The Sun. — London, England, 1841-06-03 00:00:00

MORNING EDITWN satudon of Jamaica. The bill was passed by so small a majority that it was lost, and tree island was saved.:--- ()Near, hear.) The Goveroment thought they were called upon by that result to quit office, and they returned tinder circumstances but little calcu- lated to regaiii the confidence which had been previously reposed in them. It would not do to let the Session pass without seine fresh proposal, and in spite of repeated de fi'.:lencies, in defiance of warnings given by gentlemen who- were experienced in financial affairs, at the instance of the Hon. "Member for Greenock, they threw away 1,200,000/. Then came 1840, when the confidence of the Noble Lord was renewed by the House, and he be mime exceedingly - triumphant. The Hon. Member for I)hvonshire, however, proposed a vote of want of confi dence, and the Noble Lord on that occasion was sup ported by a majority of 20. He would now beg the attention of the House to these points. The Noble Lord proposed an annuity of 50,000/. a year to Prince Albert. A large majority of the House considered that in the then state of the finances, 30,0001. would be ample. He toek that as a declaration, on the part of the Members of the House s that they had not confidence in the economy of the Noble Lord. In the in ehth of February the Hon. Member for Harwich brought forward a. question re specting the finances of the eountry. On that °tension a large mtjority of the Members declared that they had no coatidenee in his financial wisdom. Then there was pte - ition respecting the pension of Sir John Newport, eel a third time did - the House affirm its want of eon thience. They had proved that they had nn con& dense ii their economy—no confidence in their wisdom, and e very small degree of confidence in their political integrity. The. Government, however, had suf thnent to shuttle through the House the remainder of the Was it confidence in their weakness or in their strength ? Was it confidence in their love of country or confidence in their love of place ? The Go cerement having declared their intention to relinquish their attempts .to purify the system of registration in e - eelatid, the Noble Lord. the Member for North Lamm shire b ro ught forward his Bill, and upon several ocea lied a majority of that House agains t the Go sioes obt.: 4 worn:merit. 14 e .t was at last defeated, not by the en:e3 but by thd 1,. speeches of those Members, who nought to &ley what th l ',AY could not otherwise defeat. So closed the Sessi on of' 1810, and then came that of 1841 ; and in that Session surely the Noble Lord must have felt that the confidence whieh the House reposed in him was at a -eery low ebb indeed, for he failed in olauest every question which he ro t fughorward. In she resent Session, then, what wa b s he to do for the par- F oes of gaining the favour he had lost ? Why, he brought a Bill into the House which was to give a new norAtitution to Ireland. Had the Noble Lord the con • el- ice of the Homes on that occasions? No, he was defeated, en d teen ciao the Budget of the Chancellor of the Ex • chequer, esed the proposition for cheap suga r, were th cheap vorn, and eh '4 P timber. Why, he. would ask,they to have measnrOlgought forward which, two yeare age, colleagu:' of the Noble Lord had de c lar ed some of the •te be madness to think or'. Those who supported th e Noble Lord in his proposition w;:!i respect to the Corn laws did it not from a supposition that they would be beuefited by-a protective duty, but under the hope be that, from the weakness of the N oble Lord; they would en -abled to obtain a total repeal of the Cora-lave,—(Cheers.) Did the Noble Lord, he would ask, remain in LAWN now for the purpose of carrying on the real business of the country ? No; it was only for the purpose of bringing tete debates on such subjects as the torn-laws for the purpose of exciting turbulence and disaffection throughout the country.—(Hear, hear.) Was the Noble Lord holding office for the purpose of fighting the battles of the Crown against the House of Commons, because it had enereaehed upon its prerogatives ? He was doing I le such thing - He was remaining in offi ce in order that be rdp,itt, male the re p res entatives odious to the repre aseuted,—(Cheers.) tie treated that the Noble Lori' wo ujel p au se a ,eo lie attempted to eury out the course he see_ned deterniliteel to pursue. He hotted the Noble Lord had sense regard for teeethumoue fathe, and be thought that he was likely to attain it through the inetriuneutelite of ,the Hon. Member for Fieshitry. They had bard of wytiig and Tory Administrations ; they had heard of ~rgad lehenn and ReforM Administrations, the latter of whie:;, is the halide of the present Government, had dwindled elowa to what the lion. Member for Finsbury had called" the N'ieez:able Athisinistration."—(Laughter.) He thought if tea Noble Lerd' continued to pursue the course he wai I ,:tw attempting to carry out, he and his colleagues, in s tead e Fbeing called " the squeezable," would be de . nominated the wicked Administration. In conclusion he heel : Ted to esy that lie supported most cordially the iesolution propieled by his Right Hon. Friend. Dr. LLTSIIINCirTOS thought that the House would not be surprised, when it recollected the circumttarteas which had recently taken place, at the part which he had - thought it his duty to take, end the vote which lie then gave. He thought the House would not be surprised that he St•,s inn ;t anxious, on the present occasion, to explain and Jefead the course which lie had thought it his hueale:e Jety to take Oa a late occasion. Nothing was feenher from, his intention than to refer back to the de bate which oetapled, the m House so many days by what h e t h en e t a t e d h e w ee re to abide---(11ea ilear) — hy the rettemee he then offered, he, was ready to ettheel—he • .repented not of the part he thee' eook—he would net re argue the question, but he would re-affirm the statements he had then made.—(Hear, hear.) lie should, however, deprecate the cours.- taken, both on one side off the the House and the other, with respect• to the astieseion o question. He denied, on the part of his Right lion. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer that he had a right iss essanne :ogetlust• questions which stood under very dif ferent eireatnetatie es, saying to the Member; of the House that they should Lake them as a whole. ele re nudiate that which tell from the Right Hon. nat, in She. course of the debate, when he said that the questioi w a vote of confidence or not. He had a right to address that observation to those who were his supporters, and he weuid not have the meanness to shrink from the vote Ole intended to give. But lie declared now as then, that anion the merits of the question his vote was alone d *ermined. With respect to the motion of. the Right lion. Baronet, eotwithstanding all that had been cotid the Hon. Member for Hull. he (Dr. Lushington) would still adhere to Whig principles.—(Hear.) When they were speaking of the great principles advocated by rex - and Crey, it was not to those who had repudiated those princiehee that they were to look to see if they were • maintained, .tut it was to those who had never faded to support them. fl was not to the Noble. Lord the Meal her for North LaO:tashire, who had left his friends oa that side of ete House, Or the Right Hon. Baronet the- Member for Pembroke, to e.hetrete them with defection Item those principles. Let lion. Members look to the father of the House of Commons, and .qeveral other Mem bers, aniline, ? would see that there had cm been a sue le defection. The same observatio n would app';eftually to the House of Lords, for there the conduct of the t.ele Lerd Holland had shown the true Whig principle still exited. They were not to be displaced by mere assertions from the position they occu pi e d —they were to be judged by those who were hest acquainted with their principles, and also by the conntry. The Right Hon. Baronet - had maid, that in retaining office the present Ministers were acting against the spirit of the Constitution. He (1)r. Leshington) could not help observing, that throughout the whole speech of the Right Hon. Gentleman there leas an apparent wish to avoid the true question.— (Cheere.) The Right Hon. Gentleman well knew that the sole question was whether, looking at all the circum stances of the case, her Majesty's Government ought to resign office, or appeal to the people ? In every instance to which the Right Hon. Baronet had referred , ;here was this dear line of demarcation, that wherever there had been a resignation in consequence of not corn esanding a majority in that House, there had been an ' absolute impossibility of dissolving Parliament. Stich was the cue in the time of Sir Robert Walpole ; SO in the Administration-4)f 1807. In that year what said 'Mr. ,Ctureing ? Whye that lie defied all their votes ; -that be would stand by t he Crown, and appeal to the people, and he was just in a situation to do so. In 1830 the itiight nondurable Baronet was defeated, and in 1833 he forestalled a dissolution,. because he eatuld not, with the slightest probability of eat eeess, have eelletl a new Parliament together. Now what was the case with respect to the present Par liaeneht ? It had sat tour years, and during that period ma ny great ineasares hal been wrought forward by her m a j est y', Government. In sonic of them they had been elefeated, and in some they had succeeded, and he (I)r. • Les hi ng t e n) ~wanted to know whether, speaking as to the principles of the Constitution, it was not competent to her t . o wn v'e Goecrament, though they Were judges itt that . own case, es every Ministry must be when they Z est ,' yeti Parliament —he wanted to know w be h for e at event pred at than, Wm going to the country, laying flier lid eon-, and what they had attempted to do, mei thee. the country pare upon pare their pea'zeipeee with those who must succeed them if they were el. ni s i heed In the course of with . surprise the present debate he had ht 7:: Members state that beceuse other _uoP. Member. air fered fiona the Government on one topic !10-t, they were bound to differ from them in all. He was surpr:eed to her e it stated that tuett a course should have been purse ` t by the Noble Led the Member for Lincolnshire, and the,. it should be said that he oaght to have assisted to put men into power whose principles he had opposed through life. If an important principle had not been involved in the ques tion, he would hare followed the usual course, and yielded his judgment to those with whom he generally acted. But upon great and important questions, men were justified in acting _upon separate and independent principles. But because he so voted, was he to recant, the principles he had maintained form his earliest days ?—( Hear, hear.) He did not mean any disrepect to the Right Hon. Baronet and those by whom he was surrounded, but he could not avoid looking at the con• sequences which a change in the Government would produce. He could not help tuf nitil his thoughts in the first instance to Ireland. Two years ago the Right Hon. Gentleman had said , My difficulty is not - Canada—my difficulty is Ireland."— ( Hear, h•.ar.) If he thought the Right Hon. Baronet would he allowed to pursue the dictates of his own sound understand ing, he n.ight perhaps express less alarm. But how wet Ire land governed now ? In accordance with the wishes and feel ings of the g eat majority of the people.—( Ghee: s. ) With prosi.er.ty, which might be but slowly increasing, and with p aee and tranquillity, which if n t entire was vet greatly beyond what it had ever enjo l ud.—( Hear, hear.) • If the lI gat lion. Baronet came into p er what wou'd be the ;first consequence? Why he must g overn Ireland by the aid. ;arid assistance of the reun:ant of a party in opposition to the great in tjority of the population. Look at the Irish Registra tion Bill propo , ed by the Noble Lord opposite—its objects were to diminish the already too scanty tranchise of Ireland ; the consequences would be that the present prosperity could not be maintained—confidence could not exist—the peace of the country would be distracted, or could not be maintained except by force of arms.—( Hear, hear.) If he passed to other con • siderattons he confessed the same views forced them . . upon his mind • the Right Hon. Baronet had spoken of France, and reserved ‘,. to himself the right to offer an opinion as to whether it. g a r s , n t ot through the policy of the Govern• meet that that with c utitry had been estranged from its bonds of amity to restore Engl and. ieae tit . st likelyßut he asked which party was and amity between the two countries ? A Government which, o f d it wouid not be in the opinion of the world, of the House, was one which efonri'd on the opposite side porters of the despotic policy of Germany, years had been the sup porters of the party which had declared and Prnsi• and red itself the advocate of free institutions ?—( Loud cheers.) If he had one wish more than another it was that they should re-establish with France the firm and united feelings of peace.—( Loud cheers.) When he looked at the immense advantages the one nation could confer upon the other if they only entertained just feelings and views of their respective interests, he was the more anxious to see that peace re-established. When he looked at the great cause of liberty and free institutions, he was the more anxious to see France and England leagued together. He would not trespass much further on the time of the House, but he wished to say a word as to the home policy of the Government with regard to the education of the people.—( Loud cheers.) He wished to see education diffused from the mountains of Ber wickshire to the mines of Cornwall ; but he would never go along with the Right Honourable Baronet in confiding it to the hands of one particular sect, or exclusive party, because he believed that such a course would defeat its great objects, fetter its exertions, and defeat the wishes and expectations - of the people.—( Hear, hear.) Anxious as he was on that subject, and knowing how deeply the Noble Lord was attached to it, long before he assumed any Ministerial office, he should be sorry indeed to lose his services. One word more: he looked to their colonial empire, and he remem bered how it had been governed for many years, and he re gretted to see how little of justice the Government Lad dis pensed to the inhabitants of these colonies, how much they had been neglected, and how little had been done for their improve ment. Let Hon. Members recollect the speech that had been uttered by a political enemy the other night, the agent for the island of Jamaica, who paid a just tribute of praise to the policy of the Colonial Government, although it was utterly alien to his own. He (Dr. Lushington) had some means of knowing how that policy affected the welfare and comfort, and tranquil lity of the island of Jamaica ; and he was anxious that the same system should be pursued ; and he Lelieved, as retarded that country and the colonies, the resignation of the present Alin:stry was a step greatly to be deplored. He must be permitted to make one remark upon the Hon. and Learned Member fur Liverpool, and he thought that Hon. and Learned Member had no right to stand up in that House and denounce, without discrimination, all the persons who supported the Go vernment as the enemies of the Church.—( Hear, hear.) He had no right to make that charge ; it could answer no pur pose but to embitter party spirit ; and if ever there was a state of public affairs which imperatively called for calm consideration—(Loud cheers, and counter cheering)—with a view to the administration of those remedies which might be best to effect an alleviation, if not a cure, he apprehended that both sides of the House would be of opinion that the present was that time.—(Renewed cheering.) They were then to consider whether, under existing circumstances, some efforts should not be made for that purpose. Let them look at the state of their manufacturing districts.—( Hear. hear.) He might, if he pleased, as the Right Hon. Baronet had done, refer to paper after paper, to show that the trade of the country was not fail ing off ; but experience demonstrated, that whatever might be the state of trade upon paper, the reality was, that they were in the midst of the deepest suffering and distress.— ( Hear, hear.) They might depend upon it that it was impos sible the people of that country could maintain themselves, un less the trade and manufactures not only did not remain sta tionary, but advanced. They might boast of their enormous wealth—they might exclaim of the immense exports and imparts, but if they were not increasing according to the demands of the populatEon, absolute wealth was as no thing ; fire misery would continue, and the people would still perish by slow degrees. Had any one proposed a remedy fur that state of things. He had heard of none. The people had borne the distress with unexampled patience. They had en dured the misery with a resignation which that House, and every man of property, could not be sufficiently grateful for. It was to be recollected that there was a limit, beyond which human endurance could not enable men to go. There was a limit, beyond which endurance must fail; and the consequence must be the entire destruction of their establishments. He was not now going to discuss the question of the Corn-laws. It was suggested to the House as a remedy, and it was well worth their consideration. If they looked to some of the speeches of the late Earl of Liverpool, they would see, how, after that question had been agitated from time to time, his candid mind dealt with it ; that he discarded and rejected the question of an alteration in those laws save in the possibility in case of war or a state of destitution. He (Dr. Lushington) had ever supported the measure from his earliest days. He had a firm opinion of its necessity. The people of this country, t o, were now coming to that conclusion, and he believed when they expressed their opinions, justice, as well necessity would compel the House to adopt the measure. Above all things, he would say—let them not throw the question aside— let them not abandon the labouring population of this country to utter and entire destitution. The present was, probably, the list time he should have the honour of addressing that How, and he was therefore desirous that he should still be found to adhere (if any doubt could be entertained of it) to the grin ,:isles which he had ever professed. Avowing himself a party man, but utterly disavowing any bitterness towards his enrages !lists, he hoped When he quitted that Hous he should have the satisfaction of thinking !hat though he had been opposed to a Large political party, he should not have left amongst them a personal enemy.—( Cheers from the Opposition tenches.) He would not trouble the House further. He would conclude by stating that he still supported, as he ever did, the principles of civil and religious liberty throughout the world. He believed that those with whom he acted were disposed to extend those principles, and he prayed that by their determination they would advance them.—( Cheers. ) Sir W. FOLLETT said he had no intention of charging his Right Hon. Friend with inconsistency. because he pave his vote in favour of those principles to which he was so long at tached. Bo wenld charge the Right Hon. Gentleman with no inconsistency, because paving voted against the proposition of her Majesty's Government, and now faithful to his party, he had stated his intention of giving what was probably his last rote in favour of that party to which he had always adhered. Noe would he (Sir W. Follett) stop to inquire whether the Right Holt. end Learned Gentleman was right in saying that neither he nor the Oovernment had swerved; he did not pro fess to enter into that 4lseussion with the Right Hon. and Isearned Gentleman, but he risiih,t, express his surprise when he (fie. Lushington) appealed to the 1144, 41ember for Middlesex. that taoslie not think it right to appeal t'iso #,Q the Noble Earl whom he into4oned as the head of the party in the ,-Louse ; —to Earl Grey. lise Right Hon. and Learned Gentleman 'teal not appealed to Earl Grey, blithe appealed to those who acted with that Noble Earl. But he (R4r W. Follett) asked why it svgs that that Noble Earl, instead of Wing now a supporter of her Maiesty's Ministers did, they had reason to believe, con demn the po icy of Ministers. The Hon. (Pollen - 4u :ltat the Go , had said that the ~croon between them was, vernment, after having sesteined defeats in that House, 7vere t s.sstipg unconstitutionally in still retaining office. He (Sir W. Folie(t ) did not see that such was unconstitutional, but he said that was MA the case hetweenthem. The present resolution was brought forward not to condemn an appeal to the people, but to condemn a continuance in office, without an appeal to the people, pf Ministers who had not had fur many Sessions sufficient con fidence in that House to enable them to carry their measures. When Wry spoke of dissolution and an appeal to the people, under whet ettreumstances was it announced ? The Noble Lord the Secretary foe Wind had stated on the first or second night of the debate, that the Govenamere, at no distant period, in snded to dissolve—that they had advised the Sovereign to that egeet, and that the Sovert ign acquiesced therein. But he (Sir Wee, Follett) asked why did they not at once dissolve? They said they slid not mean to dissolve till they had had a discussion on the subject of the Corn-laws.—( Hear.) Yes, that subject on which of all others the Right Hon. and Learned Gentleman had said it was most necessary to come to a calm, full, and dispassionate consideration. The language of Mi nisters was that they meant to dissolve Parliament, but before doing so they ifizant to ask the concurrence of the House, or rather to propose to ii, en alteration in the Corn-laws, which most deeply affected the passions of the people, and the com merce and manufactures of the country ; yes, they meant to propose the question to the House, but they did not mean to ask them to concur in it. Why was it, he would ask, that they proposed this measure, and at the same time announced the intention of dissolving, if they meant the House to concur in it? Why else , did they propose it save in the hope that something might take place in the course of the debate which could be made use of upon the passions of the people et the forthcoming struggle. The Right Hon;lG,entle man the trieeretary at War had told them plainly and., astirictly that they had never any expectation of carrying the measure. If they looked to the course taken by the Noble Lord the Secretary for the Colbsies with respect to another Bill, he would ask did not the routins of the Government show the object with Which they held out their threat of dissolution? The Noble Lord said he would nit bring forward in this Ses sion the Hill for continuing the Poor. law. Wig not ? The Government had every reason to believe !hat BM woes! d meet with the concurrence of the House, that that Bill might be carried into a law ; but the Noble Lord refused to bring for ward that Bill because it was one deeply affecting the paZiells of the people, and he thought he should not get a full and calm discussion on it. But it was quite evident that the discussion on the Poor-law Amendment Bill was put off, and the discus sion on the Corn-law brought forward, because the discussion on the one measure might prove injurious to the Government, and the discussion on the other might assist their interests ; and that they hoped the people would have strength enough to resist the overbearing power of the aristocracy.—(Cheers.) Well, Hon. Gentlemen opposite cheered him, but would the Right Hon. Secretary at War say that he thought it consistent with his duty as a Cabinet Minister not to smooth down the jealousies between the different classes, but to attempt to aggra vate them, to inflame their passions and prejudices, to excite one class of society against another.—(Cheers.) He thought the Right Hon. Gentleman would have remembered what the Noble Lord (J. Russell) had said of that very agitation in 1831—that it stirred society to its foundations, and arrayed one class against another, man against man, with the spirit of I deepest hostility.—( Cheers.) Yet it was that sp.nt that a Member of the Cabinet had thought it right to state a wish to see revived.—(Cheers.) He (Sir W. Follett) believed the Flight Hon. Gentleman was much mistaken, and that the people of this country would not again be deluded In p;o o p te x l would o e oru h tl hd i b en t t o io t ta injury of h a ou t fb a ae t l sfltireoai pleased -( eede pto C h h er ee raise rso. Majesty'sn) e class H He thought atinaii sotsetn t he an other,i n office, or to relieve them from their difficulties.—(Cheers. ) He thought the Government had greatly overrated their power of agitating the people (Chee'rs.) Still, when he con sidered the mode in which- this dissolution was announced, he wouldwould haveta tthoedleescisde upon lesson as a a s nd in ti t , e a n t d s e , d ,u , s, w and he a t s he t r he he H r nttse Ma jesty's Ministers had or h a d not sufficiently the confidence of that House, and whether they were justified in retaining 444 T without that confidence his a Rightqesq u estio n ono f Honourable and serneel Friend had treated this as dissolu t ion. Follett) admitted that those who sup portedion were hound to make out their pro le". Honourable President of the Board He clear, from the month of May, position t s h . e T :e l:e (n . uttt s Mini_ themselves declared they of Control devised tie fi rst Proposition ; but he (Sir W. Fol lett) the Government—he said that it was perie: tl Y e concurrence of been 1839, when her Majesty' ;Isle to carry had not sufficient confidence to can' said that from that time they had "1. through Parliament any measure; without t, t 2 his Right Hon. Friend (Sir R. Peel) and the I ,: r tY opposed t o them—(Cheers) —and the Secretary at War ,:needed this, but said that, in a constitutional point of view, there V .." nothing in the circumstances under which they retained office contrary to historical precedent and the spirit of the consti tution. That he (Sir W. Follett) boldly denied—(Loud cheers) —and he said that the Right Hon. Gentleman ought not to have excluded from his arguments and illustrations one essential ingredient which had belonged to the Constitution since the accession of the House of Hanover ; he meant the mode in which Government and the Opposition to Govern ment was conducted by party combinations in Parliament. He said that all the historical precetients brought torward did not apply to what would be found in the proposition of his Right Hon. Friend. it was where they found the continued inabi lity of the Government to carry any measure without the suf ferance of the party in opposition—(Cheers)—it was that situ ation in which she present Government was placed, and it was their continuance in office under such circumstances, which, be maintained, was contrary to historical precedent and the spirit of the Constitution. — ( Chee rs. ) The measures which had been mentioned by the President of the Board of Control, as indication of the confidence reposed by the House in the present Government, had been alreadydisposed of, but there was one which he bad mentioned, to which he (Sir W. Follett) must allude, for amending the registration of voters in Ireland. Was it possible that any one, who had any know ledge of that Bill, should not perceive that they could not have a stronger proof of the weakness of the House Govern ment, and the want of confidence in that ? On the proposition for altering the elective franchise, the House had two divisions, on ene of which the Government were in a minorityof 11, and on the otherin a minority of 21, and yet this Bill was immediately followed by this budget, and by the propo sitions of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, propositions which the THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, JUNE 3, )44t. Government never expected to carry into effect. He trustedhe should be pardoned for adverting to the precedent of Mr Pitt, in • 1787. He was far from intending to assert that there might not be cases, although they must be extremely peculiar ones, in which the Minister of the Crown might well be justified in Weir g office against a majority of the House, but circumstances se eeculiar were notlikely often to recur, and he thought that a s ruggle under any circumstances against a majority in that. House could not be continued without endangering the pre rogative of the Crown.— (Cneers. ) Bu', with respect to the precedent of Mr. Pitt, he said that posterity had pronounced its condemnation against the coalition of Lord North and Mr. Fox, and against the India Bill brought forward by that coalition as an undue encroachment upon the prerogative of the Crown, and as likely to be dangerous to the liberties of the people. That was the Opinion of Mr. Pitt, that was the opinion of the majority of the House of Lords, and of the constituent body in the .other House. He asked whether under those circumstances Mr. Pitt was not fully justified in resisting for a space of time—from December until the following April—whether he was not justified in resisting the party arrayed against him, and arrayed not upon any public principle, but as he thought from purely factious motives, and unsupported by the country.—(Hear, hear.) But sure!) , thrt afforded no justification for a weak and powerless Ministry 1 not acting upon any public principle.—( Hear, hear, and ironical cheers from the Ministerial benches.) 'Why, upon what public principle did they stand?—(Opposition cheers. ) Was it the principle of free trade? Was it their struggle fir an alteration in the Corn-laws? Was that the great principle on which they stoed ?—( Hear, hear.) Why, when did they announce that principle?—(Opposition cheers.) When did they announce any principle which could have kept them in office from the month of May, 1839, up to the present ti ne ? -Why, within the last week or fortnight. after they had been detated on the. Irish Registration Bill. They had never heard of the principle before.—(Hear, hear.) They had no doubt maintained a long struggle against the present Parliament ; and was that the ground on which they had retained office? Their commercial measures were now brought forward, not with any view of passing them into a law, but to serve the purposes of the hour.—(Cheers. ) He would refer to another precedent—the precedent of his Right Hon. Friend the Member for Tamworth, in 1835, and he would ak whether that precedent justified the course now pursued by the present Government? For his part, he had thought that if that precedent would have been at all referred to, it would have been against the course of the Ministry, and not in favour of it. What were the facts of the case which the Right Hon. Gentleman, the Presicent of the Board of Control, said he was now at liberty to state ? The Right Ho i. Gentleman said that his ( Sir W. Follett's) Right Hon. Friend possessed the unbounded confidence of the King—he had a large majority in the House of I.ords ; and the Right Honour able Gentleman added that his Right. Honourable Friend had not only the entire confidence of his Majesty, but that his Majesty had the greatest reluctance to accept the present Ministc. s. lie ( Sir William Follett) would add another fact —that his Right on. Friend had the support of a great and powerful party in the country—that he hen the support of a majority, at least of this portion of the United Kingdom.— (Loud cries of " Hear, hear," from the Ministerial benches.) He did make that reference by way of drawing a distiucti in be tween the several portions of the realm. He was not stating the fact with any such view; _he had stated it for the purpose of showing that his Right Hon. Friend had not only the con fidence of the Crown and of a majority of the House of Lords, but that he was supported by a very great and powerful party in the country.—(Hear, hear.) Notwithstanding all that sup port, his Right Hon. Friend, at the first moment . he had been defeated on a legislative measure in that House resigned office. He would ask whether such a precedent afforded any justification for the continuance in office of her Majesty's pre sent advisers, under the circumstances under which they were now placed ?- e ( Hear.) His Right lion. Friend said upon that occasion that in the midst of the difficulties which sur rounded him be could never have thought of advising the Crown to resign that great source of moral strength which consisted in a strict adherence to the practice, to the principles, to the letter, and the spirit of the Constitution.—(Hezr, hear. ) It was in conformity with that language that his Right Hen. Friend had resigned office ; and he would say, that if her Ma joety's present Ministers had acted upon a similar prin ciple when they resigned office in May, 1839, they should not have accepted again without being assured of a greater share of the confidence of the House and of the country. He would not allude to the circumstances under which Mini sters returned to office; it might he that they were justified in making the experiment to form a new Administration. But he would say that that experiment had entirely and signally failed. They had not since received a greater share of confi dence, but every thing that had taken place in the House and in the country showed the diminished confidence of both. — ( Cheers.) f heir very first step was to abandon the Jamaica Bill they had brought forward, and to adopt that proposed by his Right Hon. Friend. From that time to the present nothing had taken place to give the Ministry additional strength. The Noble Lord at the head of the Govern ment had declared at the time, in the House of Lords—not adopting the doctrine of the Right Honourable Gentleman the Secretary at War—that the worst Ministry for this country would be a Niinstry which had nut the power to carry its legislative measutes. How had the Mi nistry since maintained their posit.on? By making conces sion after concession, and attempting to conciliate, and by thst conciliation necessarily encouraging extreme parties in the country, whose views the Noble Lord the Secretary for the Colonies and other Hon. Gentlemen opposite had repudiased and denounced as dangerous to the monarchy and to the country.—(Cheers.) What was the course of the Govern ment with respect to the •Ballot ? They, had at first opposed it as a Government measure—they had considered it a dan gerous innovation. Nothing had taken place which ought to have produced any change in their opinions, but they had be come weaker in that House, and the Ministry had come down and made the Ballot an open question. Again, when the Hon. Member for Preston had proposed to introduce a Jul. franchise in counties, the Government bad opposed the mea • sure ; and yet they had themselves afterwards brought forward a measure for giving Ireland a 51. county constituency. Theee were some of the concessions which her Majesty's Government had formerly made. What was their course with regard to the t ern-laws? The head of the Government had declared that no one het a madman could listen to any proposal for altering the present Corn-law.—(" No, no," from the alin.sterial benches.) The Noble Lord at the head of the Government had emphatically stated in the month of June last, not a twelve month' from the present time, that he could listen to no pro posal for altering the present system —( Renewed crie s of i` No, no.") He did not think he could have mistaken the lan -nage of the Noble Lord, which he would then read to the iiouse. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman then proceeded from a speech of Lord Melbourne, to the teageetad, "that extras. i t hatn, alteration in the present Corn-laws would be carried without g violent struggle , without causing much ill blood,eg eoeietv to its foundation, and leaving be without stirri hind it a source of bittertinee'end enknosity ; and he tnelefore motion." lion. felt himself justified in eaying ' pa , ill t i - e Gentlemen opposite cheered that speec)s, Se ich essi been made m in ad t e he tha m t o s t p it e l e i ch o! No 're Lesed thq hg4 vernment, of which l i e waddle head, now proposed to stir soeiety to its foundatiep,— a j n u d n h e er ig A st il (Loud cheers.) Were they now prepared to commeoce a struggle which should raise man against man—(Cheers), iii n s Tl4l, s th g e q by rashly entertaining a proposition which the very Ministers who proposed it admitted they had no hopes of carrying ? ( Cheers. ) What justi‘agee could be biought forward more cogent in support of the propositionpf hie noble Friend, than the conduct of that Government , and a the *Me Lewd wh i was at the head of it on the present occasione-(Clieete)—sin bringing forward a measure not for the purpose of earreltlfi It into a law. but for the purpose of appealing to the pinions of the people ?—(Hear. ) He would ask if the conduct of ant Government in relation to the Budget could be defended by Hon. Gentlemen opposite, —( Cheers, and counter-cheers. ) What was the Budget? If he understood the . subject aright, it was a proposition brought forward by the Cheneeljor of the Exchequer, to enable him to meet the present deficieneiee in the revenue. Now, could they tell him any ill• stance in the history of the country, in which with a deficiency in the income of the country, a Chancellor of the Exchequer had come down to the House of Commons to price pose a budget, as a means of supplying that deficiency, contain • ing propositions which the Government thennselece admitted they never expected to carry?—(Cheers.) Whsteeee might I be the ultimate result of those proposition s, admitting they were sowing the seed of which they might expect the fruit lit the future—admitting that at some distant period these proposi tions might be carried, still there coul.l be no hope of carrying them for the purpose for which they had been brought forward. If the Government could, he would not say so eecite the pas sions, but so trifle with the revenue of the country, were they fit to remain any longer in office? The Right Hon, Gentlemen the Seer/envy et War had confined his admission to the Cornslaws s hut he belie-seal that the Ministers never thought they sho uld carry 'hat portion of their Budget which related to the timb er duties ; gnu . Ise believed that, even from what had transpired with regard to the.' communications with the Governor-Gee neral of Canada, because :_he Governor terat said,. ehnt W the Qu a iOna its the elatesa see vernment intended to propose any Canada timber, he thought that. time our, to he g lv, e ri, t4 consider the alteration, and to enable persons interes!" - a " I s t" trade to employ their capital in some other manner : therefo.4 that could not be a measure available for the purposes of the Budget. What, then, was the meaning of these proposigens The one was calculated to agitate the people of this eounere s and the other to excite discontent , if not disaffe ction, in the colony, recently the seat of rebellion, in which the great experiment of the union of the two provinces was carrying on, and with a country lying along its borders, he could not say hostile to England, but the border population of which were anxiously looking out to take advantage of any 441 i-hence; which might arise in Canada. Now, that was the state of affairs with regard to the Budget. The Chancellor of the Exe chequer admitted the deficiency, and he brought forward a Budget to supply it which he admitted he never expected to be able to carry—(Cheers)—and then the Ministers said that. they held office on a great public principle.—(Cheers.) Ile saw nothing either in the announcement of an approaching di:solution, which had produced such an effect upon his lion. and Learned Friend the Member for South Shields, or in the manner in which that announcement had been made, that should prevent him from giving his vote in favour of the resolution of his Right Hon. Friend. He should give that resolution bes cordial support, because he was satisfied that both the propo sitions it contained had been clearly made, out, and because he was satisfied from the course which he believed her Majesty's Ministers had been compelled to adopt, that they could no longer continue in power without putting in equal danger the power and prerogative of the Crown, and the peace and happi ness of the country.—(Loud cheers. ) Sir G. GREY confessed that that it was not without some curiosity that he had seen his Hon. and Learned Friend who had just addressed the House, rise to state his reasons for sup porting the resolutions of the Right Hon. Baronet, because knowing the reputation which he b 4) deservedly possessed as a great constitutional authority, he was unable to imagine how he would maintain the proposition that Ministers were bound on the rejection of measures which for the first gm c had been submitted to the House to relinquish office without appealing to the country, and affording the people an opportunity of expressing their opinions—(Loud cheers ) as to wh e th er they approved of the conduct of their representatives 'arliament His Hen, alyi Learned Friend had abandoned . 'n' in s . • . • although other creeetjernen who had addressed that posit, the other side, bad aeldneed precedents in sup that House on "tied that a dissolution vas e pert of the port of it. H e adme -.Tete r 4 the preeestativeie appeal s , Constitution, and that t he e. '"= ~alo ne , fit ad eduntlell ing to the p eo pl e was not unconsts:. "t" - -1e h 4 tr o t ettelfief tY.O 9 that a dissolution might be proper, and me- ••settosiat eke uphold the doctrine that it was a part of the consti... - ent that any Government which, under any circumstances, shoe be unable ta carry its measures, would . be bound by the decision of any existing Parliament, and must refuse to dissolve. He had listened to the speech of the Right Hon. Baronet, and had gathered that the object of the resolution was to drive the present Ministers from their offices, and to assume the Government himself without any appeal to the people.—(Loud cheers.) The Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Pembroke had denounced a dissolution as uncon stitutional, reckless, and revolutionary. It seemed as if that Right Hon. Gentleman had entered the House from the li brary fresh from reading the speech of the Right Honourable Member for Tamworth in 1831, in that debate which had been interruptedby the tap of the Black-rod at the door of the House, and who, in terms not so strong nor so vituperative as those which the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir J. Graham) had felt himself privileged to use, because he was using them in speaking of men whom he had once called his friends. had attacked the measures of Msnisters in 1831, when the. Noble Lord the Member for Lancashire, who then sat opposite the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Tamworth, had an swered him, while the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Pembroke sat silent under the lash.—(Loud cheers.) The Right Hon. Baronet had then said that the Government ha i laid a measure on the table of that House without any itit:,n- tion of passing it, but merely for the purpose of popular et cher:lent, and that they were taking A course fraught wito dan ger. and which must lead to tuAiult.—(Cheers. ) To him it was gratifying to witness the enthusiasm which had beet, ex cited ashen the Ri, , ht Hon. 13,ronet had been rernintic.i of :he dissolution of )831. lie had frankly admited the precedent, and had said " Dissolve, but dissolve with spirit. Dissolve at once."—(Cheers.) But he must recollect that those who cheered him had equally cheered the attack made by the Right Honourable Baronet and many of his associates with regard to the dissolution of the year 1831.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") It was a gratifying scene , for any one who felt an interest in the measures then proposed to Parliament, and who remem bered the course of events then taken ; and he must say it gave him a hope that before another ten years were past the Right lion. Baronet would be found among those who would approve the course now taken, and think that under existing circumstances they merited the approbation of posterity Up to the speech of the Hon. Gentleman opposite he hid con ceived that the object of the motion was to obtain a vote which might have the effect of inducing the present Government to abaadon office without an appeal to the country. What was there to be deprecated in a discussion of the Corn-laws in that House? He could deprecate meetings like that whica hid been alluded to which' took place at Stroud.—( FL ar, hear.) Nothing could tend mere to bring popular meetings into discredit than meetings disturbed by an uithalloweil union between Chartists and Conservatives, who attended for the express purpose of interrupting the proceedings. —( Hi ar. ) His Noble Friend the Member for Marylebone had told them the other night that he had spent three hours in the company of a deputation of Chartists, who told him that they were no supporters of the present Government, but that they were i re pared to support a Tory Government, believing that they would do more for then than any Government which had hitherto existed. His Noble Friend should have gone a little furtlit r, and told them what measures were proposed in the course of those three hours for securing a continuance of that susport.— ( Hear, hear.) These were the men who disturbed and brought discredit upon public meetings. He would ask, was it possible to suppose that any scene like that to which he had referred could take place within the walls of that House ? Had they any reason to suppose that the subject would not be discussed with the calmness, the deliberation, and the dignity which became that assembly ?—( Hear. ) It would tend to dissipate much of the delusion which existed on the subject of the Corn-laws, and rather cal it than excite the feelings of the people.—(Hear, hear.) That it was an inconvenient subject for Hon. Gentlemen op posite to discuss he was perfectly ready to adinit.—( Hear, hear.) The Right Hon. Baronet opposite had said tha , he had no wish for concealment ; but after listening with the ut most anxiety to hear what his opinions were, all he could col lect was, that he pledged himself to the maintenance of a sliding scale in opposition to a fixed duty.—( Hear, hear.) Why, was that, he_would ask, being explicit?—(Cheers.) A sliding scale might be consistent with the absence of all pro tection whatever.--(Hear, hear.) When the Noble Lord gave notice of his motion in the first instance, the greatest import ance was a' taehed by Hon. Gentlemen opposite to the amount of duty. He stated distinctly what duty he proposed, and they had the full benefit of that statement. The Hon. Baronet avoided giving any opinion on the subject ; and while petitions were pouring in from the agricultural districts, praying that no alteration whatever might take place, the Right Hon. Baronet deprecated the agitation because it would tend to prevent a settlement of the question. It might be extremely convenient to the Right Hon. Baronet to avoid being explicit, part cu larly when he saw candidates, some of whom stood high in his confidence, making propositions which were utterly inconsistent with the present system.—( Hear.) With regard to the dis solution the question was whether it should take place before or after the discussion of the Corn-laws. In his (Sir G. Grey's) opinion it would not be just to dissolve Parliament until Hon. Members had had the fullest opportunity of ex pressing their opinions. One of the principal grounds upon which the resolution of the Right Hon. Baronet had been sup ported was the modification of measures which had been put forward by the Government. Those modifications were not in the slightest degree owing to the want of confidence in the Government on the part of that House, but to the means which Hon. Gentlemen opposite possessed of thwarting their measures. Upon what ground did the Right Hon. Baronet ask for the confidence of the House? Looking back to firmer Governments, they found the principles of opposition clearly defined. What Incase-tee had been brought forward by Hun Gentlemen opposite showing their sympathy with the wants of the people, and their desire to extend popular rights ?—( Hear, hear.) With one single exception they h td brought for ward no measure embodying their principles.—( Hear, hear. ) That exception was the Bill of the Noble Lord opposite with regard to Ireland—that Bill upon which the Right Hon. Baronet who opened that debate was so ominously silent, exer cising that prudence which characterised him, and cord. ssing, though silently, the difficulty which he felt with respect to it.—( Cheers.) The Right Hon. Baronet was associate,' with men of less prudence and less reserve than himself. Ile (Sir G. Grey) thought that was a measure which was at least nut likely ro transfer to him the confidence o` the people of Ireland. The caution of the Right Hon. Baronet on that subject had been hut little imitated by three who followed him.—( Hear, hear.) Even his Hon. and Learned Fried could not abstain from drawing a distinction between time con fidence which was given to the Government by English anl Irish Alembers.—( Hear, hear, hear, fi em the Liberal benefits. ) He had endeavoured, indeed, to retract what he had stated.— ( Hear, hear.) He had on his mind no doubt those analyses and divisions which they saw frequently in the newspapers, which hied up the people of Ireland as the dust in the balance, and were meant to deprive the Reform Act of i's vitality. His Hon. Friend had alluded to the Poor-law Bill, and stated that as there was to be no discussion upon that, he did not see why there should be a discussion upon the Corn-law.—(Hear, hear.) He (Sir G. Grey) could not but regret the spirit in which the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Pembroke had introduced the subject of the Poor-law Bill. The Ri:, IA Hen. Baronet the Member for Tamworth had carefully avoided in troducing the subject, and it was reserved for the Hon. Baronet the Member for Pembroke, one of the authors of the Bill, to pursue a course the object of which was to threw obloquy on those with whom he was formerly associated. —( Hear. lame ) Now, what was the real fact with respect to the Poor-law and the Corn-law question? The Poor-law had been dis cussed over and over again, and there was no intenti ,n on the part of the Goverment to postpone the renewal of she Bill until it should expire. , His Hon. Friend must know that while a discussion on the Corn-laws might occupy three or four nights, a discussion on the Poor-laws would take up weeks, and would therefore postpone that dissolution which the of er side of the House seem d so anxious about.—( Hear. ) Upon the subject of the Cern-laws, and also upon the subject of the tim ber duties, they on that side of the House were at a loss to know what the ,pini..ns of the Right Hon. Baronet were. he had stated, it was true, that an alteration of the duties was re quired, bur he had not stated what the alteration was which he was desirous should take place. Now he ( Sir G. Grey) thought that when an attempt was n.ade to displace the present Government, in order to give room fqr that o ref the Right Hon. Baronet. the House ought to khow what his el opinions were tenon three such important subjects. The House ought to know whether the principles of the pre sent Ministers or thine professed by the Right Hon Baronet WPM Mast in accordance with its own. It was not a question of the Civil List that had caused the Right Hon. Baronet to retire from power. He had done so because he bad never pes sessed the confidence of the House or the country. 'the Bight Hon. Baronet had either opposed all the popular mea awes brought forward by the present GOvernment, or, in lend ing his aid tei them, he hail so reduced their effect as to take the is pie of their papuhr character from them. If the Right Win, Buono were to sowed in the present mo tion the House would declare that monopoly should still exist, and that there should still he restrictions upon trade, and that the defieiencies in the revenue should be made up by flesh taxes being placed upon the people. It was true, that if the present motion were carried, it might be followed up by an Adrees te the crown to remove the present Ministers without a diseessipn en the Ceeri e lewa or an appeal to the people. But he would caution lion, Member' eppeaite and the House to pause ere they adopted such a step—a step which WAS caloW lated, as he thought, to compromise the dignity pf the Heine, and to inflict a great injustice upon the people of this country. Mr. HANDLEY me to move the adjournment of the de hete, Nit was met with loud cries of " (so en." He had no wish Nit tfi defef to whatever was the feeling of the House.— (Hear, heir.) it they siege Fillieied to iPdulge him for a short time he ehould prneeed. It spa ohrique to cam Brie. Member that from the priaition in which hp was placed lie egu 4 not allow the debate to close without requesting the indulge ee of the /louse for a short period. He was the more induced t o 40 so E§ ife the speech with which the Right Hon. Baronet the Member fer Bernhreke eleseel the debate on Friday night, he bed agideesSe4 to I.he ilpialp Loril the Member for Lineolitah re and himself 441 r. HPOPY) a lecture 111 , 911 eollsislenCY= -- ( Hear, hear, and e lapgh)---:whieln ponainK from seph a ei , qiee, did evince a ' clegree of tnotlest e ,surance of Which le scarce thought him possessed.—(Cheers and laughteie) The Rielit Here 13aronet was reported to have said, if he had not the plea taare ~9 ilea! & fft , ;h e at both the Noble Lord and him , elt had arlial, ee tilt' es thgy et - He fi,Torned, the Noble Lend 1 po the rtu g b, o 4nt a v reta a ry for IhP ( - 7 ,9 1 9n1ie& F9/1 1(1 hi" RP o i* bringing forward the Peiti-lawe ei e Government mea"ire , 14"" having stated' 40)tIIIng Cie the kilo , and beli ev in g ,_ had done so, he had carefully and the only thine ei4ll, : im l doeyepp rts e h f e h n is eir thing which had at ell e refermce fit the question , was when he hm speeches, . . corrected the misrepresentetiene 9f feioenieg pener.—( /liar, hear.) It could nut mere y by urn ,words like thi,sp, th . tt •ife Right Hon. Baronet had nut setalaitePt II? . Ai uPt 6 P Nill he intention to join in a vote of want of porichVp awl:, ! Qevarninent from which he had never differed ei R., edit en the questionOf the sugar duties .— ( Hear, hear. ) IVas ii upon grounds like tnrs# tho - Right Hon. Baronet hat; coen celled him to a breach sit the pessera end whets he found e ing arnen wielding a deogereus weapon he wes to ;Feeley Ilia Noble Friend the 4enretary of the Colonies, between Dpw:i ing-street and that lieu*, ,mil oil Vriday night, wrest trent his hands the Corn Bill which he intended tq 3 a-y ou the 4Ple of the House ?—( Hear, hear.) Was it upon such; Andi tLat he called upon the " heavy ag riculturists of Li nshire," es the Right Honourable Baronet himself, no zeph)r, designated pi ceinstituents, to reject him ?—( Loud Hon. Baronet, namely, that cheers and laiegheer.) k f t there was this manifest distinction between his (Mr.' Tipyilees) cape td t' fffl 114.0i1i . . been true to his prineiplee—ose e d . cheers While tli ai.ey w ould rejeCl hire feiebernig honest grey-coats of Cumberliod lai4efl SW. the lliFt/i ilqiir Baronet because he had proved false to Its. —( Renewed clew ; ingi ) The Right Hon. Baronet had said, and said truly, that the resolution pf the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Tamworth saves foanded, eve the e a se of a single defeat, but upon a suegessiee pf d e , eer, iffaemtteh he ellesuger duties was the only question on w h i ch they , bed snataineil e defeat, and in whieli he hitd nut concurred , without g o i n g back so far as the Appropriation Cialilser the Right Honour, able Baronet had very good reesous ffir pet eine dating his resolution, as it might have been rye Lanceshise epet thp Right Hou. Baronet th e Member for inconvenient to the Noble L o r d the Member for North Pembroke.-4ond' plicers.) Bet hitherto Parliament had not expressed an opinion and he was mach More. Walked to loelt apen the Riglit Hen. Barot.et as a warning father than es #I) pOtriple i to . adoVili's piton the c,oven or the tinter dn:iis, precepts rattier than his practice ; and tll 1410 hti 4 ,, t..i" ,. rather than his acts.—( Hear, hear .) He hid,ifi'FV: fere, much satisfaction, as all might have who stool l p fivoligh the labour of reading the Right lion sect a reason fer eny ,opinient t. ap may Baronee's weel,es, in finding a precedent, an argument choose to prof se he hed had the goied (terfiln't; o tn 4, yi k eqee4e inde by the • - At th e e, osiittionirt ett"Caili '. e; ' od Or' PT ot Jartetai y j""' l ento. 6 f ieeaeie tree eheile an ettgereet?di itaro!e U r i—( Sir... e e s . ir e ,: li e ee e seit ty jfiN# h? pleAd the son for not accepting the table)—the Rte... -- - held the speech Ili hi'illi'fiq! Statute of Limitations, but he -- ' --"n giving "ea' evidently printed by an hostile hand; met e__ v'-meet the R ight Hon... the Member for Tamworth to join his signated that Administration in the following leripiage -a. i fil! composition of this Ministry is as bad as I can well imegine, ft r it is entirely composed of men to whom, and to whose measures I have been all my life opposed. cheering and "—(Loud the offer Pt. 4dZniOrgtion, he, laugh ter.)de- Yet, if he (Mr. Handley) recollected right, it was com posed of the Ri g ht Ho n . Gentleman the Member r Cam bridge, who generally sat in close contact with him, the Bight reconciled Baronet the Member for East Kent,,,(Muoh langh for flarwieh, and the Right_ ter)—who carried as an indelible warning—, " Nusquim tuts fides." (Hear,hear.)—Th e Right Honourable Baronet had designated that Ministry in words so apposite and so much better than he could do it, that he trusted the House would allow him to read them—. I rejected the offer on the grou nd of p ublic dut y , be cause I thought I should not be acting right, or discharging my duty to toy country, or showing that proper regard which I considered due to my own character, if, because I differed from ray late colleagues upon one point, 1 plunged into opposition to them on all points.' --(Muen cheering. ) Such conduct he (Mr. Handley) would have looked oo as inconsistent with private honour.—(Ministerial cheers.) It would not have advanced the public good. lie (Mr. I:land ley) knew full well his inferiority to the Right Hon. Barlinet (Sir J. Graham) both in talent and station ; but not to possess that talent or station, nor the glittering prospects of place and power which no doubt the Right Hon. Baronet enter tained, would he sacrifice that honour, the loss of which the Right Hon. Baronet seemed to imply was involved in the case of a person who, in one point. differing from his friends, did not, therefore, plunge into opposition on all points with those with whom he formerly struggled.—(Loud cheers from the iNfins teriel benches.) The resolution of the Right Hon. Member for Tamworth seemed to him (Mr. Hantiley) to imply two wants. By the one he (Mr. Handley) was called on to cen sure that Government to which he had adhered on ail occa smns, with one exception, since he represented the county of Lincoln ; at the same time the Right Hon. Baronet called on him to admit that he (Sir R. Peel) was the per son whom he should wish to see called to power. Now let them examine that part of the subject on which the Right Hoe. Baronet in the first instance required the confidence of 6' the heavy agriculturists of Lincoln." Could he have that confidence on the special point of the Corn-laws, on which the Right Hon. Baronet conceived that he was so explicit ?—(Mi nisterial cheers.) The Right lion. Baronet told them to look back to his speech of last year, that by that he (Sir R. Peel) was willing to abide. Now he (Mr. H.) had listened atten tively to that speech, and he had conferred on it after the debate with some Hon. Gentlemen, friends of the Right. Hon. Baronet, and they all concurred that never had the Bight Hon. Gent. made a speech so full of reservation—so interlarded with " buts," that they fully and perfectly agreed that there was no word of that speech which the Right Hon. Baronet might not unsay, with the exception of that cuckoo note "I feel c.lled on to express my predilection for a sliding scale." But as to the details, the Right Hon. Baronet said he should reserve himself as to the right of dealing with them as he thought fit.--(Cheers.) What was the Corn-law with a alining scale unless they gave also the whole pith and marrow of the law 2—( Hear.) He would ask him was it to be 70s. or 60s. or 50s. or 465., or what was to the ratio of decrease ? Let the Right Hon. Baronet give them some information further than what he had vouchsafed. The Right Hon. Gentleman had used an expression which fell with very ominous import on the ears of the farmers of En; • land.—( Hear, hear.) That sentence was that the prosperity of manufactures was a greater support than any Corn-law. He had read a series of letters written by a gentleman of high commercial station, one whom he had no doubt would be consulted by the Right Hon. Baronet with great confidence. He alluded to Mr. Gladstone, the near relation of the Hon. Members for Newark and Walsall. That Gentleman also ad vocated a sliding scale; that the duty should be reduced from 735. to 655. Without comparing the present scale with that proposed by Mr. Gladstone—namely, 555., instead of 735., he would simply mention that in the present average of wheat— namely, 635. per quarter, under the present law the duty ex ceeded Mr. Gladstone's scale of 6s. Bd. by is. 4d. Now, before they were called an to give their support to the Hon. Baronet, ought they not to know whether that sliding scale was to be 735. or 655., or 705., or 505., or any any other number he might think fit hereafter to propose ? if the Right Hon. Gentleman would not answer that question,— if he would reserve himself for dealing with the details,—let him (Mr. Handley) at least ask him that simple, plain, out-of doors, intelligible • question,—would he or not continue to the farmers of England the ,protection they at present enjoyed? That vas a question which might be answered by a " Yes," or a " No."—(Ministerial cheers.) The Right Hon. Baronet might not think fit to favour him (Mr. Handley) with an answer, but might favour him with an inference. If he did not answer that question, then adieu to candour. Let him not clam candour with the farmers of England. He (Mr. H.) asked no more than that candour in which confidence might be placed. He was willing to meet the Right Hon. Baronet in the House or out of it, en that plain intelligible' question. Would the petitions that had been sent to him —(Mr. Band ley)—one of them from a most important meeting, paving that no alteration might bemade in the Corn-laws—weuld,hc asked, any answer be given to those petitions, in theaffirmativeor not? Probably the Right Hon. Baronet would favour them with his opinion on the Charter, but perhaps that would be a violation of the treaty of Nottingham.—(Cheers and laughter.) It might probably be averse to the " Times "-serving alliance, of which he wished the Right Hon. Baronet much joy.-- ( Laughter.) But were there no other question on which he felt his consistency so involved, in which he had so far sided with the Government, that he must refuse his vote to the Right Hon. Baronet- Were the. no questions connected with the reform of abuses, with the great principles of civil and religious liberty, on which he was opposed to the Right Hon. Baronet, vet which he was called upon to give up for a ;Itsleton Corn-law, with an unmentionable pivot.—( Cheers.) Ile had voted for the W. franchise in Ireland in preference to the Si. He would have voted for the 40s. franchise if he had had the opportunity, because a beneficial interest, anda solvent tenant test, did nut come within the humble range of his ea pacity.—(Cheers and laughter.) Was he, then, to forego the measure of the Noble Secretary for Ireland, and give a prefe rence to that of the Noble Lord, the Member for North Lan cashire, because the Right Hon. Baronet offered him this great boon of a sliding sca.e, of which he there not to give him any information)?—(Cheers ) But his Right Hon. Friend (Dr. Lushington) had a luded to a suitject which he (Mr. Handley) felt much more deeply than the Corn-lasts. How did the Right Hon. Baronet propose to govern the sister king dom ?—( Hear, hear.) Was it as a sister kingdom or as a con quered province? Were they to be again treated as " aliens in language and aliens in blood ?"—( Cheers.) Were they to be handed over to the tender mercies of those who had used their sectarian interest too long?—(Cheers, and Oh, oh.) Hon. Gentlemen might dirl.ke the quotation, but if an Irish man ever forgot that savage, insulting speech, he deserved himself to be forgotten in the hour of his adversity. —(Cheers ) Now what was it the Right Hon. Baronet proposed to him to do ? He thought the Right Hon. Gentleman who had brought ferwaid this resolution had not much displayed his gratitude, and he hoped Gentlemen would take warning by this insidious resolution how little gratitude may be expected in ha future policy.—( Hear, hear.) He w.shed to ask the Right Honourable Baronet another question. if he (Mr. Hawley) had fallen into this trap of his, would he not himself have despised him ? Would they not have delesed him if I.c had forgotten the opinions which he had entertained so many yea s, and separate from fi iends with whom he had acted en all the great questions of policy which had distinguished the present Administration during the last ten years ? He asked the Right Hoa. Baronet what %%null have been his oi.in on of him (nir. Handley) if he had sat doe n a Tory for the rest of his life? He begged the Right Hon Baronet's pardon ; he ought not to expect an answer to that question, for it might be personally offensive to his Noble and bight hon. Friends (Lord Stanley and Sir James Graham).—(Loud cheers and laughter.) He was quite content to lock to them as wainings, and not as examples—he was quite content that they shouid enjoy the fruit of their actions, but for harve f he neither ad mired their treachery nor approved of their principles. 'I he Debate was then ajourned until this day. MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS BILL. Sir J. YARDE BULLER moved the second reading of this Bill, which related to rating under the Municipal Act. Mr. DI VETT moved that the dill should be read a second time that day six months. Sir W. FOLLETT recommended the withdrawal of the Bill for the present, as there could be no possibility of passing it in the present Parliament. After a short conversation, strangers were ordered to with draw, and the House divided, when the numbers were— A yes Noes Majority in favour of the second reading —73 DANISH CLADIS. lt'r. CRESSWELL caid that as it was not then propcsed to go into Committee on the 1311, he should propose to go into the Committee on the Danish Claims. BROTHERTON rose, but gave way to The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, who said. that he objected to entering upon a money question after 12 o'clock. Mr. CRESSWELL said that if the Hon. irember for Sal ford would put a stop to all public business, he • would be con tent; but that if they were to go on until* /o'clock in the morn ing with ether btoinesc, d'd not see why he should not perse v.-te.—(Cries of "NO! No F') Well then, under the circum stances of the case, he would propose the further consideration of the subject to that day week. COPYHoLD AND CUSTOMARY TENURE BILL. On the Order of the Day for the third reading of this Bill beinff read, rtj. GOVLBURN moved the adjournment of the House: Mr. V. N1AV1....E said if the Hon. Gentleman pressed his !notion to a division, he would vote for the third reading of tiv. Bill. After a short conversation strangers were ordered to with draw, and the House divided, when there appeared— For the adjournment iltp:nt,t it •••,„•• ..... 1••• • •11 ............ ••••I•,R 72 Altjorik the adjournment —55 On war. rettieh to the ga i llery we found the House discussing the third reading of the Bill. After a short discussion, in which Mr. F. Maule, Mr. Sergeant Jackson, Mr. Charles Buller, Mr. Goulburn, Aglionby, and Mr. Hawes took part, the House divided upon the mit . = that the Bill be read a third time that dal three FRnits, wiep thefe pr the amendment that the Bill be read a third time that uy three months.... ....„...„, 8 AgAirolt t•tt: Majority against the auleprtuusn, —49 ' The third reiding was then postponed till to-morrow. The ether Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the Hoe Fljogyned at a Quarter before Two o'Clock, Buis'pp 4 - Np Ewygu ifAiLwAy.",—We beg leave Sincerely to cungratulate the public of West So merset on the immediate prospect of reaping those beneficial results to which the introduction of a railway into such a district must necessarily give rise, and we hail with the utmost satisfacti ; on the Suct:c W 4 4 1,1 ?ip let 8 1 140, exerticits""of direAciF.s 'lll` . IVis'tislazl xcA. the 9,CAvir Ws?. to syater H u - 14Htftfq taiHt !?!``ens must be looked u pon as forming an era in the history of this part of the country, where, it must be confessed, we have hitherto been content to remain very much behind the north of Eng laP4 m allo in ourselves o f frai% illd4oNy!rel44 . TpTpo§99, and intelligence. .3Q :pm,l 7 : - c2 l ::*AillcAtion sv'ntert will now, by the poWerfuragbncy of steam, be opened up be tween the commercial city of Bristol and the rich agri cultuNtti 4i4ripts of Somerset must tend to the mu tual benefit of pagtiq 1:91141pg Fact loclibtx by creating a large increase of tfacle a n pro table im t ercou rse; while the traffic which this fine and that 'cif the Cfreo Wgterlt Raillyny evenir s phi o'o4 Veiween the entiFe cßiffiti nistropAs and north of Eng- Wig het 1 oconstltute a MOst - iniportant addition to those , Q nimmtiki ajvFtntffgo which W already possess. We apprehend tie jourtley teinii4n 'will, 44 3 iH 7 ►g-# l # ilec e li4 - plished in somewhere about six hours. What a marvel would such a declaration be in the ears of our fathers, who were accustomed prudently to make their wills before setting out on sp.ch an adventure, which occupied them several days ! its bi:t4r• - o atlypit l ige.s of the railway as widely available tiaS e;` etoss'6i.actig c. 0 01.0; tie im~- §4i,:fp'47‘ ikn , otoy . 4 1101 , 3( 1. 1mo Iramecii4to coßnectft-,in with the terminus : fo r instance, a coach rurning front Lyme through the populous neighbour:l64- Axminster, Chard, and Il irer, to Bridgewater, would ensure a large number of gse - FOks, i t .ml Fmtmerate its rojectors.. .As soon as tout, puphq sptru mid thciitff 0 .- ptetl.'WLoni464 girQP e enterprise aggVpigi be 'P... E . •• • borne Journal. ERRATUM.—in the report of the great Anti- Corn-law meeting held on Tuesday in Guildhall, the pithy s_peech of J. Travers, Esq., was erroneously attributed to J. Tip m r 3 EN. It is rumoured in Merthyr, and the neighbour. hood; that several hundred of workmen have had notice to leave from the iron masters in the vicinity.—Bristol Mercury. LAW INTEL! IGENCE COUET OF CIVIVCERY, Jun, 2 WHITWORTH V GAUGER-JUDGMENT. The Loan CHANCELLOR gave judgment to-day in this ease, which was argued a short time since. Tim question in the case was whether the equitable mortgage of the plaintiff upon certain lands belonging to a person named Cooke, was a pre ferable title to certain elegits which were in the possession of the defendants. The Vice-Chancellor was of opinion that the plaintiff's was the preferable title, and decreed accordingly, and from that decision the defendant appealed. The Lord Chan cellor, in giving judgment, went shortly into the facts of the case, and stated his opinion to be that the plaintiff had fai'ed in making out a case for the interposition of the Court. The order of the Court below must therefore be discharged.—Jutig ment reversed. Irt TIIE MATTER OF NICKELL'S PATENT. The arguments in this case were concluded to-day, and the Lord Chancellor postponed his judgment. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Hanley, one of the men who were on Tuesday brought be fore Alderman Pirie for having committed assaults upon police men and others near London-bridge, when Mr. O'Connell was in the procession of the Repeaters and Teetotalers, on their way to the Bridge lintel, was brought up for re examination before Sir Peter Laurie yesterday. The prisoner had been remanded in consequence of the alleged inability of a Mr. Bull, who was violently assaulted in King William-street on Mon. day, to attend the first examination. The prisoner is a raw, but quiet-looking Irishman. Mr. Bull stated, that as he was crossing towards Great East Cheap he saw 20 or 30 fellows belabouring a cab-driver with big ticks, each of which -weighed about two pounds. Some of the sticks had brass crosses on the tops of them, and others had knobs. Witness cried out to the men who were kicking the cabman, " For God's sake, don't kid the man," and eras immediately attacked by about a dozen of the brutal fellows. The prisoner, who had a staff with a knob in one hand, and a stick in the other, was the first who struck him. He was un able, in consequence of the beating he received, to attend to give evidence on the former day. If it had not been for Evans, the street-keeper, who, in the most spirited manner, rushe't to his relief, and dragged him out of the mob, he might have been destroyed, the attack was so ferocious. The stick. which aot ea ed to be a good knock-'em down instrument, was here produced. The prisoner said that he carried the stick, to be sure, but he never used it except to walk with. As for a staff, he pro tested before God that he had nothing of the kind, for it was none but the Committee-men carried staffs. Sir PETER La uttlE—Witat are you? Prisoner—l've been a teetotaler for these 11 months, and I don't mix in any nvib. I've been 16 or 17 years in this country, aad I never got any good by drinking, and now 'lam a sober man. I was going on quietly whey. I was collared by the gentleman (Evans). Sir PETER LAURIE—Why did you carry that stick? Pri soner—Only to help me to walk;lhat's all. A man ga. - -e it to me in the City to walk with. Sir PETER LAURIE—What man gave it to you? Prisoner —Faith I don't know who he was, Sir. Sir PETER LAURIE—I don't understand why a stranger should give a person of this description a stick under such cir cumstances. Evans said that the prisoner had a very different appearance in the mob from that which he presented at the bar, and flourished about his stick with great energy. William Wright said that at half-past one o'clock he was in King William-street, and saw a cab stopped by the mob, and the cabman beaten. He expected that people would have been lulled. The prisoner had a staff in his hand, and broke it on the cabman's back, and then struck Mr. Bull violently with the stick produced. Sir PETER LAURIE—Had he both stick and staff in his hands ?—The witness replied that he certainly had, and that he positively broke the staff on the back of the cabman. Evans said that the mob, the greater portion of whom were drunk, were a regular Irish rabble. He had to seize the reins from their hands several times. The prisoner resisted him in the most determined manner, and he had to drag him out from the crowd with violence. Mr. Bull—l do not know what would have been the con sequences if the street-keeper had not come to my assistance. I am sure 1 am greatly indebted to him. The Prisoner—The Lord knows I never struck a blow. The witness Wright said that he could nut be mistaken in the man. Sir PETER LAURIE—Was Mr. O'Connell in the procession? Wright—He was in some part of the procession in an open car riage drawn by six horses, and he had a cap on with a gold band round it. Sir PETER LAURIE—YOU observed Mr. O'Connell on the occasion ? Wright—Yes ; he was perfectly peaceable and quiet at the time of the occurrence. The prisoner— Mr. O'Connel was there, but I didn't see him the whole day. John Forrester. the officer, stated to Sir Peter Laurie, that bodies of teetotallers set out from different parts of the metro polis during the day, and that, no doubt, many persons who did not belong to them mixed up with them as they went along. Sir P. LAURIE-If conduct of this description is to be ex pected on such occasions, a stop must be put to such proces sions altogether. I apprehend that ignorant men, like the man at the bar, are misled by men who should know better. I shall send the case to the Sessions to a jury, for it might be said, if I decided it here as a Magistrate, that 1 was influenced by some improper motive. Alderman ‘OI.ELAND, who was present during the investi gation, approved of the determination of Sir Peter Laurie to I send the case to the Sessions. 'I he prisoner said it was rather a hard case that a sober and industrious man like him should be accused of what he never was guilty of. The only thing that could be truly said of him I was that he was in the crowd. God knew that he did nothing. BOW-STREET. A young woman, named Lyons, was brought before Mr. Twyford, charged with going to St. (jiles's workhouse in a state of intoxication, and demanding relief. The master of the house, seeing the state .she was in, called a policeman, who took her into custody. The officer stated that, on his attempting to take her, her conduct was so violent that they were obliged to ieich the stretctier to stra i t her down be;•ore they could take her to the stw ion-house. In her de'ence si.:e said she was very sorry, and it should not occur ag:7 in. i~lr. Tn VFORD said sutli conduct could not he allowed, and sent her to the House of Correction fur oat , month. Two men, named Bell and Graham, were then charged, the former with assaulting, and the latter with obstructing, the officers at the time they were taking the woman into custody. Bell was sentenced to 14 days' inrisonment, and the other to r ay 20s. or be sent to the House of Correction. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. (LLOYD'S.) Lox nom, JuNk. 2.—Wind this day at noon, moderate breeze at W. S. W. DEAL, JUNE I.—Wind S. E.—Arrived the James M'Queen, M'Coll. St. Kitt's ; Woodhouse barque, Westward. Arrived from the River, and sailed, the Levenside, for Jamaica ; Charles Eleddle, Mauritius, and sailed with the rest of the outward-bound. , STA NGATE CREEK. JUNE 1 —Ari iced the Renshaw, Taylor, from Mogadore ; Brilliant, Yabslnr ' Malaga. LIVERPOOL, JUNE I.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrived the Mary Queen of Scots, Kelly, from Pernambuco—sailed April 16 ; ornubia, Maranham ; Cabote, Ashton, Bahia—sailed April 4; Alexander Grant, Thornton. Coronet, Buliey; and Wales, Hoeft, New Or:eans ; Wialace, ' Jacob Pecnell, Tarquin, Ellen Brooks, and Broom, United States; Victory, Brooks, and Hercules, Agnes, Mobile ; CumberlanO, and '1 homas Naylor, Apalachicola ; Madras and Romulus, Savannah ; Thetis, Vaughan, Charleston; Roscoe, New York—sailed 10th ult..; St. Cloud, Cornelia, and Harvest, New York ; Montrose, Davis, St. John's, New Brunswick • Jessie, Harding„ Quebec. Arrived off, the Charlotte and John, Cumming, and Betsey, Hall, from Leghorn ; Galata, Smyrna ; Ellen. Naples ; New Jane, Malaga. Sailed the. Archer, for St. Thomas's Iris, Newfoundland. PORTSMOUTH, JUNE I.—Wind N.W. to W.S.W.—Ar rived tke Montreal, from New York, sailed the 10th ult. Sailed the ToioLao, for New York. Arrived off, the Edin burgh, Hondlett, from New Otleans ; Arabian, Charleston; Savaan, Batavia. SOUTHAMPTON. —SaiIed the Great Liverpool (ateamer), for Alexandria. _ _ _ Pool. E, MA Y 31. Sailed the John and Thomas, for Labra dor ; Fama, Leghorn. PLYMOUTH, JUNE I.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Louise, from Altona ; St. Ueorge, Stewart, St. Jago de Cuba. FALMOUTH, MAY 31. Wind S. to W. S.W.—Arrived the Emma, 'l'oft, from Odessa; Elizabeth, ditto. Sailed the Tagus (steamer), for Vigo. Arrived off, the Elizabeth, from Trinidad; Antze, Havaunah ; Sulphide, ditto ; Vereid, Leg horn ; Amy, Sierra Leone. PENZANCE.--Arrived off, the Derv; eut, M'Pherson, from Hobart Town, sailed Feb. 11. BRISTOL, JUNE l.—Arrived the Royal Tar, Langley, from Calcutta. CORK. MAY 30.—Arrived the Christina, from Newfound land, sailed the 14th inst. ; Ann Drugwall, Arthur, Porto Rico ; Alersey, St. John's, N.B. Arrived off, the Mersey, Gregory, from Laguna, sailed April 2.) ; Morgiana, Havannah, and proceeded for London ; Ellen, M , Cormier, Laguna. VEi t sELs skoicali WlTH.—Australia, from Liverpool to Bahia ; Ttiumph of Greenock, bound to Barbadoes, on the 14th ult., lat. 38, lon. 16, by the Renshaw ; and in the Creek, Columbine, Welth, bound to Liverpool, 15th ult., lat. 41, lon. 47 ; Royal William, 25th, lat. 51, lon. 13, by the Broom, ar t ived at Liverpool. Asia, Mobile to Liverpool, 2rl ult.,'off Cape Florida ; Five Sisters, houni.to Montreal, 26th, lat. 50, lon, 14. i Henry (timber laden), 27th, lat. 50. lon. 15, byithe Alexander Grant arrived at do. The Enterprise, bound to Hali fax, 51st ult., lat. 31, lon. 43 ; Angola, bound to Quebec, 25th, lat. 48, lon. 22, by the Jacob Pennell, arrived a! tto, The Gentleman, Mobile to Marseilles, 15th nit., la , . 3j, 43, by the Cabotia, arrived a' do. Tymwaid t froea Laguna, had been on shore in the Gulf of !'lm:lda, but was not leaky, lat. 37, lon. 59, by the 1%1 y, areived off Cork. Wellington, Cuba, to Svqns4, with saili split and loss of bulwarks, lat. 4if;'10n.26, by the Helen, arrived off do. :Tolson (brig), 26th 50, lon. 14, by the Ann Dingwall ; and at Cork, the Scipio, from Liverpool, 14th ult., on the Banks, by the Ctki*.v tina, arrived at do. South Durham, Newport to Nptt ywk, WAGES OF A9IIIcIJVIWRAL LADOURERs.— In one pirislit Ow farmers are getting 60s. per t 4 their wheat, they are only giving 2s. per acre to their labourers for hoeing beans, atwhich, providing there is no weeds a man cannot earn more than Bs. per week ; and what did the farmers give when wheat o,tily ma d e 40s. per quarter ? Why the se, Again, last winter, in another parish, clAt I.PX6Urer• bad los. per week, and wi l e* Vtict vv-Ps 405, per quarter, he received 9s. per weep, Now ; let me ask any of your most preju diced readers, can they, for a moment, conclude that thQ poor labourer is better off now than when corn is *op for the above is not only the fact, in a few ko,ligv p l aces , tlfbut in almost every agri.T i llm 41 N i t tl4w s and in no one placplace3 rint Nv,.41,144 in this county are the labourers receiving the same in proportion' now as when corn was cheap. Women received Bd. per day for weeding in years of cheap food, and receive the same now ; then let no longer the cry of the poor be mixed up, with the vi,xn law, but in its proper place high rent!,; 4 4 ).;' ; AY4 tie rise of c o A , tem. ito t ye, l - 4 ; koWNlV:golle up too.--Letter IE - 11X-PaNTS, MAYl6.—The new post carriages through the Anweil valley, have, in truth, brought us much nearer to the heart. of Germsny. To-day our letters and packets go by way of Carlq-uhe, Stutgard, and Augsburg to Munich, in fifty hours, whereas letters put into t1,wp0,,,t terday would not arrive in lets th e days. The long eaposse4 wig ic,r i4"‘; - o,et. eAriilfunication with Metz, by way 8 4ArgeliiiP 1 ; tsi be fuloled in a few days. A minting was held at Rugeley, in Staffordshire, pu Monday, to oetn;,m against the Corn-laws, and, notwith ' standing every exertion made by the other p art y , the mo tari lists were beaten by at least 10 t o 1, On Tuesd!ty l. at cOyentrgallert rket, th ere p was a p'satitut supply o f green pea s , at Is. 6d er peck, an d by the afternoon they were common at most of the o r es in the metropolis. Cherries were ret aile d tt f t. per lb., and strawberries were very abundant at ts. ea per pottle. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian.) MANCHESTER.—The Whitsuntide huidays • ate tt • gong with other causes, in litnitinz the demaw! ter day ; and the amount of business done was, Of cott!•seh very small. In some quarters it was strited tat pr:c.es of yarn were considered rather steadier, awl tint ners were less disposed than heretofore to walte t flees. In cloth, however, there was not the slightest im provement, and calicoes were sold at lower prtces thant were ever before known in periods of even the grad es depression and panic. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, I\L 31 s 1 The flannel market yet remains in the s tine depre:," state, and there is no prospect of any sullen imlipeit rove; n ment. The business done in pieces has beei vet n and at prices extremely low. The wool market lies bee L dull with prices giving way. THE MARKETS—YESTER I)4I ' . CORN EXCHANGE. The fresh supplies of Grain since Alonday have been to but the buyers have done very little business , a nd pr,ocs (." Grain was nominally as on Monday. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Meat was quite a drug in the market, buyers only small tuantities for immediate wants; the ssuppliesA t A Purc. l 0 4 11561 prices nominal. Poul , ry in large supply. The t rade ;9 dull and the salesmen were obliged tomake a reducti,,n in the to sell small lots. Tame liabbits Is. 3d. to Is. 9d. ; t 0 lings 4.. to tis. ; Leverets 3s. to 6s. ; Ducklings 2s large Surrey Fowls is. to lOs. ; Pea Fowls is. to 10s. ; ." ses nea Fowls 4s. to ss. ; Turkey Poults 4s. to tis. ; Chickens, 2s. 6d. to ps. ; Barn Poor do. Is. 64 . to 2s. b ad Fowl., 4s. to 6s. ; P gars bd. to is. each. EEP du sale, at previous rates. TEA MARKET. The market assumed a quiet aspect, and more inclibitif f was mani'est on the part of holders to sell, some parties discoo'i Biting the news from China, and Company's Congou or may be had at ls. loid. per lb. TALLOW MARKET. The Tallow Market kr Russian Tallow dull, and loof t", were more dispo:ed to realise. P. Y. Cand:e oo the st to he had at 46g. 3d. per cwt.. and there were sjkrs for "'" very in last three months at 4 7 5. :id. per cwt. COLONIAL MARKET. The business to-day was extremely limited by private l os and the public sales went off without spirit, but in Pr' ee ' f r o. variation took place. The imports were to a fair exi ea t moat parts. FRUIT MARKET. t here Prices of Currants and Raisins keep cn the cleell"'a the being still a large stock on hand ; from both shippers a . ' home trade, however, a fair demand exists. COAL MARKET. ' Ships arrived since last market day, 21 s. d. Carr's Hartley Cl.ar:otte Main ......... 6 Hebburn Main.... l7 6 Ord's liedhugh Smith's Pontop l4 1' Tanfiod Moor Townley 16 3 Walls E d Pewic e and C 1) 0 Walls End Hilda ........ 17 t Walls End Killmeworth 0, Walls End Perkin. l7 Walls End Belmbiii. W. E. Braddyll's Hatton 21 6 4. lg (Walls End Grange.... ...•• Walls End Hetton .........19 Walls End Lambton • .... A Walls End Stewart's ......... 19 ; Walls End Whitwell ....... Walls End Caradoc ............ Walk Et d Hartlepool --* IS 0 W. F.,. Sey , our Hartlepoo Tennant's Hartlepool .......•• Wal s End 'lees ......... ....• 0 Blythe ................. 4 Cowpcn ... . ............... .. le " Howard'. Netherton Mato, LA' ERPOOL CORN 11141VAIET.—June 1. 101 ,t WHEAT, English, White, per 701 b... -- R e d 0 4 g . 01 Scotch, Welch, and Manx - g t IP Irlsh, White 7 g . 4 Red 7 4 10 v 3 --- Foreign S ''' 6 - OATH, English, Welsh, and Scotch, per 451 D 2pi 3 1 Irish Foreign SARLEY, English, Malting, per Imp. quarter........ . 34 r g 4 - ------ Scotch and Irish, pet 6011 is. -- Fuelling 3 0 4 l a BEANS, English, per imperial quarter 42 0 4 0 Irish, 8.e.. Foreign Pease, Englisn, per Iniierial quarter 4ll l; 3, .---- Foreign FLOUR, English, per ilhOlb •••••• a 0 4s C - Irish OATMEAL, English and Irish, per 24111b5.........„ .. 26 0 51 ° 1811.18 Coast, per 480th. Rim, per imperial quarter . ........ ................... MALT, per Imperial quarter ....... 4; '. • IRISH MARKETS. r)U BLI N MARI, ET NOTE for he Wcel e nding MAvO A vero° ' From l'u • 3 Whest, per Larrwrzo 34 0 -„ 0 0 Bere ... Ids to .t H 0 +I 1 1 383 liariey 1 327 thos l4 stcor.t - .1 Flour, per cwt. .. . 0 1 461 Oatmeal stogie . 6 14 0 11 '" Sold to Bakers only. 12,191 Cwt. flour ...... Average price ‘%11.-ao and Flour 51 8.1 pt r Fir from 2 s Ileceipts ot Floor, I - 811 • .... • t oAs 44 *ol , P 4of Du. .1111 ?"'" from from 10s. Od. PKR:E UP 'OR WAD. Quartcrt Loa: ...... 9d, 1141 Qt•a! tern . 'K ETS.-. Ma •29 , 0.1 Whet.: (per `2o.st.;`2'! 01. o 3:ls Ot.r. :Fer llse Barley (per 10st.) I • 0 .2 u itio"` (per wt 11 " Oatipoat ;per ...... t 0 :1;s Od Reef, 4.1. to 7d.— M utteit, fait- fka Veal, 4.1 1 0 Cu Pork, 41d. to 511.--1• te , :h Row. 11d• per lb. FR/CC OF oarrkit. O To th e W tltrl To the Rlcrchants.E6 Fast ........ 95. Second a'hira ......... Fourth ............ ••••••• ••..•.• • 14 •••••••••••.• Fifth ............ ....... ..... 5 Sixth CLON Mt LL Al tIIKETS •9 ssq. A re. t S. s d. S ,t. j s . New Butter I ..tattnesi ...• ..... •l3 13 0 har055 . ... ... .44 46 ltetioeteo 1 ..rd I zic..n.e P 0 vein:a, Second •- ' I t :lon, . 34 tt I 0 0 l'et Bart el , 4 —is t tiatigni 10 e I • Nape:leo' 2f; tl }Sere KILKENNY UAIIKk.i:z „ 'I! , W!.eat.pot Larrcl)2B , Od.to ;15s. N. ',eel - , - bp, li , .... 0, ed. o' l o - r Farley ,......11 0 15 U :11L;!•cl 0 5 r Gas.l 0 15 1 , Von. ......- h 1 0 , Flour (per bag)... 2') 0 b 8 0 '..t..i. .„,,..., 4. 6Pi I 4 ' Butter (pe t cwt.)..: )0 U 101: 0 Crest Etinf et .... oti 01 0 Bacon , figs 18 0 4'l 6 ‘azt Ditto, ......... OC' 4, 0 Coals I U 1 ? totatoes pet it., ii 9 The " Life and Literary Remains of L. 1 14 , 0 1 e. is attracting much attention. With regard to the containing containin the Literary Remalns," the Naval and b ltl► aetl Gazette observes, " it may be described as heirs , a t th ics• least as full of literary merit and value as any of those tious that took place during her life time. Aloreoll.l;bej nearly all consists of her latest and most carefully P e t i• compositions. The most important piece in the volume tragedy, entitled " Castruccio Castrucani." This dracfnA fu.l of high poetry, and contains enough of passion as ` t ioaa / of character, to claim for it an immediate place on our " A iro 1 1pa, stage. The series of prose sketches, which follow this ( will perhaps be more popular than any other part of : 3 ' l ece ff lame. '1 he remainder of the work rons.sts of scraratel ft helo of every poetical character and styl e of composition, all o fb e ' worthy of the high place of their writer among the 'Ate" ( tliei C country, and some of th m inferior to nothing else , kind extant." t t iv In one of the parishes on the Suffolk C03.5t,1,01' been lately fOund necessary to enlarge the churchyard v)„ tY ing part of a neighbouring field, and as a matter of e °° et ° ceremony of r . orhecration was to be gm e through bete' 04 ground so addest coat be used for bus ials. The cererne the exi,ente of it, was a great stumbling block to ° no - re el churchwardens, a plain farmer, and all the logic of the sal could not convince the honest yeoman of the utility of r ils° a mass of unmeaning mummery over as good au acre ° t tbn as ere a one in the country." The farmer arguea ` ground was exactly the sane and that " all the reading ,::4tef' 1 good," and as a closer added—" How about the sea , , 1 ," there be mill ons buried these, and that bean t i sga' and I never heard any 11. pszet 'em consplai " 'eh " --- - , , PLATE.—T. COX SAVORY, Silversro l•t , h c 0, 4 0,, 47, Cornhill (Seven Doors from Gracechurch-street)l; o4s , ' The best wrought Fiddle-Pattern Spoons and r re cl; 7s. 2d. per ounce. The following are the weigh ts mended, but the articles may be hact lighter or hea p per 01 0 ' same price per ounce :—. Cla'3° ii. Fiddle pattern• t 0 oz. s, d. £ s. d- i i ! i 12 Table Spoons 3O at 7 2 ... 10 15 0 --- / Ig • 12 Dessert ditto '4.1 at 7 2 ... 7 3 4 '" 1 1 11, 12 Table Forks 30 a t 7 2 ... 10 15 0 --• 7 it 12 Dessert ditto 2O at 7 2 ... 7 3 4 .-- 4 3 t f 2 Gravy Spoons 1 Soup Ladle 4 Sauce ditto fr J 4 Salt Spoons (gilt stroer,) ' 1 0 0 ••• ;I); 0 ' 1 Fish Slice 2 10 0 --' 4 .' if 12 Tea Spoons . ........ ...„.. 10 at 7 8 ... 3 Id t t -" 0 11 11 1 • Pair Sugar Tongs (strong) 0 15 0 ••• 5 ,1 11 V ( The Classic is a new pattern, much admired for it i s bai,:f elegance. The Fiddle Pattern is with the handle the nest 1 a fiddle, quite pl:in ; it has been approved, and in r e l" mote than thirty years. Pattern Spoons can he sent into the coun 0 de • rO r SPOONS, FORKS, &c., superior to Sil' e „ It, rability. equal in appearance. Table Spoons or Fo_z i 7 e ,tic i . - 0 ; Dessert, 105.. ; Tea Spoons, ss. per dozen; Table en ) / 0 8 ittehe;, isigh, 7s. per pair; the particular metal ~, thg.4 -, articles are made is so like silver, that it can 00,10 From it by the stainp; every articl e ma d e i n s ilver ' tured in this material by treettfro lAPPON and BURTON, Wells-street, Oxfora'' . 0 e) Who, to prevent impo.s.ition, confine the sale of it to th e ' . Catalogues of prices gratis. •••••• .,....--- bo BIRTHS. oill, t , ,On. the 30th ult., at Aspen Lodge, Harrow-on-th e ' ,fl • lri4 of J. W. Cunningham, Es q ., o f a son. _. the ' On the 31st ult., at York -str ee t, P ortman -squ.'"' 4,r of W. W. Fisher, Esq., of a dau g hter. , 0111, On On the 31st ult., At Tottenham, th e l a dy of vt`• o ff of a son. A u On th,e 31st ult., at Speneer.street, NortharaPt° 00 the la ifeDuff Filer, of a st.n. 1, St On the 29th ult., Mrs. John Young, of Paradise j°` ds4 Newington, of a son. , On the 22d 'ult., the wife of W. P. J. Richards° of of Clapham-rise, of a slaughter. I , .t ei'l . , On the 27th ult, the lady of the Rev. Josef - •1' Coope, Buck ,-, -- a .,,ti Rectory, Sa/tp, of a daughter. , l a dy c ' t On, tha 29,th uli„ at Wandsworth-common, tu e ° I lii t y.., E,q., of a d aug ht er . w ee On the 30th ult., at Euston-place, Mrs. Georg e a daughter. 5 , MARRIED. . 3 fr On the 27th ult., a 1 St. Margaret's, R °thest i et r e i• I Swayne, Esq., XII, Deputy-Inst;ector of Bospit t a 'lo'ld , widow 41 the late Lieutenant-Colonel N. Co , e' r . 1 . 4 tf Cae, ..t"lurist,t7lj.liturvi,rar;estit isaobtetliarellataly ti, c . l l NAe_ 27 i th ult.,. _a , t. St. George's, H ano ver-iy . :Seb . o .. P l i c f o , ll' r' ow 0 • . the On the 30th ult., Susanna, the DIED eldest daughter Of s r, Oh the 30th ult., Ms, Thomas Biehl, e t, Philip le Breton, of Brunswick-square. George's East, Iged 49. Nl 3°6ds' Un tln, ?Ali ult., Sophia, the wife of Mr. J. .1, lArehl - n-lane, aged 37. i e get' On the 31st ult., it Spitalfields, Henry, W I l)f t 2 jtil i° Garwood, aged 13 months. Er os On the 27th ult., at Hubbard's Hall. Easal' c ,• s• Leh widow of the late Colonel Johnson, of Vtralbury , '-:;„ c p . d On the 29th ult., at Tibberton-square, Islitii.`' . .„Ir the infant son a. 1,144. R. Field, aged six mouths. eldest Jaw 0 On the i - otli ult., at Brentford Butts, Sophia , e Theta trer of the late Mr. W. Powell, agPd 62. told On the 29th u lt., Elizabeth, the wife o f Earn,. „lit -S , or ' b• "owe 1-read-rma ary 4 4 7.....4 ..,von , ire . • , ..., of Christian-street, ii Landon: Printed and Published by MURDO 11)ge-rettlg (wire, 112, Strand , at The SIVE e, No. 12, $t re county of Middlescx.—Tloirsday . June 3, 1141‘ MORN !N( EnfTl 1