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EVENING SUNt CONTRACT FOR SALT BEEF AND PORK, DEPARTMENT OF THE COMPTROLLE:; FOR vicTUALLING AND TRANSpoRT iERVICES, SOMERSET PLACE, Arm sr 0, IS4I. THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUT ING the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND do hereby give Notice, that on THURSDAY, the 23d of September next, at One o'Clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to CONTRACT for the supply of a quantity of" SiLLT MEAT, of the cure of the United Kingdom, equal to 15,000 Navy Tierces of Beef, and 16,000 Navy Tierces of Pork (in separate I Tenders), all to be cured in the ensuing season, their Lord- I Ships reserving to themselves the power, when the Tenders are I opened, of contracting either for the whole, or for such part thereof, only, as they may deem fit, or of not contracting for an}tart. fhe said Meat is to be delivered, three-fourth parts thereof in tierces, and the remaining one-fourth part thereof in barrels, into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford, Portsmouth, Plymouth, and Haulbowline, in such proportions as shall here after be directed ; and within the following periods:— Beef, Two-thirds Ist March One-third. On or before the 31st 1411 Y 1842 Pork, One-third 31st March Two-thirds 31st May and to he paid for by bills payable at sight, hut not during the first period of delivery, for any quantities beyond those speeised. The Conditions of the Contract may be seen at this Office, or by applying to the Agent for the Victualling at Cork, or to the Collectors of her Majesty's Customs at Limerick, Bel fast, Waterford, and Newry, or to the Secretary of the Post master-General at Dublin, or to the Resident Agent for Trans ports at. Leith. No Tender for a less quantity than shall be equal to 300 Tierces of Beef, or to 300 Tierces of Pork, will be admitted; but all Tenders for such small quantities will be accepted, if at a lower price than that for which larger quantities are offered. No Tender will be received after One o'clock on the day of treaty, nor any noticed unless the party attends, or some per son on his behalf, duly authorised in mat ; and it is to be expressly understood that the Tenders mat contain a separate price for the Beef, and a separate price for the Pork ; and that every 'fender must also specify the prices both in figures and words at length, or the Tenders will he rejected. Every 'fender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left hand corner of the envelope he words Tender fur Salt Meat," and Comptroller for Victualling," and must also be delivered at Somerset-place, and be accompanied by a letter signed by two responsible per sons, engaging to become bound with the person tendering, in a sum equal to 25/. per cent. on the amount of the Contract, for the due performance of the same. NEW ZEALAND. SURGEON SUPERINTENDENTS WANTED. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the NEW ZEALAND COMPANY do hereby give Notice, that they require the services of experienced SURGEONS for the following SHIPS, which w►ll be dispatched next month to their Second Settlement at Nelson, viz.:— MARY ANN, LLOYDS. FI The Surgeon,for the Ship Lloyds must be married' and ac companied by his wife ; and the iloas and estimonials are to be sent in before Wednesday b ne p at, m the Testimonials are to be sent in before Wednesday next, the Ist of September, addressed to the Secretary. Particulars of terms may be ob tained. By order of the Court, F. DILLON BELL, Secretary pro tern. New Zealand House, Aug. 25. ONDON and BRIGHTON RA ILWAY. 41 OPEN from LONDON to HAYWARD'S HEATH; from thence per Coach to Brighton. Daily Trains down to Brighton , Morning, past 9, past 11 ; Afternoon, past I, and 5 o'clock. Daily Trains up to London, Morning, 7 and 9 ; Afternoon, past 12., and past 4. Sunday Trains down to Brighton, Morning, 8 ; Afternoon, it' past 5. Sunday Trains up to London, Morning, 7 ; 'Afternoon, .past 5. Fares—First Class, 15s. , Second Class, lls. ; Children Under ten years of age, half-price. The Trains stop at all the intermediate Stations, if required, to set down or take up passengers.. As only a limited number of Passengers can be conveyed throughout from London to Brighton, places must be secured by booking them the day previous, at the principal Booking Offices. On the day of departure places can be secured only at the London-bridge Station, in the event of the limited num- , ber nut being full. A daily down Train, at 9 P.M. for Croy don only, and on Sundays a down Tra in for Croydon only, at 6, and at past 9 r.ar. Fares to Croydon—First Class , 2 s. ; Second Class, ls. 6d. By order, THOMAS WOOD, Secretary. Aug. 18, 1841. PATENT PERRYIAN PENS.' These Pens having been submitted to the test of public opinion for many years, are acknowledged to stand pre-eminent for the great superiority of their manufacture. The care be stowed in perfecting them to suit every description of writing, renders them cheaper than the ordinary pens at a lower price. Their adoption in the Government and other Public Offices,: Banks, &e., with their great and increasing sale, is sufficient, evidence of the high estimation in which they are held. Sold on Cards, with Medium, Fine, Extra Fine, or Broad. Points. Each Card'bears the signature—"JAMES PERRY', and Co." N.B.—Some Pen Manufacturers, taking advantage of the. namense demand for these Pens over all others , have been im posing spurious ones upon the public, for whose protection, and for the protection of the Patentees, TWENTY POUNDS REWARD will be given on conviction, for information of any person or persons infringing any of the Proprietor's patent rights. PERRYIAN LIMPID INK. This Ink has a flowing property peculiar to itself, and does not corrode Metallic Pens as other lnks.—ln Bottles, 6d., Is., and 2s. each. Sold by JAMES PERRY and Co., Patentees and Mann -ilkkcturers, 37, Red Lion-square, London ; also by all Sta tioners and other Dealers in such Articles. • THE APERITIVE FOUNTAIN procures in a few minutes a passage of the bowels merely with a little water, which ought to induce Persons to relinquish pur gatives, the habitual use of which eJentually produces more mischief than even costiveness itself. This little apparatus is superior to all lavement machines, irasmuch as it introduces no air, never requires any adjusting, may be concealed (when filled): in a lady's reticule or a gentleman s pocket, and is so simple that the most infirm may use it without assistance, and it will not get out of repair in any climate ! EAR ASSIST ANTS TO THE DEAF , by a graduated scale, produce such a variety of effects, that any individual may employ exactly the degree of power that his deafness requires, according to the distance, whether in public or private. The Conversation As sistants are worn in the ears without being perceived. Ap plications (if by post, should state particulars, and inclose an order for payment) to Messrs. PINE and ROOFF, Managers for Dr. Scott (the Inventor), 369, Strand, three doors from Exeter Hall. Descriptive Drawings, with prices, of the Ape ritive Fountain and Ear Assistants, sent post free. CAUTION. MANY Shopkeepers, of mean and dishonest principles, try to impose upon the Public cou nterfeits of ROWLAND'S MACASSAR OIL," composed of the most pernicious and trashy ingredients ; some offer them under the hire of being Cheap; others palm ihern surrepti tiously upon the unwary as the " Cienuine' —the Label, on in spection, will be found to be minus the " te in the Signature and the Countersign. AS A PROTECTION FROM SUCH IMPOSITION Observe—That each bottle is enclosed in a " New Label" from Steel, by Messrs. Perkins, Bacon; and Co., on which are these words—in two hues—" Rowland's Macassar Oil," and the Signature and Address of the Proprietors in Red . thus— A. ROWLAND & SON, 20, Hatton-Garden, London. Counter-signed ALEX. ROWLAND. On the back of the Label are the words " Rowland's Ma cassar ad" written nearly 1,500 times, containing 29,028 letters. The lowestprice is 35.6 d.—the next 7s.—Or Family Bottles, containing four small, 10s. 61, and double that size 21s. per bottle. "i' 4 . Be sure to ask for " Rowland's Macassar Oil." A FACT. MECHI'S MAGIC STROP is known to have sharpened Razors when all other means have failed. Those who doubt it can ask their friends, and if they pnrchase, and are not satisfied, may have their money returned. They are cheap-2s. 6d., 3s. 6d., 4s. 6d., and the very large sizes 5 3 ., ss. 6d., and 6s. 6d. each. The MAGIC PASTE is 6d. and Is. per cake. Upwards of 150,000 -Strops and one million and a half of Paste have been sold in the last six years, which is a pretty good proof of their excellence. There is a little fact, however, to notice, which may prevent much disappointment and a good deal of pain : sundry unprincipled persons, desirous of sharing Mechi's good fortune, without being entitled to it, have made up thousands of common strops, calling them " The Magic Strop," " The Double Magic Strop," " The Real Magic Strop," &c. and so on, taking care not to put on Mechi's Magic Strop. Now, by noticing the name " Mechi" on each Strop, with the address " No. 4, Leadenhall•street, London," you are sure to be right, as the law will not allow them to put MecLi's name on the spu , ions sort. These imitafion Strops are manufactured in large quantities at Sheffield, and shipped to a considerable extent to America and the Colonies, and it is to be feared that in too many instances the buyers are not aware they are deceived, although they find them of no use in sharpening, which is a considerable injury to Mechi's good name. Most respectable Perfumers throughout the United Kingdom will supply the Genuine Strop as cheap as if purchased at Mechi's. His ma. nufactury is at No. 4, Leadenh.ill.street, London, where may be had his famous Bagat elle Tables, Dressing Cases, and Papier An n a-rhe Goods,; also his a pp roved Razors,' Penknives, and Table Cutler y , Catalogues may be had Gratis. COPAIBA and CUBEBS ENTIRELY SUPERSEDED —WRAY'S BALSAMIC PILLS, a certain, ss f e, and the most speedy remedy ear disred , for lir Pernian, nt and e fi cc . ua i cur e of gonorr hoea, g eets cove , strictur bat weakness, whites, ta' ns in the loins, affections of the k do vs, gr..vel, rheumatism, lumbago, local debility , irritation of t 1 b he u e bladder or urethra, and oth er d i seases ' of the urinary P assa i' es np . - cei'ented succe-s the h as ; t t en d e d the admini stration of these pills, since they were made public. has acquired tensive than any o her proprietary medicine ext.ii , ; and the circum. for them a sale more ex_ stance of their entirely obviating the necessity of having . recour , e to those disgusting, nauseous, and, in many c,ses, ik ines ( as copaitia, cuhebs, & e. ) has obtained to them a advertised unequalled unequalled in ti .e annals of medicine. Prior to being advertised highly injurious me these pills were employed in private practice in upwards Of / ses since, cases, many of them mo s t inveterate—in many thous I nd ca and in no one instance known to - ail, or to produce th ose unplea r sant symptoms so often ex pe ri enced while taking crpaiba, and that class of medicines usually resorted to sn the.e cnmpl 'lets. T e h Proprietor pledges himse lf that not o ne particle of copaiba, either resin or balsam, cuhebs or any deleterious in gre di e nt enters their composition. Copaibs and cuhebs have long been the mosr COM rrioni, employed medicines in the above complaints ; but, from the 'uncertainty in their effects, together with their utter inefficacy in many eases, are fast declining in reputation ; and from the unplea sant symptoms in . ariubly prod. - ced from taking copaiba, especially in the ear y stage of the complaint, many of the most able inoctln practi.hners condemn it as dange rous, and a medic ine not to be de nen• ed upon. Many perso ns, after having suffered mere fr om th e effec.s of the remedy than the vi rulence of the disease, and afte r a patient I ut painful perseverance, have beets compelled to relinquish its we, the whole system having necome more or less affected, an d the disease as bad, if not worse than at the cen-nmencement. As re gards euhtbs, it is true that those violent effects are not experienced as while taking copaiba; but they seldom effe t a core, sinless more active medicines are admleistaged. The Isalsamic Pills arc free from any of the above oniectiods ; they act specifically on the urinary pas sagf s; and, from their tonic propertirs, tend to strengthen the sys_ tern and improve the general health. They require neither con fi ne must nor alteration of diet (except abstinence from stimulants, Where considerable inflammation exist.) ; • and, as experience has amply proved, thee will effect a cure sooner than copaiba (the well - gerous remits of which, in the inflammat or y Wages, are too well known to need further comment), or any other medicine in present use, and may be justly considered the only safe and efficacious re medy in all stages of those nisorders. In addition to these advan tages, the very convenient form in which this invaluable preparation is offered to the public must also be considered a tlesie'eraturn. • Prepared only by M. 0 Wray, and sold wholesale and Jetail, at 118, ;at the West-end Depot, 344, Strand, one dour from Catherine-street, London ; and for the accommodation of Ship pers and Seafaring people, at No. 8, Darkhouse.lane, Lower Thames street. May also be had of all respectable Medicine Venders in town and country, at 2s. 9d., 4s 6d., and I ls. each box. Patients in the remotest parts of the country can ba treated suc cessfully on describing reinutilv their ease, and enclosing a remit tatioe for medicine, which cats be forwarded to any part of the woi Id, Ksirely packed, and carefully protected fronr_olmervation. _~ No 15,2 0 ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITU TION, REGENT-STREET , NEW LECTURES on the DAGUERREOTYPE and PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS, with Illustrations, and a full Explanation of the Chemical Process adopted. On BAIN'S ELECTRO-MAGNETIC PRINTING TELE GRAPH. On BARWISE and BAIN'S PATENTED ELECTRICAL CLOCKS in action. Also other interesting Lectures and Experiments. CARY'S ORRERY, and the NEW DISSOLVING VIEWS. Nearly Two Thousand Works which display eminent Art, Science, and Ingenuity. Microscope, Diver and Diving Bell. CANTON, and other beautiful COSMORAAIIC VIEWS, are added to the Evening Exhibition.—Admission, One Shilling. Opens at Half-past Ten o'clock in the Morning, and Seven o'clock in the Evening. JO be DISPOSED OF, a FAMILY LI NEN and WOOLLEN DRAPERY BUSINESS of high respectability and long standing, the proprietor being about to retire. It is a profitable concern upon the present returns (although limited), and is capable of being considerably ex tended. N ona need apply who cannot command a capital of 2,0001. Inquire for particulars personally , or by post, prepaid, to Messrs. Caldecott and Powell, 25, Cheapside. NATIONAL LOAN FUND SOCIETY FOR GRANTING LIFE ASSURANCES, DEFERRED ANNUITIES, &c. No. 26, CORNHILL. Creital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. EIRECTORS. T. LAMIE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman. J. Elliotson, M.D., F.R.S. I John Rawson, Esq. John Griffith Frith, Esq. Jehn Riddell Stodart, Esq. Hunter Gordon, Esq. Clement Tabor, Esq. George Lung-ley, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Esq. A 11D1TOKs, „ ....„ Professor Wheatstone; F. R. S. I Professor Graves, A.M. F.R.S. Acyl A mr—W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F. R. A. S SOLICIT° Rs—Messrs. Sweet, Sutton, Ew ens, and Omman- ney, 6, BT:inghall-street. LIFE ASSURANCE. Besides the perfect security to the policy holder of a large paid up capital; :and accumulating funds, the following is one amongst many of the advantages which belong exclusively to the printioles of tife, Assurance and Deferred Annuities ori ginated Society, viz.-=Power borrow (without Je lay, expense, o► lorfeiture) Two-thirds of all premiums paid upon a Policy of Assurance. The annexed is a short Table, showing the Annual Premium for assuring £lOO on the Whole Lite, or for a Term ; FOR LIFE. A. B. 4ge. Without With For One For Five Profits. Profits. Year only. Years only •E.s. d. E. s. d. s. d. E. s. d. 20 113 7 1 17 4 i 017 0 017 6 30 2 4 4 2 9 3 t 019 6 1 0 0 40 218 8 ' 3 5 3 1 310 1 5 0 50 4 4 2 413 6 , 1 13 0 1 16 6 60 613 G I 7 8 4 1 3 •0 0 3 9 , 6 Two-thirds of Profits divided annually amongst he Assured. DEFERRED ANNUITIES DEPARTMENT. By the plan exclusively developed by this Society, a single Deferred Annuity is made, nc.t only to answer the same object, but to far exceed in amount the entire benefit of all the ad vantages heretofore only obtained by the middle and industriOus classes through separate investments in Savings' Banks, Be nefit Societies, and Loan flanks. 1. A small yearly or weekly contribution will secure the most ample return for afterlife; thus-21. 12s. per annum (Is. a week) at the age of 20, will give the policy holder the fol lowing option, at the age of 65 Annuity for remainder of life... ... £47 16 6 Cash 394 11 0 or a Policy, without further contributions, of 466 0 oat death. Other periods of life (of 50, 55, and 60) may be also taken with similar adVantages. 2. Two-thirds at any time lent on deposit of policy, being a fund always available during sickness or want of employment. 3. Two-thirds of all payments returned to representatives in case of premature death. N.B. Policies, as collateral money-security, for periods of one to five years, effected at lower rates than are charged by , any other Office, (See Tables A. and B.), with option of coo. tinuance for Life at the usual rates. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Sec. PUBLICATIONS. CORN -LAW. Just published, price 3s. 6d., cloth boards, THE LETTERS of DIOGENES to S ir ROBERT PEEL, Bart. Collected from the Morn ing Chronicle. At Rill' 's, Piccadilly; and Richardson, Cornhill. CI OBBET LEGACY to Sir R. PEEL, vLi Bart. ; or, an Inouiry with respect to what the Right Honourable Baronet will now do with the House of Com mons, with Ireland, with the English Church awl the Dis senters, with the swarms of Pensioners, &c. ; with the Crown Lands and the Army, with the Currency and the Debt. In Six Letters. By WILLIAM COBBETT, M.P. for Oldham. " NOW is the appointed time : NOW is the day of salva- ion. " Price Is. 6d., bound in leather. To be had at 11, Bolt-court, Fleet-street, where all Mr Cobbett's publications are constantly on sale. R.EVIEW IIHE ECLECTIC FOR SEPTEMBER, Will be published on Wednesday next, pricc 2s. 6d CONTENTS. 1. The Administrative Economy of the Fine Arts in England. 2. Tate's History of St. Paul. 3. Miss Sedgwick's Letters from Abroad to Kindred at Home. 4. The Biblical Cabinet. 5. Bowden's Life of Gregory the Seventh. 6. The Publication of intelligence concerning Aborigines. 7. Temperance Societies. 8. Philips' Life of the Rev. John Campbell. 9. The Manchester Anti Corn-Law Conference, &c. &c. London : Jackson and Walford, 18, St., Paul's Church-yard. On the Ist September will be published, THE DUBLIN REVIEW, No. XXI. CONTENTS. Art. 1. Southern Africa in 1840. 2. Moral and Intellectual Condition of Catholic Germany. 3. Jones on the Value of Annuities, &c. Society for the Diffusion of Knowledge. 4. German Prose Writers. 5. The Ancient Church of England, and the Liturgy of the Anglican Church. 6. The Quarterly Review on " Romanism in Ireland." 7. Milnes' Poems. 8. The Catholic and Anglican Churches. 9. National English Airs. Notices of Books. London : C. Dolman, 61, New Bond.street ; Booker, Li verpool; J. Cumming, Dublin; and W. Tait, Edinburgh. WAVERLE SIR WALTE. POETRY A/ NEW AND CHEA Already published. WAVERLEY GUY MANNERING ANTIQUARY ROB ROY OLD MORTALITY BLACK DWARF, & LEGEND Y .NOVELS. R SCOTT'S ND PROSE. ►PER. EDITIONS. To appear soon. HEART of MIDLOTHIAN BRIDE of LAMMEdMOOR IVANHOE MONASTERY ABBOT KENILWORTH LIFE OF BONAPARTE, Part 111. of MONTROSE . SCOTT'S POETRY TALES of a GRANDFATHER LIVES of DRYDEN & SWIFT BIOGRAPHIES MISc:ELLANEOUS PROSE LIFE of BONAPARTE, Parts I and IL Robert Cadell, Edinburgh. H. ulston and Stoneman, London. In a sealed Envelope.—This day is published, APRACTICAL and POPULAR TREA TISE, adapted and written expressly for the USE of the NON-MEDICAL READER, pointing out a successful and never-failing mod:, of effectually Curing those dire Dis eases depicted in the works of Drs. Tissot, , Solomon, Jordan, Goss, and others. By WILLIAM HENRY CASTLE, Surgeon. Illustrated with Cases. This little work is not only distinguished but contra-distin guished from all others which have preceded it, its pages being exclusively devoted to the curative department, and hence it may be justly hailed as a great national desideratum. It con tains above one hundred choice recipes, adapted to various stages of the complaint, which is divided into three distinct heads and progressive stages of treatment, viz. : — lst , The cleansing, or detergent ; 2dly, The strengthening, or tonic ; and lastly, The alterative, or purifying. Into these three grand divisions, theory suggested, and long experience has demon strated, the curative plan ought and must be divided. The ti eatment of tnis disease has, for obvious reasons, been hitherto confined to some cordial balm, occult tincture, or talis manic drops, which act merely as a dram—a temporary stimu lus, procured at the expense of the patient's future welfare. The invalid suffering tinder mental depression and decay, impotence, and a host of peculiar and inveterate infirmities, comprehended under nervous debility, will find this Pocket Manual written expressly for his use, and adapted to his va rious wants. London : Published by Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street and may be had of all booksellers. Price ss. By post free, ss. 6d. NEW WORK ON STRICTURES OF THE URETHRA. Just published, price ss. PRACTICAL TREATISE on the A CAUSES, NATURE, and TREATMENT of STRICTURES of the URETHRA, and their CONSE QUENCES. By FRANCIS BURDETT COURTENAY, 1%1.R.C.5.L. And late Surgeon to the Metropolitan Infirmary for the Care of Strictures of the Urethra. 2ONTENTS. . CHAPTER t. Causes of Strictures. Divisions of Strict Consequences of Strictures. CHAPTER 11. Of the Different M r• odes in y a t e he R u o r u e gi o e, f Caustic, and Cutting In struments. The practice ct tiCeueraetshf:ertebr the Lunar Author's Mode of Cure. CHAPTER 111. On the Diseases where th,‘ _ . Sold by Bailliere, Medical 13 Stawkin and Marshall, Sti.tiol nne-street, St ran d ; B ar loo, 1 ginale, Liverpool, and all 800 l Symptoms resemble those of Stricture. CHAPTER IV. Of the Treatment of the Mala dies Consequen upon Stric ture. ►PPENDIX. Cases Illustrative of the Su. periority of the Author's Mode of Cure over the Treat ment by the Bougie, Cathe ter, Lunar Caustic, and Cut ting Instruments. Jookseller, 219, Regent-street; ,ners' -court Onwhyn, Cathe- Birmingham ; Ross and Night- Isellers in Town and Country. PARIS CORN AND FLOUR MARKETS. WEL NEsDAY.—The unfavourable change in the weather, whit h has become cold a:A rains', has caused a slight atlyauce in pri , e. Very little business has, however, been done, as it is hoped ti a . the rise may not 121.1 maintained. The prices to-day ht. v : ranged from 57f. toti2f. per sack ; but the average price r a betaken at 59f., an advance of 2E per sack on the price of SA turday's market. - 1 • EVE , • _ 7 _, ~ Cillirr‘ - as it was st , o 4 ) V I II ‘:‘ 4, —.._ .....7.71 3•", 1 ., ,1•, ( a , _ defic' ' ' ) -. 1r , Of v ,--.. At , sW , ,- f ' , . 0.t., r • zit ,-.2 -- 1 ;0 1"A er ,hf o n' . , 11 . .V'''s 411#14 1 k t., --- ----', 3 f f s lip et., >:v • --'::-. 1 6; ;- du: n + .. _,.„.. 4 --,- - 7" ° ; 4</ 4 ‘ ,.:,;;;' , '-: 4 0 c? •-Agirt, , i - 4..... k•• • /,'', ~,,-,•• ~, .„1, e ~ ~, ~. , ,,,,..., ~"•t „, :t Vr 4 , T?-14; , - 4 1111/ '•"- . 4111 . '''C'" ` or • -- h 3 ' 4' .:.• , 1 ''''' - et' ''' ..4 g "" 4 4 .1 'D1E: 15 " .1 .1%et '' , , 1 '' , ,i0; 11 4, 5 1 ;11J I A • .Trz*....>•-,:!3311•01T the war 1839 that/ sy amounted only to 430,0 .thatetho' _nue had increased by nearly one million ; and in 1840, in consequence of the wars in China and in Syria, the deficiency amounted to 1,450,00 CL In the yeas:. 1840, in consequence, it had become the necessary duty of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to take some kneaaures to revive the finances of the country—and what had the Chancellor of the Exchequer done ? Why, he .had adopted a course which, under all the circumstances of the case perhaps he was justified in adopting, but against which, nevertheless, some of the Liberal Memberi.of the House had felt it their duty to protest ; he had added to the taxes on the necessaries of life by adding five per cent. to the Customs and Excise duties. In Wet course he had been suppOrted by the other side of the House most cheerfully. • The Chancellor of the Exchequer had been complimented On his wisdom and his prudence in boldly facing the financial difficulties of the country ; but when the Chancellor of the Exchequer came forward, not to add to the burdens of the peo ple, but to reduce them—when he proposed to diminish the duties on timber, sugar, and corn. and to add to the revenue, by diminishing the pressure on the people—then he was met by a vote of want of con fidence. The Right Hon. Gentleman opposite was will ing to come forward when any measure was proposed for taxing the people, but he was just as backward when any measure was proposed to relieve them from taxation. —(Loud cheers.) He believed that ere long the peoplu would re-consider the verdict which they had given in favour of Hon. Gentlemen opposite, a verdict which they had been induced to give in consequence of delusion and intimidation.—(Cheering, and counter-cheering.) He be lieved they would re-consider it, when they found they had changed a Chancellor of Exchequer who would have given them relief, for one who refuses all relief—(Cheers) —a Chancellor of the Exchequer who would have re duced taxation, for one who will increase it.—(Loud cheers.) Why, the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite must impose fresh burdens on the people, and the people would not be slow in wishing that verdict reversed, whenever they might find that such was the case:—(Cheers.) The Right Hon: Gentlemast, it was true, had been returned by a large majority of the constituency of the county-- (Tory cheers)—but he had always contended that the constituency did not represent the wishes or interests ot the country. He had always advocated the interests ot the unrepresented; and however small might be the mi nority in which he might find himself,, or however hostile the majority by which he might be opposed, he would always be found the unflinching advocate of the .princi pies of liberty and justice ; and he was satisfied that those principles must triumph eventually.—(Cheers.) Now, what was the amendment which the Hon. Gentle man had proposed ? It began by asserting that the House felt deeply sensible of the important considerations to which her :Majessy had directed its attention, more par 16 01- ticularly with reference to the commerce and revenue of the countryand the laws regulating the trade in corn. Now, those were the words of the amendment, and he would ask were they prepared to act upon that amendment ? (Cheers) —were they prepared to take into their consi deration questions relating to the commerce and revenue of the country, and the laws regulating the trade in corn ?—(Loud cheers.) If they were, was it too much to ask them to give some definite information on the subject ?—(Loud cheers.) But if they were not so pre pared,—if, after having carried their amendment, they intended to postpone the further consideration of all these great questions until the spring —then, he would say, that never had a people been more insulted.— (Cheers)—never had a Speech from the Throne been treated with greater contempt.—(Continued cheerhig.) Now, what would they do ? They would adjourn the House as soon as they had carried their amendment. The amendment expressed that they were sensible of the sufferings of the people, and yet theypostponed the consideration of all measures for the relief of those suf ferings until next spring.—(Hear, hear.) That was the answer. The Speech from the Throne expressed sympathy for the sufferings of the people, and directed their attention to the consideration of measures for the relief of that distress ; but the House, pretending .to represent that people, refused to take the subject of their distresses into its consideration. The Noble Lord, who had seconded the amendment, had avowed himself an advocate for free trade. Hon. Gentlemen op posite called themselves the disciples of Mr. Huskisson, and pretended to hold the memory of that great man in high veneration, But if they really held the memory of Mr. Huskisson in respect—if they were really followers of that great Minister—they ought to be ready to,de dare what measures they intended to submit tot the House. He asked the Right Hon. Baronet what he meant to do with the corn question, the timber duties, and the sugar duties ? Did they mean to let the people go without those measures which they had been led to expect ? What a contrast did not their conduct present to that of the Whig party in 1825 and 1826.1 Thay had no confidence in the Right Hon. Gentleman oppo- • site or his friends, but the measures they proposed, being beneficial, and calculated to add to the industry, the wealth, and the comfort of the country, they threw their weight into the scale, and at a time when Mr."l-lus kisson was taunted with being a cold-hearted metaphy sician, then the great Whig party came forward and gave their aid to a Tory Government.—(Hear, hear.) Ia 1830 there was a Speech from the Throne which gave great dissatisfaction to a certain set of agriculturists in that House. The Right Hon. Baronet said, at that time, that the course of the Liberal Members of the House was marked by an honourable forbearance of party tactics. They rallied round the Govern ment, and opposed those manwnvring agricultural gen tlemen; and he asked the House if that was not strongly contrasted with the conduct of the Opp osition in the present case ?—(Hear.) With the acknowledgment on their lips that trade languished, and that extended mar kets were required for thttr commerce, they postponed the consideration of thOse questions for twelve months, in order that in the meantime they might obtain place. Policy, more mean and sordid, was never exhibited to the sasstion in the House, or, if it were, history exhibited no trace of it.—(Cheers.) They acknowledged the prin ciples that were put forward, but they delayed the ap plication—they admitted the wisdom, but declined to introduce them. They were told it was a great proof of statesmanship to be silent on questions of that sort, but he would tell the House that they were silent be , use the hard .necessity was imposed on them. They were swelling with patriotic fervour to relieve trade, and to lighten the burden of the country, but they were com pelled to be silent because their Government -was one of coalition and compromise ; and if any man spoke out, principle would clash against principle, interest against interest, and individual would struggle against individual. They were therefore silent upon the most unworthy policy. He believed no coalition Government could stand in this country.—(lronical cheers.) And he hoped it never might. Did Honourable Gentlemen mean to 'tty there was any thing like a similar coalition on his ..(Mr. Hawes's) side of the House ? It' so, he would meet them on that point. The Noble Lord the Member for North Lancashire had stated that he had changed his "filltee, and not his principles. Who then had changed ? Vas it the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Tam worth? He (Mr. Hawes) had seen no change in him, "rind he declared to God he would rather have him dictator and sole governor than to see him mixed up with the men who were to form part of the Go vernment.—(Cries of " Hear.") In former times they had had a coalition Government, turd he would read them an extract from a modern writer, in which it was stated that the cause was the hostility of the King, who, hay ing avowedly received them on compulsion, sought the first opportunity to reject them, which their unpopularity with the people afforded him. If he sought for tergi versation in Hon. Members opposite, he should find it in the amendment to the address. They had come ir, on the Corn-law question, and the avowed determination to maintain the sliding scale, and the very first amendment destroyed all expectation of an adherence to these laws, as they had declared that it was their intention to take them into their serious consideration. The fact was that in order to afford prosperity to the farmers under the present system, there must be a scarcity of corn, and food must be at a famine price. —(Cries of " No, no.") . Hon. Gentlemen who cried " No" had not looked into the agricultural' reports. When corn 'was plentiful, agriculturists were constantly crying out, and now when they were in the greatest distress, they bad cid* bited the greatest tenacity for these laws ; and, in point of fact, in years of abundance the farmers were always heard to complain: In 1834, when this subject was dis cussed in the House, what were the reasons urged for the maintenance of these laws ? The first Was the indes pendence of that country from foreign supplies. Had they been independent since ? Look at the imports, and • the quantity theY were likely to import in the next month, and the rate of duty. They had not secured in p ly• Their whole history showed dependence of the s exis P lin e w laws the were still dependent, that, under and they ought to be so.. A great Y commercial country like theirs involved relations with every country on the f ace of the globe. A noth e r reason assi g ned was that the man ufacturers were protected. Ile (Mr. Hawes) was a ma nufacturer, and he required no protection. His Don. Friend the Member for, Stockport, whom' he was happy to see there as the representative of a great *rnantifac turing district, wanted none.—(Cries of" Hear" from Mr. Cobden.) Another ground urged was, that the land was subject to some peculiar burdens, and in consideration of these burdens they were entitled to protection. Now, would they give him a Committee (he would move for it) to inquire into these burdens, and if the result was that they were actually chargeable with any burden beyond the rest of the community, he would (venture to say, for the party he represented, that they would give the agriculturist protection to that extent, but no more.— (Hear.) To what a state had these laws reduced them ? They had rejected an Bs. duty, and they were about to let in an enormous quantity of foreign corn at one-fourth of that duty. The corn averages for the week ending the 16th of July last were 645. Ild. ; for the week ending the 23d of July 665. 3d. ; the 30h of -July 6Ss. 3d ; the 6th of August 70s. sd. ; the 13th of August 725. sd. ; and the 20th of August 745. 4d. ; and if the average for the three weeks ending the 9th of September were not less than 71s. 7d., the whole of the wheat then in bond would be admitted at a duty of 2s. Bd. And did Hon. Members know how much there was in bond ? Taking the foreign and colonial wheat, and w heat flour, now in the warehouses, the quantity was 813,000 qrs., and in their great anxiety to protect the farmers the necessary consequence of these laws was to admit nearly a million of quarters at probably a nominal duty. The statements lie had made were from the most careful information and authority. The Hon. Member for Yorkshire said that he was the bearer of an answer from his con stituents to the appeal that had been made to the coun try. He (Mr. Hawes) represented also no inconsider able portion of the constituency in one of the largest districts of the metropolis, and he distinctly and empha tically gave a totally opposite answer to that of the Honourable Member for Yorkshire. They had sent him to oppose no particular interest—he was not to attach himself exclusively to any particular party, unless there wit ? : an absolute necessity. And if the Right Hon. Baronet, who was justly assumed to be about to come into power, would apply himself to benefit the great interests of the country, Ize for one would give him PRICE 5d the same course, he should feel perfectly indifferent whether the administration of affairs were entrusted to the Noble Lord the Secretary for the Colonies, or the Right Hon.. Baronet the Member for Tamworth. But it was because lie saw a great principle at issue—it was because he saw upon the one side a practical, plain, and intelligible statement of measures to be laid before Parliament ; and on the other nothing but vagueneSs, absurdity-, and, mystification—that he preferred the men who wished to provide for the deficiency in the revenue and the wants of the people, to those who were anxious to assume the reins of office, say ing nothing, promising nothing, and takin g r e f uge in a studied obscurity. He could not, allow that opportu nity to pass without addressing a few words to the House relative to the statements made last night by the Right Hon. Gentleman the Member for the University of Cam bridge ; and lie hoped to be able to convince the House that the Right Hon. Gentleman, who had developed his own opinions with so much. ability, had taken an unfair view of the comparative merits of Whig and Tory Ad ministrations upon questions of finance. The Right Hon. Gentleman had sought to assimilate the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer to Catafalto, or the Great Wizard of the North, but he trusted he should be able to show the House that the Right Hon. Gentle man himself was a greater conjuror still.—(Hear, hear.) What had been the course of the Chancellor of the Ex chequer ? Simply this : he had repelled a charge brought against him, that for the last ten years one million per annum had been added to the debt of the country. That charge the Chancellor of the Exchequer distinctly and emphatically denied. Now, it appeared to him (Mr. Hawes) that the Right lion. Member for the University of Cambridge had not disputed one fact, one single figure, laid before the House by the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer ; but all that he did was, with great skill and ability,,to throw a good deal of obscurity and mystery over the 'statement of the Right Honourable Gentleman, for the purpoie of leading the House to the conclusion that in point of fact there had been no reduc tion whatever of late years of the debtof the country. ' How stood the fact ? In order to make alair compari son Of the debt In the year 1841 and the debt in the year 1831, the Right Hon. the tixancellor.of the Ex eheqiier had refer:rcd In" . pape - rs Which had been laid b-- fore the. House, from which it appeared, that in order to ascertain the debt in 1831, lie had taken the funded debt from the financial account, and he had added to that the value of the then annuities converted into stock. Again, he had taken the debt in 1841 and added the value of the annuities now payable by Way of funded stock. How had they arrived at the gross result that the funded debt in 1831 .amounted to 838,549.0001., while the funded debt in 1841 amounted to no more than 815,957,000/. ? The sum paid to the West India Colo nists had been of course left altogether out of the state ment • and he (Mr. Hawes) would observe in passing, that he had ever opposed the grant of that sum. There had been, therefore, leaving out the grant in question, a reduction of the debt of 22,500,0001.'and odd during the last ten years. And 'he (Mr. Hawes) would defy the Right Honourable Gentleman the Member for the. University of Cambridge to shake the conclu sions to which the Chancellor of the Exchequer had come. He would not say it was an unfair statement, but he would say there was a degree of bol mess in his denial of the statement of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, that he had seldom seen equalled in that House.— (Hear, hear.) And when he compared the Right Hon. Gentleman to a " Wizard," and equalled him to the glory of Catafelto, he by implication cast imputation on his statement of figures.—(Hear, hear.) He (Mr. Hawes) could not think his allusion to legerdemain was altogether a happy one; for he thought the statements of the Right Hon. Gentleman himself were not entirely free from it. —(Hear, hear.) He would now proceed to another point of the Right Hon. Gentleman's speech of no less moment. He 'seemed to take credit to himself for his views upon the state of the sugar market, and his sound and accurate perception on that subject. The Right Hon. Gentleman said, if he took the consumption of sugar from the sth of May last, he found a very large consumption, and if he took it to continue at the same rate — Mr. GOIJLBURN.—I said, as compared with the antecedent year. ' _ Mr. 11.A.i'VES—He would come to that directly, but if it continued at the same rate through the succeeding period of years, the consumption of 1841 would be equal to the consumption for some years back. Now he (Mr. Hawes) would, in the first place, take a retrospect of the sugar trade itself. Before May, 1825, the Right Hon. Gentleman knew very well, because the discussion in the House at that time must have made him aware of the fact, that the alteration of the duty led-to a stagnation of the trade, and when a temporary settlemant was come to, the result was, that a spring was given to the market and the consumption increased, because the dealers bought and the consumers could obtain a supply.— (Hear, hear, hear.). What was taking place in the passing year would, contrary to all principles and speculations on consumption, according to the statement of the Right Hon. Gentleman, make him believe that the consumption was larger because the labourer was poorer. Now, it was well known that as the labourer was obliged to expend more on the real necessaries of life he would have less to pay for sugar.—(Bear, hear, hear.) And such was the fact in this case, if they had recourse to the amount of consumption. Mr. GOULI3URN—But give the prices. Mr. HAWES—He would give the prices also, and that would make no difference. The, price of sugar in 1841, during six months, as compared with its price during a corresponding time in 1840, was in the ono case 425. 10d., and in the other 445. ; so that there was little or no difference in the price. —(Hear, hear.) If they took equal periods of six months there was sufficient difference to vitiate, the conclusion he had come to.—(Cheers.) They would find 151 lbs. was the amount per head con sumed in 1840, and 13flbs. in 1841 ; and it ought to be so, because the more substantial necessary of life, bread, was dearer in the one year than the other, and in ad dition sugar was an article which, if there was not a re gular demand for it, would go out of consumption. The argument .of the Right Hon. Gentleman was reducible to, if he might say it in Latin, a. reductio ad absurdum ; it was an utter absurdity, because his argument was that there was consumption, though trade languished, commerce declined, and the people were discontented. That certainly was a good specimen of the political eco nomy that usually proceeded from the Right Hon. Gen tleman.—(Cheers.) He said the reduction of 13i lbs. per head in 1841, was.a very unfair test of the reduction amongst the working classes.—(Hear, hear.) In the case of the higher classes the consumption was the same, or nearly so. The Right Hon. Gentleman consumed as much in 1841 as he did in 1840 or 1838, or any other year, because no matter how high the price, his means were adequate to purchase it, but such was not the case with the poor man.—(llear, hear,) Let sugar, which. may be regarded as a comparative luxury, rise in price, and it will, like other luxuries, go entirely out of con sumption. There would be no means of purchasing — there would be a total denial of that article as he would show, ig he might be permitted to occupy them with a matter of detail.—(Hear, hear.) The consumption in 1840 amounted to 15flbs. per head ; the consumption of four persons amounted accordingly to 611b5., but the con sumption of a person in the higher classes was 371bs. per head. Now. if the consumption of the rich man represented by 371bs. be deducted, there remains Nibs. only for the other three ; and then if one poor person's consumption be subtracted it reduced the consumption of the other three to eight pounds per head.—(Loud cheers.) He said, therefore, the statement of the Right Hon. Gentleman on this sub ject was no more to be relied on than any other of his financial lucubrations.—(Cheers.) And from the Right Hon. Gentleman, who had been so intimately connected with sugar and other financial arrangements, and who might be supposed to be a master of such subjects, to hear such speculations not a little surprised and asto nished him.—(Cheers.) The Right Hon. Gentleman then went into the subject of the timber duties. And what was the conduct of Hon. Gentlemen opposite on that matter ? Why they actually refused to go into Committee on it—they put an estoppel at once upon the subject.—(Hear, hear.) The Right Hon. Gentleman said they would not have got any revenue last year by re ducing the duties; neither would they next year, and yet by common consent it was one of those duties to be especially dealt with when a Conservative Government came into power.---(Cheers.) It appeared from the debate which had taken place elsewhere, for Hon. Gen tlemen had been particularly cautious to say as little as possible on the subject in that House--(Cheers)—that the great ground for want of confidence in the Ministry was, that they had neglected the finances of the coun try. One great authority in another place had said that the Ministry had gone on year after y ear with an increasing deficien c y • that year after y ear their claim to the confidenc e o f t h e coun try had been lessening, until, at len g th, i t h a d b ee n determined to show that neither Ho use o f P ar li am ent had any con fidence whatever in th e Ministry. Now, he sh ould like to be furnished with some information on this subject from the Hon. Gentleman opposite. He should like to know if that was really the ground on which they called upon:the House to vote that they had no confidence in her Majesty's Ministers ? Very little could be gathered I 11 'C u 9l. lF e o upon ee from the speech of the Hon. Mover of the amendment as to the grounds upon which he called upon the Huse for its support. The lion. Member said somethingoilt war, but appeared not to have made up his mind exactly whether the war to which he alluded.was right or wrong; but the result of all his arguments was, that he came to Yorkshire, therefore he was called conclusion that, because he had been d r t o o i g eo h uvle s b o to r iri t af o to fr the House had no confidence in her Majesty's Mi n isters.—(Cheers and laughter.) He w ould nowamine the g rounds on which this im p utation o x havinge neglected the finances of the country rested, and he found from the accounts on the table of the House that the Whig Government was not the only Government open to the charge of having incurred a deficiency, but that deficiency had also occur red on former occasions. In 1825 and 182 G a cons iderable deficiency had been incurred in consequence of the Portuguese war, and no provision whatever had been made for it. The then Chancellor of the Exche quer had relied upon the buoyancy of the resources of the country—he had relied upon the resources of free trade, and he acted wisely in doing so, for the the revenue of the country was not only sufficiett‘to make good that deficiency, but there had been actually such a surplus as to enable the Chancellor of the Exche quer to engage in the repeal of taxation.. In 1838 there had been a deficiency amounting to 1,428,0001., owipg, LONDON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 28, 1841. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS. Aug. 27. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY, in the absence of the Lord Chancellor, took his seat on the Woolsack at Three o'Clock. Prayers having been read; several Peers took the oaths and their seats. Among them we noticed the Earl of Harewood, the Earl of• Stamford and Warrington, the Fad of Ilchester, the Marquis of Donegal, and the Marquis of Downshire. Their Lordships, at FQ . ur o'Clock, adjourned during pleasure. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat upon the Woolsack at Five o'Clock. • Viscount DUNCANNOT laid upon the table, by command of her Majesty, certain correspondence relating to the Falkland Islands, which was ordered to be printed ; and also certain iiorrespondence relating to the affairs of Canada. ANSWER TO THE ADDRESS. The Earl of ERROL-then came to the table and read her Majesty's most gracious answer to their' Lord ships' Address as follows It gives me . great satisfaction to find that,the House of Lords is deeply sensible of the importance of those circumstances to which I drew their attention with reference to, the commerce and revenue of the country, espe— cially with regard to the laws relating to the' trade in corn, and that in deciding on the course which their Lordships may think it advantageous ,to pursue, they are actuated by a desire to promote the interests and welfare of my, people. lam alwa'ys de sirous of attending to the advice of my Parliament,' and I will, therefore, take into my immediate consideration the other important matters contained in that Address,7 On the motion of the LORD CHANCELLOR her Majesty's most gracieus answer was ordered to tie en tered on the Journals of the House, and to be Opted. The Marquis of N'ORMANBY presented the .11eport o f the firqvCtors of Prisong.., The Noble Marqiiis he hart requeSt their. Lordships' indulg•ence .whilst he mOyed. , the second reading of three Bills, of which the _ principles - had been discussed in the last Parliament. They were measures of great importance to the health and comforts of the people; and the principle had been agreed to bY their Lord Ships, and by the other House of Parliament. He would not, under present circumstances, consider himself justified in introducing any new measure. But as these Bills had been already virtually passed, and only retarded by an irregularity which was now remedied, he thought he might reproduce them to their Lordships, as it was a matter of, great importance to the public. The Noble Marquis then moved the second reading of the Drainage of Towns Bill ; the Building Regulations Bill ; and the Borough Improvement Bill.. The Bills were accordingly'read a second tiMe, went through Com mittee, and were ordered to be read a third time on Monday. . _ Conference by, and at the expense of, their congregations, praying for the repeal of the Corn-laws. On the motion of the Hon. Member, the pQtition was read by the Cletk at the table. of losing the means of resorting successfully to intimida tion,-(lronical cheers from, the Opposition benches.) He was glad to hear those cheers, for he had never been Cheered by the Hon. Gentlemen opposite but when he had said something that was just and true. He would repeat, that all that was necessary for the triumph of the popular party was the extension of popular rights. He had been Chairman of three political unions, and he declared most sincerely he believed he was then discharg ing his duty to his country ; and he would say that he would do all in his power to persuade the people in his part of the country to agitate for the purpose of getting an extension of •the franchise, of obtaining the Vote by Ballot, and of inducing her Majesty's Ministers to review their conduct, and render the Reform Bill what it was intended it should be.—(Cheers.) It was perfectly well known that a great and deeply lamented statesman, the late Lord Durham, had said that a certain individual, whose name he did . not mention, but who was believed to have been one of the Ministers who seceded, and was now a leading Member on the Opposition benches. the Member for. Dorchester, was one of the principal opponents of its being more largely extended. Then let theni look at the distress of the country; a distress, he solemnly be lieved arising out of the National Debt, and greatly aggravated by the Currency Bill of 1819, which was brought forward by the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Tamworth, and which lie could not desig nate otherwise than as one of the most reckless, and at the same time one of the most gross pieces of political ignorance—(Hear, hear)--ever inflicted on the country. The landed interest ought to pay a greater portion of the national debt than . any other class of the com munity, because they had incurred it to protect theni selves. That debt had not been incurred to grant protection to the thews. and sinews of the labouring men ; still less did Peel's Bill give them protection, .and the Corn-laws had been inflicted oil the country as a matter of traffi - s between the landed interest and the Government of the day, to save the landed interest as much as possible from the efreets of Peel's Bill—(Hoer, hear.) He held in his hand'a pamphlet which bed been written fourteen years ago by the Right Hon: Baronet the Member for Dorchester. That paniphlet had been presented' s to him calr. W.) bY the Right Honourable Gentlemaii himself, at the time he was carrying on a correspondence with that Right Honourable Gentleman relating to poli tical matters as well as to the currency. Ile had read that pamphlet again within the course of the last few days, and agreed cordially with every sentiment it con tained. He had seen no reason to change hi.s opinions on the subject, because he considered that pamphlet contain ed more truth, more information, and was more generally useful, than any book that had been • published on the subject. Why the Right Honourable Gentleman should have changed his opinions he would not then stop to inquire. He verily believed that the greater part of the distress of the country was to be attributed to the Corn-laws. He had always been decidedly in favour of the immediate abolition of those laws, and as long as he had a seat in that House he would demand total abolition of them.—(Loud cheers.) But in public matters he would be content to take a part. when he could not get all, and not follow the example of some Hon. Gentlemen who refused roast beef because they could not get bread and cheese as well. He, how ever, considered a duty of Bs. was far too much, and more than the working class could afford.—(Hear.) With respect then to the Corn-laws, he solemnly. believed that the great proportion of the distress exist ing. in this country was attributable to that (Hear, hear.) He believed that the want of employ-, ment for operatives, of a return for capital, and the check to commercial enterprise by the distress of the Bank of England, the evils of the currency, and the consequent innumerable bankruptcies which had gone on increasing from year to year, and were now increasing more rapidly than ever, were attributable to that cause. Since the year 1837 it might be said there had been one continued course of bankruptcy throughout the country, and it was en tirely owing to the Corn-laws.. The Bank of England had not sufficient. capital with which to perform its proper functions, and also to send abroad gold to buy corn. That Bank was in fact neither more or less than a joint-stock bank, and ought to be called by that name. He had reason to believe that twice since 1837 the Bank had been on the point of suspending its payments in cash, and it was difficult to say what might yet occur. He hoped they would have fine weather for the harvest, and that crops would be abundant. But if it should be otherwise—if it should happen they had to send out gold to buy 3,000,000 of foreign corn in the present distressed state of the commercial and manufactur ing interests—he believed the consequences would be that the Bank must suspend its payments in specie ; and he must add, he was by no means sure that a suspen sion of payments by the Bank of England would not be for the good of the country. There was one other point which he wished to mention. He wished to de clare himself, in the language of the Hon. Member for Stockport, an out-and-out free-trader. His own interests were vested chiefly in land and West Indian property ; but the constituency which he represented were too liberal and too well-informed to suppose that they sent him there to secure his own interest, and neglect theits.—(Cries of " Hear," and laughter from the Opposition benches.) He would conclude by stating that he would give, with the greatest satisfaction, his support to 'the Address. Ile would add, that if any Hon. Members in that House, or parties without the House, would join him in an Ad dress to the Crown, he would endeavour to frame such an Address, and put his name to it, to the effect that her Majesty should refuse to sanction any new Ministry whatever. nntil she could guarantee to the country that they would explicitly state the means by which they could do better than their predecessors. —(Cheers and laughter, from the Opposition benches.) Mr. HINDLEY had listened with attention to the speech of the Noble Lord, the Member for Liverpool, and he (Mr. Hindley) was certain that the late elections had not been decisive of this country being in favour of monopoly. Sure he was that the consti tuency of Liverpool would never have sent the Noble Lord to that House to advocate the doctrine of monopoly. He had lately had an opportunity of witnessing the great distress which prevailed, and which he could 'not help attributing the greater part to the operation of the Corn-laws. Hon. Gentlemen opposite attributed it to the over-production. What ! Was he to be told that there were too many hats, too many coats, and too many of the other comforts of life ? He had received a letter froin an intelligent and industrious weaver, who said that, through the operation of the Corn-laws, he had been in such poverty that for eleven years he had not been able to buy a new coat.—(Hear.) He (Mr. Hindley) showed that letter to another operative, asking if it could be true. The man, who was also a weaver, said that he had not been able to enjoy such a luxury for fifteen years.—(Hear, hear.) Was it right to say the operatives of this country should be left with their stomachs half filled And their backs half clothed. As long as he had the honour of a seat in that House he would never hesitate to stand up for justice to the op pressed operatives. He felt that on the present occa sion it would not be right for him to enter into any argument on! the Corn-laws.—(Hear, hear.) The amendment pledged the House to nothing. Did the Hon: aleinbers opposite mean that the House should have an opportunity of discussing this question, or did they mean to shirk it ? He thought before they entered on the question of the Poor-laws, which would expire shortly, they ought to have a proper understand ing with reference to the question of food. He would not enter upon the question of the trade at the present moment. Principles were involved in that on which a Ministry ought not to rest, but at the present moment the question of free trade was used only as crutches on which a falling Ministry sought ao cling. As to the amend ment, all he had t6say was, that they had never heard of a vote of want of confidence till the Government had stated that they meant to deal with the question of the Corn -laws when he saw the declaration of the Noble Duke in another place, that if any Administration which assumed the reins of power would attempt to tamper with the Corn-laws, they would be at once turned out of office by the landed gentry of the country. These men had as sumed a monopoly of power, and now sought to maintain a monopoly, of food. If the working classes did not get justice from that 'House, he would be ready, although extremely unwilling, to agitate the public mind to join the great masses of his fellow-countrymen in demanding an extension of the suffrage.—(Cheers.) Mr. WIGNEY said the whole questions before the House were those which appeared so prominently in the Speech so graciously sent down from the Throne ; and he thought it did not become the honour and dignity of the House merely to say that they . would come to a vote of want of confidence in Ministers, before they would direct their attentions to the many propositions in the Speech.—(Hear.) He thought the great questions referred to in the speech required mature consideration, and however he might approve of those sentiments, he was not prepared at once to come to a decision upon them. In his opinion proper time should been e eeer Given so ll touchd ims e d eure is s s c e u du s s s etfba these measures, eemeueoapfsieutdrheest,bHaaennudiste had d unlessbeenhave i th b ey y that debate ? The iuest i o n was, how soon the Right lion. Gentlemen opposite would sit on his (Mr.Wigney's) side' of the House. There wa s no dis g uisin g that ques vme tion, and much as he might wish to avoid_ it, it was in evitable; and therefore the sooner it came to a close the better for the House and the country. He thought when that change took place, much as Gentlemen opposite had opposed many good measures, they would find they must adopt similar ones, and if they did so he would give them his support.—(Hear.) Mr. HAWES rose, and said that he could not concur in the sentiments which had just been expressed by the Hon. Member for Brighton.—(Hear, hear.) He had not expected to hear any Hon. Member on that (the Minis terial) side of the House airline that it was not the duty of that House to discuss the great questions referred to in the Speech from the Throne. If he wished to justify a discussion, he had only to point to the amendment moved by the Hon. Member for Yorkshire, which vir tually promised that the House would take into its con sideration the question of the Corn-laws. For his part, he was at a loss to imagine what was the strange consti tuency which the Hon. Member for Brighton repre sented, when lie stated his conviction of the impropriety of the House deciding upon the great questions which then agitated the country.—(Hear, hear.) If the sub ject under consideration were merely which ofeewo Par ties should rule:.the countryi both being dispesed to take LACY REFORM. The LORD CHANCELLOR moved the first reading of the AdminiStration of Justice (Exchequer) Bill, the County Court Bill, and a Bill to enable the County Courts to take cognizance of cases of insolvency and bankruptcy. . Lord BROUGHAM said he had already stated his objections to the creation of two Vice-Chancellors. He approved to a great extent of the Bill for the Better Administration of Justice, but he would in a future stage oppose that part of the Bill in which it was con templated to appoint a second Vice-Chancellor. MiefROPOLITAN ,BRIDGES. Lord TEYNHAM presented petitions from families in Westminster for the abolition of tolls on the metro, politan bridges. CORN LAWS. The Earl of CLANCARTY presented a petition from landowners and farmers of the county of Galway against any alteration in the existing Corn-laws. He must inform their Lordships , that the petition was not agreed to at the county meeting; . where the Sheriff pre sided. There was such a meeting held, but (as we understood the Noble Lord) the meeting was packed, so that the .populace prevented the free expression of opinion on the part of the agriculturists.—(Hear, and a laugh.) He could only assure their Lordships, that not withstanding the resolutions agreed to at the meeting to which he referred,•the people of Ireland felt the strongest . interest in the maintenance of the existing Corn-laws. Earl FITZWILLIAM said there was a great deal in the statement of the Noble Earl, who said that the meet ing was packed by the populace, So that the farmers could not have it all their own way,- . —(Hear, hear, and a laugh.) The Noble Earl said that a great in terest was felt in Ireland on the subject of the Corn laws. No doubt there was.—(Hear.) There was a great .desire to maintain those laws on the part of the oligarchy .--,and no body of landowners in the world 'constituted a closer oligarchy than the landowners of Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) But the interest of the eaters was, that they should become eaters of bread instead of eaters of pota toes.—(Cheers, and a laugh.) Lord FITZGERALD deprecated discussion upon so important a subject on the presentation of a petition. He could assure the Noble Earl that the voice of those most interested in agriculture in The county of Galway was stifled by the populace of the town of Lougbrea. The great majority of the people of that country were engaged in agriculture ; they were now cultivatinr , portions of land. Whether that was or was not a beneficial mode of letting theland he would not then say; but he could not see how such a body of men could be called an oligarchy ; indeed he did not know what the word meant, as applied to the landlords and gentry of Ireland. He wished to God the consumption of wheat was greater in Ireland ; but so long as the produce of that country was exported he thought it would be very injurious to give facilities for the introduction of foreign corn. Lord HATHERTON presented a petition from a parish in Staffordshire, praying for the repeal of the Corn-laws. No one who had signed the petition was more anxious for the repeal of those laws than he was. Lord BROUGHAM' wished to know whether there would be any objection to give copies of all correspondence relating to the immigration to the West Indies. He had been informed that consider able irregularities had been committed in the carrying of Africans to the West Indies, and also in the case of agricultural labourers from Ireland. Until the papers were laid on the table it would be wrong to form any opinion, but it was necessary for their Lordships to watch with jealousy all that took place on thatsubject. The Marquis of NORMANBY believed that the whole of the correspondence had already been .laid on the table ; if not, no objection would be offered to its production. YARMOUTH ELECTION. The Earl of ifiNCHELSEA said, he wished to call the attention of the Noble Marquis to some circum stances connected with the late election at Yar mouth. He understood that - a gentleman named Lacon had made charges against certain Ma gistrates at Yamouth, that a certain number of constables, being voters, the Magistrates had allowed them to resign to enable them to vote, and after the elections had reinstated them and paid them for the time during which their functions . were . sus pended, in consequence of which additional consta bles had been rendered necessary, and consider able expense thrown upon the borough. He held that the course pursued by these Magistrates was most unconstitutional. If the men, by remaining in office, were not allowed to vote, he thought they should not be per mitted to go through the farce of temporarily resigning their offices for that purpose.- , —(Hear, hear.) He should therefore move for a copy of the correspondence with the Home .office on the subject. The Marquis of NORMANBY said he should not only have no objection to produce the correspondence, but was most desirous that it should be laid before their Lord ships. He thought, when it was produced, the Noble Earl would find that he had bden labouring under a con siderable degree of misinformation on the subject. He had argued as if these men were disqualified from voting by the fact of their being constables, but this was not the case.—(Hear, hear, hear.) It was true these persons were under the same apprehensions as the Noble Earl, and that they bone fide tendered their resignation, and were afterwards reappointed, but received no salary for the period they were out of office. In point of fact, the public funds had suffered nothing from their tem porary resignation.—(Hear, hear.) Lord WESTON said it was quite clear that the con stables were of opinion that they would have had no right to vote, and he wished to know from the Noble Marquis whether the Magistrates were of the same belief? Earl FITZWILLIAM asked how it was possible the Noble Marquis could answer for the belief of other per sons ?—(llear, hear.) Lord WESTERN said the Noble Marquis having been in correspondence with these persons might be able to speak on the subject.—(Hear, hear.) The Marquis NORMANBY said, when the cor respondence was produced, the Magistrates could speak for themselves.—(Hear, hear.) POOR-LAWS (IRELAND). The Earl of CARBERRY gave notice that on an early day he shonld draw their Lordships' attention to the sub ject of the administration of the Poor-laws in Ireland. Their Lordships then adjourned to Monday next. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Aug, 27. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four o'Clock. Sir WILLIAM SOMERVILLE took the oaths and his seat. Mr. CAMPBELL, from the India House, presented resolutions granting pensions. Mr. F. FRENCH presented a petition from Roscom mon, objecting to the fluctuating duties on corn, and praying for a fixed duty. PRIVATE BILLS. On the motion of Sir G. GREY, it was ordered that no petition for a private Bill should be received after Fri day, the 26th of Yebruary:_ CORN LAWS. Sir JOHN EASTHOPE presented several, peti tions from places in Leicestershire and Northampton.. .shire praying for a repeal of the Corn-laws. Mr. M. PHILIPS presented a petition from the Conference of Dissenting Ministers lately assembled at Manchester, signed by. between 600 and 700 Ministers of all denominations, who had been deputed to attend the THE WORKING CLASSES. Mr. SHARMAN 'CRAWFORD gave motice,, that on bringing up the report of the Address to her Majesty, he should move an additional patitgraph to the following effect :—" That we further res pectfully represent to your Majesty that, in our opinion, the distress which your Majesty deplores is mainly attributable to the circumstance of-your whole people not. being fully and fairly represented in the House, and that we feel it will be our duty to consider -the means of so eX:tending and regulating the suffrage, and adopting such improvements in the system of voting, as shall confer on .the working. classes that just •right in the representative body which is necessary to secure a due consideration of their interests, and which their present patient endurance of suffering . gives them the strongest title to-claim. Captain BERKELEY gave notice that on. September the 21st, he should move " That the practice of sending her Majesty's ships to foreign stations inefficientlrinanned, and unprepared for every emergency, is detrimental to the interests of the navy and injurious to the character and honour of the British flag ;" and on September 28, he should also move, that ." it is the opinion of, this House that the officers, soldiers, marines, &c., employed at the taking of St. Jean d'Acre are as entitled to pecu niary reward as those that had been engaged at the bombardment of Algiers and Navariuo." -Dr. BO\VRING rose pursuant to notice, to move for "A return of the.amount of taxes levied on land in the different states of Europe; disting,uishing the taxes raised for the service of the state from. those levied for local purposes ; the return to show the amount in the monies and measures of the different States, and.to be rendered into British monies and, measures. Also Return libiting ex the proportion borne by the land tax (as proxima tively as it can be estimated) to the value . :rental of land in the different countries of Europe." i * Mr. D'ISRAELI intimated 'his intention ''9s opposing the motion. Dr. BOWRING then notice that he , inittid. bring . b 'forward his motion on Monday next. - -‘-' • THE NAVY PAY BILL. _ . . On the Order of the Day being read fur the second reading of this Bill, Captain BERKELEY begged leave to call the atten tion of tie Secretary, of the Admiralty to the hardship to which seamen in the Mediterranean were subjected, in being obliged to receive the dollar for 4s. 4d. while they were obliged to spend it at the rate of 4s. He hoped the Admiralty would redress the grievance. Mr. PARKER was understood to say that the Admi ralty would take the case into their consideration. The Bill was then read a second time, and was or dered to be committed on Monday next. • THE ADJOURNED DEBATE. On the Order of the Day being read for resuming the adjourned debate on the Address, Mr. B. M. MILNES rose and said, that he believed the prolongation of that debate could not be satisfactory, either to the House or the country. It could not be satisfactory to Hon. Gentlemen opposite themselves to make statements, which, becau.:e they were not an swered, couli not be supposed to be irrefragable.—(Hear.) He thought th6y brought forward this measure at a bad time. They wished to give a false colour to the debate. Gentlemen opposite would wish the question to be con sidered as one of principle on their side, and as one of party on his.—(Hear, hear, from the Ministerial side of the House.) He would say this question was considered not a question of principle. Gentlemen knew this question was not, abstractedly considered, the qnes tion of the Corn-laws. The men, as well as the measures, were the subject of decision, and could not be separated. Persons and party were involved in the question, and the Hon. Mover of the Address put the question in a form which he knew they could not grapple with.— (Ministerial cheers.) Yes, the question was put forward in a manner with which they could not grapple—(Cheers from the same quarter)—becauSe they knew it could only be grappled with by men who occupied a legitimate and distinct position in the country.—(Laughter.) They knew that the principal accusation against the Govern ment was that they brought forward those mea sures impertinently and injudiciously, as they must be aware that a satisfactory decision could net be come to on the subject ; and when they heard the . Chancellor of the. Exchequer stating that the question, regarded as one of revenue, shrunk into nothing before . the moral and political ques tions involved, they heard it admitted as strongly as they could, that it was nominally a financial question, but that in reality it concealed other and higher considerations. He was unwilling to prolong a debate which ought for all practical and reasonable purposes. to be shortened as much its-possible—which should be left to the leader.: of the two great parties in this country.—(Hear, hear.) The country had seen by the history of the present Go vernment, that a Government resting upon every-day popularity could not win the. affections of the people. Such a Government was obliged by its very existence to affect a confidence which it did not possess,- and to make promises which it could never perform. The Honourable Member for Bath. had said the other night that it was an amiable weakness on the part of the Go vernment, that they had expressed a desire to pass measures which they had not the power of carrying. He (Mr. Milnes) thought that in politics, as in daily life, it was the business of' reasonable men to desire only that which . was attainable ; and this appeared to him to he one distinction betweeri the Government which was about to be formed and the present one, that the former would try to effect only that which it believed to be practically attainable. The appeal which he made to the country was of two kinds ; it was an appeal as to measures, and an appeal 'as to men. The country had decided. as to the value of measures and the choice of men. A Go vernment, situated like her Majesty's Government, should feel every form of office a burden upon their backs. Because they were not in the position in which the Government of a . free country ought to be, they should rejoice in the hope of being liberated from office. He wished, for the sake of the historical reputation of this country, that her Majesty's Govern ment had retired earlier from office ; that they had not waited for a process of. legal rejection. He believed that they would then have come to the discussion of the proposed measures in a more friendly spirit than they had done. The few words which he had uttered would, he trusted, recal to Hon: Gentlemen the real gist of the question before the House, and show them the real question before them was upon whom devolved the responsibility of governing the country.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. RENNIE had not intended to have offered any observations for the consideration of the- House, had it not been for the great change that had taken place in the manner of treating the present debate by Hon. Member.: opposite. The Hon. Member for the West Riding of Yorkshire brought forward his Amendment. He told the House that the real ques tion was one of confidence or no confidence, but al though every Speaker u p t o th e m iddl e o f last night concurred in those sentiments, he had heard great change in the sentiments of those who had since addressed the House. This to him was a matter of surprise, considering that the resolution taken by the mover of the amendment to the Address had not been taken at the spur of the moment, but had been the re sult of a meeting that had taken place at the house of the Right Hon. Baronet opposite, The Hon. Member who had just sat down had. ,explained the real secret why Hon. Members on that side of the House had not spoken ; he had stated that they could not grapple with the statements of the Hon. Member for Manchester. He wished to say one word on the subject of the Corn laws, which had not as yet been alluded to. He hoped there were some Honourable Members connected with the agricultural districts present—(Hear, hear) —because he 'was anxious to call the attention to the important modes in which agricultural operations were carried on in the southern counties of Scotland, in Roxburghshire and the three Lothians. It appeared to him that the landowners had not brought to their aid the improvements which machinery had rendered available as the manufacturers had done. By that means all the manufacturer had been enabled to carry on a competi tion with the manufacturers of the Continent, and if a similar practice, had prevailed among the agriculturists, they would have had less objection to the ports being thrown open to the importation of foreign corn! The improved rents which were obtained in Scotland and- the north of England, were a proof that it was to enlightened agricultural improvements they owed their superiority over the English farmers.—(Hear.) The country now found itself in a position of very great difficulty. Neither side had yet denied the great distress that existed among the millions of manufacturers of this country. They had called those millions into existence and those millions must be fed. He never yet heard of any wish on the part of those who represented the manufacturers that that interest should be propped up. at the expense of the landed interest. All they asked was equal justice—that they might be allowed to exchnge their commodities for the com modities of other countries; and he thought that thelanded proprietors, if they understood their true interest, would, before this question was pushed too far, concede what was now so reasonably demanded of them.—(Hear.) He would only repeat, in conclusion, that the time was come when something should be done to satisfy the minds lof the people of this country. Mr. WALLACE said he thought it was the duty of the House to discuss, at the earliest opportunity, the great questions referred to in the Speech, from the Throne. He knew that lion. Gentlemen opposite claimed to themselves nearly the exclusive right to represent the feelings of the people of England ; but for his part he felt persuaded that no claim could be mote unfounded. He believed in despite of the late elections that the people throughout the country were thoroughly reformers, and he was sure that if attention had been paid to what bad fallen from his Hon. Friend the Member for Rochdale (Mr.,'S. Crawford), namely, the improvement and the perfection of the Reform Bill, the phalanx opposite could not count the numbers which they now arranged in hostility to the Government. If her Majes ty's Government had carried out the principles which they had promulgated in bringing forward the Reform Bill, no such majority would be seated opposite that clay. Above all, if the Ballot had been passed, the dominion of Conservatism would have been at an end.—(Hear, h ea r.) They had only to observe how unpalateable the mention of such subjects had ever been to the party op posite, and . laOw . their countenances' bWayed their fear 2r +ft, f PAP %Mk G 2