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Notice is hereby given that on and after the 12th of May instant the Plans, Specifications, and Draft Contract for the ERECTION of the STATION at MANCHESTER for I'h.siengers and Goods, with the A.r.uroaches thereto, will be beady for inspection at the Engineer's Office, in Manchester; awl notice is hereby also given, that the DIRECTORS IN-ILL MEET at their Offices. No. 43, Piccadilly, MAN CHESTER, at twelve o'clock at noon of SATUKDAY, the 22d of May instant. to receive tenders for the same. Abstracts of the quantities of work, and printed forms of tender will be ftunished. Tenders must be sent in by twelve o'clock on the 22d May, after which no tender will be received ; they must be under a sealed cover, addressed to the Chairman, and endorsed "Tender for Works ;" and no tender except upon the printed form will be attended to. The Directors do not bind themselves to accept the lowest tende r; and they requ're the parties tendering to attend per *many, at noon, on the above-named day of meeting. THOMAS ASHTON, Chairman. Railway Office, Manchester, May 1, 1841 R. CREED, Secretary. REAT NORTH OF ENGLAND RAILWAY. The Public are informed that the GREAT NORTH OF ENGLAND RAILWAY is now open from YORK to DARLINGTON, for Public Traffic. The Trains will depart at the following Hours : FROM DARLINGTON TO YORK. a. at, 6 45 a.at.—TakingPassengers for London, Derby, Bir• mingham, Sh, field, and Manchester. 8 0 A.M.—Taking Passengers for London, Derby, Birming• ham, Sheffield, Manchester, Leeds, Selby • and Hull 12 30 P.M. —Taking Passengers for Derby, Sheffield, Man. ehester, Leeds, Selby, and Hull. 3 0. r. at. —(Mail), taking Passengers for London, Derby, • Leicester, Birm.nglaam, Sheffield, Manches. ter, Leeds, Selby, and Hull. 6 0 P.M. —Taking Passengers to York. FROM YORK TO DARLINGTON. 6 OA. M. --Bringing Passengers from York. 7 20 A.m.—(Mail), bringing Pasengers from London, Lei ces.er, Derby, and Sheffield. 9 35 A. 31.-tßringing Passengers from Manchester, Leeds, Selby, and Hull. 2 30 r. i►r. --Bringing Passengers from Birmingham, Not tingham, Derby, Sheffield, Manchester, Leeds, Selby. and Hull. 6 0 P. M. —Bringing Passengers from London, Birmingham, Derby, Sheffield, Manchester, Leeds, Selby, and Hull. Until further Notice, Passengers will only be booked as far as York, where the Carriages are changed. On Sundays only the Mail Trains run. FARES BETWEEN YORK AND DARLINGTON. PASSENGERS. HORSES. lat Class 12d Class liOn2Wheelsl THE LONDON, EDINBURGH, AND DUBLIN GUARANTEED MUTUAL and PRO PRIETARY LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 3, CHARLOTTE-ROW, MANSION HOUSE, and 19, REGENT-STREET, LONDON. 21, ST. ANDREW-STREET, EDINBURGH. And 64, FLEET-STREET, DUBLIN. The POLICIES are INDEFEASIBLE and INDISPUT ABLE, unless they have been obtained by fraudulent misre presentations. - Any important mistake, or even an unintentional omission, in communicating information, in answer to the numerous questions put by other Companies, has the effect of annulling the policy, and forleiting th, premiums—thus rendering it in general a matter of uncertainty (until the claim comes to be made) whether the policy be of any value. The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Assurance Company, determined to obviate whas they consider injustice to the assured, satisfy themselves upon the various questions proposed by them before they enter into the contract of assurance, and frame their po. licies in such terms as to preclude all future questions as to their validity, and thus render them indefeasible and indisput able nocuments of future debt against the Company. The po licies of this Company may, therefore, be regarded as certain available future funds, and as unimpeachab'e and negotiable documents for pecuniary transactions. ONE-HALF of the PREMIUMS MAY REMAIN UN- PAID for SEVEN YEARS, Affording a greater facility for Loan Transactions and Fa mily Provisions than any other plan which has been sug gested—allowing a Policy to be dropped at one-half of the usual sacrifice—and entitling the Assured at a future period, when loss of health may prevent him from obtaining a New A , surance, to continue a Policy for double the amount of the sum for which he has paid Premiums. The usual Commission allowed to Solicitors and `Agents, and Medical Gentlemen are in all cases remunerated fcr their reports. ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, Managing Director. CARRIAGES. 9s. l 20s. 1 30s. On4Wheelsi 1 2 I 3 20s. 130 s. 1365. Parties riding in their own Carriages, and Children under seven years of age, at lower rates. Carriages and Horses must be at the Station a quarter of ast hour before the Departure cf the Trains; and, to prevent disappointment, previous notice should be given to the Station lhe Company will not be responsible for Luggage, unless it is booked and paid for according to its value ; and Passen gers are particularly requested to have their Name and Ad dress fully marked thereon, and to satisfy themselves that it is deposited on the carriages. D. 0. BRIEN, Secretary. RAILWAY FROM BLACKWALL. The New Fast Iron Steam-boat " RAILWAY " will leave the BRUNSWICK PIER fer GRAVESEND, at Half past Nine, Half-past Two, and Half-past Six, on SUNDAY ; and will leave the TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND, for BLACKWALL, at Half-past Seven, Half-past Twelve, and Half-past Four. On AIODIDAY, and every other day next week, she will leave GRAVESEND at Half-past Seven, Half-past Eleven, and Half-past Three ; and the BRUNSWICK PIER at Half past Nine, Half-past One, and Half-past Five. During the week the Fast Boat " BLACKWALL" will be placed on the Station, and the additional times will be adver tised. FWltis by either of the Three Boats, " Brunswick," " Rail- _ way," or " Blackwall :" Chief Cabin, Is.—Fore Cabin, Bd. And on Sundays—Chief Cabin, Is. 6d.—Fore Cabin, Is. STEAM to HERNE BAY and MARGATE, from the BRUNSWICK PIER, BLACKNALL, on and after TO-MORROW. Bth of May, every TUESDAY. THURSDAY, and SATURDAY, by the following well known superior, fast, and favourite Steam-veisels, viz.:— For HERNE BAY, by the CITY o f CANTERBURY or RED ROVER, at a Quarter before Twelve o'Clock. MARGATE, by the ROYAL WILLIAM or ROYAL GEORGE, at a Quarter before Eleven o'Clock ; and by the CITY of CANTERBURY or RED ROVER at a Qu arter before Twelve o'clock. Passengers by the Half-past Ten and Half past Eleven o'Clock '1 rains of the Blackwall Railway, from the I%linories, will be in time fir the above Steam-packets These boats will commence running daily very shortly, of which due notice will be given. THE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET. THE FIRST PUBLIC EXHIBITION of MONSIEUR MOINAU'S PATENTED CLOCKS, which are kept in perpetual motion, without winding up ; also the PATENTED CLOCKS, worked by VOLTAIC ELEC TRICITY. The DISSOLVING VIEWS, by C.IRY, with appropriate music, are exhibited at One o'clock, Half-past Four o'clock, and in the Evenings, after the MICROSCOPE, at Ten o'clock. The PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS, and the numerous novelties in Working Models, and other Works which display eminent art, science, and ingenuity. The Di ver, Diving Bell, Popular Lectures, and Experiments. Opens at Half-past Ten o'clock. Admission, One Shilling. IMPORTANT TO ADVERTISERS. THE STAMP RETURNS f o r 1840 p rove that THE WEEKLY CHRONICLE publishes every Week a number more than equal to 4 Examiners, or 7 True Suns, or 5 St. James's Chronicles, or 7 Britannias, or 54 Spectators, or 1 8 Bell's New Messengers, or 54 Mark Lane Expresses, or 9 Arguses, or 54 Watchmen, or 9 Evening Mails, or 54 Ji hn Bulls, or 9 Atlases, or 64 Observers, or 10 Planets, or 54 Eras, or 13 Ages, or 6 Globes, or 16 Shipping Gazettes, or 6 Standards, or 16 Evening Chronicles, or 7 Records, or 29 Couriers, or 7 Patriots, or 32 English Chronicles. The advantage to Advertisers is therefore obvious. ( Ace, 337, Strand. FREEHOLD RENT OF £B4. PER ANNUM. I‘l[lt. G. EYRE BROOKS will SELL by AUCTION, by order of the Trustees for sale, at his Gallery, 28, Old Bond -street, on TUESDAY, May 11, at 12, the FREEHOLD DWELLING-HOUSE and WARE HOUSE, situate 12, High Holborn, opposite Middle row, in the occupation of Messrs. Lancaster and Co., woollen-drapers, let at 841. per annum on lease, of which years are unex pired, b u t est i mated to be worth 1301. per annum at the least, and its value will be further increased if Middle-row be pulled down. Particulars may be had at Garraway's ; of Mr. John Hart, solicitor, West Cowes ; of Messrs. Walmesley, Keightly, and Parkin, 43, Chancery -lane ; and of Mr. G. Eyre Brooks, sun leyor, 28, Old Bond -street. C°TTLE'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 them valuable to all, and in valuable to children. In Is. lid. packets, with a synopsis on thesr qualities, by a SuTgeon. Hannay and Deitrichsen, 53, Oxford-street, and all Chemists. No. 36, OLD BOND-STREET, and No. 1, OLD JEWRY, CITY. rrHE VOICE CONDUCTORS invented by -L. 31r. E. SOLOMONS are the most powerful instru ments for the relief of deafness. From their minute construc tion, and convenient form, deaf persons are enabled to wear them entirely unseen, and they may be inserted and removed with the greatest facility. By their use the lowest whisper breathed at a public assembly vibrates on the organs of hear ing in such a pleasant manner, as to afford the greatest relief to those labouring under the distressing ailment of deafness. 114. E. SOLO3IONS' PATENT SPECTACLES possess the advantage of modifying bright and strong light transmitted through the various humours of the eye, so as to render vision most perfectly distinct by day, or lamps or candles at night, conveying also a sense of coolness and pleasure to the organ, with the additional recommendation of being free from the per nicious attributes of common glasses. Their superlative ex cellence is attested by the following and many other eminent practitioners, who have examined, used, and recommended them in preference to all others : Sir Anthony Carlisle, F.R.S., Langham-place. Sir Benjamin C. Brodie, Bart., F.R. S &c., Saville-row. Sir James E. Anderson, M D., 11, New Burlington-street. James Johnson, Esq., M.D., Suffolk-place. Bransby B. Cooper, Esq., New-street, Spring-gardens. J. G. Andrews, Esq., Surgeon to the London Hospital, St. Helen's-place. C. Aston Key, Esq., St. Helen's-place. John Scott, Esq., 10, New Broad-street. C. J. B. Aldis, Esq., Old Burlington-street. J. Copland, M.D., F.R. S., Bulstrode-street, Manchester square. R. Keate, 15, Albemarle-street. Titus Berry, Chester-terrace. E. W. Duffin, 14, Langham-place John Stephenson, 38, Conduit-street. J. T. Conquest, M.D., 13, Finsbury-square. William Coulson, Frederick-place, Old Jewry. Martin Ware, New Bridge-street. /Or. Blair, Physician to the Sassey County Hospital. John Lawrence, Esq., Surgeon, ditto. Richard Nliddlemore, Temple-row, Birmingham. John S. Soden, !lath Infirmary. Tweedy John Todd, Esq., 31. D., Grand Parade, Brighton. Andrew Plummer, Esq., 31. D., Old Steyne, do. Brewster Seabrook, Esq., Surgeon, Eye Infirmary, do. A. Martin, Esq., N.D., Rochester. Samuel Newsom, Esq., NI. R. C. S., do. Dr. Chisholm, Physician to the Kent and Canterbut y Hospital. Henry Deane, Esq., Surgeon, do. J. Hodgson, Esq., Oculist, Eye Infirmary, Birmingham. J. J. Ledsam, Esq., d o. do. do. Professor Hufeland, Physician to the King of Prussia, Berlin. Professor Kreysig, Physician to the King of Saxony, Dresden. Professors Clarus and Kuhl, Oculists, Leipsic. Professor Ponitt, Oculist, Dresden. ;Doctor Schmeisser, liarnburgh, Ja , ,nes M'Donnell, M. 1)., Belfast, Ireland. J. Woodroffe, M. D• , Cork, d o. (sullen, M.D., do. do. 'l'. L. Mackey, M.D., Waterford, Ireland. Al. Poole, M D., do. do. W. Gore, M.R.C. S., Limerick. do. =utio ne d aga i nst some unprinci- The publi c are respectfully pled empirics who have asrowed Mr. E. S.'s name and pro fession, and are from his immediate neighbourhood, and, with the most unblushing effrontery, issui ng from the daily press puffs about " N e wly-invented Spectacle Lenses," and Hearing Instruments, which are fraudulently set forth as pos sessing the most wonderful powers. The Glasses are highly detrimental to the sight. The names of some obscure apothe caries and others are used in this absurd quackery, to deceive th e public into a belief that these pernicious glasses possess some very su;‘ernatural powers. These common Lense s may he purchased for one shilling the pair, and for which the snost exorbitant charges are exacted by the parties, against whom th public are now respectfully cautioned. 11r. E. S. has re eeived fur his invention " Rciy, al Letters Patent," and the pa tronage of the Royal Family. Observe —No. 1, Old Jewry, City: and No. 36, Old Bond fircet, Piccadilly, No. i 5, 85. CALEDONIAN ASYLUM . , Incorporated for SUPPORTING and EDUCATING the CHIL DREN of SOLDIERS, SAILORS, and MARINES, NATIVES of SCOTLAND, who have died or been disabled in the service of their Country, and of Indigent Scotch Parents, resident in London, not entitled to parochial relief. The TWENTY-FOURTH ANNIVERSARY FES TIVAL of this INSTI FUTION will take place at the Free masons"favern, Great Queen-street, on TUESDAY, the 1 ith May. THE CHISHOLM, President of the Highland Society, in the Chair. Supported by his Grace the Disks of Argyll, the Hon. Fox &tattle, M.P., Commodore Sir C. Napier, K. C. 13., Members of the Highland Society in the Highland Dress, and uther distinguished individuals. Dinner on Table at Six o'Clock precisely. Tieke's, 20s. each, to he had of the Stewards; of the Di rectors ; at, the Bar of the Tavern; and of the Secretary, at the Institution, Copenhagen-fields, Islington. JOHN LEES, Secretary. CHURCH OF SCOTLAND. The FRIENDS of the CHURCH of SCOTLAND are earnestly requested to MEET in Willis's Roorns, King street, St. James's, on MONDAY the 10th instant, at one o'clock, for the purpose of affording the Deputation from Scotland an opportunity of explaining the present position of the Church, and removing some of the misapprehensions which prevailin regard to the principles and objects of that Church, as,wellas for the purpose of expressing approbation of the reme dial measure introduced into the Howe of Lords by the Duke of Argyll. The Marquis of Breadalbane will take the Chair at one o'clock. ONDON AND WESTMINSTER J MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, No. 448, WEST STRAND. PATRON. The Most Noble the Marquis of WESTMINSTER, K. G. CHAIRMAN-DAVID SOLOMONS, Esq. DIRECTORS. Richard V. Barnewall, Esq. W. Ewart, Esq. W. Gabbett Beare, Esq. 'Colonel Jourilan, Esr. Major W. Bird Bleamire Henry M. Kemshead, Esq. Joseph Blunt, sen., Esq. Taverner J. Miller, Esq. Robert E. Broughton, Esq. Samuel Oxenham, Esq. David Caldwell, Esq. Philip Solomon,, Esq. Henry Moret on , Dy er , E sq . Ad mira l Shi ppar d Henry C. Moreton Dyer, Esq. IPearson Thompson, Esq. This Society is founded upon the principle of mutual as surance--a principle which experience has proved to be the most beneficial to persons effecting assurances. Forms of Proposals and Prospectuses, with the Rates of Premium, may be had on applicatior. at the Office, 448, West Strand. FRANCIS EWART, Secretary. PUBLICATIONS. THE OXFORD TRACTS. Now ready, price One Shilling. THE CONTROVERSY BETWEEN 1 TRACT No 90, AND THE OXFORD TUTORS. " Strike, but hear." London : How and Parsons, 132, Fleet-street. In a few days, THE BISHOP; A Series of Letters, or Episcopal Conduct to a New Prelate. In one volume, small Bvo. AIR. JAMES'S NEW NOVEL. This day, in 3 vols. post Bvo., pike 1/. I Is. 6d., C o R S E DE LEON; or, the Brigand. By G.P..R. JAMES, Esq., Author of "Henry of Guise," &c. 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Lord PO RTM A N presented a petition from Wellington, in Somerset, for an alteration in the Poor-laws ; also a petition from the parish of Christchurch fur the total and unconditional abolition of Church-rates. In the prayer of this last.petition his Lordship did not concur. The Earl of HARE WOOD presented a petition against any alteration in the sugar duties from the inhabitants of Port- Royal and other places in Jamaica; and a similar peti thn from ceiti,in West India proprietors and others, agreed to at a public meeting held in the metropolio. The peti tioners stated that if Slay.-grown sugar wc►e admitted into Ergland, the ; roprietors t ithe island of Jamaica would be unaule to carry on those measares of improvement which they had lately begun. They also felt that the contemplated alteration would Le an encourage ment to the slave trade a hid' this country bad made such great sacrifices to suppress. The Earl of MO UNTCA SHE L presented a petition to the same effect, agreed to at a public meeting convened by the Colonial Society held yesterday. The mectirg was attended by men of all parties, who were unanimous in their condemnation r f a change in the duties on sugar. Earl FITZ WILLIAM said that the Noble Lord bad stated that Whigs, Tories, and Radicali, were unanimous on the object for which the meeting had been convened; but he (the Earl of Fitzwiiltam) did not think that such a subject should be estimated by the principles of mere party. It was, in teality, a question between the people at large and a small number of monopolists on the other. In dividuals of any party might be influenced on many occa sons by unjust and selfish motives. The Earl cf MOUNTCASHEL denied that the mo es of the petitioners were merely ,of an interested nature; but at the saTae time they claimed a fair protection for their property. '1 he Noble Earl then presented a petition from the Island of Antigua, signed by planters, labourers, and men t,f all classes, ag.dost the importation of slave grown sugar into this country, for competition with that o: the West Indies. The Earl of RADNOR expressed an opinior, on the authority of Mr. Gurney, a traveller in the West Indies, that free-grown sugar could compete with slave-grown sugar. The Eail of Al OUNTCA SIIEL said, on the con trzoy, that such was the cheßpness of slave-grown sugar that it could be sent over to this country and ratted, and afterwards tent back to the West Indies and sold at a lower rate there than the jree 7 grovsn sugar. Lord LYNDHURST presented a petition from t' c island of St. Vincent, signed by the President of the liuti.e of Assembly, Members of Council, and other in hat itatits, praying that the protection offired to our West India colonies niignt be continued. Lord ELLENBOROUGH presentei a similar peti tion from the Virgin Islands. The Marquis of DO WNSHIRE presented a petition, numerously signed, from the town and neighbour hood of Belfast, praying for the abolition of lay pa tronage in the Church of Scotland; and petitions from Athlone and other places in the county of Dawn, to the same effect ; also a petition from a congregation of Sec( - ders in the same county, praying that a system of educa tion, in which the Bible would be taught, might be hare duced into Ireland. recourse to such a measure merely for self-protection, and in order to encourage native agriculture. He had no desire to discuss the whole question ; he thougt it would he better they should wait till it came expressly under their consideration, and not bring in discussions night after night upon the presentation of every petition. The Earl of R A DNOR obteosed that tic dis cussion had been introduced by the Noble Lord op posite ( Laid Ashburton), and not by his Noble Friend ( Earl Fitz william) who had merely presented a petition. The Noble Duke bad said that the Corn-laws were passed for the protection of British agriculture; but they did not in reality /Jou' that protection, as under their operation the price of corn varied to such an extent as to be alike injurious to the farmer and the consumer. The Earl of WAR WICK said that it seemed to him that the Noble Earl opposite ( Earl Fitzwilliam), by read leg the peti im, and by g:ving notice on the subject, had ins i'ed the present discussion. It was his opinion that the petitioners had no right to complain that the present Corn alws had led to a derangement of the currency ; inas much as the advocates for repeal themselves wished for an alteration in the currency, and he could state from his own experience that it was expressly on that ground the Corn law Repealer; of Manchester agitated the question. The Marquis of L A NSDO WNE deaied that the mea sure proposed by her Majesty's Government was intro duced for the purpose of agitating the country. There was never, in fact, a more unfounded assertion than that. The Government might be wrong in the views they had taken on this question. They might, in the pol cy which they advocated, adopt views that might appear dangerous to many Noble Lords, but he would say that there never was a proposition more delibe rately introduced on its merits, less suddenly adopted, or taken up with a more attentive reference to all the circumstances of the case, than that which had been now made. Her Majesty's Minister!, for the protection of trade and of the agricultuie of the country, had found it necessary, with their eyes open on the subject, and without a desire to create unnecessary agitation, to in troduce a system opposed to that of their predecessors, and determined on substituting another for it. No per sons wished more than they did to see the matter con ducted with calmness and with a perfect abstinence from all appeals to the passions of the multitude. He should observe, that it was never imputed as a crime to former Ministers that they had introduced alterations in the system adopted by other Ministers. Lord Liver pool, for instance, had introduced a change which excited the passions of the country in a violent manner, without finding his motives for the course pursued questioned by any one. In like manner Mr. Canning proposed a modi fication of the system of Lord Liverpool, while no one imputed to him that be wished to inflame the fcc'- ings of the nation. All these eminent persons were induced to overlzsek the inconvenience of agitation in the magnitude of tits occasion ; and her Majesty's Government bai also the:ight the time was come for the revision of the present system. They were aware that that should not be rashly or lightly under taken, but there were times and occasio'ee connected with the general commerce of the world which made it ne cessary fur nations to review their systems of commercial pcliey. Lord ELLENBOROUGH said that the Noble Mar• quis had denied ti.at the present proposal of the Govern ment was undertaken for temporary reasons. He wished, however, the Noble Marquis would enrich history by stating the day they came to the resolution they had formed on the subject. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that it had been with Ministers the subject of long consideration, and that it had not teen taken up at a recent period, but had been an object of much deliberation. Lord ASHBURTON did not wish to impute to the Government a desire to excite agitation in the country, but in his opinion the course they had taken would lead to that result, whatever might have been their intentions. A NOBLE LORD on the Opposition benches wished to know at what period of the Session any notice had been given, in either House of Parliament, by the Ministry, which could lead any Member to believe they contemplated any alteration. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that an intima tion to that effect had been.giveri before the Easter holi days. 'The notice, however, had been a general one, to the effect that the whole question of the trade of that country would soon be brought under the consideration of Parliament. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, MAY 7. The SPEAKER took the Chair at the usual hour. POLLOC AND GOVAN RAILWAY. Mr. ALSTON presented two petitions in favour of the Polloc and Guvan Railway Bill. Mr. WALLACE presented a petition from 1,638 in. diiiduals in the neighbourghood c.,f Glasgow against the Bill. Mr. ALSTON having then moves the third reading of the 13111, Sir G. CLERK said he wished to submit to the House a close in order to ensure the safety of the inhabitants of j that part of Glasgow through which the railroad was to pass by requiring that the railroad should be carried by a viaduct over the Glasgow and Paisley Turnpike-road. It would be greatly inconvenient to the inhabitants of the t awn, that the railroad should be permitted to pass through that great thoroughfare on a level. No doubt the promoters of the 13;ll thought they had a reasonable ground of complaint against those who opposed it, because that opposition bad only been manifested during the latter stages, but the fact was, that when the Bill was first brought in, and until it had been printed and read a second time, they had no idea of the extended powers in tended to be conferred by it. It was true that when the subject was discussed, the House bad been of opinion that there was no necessity to refer it back to the Committee on Standing Orders, but it was net until that period that the attention of the people of Glasgow had been called to the undertaking. Had the question been one of mere private interest he would admit that in such a stage of the Bill the opponents of it ought to be pre cluded from making any alteration, but in the present in stance the safety of the inhabitants of Glasgow was con cerned, whose lives would be endangered if the railroad were permitted to pass in the manner proposed. It would, in fact, be a deplorable public nuisance, and as the parties principally affected were in the humbler classes of sc ciety, the House was bound to take their case into serious consideration. The Committee had been aware of the cecessity of granting them protection, and therefore inserted the clause giving the Company power to carry the turnpike over the railway. But the road was in fact a Eir.et, and could nut be reiied without destroying and damaging property to the amount of 35,0001. The only way of providing for the public safety was by insisting on the Company forming a viaduct. He should therefore move a clause prohibiting any traffic on the railroad until it should be either carried over the turn pike road by a viaduct, or ui der it by a tunnel. The clause was then brought up. After a few words from Mr. HASTIE, Mr. WALLACE said the real state of the case was, that the existing lire of railway was to be made the me dium for conveying three oth,r litres. He complained that reinter Paisley nor Glasgow had been heard lefcre the Committee in opposition to the Bill. He had a letter from an individual residing in the neighbourhood, who stated that not less than six lives had been already lost there. What wag the proposal ? Why that in place of a viaduct the railway should cross the turnpike road. He would show the House the inconvenience which was likely to result from such a course by a plan which he had procured. [The lion, Member here exhibited the plan to the House amidst cheers and laughter By a viaduct all the inconvenience would be dune away with. lie did not believe that a more sel fish or unwarrantable job than the present had ever been brought before the llou'e. If these powers were wanted for the public interest he would not care so much, but the fact was that it was a pri v ite interest altogether.---(Loud cries of .• Divide, di %Pe.") The lion. Gentleman showed a plan of the various Railways which were proposed to join and carry their traffic into and along this miserable little line. What would lion. Members, or persons having property in Bridge -street, close by, think of a bridge being carried across it, thereby destroying its trade, and shutting up its shops, yet that case would be quite analogous t o th e proposition contained in this Bill. lie would with plea sure give his support to the clause of the lion. Mem ber for Stamford. Mr. li INDLE Y complained of the frequent and viru lent opposition given to this Bill. The whole of the selected Members had agre d upon the clauses as settled in the Bill. If they were again to he considered and sealed by the House, they the sooner the system of selecting Members u nacquainted with the locality, there fore independent, the bet ter, for it would be a complete farce and waste of time. Mr. ALSTON said, as Chairma n o f th e C omm i ttee, and ore of the se lected Members, he wished to put the Howe in possessi.rtt of the real facts o f tl.i s case . I n place of Comp my asking by their Bill for great powers, they only asked for the power of raising more money in order to pay off debt`, arid to lay down heavier and broader rails. The advantages to Glasgow by its means would be to reduce the price of coal 25 to 30 per cent. If it was a new railroad he would not c insent to allow it to cross any road on the level, but that was a power they already possessed by Act of Parliament, and surely it was not to be taken ea ay from them in the arbitrary man ner prop .sed in the clause of the Hon. Member for Stam ford. The selected Members were unanimous in favour of the proposition made by the promoters of the Bill, to carry the road over the railway by a bridge. Mr. LOCKHART s upported the clause. Mr. BROTHERTON said that all the selected Mem bers were unanimously in favour of this work, Every thing that could be thought el had been done to protect the public. Mr. HORSMAN o pposed the clause. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and tie House divided, alien there appeared, For the clause ................... 162 Against it... 5O Majority' .• -1 12 Other clauses were then added, and the Bill passed. TINSLEY AND DONCASTER ROAD BILL. Mr. WRIGHTSON moved the second reading of Tinsley and Doncaster Road 11.11. The Hoir. Member made a few observations, which were totally inaudible in th... gallery. Sir G .STRICKLAND moved as an amendment that the- Bill be read a second time that day months. After a few words from Mr. LA SCELLES and Mr, CHARLES WOOD,, the Amendment was with drawn, and the was ordered to be committed. IPSWICH DOCK BILL. Sir D. J. NO RRE YS brought up the Report of the Ipswich Docks Bill. Mr. SEIEIL moved that the consideration of the report should be postponed to Friday the 14th May. lie con sidered the Bill a most obncaious one, and he was opposed to the whole system of distinctive duties. Mr. KELLY was unwilling, in the present state of the House, to gO into a discussion of the merits of the Bill. but he thought that the postponement proposed by the Right lion. Gentleman was too long. After a few wcris from Mr. LABOUCHE RE, it was agree) that the further consideration of the Report should be postponed till Thursday next. On the motion of Mr. HODGSON HINDE, the Great North of England Radaay Bill wus read a third time. The Henley and Dorchester Road Bill was read a third time and passed. Mr. HU TT presented a petition from Hull, praying for an alteration in the Corn-laws. Mr. O'CONNELL gave notice, that in the Commit tee on the sugar duties he would move a resolution to the effect that any diminution on the duties of foreign sugar should be strial% limited unto sug,r the produce of tree labour, and not to he extended to sugar the produce of slavery.—(ClTors from the Opposition.) Colonel SIBTHORP gave 'notice, that, in the Com mittee on Simultaneous Estimate:, he could move that no payment of anv sums of money should be allowed to be made to Mr. William Vizard. Mr. GOULBURN gave notice that on Monday next he should move for a copy of the memorial Presented by the House of Assembly of Jamaica, on the subject of tba re duction of the duty on foreign sugar. Mr. BARNEBY moved — that the returns ordered b the House on the 3d of March ou the subject of Ma; Cozvlies be made TOttliwitit. CHURCH EXTENSION. Mr. O'CONNELL begged to ask whether it was the intention of the Right Hun. Baronet the Member fur the Unitersity •f Oxford to introduce any measure on the subject of Courch Extension. He begged a!so to ask, whether the Right Hon. Baronet could give the House any information as to the number of additional churches he meant to propose, and what the probable expense would he? Sir R. INGLIS thanked the Hon. and Learned Member for giving him an opportunity of repeating in a full House the notice he bad previously given in his speech, and which he had repeated more formally in tue votes. It was his intention on Tuesday, the 18th instant, to call the attention cf the House to the subject cf . Church Extension. With respect to the number of churches, and the probable expense, he trusted the House would suspend its judgment until he brought his motion forua,d. CHINA. In reply to aquestion from Lord ELLENBOROUGH, Viscount MELBOURNE said that it was impos sible for him to tell what might have been the terms ultimately agreed to with the G.vernment of China. But unquestionably they had sent out information that if a definitive treaty should hove been concluded according to the preliminary articles which they had received, that it would not be satisfactory to her Majesty's Governmer.t, and that they would not advise her Majesty to ratify such a treaty. That decision was taken here, and not by the Governor-General in India. The Duke of WELLINGTON wished to ask the Noble Viscount whether the island of Hong-Kong had been taken possession of ? Viscount MELBOURNE said that he believed it had, Lord ELLENBOROUGH asked whether Chusan had been evacuated by the British troops or not. Viscount MELBOURNE said he could not say; but orders bad been sent out to re-occupy that island in case it bad been Evacuated. SITE OF SCHOOLS BILL. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE moved the second reading of this Bill. The object of the Bill was to allow in certain eases the sale of property for the erection of public schools. In reply to the Earl of MOUNTCASIIEL The Marquis of LANSDOWNE rtited that the Bill would not extend to Ireland, but vra; confined to England. The Government had the care of Ireland as regarded the subject under their coniiieration. The Bill was then read a second titre. THE CORN-LAWS. Earl FITZWILLIAM presented petitions from Ken dal and Halifax, praying for a repeal of the Corn-laws. The Noble Earl also presented a petition on the same sub ject, of which he had given notice yesterday, from the town of Leeds ; and considering the great import ance, and the station of that town, be hoped their Lordships would allow him to read tips petition. (The NoLle Earl then read the petition, the substarn e of which was, that the present Corn.laws were based in the opinion of the petitioners on the baneful principle of benefitting a particular class at the expense of the community— that the most severe and extensive distress had resulted from those laws during the last three years—that they ILA led to an immense destruction of manufaetining capital—to severe imitations on the part of the labour. ing classes, and to a derar gement of the currency, which had injuriously effected both public and private credit. The petitioners also stated that the laws tended to encou rage rival manufacturers in other countries ; and they concluded by praying for a repeal of so injurious a system of monopoly. The petition was signed by 25,000 persons which was in fact the entire adult male population of Leeds. Lord ASHBURTON expressed his regret that the Ministry bad, by the announcement they had made on the subject of the Corn-laws, stirred_ up so much ill blood and bad feeling in the country as would be sure to result from the agitation of the question, particularly at the pre sent period, when the country was already di,tracted by divisions on Church-rates and Poor-laws. He should observe that the agriculturists of this country had not at any time fur centuries been left without some protective lawn. At so remote a period as the year 1463, the importation of foreign corn was prohibited, when the price was under 15a. 1011—a sufficiently li . gh sum for that time; but in tho year 1670 imp , nation was prohibited until the price reached 533. 4d. There was a fur ther increase in the protective duty in the reign of King Willfam, and subsequertly at various periods laws had Leen passed of a similar tenc'eney. The fact was that it was net protection that was novelty; the novelty would be in withdrawing protection. It should be remembered, toe, tht.t there was no country in Europa in which there were not some provisions made for the protec tion of native agriculture. If it were said that other coun tries would be ready to open their ports for our manufac turer, in ease we admitted their corn, be thought that the supposition was a roost erroneous one. He would be ready to put the whole question on that issue ; and if he could be assured that Prussia or France, or any other country on the Continent, would make to us the slightest concessions in return fur a repeal of our Cern-lawn, he would not press his opinions on the subject. He was convinced they would make no concessions ; and it:would be idle to en tertain any hope of that nature. If the Corn-laws were repealed a small country like England could not still hope to manuracture for the rest of the world. Other nations should have their share of trade; and the most dependent of people would be those who looked to others for their supply of food. That would be the most miserable of si tuations. The Earl of WICKLOW observed that the petition presented by the Noble Earl (Earl Fitzwilliam) was by no means a petit on favourable to thu ps,jeet of the pre sent Ministry, of which, however, he believed tl.e Noble Earl approved. For his part. he thought that when the pe titioners became acquainted with the intentions of the Government they would be ready to agitate in opposition to them, as they not want a fixed duty, but a total aboli tion of all protection. The Earl of FA L M 0 UT II expressed his belief that t're question would not be settled even if the Government measure were adopted, but that that would be but a first stcn touards a total repeal of all Corn-laws. The Duke of W ELLINGTON said that notwithstand ing ti e opinion so often and so confidently put forward that no one could support the present Corn-laws, he wished to say a few words on a measure which he him,elt had the honour of introducing to their Lordships. He thought it too bad that this description of vituperation against the landed interest should be repeated every night, whenever a Noble Lord had petitions to present. It the Noble Lord oppmite (Earl Etzwilliarn) thought that there was no well-grounded expectation of a decrease of rent by a repeal of the Corn-laws, he should not be surprised that the minds of other men were not so enlightened as his own ; and he might admit that they could have some other motives for desiring a continuance of those laws besides the dirty moti‘o of self-interest.—(Hear, lie.ir.) The landed interest was said to be a debtor to the public in consequence ot those lows ; and urge, the Noble Lord was as large a debtor as any other Member ot their Lordships' House. But he (the Duke of Wellington) did nr t bel eve that the Ci rn laws had b• en maintained Er the purpose r f keying up high rents and filling the pockets of Noble Lords. They ha.. been maintained, in his opinion, for the purpose of gisiug protertion to agriculture, and in order to render this country independent with respect to it, subsistence— ( Hear. hear)—in relation to sill other countries. It was perfectly true, as stated by his Noble Friend behind hint (Lord Ashburton), that for centuries English agriculture had enjoyed some tom or another of protection, arid the objet of all the enactments on the subject was, he would repeat, to render this country independent of others for its supple of food. That was the object for wi ich the sys tem of 1828 bad been introduced, and it anti upon that principle on which it had ever since been supported, at least it was the principle on which it was supported by him, and on which he would continue that support. It was perfectly true that there was not a coun try in Europe in which Corn-laws were not to be found. pealed, derN• r t o h m e R a u . s e i c a, t(i P i d r u of s- If the laws in England we w r o e ul r d ey the quantity of corn they Sir, and other parts of the world; but were there no Corn-laws in thesecour.tries? Had not the Noble Lord men tioned a law lately en acted or system r proclaimed u s lied in ,arid thrice countries, altering tie whole prohibiting the exportation of foreign corm? tie wculd not blame other nations fur prohibiting the exportation of corn c;tber in tirne of peace or of war, They might have SUGAR DUTIES. Mr. W. GLADSTONE presented a petition from the Island of St. Vincent against the proposed plan for with drawing protection from the West Indian Colonies. Mr. 'F HORNE LY presented a petition from the mer- chants of Liverpool trading with the Brazils. The peti tiOiers had heard with great satisfaction the proposal of the C42ntellor of the Exchequer to reduce the duty on foreign sug:tr.—( Ministerial cheers.) Mr. A. CIiAPMAN presented a petition from the shipowners of Lond9n, who viewed with great alarm the measure fur the introduction of foreign sugar, which, in their opinion, would be prejudicial to the interests of hu manity.—( Ironical cheers from the Ministerial benches, followed by loud cheers from the opposite side of the House.) They stated that every pound of sugar brought in from foreign countries would displace the carrying of one pound of sugar from their own Colonies. Mr. LABOUCHE RE presented a petition from the American Chamber of Commerce at Liverpool, in which they expressed their highest gratification at the proposition of the Government, which, if carried into effect would tend greatly to lighten the burdens and increase the trade of the country, and they prayed that the whole system of our commercial code might undergo a thorough revision. They expressed their opinion to be, that the reduction of our imposts would be beneficial to the beat intersts and the urgent necessities of the country. Mr. LOCK HART presented a petition from the Cham ber of Commerce in Glasgow, against the proposal of the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Mr. J. W. WOOD presented a petition from the Ma. I gistrates, bankers, meretiants, and manufacturers of Ken dal, stating that they hailed the proposed measure of the Government with the utmost satisfaction. Mr. CR ESSW ELL presented a petition from the West India merchants of Liverpool, objecting to the in troduction of foreign sugar, on the ground of humanity.— (Laughter.) They stated that the late high price of sugar had been caused by the late measure of eman cipation, and that the difference of the price had merely gone through the medium of the planters into the puekets of the emancipated negroes.—(A laugh.) They states that the cost of the production of a hundred weight of sugar in the Brazils was 10s. 6d., while in our West India Colonies that suns' was paid to the negro for labour alone. They further stated, that with the sugar which would come front the East Indies, and the supply from our West India Colonies', there would be importation enough ta afford an adequate supply fur the people of England. The petitioners also expressed the opinion that if the pro posed measures were adopted the immense capital invested in the West India trade would be sacrificed, that cultiva tion would be abandoned, that the avidity of the slave dealers would be stimulated, and a fearful addition made to the number of their victims. They, therefore, prayed for a Committee of Inquiry on the subject. Mr. C. LUSHING'f ON presented a petition, which the Hon. Member said he believed was signed by every (me of the firms engaged in the sugar trade in London, and who were also connected with the interests of the re fined sugar trade throughout the country, stating that the petitioners approved most highly of the proposed mea sure of Government with respect to the sugar trade, and praying the House to reduce the duty on foreign sugar. Captain MATHS W presented a petition from the Co lonial Society signed by 1,000 persons who were con nected with all the colonies of the British Empire, stating that they had heard with dismay of the intention of the Government to reduce the duty on foreign sugar, a mea sure which the petitioners said they believed would directly tend to increase the evils of slavery, and the petitioners therefore prayed the House not to sanction the pro. posed reduction in the duty on foreign sugar. Sir S. L US HINGTON presented a petiion from the British and Foreign Anti-Silvery Society, which, he ssid, was first signed by Thomas Cleitson—( Cheers)—stating that they heard with deep ri.gret the propusition of the Chancellor of the Exchequer tor the re;;luction a o t f h t a h t e the Sugar 1./Jtieg.—( Cheers.) 'I he I.etitionets thoos is evitable effect of the reduction would bo to :ncrease the horrors of the slave trade, to aggravate the sn ,',..eries of slavery. They prayed the House in mercy to those sv:'ose interests were concerned, not to sanction the measure. , Lord STANLEY presented a petition against the pro• posed alteration in the sugar dwies, from the merchants of Glasgow trading with the West Indic. The petitioners stated that the proposition of Ministers would confer no adequate benefit upon any claw., but would materially check the rapidly incicasing production of sugar in British ludic.—( Hear, titan) Tney deprecated the measure on the whole, as encouraging slavery in its worst forms. 51r. CRAWFORiS presented a petition from mer chants of the City of London against the proposed al teration of the Sugar Duties. Lord PO WERSCOURT presented a petition from Bath to the same effect. , . Mr. H U TT presented a similar Petition from Gateshead. Mr. A GLIONB Y presented petitions from Wigan and other places in Cumberland and Westmoreland, against the present system of distinctive and restrictive duties. Mr. BIZ 0 niERTON presentad a petition from the inhabitants of Astitun-under-Lyne, complaining of the pre sent Commercial Tariff of this country as highly oppres site and ruinous to the working class, a, and p.a .) nig for a revision and rednetion of the Import Duties. Sir IZ. PEEL presented a petition from 403 West India) planter:, on tire subject ot the proposed ait,ratruri of the Sugar Duties. lie had thought he should best consult the wishes of the House by extracting the sub stance of the petition. The petitioners stated that they relied with entire confidence on the intentions of the Le gislatur,.., that the great national work of Slave Emanci pa; ion should have a full and fair trial,—th rt they had la boured to promote the object, in perfect good faith, and at a sacrifice of much capital.—( Hear, hear, hear.) They stated that their burdens had been increased by the establishment of police and the augmentation of the eccle siastical expenditure to the amount of 200,0001. and up wards, and that the measure proposed involved a great loss of capital anti obstructed tic progress of civilizrtiou amorg the emancipated populution.—( Hear, hear.) The petitioners stated, mat in their opinion the measure was not justified by high price or Made• quate supplies ; for that the importation of sugar from the West Indian Colonies during the last few years had been regular, and fur the last twenty one years had averaged 181,000 tons annually, The estimated imports fur the West Indies, East Indies, and the Mauritius was 240,000 tons, and efforts were now making to extend that amount.—( Hear.) They stated that they cid not think the proposed measure could be justified either by the present or by any prospec tive prices, the present price of sugar being 375. 7Ad. per cat., being a fall of 12s. per ewt. in price since the commencement of the present year. That while the exports of British manufactures to the British West Indies amounted to upwards of 4,000,0001. in value annually, and the exports of British manufac to Mauritius and the East Indies amounted to 4,748,000/. annually, the exports of British manufacture to the Bra ids and the foreign West Indira amounted in value only to the annual value of 3,543,000/., and th it the commerce with the East and West Indies and the Mauritius gav e employment to the Bri.iir shipowner an ad vantage which he did not enjoy I rorn the com merce with the foreign West Indies, and they therefore prayed the House not to conieut to any measure for re ducing t h e amount of duty p a y a bl e on t h e i mportat i on o f foreign sug ar.—( Cheers.) Mr. O'CONNE LL presented a petition, &gned by the Lord Mayor of the city of Dublin as Chairman of a meeting of a respeetAle body of West India prop: ietors, deprecating any reduction in the duty on foreign sugar because, first, it would interfere with the experiment now carrying on for the substitution of frou labour fur slave labour in the \y ea ladies ; second, it would i nter f ere w i t h t h e experi ment now carrying on for the introduction of sugar from the East Indies; and thirdly, it would tend to the aucnsen tation of slavery in foreign countries. Mr. GOUL BURN presented 27 petitions against any alteration in the sugar duties, twenty- six of which were from the Island of Jamaica, and one from the Island of Tobago. They were signed by all the proprietors on the islands, and all prayed against any reduction in the duty on foreign sugar. They stated that they believed it would be impossible to make any distinction between foreign sugar, the product of slave-labour, and the product of free labour—that such reduction would in duce the Wands from their present high state of cultivs_ tion—that by it slavery would be encourAged, and negotia tions for the suppression drblavery with foreign slave-hold ing States would be rendered more dacult in consequence. CORN-LAWS. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said—ln answer to the question of the Hon. Gentlemari, with respect to the duties on corn, which I mean to proncke on the House going into Committee, I beg to sz.y, that on wheat 1 pro pose to lay a duty of Bs. per quarter, on rye tos., on barley 4s. 6d., and on oats 3s. 41. Lord DARLINGTON said—l suppose that the inhabitants of this country are no longer enti.led to any commercial protection ; however I am perfectly ready to meet the Noble Lord upon the statement he has made. It is not for me to say whether the Nob!e Lord has taken this course at his own suggestion, or whether on the other hand he may have adopted the advice of a very sage counsellor, who is known in cases of emergency, by a significant toss of his shoulder, to give strange advice—(Cries of " Name")—or whether this course is the consequence of the return to this House of an Hon, Gentleman who had distinguished himself in the cause of humanity, and whom the electors of Nottingham have gained so much credit for themselves by elec - ing.—(Cries of " Oh, oh.") Whether from one or the other of these causes, or from all of them in con junction this course resulted he cared not, but this he ven tured to prophesy, that the Noble_Lord would not by any trek of that sort affect the landed interest of the country. —( Cris, of " Oh, oh,” ironical cheers-from the Mi nistcr:al benches, answered by counttr cheers from the Opposition.) PRICE sd. WAYS AND MEANS. The Order cf the Day on going into Committee on Ways and Means having been read, Lord J. RUSSELL rose and said—Sir, in moving that you do now leave: the Chair, I think it incumbent on me, owing to the notice given by the Noble Lord—owing to the discussions that have taken place out of doors— owing to the attitude that has been assumed by various parties, both political and commercial, with respect to the question, to state to the House the general reasons that have influenced the Government in the adoption of the course they have recummended--( Hear.) Sir, I agree with the petition presented a little while ago from cer tain inhabitants of Bath, that this is a question not to be looked at merely in a commercial and financial view, because if it were of that nature, I should willingly leave it in the hands of my Right Honourable Friend near me, by whom it would be treated with far more knowledge of the subject, and far more perspicuity in stating the views of the Go vernment; but I consider it as a great national question.— ( Hear, and loud cheers.) And there never, perhaps, has been submitted to Parliament a question which will be more important, not merely to the finances of the realm, not merely to the commercial regulations of the present time, but for the conduct of the finances of this country, and for the regulation of the comme•cial affairs of this country for a long time to come, than that which I am now about to propose. ( Hear, bear, and cheers.) Sir, I cannot, however, commence my observations on this subject, without adverting to that which I know has been said, and which no thing but the mast inveterate hostility to the present Government, and an entire ignorance of the characters of the members of that Government— ( Cries of " Hear, hear," from the Opposition benches, followed by loud cheering from the Ministerial side)—l can not commence my observations without adverting to the assertion which has been made that this question was taken up at the spur of the moment on the day before my Right Hon. Friend brought forward his proposal.—( Hear, hear.) Sir, I say that a long habit of hostility to the Government, and a total ignorance of the character of my Right Hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the other members of the Government, may form some palliation of such assertion, but the assertion was one which should never have been cast upon them.—(Chews.) The Government knew full well this was a subject of the deepest interest. They were fully aware from the com mencement of the present year, that the irate of the finances would require some course to he adopted which in other views would be consistent with the character of the country, and the future stability of our trading and commercial interests. Sir, this question naturally occupied much of our time and long deliberation—the difficulties, the objections, such as had been stated te-night in many of the petitions, were carefully and fully weighed; they made a great impression on some members of the Government and on myself but after a certain length of time it was thought necessary to come to a decision, and the general decision was taken urn grour.ds, which I shall afterwards state to the House that these three great questions of corn, sugar, and timber should be undertaken, for the sake of the revenue, by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and that I should give notice to tee House that, as a question af fecting the protection to the landed interests— affecting the general welfare of the country—that I should bring forward a proposal of the alteration of the Corn-laws. Sir, that resolution was taken before my Right Hon. Friend the President of the Board of Trade gave notice of his resolution with respect to colonial duties—( Loud cheers)—and that notice, I observe from the Votes, was given on the 11th of March.—( Cheers.) Sir, I thought it not right, certainly, that the question should be brought forward before we knew at the end of the financial year, the clear return cf revenue as compared to the ex penses; but I thought it right to state, when those re solutions were under discussion, which I did emphati cally—( Loud cheers)—that all these questions relating to monopoly and restriction bad been under the serious con rideration of the Government, and that • the Government were united on them, and that the measure would be brought forward when necessary.—(Cheers.) I may state that on the very day the Budget was brought forward by my Right Hon. Friend, I received a letter speaking of the Budget as a matter that was settled by ,the information I then conveyed, and that not from a gentleman residing 50 or 60 miles off, but from the Noble Lord the Governor-General of Canada. —( Cheers.) hope, Sir, it will no longer be attempted to be palmed upon the country that this resolution was a sudden one— one taken up on the spur of the moment, or for party purposes.—t; Loud cheers.) Let are state further, Sir, that in making that derision to which the Government came, we were riot ignorant of the vast interests, aided by a vast portion of the community, that would be brought against us—we have to-day seen with how much tender ness those who import timber from Canada view the in terests of the negro—(Cheers and laughter)—with what horror the landed gentlemen who oppose the introduc e,` foreign corn at a fixed duty, which I do not conceive any a ::•eence of protection—( Cheers)—with what horror they look ;'Don the sufferings of men forced from their homes to 'socome slaves in a foreign land. I know, Sir, v :.ith what disadvantage I stand here, having to represent no large body of ,non connected with ce'' umercial interests not speak ing the sense of any merchants combined and associated, and having au - Irscriptions, and ad vertisements, and meetings, regt:larly partial, when I am speaking in behalf of no other body, than that which is often a very helpless body, on this oc casion— the great mass of her Majesty's subjects. —( Loud cheers from the Ministerial benches)—whose interests, whose well-being, whose fortunes, are deeply involved in this great question.—(Cries of Hear, hear.") Sir, in adverting to all these subjects I must not, I cannot, allow the House to separate from its consideration the position in which the Government was placed in regard to its finances. There have been many questions of great interest relating to foreign affairs, to our colonial interests, to the state of the c e suntry at home, which called for and required an increase of expenditure. It had become necessary in the opinion of the Gonrnment to arrive at some safe settlement of a question which had long menaced the independence of the Ottoman ?one. It had become essential to the honour of the British names to ask for the redress of injuries inflicted upon British subje,ets in the dominions of the Emperor of China. It was nec,n sary to suppress an insurrection which had broken out in Canada, the result of legislative arrangements hallo century ago. At one time our domestic tranquillitywas threatened, and when we resolved to meet such dangers without recur rence to laws of extraordinary coercion, it was necessary to have a sufficient force in her Majesty's army to preserve the tranquillity of the country. With respect to all these measures I know not that this House has differed in opinion from the Government. With respect to each it may be that some Members of the House disapproved of the course pursued, but with respect to all of them they were supported by a great majority of the House of Com mons. Of course if these efforts were to bo made you are to consider the success which has attended them, and the meens of providing fur the incurred cost. With respect to the success of the measure adopted with regard to Eastern affairs, I think that the means employed have been attended with most speedy and satisfactory results.— ( Hear, hear.) With respect to Canada, the insurrectioa which had raised its head was promptly put down, and we have every reason to hope that the inhabitants of the co lony will continue firmly loyal to the British Crown.— ( Hear.) With respect to our domestic affairs, tranquillity was established without going beyond the ordi nary laws of the country.—( Hear, hear, and cheers.) With respect to Chins, I must admit, that o ur r o e s Wong are still in an unsettled state. But so far the exhibition of our naval end military force wa s concerned, it has been attended with the usualti success and triumph of the British arms.—( Loud cheerar.c)tSoir,we now come necessarily to consider, how and Ac to . pro vide for the cost of these efforts—(Hear , . vilide _ ar _ ) . — . provide the means by which that cost is t .t io n: . Ines cording to the statement of my Regh . 1 He t . A ttie essi e r: e I s ccoa n pvmareerdy Chancellor of the Exchequer , there is a deficiency of 2,400,0001. in the revenue of the last year, h.) with the expenditure.—( Hear, ear. well understand that the opposition, o f whatever ;Memb ers.e it might be composed , whether of gent ; men now sitting on this side, or upon t he other—(Cheers)— m i g h t say that the plan of the Chancellor of the Exchequer was mis taken—(Hear) —an d that the scheme was wrong iii pn- • civie l —( Hear, hear.) But that the y shoul d r efuse to give any opinion, when th e e Budget was brought f orwar d , and s hould now, when i t is proposed to go into a C omm i ttee o f the whole House , merel y att e m pt to give a ne ga ti ve to the proposition of the Government, without intimating what they would themselves adopt—( Ironical cheers.-from the Tories)—that course, much as the Right Hon, Gentle man (Sir R. Peel, we believe,) may deride, is net whit becomes any great party—( Loud cheers)-kqeset certainly more factious than anything I ever hcaill Sir, I am not saying that the Opposition ought to state the measures which, in their opinion, would be the test to be adopted, to restore the finances—( Cheers)—and that they should indicate the taxes to be put on, or the sources from which the revenue was to be derived.--(Cheers.) But, Sir, this is a question of opposite principtes.—( Hear, hear.) his a question whether we cannot raise the funds required by some small and petty mode of taxation, or by a general improvement of the trade of the country.— (Cheers.) It is true, Sir, that there is another mode of maintaining the finances—by raising a loan for the present year; but, Sir, considering that it might be expedient to continue the army and navy on their present footing, we did not think it becoming to have recourse to a loan.— (Cheers.) But if Hon. Gentlemen opposite think that the raising of a loan was the course which ought in b e taecn, I hope they will not hesitate to dee' ire thew opinion. Now that was a course which would not have been cre ditable to any Government, But when we came to con sider that question we had to oppose to it a further alter native, namely, whether it was not possible by diminishing excessive protection—( Hear, hear) —by giving to the people of this country additional means of purchasing, not the luxuries, but the comforts and the necessaries of life— ( Hear, bear)—to obtain a revenue which would meet the deficiency which bad takeu place. We came to the (pi nion that that might lee done. For the moment that we had deliberately formed this opinion it would have been wrong for us to have proposed to the House a direct tat, either on the property or assessed taxes hying upon the people of this country large additional hurthens when there were means obvious to our eyes by which those ad ditional burthens might be spared, and the people at la. oe be not oppressed but relieved. This, therefore, was the; opinion to which we came, ;a course which was more likely to lead the Government into difficulties than perhaps either of the three courses which I have named, having to meet such vast interests—having to meet the additional feeling which the Noble Lord has embodied in the re solution which he means to propose. But we could shrink from three difficulties—( Hear, hear) —we could not, when my Right Hon. Friend had shown by his calcu lations that from sugar and from timber, by means per fectly just and legitimate in themselves, which had been often acknowledged and asserted to be so—a large revenue might be obtained—we could not refuse to propose such a measure to the House. I now put this question to the Heuseewhether, beinp prepared to consider sugar and tim ber with a view to revenue, we should have been justified in saying "yes, we propose these questions as quce tions of revenue, but there is another great in terest where we think the protection given is a serious grievance to the people of this country e --a protection which is net for the advantage of the great landed interest itself, who appear to base so thought— a protection which might be changed arid modified for the benefit of the country, not only as a gre.,t manufac turing and commercial country in its rivalry with other nations, but also ultimately for the benefit of the land owners and the growers of corn in this country"—l say, if having this opinion we had stated, that we were prepared to touch two of these great interests, but that we shrunk from touching the third—( Hear, hear)—l say, could we have met the House of Commons, I will not say with the same chance of support, but could we have met it with the same confidence that we are proposing good and right measures, and measures which, one day or other—( Loud cheers from the Ministerial benches)—will be a new foundation for the continued prosperity of this country ? Sir, we could not have met this House with the same con fidence, if while we had proposed two of these changes we had become alarmed, and in consequence been deterred from bringing forward the third.—( Cheers.) Sir, I will say but a very few words respecting those mher two mea sures, which are not at present so immediately before the House. With respect to the timber duties, I may state that in a correspondence with my Noble Friend the pre sent Governor-General of Canada, I had stated to him what were the views and intentions of the Government on this subject. He, as was very naturally to have been ex pected, replied that the adoption of such a course would place him under increased ditliculties—( Loud cries of Hear, hear" from the Opposition)—but that there was a measure which had been frequently in discussion between us before the departure of my Noble Friend fur Canada, and to which I will not now further allude, by which, without burdening the country, great relief might be given and great improvements made to property in Canada ; and if he were able to hold out the hope that such a measure would take place, he thought that, on the whole, Canada would be a gainer.—( Hear, hear.) Sir, with regard to the other question—the question of corn—[ have stated the duty I mean to propose, which is not, as the Noble Lord proposes, an entire absence of all protection to The landed interest. It is, on the contrary, such a protection as with the prices of corn in foreign countri..is, the ex pense of bringing corn to this country, and preparing it for the market, would, I think, keep up a steady price of 50i. or a quarter; and, at the same time not ex pose the country to those ruinous fluctuations—( Cheers) — by which at one time corn is subject to a prohibitory duty, and at anetber, by a skilful and artificial arrangement of of the averages an importation of foreign corn takes place at a tiomitial duty only.—( Cheers.) I now come, Sir, to the consideration of the question on which my light Hon. Friend intends to bring forward his motion in the Committee of Ways and Means, and the first thing I think it necessary to state wtth regard to the present duty on foreign sugar is the principle which we wish to see adopted. The principle, Sir, we wish to see adopted is the removal of prohibition (Cheers)-- and the imposition of fair and honest dut es.—( Loud and continued cheering.) The prohibition is injurious to the people of this country, and the production of the article itself is nev.r so good as in a state of competition. Nuw, what is the duty on foreign sugar at present? It is 63 , . per cwt. which, ex cept in some very rare instances during a short time in the course of last year, completely excludes foreign sugar from this market; so much was this the case, that whet at certain periods, as is the year 1815, it was thought proper to admit foreign sugar into the market, a special Act of Parliament wa-s passed for this purpose. I am not now inquiring whether there onght or ought not to be a pro hibition of all foreign sugars. lam not now saying that; but the proposition which I make, and to which this prin ciple applies, is one which is supported by what was stated this evening in the various petitions which were presented to the House. It is that proposal which was made by my Right Hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer that there should be such a protection as would enable growers of colonial sugar to sell their sugar in a fair competition. If you add to the 22e. which you may take as the price of the foreign sugar in bond, the duty of 37s , it will raise the price to 595.-51 s. is the fair price at which the peti tioners to this House state that they aie able to sell West India sugar. Now if they are able to introduce sugar at 515., what necessity is there to introduce foreign sugar, which will be only sold at the same price, or at a higher price? It may be asked, might we not as well avoid so doing ? The answer to the question is, if sugar should rise, as it has hitherto done, to 68s. per cwt. the public would have no remedy against the high price; they would not be able to counteract the high price by any competition, and thus a great grievance would be inflicted on the people. Now, Sir, with regard to the general principle of com petition. I think if I were to point to instances, there are so many with regard to the benefits accruing therefrom that I should weary the House by stating them.—(Hear, hear.) But I know no reasons why these instances should not apply, and I will mention two. Its the commercial treaty of 1786 the earthenware of England was admitted into France, and a gentleman who travelled there shortly afterwards stated that since the introduction of that earthenware the French manufacture had been greatly improved, and they were able to produce something like the English ware.—( Hear, hear.) Another instance was given by Mr. Hume in his evidence before the Committee or, Import Duties. For some years after French cloth was admitted into this country the English manufacturers imitated it, and sold it as French cloth, and it succeeded very well, being a better and cheaper cloth than they had ever sold before ; and such was the consequence of corn petition.—(Hear, hear.) The same thing happened with regard to a measure proposed by Mr. Huskisson, who ad mitted silks and gloves into this country at a reduced duty. On that occasion it was stated that the manufacturers would be ruined, our English silks and gloves bring so much inferior, whereas On consequence was an improve ment of these manufactures, and an extension of them , although it was said that they would be ruined. And what was the case with regard to sugar? We h ave it in statements which have been made to 1110 repeatedly —es e d some of which I shall read to the House. They were furnished in proof of the effect of the abolition of slaver), in the improved methods of cultivation tbat were employed. So long as slavery existed, n othing could be worse or more careless, or more b ar barous, than, than I , ll ° mode of cultivation ; in fact it was a complete monopoly ; but since the abolition of slavery we k av e . the produc tion. of various methods of improve d h ave time ago, som d e here a memorandum which was drawn UP with regard to the effects of emancipation! and ono point a stipendiary Magistrate refl. 3 to coffee. Mr. Grant, cultivatum. ' machine, for clearing o f ts:anchester, refers to a great saving of - c off ee , which would effect contend with much better. 1114- a and d with strong I I le utroducing the in - ac l l h e ' e u ; had to cosi statesnuel thataen d perform the e r . y hY t ha N t V a c i s a t g dice, ridicule, a ; id spathe's that e other points, and I Conte e ff or ts are p le a b i t India and it is clear contend that planters upon tbie . o :_ eliee . the competition—that ad"' 5 ! countries may b • c Introduced into coffee grown in other eo them to exe • exercise their a nd this country, will mai n e wa which bent in tua. y their ha y ve always stimulate t h e lu s t Engli shmen themselves ...l's to originate in all mat tersalway! show n themselves nature. Thee nith respect to the pro.. I think we say a in the hest place you have it prietorie the House that the price he wishes to o • • stated tois about p rice at which L e o same n be introduced into En su gar _ gland ; if that a mount o f duel. 11/ n ot sufficient, that is a question for a Committee of this House. What I want to see is the principle that. i t shall be possible that the price in the English market shall not be an excessive price. Such, then, will be the condition of the West India planter. He will not have to come into competition such as his friends dread, but merely into competition such as they admitted themselves at one time would leave them still masters of the market. Now, Sir, I come to another part of the question, one upon which I think the House ought to lay the greatest stress—to which we must all attsch the greatest interest, and upon which I wish to make some statements, I mean with regard to the effects of emancipation.—( Cheers.) I think, Sir, that having to discuss a question upon which theme is so much opposi tion, the House, with me, will be happy to dwell for a moment upon some statements which I think must be gra. tifyiug to all patties, that whatever other effects may ass° been produced, the great act cf emancipation, which this country so nobly carried into effect, at the great sacrifice of twenty.miilions, has been upon the whole the most sue, cessful experiment that has ever taken place affecting the i nteres t s of 80,000 people. It is impossible to read with. out the liveliest gratification the state is which the negro hb o „ er s are, the manner in which so many of them are acquiring a ll the comforts of live and becoming pro. prietors* IPM• 11 pottions of land,—(Cheers.) Perhaps