The Sun. — London, England, 1841-05-18 00:00:00

)7s,T. tl. resPi: that )re ! .As rew, der of 1. ering discusseo, to a clio ideratoad' that 5110 11 i meinbe r it atFotirx it Wold disratelli .1t the or' ei nbeo i/1 . ,1 iili Par )1, ping We r • 13 CI 3 %OS t [ v 5h0 1,14 I d Go de: to sPes' Lanr h ; into -- IS frO° r - 11C 3 CP°'ll , he Cil?, • for , n'i't tre a f di h "' of '"° trades cl• a Dr' Coil ,, i btu the a P l ' ice t he L . (Jr the ell r, beg e , t e' n ' neA l t th e ' t VA C " 0 96 so $ with Ll 4OO f r o° t, in tho I pro' .;° l 2( V EVENING E.l)llii (!N England had now been brought to a point at which sh•. must take the lead of all co.nmereial enterprises in the world ; and such a position was not to be occupied with out great deeds and. acreat exertions. E ng l an d had had to do s o ; s h e had had to put - down civil war in Canada, and she: had hardly done that when she had to take - up arms in the Indira, and, 'since then, she had. been called upon, in China, to resent injuries and outrages which, if permitted, would :ender it impossi'alr for her to maintain her commerce. Even so recently- as the last autumn she had had to uphold the Tull cish empire, which was, at that time almost tot tering to its fall. The Chancellor of the Exchequer found se deficit of two millions in the revenue, and pro- Posed a remedy with respect to Which gentlemen on the 'apposite side of . the House complained of being taunt by surprise.—(Hear, hear.) He (Sir Charles Gr ey) could not see the reasonableness of such a ( complaint. There were no grounds whatever for the re igned surmise of those Gentlemen opposite, with re pect to this subject. He wished also to observe that 7,t was a fallacy to suppose that the consumer paid the whole of .the import duty. He believed that it would he found that the duties imposed upon the importation of any article were. deducted eventually from the rent. At first it might be paid by the consumer, but eventu ally the consumer lessened his consumption of the taxed article, and substituted some untaxed article in its place, end then the producer would go to his landlord, and say, a vhile this impost continues it is impossible that I can it 'ay the rat I nave been in the habit of doing, and I oust have, a reduction in my rent accordingly. He was " bi rinee'l That the principle was a sound one, and it rotdd liecome a matter of most important consideration hen 'shay came to the question of the Corn-laws. ere ssere_three quarters of the world ready to give them '!h es in abundance, and they wsre asked to give a cold w - 9 1ial. lie was surprised that many interests he could sention had not requested Members of that House to ad- , 'locat e the cause with respect to the fund-holder. What he Would propose was to make the whole world pay the in terest of that debt which he looked upon as little less than a mortgage of the land-holder of the country. Par ties might pledge their property, and their land, but they could not pledge the property which was procured by the sweat of the labourer's brow. Ile was sorry to observe the manner in which the measure proposed by her Ma jesty's Ministers had been met in that House, as he could not but look with fear on the situation in which the country would be plaeed if that measure was not adopted. They had been told that there would be a dis solution if th e Propositioa was not carried ; butdisso lution could netsuke place at the present moment in consequence of the measures that must yet be carried: With respect to the opposition to the proposition he confessed that he had no conception upon what grounds it was based, because the other side could not come into powev, supposing they succeeded in defeating her Ma.- . sesty's Ministers. But supposing the Right Hon. Gen tleman opposite should succeed to power to-morrow, it would go forth to the world that no ground wh a t ever had been 'shown for the proposition of the Noble Lord the Member for Liverpool. Mr. SMYTHE supported the motion of the Noble Lord, the Member for Liverpool. He admitted that the measure that had been proposed by her Majesty's Go vernment evould be a benefit to the consumer and to the foreign mer chant.—(Hear, hear.) He thought, however, that if the . - roroposition was carried, the detriment which it Would wodul catrie to the national h onour an d t o th e co l on i es m(sie than counterbala nce an y b ene fit th a t m i g h t t- d eme - A by the consumer. Mr. A INSWORTH said that as allusion had been Made to the distress of the borough which he repre sented, 'r e trusted the House would allow him to state the red .sons why he should support the proposition of her Mt .jesty's Government. The Noble Lord had rather • under than over-rated the distress that existed in Bolton. :is own part, he had never witnessed such scenes of e nl ise , :y as had t a k en p l ace t h ere. Th e cause of that dis tress; was to be attributed to the manner in which the fo -I"eiftn trade of the country was crippled. He would not i laur go into the question of slavery, because he thought • that question had been answered by the Noble Lord the Member for Northumberland and the Right Hon. Baro net the Member for Devonport, but he must refer to the trade with Brazil, as he thought the trade with that country had been carried on in a most unfair manner. lie was sorry that his Hon. Friend, the Member for New ark, who was not now in the House, had asked such a question as this : of what use would it be to the poor weavers of Bolton, that sugar should be is. 6d. per cwt. cheaper answer was, that it would be of great use to them to • have new markets opened for their labour. (Hear, haar.) It would give the employment, for want of which so much distress was suffered at this moment in • every mu nufacturing borough in the kingdom.—(Hear.) It was the duty of every representative of those boroughs to still) art her Majesty's Government in the wise and liberal I ourse which alone was calculated to relieve that distress, and to extend our relations with foreign coun tries.-- —(Hear, hear.) Mr. _HODGE'S was sorry that the three questions of suestys, corn, and coffee, had been brought forward toge ther, as it was not necessary that gentlemen who sup por tel one should approve of all three. The sugar ques tioi a had been-already so ably argued, that he would not no w allude to it. He was prepared to support the mea terse respecting the timber duties, but he thought that a low duty on corn would be the same in effect as no duty at all, and would ruin the agricultural interest of this country. • It would have the effect of transferring to the shores of the Baltic the capital at present engaged in the cultivation of .the: land in this country. He would op pose the proposition of her Majesty's Government. Mr. TROTTER, who was for the most part inaudible Was understood to support the motion of Lord Sandon. , Mr. ROCHE ..complained of the uncertainty and s peculation which the present system of - Corn-lawa gave rise to, the result of which was, that when there was a scarcity of corn in that country, it was almost impossible to procure it from abroad. He thought a fixed duty would prevent the ruinous fl uc t ua ti ons w hi c h were so frequently. taking place in the price of that commodity. Under the present system, no interest was safe for a single moment. It appeared to him that the proposed reduction. of the duty on foreign sugar would, instead of encouraging, tend materially to put an end to the abomi nations of slavery and the slave trade. He had the greatest abhorrence of slavery, and that was one of the strongest motives with him for supporting the r e sent . proposition. He t oo k it f or granted, that hrons the e long opp os iti on h er Majesty's Government would be the operation 'of the present measure. He „ ou ght very littl e o f t h e cons i stency and. humanity of m f os e H oe. Gentlemen who objected to the introduction con reign sugar while they gave the most liberal en aa,,enient to slave-grown tobacco and cotton. It was 138.0asitiltieIT her Majesty's Government had staked their existence upon the present measures. In that 1 2 1 _ had acted wisely, for in his opinion they were cal- Tated to prove highly conducive to the development the resources of the country, to the development of alier_coinmerce, and to the comforts of the people.—(Loud As t . TUFNELL said the Noble Lord opposite o> l a`! . only count upon the support of the agriculturists 6, 1 ' 18 (Mr. Tuffnell's) side . 'of the House, on the prin e that in resisting the attack upon one monopoly, aY were supporting that in which they were peculi her 'Y interest e d. He should support the prop os iti on o f a ai seajesty's Government. su-r t - G CAVENDISH said the questio n b e f ore the • intense. se was wheth er th e y were t o d e p rive t h e agr i cu l tural e a a ere sts of the protection they had for so long a period le e r - J o 7ed• In voting against the amendment of the Noble the Member for Liv e rp oo l, an d f or go i ng i nto sl ar e mittoe upon the propositi o n s b roug ht f orwar d b y the co onsble Lord a t th e h ea d o f t h e G overnment, he did not nsiders himself as at all pledged to vote fur this or that le d fixity. That was not the time to enter into details, i . .esste s a question with hi m w h et h er t h e proposed re ., . donin the corn duti es s h ou ld not b e spread over a r"r Ain number of years. No one was more averse to e at and sudden changes than himself, but he could not !es k at the great deficiency in the revenue, without giv . inf ; his support to measures which he thought were cal cad W Sited to meet that deficiency without the imposition of eutional taxes, and thereby giving a freer and wider sc ape to the industry and resources of the people. Captain MATHEW said tl at he was a member of s in th a West Indian body, and however prejudicial to the terests of that body the abo7ition of the slave system Is as, lie had notwithstanding oted for that measure, be .s: c Luse cf its consonance with the cause of humanity. A • g rent revolution in the affairs of the West Indian planters it n lust necessarily be the result cf that measure, to which N sea. to he added the effect of two bad seasons, and it was a t such a period the Noble Lord (Lord J. Russell) chose ta.ining forward a measure the upshot of which must be ruinous to the planters. He knew not whether the U ouse, but he was, sure that the country, was satisfied with the resolution of the Noble Lord (Sandon). He Loe ha 's . 's convinced that the natu ra l r i va l ry b etween t h e East the West Indies would be sufficient to furnish an !quote supply of sugar to this country without any im fo.! tation from foreign States. From seeing Ministers )I 'sig. forward a measure such as the present, which was (a teulated to rivet the chains of slavery, he was inclined to thi n k t h at the abolition of that system had been t Isen lip for merely partizan p urposes.. M r. Boyle •: ' c aels, a celebrated Irish Member, who was probably heard of b y many Hon. Gentlemen, used to say, that t 3 Theonly way to avo i d danger was to meet it plump. . h Noble Lord (Lo r d J o h n R ussell) seemed to adopt Treethat maxim, a n d c h arge d H on. Gentlemen on that (the Con servative) side of the House, with factious and party Purposes in the course they thought fit to adopt on the present occasion. Th e N o bl e Lord ' s arguments—that e ,eesiPec ing cheap sugar , an d that ' referring to the de a , s " theplausible. r evenue, we l eave it with a deficit—we dare you to a • succeed us. Wh at he . would ask, had produced that ~e l it:ea ?, When Government introdu ce d th e Post-office scheme, they were warne d of its uselessness, and of the ntmenittes to which it would bring then, yet they per sisted, and the resent deficit was the result. ' At a late genl . meeting_ s,, of the Colonial Society, of which he ( Cap ,, e ein aiatnew) was a member, and to which the , • Master of the Ordnance had the other night referred, there was but one opinion a mong the gentlemen present, • Who w ere o f all political parties, as to the course now a • _adopted by Government and that opinion was, that the . British colonies were now selected as a sacrifice ' to taste up the deficit in the revenue, because they were , unrepresented in that House—becauseah had no votes B t i l ' ir gsve at the hustings. He felt confident that the mea e would be discarded by a large majority,a and to the measure failed nt • . 1 ,,e; - disgrace of having brought forward sucii. Government would add the disgrace of hay' e s, - e • • Sir BENJAMIN HALL felt that it sr in g ite enpos he anetlitoincoef • , at that advanced stage of the debaates,qtul the:',l37enew argument calculated to arrest the atote 1-I(mse. He was not one of those who thought that .tq is. Gentlemen opposite were not at liberty statin"l"e the plan of Government without h T he) , course they meant to, pursue hadanswered the question put to . e ens as to what that course might' be, and he was con 'bleed the reason -as because the only alternative for meeting the present financial diffieulties that they could adopt was a direct taxation: of real property. 'The Noble Lord (Lord J. Russell) was right in not adopting that course ; but yet if he did he would be at liberty to ask the co-oTeration of Hon.:Gentlemen opposite, as they had on similar oceasions - iisS:the present adopted such a course. With respect to the proposition which Ministers had laid befers the House, he trusted they would act with firmness and decision. If they were defeated (as he feared they would) in the present instance, he trusted they would not 'separate without bringing before the conside ration of the House that other great and important qness tion which manyout of that House desired to see again discussed within its walls—he meant the question of the Corn-laws. He hoped they would follow up that great proposition, and appeal to the sense of the country.—(Ministerial cheers, answered by ironical cheers from the Opposition)—that they would give the country an opportunity 'of - judging and of exhibiting its judgment as to whether the proposition was for the benefit of the people or not, Mr. STRITTT conceived that the right of importing any commodity, from whatever country they chose, which was granted to the West • Indian merchants, was not a boon but an act of,justice, and on the same prin ciple it was, in his mind, but justice to the people of this : country to allow sugar to be imported from every quarter of the globe. It had been said that by admitting foreign sugar we should promote slavery abroad. This was an important question ; but in discussing it we mast take the matter as a whole, and go into general psinciples.—(Hear, hear.) This, however, was refused by 'Hon. Gentlemen on the other side, who appeared to have no objection to the introduction of any article of slave produce but sugar. They were bound, if they had any regard to consistency - , —if they did not take measures for the entire prohibi tion of all other slave-grown commodities—at least to take measures for their gradual exclusion; and not only. so, but they ought to pass a non-importation Act, for every bale of British goods imported into the Brazils had, according to the principles of Hon. Gentlemen, a tendency to increase slavery abroad. Therefore, if they relied in full consciousness on the strength of their argu ment, they must carry it out much further, and cut off the produce of all nations where slavery exists, in order to compel them to abandon that atrocious system. He believed so far from such a course leading to such results it would have the opposite effect, and only excite feelings of irritation in the minds of the people of that country, not only against ourselves, but against the principles ,it was our object to impress upon them. He believed this object was to be attained by per: suasive, and not by coercive measures, but, above all, by showing them that, in carrying into effect these princi ples of justice and humanity, we had been at the same time but consulting our own interests.—(Hear ' hear.) On these grounds, and looki ng a t th e ques ti on o f slavery alone, he could feel no hesitation in supporting her Ma jesty's Government on the present ()tension. There was one class - of opponents whose conduct had astonished him not a little, and that was the West India planters. When he considered how long they had resisted not only the abolition of the slave trade, but of slavery itself f he must say it was with great astonishment he heard them come forward and charge the Noble Lord with encouraging slavery.—(Cheers.) Were he to express his feelings on the subject as strongly as he entertained them, he feared lie might be tempted to use language that would not be strictly parliamentary.—(Cheers.) He would -challenge them with hypocrisy ; but when he considered that the present was the first time he had heard of these professions, he thought nosufricient case had been made out on the ground of these profes sions to*efuse relief to a suffering people.—(Hear, hear.) He only wished, to add that he felt the greatest satis faction at the general measure proposed by her Ma jesty's Government, and he was sure they would be re ceived with like satisfaction by the people of the country. He was rejoiced that the Noble Lord had taken in hand the great and difficult question of the Corn-laws, and, above all, that he had given up the system of a sliding duty, which he believed was foundedin fraud and delusion. He thought that the Hou. Member for West Kent was wrong in supposing that it was the business of that House to determine what the price of corn should be. The great error of the Government on this subject had been, in not leaving this to be determined by the farmers and those who were most interested. The Hon. Member 'or Surrey had objected to the proposed system, on ac count of its uncertainty. But this was the great com plaint against the present Corn-laws, that on account of the unsteady price they could not be paid for in manu factured goods, and this occasionally l e d t o a d ra i n o f bullion and a derangement of the Currency. No argu ment on this subject had more strengthened his convic tion than this. He thanked the Government for having taken up the question in the manner they had done, and in putting out of the way all minor considerations, and he was sure that in doing so he would receive the sup port of the great majority of the people of the country, to which hebelieved they were jUstly entitled.—(Cheers.) Mr. MARK PHILIPS said that although the Hon. Member for N ewar k (M r . Gl a d stone ) h a d said - that many would give their support to her Majesty's Ministers with doubting minds and quailing hearts, he rose to give his vote on the present occasion without such feelings, either with reference to himself or those he had the honour to represent. On the contrary, he had never felt greater confidence than he should do, in giving his vote on the present occasion, for he believed there ex isted the most perfect unanimity of feeling between him self and his constituents with respect to,the proposition of her Majesty's Government.—(Hear, hear.) If any constituency had distinguished itself with reference to the abolition of slavery, it was that which he had the honour to represent, and he had therefore felt the greatest pleasure in receiving from the Secre tary of the Anti-Slavery Society in Manchester, within the last day or two, a statement that only two in dividuals connected with that body bad the slightest hesitation in coming forward and declaring their adhe sion to the proposition of the Government.—(Hear, hear.) He thought such a speech as that of the Hon. Member for the Tower Hamlets (1)r. Lushington), was calculated to do great injury. The Hon. Member had said that he had not the slightest doubt that the people of this country would prefer a dinner of herbs to the stalled ox so prof fered to them. He thought the Hon. and Learned Mem ber, in making that statement, had certainly o ut s t e pp e d all proper and fair estimation of the feelings of the operatives of this country. He (Mr. M. Philips) did not deny that these individuals sympathised with the negroes; he believed they did so far more than those who more loudly expressed their sympathy.—(Hear, bear.) But as regarded these unfortunate operatives, he thought it was almost insulting their feelings to talk of their pre ferring a dinner of herbs. They had dined on them too long ; with them it was no matter of choice but of necessity.—(Hear.) And when he was among his own constituents, many of whom he saw toiling from morning to night, anxious, by the honest industry, to gain a live lihood for their families, he did sympathise most deeply with them.—(Hear, hear.) With regard to our trade with the Brazils, he believed at this moment it amounted t 01,000,0001., and the importance ofits continuance would therefore not be disputed by any except by those ,who carried out their sympathetic feelings. Without refer ence to practical experience, he (Mr. M. Philips) had had some experience in the trade to the Brazils, when he first entered in commercial life, and he stated with pride that throughout a long course of years they had never supplied articles to that country that would go indirectly into the African trade. It appeared by the official returns that the value of our exports in the present year was 2,600,0001. In his opinion it was far larger ; but this was quite sufficient for his purpose, for it would thus be found that upwards of 2,000,0001., representing English industry by the articles of hard ware, cotton, and iron, were exported to this country. Now, what was the position of the trade at the present moment ? It had been carried on for years, and they had never before heard a word against it. Our mer chants had been obliged to give long credit to the mer chants of the Brazils, as in all other parts of the world, and this had enabled them to complete their plantations. It might be said they lent their capital to be employed in the slave trade. But would any one say they could put down a trade of this description ? What would be the con sequences of attempting to put an ehd to such a trade as this ? Those engaged in the home trade would be thrown out of employment, and would be obliged to resort to the poor-house for relief ; a tax would fall in consequence upon the machinery, which, instead of being able to com pete with the other nations of the world, would thus be ' excluded from competition. Let them look at the im portance of the trade with reference to another question; in what position would they be placed in 1842, in seek ing a continuance of the treaty with Brazil ? Was this a matter of no importance to the shipping interest of this country ? In 1839 not a ship could find a return cargo to the country from whence it came. It was true these ves sels touched at many ports, but it did not thence follow that they would get a cargo. This was a monstrous condition for a large portion of the shipping interest of the country to be placed in. Then look at the condition of the country if they should not be able to negotiate with the Brazilian Government for the renewal of the commercial treaty we at present enjoyed. He said that it behoved every one who held the reins of Government in this country to take care that so important a branch of trade should run no risk of being ruined. It was the duty of the GOvernment to promote, foster, and increase that trade. He would not dwell longer on this part of the question, but he felt he should not have discharged his duty to his constituents if he had not drawn atten tion to this important subject. He was sure there were those who required our sympathies at home, and he con gratulated her Majesty's Ministers on the present occa sion that, instead of bringing forward fresh taxes, which would not relieve or expand the enterprise of the country, they had had the manliness boldly to meet the difficulty, by admitting the necessity of carrying the principle of free trade in a manner that would give employment to those who were anxious to avail themselves of it. He had often been solicited by the hand-loom weavers of Lancashire to bring forward a vote of a grant of money in that House in their favour. He had always thought it advisable not to adopt such a step ; but 'he felt, that if some remedy were not devised by a new system of legislature as regarded the necessaries of life, such a grant would become indispensable. They had heard on various occasions that it was the intention of the promoters of the New Poor-law to drive the people to use a coarser description of food. He had always denied that statement, and had held it to be a libel on the Rouse ; but he was persuaded that the result in question would follow from the policy of those who would maintain existing monopolies. The plan of meeting the expenses of the country by renewed taxation had already been tried, and had com pletely failed. It was now time to resort to a different course. The trade of England had been de clining of late years. and he was confident that this state of things would become irremediable if existing restric tions were continued, and that to Hon. Gentleman oppo site the evil might be fairly attributed. Mr. W. BARRON opposed the resolution of the Noble Lord the Member for Liverpool for six distinct reasons.—(A laugh.) He opposed it first, because he thought, however paradoxical it might appear;- that it would tend to perpetuate slavery in every country lit sifiN,* LONDON. TuESD Y, MA V 18, 1811. -eh .h it now existed. Other nations would-say that if the emancipated. colonists of this country could not compete With slave labour even with a Flat of 20,000,000/. and a protection of 50 per cent., it would be hopeless for them to attempt to succeed where Eng land under those circumstances had failed. He therefbre opposed the resolution of the Noble Lord, because he was himself a consistent opponent to slavery. He next op . posed that motion because he believed it would be highly Injurious to the people of this country to continue , our present Custom-house regulations, which had already de prived us of many markets in Europe and in America. Had not the blind system of monopoly adopted in Eng land forced the German States into the Prussian League, to the great detriment of manufacturers of this country ? It was notorious that few of our goods ever found their way to the fairs of Leipsic and Dantzic, where they over flowed thirty years ago. The resolution of the Noble Lord would persetsite the evil, and it could not, conse quently have his approval. Ile opposed it, again, because, if it were carried, 'the Irish people would look upon it as a resolution to unseat a Government which had won their attachment, and be cause it would shake their confidence in the British House of Commons, and would contribute more to a Re peal of the Union than any measure that had been de vised of late years. He said this because he knew the Irish people, and their feelings, and determination ; and he felt it his duty to warts the British Legislature before they raised up seven or eight millions of men in arms against them.—(Hear, hear, on the Opposition Benches.) He said that figuratively, but the success of the resolution would raise them up in direful opposition against any Go vermnent that might succeed the present. Fourthly, he opposed the resolution because he detested monopoly in eve:) , sh le ; he detested monopoly in religion, but he detested monopoly in trade and commerce above all things. The resolution, however, would tend to confirm monopoly in its worst form as it would affect the neces saries of life. The West Indians had no right to com plain ; they had received an enormous bounty ; they were about to receive an enormous protection ; and he know not what they expected, unless they wished the . people of England to pay them more fortheir estates than the actual value of them. He hoped the resolution of the Noble Lord the Member for Liverpool would be scouted by the House ; he- was sure it would be by the country ; and he hoped that the Government would feel it their duty to appeal to the country on these measures —(Loud cheers from both sides of the House)—and he thought that, after the little Arial which they had al ready seen of the popular feeling (Immense cheering from the Opposition, which drowned the conclusion of the sentence.) He understobd that cheer, and lie would come to that 'subject presently—he meant the feeling which had been manifested by the anti-slavery body throughout the country—(Loud Ministerial cheers)—by those who had been all their lives opposed to slavery— (Cheers)—by those who had advocated. the cause of negro emancipation, when, there were slaves within our own dominions to be emancipated.—(Loud cheers.)-- The people were not to be deluded by the new born zeal for the blacks of Hon. Gentlemen opposite, and they must he aware, even by this time, that their attempt to get lip an Anti-Slayery cry was an utter failure.—( Loud cheers.) He objected to the resolution by the Noble Lord, because he thought it would tend materially to shake the faith of the public creditor if questions of this sort were turned into mere weapons of party warfare.—(Cheers, and counter cheers.) When the public creditor saw that the revenue was not equal to the expenditure(Oppositien cheers)—and when he saw a. large and influential body of Members of that House seeking, for party purposes, to negative a proposition of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to make good such deficiency, withoet hinting any means by which they themselves would propose to make it good, he must naturally have his faith shaken.—(Cheeis.) He was shocked to see men of property and influence lending themselves to such disgraceful conduct,. It was not fair, and he did not intend to use the word effen eively, it was not honourable.—(Loud cheers.) He under stood the cheer which Hon Gentlemen opposite had given when he mentioned an appeal to the country.—(Opposition cheers.) It was a following up of the expressions made use of by the Noble Lord the other evening, when he taunted Ministers with losing borough after borough. —( Opposi tion cheers.) But he would ask the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Tamworth if he were willing to sail in the same boat with some of those who had recently been returned to that Honse as his supporters.—(Loud cheers from the• Mini sterial benches.) Was he prepared to adopt the principles of the Chartists of Nottingham ? (Cries of " Oh, oh," and laught or from the Opposition, answered by cheers from the Ministerial benches.) Was he prepared to adopt the crusade against the New Poor Law?—(Continue,{ cheers from the Ministerial benches.) He would ails the Right Hon. Baronet if he would like to have a majority of such supporters ? (Cries of ' Oh," and laughter from the Opposition. He knew he was speaking unpalatable truths to the gentlemen opposite, but he believed that the Right Hon. Baronet was far too candid not to allow that those were not the principles on which he would look for support.--( Cheers.) So that, without alluding to the statements of Lord Rancliffe in the public papers, without alluding to the 16.0004 which was said to have been lost, mis laid, stole ,, , or strayed during the recent election at Notting ham. without alluding to the bribery said to be so flagrantly committed at Nottingham, Canterbury—Cries from the Op position of "St. Allmns")—and elsewhere—(Cheers and laughter)—he must say that he did not believe those who had been recently returned to the House_ con stituted exactly the class of supporters which the Right Hon. Baronet would desire.—( Loud cheers.) .How could they trust to their present zeal for slavery, when they recollected how that party had, one aft, r another, abandoned every one of their great principles. They had abandoned the Test and Corporation Acts.—( Cheers.) The main sleet of their power had been their resistance to Catholic Emancipa t on—that resistance they had abandoned.— (Cheers.) They had always possessed the greatest antipathy to reform. They were now the most strenuous admirers of the ' Reform Bal.— ( Cheers. ) And the Right Hon. Gentleman had stated his wadi - Guess to reform all proved abuses.—(Cheers and counter cheers.) They had abandoned every one of their great prin ciples, and if they came into power, he should not be surprised to see the Noble Lord the Member fur North Lancashire cemicg down to the House with a Bill for the abolition of fifteen or twenty English Bishoprics—(Cheers and laughter).— the Right Hon. Rat onet the Member for Pembroke coming forward with a proposition for the admission of f reign corn tree from duty.—(Cheers, laughter, and cries of "Oh, oh," f.orn the Opposition.) Why not ? It would only be a return o his first love.—( Loud cheers and laughter.) Neither would t astonish him to see the Right Hon. Gentleman near the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Pembroke coming for ward with a proposition for the Ballot—(Cheers and laughter) —for they had seen measures of quite as great importance abandoned by that party, who were now out-Heroding Herod in their attempts to bid for popularity, but. whose new zeal for anti-slavery was nothing more than their old zeal for the at trinment ot office and power.—(Cheers.) Mr. WILLIAMS would he,itate before supporting the propositions of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, i' he thought they would at all interfere with the great experiment of negro emancipation, but after carefully considering the question, he could not see how it could in any manner:do so. From the year 1523 to'lB4o, the average price of colonial sugar had been 335. Id., while that of foreign sugar had been 245. 6d , to which, if he added 12s. 7d. the differential duty proposed by Ministers, it would give 375. I lid. as the average .price of foreige sugar, so that there was a balance of 4s. 3d. in favour of colonial sugar. For the last seven years the average price of colonial sugar had been 375. t?d., that of foreign sugar had been 235. 6d., to which, if they added the differential duty, it would make 363. Id. as the price of foreign sugar, making a difference of only Is. Id., so that, under those circumstances, no foreign sugar could hare found its way into the- market. Last year there had been a great failure of the crops; they were told that this year there would be a plentiful supply, if so, they would have nothing to dread from an importation of foreign sugar. All the sympathies of the Hon Gentleman opposite seemed con fined to the blacks; they entirely forgot the effect produced by the high prices on the condition ot the labouring population in our own country. (Cheers.) E The black laboure r was bet ter paid than the labourer in ngland ; the black labourer in the West Indies had 4s. a day, where was the English labourer who was earning half those wages. (Cheers.) All the ne cessaries of life were cheaper to the West Indian labourer than to the English one. The West Indian got his flour from America, when it was 12s. a barrel, add to that the duty of 3a. per barrel, and allow fifty per cent. for freight and charges, and it would give an amount equal to 225. - Bd. an English quarter for wheat, while the English labourer was compelled to pay, in 1832, 665. 6d., and in 1840, 70s. 6d. per quarter for wheat. In whatever light he looked at this question, he could not see the justice of the ground taken up on the other side of the House in attempting to keep upon the people of this country the present inequality of charge upon sugar. The proposition of the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the subject of sugar would tend to increase consumption, and therefore it must in crease the revenue. Having recently visited Canada, he wished to make a few observations with respect to the timber duties. He believed the alteration proposed by the Chancel lor of the Exchequer, which would still leave a protecting duty, would not produce any material injury to that country's He viewed the present prospects of the manufacturers with alarm, and apprehended the worst consequences, unless they could relieve them from the distresses under which they la boured. The proposition laid before the House by the Chan cellor of the Exchequer must become the law of the land, for the feeling of the country was so strong upon the question, that whatever party came into power they must be carried. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE, finding from the conduct of Hon. Gentleman opposite, in the early part of the discussion of the evening, finding also from the studious silence of those Hon. Gentlemen, it was evident that on their part there existed an anxious desire to bring the discussion to a speedy conclusion— ( Loud cheers)—arising not merely from the weakness of their cause and the want of argument to support it, but arising also from the delusion under which they seemed to labour, that they would enter upon the sweets of office immediately after—know ing that such an anxiety prevailed, he would not have inter posed between them and their foremost wishes. did he not know that the longer the debate was protracted the better would the country Understand the motives actuating those in favour of, and against the proposition of the Government.—(Tremendous cheering.) Not only so, but the better would the country ap preciate the resolutions which had been proposed, and the amend ment moved thereto by the Noble Lord.—( Hear and cheers. ) They would not only appreciate and discriminate between the mallet of the two parties, but they would set a value upon the resolution propounded by the Noble Lord, the Member for Liverpool, which for its unparalleled inconsistency— ( Cheers)—its barefaced duplieity—(Cheers)—sits matchless hypocrisy—(Loud cheers a n d l aug ht er )—h a d never b een ex ceeded in the annals of Parliament.—(Loud cheers.) He rose to claim some of the sympathy which the Hon. Gen tleman opposite appeared to be now so full of, he rose to claim some of it for our suffering and distressed countrymen. He congratulated the Hen. Gentlemen opposite upon the fidelity with which they could keep a secret. Appeals had been made to them over and over again to know what they would do in the event of their succeeding to office, but with the single exception of the' Honourable Member for the Uni versity of Cambridge, they were as silent as the grave.— (Cheers.) 'I hat Right Hon. Gentleman had coquetted a little with the subject; he said that Ministers had produced the difficulty, and they must provide a remedy, but he would ask who had produced the difficulty ? The two great items of the deficiency arose not from the penny postage, a measure which was authorised by Parliament, and had met with the approbation of the whole country.__( Cheers.) That deficiency was in the Excise, and arose entirely from the im proved habits of the Irish people.—(Cheers.[) How, then, would the Hon. Gentleman propose to meet those difficulties when they came into office ? Would they dare to raise the postage of letters ?—( Cheers from: the Toeies)—or would they take measures to promote inebriety in Ireland ? Did they mean to take another half million out of the pockets of the pampered slave drivers of the Westin starving people, for what they Ovir.e,reasplietasewdatsosuegaglles Extension ?—(Hear, Church Extension the Hon. Member for Antrim, were they about to pay Rthigeh. t .E; H eh on e . qu tl e s:: . C s h a a i n d ce i ll f or th o e f . d l' ie 7 s oo ?— ," (H l e m ar o , r h e e t a o r. t ) he But the Right Hon. Gentleman, after Chancellor of the Exchequer called on him for a reme4b coquetting with the subj o e i c e t, up his ears, thinking what g h o e o w it ou e l a d sy sta zi te gn i , t; and a good man, what a dinnterested patriot, he wag, Ito show them how to get out. of these difficulties. The Plan of the Hielit Hon. Gentleman simply was by leaving things altnie.— (Hear, hear, an I a laugh.) He would show the House that they could not leave things alo e. The Noble Lord the Member for Mirth Lancashire said he objected to the pro; esition. in point of time—that they should not hare made it except in a case of tie most urgent necessity, or when their national existence was in peril. He should like to know w both, r such was not the case at present, when foreign coun tries hod shown a great disinclinatien to receive their manu factures when they would not receive the produce of these countries in return—When .there was eVerwhelming distress in the country, and the labouring classes were driven almost to (ieepair.—(Loud cheers.) lie contended that the crisis bad already arrived, and it was impossible the people could make any further sacrifices. The Noble Lord the Secre tary for the Colonies, in his admirable speech at the com mencement of the debate, had alluded to the prosperity of the West India Colonies, and it had been asserted by some Hon. Members that these statements were exaggerated, but he would quote to the House an authority which would not - be contested by Hon. Alembers oppos"te, namely the House of Assembly. They stated that they did not shrink fr , In a com prise!' with ti e people of Great Britain as regards the social condition of their people—that among them there was no instance known of parents putting their infants to death, to save them from the horrors of protracted starvation—that they hid no Corn-laws to add to the wealth of the rich, nor no Poor-lae s to imprison, under the pretence of maintaining, the poor.—(hear, hear.) Such was the description the House of Assembly gave t.f its new population, and he would prove that it was evens , true as regarded the people of that country. The Right Hon. Gentleman, the Member for the Toner Ham lets, had either through ig orance, or apathy to the condinon of the poorer classes, in a speech which had created the greatest disgust throughout the m e t ro p o lis, stated that the poor people would prefer a dinner of herbs to the stalled ox they would yet before them. Instead of goitig to Cuba and the Brazils to point out the wretchedness of the slaves,why had not the Ifielit Hon. Gentleman gone to llethnal-green among his own constituents ? —( Hear, hear.) He would refer the House to what occurred the other day et the Mansion-house, when the Relieving -officer of the West London Union stated that he was obliged to escape by a back way to avoid the importunities of the hundreds of paupers whom famine had rendered almost reckless of life. Another relieving-officer said that he had given assistance to 6,000 deeitute poor in the course of the year, and that hun dreds had come to him actually famishing.—( Hear. ) These were not eolitary instances. But lie would take them to the manufacturing districts; whereas in Bethnal-green they were shown to be without furniture or bedding, all the family inhabiting one room, and almost starving, in the district which le had the honour to represent the distress was equally great, and in Marylebone, close to the seat of splendour and fashion, the people were starving at their very doers.—(Hear, hear.) In twenty-six houses in that district there were not less than 882 inhabitants, arnZ, :n - many instances, individuals of all ages and sexes slept together in the same room and in the same bed.—( Hear, hear.) If they went to Birmingham they would find from the report of the Relieving Committee, that during the severe weather of last winter, upwards of 40,0(X) persons were in such a state of destitution that they re , eived, with the greatest eagerness and thankfulness, the pittance of 1 1 ,4 d. per head per week.—( Hear, hear.) To the Relief Committee a communication was addressed by a Committee of working men, in which they stated that they could not bring themselves to believe that the Relief Com mittee would abruptly leave off its labours, and under the cir cumstances which they knew to exist at the present time, abandon their Christian brethren without giving them the slightest hope. In a nation which was the wealthiest in the world, the smallness of the sum collected offered no remedy at all for the evils endured by them (the working men). He (Mr. D.) woul I call the attention of the House to the follow ing passage in the above communication :—" We remind you that there is no real difficulty in the case—that each of the distressed workmen could, if employed, produce five times more than he would consume." He would next call the notice of Hon. Members to an extract of a letter from Burton-on- Trent, which stated that four manufactories in that place, worked by Messrs. John and Robert Peel, had ceased to work, and nearly 500 persons were thus thrown out of employment without the least chance of their being re-engaged. This (con timed the Hon. Member) surely was a state of thines which called for some remedy. He had got details of the misery and distress of the hand-loom weavers of Manchester, with which lie would not trouble the House, If Hon. Members would read the Report on the condition of the hand-loom weavers, they would find cases of individuals living at one penny per (lay. The condition of the working classes in Loughborough was, if possible, still worse. A letter from that place mentioned the case o' a man who had formerly been in good circumstances, and who, in consequence of his wretched condition, hung him self, in despair on the death of his wife. The writer vone:uded his letter by saying, that he would not recite all the cir eurostances which came under his observation which were enough to make a wise man mad. A letter from Sutton Ashfield stated that the distress there was daily increas ing, arid yet the poor rates were so heavy as to bring the tradespeople on a level with the opulent. The letter was signed William Goodacre, the curate of the parish, who was a gentleman of high Tory principles. In the neighbourho td of Huddersfield, many of the poor people engaged in weaving were obliged to travel several miles for the material of the fabric which they wore, and, after conipleting their work, they travelled back with it, and yet the . average amount of their wages was about 4s. 6d. a week. Nothing could be more miserable than the hovels in which they dwelt ; they were de void, not only of every comfort, but of every necessary article of furniture. He would refer to one letter more, which was primed and addressed to the Puke of Wellington. It was not from a Chartist, or one who sought for the Vote by Ballot, but from a High Church and State man. The letter men tioned that not more than six miles from Huddersfield the pea tantry were in such a state of want that they considered a cow which had died of dysentery, a great god-tend —or, as they termed it—a green cale.—( Hear.) The writer of the same letter went on to say that lie had inquired uf many how often they had tasted butcher meat, and the universal answer was, never but when they could get a " green cale." One landlord who had a cow who died of this complaint, said that he would net dispose of another to the poor for 501., for they cut up the flesh before it could get cold, and devoured it al. most raw. Here were individuals scrambling for carrion to sustain life, and yet they had heard a Right lion. Gentleman say that tha poor people of this country would prefer a dinner of herbs to a stalled ox. Before they called upon the poor of the country to make such sacrifices, they must make their prac tiee accord with principles. When he saw the great officers of Church and State prepared to sacrifice a portion of their reve nue, rather than take it out of the pockets of a starting people —when he saw the owners of Brazilian mines refusing a por tion of the gold raised by the labour of the ne g ro, he would then believe that thi s m ill en i um o f self-denial had arrived ; but till then he said they had no right to call upon the labour ing classes of the country to refuse and reject one of the chief necessaries of life, because it happened to come from what they were pleased to call a poltuted source.—( Hear, hear.) It was well known that the division for which Honourable Gentlemen were so anxious would be against her Ma jesty's Ministers, but he trusted that they would not on that account despond. When the Noble Lord the Secretary for the t olonies gave notice that at a future day he would call the attention of the House to the duty on corn, and when the Chancellor of the Exchequer hid his propositions before the House, he would venture to say that the announcements had given great satisfaction to the country, yet they were received with derision in that House. hut the Noble Load must riot despond. He must remember that at the time when he pro posed his measures for Parliamentary Reform—(Cheers) —he was assailed by the discordant yells and the hor rible bowls of the boroughmongere.—( Loud cheers and laughter.) The people stood by the Government of that day and they would stand by the present Government.—( Hear. ) And perhaps some of them might live to see another message sent to Noble Lords in another place on the swamping principle, which was no doubt remembered by the Right lion. Member for Pembroke and the Noble . Lord the Member for Not th Lancashire. requesting them to absent themselves while a measure was passed that would be beneficial to the interests of the people. No doubt Hon. Gentlemen opposite flattered themselves there was a re-action in their favour ; but this had only been produced by the manner in which they had evaded the. Reform Bill by that bribery and intimidation which had made the Reform Bill a dead letter—(Loud cheering)— until the people had almost forgotten that such a Hill; had ever passe:!. There was no reaction in the country in favour of Toryism. There was a ohange in public opinion, but its ope ration was against that class legislation that had been pursued for so many years. The reaction was in the minds of our countrymen, who had begun to think for themselves, and to consider things as they were, not as they were inter preted by prejudice and superstition. Let them be as sured that if they persisted in this course, they would produce a state of things in which not only would there be no quiet to the poor, but no safety to the rich. For these reasons he called upon them to vote against the amend ment of the Noble Lord (Sandon). For his own part he had never given a vote with greater satisfaction than the one he should give against it, and he should give it, because he thought the amendment was calculated to keep up the injury theyhed too long been in the habit of of inflicting on the industrious mil lions of this country.—( Cheers. ) Mr. BRISCOE rose, amid much noise and confnslon, and said he could not give a silent vote on this subject, especially as it formed part of a new and .nlightened system with regard to our commercial policy, for the first time submitted to the House by a united Cabinet.—( Hear. ) He was assured that the representations which had been made to the House of the dis tressed state of those engaged in commerce and manufaiitures fell short of the reality, and that if the measures proposed by the honest and liberal advisers of the Crown were not adnpted the most :daring consequences would ensue.—( Cheers.) As an independent Member of the House—(Che , -rs, Oh, oh, and laughter)--he felt bound to declare his belief in the honesty anst sincerity of the Ministers.—(Renewed unroar. ) If they bad proposed only the measure for the timber and sugar duties, they would have received the support of many who now sel fishly opposed them on account of the oppressive Corn-laws.-- (Cheers, and oh, oh.) He supported those measures which, he believed, would insure the happiness of the whole country, from their Soverei g n on the Throne to the humblest indivi dual.—( The Hon. Member sat down amidst cheers and, cries of "Divide.") Mr. MUNTZ (amidst great interruption and cries of cc Divide") said that when he heard the Nobl e L or d, th e Secre tary for the Colonies, state his intentions, h e th oug ht o f t h e remarkable expression of Talleyrand, " Voila l e commence meontghtdotafitn:' (Loud cheers an d l aughter.) He th u h t bread to twice he laws which kept up the p r i ce of ' the price in other countries whilst the price of money was the same, were most unnatural. —( Hear, hear.) No man was mere convinced than himself of the importance of red ucin g the import duties_; but they 'e:si r sthe aff a i rs o f t h e country had . )However, every one mus t b e in ought to go through the w hole system at once. But he had great doubts of the probabi lit y of increasing the revenue by a('re ducingerrnivt•iend7t convinced n et d hdau t t h tai a e t g s j.ea—( tcit something decided must be done.—( Hear, hear.) If the Corn-laws were repealed, the burthens of the country would be thrown upon the landlords.—(Cheers from the Opposition.) It was impossible that the country could go on paying the present amount of debt, and double rental out of its present means. But he could not see how a tax of tSs. a quarter on imported corn woted make up the deficiency. The repeal of the Corn.laws would go to reduce wages.— (Hear, hear, from the Opposition benches.) He repeated, the" only way in which a repeal of the Corn-laws could assist the country was by enabling the manufacturers to obtain work at lower prices.—(Hear.) He thought, therefore, that there should be further measures of reform, in order to benefit the nation at large. There had been lately a quotation in the Times of an opinion of his to the effect that a repeal of the Corn-laws would not produce Form Formerly d al e l si t r a e x d a e i ff io e n et; il bu on t h th e e h l a s : haettldemitped(to remove it to the merely said it would not produce the effect unless accompanied landlordsaltan once eede oi interest. were ep rreesp t t e. o r o t by other measures H e had been reproached with inconsis teney on that subject, but Le saw no inconsistency in the course he bad taken. y w i t s h e an to creopnesaelnti the the alteration. Unless they joined to a repeal of the Corn laws, a change in the monied system land would pass altogether bout ing . classes, and Hear, hear.) He now it was landed interest ; but th hcx e he existing prctection of That appeared to him to be the fairer course. He had no object but the public wouldou t o of ratherthe Bands m posewshati good, and on that a ccount he. had frankly expressed his opinions. On the motion of Mr. SHEIL, the adjournment of the': debate was then agreed to. - , , ;.i . The other Orders of the Day were then.dlspoetd.4 and the I I House adjourned at Half past Twelve &Cl oc k . i THE NEW MOCK FRIENDS OF THE NEGROES. Advise the working men of Derby to beware, of Whiggery and trickery ; I say, beware of To' Roc UE al" ! A REPEAL of the CORN-LAWS is the poor Trail's justice I Cheap sugar is the poor man's luxury These monopolising vampires say, cheap bread means low wages. Ask the rogues if they can tell 3ou of any poor man, whose wages have been raised with the great advance in the price of food? In 18.36, in Derby market wheat was sold for 3Gs a quarter, it has since been sold for 80s. !!! Sugar was then 6d. a pound, it has since. been 10d. I!! Meat was 511. a pound, it is now Bd. Cheese was then sd. and 6d. a pound, it is now Bd. and 9d. All other fsiod is dearer in about the same proportion!!! What were your wages then? ':What are they now? In 1836, all the mill were at work s What is the case now? Beware, then, of these mock PATAIOTC,CANTING H H st raw s ! To relieve your distresses, they would give you a hu mane Factory 111111 Would that increase your employment, i•r your wages? They would also give you Church Extension for one sect, at the exi.ense• of all others; they would make every poor man's house a Sunday lock-up 1 and prevent them from enjoying railway travelling, or viewing the beauties of crea tion ! In supporting the starvation Corn-laws, they make lock jaws for the poor, .y depriving them of bread! ' i No! Tell the hereditary enemies of the poor, the Tories, you want cheaper bread ! cheaper meat ! cheaper sugar ; and cheaper. coffee ! a more equal distribution of tnc State taxes, and an entire aboli tion of the monopolist's taxes. Tell them you want more work, and to live by your honest industry ; your motte is, " Justice to all," " Live., and let live," " Free trade," and the poor man's rights ! Haste to sign the petition for the - repeal of the Corn .laws. • ,s " A PETITION for the REPEAL of the BREAD TAX, from the Wives and Widows of Derby, Mothers of Familtes, who are dependent upon their Daily Labour, for their Pally Bread, now lies here for signature." THE QUESTION OF QUESTIOiIS!! WHAT SHOULD WE GAIN BY THE ABOLITION OF THE CORN-LAWS? ‘‘ It may, perhaps, be asked, What would be the effect of the abolition of the Corn-laws ?" The answer is—l. It would reduce the prim of all provisions. 2. It woull increase our trade with all corn-grossing countries. 3. It would enable the people to spend more money upon clothing aid other requi sites and would thus invigorate the home trade. 4. It wou'd, consequently, increase the employment of our working po pula'ion. 5. It would secure a regular supply of food, and much lessen the amount of poverty, sickness, mendicity, crime, and sedition. 6. It would prevent British capital from being taken out of the country, to the loss of our own labour in class, and to the employment of foreigners: 7. It would enable the labourer to exercise his right of selling his labour, and buying his food in the open market of the , world. 8. It would destroy an unnatural, impolitic, and unjuit monopoly in the property of land, restore it to its natural price, and give to agriculture its proper station in the country. V. It would re lieve farmers, by reducing the pours -rates and county-rates, and creating steadiness in prices. 10. It would put; a stop to the sudden drains upsn the currency caused by payipg in gold for corn in cases of emergency. 11. It would inerelise the capital and the resources of the country, so as to enable:Ass to bear our national burdens with a less degree of suffering. 12. It would possibly interfere fur a time with the luxuries of 30,009 landowners, from whose income the expenditure for food is only as one shilling from fifty, whereas the expenditure of the work ing man is as fifteen from twvntr. Let no one, whatever be his station in society, imagine that he is not interested i n th e repea l o f t h e Corn-laws. The labouring man, the tradesman, the merchant and shipowner, the fundholder, the agriculturist and landholder will, upon in quiry, find that most of the evils of which they have to coat lain may be traced to the pernicious influence of thee unjust IWS. " The Corn-law question is not one of party polities :itis to be hoped, therefore, that prrsons of all classes and of all shades of political opinions, will join the Association, and assist with heart and hand in the cause. " If, however, the Corn-law question be not one of party politics, it is undoubtedly a religious one. Religion requires of man to t:o justivc and love mercy. Is it acting justly to the labouring man to put an exorbitant tax upon his food ? Is it mercy to make the hungry more hungry—to make the naked more naked Is it showing justice and mercy to decrease the demand for labour, thereby tiding the workhouses with paupers, the streets with misery, an d th e gao l s w i t h cr i n ii nals ? ' P. S. For proof, read the examination of the Select Com mittee by order of the House of Commons, on the Custwm Duty.—Price Is. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty the Queen Doe arr, attended by the Countess /3rownlow, visited the Queen yesterday a . t moon. Viscount Melbourne and Lord John Russell had audiences yesterday of her Majesty. The Duchess of Kent visitsd her Majesty and Prince Al bert yesterday. The Royal Dinner Party at Buckingham Palace last. evening, included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, their Se rene Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Leiningen, Lady Anne Maria Dawson, Baroness Spaeth, Earl of Erroll, Earl of Surrey, Earl of Uxbridge, Esrl of Morley, Viscount Mel bourne, and Lord Robert Grosvenor. 'I he Princess Sophia Matilda and the Prince and Princess of Leittingen, xisi ed her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent yesterday at Clarence House, St. James's. The Duchess of Gloucester visited the Duchess of Cam bridge yesterday at Cambridge House, St. James's. Mr. John Easthope, M.P., Mr. Joseph Hume, M.P., with a deputaion consisting of the Rev. Dr. Li e f c hild, R ev. Dr. Vaughan, Eev. Mr. ' Mansell, Dr. Thomas Price, %1 it ham Greig, Robert Fletcher, Rev. John Burnet, Rev. Thos. Hinny, and the Rev. Dr. Fletcher, had an interview with Viscount Melbourne yesterday at his official residence in Down- Lord Portman and Mr. Muntz, M.P., had interviews with the Marquis of i‘ormanby yesterday at the Home-office. Ihe Marquis of Northampton and Sir Charles Lemon had an interview with Viscount Melbourne yesterday. Despatches from the Gov, rnor of Cibraltar were le:eived yesterday at the Colonial-office. Cigna n Rowland Mainwating, R. N. , had an interview yes terday with Viscount Melbourne. 'I he Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat'yesterday, and resumed the hearing of the appeal, " Sir Matthew Wood and others v. Goodlake and another," from the Prerogative Court. The Lords present were Lord Lyndhurst, the Ma=ter of the Rolls, the Vice Chancellor, Mr. Baron Parke, and Sir J. Littledale. CORN LAWS. • To the Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in Parliament as'sembled. The Humble Petition of the undersigned Framework Knitters Sheweth—That your petitioners deeply feel the baneful effects of the Corn and Provision Laws, and •suffer the most severe privations from their operation. In the rani 1835 and 1836, when the prices of provisions were low, your petitioners had full employment and remunerative wages ; but as the price of provisions advanced the•trafle or your petitioners decayed, and at the present time many are only partially employed, and others are entirely out of work. Your petitioners believe that this disastrous. state of trade is principally owing to the unnatural lows which preys nt th exchange of manufactured goods of this kingdom, for the so ' perabundant produce of other countries ; and'unless these un just and oppressive laws are repealed, and an extended con ; gumption of British manufactures be secured, the condition of your petitioners will soon be one of hopeless and deplorable destitution. And your petitioners beg to urge upon the con sideration of your Honourable House the important tact, that a curtailment of the foreign trade must necessarily throw out of employ a number of artizans, and thus reduce the con sumptioh of food and manufactured goods in the home market. Your petitioners claim not for themselves any' advantage,. they would not most cheerfully accord to others, but, they seek cnly in the land of their birth, the just and natural right, to peace fully pursue their useful and lawful trade, and to exchange the results of their toil in the most advantageous markets ; and your petitiouers humbly submit, that any interference with this first right of nature by human laws, is impolitic, cruel, and in human ; the injustice of such inferference is increased by the provision of the altered Poor-law, which compels your petitioners to depend upon their own exertions, while the Corn and Pro vision-laws prevent them from exchanging their labour in the general markets of the world, and thus greatly diminishes their means ofemployment. The Court rose-at four o'clock. The Queen gave a con c e r t l as t even i ng at Buckingham [lalace. he grand saloon was fitted up as a music room for the con cert, and the picture gallery and yellow drawing..room were oleo opened. The company began to arrive at half list nine o'clock, and were conducted into the picture gallery. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam bridge and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, attended by Lady Augusta Somerset, Baron Knesebeck, and Major Ste phens, arrived at the Palace soon alter ten o'clock, and were received by the Hon. Miss Murray, and the Hon. Miss Lister, Maids of Honour in Waiting, Colonel Wemyss, Equerry in Waiting, and Colonel Wylde, Equerry to Prince Albert. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, preceded by the Lord Chamberlain and the Lord Steward, entered the saloon soon afterwards, accompanied by the Duchess of Kent, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge ' the Princess Augusta of Cam bridge, and the P r i nce an d ?rincess of Leiningen. The con , cert then commenced. The following was the Programme of the Concert : PARTE PRIMA. Quart,etto, "Pieta di noi," Mad.„me Persiani, Signori Rubini, Tamburini e Lablache (l'Ar bore di Diana) Martini Duo, " Per to rinnnzio al Soglio," Madame Grisi, e Signor Mario, (Fausta) Duo, " Far calzette," Madame Viardot e Signor Lablache, (Sciocca per Astuzia) Air, " Addio nembi,". Signori Rubini, (Gianni du Calais) Donizetti Trio, " Murena it genitor," Madame Persiani, Signori Mario e Tamburini, (L'Esule di Roma) Donisetti Air, " Io talor piu nol rammento,"Madame Grisi, ( Sangia di Castiglia) Notturno," Notte t h e attr i st i e piaci," Mesdmes Persiani e Viardot, Signori Rubini e Lablache Costa PARTE SECONDA. Trio, " Sol tu, gran Dio," Madame Viardot, Sig norMi Bubini e Lablache (La Creation) Air, " Non mi air," Madame Persiani ( Don Juan) Mozart Duo, " Parlar spiegar," Signorini Rubini e Tamburini (Mose) Rossini Air, " Non, je ne veux pas chanter," Madame Viardot (Le Billet de Lotterie) Nicoli Duo, " Si ftN;gire,,, Mesdames Grisi e Persi an i (Capuletti e Montecchi) Romanza, "La deuce Paix," Signor Mario (L'Altente) Quintetto, " Sento oh Dio," Mesdames Grisi e Viardot, Signori Rubini, Tamburini, e La blache (Cosi fan tutte) Signor M. Costa presided at the piano -forte. The following had the honour of i eeeiving invitations : The Austrian Ambassador, Prince Nicholas Esterhazy; Baron de Nieumann, Count Valentine Esterhazy ; the Turkish Am haisador, and Fuad Effendi, Chief Secretary ; the Prussian Minister; the Swedish Minister and Countess Bjornstjerna; the Bavarian Minister and Baroness de Cetto ; the Sardinian Minister ; the Portuguese Minister; the Russian Minister and Baroness Brunow, and Count ar.d Countess Chreptowitch ; the Hanoverian Minister; the Saxon Minister; Baron de Itourqueney, French Charge d'Affaires ; M. Charles Drouet, , Belgian Charge d'Affaires, and Messrs. Theophilus and Vic tor Van de Woestyne; the Archbishop of York; the Lord Chancellor; Lord Poltimore, Lord in Waiting; Lady Anne Maria Dawson, Lady in Waiting on the Ducbess of Kent; the Speaker • Major Stephens andßaron Knesebeck, attend ing on the Puke of Cambridge ; Count D'Aglie, M. D'Aglie, and the following Duxes—Buccleuch, Rutland, Norfolk, Wellington, North umberland, Beaufort, Bedford, Hamilton, Devonshire, Somerset. Due n itsses--,lnverness, Buccleuch, Somerset, Northumber land, Hamilton, Bedford, Beauford. MA RQuissEs —Headfort, Northampton, Camden, Clanri carde, Douro, Westminster, Lands . doene, Tavistock, Ades bury, Anglesey, Conyngharn, Normanby. MARCHIONESSES—Westminster, Lansdowne, Douro, Noe_ manbv, Ailesbury, Camden, Clanricarde.. Liverpool, p e Gray EARLs—Belfast, Charlemout, Charley Cawdor, Morley, Cla rendon, Fitzwilliam, Bathurst, Beauchamp, Cowper,H we, l E I c r h r e o s l t l r L , o G r r a e n y : towel, Minto, Sheffield, Stanhope, Zetland, Sandwich, R o d en, Surrey, Somers, Tankerville, 'Uxbridge, Albemarle, Mount Edgecorabe. , S urrey, Tankerville' Coeirressas-:-Charlement, Charlevil!e, Dowager Cli c h es ter._ Belfast, :Emil... De Grey; Minte, Clarendon, Luca!: Uxbridge, Mount Edgecombe, Cowper Listowel, Roden. Somers, Beauchamp, Stanhope, Cawdor, Grey, Sandwich, Sheffield, Zetland, Albemarle. Your petiiioners do therefore most earnestly pray, that you will give tbese grievances an early consideration, and repeal and abolish the Corn and Provision-laws, and make suoh reductions in the differential duties upon Colonial produce as will destroy . all monopolies therein. And your petitioners will ever pray. The following petition for a reduction and revision of the duties upon sugar, coffee, &c., and for a REPEAL OF THE BREAD TAX, Is now offered for signature to the friends of free trade, and the best interests of the Feor: To the Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled. The petition of the undersigned Inhabitants of the county of Derby, Humbly showeth,—That your petitioners, have witnessed with the deepest sorrow, the sufferings and privations of the working classes, arising from the decay of trad-, low wages, want of work, and the dearness of food; and they firmly be lieve that this distressing state of the industrious classes is mainly owing to the unjust laws which prevent or restrain the exchange of our manufactures for the corn and provision of other countries ! And unless these laws are repealed, your petitioners believe that the decay of trade u ill further progress until a great portion of the labouring classes and artisans will become a burthen upon the land ; therefore, your petitioners earnestly implore you Honourable House to reduce and revise the duties upon foreign proJuce, and to repeal all laws that pre vent or restrain the free impartation of foreign corn and other articles of human food. Donizetti And your petitioners will ever pray, &c. ARRIVAL OF A DISTINGUISHED FOREIGNER. —Much amusement was created yesterday among the fre quenters of the London-docks by the landing from on board the Malcolm, Capt. Sims, of an unusually fine ourang-outan, just arrived from Singapore. It is the largest specimen that has been seen in this country since the celebrated '° Jacko,"brought by Dr. Abel. He appears to be in the highest possible health and condition, and, being a male, is additionally valuable, ex amples of "the lords of the creation" being much scarcer than those of " the gentler sex." He was at length got into a cab, and driven off to the Surrey Zoological Gardens, for which es • tablishment he has been imported. LIFE OF HENRY GRATTAN.—The third volume of Mr. Grattan's "Life and Times " of his illus trious father comes most opportunely, at the present moment, when the very existence of 'Government_._ whether the Government in esse or in posse—hinges upon Irish affairs. It contains matter more pregnant with political importance, as well as personal i nterest than either of the two preceding volumes, especially i n th e original letters from the most distinguished men of their day which are now for the first time made public,; some of these throw an entirely new light on important points in English as well as Irish history: the admirable ones, for instance, of Mr. Fox, to the Lord-Lieutenant those of Lord Northington in reply ; those of General Bur goyne to Mr. Fox, &c. The " characters," too, of some of his most distinguished contemporaries, by Henry Grattan himself, are are least equal in political and per sonal interest to those from the pen of Lord Brougham, which lately excited such attention. This volume evinces great care and research in the author, and contains pas sages (especially those describing the public characters of the day) of strong and sterling eloquence. STATE OF TRADE,The cotton spinning and weaving manufacturesof Oldham continue to be extremely de pressed, owing to the unsatisfactory state of the commercial re lations of the nation, and to the languid demand for twist. The short time system is fast becoming prevalent, fr.r the machinery o f a number of cotton rr i Is in the town of Oldham is in opera ' 'tion only lour days per week. The master-cotton spinners of ;this neighbourhood feel fully assured that if the Corn-laws were abolishsd, or materially modified, the cotton trade would re- A leite•avoriderfnl impetus; a s r p oduce- of the fields 'of' j foreign region might be profitably exchanged fe: su- menu pcturedgoods•—/Mtm Free PresB. • TIIE MOVEMENT IN DERBY. f COMMODORE NAPIER FOR • MiIiYLEBONE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. • ' CORN-LAW REPEAL AND COMMERCIAL REFORM. Sin,—l have great pleasure in informing you, that th e L a-t even' , g a meeting of the electors of the Borough of good, people of Derby are nobly exerting fl:etneehee to liarylelsone (members cf the Borough of Marylebone Re• get free from the fizniine-mongersand the monopoly hypo- form - and Registration Association) tea place at Lawson's crites. The Town-Council on Wednesdays a d op t e d a Assembly Hoems, Gower-street, New-road, far the purpose of petition for a repeal of th e C orn -l aws , an d a ' r e duction • considering the add r e ss o f C ommodore Sir Charles Napier, and and revision of the Imp or t D u ti es . S even.t h omianci of the propriety of supporting hi m as a candidate at the ensuing the inhabitants have a l so signed a petition, ,Otic...h.is election. on st tho s Se a' ' rese s ni .' l,ere nearly 3,000 additional signatures since last year.. Ire- -a,..n .10hn Big E q Presi d ent,e o l ccuT i i r ed D t e he Lac chai E r, va a n n s d joke to say that Whigs, Tories, Radicals, and Chartists .M. P. g J. Moore l , Esq , a r nl W. T e ti r e a obold, Esq. he baths are `amongst the petitioners. No monopoiie - t, whatever tens ), Professor Kex, ..Joseph Ivimey, Esq., George Ho Ma jor be his political creed, would have the !lightest ton, Esq. (churchwarden of St. Pancras), Dr. Taylor, Major chance in Derby the enthusiasm of the people its nearly.' Revell, tee., &c. ' A - equal to the passing of the " Reform 'Er wiv es The CHAIRMAN observed that he met the electors of the and widows who are mothers of families, dependint upon borough upon this occasion with peculiar satisfaction, as the their daily labour for their daily bread, hao also joined time had now arrived when they were called upon to discuss ,the merits of a second Reform candidate.—(Cheet4.) The their prayers fur justice. If the people stret:nols united, gentleman to whom he alluded was not altogether unknown to nothing, short of justice will satisfy a long-staerrng and thern—( Hear, hear)—and who had declared his intention of insulted people. offerine himself as - a candidate for the suffrages of the electors May 17, 1841. A FREE TRADER. • through themediurre of the public Pr , ss He had no doubt • [The following are some of the bills, &e,' pc steel and but that most present had seen that sir .iel;iforward arid honest circulated in Derby and the surrounding dinrict. They declaration of opinioos, but in order tha. th; re might be no are well suited to the great object in vie*, teed may mistake about the matter, he would mention thrt it wns an ad. forin very excellent models for other places woo have dress from the Gallant Commodore Sir Charles Napier. not yet stirred in the sacred rouse of justice - awl' the na- (Loud and long content/ea cheering.) The !knout-o,le Chair tionel welfare against monopolists, bigotry,`-and'oppres- man here proceeded to read the advertisement, commenting as sion.—Ed. Sun.] • - he went on upon the various topics contained irs it, and which • " LIVE AND LET LIVE! 1 eli. itch the most marked demonstrations of approbation. He " JUSTICE TO •ALL ! cut - luded by recommending the Gallant Commodore, not only " Lot the Landow n e rs en j oy t h e j ust rental o f their estates to the meeting, but t o th e e l ectors generally.—(Load cheers.) but why should they TAX th e poor man ' s BREAD ? l.e t Mr. HOUGHTON, in movin g th e fist resolution t o t h e e ff ect hat the Associ a ti on h ave rece i ved with much satisfaction the F at m ers en j oy t h e pro fi ts of their capital and i n d us t ry , Let the Labourer live by l is exertions and toil, and th e A rt i- the announce men t o f the intention of Commodore Sir Charles ' zan by his trade. Let every humane ms n , who 'ipprot ca these Nap'er' K.C.8., to o ffe r hi mself as a candidate for the Bo a Itth.eer, reukth in Parli amen t, at the next election, " observed that the just and Ch r i s ti a n max i ms , s i gn a P et i t i on for the CORN-LAWS England eip ec t s every man will do Reformers of th e b oroug h had much to cougranilate them his duty.'" sterns upon, in h av i ng i n t h e person of Si: Char:es Nasier, one who eat not only present in fighting the battles of this coun try successfully, but who was also the most likely to light the battle against Toryi m as successfully.—( Cheers.) It must be a satisfaction and a pride to Englishmen to have for a repre sentative a 13ritish sailor—(Cheers)—a good man—( Renewed applause) —and a true Reformer.—( Tremendous cheering.) It was not often that such rare qualities were united in one man ; and therefore he felt that eulogy from him was needless, and with these few observations, he would eentent himself by moving the resolution.--:( Cheers. ) Dr. TA YLOR. seconded the resolutioa.—(Cheers.) Major POWELL, in supporting the resolution, observed, that the present was the most i m p or t ant cr i s i s that had ever taken piece, It was.even greater than • the Reform agi*icse s inas much as the course which the Government had adopted, with reference to the Core-laws and commercial reform, was the first-fruits of 'the Reform Bill.—(Cheers.) The people of England had long lived under the guidance of an aristocracy, who cared nothing for the people so long as they could maiu fain their monopoly.—( Hear, hear.) They had got all the monopolies into their bands, and unless the people supported the Ministry in their endeavours to dest:oy it, they deserved to be the slaves of the aristocracy for ever.-- Cheers.) Lord John Russell had sought out the means, and had had the bold • nest; to declare that he could make up the deficiency cf two millions and a half of revenue without increasing the taxation on the people ; and the Tories opposed Lim upon the plea that it would perpetuate slavery, but their real ground of opposition was that it would destroy their monopoly, and affect their own pockets.--(Cheers.) The Gallant Major concluded by eulo gling Commodore Napier, and expressing a hoile that the electors would support hint and Sir 13. Hall, and by that means support her Majesty's Ministers.—(Cheers.) Arr. KENSETT lace rose, and at some length, and amidst the greatest confusion, endeavoured to exe;te the sympathies of the meeting in favour of Mr. G. A. Young. General Evans aid, as an elector of the borough, and a member of the Association, he had felt it his duty to attend that evening, in order to give his gallant friend, Commodore Napier, •a character of thirty years standing.—(Cheers. 1 He believed him to be a man who would serve them honestly and faithlally, and he believed he was the man above all others who would unite all classes of Reformers of that bore ugh in his favour. He was sorry to hear a man like Mr. Kensett advocating the cause of Mr. Young, who had had the sense of the borough to war d s hi m fully demonstrated.—(Cheers.) That gentleman had made an unfortunate adm , ssion " that Mr. Young could not succeed ;" then, he would ask, how could true Reformers support him ?—(Ch .err). Let them unite in support of those men who were most liked, which was the only way to present them from being represented by a Tory.—(Cheers, "We will".) The gallant General here went into a lengthened and able exposition of the Government mea sures now before the House, and concluded by reading the fol lowing extracts from a letter sent him by the ' eallant Com modore, seven ye ars ago , w hi c h , he contended, fully proved him a Reformer of the first and most genuine class. The letter • was dated Dec ember 15th, 18.31, and em braced the following :—" I am a decided repealer of abuses in Church and State.—(Cheers.) No non-residents.—(-Tear, hear.) The wooking clergy to be better paid —( Cheers.) No sinecures in the army or navy.—, Great applause.) Shorter Parliaments, three or four years—(Hear)—and something in clined be vote by ballot.—( Cheers. )—A property tax instead of assessed taxes.—(Applause.) Don't like the malt tax— ( Loud laughter and cheers) —and an en. my to impressment. (Loud cheers. e" These, he believed, were sufficient to recora merd his Gal'ant Friend as a Reformer.—( Cheers.) The Gallant General concluded amidst great applause. The resolution was, on being pat, adopted unanimously amidst the most tleafen;ng plaudits, and Fevcral other gentle men hating addressed the meeting, a resolution was pased, in viting the Gallant Commodore to attend a public meeting of the electors on Tuesday next. A vote of thanks was then given to the Chairman, who, in returning thanks, observed that, through the exertions of Mr. Allen, their invaluable secretary, they were prepared for an election at a moment's notice.—( Cheers.) Three cheers were then given for Sir B. Hall and Commodore Napier; and the meeting hi eke up. E VENING EDITION AIESSIEU Rs—Cavendish. M.P., William Cavendish, E. Ca. vendish, Clive, M.P., G. E. Anson, Brand, Granville BerkeL. ley, Baring, m.p., Cotes, C. Wood, Charles ltoger3, William Russell. A/z.l.Ntassam..—Stneget4 Bourne, Brand, Roam se, Stanley, Grenvide Berkeley, Luttrell, Blomlield, Shaw Let.ev,c, Labou chere, William Russell, Weymouth. AlissEs—Bourne, Cavendish, Begot, Gardiner, Clifford, Ouseley, Percy (two), Stanley, Anson, 0. _Vernon Harcourt., Wheatley (two), Wynn, Webster, Gurney, Peel. COLONELS.-- Wylde,. Wemps, Fox, Vernon Harcourt, Bouverie. • MAJoa—Wayrrouth. The coral:any were served with refreshments dui into the evening. in the Green Drawing-room, and at half-Fast eleven o'clock supper \vas serve din the Dinine-room. • • The Band of the Ro3al Regiment of Horsre Gucrds attended at the Palace daring the dinner yesterday evening. FASHIONABI,E INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Earl Talbot, in Hertford-street, May-fair, from I ngestre Hall, his seat in S ta ff or d s hi re; M r. and Lady Anne Wynne, from their seat in Ireland; the Earl of Rosalyn, in Grosvettor place. from Wiltshire ; the Earl and Countess of Chesterfield, at Chesterfield House, from Worthing; the Hoe. Mrs. Cra ven, in Hill-str e et, f rom ber residence in Hant-; 'th e D u k e o f Norfolk, in St. James's-square, from Arundel Caatle, Sussex ; Lady James and Miss Stuart, in Whitehall-place, from Ton bridge Wells The Earl and Countess of Sefton, in Belgrave square, from Hampstead Lodge, the seat of the Dowager I.ady Cray , n, near Newbury ; Lord Ernest Eruce, M.P., in Cur zon-street, from Wilts ; Lord and Lady Freder;ek Fitz elarence, at Putney Heath, from Eat House, their sett, near Wooler, Northumberland ; jrS Watkin Wiiliarns Wynn, Bart., from Chester ; the Earl acid Count. ss of Camper - clown and Lady Elizabeth Duncan, in • Hill-street, from Bath ; Lord and Lady Delaraere, in Upper Brook- street, from Vale Royal, their seat in Cheshire; the Hon. Sydney Herbert, in Grafton -street. from Wilton House, uear Sall,- bury; Lady Sophia Wyndham and Miss Wyndham, from the family seat in Norfolk ; the Earl of Stamford and Warrington, in Hill street, from Dunham Massey, Cheshire ; Vi.o unt An eover, M.P., in Conduit-street, from Charlton, the Earl of folk's seat, near Malmesbury, Wilts; Viscount and Viseonetesa Combermere. in Berkoly-square, from Cemberxere Abby, Cheshire; Viscount. and Viscountess Jocelyn, in Dover -street, from Barham Court, near Maidstone ; the Marquis of Winches brand Lady Ceei'ia Paaleit, in Cavendish-square, from 'A orth ing; the Marquis of Northampton, in Cariton-garelcna, fro m Castle Ashby, near Northampton ; Mrs. Newoigate and NB-. M. Newdigate, at Miyart's Hotel, Brook-s•r. et, from Han field-place •, Mr. and Mrs. Glasgow, at dittoafrom tlae,Conti fent ; Sir C. Marshall, at ditto, from . Paco ; Miss Bcothby, at ditto, from Derbyshire; N r isecunt and Vilscountes Holmes dale, at the Burlington Hotel, C. 4 -1-street, from their seat, Montreal Park, Kent; Sir Baldwin and Lady Leighton, at ditto, from Shropshire; Mr. and Mrs. segraye, at ditto, from Brighton ; the Hon. A'Court Holmes, M.P., at ditto, from the Isle of Wight ; the Hon. Mr. Curzon, at ditto, from Derby:du e ; Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Innea, at ditto. from a tour ; Mrs. Longneville Choke and family, at ditto, from Gal curia ; Riehard Bourke. at ditto, tram Ireland ; Lord and Lady Adare, at ditto, from the family seat in Glamorganihire ; Mr. and Mrs. Lane, and Mr. and Mrs. Murray, at Marshall Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish-square, from 1 3 ;v is ; Captain Inglefield, R.N., and Mrs. Inglefield, at ditto, from Chelten ham ; Mr. and Mrs. Beavan at 'ditto, from Bristol ; Mr. Bar stow, and Mr. Barstow, jun., at ditto; Mr. and Miss Oakley, at ditto; Mrs. Brownlow Poulter, in •Montagu. square. DEPARTURES. The Duke of Beaufort, from Beaufort House, for Gloucesa terlhire ; Lady Teignmoutla from Portland-place, for 'I on bridge Wells ; Mr. and La.ly Augusta Wentworth, from Con caught-place, for Warwick-hi re ; Si r J . B urgoyne. for Dover ; Mr. C. , v. 34adringtrn, M.P., from St. James's-pace, for Bristol •, the Earl de Gmy, from St. James's-squme, o Yark"- shire • Lady Churchill, f or T on b r id ge We Is ; the Countess of Fingal' and family. from Upper Brook-street, for Killern Castle, county Meath; the Countess Dowager of Cavan, float Eerners-street, for her residence near Southampton ; Mr. and Mrs. Trafford, from Marshall Thomparan's Hotel, Cavemli,h square, for the Continent ; J. Moss, Esq., from ditto. for Brighton ; Dr. Aitken, from ditto; Lord Cranleya from ditto, for Surrey. CHANGES. Lady Susan Hotham, at Tonbridge Wells. from Brighton ; Lord and Lady 'entry, at Dublin, from But-nit:sin House., Kerry ; Lord and Lady Stafford, at Learningten Spa, from Cortessey Park, their s..at near Norwich; Lady .13istero- , , a t Cheltenham, from Ireland ; Lord Carew, at CaStleborosigh, near Wexford, from Woadstown, county Waterford. MEDINA IMPROVEMENT BILL. We have received from a Correspondent at Newport, It-ht of Wight, a statement, contradicting in certain repects, arid affirming in others, that which appeared in The Son la. , t week on this subject, but it is drawn out to sueli s length, that we cannot afford space for it. Our Correspondent states that Mr. Ward can have no claim to the property in d sputa, as " tt.e question had been disputed before Mr. Sergeant Manning and several Revisine. Barristers, an d th e votes were admitted on the eviden ce o f the Town-clerk and others, that the soil and bed of the river and Cowes harbour were the property of the Corporation, and within the borough of Newi ore ; all the Learned Gentlemen bolding the mere jurisdiction would net be sufficient. Should Mr. Ward succeed in defeating the claim of the Corporation to the property in question, he will at the same time strike forty or fifty Conservative vote; s off the re gister of the borough of Newport." His letter thus concludes:— . • 4 The measure is supported by neatly a.l the inhabitants of Newport, by many of the landowners and principal agricultu rists ; by most of the masters of vessels, boats, and barge; em ployed on the river, and has the countenance and support of the County Member for the isle of Wigh', and the represen tatives of the Borough. Nearly 300 shareholders have enrolled' their names in Newport and its neighbouthetti ; and as soon as the Bill shall have passed through Parliament, there iz, no doubt but the few remaing shares will he taken up. The in habitants of Newport ask Parliament to be allowed to improve their own river at their own expence, reserving to al others any rights which they may possess, and there can be no doubt but Parlianment will accede to their reasonable request." • DINBURGH PRESBYTERY.—A vernal meeting of tne 1 - resbytery, was held yesterday in the Halt St. David -street, A call in favour of the ller James Hamilton, of Roxburgh Church, ~o Regent square Church, London, was read. l'ho burgh congregation were summoned to ne.T. t t meet ing to hear the objections to the tznpslation. The Committee on the North Leith presentations reported that, after consulting counsei they hUli agreed that Mr. Davidson's presentation was in valid as the oaths of the patrons had not been taken according to Act . of Parliament, but theydelayed any decision as to the validity of Mr. 3PNatighton's from want of information on particular points. The Rev. .11r. Fairley moved that the whole matter he remitted to the General Assembly, which was seconded by Me. 'Moan :Ili, but the R e p ort was approved of by a majority of 20 to 2. . Mr. Malcolm, who appeared for Mr. Davidson, appealed his case to the General Assembly, and intimated that proceedings would very likely be adopted in the civil Courts for the protection of his right to the charge.-. Edinburgh Weekly Chronicle. LORD J. RUSSELL'S SPEECH.—Lord Rus sell's speech, on the 7th instant, has been published in a e c , h .. e r apf i o t r n m ess fb e r d ci s r o cn n la u t t i c o h n. One man, a co lli er, . u j o as n m ot (r)entneurnnb74.ll,.):stviinog since the passing of the Reform Bill , as there has been who called a t our offi c e on Thursday . morning. t o pur chase the publication of this speech., on ic seven miles for it . Du •n chase a copy, sa id he had c ri . ek yesterday and Thursday several hundred; were e goid en W tl r i e tts d this town, chiefly among the labouring clr.sses.. - -.8 0 4 0 ,,, Free P-egs. PA SS A G E TO BOMBAY. — It may Interest nine of our readers to learn the actual and requisite expen ses of overland journey from London to Bombay. The i tems are estimated from the letter of a Field-Officer in her Majesty's Army, and we can vouch for tht'ir,minute accuracy. Passage to Alexandria per steamer, 451. Fee to steward and servants, 1/. 10s. Living on shore at Gibraltar, and boat-hire there, 2L 3s. Li v i ng at M a l ta, boats and porters there, 17. 6d. Hotel at Alexandria, 10s. Passage up the Nile including living, &e. &c.. 41. At Cairo, 1/. Crossing to Suez, 21. Cabin passage to Bombay, 801. (i. e. 800 Rupees.) Sundries, 21. Total expended between London and Bombay, 1391 9s. Now it is obvious that this expenditure is fully met. by the passage allowance, of 110/ to Captain; and 95/. to Subalterns, if they are willing to expend their regimental pay during the trip. The sole advantage to the poor officer in going roun d the Cof Goo d H ope, that a p e ope, is he obtains his n - rasSage and limn. for ail foregoing sums, but he has to carry against that atha stage the large supply of sea outfit required for a voyage of- four or five a td Military Gazette. I LATH OF MR. HENRY MORETON DYER, POLICE MAGISTRATE.—This much-eateemed gentleman, who has for many years been the chief M:gistrate at Afalborough. street police-office, breathed his last about tire o'clock. yester day morning, k s . - at his residence, Devonshire-house, Wi mpo street. He had been for some months in a weak state of health, but had lately so far recovered as to be able to attend to his Magisterial duties up to the latter end .of last week. It was, however, evident that he was fast sinking, and although on - Tloirsday last, when for the last time he sat on the bench, he appeared to be bettor than he had been for some previous days, yet the fallacious hopes of his family and frletais have been dissipated by his sudden demise. Mr. Dyer hal been about tw enty-four years in the Commission of the Peace. and Nvas formerly Judge -Advocate in one of the West India Islands, where ho accumu'ated the bulk of his fortune. • VISCOUNTS —Torrington, Jocelyn, Melbourne, Palmerston,- Powerscourt, Barrington, Sydney, Alford, Mahon, Beresford. Ossulston, Norreys, Morpeth. VISCOUNTESSES—Beresford, Barrington, Mahon, Norreys, Jocelyn, Powerscourt, Palmerston, Sydney, Torrington, Selina, Milton. • LORDS—Byron, Barham, Burghersb, Hill, Hatherton, Robert Grosvenor, F. Gordon, Fitzalan. Fitzgerald and Vesci, Ellenborough, Dalmeney, Paget, Alfred Paget, Clarence Paget, George Paget, Duncannon, Compton, Lemon, Mon tagne' George Lennox, Leigh, Kinn a i r d, S a l tonn, Edward Russell, John Russell, Char - les Russell, Lilford, Radstock, Portman l'oltimore, Sudeley, Stanley, Worsley, Seymour, de Ere by, Templetown, Wharneliffe, Ashley, - Frederic litzelarence. LADIES—Pelham, Cottingham, Elizabeth Campbell, C. Campbell, Katherine Cavendish, Louisa Cavendish, Caroline Capel, Mary Capel, Amelia Capel, Burghersh, Byron Agnes Byng, Bowater, C. Barrington, Augusta Somerset, Barham, Augusta Baring, Harriet Baring, Harriet B egot, Joh n stone, Olivia Taylour, - Haterton, Georgina Grey, Gardiner, C. Ver non Harcourt, C. Strangways, Robert, • Grosvenor, Augusta Gordon, Mary Fox, Albinia Foster, C. W. Fitzwilliam, D. Fitzwiiliam, Couper, Louisa Cotes, John Hay, Fitzalan, A. M. Dawson, Harriet Clive, F. Elliot, E. Elliot, Montagu, Clifford, Ouseley, Lilford, Levesou, Leigh, L. Fitzmannee, Kinnaird, Adeliza Manners, Charles Russell, Radsto c k, Port mzn , Poltimo re , P ec h e ll, Peel, Isabella Wemyss, Mary Howard, Wilhelmina Stanhope, Stanley, Seymour, C. Cocks. F. Cocks, Wheatley, Wharncliffe, Mary Wood, Worsley, Eleanora Paget, Constan--;a Paget, Vivre:, Willoughby d'Ersby, Adams, 31a rianne, Alford, Adelaide Paget, Ashley. Ilisnors—London, Norwich. RIGHT HONOURABLES—Sir Robert Peel, M.P., T. Ma. caulay, M.P., F. 'F. Baring, H. Labouchere, G. S. Byng, Sturges Bourne. HOSOURALLES—Missrs Pepys, Miss Cavendish, Georgiana Liddell, Miss Byron, C. Cavendish, M.P., Captain George Campbell, Mrs. George Campbell, Miss Noel, Lucke King, Mrs. Locke King, Miss Littleton, C. Howard, Miss Ponsonby, Miss Devereux, Hugh Fortescue, Wm. Cowper, F. Motile, M.P., Mrs. Fox Mauls, Miss Montagne, Berkeley Paget, Mrs. Berkeley Paget, Charles Noel, M.P., Miss Lister, Mi.scs Leigh, Miss Pitt, Miss Paget, E. J. Stanley, M.P., Mrs. Stanley; John Strand nays, Misses Tracy, Mrs. Anson, :Mss Drummond, Wm. Ashley, Mrs. Ashley. Sind —George Couper, Edward Bowater, Henry Wheatley, Robert Adair, John hobhouse ' Samuel John Stone, amuel Hig gins, Augustus Clifford, A Gore Ouseley ; Charles Adam, George Anson, John Pechell, Hussey Vivian, Augustus Foster, Rol ert Gardiner. iSt ti"Y iblie ra P l. ng Y sgo e ' ,eof ),-o'' Sout h bl.• Aor rur ion • thA" 001 fr tioll 3 ' fof ° e bo ne, II ,ls, rio.u ° iorp or I not _and plvs' ;eV it