The Sun. — London, England, 1841-09-18 00:00:00

MORNING SUN x'e negociate with foreign countries whether we would relieve our own people from a vexatious law under which they suffcrel ? and were the mannfacturing ant. com mercial interests of this country to be told that they were not to be relieved from their restrictions, unless it pleased the Governments of France, Portugal, Brazil, and the United States, to assent to certain things, and to say whether they would permit these relaxations or not? He (Lord Palmerston) said, that what they had p'roppsed was , good in itself, and ought to be adopted -without reference to such negotiations.—(Cheers.) But would they not . have been in a much b e tt er position if they h a d adopted_ these measures before negotiation ? .• Would any man tell him that negotiations with the . brazils would not be carried on in a better spirit—if . . Parliament had adopted the measures they proposed, if • „ they were able to say, not only that they wished fir free . dozn of commerce, but also that they practised it as far as the existing state of things would permit ?—(Cheers.) When we begged them ! to ,v et rid of their restrictions and monopolie s , wou ld not our words have ten times the effect '• • they now had, if we could refer then: to oar own example? • i And unless we did so, when we applied to France and other Powers to reduce their tariffs, would they not bid us remember what we did in 1841, when we said restric• tion was necessary for our interests, and tell us that they !--,,-, only said the same—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") was true that with regard to France there was a dis- V,_.i) i;• i , till 4ftociation going on for a reduction of the tariff of •„_°_ ( it, r 4: * o949tries, and undoubtedly if those negotiations *34 ; 3 : 4 )., a IMYFIe to a satisfactory conclusion. and the English i _ll ) ,,y..qfnent had consented to a considerable reduction 3 11 mt tutlot brandy, it would have been necessary for duty haneellor, of the Exchequer t o have. made some Astc ) 4ion for the temporary deficit that would have been liteJ9lly occasioned. • Bat the French Government were t4lat , as the negotiation was not concluded part Al oics early of last year, it could not be * dolma -.the beginning of next year, be - Caus e ;t ' • • - ••• , --I , was me n •ustent to do so at a long period: for it's e it could he s ubmitted to Parliament.. sanction. He said, therefore, for these reasons, that he thought the country would nut consider the ma ., pbsoeai.rlLisie assigned by the Government satisfactory for not g d t iv o ll 'hin a short period from the present time pre state fully and fairly their views and intentions • . with respect to the great questions that agitated the minds of the country ; and he again said lie should be greatly mistaken if Honourable Gentlemen opposite did not feel that, however backed they might be by a majo rity of the House, they would not be backed by the opi nions of any great class or interest in this country.— , . (Hear, hear.) The Right Hon. Baronet prided himself, and justly, on the choi ce w hi c h h e h a d ma d e o f t h e L or d Lieuten ant and Secretary for Ireland. His Noble Friend (Lord John Russell) with that frankness and can dour which distinguished him, was the first to bear testimony to that effect, but his Noble Friend did not say that these appointments guaranteed that Irish affairs would be administered in the spirit which the wishes and feelings of the country required. He had merely . said that so far as the appointments went they were indications of that meesure, and he (Lord Palmerston) could only hope that the opinions of the Right Hon. Baronet of the appointments would be borne out, not only to his own satisfaction, but also to that of the „people of Ireland, for it was not less true now than for 'ctifi merly that Ireland was the great difficulty of persons taking tte !Ace. The:Right Hon. Baronet had stated frankly that he !lotewould not hold office longer than would enable him to net. upon his own opinion. He had no doubt that the -Itight Hon. Baronet would act upon that declaration. Yew thing in his past life confirmed his statement, but lee (Lord Palmerston) should be sorry to consider that intimation on his part as any guarantee that his opinions would be tarred out, for when he saw the homogenous mass of opinions entertained by the great party by whom it was supported, and when he knew how widely the opinions of many of them differed from those he (Sir .R. Peel) himself entertained, he mast say that, how.. ever satisfactory his statement might be as regarded his ',personal intentions, it could not be considered as any gua-; rantee that he would be able to act on his opinion. How 'ever, with regard to that, time alone would show; but he • could only think that the Right Hon. Baronet had Rot given any satisfactory reasons for abstaining thus from stating those opinions which a man of his knowledge, t;,tpacity, and attention to public affairs must .have 'formed.—(Hear, hear.) The only opinion the country could form on the studied silence of the Government 'was that it was not at present a united Government. That was the opinion they would come to, and there fore it was doubly necessary to have prevented that -opinion, that the Right Hon. Baronet should come be :fore the House as the representative of a united Go vernment with the measures they proposed, or, if it was orrect, that it should be admitted and fairly stated to 11 to country. If the country were given fairly to under. :stand that the reason of the delay was that the Govern ment was not agreed as to the measures that ought •,o he proposed, the good sense of the country would probably induce them to bear it, only he (Lord Pal=er :. ton) would suggest that in such case the results might e obtained before February next ; and that, as stated b y his Noble Friend, the Right Hon. Baronet would be a'is'le to state in October what was the decision of the c a Nnet —what they were prepared to offer, and what they • were determined. to resist.—(Cheers.) r. VILLIERS, who was for some time inaudible in co. nsequence of the. noise occasioned by Members leavin .g the House, said that he could not loose the op . portut 7ity of expressing his opinion that the f ee li ng th a t would be entertained by millions in the country with respect to the conduct of the Government would b e that of intense disappointment.—(Hear, hear, hear.) 2 Tothing could be more unsatisfactory than the course r bbout to he taken, unless it were the reason assigned for i t. During the last year nothing had been done, but vaiting w ail this hour should arrive. What remedy vould be applied to the great grievances of the people ? . All the business of the country had been delayed on the t ;round that the men in power had not. the confidence of t Ism country, and that men better able to conduct the C k ivernrnent were ready to take their places. The Right I lon. Baronet had created every obstruction to the Go ti until he drove them out, on the ground that he • vas ready to form an efficient Government. Now, the eople had for four years unceasingly complained of the 3orn-laws, and had shown that the predictions made A rhea those laws were enacted had literally been fulfilled. I i:vidence to that effect had been substantiated before a C 'omrnittee of the House, but it had been rejected b y the opposite side, on the ground that it was o. 1c- tided and partial. But evidence had been offered at the Bar of the House, where a partial inquiry could in I f suspected. But that was refused, and when Go v( e•rtaxent admitted that the grievance was great, and ait remedy could not longer wisely or justly he p a itpon.ld, and when a united Cabinet produced a Enea- Si I. e whioh, although it did not meet all the necessities of th case, would yet remove many evils and do great good. Fv ery obstruction was offered by the Right Hon. Baronet tut til he drove that Cabinet from office, and now he re fes ed to allow the question to be discussed. The whole e ar had been lost by those obstructions, and now the I . .ight Hon. Baronet required five months to make up his o pinion. It was inconvenient, indeed, for Gentlemen to rc unain in town. Why, then, did they not make the in .Liry before ? How would their reason satisfy the people 'ho were starving in consequence of that law ? He k now there were questions upon which the Right Hon. ;tar 'met ought to be allowed time, but this was one upon . 'hie h his opinion must be completely formed, and the eople will not think that by the postponement they will g et s. better measure. The Hon. Baronet hid taken into b is Cabinet men known to be the most determined friends o f monopoly.--(Oh, oh.) Why the Gentlemen who had I ately gone back to their constituents, had said a great d about attachment 'to the state' and In the church. a .nd the favours they had received from the First Lord o f the Treasury, but not a word about the monopoly of )0d which they maintained to keep up their rents. He Ii ad never known such sedition spoken by the working Si ten as was uttered by those gentlemen when out of ttilice. They had endeavoured to bring the Sovereign fist `o contempt.—(ol4 oh). The cap seemed to fit how %are), ".—(Opposition cheers). He believed, however, that no .rovereign was more popular than she had become • the showed her desire to relieve the wants of the poopl e.----(Cheers.) It was dangerous to make the plop], 3 b e sieve that they could hope for nothing from that • oust , . Cvntlemen opposite were making still smaller ti to pttrty, which was already small, of those who thought ti tat the p e op.'e would receive justice from Parliament. _ _jfear.) Th s.upper classes always taught an untortu o ate lesson to the • people, which drove them to violence.- - ( Hear.) They la 'everted the purpose of representation, a nd instead of discu2sing questions in that House, they -c impelled the peopl3 to discuss them out of doors, where tl ass questiowwould event:kallY be decided. The course • the Right Hon. Baronet N..ats unwise and unjust, and • aid cause the country to be agitated for the next five na.o. iths. t Ir. BROTHERTON said that great distress had pre iii ed for the last four years arnongs.t the working classes, i a kui it was i ncreas i ng . A meet ing , been held a lehester to addr ess th e Q ueen no t _had Atm lent until something had been done td P torelieverogu trade, 'alid ,especi a lly i n res p ect to t h e prov i s i on laws. It was e F a a d r e the ,g, meral belief that the distress was occasioned by the 9orn-laws, and the distress was cons t an tly increasing. 'II 1836 there was not a m ill idl e , nor a houshouseuninha " ed ; but now there were a number of mills st.lnding and hundreds of houses and cottages unoccupied. T he Ministers would incur great responsibility , if th:Y allot 'red the winter to pass over without relieving this / 1 1 1 1? Pal. ling distress, or at least letting people know what ttended to do. If they said they intended to do no ' t ‘n. r tlig p eople would know how to empl o y th e i r cap i ta l.— Wear ,1 1 ear.) He cared for no party. He said, " perish Party b u ` give the people bread."—(Cheers.) He knew I% c - was-, to argument so good in that House as a ma -1 sty ; but he would implore the Government to give the, indicat ion of their inteniion to all a y the anxiety of suffering peo:sle. .sf.r. WARD could not help saying that, after the c0m .._141 a'.i.cations made last night and this night, the sooner proceedings of the House were brought to a close t he better• fur people would cease to look to the House • 11it .E any hope. .e was willing to give the Right H on . _ !O net a fair trial', as he had fairly won his place : but b1 ) 0 It thi s quest i on o f t h e monopoly o f corn, he ought to ~ I I spared to s t a t e hi s v i ews . Th e Right Hon. Baro net h al said th at h e moul d not con d escen d t o wor k out °on th e . . . ions of others, but that next year he would. be 1 4bpai ed to present atheacure of a united Cabinet. (Iv.t.r. Ward) did not conceive that any' alteration "niel s would a c ould',he made by the large concession to *he people, nuke of Buckingham, by the Right. Roil. Member for Kent, who had instantl' 0 1) - Po sea eve r that paltr y mot He aid not a ivi .mete as much eith ure fur admitting bont., 4 ed . a c eßigh! • Gentleman, th e resident of the Board of • after a speech lie l e f - d l lately made ; and such a state eif things held out the most unfavour a bl e p ros p e cts. the „'f in the manufacturing districts could not be bgg ,-u-ated. He could state that in the town of Shef , a, hick he had the honour to represent, 3,200 u "uses re now untc-na t___tinder those circum hstananetsa, th , ought that n the House and the country expect from the Right Hon. Baronet a a. right t. r uure expli c i t d, ‘ nitration than he had made. THE SUN, LONDON. SATURIAY , SEPTEMBER 18, 1841. An HON. MEMBER on the Opposition benches, whose name we could not learn, said that the country would willingly extend its indulgenet , to the Right lion. Baro net, by granting the time for considering his measures which he demanded, because it placed confidence in his Administration. The new Ministry was, besides, sup ported by a large majority of that House. Mr. COBDEN was surprised to hear the Honourable Member allude to the majority which his party had ob tained; That was an attempt to justify their proceedings, by a mere appeal to physical force. He believed that Hon. Gentlemen in pursuing the course they had taken on that occasion were unconscious of the state of public opinion. That was admitted upon all sides. It was ad mitted by the great organ of the .party opposite. The triumph at the late elections was not the triumph of prin ciple, it was the triumph of the purse.—(Cries of " Oh, oh," from the Ministerial benches.) He was only stating what had been admitted by their own organ of that morn ing. They were there by the force of their pockets, and not by the force of principle. He was not therefore sur prised to find them ignorant of the real state of public feeling. - Bribery had been resorted to at•the late elections to an unprecedented extent, and nom Members, he would repeat, had gone to the hustings with their constituents in their pockets.—(Laughter from the Ministerial benches ) He believed it difficult to exaggerate the distress now prevailing in the manufacturing districts. If that House was prorogued without taking the subject into its consideration, the responsibility should not rest with those who represented real constituencies, and not pur chased ones, but with those who were now in possession of the reins of Government. They had heard of the distress in Salford and other places, and he (Mr. Cob den) represented a borough which transcended all others in the fearful sufferings of its inhabitants. One of every five houses in Stockport was untenanted, and he could tell them, moreover, that one-half of the occupiers were not paying rent. One half of the mills and manufac tures were closed, and thousands of labourers, who would be considered a treasure in any other land, and looked upon as its most valuable possession, were wandering about seeking for employment but unable to obtain it. They were to have a delay of five months before they considered the subject. God knew, however, whether he (Mr. Cobden) should have a constituency in five months if the tide of emigration and the growth of distress should progress in the same proportion as of late years. He expected at the end of the winter to find very few of the operatives whom he re presented in the streets of Stockport. If the discus sion were to be postponed, he wished to place on the right shoulders the responsibility and the consequences, particularly the consequences to the labouring popula tion. Hon. Gentlemen opposite had fraternised with the working class'es to some purpose during . the last twelve months. 'The coalition had taken place, but he (Mr. Cobden) believed it was now about to be 'brought to a close. Let them remember that they were now _about to return to a population deprived of work and suffering from the want of every comfort, and consequently deeply dissatisfied. Let the true source of the grievances of the working classes he ascer ta;ned. That was due to the capitalists and the employers of the poor. They have before them Six months of pri vation and suffering, such as he would be loth to witness, and such as Hon. Gentlemen opposite would not witness, because they would be shooting in their preserves.— (Cries of " Hear," and " Oh," on the Ministerial benches.) Let him tell Hon. Gentlemen opposite that their monopolies were the known cause of the distress of our operatives ; and that if wages were reduced, it was i to them it would be owing. The wages of labour were the rations of the poor ; but the majority of that House, by diminishing the market for labour, were lessening those rations. The labouring classses should know who it was that robbed them.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") It was not the capitalists. He said solemnly that he believed no calamity would be more deeply felt by the manufacturers of Lancashire and Yorkshire, than that they should be driven to the necessity of di minishing wages. He believed that capitalists were aware that the worst thing for them was to have a badly-remunerated population ; for, as Mr. Burke had said, " we are all the pensioners of the working classes." They were the great consumers and customers of the country, and therefore self-interest alone would induce the manufacturer to maintain, if possible, the rate of wages. He said without fear of contradiction, that the capitalists of the North of England had for the last three years carried on their business at a positive loss. He would say more, that during the last five years the capital of Lancashire had decreased fifty per cent. Capital had been depreciated, and it had gone, in a great measure, to pay labourers who by short-work and occa sional cessation of work, had still continued nominally to receive the same rate of wages as before. But the funds of the Union Association had in the meantime been drained. During the last twelve months he believed there had been more paid out of union funds than had been contributed out of the poor rates to paupers. But these funds were now exhausted ; and what had they to expect next. Why, in the unfor tunate borough which he represented, they were threat ened with a conflict between the masterand the. labourer. Wages must now be reduced some 20 or 30 per cent., and if wee-es were reduced in one place they would soon be reduced every where. When these things were stated to Hon. Gentlemen opposite, they were told the operatives might be sent to the poor-house. He believed the Right Hon. Baronet had stated the other night that those who administered the poor-law must have been sadly neglectful of their duty. But was that all that the hard-working and skilful operative had to console him ? Was he to be deprived of work, and then to he reduced to the condition of a pauper ?—(Hear from the Ministerial benches.) He (Mr. C.), as the representative of the opera tives of Stockport, would tell Hon. Members who cried " Hear," that they would not be paupers, that they ab hored pauperism as much as the Right Hon. Baronet himself; and that they would resist a law - which was re ducing them to pauperism ; or, if they could not resist it, they would submit to the secondary punishment of our penal code—they would transport themselves to dis tant lands, where they would be placed in a condition less humiliating than at home. What were the argu ments advanced by the Gentlemen opposite that even ing ? They had not a word of consolation for our suffer ing mechanics. He had heard from them nothing like condolence or commiseration—(lronical cheers from the Ministerial benches)--and that, he believed, was owing to an ignorance of the constituencies whom the Gentle men represented. They were told by the Right Hon. Baronet that he would have a controversy with the Noble Lord opposed to him. The Right Hon. Baronet be gan his speech by telling them he was inclined to have a party contest on the occasion. The Right Honourable Gentleman had jointly. entered into that contest. , But he (Mr. Cobden) protested against that House being made a mere debating club.—(Loud cheers from the Ministerial benches, again and again renewed.) Hon. Gentlemen should remember that he (M. Cobden) was tolerably seasoned in physical force, and that he was not easily to be put down. • But he was going to protest against the Right Hon. Baronet's considering that they were sent there to. listen to party controversies between him and the Noble Lord. He (Mr. Cobden) had come there for a different purpose. It was their duty to con sider the interests of the country at large, irrespective of party and of faction. When the Right Hon. Baronet had announced his determination to postpone discussion, he (Mr. Cobden) had expected he should have some argu ments to justify the delay, and that something would be said which might give hope for the future. But no : the Right Honourable Gentleman wished for time—and for what ? In order that he might consult those functionaries connected with the Government, who might have some important com munications to make. But had not the Right Honourable Baronet, in common with the rest of his fellow-subjects, an opportunity of reading the evidence taken before the Import Duties Committee ? He might there have met with the evidence, not only of those con nected with the Board of Trade, but of one who was now in the service of the Government, who had retired from his duty full of honour, and whose last act was the most glorious of his life. He alluded to Mr. Deacon Hume. The Right Hon. Baronet could consult Mr. Hume and Mr. Porter on the subject of the Corn-laws. Their evidence had been reprinted in America, and was known to every one. The Right Hon. Baronet, however, wished to consult his own functionary. But was that a reason why they should. have the question deferred for five months ? He (Mr. Cobden) certainly thought not. The Right Hon. Gentleman also alleged, in his own justification, that the late Government had delayed their measures during a space of five years, and they could not quarrel with him for a delay of five months. But that would only show that the Right Hon. Baronet was fol loaing in the track of those from whose policy he dif fered. Again, the Right Hon. Baronet asked the Mem bersgtt)ltil Administration .yeseui, c esral f it:ineii t seis h in.at e piniot l ii : dr i on t tna e ibs:tt.c.oett.itoitle:fetsBchts:oet. rudcvnniotnutr ygyn.t r? But ‘lu l ir s rteatwshaei should ts r ? i_ _ . (tnt t hr h ate e hHat y attetha w a e question were way pre paredt 0a hear.) thata r. The Right Hon Baronet afterwards mlio s n y . s ent into elaborate into that tll a that ni e the,e hadry Rightn minute criticism of the eima(r.Ameasures,grurßm. cuent. tspharenorode.f calculations for the purpose of showing the of the measures of the late Government . Beall futility et : te, hl timeat ht to ca tondou• preceded :abkereeeodennaeedlptl Reidlhis commencedmind,Really, h he had con sideringhbaydestnatteirnegd thewas Administration nothing in all that wh aseen within the nothing that could satisfy the eg c e o d u . n H tr e y b . tested therefore against all discussion beine deferred) up m intelligent men, capable of fastl ie groundsfor tfortnight t that in hadma Manchester t a e l r l forming an opinion, apprehensive of disturbances in Manchester during the winter. They said that men himself declar e m ight die, but men and Eng lishmen would ne ver see their children starve aroun d them. He could to t;;" House that to fill the office of Mayor, lie knew a borough in which there was a difficui.:' in finding a person there would ben convulsion during the next wir , e it was feared f and that because it ga h ve , them f tl e io ts se nev a e c r ts th ; e t l h ess ey . He would tell them on whom they, DI e in the manufact urin g dis tricts, t smile if they please o d r , e b_ut that they s t v h e o re se a relied for keeping the pee had very few motiyea left for keep in g the p eace th r ei at all.—(Hear.) They had in that House, b 'chile c y lasses, Legislature injured the fortunes of the 41 they had ruined manufacturers, and they had torn flown the buttresses by which the aristocracy supported. in the They had nothing in the shape of public opinion was ' ' north of England upon which they c ould rely. They must endeavour to keep the peace by bayonets, but_ the , effort w ou ld prove i ne ff ec t ua l, un less they carried bread with those bayonets. He warned them against the com ing winter. He would say the times were perillous ; and he would remind them of the circumstances under which the Corn-law was passed. It svgs pgssed in that House while surrounded by soldiers, horse arai fg o P — i,, t a ss passed at t h e po i nt o f t h e b ayone t .—(" No, no , ' from Lard Bandon and other Members en the Ministe rial bsmches.) The Noble Lord the Member for Liver pool deoied the assertion ; but he (Mr. Cobden) would repeat that the House was at the Oro Surrounded with soldiers. He did not mean the peesepft law, but the law of no 5. And between the two laws tip eg4i4 tell I the Noble Lord the Memb er f or Li ver p oo l th a t th ere was but very little s :,hoice. The law had passed at the point of the bayonet. There was an example for a constitu tional country. It had been baptised in blood. It begotten in Violence and injustice. It ha:6 been per!): , - tuated at the expense of the tears and groans of tht people ; and he (Mr. Cobden) prayed to God it might not end in violence, which their conduct in refusing all discussion and all amelioration of existing evils, was but too apt to provoke.—(Hear, hear.) Lord SANDON said he should have thought that a sense of prudence, if not of decency, would have deterred the Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down from charging that (the Ministerial) party with having obtained their majority by unfair means at the late elections.—(Hear, hear.) What they had seen in that House should have silenced the Hon. Gentleman upon that. head. For his (Lord Sandon's) part he believed that Hon. Members on his side had been chosen with remarkable purity.— (Hear, hear, and Oh, oh.) Let them look to Lon don, where two Conservatives had not been returned through corruption.—(Hear, hear.) Let them look to Liverpool, not carried by corruption. Let them look to the majorities they had obtained in the great towns of Lancashire, Yorkshire, and Middlesex—to the majorities in the English Counties, and he did think they would admit that it was not to corruption these majorities were owing. — (Hear, hear.) Let the Honourable Gen tleman look next to the other side—let him look to Bridport—(Hear,lear, from the Ministerial benches) — to Shrewsbury, to. Nottingham, and to various other places ; and,l in his (Lord Sandon's) opinion, prudence, if not decency, would prevent him from repeating his observations on the subject. The Hon. • Gentleman who had just sat down was very anxious to divest himself of the awful responsibility hanging.over him in respect to manufacturing distress. He apprehended that the storm he •had himself raised would lead to bloodshed, and he was anxious to throw the burden of the responsibility he had so largely contributed to create—(Cheers from the Ministerial benches)—upon her Majesty's Mi nisters because they refused to enter upon the subject of the Corn-laws. If the language which the Honourable Member had used in the House that evening was to be taken as a specimen of that which he was accustomed to address to the peo: - ,le in the North of England, it might well be said that ..„ the people were under the guidance of those who .were calculated to mislead them. What had the Hon. Gentle man said ? • He had said that the existing Corn-law had been carried at the point of the bayonet.—(Cries of " No, no.") The Hon. Gentleman had said so, and it was not until the negative had been put throe times from his (Lord Sandon's) side of the House that the Hon Gentleman had reluctantly admitted that he did not intend to allude to the present Corn law—(Hear)—not to the Corn-law which had immediately preceded it, but to the Corn-law before that —to the Corn-law of 1815. That Corn-law absolutely prohibited the importation of foreign corn until the price in this country should have reached 80s. a quarter. Was that the same as the present Corn-law, the merits of which, however, he would not then go into ?—(lronical cheers from the Opposition.) Honourable Gentlemen must be perfectly aware that under the present Corn law there had been a much greater increase in the im portation of corn from foreign countries than could have taken place under that Corn-law which he had attempted to identify with it. He (Lord (Sandon) was not more insensible than those Gentlemen who claimed to themselves a monopoly of humanity, to the hardships, the sufferings, and the distress endured by the inhabi tants of the manufacturing districts. He believed Hon. Gentlemen on his side of the House had shown them selves as actively alive to those sufferings as the mill owners of Lancashire, and the present was a vain attempt on the part of the mill-owners to draw the attention of the people from themselves, as the cause of much of the distress, and to direct it against the land-owners. The mill-owners had no right to come forward with these exclusive claims to humanity—they had no right to stig matiSe those who differed from them on an abstruse point of political economy, on which even many Mem bers on the other side differed in opinion. Why, Lord Congleton had at one time been of opinion that no im portation of foreign corn should be permitted until the price in this country should amount to 120 s. a quarter. They should recollect that this was a question as to the sliding scale or a fixed duty, and those who were of opinion that a fixed duty was preferable 'had no right on that account to hold the language they had held, and to speak of those who differed from them in opinion as if they were deficient in feelings of humanity.—(Cheers.) I If her Majesty's Ministers had had any specific nostrum like Hon. Gentlemen opposite for the relief of' this dis tress, then they would certainly be culpable if they did not propound it at once ; but he believed that there could be no doubt but that her Majesty's Ministers did not attribute the present distress of the country to the Corn-laws, and that no alteration which they might bring forward with regard to those laws would be brought forward under the pretence of remedying the pre sent distress.—( Hear, hear.) He did not attribute that dis-' tress to the Corn-laws, and not very long since the Manches ter Chamber of Commerce had not attributed it to the Corn laws.—( Hear, hear.) The Chamber of Commerce of Man chester had attributed that distress to the Bank of England and the Joint. Stock Banks, and if a merchant or a manufacturer were asked in private at the present moment if he attributed that distress to the state of the Corn-laws, he would answer no, but would say it was owing to trading being carried be yond its legitimate bounds by capital artificially applied, a state of things which must sooner or later terminate in dis tress, and that they were now suffering the breaking of the bubble. These were the eauses to which, in their country houses and in private, they attributed the distress at the pre sent moment. While in public they were harranging multitudes and talking of Corn-laws, of blood, of bayonets, of monopoly, and of oppression, they would in private say that, although they attributed to the Corn-laws a part of the mischief, yet those laws were not the exclusive or the 'stain cause of the distress. If her Majesty's Ministers had any remedy for that distress and did not come - down with it, they would be highly culpable ; but he believed that her Majesty's Ministers said they did not pretend to remedy that distress by any sudden measure.—( ironical cheers from the Opposition.) lie would I.ke to ask Hon. Gentlemen on the other side whether they considered it their measure, fur if an Bs. fixed duty had been carried four months ago, the present state of distress would thereby have been sensibly alleviated. If the present price of bread would have been lowered thereby he could not say ; but he would say that there could be no doubt but that the present state of distress of the commercial classes would have been :he same. He thought it his duty to come forward on the pre. sent occasion, representing, as he did, a large commercial con stituency, to reply to the taunts of the Hon. Gentleman who had lost spoken, and who seemed to consider that on his (Lord Sandon's) side of the House, there were only to be found re presentatives of such places as Sudbury—(Cheers)—and Brid. port.—( Loud cheers.) He had stated those sentiments to his constituents before his election. He did not believe that any al- teration in the Corn-laws would materially affect the condition of the labouring classes, and it was a great question whether any advantages which that alteration might produce would not be more than counterbalanced even to those who might be sup posed most to profit by that alteration by the accompanying disadvantages. He had expressed those sentiments before a large mercantile constituency, and he could state that the ex pression of them had not appeared to draw on him any unpopu larity. Sir RORERT PEEL wished to say one word in explana tion as to a part of the speech of the Hon. Member for Stock port, in which that Hon. Member had brought a charge against him (Sir R. Peel) founded on the grossest and most extraordinary misrepresentation. The Hon. Gentleman, working himself up to a high pitch of indignation, had accused him ( Sir Robert Peel) of stating that the working classes ought to be satisfied with the condition of paupers. Now this was the foundation of that statement. He ( Sir R. Peel) had some months ago, heard the Hon. Gentleman (the Member for Boston) mention in that House a case of the most appalling distress. He had listened to the relation of that case by the Hon. Member with most painful feelings. The Hon. Member had mentioned the case of a weaver who, surrounded by his family, had expired in a state of the deepest distress, and his body had been found extended on the hearth. His death had been attributed to actual starvation. When he ( Sir R. Peel) had heard that statement, after expressing the deepest sympathy for the sufferings of that poor man and of his family, he had said that a statement so app a lling oug ht to lead to the inquify: if it were possible that the Poor-law could be pro perly administered where such a state of things was suffered to exist, and from that the Hon. Gentleman took occasion to accuse him (Sir R. Peel) of saying that the working classes ought to be satisfied with the condition of paupers. Now the first thing that lie (Sir R. Peel) had done after his appoint ment to the Government, was to write to his tight lion. Friend the Secretary of State for the Home department, tell ing him that that story was still dwelling on his mind, and that if such a state of things could by possibility exist, it was a reflection upon the state of society in general—(Cheers)—and advising him instantly to send an assistant Poor-law Commis sioner to Bolton to institute an immediate inquiry.— ( Cheers.) That advice was taken, and the assistant Commissioner was at the present moment at Bolton making inquiries into that statement, which had been made two or three months ago.—( Cheers.) That was the foundatio n o f the charge which had been brought against him, and because he had expressed his horror at the statement made by the Hon. Member for Bolton, the Hon. Gentleman opposite had charged him with stating that: the working classes ought to be satisfied with the condition of paupers.—(Loud cheering.) Mr. HAWES would say one word with respect to the expla nation of the Right Hon. Baronet. In Justice to his Hon. Friend, the l'Slember for Stockport, he must say that the speech of the Right Hon. Baronet had been reported in a very dif ferent manner from that which the Right Hon. Baronet had just explained it. He thought the House greatly indebted to the Honourable Member for Stockport for having elicited the speech of [the Noble Lord the Member for Liverpool. At length they had a speech from the other side, calculated to throw some light on the future intentions of the Government. —( Cries of " No, no.") He said " Yes, yes," for the Noble Lord had taken upon himself to say that her Majesty's 3finis ters did not attribute the present distress to the existing state of the Coin-laws.—(Loud cheers.) And he had also said that if they were of opinion that they possessed any remedy for that distress they would be bound immediately to propose it. But that, as they entertained no such opinion they would not em bark in any discussion.—( Loud cheers from the Opposition.) He gave the Noble Lord credit for having a considerable know ledge of works on political economy, and yet the Noble Lord said that all the leading authorities on that subject were divided in opinion on the question of the Corn-laws. He (Mr. Hawes) contended that there was a most singular concurrence of opi nion among all the leading authorities as to the disastrous ef fects of those laws, and he would challenge the Noble Lord to refer to any single authority in support of his (Lord Sandon's) view of the question. L SANDON—Mr. Huskisson. • Mr. HAWES would refer the Noble Lord to the last speech that Mr. Euskisson had ever made in that House, and which was evidently in favour of a free trade in corn. Every one who had read the speeches of Mr. Huskisson, must have re marked that there was a gradual change in his opinion, always progressing towards a free trade in corn. He (Mr. Hawes) did not claim any superiority in humanity over Hon. Gentle men opposite, but he was entitled to consider their policy apart from their personal feelings; and in speaking of that policy, lie felt bound to denounce it as pregnant with evil, and as one to which might mainly be attributed the suffering exist ing in the country. The Right Hon. Gentleman, in the amended address, had adopted that portion of her Majesty's Speech in which she expressed her sympathy for the distresses of the people. and her anxiety that those distresses should be alleviated. Now, what were they to think of the Right Hon. paronet's sympathy for those distresses, and of his desire to a p e eiate them, whop they found that he proposed to post pone all consideration of them foe five months? Aft. e express. ing his feeling for their distresses, the first act that he did was to shut the doors of that House, and postpone all c o ns id e . ration of them till next spring. —(Hear, hear.) The Right Hon. Baronet, in that part of his speech which, judging from the applause which it received, might be considered the most e w ec oe, had taunted the Noble Lord by saying that if he blamed Wm (Sir 4, Ppel) fop delay, whit blare ivy Rot justly clue to him (Lord John Russell), who had held office for five years, and had yet done nothing. That might ,or might not be the case, but with that the people had nothing to do. Because the Noble Lord had neglected his duty, that was no reason why.the present Government should neglect theirs.-- (Loud cheers.) But the Noble Lord had proposed measures, of which the Right Hon. Brronet had disapproved, and having refused to adopt them he now refused to propose any of his own in their place.—( Cheers.) if the Right Hon. Gentleman would apply himself to the consideration of those measures he believed he wo u ld come to the conc l us i on that some change in our commerc i a l pol i cy was necessary, but the Right Honouroble Gentleman refused discussion. He asked for a supply, and-• Aoki them that they must wait until next year before they cdeld hope for any alteration in those laws. And what was that alteration to be ? Why the Right Hon. Baronet, the Member for Dorchreater.,-in address to his constituents, had said that he considered a fixed duty an impossibility, and that the only improvement that could be made in the present Corn. laws would be by improving the system of taking the averages, so as to make them more stringent. That was then the only alteration they could hope for • for the Gov ernment, i t appeared, were st ill d eterm i ne d to adhere to the principles of the sliding scale. Now that scale had not justified any one of the grounds on which it had been originally introduced. It had not induced steadiness of price —it hsd note afforded effectual protection to the British fume: —it had not afforded security that the home growth should he equal to the home consumption—those were the grounds on which it had been first proposed—and on every one of those grounds the sliding scale hid failed. They had been taunted with being asked if they could maintain a fixed duty. Now what right had Hon. Gentlemen opposite to ask them to maintain a fixed duty when their own scheme did not maintain it ? (Hear, hear.) But nothing could be clearer than that under a fixed duty there would be a fixed supply. The merchant would then be able to make his calculations. It was the sliding scale that was the cause of all the uncer tainty.—(Cheers) A peat deal had been said of what had fallen from the Hon. Member from Stockport relative to the state of the feelings of the working classes. Now nothing had been said on that subject that night that had not been said months before. Every one had said that when the question of the Corn-laws should be thoroughly understood by the people, if some measures were not adopted to repeal or alter them, the peace of the country would be endangered, and yet Right Hen. Gentlemen refit ed all discussion. That night they had had a signal example in the speech of one county Member, who had addressed the House without aiding one single observation to what had been uttered previously, and who had even expressed himself as rejoicing that there was to be no discussion. The Noble Lord had taunted them with particitiating in a gronso and infamous system of bribery. He (Mr. Hawes) knew no thing of that personally.—(Hear.) -I-le represented no free men—( Cheers)—and he had never in his elections incurred one farihing of expense that he should-be ashamed to state in his place in ,that House.—( Loud cheers.) He admitted that in many places gross and shameful .bribery had taken place, and he would say that all those wile had been guilty of it had dune much toshake the confidence of the people in that House, and to undermine the foundations of the Constitution.—.(Loud cheers.) The Right Honourable Gentleinan had called for a vote of confidence, without stating what he meant to do.—( Hear, hear.) Corn-laws, Sugar-laws, Timber-laws, finances, taxes—all were left in obscurity, and on these grounds the Right Hon. Baronet asked for the confidence of the House and the country. Whatever might be said of the late Govern ment, they had at least propounded practical measures for re lieving the distress of the country, and had brought them tangibly before the House—measures calculated to relieve the trade, and to lighten the burden of taxation—while the Right Hon. Baronet, having refused even to discuss those measures, asked for a vote of supply, stating, as his ground for asking it, that he intended to postpone until next winter the bringing forward any measures to relieve the distresses of the people. Mr. LITTON said he was sorry to hear from Hon. Gentle men opposite, observations calculated to create discontent and excitement, but he vies desirous of rising, a s the rep resen tative of an Irish constituency, to pray her Majesty's Government would take time to deliberate on such an important question. He thought he expressed the opinion of that country, when he said that if the Corn-law as proposed by the late Administration passed into a law, it would involve Ireland in immediate and irremediable ruin.—( Hear, hear, hear, and laughter.) If no petitions from Ireland were presented against that law, the reason was because the people knew such a measure could never pass that House. It was very well to describe the miseries and sufferings of the manufacturers of England, hut were the four or five millions of the Irish people, %shorn the proposed alteration would ruin, to be altogether forgoten ? —( Hear, hear.) He would assert that misery, penury, want, and actual deprivation of the necessaries of life would follow the measure of the late Administration if passed into a law. The Irish people had not the resources of manufacturers to fly to, like the people of England, if the benefits they de rived from the present Corn-laws were to be taken from them. Any person that knew Ireland must know that her prosperity depended on agriculture, and if that support was withdrawn, four or five millions would be destitute of the means of living. She had only three or four sea-ports that w ere prosperous, and had not, I.ke England, numerous and flourishing towns. The greater number of the towns in Ireland derived their support from the agricultural population, and if the agriculturists were ruined, ruin would soon overtake the inhabitants of the towns. He had not heard, during the debate, any Irish Member as sert that Ireland would not be ruined by the proposition of the late Government. He would say a few words with respect to the beering of the question on the Irish franchises. The Conservatives wished to leave to Ireland a full, fair, and bona fide franchise ; and he would tell the Hon. Gentleman oppo site the measure of the late Administration would materially di minish those franchises. Many who could now swear to a profit able interest of 101. above the rent, would not be able to do so if the Corn-law was changed. He would say, and he knew Ireland, that one-half the Irish franchises would be cut up by a change of the Corn-law. He (Mr. Litton) wondered that that House, who professed themselves the only friends of Ire land, should be so forgetful of her franchisee, though they may care very little for the destruction of her towns—(Hear)—the ruin of her agricultute, and the distress of her people.—(Hear, hear, anti laughter.) Then he could say of the lower classes of the people of Ireland that they rejoiced in having an Administration which would obtain for them a freedom from agitation, and would allow them to pursue industry without agitation—(Hear and laughter) and he would say that the Irish appointments had not only given satisfaction as respected the executive portion of them, as was admitted by all parties, but even the law appointments were liked, and had given great satisfaction.---( Hear and laughter.) They were a guarantee that the law would be 'firmly and impartially administered, and those could only regret those appointments who were habitually violating the law. Mr. S. CRAWFORD said, that although lie was not an Isish Member, the Hon. and Learned Gentleman who had just sat down knew he had a stake in the country—(Hear, hear)— and that it was entirely connected with agriculture. Yet he would say that the improvement of Ireland would advance upon a repeal of the Corn-law.—(Cheers and laughter.) He (Mr. C.) did not advocate the proposition of the late Govern ment, but he advocated the measure of a total repeal.—( Hear, hear.) There was no part of Ireland more prosperous or im proving than that in which manufactures were in connection with agriculture—( Hear, hear)—and, in fact, greater com fort did not exist in any part of the British empire. It was by other means than that of rent, the population in the north of Ireland paid their rent. What, then, had agriculture done for the people of Ireland ? \Vas it a proof of the value of agri. culture that 2,300,000 of her population had no more than 6d. or 4d. a-day as wages, and that not always? — (Hear.) The Honourable and Learned Gentleman said that an unanimous feeling prevailed in Ireland as to the bad effects of the late Government's proposition of a fixed duly; but there was no evidence of any such feelings.—( Hear, hear.) There had been no petitions on the subject. Neither could he (Mr. C.) agree with the Hon. and Learned Gentleman that her Majesty's present advisers had given universal satisfaction in Ireland.—(Cheers.) No doubt the people there were luke warm in supporting the late Government, because they had not gone far enough in advocating Liberal measures ; but, to compare their feelings with regard to the present Government, and those they entertained towards their predecessors, was perfectly absurd.—( Hear, hear.) •On the contrary, the people there were apprehensive of the present Administration ; but he hoped the conduct of the Right Hon. Baronet would re move all grounds for such teelings. He would say a few words upon the general question, and he begged to vouch for the present distress, and absolute necessity for speedy mea sures.—( Cheers.) He would not say what ought to be done, but he would say, whatever was to be done, ought to be done at once. The great question, apart from all party views, was. whether the Corn-laws should be upheld or not. He thought the question should be pressed to a division, and that the de bate should not be one o f m ere words. 'flat was Are only way to have the opinion of the Hotise'ascertained. He wished to make one remark to the Right I-lon. Baronet with respect to the Poor-law, and that was, whether be would force on the people the Poor-1 tw, where unions had not been yet esta blished? He hoped the Right Hon. Gentleman would consider such a suggestion. Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL begged to say one word before the debate closed. He was willing, as an Irish Member, to take upon himself the obloquy of entirely disagreeing and dis senting from the confidence which the Hon. and Learned Gen tleman (Mr. Litton) represented as attached to the Irish ap pointments, and to protect himself from agreeing with the conclusions derived from the Noble Lord's speech by the Right Hon. Baronet, which speech he thought conceded much more than tine Noble Lord was warranted in conceding. Though he lia.l personally a high respect for Lord Eliot, he thought lie would want the power or the inclination, or perhaps both, to carry his benevolent intentions into p-actical effect. He could not forget the extreme violence of his ( Lord Eliot's) party, upon his conduct with respect to the Irish Municipal Act, and how he had been taunted in the House, and abused elsewhere, because he wished to do away with all religious and local distinctions—.(Hear, hear)—and he much feared if his vote upon that occasion would not be re membered by his own party in Ireland. He had no confidence in the Secretary for the Home Department, but if they really wished to do away with the inequality which subsisted in the Municipal Acts of England, Ireland, and Scotland, they could exhibit their disposition to do justice to Ireland by placing them on an equality with regard to that Act. He entirely dissented from the Cassandra-like predictions of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman as to the benefit that was likely to flow from the new Administration to Ireland; and he should be allowed at least to express his doubts of the advantages to be derived from the Government of the Right Hon. Baronet. Mr. HARDY said he had felt considerable surprise that Hon. Gentlemen opposite should have attributed all the distress which existed in Lancashire, and in other parts of tile country, to the operation of the Corn-laws ; since it must be recol lectel that distress had prevailed even when those laws were not in operation. He (Mr. Hardy) was not in the least sur prised at the existence of distress, when he recolleeted the in formation which had been given to the House by the Hon. Member for Oldham. The Hon. Gentleman had told the House that in the year 1820 there were manufactured four dif ferent articles which produced a sum of 96a., and that that year there were 18000,0001bs. of cotton manufactured, whereas at present the quantity was 400 ,000,000, and the sum was reduced from 965. to 275. After such a statement no one could wonder at the distress. Men borrowed money from joint-stock banks to build large works because they had seen others prosper ; the market was soon glutted ; and they were then glad to obtain any price for their manufac tures. The Honourable Member referred to th e num b er of houses in Manchester and Salford which was without tenants, as a proof of destitution. He would mention one fact in an swer to that statement. In travelling on the Manchester and Leeds Railway be had observed a number of persons waiting, with Inge packs on their backs, to go by the railway. Being struek with so singular an appearance, he had inquired into the cause, and he was told that in consequence of the cheap con veyance by railway many persons who formerly lived in Man rotecti alseser and Salford had taken cottages at a di stance, for which they were paying a rent of 21 . , w e formerly tilt) , had paid 10/. He believed that the only remedy for di s t ress was to tre duce the manufactures to the d emand . There was u p on th e m allusion an of the protection en corn. Wh introduction of y was such protection afforded unless to prevent the foreign ma nu ' ac t ures ? ufact h u a r , e i s been of England made e d a o by thdse w h o h ail ccinplained protection of te n per cent. ; but no The Noble Lord the late Secretary for Foreign Affairs said that the Right Honourable Baronet did but technically represent the people o f this country. Ile was greatly surprised that a Noble Lord, who had been a Member of the Government which framed the Reform Bill, should have given utterance to such a sentiment.—( Hear, hear.) Much had been said with respect to the influence of bribery ande.:',rr opt icni,at the lass election. Now, th e re were many ways of committing bribery, and many ways of treating.—(Hear, hear ) Yo u might treat and you might premise to VOL He thought there never was an election at which there was a greater promise of treating than that which had Just terminated—it was a national promise. The Ministers, in appealing to the people, promised every man in the kingdom a big loaf for a little penny. That was the cry with which they went forth to all the popular constituencies in the country; and, in spite of that cry, in defiance of that bribe, these popular constituencies had returned that maj miry which was called technical. Even at the nominations, which were another species of election—for there all had a vo:ce— the msjority was generally in favour of the policy of the present Government. Why had the Noble Lord postponed the con sideration of the Poor-law until after the election ? Was it not because he thought the people would not swallo..v that as they would swallow the big loaf? Yet, although they appealed to the country, and in the most favourable aspect, the result• had been the dissolution of the Government. HINDLEY said he had not intended to utter a .ingle word in the course of that debate, but after the extraordinary speech of the Hon. Member who had just sat down;and who represented a commercial district, he could not maintain a per fect silence. He did not know whether the constituents of the Hon. Member were leaving their former houses to go and enjoy the country air, but he could tell the Hon. Member that his (Mr. Hindley's) were far from being in such a condition. If the statements of the Hon. Member for Bradford, with re ference to the number of untenanted houses were true, the real cause of it was that four or five families were compelled to oc cupy one house. The Hon. Gentleman had taunted the ma nufacturers with making too many articles. Was it not a fact that hundreds and thousands of persons who were employed in manufactures were not able to purchase them ? The com plaint was nut that they had too many calicos or too many coats, but that. they had too little froi.—( Hear, hear, hear.) There was not a more industrious crass of people in the world than the labouring' population of Eng land, nor was there any in which they were so ill paid. He wished to address one or two words to the Right,Hon. Baronet at the head of the Government. In the course of his speech upon the want of. confidence in her Majesty's late Ministers, the Hon. Baronet had asked, " Why have we all these s:atements of distress from the manufacturing districts? How is it that the overseers have been so remiss in their duty ?" During his late visit to th- country he had been called upon for private charity by a person who had been thrown out of employment in conic quance of the adoption of machinery, and this persal had told him, that en applying to the overseers of the township or Roy ton—a parish in the neighbourhood of Oldham—all that was allowed for the support of himself, his wife, and three children, was ls. 6d. per week. Was that just to the people of Eng land ?—( Hear, hear.) They ought to view the Poor. law and the Corn-law in connection. The labouring classes must not any longer be prevented from exchanging their laboar for toad. The great body of the people were full of suffering fur the presen', and of apprehension for the future ; and he implored the House and the Hon. Baronet opposite to adopt such mea sures as were necessary to relieve their distress. Mr. MILNES perfectly agreed with the Hon. Gentleman who had just addressed the House, that the Poor-law and the Caen-law should be discussed together; but he claimed for the Hon. Baronet sufficient time to prepare his measures for the relief of the country. The Corn-law was a law which bore upon every interest in the country, and it must be deli berately discussed. The great difference between the Right Hon. Baronet and the late Government was, that the former proposed no particular panacea as a remedy for all the evils which pressed upon the country.—( Hear, hear.) He had been much struck with the speech of the Noble Lord the late Secretary for Foreign Affairs, who had, he thought, treated-the representatives of the people with great diare pect. An opposition might be conducted in two ways—either in a corrective and critical character, or by assuming that the majority of the House did not truly represent the people. Taking the latter view, he would put it to the Noble Lo .d who had opened the debate, whether after his doctrines of finality he could head such an opposition which was so conducted without acting in opposition to his own principles ? (Hear, heat. ) The Noble Lord opposite had spoken of free trade as good in itself. It mattered not, said he, how our diplomatic relations were conducted ; under all circumstances our best policy was to lay down large principles of free trade. It had been laid dawn by a great moralist that adultery was a great crime, because it could only be committed by two per sons.—( Great laughter.) He would change the application, and say that the principles of free trade as laid down by the Noble Lord, could only be a great anti abso:ute good when there were two consenting parties.—(lncreased laughter.) It was his belief that the Administration of his Right [lon. Friend would do all that could be done to propagate—( Great laughter)—those principles without resorting to any of thcise illegal—(Continued laughter)—he might say immoral, pro. ceedings, by which her Majesty's late Government attempted to bring about the came object. Mr. V. SMITH said that his only object in rising to address the House, was not to find fault with any of the future mea sures of the Right Hon. Baronet opposite, but to advert to an indiscretion which he had committed in the debate that evening, he alluded to what the Right Hon. Baronet had stated with respect to the colonies of New South Wales and New Zealand. The Right Hon. Baronet had alluded to a dis patch from the Governor of New South Wales, ard from that he had inferred that the colonies of New South Wales and New Zealand were approaching to national bankruptcy, because orders had been issued for bounties upon healthy emigrants. Those orders were only of a temporary nature, and the Right lion. Baronet had been greatly mistaken in suppoSing that those orders would make any considerable call upon the Treamry He believed that the colonies of New South Wales and New Zealand were some of the most prosperous in her Majesty's dominions, andhe felt bound to make the statement he had done, in order to remove any erroneous impressions which the state ments of the Right. Hon. Baronet might have produced with respect to those who felt inclined to emigrate to those colonies. Sir R. PEEL thought he need only read the despatch of the Noble Lord opposite in July of the present year, to the Go vernor, Sir G. Gipps, to justify himself w►th the House for the statements he had made. The Right Hon. Baronet then read the despatch, and observed that he agreed with the Noble Lord in viewing with the deepest anxiety the statements a the Go vernor of New South Wales. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that he certainly did view the statements 'of Sir G. Gipps with great anxiety in the first instance, but he now believed that the land sales in the two colonies to which allu3ion had been made would amply supply the an.ount that had been required for bounties foe emigrants. Air. FIELDEN said that the manufacturing districts were in a most desperate- state, and under such circumstances were they, he would ask, to be told that they had only met to vote . supplies, and to extend a measure for six months, which hail been desecrated throughout the country ? He contended tha' when distress existed in the country it was the duty of the House to inquire into the causes of it, and do ~.11 in its power to afford a remedy. Let the House remove taxation, and within a month they would bring about a better state of things; and believing that Parliament would do so, he thought •it was their duty to enter upon the subject at once. He wished to place his opinions upon record. He would therefore move " That the distrt ss of the working people, at the present time, is so great throughout the country, but particularly in the man nufacturing districts, that it is the duty of the House to make instant inquiry into the causes and extent of that distress—to devise the means of remedy ; but, at all events, to vote no supplies of money until such inquiries are made," and if he found any one to second his motion he would divide the House. Dr. BOWRING seconded the motion. The Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Tamworth said to the starving multi tudes wait, and he was afraid the House would respond, and say we will wait; but it would be very difficult for the poor, who were without bread, to wait for five months without hope. He knew there was much humanity and kindness on the other side of the House, and if they would only consent to inquire into the distress existing in the country, it would be proved to them in such colours as would oblige them instantly to con sider some means of remedying it. There were thou sands and tens of thousands of suffering people whose distress never was found out by the Commissioners or their s,gents—.who suffered in secret, and whose eases never were heard of, until application was made for a coffin. The Noble Le. the Member for Liverpool (Lord Sandon) said the Poor-laws were not the primary cause of that distress. He did not deny the distress. It was confessed it existed, and he (Dr. Bowri - ng) thought it was connected with so much politi cal discontent as to betoken much danger. Strangers were ordered to withdraw. The House divided, when there appeared - • . For the motion ........ For the Amendment.. Majority .. 149 - 103 On the questicn, that the Speaker do leave the Chair— Mr. W. WILLIAMS hoped the Right Hon. Gentleman would not press the consideration of the Supplies that nigh!. It never was the practice of the late Government to go on with votes at so lwe an hour. Many of the items were of con siderable importance, and the House ought to have a fair op portunity of inquiring into them. Sir R. PEEL hid no wish to press any votes that might be objected to. He would have no objection to postpone them until Monday. However, he hoped there would be no objec tion to the Speaker leaving the Ckair, in older that it might be known who the gentleman was who had been selected as Chairman. Air. WILLIAMS had no objection whatever to such an ar rangement. The question was then agreed to. Sir R. PEEL said it ►would, in his opinion, be advise:►ble to adhere to the arrangement of former years, and which had been recommended by a Committee of the House, viz., that the charge of attending to unopposed Private Bills should be given to the Chairman of Committees of the House. With a view of adding influence and authority, he thought those duties should be united. Ile was anxious to name a gentleman who had paid much attention to the private business, and he trusted his selection would meet the approbation of the House. Ile had been anxious to remedy an evil which had been complained of, and he proposed that the Chairman of Ways and Means should preside over all Committees. He would propose that Mr. Greene take the chair. Mr. GREENE having taken his place at the table, trusted he might be allowed to return his thanks for the very flattering manner in which he had been called upon by the Committee to preside over them. He hoped he should receive the indul gence and assistance of the House in discharging his duty, and preserving order, and he was the more desirous to claim that indulgence fiorn the recollection of the very able manner in which the chair had been filled by his predecessor. —( Hear, hear.) He should be at all times most anxious to discharge his duty in the fairest and most impartial manner.—( hear. Sir R. PEEL said he proposed to take the first estimate, and then that the Chairman should report progress. He hoped there would be no objection to that cause. Sir G. CLERK then moved that a sum of 106,0001. be voted for the service of her Majesty, to complete the sum necessary for the service of the Commissariat Department for the year 1841. Mr. WILLIAMS thought it was time to make some reduc tion in those estimates, and he would recommend the Right Hon. Baronet to return to the estimates which he bad pro posed to the House when he was last in office. The miscella neous estimates for the last year amounted to 2,693,1120/., while, in the year IS3O, they had only amounted to 1,945,000/. He hoped, under the present circumstances of the country, that the subject would bo taken into the serious consideration of the Government. Mr. JElt VIS understood the present vote to be merely a portion of the estimates which had been previously voted, and to which the Government was pledged. He did not think there would be any objection to that vote. The vote was then agreed to- The next rote was a sum of 25,000/. for the half-pay allow ances and contingencies of the Commissariat. Department. The next vote as a sum of 54,0001. to complete the sum re quired to defray the expenses of the insurrection in Canab. Mr. J. JERVIS suggested that the consideration of the vote be postponed to Monday next. Sir R. PEEL did not object to the vote being postponed. He did not think it unreasonable that any Hon. Gentleman should, at that late hour of the night, and after the lengthened diseu , sion which had taken place, propose the postponing the vote to Monday. The vote was accordingly postponed. The CHAIRMAN then reported progress, and asked leave to sit again, and the House resumed. ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE BILL. On the second reading of this Bill being proposed, The SPEAKER said that it contained money clauses, which would require attentive consideration. Sir R. PEEL said that such being the case he would with draw the Bill, with a view to the introduction of another. The Bill was then withdrawn. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at Half-past Eleven o'Clock to Monday. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. At the Court at Windsor, the 14th day of September, 1841, present the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council, This day the Most Noble t3rownlowe Cecil Marquis of Ex eter ; the Most Noble John William Robert Marquis of Lothian ; the Right Hoc. George John Earl Delawarr, Lord Chamberlain of her Majesty's Household ; the Right Hon. James Alexander Earl of Rossiya ; the Right Hon. John George Lord Forester ; the Right Hon. George Lionel Daw son Darner; and the Right Hon. John Nicholl, Doctor of the Civil Law, were, by her Majesty's command, sworn of her Majesty's Most Hon. Privy Council, and took their respective places at the Board accordingly. Her Majesty having been pleased to appoint the Right Hon. John William Earl of Sandwich to be Lord Lieutenant of the county of Huntingdon, his T.ordship this day took the oaths appointed to be taken thereupon, instead of the oaths of alle giance and supremacy. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, SEPT. 15. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Viscount Hawar den to be one of the Lords in Waiting in Ordinary to her Majes;y. WINDSOR CASTLE, SEPT. 14. His Royal Highness Prince Albert has been pleased to ap point the Martinis of Exeter to be Groom of the Stole. His Royal Highness has also been pleased to appoint Admi ral the Lord Colville to be a Lord in Waiting, in the room of the Earl of Morley, resigned. WHITEHALL, SETT. 16. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, constituting and appointing the Right Honourable Sir Robert Peel, B ar t. ; th e Ri g h t Honourable Henry Goulburn ; James Manes Gaskell, Esq.; Henry Bing ham Baring, Esq. ; Alexander Pringle, Esq. ; and John Young, Esq., to be Commissioners for executing the offices of Treasurer of the Exchequer of Great Britain and Lord High Treasurer of Ireland. The Queen has been pleased to direct 1 etters patent to be pissed under the Great Seal, appointing the Right Hon. Henry Pelham Clinton (commonly called Earl of Lincoln), Alexander Milne, Esq., and Charles Alexander Gore, Esq. (commoniy called the Hon. Charles Alexander Gore), to be Cummisaioners of her Majesty's Woods, Forests, Land Reve nues, Works, and Buildings. CROWN-OFFICE, SEPT. 16. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. BOROUGH OF BURY ST. EDMUNDS.--.The Right Hon. Fre derick William Hervey, commonly called E ar l J ermyn . BOROUGH OF CHIPPENHA74I.-Henry George Boldero, of Hurst.grove, near Reading, in the county of Berks, Esq. BOROUGH OF NEWARK - uroN-TnExr.-The Right Hon. William Evvart Gladstone. 130 (LOUGH OF L U NCESTON. —The Right Hon. Sir Henry pardinge, K.C. 8., a Major-General in the Army. CITY OF LICHFIELD. —The Hon. Granville George Leve son Gower, commonly called lord Leveson, in the room of Sit-- George Anson, who has accepted the office of Steward of the Manor of Poynings. BOROUGH OF BRlDPORT.—Alexander Dundas Ross Wishart 13aillie Cochrane, Esq., in the room of Henry Warburton, Esq., who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. Boae•ocu OF Hu NTI NG DON.—Sir Frederick Pollock, Knt., her Majesty's Attorney-General; Lieut.-Col. Jonathan Peel, Surveyor-General of her Majesty's Ordnance. UNIVERSITY or CAMBRIDG E. —The Right Hon. Henry Goulburn, M.A. BOROUGH OF WEN LOCK. —James Milnes Gaskell, of Thornes House, in the county of York, Esq. BOROUGH OF Ma imaonouort.—The Right Hon. Ernest Auguitus Charles Brudenell Bruce, commonly called Lord Ernest Bruce ; Henry Bingham Baring, Esq. WAR-OFFICE, SEPT. 17. 3d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Assistant-Surgeon A. C. F. Coleloug, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Lister, promoted on the Staff, Sept. 17. 3d Regiment of Light Dragoons—Serjeant-Major A. Crab tree to be Cornet, without purchase, vice Harbord, deceased, Sept. 17. Bth Regiment of Light Dragoons—Lieut.-Colonel F. W. Mann, from half-pay of the Royal Staff Corps, to be Lieut.- Colonel, vice Molvneux, deceased ; Major J. M'Call, to be Lieut.-Colonel, by purchase, vice Mann, who retires; Capt. J. H. Chulmeley to be Major, by purchase, vice ; Lieut. E. Mostvn to be Captain, by purchase, vice Cholmeley; Cornet Cooper to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Mostyn ; Sergeant-Major E. Seager to be Cornet, without purchase, vice Cooper, Sept. 17. Regiment of Foot—Capt. W. H. Goode, from the half pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice Jauncey, promoted, Sept. 17. 11th Foot—Lieut. F. Burgess, from half-pay of the 54th Foot. to be Lieut., vice Dunlevie, appointed Paymaster of the 74th Foot ; Ensign A. S. G. Jauncey to be Lieu tenant. by purchase, vice Burgess, who retires ; J. W. D'Oyly, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Jauncy, Sept. 17. 12th Foot—Captain R. W. Kyflin, from the half-pay Un attached, to be Paymaster, vice Wadeson, deceased, Sept. 17. 20th Foot—Quartermaster-Sergeant D. Bilham to be Quar termaster, vice Patrick Conolly, who retires upon half-pay ; Assistant-Surgeon R. J. Cole, M.D., from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgean, vice Foulis, appointed to the 3d West India Regiment, Sept. 17. 21st Foot—Second-Lieutenant 0. T. Graham, to be First Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Martin, deceased, May 10; L. J. Thompson, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, vice Graham, Sept. 17. 25th Foot—Lieutenant Q. G. Smith, from the 50th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Frith. uppo:nted Paymaster of the 47th Regiment; R. Young, Gent., to be Ensign, without pur chase, vice Smith, promoted in the 50th Foot ; Assistant- Surgeon E. J. Burton, M.D. from the 3d West India Regi ment, to be Assistant-Surgeon, rice Sidey, promoted on the Staff, Sept. 17. 50th Foot—Brevet Major J. H. Serjeantson to be Major, without purchase, vice Turner, whose promotion has been can celled ; Lieut. A. C. D. Bznt 1 , , , v to be Captain, vice Serjeant son, June 18. To be Lieutenants, without; purchase—Ensign S. P. Joyce, vice Bentley, Jane 20 En sign C. A. Mouat, vice' Waddy, appointed Adjutant, Sept. 16 ; Ensign C. G. Smith, 'from the th Foot., vice Allen, whose ,appointment has been cancelled, Sept. 17. To be Ensigns, without pm •chase—H. W. J. Gray, Gent., vice Joyce, Sept. 16 ; C. E. 't'oung, vice Mouat, Sept. 17. To be Adjutant—Lieut. R.. Waddy, vice Tudor, promoted, June 16. 54th Foot—J. Floyd, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Woulfe, appointed to the 86th Toot, Sept. 17. Bdth Foot—Ensign S. R. Woulfe, from 54th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Moneypenny, whu retires, Sept. 17. Rifle Brigade—Lieut. the H on. E. G. Monckton to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Napier who retires, Sept. 17. Second-Lieut. W. B. Ram! Jay to be First-Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Monckton; Sir H. Tyrwhitt Jones, Bart., to be Second-Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Ramsay ; Assistant- Surgeon John Fraser, M.D. , from the Staff, to be Assistant- Surgeon, Sept. 17. 3d Wes:: "India Regiment —Assistant-Surgeon A. Foulis, from the 20th Foot, to be Assistant- Surgeon, vice Burton, ap point,tl to the 25th Foot, Sept. 17. UNATTAcmtn.—Captain. .1. K. Jauncey, from the 10th Foot, to be Major, without purchase, Sept. 17. HOSPITAL STAFF.—Surg eon J. W. Watson, M.D., from tht 63d Foot, to be Staff-Surgeon of the First Class, vice M. W. Kenny, who retires upon hall-pay. To be Staff Surgeons od . the Second Class—Assistant- Surgeon W. C. Humfrey, from the 85th Foot ; Assistant- Surgeon A. Smith, M.D., •from the Ist Dragoon Guards; As sistant-Surgeon Adam Wailer Murray. from the 96th Foot ; Assistant-Surgeon Augusta as H. Cowen, from the 46th Foot ; Assistant-Surgeon G. Fer4;uson, from 60th Foot; Assistant- Surgeon W. Linton, M.D.., from 66th Foot; Assistant-Sur geon J. Malcolm, from a 72d Foot ; Assistant-Surgeon J. B. Gibson, from rah Light Dragoons ; Assistant-Sur geon D. C. Pitcairn, front the Staff; Assistant-Surgeon J. Edmondson, from the 30th, Foot, July 2.. To be Assistant-Suigecms to the Forces—A. P. Lockwood, Gent., vice O'Hara. deceased; G. 'f. Galbraith, M.D., vice Oakes, deceased; T. Cowan, M.D., vice Hall, appointed to the Royal Canadian Regiament, Sept. 17. MRMORA NDU 31.—The. Christian names of Captain Parsley, on the retired full• pay of the 82d Foot, are " Richard Browne Fuller," and not " Rich s.rd" only, as previously stated. Erratum in the G azette of the 18th of June, 1841. 57th Foot—For Em inn Loftus Cassidy to be Lieutenant, vice '• Allan, appointett to the 50th Foot, June 18," read vice " James Allan, decease 1, June 11." Quarterly Average of the Wee, Bank of England, from the:". September instant, b oth inclu, Act, 3 and 4 W. 1V.., cap. 98 LIABILITIES., Circulation . . £17,4 81,000 Securities ...... £23,567,90 0 Deposits ...... ... 8,052,000 Bullion 4,975,000 kly Liabilities and Assets of the 122 d of June last:to the 14th of ssive, published pursuant to the ASSETS. £25,533,000 Downing-street, Sept. 17, £28,542,000 841. The following places have been duly registered for solemnize ing marriages therein, pursuant to the Act 6th and 7th Wit ham IV., cap. 85:— The English Presbyterian Chapel, Lydgate, Yorkshire. Independent Chapel, Painswick, Gloucestershire. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. JULIUS C.ESAR Mori . , wine -merchant, Loughborough BANKRUPTS. JACOB MILL, merchant, Bishopsgate-street Within, City, to surrender Sept. 28, at one, and Oct. 29, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, Birchin-lane, Cornhill, official assignee ; Oliverson, Denby, and Lavie, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. DANIEL HOWL A ND, linendraper, Horsham, Sussex, Sept. 28, at eleven, and Oct. 23, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, Ahchurch-lane, Lombard-street, official assignee; Soles, Aldermanhury. BENJAMIN HOWELL, linendraper, Oxford -street, Sept. 28, at twelve, and Oct. 19, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Ahager, Birchin-lane, Cornhill, official assignee ; Turner and liensman, Basing-lane. GEORGE WILLIAMS, linendraper, Aldgate, Sept. 29, at half-past one, and Oct. 29, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Edwards, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry, official as,ignee • Ashurst, Ch en p r id e. RICHARD POTTE'A, JOHN POTTER, and JAMES POTTER, cotton spin-aers, Manchester, Oct. 2, and Nov. 2, at twelve, at the Con imissioners'-rooms, Manchester. Ma kinson and Sanders, :Elm -court, Middle Temple, London ; Atkinson and Saunders , Manchester. SPENCER JUPP,, corn merchant, Littlehampton, Sussex, Sept. 27, at eleven, at the Norfolk Arms Inn, Arundel, and Oct. 29, at eleven, at he Dolphin Hotel, Cnicester. Balchin, Arundel ; Freeman, I iothamley, and Bentall, Coleman-street, London. RICHARD RHODES WALKER and ROBERT JO SEPH PEEL, Scoth. and Manchester warehousemen, Man chester, Oct. 8 and 29, at eleven, at the Commissioners'- rooms, Manchester. Sale and Worthington, Manchester ; Baxter, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London. THOMAS RAGG, hosier, Birmingham, Oct. 1, at two, and Oct. 29, at twelve, at the Waterloo-rooms, Birmingl h iam. Chaplin, G ray's Inn-sy are, London; Standbridee, Birming am. GEORGE FORS'XER, woollen draper, Newcastle-upon- Tyne, Oct. 11, at eleven, and Oct. 29, at one , at the Ban k Commision-room, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Currie a nd W ood tgaint.en,pNene..wrisvrear. e, Lincoln's Inn, London ; Hewison, Newcas .ii,DatStAenV, t o a n t , t h S e t at rord Castle shire, Oct, tc I E 'Oc h t a . he 2 r 9 d , as a h t er t ' w L el ° v n e g, East-street, Red Lion-square, London. Hotel, Newcastle-under-Lyme. Young, Longton; Gough DIVIDENDS. H. . Os borne, . a a t iti h d e J iv G a button non, B make rs,irm n j g . h s a i z , p p O ar c in l6 a , nu a_t h W efalecvtuerne,rsaotf theplated . ‘v a w t4 a Le j _ E t. o r) n g n b l a 3. s , t o Bermingham—W . r in ß c i i r no m grn i Birmingham, e O rrns c e, t srerh l oa 6 onmt a ss t ,, ntagffh,iarind_slisir.e,anOde J. Knight,l6, at two, at the th ß e irmingham, Oct. 15, at n w i r n a l t i e s i t . e in r o ,..G ro r a e n t , B ß ar ir r , m S i tAl‘ulfaaennhce•ehh,eeas'ttteetri:COjtc:o.t.nsiinhBitiatio°t et(erinsr"l-rooms, Manchester —J. Blanch, ironmonger, 13 ith, Oct. 16, at twelve, at the White Lion Inn, Bath—P. Carr. J. J. Robinson, arid C. Bell, flax spinners, Leeds, Oct. 12, at one, at thu C 3 mmissioners'-rooms, Leeds— Marsh, coal merchant, Plymouth, Oct. 9, at twelve, at the Royal Hotel, Plymouth--T. Greaves, ironmonger, Kingstou- MORNING SUN upon-Hull, Nov. 13, at twelve, at the George Inn, Kingston upon-Hull—J. Anderton, calico printer, Manchester, Oct : 12, at twelve, at the Coannissionere-rooms, Manchester 1. Grundy, woollen draper, Preston, Lancashire, Oct. 15, at twelve, at the Town-hall, Preston—G. Long, linen draper, Oakhampton, Devonshire, Oct. 25, at twelve, at the Royal Hotel, Plymouth—W. Blundell and R. Falk, merchants, Li verpool, Oct. 19, at one, at the Clarenden.rooms, Liverpool— E. Edwards, ironfounder, Anglesey, Oct. 11, at one, at the Britannia Tavern, Carnarvon—R. Jefferson, victualler, New castle-upon-Tyne, Oct. 6, at one, at the Bankrupt Commis. sion-roorn, Newcastle-upon -Tyne—S. and J. Knight, mer chants, Manchester, Oct. 19, at ten, at the Commissioners'. roo ms, Manchester. CERTIFICATES—OCT. 8. J. Barker, cotton spinner, Preston, Lancashire—T. Hard castle, printer, Sheffield—J. Heap, jun., merchant, Manchester —T. Dann, merchant, Reigate, Surrey—J. Overton. coach plater, Queen-street, Grosvenor-square —F. D. Barker, banker, Cambridge—C. Strutton, timber merchant, Nine elms—S. H. Armitage and IL Dodgeon. maltste rs , Wake field, Yorkshire —W. V. Yeld and W. 13. Dawes, brewers, Rugeley, Staffordshire. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. T. Stephenson and C. H. Fereday, coal miners, Tettenhall, near Wolverhampton—W. Dyson, J. Dyson, J. Jackson, and G. Mason, corn millers, Leeds—D. and S. Lansdale, haber dashers, Aldgate—W. Hadfield, C. G. Hadfield, W. Hadfield, J. M. Braga, M. P. Rozas, and J. M. Braga, merchants, Per nambuco (so far as regards W. and C. G. Hadfield)—W. Had field, C. G. Hadfield, W. Hadfield, J. M. Braga, M. P. Rozas, and J. M. Braga, merchants, Liverpool—W. Hadfield, C. G. Hadfield, W. Hadfield, A. J. Armando, J. M. Braga, M. P. Rozas, and J. M. Braga, merchants, Bahia (so far as regards J. M. Braga and 31. P. Rozas)—D. and R. Hearn, linen drapers, Taunton, Somersetshire—J. Millar and G. Coats, coal merchants, Rotherhithe—F. J. Sargood and H. Cooper, drapers, Walworth —J. Broadfoot and T. Clarke, mill wrights, Willow Holme, Carlisle—T. Churchyard, D. C. Meadows, and E. C. Everitt, attorneys-at-law, Woodbridge, Suffolk (so far as regards E. C. Everitt)—P. Nash and C. Skipp, carpenters, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire—R. Yost and J. Rands, boot manufacturers, Brighton—R. Laming and R. D. Thomson, manufacturing chemists—G. and H. Goodale, bricklayer:, East Sheen, Surrey—J. Greening and H. Bryd, farmers, Bretforton, Worcestershire—T. Lyne and H. Bryd, farmers, Bretforton, Worcestershire—J. Howitt and W. Parker, rag merchants, Nottingham—J. F. Fixen, J. Harris, and T. Meeson, wholesale grocers, Queen•street—W. Jenkins and C. Tamlin, blacksmiths, Bridgwater, Somersetshire—E. Lordand J. Tattersall, greengrocer. Bacup, Lancashire—F. I. Nalder and W. Hardisty, crape manufacturers, Darshill, Somerset shire—T. W. Lucas and J. Wright, corn factors, Northamp ton—T. Webb and J. Beavan, linen drapers, Hereford—A. Duff and E. Alton, millers, Sudbury, Suffolk—W. Davies, jun. and D. Round, carpenters, !Netherton, Worcestershire— C. and J. Dixon, drapers, Bradford, Yorkshire—E. Hogg, jun. and I. Mchael, wine merchants, Old Bond-street. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the Returns made in the Week ending Sept. 14, 1841, is 335. 6id. per Cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. DONCASTER RACES.—TnuRsDAv. The . Gaseoigne Stakes of 100 sous. eacii,ll ft, for three vr olds. St. Leo-er Course. Lord Westminster's Van Arnblirgh (W. Scott) 1 Mr. Bell's 'fhirsk 2 Duke of Cleveland's Middleham 3 Won by a length and a half. The Two-yrs-old Stakes of 20 sovs. each. T.Y.C. Col. Anson's Attila (W. Scott) I Col. Cradock's Sally Mr. Osborne's Skipton 3 The following not placed:—Mr. Allen's B.leceur, Col. Craufurd's b f by Langar. out of Mermaid, Mr. Orde's Bee's-wax, Mr. Powlett's b f by Bay Middleton, out of Miss Fanny, Duke of Cleveland's Foxberry, Mr. S. King's Cattonite, and Sir C. Monck's brother to Garland. Won in a canter. The Three Years old Stakes of 200 Sovs. each, h. ft. St. Leger Course. Mr. Thornhili's Eringo V (Conolly) 1 Lord Kelburne's be by Muley Molock, d, by Action 2 Major Yarburgh's Heslington 3 Won In a canter. The Cup of 1501., with 50 added by the Stewards. _ _ • About two miles and five furlongs. Mr. Orde's Bees-ti,ing, aged (Cartwright) 1 Mr. Iroseltine:s The Shadow, 5 yrs ' 2 ___ Won in a canter. A report that the Cup was not -likely to be a race, coupled with the mediocre character of the list in other respects, had no effect on the attendance, which was quite as numerous as on Tuesday. The most important fea tures in the business of the day were the sales at the Sa lutation and the meeting at the Club. Of the first we give particulars below, and of the latter we have only to, state,. that after a communication from the Corporation had been read, to the effect that it had been resolved toplace 1,0001. at the disposal of a Racing Committee, to be applied to the improvement of the races in 1842, the Duke of Cleveland and the Earl of Chesterfield were appointed Stewards, and were requested to join the present Stewards in 'drawing up stakes, and makinc , other arrangements.. Nothing else was done, but :Sweep stakes of 500 sovs. each, 200 ft, for two years old, to be run lest *year, d rawn u p on Wednesday night, received four subscriptions, and it was understood that two new races would be made, one to be called the Great Yorkshire Handicap of 25 sovs. each, &c., with 200 sovs. added ; and anotht;r4 with 100 sovs. added. The first to be not less than the St. Leger distance, and the other a mile ; the meeting to commence on Monday, but its duration to be determined on by the Stewards. SALE OF BLOOD STOCK. The following sales took place previous to the races:— C ITINE A S. Gr mby Cervantes, out of Marciana 2OO Gr g by Al:aritts, d by Cervantes, 4 yrs Ch c by Langur, d by Cervantes, 2 yrs 155 Adriana, by Comus 125 Ch m by Priam; out of Adriana 99 B g by Mundig, out of ditto, 3 yrs 65 Bay colt foal by Muley Moloch, out of Adriana 65 Gr yearling colt by the Saddler, d by Comus 6O B g by Priam, out of Dorabella, 4 yrs 5O B yearling filly, by Bay Middleton, out of Adriana 46 B c foal by Physician, out of Octavia 46 Bk m by Vanish, out of Ifylda, 5 yrs Gr m by Comus, out of Marciana B f by Bay Middleton, out of Adriana B yearling filly, by Alcarius, out of Octavia l5 Bk yearling c by Voltaire, Salterello (in the Derby, 18431 l5O Br fby Muley - Moloch, c ut of Melody (in Oaks and St. :Leger, 1842) Salterella, by Stumps Vesper, by Velocipede 6O B c foal, by Physician, out of Vesper 5O B yearling c by Gladiator—Capsicum mare (Derby, .... 1843) Br yearling g by Gladiator, out of Vesper B in by Partisan, out of Sportless mare LEICESTER RACES—THURSDAY—(CONCLUDED). The Gold Cup of 100 sovs. Thrice round. Duke of Rutland's The Genius, 4 yrs, Bst 21b Mr. Booth's Benjamin, 4 yrs, Bst 21b 2 Sir W. Heygate na Lillie, 5 yrs, Bst 81b Mr. Worthington's Northenden, 6 yrs, 9st A good race. The Selling Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and .50 added ; the second to sire his stake, and the winner to he sold for 200 sovs. Heats, thrice round. (3 Subs.) Mr. Worthington's Northenden 6 yrs, Oat 1 1 Mr. Key's Image, 3 yrs, 6st 911; Mr. Wildman's Hero, 5 yrs, Bst 51b 9 3 MARGATE RACES — THURSDAY—(CoNcLumcn). The Margate Plate of 50/. Two mile heats. Mr. G. Clifton's Cantle, 4 yrs, Bst 91b (Hornsby) 1 1 Mr. Dockeray's Munchausen, 6 yrs, 9st 101 b 2 2 Mr. Hornsby-'s Revoke, sy r 3 ,9 st 7 1b Mr. Bushel's Festival, aged, 9st 31b 4 4 The Visitor's Plate of 4e1., and a Sweepstakes Two • mile heats. Mr. G. Clifton's Whalebone, aged (I fornsby) 1 1 Mr. Simmond's Ophelia, 5 yrs Mr. Wood's Baronet, 5 yrs Mr. Bushel's Festival, aged SWAFFHAM RACES.—WEDNESDAI The Town Flute of 351. added to a Sweepstakes .of 2 sovs. each. Heats, once round and a dis. (4 Subs.) Mr. 'Whitfield's Rolian, 3 yrs, 7st 21b Mr. Blackburn's O'Connell, aged, 9st 11b Mr. Goold's Cavalho, aged, 9st llb The Yeomanry Plate of 251., and a Sweepstakes, once round and a distance, were won in two heats by Mr. Bignold's Camille, 5 yrs, Bat 91b, beating Cavalho, Bst 131 b, and Mr. Jolly's Peterel, aged, Bst 131 b. The Hunter's Plate of 0 0/., and a Sweepstakes, once round and a distance, von in two heats by dr. Goold's Cavalho, 1 Ist, beating Mr. Russell's Harlequin, aged, 1 Ist, O'Connell, l Ist, and Romp, 9st 71b. T t a ne The e, were Stakes won i a andtnoPn heatsr se, O'Connell, 11st. b o y n P c e round e ter lO a s n t, d beating itdis tance, D :i E tb sD 2 A 5 Y. added. (4 Subs.) One mile and a half. lb ...(Marlow 1 4 yrs, Bst 5 Mr. Bower's Lady Grove,. , sous. each, 15 f . t . , * ;d 5 3 D, 6 yrs, 9st . 2 Mr. Denham's Comper.satio , Bst 51b The W B h a ite ß h E al l l V S S t ri ak i e T s ßi o - f l 'I I A O C sovs. E S .- — e a l c lr h, The Tankerville Su. with ,5 added ; the second his only if declared : w (98 Subs., of whom 20 declared .) Mr. * Price's Prince _., stake. Two miles.i,n)burini, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b (Howlett) 1 Mr. Isaac Day's a Champagne, 4 yrs, 7st ......... . 9 nostarted, but were not 1;1;Q . ;:-- - Mr o. e d, Bst 21b, Mr. Jones's - Portrait, * M r i.' k l i T i a : l f r " n , l s ib i ' l ' l n c i t , s - t.) 6 - , 11, I :k lb e e s rt ;,f 4 r s , Mei 3 yr s, ....._ r.qt 161 b, and Mr. Ayton na Lady Abbess, 5 yrs, -st 21b. , -r, T 1 , e nn keepers ... arse of 301., a dd e d to a S weepstakes 0 1 f ,:-sovs. each. Mile and a quarter heats. (4 Subs.) Mr. Bower's Lady Grove, 4 yrs, Bst (Marlow) 1 3 1 Mr. Saunders's Kitty Cockle, aged, Bst 111 b... 0 1 2 Mr. .T. Day's Tamburini, 5 yrs, Bst 101 b 0 2 0 Sir C. Cockerell's Lady Liverpool, 4 yrs, Bst 2 dr THURSDAY. The Gold Cup Stakes of 10 sovs. each. Three miles. Mr. Wreford's Wardan, 4 yrs, Bst 61b ... (Howlett) 1 Mr. Janes' Portrait, 3 yrs, 7st ' 2 The County Member's Plate of 601. ; 3 yrs, 6st 121 b ; 4 yrs, Bst 21b ; 5 yrs, Bst 91b ; 6 yrs and aged, 9st ; mares, gAdings, and horses that have started this year, and not won, allowed 31b ; winners, once, albs ; twice, 51bs ; and thrice, or a Royal Plate, 7lbs extra. Heats twice round and a distance. '- Mr. J. Day's Viola, 3 yrs (Howlett) 1 1 Mr. Meiklam's Modesty. aged Mr. Collins ro f, by Sir Hercules out of Con cordia's d, 3 yrs ..................... , 2 3 The Cocked-hat Stakes of 3 sovs. each, and 25 added, for horses not through-bred, &c. ; the winner to be sold for 25/. ; heats once round and a:distance (6 Subs.), were won by Mr. Phillips' b g by Master Henry, aged, beat ing Mr. Wadlow's Woodbine, aged. The entire skeleton of lar , e aritnal is said to have been dug up at the. Big-Bone Lick, New York, whic h measures 60 feet l ong , and 20 feet high, and 12 feet broad►the hips. I