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z , - Ys • r r R MORNING EDITION I THE COMMERCIAL MARINE ASSURANCE COMPANY, Cornhill and St. Dlichaers•allev, London. l apical, 100,000/., in 5,0(4) Shares, of 201. cacti. DIRECTOR, Morten I3almanno, Esq. James Tomlin, Esq. John Garnet, Esq. Joseph Underwood, Esq. Wm. Simplon Potter, Eq. John Yates, Esq. William Thornborrow, Esq. With power to add to their number. John Taylor, Esq. John Garnet, 1-' TRUSTEES. Palriek Kennedy, Esq. Joseph Underwood, Esq. BANKERS. The Commercial Bank of London. Messrs. Ladbrokes, Kingscote, and Company. The Directors, desirous of giving entire protection to parties effecting Insurances with tt.is Company, offer the following ad vantages upon all Vessels not being Steam Vessels. Ist. Upon taking the Insurance, to admit the seaworthiness of the Hull of the Ship. 'd. ,To indemnify the Owner to the extent of Fifty per in the event of his Vessel doing Damage. 3d. 'the risk upon the Ship to continue until the Cargo is discha-ged, provided such time does not exceed Ten Days from the Date of the Vessel being repo•ted at the Custom House. 4th. Upon all Time Policies cancelled, the Assured riot to be charged with Premium for the month last commenced, un less the period exceeds ten days. In order to remove the endless difficulties that have so long existed as to the constitution of a Strand, a clause is introduced into the Policies of this Company, setting at rest all doubts on this most. important point. The Directors have power to advance cash on the Mortgage of Ships, &c. All Losses will be paid in Cash, within ten days after ad justment. Any clispnled Claims may be decided by Arbitration. It is agreed that all Ships Insured by this Company, render ing aid to any Vessels in distress, that such shall in no instance be considered a deviation. The terms for doing business with the Company (subject to such alterations and amendments as the Directors may from time to time think fit) will hi as follow, viz.:— Upon effecting Insurances, 211 parties to he allowed 5 per Cent. Brokerage, and 12 per Cent. Discount for Ca , h. Current, Creoit Accounts may be opened with this Com pany ; the same to close on the 31st December in each year, and the Balance be paid on or before the sth February follow ing, then 12/. per Cent. Discount will be allowed on the Balance, such Discount to be forfeited if the Account be not then paid. WILLIA3I THORNBORROW, Managing Director. London, 1841. SHIPWRECKED FISHERMEN AND MARINERS BENEVOLENT SOCIETY. The STEWARDS of the ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL of this SOCIETY (which will take place on Wednesday, the sth May, at the London Tavern, the Hon. Earl de Grey in the Chair), are requested to meet at the Office of the Society, en MONDAY next, at Twelve o'Clock, to make the necessary arrangements. EDWARD WEST, Secretary. Office, 26, Thicklersbury, 30th April, 1811. RAPID STEAM COMMUNICATION BETWEEN GLASGOW and MANCHESTER, BIRMINGHAM, LONDON. &c., in connection with the GLASGOW and ARDROSSAN, and the PRESTON and WYRE RAILWAYS. THE CELEBRATED STEAM SHIP "FIRE KING," HOBERT EWING, Commander. Leaves Fleetwood for Ardrossan every Tuesday and Thurs. day evening, as early as possible after the arr!val of the Rail way Trains from London, &c., and passengers are taken on the next morning for Ardrossan to Glasgow by the Railway. The " Fire King" leaves Ardrossan for Fleetwood every Wednesday and Friday afternoon, at Five, to meet the Rail way Trains which start from Fleetwood for the various places every morning. Passengers leaving the Euston-square Station, London, by the Quarter before Ten morning Train, through Birminghain and Preston, reach Fleetwood that evening, there being a con tinuous line of Railway from London to FlPetwood. Cabin, 153. ; Steward, 23. ; Deck, ss. For further particulars apply in London, at the Preston and Wyre Railway, Harbour, and Dock Company's Offices, 11, King William-street ; in Glasgow, to Messrs. J. and J. Burns ; or to Mr. C. Morison, Fleetwood. A USTRALIAN PACKET SHIPS TO PORT PHILLIP AND SYDNEY. Persons intending to proceed to AUSTRALIA are respect fully informed that Ships are despatched from LONDON and PLYMOUTH; for the above Ports, every month throughout the Year, on fixed clays, with strict punctuality. They are all of the first class, ar.d of large tonnage ; have poops, and the best possible accommodations; carry experienced Surgeons; and are liberally fitted and supplied with every essential to the comfort of Cabin, Intermediate, and Steerage Passengers. A Free Passage will he granted by these fine Vessels to suit able Married Agricultural Labourers and Mechanics, and also to Single Females, if in accordance with the Colonial Regu lati.ms. The demand fur Labour in the Colony is extremely urgent, and every competent and well-conducted person may reckon, with certainty, on immediate and constant employment, at li beral wages. All particulars may be known on application (post paid) to Afr. John Marshall, Ar-tralian Emigration Agent, No. 26, 13 irchin-lane, Cornhill, London. CARPETS.-LUCK, KENT, ul CUM MING, CARPENTERS' HALL, 6 • LONDON WALL, and 4, REGENT, STREET, CARP T MANU FACTURERS to her Majesty the QUEEN", AGER, respectfully solicit the attention of the Nobility, Gentry, and Public, to their 'STOCK of BRUSSELS CARPETS. Be ing ltanufacturers, they can supply a quality that can be relied upon, at prices hitherto unprecedented. A large Assortment of Satin Stripe Tabourets, Damasks, 'Chintzes, and every requisite for furnishing, at their West End Establishment. IMPORTANT TO MILLINERS. • ILI. AND ALLAN, 69, 70, and 71, ST. PAUL'S CHURCH -YARD, beg particularly - to call the attention of Milliners to the following articles of Continental and British Manufacture j:tst received into Stock, :-5 cases of new Bonnet Silk, in rich figures, at 2s. 4d. per yard (this elegant fabrique is in great estimation with the principal Marehandes des Modes en Paril, and will quickly be a favourite with the fair Artistes of St. James's) ; 400 boxes of Chene Lutestrings and Satin Ribbon, with an immense as sortment of Sat n. Gauze, Taffeta, and Louisine Cap Rib bons, comprising all the new and most elegant designs, and at such prices as will ensure the purchasers a quick sale and hand some profit. Fabriques in Mousseline de Laine, Challis, and Chene de Laine of the most splendid designs, at one-half their original Bost. A large assortment of French Blonde, Muslin Collars, Hosiery, Gloves, &c. Observe, 69, 70, and 71, ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD. CHUBB'S NEW PATENT DETECTOR LOCKS give perfect security from false keys, and also detect any attempt to open them. 'I hey are made of all sizes, and for every purpose to which locks are applied. These locks asa strong, secure, simple, and durable. The Patent Combi nation Latches for street doors are simple in construction, low an price, and quite secure ; the keys of the latches are parti cularly neat and portable. Chubb's Patent Fire-proof Safes and Boxes form a complete preservation for deeds, plate, books, &c., from fire and thieves. Cash boxes and japan boxes, of all sizes, fitted with the new patent locks. A large assortment of the above on salt by C. Chubb and 50n,57, St. Paul's Church yard. London. COTTLE'S GRANULES, or grains de sante ; fibrous particles for mixing in the food of chil dren and adults, and insuring a daily action on the bowels by an operation totally mechanical and not medicinal. They form an effectual substitute for physic, are of an agreeable spicy taste, and act on the principle of bran bread, with an effect that renders tb.em valuable to all, and in valuable to children. I c , 'is . I packets, with a synopsis on thesr qualities, by a olFgeon. Hannay and Deitrichsen, 63, Oxford-street, and all Chemists. SCI - INVEPPE'S SODA AND POTASS WATERS.—The Public are respectfully cautioned against imitations of the above celebrated articles, unprincipled 'persons filling Schweppe's bottles with a spurious composition and palming it upon consumers as Schweppe's manufacture. None is genuine without a red" label over the cork, repre senting the Royal Appointment in the centre, and the signa ture of their firm on each side. Their /ERATED LEMON ADE is equally protected by a yellow label on the Bottle. SCHWEppE'S LIQUID MAGNESIA continues in great demand, Find may be had of the Principal Chemists and Pa tent Medicine Venders in the Kingdom, in Bottles at all prices. Selreveppe's LIQUID Magnesia, mixed with their Accidu lated'Syrup, is a Cure for Sea Sickness. Export Orders at Wholesale Prices. MORISON'S MEDICINES.—CAUTION. N 0 i C VERDICTE i herebyd by g Mess rs. en , t y s the recent against etrtaio Impostors for counterfeiting their Medicines, all Per sons Selling Medicines as and for MORISON'S PILLS," which are in fact mere Spurious Imitations, are liable to lave actions brought against them for every box sold under that name, which actions Messrs. Morison will deem it their duty to inforce is every case that comes to their knowledge. The following are the Principal Depots in London and its vicinity :—Medical Dissenter Office, 368, Strand; Mr. Good, Viestern Branch, 72, Edgeware-road ; Mr. Field, 65, Qua drant, Regent-street ; Mr. Lofts, 3, Park-place, Mile-end `road ; Mr. James Ellen, 9, Hand-court, Holborn ; Messrs. Hannay and Co.. 63, Oxford-street; Mr. Chappell, 84, Lom bard -street, Cornhill ; Mr. J. Raines, 20, New-road, St. George's in the East ; Mrs. Orfeur, 15, East-lane, Ber asondsey-wall ; Mr. Batten's Library, Clapham ; Mr. Lin voln, Finchley ; Mr. Saw, grocer, Tabernacle-walk; Mrs. Merchant, Walham-green ; Mr. Phillips, grocer, Portland town, Regent's Park; Mrs. Rancher, 12tt, Tottenham-court - road , Mrs. E. Dare, 55, Watling-street, City ; Mr. Ed monds, 146, High-street, Poplar; Mr. Loose, 7, Sloane %lure, Chelsea; rs. Hammersmith]dwin, 33, Great Tower-street, City Saw, opposite the Windsor Castle ; Mrs. archant, Little Brompton. __ An Agent may be found in every town and village through -137 the kingdom, and the public are hereby cautioned ag ainst to !!lasing the Medi c i nes , exce pt o f th e d u ly a pp o i n t e d A gents ei . L 4 e Briti s h C o ll ege o f H ea l t h , as many i m i tat i ons are i n reulati on No ne • m e di cin are genuine unless the words " Morison's Universal l etters :I vo ; ar e engraved on the Government Stamp, in white British a red ground. College of Health, Hamilton-place, London. Frrs AND MI s v NERVOUS COMPLAINTS. • , 1 '' PIKE'S POWDERS. ~ This in TIC, H ys TEßo a uable Medicine, for the cure of PlLEP years been gratuito u n 4 every other description orFITS, h a for many lady ; but, in conse q „ en and successfully adminislered by the above solicitation °menu. is of n the inc ea ing demand, and the earnest alto proved high'Y servieeagr offered . to the pnblie for sale It has TH E fi p,AI), inducin g me in NERVOUS AFFECTIONS 01. slering on In anity ; and ;t at . weakness, and, in some cases, bor. speces of Nervou • Compi aim t i ne Vevrstion and cure of ;he various 'that, that of being very te rni , rat u . confinement or restraint, more is Perfectly harmless, and a e h im e, is necessary during its use, as it Sold in bottles at S. lace rs r,',lnlaY take it. Mi s Pike, 15, Park.p, rot 11. each, by the Proprietor, . b . near Bristol (late of Berkeley, Glouceete h' ) nd in Londo n 1•4 ire ; a 1 Messrs Barclay and Sons, 95, F: rringdon.street, sole wholesale all respectable vender , of medicinel l .N; ) r e l sband may be had through Cures effected by this medicine have nited Kingdom. of the following hr hl v respectahleindiv.corne unde the obseivation 4 C.. 81 c.. Berkeley ; Francis Hands, E.„'"ua's t—Or. Jenner. F.L.S.; Q a aurgeon, Berkeley ; the Rev Sir George rievost, Bart , Stinch Berl . Gloucestershire ; the Rev. John Maynard, M.A. Curate of elle ) , ; the Rev. r',. J. Carter, 111. A , Curate of Sci w m b t i Joynerdge G 1 Ellie tershire, and Minor Canon of Bristol . Cathetit al ; o f q,. Berkeley, Co. roner, and Clerk of the Peace for the County. , I, 6 ticester; Mrs.. Wcolwri,ht Long, Royal Hotel, Clifton • Mrs. Shetborn, 21 forning o,n.place, HamPsrea i•road, London ; William 10, Br etherton's.huildin h J ' -street, Lire" g., Nod Joan-street, Attorney, *any others. rPool, and very N 8. —He very particular in observing that the Warn e s, 3 1ERRETT rIKE, •sERKELk;Y, GLOUCESTERSHI. SARAH graved In %OW, letters on a red round in the Goverrare —E ' . e . is en. ent st am p, AO Poi other can be genuine. NEW WORK ON STRICTURES OF THE URETHRA. Just published, price ss. APRACTICAL TREATISE on the CAUSES, NATURE, and TREATMENT of STRICTURES of the URETHRA, and their CONSE QUENCES. By FRANCIS BURDETT COURTENAY, M.R.C.S.L. And late Surgeon to the Metropolitan Infirmary fa the Care of Strictures of the Urethra. 2ONTENTS. CHAPTER !. Causes of Strictures. Divisions of Strictures. Consequences of Strictures. Symptoms resemble those of Stricture. CHAPTER IV. Of tne Treatment of the Mala dies Consequen upon Stric ture. GREAT FIRE AT BRISTOL. FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) As, you will have heard of the large tire we had here last night, I beg to send you the particulars, being on the spot at the fire. It originated in the Creosote Tank, by a spark, from the candle being imprudently placed or used, and immediately communicated to the timber lying on the field, and prepared for laying the permanent way. The blaze was awful, arid the damage about 10,0001., principally belonging to the Exeter Company, but they are no losers, bein g fully covered by the Sun and Globe offices. Li eu t enan t Booker of the Sal vage, the City police, and men on the spot, were particularly active and useful, but the engines belonging to the offices were ineffective both in condition and want ofhose, and until eleven o'clock were not used : an.l th , -n ealv one, a',34 that badly, in fact nolhing'could be worse. Some observation, on them would be valuable, not only to the interests of the Cork-, pang but the public generally. I saw the Secretary of the Great Western Company to-day, and he states the damage they sustain to be little or nothing, and that it will neither retard their opening or that of the Bristol and Exeter Company. The river is adjoining the field, but the engines were not placed near it. Bristol, April 29, 1841. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. BRISTOL, APRIL 29.--This city was last night alarmed at about eight o'clock, with the intelligence that a most exten sive and destructive fire had broken at the Great Western Railway terminus. On proceeding to the spot we found that the fire had taken place in the timberyard of the Company, containing 100,000 loads of timber at the least. Various causes were stated as the origin of the fire, which commenced in the large tank of creosote, which has lately been used as a new and more expeditious process than kyanising, for the preservation of timber. By some it was stated to have been caused by the accidental falling of a candle into the creosote. It was also stated, and perhaps more accurately, that the tank was over heated. Upon arriving at the spot the yard presented the appearance of a vast sheet of fire of the most vivid de scription, arising from vast masses of burning timber, and the cont.nts of immense iron tanks of coal tar, &c. The various en gines of the city were speedily on the spot, and a vast concourse of people, amounting during the night to 40,000 or 50,000 persons, assembled from all parts to view the tremend ous conflagration, many coming from Bath, Henbury, and the surrounding villages, where the fire was distinctly visible. Some idea may be formed as to its extent, when we state that an area containing nearly two acres, filled with timber and other combustible materials, was on tire at the same time. In fact neither the fires in Queen-square at the memorable riots, or that of the Devonport dockyard, were nearly so extensive as the present conflagration. All efforts to stem its pr. gress were completely useless until the plan of cutting it off from the re maining timber in the yard was adopted ; for which purpose several hundred men and four or five teams of horses were set to work, removing the adjacent timber to a distance, by which means at about halt . ..past fur this morning the fire wasat length gut under, and from 15,0001. to 20,000/. of timber belong ing to the Great Western Railway Company, together with the terminus and neighbouring buildings, were saved. We 'egret to state, however, that the property destroyed (which belongs to the Bristol and Exeter Railway Company), has been esti mated at from 18,0001. to 20,000 j. The heat from the fire was so intense that the neighbouring trees were set on fire, and two of them were burnt completely to the ground. One of the trees presented a very picturesque appearance, its branches being on fire in a variety of places, conveying to the eye the appearance of a number of gas-lights. Mr. Brunel was at Chippenham when he heard of the fire, and immediately went to Bristol. If the efforts to stay the progress of the fire, by the removal of the surrounding timber (about 1,800 loads) had not been successlul, the splendid terminus, as well as ;he Burrounding manufactories, would in all probability have been destroyed. Fortunately no lives were lost, and only one serious accident occurred, a gentleman having his thigh broken by the fall of a heavy piece of timber. As a fair specimen of the arguments employed at Nottingham with such voters as were likely to be influenced by such representations, we arc assured by a gentleman, who happened to be in the town on commercial business, as a fact within his own knowledge, thatit was cum m nly stated by the Tcry canvassers for Mr. Walter, to those who were known to be Chartists, or were suspected of being favourable to their views, that Mr. Walter's election would turn out the present Ministry, and that the Tories would obtain the pardon of all political offenders, and bring back Frost and the other Ch trtiits who were trans ported for their share in the insuirce , ion at Netvport. Poor deluded simpletons ! bad a Tory Government been in power at the time of the iusurreetion, every man con victed of taking active part in the outrage would assured• have been hanged. STANLEY'S BILL.--Our county meeting on yesterday passed off triumphantly. Notwithstanding the occu pations that necessarily engage all classes in the country at this season of the year, there was present on this occasion, from all parts of the county, an array of rank, wealth, and in telligence rarely to be met with at a public meeting. This array, mustered for the defence of our liberties and the pro tection of our best interests, was headed by a nobleman, Lord Guillamore, who, before cow, with that undaunted courage for which Irishmeh are distinguished, drew his sword on the bettle-field in deence of the empire and the crown of Great 13ritain. We are spared the trouble of writing on this subject at present, because of the superior excel leree of the speeches delivered, Odell must he read with intense interest, The Noble Lord's speech is just what became him, it true Irishman, to make. Mr. Potter's lucid explanation and analysis of several clauses of the rival bills need only be read to be duly appreciated; whilst the seiitlinelits expressed by the Very Rev, Dean Coll, Very Rev, T. 3'13. Costelloe, sir. Furnell, Mr Powell, arid Captain Kind, Mint convince Lord Stanley and his party of the undoubted right that Irishmen have to an equal participation of political privi• leges with Englishmen or Scotehmen, and of the it deterrnina twn not. to be satisfied with less. Yes, with Father Costellot and Mr. Buller we say, that if Stanley and his Tory faction succeed in depriving us of our lib er ti es , we are prepared and have the weans "to right" ourselves. This county assembled more frequently, and sent forth more numerously isigned peti tions from its several parishes, than any county in Ireland against this iniquitous measure.— Limerick Reporter, of Tuesday. ANNIVERSARIES. —Yesterday, the 30th of April, is the anniversary of the battle of Fontenoy in 1745, arid also of the death of George Farquhar, the celebrated dramatist. He was born at Londonderry, in Ire!and, in 1678. His first dramatic piece, called Love in a Bottle, was produced in his 20th year, and was attended with much success. His last was the Beaux Stratagem, which had a great run, in the midst of which he died, in 1707. The 30th of April is like wise commemorable as the day on which the Edict of Nantes was signed, in 1598. No. 15,179. IMPORTANT TO ADVERTISERS. 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Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Ad roit alty, and bear in the left hand corner the words " Ten der for Works at Chatham," and must also be delivered at Somerset-place, accompanied by a Letter signed by a respon sible person, engaging to become bound with the person tender ing, in the sum of 300/. for the due performance of the Contract. R OYAL ACADEMY, TRAFALGAR SQUARE. Notice is hereby given, that the EXHILIITIOS will OPEN on MONDAY NEXT. the 3d Instant, at Twelve o'clock. Admission, One Shilling—Catalogue, One Shilling. HENRY HOWARD, R. A., Secretary. Exhibitors and Students may receive their Tickets Rnd Cata logues by applying at the Academy on Monday after Twelve. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, Alum, 30. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack at five o'clock. Lord POLTIMORE presented sew,ral petitions from tt e county of Devon, against Church-rates. Lord KENYON presented petitions from places in the county of Middlesex, against the Bastardy Clauses in the Poor-law Bill. Lord MOUNTCA SHEL presented numerous peti tions from congregations of Presbyterians in the counties of Down, Antrim, and Londonderry, against lay patron age in the Church of Scotland. The Earl of ROSEBERY presented a petition from the Chamber of Commerce of Edinburgh, against any in terference with the system of banking in Scotland; also a petition from the Mayor and Corporation of Bath, in fa vour of the Jews Declaration Bill. The Earl of FITZWILLIAM presented a petition from Plymouth against the Poor-law Continuance Bill. He did not agree with the petitioners, but thought that the Bill, so far from being oppressive, was highly beneficial to the descrying poor. Lord LYNDHURST presented a petition from 13ir rringharn praying that the town might be excluded from the Borough Improvement Bill. The Earl of WARWICK presented a petition from an individual against the 130r:.-..igh Improvement 8111. Lord WHARNCLIFFE presented a petition from Trustees of Turnpike-roads in Yorkshire, complaining that although the Railways had taken all profitable tratle off their roads, they were obliged to maintain them at their own cost. Lord FITZWILLIAM thought it would be the best way to aboli-h turnpike tolls altogether, and to throw the expenses of maintaining roads upon the districts through which they pats. Earl STANHOPE preseuted a petition from the town of Derby complaining of certain clauses in the Drainage Bill, and praying that the ti7`‘ti might be exempted from its operation unless the powrn; which it was intended it should give were entrusted to local commissioners; also petitions from the Commercial-road, and from certain inha titants of Clonma, praying fcr a suppression of the traffic in opium. The Marquis of L A NSDO WNE brought in a Bill for fa2ili•ating the sale of lands for the huildiag of schools. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said as the 31st of May would occur in Whitsun week, he should bring it forward on the nest Ord• r Day after wards. Col. SIBTHORP rose amid much laughter. It was almost impossible to he surprised at any anything that was done by the Government, but could any one conceive it po3sible—(Loud cries of" Qucstion")—he;would ask was it, at was it not, the intention of the Nobl-! Lord to bring forward a discussion on the Corn-laws—( Cries, of Oh, oh, and question)—could it be believed that any individual holding so important a station as the Noble Lord could gravely come down to the House and give notice cf so important a motion without that due preoaraticn for which the Hotke had a right to look ? (The lion. Mem. ber continued speakirg for a few moments in an excited mariner, but the laughter and cries of " Oh, oh," and " Question," effectually drowned his observations). Lord SANDON—Before the Howe went into Com mittee, he begged leave to present a petition signed by 7,000 merchants and inhabitant' of Liverpool, praying the House at an early period to enter into a revision of our Commercial Tariff.—(Chners.) Mr. E W ART presented a petition, signed by 53.000 of the inhibitants of Lit erpool and its neighbourhood, to the same effect, but more especially praying fur the repel of the Cora-laws. Alr. M. PHILIPS presented a peti•ion from the Cham ber of Commerce of Manchester, pra)ing the House to remove all restrictions from t-ade, and, above all, for a Repeal of the Corn-laws ; the petitioners expressly stated that they were willing to g:ve up all protection to the trades in which they were engaged. FIRST GRAND CONCERT OF THE SEASON. 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The PHOTOGRA PHIC PORTRAITS, and the numerouz Collection of Works and Working Models, which display eminent art., science, and ingenuity. The Diving Bell, Popular Lectures, and Experi ments. Admission, One Shilling. VENISON. - - THOMAS GROVE begs respectfully to in form his Customers and the Public, that he has com menced killing I3UCK VENISON, and shall have through the season a constant supply of the best quality, in proper order for dressing. Fishmonger and .Dea.er in Venison to her Majesty, 33, Charing-cross. TO TEA-DEALERS, GROCERS, SPIRIT AND BRI TISH WINE-MERCHANTS. TO BE DISPOSED OR-- A First-rate FAMILY and WHOLESALE TRADE, situate in a leading Market Town, *Rhin 100 miles of London. The Business has been very successfully carried on for nearly half a century in the same family, and has attached to it a connexion of the very first respectability.—The Stock to be taken at a valuation. For particulars apply to Messrs. Edwards and Short, whole sale tea-dealers, 14, Ahchurch lane, Loncl'in ; or to Messrs. Brodie and Co., Journal-office, Salisbury. THE BUDGET. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EX. CHEQUER, the House then resolved itself into a Com mittee of Supply. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCAEQUER then rose and said—Sir, the vote I am about to put into your hands is one of the usual votes of the Session, and is put fot tne purpose of beim. followed up by a resolut;ort Ways and Means to vote certain Exchequer bills ne cessary for the public service, and for paOng hills now outstanding. The vete itself would in rea;ity require no explanation, and I take it with a view of laying before the House at the earliest possible period a statement of our financial prospects of the year, and those me isui ea which her Majesty's Government propose to recommend to the consideration of the House. Sir, I shall detain the House in endeavouring to bring the case before them with as few words as possible, and with this view, I cell the attention of the Hou se to the statement which was made by me last year of the expectations which I had of the income fir the year, and of its expenditure. Gentlemen who will refer to that will find, upon the whole—(there were some few additions after I made the statement, which, however, correspond with it)—that the expenditure of last year, as stated, amounted to 49,499,000/.,while the income was estimated at 48,641,0001. leaving an estimated deficiency of 858,0001., which was proposed to be met by a vote of credit, respecting which, if Hon. Gentlemen will look at the paper which is before them, I need not enter into detail. They will find by that return that the return was 49,285,0001., and the ac tual revenue 47,443,0001. leaving aeleficiency of 1,840,0001. So far the House would recollect that if that 800,0001. which was proposed to be met by Exchequer Bills, were not paid, it would leave a deficiency beyond what had hitherto occurred. Perhaps it is advisable I should state the com parison between the expenditure and the income. The estimate of the expenditure is 9,449,000/. There was an expenditure of 48,6411., in one case, where the income amounted only to 47,0001. It may be asked how this great deficiency has taken place. I think I shall be able to show the House that this deficiency had not arisen from the manner in which it was admitted the tax was made, but arose from the falling off of the main revenue, which would have taken place even if the taxation had not been made in the way it was. With respect to the Cus toms and Excise, five per cent. had been taken off from the amount of even former years, and I find on reference to the returns, that the Customs in the first quarter of the year increased to an amount of 161,0001., while the increase on the second quarter was 266,000/. Upon the Excise in the first two quarters there was an increase of 230,000/., making thus an increase in the first half-year of 651,000/. beyond what was received in former years. Thus, so far as regards the first part of the year, the expectations entertained respecting the revenue exceeded what they had been induced to hope for. —( Hear.) He would first state the partic,lar articles upon which there hal been an increase. Upon butter there had been an increase of 25,00(11 ; coffee, 1,891,000 pounds ; olive oil one hundred and seventy.thrce thousand gallons ; pepper 98,000 ;timber, 74,000 loads ; cotton wool, .175,000,00011 n. I will now state some of the articles upon which there has been a falling off, and if Honourable Members will attend to the articles themselves, there are few of these articles respecting which their own know ledge will not at once give them the ground why that falling off had not naturally taken place. On currants there has been a small falling off-6,000 pounds. On molasses 111,000/., on spirits 279,000 gellens, on sugar, 250,000 cwt., wine 397,000 gallons. The House will observe that the falling off in sugar and molasses arises from Ow prices at which those articles have been sold. The other main article is tea, and it will likewise suggest itself to the Committee that the reason for that falling off has been the state of our relations with China, and the con sequent rise in price occasioned thereby. That is the falling off in the article of Customs. In the Excise the falling cff has been principally in Ireland—the increase to the revenue on that article in Great Britain has been 490,000/., while the decrease in Ireland has been 354,000/. Th decrease in spirits in Ireland amounts to 305,000/., and upon malt 50,000/. Now, Sir, if that falling off had arisen from any diminution of the resources of the country, cr, if it had been that the smuggler had taken the place of the fair trader, that result would have been a subject of deep and sincere regret, but from all I can learn from the united opinions of gentlemen connected with Ireland, and in conformity with the opinion of the Revenue officers, who were the best able to furnish official information, I am afraid that it has arisen from increased habits of temperance in the people—(Loud cries of " Hear, hear," from Mr. O'Con nell and the Irish Members)—and I own, Sir, that how ever inconvenient it may be to the statement I have now to make, I should be ashamed of myself if I did not make that statement with the greatest and sincerest pleasure.— (Cheers from both sides of the House.) I may mention incidentally that I have not the account for the last quarter of the revenue from the corresponding articles of tea, sugar, and coffee ; but on the early part of the year there was an increase, and I have no doubt that a still larger increase will be found en the last quarter.--( Hear, hear.) With regard to other articles, I will just mention, as I am anxious to show that the falling off in the Excise has not arisen from any material defalcation in the resources of the country, and with that view I have a statement drawn up to show the per centage of the increase and de crease on all exciseable articles for the last three years, from which it appeared that there was an increase upon auc tions of 3i per cent., upon plate upwards of 30 per cent., broad glass 31 per m nt., malt, 51 per cent., post horses 3 per cent , hard soap si, and soft 14 per cent.—(the Right Honourable Gentleman enumerated some oiler articles which we were unable to ca t ch. ) glass one twentieth per cent ; hops 81 per cent.— ( Hear, hear) —licences 23 per cent. That has arisen partly from the diminution of spirit licences in Ireland, and partly from the effect of the bill passed last year for re stricting the sale of beer. The diminution of spirit licenses was 131 per cent. The stamps and taxes had produced more than was expected by 115,000/.—( Hear, hear.) On the subject of postage I have to say that the falling off has not taken place from my Noble Friend the Post-master General being mis. taken in his calculations as to the increase of letters ; bnt in consequence of the increase ofexpenditure which has been occasioned by incrcaied accommodation to the public, and by' the arrangement of the Post-office for the registration of let ters, which bas caused an extension of the establishment. I have now stated to the House the amount of the actual income of last year—the deficiency which appears in the accounts—and such information as will enable the Clouse to judge of the causes of the falling off. I have Slow to lay before them the anticipations cf the Govern ment. The charge upon the Consolidated Fund will in all amount to 31,820,000/. The Army, including the ;:,,?mmissariat and Militia expenditure, 6,587,0001. The N a vy, ieelusive of 199,000/. of former years, 6,805,000/. •• leence, 2,075.0001. The miscellaneous charges, The Orue • -le of the items actually on the table of including the w(l,. " items, which a ill be laid be. the House, and some sme.. Q 35,000/. The Estimate fore the House in a short time, _, - .messed to state fur Canada, 108,0001. I am not p. -an end to that in the present year I shall be able to pm. ' ^ne, the present system, which I acknowledge to be a bin and has lasted long enough ; but I think it will be neces sary on the present occasion that we should have the money, but of course the House ought to have and to exercise a complete control over it. I will be able to give the House every insight into the details hereafter. The House is in possession of all the information re specting China which I could afford them. The charge made by the East India Company amounts to 475,0001. That estimate was framed up till to-morrow, the Ist of May, 1841, that being the termination of the East India Company's financial year. There is a question pending between the Company and the Government, as to certain charges, and upon whom they were to fall. I apprehend, however, that if I made provision for 400,0001., leaving the 75,000/. over until the accounts are made up, I think I shall satisfy the East India Company, and have made provision for the present year. I have not deducted any corn in the expectation, or upon any supposition that the expedi tion will terminate sooner than expected, I merely deduct the 75,000/. until the accounts arc squared. The charges will then stand thus : Consolidated Fund £31,520,000 Army 6 587,000 Navy 6,805,000 Ordnance Miscellaneous 2,933,000 Canada lOB,OOO China 400,000 Making the total of the estimated expenditure 50,731,0001. I now propose to state the estimate I have made of the coming revenue, and in so doing, although last year I stated I was prepared to take a favourable view of the prospects of the year, I have endeavoured in the present year, finding the difficulties which I anticipated might be passed over still continue—l have endeavoured, in com munication with those Officers of my own Department and of the Treasury, who were the hest fitted to assist nee by their experience, to take an estimate, which I am able to tell the House is one of a veri DRAINAGE BILL. The Marquis of NORMANBY moved the further con sideraCon of the Report on this Bill. After some comersation, in wli ch the Marquis of Nor manby, the Marquis of Salisbury, the Earl of %Vicklow, and other Peers took part, The Marquis of SALISBURY moved the following proviso to the sth clause, " Provided always that it be not lawful far the said Commissioners to do any injury to or to interfere with the apilcation of any stream or water coursea used for mills, or other lawful purposes, without the consent of the owner." The Marquis of NORM ANBY objected to the amend ment, as it would materially interfere with the operation of the Bill. The amendment having been•withdrawn, The Report was agreed to ; the Bill was ordered to he engrossed, and read a third time on Tuesday. THE BUILDING REGULATIONS BILL. Oa the motion of the Marquis of NORNIA.NBY the Report on this Bill vsas received, and the Bill war or dered t) be read a third time oh Tuesday. BOROUGH IMPROVEMENT BILL. The Marquis of NORMAN3Y having moved thht the Report on this Bill should be received, Lord CALTHORPE presehtcd a petition from Bir- mingham against this Bill. Lord LYNDHURST gave notice that on the third reacing he ,hould move that Birmingham be exempted from the Bi!l.—(Hear, hear.) Tit?, Noble and Learned Lord also pve notice of an amendment to the effect that no prevision of the Bill should interfere with the validity or invalidity of the Charter granted to the Bo rough of Bolton, now in litigation. The Report aas then agreed to, and the Bill was ordered to be re id a third time on Tuesday. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN BILL. Viscount DUNCANNON having moved the Com mittee on this BM, The Duke of WELLINGTON expressed a belief that it would be expedient to put an end to the South Aus tralian Commission altogether, and to place the manage m,nt of the colony in the hands of the Colonial-office, as was the case with our other colonies. The 13111 then went through Committee, and the House aijourned till Monday. ROUSE OF COMMONS, APRIL 30. The SPEAKER took the Chair at the usual hour. BRIGHTON AND SHOREHAM ROAD BILL. On the motion that the Bii L .7hton and Shoreham Road Bid be read a third time, Captain PEC El EL L moved Ow introduction of a clause to compel the Br ghton Railroad Company to make a bridge across the road instead of erossinc , it on the level. Mr. GORING thought it would be impracticable to construct a b: loge at a placis,.tholt„pposed the motion. ~A.)issible to construct a bridge so near the wharves with a gradient which would be :004tipatiLle in the railway tragic. There was no intention to cross the lin t e with steam-engines, the carriTes being di awn across the road by horse power. lie objected to the clause on principle, for he had no in.erest whatever i i the railway; but he could state to the House that on a railway with which he was connected, the London and Southampton, tie high road was crossed on a level near the Vauxhall terminus, by horse power, and it was found to occasion less practical inconvenience than the buil ling of a bridge. Lord G. SOMERSET objected to the clause, as well upon its merits as from its being informal, the Standing Orders providing that no clause of such a nature could be brought forward on the third reading of a Bill without due notice. Sir A. DALRYMPLE was anxious to afford every facility to the Railway Company for the transport of their goods, but he did not think they ought to add so import ant a clause upon the 3d reading of the Bill, due notice of it not having been given. Earl SURREY and Mr. ESTCOURT opposed the clause. Mr. E ASTHOPE hoped that his Hon. Friend would not divide the House upon the question. The SPEAKER said the rules of the House had not been complied with, as the clause had not been furnished to him. Captain PEC H ELL was very sorry that the rules of the House had not been attended to by the parties, and would not, of course, divide the House, after what had fallen from the Chair. He was glad that the discussion had arisen, and he trusted it would soon be settled, whe ther rails might not be laid across a turnpike road, when the fact was apparent that they would, so far from being any hindrance, be an advantage to the public. TIE. Bill was then passed. On the motion of Mr. B. WOOD, the South Wei tern Railway Bill, No. 2, and the Southwark Improve ment 8.11, Ni 2, were read a second time. Mr. WILLIAMS provnted a petition from Coventry praying Lr a reduction of the duty on certain articles used in the manufactures of this country to enable our manufacturers to compete with thlse of f neign coun tries, and also for a reduction of the duty on sugars, coffee, and other articles. Mr. GREG presented a petition from a parish in Manchester praying for the abolition of the Corn-laws. Mr. E. TENNENT presented petitions from various places in the counties of Down, Tyrone, and Mayo, pray ing for the abolition of lay patronage in the Church of Scotland I also a petition from a place in Staffordshire praying for Church Extension. Mr. WALTER presented a petition from a place in Nottinghamshire praying for Church Extension ; also a pctitioo from the Chairman, Vice-Chairman, and Guar dians of a union in Shropshire. praying that the powers of the Poor-law Commissioners might be restricted and their salaries reduced. Mr. GRANTLEY BERKELEY presented a petition from Moiesworth, praying for the abolition of Church rates and Ecclesiastical Courts. with 4,987 signatures, praying for the M r . WA.LLACF r nresented a petition from Greenock ! pion of patronage in the Church of Scotland ; also a petition from same place praying for the abolition of Church-rives. Mr. B. WOOD presented a petition from a congregi tion of Baptists for the abolition of Church-rates and Ecclesiastical Courts. Mr. HA WE S presented a petition in favour of the Re peal of the Corr.-laws. Mr. J. E. GLADSTONE presented a petition from Walsall in favour of Church Extension. KING'S COUNTY ELECTION. Mr. WILSON PATTEN, as Chairman of the Select Committee appointed to try the merits of the petition against the Election for King's County, reported from the Commit tee that Mr. Armstrong was duly elected to serve in Parlia n-ent as a knight of the shire for King's County, and thst neither the petition against the return nor the opposition to it was frivolous or vexatinuF. CORN-LAWS. Lord JOHN RUSSELL gave notice that on Monday, the 31st May, he should move that the Howe resolve it self into a Committee of the whole House, to consider the Acts relating to the trade in corn.—(Loud cheers from the Ministerial side, and loud and long continued counter cheers from the Opposition.) CRIMINAL JUSTICE. Mr. BA RNEBY begged to ask the Right lion. the Attorney-General whether it was his intention to bring on the Criminal Justice Bill that night? Pr" ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he should not bring it forward nnicia he bad an opportunity of doing so before ten o'Cloa. PUNISHMENT OF DEAVI. Mr. KELLY said it would be in the recollection of the Noble Lord (Lord .L Russell) thqt he had postponed the Committee on the Bill for the Abolition of the Punish. ment of Death, at his suggestion, until Monday, the 3d of May, and he hoped it would be convenient to the Noble Lord to bring it on and take precedence on that day. Lord JOHN RUSSELL had suggested the post ponement, in order that the Bal might be better con sidered when there was a full attendance of the House. He was ready to agree to the proposition of the Hon. and Learned .Member, that the Bill should have priority on Monday next, and he would state that be did not intend to oppose the Bill of the Hon. and Learned Member, but in the Committee lie would propose various clauses. Mr. LUCAS begged to remind the Noble Lord that Monday the. alst of May was Whit-Monday; and be wiled to know whether it was his intention to bring for ward his motion w-ith r q p.ct to the Corn-laws on that day. PRICE sd. sober character.—( Cries of " Hear, hear," and laughter.) I think I shall be able to show that what I have stated is quite correct. The Customs for the last year produced 21,700,0001, though there was a period of six weeks in which the increased duty of 5 per cent. did not attach. I have placed the estimated income of the Customs at 22 millions, being somewhat more than the actual produce last year. The actual produce of the Excise last yeer wa513,673,000/., witn some fraction. Of the increase on the 5 per certt e it is impossible for me to say what part at tached during the last year, but, with regard to the Excise, there is this great advantage, that is many things —as, for instance, the malt duty—it is not available for a long time, yet you will be able exactly to tell the amount, and to know what will be paid. The average for the Excise for the next year I have put, in round numbers, at 14 millions. The stamps produced 7,183,0001, and I have put them at 7,139,000/. The taxes produced 3,989,432/., and I base placed them at 4,300,000/. The Post-cffice I have placed at 450,000/. Ihe Crown Lands at 160 600/., and the Miscelle. ceous et 250,000/., which last year produced 311,000/. The total income that I expect during the next year amount:, to 48,310,000/. The expenditure, as I stited, said amount to 50,731,0001. Of this expenditure the House Bill observe that China forms an item of 400,0001. , and there is another sum of 191.000/ , the navy debt of last year, making in all 591,000/. Now that sum does not form part of what is Ose permanent expen diture of the country, and it therefore sloes not be come nee •stary to make a permanent provision for it. With regard to the expenditure, then, I think there is every prospect that it will not at any rate be likely that we shall be called on for anything like the sums of former years. The expenditure for the next year, leaving eta those two items reterred to, will amount to 50,130,0001. That leaves 1,800,000/. Luolsteg, then, to the future prospects, and to the state of tee expenditure of the country, it is the opinion of her Majesty's Government that it is impossible, con4istete!y with the stability of the finances of the country, to leave the position of the revenue as it stands, and not to make some increase to the income of the country.—( Hear. ) Taking the whole subject into consideration, I consider that it will be necessary to make up the permanent revenue to fifty millions by such means as Parliament may please to adopt. If I can makeprovisien fur that I shall h tee placed the finances of the country upon a stable and sure footing. It was my fortune last year when I had to address you upon a similar occasion to call upon this House, and to call upon the country for additional taxes for the purpose of placing the revenue in a better position and making up the deficiency which then existed, and if it become necessary for me ;Tale to undertake that duty, I should not shrink f,om hying before the House a pro position for a system of taxation, however unpopular it might be. In my opinion there is no tax so inconvenient or so injurious that it coulal for a moment be weighed igainst the great inconvenience and calamity of a per manently disordered sate of the finances. Under these circumstances her Majesty's Government hare taken into their serious consideration the course they will feel it their duty to pursue. It becomes necessary either to fall back upon some of those taxes which we have ourselves repealed—either the house-tax, or the tax upon coals, or some other repealed tax. The sum is so large, that it is absolutely necessary that we should act with boldness. It is impossible to attempt, by any mitigatMg measure, or by any small measure, to deal with such deficiency.—( Hear.) You therefore have the choice either to return upon these old taxes which you have repealed after due considera tion, and upon the opinion that they press severely upon the trade and commerce of the country, or you must on the other hand take assay the exemptions and introduce into your taxation those parties who have been hitherto exempted, as was proposed last year by an Hon. Member of this House; you must include the legacy duty, and you must include real property under the legacy duty—(Cheers)—or you must take away some of those exemptions by which particular classes are benefited—such as the tax on agricultural horses, or some of those exemptions which 1 have no doubt would add considerably to the revenue, I mean in proportion to the cost of collection. Or if you do not choose to adopt that, you must adopt another course _you must lay a tax upon those new articles of strength—upon gas and steam, which are so new born in the world as hardly to have benefited us under the system of taxation which, during a lung war, we were obliged to apply to almost every other article.— ( Hear, hear.) Or, lastly, you must take that which I find now so popular, although I am old enough to remember that it was the object of the bitterest attacks and execra tions—l mean an extensive property tax.—(Loud cheer ing.) It becomes therefore our duty to consider whe ther, by some new modification of those taxes which arc already laid upon the people, we may not be able to obtain the necessary supplies for the public service, without adding to the burdens of the country. I apprehend that the House will have already judged that the two articles with which I propose to deal in my Budget arc timber aed sugar.—(Loud cheers.) The House will recollect that additional duties were laid upon timber during the last Sear, and the duty on colonial timber was We. a load, while the duty on Baltic was 655. a load, thus giving a protective duty of 450 percent, on toe colonial timber: The subject - Mil teen repeatedly before diffeeerit Administrations. My Noble Friend Lord Spencer pro posed an adjustment of the duties, by diminishing the pro tecting duty of 455. to 303., and by raising the colonial duty from 103. to 204.; what I now propose is to reduce the duty on Baltic timber from 555. to 50s. The subject was referred to a Committee which went patertly into ;he in quiry, and examined various parties connected with all in terests. The Committee made a Report containing much valuable information, and confirming the views of my Noble Friend as to the expediency of the reduction which he proposed. Now, Sir, I propose to adopt the proposition of my Noble Friend. I feel satisfied that an arraagemcnt might be made by which the consumer in the country will be much bene fited, and the revenue will receive considerable addition. ( Hear, hear.) I shall also adopt certain other recom mendations of that Committee as far as they are practi cable. They' recommend that the duty on deals should be adjusted in a more equal and fair manner. My Noble Friend Lord Spencer was satisfied in his own mind that he would derive from this source as much as 75,004., but I am willing to take tire estimate as low as 600,0001. The present duty is his. 6d. upon Colonial timber, and 565. 6d. on Baltic. I propose to put a duty of 20 , e upon Colonial timber, and reduce the duty upon Baltic timber 505. making the differential duty still 305. It is exactly Lord Spencer's proposition. He expected to raise from that plan the sum of 75,600/. I propose to take it at 600,000/. I now come, Sir, to the other article, sugar. I am sure I need not call the attenti m of the House to the inconvenience—to the more than inconvenience, that for more than the last two Scars has been suffered by all classes, but more especially by the lower classee:. (Cheers)—from toe high price —the exorbitant price —of this article, which, if not a necessary of lite, is at all events one of the poor man's luxuries. This very circumstance, to which I alluded in a former part of my address, when I stated to the Committee the falling off which had taken place in Ireland, by the people leaving off spirits and taking to coffee and tea as a substitute, if we really see that by keeping up the Lieh price of sugar we would interfere with that which every man who has any preteesiens to be called a statesman must be ex tremely anxious for—namely, the introduction of sober and industrious habits amongst the people.—if you will look at ihat only I ant sure the Committee will be most anxious to allow the poorer classes to obtain something like a decent supply of this necessary article. I am not about to adopt any wild, or what my Noble Friend might call philosophical plan. I p ro p ose still to leave a considerable protection in favour of colonial sugar. I propose to leave a protection of 50 per cent. in favour of the colonies. The present duty upon colonial sugar is 245., plus 5 per cent. ; the duty upon foreign sugar is 635., plus 5 per cent., which amounts to an actual prohibition_f ar better to state fairly and honestly that they would not admit foreign sugar at all. I propose still to give the colonial produce a protection of 50 per cent. I propose to reduce the duty on foreign sugar to 363.—( Hear, and cheers. ) By my proposition, the duty on colonial sugar will be 245. per cent, plus the 5 per cent. ; the duty on foreign sugar will be 365. per cwt., plus the fo per cent., being exactly a differential duty of 50 per cent. for protecti sta. I have endeivoured, Sir, to go through the calculations necessary On this subject, and hive stated to the House what I think it probable the increase will be. I think it n o t i mposs ibl e t h ! i ncrease will amount to nine hundred thousand pounds, but I take it at seven hundred thousand pounsls. The sum the Committee recollect I proposed to provide for was 51,700,000/. The increase of sugar, if it realizes 700,000/ , and of timber 600,000/., will produce the sum of 1,300,0001., leaving a deficiency of 400,000/. My Noble at the commencement of the proceedings ruing announced to the House a be brought before them respecting "ash upon corn.—( Cheers and Nest of the deepest and - -It I am not willing the same time I, 4 to make, "art's of this L measure which «1 the duties which now at coutitcr-cheer?. ) This is asu gravest importance, and one win, to treat of in an incidental debate. At cannot overlook it in the statements I am ahoL. and certainly I shall have this sum of 40,0001. and up unprovided for, feeling satisfied that the proposition my Noble Friend has adopted for that sum, will be found a sufficient provision in the revenue derived from it. But whatever may be the tesult it is my determination to make up the revenue to the amount al ready stated, and if I cannot thus make provision for that sum of 400,0001 , I shall produce it by direct taxation. I have felt some difficulty as to the mode of dealing with this question, as I have been anxious to avoid as much as possible mingling th e subject o f re, eaue of the e iuntry with the discussion of so important a question as the Corn -laws: but at the same time I cannot conceal from mysell;l r can any gentlemin in this ELhuse conceal from In . m: r that this is a cpiesti in of principle.—( h ear , hear, hear. It in not a mere scrambling for sums of mooeytot I lee'e into the revenue, but it i 3 a question whether you give a protecting interest to those whom the subject conce:ns, or whether you will keep the law as it h at pre sent stands, and impose additional burdensupon.t e . popu_ If you take it in that the question . . that pro_ latton.—(Ministerial cheers.) view you must consider, not only toots the West Indian interest, or the Canadian timber in terest, but you must consider that the Principle of tl a' protecti in must be given to the w hich I growth consider of cor n . I s h a ll state those points may refer to the revenue of the c r untry, and my Righ t Hon. Fri !nd the R es id en t of the Board of Trad e w il , in his depart ment, submit to thd Committee such m easures as h e may think may to Parliament be with safety t o t h e revenue recom mendedamect for the revijot of the law which F riei~ _MORNING ~-~ - z-- is now in exis!cnce. I come before the House to state to them the state of tag" - "revenrtrs and of the income which will accrue in the present year; and I ask the House, for what I feel assured they will not refuse, I call upon them to make proper provision to preserve the good faith that is certainly the interest of this . country. It becomes a question iii whet mode the deficiency is to be made up ; and before I propose to them any direct taxa tion, whether it be one tax or another, I ask them whether they will be prepared entirely to refuse to consider the in terests of their own population ?—( Hear, and e;seera.) Or whether they will, by reducing these protecting duties/ ob tain what is required for the rever.us without adding to the burdens of the people ?—( Hear, hear.) This Revenue question you will have to answer by the vote which I shall hereafter have to submit to the House. But I cannot forbear from cAling the attention of the House some what to the position of trade, and to the advisability of attending to the subject which her Maje,sy 'a Government suggest to their notice. It is not now a question of mere abstract principle. You have at present a heavy deb'. Even if there were no deficiency to he made up, I should venture to recommend to the House to adapt a more libe ral p.licy with regard to this subject. Ido not ask them to adopt all the opinions which they may hear from different quarters, but I ash them to look to the present state of affairs.—( !Amu cheers from both sides of the House.) You have the Gerrnai League extenCing its ramifica tions, and etery year, if I mis'ake not, growing more inclined to protect its own manufactures, You have the American tariff—you have a treaty with Brazil, which must be the subject of negotiation. I can not but feel you are come to a most important crisis in affairs, and that upon the decision which this House may make upon these propositions must depend the success of your commercial policy. You may negotiate as you will, but what will be the answer which you will receive from abroad? They will tell you that certainly you press that their mar kets may be opened to you, but it has so happened that lately you have had the 'question brought be fore yourseltei—that it was a question not making an abstract claim upon you, but a question of whether you will raise one million and a half and mere by taxation, or by admitting foreign gods into the market, and they will tell sou that they hear what you say, and they see what you do. That you have wraten your own , condemnation—that is the answer that must be returned to you, although you may press upon them the expediency of adopting a high line of policy they will tell you that you yourselves are adopting a very different one. Sir, I admit that I have wandered from fee subject more immedia . ely before :tee to ore a h:ca a does riot atrie.ty belting , to it, but it is one in which I feel the grectest interest, arid which is of the greatest importance to this country, and one upon which I sincerely tort :list if there was any intention even to admit the produce of foreign markets, and proceed in a course of liberal policy, that this country may net delay and postpone the measure till they had passed the mark, and have nothing left them in the end, but to give way with regret and des pair. The Right lion. Gent eman resumed his seat emidat loud and general cheering. Mr. GOULBURN said it was impossible to have heard the statement of the Right Hon. Gentleman Lt 1:i out concurring with him in the opinion that we had ar rived at an important crisis of our affairs.—(Loud cries of " Hear, boas.") By the course of conduct which had bent pursued for the last five years with the revenue and expenditure of the country. we had arrived at a critical moment, when it was at last necessary to come to a determination whether that course was still to be pursued, or the revenue was to be placed it, a safe condition.—[Great interruption from Members leaving the House, and talking between the bar.— The Speakee ordered the Sergeant to remove Mem bers from the bar.—Mr. Goulburn at length proceeCed.l He had not had the slightest intimation that the measure of the Right Hon. Gentleman would be brought under discussion this evening, and he was net prepared to give an opinion upon it. Indeed the Right Hon. Gentleman himself had not given an opinion.--( Hear, hca-. ) Indeed be had not told the House bow he expected to raise the amount of revenue of which he spoke. He had said that he intended to reduce the duty on foreign sugar, and that he expected thereby to raise 700 000/ ; but hr did not say in what manner that sum was to be produced.—( Hear, hear.) The Right Hon. Gentleman had also said that the duty on corn was to produce 400,000/. But he had not informed the House whether or not that was to he in addition to the amount (1,200,0001. ) of last year.—( Hear.) He (Mr. G.) would decline for the present to go into the , several questions involved in the Chancellor of the Ex chequer's propositions; but at the same time he begged to be considered as perfectly free from any opinion one way or the other, until he had an opportunity of looking into documents and making inquiries as to the ground of the Right Hon. Gentleman's anticipations.—( Hear.) The accounts laid before them were even worse than be had anticipated. They had not received the accounts of the revenue until that morning, and what did they pre , sent ? a deficiency up to the end of the quarter upon the whole year of 1,850 000/. ; and they acre told that in the year which was to come there would be a deficiency to a similar amount. Let me call the retention of the House to the time when these gentlemi n came into office. They began with a revenue of 46,000,000/., while the expenditure was somewhat under 45,000,0001., leaving a surplus of above 1,000,0001. available for national purposes. What was the state of things at the end of the fifth year of their ad ministration ? The result was, that with a revenue in. created toforty.seven and a half millions, the rapid progress of expenditure had been so great, that they had not only got rid of the whole of the accumulation left in their hands, and with an aggregate deficiency of 5,000,000/., but even for the year which was to come: they were obliged to estinnate a deficiency of 2,000,000/. more. That was the state to which the Hon. Gentlemen opposite- had reduced the re - ..enue, That result -had been affeoted rya eourse of 4.4 F-.- proceedings akarrost which lie, - for me, liad'eonstiittly • , tested. lie had always contended for keeping the revenue in some degree of assimilation to the expenditure. In 1835 the Government had at their dis posal a nominal surplus of a million, a r,al ore of 600,000/. With that surplus they repealed certain taxes to the amount of 156,0001., and had added to the expenditure to the amount of 340,000/., which, together c sumed the surplus left to them by their predecessors. To gentlemen who denied the advantage of a surplus to our revenue he knew that would be no matter of complaint. In the year 1836 they had a surplus of about 1,000,0001., and what was the consequence ? Tney repealed taxes to more than that amount, and proceeding on tee principle that increase of expenditure should keep pace with deer,. ase of taxation, they added a million to their expenditure, so having a surplus of a million, they disposed cf, and plec rd the country a million in debt. In 1837, there was a deficiency of 650,000/. which was made by increased expenditure to nearly an other million of money, making no corresponding efforts to keep up the taxation. In 1838, naturally enougn, there was another deficiency, and, as he had almost said, naturally enough an increased expenditure of 400,000/. ;n 1839 the deficiency amounted to 1,500,000/. and added to that was the deficiency of previous years, amounting to more than a million, and leaving them in debt more than two millions. They then thought that a fit opportunity for repealing the duty on postage—( Opp- si. tion eheers)—thereby reducing the revenue 1,500,000/ , and acting contrary to their ordinary principles, they did thus reduce the expenditure about 150,0001: What must the consequence of these proceedings have been ? It could only he that at which the House had now arrived. They were now called upon to take extensive measures for putting the revenue of the country on a safe basis.—( Hear.) Now he, (Mr. G.) did not propose to quarrel with the estimate the Right Hon. Gentleman had made for the year to come. He would only retna-k that there was again consider a bl e i ncrease o f expenditure. With respect to the Post-office he now found a dis tinct admission that that measure had not answered the expectations of those by whom it was adopted. The Right Hon. Gentleman last year took the estimate of the Post-office at 530,0001. ; it produced only 413,0004 ; and what was the. estimate he took for the present year? Why nearly 450,000/.—( Hear.) It should be remembered too that a considerable revenue was now derived by the Post-office from letters that formerly passed under official franks. Looking to the financial accounts, they would find that the net proceeds of the Post-office had not exceeded 240,0001. He alluded to that, because he was anxious to caution the House, at a moment when they were called on as a financial operation to make a partial reduction in the duty. They our, h not to be led away too hastily by the stateatents made by the Government, without a close and accurate examination of the real case. As he was speaking of thin Post-office, there was one subject to which he would csll the attention of the House—the statement which wee made with respect to the Irish Post-office. It wns said that the net reveuue which the Irish Post-office brought into rho a venue was 6,0001. ; but on referring to the financial account that was receetly made, it wou ld b e f oun d t h a t the Irish Post office never could have paid an ythi ng i n t o the Exchequer, because the expenditure of that p os t-offi c e had exceeded not only the whole of the r ece ipt s , b u t the whole of that portion of the stamps that h a d b een se nt over from Eng land, and with which th e Post-office s hould be fai r l y ch age Y. tin the return made to th e H ouse the Right Hon Gentleman said that 6,0 001 ' had been paid , into the net revenue of the Irish Post-office; whereas the re a l case was, that 27,000/. had been sent over t he present year t o make up the deficiency which had taken pl ace in that inh,indepartment.g the estimateThelZisoght Ho otn. Gentleman, when men .l ,000/., did not say that that estimate *as made from art ap prehension of the n umber of lett ers b e i ng in creased, but that the numb er of t officers em ployed should be increased, to carry or, the busieess. Now, w hen the proposition for the re duction of the postage to one penny was made it struck him (Ur. Goulburn) that some of its effects would be to g , t rid of a great number of elrrks, and so lessen the expenses usually incurred. could not "QI off eri ng these few observations with. 1-ie to the derails of the revenue as submit spect 'douse by the Right Honourable Gentleman.. teal to th e ° had F e r the r easons u, • already stated, h e s h ou ld forbear,. until t he meas ures Were di s ti nct l y su b m i tte d to be consideration of the' House, from giving any op i n ion as to their effect the country, but w hen they were proposed he wou::. ! at once state b e a ns upon the subject. Mr. HUME said acre was much in the speech of the Chancellor cf the Exchequer which had given him satisfac tion, thouah there was much also %sher had caused Lim great regret. With regard to the reductions wh:elr were proposed to be made it was an instalment of that tvhick the people of England had long expected, and which the welfare of the ss hole empire required. But there was not one word of the Right lion. Gentleman's speech ck that night with respect to what appeared to him ( Mr. Hume) to be the first point for the House to consider, viz. whether there was to he any reduction in the heavy expenditure which created that excess. He could not help expressing his deep regret that in the present state of things that point had too been taken into consideration He would now make a few observations upon what had fallen from the Honourable Gentleman who had just sat down. lie quite agreed with that Honourable Gentleman that the great excess which had occurred in the re venue within the lan Six years R6B much to r .~ p. •• •1