged 29, labourer, was indicted for com mitting a rape upon Eden Banks, on the 18th of July last. The evidence is of course unfit for publication. The jury fitund the prisoner Guilty, and the Learned Judge sentenced him to transportation for life. John Howell was charged with committing a like crime upon the person of a little girl, only eight years old. The jury found the prisoner Guilty, and he was sentenced to transportation for life. Both these crimes were committed in the parish of St. Andrew's, in this city, a spot infested by the most notorious characters. (Before Mr. Baron PLarr.) Harriett Allard, said to be only 15, and the daughter of a very respectable farmer, was indicted for shop-lifting. Though this trial lasted four hours, the facts were very similar to those which form the usual features in such cases. It appeared that the articles alleged to have been stolen by the prisoner were found in her basket, but the possession of one article, a veil, was accounted for by the prisoner, who said she considered she had bought it, but had not paid for it, as she was going to call again, when a balance would be struck of the accounts between herse►f and the prosecutor's wife, the prisoner having been accustomed to srll butter and eggs on market-day when she visited the city. The only al ternative whereby to account for the other articles being found in the prisoner's basket was that the prosecutor's wife had placed them there. It was proved she had the opportu nity, and also had on a firmer occasion made a false charge against a person. The jury adopted this view, as suggested in a very able defence by the prisoner's counsel, and ac • quitted her. The verdict was received with applause, and it is right to add that the prisoner received an excellent character from the clergyman of her parish, who had known her from infancy. Mr. Selfe appeared for the Crown, and Mr. lluddlestone defended the prisoner. MIDLAND ci le CUlT.—Derby, March 17. The Right Hon. Sir N. C. Tindal and the Hon. Sir Thomas Coltman arrived in this town about two o'clock, and opened the commission for this county with the usual for malities, after which their Lordships proceeded to attend divine service at St. Mary's Church. The Lord Chief Justice took his seat in the Nisi Prius Court., at ten o'clock this morning; and Mr. Justice Coltman at eleven, in the Crown Court. The list presented fourteen causes for trial, of which four were marked tor'special juries; but of these three are by the cams plaintiffs, and one only, if any, of them will be tried. They are said to be in respect to the right to hold races here. The other is an action of ejectment—Doe, dent. Thornhill v. Thornhill—by the devisee against the heir-at- law, to recover possession of a very valuable property on the ground of the insanity of the testator, in which Mr. Cockburn, Q.C., is coining down specially, and which will be commenced to morrow morning, and will probably last two long days. Of the common jury cases, four are cross actions, two only of which will therefore be tried. The list was thus reduced to 10, of which five were at 4 o'clock disposed of, and the remaining three will be, probably, in the course of the day. The calendar is numerically, but not otherwise, heavy, there being 59 prisoners and 45 cases for trial ; of which two ate light cases of burglary, two. also light, cases of robbery. one of breaking and entering a dweLing-house, three of breaking and entering warehouses, one offurgery (no evidence offered), two of stabbing and wounding, one of a felonious assault upon a woman, one of horse-stealing, and two of riot and assault upon peace-officers. Down to 4 o'clock to-day nothing bad occured in either court justifying any report. In consequence of the anticipated duration of the great special jury cause above referred to, for three days at least, the commission day at Leicester has been postponed from Friday till Saturday, on which latter day only the borough business will b. taken. The county business will, therefore, commence there on Monday morning next. NORFOLK C UlT.—Cambridge, March 16 . NISI PRIUS COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron PARKE and a Special Jury.) MICHAEL AUGUSTUS GATHERCOLE, CLERK, V. MULL Mr. GUNNING (with whom was Mr. Sanders) stated, that this was an action in which the plaintiff sought to recover damages from the defendant for the publication of a libel of and concerning him in the character of vicar of Chatteris, in the Isle of Ely, to which the defendant had pleaded only the general issue. The plaintiff was a clergyman of the Established Church, and had lately been presented to- the vicarage of Chatteris, a parish situate in the fens of Cam uls . learning, Ineaanr t s o ," grea s t o though born and educated a Dissenter, had at the age of 25 d character he had obtained the high opinion of all who knew lifeb ri d h g e e , ha and by great containing gr,at as i a d ir attainedlatioii of embraced the doctrines of the Established Church. In this him, and having recently been presented to this piece of pre ferment, which was said to be worth 2,0001. per annum, he had set about the discharge of his high duties with great zeal and industry. This was a most difficult task, and he had not been so fortunate as to escape the attacks of the press; fur on the 7th of January in the present year there rppeared in the Nonconformist, a weekly dissenting journal, an article which formed the groundw•oik of the present action. That publication was the sole property of the defendant, who was a well-known Dissenter, a man of talent and wealth, and who had recently contested the borough of Southwark, in opposi tion to Sir W. Molesworth. When the article in question appeared, the plaintiff applied to the defendant for the name of the author, and that bring refused, he had no alternative left but to appeal to a jury for protection from what he could not but feel to be a most wanton, unprovoked, and malicious attack upon him in his sacred character, and one which could only have proceeded from the worst personal motives, though the writer professed to aim at the Church rather than its unworthy minister. In that article the plaintiff was spoken of as " the notorious Gathercole," " the apostate Gathercole," and a "twice-convicted libeller." But, though true it was that Mr. Gathercole had, whilst engaged in con ducting a periodical, been indicted and made criminally re sponsible 'or the contents of an article, yet the defendant coald not be therefore justified in styling him "twice-con victed," or in charging him, as he did in one part of his libel, with obtaining his living by simony. The Learned Gentleman then proceeded to read and comment on the libel, and contended that his client was justly entitled to substan tial damages at the hands of the jury for this outrageous at tack on him. _ _ . The libel was then put in and read, of which the following are extracts : " Prior to the unexpected accession of Gathercole to this living, the inhabitants, of all religious denominations, had amicably cooperated for charitable purposes. One of these associations was a clothing society for the sick poor ' under the sole management of the ladies. But a few weeks, how ever, after his arrival, he intruded himself, with characteristic impudence, into a meeting of the committee, were, after a tirade against Dissent and Dissenters, of a most furious and insulting character, he virtually dissolved the society., by declaring that he should have nothing to do' with Dis senters, and he should expect his congregation to follow his example. Upon the ruins of this liberal society arose ano- Llier, with the title of the Chatteris Church Clothing Club, Patron, the Rev. the Vicar.' " " It would be vain to waste a sentence in reprobation of the character and conduct of so degraded a person as Gri.ther cole; but what are we to say of two system under which a man, whose writings proclaim him at once imbecile, ignorant, and malignant, can be thus paid from the plunder of the people, to spurt his filthy venom, week by week, upon those of whom the world is not worthy—to revile the humble piety of his neighbours, and, in the licensed security of his pulpit, to hold up, with an air of smug vulgarity, their works of faith and labours of love to the derision of his hearers." " But, singularly enough, the same district which is suf fering under the ecclesiastical marauding of Gathercole, is at this moment affording as interesting an illustration of the benign moral effects of the voluntary principle as this clerical nuisance affords of the pernicious tendency of the compulsory system. Hard by the town of Chatteris is the village of Doddington, the richest living in Great Britain, affording to the Rev. Algernon Peyton, the rector, upwards of 10,000/. a year. Almost under the shadow of Doddington steeple is the village of Mane*, the curate of which, remunerated for his labours with 100/. a year, died some few weeks ago, as we learn from the local papers, leaving a widow and three adult children with resources barely sufficient to pay the ex penses of his funeral. The wealthy and respected rector of Doddington at once took into his hands this truly pitiable case, and, by the joint exertions of all the religious denomi nations in the neighbourhood, upwards of 500%. has been raised for the benefit of this afflicted and destitute lady, to which fund the Dissenters of Chatteris, who had scarcely even heard the name of the deceased clergymen, subscribed their money with the most cheerful liberality. Yet these are the men against whom Gathercole raves as blasphemous heretics,' with dangerous impostors' for their teachers." e case for the plaintiff baying closed by proof of the motile - ion of the newspaper in question among several mem bers of his _congregatice at Chatteris, some of whom admitted that he was " very seviTtron Dissenters." '- :" Mr. Sergeant BYLES (with whom was Mr. O'Malley) ad dressed the jury for the defendant,/cOntending that lie was entitled to a verdict, as the article inserted in his paper was not a libel, or that the verdict. ought to be fur nominal damages. Every,one acquainted with the history of the plaintiff well knew him to be a " notorious" man, and his own counsel had admitted him to be a "convicted libeller." Such a man could not therefore come into Court to claim damages for a libel on him with "clean hands," and it was for the jury to say whether the article complained of was not justifiable as an attack on a public man, in dealing with whom great latitude of criticism ought to be allowed in this country, which was the temple of liberty, both civil and Statesthen and Churchmen were alike exposed to such obser rations on their conduct, and when we saw the Ministry of the Jay and even the prelate's a tt a cked without any re mark or notice on their part, lie (Mr. Sergeant Byles) could not help thinking that the plaintiff would have dose well to pass by this article without notice, as one which his public conduct, as the vicar of Chatteris, had 'exposed him to. The judges themselves and the bar were all liable to censure. One great man, G. Fox, had written thus :—" We have an army of lawyers, with tough consciences, and tough parch ments, and interminable tongues—an army of soldiers to fight the French, an army of doctors to fight Death. and we have an army of parsons to fight the Devil, of whom he standeth not much in awe "—(Laughter)—and it was sot to be expected that a man who had attacked the Dissenters himself so violently should not rouse them into something like a kindred feeling. If such a man, continued the Learned Sergeant, reading from a book before him, which he covertly insinuated to be the letters of " L. S. E." alluded to in the libel, said that " the religion of Dissenting preachers was merely a cloak for everything that was bad;" that "deceit and hypocrisy were the commodities in which they dealt;" that their principles were "infernal," and that they were "an ungodly set of atheists and infidels ;" it could not be contended that this retOrt, was wanton and unprovoked ; and if in the rules of his " Church Clothing Club " lie hail excluded all Dissenters from participation in common with thieves, drunkards, robbers, and persons guilt; other deadly sins," it was not to be con • ceived but that lie ' should be met with abuse and cutting criticism in th e discharge of his public' duties as vicar of Chatte r i s . A s far, therefore, as the gene ral scope of this article w en t, it was su b m i tte d t h at i t wa; not libellous, while aa.regarded its "'sting," which consisted in the imputation of " simony," the article did not bear any such construction, for it spoke of his having obtained preferment as " the wages of his treachery," which implied that the living had been given 'o, and not bought by, him in an illegal manner. If, however, the jury should think the plaintiff was entitled to a verdict, the Learned Counsel con cluded by asserting that the smallest coin in the realm would be an ample measure of damages to which the plaintiff was entitled in such a case. Mr. Baron PARKE, in summing up the case to the jury, left it to them to say whether this was a libel, in the first place; and, if so, whether there was any occasion to justify or excuse its publication of the plaintiff as the vicar of Chatteris. He (Mr. Baron Parke) apprehended that no reasonable man could doubt that such an attack on a man as this was a libel, which in law was the writing anything of a man which was calculated to bring him into discredit and odium. Was there, then, any ground for jus tification or excuse for its publication? It had been con tended by the Learned Sergeant that it was• open to the de fendant to observe on the plaintiff's conduct as vicar of Chat teris, on the ground that the office of a clergyman was a public one, and that, like statesmen, commanders, and judges, the public had a right to criticise their conduct. He, however, did not go along with the Learned Sergeant to that extent, for he had yet to learn that there was any right in the press to publish an opinion of the conduct of a clergy man in his parish and the method in which he might see fit to administer its charities. If, indeed, a clergyman pub lished a sermon which he delivered to his parish he made it public property, and conferred thereby on the public the right of observing on it and criticising it, if done fairly and without malicious motives. Short of this there was nothing in the conduct of a clergyman which could confer on the press any ground for commenting on him. As for the impu tation of simony, he certainly thought that the context did not warrant the construction put on that branch of the article by the plaintiff, for it did not impute that he had obtained the living by simony, for it spoke of his getting it as the wages of his treachery. Under these circum stances, it was for the jury to say what fair amount of corn pensation they would award to the plaintiff for the article complained of by . him. The jury, having retired to consider their verdict, returned into Court after an absence of half an hour with a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 2001. JAMES V. THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY COMPANY. Mr. Sergeant Byles. Mr. Gunning. and Mr. Burcham were counsel for the plaintiff, and Mr. O'Malley and Mr. Sanders for the defendants. This was a case involving a question of considerable im portance to the Eastern Counties Railway, being a claim for tolls alleged to be due by them to the plaintiff as the lessee of the Commissioners for Paving and Lighting the town of Cambridge. Though the question was stated to be purely one of law, which could not be decided at Nisi Frites, yet the circumstances under which it arose and the points intended to be raised for the opinion of the Court may not be uninteresting; to the railway interest. It is known to all the world, doubtless, that the Eastern Counties Railway station for this town is situate at a little distance out of the town, the line of railway crossing the Hills-road and the Newmarket-road, which are both carried over it on bridges, but would otherwise have been crossed on a level, and Coldham-lane on a dead level, there being there gates for the safety of the public. From first to last the railway runs a distance of 2/ 1 miles within the limits of the borough. but the points at which it crosses the roads are all out of what may be popularly termed " the town," the paving and lighting not being carried up to them when this action was commenced, and there not being a continuous line of houses up to them. Before the railway was opened to Cam bridge and now there were commissioners appointed under various Acts for paving, lighting, and cleansing the town, who were empowered to collect Is. 61, by way of toll, from every stage-coach, diligence. or other such public carriage, carrying pas'engers or parcels for hire. and 2d. for every waggon, wain, cart, or other such carriage laden with any goods, wares, or other mer..handise coining to, or going from, or out of the said town of Cambridge, besides other tolls for all stock brought into the same These tolls the commis-• sinners may, by lease, authorise other parties to collect, and as since the opening of the railway all the coaches whose names have been cherished in the memory of old Centel's, such as the Time, the Star, the Rocket, the Telegraph, and even Marsh and Swan's stage waggons, have departed this life, the sources of the commissioners' income would seem to have been well nigh exhausted. A keen investigation of the various Acts under which the town was governed and the tolls authorised to be collected led to the belief that they might still be enforced from the railway company, and the present action was forthwith brought against them to recover the amount of 1591., as tolls alleged to be due for:the first six months of their operations, it being contended that he was entitled to levy the tolls specified in the Commissioners' Act on each railway carriage and truck, on passing through the town of Cambridge or the precincts thereof; while the de fendants insisted that they did not come within any such liability, er that, at all events, the toll could only be levied on each train. The facts above stated having been agreed upon between the learned counsel, it was arranged that a special verdic should be taken, in order to raise the question in dispute for the opinion of the Court of Queen's Bench. Subject, there fore, to this plan, the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff for 159/. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-ROUSE. Joseph Myers, ;K:, was on Monday brought up on a wars ant, in which he was stated to have been, together with other persons, found feloniously in possession of a number of ten-pound notes of the Warwick and Lea mington Bank, was again put to the bar yesterday. Mr. Mullins, of the firm of Bush and Mullins, ap peared for the prosecution, and Mr. Hobler attended for the prisoner. The evidence of Superintendent Roby, of the Lea mington police, was read, and Mr. Roby stated that he had a witness to produce who could swear to the identity ,)f the prisoner, so that he should be justified in remov ing the prisoner to the place in which the robbery was committed. Thomas Archer, of No. 6, Cullum -street, Lime-street, bootmaker, was then tailed upon the pant of the prose cution. He stated that he bad been examined before Mr. Russell, the magistrate at Leamington, when the warrant which was produced had been granted. In the examination which then took place he had spoken of a person named Myers. The prisoner was that person. Mr. Mullins intimated that the identification just es tablished was sufficient to justify the Lord Mayor in sending the prisoner to Leamington in the custody of the superintendent. Mr. Hobler submitted that a more accurate identifica• tion was necessary, as the warrant upon which the pri soner had been apprehended charged him with having been feloniously in possession of stolen notes. I The Loan Mayon expressed a desire to have satisfac tory information as to the identity of the prisoner. Mr Mullins (to the witness) —Are yon sure that he is the person mentioned in the warraut ? 'Witness—l swear that he is the same person. Mr. Hobler—How do you know that he is the man ? Witness—l saw him in a certain transaction upon money and bank-notes. They we re Leamington anti v amick notes. I detailed about them to the magistrate. Mr. Mullins—Was the transaction relating to the parcel of notes specified in the hand-bill? Witness— Yes. I saw the notes counted and taken to the prisoner up s t a irs, at the prisoner's so ner say, house, and I heard the pri ,. vsr e can't give more for them then we have offered, for they are all following numbers, and on that account not so valuable, or words to that effect." I had had the notes in my own hands, and I knitsv they were part of the notes referred to in the bill offering the reward. Mr. Hoblecr—How came you to have the notes in your bawls? Witness—Because the party who had them, who was a clerk in the Leamington banking house was in distress, and he came to m©. I had ktioNn him, having been myself in business at Leamington. He came to me in the early part of last spring. I first of all met him promiscuously in the streets. A man named Blaney put the notes into my hands, and I saw them counted. A man was going to sell them to the prisoner. I can't swear to the exact number, but I understood they were w to the amount of 1,0001. in 10 /. notes. They were old notes, all looking as if they had been in circulation for some time. Mr. Hobler—You never saw them in Myer's hand ? Witness—Never. Mr. Hobler—Why, then, did you say that you saw s them in his hand ? Witne to — . I never saw them in his hand. I ne ver meantssa y o s , o. I went with a to m man of the nam e o f Jennin gs M yers ' s house , and Jen nings had the notes i n his possession when we went to the house. Jennings is one of the parties named in the warrant. Mr. Hobler—Pray, have you ever been in trouble your self ? Witness—l don't know what you mean. Mr. Hobler—Have you ever been in any difficulty ? Witness—l was once in a difficulty about a half sovereign, but I received damages for that. Mr. Hobler—Have you ever been at Worship.street Police-court for an assault ? Witness --Yes. I was there for an assault upon a child. It was brought against me by a woman of the town for the purpose of extorting money from me, and I was honourably ac quitted. Mr. Hobler contended that the witness's statement was not sufficient evidence upon which to send his client to Leamington on such a serious charge. The LORD MAYou--(to the witness)--Are Toil sure itiiii the prisoner is the man — of - Who'm J r - y - 81i s ; —Certainly ; I know him perfectly wol, The Loan MAxott—lffixa satisfied, sad deliver up the prisoner to the superintendent. The prisoner was then taken away. The case excited a great deal of interest, and during the, examination the Justice-room was crowded to excess. • . 1 04 GREEIVIVICIL W. H. Bungard, a police-constable, 247 It, was placed at the bar of the Greenwich Police-court, before Mr. Jeremy. charged with being accessory to the concealment of the birth of a child, of which Caroline - Bailey was the mother, in the parish of Eltham. The inquiry was instituted at the instance of the Commis znissioners of Police, and Mr. Superintendent Mallalieu at tended to watch the proceedings. Amelia Baxter, a dressmaker, deposed that Caroline Bailey resided with her some time previous to and after Christmas last. She had made three dresses fur her during that period, and observing an increase in her size, told her of it, upon which she laughed, and said, " No, you are joking." In January she observed that she was mach stouter. After leaving her house some tim2 she appeared As usual. A few days since she saw her again. when she crie,l and confessed her condition. Saw her the last time on Monday, when she was very ill in bed and could not move. Rebecca Evans deposed that Caroline Bailey cam's to lodge at her house on the 10th „f January. She remained si.'c weeks and five dais, and left ,n the sth inst. She appeared to be in the family way. Said that she came to be confined, and had engaged a surgeon to attend her. Two medical men atteuded and examined her. She said she would be confined abovt the 14th of February. Thought she was not enciente, al though appearances and fulness of dress indicated it. Dr. Davenport advised her to examine Miss Bailey, but she re fus, dto permit her. Her mother washed her clothes. Oa the Ist and 10th of January the young woman walked out with the accused. It was on Saturday and Monday. In the evening they returned together. She appeared ill, took some tea and went to bed in an hour afterwards. Tne ac cused remained with her half an hour. %he continued un well for a few days. IVilliam Carr, surgeon, Lee, near Blackheath, deposed, that he was sent for on Friday night last, and found her suffering great pain. She told witness . that she had been recently confined, and had been very much ill-used. She aid that she had been intimate with a police-constable, by whom she became pregnant. The accused had taken apartments tier her to be confined in, at Eltham, and while lodging there she went at the accused's request to take a walk. Retook her into a field where he used great. violence to her person twice. On his repeating this treatment after a fainting fit, she cried and said, " Oh, dear," and told him he had taken the child from her, that she was in a dreadful state, and the ac cused partly managed to carry her home. Witness is satis fied that she had been delivered of a child; could not say whether full grown or not. The injured parts were lacerated And ulcerated. Doubts that it was a full grown child. The inflammation supervened from violence. Perhaps within six weeks of her full time. Miss Bailey is about 21 years of age. Mrs. Evans was here recalled, and said that the accused took the lodging, and said it was for a young woman near her confinement. Amelia Baxter was recalled, and in answer to the accused, said that she went with Miss Bailey to Sidcup, for the pur pose of telling him her hard situation, when he gave them half-a-crown to pay her carriage home. Is certain she was in the family way and could not walk. Had examined leer person as to that fact, and had also made her baby linen. Witness told the accused that she was in the family way, and he replied that as witness was a respectable person he would believe her. The accused, addressing the magistrate, said that it was all false. There had been great deceit all through the business, and that Baxter was a partial witness. Her statement was at variance with what she told the superin tendent. _ _ Jane Evans, cousin to Rebecca Evans, residing at Eltham, deposed that Caroline Bailey stopped at her house eight weeks ago, before going to Mr. Evans's. She came home late on a Thursday night. Witness was in bed. Bailey ap peared very ill and greatly exhausted. Said she had been very ill-used and pulled about by Bungard, who had broken and torn her stays. Said that she was with ckild. Ap peared so. She had half a sovereign in her hand, and said that Bangard had given it her, and wanted to take it away again. Mr. JEMMY asked when the young woman would be able to attend ? Sergeant Lovell, 15 R, said he had seen her, and that she was so ill that she could not be left alone, and could not rise from her bed. Mr. JEMMY said, under such circumstances, he should re mand the case for a fortnight. There was direct and positive evidence, at present, of felony. It was, at least, assuming that character, and was a most serious affair. If the medical testimony should be corroborated, there would then be no doubt that a felony had been committed, and would involve more than the concealment of birth. The accused here said that he wished Drs. Glillimore and Davenport to be examined. Those ..entlemen and o th er persons would prove the charge to he false. He then handed a long statement in writing to the magistrate. Mr. JEREMY, after reading it carefully over, said he must remand the accused until such times as the injured girl could attend and give her own statement. As to the state ment he had just read, it went a great way strongly to con firm the other evidence; the rest appeared utterly irrecon cileable. The accused said he believed that she had never borne a child, at least not by him. Mr. JEREMY said, under all circumstances he would re mand him for one day, in order to have the evidence of those persons required by the accused. He would the re f ore b e brought up again to-morrow (this day). Sargeant Lovell said he would warn the parties to attend. ROYAL REGIMENT of ARTILLERY The exertions of the recruiting parties to raise men for this gallant corps are now attended with contiderable success, and numbers (.f fine young men are weekly joining at head quarters at Woolwich, from various parts of the country, to acquire a knowledge of the duties of artillerymen. The following circular tro , morandum has just been issued for the information of the officers, non-commissioned officers, and men of the regiment, and those intending to enlnt in that branch of her Majesty's Deputy Adjutain-denerars Office. Woolwich, 31arch 13. " The Master-Oeneral anti Honourable Board of Ordnance, by letter dated the I Ith of March, 1546, S 361, have directed her Majesty's warrant, dated 19th of December, 1845, to be extended to the Royal Artillery, by which rewards for the greater encouragement of meri torious sets ice, and for good conduct of non-cominissione4 officers and soldiers, are provided tor; it is desirable that these benefits be as extensively circulated as circumstances will permit. " Of the advantages conferred, an annuity in addition to pay for a certain numbers f sergeants ; the service, combined with good conduct, entitling soldiers to good-conduct pay is considerably reduced; thus, on completing five years' r.ervice, with two years exemption trom the de faulters' book, one penny per die m , s added to the pay of the soldier, and for every subsequent five years' service, extending to thirty years, a similar Increase takes place, the maximum rate being Gd, a-day ; and the good•conduct pay enjoyed by the soldier Is carried with hint to the pension list, so that in proportion of length of service and good conduct he may realise a pension from Is. to is. Gd. a-day. " The particular attention of officers, non-commissioned officers, and men on the recruiting service, is called to this subject, that they may explain to the peasantry the improved condition of the soldier while serving, and the certain provision made for him when no longer fit for her Majesty's service. H. D. ROSS, Deputy Adjutant-General." In addition to the advantages to the non-commissioned officers and men of the Royal Artillery alluded to in the above circular memorandum, it has been decided that one sergeant and eight men are to be added to each company of the present nine battalions, and that the tenth battalion will be raised according to the increased strength of the present companies. The number of companies of the Royal Artil lery at home and on foreign stations amount to seventy-two, which will give promotion to seventy-two non-commissioned officers, and the same number of men will be promoted from the ranks, in addition to those required to form the tenth battalion. TOTAL LOSS OF THE BARQUE FRANCIS SPAIGHT. TWENTY-ONE LIVES LOST. (From the Liverpool Standard.) The ship England's Queen arrived in the Mersey yester day afternoon, from Bombay and the Cape of Good Hope, which latter port she left on the 19th of January. This is the latest arrival from the Cape, and to Captain Shedding., the commander of the vessel, we are indebted for the Cape .f Good Hope and Naval Shipping and Mercasstik ,Gazette of the 9th of January, conveying the following melancholy intelligence of the loss of the I'raucis Spaight During the night between Tuesday and Wednesday last it blew a violent gale from the northward, and at six A.m. on Wednesday the squalls were very severe. At half-past eight the wind came more to the westward in a hard squall, accompanied with torrents of rain, when the barque Francis Spaight, of 366 tons, from Manilla to London, was observed driving towards the strand, and an attempt was unfortu-• nately made to set the mainsail, which brought the vessel's broadside to the shore; and in this position, with the main sail aback, she continued to drive until she struck the ground near the Slave Lodge, about a mile from thevillag e of P apers_ dorp, when, in consequence of being broadside t o the beach, she rolled heavily, the sea occasionally breaking ov er h er decks. A whale-boat and a surf-boat were sent from Cape Town; the whale-boat succeeded in getting alongside the barque', and a line was thrown over the vessel by the rocket appa ratus. The moment the boat touched the aide, the crew of the barque, who appeared to have lost all presence of mind, rushed into her, when she was tilled and capsized, and sad to relate, the captain and fourteen men of the crew were drowned, together with four men of the boat's crew, named Thomas Williams,William Taylor, John J ukson, enArlu Norton. A surf-boat and another boat were also sent from the North Wharf, by Messrs. T. and J. Sinclair; both boats cap.ized, and two men, named Dollio and Parker, were drowned. The following are the names of the crew saved, viz., James Robertson, carpenter, and John Aneod, seaman. Captain Patterson and the following men were drowned, viz. :—Thomas Haydon, mat e ; M agnus Smith, second mate ; Henry Hiatt, steward ; David Evans, Edward WDonald, George Hutchings, John Smith, of Leith, John Smith s of Edinburgh, and William Widder, seamen; William Rymes, cook ; John Mittin, Thomas Beddoe, William Hall, and. Richard Parker, apprentices. The vessel is broken in midships and is a total wreck, and very little of the cargo will be saved unirkiured. The manifest and mail have not yet been found, but so far as it has been ascertained, the cargo consisted of sugar, hemp, tobacco, cigars, rattans, and sundry other articles. SPECIAL PUBLIC NOTICE.—At precisely ten o'clock on Tuesday morning, March 24, 1846, the entire range of E. Moses and Sens' new premises—Minories and Al City—will open for the transaction of business. —Z. ke e l: and Sons, tailors, drapers, clothiers, hosiers, hitters, and general outfitters, Mar& 16, 1846. EADvEivrisimENT.]..—Titz EARL OP ALDRORMOR AND HOLLOWAY'S Pu.s.i.—An astounding cure by this miraculous medicine, after every other means had failed. See extract of Ws lordship's letter, dated Villa Messina, Leghorn. Feb. 21, 1845 : " To Professor Holloway,—Sir, I beg to acquaint you that your pills have effected a cure of a disorder in my liver and stomach. which all the most eminent of Ike faculty, at home and all ever the Continent, had not been able to effect—nay, not even the waters of Carlsbad or Marienbad. —(Signed) Aldborough." These wonderild Pills will cure any disease of the liver or stomach, Sold (also Hol loway's Ointment) at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 944, Strand, and by all medicine venders throughout the civilised world, PoPrILAR KNOWLEDGE.—If knowledge be in it s elf of opr r,ien that a good, the fuller the measure of it the better for the possessor, us e w tt e e a r re th s a t i r l on n g o ly „ matter whether he be of the higher or the lower, the learned er the iti pa ch rts b , unlearned caste. For o is ur no o t w n n superficial knowledge ....Owedge, and all must agree that inaccurate knowledge is worse than none at all Hence we are no friends of what is commonly termed popular litera ture ; that is, literature fit only fur the ignorant, Which finds sad leaves them so. We may be told that their Capacities will not admit of higher teaching—a libel On COMM.IIII sense I Complaisantly as we may regard our own mental superiority, we may rest assured that most literary subjects may and should he made as intelligible to the peasant, if he can read and refleet, as to our noble selves, But, unluckily for popular improvement, they are not made intelligible. Books of elementary instraCtion are often written without method. And generally abound in unmeaning conventional terms, and we call everybody ignorant that flees not understand them. The maxim, "Every man a motithful and no man a bellyful," has been current, long enough I more so within these fifteen years than at any formeZ , p.riod, and Its yews we new fairly , begin to dispute.-40oneum.