The Sun. — London, England, 1828-02-12 00:00:00

rhen I waa 11 1 r 6 vas nothing in ,--nothing in ato his Majotl a ed to desire '' rs under rirbicr i sign th e S ealy' express approl in in a s ego" Chat Govertint o deuce, and 63 14 nt the subject' s I have aired! etas on that su ), ivernment. rd, of those scr confess that I tisfaction, if I ,eresti of the present office for the sake of given ; and 1 onstitution, it at the Noble when he in' rliament, that , which could t that this in' y that will be will be said, ." But, as 1 sntions of any ce, as a Mern' a* assure the late success it! I beg leave to n of its truth, e is one thing • can achieve, tuber, that he quer Ireland. reay be dee roduce all the st sit months to lay on the 2ieh alone we as the Noble ned on these hat whatever unaltered, I the proper n at present. 1 to suppose ly knowledge a my part, I his Majesty's t have been ortugal ; but vrong in his ;ation of our How was act which treaty with ho pretended y, for bow for which roved of ths at fact have sty's speech at an end led to sup er policy of have found nerly enter t how it can nts, because to carry the ffect, for I nciple was ie Diidistry e time pre ming from Secretary to entered mid by no difference r, if he was be forfeit the House ri to think, Canning; hat the re owing to ng was the Mr. Can understood ioble Mar ?oliey was oppose it. e opinions erally erally ap m desirous able to the rho argue $ looking at ndies, the rerlooking r political tion only, separates rrounderl, is of the eelings as com MeV— onsidered rew ears I think me for Catholic I said otter in [ that if a it would her than net them the other I it may teition is t than it %son, be e excited !sistance, !dminis- ; opiniou 'is in such a state, that the Noble Marquis'a Government would hardly have dared to be just. I have detained the Rouse longer• than I could have wished ; but I have only to say, that on this, or any other point, I am ready to meet the Noble Marquis in any way he may wish.—(Hear,hear. ) The Marquis of LANSDOWNE explained. He said that what he had stated was, that he feared the general principles of Mr. Canning's policy would be excluded from the present Administration, although a guarantee had been given to the contrary. Lord WHARNCLIFFE said, that though the Noble Lord (Ellenborough) had seemed to satisfy himself with the defence he had made, the question was whether the House would be satisfied with that explanation ? Was Mr. Canning indeed a dangerous man, as the Noble Lord tried to make appear? And if such were the case, what were they to think of those who avowed that they intended to support the principles of this dangerous man ? Surely there was some great confusion here, or else the opposition that had been shown to Mr. Canning's Ministry must have been personal. But it had been explained, that the reason for joining Mr. Canning's Administration, and the present likewise, was, because a pledge had been given that that Minister's policy was to be followed. But it was not enough on this head merely to tell the country that the Treaty of the 6th of July was to be persevered in.— Mr. Canning had been at the head of a certain num ber of persons in this country, who had thought it wise to adopt a course of conduct on more liberal principles than had been previously admitted by Govern tnent. It was to this that he wanted the present Ministers to pledge themselves. This was what he would ask of the present Ministers. But did he not see sitting by their sides the very persons who had defeated the Corn Bill last year—(Hear, hear.)—and could he have any confi dence that these persons would act as was promulgated ? No pledge that could be given was to him worth one far thing. He wanted to see wile would be their measures, and by those it was that he would judge.—(Hear, hear.) —He did not say that he might not approve the conduct of the present Ministry; but as to its being on the ground of their adopting the measures of Mr. Canning, though he had once hoped it, he now doubted it much. He hoped that he might be able to support Government and its mea sures; but as to its adopting a liberal foreign policy, or carrying into effect the Corn Bill, he confessed he had no hope. The Earl of DUDLET and the Marquis of CLANRICARDE conversed across the table in a low tone. The Earl of CARNARVON said, that after what had fallen he would not press his motion ; but he must still contend that he thought there was ample room for the papers for which be bad moved ; for though, as he had said, there were grounds enough to go into the original matter, yet there was not enough before the House to satisfy their minds as to the affair of Navarin. He likewise meant to keep to his statement, that, although the principle of non interference was the broad basis of policy and right, still th e present was one instance of fair exception to the general rule. The motion was then withdrawn, and their Lordships adjourned at Half-past Nine. HOUSE OF COMMONS, FEBRUARY 10. Lord ASHLEY, Sir ROBERT Iscus, and Mr. Hus• xissoic, took the Oaths and their Seats. Sir EDWARD KNATCHBULL presented two peti tions from the trustees of the Whitstable Rail Road.—Re (erred to a Committee. Mr. GURNEY brought up the Report of the Commis oioners for Paving and Lighting the town of Lewes in Sussex, and leave was given to bring in a Bill founded upon that Report. Gen. GASCOYNE brought up the Report of the Com mittees upon the Manchester and Liverpool, and I3olton and Lea Rail-roads, in the county of Lancaster, and leave was given to bring in Bills founded upon those Reports. General GASCOYNE brought up the Report of the Liverpool Election Committee, and obtained leave to bring in a Bill for providing a more convenient place than the Town-hall for the election of Members of Parliament for that borough, and for enabling the Mayor and Bailiffs of that Borough, to fix certain times for admitting Freemen to take up their freedom. Mr. MEREDITH presented a petition from certain persons at St. Ives, relative to the Ayr and Calder Naviga tion Bill—referred to a Committee upon the said Bill. Mr. FAZAKERLEY presented a petition, praying for leave to bring in a bill for the improvement of the city of Lincoln.—Leave granted. LUNATIC ASYLUM. Mr. BANKES presented a petition from Francis John 'Brown, Esq. formerly M.P. for Dorsetshire, praying for leave to bring in a bill to euable him, at his own expence, to make a donation of a freehold house and estate in Dor setshire, for the purpose of erecting a lunatic asylum.-- Read and referred to a Committee. Mr. HUME presented a petition from certain inhabit ants of Aberdeen, in favour of the Aberdeen paving bill. --referred to the Committee upon the Bill. Mr. CHARLES PALLMER brought up the report of the Committee upon the St. Mary, Wimbledon, Poore Rate Bill, and leave was given to bring in a Bill which was read a first and second time, and ordered to be com mitted. Sir CHARLES MORGAN presented a Petition from the Protestant Dissenters of Abergavenny in Monmouth shire, praying for the repeal of the Test and Corporation A cts. Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Lord STANLEY presented a Petition from the Pre pident of the Chamber of Commerce of Man chester, pursuant to a resolution entered into by that body, praying for the repeal of the Act, imposing a Stamp Duty upon Receipts. —Read and ordered to lie on the table. CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION. Mr. FRENCH presented ten petitions from parishes in the county of Roscommon, praying for a repeal of the Disabilities of the Roman Catholics.—Read and ordered to be printed. NEW SARUM. On the motion of Mr. AGAR ELLIS the Speaker warrant for a Member to serve in Parliament for the borough of New Sarum, in the room of Lord Folkestone now Earl of Radnor, was ordered. Mr. JOHN SMITH presented a petition from certain inhabitants of the county of Tipperary, praying for an alte ration in the Irish Vestries. —T o lie on the table. Mr. JOHN SMITH presented petitions from the inha bitants of the parishes of Cashel and Tipperary, in favour of Catholic Emancipation.—To be printed. Mr. JOHN SMITH presented a Petition from the Baptist Congregation of Bath, praying: for the Repeal of the Teat and Corporation Acts.—To be printed. He also presented a similar Petition from the Dissentin g Congre gation of Gate-street, Lincoln's-Inn-fields.—T o be printed. Mr. MOORE presented a Petition from the Chamber of Commerce of Dublin, praying for a Repeal of th e Ast imposing a Stamp Daty upon Receipts. CORPORATION OF LONDON. and Mr. Sheriff Stable app eare d at t h e B ar o f t h e H ouse, presented a petitio n from the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, an d Common Councilmen of the city of London, in Com mon Council assembled, praying a repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts. Mr. Alderman WOOD moved that the petition be read. Mr. Ald. WAlTHMAN seconded the motion, and felt it necessary to state that he approved of every sentiment con tained in the petition, which was ugreed to with only three assembly of the the great majority of whom were or four dissentient voices, in a very lar ge Common Councilmen, members of the Established Church. The petition having been read, Alderman WOOD said, this petition must be considered as containing the sentiments of the Freemen of Londo n , 'i n as much as it was agreed to by the body representin'g those freemen. A similar petition was presented from that b o d y some time past, and since that time there had been an elecc_ tion of Common Councilmen, but their constituents did not at the election find fault with the previous conduct of the C0m...0n Councilmen.. -_ a plain proof of their opinions on that subject. This petition was as convincing a proof as could be given of the march of mind in London, for not longer back than th e year 1790, a Petition of a con trary nature was unanimously agreed to by the Common Council. 31 " Alderman TPIOMPSON expressed himself favour ablellr to th e obj ects of the petitioners. 1. FERGUSSON would vote for a bill which stated that no person should suffer any deprivation of civil rights for any religious tenets they might hold. It was most im portanon sht, how ever, that th e quest i on of Catholic Emancipa tiould be kept distinct from the question of the Repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts. He (Mr. Ferg - usson) was friendly to Catholic Emancipation ; hut he thought it was right that the friend s of the Dissenters should not offend the feelings of those who were not averse to them, but to the Catholic Claims. He (Mr. F.) was a dissenter from the Church of England, becaus e he was a member of the Na tional Chur c h o f hi s own country (Scotland). It was ver y hard he should be subject to degradation, for being a ttached to a Church which was the National Church of hi s country, as much as the Protestant Church was the Established Church of En gland.—(Hear, hear.)—lf he should be hea r d, h e would endeavour to impress those opi nions on the House when this great question came before it. Mr. MARTIN expressed his satisfaction at the libera lity displayed in the petition. Mr. Alderman WAITHIIIAN thought it his duty to state that the Corporation of London was as favourable to the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts, as the Common Council, or as any other body could be. Mr. HUME said, the Court of Aldermen had lately shown a spirit of illiberality, which was a direct contrast to the conduct of the Common Council. If the law allowed them to use fire and faggot, he believed they would be the first to propose it.—Tbe petition was ordered to be printed. Mr. HUME moved that an account be laid on the table, stating how the sum of 1,579,5001. voted for the wages and victuals of the Navy, in 1627, was disposed of, specifying the sums paid for each account Sir GEORGE COCKBURN said, when the Hon. Gentleman applied for returns, the granting of which could be no public injury, of course there was no objection on the part of his Majesty's Government.---Returns ordered. CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION. Mr. LAMBERT presented several petitions from Lough rea and other parishes, in the county of Galway, in favour of the Catholics. Mr. SPRING RICE presented similar petitions from Shanagolden and other parishes of the county of Limerick. —Laid on the table. QUEEN ANNE'S BOUNTY. Mr. HARVEY moved for returns of the quantity of land purchased by the Commissioners of Queen Anne's Bounty, from 1760 to 1826, distinguishing the countie , in which the purchases were made and the sums paid.— Ordered. WAYS AND MEANS. Mr. DAWSON brought up a bill, voting the snot of 12,000,0001., to be raised by Exchequer Bills, for tht , service of the current year.—The bill was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time to-morrow. ROMAN CATHOLIC LAND TAX RELIEF BILL. On the motion of Mr. GEORGE BANKES, the se cond reading of the Roman Catholic Land-Tux Relief Bill was postponed until Monday next, in the absence of the Solicitor-General, who is indisposed. COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY.—ESTIMATES. Sir GEORGE COCKBURN said that before he moved that the House should resolve itself into a Committee of Supply, he begged to say that he only intended to ask for a vote for the wages and victuals of seamen for six months, and not for twelve months, as at first proposed. This was with a view that the Finance Committee might have an opportunity of making any reductions which they thought fit. This was the course pursued in 1817, when the Finance Committee was appointed, and it then seemed to meet the universal approbation of the House. On the motion that the Speaker do leave the Chair, . Mr. MABERLY said that he could not place the same confidence in the present Administration, with respect to financial reduction, as he did in the late Admini stration. He did not believe that the Right Honourable Gentleman now at the head of his Majesty's Government in this House, was actuated by the same spirit in proposing the Finance Committee that the late Minister would have been. This ho judged from the circumstance, that as long as the Right Honourable Gentleman had been at the head of his Majesty's Government, no such Financial Committee had been proposed. Before the Government came down to ask for a vote of credit, they might at-least have waited until the House was in possession of the names of the members who were to compose the Finance Committee, which the Right Hon. Gent. had unaccountably postponed moving for from Tuesday till Friday. He did not see that there was any immediate necessity fur granting the supplies, and thought three months would be quite sufficient to vote supplies for. Mr. Secretary PEEL—I am not quite sure that the Hon. Member fully understands the nature of the estimate which it is proposed by my Hon. and Gallant Friend to submit to the consideration of Hon. Members when the House shall have gone into Committee. The proposed grant is founded on the number of seamen which it has been thought necessary to keep up for the public service of the current year. I trust the Hon. Member will concede to me that the number of men it may appear necessary to provide for the naval service of the year, is a point for the consideration of his Majesty's Ministers. My Hon. and Gallant Friend only intends to propose a vote for the wages and victuals of 30,000 seamen, the number thought ne cessary by Government. so other species of expenditure is comprehended in the estimate, and this is not an estimate for the entire year, but merey for six months, in order to meet those unavoidable expenses that must, in part at least, be incurred in the particular branch of the public service in question previous to the Finance Committee, which it is immediately intended to appoint coming into operation. This the Hun. Member will, probably, on more mature consideration, be disposed to admit, is following the pre cedent created by the practice of the House in 1817, pretty closely. The Hon. Member has alleged as one of his mo tives for refusing me his confidence, that no Committee of Finance was appointed by his Majesty's Ministers while I formed one of the Government. Now, the Ho n . Mena _ . bet should recollect that I had the honour to hold a situa tion in the Government of 1817, when the Finance Com mittee in question was nominated. Mr. MABERLY—I alluded to the period that has elapsed subsequent to 1817. Mr. Secretary PEEL in continuation—Sir, I have only mentioned the circumstance of my connection with the Administration of that day, in order to prove that I can not fairly be supposed to have been in principle adverse to the appointment of a :Finance Committee, for I was a member of that Government when such a Committee was last nominated. I can now assure the Hon. Member and the House that the appointment of a Committee of Finance was mooted in the Administration of Lord Liverpool, and my belief is, that had that Noble Person remained for a longer period at the head of the Cabinet, the appointment of a Finance Committee would have been proposed. At least this I can say, that I cannot recollect having heard any objection started by the Noble Lord to the proposition, which I believe would have been brought forward. Cer tainly, Sir, I had fixed Tuesday as the day when I in tended to propose the appointment of a Finance Commit tee, but I was subsequently induced to postpone my inten tion till a later (though not much later) day; partly be cause other notices of motions had precedence, and in part because I was not sure that I should have been able, on the day first appointed, to avail myself of the assistance of my Right Hou. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who, I feared, might not then have taken his seat after his re-election. These, I can assure the House, were the only reasons that influenced me in the postponement of my no tice from Tuesday to Friday ; and I now promise to come forward with toy motion on Friday, at the earliest hour that the proceedings of the House will admit, and which hour, I trust, will be an earlier one than on other days it might be possible to take advantage of, in consequence of the pressure of other business. If it had not been for the absence of so many Members of the Government, I can assure the Hon. Gentleman that the nomination of the Fi nance Committee would have preceded the vote for the pay and victualling of the seamen. After this explana tion I trust the House will see no reason against going into Committee for the purpose of considering a grant which it is only proposed to extend over six months, and without which the public service would unavoidably suffer. Sir J. SEBRIGHT hoped his Majesty's Government would enter upon the question connected with the revenue and expenditure of the country in the manner that its para mount importance required. With respect to the question then before the House, lie should be disposed to prefer a grant for three months pay and victualling of the seamen to one for six months. It was his anxious wish to see his Majesty's Government adopt a line of conduct such as might justify him in giving them his support. He should conclude by asking his Hon. and Gallant Friend what in convenience could arise limn substituting in the grant, a term of three for one of six months? Mr. D. W. HARVEY observed, that there could not he two opinions on the subject of the necessity of having a firm and permanent Administration. I t was clear that Mr. C ann i ng was quite willing to appoint a Finance Com mittee—not a nominal, but a usef u l an d really effective Committee, and it remained to be se en , i n what manner h is success ors , who now constituted the Cabinet, intended to act. He should like to know, whether the Adrainistra hail th a t h a d lately been superseded, alm ost w i thout having been a l lowed to come into operation, and whose Opposition of Polley professions as far as had enabled the public pp to judge their actions --he should very much like t o k now, whe ther, up to Novemb er l as t, that Administration had made such progress in an investigation of our income and expendi ture, as to faci litate th e formation 6 of a Finance Committ ee at that period. He would take it for granted, that the late Ministry (supposing it to have inquired into the subject at all) must have looked i nto the expenditure of the country. In doing so) it would h ave cast an eye on our estimates, and could not possibly have overlooked so important a branch of them as those connected with the naval service, which might he taken as constituting about a third of the entire. Supposing the members of the l a t e G overnmen t t o h are proceeded in this manner, it would be satisfactory to the country to know whether they had matured a plan of eco nomy to be submitted to the consideration of a Committee of Finance in November last. Conceding, as he was willing to do, that the Committee now to be a pp o i nted would set about it s tas k w i t h a ll th e sincerity andsearnestne ss possible he hoped for important, an i might he add, not very dis tant consequences from their labours. It was not his in tention to offer any opposition to the proposed grant. Sir G. COCKBIJRN could not say what had been the intention of the late Right Hon. Gentleman at the head of his Majesty's Government with respect to the period for the appointment of a Finance Committee, or the particular nature of the reductions proposed by him to be introduced into our expenditure. His opinion on both these matter, in all likelihood would have very much depended on cir cumstances. This he knew, that Mr. Canning contem plated some reductions in the naval service, but after a cause arose for the interference of our fleets in the Medi terranean, the Right Hon. Gentleman had been induced tri change his mind. No one could say that, in the present posture of affairs, the naval force could be reduced below thi existing complement of 30,000 men. But, although the force was the same, the money that was asked for the maintenance of it was less by 150,0001. to 200,0001. They were, however, rather premature, in debating upon the Navy Estimates, upon a mere question fur the main tenance of seamen. The question was only between three months and six months; and it must be obvious to the Hon. Member, that if at the end of three months, the House, of its own motion, or at the instigation of the Fi nance Committee, should resolve upon a reduction of force, it would not be practicable to 'effect it at once. Ship: x. ere at present all over the world, far and near, and they had, indeed, allowed the time to run so close that the., could no longer do without the money. Mr. HITME said, that the charges of the country were going on, year after year, increasing ; and that he would not consent to vote a single shilling until the estimates for the year were regularly before the House. He did not ob ject to the present Ministry; nor would he oppose them, while they took a course likely to be beneficial to the country, which he hoped they would find themselves com pelled to do : but he did insist that it was criminal care le,,sness to grant them any vote until they declared what the expenditure of the whole year would be likely to require. The Right Hon. Member opposite (Mr. Peel) told the House that it was the province of the Sovereign to deter mine what the number of men was, wanted for the defence of the country. Mr. PEEL said, across the House—" The part of the Government to recommend." Mr. HUME--It might be the part of the Sovereign to recommend, or propose; but it was for the House to decide whether that recommendation should be acquiesced in ; and he, for one, was certainly disposed not to acquiesce in it until the whole expence was before the House. Let the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite (Mr. Peel) explain, as it was the custom for the leaders of the Administration in that House to do ; but until full accounts were produced, he would resist the going into a Committee. The gallery was then cleared for a division. None, how ever, took place, and on our return we found the House in a COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY. Sir G. COCKBURN moved that a vote for not exceed ing 30,000 seamen, including 9,000 marines, be granted to his Majesty for six months, from the Ist of Jan., 1828. Mr. MABERLY opposed the vote. Mr. HUME, opposed the grant, and declared that the Legislature was going on, year after year, in a course of most disgracefully wasteful expenditure, exceeding the in come of the country, and snaking up the deficiency by the issue of Exchequer Bills. Sir J. WROTTESLEY did not so much object to the particular vote now before the Committee, as to the fact that they had not a full statement before them of the whole of the estimates. Great expectations, were held out from the appointment of the Finance Committee. Ue hoped they would be realized, but he could not conceal his fears that this Finance Committee would be used, as former Committees had been—made the 'scape-goat for the pro pc.sition of fresh taxes, which the Ministry would not dare to propose on their own responsibility. Last year we bad a deficiency of 3,000,0001., and he regretted to observe that the deficiency was going on. In looking at our expenditure, he did not object to particular items of the Army and Navy, but he objected to the general character of the whole. He slid not think that the country could go on maintaining the principles of free trade, while its expenditure was continued on its present scale. If he understood the principles on which we endeavoured to carry on free trade, one of the means by which we could hope to do so was a redaction in the price of all articles of our produce and manu facture, so as to meet the competition of other countries in the foreign market. In order to effect this, the price of provisions must be reduced, and the currency altered ; the whole of the landed and manufacturing interests must. submit to a reduction of their income by one-fourth or one-third, in order to put the country in a condition to meet the new stage of things. But while such reductions were Made, were those who were paid large salaries by the public to be the only exceptions? It was, he con tended, impossible that the country could go on to meet itas engagements with the public creditor, unless reductions were made in every branch of our expenditure in whick it was possible to met! them. On looking at the paper • which had been that day presented to the House, it ap peared that the surplus of income above expenditure was 1,132,226/., while the amount paid on account of the army and navy pensions /vas 2,600,000/. ; but the fact was, that looking at the issue of Exchequer Bills in the last year, and the money borrowed to pay the dead weight, there was a real deficiency of between four and five millions. There was a Sinking Fund it was true, but how was it made up ? Not by a surplus of revenue, but by borrowing, thus snaking it a permanent charge upon the consolidated fund. Some time ago, we had borrowed money to pay off Exchequer Bills, but a large part of the sum thus raised went to the service of the year. In 1826 we had bor rowed money to pay off Exchequer Bills, and in 1827 we raised money by Exchequer Bills to purchase part of the public debt, to snake a sinking fund. The whole of this system might be summed up thus :—that we had ex pended 5,000,000/. to snake up a sinking fund, and we had nu alternative now but to abolish the fund, or to raise taxes to that amount, in order to support it. But would the country, he begged to ask, bear to be taxed to that amount, oppressed as it now was with such a load of taxation ? Mr. WOOD complained of the want of clearness in the accounts laid before the House. He thought that any two bankers' clerks, who were well acquainted with bunines, could put the accounts before the House in a shape in which they could be understood. At present they were nearly Mr. IitIME did not know whether be might hope for a better mode of keeping the accounts, but there was no thing to which the Finance Committee could turn their attention more to be desired than an improvemeat in that respect. Mr. DAWSON said, that if the Hon. Member who spoke of the excess of income above expenditure of 1,132,2261., and who had asked how the sinking fund could be made out of that sum, would look to the other items, he would find that there was, on the sth of Jan. 1827, a balance in the Exchequer of 5,119,555/., which, with the surplus of 1,132,2261., made a stint of six mil lions and nearly three hundred thousand pounds, bat of which 5,000,0001. were to be applicable to the sinking fund. Mr. MABERLY observed, that the sinking fund, as it was now constituted, was unintelligible to persons not ac quainted with the principle on which it rested. The amount of sinking fund was now fixed at 5,000,0001., which must be provided whether there happened to be an excess of income to that amount or not. As the act stood, it was imperative to make good that sum as a sinking fund, even should there be a deficiency of revenue to that amount. In the present year it was made up by a balance of income of 1,132,2261., and the remainder by an issue of Exche quer Bills. This was not the fault of the Ministry, but the fault of Parliament itself, which said that there should be a sinking fund of that amount, without reference to any excess of income. Parliament decreed that there should be an extinctio n of the debt, to the amount of .5,000,000/. annually; and ytA 14 days after that it departed from that principle by voting a permanent charge of 2,800,000/. to wards paying the army and navy pcasions.—(Hear.)—He had no doubt, however, that the present year would be the last of the continuance of chat arrangement. The last in stalment would be paid in July, and it would then, if not before, be for Parliament to consider whether the Act should not be repealed; for if it continued we should lose 2,000,0001. of income in 1829. Sir J. WROTTESLEY said, that the sum set down as received from the trustees of nava! and military pensions was 4,245,000/. ; but of . this th ere was pa i d them 2,800,0001., so that the difference may b e sa id to b e so much borrowed. It was absurd to t a lk o f a s i n ki ng- f un d when it was made up bj issues of Exchequer Bills, as was the case at present. Mr. HUSKISSON rose for the purpose of recalling the attention of the committee to the vote immediately before it. The Hon. Gentleman opposite (Mr. 'Moberly) was correct in what he said about the sinking fund's being pay able out of the consolidated fund, whether there was or was not an excess of income above expenditure. As to the other subject of the lion. Member's remark—the army and navy pensions —it was true that the last instalment would be paid in July next, an 4 it would be for the finance committee to consider that as well as other branches of our expenditure. The subject would come more pro perly for consideration in the appointment of the finance committee on Friday next, and he trusted that at present Hon. Members would confine themselves to the vote then before the committee. He thought there was nothing ex traordinary in the vote now asked, as it was usual to give Ministers credit for a vote of this kind on their re sponsibility. The increase of our naval force this year beyond that of last, was not a subject for the consideration of a Finance Committee, and therefore he wished Hon. Members to understand, that no delay of the present vote could be necessary on that account. Having said thus much as to the vote before the Committee, he would only add, that whenever the subject of the Treaty referred to should come before the House, he would be reatly to defend its policy. As to the increase of our naval force, it should be recollected that the piracies in the Mediterranean had rendered such an increase necessary ; long before the Treaty in question was in existence. Mr. MABERLY was disposed to give Ministers hia con fidence for the vote called for, if any statement had been been made; but the fact was, there was no statement on which that confidence could be founded, and it was in consequence of the want of such statement he had opposed the Committee. As to the Treaty, he did not think it at all justifiable, for he looked upon it as a downright inter ference in the internal affairs of a State. Mr. PEEL thought the present was not the proper oc casion for discussing such topics as th e H on. M em b er alluded to. Mr. MABERLY (across the table) complained, as we understood, that an earlier opportunity had not been given. Mr. PEEL repeated his former observation as to the motion for the Finance Committee. Sir M. W. RIDLEY concurred with the Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Huskisson) in thinking that the Finance Committee was not the proper place to regulate the amount of our army and navy. The thing was quite impossible. Mr. WOOD repeated his objection to the irregular man ner in which the accounts were prepared. Mr. HUME said, that the Right Hon. Secretary for the Colonies had stated, that Ministers only were responsible for the establishments of the country, and that the Com • mittee of Finance about to be appointed would have no thing whatever to du with them. If so, it behoved the country and the House to watch the formation of that Committee with a jealous eye. Mr. HUSKISSON confessed be had stated that it was the duty of Ministers, subject to their responsibility, to propose to the House the amount of the establishments which they considered necessary for the defence and secu rity of the country, and that . he did not conceive it was within the province of a Committee of Finance to inter fere on that point. The Hon. Member for Newcastle (Sir M. W. Ridley) had concurred with him in that opinion. Mr. MABERLY said, that if a Committee of Finance was to be appointed merely for the purpose of examining accounts, the proceedings would he a farce. The Committee then divided, when there appeared, For the motion Against it l5 Majority ' SS Sir G. COCKBURN then moved th7t the sum of 1,579,000/. be granted to his Majesty for paying and vic tualling the seamen mentioned in the vote just passed. Mr. HUME addressed the Committee, but in conse• quence of the noise occasioned by the entrance of strangers into the gallery, he was very indistinctly heard. We nu derstood him to complain, in strong terms, of this attempt to vote money, without notice having been given. Mr. Fl USKISSON was completely lost in astonishment at what had fallen from the Hon. Member for Aberdeen, and if it had not been his fortune to have heard the Hon. Gentleman very frequently before, and especially in Com mittees of Supply, be should have imagined that he was some young Member addressing the House for the first time. Did the Hon. Meniber know so little of the history of Parlia ment, of the Constitution, of the Country, or of the charac ter of Committees of Supply, as not to know, that if there were millions in the Exchequer, they could not he touched without a grant in a Committee of Supply? The Hon. Member could not be acquainted with, lie might say, the mere a, b, c, of the process of supply, if he did not know that without a specific grant by a Committee of Supply no money could be taken from the Exchequer. The Hon. Member had already found out the secret of giving a supply without a vote, and if he found out the secret of giving wages and victuals without a vote, he would have made two grand discoveries, and in one evening.--(Laughter.) Mr. HUME said, that some people, unfortunately, were very dull of eomprehension.—(A laugh and hear.) The Committee had only received notice that a vote of seamen would be moved for, and now they were called upon to grant money for their support, which was decidedly con trary to the practice of Parliament. Mr. HUSKISSON undertook to say, that ever since the House of Commons had voted the wages and victuals of seamen, it had done so in precisely the same terms as those which the Hou. Member now asserted to be so regular. Mr. CROKER said, that the vote had been framed in the same manner as at present for the last 19 years. Mr. HUME still maintained, that as no notice had been given on the face of the papers to vote money for wages, the doing so was irregular. He also complained of the cavalier manner in which he bad been treated by the Right Hun. Gentleman opposite. Mr. CROKER repeated, that the vote as it stood always meant the wages and victuals of seamen. Mr. Alderman WOOD said, that when he heard the a, b, c, spoken of, he concluded that he was in a commit tee of education.--(A laugh.)—ln his opinion, the man ner of promising the vote ought to be changed. He was glad to see the Right Hon. Member for Liverpool back in his place. The country expected much from him and the country would not be satisfied if he did not satisfy it.-- (Great laughter.)—He (Mr. Alderman Wood) had never changed his seat, and would always continue his exertions to effect a reduction of taxation. It was hard upon the Hon. Member for Aberdeen to tell him that he did not know his a, b, c. He was sure that the Hon. Member did know his letters.—(A laugh. 3—He meant so far as regard ed taxation, for he knew nothing of the Hon. Member's grammatical learning.—(Continued laughter.) Mr. HUME was not to be put down by such observa tions as bad been addressed to him that night. If person alities were resorted to, he could retaliate. He still thought the motion improper. Mr. PEEL said, that no person in the House abstained from personalities more than the Hon. Member, and it would be unfair to observe a different line of conduct towards him. Mr. 'MABERLY understood that 50,000 jackets, ordered for the supply of the name'', had recently been sold at a loss of 35 per cent. under the original cost. Some explanation of this transaction ought to be given. Sir G. COCKBURN said, that the jackets were sold by order of his Royal Highness the Lord High Admiral, upon its being represented to him that the sailors objected to wear them, because they considered them badly made, and bought others, at an exorbitant price, from Jews and slop-sellers. Twelve shillings had been given for jackets which preyed not worth three. It was considered expe dient that a general examination of the naval wardrobe should be entered into, and the result had been a material improvement in the condition of the garments, and a saving in point of expenditure. A clothier at Portsmouth now supplied superior jackets for Ns. than those which they had bean wearing at an enormous increase of expense. Mr. MABERLY wished to know the manner in which the cast-off wardrobe had been disposed of. Sir G. COCKBURN said, that the jackets, on being considerell disreputable for sailors to wear, and unfit fur service, were put to sale, b,' that a large stock certainly still remained on hand. Mr. MABERLY thought that a thorough investiga tion ought to be imtituted respecting the whole transaction. Sir G. COCKBURN begged to be understood as not having intended to convey the slightest reflection on the Naval Board. He meant clearly to intimate that no per son would give inure than 3s. for those articles, when guided by his opinion of their value; but, if obliged to pur chase them, he must give the price demanded. Mr. HUME was of opinion that a new light had been thrown on this clothing contract by what had fallen that night from the Hon. and Gallant Member on the subject. It seemed to him a very curious circumstance that the de ficient state of the naval wardrobe should have struck the attention of the Lord High Admiral, and no one else. He thought it a dereliction of duty in the Lord High Admiral not to have suffered the sailors to wear those garments which they had been so long ❑sing till the existing stock had been worn out, when new ones of another quality could be purchased and supplied. Mr. J. W. CROKER wished to offer one word in ex planation to the Hon. Member for Aberdeen. It had been thought by the Naval Board that clothes ought to be pur chased fur th e seamen as cheap as possible, since they paid for them out of their own earnings. On this principle they acted, until it was found that those cheap articles were re ' jetted and disliked by the seamen, who invariably applied for those of a better texture and superior quality. As to the stock now on hand, he believed it to be exaggerated. Mr. MABERLY observed, that whatever might have been the quantity of cast off raiment at the period of the al teration, it was notorious that it was still on sale. Sir G. COCKBURN was ready to inset the Hon. Mem ber in that House, should he be disposed to bring the measure forward for examination. Mr. HUME thought that the Gallant Member did not seem perfectly aware that he had thrown reflection on some quarter. What were they to think of the Admiral who had so long suffered the seamen to wear what was a dis grace to them ? Sir G. COCKBURN had frequently seen materials from such slop houses of a very inferior nature in the Navy. He, as the House was aware, spent more of his time in London than elsewhere. However, it was but on the lag visitation that they had seen bad articles of apparel, and 1 after their return they had sent, in consequence, for the naval pattern jacket, which, on inspection, was changed. It would have been hard and ungenerous to compel the seamen to expend the oh] stock, which could not be done in less than a year, to their very great discomfort. Mr. :MABERLir thought it rather strange that the Gallant Officer should have been struck so suddenly with this deficiency when in company with the Lord High Admiral, although, from his many opportunities, he might have had frequent occasion to notice it before. Such a defect must have been tolerably obvious. Sir G. COCKBURN exculpated himself from any share of such an imputation, by the fact of his having referred the matter to a Committee immediately on his perceiving it himself. Mr. Alderman WOOD expressed! his conviction that the public in this instance bad been c h arge d muc h more than was necessary. a articles in ferior thing whi c h Mr. WOOD (Member for Preston) had e ver y w i s h t h at due attention should be paid to the comforts o f t h e sa il ors; to measures for that purpose he was far from objecting. But if contractors were so fraudulent as to furni s h clothes of an inferior description to the sample they ha I pr esen t e d, why did not the Admiral prosecute those contracto rs ? f c e o r u i S d l ) d i r • to lGeg.tiltm legitimately induce BleUsiaßi4N had e not said aconclusion Lad been supplied. th ielt 'night so happen that a charge of I Is. 6d. would be made for a e jacket not worth 3s. if duly valued. Yet, for such a jacket, it was not likely that a sailor would give 9s. vt the least. He (Sir G. Cockburn) was very willing to ftoduee to the House, if necessary, one of those jackets. It should he presented to every Honourable Member, and he was confident they would agree in estimating it at a very low rate. It had been remarked during the evening as a matter of surprise, that these evils should have so lung existed. He, however, could assure those Hon. Gentle men who expressed such a feeling, that it was not altoge ther so easy a matter as they might imagine, to reform all at once abuses of such a nature as the present. He had himself been the means of introducing many improve ments ; and much, notwithstanding, which would need a remedy, remained. Sir George Cockburn ended by stat ing (in reply to a question from Mr. Moberly) that ap hundred jackets had been ordered to be mach) for trial. As the question was about being put, Mr. HUMS demanded that as exact detail of the man ner in which the present sum was to be disposed of, should be given before the passing of the vote. Sir G. COCKBURN replied that it would be impossible to comply with his desire at present. The question was then put and carried, after which, the Speaker having agaiu taken his seat, the House resumed. Sir A. GRANT moved that the report of the Commit tee of Supply should he hr ought up. Ordered - tilat it be received to-morrow. The House to go into a Committee of Ways and Means on Wednesday. Here Sir G. COCKBURN expressed his hope to Mr. Moberly, across the table, that he would not press for an immediate report of the Navy Board Returns which he had desired. The Hon. Member replied, we believe, in the negative. Mr. BRIGHT presented a petition on- the subject of flu Ludlow election. Referred to a Committee: The House then adjourned at a quarter to Nine. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF COMMONS. NOTICES OF MOTIODIS FOIL THIS DAY. 1. Mr. Michael Angelo Taylor—Returns connected with the Court of Chancery. 2. Mr. Tennyson—To postpone Warrant for East Ret ford Writ. 3. Sir John Newport—Returns relative to Admiralty Court (Ireland) :—Also, amount of Church Rates levied in Ireland during the last year. 4. Mr. Whittle Harvey—Total amount of Auction Duties paid in the 499 Cases upon which Petitions were re jected by the Commissioners of l'_:xci_;e during the seven years preceding the year 1827; specifying the cause of non-compliance in each case, the amount of each payment, and the appropriation thereof. .. Mr. Wood—Bill to alter the mode sf taking the Poll . at Preston. ORDERS OF THE DAY FOR THIS DAY. 1. Exchequer Bing (12,000,000/.) Bill—Second reading 2. Transfer of Aide Bill—Second reading. 3. Supply—Report. To Merchants, Captains of Ships, Hotel and Tavern-keepers, General Dealers, and Others. EXTENSIVE STOCK of CHINA and CUT GLASS. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY MR. WILLIAMS, At No. 28, Leadenhall-street, near the India House, To- Moieaow, Wiants'EsnAsc, Feb. 13, and two following days, at Twelve o'clock precisely, each day, (on account of the number of Lots), ALL the VALUABLE STOCK of English and Foreign CHINA and splendid cut GLASS, consisting of magnificent Oriental, French, and the finest specimens of English China ; superb large jars, vases, urns, beakers, and a profusion of cabinet and other China, both useful and ornamental ; ten elegant cut glass lustres and chandeliers; fifty sets of rich china dinner services, many of which are of the most beautiful patterns ; dessert ditto ; dejeunes ; breakfast, tea, and coffee sets ; ale jugs ; broth basins; chamber sets; a large quantity of Staffordshire ware; blue and white dinner services, &c. The cut glass, which is of the best description, ccnsists of dessert services ; sets of decanters; butter and sugar basins; cellery glasses; water carofts; champagne, claret, wine and ale glasses ; tumblers ; goblets ; salts, &c. epergnes, liquor and cruet frames; double and single-light lustres, &c. &c. To be viewed the mornings of Sale, and Catalogues had at the Mart ; at the place of Sale ; and of Mr. Williams, Throgmorton• street. s ir We are compelled to omit our List of the Prices of Shares; it shall appear to-morrow. t k 4.-.t/OvA.) , - *l3ll k LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 12, 182 S. The debate last night, in the House of Commons, waz not without interest, as it evinced a constitutional jealousy respecting the minutiae of Estimates, which, we trust, will never again fall asleep under any Govern• ment ; but the proceedings in the House of Lords were far more important, as containing an explanation of the circumstances which Jed to the dissolution of the late Ministry, and the adherence of some of ' its Mem bers to the present Administration. By the want of space, and in the absence of that explanation which Mr. Humus- SON will no doubt furnish, we are at present prevented from entering into any lengthened observations on the speeches of the Noble Lords who addressed the House ; but we would especially direct attention to the able and spirited defence of Lord DUDLEY, in reply to the charge., advanced by the Marquis of CLANRICARDE. We were not a little surprised at a second paragraph which appeared in the Times to-day, stating that it was the courier with Mr. Ronisctritn's express, who dislo cated his shoulder on the way to Boulogne, on Tuesday last. It is impossible that a Paper which has invariably given us credit for our exertions, should wilfully or invidiously mis state the fact; and we have, therefore, to repeat, on th, authority of our highly respectable Agent at Dover, that the misfortune happened to the courier bearing our Express. The fact is in itself immaterial, our merit being, of course , confined to the circumstance of having exclusively given tb' King of FRANCE'S Speech on the day following its deliver) • The Duke and Duchess of CLA"?'' CE, Prince of HOIIENLOME-LAUGENBOURG, an d the Princes, EmiLIE of Carolath, dined with th e Duchess ofKam yesterday, at her apa r tm en t s i n th e King ,,, p alace, at Ken sington. The Duchess o f K EN T, Princess FEoport. and Count and C oun t ess Minisrca, visited the Duchess o CLARENCE yesterday at her residence. in the Admiralty. ViscOwit PALMERSTON, Sir G. COCKBURN and Mr. Ciroxrrt, had a conference yesterday with th , i,t Downing A i l ng r. .. u. H eet U . S - CHANCELLOR of the ExcuzQuza , at his residenc e i i Downing-street. Mr. N.,!.sir, the archit ec t, h a d an inter view yesterday with the Right Hon. Gentleman. NIS r S M r o h N y esterday D Mr. ilk e o a CHARL ES t f tt :t e .7 C E GRANT oIo L n i ia N I GOffi visited e attended at tht Treasury at 11 o'clock yesterday morning : his Grace wa' busily engaged during the day transacting official busines, SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(TIES DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S PORTSMOUTH, Fin. 11,-Wind N.N.E.—Arrived the Eliza Jane, Liddell, from the 'Mauritius, sailed Nov. ti The Madeline and Penelope Were at the Miuritius, and expected to sail in about fourteen days for London. FALmourn, FE3. 10.--Wind S.S.E.--Arrived the 1-febe, Just, from Lisbon. Sailed the Tagus, Head, for Lisbon. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 10.—Wind S.---Arrived the CALl bria, Giswell, from New York. LtvEupoot, FEB. 10.—A brig is on shore rant. Mock- I , eggar, gupposel to he the Mary and Lucy. The London, Topscott, from Newport to London. wax. abandoned offPadstow on Saturday, being in a sinking state. The Lord Newhorougb, from Limerick to Bristol, is lust off Loophead. Vessel.; epsken with.--The Drontlieim, from Dronrileirn to Genoa, lat. 46. long. 15. ; Royalist, from Maryport to Charleston, the 27th ult. by the Eliza Jane, Liddle, ar rived at Portsmouth ; Anacreon, Holborn, from Prince of Wales's Island, for London. off Lundy the 9th. THE FUNDS-(TiiiS .0A Y.-. CITY, TIVRLPR O' CLOCK Early in the morning the Funds had a tendency to a rise,. and Console, after opening at 854, the price, became buyers, and were repeatedly done at 85i ; they are now 85f for money, and 85i f or t h e account. I n di a B on d s cont i nue at 92 4, an d E xchequer Bills, 60 1 pm The F ore i gn M arket opened with some disappointment to the Jobb ers, who fully expected an explanation from Mr. Rocafuerte, the Mexican Minister, upon the renewed delay which has attended any arrival of specie to pay the divi dends on Mexican debt. The inquiry after Colomiiiiin 13,nde acts generally upon South American securities, as it is eel-- tain that any restoration of the faith and credit of the new States must more or less influence all Bonds. Colombian are 251- 1 . There is much talk relative to Spanish Bonds; and the r:port that a special Minister will be ap pointed to arrange this long neglected security, gains ground, some even go so far as state that an indivi dual is or will shortly arrive here, charged with powers to this effect ; however, there appears much doubt en the subject fur the present; in the mean time the price is 10+ 4; Brazilian are 61i f 2 ; Buenos Ayres, 37 9 ; Russian, 94i ; Danish, 611 62 ; and Portuguese, 73i , In Shares, Brazilian Mines are at 54 6 prem. ; Colom bian, 1 13- die. ; Real Del Monte, 40 dig. ; and Mex',ean Company Share, S 9 ; Mexican Mint, at 3 4 per share. The letters brought by his Majesty's ship Pylades, from Vera Cruz and the Ilavannah, have been delivered this morning; they are chiefly pluplicates of those by the packet, and do not appear to contain any new facts to those already known. Three per Cent. Consols, 85A-; Ditto fur the Account, 8511; Three per Cent. Reduced, 86a i; Three and a half per Cent. Reduced, 934. ; Four per Cent., 101 i ; Four per Cent., 1826, 1034 g ; India Stock, 249 50; Bank Stock, 238 9; India ponds, 92 4 pm. ; Exchequer Dills, 60 1 pm. _ Foßms.—Brazilian, 64 2; Buenos Ayres, 37 9 ; Chilian, 22 4 ; Colombian, 23; Danish, 64 ; French, five per Cent., 104 5 ; Ditto, three per Cent., 70 i; Greek, 17,-f -; Mexican, 5 per Cent., 253. ; ditto, 6 per Cent., 351 i; Peruvian, 23 4 ; Portuguese,, 73 Russian, 944- ; Spanish, 101 MlNits.—Anglo Mexican, 57i die. ; Brazilian, 68 S pm. ; Colombian, I die. par; Real del Monte, 40 dis. ; United Mexican, 20-319 dis. ; Mexican Company, S 9 per Share ; Mexican Mint, 3 4 per Share. TW 0 CL 0 (7K. There has been a good deal of money stock at market to day, and the Commissioners purchased at 854, ; Consola have been alternately buyers and sellers at 84, and arc now the former. Some purchases have been making in Colombian Bonds, and the market continues good, THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) HAY MARKE rs.—(Al ST. JA t per Load of 31 Trusses.) 6MES'S. X. e X. 6 . E. .c. L, LOWInd 7,4e4d.Hay 3 10 to .1 5 CloYer flay 4 Ste 5 15 Upland Ditto 4 0 5 0 Oat Straw Rye.grass Hay 4 0 5 0 Wheat Ditto ll6 2 0 New Meadow Hay 310 410 Supply limited, trade somewhat brisk, and prices as lest gutted. SMITHFIELD. X. a. X. r. LmslandMead.Hay3 sto 4 0 Upland Ditto 4 0 5 0 ItycgrassHay 4 0 5 0 New Meadow Hay 315 4 5 A good supply, and a dull X. s. g. Clov.llaygf-nerally 4 10 to 3 IS Do. extra tine 0 U 6 0 Oat Straw ll2 1 H Whc.it Ditto trade, at Saturday's prices, THE ARMY. Major General Lord Fitzroy Soinerset held a Levee this morning at the Horse Guards, as Military Secretary to the Commander-in-Chief, which was numerously attended by General and other Officers. The 10th, or North Lincolnshire Regiment of Infantry, at present in Portugal, has been directed to proceed front thence to the lonian Islands, to relieve the 7th Regiment of Royal Fusileers, which corps will, on bc:ing relieved, go to Malta. YEOMANRY CAVALRY. The Taunton Troop of the late East Somersetshire Re giment of Yeomanr) Cavalry, discontinued from the 25th December last, has been permitted to continue its Service•so without any Pay or Allowance whatever from Government. The Nuneaton Troop of Warwickshire Yeomanry Ca valry has been dissolved. DOVER ELECTION. Trans CLOSE OF THE POLL—MOND.A.V. Mr. commenced 'MS Mr. Halcomb 633 —lO5 The poll majority this morning when M r . Halcomb resigned'the contest. Mr. Trant had provid e d a large r e i n f orcement o f out- d we lli ng voters, wh i c h puha bly had th e e ff ec t o f i n d uc i ng Mr. Macomb to take the step he did ; for it i s ev id en t th e ma j or ity wou ld h ave in creased considerably had the poll continued during th e thy. It was very much expected that Mr. Halcomb would have given up the cont e st on Saturday evening. H a d h e done so, Mr. Trant's expences would have b ee n mat er i a lly lessened, for out-voters in hit. interest have been pouringin to-day in considerable numbers. 1 i i r a f.dal , just :N-ir. SPORTINU INTELLiti.NCE. TATTERSALL'S.—FEn. 11. Few of the betting-men assembled to-day, and in conse quence the betting was so so. The Colonel has been r ising and falling, and has ultimately settled half a point farther back than Thursday. His backers do not seem to like this weather for travelling. Navarin has made a step, and lodged himself above Sorcery, who seems at a stand-still. The list closed as follows : DERBY. rs 7 to 1 agst Hon. E. Petre's The Cohoe l 8 to 1 agst Mr. Thernhill's Merchant s o rcery colt 14 to 1 agst Duke of Grafton % , Dru id 10 to 1 eget Lord Grosvenor's risvarin (taken) 10 to 1 aget Duke of Rutlant 17 to ISouth aget Mr. Payne's Joh anns cote colt 20 to 1 aget Sir J. 6helley' s Am y colt 20 to 1 eget Mr. Thornhill' Matintl 30 to I agst Duke of Grafton's Omen4o to I aget Sir J. Sbelley's Bar na.rde OAKIE. g t Mr. iNowell s Rosanne filly 11 to I agst 8- a t Mr. Forth's 15 to 1 05 1 ~, ~. El izabeth filly i a pt ma . . in 1 ° ' ° nY'et Zoe 15 to 1.., to I s et Duke of Grafton's Turquoiss , 12 to 1 1 Sr. LZGER• 1 2 to 13 to 1 aget Mr. W. Scott's Velocipede 1 6 to 1 aget Mr. Petre's The Colonel 17 to 1 aget Mr. Watt's Coulon—Alin Cranfield 25 to 1 agat Sir T. Mostyn's Ultimatum 25 to 1 aget Mr. Thornhill's Merchant 35 to 1 aget Duke of Grafton's NaTarin 40 to 1 aget Mr. Petre's Delpbine Southoote colt 40 to 1 aget Mr. Payne's Johanna - I :tag:: ciiiilrir.oduP,, , j 4 e t i i rrKsseei.l3Taßrraae sh m s, y P soil. Bedlams a t, e s r t 0 Swiss 4 5 to 1 agst Sir T. Stanley's Herbert Lacy 45 to 1 agst Mr. retre's Stapleton 16 to 1 aget Lord 11Iilton's13allad S i n g e r AO to 1 aget Sir M. AV. Ridley , s Duncan Gray ViScOUllt GODERICII will, it is expected, re move from the house attached to the office of First Lord of the Treasury about Easter. The Duke of WELLINGTON will occupy the house while his Grace's residence in Picca dilly is u ndergoing a thorough repair. MR. BROUGHANI S SPEECH ON THE LAWS. _We are requested by Mr. COLBUKN to state, that in consequence of the extent of the documents to be printed in illustration of 51r. B}LOUGIIAM'S Speech, and the time required to prepare it completely fur the Press, it has been found impossible to publish it till Thursday morning, when it will certainly appear.