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ENGLAND Trading to the EAST INDIES do hereby give Notice, That the Court will be ready to receive proposals in writ iug, on or before WEDWZGDAY, the 2d of April next, A . ir° ol the owners of goofi sound and substantial COPPER BOTTOMED SHIPS, of the burthen of about 600 tons sad upwards, registered measurement, specifying the rata fteight at which they may be willing to let such Ships, " r a voyage outward for the conveyance of Troops and The T en d ers , to Bengal. with the words " Ship Tender " on the cover,, Nbe severally sealed up, and left with the Secretary , ,_ al t 4 4 11 House, at or before Twelve o'clock at noon , on the eznantioned day, beyond which hour no Tender will , 4 """ be r ece i ved. JOSEPH DART, Secretary. The partiaulars of the terms and conditions upon which 461 ships will be employed, may be had en application, at the offic e of the Clerk to the Committee of Shipping, on ve ohm Friday the 21st day of this month. TIME Subscribers to the proposed MO NU MENTAL TROPHY to His Late MAJESTY, , o. are requested to meet the Committee and Sub-Committee, the Thatched House Tavern, St. James's-street, on . WEDNXIIDAY, the 2d of April next, at Two &Clock pre -640y, for the purpose of Settling Outstanding Claims, ,!'PPropriating the Subscription, and other business. ,; r , By Order of the Sub-Committee, C. BLEADFN, Hon. Secretary. EDUCATION. AT Winton, near Brough, in Westmorland, YOUNG GENTLEMEN are Boarded, Clothed, 1 , - 2." 1 - yvturnished with Books, and educated either for the Profes • lions or Trade, by the Rev. Doctor ADAMTHWAITE, a I teneficed'Clergyman, at Twenty-two Guineas a Year, luad Parlour Boarders at Forty Guineas. There are no Midsummer nor Christmas Vacations; and, on this ac count, Dr. A. can teach a boy in one year as much as is taught at most Schools in two. Cards of particulars may be had oNhe Waiters at the Saracen's Head Ina, Snow-hill, London ; and Dr. A. seen there any morning before twelve o'clock. DIGESTIVE CIGARS. ri F the various maladies incident t o th e hu manV system, it is a fact that most have their origin in a disordered state of the Digestive Organs. The Pro prietor of the DIGESTIVE CIGARS recommends them with confidence, even in the most desperate cases of Indi gestion and Bilious Affections ; to Travellers they will be found the most portable, mild, and safe medicine extant. These celebrated Cigars are composed of the beet Havannah Tobacco, peculiarly prepared, anti by diffusing a grateful perfume, constitute even a drawing-room luxury. They are sold Wholesale and Retail, at THE CIGAR DIVAN, 4 2, King -street, Covent-Garden, in packets 4s. each, and by all respectable Venders iu Town and Country. To-morrow. ESSAY on the Supposed Advantages of a SINKING FUND. Part the First. By Lord GRENVILLE. Printed for John Murray, Albemarle -street. CORPORATION AND TEST ACTS. To-morrow, price la. _A LETTER to the KING against the Re peal of the CORPORATION and TEST ACTS. J By a TORY. "ea Ridgway, 169, Piccadilly ; and Hatchard and Son, 181, Piccadilly. WEST of ENGLAND FIRE and LIFE d INSURANCE COMPANY.—Office for Lou os -111 iu "0. 20, N e w Brid ge - s t reet . —A ssurances upon L i ves Mated by this Company; at a reduction of ten per 1441 , persons insured against Fire are entitled to a s ure of the prof i ts e y e ry fifth year. Prospectu ses ( g ratis) as above. By Order, JAS. ANDERTON, Manager for the London Department. MPERIAL LIFE INSURANCE OF FICE, SUN COURT, CORNHILL, and dAllES'tai-STREET. Capital £750,006. DIRECTORS. ANDREW COLVILE, Esq., Chairman. JOHN BAKER RICHARDS, Esq., Deputy CifitirMit!. Gress Allan. Esq. Jeremiah Olive, Esq. George Brown, Ebq. Sir Charles Price, Bart ,4 Cornelius Esq. Sir Janice Sh aw , Bart. :44. Charles Danvers, Esq. Robert Slade, Esq. Joha Henry Deffell, Esq. Henry Sterry, Samuel Drew e , Esq. John Benton Tritton, FAN. William Fry, Esq. 4 likesaß ar kl y, AUDITORS. Esq., Mich. Bland, Esq., Jim. Tritton, Esq. CONSULTIEGI PHYSICIAN. 11. Lidderd a l e , M.D . F alcon-square. Two_ H. of the profits of the Company will be P 4ti odieally added to Policies effected for the whole term of life, without the insured incurring the responsibility at tached to Societies for Mutual Insurance. A division of Profits will be made in the year IS3I ; De which th e C ourt of Directors are empowered by the Deed of Settlement to make additions to such Policies, upon which five annual Premiums have been paid, as may become Claims before the next general division of Profits. Rates and Conditions may be had at either of the Com pany', Offieee, or of any of the Agents in the principal towns throughout the kingdom. By order of the Board, SAMUEL INGALL, Actuary. The following is the House List of Governors and Directors of the Bank of England for the year ensuing, via. FOR GOVERNORS. Samuel Drewe, Esq., Governor. Esq., Deputy G overnor. John Horsl e y P a l mer , Fos DIRECTORS. Julia Bowden, Esq. John Henry Pelly, E sq , cornelina Buller, Esq. Charles Pole, Esq. John Cockerel!, Esq. Henry Porcher, Eaq, William Cotton, Esq, Richard Mee Raikes, Esq, Ceorge Dorrien, Ea q. John Baker Richards, Esq. Samuel omen , Esq. Wm. R. Robinson, Esq. William Manning, E . Simon Taylor, Esq. William Mellish, Esq. Andw. H. Thomson, Esq. Humphrey St. John Mild- Win. Thompson, Esq. and may, Esq. 1 Alderman William Mitchell, Esq. I Samuel Thornton, Esq. James Morrie, Esq, I William W ar d, E sq. Geo. Wards Nerinan, Esq. Thomas Warre, Erg. The election for Governor and Deputy-Governor will be held at the Bank, on Tuesday the let, and liar Directors, on Wednesday the Qd April, from 10 o'clock in the forenoon till four in the afternoon. FINANCE CommITTEE.----'ne Finance Com mittee are indefatigabl e in their work. They have re quired from the heads of the different public offices an ac count of the reductions they can make consistent with the despatch of the general business, and Mr. Hsu has submitted to the Duke of Wer.taxurox a plan for the wimplification of the public accounts, which will also be Productive of economy. It is said that a Doard of Ac conaptaata, consisting of Mr. Bitooxsaawx, of the Trea sury, a gentleman from Mr. BARING'S house, and a third iudividual, are to sit in the Comptroller's Office, to era *nine into the details of the Treasury Offices, and those of the other pnhlic departments, with a view to their aimpli fication and reduction.— Times. —The greatest p ains QUART ER ' S REVENUE. are exerted to make the revenue for the quarter next Sat ur d ay as productive as possible, and paymen t s end will be be rec e i ve d at the Treasury up to half-pastsix o ' clock o n that ev en i ng. The amount of the quarter ' s revenue will not, it i s feared, be as p ro d uctive as was expecte d ; t here is a great decrease in the Custom s ; but there is more th an a corresponding increase in the Exci , e, which is in some degree attr ib utable to the sudden eagerness a month or six weeks a go to pay up the wine -duties, in consequence of the report then circulated that the Government intended to impose an additi on upon the rate now paid. There is no epectation, however, that the Treasury will be able to :Aiwa in full the debt to the Bank, which was payable cut of the accruin beevenue of the present quarter. Un d er that head of accounts between th e Bank and the Go vernment, in whatever way it istteinpted to be covered, a Go balance rause, i a quart . er, point of fact, stand over until the next ponding qu Th ea teer amount of the Customs in the corm -3,14,8,564/. The of last up to t he last week, was week, for th e current amquarterawmasade up at the end of last 3,088,4291., showing a the Ex c i se i n last deficit in th e present q "arter of 6 0,135/. The amount of oar'sy corresponding quarter, was 2,295,2341. The amunt of the qu arter to the end of last week w as 2,399,636/, showing aexcess in favour of the current quarter, as far as it has on n e, of 194,352/. In stamps, the amount of last year's qugarter was 1,267,131/. At the end of last week, for this quarter, it was 1,304,671/., showing au excess of 37,540/. This partial increase, however, will be quite insufficient to liquidate the Bank demands, for which this quarter's revenue was available.— Times. in I,lllg SUW Mrs of woad Save Lrry thew ppingthe returned ng took B emides of By Mrs. rd of her et' bailee, anothec rnaster ' e in about !e ' e shop• hin for t nobody °sling re ;, for Mr. I nothing defence, canner 2011TISCI. prisoners , inoceliCe , 8:c. prisoners forthwith j. tte f!'7' iatioll for tined, by n him by landlord . ;iff. hole tio't azisport;i 'e-oper the set . ' iitigatioP [ARCH /7. of iTiy y, on 0 0 Ind hau l the valu e , and th e : in a feW ping then went be' ert he Burp; woe' eavvortbi aim!, r ainotl o ut WWI,: 'n 28. Brock' 0 the bit , le-keepe r , the sista tiky Th. 4.8- 1114 164 e p ;, t he mt. P r ; Lear ev bittil i g unqu ets' -a of t'` :es wh i f i. : ent ;at . a5ll , liriii i igentE., , r. r cativio°' the p 131 1 1 .. 30 tout': I hi r. Mardi . :es, I do id his "•' in not al' nor ere jay to 1 ) 8 VA3 OVe P do. The ters, Lainmcn t ' thni id dory' ating by dauv iughter.) -monel? lerst al id. IderBtand >illPoo' for thee save Os er.) ng, that ...m.11•=11.•••••• ,. Yaq• 4 litherol' !rkenlre il l , JO out-p,oof4:' ---- 1 I ;, at 0 ' No. 11,094. SPORTING.-RECEIVED THIS DAY. MOSTYN HUNT RACES, COTTISFORD HEATLL JOHN HARRISON, Evi. and_II..PEYTON, Esq. Stewards. Mr. DEAKiNS, Clerk of the Race;.. MONDAY, MARCH 31.—A Sweepstakes of 5 sous. each for all ages. One mile heats. J. Harrison, Esq. Flamingo A. T. Rawlinson, Esq. r. m. Resemblance 2 2 P. Al. Goodlake, Esq. ch. g. Fleanc• 4 3 h. Longwaist W. Turner, Eq. b. A Match for 50 guineas each, Mr. Turner's b. h. Prince aged 1 Ist. 'Abs. beat Mr. Harrison's ch. m. six years old, 10st. One mile. A Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, h. ft. with 25 sovs. addrd, for horses not thorough bred. Rode by gentlemen. Heats once round and a distance. Mr. Faulkner's g. h. Greyinalkin 2 1 1 Mr. S. T. Allen's hr. g. Jonathan 1 3 2 J. J. Martin, Esq. b. g. Percinet $ 2 3 J. Codrington, Esq. ch. g. Cyclops Mr. Wright's ch. g. A Cup, value 10 guineas, and 40 guineas in specie, given by Sir Thomas Mostyn, and 10 guineas to the owner of the second horse ; for horses nut thorough bred. Two mile, heats. Mr. Deakin's hr. g. Midnight.. 1 1 Mr. Mansfield's ch. g. Pillager Mr. Sirett's b. f. Pandara A Match for 50 saws. each, h. ft. Mr. Harrison's b. c. 4 yrs. old, beat Mr. Peyton's br. c. 4 yrs. old, llst. each. One mile. A Match for 50 sovs. Mr. Bacon's Newlight beat Mr. Holmes's Grimaldi, 12st. each. One mile. TATTERSALL'S.—Mancit 31. The Craven Meeting being fixed for Monday the betting principally referred to the Riddlessvorth, for which Ad vance has been backed moderately. Although a great deal of talking took place the betting, however, was not brisk. For the Derby the Colonel still holds the first place, but Navarin had jumped up nearly neck and neck with him. Druid has gone rock, and both Zealot and Bugle are taken against him. Prue has been selected and backed well at 30 to I. Latimer has also jumped into notice, and bent backed by old hands against Mariner. Nothing was done on the Oaks, and very little on the St. Leger, they closed as follows P.IDDLESWORTH. 5 to 2 agst Duke of Grafton's two 3 to 1 agst Mr. Thornhill's Shoveller colt 3i to 1 agst Mr. Udny's Emily colt 4 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Advance colt 5 to 1 agst Duke of Grafton's Bratuin 5 to 1 agst Sir John Shelley's Cressida f. 8 to I agst Lord G. IL Cavendish's Ridicule colt 2000 GS. STAKES. 3 to 1 agst Lord Grosvenor's Navarin 5 to I aget Duke of Rutland's Sorcery colt 5 to 1 agst Duke of Grafton's Omen t 6 to 1 agst Mr. French's Palemon DERBY. 61s to 1 agst lion. E. Petre's The Colonel 20 to 3 agst Lord Grosvenor's Navarin 11 to 1 agst Duke of Rutland's Sorcery colt 11 to 1 agst Mr. Thornhill's Merchant 14 to 1 agst Mr. Nowell's Giraffe (Amy colt) IE4 to 1 agst Latimer 113 to 1- agst Mr. 'hornbill's Marinet 22 to 1 agst Duke of Grafton's Omen ONCAITIM ST. LEGER. 20 to 1 agst Lord Grosvenor's Navariu IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, MAaem 31. The Press were not admitted till Ave minutes before five o'clock. Several strangers were allowed to enter before we got in, who, to add to the great inconvenience reporters are usually under from a crowd behind them, occupied the front of the Bar. The Duke of WELLINGTON made his appearance a few minutes before five o'clock. Ile wore a blue ribaud, star and garter. He was soon followed by Lord Goderich, the Duke of Gloucester, Lord Eldon, and a number of others, there being an uncommon number of Peers present. The space too below the Throne was crowded with Members from the 'louse of Commons. Indeed, to have seen the assemblage of Commoners, one would have supposed that ■ottting of interest was going on in their own House. Lord TEYNHAM presented a petition from the Broad Silk Weavers of Spitaltields, praying for a Bill to fix the minimum of wages. The Duke of GLOUCESTER presented a petition from certain Protestant Dissenters of Gloucester, praying for the Repeal of the Corporation and Test Acts. The Duke of MONTROSE presented a petition from the Provost and Corporation of Glasgow, against the Cor poration and Test Acts. The Duke of k.: -.- Vi ; eASTLE presented a petition from Woodbury, against the repeal of the Corporation and Test Acts. The Noble Duke also presented a petition from certain Woolgrowers, residing near Sherwood Forest, in Notting ham, against the importation of Foreign Wool.—The peti tion was laid on the table. CORN LAWS. The Duke of WELLINGTON said, in rising to move your Lordships for certain papers, which will tend to show the operation of the Act passed in the course of last ses sion of Parliament, relative to the protection of the Home consumption of corn from the Ist of July in that year, I avail myself of this opportunity of stating to the House, the nature of the measure Government mean to propose to Par liament for the reform of the Corn Laws, and the principles upon which that measure is founded. My Lords, your Lordships are well aware that there are a variety of opinions on this subject throughout the country. Some of those opini ons reach both the extremes. I have considered it my duty, and my colleagues have considered it theirs, in the mea sure we are about to propose, to endeavour to steer a course between those two extremes, and to bring for ward a measure that will conciliate, if possible, all par ties, and be favourable to the public at large. Your Lordships will recollect that, notwithstanding the extremes of these opinions, all parties agree generally that corn ought to be in some measure protected.—( Hear, hear.) _ . believe that in Parliament, few, if any, have ex. pressed an opinion that corn should be imported into this country entirely free of duty. Seine indeed have expressed an opinion that the duty ought to be very small. But all have agreed that some protection ought to be afforded to the agriculturist of this country. This opinion, however, is founded .on the great burden of tax ation on this country generally, and the peculiar burdens falling upon the land. Those who favour this opinion that the duty ought to be but small, hold out a doctrine that goes to establish a system under which the poorer lands of this country, which have been brought into culti vation by the industry and capital of the country, are again to be led out of cultivation, and the richer lands are to be in some degree neglected in order to meet those views. My Lords, this country has been brought into its present affordedhigh agriculturist,, stateof cultivati on b y th e pro t ec ti on P ar li ament h as and which has induced gentlemen to lay out their capital in bringing into cultivation lands formerly waste. The effect of the proposition of those t a il i o o w a t r hose e forj thi s l ow rate of duty, would be to poor lands again out of cultivation—to dis courage cultivation generally—and to diminish the pro ductive powers of this country. Finally, it would leave the country dependent on the agriculturists of foreign parts.—(Hear, Lords, I sh a ll not exaggerate u le eu r c , ea.)—l y ehofrsuchisas system as thi s , b ut I b eg your Lordships se lniiPB q to recollect th e consequences that might result, t if h th e e o powers of the dominions from which our supplies were to be derived, were to think proper to lay a heavy tax upon their exports upon their transits to this country. I entreat your Lordships to con sider what would be the consequences of such a measure, and which I would say, parties might be highly justified in adopting. But, supposing these to act in moderation, and not to adopt such a measure as the one proposed, this country would still find itself as it has previously found itself, in years of famine, both in the last and the preeeat century. Thus it would be exposed to the hea viest expense: the costs in Poland and elsewhere would not be increased : the prices here would regulate, not the prices there, but the profits of all those who would be concerned in bringing the produce to this country. Under these circumstances, I am of opinion that the reduc tion of the duty would not produce in England a reduction of pike, but that on the contrary it would produce an enormously increasing price. Putting the question aside, as in this sense it regards foreign impor- LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 1, 1828. tation, I would beg your Lordships to look to Ireland, and see the consequences of the want of encouragement to agri culturists there.-(Hear.)-That country supplies Eng land with about two millions of quarters of grain of differ ent descriptions, of which, iu the course of last year, the supply of wheat was nos less than four hundred thousand quarters. My Lords, I beg your Lordships to look to that which I might almost say is the only-at least one of the two only-manufactures of Ireland. If you were to reduce the duty to this low degree, it would be to deprive you of that plenty hitherto enjoyed. I have stated that the gentlemen of this country have by the expense of their ca pital and the labour employed, raised the agricultural state to that high condition in which it stands-(Hear, hear)- and nothing would he more unjust than to take from them the protection which enabled them to bring the country to estate so desirable, and deprive them of those rents which are their due from the capital they have laid out.-(Hear.)- My Lords, I say the merchants, the manufacturers, the poor, and the whole public, are interested in the maintenance of this independent condition of the country. The nobility- the gentry - nay, I say the Government itself-are interested in supporting it from the advantages derived from its condition. I say, then, that even if I could believe that I could make grain cheaper by withdrawing from it the protection it now receives, I would not do it at such an expense to the interests of the country at large. The other system differs from this in being the contrary extreme-it is one of entire prohibition, which I must say is greatly to be com plained of, and scarcely less objectionable than that to which I have adverted. The truth, my Lords, is, it cannot be carried strictly into execution without exposing the country to the greatest inconveniences, first from want, next from a superabundance of grain in the country, at a time when we might want to be relieved from it, and next by a depression of prices, both as affect ing the corn of this country, and that brought from abroad. Those evils could be relieved only by the illegal interference of the Government, or by Ministers coining down to Par liainent to induce Parliament to consent to the suspension of the law. There was not a doubt that the system of prohibition had produced all the evils to which he had al luded, at some period or other during the time in which that system had operated. He understood that a Noble Lord had stated that there were resources in the act of the year 1622, which:allowed the diminishing of prices fur paying duties ; but the country could no more bear the price of 70e., as a prohibition, than that of 80s. ; and the Noble Lord. greatly deceived himself if he supposed that a duty of 175., for three months, and of 12s. ever after, could be borne, when the price of wheat rose to 70s. Under those circumstances, we were driven from the consideration of a prohibition, and a fixed duty, unless a small one had all the objections of a prohibition. The Government had, therefore, gone to the consideration of a measure adopted on the principle of the Bill introduced to their Lordships House last year,-that of the duty rising as prices fell, and falling as prices rose, allowing thereby, in proportion as the price of corn in this country was best calculated to bear it, tbreign corn to come in by degrees, under certain duties. He wished their Lordships to recollect, that after the Bill came under their consideration last year, and was abandoned by the Noble Lord who had introduced it, an Act was passed to enable the holders of Corn which had been bonded previous to the Ist of July, 1827, to introduce that Cern into the home-market for consumption, after the passing .pf the Act, upon payment of the duty pro posed by the Bill which had been allowed to drop. From the papers which it was his intention to move for, he would show their Lordships the result of the operation of that Act. When the Bill was brought under their Lordships' consideration he had supported it, and he recollected stating his opinion that that would be an expe riment of the measure which had been discussed dur ing the session. He admitted, however, that the experi ment had not been a perfectly fair one. The truth was, that by one of the clauses of that Act, those who had corn in bond were obliged to take it out between the periods of the months of July and May. They were therefore in duced to take out more than they otherwise would have been disposed to do, had they been left entirely to their own discretion. He entreated their Lordships to bear this fact in remembrance. The corn in bond on the let of July, 1827, amounted to 633,905 quarters; 531,575 quarters had been taken out of bond, and 119,431 quarters were the amount in bond on the sth of February last.- Under these circumstances, the Act had proved ineffectual, because it had brought the corn out of bond when lie be lieved the price in this country was not such as to render the introduction of corn necessary. He therefore asserted that the measure had in that respect been ineffectual ; and it had also been ineffectual in another point. Of that corn which had thus come out of bond, 380,000 quarters were taken out at a duty corresponding to the price of 50e. under the old Bill, and 95,000 quarters came out when the price was at a rate lower than that at which it was intended so large a quantity should be admissible. At the same time he begged of their Lordships to recollect, that the corn had been forced out of bond by the clause to which he had alluded, which obliged the holders of corn to take it out previously to the let of May, and he also begged of them to recollect that the Act had been ineffectual in this respect,inasmuch as there still was retained in bond 119,000 quarters, being about one-fifth of the whole quantity. In the measure which it was now the intention of govern ment to propose to Parliament, the duty, when corn was at 50s. the quarter, would be 348. ; and from 345. it would go on decreasing Is., according as the price of corn in creased Is. until corn rose to 641. At that price the duty would be 20.. ; at 655. per quarter, 18e. ; at 665. per quarter,l6s.; and at 565. per quarter, the duty would be the same tinder this Bill as under the last. The difference of the duties under the present system, compared with the Bill of last year, would be this :-With corn at 50s. the quarter, the duty would be 345., being a decrease of 6s. ; at 555. there would be a decrease of Is. of duty. He had already said that at 565. the duty was the same as under the last Bill. At 575. there would be an increase of Is. ; at 58s. there was an increase of 2s. ; at 60s. there would be an increase of 4s. ; at 61s. an increase of ss. ; at 625. an increase of 6s. ; at 635. an increase of 7s. ; and at 645. au increase of Ss. ; at 655. and 665. also, an increase of Ss. ; at 675. an increase of '73. ; and at 68.. an increase of 6e. With respect to oats and barley, it was proposed that they should remain in the state in which they were placed by the law last passed. There remained now only another point to which he wished to draw their Lordships' attention. Their Lordships would remember that in the discussion of the Bill of last year he had moved an amend ment, the object of which was to prevent frauds in the system of averages from being carried into execution by means of the warehousing system. Since last year a great deal has been done to remedy those frauds. In the first place, the Irish and Scotch corn in the market had been included in the averages; and returns fiom a great number of places, not before included, were added. The difficulty of fraud would be increased in proportion to the quantity on which the average was struck. Besides this the additional duty laid on the article itself would render the gain by any fraud, lions the price varying between ls. and 2s. only, so email, that it would scarcely be worthy any person's while to attempt the imposition. Their Lordships would recollect that in discussing this question last year, he had stated that it was his wish to introduce some regulations which might put an end to all such frauds. He was, however, aware that it was difficult to frame regulations strictly applicable to the trade in corn. The objection of them was founded on the injury which the trade might experience from any regulations. Under these circumstances, and considering the duty now proposed to be such as would be admitted by every one as sufficient to give a full and fair protection to the agriculture of this country, he trusted their Lordships would be satisfied without any interference with the bond. ing system.-(Hear, hear.)-Having now mentioned every thing lie wished to state, he earnestly entreated their Lord ships to consider what he had just proposed before they entered into any discussion. He had now only to move for an account of the average price of wheat from the Ist of July last to the latest period, and also fur a return of the quantity of foreign wheat entered for home consumption during the same period, and the rate of duty paid thereon. [The Noble Duke often spoke low, which, added to the great pressure and confusion at the bar, rendered it impos sible always to collect accurately what he said.] Lord FALMOUTH said, that he had expected that the statement of tke Noble Duke would have been so clear and satisfactory as not to call for any remarks or ob servations from him. Ne certainly regretted much that this expectation, which was raised by the opening obser vations of the Noble Duke, had been entirely disappointed by the character of the measure which it now appeared that he intended to introduce. Although be entertained the highest possible respect for every thing emanating from the Noble Duke, yet he could nut refrain from expres sing his disappointment at the inadequate protection about to be made to that most important class, the agricultural inte- rest of this country. Without entering into a consideration at the present stage, of all the details of what fell from hie Noble Friend, at the head of his Majesty's Government, he was still anxious to submit a few general observations on the subject, because if he, humble as he was, could suggest anything to their Lordships, likely to influence them in their ultimate determination, he thought that the present would undoubtedly be the best opportunity. He, however, begged to remind their Lordships that circumstances had most materially changed since the Bill similar to the one now proposed was discussed is the last Session.—(llear, hear.)—Yes, circumstances had cer tainly changed, and changed too, as he contended, most favourably for the view taken by the advo cates of the landed interest. It now turned out that the arguments urged last year against the agriculturists were futile and certainly unfounded. No high price had taken place, and it did not appear that any of those alarming circumstances had occurred. After some further observe :ions, which the great noise below the bar prevented us from hearing distinctly, the Noble Lord expressed his ialanviction that the proposed scale of prot ec ting duties 4 'svould .brow down the average prices of wheat so extremely low, that after the lapse of a short period it would not be generally cultivated in this country. Indeed, after all the expectations which had been raised in the minds of the agriculturists, it appeared that they had only a; boon of 4s. beyond the protection which would have been afforded to them by the Bill of last Session. Be fore their Lordships sanctioned such a measure, he beg ged to remind them of the state of the country.— Much had been said of the state of the currency with reference Ih its influence on our general welfare—for his own part, he must confess, that when he read pamphlets on that subject, he was more confused by them, and }:new infinitely less of the question than lie did before. There was, however, one broad fact, which must occur to every individual, however limited his capacity ; namely, that without agricultural prosperity there could be no general prosperity in the country.—(Hear, hear.)—This wa s a fact which all his experience proved—it was a truth with which every trader was impressed ; for all now felt that the farmer was their best customer.—(Hear, hear.) — Even the manufacturers were beginning to know it.— There was one point to which he wished to call their Lordships' attention, and that was the state of the unem ployed poor. Much had been said about superabundance of population, and of the increase of crime, particularly of the crime of poachiug,—on which subject a Noble Marquis had a Bill before their Lordships. There might be a coin plication of causes, which tended to increase the evil, but the main and principal cause was, because the farmer could not at the present prices, or at the prices proposed by the Noble Duke, employ the superabundant population.— (Hear.) Those prices were calculated on the nice economy of Parliament,—prices at which the farmer could just put his wheat into the ground in those parts of the country not peculiarly favourable on account of the soil or other cir cumstances. The farmer was called upon to exert himself against the evil of superabundant population, at the same time that the sources from which his industry and exertions were to spring were dried up. He must again say, that the great evil with which the country had to contend was a superabundant population ; and he thought that, placed as they were, it would be better to wait a year or two under the operation of the existing corn laws, than adopt any crude or incomplete measure. The Earl of MALAIESBURY wished fur general con venience to have the scale of duties read, as they had not been distinctly heard by their Lordships. The Earl of LAUDERDALE said, that for the gene ral convenience of the House, it would be better to have the scale printed, and then they could come to the discus sion on a future day, better prepared for concluding the business. The clerk then read the resolutions. ion! KING said, that he could not allow this opportu nity to pass, without expressing an opinion upon the pro position which had been just addressed to their Lordships. He had heard it whispered abroad a day or two ago,—and indeed it was a rumour he was at the time uawilling to believe,—that the pivot price would be raised 2s. ; but now out came the reality, that the addition, instead of being 2s. was actually 4s. ; and at certain points and turns of the market, it was to make no less a difference than be. between the scale of prices in the new Bill and that of last year. To such a system of legislation he might content himself to reply in a single observation, couched in three or four well-known words, and these were— " this is too had."---(A laugh.)—lf in fair weather they were to attempt to maintain these prices, when the seasons went beyond the average, what were the people to expect when a reverse took place? He begged, on this tirst movement of the Government upon the Corn Laws, to assure the Noble Duke, that if he meant this to be a per nwnent Bill, he was never more mistaken in his life, than time would show him to be in endeavouring to effect such an arrangement as this. Last year's Bill was had enough for tile country; but this was " too bad" indeed. It was intolerable to expect that such a plan to increase the mar ket price could be maintained,—it was quite chimerical. The Noble Duke had said, let them look to Ireland. Cer tainly, well they might, for Ireland alone had the merit, and a most beneficial operation it was, to prevent the con summation of the original design of these Corn Bill framers —namely, their keeping up of the prices ofBos. To Ireland this country was indebted for the prices being lowered to 50s. or 60s. Those who concocted the Bill in 1615, and their 80s. price, did not contemplate the effect which the importations from Ireland would produce upon their market. It was, then, Ireland that enabled the British population to live and subsist, in spite of these 80s. speculators. Bad as last year's Bill was, and worse as the present looked, still it seemed there were, individuals who were yet unsatisfied with what they called adequate protection. He wished such people joy of their feelings, and certainly a more un reasonable class of expectants were never left to brood over their chagrin. Hs was sorry that lie neither could agree in the principle of the Noble Duke's raolutions, nor in any part of the general doctrine which he propounded in in troducing them. He had, indeed, fairly told them, that his 'object was to keep up the price; that if a great price was not paid for land, they could not collect high rents ; but thee experiment could not succeed—no country could or would tolerate it. Surely agriculturists should remember that their true object in laying out money in the cultivation of land was to produce corn, and yet Bills of this kind would eventually tend to prevent their having the article :ailich they professed to want ; it was always in the nature of such over-doing to re-act against the perpetrators of it. Lord GODERICH said, that though this was not the tune to discuss the proposed Bill, yet lie wished to say a few words, were it only to express his anxious desire that this question should be brought, if possible, to a satisfactory termination in the.course of the present session. It was time that the country should know how it was really to stand respecting these laws.—(Hear)—and upon that point lie differed from his Noble Friend (Lord Fahnoutli); lie could not imagine a greater evil than the continuance of the present incomplete plan for two or three years lon ger. lie assured his Noble Friend, who had introduced the present resolutions, that he felt the greatest anxiety to l oo k with a favourable eye upon any approximation to a fair settlement of this question. If his Noble Friend had, however, through any views of policy or consistency, introduced his clause of last year, lie (Lord G.) should have been ()tinged to object to at least that part of his proposi tion. But as his Noble Friend did not intend to propose that clause, the question was reduced to a matter of degree, upon which he hoped they would come to a fair understanding. As far as lie was himself concerned, he was prepared to sacrifice much of his own individual opinions, to meet a general conciliatory arrangement. lie would not pretend to say that there were not details in the proposition before their Lordships, which went beyond his view of what was necessary; but as far as regarded the addition of the 45., he was not averse from conceding it. He would repeat, that f o r God's sake let the question he now settled, and lie hoped that in the consideration of this formidable subject (for formidable it really was) they would exclude from their mind all individual and party feelings, for the better attainment of a satisfactory conclusion to the business.—(Hear.) The Earl of FALMOUTH said, in explanation, that 1 when he alluded to waiting for another year or two, it was solely in preference to the continuance of an unsettled system. Lord lIEDESDALE hoped that at all events they would not make such a law as welsh' lessen the agricul tural produce of this country; for by so doing they would entail misery on the large population employed in the cul tivation of land, and on that depending upon it also for support. Let them look at the effect of foreign imports- PRICE 7D. tion upon the borne grower. Wh y , w h en only 1,000,000 quarters of foreign corn had got int o th e market, its effect was to reduce the general price of their own produce 2s. a quarter, and to subtract no less an a mount t h an 7,000,000/. sterling from the agricultural interest, and of course to that amount to depreciate agricult ura l Labour. The result of such an afflictaig d istress would be f ar beyond the scope of human calculation ; it would be the total ruin of the great agricultural population of this country. When they looked at the amount of that class of their population, they must always bear in mind the other classes that depended upon them for support-- a population which was infinitely greater, and far more important, than all the manufacturing classes put toge ther. There was another reason why they should ap proach this subject with the greatest caution. Were they sure, that in trying to reduce the price of corn in the man ner proposed, that they would be in a condition to meet the recurrence of two or three bad seasons ? They ought to be sensible that the only way of having cheap corn in this country, was to encourage the cultivation and produc tion of it : and he must tell them that in the encourage ment of agriculture, they had other articles to look at as well as corn : they had, for instance, their wool, which was placed at present in a roost absurd position. They were, in fact, exporting a quantity of foreign vm), while heaps of their own, equally good, lay wasting is their warehouses. The effect of such a system would undoubtedly be to reduce the number of sheep, and consequently to raise the price of meat. It was likewise a duty on manure, and in that light affecting the growth of corn in its baneful result. When peo ple talked of trade and its importance, and affected to sink agriculture, they ought to be told of their great and fatal mistake. For great countries had lived, and still lived, without this trade which they so highly lauded—Flanders, for instance, and China. Re verting to the corn question, he cautioned their Lordships to take care, that in estimating the price for a good year, they were not entailing ruin upon the farmer in the event of a bad one. Indeed, by the original system of the corn laws, the foreign importation was never contemplated, unless to avert the danger of famine; and what bad been the result of that system? Why, naturally to improve agriculture. The only way of having cheap corn was, be repeated, to raise the condition of agriculture. It was essential to the interest of the farmer that the duty should not be rapidly diminished, for then he would be compelled to have only one price in the good and bad year. At all events, preparatory to legislation on this subject, he thought they ought to inquire what was the amount of their popu lation dependent upon agriculture, for he was persuaded that the manufacturing interests would be only a flea-bite in comparison with them. The resolutions were then laid on the table. HOUSE DUTY.. The Earl of DARNLEY presented a petition, signed by 1,00 inhabitant householders of the parish of St. Leonard, Shorediteb, against the surcharge of the duty upon inha bited houses. The petitioners spoke in the strongest terms against this heavy and unfair tax. Several Members of the House of Commons then brought in some public and private Bills. GAME LAWS. On the motion of Lord WIIARNCLIFFE, the House re solved itself into a Committee on the Game Laws' Amendment Bill. Several amendments to the Bill were made and approved by the Committee. The House then resumed. The report was received, and the Bill, with its amendments, WWI ordered to be printed. ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE. _ _ The Marquis of LANSDOWNE wished to call the at tention of the Noble Duke to a question of some import ance to the transaction of public business. Their Lord- ' ships hail been fixing various days for the discussion of the various Bills brought from the Commons : and it would therefore, perhaps, be as well if they were now to fix the day after the holydays to which their• Lordships would . adjourn. The Duke of WELLINGTON said, that it was his in tention, as at present advised, to move that the House, on rising for the holydays, should adjourn till to •morrow fortnight. The House then adjourned at Seven o'clock. e»« We have again to complain of the peat pre►sure to which the Reporters were subjected below the Bar in their attempts to hear the observations of their Lordships. But this was not the only inconvenience they had to suffer. For• the purpose of obtaining as good a place as possible for hearing, they are obliged to station themselves on that side of the House which is nearest the fire. The public may form comae idea of• the intense heat, to say nothing of the crushing to which they were exposed, when we inform it that the thermometer, which stands near the door, and on the side of the House furthest from the fire, stood last night at 72 degrees, which is 22 degrees higher than the ordinary atmospheric heat. Surely, when the space below the Bar is filled to repletion, there is no occasion tbr t, blaz ing fire to increase the heat, by which all who form part of the crowd are nearly suffocated. HOUSE OF COMMONS, MARCY SI. Lord STANLEY presented a petition from certain in habitants of Manchester, praying that the Bill before the House fur paving and lighting the town of Manchester might not pass into a law. Lord STANLEY moved the third reading of the Bill for Lighting with Gas the town of Bury, in Lancashire. The Bill was accordingly read a third time, and passed. On the motion of Mr. MARSHALL, the Stockton and Darlington Railway Bill was read a second time, with amendments ; an ordered to be committed. _ Mr. BYNG presented a petition from the InhaLitants of Hammersmith, praying that the Hammersmith Bridge Bill might not pass into a law. On the motion of Mr. Bytca, the Aatnmersmith Roads Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. On the motion of Mr. BYNU, the Covent Garden Im provement Bill was read a second time and ordered to be committed. MARYLEBONE VESTRY BILL Mr. ASTELL presented a petition from the Select Ves try of the parish of ➢larylebone, praying that they might be heard by Counsel against the Bill. Mr. Al ARRIOTT brought up the Report on the Dover Harbour Bill, and the amendments were read a second time. On the motion of Mr. N. CALVERT, the Clapham Roads' Bill was read a second time. Mr. DENISON presented several petitions from Mort lake and other places, praying that the Hammersmith Bridge Bill might pass into a law.—Also a petition from Mr. R. Kew, of i.urrey Lodge, in favour of the Battersea In closure Bill. Sir E. OWEN brought up the Report of the Canterbury and Whetstone Railway Committee. Sir F. BUItDETT said, that he had been intrusted with a petition from the parishioners of Marylebone against their Select Vestry. The grievances arising from this system were loudly and universally complained of, and needed only an inquiry to be as universally admitted. The rates of the parish were enormous—not less, he understood, than 200,0001. per annum. Those rates during the last few years, under the management of the Select Vestry, had increased to the amount of 50 or 60 per cent., and the parish was now incumtered with a debt 0f230,000/. So many petitions on this subject had been recently presented to the House, that he thought it unnecessary to do more than protest against the principle of Select Vestries, which was unjust and abhorrent to the character of thid country. Nothing could be more unjust than that any set of men should be vested with such an arbitrary irresponsible power over the property of the public. The petition which he had the honour to present had received more than 5,000 most respectable signatures. Mr. ASTELL said the parish of Marylebone was managed in a way which gave very. general satisfaction. — (Hear, hear. )—The petition was got up in a manner so extraordinary, that if Hon. Members were ;tquainted with the circumstances, they would pause before they conceded to the views of the petitioners. The population of Marylebone was 120,000, and the parish rates were about 100,0001. per annum. The present 'system worked well for above sixty years, and the l e g islature o ught not to undo what had been so long in existence, He (Mr. Astell) was himself a ve str y man, and he c ould assure the House, that the grea test attention was paid to th e greatest lailiirsoftie parish, at the head of which w as t h e landed proprietor in the parish , the Duke of Port land. Mr. HOBIIOUSE o bser ved , t h a t the Hon. Gentle man had very o ryu f n the ile select unnecessarily informed the Hou se t h at he was a I vestry, as the fact could have ju. ey "" - 7; *red from the whole teaour of his arks. It wee an. seatlid 10 rsproaoh the Mon. Altietsztem.w.ho had the cos duet of the Bill, as there waa, nothing uncornmen or in formal in the proceedings. Hituonlit scarcely believe that he did . not neiespprehend hint, when he undeestood the Rom Mend* * II6 V. staid there wee no complaint. He sulk was net astionain ntakirgi suck ai declemeioe et the eery EmenWal WOia bfineing their complaint Went t 1 Eigiokturei soda as the actual eacitatieho aed " yews: true,tl thforeneiyin-t of the pariah, this us amours short of an ab solute change in the meatrism. Ulm& . fa ire could satisfy th e complaining', Even although, all that had been alleged in defence of the cast in*? Inteomziewusouilnd be still liabi.A4ts.g:tbr whi nt el lu ese d " lud u ed ally the b i; own accounts from this inspection of the parialtionere ought to be utterly abrogated. Ma. deemed the .ogle allegatio n in itself sufficient to eat the iumeion at re*. Admitting the respectability o f those lea gentleman, it was rather more probable th a t 5,000 s h ou ld b e r i i h t t h an 123 . The petition, however, he could not consider as issuing from the vestry. It had been signed elerwhere, and he therefore did not think it a veetry document. It was perfectly natural, when men were accused, that they should say they were innocent, but it was not quite so natural that they should say let there be no in quiry.—(Hear, hear, hear. )—The averment of irregu larity in the reading of the Bill, and therefore want of .hoe notice, was quite unfounded, as it appeared that the super scription of the list of grievances (which was sent round to all concerned) announced the second reading of the Bill for the 24,th of March, four o'clock. It would seem a a T s nhd if any h The opinions eshmou c p o set n d t b r: e. r op y to urlodnho t a l u i v e nec H ead o f : i . inr f G odri e vn n u t u l ls e s m i joi a nl i' s i eb s fe i fa n ocr t t e e z ti_ s interests Committee (that was all required by the parish), and he felt no doubt that a fair statement of their giievauces would be followed by the remedial interposition of the House. He had read a pamphlet written on the subject by toe Rector of Alarylebonne, and circulated by the select vestry; but it was not the slightest answer to the allega tions of the parishioners. Cu?. BAILLIE said, be was one of the Select Vestry himself, and considered all the complaints made iu the pa rish imaginary. He agreed with the Hon. Member who spoke last, that all the subject required was a fair dis cussion. Mr. HUME said, that nine out of every ten persons in the parish were disconcerted with the proceed ings of the select vestry. He believed the petition now about to be presented spoke the sense of the pa rish fully and accurately. Mr. Alderman WOOD declined at present going into the merits of the Bill. He had done his duty in moving formerly for a return of the accounts, which were refused by the Vestry. By that refusal, however, they had most distinctly shown their disinclination to enlighten the parish on the subject of their expenditure. As to the second reading of the Bill, he did not conceive that he had any reason for self-reproach. lie had come to do his duty at an early hour, and had acted in compliance with the advice of others, as well as his own sense of its propriety. Mr. GEO. DAWSON said the subject of select yestrie4 wag one of great local interest. He thought th e p ar i s h should have the power of controling the expenditure of the parish money, and that any vacancies which occurred in the select vestry should be filled up by the parish,- and not by the vestrymen. After a few words from Mr. Alderman WerTninAN and Sir CifA3. BUURELI, the petition was laid on the table. WANDSWORTH AND BATTERSEA INCLOStfF: BILL. Mr. Alderman THONIPSON presented a petition from the inhabitants of Putney, against the Battersea Inelasure Bill. Mr. DENISON, in moving the second reading of the Battersea and Wandsworth lnclosure. Bill, expressed a hope that there would he no opposition offered to the sending of the Bill to a Committee, as he was satisfied that there the objections to it would be removed, and a satisfactory arrange ment had between all parties. One of the reasons urged against the Bill was, that a great number of small cottages would be built upon the fields when enclosed, and that a vast quantity of poor inhabitants would be thus introduced into the parish. Should the Bill go before a Con - twitter, was instructed to say that the promoters of the measure wero prepared to show that no such result would follow from the passing of the Bill. In Committee, too, the objections urged by the trustees of Mr. :llarshall could be satisfactorily ac oramodated. He was justified. in asserting that two-thirds in value, and one half in number of the itic,prietors of the land were in favour of the measure. The Hon. Member concluded by moving the second reading of the Bill. Mr. Alderman TttompsoN oppueed the - pith was instructed to state to the House that the of the resident owners of land, and the inhabitvits in the neighbourhood of Battersea, were inimical t the measure. The Worthy Alderman moved, as an ar:iendment, that the Bill be read a second time that day six months. Mr. MARRYAT opposed the Bill, and supported the amendment. Lord ALTHORP supported the Bill. He conceived that it should at all events be allowed to go to a Commit tee. The Noble Lord proceeded to advocate the measure upon its merits, and to contend that unless it could be shown that the passing of the Bill would be a grievance, it •hould not be opposed. In conclusion, his Lordship said, :13 lie was indirectly interested, or nearly so, in the. success of the measure, although he had taken this opportunity to express his sentiments in favour of it, lie did not intend to rote should the amendment go to a division. (Hear.) Mr. D. W. HARVEY wished to know in what manner. they were to protect the Metropolis, if this Bill pissed. If the laud were not to be productive unless this Bill oassed that might be a reason for agreeing to the passing of the Bill ; but the fact was that the promoters of the Bill (lid not intend to make this laud productive, otherwise than of money to themselves, for their object was to build a new city there ; the ground was to he let to any person what • ever who would build houses of tiny description there, to the detriment of the health of the inhabitant d of the metropolis. Mr. FERGUSSON paid that he should oppose the mo tion upon one ground, which was that there iTere no open spaces near London ; and he was, therefore, opposed t o the inclosure of any commons which now exist iu the neighbourhood of the metropolis. Mr. SPENCER PERCIVAL said, that he felt bound to oppose the Bill, for he could look at it in no other light than as a Bill for establishing a general public nuisance. Mr. BENETT argued in support of the Bill. Ile did not see what right they bad to prevent the proprietors of this land from building upon it. As it was, if they could come to an agreement amongst themselves they might erect houses all over it without asking for a Bill from that House. Mr. Alderman WOOD said, that the health of the me tropolis was always considered a very strong ground of op position to any Bill for inclosing lands in its neighbourhood. In the present case there could be no security against the building of small houses. Mr. CARTWRIGHT said he could not see why there should be one law for land near the metropolis, and another fur the rest of the country. Mr. CALCRAFT said, that he came down to vote against the till, but the arguments in opposition to the Bill were so extraordinary, that he should vote for its going into a Committee. _ Alderman WAITIIMAN said, that the land in question was below the level of high water mark, so that ally houses that were built on the greater part of it must ba. of an in , when that lie n as t4 e t l r i t e , a l l a , ferior description. There were so few places of recreation said, that he also was oppoied to about the metropolis, that he was opposed to the iuclosure of any othir commona. Lord NORMANBY the inclosure of lands in the neighbourhood of the metro polis ; but the present one differed from all others ; for, in point of fact, the land was in a state of cultivation, except appeared d ar la ed y below the level for about ten weeks in the year ; so that it could be of little importance to the inhabitants of the metropolis. of the river, the air could not be so salubrious as was sup_ posed. H e felt bound to support the Bill, which he did not think at all calculated to injure the metropolis. For the second reading l2 Against it 92 Majority ,ln --_._ The Bill was therefore thrown" out. Mr. BYNG Thel I r. House BARING ddivided, ,i d s said, presented a petition rom the parish of Shored . ' itch, praying for a repeal of the In habited house duty. Sir J. SCARLETT presented a petition from the In habitants of the parish of lluniar, in the c ounty of Cavan, praying for Catholic Emancipation. Mr. HUME presented a petition from the Catholic In habitants of Maryborough, praying that an alteration may he made in the Sub -letting Bill, under which they suffer many grievances. Mr. TENNYSON moved tlte.Order of the Day for the third reading of the Pettryn Disfranchisement Bill, fur the purpose of postponing it until the 190, day oi . April , . next. Several petitions in favour of the Catholic Claims were presented by Mr. SPRIICE and Sir F. BURDETT. Mr. Secretary PEEL gave notice that on Thursday next he should move that the House, at its rising, should ..djourn to Monday the 14th day of April. UNLICENSED RETAILERS OF WINE. Mr. Alderman THOMPSON presented a p-titiou from e Licensed Victuallers in and near London, prayint that