The Sun. — London, England, 1846-01-24 00:00:00

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AGRICULTUR A L PRO ITC, TION. LVVSON • 1 4Tons from Borough „,rid c;• • presenttt t Isrcire,,ltelton, and twelve other towns in the \N est and 4 Rld ingi of Yrkhire, in favor of protection to grieulture. . qtr. vi r r ..,, CORN -LAWS. nbrocA ..,,..tr,RS presented a petition praying for the Tfyllate und total repeat of the corn-laws. 4 (- 'O•N \UT SYSTE 4 IN VAN DIEMEN'S • Itr, p LAND. 1,„, 1 WART presented a petition from Van Diemen s 's . L. '' P ill Ying fee the total abolition of the present sy , :1;:t-4 °I makin g t h at colony a general receptacle of the ticsliertcd convicts of this country. The petitioners he ', that this system had been found en- Y, leey,kteoded with many evils, and the . e dt pop i ,. f rom being in the flourishing co: rth . e . aa.olssein iblefiore 1 a 84,3, had considerably altered change had taken place in the eibt,Ztie of transportation, for fore Noble Lord, the late Se jeisarY, had issued an order confining transported con the , last the single colony of Van Diemen's Land. ttn el , t four years it appeared that not less than 14,000 , fith11:01:2011:ndy been sent there, and the consequence was th e 'leo had increased, arid the morals ( genet ally ben greatly deteriorated. o dread is said that they lived in a constant state ad their fa and were apprehensive both for themselves b a i l stat e ilis, and that looking forward to the pro p ei ltht °I the islarid, they could not wish to leave their neithe r 1 , 4 the midst of so much vice. There was _also talws"„eireumstanee or a fearful character, and which 11 , 44 •;! ter the utmost indignation of the country. It„ kept t 0 that It Was the intention of the Govern Nen t° °end Convicts from Norfolk Island to that thee'' mid if those were ad led to the number already te Itiestl.it *Mild Make the place a scene of vice of the the nitolerable character. They th:refere prayed . a he r )1 d 1 „ 1111 ber of colvicts sent to that island might e. "` e ed, And the . pract;ce gradually discontinued. r. THE NELSON NIONUMENT, Wi ts , O OLLP, CT wished to ask the Noble Lord, who d c)r e : t : this head of the Commissioners of Woods an I h quin. ' , yr /t hy the N: lson Monument, in Trafalgar -4eett,loPti;el4;a not finishe I, and „ by its completion had ed so long, and whether it was the intention b ... T:m..l t to complete it at all ? bri p , i 7 .li;arl of LINCOLN said that the monument had t< l s ! IY been projected by private individuals, hadand re,,,a'rnions ha I been rais-d for its erection. , It one 4,ed unfinished mt long in consequence o a deft th at Y la the subscrip ions, aid the Government, finding inti 4 ° more money w,:s likely to be subscribed, bie k under ire • - ettib e ,. its a mpletion. The Honours Psu m ~,Would remember that at the close of last session h le te ,, ( ,',' mon7 was voted for the purpose of finis ing l a cenZ: 44ls nt. The reason of its delay at present granite r th e - t q u nce of the groat difficulty of obtaining na_ the 44 '0 size regetred. With regard to the or Noi„„Ntild the base, the Government had decided upon he '147, 1 1.; three or four first-rate artists, and there could toutsti"s audobt that the work would be finished in the e (4. few months. Mr, vo CORN -LAWS. the e„:"•ICOTT presented a petition from a place in 41 °Pt tl g llt Y, of Somerset, praying that the House would be e°t such measures as would relieve the wants of t try, tr cries -7-..ANES was sorry that the Hon. Member — of "Order, order," - in the midit, of which the kr, titan resumed his seat). 4 be.i;j°lVlLE presented a petition from the county hf r. r t .r , in favour of ae - ricultural protection. b 'eted I'LVODEHOUSE moved that all papers eon , - 1 84 44 w " 4 the appointment of Mr. Chapman (late . as- , 'And 1 e°Mriaissioner for the purpose of inquiring hat toll, Den New the ChiefJusticeship of Welling pr.-Ve! Zealand, be laid upon the table. t Xtr ao ." w RING moved for the correspondence, or kid of72f correspondence, on the subject of the Eclair, aith copies"h ePidenay which broke out it: the said vessel ; tb eply ~ ? a ny orders issued from the public depart „ the same. b k r pc, C OLLEGES IN IRELAND. haereL'buSS, seeing the Right Hon. Gentleman, the ,tioti to f or Ireland, i n hi s place, wished to put a ques „4he 4 '4l On a subject o f very great i nterest in Ireland. 4 11 4 0: 3 0 Would be awa re th at t h ere was i n or near toit h C ollage b e i ng erected b y the Government, teedecie w ished to k now whether the Governmentin ticipttederech tins it in the very inconvenient situation an- N I , T Y the public t h th 4°MAS FREMANTLE said, that in ansrier *owl 1-1°o• Gentleman, he might say that the subject tbe Gould Mee Gentleman , with the most careful consideration o ) 4 " ll Ment, * Nil be R O S S_ I to understand that the building Si raised within the precincts of the towers flhitilyl.6:3,FedßEnpMaAa.NTLE—The actual site has not been k t s SESSIONAL ORDERS. .. s . r,, CARDWELL moved the usual Sessional Ord!r . 11":,SJ:E, AKER„then read the orders . from the chair. tech Iv iLLIAMb thought it was of no use to pass sessional orders, in as far as they related to the ti e of ac ~tionthe M em b ers of that House, as it was note • 4 ' 3 they could not carry them out. Before these or were allowed to pass as 0 ascertaina matter of course , t h ey oug h t !ag he. It wa s well h ow f ar the y possessed the p ower o f enfore m 1 4stance s k nown that i n a great num b er of the Members of t that House w ere e l ec t e d un d er the re influenc e of e re were three the Peer fours. In any county .wherever or Peersmpossessing large esta es, rs ona acquainted with election matters well kno w h ow tt ers would turn. Th ey could tell that no other per b4 would be returned, unless he had the sanction of Peers. L ast n i g h t, gentlemen who had spoken C e ll ist the proposition of her Majesty's Govern te.llt threw out a challenge to the Ministry tie %Z s their measures by a general election. In 11,,,, e a5e, how did they hope it would turn out ? to t(t 'i r knew that they would not be able an d , rY their views without the influence of the Peers; Beti o that influence they trusted in the event of such an lite P eers ta king place. They were aware that without nqt H ope and the other country gentlemen they could ale, ts :Ph to defeat the Ministry; for they knew the atipm,r, Proposed by the Cabinet would meet with the 1 , 4 th''' clf the great mass of the people. For the sake litho:Olt:T.4oer of the House, if they passed such reso ° %f a ' t hhY should be accompanied by proper means tacen,,,ho them ; or if they could not give effect to tither Si they ought not to be passed.—(Hear, hear.) p e ‘" INGLIS said the House had from time to tetiz r ied, the rules to which the Hon. Gentleman had ENti,;' to prevent a Peer from interfering with the t ,,‘ 44 0t1 e) , °r Members of Parliament, but the Hon. fe- then was not content with objecting rvent, , P r oposition as voted, but wished to Patties '.'3' More stringent means, the still further inter -orarli in - ` great men with the election of Members of th at I t l t -til . Was he prepared to disfranchise a Peer V his 1 "'etlita r • ' erl3 ll ow.s y right which be enjoyed in common with scale atiln, 4 biects, of voting for the election of Members C tn-Pent? Was he prepared to establish a maximum t" r hZ h"` : 1 (3 83y thata largelandow . n . er ought not to inter % 4 05.„ f " t lons, and that this privile e should be left to ..st,ht trttholder created by the Reform . g . Bill? He r7 t4 'ad .2 recollect that the privilege which he ; t w i l i . ic .u tlths n ee e oi u .n t 6 r e a r li nseed , , s m o ,a f g ar as one part of the con:I -le 1 w I,4slineld kalembers of that conferred House o b a y e t d h a t t b e v i e r ry se Act ats . discussion. He ( . :11:41::::::ve and d ught the abrogation of the principle N 55 5 ,• 151 115) ' ll 2rin Bill was under t ert io N 0 Wished to go much further than the 1 4, 1° R ti tiers,nY way with elections, a rule prevent every landowner wbie f b r , o e m on i s n i. - 1-'44t. theiri great stake, would be both arbitrary and is l et f or e (Sir R. ii. Inglis) might not see rill:11'41y retaining the is:der, but he saw no at P h si r - should now be either abrogated ormenderd 1 101 8 14 gent. alr ' ita wall as the other orders, eh' WILLI s a hope that ky"'cktf, WendAM again rose to expres . was agreed to. kt, t . Of take into their consideration the neces ivt,`,aiß Makiht some arrangement respecting tfr ' 1144 . e • - ' been obliged to % kik ttlatu„ ?raplained of having . , Wednesday f hlv 413 , a vi . l3 M that House to see if a , order w t.( o )r uld a tha t 11 11% 4 4 ?aid that if he happened to leave o / elii,„„ (l Mer s sh it Might come on. He was I. opinion tlf - "aes 44 1 d come on regularly, and such Inc . • l hal t • W hnld h . Itrl, , Ing ml . e avoided. He took that opportunity r, 4 -t b atie e to osobservation which he deemed p of much ? o r t t , '"„ ° ltt: r ,"e r lemb ers of that House. 41 - t t i l - Nat w ` rEEL replied, and said, her Majesty's l ' 4 / 4 1 L lt 1ke.„ °414 be most happy to afford every facility kit% ~,"aatile,`r consistent with the arrangements - ,2 40 4 4 . 1 14 ,,be3 t 1 nd the did think some better arrange t - '•ren. Zntis - s - q t ,7 than at prcsent.—(Hear, hear.) 1 -' l7 l° ck le i`' with - ;.‘ 4l .:observed that it would be more - gad ' -°' th n ' "Peet to Wednesday, to select tw was Sir el li fl t° • e e-r4 rnencement of business such as 17Y rf., 4 tlrP ''Qt ) l e til4Vtitly PEEL remarked that the H an o d us o e n w tb a e s v otei ‘"ere was44ot(id out on Wednesday, t he tl) busi 44 t more than two or three hours de ~ ' v eni a , ' le ss; at th e same time, if they could . .t h ~ of vi r Go vern trti,t,', ednesday, he would have no objection, kr, eat to ern°l th e Hon. Gentleman would not put the t 4 w• rilto-rntrij inconvenience. het em, irtTON said that an order with respect 0 f d ispe s ,Y w calid be a very useful one, but he was t his th e Itu.-d to interfere with the arrangement INi v ill t o 4 50 ' or with i:s business ; a l , r. litißcit and he would not on this occasion. _ e it lva never Restedr4 tu said that at the end of the last sessionlla ii 4 tha t , the Government the propriety of making -tw, tn e a , sue r e ll th e h ease should only sit on . Wednesd r a y ys w _ of ~.._ Ours of twelve and one, during the p s Nld bt'''Tate business ; and he trusted his suggestion Lard -, 4 °„`Y carried ceit. 1‘.1:14 14 he''''aN M ANNERS said in all probability there V; 444l itt 831 immense number of railway and other . I: re fore ee . B 811 . ting, and the proposed arrangement wa., elr Inns. In his opinion hieil l la' .i• noble khrtAKLEY 11-, 0 .. cmust say ' tha y t ° he jt t e h . O l t ° lght the arrange i ll g te l se, or' _Wore bjee aanable, and nothing could be mere h o Nat. ~likely to be detrimental to the public • t o ' , epe ntion ' t i ‘oe understood the arrangQment cortec ly, o , Nvenn 31e understood of the House, who had measures were not supported by the Governin nt, ti4ire the t '''' ' 14 w1.31-I : llWh th ic e h see tteMble On aWednesday Government at t were wel v not e el interested, o n( pii were i_ PeriPir labours until six in the the evening ; and after that Government were to be at liCerty to bring on hlati,j4hasures.---(Cries of " No, no.") Thehe was to ' 'tesgtand that the House would rise at six- (Cries of it......._ftesrirrt:Eltyitonto,dhio)l2:?,nd the usual dinners were to be enjoyed — (Hear, bear, and laughter.) %l e - ` -t • GREY said, as the order was but imperfectly perhaps the Right Fionourabie Rp:ront TH E SUN, LON DON SATURDAY MORNI NG; JANUARY 24 would have no objection to delay its further considera- hod to endure.—(Hear, hear.) And being on this side tion till it hae been printed, of forty, he must say that he heartily rejoiced in and Sir 11. H. INGLIS objected to the proposed arrange- `admired the conduct of those who, on that (the Oppo ment on many grounds. He understood that from 12 to sition side if rolitics), acknowledged the industry 6on Wednesdays was to be devoted to private basin ss, and the ability whieli had characterised the Right Hon. or rather business that was not connected with the Go- Gentleman. On that toint they were entirely agreed. vernment. Now his Noble Friend had, within the last ' But he remembered whet he (Mr. Colquhoun) sat , n ha:fehour, given notice of one of the most important mo- the other sate of the House. they followed the Right Lions which could be brought under the consideration of Hon. Baronet because be professed certain and intelligiele the House.; and if it was the intention of Ministers to absent principles. And what were those principles? The themselves from the ilouseona Wednesday this important Right Hon. Baronet professed a strong attachment to motion with respect to charitable endowments might be the Church—(Loud cries of " Hear, hear ")—a strong brought on and disposed of in their absence, and the regard for education in connexion with the Church.— question decided when perhaps there would not be more ' (Hear, hear.) Ile professed a strongattachment for than forty members present. For this and for other that aristocracy on which he now seemed to place such reasons, he certainly obj. mid to any alterations being little value.—(llear, hear.) H e professed a very strong made in the existing sessional order. attachment to the Crown, and he did not then say that Sir ROBERT PEEL said, if the Ministry fonnd iit was a very dellcult matter to satisfy an ancient m, - that the motion, to which the Honourahle Baronet ' narchy, a proud aristocracy and a reforming ii public alluded, was to he brought forward on a Wed- (Hear, hear.) It appeared that the Right en. Baron It abandoned almost every principle n.sday, they would crt Only la . •weto be prest nt. had now, however, An EIONOURABLE MEMBER wished to know from which he h ef ldirt_ , c )o o s n e n w to i n th N h v i it m h . t l h r o e se who l et on h u th n e (Mr. Co s her Majesty's Ministers whether, in consequence of the same side o the H was himself le most anxious for .. a settlement of' the " :ups?. large number of Railway Bills before the House to the decision of- the teas session, making so many more Committees tion of tl corn-laws on moterate terms.. It would be than had been sitting last session of Parliament, the well had theythe e question tribunal.—(dear, hear.) Now it public business would not be postponed till the rising of countiae forproper I the Committees, so as to enable Hon. Members to attend was not . him ( , e. r. Colquhoun) to say what pledges the Right lion. Gentleman had made on this question. the House. Sir ROBERT PEEL said it would be matter of con- for he, of course, must judge for himself; but those of aid. ration. the agricultural interest had also a right o f j u d g i ng f or The sessional order was then read and agreed to. themselves.—(Hear, hear.) And he would say that they RAILWAY were not inclined to abandon those principl es w hi c h t h ey Lord JOHN RUSSELL DEPOSITS. wished to know from the possessed long ago.—(Hear ' hear.) Had the Right- Hon. Baronet gone to the country on this question, Right Hon. Gentleman the Chancellor of the. Exche- his course would have been- per&ctly intelligible.— quer, whether the amount of the deposits on Railway (Hear.) Was it to be tolerated that because th Right Bills had yet been taken into consideration? Last year Hon. Baronet had served under four Sovereigns— the amount paid in was 3,000,0001., but this year it was (Laughter)—bc cause he was, in his opinion, a most ex calculated that 9,000,0001. would be the sum ;and that P. rienced statesman and debater, he should be allowed ' • guide the helm of public affairs " unshackled and uncon amount might cause a very great depression in the trolled ?"—(Hear.) They might be thought bigottn d money market. —they might be thought fanatic. lion. Gentlemen hid The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he a perfect right, if they pleased, to think so. He thought it toe bad, te Rht Hon. should felt exceedingly obliged to the N o bl e L o rd f o r having obtain the however, that support of the count ig ry on one set of princie given him an opportunity of removing from the public pies and then reject all those principles which charac mini any doubt that might have existed as to the course terised the m, as a body appealine to the country. The the Government intended to pursue on this suhj et. .last m ,nth had -been particularly fertile in episties, and, The House was aware that by a resolution of the stand- among the rest, was one from the Hon. Member for ing orders of this House all parties engaged in railway Montrose,which was characterised by the usual goal speculations were bound to pay a deposit equal to sense and straightforwardness of that Gentleman.— (Hear.) That lion. Gentlemen, who never disguised his Viree• fourths of the whole expense of the under opinions, Fail t hat if it was a personal question they would taking. And by an Act of Parliament passed in get a great deal more from Peel than Russell.—(Hear, a recent session, the parties making the deposit had a hear.) Now it ryas just possible that the Conservative light to have the money invested by the Accountant- party might think that they would be fully more s a f e i n the hands of the Noble L ird than under the former Gen- General in any way they should think fit. About the tleman. He was pretty sure that if the Noble Lard to k middle of November last, an application had been made any course against them, he would be straightforward in to him by very respectable parties in London, that a his proceedings, and would not solicit the support of the definite answer should be given as to the course the country on ane set of principles, and as soon as he ob- Government intended to pursue in reference to that tain 41, it turn his back upon them.—(Cheers.) lie order; and it was then suggested that the resolution would not appeal to the constituencies of En g l an d f or -re ligious principles and agricultural protection, and then should be so altered, that parties, instead of being cone- take all those principles ohe by one, and then, neck and polled to invest their deposits in Exchequer-bills or heels, throw them overboard. He could not but Government Stock or India Bonds, should be allowed to think that the memory of immortal ser• invest in bills of exchange. To the application so made vices would keie him true to the performances he gave an answer, which he had resolved upon after of sacred principles. Now, supposing they were to have the Noble Lord the Member for London at the due consideration, to the aft ct that he could not give an head of the Government, did they think that the mea assurance of any alteration in the standing order in sures of that Noble Lord would vary much from the question. Under these circumstances, he did not feel budget that would be opened on Monday night.—(Herr, justified in holding out any hope that any proposal for hear.) He would not say more on that subject; let an alteration of the standing order in question would be them wait till then; but he would venture a strong surmise, that on that occasion the Right Hon. Baronet held out, or that he would not resist any such proposal would only play one card, although there would be a if it should be made. Ile had every reason to believe world of mystification.—(Hear, hear.) Although there that the difficulties apprehended from the order as it Mere many persons ticklish on this question, he was DOW stood were not founded in fact, and that, therefore, happy to see the way in which the English yeomen stuck to their text.—(Hear, hear.) Much had been he would not be justified in acceding to an alteration said about the farmers sticking to their text, and he was of the order. happy to say that they had done so. Now, what he Lord JOHN RUSSELL said he had not put the said was, let the Right Hon. Baronet play his own question with a view to consider what might or might game, and take the - consequenees.—(Hear, hear.) not be the benefits to individuals, but with a view to The farmer on the one side, and the manufacturer on the avoid inconvenience to :hose who might have misappre- other, looked with anxiety as to how the question to be hended the order. discussed next week would affect them. He would say, Mr. MANGLES conceived that the Right Hon. Gen- before he had heard the Right Hon. Baronet's speech, or tletnan had taken a very one-sided view of the the speech of the Noble Lord, that he had been convinced question put by the Noble Lord. The Right that the corn-laws must give way.—(Opposition cheers.) Honourable Gentleman the Chancellor of the Ex- Why, it was the only card the Right Hon. Baronet had chequer seemed to think that this question had nothing left. He had been shuffling and playing spades for the to do with any portion of the community, except those last four years, and now he had but one card left to play, who have been engaged in railroad speculations. and that was the Knave of Clubs.—(Cheers and laughter.) And I must beg to inform him that the evil has As far as the corn-laws were concerned, he could not see fallen much more heavily upon the general dealers than , that the country was in greater danger in the hands of upon those who were mast intimately connected with the Noble Lord than in those of the Right Hon. Gentle railways. , It has happened within these few days that man.—(Opposition cheers.) But then -he heard it said circumstances have come to my knowledge which evince that the Right Hon. Baronet was a safe man, while the that great hardship has been endured by individuals Noble Lord was a rash politician. If he were asked engaged in business. who have, through the want occa- his opinion with regard to the Right Honourable sinned by this unsettled question of the railway deposits, Baronet, judging from his speech of last night, been deprived of the accommodation which they have ho should certainly say that with regard to his financial usually received from their bankers. Those who have policy and to the manner in which he had conducted been accustomed to grant that accommodation well know foreign affairs, the Right Hon. Baronet was evidently how heavily the pressure has weighed upon those with deserving of public confidence. In these he had shown whom they have to deal. Nor does the evil rest here, prudence and wisdom, and had succeeded ; but there for not only is there the deprivation of the means, were other points of policy which touched the heart of but the money deposited in the hands of bankers has the people, on which the Right Hon. Baronet was by no not only been locked up, but has commanded means so safe. They were told that the Right lion. such prices that those most in need of accommodation Baronet was the only pilot who could weather the storm. are quite unable to obtain it ; and hence business has He would ask them to look back to the past, and by it grievously suffered. lie spoke in the presence of many to judge of the future. The services of the Right Hon. gentlemen who were much better acquinted with matters B a ronet under four sovereigns, to which he alluded last in the City than himself, but he believed .hat he was night, were matters of history, and he would challenge perfectly right in saying that the mischief was far the Members on the Treasury Bench t to tell greater to the general commercial community than to him one single complex interest of the country, the proprietors of railroad property. including its moral and social condition, of Mr. MASTERMAN said, that as he had enjoyed which the Right Hon. Baronet had not been at one time the . honour of b e i ng t h e me di um o f commu - the eminent champion, and had not then abandoned it,_ mcation b e t ween t h e parties re f erre d to and (t . Hear hear," from Colonel Sibthorpe.) He h a d b een the Chan ce ll or o f t h e Exchequer, he felt the eminent champions of the Protestant interest.— it necessary to state that when he went to the Govern- ("Hear, hear," from Colonel Sibthorpe, followed by loud ment to obtain some definite understanding respecting the laughter from the Opposition, occasioned by the very railway deposits, he did so from an impression that the energetic cheer from the Gallant Officer.) What had question of the mode in which they were to be received b ecome o f that interest in the hands of the Right lion. most deeply affected the commercial interests. He must Baronet.—(Cheers.) In 1835, the Right Hon. Baronet acknowledge that his interview with the Chancellor of was the champion of the Church of Scotland. He should the Exchequer was anything but satisfactory. The like to know to chat condition that Church had now answer he had received left the matter quite in as much been reduced, and how by the delays and the deferrings doubt as it was before, and it was of more importance, as of measures that Church had been strangled by he knew that within the last 14 days this matter had cc- the hands of the Right Honourable Baronet. casioned serious inconvenience to several gentlemen of The Right Hon. Baronet had been considered the fur high repute in commercial circles. weld and uncompromising champion of agriculture, lie Mr. S. CRAWFORD said th a t it was neces sar y that was not going then to ask why the Right Hon. Gentle the matter should be settled, as it materially affected the man upheld that interest, but this he would say, that the interests of the Irish tenantry. Right Hon. Baronet had never, since his return to power Sir R PEEL—As there are measures of equal impor- in 1842, given that question the slightest chance.— tance with the railway deposits shortly t o be brought (Hear, hear.) They had been told by the Honourable under the consideration of the House, I must beg leave Member for Stockport that the Right Hon. Baronet was to say that I must defer giving an answer to the Noble skillul in evasion, and they knew that he had passed a Lord's question till some (Lys hence. Bill the year before which he had changed the year CORN-LAWS. after.—(Hear, hear.) But the Hun. Member for Stock- On the motion for bringing up the report on the port said that the Right Ilon. Baronet had never met Address, the question; that he had never discussed the question Mr. COLQUHOUN said that he should crave the of protection on the ground of political economy, on indulgence of the House for a few moments, not upon his which alone he could explain it.—(Cheering from the account, for he felt he had no cl a im upon th e m, but he Opposition and the Ministerial benches.) The Right felt that he should express the sentiments of many lion. Baronet cheered. His' opinion then was that the lion. Members of that House. lie begged to express his question could not be explained on the ground of opinion upon one of the questions raised last night, and political economy. He (Mr. Colquhoun) then would he referred to the question of agricultural protection. beg to ask that Right Hon. Gentleman, as a man of He voted last year with the Honourable Member for mature experience and of great ability, if he meant to Wolverhampton, with the opinion that the preserve - say, that e hen he stood on this grOund in the years 1839 tion of a mod( rate protective duty would be desirable and 1840 that all his declarations that the inferior lands for the country. He was most anxious that the adjust- won d be thrown out of cultivation, that the farmers ment of the question should be effected with a w o uld be ruined and the labourers turned adrift, were view to the benefit of all classes of the country, unfounded? when he terrified the' minds of country It was not his intention to enter at length into the gentlemen by his assertions that this question questions which had been intreduced- last night, either (settle it as they might) would tend to disastrous results. by the Honourable Member for South Lancashire, or did he mean to say, that in his heart he felt all these the Right Honourable Baronet; his fingers certainly it c L l a s e n c ., l th t l e a r l — n u i r e n t s t o o m e b e e f a i t ! h o e we s d nh j to ee4, say adv a an e e eo d gd Was that the defence which the Right Hon. Baronet in h— elaborate arguments were utterly unsound ?—( Hear,hear.) by tended to make for his conduct? If he told him (Mr. the Noble Lord. He heard also with surprise one Colquho statement of the Right Hon. Gentl eman at th e head of ttn) that he was really convinced, then he must say th it, able Minister as he might be, an d a gen tl eman her Majesty's Government, which he consider e d t o b e of i t' the highest ability, as he undoubtedly was, he would paramount importance—the subject of wages, and he had this because be w ca t u o se ec i h t echo the same conviction . : If k he abandoned ported by the m t at-' q m u e e n s t t s ,.o_n , ( t , , e o e then , it o was h,” fsruopm often heard much better and more able argumei is upon 7es a t s ro a tte r n ot a ht with some the Oppositior.) Ile repeated that the arguments he the question. He only hoped that these distinguised cal had heard last • leaders would indoctrinate rn t a h y eir he disc r i i p g l h e better arguments. It night were altogether of this character. the corn-laws, but do not repeal them upon the result had in his (Mr. Colquhoun) opinion_ been . false grounds. Do not repeal them on the maxim most unsatisfactory, but be that wages have no connexion with the price of provi- causes had prompted him to this conclusion, the fact was sions. It was a doctrine which he did not find in any of evict- nt that the agricultural interests in his hands were those standard political works which were so often wrecked.—(Hear, hear.) Every complex interest in the quote hat by Honourable Members in that House. country, that he had interference with, had been stranded. lie could not, he said, find them in a n y of He co uld not hel p suggesting thatage in which in an those works, down from Adam Smith to Senior. A nd public op inion is so stron g , and sitting as they did in a when the lion. Member for South Larcashire stated reformed Parliament, he did wonder at the course of knowing that he could not that the produce of the soil should be placed upon an the'Jtight Hon. Gentleman,. . bringing forward the real equal footing with other manufactures, and that it maintain any course without o was entitled to the same protection, he would principles on which it was founded. When he (Mr. be able to show the. Noble Lord that there was some diffe- Colquhoun) heard the Right Hon. Gentleman in 1843, rence—a great difference, one of which any mind as and listened to his speech on the corn-laws, he felt that candid as his would not fail to admit the force and truth. as far as the Right, Hon. Gentleman was concerned, the He had read that morning a speech of the Hon. Gentle- corn laws were doomed ; for, if he could not bring fur man the Member for Stockport, who stated at Man- ward arguments in support of them, he was satisfied that chaster, that if the ports were to be opened now they could not staud. He could see, by looking to the it would be the best possible time, inasmuch as past history, that he could place no confidence in the this country could get scarcely any provisions from tact and skill of the Right Hon. Gentleman to maintain abroad, because the whole world was contending for the the institutions of this country; and he for one was pre stock of corn at present for sale in America.— pared for the contest for those institutions which was, (Hear, hear.) If, therefore, the Right Hon. Baronet's as they knew, pending, and which was open then. He anxiety for the welfare of the population was to be re- was prepared to fight the battle with his Honourable lieved by the opening of the ports, he (Mr. Colquhoun) Friend by his side, and with an able and gallant oppo would say, that he hoped his anxiety would be relieved vent, !taller than submit to be led by one, who might be by some other mode, as he did no t an ti c ip a t e the of the greatest skill, talent, and experience, but was not discussion they were to have next week on the subject consistent to his own principles. He could not consent to of the Corn-laws would have that effect. He rose on the be led by the Right Hon. Baronet, as the course of previous evening to advert to some remarks which fell hi s p o li c y would be certainly dangerous to all our insti from the Right Honourable Baronet the First Minister, tutions.—(Hears hear.) but had been anticipated by the Honourable Member Mr. HUME said that he was sure that any one who for ShrewshurY• — (Year.) He did not wish, ape's so heard the speech of the Hon. Member and his reflections able and so eloquent a speech, to occupy the attention of on the Right Hon. Baronet, would ask what all that had the House, but he felt it necessary to say something on to do with the question then before the House. He for the subject of the appeal made by the Right Hon. Bart. one approved of the conduct of the Right Hon. Gentle and to acquaint him with the views he entertained con- man alluded to. He had heard the speech of the Hon. cerning the relition existing between a party and the Gentleman, a part of which was delivered last night, Minister. Sir R. Peel had evidentlyreconeidered his views where he ached the House to reflect on the situation in with respect to political economy during the last thr ee which he stood, and said that with regard to the face of years.—(Hear.) He (Mr. Goleahoun)woul d, however,go the country as it then was, it was his duty as a public further in the re considerat:ons of the Right Ilan. man to alter his Opinion when he was in error. The Baronet, but not very far. 'The Right Hon. Baronet argument of his friend opposite, however, was that let had remarked that he did not wish to be bound he by the him be conscious that he was in error and that his act views he entertained in the y ea r 1842, but could ,,l not would destroy the country, yet he should persevere in it. forget, and lie (Mr. Colquhoun) .remembered,with the when le He would much lather have the simple declaration of the sat on the opposite benches, and acted Right Right Hon. Baronet, who owned that he had been under Hon. Baronet, that he then regarded him as a very em'. a mistake f or y ears, an d that h e was convinced that the nent leader of a politic a party.—( dear.) , ek d here principles o n w hi c h protect i on was based were untenable. he might be allowed to say, that when Sir R. I eel talked Why, was it possible that men of common sense could of the burdens and anxieties that attached to office, no follow such men as they had heard that night? Mr. man could appreciate those services more than he did. Canning changed his opinions respecting the Reform When he witnessed a Minister assuming the seals of Act, and he (Mr. Hume) recollected when that Right office, so far from grudging the Noble Lord opposite. Hon. Gentleman stated that he would take his stand on when in office, all the power and honour appertaining to Old Sarum (one of the rotten boroughs) against any the high position he occupied, he considered the honour reform. Why, he would tell them that the qualifica was by no means an adequate equivalent for the crushing tions of that House of Commons, abuse it as they . amaietyathe toil, and the actual labour that official men mi g ht, _wais t that it always folloWed,the spirit of the times, and thus it was that England, far before , any of the other nations of the world, had benefited by the advanced spirit of the age. And if the cane ' were otherwise if they were never to profit by the lessons of experience, of what use would it be to call themselves a deliberative assembly? Now, he would tell the Right Hon. Gentleman, that no man had been more anxious than he had been to pro mote free trade, and put the Church in a proper state, and he challenged the Hon. Gentleman to produce one single motion of his (Mr. Hume's) which was otherwise than to reform the abuses which existed in the Church. He had proposed upwards of twenty years ago the abo lition of the Church of Ireland. If they were to have a Church there, let it be the Church of the majority. From that time, down to the present, they had been trying expedients with regard to Ireland ; and he had stated, upwards of twenty years ego, that they never could have peace in that country until the Church was put down. That was their remedy now. It was that dominant Church that had ruined Ireland, and until it was put down there would be no peace. The Hon. Gentleman might say what he liked, but it was his (Mr. Hume's) belief, that nine-tenths of the people were in favour of the Right Hon. Baronet. And he believed that the course the Right Hon. Baronet was about to pursue would be productive of the greatest benefit to the coun try. It was absurd to say that, because the Right lion, Baronet sat on the other side of the House, he must be compelled to chime in with all their opinions, and adopt every measure (and no others) of which they might approve. He (Mr. Hume) was of opinion that if he had done. so, he would have brought most incalculable injury upon the country. It appeared to him that one of the most happy occurrences that could possibly take place (and he hoped that it might take place) would be the carrying out of the intentions of the Right Hon. Baronet with respect to the admission of foreign corn.— (t-tear, hear.) He could not conceive that any man of any sense, or any one who paid any attention to the duty which he owed to his country, could say that because a man was a party man he was bound to con tinue so. The question of the propriety of the Right Honourable Baronet should be left to the decision of the country. He (Mr. Hume) was not afraid as to its judgment on that head. He felt perfectly satisfied that although the Right Hon. Baronet might in the House meet with the scorn and ridicule of a few of the Hon. 'Members, yet his conduct would meet with the en tire concurrence of the country. He (Mr. Hume) was anxious for a few moments to advert to one of the para graphs in the Speech from the Throne. He might truly say that with the Speech generally he was satisfied ; his only objection was against one paragraph. and the grounds of his objection were the ruinous effect which would be produced to this country by the present system of abolishing slavery.—(Hear.) He felt satisfied that if the Right Honourable Baronet would seek for informa tien from any of the officers which were employed on the coast of Africa, he would find that nineteen out of twenty would at once state that the present system of abolishing slavery there entailed immense ex pense of English money, and an extraordinary loss of English life without any really beneficial effects.— (Hear, hear.) He did, therefore, think that a con siderable change should be made with regard to the sup pression of slavery in Africa. He was happy to say that France le artily co-operated with the country in its attempt to abolish the system of slavery. It would be their duty to see that necessary measures were taken to insure the enforcement of the arrangement come to be tween the two countries; and that the fleets were pro perly mounted and placed along the coast of Africa. Every exertion ought to be employed and provision made, so that the object sought by the two countries might be realised. There was another point in the Ad dress—the latter part of it—which he highly approved ; the principle of which had been shadowed forth for some time past, and a great step towards a complete reformation in their commercial. system. From this time they might date a new era in the commercial his tory of the country; and, judging from the experience of the last few years, he had no doubt that the next three or four years, or any other . number o f y ears that might be named, would show in no ordinary degree the benefits of the change. So far he supported the mea sures of the Government, and he hoped that other coun tries would follow their example.—(Hear, hear.) There was another point to which he would refer—that relat ing to the importance of maintaining a good understand. ing between France and England. The value of such a union could not be over estimated, and thus united they were able to maintain the peace of the world. He would beg leave to refer to another paragraph before sitting down—that relating to the state of affairs between the United States and this coun try. Under such circumstancea, it was necessary that the Government showed a firm position. When he saw the people of a country setting at nought all the rules of civilization in enforcing their alledged claims, he would be contradicting the whole tenour of his life if he did not support such measures as would enable the Government to maintain the honour and cha racter of the nation. It was necessary, therefore, that measures should be passed to effect this purpose, and therefore he hoped the propositions of her Majesty's Ministry for strengthening their hands at the present crisis would receive the unanimous vote of the House:— (Hear, hear.) He had been accused on former occasions of endeavouring to cripple the finances of the country, and he admitted that he had, and would still use every exertion to put an end to extravagance and waste; still under existing circumstances he held it to be his duty to give the Government his cordial support in these proposi tions for strenthening the defences of the country. — (Loud cheers.) He had thought it necessary that he should make this explanation on the present occasion. Sir ROBERT PEEL said he never entertained any apprehension that the language which had been used by her Majesty's Government, with reference to the settlement of those unfortunate disputes which still prevailed between this country and the United States, could be mistaken. He never thought that the language used by the Minister of America could be mistaken for that used by him. The Government had no hesitation in avowing their sincere interest in maintaining amicable relations between the United States and this country, and, in fact, with the whole civilised world, and of their desire to make any effort, consistent with the national honour, for the purpose of settling these disputes—(geer, hear.) They had every desire, by temperate language, and by moral in stead of coercive measures, to peacefully and morally terminate all misunderstandings. He (Sir R. Peel) never believed that either the language or the intentions of the Government w ou ld be misapprehended. The speech which the Hon. Gentleman—the uniform and consistent advocate of the strictest economy—had just made, had convinced him that his (Sir R. Peel's) anti cipations would be realised.---(Hear, hear.) He hoped, however, that the measures which the Government would feel it their duty to make would have the effect of promoting a better understanding between the United States and this country. It would be the greatest mis fortune if a contest should ensue between such coun tries. With respect to the speech of the Hon. Gentle man, he wished to tell him and others that he (Sir B. Peel) did not intend to be betrayed into any loss of tem per on that occasion. —(Cheers.) Let him also tell him that the question had become far too important to he disposed of by mere personal recrimination.—(Hear.) He (Sir R. Peel) bad thought, after the deliberation which the Hon. Gentleman might have been enabled to give to the speech which he (Sir R. Peel) delivered last night, that he would have offered some reply to the arguments which he had used—(Hear)—that after the lapse of twenty-four hours he would not have contented himself with passing by those arguments without a single reference to them, instead of a disquisition as to what had been the policy of the Government with re spect to the Church of Scotland. The Church of Scot land could have no bearing on the question with respect to the United States, which must be discussed at a very early period. The lion. Gentleman charged him with having deserted his principles, and with having used arguments to maintain his present opinions which were totally unsound and inappropriate. If the Hon. Gentle man knew so well what arguments to employ, why had he not supplied him out of the plenitude of his resources with proper and sound reasons. He (Sir R. Peel) said last night that if the Lion. Gentleman the Member for Wolverhampton were again to bring forward his question of the repeal of the corn laws he for one could not conscientiously oppose it on the grounds of protection. Under ordinary circumstances, he did did not wish to press any particular course, but the Go vernment felt that the country was threatened with a great calamity, and that delay was no longer possible. A great responsibility was attached to those Who were in the administratilta of affairs, and it was a question of policy whether it were prudent to commit the agri cultural interests to an interminable contest on the sub ject of all protection being abolished. The moment that he had despaired of bringing the question of pro tection to a satisfactory issue, on the same instant he had tendered his resignation. What more, under the circumstances could he have done ? He had no desire to retain office on the ground of the necessity of this question being settled. When he gave up any hopes of being able to meet it with effect by a voluntary re solution, he advised her Majesty to call to her counsels those who might possess the ability and power to bring it to a satisfactory termination. He was willing to have done all in his power to have ad justed an equitable settlement of the question. The Hon. Gentleman said that he had deserted his prin ciples ; and, by a rather unhappy image, stated that his fingers were itching to destroy protection. Other lion. Gentlemen had charged him with having departed from the course which, under the circumstances, they would, and he ought to have pursued. He had expected to have heard an answer from the Hon. Gentleman to the argu ments which he had brought forward on the previous night. This question ought not to b e treated in the strain of levity which the lion. Gentleman had indulged in. —(Hear.) He could assure the Hon. G entleman that two months would not el apse ere he would regret the levity he had shown. When the cold weather had set and in he would see th e p oor man shivering*, starved naked, in the midst of the cold and privations of winter. On a former occasion, the Hon. Gentleman, by a distinct declaration, had seen occasion to compliment him (Sir R. Peel) in a very high degree. Firstly, her Majesty's Government deserved great credit for the course they had pursued with r es p ect to were tie foreigntheyentitled poli c y o f th e to every country; and second l y , re spect for their conduct in regard to the finances ; and that his (Sir Robert Peel's) man agement of the financial department, was mar i l l i l. ed with great pru dence, great wisdom, an d great • shHe would remind the Honourable Gentleman that the whole merit of that financial policy consisted in the reduction of duties to allow of an import of commodities which had formerly been forbidden by the strict maintenance of protection. It could not be the income-tax, which had caused the Hon. Gentleman to consider h is G overnment marked with great skill, great wisdom, and great pru • dente, for that tax had brought in only a few millions of revenue. Nu! the Hon. Gentleman, remembering his former commercial liberality, not fo'rgetful of his earlier years, intended to compliment him (Sir R. Peel) because he had supplied the deficiency in t h e revenue by the abolition of restrictions which fettered traile.—L(Hear.) In speaking of the aristocracy of the land, the Hon. Gen tleman had accused him of having made use of an offen sive expression in conjunction with their name. Pe (Sir R. Peel) wished that he had p ,wer to weigh every ex pression to which he might give utterance in the hurry of debate. It was true he had made use of the words " proud aristocracy," but he could assure the Hon. Gen tleman, on his honour, he intended that epithet as applicable to them on account of their exalted rank, education, and high and noble principles, and had not the slightest reference to insolence of manner or haughty bearing. From his interpetration of the Hon. Gentleman's speech, he felt satisfied that all his objections had been intended as so many compliments to him (Sir R. feel) He should make no further observations before setting down than to repeat what he had already stated, that in pursuing the settlement of the great question which now agitates the public mind, on just and equitable terms with t at people with whose wellate his own was altogether bound up, he should not allow any personal c,nsiderations or private monves to make him swerve from the principles which he had laid down. OREGON QUESTION. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said he wished to rel a question touching the foreign relations of the country with respect to the settlement of the Oregon tertitor with the United States. From the messa ge o f the Pre-' sident of the United States, it appeared that they had come to a definite• rrsolution on the subject, but that there was still room fora compromise. The proposition might or might not be satisfactory, but it did seem to him (Lord John Russell) to require a statement of the terms on which this country would agree to settle the question of the Oregon. He would wish to ask , whether any negotiation was r •idin g between the two countries 1 If so, he felt sa isfied that as the affair was in the hands of her Majesty's Government, the issue, however it might result, would not be other wise than satisfactory. He would say one word with respect to what had fallen from the Hon. Member for Montrose with respect to an increased amount for more efficiently maintaining the naval and military forces. — He trusted that this grant was required only for an in creased regiment or so to be stationed at some of the co lonies, or places where troops were already stationed in different parts of the world. Ho hoped that it was upon these grounds, and not from any expectation of a colli sion with the United States, that her Majesty's Minis ters requested this increase in the supplies for naval and military service. Another question occurred to him with respect to the sanguinary warfare in the South Amrican States, "by which," to quote her Majesty's speech, "the commerce of all nations had been in terrupted, and acts of barbarity had been com mitted unknown to any civilised nation." From what he had heard had taken place in those encounters, there could not he the least doubt that acts of great barbarity had been committed in the place he had mentioned. Now the question he had to put was this, did the Right Hon. Baronet pro pose to Jay upon the table all the papers he had re ceived relative to the grounds upon which the Govern ment of this country had interfered with the affairs of the River Plata. Sir R. PEEL would beg leave to say, in answer to the question of the Noble Lord, that he did not think it probable he would, at this early period of the session, have been called on to give answers to those questi.,ns. However, he would say, with respect to the Oregon ques tion, that a proposal had been made to the President of the United. States, in which it was suggested that a divi sion of that territory should be made ; but the terms that had been proposed for this division were so little likely to be accepted, that Mr. Pakenham had intimated as :much as that the proposal might as well be withdrawn. Now, with respect to that gentleman, he would only say, that though he entertained for him the highest respect, it would have been much better had he transmitted to the home Govern ment here the usual accounts of what had come to his knowledge on this question. Since, then, the offer of this country had been refused on the terms he had stated, a new course had been adopted, and it had been agreed upon to refer the question to arbitration, but no answer to that offer had yet been received. With respect to the navy estimates, he felt assured that it was impossible for the Noble Lord and the House not to see the neces sity for the proposed increase, particularly when they recollected the heavy demands that were being made upon the country from New Zealand and Hong-Kong. He should say that this country was now in such a position as rendered it not only wise but requisite, that those estimates should be granted, and that no unneces sary anxiety had existed upon the subject.—(Hear.) Sir H. INGLIS—No person respected more than he did the observations of Hon. Members upon this subject that he had heard, but he could not help saying that when the proposal for an increase of those estimates was made last night, it was received with unanimous ap plause from both sides of the House. He would content himself with those observations for the present, reserv ing to himself the right to enter more at length into the subject upon a future occasion. The O'CONNOR DON said, with respect to the coun try with which he was connected, he had seen reference made, in her:Majesty's Speech, to the distress which pre vailed in Ireland ; and he, unfortunately, had had sad experience of the correctness of the accounts which the Right lion. Baronet had received on that subject, and he was glad to perceive that her Majesty had ex pressed her sympathy with her Irish subjects. But he also perceived reference made to the extent of crime in Ireland. He felt grieved to be compelled to admit that there were some parts of Ireland in which crime was prevalent, and he had no words in which to express his horror of the barbarous assassinations that had of late been committed in that country. But he would wish to know whether the Right Hon. Baronet, in proposing a remedy for this state of things, had taken into consider ation the proposal of any measure for the adjustment of the landlord and tenant question. He regretted to hear 'that' the Right Hon. Baronet had stated that no such measure would be introduced this session. —(Here the Right Hor. Baronet was understood to intimate to the Hon. Member across the table that he had made no such statement.) He (the O'Connor Don) had been led to understand that the Right Hon. Baronet had male that statement, but he was gratified he had been mistaken. However, he begged to say that no measure affecting Ireland could be introduced which was deemed of greater importance in that country than the measure for the adjustment of the landlord and tenant question. Sir R. PEEL begged to assure the Hon. Member that that question had been occupying the serious attention of her Majesty's Government, and he hoped the Hon. Member would do him the favour to repeat the question a few days hence.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. IfANKES said it now appeared that the Right Hon. Baronet had changed his opinions upon a subject of great moment to this country, but he (Mr. Bankes) was yet at a loss to understand the real cause of that change. He (certainly had not informed them of the precise period when that change came over his mind. He had not stated that this change had taken place in consequence of the apprehended famine. Another point which appeared to him to be unexplained and inexplicable, was what was the real necessity for this change, if it was not to prevent the mischief to be ap prehended from a scarcity of food? The Noble Lord opposite had published a letter, and it appeared to him (Mr. Bankes) that this document was really the cause of this change; but why it should be he was really at a loss to understand. He had listened to the Right Hon. Baronet's arguments, and though he did not possess the talent and ability of that Right Hon. Gentleman, yet he did not admit that he would not be able to answer him at the proper time; on the contrary, he felt convinced that be would be able to give many of his facts and statements a positive denial. lie (Mr. Bankes) was one of a deputation from twenty-two counties of England who waited upon the Right Hon. Baronet at a period of great distress in this country, when the question of the duty upon wool was introduced. [Here Sir R. Peel made an observation, which was inaudible in the gallery.] There is however one oversight in her Majesty's speech. It was stated that they will endeavour to make these great changes with as little injury as possible to the great interests of the country—but why great interests? What is to become Of the little interests—the farmer—of whom the Hon. Member for Finsbury spoke, wishing thereby to insinuate that they were not the parties in question; they have, however, a very different opinion ; they consider that it is one in which they are most in terested. There are, however, little interests among the manufacturers of land, as we are now to call them—and I have no objection that it should be so; call if you please the earth 'one great manufactory on which the farmer toils; but let us have the same benefits which you have; these are terms which you cannot refuse. And there are little interests in your manufactures—the hand-loom weavers, the glove makers and others, among whom there is great distress, struggling against great opposition, and reduced to the lowest possible amount of wages. The Hon. Member then urged upon those in power not to take a step further till they could satisfy him, that not only to those whom they called the great interests of the nation, the " proud aeristocracy," or what you will, but also that the lesser interests of the state shall be provided for; that they shall not be left to starve as they certainly will if they carry their pro jects further. He gave the Noble Lord the Member for London joy of his Reform Bill—that here are certain Members of her Majesty's Government frightened into conflictchan ges o o f f the c opinion , classes in because u c s o e n s t e h tl e u y en d c re e a o d f the th e e i effects ects conflict o o fthe f opinion. He viewed with regret the existence of clubs and associations, whose language was equal to he viewed oany i tilin e with g that proceeded from the old Ja cobin clubs ,bu he offence head the Right lion. Baro net ; he begged of the Government, to appeal to the coun tr y , and said, that he was read y Government. He r n eg o r t et a intend Ne ck anyar at t of to the still G ov g most cheerfully to abide by the decision of the country, if they would give it the opportunity of expressing its legitimate opinion. - Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD stated, in corrobora tion of the statement of her Majesty's Ministers, that at least half the potato crop of Ireland was destroyed, the price of potatoes was at least double, and the working man who had lost his crop of potatoes had not the means of buying them at the present high prices. The only substitute for potatoes in Ireland was oatmeal, and that was at least one-half higher in price than formerly, and if means should not he taken to provide for the necessities of the people, there will be a lars,e amount of distre s and discontent. He thanked her Majesty for the very kind manner in which she had ex pressed her sympathy for the suffering people of Ireland. The report was then brought up, and the address was agreed to. Sir ROBERT PEEL stated that a communication had been made to him from her Majesty, stating that she would receive the Address at half-rest two o'clock to morrow. Mr. BROTHERTON said that he hoped Hon. Mem bers would attend in proper time, and not keep her M a j e sty waiting, as on former occasions they had done. EXTENSION AND PROMO HON OF PUBLIC WORKS IN IRELAND. Sir T. FREMANTLE moved for leave to bring in a 1846. Bill to amend the Acts for the extension and promotion of public works in Ireland. Mr. HUMg approved of the facility proposed to be given for granting loans of money, to be expended on public works in Ireland. It would however, he thought, be satisfactory to know how the public money had been expended by the Board of Works in that country. Sir T. FREMANTLE observed that returns would soon be laid before the House, showing the sums of mo ney expended since the passing of the Act 1 and 2 Will. IV. Mr. FITZSTEPHEN FRENCH denied that any public grant of money was requisite to promote the ob jects to be attained by the Bill for amending the Acts for the extension and promotion of public works in Ireland. A grant of .50,000/. had been made upon a former cccasion of national distress in Ireland, but the money had been improperly applied. The grant was rendered inoperative because the money had been given to help private individuals to improve their estates, and not to prom-Ae public works. Sir R. FERGUSON said the Hon. Member was mistaken, the money was really expended on public works. Leave was granted to bring in the Bill, which was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Wednesday. The House then adjourned at Half-past Eight o'clock until to-morrow. PARLIAMENTARY ENTERTAIN- MENTS. On Wednesday evening the Duke of Wellington, as the Ministerial lfaier in the House of IA Hs, gave his cus tomary Parliamentary banquet at Apsley Hour• to the supporters of the Governmpnt. Above 4p Peers assembled at the banquet, among whom were-- The Lord Chancellor, Lord Lyndhurst. Dukes—Rutland, Cleveland, Beaufort, and Buccleuch. Marquises—Exeter, Salisbury, Cholmondeley, Aber corn, Hertford, and Winchester. Earls Shaftesbury, Ellenborough, Haddington, Aberdeen, Liverpool, Jersey, Verulam, Harewood, Dalhousie, Clare, Powis, Bathurst, Cardigan, St. Ger mans, Lonsdale, Ripon, Delawarr, Brownlow, Eldon, and Clanwilliam. a a Viscounts—Strangford, Hawarden, and Canning. Lords Wharncliffe, A-hburton, Forester, and De Ros, the Earl of Home and Lord Farnham, the mover and seconder to the Address in the House of Lords, w are also present. As usual, immediately after the dinner had finished, the Duke of Wellington read her ligjesty's Speech to be de!ivered to-day at the opening of Parliament. It was after ten o'clock when the company separated. Sir Robert Peel, as First Lord of the Treasury, gave a grand full dress banquet on Wednesday, at the Right Hon. Baronet's private mansion, in Whitehall-gardens. The entertainment was sere( >d up in a style of consum mate elegance in the noble picture gallery. Lord Francis E7,crton, who moves, and Mr. Beckett Denison, who seconds, the Address in the House of Commons, were present. Among the guests were the Right Hon. the Speaker of the House of Commons, the Right Hon. Sir J ames Graham, the Right Hon. Henry Goulburn, the Earl of Lincoln, Lord Granville Somerset, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, the Right Hon. Sir Tho ass Fre mantle, Sir George Clerk, lion. Henry Manners Sutton, Hon. William Bingham Baring, Mr. Young, Mr. Cardwell, Mr. Henry Baring, Mr. Mackenzie, Mr. Cripps, Hol. Henry Corry, Admiral Sir George Cockburn, Rear-Admiral Bowles, Hon Captain Gordon, Hon. Henry Fitzroy, Viscount Jocelyn, Viscount Mahon, Sir Frederick Trench, Colonel Peel, Lord Arthur Len nox, the Attorney-General, Sir Frederick Thesiger ; the Solicitor-General, Sir Fitzroy Kelly ; the Attorney- General for Ireland, the Lord Advocate for Scotland, the Right Hon. J. Nichol!, Sir Charles Douglas, the Earl Jermyn, Lord Ernest Bruce, Right Hon. Lieut.- Colonel Lionel Dawson Darner, Lord Charles Wellesley, Capt. Meynell, Hon. Capt. Duncombe, and Mr. Greene. Sir Robert Peel, at the conclusion of the dinner, rose and read the Speech to be delivered by the Queen;to-day at the opening of the Parliamentary session. The com pany separated at half-past ten o'clock. Lord John Russell entertained a party of twenty at dint er on Wednesday at his Lordship's family residence, in Chesham-place, comprising the Noble Lord's leading political friends in the House of Commons. The follow ing noblemen and gentlemen constituted the party Viscount Palmerston, the Right lion. Sir John Cam llobhouse, the Right lion. Sir George Grey, Lord Marcus Hill, the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, Lord Seymour, the Right Hon. Edward Ellice, the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, lion. Colonel Anson, the Right Hon. Fox Maule, Mr. C. Wood, Mr. Tufnell, Mr. Vernon Smith, Mr, Ward, Mr. Rutherford, Mr. B. Hawes, Mr. Orel, and Rear-Admiral Dundas. OPENING OF PARLIAMENT. In consequence of the above event the long walk lead ing from the Palace to the Horse Guards was crowded at an early hour in the day by people who seemed inclined to submit to all the inclemencies of the morning in order to catch a glance of the Queen and her consort, Prince Albert. By oue o'clock in the afternoon the crowd had very much increased, so much so as hardly to leave any passage down the walk, and, in fact, every place that seemed to offer any opportunity for a good view was eagerly occupied and retained. Strong bodies of the F division of the police were posted at intervals in the crowd in order to prevent any disturbance, and the ground for the passage of the royal carriages was kept clear by a detachment of the Life Guards. Precisely at 25 minutes to two o'clock the band of the Royal Horse Guards commenced playing the National Anthem, and in about five minutes after the procession made its appearance from the gates of Buckingham Palace. The weather, which during the whole morning had been boisterous and lowering, happened then to clear up. and the brilliant cortege, escorted by a detachment of the Horse Guards, presented a very grand appearance. The procession moved very slowly—in fact, it was impossible to do otherwise, as the carriige which contained her Ma jesty was literally besieged by persons anxious to see their Sovereign. The cheering was not very general or loud ; but that may be attributed to the extreme difficulty of any vocal demonstration, while every one was struggling to obtain the best possible view, and moving in a very dense crowd. The gallery of the Duke of York's Column was quite filled with spectators, and the steps leading to it presented the ap pearance of the pit of a theatre on boxing-night. The large square behind the Horse Guards was filled, as the crowd had followed the royal carriage from the Palace, and all further motion was there prevented by the shutting of the gates leading to Parliament-street. The band stationed there strnck up the National Anthem and the infantry presented arms. Parliament-street and Bridge-street were also thickly crowded, and very great eagerness to follow the royal carriage was also manifested there, but such a proceeding was checked by the constables stationed to prevent any disorder. On the arrival of her Majesty at the Houses of Parliament a royal salute was fired from som• guns stationed by the side of the river, and after the entrance of her Majesty the crowd remained as thick as before, anxiously awaiting her re- appearance. The ut most order and regularity was maintained by the police, who were admirably stationed, so as to be able to act immediately in case of any untoward circumstance re quiring their aid. TDB GALE OF MONDAY NlGHT.—During the storm of wind on Monday evening, prt of the steeple of the church lately erected at Red-hill, near Reigate, under the superintendence of Mr. Knowles, architect, of Raymond's-buildings, fell with tremendous violence into , the body of the church, penetrating the roof, ceiling, and timbers. Had this disaster occurred during divine service on the previous day, the loss of life might have been fearful. The seats are very much damaged, some of them shivered into splinters, and others actually torn from the flooring, such was the force of the concussion. It is uncertain when the church will be again fit for service. Mr. George Duke, a farmer of Northmunda9 3 , who was on the platform. at the late protection meeting in Chichester, discharged one of his labourers named Machin, on the following morning, because the poor m an had refused to sign the protection petition at the meeting the day before; . A and the man has had no wor k since. Rls a dreadfu l state of things. Here is a poor fellow reduced with his wife to a state of want, for having disobeyed his employer's command. not because he was a bad labourer, but because he refused to sign a petition to Parliament to keep up rents and the price of provisions. Such is the state of slavery in which the Sussex labourer is held ! Hutchins is not likely to get work, as no other farmer in the neighbourhood will think of " taking on" a discharged man. He must therefore starve or be committed to the union-house, unless he can conciliate Mr. George Duke, of Northmundam, one of the crew who talk of upholding the corn-law for the labourers' benefit.—Brighton Guardian. RIBBONMEN PAYING TOO DEAR FOR THEIR WHIS TI.E.—We understand that a famous capture of six arm ed Ribb onme n•was made a few nights si nce , near Athboy, b ya party of the Westmeath constabulary, a c ti ng under the di rection of S. A. Reynell, Esq., of Archtratown. Mr. Rey nell, we l earn , received p r i vate i nformation of a contem plated meeting between a party o f th e M eath and Westm ea th onem R i h place onmen, who were to a ssem bl e at a certain a nd make use of a peculiar whistl e t o identify their presence. The police doffed their green habiliments and mounted frieze coats and " caubeens" to represent the Westmeath " boys," and thus prepared started for the bivouac, on reaching which they made use of their identical whistle agreed on by the original contracting parties. The Meath boys were true to their appointment, and so fell easy victims to the wily police, who safely conveyed them to Trim Gaol. The Rib bonmen were all armed, and, we understand, had the new pass words ready for delivery, and they did deliver them, very reluctantly, however, into the hands of the,police.—Pilot. UNIVERSITY COLLEGE Hosrurar..—Last evening, the students of University College Hospital entertained Wil liam Davy, Esq., one of their number, at a dinner, on the occasion of his receiving an appointment as a surgeon in the Hon. East India Company's service. The dinner took place at the Arundel Hotel. There w ere about sixty gentlemen present, and 11. Morgan, Esq., occupied the chair. The chairman eulogised in glowing terms the character of their guest, and congratulated him on the success which had so early attended his professional exe:tions; at the same time expressing his regret at the loss the College would sustain by the removal of a gentleman who had proved one of its brightest ornaments. The health of Mr. Liston and the other Professors of the College were afterwards drank with enthusiasm. STEAM BOAT ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday night a barge deeply laden with a cargo of salt, oils, and paints, be longing to Messrs. Lucas and Pope, lightermen, was goieg down the Thames in charge of two watermen, when they were met by the Corkscrew steamer, coming up the river at full speed off Cu kold's Point, Rotherbithe, and although the men navigating the barge hailed her, the sp eed of the steamer was not eased till it came in collision with the barge, the sides of which were stowed in, and i t be g an to till. The engines of the Corkscrew were th en immediately eased and turned astern, and assistance w as rend. red to t he men a poe t the barge, which was brought up off the Wes 1 al craft. trance, and the cargo was transferred to other The barge has sustained constderable damage. .3' ~ ~~1 THE INSTITUTION OF CMIL, e__l72 1 / 4 -= ENGINEERR. . 7 The annual general meeting of this Society . Tuesday evening, Sir John Rennie, prmident, in .e.hs , 4 47! ; when the following officer* and counci? "Were el John Rennie, president; W. Cabitt, J. Field , I. and J. Simpson, vice-presidents; I. Brunel„ B. C' Locke, J. Miller, W. C. Mylne, R. Stephensort;\ sAt ay , F. Bateman, Sir J. Macneil'„ and T. Sopwiti4 mem err ; Colquhoun and S. M. Peto, associates. The annual report of the Council announced the past session to have been one of unexampled brilliancy, and the actual position of the Institution to be flourishing'in every respect. Telford medals were presented to P. C. Delagarde and Cr- Edwards; and premiums of books to Messrs. Vullianry, Bodmer, and Redman, for papers read last year at th. meetings. _ _ Memoirs were given of thedeceased members, Mr. Atkin. son and Lieutenant E. N. Kendall, R.N. The opportunity of thepresentation of the annual report was seized by the Council for explaining succinctly to the general body their intuitions in proposing modifications of the existing bye-laws. From the statement it appears that the present bye-laws are based upon a code of regulations framed when the charter was granted,. and by these the In stitution has been governed since 1828. The great progress, however, made by the profession of engineering demanded certain modifications, wit'oh have been made from time to time by the Council, but always within the spirit and mean ing of the actual laws. These they now seek to incorporate in the code of laws, in order that all the members may be cognizant of them. The meeting was then adjourned until Tuesday, Feb. 3, when the following paper would be read:— No. 728. "On the existence (practically) of the line of equal horizontal thrust in arches, and the mode of determin ing it by geometrical construction." By W. H. Barlow, M. Inst. C.E. PROJECT OF A SHIP OF WAR RAILWAY ACROSS FRANCE, UNITING THE ENGLISH CHANNEL WITH THE MEDITER RANEAN SEA. nol‘wlAWßSithElLaLEspr'ojjeAcNt . f l 6. n -- O T o h r d e n arFrenchyboldness p apesr . ar e The o cu p 1 Journal des Chemins de Fers says of it : " We are about to speak of a scheme, the realisation of which is enough to frighten the most enterprising. "It is well known that for a fleet to arrive at the Channel from the Mediterranean Sea, that is, from the port of Toulon to that of Cherbourg for instance, it is necessary to pass through the &rafts of Gibraltar, of which England is com pletely mistress, on account of her hold of Gibraltar. " TM.; obligation, which in case of war with England, would be more inconvenient to us, has engaged the studious attention of Captain Guillemon, of the Engineers. The transfer by land of an entire fleet appears feasible to him, and this is how he would execute it. " A railroad should extend across France, terminating at two ports. A sub-marine frame-work should be executed at the entrance of both of these ; the railway should extend with the frame-work, which might be constructed like a canal; and an inclination should be given to the railway so as to meet the bottom of the ship. " This project is evidently a most gigantic one, and yet its application does not appear to us impossible. But what ex pense will be necessary to realise it ? What precautions must be taken? What changes made? A special railroad must be constructed, on account of the breadth of the ship -15 metres; its height, 15 metres; and its weight 2,700,000 kilogrammes, exclusive of furniture. " This road, we admit, might serve other purposes, but it would be necessary to connect it with the existing roads. The obligation of ever passing 15 metres under the soil, in the intersection of routes, would necessitate to the establish ment enormous expense. The weight of the ship, which is 2,700,000 kil., would give per metre current near 45,000 kil. while the rails in common use only support 5,000. It would therefore be necessary to multiply the lines of rails. "There is another subject of difficulty, the importance of which may yet interrupt the realisation of M. Guillenson's project, and that is the straining of the ship's timbers out of the water. Is it not to be feared that she would fall upon her keel ? ««'e sincerely trust that M. Guillemon's project will be duly considered by competent men; but let him remember that such vast undertakings meet with many sceptics and few partisans. Is this fortunate? Is it an evidence of saga city? The application of steam to navigation is a proof of the contrary." The French boat, from Alexandria and Beyrout, due here on the Bth, has not yet appeared; she is consequently eight days over due. THE GOVERNMENT PROPOSITION WITH REGARD TO RAILWAY BILLS.—We understand that it is the intention of Sir Robert Peel to propose on Monday that a Committee should be formed of the Members of both Houses of Parlia ment, for the pu-pose of instituting a preli m i nary examina tion into all the proposed railway schemes, so as to select those projects which, either for local or general benefit, it would be most desirable to carry into execution, and that the Bills for the lines so selected will alone be permitted to go before the Standing Orders Committee. . _ _ Lord and Lady Stanley and family arrived in town on Tuesday evening, for the season, from Knowsley Hall, the Earl of Derby's seat in Lancashire. YAIMOUTII.—CAPSIZiNG OF A YAWL.-011 Mon day last a scene presented itself on our beach which was wit nessed with most intense feelings of the mbst painful anxiety, in consequence of the imminent peril in which the lives of about a dozen gallant beachmen were placed, by a singu larly unfortunate combination of circumstances.—About two o'clock in the afternoon a signal was hoisted from a vessel lying in our roads denoting that a pilot was wanted. As she was a vessel from the Baltic, it was supposed that a north-sea pilot was wanted to conduct her to London ; a yawl was manned with ten beachmen, a pilot, and the agent. On reaching the vessel it was discovered that she did not want a north sea- pilot, but simply one to sun her into the harbour. The yawl which went out on this occasion was a rather small one—the Starling, be longing to the Star Company. The wind was blowing a very strong gale from the south ; the foul-weather flag was hoisted on the Jetty, and there was what the beachmen de nominate " a very nasty swell on." The Starling, finding that the pilot was not required, proceeded to return, and when within`about fifty yards of the Jetty, she was capsized, and every one of the crew, with her ballast, &c., pitched into the sea. It was described by one of the beachmen to be not literally a capsize ; it appears that just as the yawl came on to the break of the sea, a sudden and severe squall struck her, broke her mizem-mast. and caused her to lounge so much that all the crew were thrown overboard. The main mast fortunately remained unshaken ; which prevented the yawl turning bottom upwards, in which case every man must inevitably have perished. It will be remem bered that on a very recent occasion a public meet ing was held at the Town Hall for the purpose of presenting a life belt to every beachman—the gift of the borough Members, at the Regatta dinner in July last. Most of the beachmen (we believe with three excoptions) had their life-preservers on upon this occasion, and it is, we hear, from those who witnessed the scene, and who are intimately conversant with the dangers of the sea, not a speculation to say that if men had not been provided with these belts some must have been drowned! The swell was too heavy to attempt to launch a boat to their assistance, and besides, as the accident was within so short a distance of the beach, a more easily available de scription of assistance was enabled to be afforded them by means of ropes thrown from the beach to the sufferers. The beachmen succeeded in hauling every one of the crew ashore, with no personal injury to any one. The yawl has received considerable damage, but this is of course a very insignificant question when compared with the serious conesquences which at one time it was thought must have ensued. We are glad to find that the beachmen do not hesitate to wear these belts when the weather is foul, and the dangers of their perilous vocation increased tenfold. A feel ing prevailed too long with this brave class, that to wear life-preservers of any - kind evinced a discreditable amount of fear, and detracted from their valour and heroism. This was based on a wrong principle, and we are glad to find that its fallacy has been discovered and acted upon.—Bury Herald. INQUEST ON ONE OF THB BOARD OF GUARDIANS OF BERNIONDSEY.—On Wednesday an investigation took place before W. Carter, Esq., Coroner for East Surrey, at the Wool pack Tavern, Bermondsey-street, as to the death of Mr. Jokeph Hooker, aged sixty-three, one of the members of the Board of Guardians of that parish. Harriet Costive stated theathesihre_ He w was housemaid in the deceased's family. Bermondsey-street. On merchant, residing in White's-grounds, e k " as sitting in On Monday morning,,,about ten the kitchen, and heard the deceas c ed el" pass , Ar Hooker in a short `vas r s nalongoinoise the passag e f l r n om a few the minutes closet as aft if er h w e a w rd e s re T i e c re k. becam . e louder, a ti n m d e s c h a e m a e or in ed to w t h h a e t k i i t tc w he a n sp , a w n h d e n w i t t h n e e s a noise rephed, it was her master, w ho was sick. Mrs. H ooker went to the d o or an d knocked, b u t he made no answer , and she came back and said, s he knew he was there. She proceeded to the door again, and said, " you are sick and ill, do let me in ;" but he made no reply, and Mrs. Hooker went to the parlour to Miss Cutler, her niece, who accompanied her to the door, and she asked him to open it, which he immediately did. An alarm was given, and one of the men came. Jn about two minutes witness, who had ran away from fright, saw her master sitting in the kitchen, and a man holding him, and also. observed a large wound in his throat. Mrs. Hooker asked him how he could do it, and he said, "Oh, it was my poor head made me do it ; don't fret ;" and thii he remarked repeatedly. He was attended by a surgeon, but died in about an hour. For the last week he had appeared much bewildered in his head, and every little circumstance annoyed him; but she knew no par ticular cause for it. He often complained of his head, and said it arose from indigestion. Other evidence having been adduced, the jury returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity." According to the last accounts from Sweden, the scarcity and dearness of provisions increased so rapidly in the provinces, and particularly in Upland, that an absolute dearth was apprehended. Large importations of corn were being brought from Russia, and contributions in money were being made for the sufferers. TEN Hcoußs' BILL.—A deputation from the Central Short Time Committee of the West Riding had an interview on Wednesday, at Doncaster, with E. B. Denison, Esq., M.P., of the factory question, previous to the Hon. Member's lea - in Yorkshire for his Parliamentary dale& CHICHESTER.---All instance has just occurred in this vicinity of refusing to read the burial service at the grave of a child baptised by a Dissenting Minister. The circumstances of the case are as follows :—An infant whose parents are members of the Independent chapel in the vil lage of Bosham being unwell, their minister was sent for to baptize the child ; subsequently it died. The vicar of Bosham being applied to to bury it, he sent for the father, and told him he could not read the burial service, because the child had not been baptised by him, who, being A form successor to the apostles, was alone qualified II p r r acted that religious rite, and that the Dissenting Ministehaviv only br Satanic agency . These arguments, however, no influence with the * father, another strat age m c hild should be to in order to induce him to consent that the the reading of interred without the usual forms, viz- , thatto the dead o the burial s,rvice could be of n! service 11isresorted a if u' he asse a t u t t e e n i d . e ; r ho dt.l, µhiss the e the father replied that feeli ild after was, whichB only.o f Dr . funeral without reading the serd nhoet be u.i sbenefited, the he should f a a s t k h e e d r, fbehiengwaoStrc b‘eieicnseatrisufisemd not .0 being ni hisll t w called, ay he o e left the sake thofe the child its being done: ser having heard vie rinr a t csi 1:ta:tol stisci s the ntvnubta s ts e g l diocese when h e was met b y m atter before the father, who told him that the vicar had not positively refused i t i o n(i rea t a d tki-le t 'e' l l i B e L' s i e m rv P ic o e r , aild t t l a i k at en he to fe t l h t e persuaded d an ed d s h i e however,the vicar read the Lord's Prayer Whaticew New m an n it d y o tnhoatt imitate a idu n al i s s would.eit 13 in te rre d, t'ifillheeeislsentiments h an ol d di t n l c ie example and go at once over to Rome. The Vicar of Bosham will do well to be cautious how he refuses the burial rites to another Dissenter's child, as it is not very likely that another father will be found who will submit so quietly to his priestly authority.—Brighton Guardian,