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EVENING EDITION ONDON and BIRMINGHAM RAIL • iv A ii2ITiONAL TRAINS. The Public are informed that en and after MONDAY next, the 10th inst., a Train for the accommodation of the Nottingham, Leicester, Derby, Leeds, York, Hull, and inter mediate traffic, will leave the Euston Station, London, at Nine o'Clock in the Eveninz, and that a corresponding Train, bringing passengers, parcels, &c., from the above places, will leave the Rugby Station at One A.M., arriving in London at about Five o'Clock. By order, No. ]5, t 85. R. CREED, Secretary. JANCHESIER and BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.—CONTRACT FOR WORKS. Notice is hereby given that on and atter the 12th of May instant the Plans, Specifications, and Draft Contract for the ERECTION of the STATION at MANCHESTER for Passengers and Goods, with the Approaches thereto, will be ready for inspection at the Engineer's Office, in Manchester ; and notice is hereby also given, that the DIRECTORS WILL MEET at their Offices, No. 43, Piccadilly, MAN CHESTER, at twelve o'clock at noon of SATU itnAr, the 22d of May instant to receive tenders for the same. Abstracts of the quantities of work, and printed forms of I ^ tender will b e furnished. Tenders must be sent in by twelve o'clock on the 22d May, after which n o t en d er w ill be received ; they must be under a sealed cover, addressed to the Chairman, and endorsed "'fender for Works ;" and no tender except upon the printed form will be attended to. The Directors do not bind themselves to accept the lowest tender; and they require the parties tendering to attend per sonalty, at noon, on the above-named day of meeting. THOMAS ASHTON, Chairman. Railway Office, Manchester, May 1, 1841. GREAT NORTH OF ENGLAND RAILWAY. 'the Public are informed that the GREAT NORTH OF ENGLAND RAILWAY is now open fro:a YORK to DARLINGTON, for Public Traffic. The Trains will depart at the following Hours : FROM DARLINGTON TO YORK. is. Y. 6 45 A. M.—Taking Passengers for London, Derby, Bir mingham, Sheffield, and Manchester. 8 0 A.m.—Taking Passengers for London, Derby, Birming ham, Sheffield, Manchester, Leeds, Selby, and Hull 12 30 P.m.—Taking Passengers for Derby, Sheffield, Man chester, Leeds, Selby, and Hull. 3 0 —(Mail), taking Passengers for London, Derby, Leicester, Birmingham, Sheffield, Mainlies ter, Leeds, Selby, and Hull. 6 • P. M. —Taking Passengers to York. FROM YORK TO DARLINGTON. 6 0 A.M.—Bringing Passengers from York. 7 20 A.M.—(Mail), bringing Passengers from London, Lei ceseer, Derby, and Sheffield. 9 35 A.M.—Bringing Passengers from Manchester, Leeds, Selby, and Hull. 2 30 r. at. —Bringing Passengers from Birmingham, Not tingham, Derby, Sheffield, Manchester, Leeds, Selby, and Hull. 6 0 r. at. —Bringing Passengers from London, Birmingham, Derby, Sheffield, Manchester, Leeds, Selby, and Hull. Until further Notice, Passengers will only be booked as far as York, where the Carriages are changed. On Sundays only the Mail Trains run. FARES BETWEEN YORK AND DARLINGTON. Parties riding in their own Carriages, and Children under seven years of age, at lower rates. Carriages and Horses must be at the Station a quarter of an hour before the Departure of the Trains; and, to prevent disappointment, previous notice shouldbe given to the Station The Company will not be responsible for Luggage, unless it is booked and paid for according to its value ; and Passen gers are particularly requested to have their Name and Ad dress fully marked thereon, and to satisfy themselves that it is deposited on the carriages. D. 0. BRIEN, Secretar: AILWAY FROM BLACKWALL. The New Fast Iron Steam-boat " RAILWAY" will leave the BRUNSWICK PIER for GRAVESEND, at Half past Nine, Half-past Two, and Half-past Six, on SUNDAY; and will leave the TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND, for BLACKWALL, at Half-past Seven, Half-past Twelve, and Half-past Four. On MONDAY, and every other day next week, she will leave GRAVESEND at Haif-past Seven, Half-past Eleven, and Half-past Three ; and the BRUNSWICK PIER at Half past Nine, Half-past One, and Half-past Five. During the week the Fast Boat " BLACKWALL" will be placed on the Station, and the additional times will be adver tised. FARES by either of the Three Boats. " Brunswick," " Rail way," or " Blackwall :" Chief Cabin, Is.—Fore Cabin, Sd. And on Sundays—Chief Cabin, Is. 6d.--Fore Cabin, Ls. TEAM to HERNE BAY and MARGATE, L from the BRUNSWICK PIER, I3LACKWALL, on and after TO-MORROW, Bth of May, every TUESDAY. THURSDAY, and SATURDAY, by the following well known superior, fast, and favourite Steam-vessels, viz.:— For HERNE BAY, by the CITY of CANTERBURY or RED ROVER, at a Quarter before Twelve o'Clock. MARGATE, by the ROYAL WILLIAM or ROYAL GEORGE, at a Quarter before Eleven o'Clock ; and by the CITY of CANTERBURY or RED ROVER at a Quarter bef. re Twelve o'Clock. Passengers by the Half-past Ten and Half pad Eleven o'Clock Trains of the Blackwall Railway, from the Alinories, will be in time fir the above Steam-paelzets These boats will commence running daily very shortly, of which duo notice will he given. ADVERTISERS. TURN'S for 1840 prove CHRONICLE publishes every it to IMPORTANT _ THE STAMP RE'' that THE WEEKLY week a number more than cqua 4 Examiners, or 5 St, James's Chronicles, or 51 Spectators, or 51 Mark Lane Expresses, or 54 Watchmen, or 5 John Bulls, or 51 Observers, or 5i Eras, or 6 Globes, or 6 Standards, or 7 Records, or 7 Patriots, or The advantage to Advert Office 337, Strand. 7 True Suns, or 7 Britannias, or 8 Bell's New Messengers, or 9 Arguses, or 9 Evening Mails, or 9 Atlases, or 10 Planets, or 13 Ages, or ]6 Shipping Gazettes, or 16 Evening Chronicles, or 29 Couriers, or 32 English Chronicles. Leers is therefore obvious. FREEHOLD RENT OF £i4. PER ANNUM. MR, G. EYRE BROOKS will SELL by AUCTION, by order of the Trustees for sale, at his Gallery, 28, Old Bond -street, on TUESDAY, May 11, at 12, the FREEHOLD DWELLING-HOUSE and WARE HOUSE, situate 12, High Holborn, opposite Middle .row, in the occupation of Messrs. Lancaster and Co., woollen-drapers, let. at 841. per annum on lease, of which years are unex pired, but estimated to be worth 1301. per annum at the lleast, and its value will be further increased if Middle-row be pulled down. Particulars may be had at Garraway's ; of Mr. John Hart, solicitor, West Cowes ; of Messrs. Walmesley, Keightly, and Parkin, 43, Chancery-lane; and of Mr. G. Eyre Brooks, sur veyor, 28, Old Bond-street. /3 OTTLE'S GRANULES, or grains de sante ; fibrous particles for mixing in the food of chil dren and adults, and insuring a daily action on the bowels by an operation totally mechanical and not medicinal. They form an effectual substitute for physic, are of an agreeable spicy taste, and act on the principle of bran bread, with an effect that renders them valuable to all, and in valuable to children. In Is. lid. packets, with a synopsis on thesr qualities, by a Surgeon. Hannay and Deitrichsen,63, Oxford-street, and all Chemists. N o. 36, OLD BOND-STREET, and No. 1, OLD JEWRY, CITY. THE VOICE CONDUCTORS invent e d b y Mr. E. SOLOMONS are the most powerful instru ments for the relief of deafness. From their minute construc tion, and convenient form, deaf persons are enabled to wear them entirely unseen, and they may be inserted and removed with the greatest facility. By their use the lowest whisper breathed at a public assembly vibrates on the organs of near ing in sueh a pleasant manner, as to afford the greatest relief to those labouring under the distressing ailment of deafness. Mr. E. SOLOMON S' PATENT SPECTACLES possess the advantage of modifying bright and strong light transmitted through the various humours of the eye, so as to render vision most perfectly distinct by day, or lamps or candles at night, conveying also a sense of coolness and pleasure to the organ, with the additional recommendation of being free from the per nicious attributes of common glasses. Their superlative ex cellency is attested by the following and many otter eminent practitioners, who have examined, u s ed, an d recommended them in pre ference to all others : Sir Anthony Carlisle, F.R.S., Langham-place. Sir Benjamin C. Brodie, Bart., F. R. S &c., Saville-row. Sir James E. Anderson, M. D., 11, New Burlington -street. James Johnson, Esq., M.D.. Suff o lk-pl ace . Bransby B. Co oper, Esq., New- s t ree t, Sp r i ng - gar d ens . J. G. Andrews, Esq., Surgeon to the London Hospital, St. Helen's-place. C. Aston Key, Esq., St. Helen's-place. John Scott, Esq.. 10, New Broad-street. C. J. B. Aldis, Esq., M.D., Old Burlington-street. J. Copland, M.D., F. R. S., Bulstrode-street, Manchester square. R. Keats,, 15, Albemarle-street. Titus Berry, Chester-terrace. E. W. Duffin, 14, Langham-place John Stephenson, 35, Conduit-street. J. T. Conquest, M.D., 13, Finsbury-square. William Coulson, Frederick-place, Old Jewry. Martin Ware, New Bridge -street. Dr. Blair, Physician to the Sassey County Hospital. John Lawrence, Esq., Surgeon, ditto. Richard Middlemore, Temple-row, Birmingham. John S. Soden, Bath Infirmary. Tweedy John Todd, Esq., 51. D., Grand Parade, Brighton. 1 Andrew Plummer, Esq., M.D., Old Steyne, do. Brewster F. Sealsrook, Esq., Surgeon, Eye Infirmary, do. A. Martin, Eq., M.D., Rochester. Samuel Newsom, Esq., M.R. C. S., do. Dr. Chishol m , Physician to the Kent and Canterbut y Hospital. Henry Denne, Esq. Surgeon, do. J. Hodgson, Esq., ()enlist, Eye Infirmary, Birmingham. J. J. Ledsam, Esq., d o . do. do. Professor tideland, Physician to tho King of Prussia, Berlin. Professor Kre)sin Physician to the King of Saxony, Dresden. Professors Clarus and Kuhl, Oculists, Leipsic. Professor Ponite, Oculist, Dresden. Doctor Schmeisser, Flamburgh. James M•Donnell, M.D., Belfast, Ireland. J. Woodroffe, M.D., c or k , do. B. Bullen, M.D.. do. do. T. L. Mackey, 51. D., Waterford, Ireland. M. Poole, M D., do. d o . W. Gore, M.R. C. S., Limerick. do. The public arc respectfully • slit ioned against some unprinci pled empirics who have as•umed Mr. E. s.'s name and pro fession, and are from his immediate neighbourhood, and, with the most unblushing effrontery, issuing from the daily press . puffs about " Ntwly-inrented Spectacle Lenses," and Hearing Instruments, which are fraudulently set forth as pos sessing the most wonderful powers. The Glasses arc highly detriment a l t o th e sight. The names of some obscu re apothe caries and o th ers are used in this absurd quackery, to deceive the public into a belief that these pernicious glasses possess some very supernatural powers. These common Lenses may bepurchased for one shilling the pair, and for which the most exorbitant charges are exacted by the parties, against whom th rublie art- now respectfully cautioned. Mr. E. S. has ro eeived for his invention " Royal Letters Patent," and the pa tronage of the R o y a l F am il y. Observe —No. 1, Old Jewry, City; and N°. 36, Old Bond' street, Piccadilly. • • • 44C , ; 1,5-1 No. 448, WEST STRAND. PATRON. The Most Noble the Marquis of WESTMINSTER, K. G CHAIRMAN-DAVID SOLOMONS, Esq. DIRECTORS. Richard V. Barnewall, Esq. IW. Ewart, Esq. W. Gabbett Beare, Esq. Colonel Jourdan, Esr. Major W. Bird Bleamire Henry M. Kemshead, Esq. Joseph Blunt, sen., Esq. Taverner J. Miller ' Esq. Robert E. Broughton, Esq. Samuel Oxenham, Esq. David Caldwell, Esq. Philip Solomons, Esq. 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' 4 , t *s' ' ''• 'f - f) -;• - ,, --- 4.1--;"4„,--,. %''''F: ?..: ' , l, Et ,, ,i - ‘••\.> AV /'-ty -,r• r„ . ". .., , ‘ k 17i, -- " ,'k-0-",, 0, , 14 .- - •!6;..------_. „, _'' 4-,-;e0-'‘w• - it,,. - -i - ,.._1 _ ,,_- ‘ ,..--14-,i. , ~), ... ------ ‘ 4,1".' , ~, ~.; -''' - , r• ~- -- f Avidi • " ,- • - '4-- '- 1 - -.t o 1 T :;.. ' ' 4sfo - . _ # hj i ..,,,,p ';DIE, • • .., t.. - , 1;1! iDU '••.' "'& l74° ''''' ' '!!. LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY t<, 1841. IMPERIAL. PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, 111 Ar 7. Lord PO RTM A N presented a petition from Wellington, in Somerset, for an alteration in the Poor-laws ; also a petition from the parish of Christchurch for the total and unconditional aciliiion of Char ch-rates. In the prayer of this last petition his Lordship did not concur. The Ea, 1 of I-1 A RE WOOD presented a petition against any alteration in the sugar duties front the inhabitants of Port. Royal and other places in Jamaica; and a similar peti tion from certain West India proprietors and others, agreed to eta public meeting held in the metropoli-. The peti tioners stated that if slave-crown sugar were admitted into England, the proprietors of the island ofJarnaiea would be unanle to carry on those measures of improvennert which they had lathy begun. They also felt that the contemplated alteration would Le an encourage ment to the slave trade which this country had made such great sacrifices to suppress. The Earl of MOUNTCA SIIEL presented a petition to the same effect, agreed to at a public meeting convened by the Colonial Society held yesterday. The meeting was attended by men of all parties, who we:e unanimous in their condemnation cf a chance in the duties on sugar. Earl FITZWILLIAM said that the Noble Lord had stated that Whigs, Tories, and Radicals, were unanimous on the object for which the meeting had been convened ; but he (the Earl of Fitzwill:am) did not think that such a subject should be estimated by the principles of mere party. It way, in reality, a question between the people at large and a small number of monopolists on the other. In dividuals of any party might be influenced on many occa sions by unjust and selfish motives. The Earl cf MO UNTCA SHEL denied that the mo tives of the petitioners were merely of an interested nature ; but at the same time they claimed a fair protection for their property. '1 he Noble Earl then presented a petition from the Island of Antigua, signed by plante-s, lalsourers, and men of all classes, egainst the importation of slave grown sugar into this country, for competition with that of the West Indies. The Earl of RADNOR expressed an opinior, on the authority cf Mr. Gurney, a traveller in the West Indies, that fiee-grown sugar could competo with elavJ-grown sugar. 'he Earl of MOUNTCASHEL said, on the con trary, that such was the cheapness of slave-grown sugar that it could be sent over to this country and tatted, and afterwards sent back to the West Indies and sofa at a lower rate acre than the free-grown sugar. Lori LYNDHURST presented a petition front island of St. Vincent, signed by the President of the House of Assembly, Members of Council, and other in habitants, praying that the protection offend to our West India colonies mignt be continued. Lord ELLENBOROUGH presentei a similar peti tion from the Virgin Islands.___ The Marquis of DOW NSHIRF: presented a petition, numerously signed, from the town and neighbotn hood of Belfast, praying for the abolition of lay pa tronage in the Church of Scotland; and petitions from Athlone and other places in the county of Down, to the same effect ; also a petition from a congregation cf See ders in the same county, praying that a of educa tion, in which the Bible would be taught, might Le hare duced into Ireland. recourse to such a measure merely for self-protection, and i in order to encourage native agriculture. He .had no 1 , desire to discuss the whole questien ; thougt it would he better they should wa i t tilt it came expressly under their consideration, and not bring in discussions night after night upon the presentation of every petition. The Earl of R A DNOR obse ved that tie dis cussion had been introduced by the Noble Lord op posite ( Lord Ashburton), and not by his Nehle Friend (Earl Friv.viPiren) who lead merely presented a petition. The Noble Duke had said that the Corn-laws were passed for the protection of British agriculture ; but they did not in reality air ,rd that protection, as under their operation the price of corn varied to such an extent as to be alike injurious to the farmer and the consumer. The Earl of WARWICK said that it seemed to him that the Noble Earl opposite ( Earl Fitaeilliarn), by read ing the peti jet', and ny g . ving notice on the aubje , e, had irrei ed the present discussion. It was his opinion that the petitioners had no right to complain that the present Corn alws had led to a derangement of the currency ; inas much as the advocates for repeal themselves wished for an alteration in the currency, and lie could state from his own experience that it was expressly on that ground the Corn law Repeaters of Manchester agitated the question. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE denied that the mea sure proposed by her Majesty's Government was intro duced for the purpose of agitating the country. There was never, in fact, a more unfounded assertion than that. The Government might be wrong in the views they had taken on this que s tion. They might, in the policy which they advocated, adopt eiews that might appear dangerous to many N o bl e Lords, but he would say that there never was a proposition more delibe rately introduced on its merits, hens suddenly adopted, or taken up with a mote attentixe reference to all the circumstances of the case, than that which hid been now made. Her Majesty's Ministers, for the protection of trade and of tire agriculture of the country, bad found it necessary, with their eyes open on the subject, and without a desire ,to create unnecessary agitation, to in troduce a system opposed to that of their predecessors, and determined on substituting another for it. No per sons wished more than they did to see the matter con ducted w itb calmness and with a perfect absticencc from all appeals to the passions of the multitude. He should observe, that it was never imputed as a crime to former Ministers that they bad introduced alterations in the system adopted by other Ministers. Lord Liver pool, for instance, had introduced a change which excited the passions of the country in a violent manner, without finding his motives for the course pursued questioned by any one. In like manner Mr. Canning proposed a modi fication of the system of Lord Liverpool, while no one imputed to him that be wished to inflame the feet irgs of the nation. All these eminent persons were induced to overlook the inconvenience of agitation in the magnitude of the occasion ; and her Majesty's Government ha l also thought the time was come for the revision of the present system. They were exam that that should nut be rashly or lightly under taken, but there were times and occasions connected with the general commerce of the world which made it ne cessary fur nations to review their systems cf commercial policy. _ Lord ELLENBOROUGH said that the Noble Mar quis had denied that, the present proposal of the Govern trent was undertAeo for temporary reasons. He wished, hoc, ever, the Noble Marquis would enrich history statirg the day they came to the resolution they had formed on the subject. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that it had b2en with Ministcra the subject of long consideration, and that it had not been taken up at a recent period, but had been an object of much deliberation. Lord ASHBURTON did not wish to impute to the Government a desire to excite agitation ia the country, but in his opinion the course they had taken would lead to that result, whatei.er might have been their intentions. A NOBLE LORD on the Opposition benches wished to know at what period cf the Session any notice had been given, in either House of Parliament, by the Ministry, which could lead any Member to believe they contemplated any alteration. T'ne Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that an intima tion to that effect had been given before the Easter holi days. The notice, however, had been a general one, to the effect that the whole question of the trade of that country would soon be brought under the considcrAtion of Parliament. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, MAI' 7. The SPEAKER took the Chair at the usual hour. POLLOC AND GOVAN RAILWAY. Mr. ALSTON preEented two pctitio►is in favuur of the Poiluc andGova.Litlilway Bill. Air. WALLACE presented a petition from 1,638 in. diailuals in the ne►ghbourgl►oud Lf Glasgow against the Bill. Mr. ALSTON having then moved the third reading of the Bill, Sir G. CLERK said be wished to submit to the House a douse in order to ensure the safety cf the inhabitants of • that part of Glasgow through which tho railroad was to pass by requiring teat the railroad should be carried by a viaduct over the Glasgow and Paisley Turnpike-road. It would be greatly inconvenient to the inhabitants cf the town, that the railroad should be permitted to pass through that great thoroughfare on a level. No doubt the promoters of the Bill thought they had a reasonable ground of complaint against those who opposed it, because that onosition lied only been manifeatcd during the letter stages, but the fact was, that when the Bill eas first brought in, and until it had been printed and read a second time, they had no idea of the extended powers in tended to be conferred by tr. It was true tint when the subject was discussed, the House had been of opinio❑ that there was no necessity to refer it back to the Committee on Standing Orders, but it was net until that pi riod that the attention of the people of Glasgow had been called to the undertaking. Had the question been one of mere private interest Ire would admit that in such a stage of the Bill the opponents of it ought to be pre cluded from making any alteration, but in the present in stance the safety of the inhabitants of Glasgow was con cerned, whose lives would be endangered if the railroad were permitted to pass in the manner proposed. It would, in fact, be a deplorable public nuisance, and as the parties princ'pally affected were in the humbler classes of sc eiety, the House was bound to take their case into serious consideration. The Committee had been aware of the necessity of granting them protection, and therefore inserted the clause giving the Company power to carry the turnpike ever the railway. But the road was in fact a street, and could not be raised without destroying and darimging property to the amount of 35,000/. The only way of providing for the public safety ise.s by insisting on the Company forming a viae!uct. tie should therefore move a clause prohibiting any traffic on the railroad until it should be either catered over the turn pike road by a vieduct, or u, der it by a twine': The clause was thro breughe up. After a few words from Mr. II A STIE, Mr. WALLACE :.aid the real state of the care was, that the existing line of railway was to be made the me dium for conveying tin ee.etlur lines. He.complained that nether Paid.y nor Glasgow had been heard re the Cemrnitte in opposition to the Bill. Ile Lad a letter from an ind.vidual residing in the neighbourhood, who stated that not less than six lives had Leen already lest tie re. What was the Imposed ? Wily that in place of a viaduct the railway should cross the turnpike road. He would show the House the inconvenience which was likely to result from such a course by a plan a hich lie had procured. [The Hoe, Member here exhibited the plan to the [louse amidst cheers and leughter. ] By a viaduct all the inconvenience would be done away with. He did not believe that a mote sel fish or unwarrantable job than the present had ever been brought before the House. If these powers were wanted for the public interest he would not care so much, but the fact was that it was a pri vate interest altogether.—( Loud cries of " Divide, di silo.") The Hog. Gentleman showed a plan of the various Railways which were proposed to join and carry their traffic into and along this rcLerable little line. Whet would Hon. Members, or persona basing property in 3ridge-strce•, close by, think of a bridge being curried across it, thereby des:roying it; trade, and shutting up its shops, yet that case would be quie analogous to the proposition contained in tnis He would with plee sure give his support to the clause of the Hoe. Mem ber for Stamford. Mr. HINDL EY complained of the frequent and viru lent opposition given tl this Bl'. The whole of the selected Members had ngre d u p on t h e c l auses as settled House,in the Bill. thea t h e sooner t h e system of selecting Members unacquainted with the locality, there they fore incependect, the better, for i t viou ld b e a comp l ae the Ifwere again to L e cot s id mul l an d farce au d waste cf time. A:r. A LSTON said, as Chairman of the Cminiittce, ant •i.e of the selected Members, he nisl.e.l to put the House in possession of the real facts of this case. In place of fthtel;'oaClyonfkaed Company asking by t h e i r B i ll f or great for the power of raising more money in order to pay elf debt, and to lay down heavier and broader rails. The advantages to G:asg iw by its Ink aas would be to rcduca the price of coal 25 to 30 per cent. If it was a new railroad he would not c nsent to allow it to cross any rout on the level, but that oval a power they already possessed by Act cf Parliament, and study it was t the clause & 'kcn uaYfrom th em i n t h e ar bi trary nof th e H on . M . tu b er for am i:seebe in selected Menaheri were un an i mous i n f avour c f :rra .p not ro to the proposition made by :l.e promoters of the Ml', to carry the road over the railway by a bridge. Mr. LOCK ART supported the clause. Mr. BROTH E RTON said that all t h e se t ect A m om _ Irrs were unanimously in favcur of this work, Every thing that could be thought cf had been done to pr,,tect the public. Mr. HOItSNIA N opposed the eiTu e. Strangers were then crdered to withdraw, amd the House divided, when aloe appeared, For the clause ................... 162 A ga i ns t it .............................. 50 Majority... ................. 112 Other clauro were thenrddeil, and the Bill passed. TINSLEY AND DONCASTER ROAD . BILL. Mr. WRIGHTSON moved the second reading cf Ties;ey and DjilCOStCr . nm.dge Sir.alle G . K w frey7 Bill S be i read ubTsel"lCat a nl:A ih that the second moved as an amen d m ent ND time that day Six trintlis. After a f:w worus Ir.)m Mr. LASCEL LES and Mr. CHARLES WOOD, the Amendment was with. drawn, and the 13111 was ordered to be committed. IPSWICH DOCK BILL. Sir D. J. NORREYS brought up the Report of the Ipswich Docks Bill. Mr. SHEIL moved that the consideration of the report should be postponed to Friday the 14th May. He con sidered the Bill a most obnclious one, and he was opposed to the whole s)stem of distinctive duties. Mr. KELLY was unwilling, in the present state of the Hous-, to go into a discussion of the merits of the Bill. but he thought that the postponement proposed by the Right Hon. Gentleman was too long. Atter a few won's from Mr. LAIiOUC HERE, it was agreed that the further consiieration of the Report should be postponed till Thursday m Oil the motion of Mr. HODGSON HINDE, the Great North of Englund Ralway Bill was read a third time. The Henley and Dorchester Road Bill was read a third time and passed. Mr. HUTT presented a petition from Hull, praying for an alteration in the Corn-laws. Mr. O'CONNELL gave notice, that in the Commit tee on the sugar duties he would move a resolution to the effect that any diminution on the duties of foreign sugar should be strictly limited unto sugar the produce of tree labour, and not to he extended to sugar the produce of slavery.—(Cheers from the Opposition.) Colonel SIBTHORP gave notice, that, in the Corn.. mittee on Simultaneous Estimates, he would move that no payment of anv sums of money should be allowed to be made to Mr. William Vizard. Mr. 00U LB URN gave notice that on Monday next he should move for a copy of the memorial presented by the House of Assembly of Jamaica, on the subject of the re duction of the duty on foreign sugar. Mr. BARNEBY moved that the returns ordered by the House on the 3d of March ou the subject of Mail Coaches be made forthwith. CHINA. In reply to a question from Lord ELLENBOROUGH, Viscount MELBOURNE said that it was impoz sible for Litu to led what might have been the terms ultimately agreed to with the Government of China. But unquestionably they had sent out information that if a dttinitive treaty should have been conclm!ed according to the; preliminary articles which they had received, that it would not be satisfactory to her Majesty's Government, and that they would not advise her Majesty to ratify such a treaty. That decision was taken here, and not by the Governor-General in India. The Duke of WELLINGTON wished to ask the Noble Viscount whether the island of Hong-Kong had been taken possession of ? Viscount MELBOURNE said that he believed it had. Lord ELL EN B 0 RO UG H a►ked whetter Chtuan had been evacuated by the. Briti.h troops or nct. Viscount MELBOURNE said he could not say; but orders had been scr.t out to re-occupy that island in case it had bton cvaniated. SITE OF SCHOOLS BILL. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE moved the second reading of this Bill. The object of the Bill was to allow in certain cases the sale of property for the Erection of public schools. In reply to the Earl of MOUNTCA SEI EL . _ The • M'arquis of LA N SDO WNE bts:ed that the 13111 would riot extend to Ireland, but %ta..3 confined to England. The Goverament bad the care of Ireland as regarded the subjuct under their contiluration. The Bill was then rcad a second time. THE CORN-LAWS. Earl FIT ZWILLI:111 presented petitions from Ken (l4l and Halifax, prriyirg for a repeal of the Core-laas. The Noble Earl slso presented a petition on the same sub ject, of which he bad given notice yesterday, from the town of Leeds ; and considering the great import ance, and the station of that town, be hoped their , Lordships would allow him to read the petition. (The Noble Earl then read the petition, the substance of which was, that the present Corn-laws were based it, the opinion of the petitioners on the baneful principle of benefitting a particular class at the expense of the community_ that the most severe and extensive distress had resulted from those laws during the last three years—that they had led to an immense destruction of manufactming capital—to severe plisations on the part of the labour ing classes, and to a derar gement of the currency, which had injuriously effected both public and private credit. The petitioners also stated that the laws tended to encuu rsge rival manufaetorers in other countries ; and they concluded by praying for a repeal of so injurious a system of menopoly. The petition was signed by 25,000 persons which was its fact the entire adult male population of Leeds. Lord ASHBURTON expressed his regret that the Ministry had, by the announcement they had made on the subject of the Corn-laws, stirred . up so much ill blood and bad fe, ling in the country as would be sure to result from the agitation of the question, particularly at the pre sent period, when the country was already distracted by divisions on Church-rates and Poor-laws. He should observe that the agriculturists of this country had not at any time for centuties 'nett left without some protective laws. At so remote a teriod as the }est- 1463, the importation of foreign corn was prohibited, when the price was under 15s. 101 d sufficiently h'gh sum for that flu e ; but in tiro year 1670 imp: station was prohtbi , ,ed until the price reached 53e. 4d. There was a fur ther increase in the protective duty in the reign of King William, and subsequently at various periods laws had Leen passed of a similar 'endeacy. The fact was that it was not protection that was icivelty ; the novelty would be in wAlidia.sing protection. It should be remembet ed, tee, that there was no country in Europ in which there were not some provisions male for the protec tion of native agriculture. :j If it were said that other coun tries would be ready to open their ports for our manufac tures, in case we admitted their corn, he thought that the supposition was a rnost•erroneous cue. Ile would be ready to put the whole question on that issue; and if he could be assured that Prussia or Fl ance, or any other country on the Continent, would make to us the shghtest concessions in return fur a re, cal of our Ccrn-laws, be would not press his opinions on the sul:ject. He was convinced they would make no concessions ; and it".would be idle to en tertain any hone of that nature. If the Corn-laws were repealed a small country like England could not still hope to mrtnufac ore for the rest of the world; Other nations should have their shwe of tradet and the most dependent of people would be those who looked tj others for their supply of food. That would Le the most miserable of si tuations. The Earl of WICKLOW observed that the petition presented by the Noble Earl (Earl Fitzwilliam) was by no means a petition favourable to the project of the pre sent Ministry, of which, however, be believed the Noble Earl approved. For his part, he thought that when the pe titioners became acquainted with the intentions of the Government they would be ready to agitate' in oppori,ion to them, as they not want a fixed duty, but a total aboli tion of all protection. The Earl of FALMOUTH expressed his belief that the question would not be settled even if the Govcrameut measure were adopted, but thrt that would be but a first step toss ards a total repeal of all Corn-laws. TIT Duke of WELLINGTON said that notwithstane ing ti.e opinion so often and so confidently put forward that no one could support the present Corn-laws, he wished to say a few words on a measure which he himself had the honour of introducing to their Lordships. lie thought it too bad that this description of vituperation against the landed interest should be repca'.e 1 every n'ght, whenever a Noble Lord had petitions to present. It the Noble Lord opposite (Earl Etzwilliam) thought that there was no well-grounded expectation of a decrease of rent by a repeal of the Corn-laws, he should not be surprised that the minds of other men were not so enlightened as his own ; and he might admit that they could base some other motives for desiring a continuance of those rows besides the dirty inotivo of self-interest.—( Hear, heir.) The landed interest was said to be a debtor to ti.e public in consequence of those laws ; and if so, the Noble Lord was as large a debtor as any other Member of their Lordships' House. But be (the Duke of Wellington) did net bel.eve that the Corn laws bad ken maintained for the purpose of keying up high rents and filling the pockets of Noble Lords. They ban been maintained, in his opinion, for the purpose of giiing protection to agriculture, and in order to render this country independeot with re,pect to its subsistence— (Hear. hear)—in relation to all other countr:es. It was perfectly true, as stated by his Noble Friend behind him (Lord Ashburton), that for centuries English agriculture bad cejojed some form or another of' protection, and the object of all the enaetmeas on the subject was, he would repeat, to reneer Ibis country ineedendent of others fur its supply of food. Thar was the object for whi,:h the sys tem of 1828 had been introduced, and it ear upon that pr i nc i p l e on which it had ever since teen supported, at least it w" tlie on which be would iTint : iPico continue nwhichi that t was l l ' r y w l a i : l i: and erfectly t rue t h a t t l ere was rot a coun tryurope i n which C orn -l aws were not to b e f ound. s l n f i t i l p l i e o n supported laws rtE. in England were repeal° I, they acre told of the quantity of corn they would derive from Russia, Prus sia, and otter pars of the w, rld ; • but were there no Coro-laws is, these countries? Had not tin Nobic Lord met _toned a law lately enacted or proclairnel in one of those ' countries, altering ti c whole system of Cern-I xs, and prohif iting t he exportation of foreign corn'? tie wculd not hien e other nations fir prohibiting !le expectation of corn either in tine of peace or of war. They might have CHURCH EXTENSION. Mr. O'CONNELL begged to ask whether it was the intention of the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for the Unirersity of Oxford to introduce any measure on the subject of Church Extension. He begged also to ask, whether the Right Hon. Baronet could give the House any information as to the number of additional churches he meant to propose, and what the probable expense would be? Sir R. INGLIS thanked the Hon. and Learned Member for giving him an opportunity of repeating in a full House the notice he bad previously given iu his speech, and which he had repeated more formally in the votes. It was his intention on Tuesday, the 18th instant, to call the attention of the House to the subject of Church Exten.sion. With respect to the number of churches, and the probable expense, he trusted the House would suspend its judgment until he brought his motion fora BA. SUGAR DUTIES. Mr. W. GLADSTONE', presented a petition from the Island of St. Vincent against the proposed plan for with drawing protection from the West Indian Colonies. Mr. THORNELY presented a petitbn from the mer chants of Liverpool trading with the Br.tzile. The peti tioners had heard with great satisfaction the propostd of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to reduce the duty on foreign sugar.—( Ministerial cheers.) Mr. A. CHAPMAN presented a 'nation from the shipowners of London, who viewed wi.h peat alarm the immune Err the introduction of foreign sugar, which, in their opinion, would be prejudicial to the interests of nu manity.—(lronical cheers from the Ministerial benches, followed by loud cheers from the opposite side of the House.) They stated that every pound of sugar brought in from foreign countries would displace the carrying of one pound of su b rrar from their own Colonies. Mr. L ABOUC HERE presented a petition from the American Chamber of Commerce at Liverpool, in which they expressed their highest gratification at the proposition of the Government, which, if carried into elfcet would tend greatly to lighten the burdens and increase the trade of thecountry, and they prayed that the whole system of our commercial code might undergo a thorough revision. They expre.3sed their opinion to be, that the reduction of our imposts would be beneficial to the best interats and the urgent necessities of the ciuntry. Mr. LOCK HART presented a petition from the Cham ber of Comn.eree in Glasgow, against the proposal of the Right lion. the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Mr. J. W. WOOD presented a petition from the Ma gistrates, bankers, rnerckants, and manufacturers of dal, stating that they Laded the proposed measure of the Government with the utmost satisfactio:‘. Mr. CRESS WELL presented a petition from the West India me:chants of Liverpool, objecting to the in troduction of foreign sugar, on the ground of humanity.— (Laughter.) They stated that the late high price of sugar had been caused by the late measure of man c'pation, and that the difference of the price had merely gone through the medium of the planters into the pockets of the emancipated negrce?.---(A laugh.) They stated that the cost of the production of a hundred weight of sugar in the Brazils was 10s. 6d., while in our West India Colonies that sum was paid to the negro for labour alone. They further stated, that with the sugar which would coree from the East Indies, arid the supply from our West India Colonies, there would be importation enough to afford an adequate supply fur the people of England. The petitioners also expressed the opinion that if the pro posed measures were adopted the immense capital inte.ted in the West India trade would be sacrificed, that cultiva tion would he abandoned, that the avidity of the slave. dealers would be stimulated, and a tearful addition made to the number of their vicirns. They, therefore, prayed for a Committee of Inquiry on the subject. Mr. C. LUSHISGTON presented a petition, which the Hon. Member said he believed was signed by every WIC of the firms engaged in the sugar trade in London, and who were also connected with the interests of the re. fined sugar trade throughout the country, etiting that the petitioners approved most highly of the proposed tees sure of Government with respect to the sugar trade, and praying the Goose to reduce the duty on foreign sugar. Captain MATHEW preserited a petition from the Cu_ lor.ial Society signed by 1,000 persons who wire con nected with all the colonies of the British Empire, stating that they had heard with dismay of the intention of the Government to reduce the duty on foreign sugar, a sure which the petitioners said they believed would directly tend to increase the evils of slavery, and the petitioners therefore prayed the House not to sanc.ion the pro posed reduction in the duty on foreign sugar. Sir S. LUSHINGTON presented a peek ion from the British and Foreign Anti- Slavery Society, which, he said, was first signed by Thomas Clarkson—(Cheers) —stating that they heard with deep regret the proposition of the Chancellor of the Exchequer fur the reduction of the Sugar DatieF.—(Cheers.) The r eiitioners thought,thae the ic evitable effect of the reduction would be to increase the horrors ut the slave trade, to aggravate the miseries of slavery. They prayed the House in mercy to those whose interests here concerned, not to sanction the measure. Lord STANLEY presented a petition against the pro posed alterati.m in the sugar dud from the merenants of Glasgow trading with tbo West ladies:. The I,ctitioni stated that the proposition of Ministers would confer no adequate bentfit upOn any clas,, but woulu rnaterisLy cheek the rapidly i❑cieasi,,g production of sugar in British In-ar.) They deprecated the measure on the whole, as encourc.ging slavery in its worst forms. Mr. CRA W FORD presented a petition from mer chants of the City of London against the proposed al teration of the Sugar Duties. Lord POWELiSCOURT presented a pettion from Bath to th;.! same effect. Mr. HU TT presentel a similar petition from Gateshead. Mr. AGLIONBY presented petitions from Wigan and other places in C.:unite:lead and Westmoreland, against the present system of distinctive and restrictive duties. Mr. BRO I'll ERTON presented a petition from the inhabitants of Ashton-under-Lyne, complaining of the pre sent Commercial Tariff of this country as highly oppres s've end ruinous to the working classes, and praying for revision and rednctiou of the Import Duties. Sir R. PEEL presented a petition from 403 West Indi.n planters. on Cie subject of the proposed alteration of the Sugar Duties. He had thought be sh ould beat consult the wishes of the House by extracting the sub stance of the petition. The petitioners slated tirst they relied with entire confidence on the intentions of the Le gislature, that the great national work of Slave Emanci pation should have a full and fair trial,—that they •had la boured to promote the object in perfect good faith, and at a sacrifice of much capital.—( Hear, hear, hear.) , They stated that their burdens had been increased Jpy the estahlishment of police and the augmentation of the eccle siastical expenditure to the amount of 200,0001. al id up wards, and that the measure proposed involved a, great loss of c lOW and obstructed tt.e progress of eivili zetion arnorg the emancipated populution.—( Hear, :hear.) The petitioners Etited, that in their cyinion : the measure was not justified by high price or Made. (pate supplies ; for that the importation of surar from the West Indian Colonies during the east few yecra had btea regular. and fur the last twenty one years had *veined 181,000 tons e The eitimatcd imports for the West Indies, lite,t Indies, and the Mauritius was 240,000 tone, and efferts were now making to extend that amount.— .( Hear.) They stated that they di not think the proposed measure could be justified either by the present cr by any p,,easpee tive pricey, the present price of sugar being z l a, 71d . per cat., being a fall of 12s. per cwt. in price since the commencement of the prear e nt year. That while the exports of British manufact urea ta r the British West 1 edict amounted to upwards el 4,000, 0001. in value aunualiy, and the exports of !fish man ufac to Mauritius and the East Indies amounted to 4,1480001. annua lly, the exports of Briti s h manu f acture to the Bra zil 3 and the foreign West Indies amounted invalu us ecly to the annual value of 3, 5 43,0001., and that the • mrnmerce w i t h t he East and West Indies and the Mauritius empleyment to the B.i i , ela shipowner an ad gave van tage which he did not enjoy from t he com merce with the foreign West Indies, sod they therefore prayel the Howe not to conceit to any mcasu re :Or C dueing the amount of duty p a y a bl e on the impo nation of sugar.—( Cheers ) Mr. O'CONNELL presented a pethion,s:gl f ed ray the Lord Mayor of the city of Dublin as Chairman of nma eti"g of a rarectable body of West India prop ictors, mqprec.%ting An y reduction in the duty on lot eign sugar he eease, direr, i t would interfere with the experiment now ear: in on for the substitution of free labour for slave *tabour• in the West Indies ; second, it would interfere with the expo ri ment now carrjieg on for the introduction of suer .r from the East ladies; and thirdly, it would t.n4 to the a ecrnein in forei gn countr i es, tation of slavery PRICE sd. Mr. GOULBURN presented 27 petitions egainst any alteration in the sugar duties, twenty-six of which were from the Island cf Jamaica, and one from the Island of Tobago. They were signed by all the proprietors on the islands, and all prayed against any reduction in the duty on foreign sugar. They stated that th , y believed it would be impossible to make any distinefon between foreign sugar, the product of slave-labour, and the product cf free labour—that such reduction would re duce the Llands fro m th eir prese n t high eta cof cu:titt tioh—that by it slavery would be cocaur,ged, and iie4ot.a lions tor the suppression cf slavery with foreign sla‘c-hole. rag States would be rendered more difficult ia consequence. CORN-LAWS. Lard JOHN RUSSELL said—ln answer to the question of the Ilan. Gentleman, with respect to the duties o I corn, which I mean to propo.e oc the House going into Committee, I Log to s: y, that on wheat I pro pose to lay a duty of 84. per quarter, on rye rp., on barley 4s. 61., and on oats 3s: 4tl. Lord DARLINGTON said—l suppose that the inhabitants of this country are no longer en'ili e d to any commercial protection ; however I am perfectly ready to meet the Noble Lord upon the statement he has made. It is Lot for me to say whether the Noble Lord has taken this course at his own suggestion, or wleaer on the other band he may have adopted the advice of a very sage counsellor, who is known in cases of emergency, by a significant toss of his shoulder, to give strange advice—(Cries of " Name")—or whether this course is the c ,rnequcnee of the return to this House of an Hon. Gentleman who hai distinguished himself in the cause of humanity, and ;shorn the electors of Nottingham have gained so much credit for themselves by elec - ing.—( Cries of " Oh, oh.") Whether from oce or the other of these causes, or from all of them in con junction this course resulted he cared not, but this he ven tured to prophesy, that the Noble,Lord would not by any tr'ck of that sort affect the landed interest of the cout.tr). —(Cri2i of" Oh, oh," and ironical cheers from the M - nister:al benches, answered by counter cheers from the Opposition.) WAYS AND MEANS. The Order of the Day on going into Ceramittee ca Ways and Means having been read, Lord J. RUSSELL rose and said—Sir, in movirg that you do now leave the Chair, I think it incumbept on me, owing to the notice given by the Noble Lord—owing to the discussions that have taken place out of doors— owing to the attitude that has been assumed by various parties, both political and commercial, with respect to the question, t i state to the House the general reasons that have influenced the - Government in the adoption of the course they have recommended.—(Hear.) Sir, I agree with the petition presented a little while ago from cer. lain inhabitants of Bath, that this i 3 a question not to be looked at merely in a commercial and financial view, because if it were of that nature, I should willingly leave it in the hands of my Right Honourable Friend near me, by whom it would be treated with far more knowledge of the subject, and f.r more perspicuity in stating the views of the Go vernment; but I consider it as a great national question.— ( Hear, and loud cheers.) And there never, perhaps, has been submitted to Parliament a question which will be more important, not merely to the finances of the realm, net merely to the commercial regulations of the present time, but for the conduct cf the finances of this country, and for the regulation of the commercial affairs of this country for a long time to ccme, than that which I am now about to propose. ( Hear, hoar, and cheers.) Sir, I cannot, however, commence my observations on this subject, without adverting to that which I know has been said, and which no thing but the mast inveterate hostility to the present Government, and an entire ignorance of the characters of the members of that Government— (Cries of " Hear, hear," from the Opposition benches, followed by loud cheering from the Ministerial side)—l can not commence my observations without adverting to the assertion which has been made that this question was taken up at the spur of the moment on the day before my Right Hon. Friend brought forward his proposal.—( Hear, hear. ) Sir, I say that a long habit of hostility to the Geer rnment, and a total ignorance of the character of my Right Hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the other members of the Government, may form some palliation of such assertion, but the assertion was one which should never have been cast upon them.--(Cheers.) '1 be Government knew full well this was a subject of the deepest interese They ecre fully aware from the com mencement of the present year, that the slate of the finances would require some course to be adopted which in other views would be consistent with the character of the country, and the future stability of our tra 'iiig and commercial interest?. Sir, this question naturally occupied much of our time and long deliberation—this diffieultie the objections, such as bad wren stated to-night in many of the petitions, were carefully and fully weig'aed; thoy made a great impres:i on tome mernters of the Government and on myself ; but after a certain length of time it was thought necessary to c me t r a decision, and the general decision was taken upon grounds, which I shall afterwards state to the House tl at these three greet questions of cern, sugar, and timber shouldbe unc:e take a, fur the sake of the re:eaue, by the Chanceller cf the Excbequsr, and that I should give notice to tee House that, as a question af fecting the protection to the lanced int. rests— affecting the general welfare of the country—th it I should bring forward a proposal of the alteration of the Corn-laws. Sir, that resolution was taken before my Right Hon. Friend the President of the I3oard of Trade gave notice of his resolution with respect to colonial duties—( Loud cheers)—and that notice. I observe from the Votes, was given on the 11th of March.—(Cheers.) Sir, I thought it not right, certainly, that the question should be brought forward before we knew at the•end of the financial year, the clear return cf revenue as compared to the ex penses; but I thought it right to state, when those le solutions were under discussion, which I did o.npliati cally—( Loud cheers)—that all these queetious relating to monopoly and restriction had been under the serious con :ida ration of the Government, and that the Government were united on them, mad that the measure would be brought forward when necessary.—(Cheers.) I may state that on the very day the Budget was brought forward by my Right lion. Friend, I received a letter speaking of the Budget as a matter that was settled by ,the information I then conveyed, and that not front a gentleman residing 50 or 60 miles off, but from the Noble Lord the Governor-General of Canada.—( Cheers.) I hope, Sir, it will no longer be attempted to be palmed upon the country that this resolution was a sudden one— one taken up oa the spur of the moment, or for party purposes.—( Loud cbe,r3.) Let we state further, Su-, that in making that decision to which the Government came, we were not ignorant of the vast interests, aided by a vast portion of the community, that would be brought against us—we have to-day seen with how much tender ness those who import timber from Canada view the in terests of the negro—(Cheers and laughter)—with what horror the landed gentlemen who oppose the introduc of' foreign corn at a fixed duty, which I do not conceive any absence of protection—(Cheers)—with what horror they look upon the sufferings of men forced from their homes to become slaves in a foreign land. I know, Sir, with what disadvantage I stand here, having to represent no large body of mon connected with commercial interests not speak ing the sense of any merchants c:mbined and associated, and having subscriptions, and ad. vertisetnente, and meetings, regularly partial, when I am speaking in behalf of no other body, than that which is often a very helpless body, on this oc casion— the great mass of ber Majesty's subjects. .—( Loud cheers from tl o Ministerial benches)—whose interests, whose well-being, whose for tunes, are deeply involved in this great question. —(Cries ef - 1 Hear, hear.") Sir, in adverting to ell these subjects I must cot, I cannot, allow the House to separate from its consideration the position in which the Government was placed in regard to its finances. There Lave been many questions of great inierest relating to foreign affairs, to our colonial interests, to the state of the country at b orne , which called for and required an increase of expenditure. It had become necessary in the opinion cf the Government to arrive at some safe settlement of a question which had long menaced the independence of the Ottoman Porte. It had become essential to the honour of the British name to ask for the redress of injuries inflicted upon British subji:ctein the dominions of the Emperor of Chili*. It was Le:e..- Rau to suppress an insu►rection which had broken our. in Canada, the result cf legislative arrangement; half a cntury ago. At onetime our domestic rranquillitywas threatened, and when we resolved to mett . such dangers without recur ranee to laws of extraordinary coercion, it was necessary to have a sufficient force in her Majesty's army to preserve the tranquillity of the country. Wi:h respt et t all these measures I know not that this House has differed in opivion from the Government. Wit's respect to each it may be that sense Meinbcrs of the Howie dirapproved of the course pursued, but with respeat to all of them they were supported by a great majority 'of the !louse of Com mons. Of course if these efforts were to bo made you are to consider the success which has Lttendei titer, and the means of providing f,,r the incurred cost. Wi h respect to the success of the measure adopted with regard to Eastern affair!, I think that the means calployed have been attended with most speedy and sail Let icy results.— ( Hear, hear.) With teapect to Canada, the ilsurrection which had raised its head was proml.tly put down, and we have every reason to hope that the inhabitants oft c lolly will continue firmly loyal to the British Crown.— ( ) With rcrpect to our don.e3tic allire, tranquil was establisl.cl w.tnout p.ei:ig beyond the r.fi • nary laws of the countr:..—(l - ita-, hear, and ol.eNs ) wit: respect to China, I must admit, that cur r:- lations are still is an unset.led sttate. But so far as tho exhibition of our naval end military force wig concerncd, it has been attended with the usual success and triumph of the Br.tish arms.—(L oud (dicers.) Sir, we nab,: came necessarily to consider, ..h,tv we ale to pro vide fir the cost of these starts—(Hear, bea.r)—and to . i.rcyidu the means by which that east is to be met. Ac. cording to the statement of my Ri g ht lion. F lend, ti c Chancellor of the Ezell:quer, there is a de ficiency of 2,400,000/. in the reve nue of the list year, as compar;cl with the expeaditute.—(hear, hear.) Sir, I can vary well understand that t he o pp osition, cf wha..cyer Menocers it might be composed, whether of gentleme n now s i tting! on this side, or upon the other—(Cheers)—might say tinal the plan of the Chancjlor of the Exchequer wa; n taken—(llea:) —and that the scheme was Wrung in pr i i i n " .. c i pe .—( Heir, hear.) But that they should rkaru-se any opinior, when the Budget was brought.f r give and maattea of should now , when it is proposed to go into a Co war ' the whole Houle, ro,Tely attempt t o g i ve al legative to the proposition of the G.vzrnment, without t • attutating what -6 -;" - EVENING EDITIONa they would themselves adopt--(lronical cheers from the Toria)—that course, much as the Right lion. Gent a nte' (Sir R. Peel, we believe,) may deride, is . not what becomes tiny greet party--( Lond cheers)—arid is I certa•nly more factious than arrytiing I ewer heard of.— Sir, I am not siyirg that the (Deposition ought to state the measures which, it, their opinion, would he the lee to be adopted, to restyle t h e fi nances — (C heers)—and that they should indicate the taxes to be pt.t on, or the sources from which the revenue was to he derivo.—(Cheers.) But, Sir, this is a questio n o f oppos i te pr i nciples.—( Hear, hear.) his a question whether we cannot raise the funds required by some small and petty mode of taxation, or by a general improvement of the trade of the country.— (Cheers.) It is true, Sir, that there is another mode of maintaining the finances—by raising a loan for the present year; but, Sir, considering that it might be expedient to continue the army and navy on their present footing, vie did not think it becoming to have recourse to a loan.— (Cheers.) But if Hon. Gentlemen opposite think that the raising of a loon was the course which ought to be taken, I hope they will not hesitate to dt Clare their opinion. Now that was a course which would not have betel ere dit dole to any Government. But when we e true to con sider that question we bad to oppose to it a further alter native, nanielt , whether it ea; riot possible by diminishing excessive protection—( Hear, hear)—by giving to the people cf this country additional means of purchasing, not the luxuries, but the comforts and the necessaries of life—. (Hear, hear)—to obtain a reteaue which would meet the deficiency which had taken plane. We came to the opi nion that that might he. done. For the moment that we had deliberately formed this opinion it would have been wrong for us to have proposed to the House a direct tax, either on the property or assessed tastr, hying upon the people of this country large additional burtheas when there were means obvious to our eyes by which those ad ditional burtheus might be spared, and the people at large be not oppressed but relieved. This, therefore, was the opinion to which we came, :a course which .was more likely to lead the Government into difficulties than perhaps either of the three courses width I have named, having to meet such vast interests—having to meet the additional feeling which the Noble Lord ties embodied iu the re solution which be means to propose. But we could shrink from then difficulties—( Hear, bear)—we could not, when my Right Hon. Friend had shown by his calcu lations that from sugar acid from timber, by means per fectly just and legitimate in themselves, which had been often acknowledged and asserted to be so--a large revenao might be obtained—we could not refuse to propose such a measure to the House. I now put this question to the House, whether, being prepared to consider auger and tim ber with a view to revenue, we should have been justified in saying "yes, we propose these questions as ques tions of revenue, but there is another great in terest where we think the protection given is a serious grievaneo to the people of this country—a protection which is not for the advantage of the great landed interest itself, who appear to hate so thought— a protection which might be changed and rectlifiel for the benefit of the country, net only as a gre t ariaeuhß turing and commercial country in its rite ry with other nations, but also ultimately for the benefit of the land owners and the growers of corn in this country"—l say, if having this opinion we had stated, that we were prepared to touch two of these great interests, but that we abrunk from touching the third—( Hear, hear)-1 say, could we have met the House of Commons, I will not say with the same chance of support, but could tee ha.,e mat it with the same confidence that we are proposing good and right measures, and measures which, one day or other--( Loud cheers from the Ministerial benches)—Rill he a new foundation for the continued prosperity of this country ? Sir, we could not have met this House with the same con fidence, if while we had proposed two of these changes we had become alarmed, and in consequence been deterred from bringing forward the third.—(Cheers.) Sir, I will say but a very few words respecting those other two mea sures, which are not at present so immediately before the House. With respect to the timber duties, I may state that in a correspondence with my Nob'e Friend the pre sent Gevernor-General of Canada, I had stated to him what were the views and intentions et the Government on this subject. He, as was very naturally to have been ex pected, replied that the adoption of such a course would place him under increased difficulties—( Loud cries of " Hear, hear" from tile Oppoailian)—but that there was a measure which had been fiegeently in discussion between us before the .departure of my Noble Friend for Canada, and to which I will not now further allude, by which, without burdening the country, great relief might be given and great improvements made to property in Canada ; and if he were able to hold out the hope that such a measure would take place, he thought that, on the whole, Canada would be a gaieer.—( Hear, hear.) Sir, with regard to the other question—the question of corn—l have stated the duty I mean to propose, which is not, as the Noble Lord proposes, an entire absence of all protection to the landed interest. It is, on the contrary, such a protection as with the prices of corn in foreign countries, the cx. pease of bringing corn to this country, end prepatiug it for the market, would, I thirds, keep up a steady price of 50:. or 60 a quarter ; and, at the same time not ex pose the country to those ruinous fluctuations—( Cheers)_ by which at one time corn is subject to a prohibitory duty, anti at another, by a skilful and artificial arrangement of of the averages an importation of foreign corn takes piece at a nominal duty only.—( Cheers.) I now come, Sir, to the consideration of the qtiesti in cn which my It'ght Hole Friend intends to bring fore aril Lis Meii in else Committee of Wats and Means, and the fiat thiag I think it necessary to state wttli regard to the present duty on foreign sugar is the principle vie wish to see adopted. The principle, Se, we wish to see adopted is the removal of prohibition (Cheers) and the imposition of fair arid honest (tat e=.—(Loud and continued cheering ) The probildion is injurious to tee petite of this country, aid the production or the ertiele itself is never so good as in aseto of competition. Now, what is the duty on foreign sugar at present? It is 633. per cwt. which, ex. cept in some very rare instance; during a short time ha the eerese of last year, corni.letely excludes foreign sugar from tnis market ; so much was tit the case, that wbea at certain periods, ass, the a ear 1815. it was thought proper to admit foreign sugar into the marker, a special Act of Perliarnent war pase d for this purpose. 1 am not now inquiring whether there onght or ought riot to he a pro hibition of nil foreign sugar,. lam not now saying that; but the proposition which I mak-, and to which this prin ciple applies, is one which is :upperted by what was stated this evenirg in the various petitions which sere presented to the House. It is that proposal vt Lich was made by my Right Hon. Friend the Chancellor e f the Exchequer that Ureic timid be such a protection as wocid enable growers of coloMal sager to sell their sugar in a fair compethion. If you add to the 22.. which you may take as the price of the foreige sugar in bowl, the duty of 37s , it will raise the price to 591.--51 s. is the fair price at which the peti tioners to this House state that they aie able to sell West India sugar. Now if ti,ey arc ogle to introduce sugar at 515., what necessity is there to introduce foreign sugar, which will be only sold at the same prier, cr at a higher price? It may be asked, might we not as well avoid so doing ? The a isyser to the question is, if sugar should rise, as it has hitherto done, to 68g. per ext. the public would hate uo remedy against the high price ; they would not be able to counteract the high price by any competition, and thus a great grievance would be iafficted on the peep's.. Now, Sir, with regard to the general principle of cone petition. I think it' I were to point to instaucee, there are so many with regard to the benefits acciutng therefrom that I should weary the House by stating them.—( Hear, hear.) But I know no reasons why thew instateet should not apply, and I will mention two. In the eximmercial treaty of 1786 the earthenware cf England was admitted into France, and a gentleman who travetled there shortly afterwards stated that' since the introduction of that eirthenware the French manufacture had been greatly improved, and they were able to produce something like the English ware.—( Hear, bear.) Another instance was given by Mr. Hume in his ethic:tee before the Committee on Import Duties. Fur some years after French cloth was admitted into this country tho English manufacturers imitated it, and sold it as French cloth, and it succeeded very well, being a better and cheaper cloth than they had ever sold before ; and such was the consequence of com petition.—( Hear, hear.) The same thing happened with regard to a measure proposed by Mr. Eluskisson, who ad. mitted silks and gloves into this country at a reduced duty. On that occasion it was stated that the manufacturers would be ruined, our English silks and gloves being se much inferior, whrreas the cousequerice was an itayrov. e. mont of these manufactures, and an extension of _ although it was said that dui would be rui .sh hav A e e l what cas the case with regard to sugar? wc in statements which have been made to me They —ve l d some of which I shall read to the( El e ou s se ..hon repeatedly were furnished in proof of the Oka of. cultivation slavery, in the improved methods of cultiLitingleonauliwleir; employed. So long as slavery existed, than, than the worse or more careless., or more barbarthh mode of cultivation ; in fact produce but since the abolition of alavery J w c e ultivation. have lion of various methods cf imprler.awn up sonic time ago, it was a co m p lete monopoly ; here a memorandum which nda ry Magistrate tens drawn and gone point with regard to the eff a ces uf refers to coffee.for clearing cf Manchester, refers to a machine, great saving of ma coffee, shich would cent He the Mr. Grant s , cork much better, nual labour and perform contend with strong states that he badt° in introducing the machine p ej u - dice, ridicule, and apathy,cforts are making by .; _ Nest India and it is clear that efforts other point., :ni I c ontend planters upon thitis and ~ that t.i • that anmi t g t h e posattiltty that sugar and competition — her countries mate h • A • e Introduce. into coffee grotvn in thi s country, wi ll induce them to exe rc i se t h e i r i ndustry in that vet aad stimulate tartmy which Englishmen have s shown thems elves tine first to originate in all mat tersalway f a practical nature. 1 Len with respect to the pro. pr i ct ors, I think re say that i n t h e fi rst place you .have it -stated to the House that the p r i ce h e wishes to obtai-i Is about the Wile price et which at the lowest this foreign sugar can be introduced into England ; if that amount of duty net sufficient, thst is a question for a Corrnitt, e of ais House. What I want to sec is the principle thr it shall he possibl e t h at the price - in t h e Evigli market shall nut be an excesaite price. Such, then, will be the condition of the West India planter, Ile will not Lye to come into competition such as Lis friends dread, but merely into competition such as they admitted themselves at one time would leave them stilt n asters of the market. Now, Sir, I came to another part of the question, one upon which I think the House ought to lay the graatest stress—to which we mutt all attach the greatest interest, and upon which I wish to make some stater:l:rite I Weill with regard to the effects of ernanei• mina. —(Cheers.) I think, Sir, that having t i ciscuss'a question upon which there is so much oppoei. Lion, the Howe, with me, will le happy to dwell for a !nor:lett upon some atatements which I thick must be gra. tillting to all pastes, that whatever other effects may have bean produced, the great act el emancipation, which this county so nobly cai fed iLto effect, at the treat tacrifice of twenty millions, has been upon the whole the mate Sue- Centel vxpoitnent, that has Leer taken place affecting the inteiests of 50,000 people. It is impossible to read nitb. out the liveliest gratificetioe the ate c in which the tegro labourers are, the man tea in which s many of them are reeuiring al the e enforts of live Rua 'Reaming pro. lei 'tors of small p:rtiens of lard.—(Cite rs.) Perhaps -.~.