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

EVEN IN G SUN eve ne , ,,;ociate with foreign countries whether we would relieve our own people from a vexatious law under which they suffered ? and were the manufacturing and com mercial interests of this country to be told that they were not to be relieved from their restrictions, unless it Teased the Governments of France, Portugal, Brazil, ?and the United States, to assent to certain things, and to say whether they would permit those relaxations or not? He (Lord Palmerston) said, that what they had proposed was good in itself, and ought te be adopted without reference to such negotiations.—(Cheers.) Bat would they not have been in a much better position if they had adapted these measures before negotiation ? Would any man tell him that negotiations with the Brazils would not be carried on in a better spirit—if Parliament had adopted the measures they proposed, if they were able to say, not only that they wished for free. dom of commerce, but also that they practised it as far as the existing state of things would permit ?—(Cheers.) When we begged them to get rid of their restrictions and monopolies, would not our words have ten times the effect they now had, if we could refer then: to oar own example? And unless we did so, when we applied to France and 'other Powers to reduce their tariffs, would they not bid , us remember what we did in 1341, when we said restric tion was necessary for our interests, and tell us that they only said the same—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") It was true that with regard to France there was a dis tinct negociation going on for a reduction of the tariff of both countries, and undoubtedly if those negociations }had come to a satisfactory conclusion. and the English Government had consented to a considerable reduction of the duty on brandy . , it would have been necessary for the Chancellor of the Exchequer t o have made some provision fur the temporary deficit that would have been thereby occasioned. But the French Government were told that as • the negotiation was not concluded in the early part of last year, it could not be concluded until the beginning of next year, be cause it was inconvenient to do so at a long veriod before it could he submitted to Parliament. for its sanction. He said, therefore, for these reasons, that he thought the country would not consider the rea sons assigned by the Government satisfactory for not being within a short period from the present time pre pared to state fully and fairly their views and intentions with respect-to the great questions that agitated the minds of the country ; and he again said he ahould be greatly mistaken if Honourable Gentlemen opposite did mot feel that, hoWever backed they might be by a majo rity of the House, they would not be backed by the opi nions or any great class or interest in this country. — (Hear, hear.) The Right Hon. Baronet prided himself, and justly, en the einice which he had reale >fthe Lord Lieutenant and Secretary Fa- lieland. His Noble Friend fl . .erd John Ressell) with that nsnikeess and can ilour which distiee;aished hiat, was first beat testimony to that - frienq (ad not - that irish aX'Airs Nvou!tt lad L7uaranteecl that the spirit witi:!;i the vv3hes and fecilin7,s of the conntry requlrvd. He had merely said that so far as the appointments went they were indications of that meesere, and he (Lord Palmerston) could only hope that the opinions of the Right Hon. Baronet of the appointments would he borne out, not only to his own satisfaction, but also to that of the people of Ireland, fur it was not less true now than for inerly that Ireland was the great difficulty of persons taking office. The Right Hon. Baronet had stated frankly that he -would not hold office longer than would enable him to -act upon his own opinion. He had no doubt that the Right Hon. Baronet would ant upon that declaration. Everything in his past life confirmed his statement, but he (Lord Palmerston) should be sorry to consider that intimation on his part as any guarantee that his opinions would be tarred out, fur when he saw the homogenous :mass of opinions entertained be the great party by whom it was supported, and when 'he knew how widely the opinions of many of them differed from those he (Sir R. Peel) himself entertained, he mast say that, how,- oever satisfactory his statement might be as regarded his :personal intentions, it could not be considered as any gua rantee that he would be able to act on his opinion. How .ever, with regard to that, time alone would show; but he could only think that the Right Hon. Baronet had lot given any satisfactory reasons for abstaining thus from stating those opinions which a man of his knowledge, capacity, and attention to public affairs must have forraed.—(Hear, hear.) The only opinion the country could form on the studied silence of the Government was that it .was not at present a united Government. That was the opinion they would come to, and there fore it was doubly necessary to have prevented that opinion, that the Right lion. Baronet should come be fore the House as the representative of a united Go vernment with the measures they proposed, or, if it was -correct, that it should be admitted and fairly stated to the country. If the country were given fairly to under stand that the reason of the delay was that the Govern ment was not agreed as to the measures that ought to be proposed, the good sense of the country would probably induce them to bear it, only he (Lord Palener ston) would suggest that in such case the results might be obtained before February next ; and that, as stated by hiS Noble Friend, the Right lion. Baronet would be able to state in October what was the decision of the Cabinet—what they were prepared to offer, and what they were determined to resist.—(Cheers.) Mr. VILLIERS, who was for some time inaudible in consequen - ce of the noise occasioned by Members leaving the House, said that he could not loose the op portunity of expressing his opinion that the feeling that would be entertained by millions in the country with respect to the conduct of the Government would be that of intense disappointment.—(Hear, hear, hear.) Nothing could be more unsatisfactory than the course about to be taken, unless it were the reason assigned for it. During the last year nothing had been done, but waitirg until this hour should 'arrive. What remedy would be applied to the great grievances of the people ? All the business of the country had been delayed on the ground that the men in power had not the confidence of the country, and that men better able to conduct the Government were ready to take their places. The Right lion. Baronet had created every obstruction to the Go vernment until he drove them out, on the ground that he was ready to form an efficient Government. Now, the people had for four years unceasingly complained of the Corn-laws, and had shown that the predictions made when those laws were enacted had literally been fulfilled. Evidence to that effect had been substantiated before a Committee of the House, but it had been rejected by the opposite side, on the ground that it was one-sided and partial. But evidence had been offered at the Bar of the House, where a partial inquiry could not be suspected. But that was refused, and when Go vernment admitted that the grievance was great, and that the remedy could not longer wisely or Justly be postponed, and when a united Cabinet produced a mea sure which, although it did not meet all the necessities of the case, would yet remove many evils and do great good. Every obstruction was offered by the Right Hon. Baronet until he drove that Cabinet from office, and now he re fused to allow the question to be discussed. The whole year had beea lost by those obstructions, and now the Right Hon- Baronet required five months to make up his opinion. It was inconvenient, indeed, for Gentlemen to remain in town. Why, then, did they not make the in quiry before ? How would their reason satisfy the people who were starving in consequence of that law ? He knew there were questions upon which the Right Hon. Baronet ought to be allowed time, but this was one upon which his opinion must be completely formed, and the people will not think that by the postponement they will get a better measure. The Hon. Baronet had taken into his Cabinet men known to be the most determined friends of monopoly.—(oh, oh.) Why the Gentlemen who had lately gone back to their constituents, had said a great deal about attachment to the state and to the church, and the favours they had received from the First Lord of the Treasury, but not a word about the monopoly of food which they maintained to keep up their rents. He had never known such sedition spoken by the working men as was uttered by those gentlemen when out of office. They had endeavoured to bring the Sovereign into contempt.—(oh, oh). The cap seemed to fit how ever.—(Opposition cheers). He believed, however, that no Sovereign was m ore popu l ar t h an s h e h a d b ecome s i n ce, she showed her desire to relieve the wants of the people.—(Cheers-) It was dangerous to make the Rouse. Gentlemen oppositeople believe that they could hope for nothing from that were making still smaller n the party, which was already small, of those who thought that the people would receive justice from Parliament. —(Hear.) The upper classes always taught an unfortu nate lesson to the people, which drove them to violence.— (Hear.) They perverted - the purpose of r e p resentat i on , and instea d o f discussing questions in that House, they compelled the p eo p le to discuss the m oat of doors, where this quest i on would eventually . be d ec id e d . The course of the Right Hon. Baronet was unwise and unjust, would cause the country to be agitated for the nee —4 11174 a `_ months. Mr. BROTH& . TZTON said that great dis' __.. ..heel pre railed for the last ... worlicin,, classes, and years amono-st th- "'"-, A me b it was increasing. , lus4 been held at ... rest to proro7,ue Par . 'lament until something had' ' Manchester to address the Q ueer Jeer. done to reliev e t ra d e, Iti:d esp- , ciallv in respect t,, the provision laws. It was the general belief that ',ap, distress was occasioned by the torn-laws, and the. distress was constantly increasing, in 18t.i6 there vir2 4 n et a m ill idle, no o r f a house uninha ° - mills standing lited ; but now there were, a number *till, and ho.ndreds of houses and cottages . unoccupied. Rohe Mini • - Jters would incur great relieving this responsibility- if they ;allowed the, winter to pass over without ittppallim er. distress, or a t • l eas t letting people know what ;they iw.ended to do. If th ey said they intended to do no . ftbint,: peopl e w o u ld know how to employ their capit .. ."____ ert . car, hear.) He cared for no party. He said ' , perish ?Tarty, but give the people bread."—(Chee'ls.) there wars no argil nent so good in that , douse as a ma jority ; but.He knew Fee would implore ti . .,, Government to give seine indi":-ion of their intent= allay the a nxiety of , ..on to a - Ile suf.'. rin g people. 11 ".- WARD could n.„ h e l p .:2nr..ni cat i ons made saying that, after the corn lhe,- 'east ni g ht an d t hi s n i g h t , t h e soone r i.ot-Teclin.gs of th e house were brought to a close o , ..lbetter ; - ;Jr people would cease to look to the House with any nope. H e was w illi ng to give the Right Hon. Barone;, a fair trial, as h e had fairly won his place ; but f ilpon this question of the monopoly of corn, he ought to a,c prep/And to state his views. The Right Hon. Baro /iet kstd said that he would not condescend to work out l'he -Jpinioa4 of others, but that next year he would be repared to present a measure of a united Cabinet. 7- .3ie (Mr. Ward) did rot conceive that any alteration 'x hick would give a large coneession to the people, twostid be made by the Duke of Buckingham, or by the ight lion. Member for Kent, Wao had instantly op ,posed even that paltry measur e for admitting bonded >1 - ; 'flour. He did not anticipate inuel. eit':c r from the Right ----' • Ilen. Gentleman, the V ice -Pr es id ent of the Board of Tas,de, after a speech lie had lately ma d e ; and such a i:tate. of things held oat the most unfavourable prospects. i,tf,h4 . distress in the roanufaeturmg districts could not be ii ' rated. He coulci s; to that in the town of tTi:it , f- ' ' fier4 Which he ' had th: , honour to represent, :3,119 1 ) I k s were now unt‘niantecl. Under those circum- - ces, he thought that the House and the country bad a right to expect from the Right Hon. Baronet a sore explicit declaration than is hid made. SECOND EDITION .r..............a. , ................m.•••••1.0e..... , An HON. MEMBER on the Opposition benches, whose tof the bayonet. There was an example fora five years, and had name we could not learn, said that the country would I tional country. It had been baptised in blood.lt was . constitu- justly due to him (L y o e r t d d J o o n h e n n ß ot e h s i s rt e g l l . ), w T h h o at ha m d ig h h el t d o o r ffi tn ce ig fe h r t willingly extend its indulgence to the Right Hon. Baro- I begotten in violence and injustice. It had been perpe- thatle., ittnatdnid. net, by granting the time for considering his measures 1 tuated at the expense of the tears and groans of the nEoetraboestehteheeetNeo, Noble e t L et o i r t d h that had the iteg; e p e e t e e p d l e h reason why the present Geveretrient should neglect theirs.- which he demanded, because it placed confidence in his i people ; and he (Mr. Cobden) prayed to God it . mighthisacidutr;:thil (Loud cheers,) But the Noble Ldrd had proposed measures, Administration. The new Ministry was, besides, sup- I not end in violence, which their conduct in refusing all of which the Bight Hdn. Brrotiet haddisepprstred, and having ported by a large majority of that House. I discussion and all amelioration of existing evils, Was but refused to adopt them he now refused to propose any of his own Mr. COBDEN was surprised to hear the Honourable too apt to provoke.-(Hear, hear.) in their plaee.-(Cheers.) If the Right Hon. Gentleman Member allude to the majority which his party had ob- Lord SANDON said he should have thought that a would apply himself to the consideration of those measure% he tamed. That was an attempt to justify their proceedings, 1 sense of prudence, if not of decency, would have deterred believed he he would come to the conclusion that some commercial policy was taco vary, but the by a mere appeal to physical force. He believed that I the Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down from charging _change h in t Hon d o u u r roble Gentleman refused discussion. Ile Hon. Gentlemen in pursuing the course they had taken I that (the Ministerial) party with having obtained their Ri asked for a su ply, and told them that they must on that occasion were unconscious of the state of public majority by unfair means at the late elections.-(llear, wait until next year before they could hope for any alteration opinion. That was admitted upon all sides. It was ad- hear.) What they had seen in that House should have in those lawn. And what was that alteration to be ? Why matted be the great organ of the ;party opposite. The silenced the Hon. Gentleman upon that head. For his the Right Hon. Baronet, the Member for Dorchester, in his triumph at the late elections was not the triumph of prin- (Lord Sandon's) part lie believed that Hon. Members on address to his constituents, had said that he considered a fixed ciple, it was the triumph of the purse.-(Cries of " Oh, his side had been chosen with remarkable 1 purity.- duty an impossibility, and that the only improvement that oh," from the Ministerial benches.) He w a s onl y statin g (Hear, hear, and Oh, oh.) Let them look to Lou- could be made in the present Coen.laws would be by improving what had been admitted by their own organ of that morn- don, where two Conservatives had not been returned the system of taking the averages, so as to make them l more h ing. They were there by the force of their pockets, and through corruption.-(Hear, hear.) Let them look to stringent. 'f hat was the t n i t t he only a d teration sti t l h h e l y et e er ou rgl l ,rd le o not by the force of principle. He was not therefore stir- Liverpool, not carried by corruption. Let them look to f a o d r; er f e or to th th e e Gon t e e r i nz a en o , f td ap y;a r . e ing werec Now that scale prised to find them ignorant of the real state of public the majorities they had obtained in the great towns of h feeling Bribery lied Ceen resorted to at the late elections Lancashire, Yorkshire, and Middlesex-to the majorities had not nistifird r an l y one of the groutals on which it had been riginally j introduced. It had not iedueed steadiness of price to an Unprecedented extent, and lion. Members, he would in the English Counties, and he did think they would P -it had not afforded effectual protection to the British repeat, had gone to the hustings with their constituents in I admit that it was not to corruption these majorities were farmer-it had not afforded security that the home their pockets.-(Laughter from the Ministerial benches) owing. -(Hear, hear.) Let the Honourable Gen growth should be equal to the home consumption - those were He believed it difficult to exaggerate the distress now tle m a n look next to the other side-let hint look prevailing in the manufacturing districts. If that to Brid p ort-(Hear, hear,from the Ministerialbenches)- th - House was prorogued without taking the subject into to Shrewsbury, to Nottingh am, and to various other been taunted with being asked if they could maintain a fi xed its consideration, the responsibility should not rest with places • and,; in his (Lord Sandon's) opinion, prudence, duty. low what right had i Hon. Gentlemen opposite to ask t those who represented real constituencies, and not pure if not ' decency, would prevent him from repeating his them to mhi , ntain H a ea fixed h e r a u r ty ) when their noth' o n w e n cis seh d eul b e e clearer clamed ones, but with those who were now in possession . observations on the subject. The Hon. Gentleman who man that undor ( a fixed duty there wend be a n ti xer! supply. of the reins of Government. They had heard of the I had just sat down was very anxious to divest himself of I The merchant would then be able to make his calculatiens. distress in Salford and other places, and he (Mr. Cob - the awful res p onsibilit y hanging over him in respect to It , _was tl, the sliding scale that was the cause of all the diver= den) represented a borough which transcended a l l o t hers manufacturin g distress. Ha apprehended thatth e storm ,—(Cheers) A Witt ded had b-en said of what had in the fearful sufferings of its inhabitants. One of e v e r y he had hiMself raised would lead to bloodshed, and he taints five houses in Stockport was untenanted , and he c o u l d was anxious to throw the burden of the responsibility fallen from the Hon. Member from Stockport relative to the state of the feelings of the working classes. Now nothing had tell them, moreover, that one-half of the occupiers were its: had so largely contributed to create-(Cheers been said on that subject that night that had not been said not paying rent. One half of the mills and manufac- from the Ministerial benches)-upon her Majesty's nii- months before. Every one hail said that when the question of the tures were closed, and thousands of labourers, who sisters because they refused to eater upon the Corn-laws should be thoroughly understood by the people, if would be considered a treasure in any other land, subject of the Corn-laws. If the language which some measures were not adopted to repeal or alter thent it tli n e and looked upon as its most valuable possession, the Honourable Member had used in the House peace . of the country i would dtro h_ t e io e o ndan , , , Tae t i n , t an h d t yet e night g th ytiad h a d d a . were wandering about seeking for employment that evening was to be taken as a specimen of that Ge n n a le e m i e a n m re le tu d a n e t the s ieech of one come - Member, who hail hut unable to obtain it. They were to have a delay of which he was accustomed to address to the peony e live months before they considered the subject. Gee] in the North of England, it might well be said t. at v s ' a l ddressed the House without adding one single observation to what had been uttered previously , and who had even expressed knew, however, whether he (Mr. Cobden) should have the people were under the guidance of those who were himself as rejoicing that them was to be nit discussion. The a constituency in five months if the tide of emigration calculated to mislead them. What had the Hon. Gentle- Noble Lord had taunted them with participating in a gee so and the growth of distress should progress in the same man said ? lie had said that the existing Corn-law had and iefamons system of bribery ' He (Mr. Hawes) knew no proportion as of late years. He expected at the end of the been carried at the point o f the bayonet.-(Cries of thing of that personally.-(H e ar.) He repre winter to find very few of the operatives whom he re - " No, no.") he Hon. Gentleman had said so , and it anted no frees T men-(Cheers)-and he had never in his elections incurred presented in the streets of Stockport. If the discus- was not until the negative had b e en p u t three times one farthing of expense that he should be ashamed to state in sion were to be postponed, he wished to place on the from his (Lord San-lon's) side of the House that the his place in that House. -( Loui cheers.) He admitted that right shoulders the responsibility and the consequences, Hon Gentleman had reluctantly admitted that he in many places gross and shameful bribery had taken place, and he would sa that all those who had been guilty of it hal Corn- particularly the consequences to the labouring popula - did not intend to allude to the present d one muc h to shake the confidence of the people in that House , non. Hon. Gentlemeit opposite had fraternised with law-(rear)-not to the Corn-law which had and to undermine the foundations of the Constitution.-(Loud the working classes to some purpose during the last immediately preceded it, but to the Corn-law before that cheers.) The Right Honourable Gentleman had called for twelve months. The coalition had taken place, but he -to the Corn-law of 1815. That Corn-law absolutely a vote of confidence, without stating what he meant to (Mr. Cobden) believed it was now about to be brought prohibited the importation of foreign corn until the price do. -( He ar, hear.) Corn-laws, Sugarslews, Timber-laws; to a close. Let them remember that they were now in this country should have reached 80s. a quarter. Was finances, taxes-al were left in obscurity, and on these grounds about to return to a population deprived of work that the same as the present Corn-law, the merits of the Right Hon. Baronet anted for the confidence of the Moose and sueseering from the want of every comfort, which, however, lie would not then go into ?-(lronical and the country. Whateser might be said of the late Govern and consequently deeply dissatisfied. Let the true cheers from the Opposition.) Honourable Gentlemen ment, they had at least propounded Tactical measures for re source of the grievances of the working, classes be aster- must be perfectly .aware that under the present Corn- tiering the distress of the country, and had brought them tamed. That was due to the capitalists and the employers , law there had been a much greater increase in the im- s t s r a a llibly b d e t fo o r i e t h th te e n H t o h u e se b - urd m e e n as o u f re ta s x ca at l i c o u n late n d hi t i o o r t e h l e iev ß e i the ht of the poor. They have before them six months of pri- portation of cern from foreign countries than could have Hon e . , a a n onen g havin refused even to discuss those rasesti ! fide vation and suffering, such as he would be loth to witness, taken, place under that Corn-law which he had attempted asked er r s vole of s4ply, stating, as his ground for asking it, and such as Hon. Gentlemen opposite would not witness, to identify with it. He (Lord (Sermon) was not that he in ended to postpone until next winter the brin g ing because they would be shooting in their preserves. - m ere insensible than those Gentlemen who claimed to forward rine meaturet to relieve the dlitteCtes of the people , (Cries of " Hear," and " Oh," on the Ministerial themselves a monopoly of humanity, to the hardships, Mr. LITTON said he was sorry to hear from Hon, Gentle benches.) Let him tell Hon. Gentlemen opposite that the sufferings, and the distress endured by the inhabi- Nen opposite, observations calculated to create discontent and their monopolies were the known cause of the distress of tants of the manufacturing districts. He believed Hon. excitement, but he was desirous of rising, as the eepreeetitetive our operatives ; and that if wages were reduced, it was Gentlemen on his side of the House had shown them- of an Irish eenstituetiey, to pray her Alajesty's Government to them it would be owing. The wages of labour were selves as actively alive to those sufferings as the mill- would take tittle to deliberate on such an imrortant question. the rations of the poor ; but the majority of that House, owners of Lancashire, and the present was a vain attempt He thought he expressed the opinion of that country ! whenehe by diminishing the market for labour, were lessening on the part of the mill-owners to draw. the attention of tif the Co as ptopesed by the late Administraticti those rations. The laboining classses should know who the people from themselves, as the cause of much of the p s aided int a l 't would ' lv Irelatul in tediate rind it was that robbed them.-(Cries of " Hear, hear.") I distress, and to direct it against the land-owners. The em ediab o le r a uirL i (Hear i h nv e o an e herr and laughter.) If no It was not the capitalists. He said solemnly that he mill-owners had no right to come forwanhwith these ir e r titions from Ireland were presented against that law, the petitions was because the people knew such a measure could believed no calamity would be more deeply felt exclusive claims to humanity-they had no right to stag- never pass that House. It Was Very well to describe the by the manufacturers of Lancashire and Yorkshire, matise those who differed from them on an abstruse miseries and sufferings of the manufacturers of England, but than that they should be driven to the necessity of di- point of political economy, on which even many Mem- were the four or five millions of the Irish people, ..hem the minishing wages. He believed that capitalists were bore on the other side differed in opinion. Why ; Lord proposed alteration would ruin ; to be altogether fiver:nen ? aware that the worst thing for them was to have a Congleton had at one time been of opinion that no im- -( Hear, hear.) He wield assert that. misery, penury , want, badly-remunerated population ; for, as Mr. Burke had portation of foreign corn should be permitted until the , and actual deprivation of the necessaries of 1.6• would said, "we are all the pensioners of the working classes." price in this country should amount to 120 s. a quarter. follow the measure of the lite Administration if passed into a They were the great consumers and customers of the They should recollect that this was a question as to the law, Thil i !risil . people t ha o ci f not the resources dt d b f en iti e t s ufe h ti e ttirtn country, and therefore sell-interest alone would induce sliding scale or a fixed duty, and those who were of tn I nvert f t r?o , 11' t P he i p l rern f t Corn-law g s a w n ere l to be taken tro. l m them. the manufacturer to. maintain, if possible, the rate of opinion that a fixed duty was preferable had no right on wages. He said without fear of contradiction, that the that account to hold the language they had held, and A arson that knew Ireland must know that her pitiOrity cle n p y er P e e led on agriculture, aria if that sippOrt Was withdrawn, capitalists of the North of England- had for the last to speak of those who differed from them in opinion as four or fire iiiillibris Woald be destitute of the Means of living. three years carried on their business at a positive loss. if they were deficient in feelings of humanity.-(Cheers.) She stank Holy three Or four sea-ports that were prosperous, and He would say more, that during the last five years the If her Majesty's Ministers had had any specific nest/Mtn had n ot., eke England, numerous and flourishing tennis. 'l'He capital of Lancashire had decreased fifty per cent. like Hon. Gentlemen opposite for the relief er this dis- greater number of the towns in Irelarin derives their support ' Capital had been depreciated, and it had gone, in a great tress, then they would certainly be culpable if they did from the agricultural population, aiad if the agrieutterists were measure, to pay labourers who by short-work and occa- not' propound it at once ; but he believed that there • ruined, ruin ayottlel, Soon. Overtake the inhabitfirenol the tikiis: ' sional cessation of work, had still continued could be no doubt hut that her Majesty's Ministers did He bad not i ieard, dhrihg the debate, any Irish Member as nominally to receive the same rate of wages not attribute the present distress of the country to the tree that Tielatid Would not be ruined by the proposition of ehel te Government He would sa afe v words with resact l as before. But the funds of the Union Association Corn-laws., and that no alteration witieh they might r a . • - y : . tothebeing of the question on the Irish franchises. The had in the meantime been drained. During the last bring fin-ward with regard to thtiat laws would Conservatives wished to leave to Ireland a hid, fair ; and bona twelve months he believed there had been more paid out be brought forward under the pretence of remedying the pre- fide franchise; and he tvotild tell the Hen, Gentleman oppoe of union funds than had been contributed out of the poor- sent distress.-(Hear, hear.) He did not attribute that dis site the measure of the late Administi•atioti would materially i dl rates to paupers. But these funds were now exhausted ; tress to the Corn-laws, and not very long since the Manches ter Chamber of Commerce had not attributed it to the Corn, minish those fratechitee. Many who could tides svtiar to a indite and what had they to expect next. Why, in the unfor-able interest of 101. above the rent, would not be able to do so laws.-( Hear, hear.) a The Chamber of Commerce of Man tunate borough which he represented, they were threat- if the Corn-law was changed. He would say, and he knew cued with a conflict between the master and the labourer. etihieeleorintl-aSd t a o t o t k rib ß u a te nks th a at tu d t is i t f re a ss to er tl a ti t an o k of Englfandtuatnd Ireland, that one-half the Irish frenehiteS irduld be ctit oil by Wages must now be reduced some 20 or 30 per cent., were asked in private at the present moment if he attributed a change of the Corti-lad, He (Me. Liftoff) wondered that and if wages were reduced in one pl ac e they would that distress to the state of the Corn-laws, he would answer that Heese t who preitssed themselves the only friends o Ire= soon be reduced every where. When these things were no, but would say it was owing to trailing being carried be- land, should be so forgetful of her ftaftchises; theing e h r . stated to Hon. Gentlemen opposite, they were told the yond its legitimate bounds by capital artificially applied, a m ( ai lear e ) are th :er t y ttin litt n le f fdr ier the agriculture, n ud of h they 0 N e in the operatives might be sent to the poor-house. He believed state of things which must sooner or later terminate in dis distre; of her people:-( Hear, hear, clad la t i l i l sr e htlr, ) Then the Right Hon. Baronet had stated the other night that tress, and that they were now saffeting 'the breaking of the he could lay of the hewer closet of the people 'of Itelandelidt those who administered the poor-law must have been bubble. These were the causes to which, in their country they rejoiced irt having an Administration which would obtain sadly neglectful of their duty. But was that all that the houses and in private, they attributed the distress at the pre. for them a freedom from agitation, and Attend allow them t 6 hard-working and skilful operative had to console him ? sendt talking of :Voile l in public they were harranging multitudes pursue industry without solution-( Heat and laughter) Was lie to be deprived of work, and then to be reduced and of p n 'p ssion orn the o o f ul i d )lor i a, of: baPne"'°Cmonopoly, Corn-laws tt pez t te of sa t yh e that,alth mischief,o u gh . and he would say that the Irish appointments had not only to the condition of a 'pauper ?-(Hear from ehe Ministerial they attributed to they w given satisfaction as tespeated the executive portion of them, benches.) He (Mr. C.), as the representative of the opera- those laws were not the teclusive oil the main cause of yete as was atittlitted b all parties; bet eVen the acv appointments tires of Stockport, would tell Hon. Members who cried distress. If her Majesty's Ministers had any remedy for that Were liked, find id gwen great satiSfaction.-( Hear and " Hear," that they would not be paupers, that they ab- distress and did not come down with it, they would be highly laughter.) They were a guarantee that the law would be e s ~ hored pauperism as much as the Right Hon. Baronet culpable; but he believed that her Majesty's Ministers salt{ habituallyfithromAstleryaapnilohtt,imiaerowtiasilloyhaßodomwthreisterlhandthiusieteotildthoehlyvttegtet himself, and that they would resist a law which was re- they did not pretend to remedy that distress by any sudden said, that although he was a not ' an during them to pauperism ; or, if they could not resist measure.-( Ironical cheers from the Opposition. ) He would Ike to ask Hon. Gentlemen on the other side whether they it, they would submit to the secondary punishment of lrish Memberi the HMI: and Learhed Oentlerean who had just tat &hen krie* he had a stake in the country (Iliear heat) our penal code-they would transport themselves to din- considered it their measure. fur if an Bs. fixed duty had been thereby f? l it av r e m b o e n e t u hs ago, present state of distress Witni taut lands, where they would be placed in a condition yrearilethvoiatet,ed. he f m th i e d present price of s i d and that it was entirely connected with agriculture. ' Yet he would say that the improvement of Ireland would advance upon less humiliating than at home. What were the argu- bread y would have beseensliba repeal of the Cdrritla*.-(Cheeet and laughter.) He manta advanced by the Gentlemen opposite that even-not say ; but he t (Mr. C.) did ea atibecala the prepinitien Of the late Govern. n eL w id e be no doubt 'jrh but n that would say that there state of distress of the temmercial classes would have been the ing ? They had not a word of consolation for our suffer- Milt, hut he adeocated the measure of S. total repeal.-( Hear, im ing mechanics. He had heard from them nothing like same. He theegtat it his duty to come forward on the pre: hear ? ) Thefe wis nd nett of Ireland more prosperous or condolence or commiseration-(lronical cheers from the sent occasion, representing, as he did, a large commercial ten• preying than that in which manufactures were in connection Ministerial benches)-and that, he believed, was owing stinterity, to reply to the taunts of the Hest, Geritteillan who e Was ' it en 4 with agricujjeire-( Hear, heat) h -and, in, fact, greater dentin to an ignorance of the constituencies whom the Gentle- had lost spoken, and who seemed to censider that on his (Lord fort did notillist in any part , otn thee British empire. It was by men represented. They were told by the Right Hon, Sandon's) side of the House, there were only to be found re - had f afieulttife &the fof other means their! thee of e eeen th, population in the north of Baronet that he would have a controversy with the Noble presentatives of seek places as Sudbury-(Cheers)-and Bride Irelitisl Bald thein felet 7 _wliat Lord opposed to him. The Right Hon. Baronet be- port.-( Loud cheers.) He had stated those sentiments to his constituannebefore his election. He did not believe that any ale the people of Ireland on heroj a a tr o o n o hth f i the it val r tt e e 7 t f an dg 6 r d i . . gan his speech by telling them he was inclined to have wegeaP, population that o no m t o al t ways n a party contest on the occasion. The Right Honourable tlatiten in the Corn-laws would . materially affect the cbtiditieti se alteration toratitet produce h would not o e r u culture d 2 13 . 00, a9 f e (near.) he honourable and Learned Gentlertien said that an Gentleman had jointly entered into that contest. But any labouring c h la i s e s h es t , h a a n t d ait it was a great question whetuer unanimous feeling prevailed in Ireland as to the bad Atte he (Mr. Cobden) protested against that House being beymoreanthaagnecaowunterbalancedof the late Goteinirrient's preposition of a fixed duty but there be sop made a mere debating club.-(Loud cheers from the posed most to rent by that alteration by who mightacc 4 was tib tetnenee et pity senh feFtirigs.-enHeet, heat.) There Ministerial benches, again and again renewed.) Hon. disadvantages. P He hail expressed thesesentimen°tuAgre.l%. bad been tits petitions oh the subject. ineithef &Atli! he (Mt, Hon. and Learned Gentleman that her Gentlemen should remember that he (M. Cobden) was large meeeantile constituency, and he could state that the eie C.) agree With the tolerably seasoned in physical force, and that he was peession of them had not appeared to draw on hint arty unnontte Mijesty's resent advisers had given universal satisfaction in not easily to be put down. But he was going to protest I inritY• - r ifelenia.-(Chiert.) No detibt the people there were luke against the Right Hon. Baronet's considering that they Sir RORERT PEEL wished to say OM tVerd ih explana- warm in supporting the late Government, because they had had brought a charge were sent there to listen to party controversies between Lion as to a part of the speech of the Hen. Member for Stock- ;I li a t f l o oi u nt n . i d eodfToi The ed t , h e Hon, grossest eht and ie m m ti n ii s t , n ' not gone far enough in ashn' n Liberalmeasures but, t compare .,o, t t he t ie fte ith re ar te e reent ; Government, u him and the Noble Lord. He (Mr. Cobden) had come port, in which that r Hon, Member e a wex e er k a i t r n ato s nr ti t g h i ho i . i ne ttmr ys(eSlfrni up aeshey is°( e i ti la te g t a ta w ined ' rowards their s prOdoicessors, was there for a different purpose. It was their duty to con-perfectly absurd.-( Heat, heat.) On the contrary, the people cider the interests of the country at large, irrespective of party and of faction. When the Right Hon. Baronet t him (Sir Robert Peel) of ' stating Pe thatl tli t tlatio o n r , k had accused had announced his determination to postpone discussion, ought to be satisfied with the condition of oda; S.. IngitfoWtitis there were apprehensive of the pre-emit Admitistration ; bat .lasses he hoped the conduct of the Hiatt Here Berdnet wined re move all grounds for such feelings. He wined say a fete he (Mr. Cobden) had expected he should have some argu- was the foundation of that statement. Ile'( Sir U. Peel had merits to justify the delay, and that something would be some months ago betted the Hon. dentleman (the Member for words _upon the general cidestion, and he begged to vouch for the present distress; and abeilate necessity for speedy mea saida case of the most appaning ie u e rc ea 2 ( which might give hope for the future. But distress, He had listetied to the relation of that car by the Bolton) mention in that Hoagie Ch i eers,) He Would &It say what ought td be done; no : the Right Honourable Gentleman wished for appalling he would say; whatever wee to be done, might to be dbrin time-and for what ? In order that he might had 'mentioned the case of a weave' who, surrounded by Hon. Member with most painful feelings. The Hem elembei at once: The great question; mein from all party views, was, consult those functionaries connected with the whether the Corn:dews should be upheld ii or not. He thought Government, who might have some important come his family, had expired in a state of the deepest dittreas, and the question thoUld be p o r f eiaed to o el ( i s 'liciT h ll t ntl th s at ti the . de munications to make. But had not the Right h h is body had been found extended on the heatnin Hit death bate should not th e beo opinion o e f ra th e e re Ho w ute ascettaihedWa 0 w e 1 m o h ti e ly t i Honourable Baronet, in common with the rest of his p a e d el be h en ad al e ributed to actun staevation. When he (Sir R. symp ) athy foratrdhet s ta4 statement` enter expressing the deepest '‘ to .ay ma o lse (me terea P rk to the Rig h t her Bean:set wi l l res fellow-subjects, an opportunity of reading the evidence e a of that poor man ended his fainitte t® he ilddr-le*, and that was, whether he *mild force do the taken before the Import Duties Committee ? He might he had said that a'svat " - ' there have met with the evidence, not .only of those con- inquiry if it were eappalling to head . to the - pe ogle the Poor-law, where unions had net been Yet esti omsseinbtleso thataPblished? He heped the Right Hoe, fnehtlemell wthild eottainel netted with the Board - of Trade, but of one who was now ' perly administered wherel l' such a. steno at thingr'av Wild be pro- , k ,I h a sitieseetina. . s was seffeted tie in the service of the Government, who had retired front ' eelst, and, ;rom that the Hies. Gentleman took oects . s;c to lir. al J. O'CONNELL begged td say ,eine word before his duty full of honour, and whose last act was the must neee h e him (Sir n - nun of tatt e r, that the wanting classes the debater closed. Ileatna willine,, SIS , eh / If : igti ininridenr; td glorious of his life. He alluded to Mr. Deacon Hume ought to be satisfied with the cerainintai of paupers, now the a take upqn hintielf tlin ottattdny of entirely disagneeitig anti title ' The Right Hon. Baronet could consult Mr. Huni-d and first thing that he (Sit Rs ti'eel) had &Ma after hie appoint, tArAing froiii tee . confidence which the Hon.. and Learned Gene Mr. Porter on the subject of the Corn-lay . - .s. " went to the goveetteeeht,deified Mr.q Inetoe)nepreterited f.s , at . q.clit , t!ei i lie u lrle h h dein Their was tel write to his tiitht Heif. evidence had been reprinted in Americas - n, Friend the Saectetary of S`sate for the Home tienaitilint ) Wit: ioillt!ile..ts , a LI it), ptoteet h end was known •nf l o m b s l e e Lord's fadr. speech by the t ßig t t e t nag hint s that that corichisione derived . #sOT the ':tory was still **ilia* on lie's mihd, and to every one. The Right Hon. Baron however, wished t .holi h" hil h 'ae I - much - to consult his own functionary. e d ' that It such a ;gate of thittfl n'Ouldity possibility exist it tea's a Hon. Baronet ? whiett , spear eto g t come,. ( more But was that a reason reflect: - state{ e •, - • e • --' . '' -a thin the 1/0814 Lord Has . - a.riailOtt in eonc:edirig: . Though ashy they should have th ..un upon the Os e society in general--(Cheeo)-1 d ..1 question deferred for five respect for Lora _ant e he had personally a high, a , . . months ?He (Mr. Cob - ' - . • nuviaing brat instantly to eend an assistant l i allaW Commis- , nly thought not. r r e sioner to Belton Right Hon. Ger.' -ten) utCtat , 1 nolton to irittitate k+ immediate inquiry.- as lo is . , l thoueht he would want the Ponti or the iticlinetime, • hification ter- - ] LIS , • . ormaa also alleged, in Fps own (Cheers. ) That iflviti7e ?ias taken, and the assistant I h e n P,e h e a • .' nt ei '' Ing 1;1 . e' . et intentiond or erhe s th to ~, ire , ett Sol tt s‘ . , le act. e could not tureet the eittrirue ildinn4 measures de . ...se the late government had theya:eLayed their r Cemmheintitt ' Wee at the present moment at faetthri I 'aneP Lord `' e e • , , - five at quarrel . e rf ".!; "V"e of years, ed artakinn innaliries into that statement, whiea iseid haat bid tiro could not t - , 1 ' with t to 'Ol his nnot sj part, epon, is C n tiC , respee woe. . with hint for a delay of five months, Bee that or tnree months ago.-( Cheers, e Tikst Wes the foundation of e , tie Ira e -,-- ai t" i and 110.4 lie lied hied tanated - In the le n. un Rip_ Ace , ~ .• 4i , 11 . t• te r •_1;, i; • .dd sly show that the Right lion; Baronet *as fol- the charge which had been beelleht against him, atioe heemite Whit. Mitt a en• ennere, Decease h e wisnee co at.ay r ein ii. Its the track of those from whose heelicy he dif- he had expressed fits horror at the statement Made he tlne Hon.with ;11 Vg• and local diatirictionS-( Hear, hear)-and he much fe r a e re l d id if ' l a na vote upon flint nceasnin vataifid not If re , feted. Again, the Right Hon. Baeettet asked the Mem- Ih. Member ti fee , Boitore, the Itear...O r entienteri 'asite had charged me be 'et bn lilt iitetti partath Ireldnit. Ile liEd tin OrdideneW hers of the late Administration whether they were pre- wiimthwtittistatina that tine Wariness classes ought to be satisfied ~R,v, i . , .„ A condition 'or pfeapers.- Loran cheering. ; ) ' D attmerit tint if they tt e eere try , or t e erne ep I really pared to stand by the Bs. duty. But was that the way to Ma. HAWE would sae ' ( d . with ftspet tto the expli- wished to do avian Wlth the inequality vilitch,atihiisted in the give satisfaction to the country ? Was it in that way that nation of the Rine', H o l ir e sti s!tistien td ,Ili` it 'i-i' Mfinicipni ketil of Eniklarlde leelirid; . end Snonned n the dueftd the Prhue Minister of the country should treat a naestion Friend, th- -I be for n' S le t" . ki'i. &it ii. thii, 6 ('- . exhibit thelt 'diSpdsitidn to do justiceto irelana by peeing itietif of such importance to starving millions e--h )of ' • .., oem r , bee tits , a -et , - . the tpeech tut an Otnialite with reghd t 6 that Act:. He entirely dissented The Might from ehe Castandia-like predictions of the, Hon. and Learned ght Hon. Baronet afterwards went into elabor - , ferent matinee lertin t'eht which the Right H 64; Birooet had calculations for the purpose of (sheaving. the f' " 6C nett ettpteeeen It. He then ht the Mann ei 4 e6.11 Indebted to Gentlemen as to the i beeefit that Ytes . likely eo flow frame the the measures of the late Getserninent. '' s -'' - - the Herhou - rable Member fer Stonepoit for having elicited.the to i lad .'rid 11 6 *dui(' lit} allnyien e t new Administration re e; 4 ~ .. . . sidering that the Right lion. Baror eteally, estop- . speech . ef (the Nnble ut ,,, a the Member fur Liverpool. At least to express his doubts of the advantages to be derived from stating that he had not time to re -ec comnaetivelet by • . 1 • leneth they pack it epeech from the other side, calculated to the Geeernenetit of the Right Hon. Barotiet. entered into a very minut- -take up his mind s he had , • thieh - see* light on the future intentions of the lat-oartrament. rable seirpfise that ;iii, said he bad .felt cortdr, „ . . the Administration W' " ‘ 4 criticism et the measnits •of", ...Vries of " No, no.") He said " Vas s ytt, v • for the Noble lion. Gehtlemen opposite should have attributed ail the singets was nothing i n n ,. hitch had preceded him. ,tit *here Lord had taken upon himself to say that her Majesty's Minis- which existetlie Lancashire, , artul in other parts of the country, nothing the' nit that that could be called . argtiMent, and tern did not attribute the present distress to the existing state t ; had to the operatibn of the Cotq-la*s • since it must be recol tested 0 .. could satisfy the cenantenr. he (Mr. C.) pro- of the Coin-laws.-(Loud cheers.) And he had alma said that'l , 4 "..' 'die those laws were lectea that distress prevat ee. evert w lien the eaerefore against all eischeaton being deferred if they were of opinion thy possessed any remedy for that not in operation. He (Mr, Hardy) was not in the least sdr s grounds that had beep Alleged. He had withinupon d'they - that d immediately t• prised it the, etistree of distress, when he recollected the in :est fortni - ' 'M seen the distress would be boon to propose it. But •• . , t 4 16 the Ilotise h the Hon. ght to, a tolthester intelligent that, t d • • th ld ten men, capable of as they entetta Ile no such opinion ey wou no e s formetion Whin an neen g ven Y man haul told the forming an opinion, apprehensive of disturbe in bark in any discussion.-(Loud cheers from the Opposition.) Member for Oldham. The Hon. Gentleman es four dif- Menthe:at - et^ during the winter. They said that nc He gave the Noble Lord credit for having ,considerable know- Halite that in the.. 1820 there wer t e l _ ~.., 96 mid that in that atight die-, hut men and Englishmen would never see theirulen ledge of works nn political economy, ,and yet the Noble [pia feetht aetlialet tehlell piorinced a sura of cotton manufactured, children starve around them. He could himself said that all the leading authorities on that %Inject Weee dleided year there were 18,000,000: t bs. was 400,000.000, and the to the House that Ire knew a borough in which ther N declare in opinion on the question of the Corn-laws, He (Mr. Hawes) whereas at d p uceti resent il o thin o c s itta o nt , l y , , 7s A f ter such a statement no a difficulty in finding a person to fill the office of Ma was I contended that there wee a most singular concurrence of opt= Noe e was a e wander . at tt ' distress. Men borrowed money and that because it was feared there would ben r, I Mon among all the leading authorities as to the disastrous efa from ne j thl • it etoCkbanks to build large works bemuse they had during the next winter. He gave them those facts ;they convulsion Teets r to of any single and he would . challenge the _Nohle Lord to a seen e o th ir er - s . p •Osper ; the market was soon glutted ; and , Toy authority in ssgp'ert of his (Lord nandon'se might smile if they pleased, but they were facts nevertheless. view of the y question, ore were then glad to obtain any rice for their maruac i referred to the number o He would tell them more-that those on whom they L eel SANDON-Me. Huskisson. tures. The Honourable Nlember w itheut ttfnauts, relied for keeping the peace in the manufacturing di e _ I Mr. HAWES woald refer the Noble Lord to the last speech houses in Mencheeter and Viqrct r, hich . . 41 W . tricts, had very few motives left for keeping \ n-e peace that Mr. Euskissan had ever made in that House, and which as a proof of destiiidon. lie would mention one fact ;n an- . at all.-(Hear) They had in that House, by their was evidently in favour of a free trade in corn. Every one slier to that statement. In travelling on the niancnester and Legislature injured the fortunes of the middle classes, who had read the seches of Mr. Huskisson, must have re- Leeds Railway he had observed a number of persons waiting, had ruined inanufitcturers, and they had torn down d that there was a gradual change in his opinion, always they rnwke . prog-easing toward • f • t ' • -.• the boar sae by which the aristocracy was supported. 1 did riot claim g s a free eace in corn. He ( Mr. Hawes) struck vat sso singular an appearance, he had internee' into the • opinion • They had nothing . in the shape of public in the i any sueenority in humanity over Hon. Gentle I cause, and he was told that • in consequence of the cheap eon. men nypix,ite, hui he was entitled to consider their ' policy - • veyanee by railway many persons wit() formerly lived in Man north of England upset which they could rely. They 1 %part teem their personal 'feelines; and . in ' speatineoi'ttl j eltester and Salford had aken ceitages at a distance, ter %%Inch must endeavour to keep the peace by bayonets, but the ! policy, he felt bound to denounce it as pregnant with ' evil, and 1 the y were paying a rent of et., while forme, ly they had paid effort would prove ineffectual, unless they carried bread Iss one to which might mainly be attributed the suffering exist- t 101. He beleved that the only remedy for distress was to re with those bayonets. He warned them against the com- in in the country. The Right Hon. Gentleman, in the duce the manufactures to the demand. There was upon the ar t winter. He would say the times were perillous ; , amended address, had adopted that portion of her Majesty's manufactures of England a protection of ten per cent. ; but no and he would remind them of the circumstances under I o f f pe ti ech in which she expressed her sympathy for the distresses allusion had been made to that by those who had complained which the Corn-law was passed. It was passed in that I 1 alleviated. PllPle and her anxiety that those distresses should be I of the protection cn corn. Why was such a protection afforded House while surrounded by soldiers, horse and foot-it I Baronet's sympathy Now, what acre the to think of the Right Hon. 1 unless to prevent the introduction of foreign manufactures? was passed at the point of the bayonet.-(" No, no," I alleviate them, whenthose fordistresses, and of his desire to they ii found that he proposed to post- 1 The Noble Lord thelate Secretary for Foreign Affairs said that the Honourable Baronet did but technically represent from Lord sando n and other Members on the Ministe- I pone all consideration of( the people of this greatly surprised that a rial benches.) The Noble Lord the Member for Liver- 1 ing his feeling for their 'distresses,em for fiv! efis months? act Af t t i u ta r t express- , Nolatehord, who country. n a e i l, , c i a e s m e first he . did b r of the Government eool denied. the aseereion ; but he chlr. Cobden) would i was to shut the doors of House,thitt 41'andIwhich f-rnird the R f 4:311 1 ' I hart ' utterance all postpone comae. ,.. a orni hill, scone given to tepunit that the Henn -, vans at the time surrounded witn • a 'of dram till 1 ration - hear. ) The. Right i such a si.nliment.-( Hear, hear. ) Slii,di had beep raid with soldiers. He did not mean the present law, but the ; lion. Baronet, ii, that part of speech which, judging from nra veer - . to the influence of briber'- t:nd eornzi , ti , p; i;'.: Ow lost law of 1815. And between the two laws he could tell I effective, had taunted the ! the' applause which it re ce i ve d, m i g h t b e cons i dere d t h e most election. NOW, ante were many eVays of committing bribery, the Noble Lord the Member for Liverpool that there was i Noble Lord by saying that if he i and many ways of treating.-(Hear e , hear) Ye u might treat but vary little choice. The law had passed at the pout k blamed hint (Sir R. Peel) for delay, what blaule was not ; and you might promise to treat. He thought there never was 1 an election at which there was a greater promise of treating than that which had just terminated—it was a national promise. The Ministers, in appealing to the people, promised every man in the kingdom a big loaf for a little penny. The. was the cry with which they went forth to all the I opular constitueecies in the enuntry ; and, in spite of that cry, in defiance of that bribe, these popular constituencies had returned that majority which was called technical. Even at the nomirretions, which were another species of election—for there all had a vetece— the majority was generally in favour of the policy of the present Government. Why had the INoble Lord postponed the (con sideration of the Poor-law until after the election ? Was it hot because he thought the people would not swallow that as they would swallow the big loaf? Yet, although they appealed to the country, and in the most favourable aspect, the result had been the dissolution of the Goveinment. Mr. HINDLEY said he had not intended to utter a single word in the cuurse of t h at debate, but after theaord speech of the Hon, elember who had just sat down, and who represented a commercial district, he could not maintain a per fect silence. He did not know whether the constituents of the Him. Member were leaving their former houses to ge and enjoy the toiletry air, but he could tell the Hon. Member that his selr. Ilindley s were far from being in such a condition. If the statements of Hon. Member for Bradferd, with re ference to the number of untenanted houses were true, the real cause of it was that four or five' families were compelled to oc cupy one house. The Hon. Gent,_ had taunted the ma nufacturers with making too many artieles. Was it not a fact employed he that hundreds and thousands of persoesi who were *hem? 'The com manufactures were not able to pu rchase 'sr too many plaint Was not that they had too many calicos coats, but that they had t oo little food.-411ear' hear, hear.) There was not a more industrious' c.. " a of people in she world than the labouring population of Eng- I land, nor was there any in which they were so ill paid. He wished t ) address one or two worth to the Right lion. Baronet at the head of the Government. In the course of his speech upon the want of confidence in her Majesty's late Ministers, the Hon. Baronet had asked, Why have we ail these statements of distress frem the manufacturingdistricts ? How is it that the overseers have been so remiss in their duty ?" During his late Visit to the country he had been called upon for private charity by a person who had been thrown out of employment in conse quence of the adoption of machinery, and this person had told hiei, that on applying to the overseers of the township of Roy ton—a parleit iii the neighbourhood of Oldham—all that was allowed for the support of hitioette his wife, and three children, was Is. 6d. per week. Was that just to the people of Eng- LH? Hear, hear.) They ought to view the Poor- law and the Corn-law in Cenneetion. The labouring classes must leut any longer be prevented from exchanging their labour for food. The great body of the people were full of shuffe implored the House and the Hon. Baronet opposite to adopt such mea sures as were necessary to relieve their distress. Mr. MILN ES perfectly agreed with the lion. Gentleman who had just addreised the House, that the ,Poar-lclaimed aw an th fore Cornelaw should be discusse d to g ether ; but he d the Hon. Baronet euffieierit time to prepare his measures for the relief of the coital. The Corn-lase ITRA a law which bore upon every interest in the teintry, arid it must be deli berately discussed. The great difference between the he f ßieht ormer Baronet and the late Govern ment was, that t proposed no particular panacea as a remedy for an the evils Which pressed upon the e,ountry..—( Hear, hear.) fie hail been much struck With the speech of the Noble Lord the late Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Who had, he thought, treated the representatives of the people with great diare pect. An ertiresition might be conducted in two ways—either hi a corrective arid Mittel character, or by assuming that the Majority of the Hotted did tint truly represent the people, Taking this fetter eider, he would put It to the Noble Lord who had opened the debate,- Whether after his doctrines of finality he could head such an opposition whiedi Wes lox emdected withoet kettle, ifl opposition to his own pride/I_4'e (Heat, bear. ) The Noble Laid opposite had spoken of Pee trade as ( r ood 211 itidlf. It mattered het, said he , how our diplomatic felationst were conducted; tinstet all eircnmst anti:s our bes policy was to lay down large peinciplee of free trade. It had been laid down by a great moralist the adultery was a great crime, because it could only be committed by tens Pere eetie.-e-(Geeat laughter.) He would change the applitatt tette itid ea* that tee peiticiples of free trade as laid down by the Noble' Lord, cola ofily be a great and absolute good when there were two consenting parties;—(lneroked laughter.) It was his belief that the Administration of his Right Hon. Friend would do all that could be done to prepagate--( Great laughter)—thole principles without resorting to any of those illegelee(Continued laughter)—he might say immoral, pro • ceedings,. by which her Majesty's late Government attempted to bring about the same object. Mr. V. SMITH said that his only object it rising to address the Hume, was not to find fault with any of the futuremese sires of the Bight Hein, Baronet opposite, but to advert to an iiidisceetiori which he had ermimitted in the debate that ?veiling; he elliideci to what the Right Hon. Baronet had stated With fespeet tie the colonies of New South Wales and New Zealand. The Hight Baronet had alluded to a dis vtch from the Governor of New South Wake, and from that bad inferred that the colonies of New South Wake MIA New zettiand *ere approaching to national bankruptcy, becatise erdees had bert issued for bounties upon healthy emigrants. Those orders were only of a temporary nature, and the Right flail. Baratta had been greatly Mistaken in supposing that those orders would make any cefielderedile call upon the Treasury He believed that the colonies of New Solidi Wales and New Zealand were some of the most prosperous in her Mapsty'e deminionef andhe felt bound to make the statement he had done, in ordef toferriosie any erroneous impressions which the state merits of the Right. Hon. Baronet might have produced With respect to thole who felt inclined to emigrate to those coleiliese Sir R. PEEL theuebt he need only read the despatch of the Noble Lord opposite in July of the present year, to the Go vernor, Sir G. Gipps, to jus t ify h imself with the House for the staterrierits lie had made. The Right Hon. Baeotiet then read the despatele end observed that he agreed with the rioulti Lord ifi viesteirg With the deepest anxiety the statements of the Ge. vernor of Nest Suiith Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that he certainly did view the statements of Sir G. Gipps with petit Itmliety in the first instance, but he now believed that the land sales in the twd colonies to which allusion had been matte would amply supply the amount that had been required for bounties for emigeati Mr. FIELDED said that the Manufacturing districts were in a most desperate state, and under swell circumstances Were they, he would ask, to be told that they had only met to 'tote supplies, and to extend a measure for six months, Which had been desecrated throughout the country ? He contended the!. whets distress existed in the country it was the duty of the House tie itiquire into the causes of it, and do all in its power to afford a remedy. Let the House remove taxation, and within a month they would bring about a better state of things; and believing that Parliament would do too, be thought it ads their duty to enter upon the subject at once. lie wished to That his opinions upon record. He would therefore more " That the distress of the working people, at the present time, is ed great thretighotit the country, but particularly in the man nufacturing districts, that it is the duty of the House to make instant inquiry into the causes and extent of that distress— o to devise the means of remedy ; but , at all events, t 9 vote n Needles of money until such inquiries are reside," and if he found any one to second his motion he would divide the House. Dr. BOWRING seconded the motion. The Right Him. Neorret the Member for Tamworth said to the starving multi-' tudes wait, and he was afraid the House would respond, and say we will wait ; but it Would be very difficult for the poor, who were without bread, to wait for five months without hope. Ha knew there was much humanity and kindness on the other side of the House, and if they would only consent to inquire into the distress existing in the country, it would be proved to them in such colours as would oblige them instantly to con thief some means of remedying it. There were thou sands and tens of thousands of suffering people whose distress never as found out by the Commissioners or their agents—who suffered in secret, and whose cases never were beard of, until application was made for a coffin. The Noble Lord the Member for Liverpool (Lord Sandon) said the Poor-laws were not the primary cause of that distress. He did not deny the distress. It was confessed it existed, and he (Dr. Hovering') thought it was connected with so much politi cal discontent as to betoken much danger. Strangers were ordered to withdraw. The House divided, when there appeared— For the motion For the Amendment ae Majority -- 108 On tile attention, that the Speaker do leave the Chair — Mr. W. WILLV.MS hoped the Right Hon. Gentleman would not press the consitieeetion of the Supplies that nigh on t. it need was the practice of the ;et,' Govern to go vlitle -Votes St so late an hour. Ma n y of the items were of eon stdereo!A IttipOttatice, and t he House ou g ht to ;:ese a fair ope pertunity of inquiring into them. VErEL had no wish to press any votes that might be objected to. 1141 would have no objecion to postpone du:3n until elonday. However, he hoped there would be no objec tion to the Speaker leaving the Clsair, in older that it might fee known who the gentleman was who had been seleeted as Mr. tit'ILLIAMS had no objection whatever to such an at'a rengemente The 11 , was then agreed to. Si? PEEL said it would, in his opinion, be adviseable to adhere to the arrangement of former years, and which had been recom:nended by a Committee of the House, via, that the Faller e. of attending to unopposed Private Bi2le should be given to the Chairman of Committees of the House. With a view of idditiv, influence and authority, he thought those deities should te, Medici. He was anxious to name a gentleman who bad pdid multi attention to the private business, and he trusted his teletiion Would meet the approbation of the House. He had peen iiiilqd44 to remedy an evil which had been complained of, and he proposed that the Chairman of Ways and Means should preside -over all Committees. Ile would propose that Mr. Gfeeiii take the chair. Mr. OR - F l eggF( fleeting taken his place at the table, tftistiti lax might be alloeed to fetittii his thanks for the very flattering triarnierini Which he hid been Called u p on b y the Committee to prenee weer there': lie hoped he shot id teceive the indul gence and assistance of the litettfe in discharging hie duty, and preserving order, and he was the More desirous to claim that inctuegence from the recollection of the lid!, idle inftne . r iii I.ellit4i the chafe had been filled by his predecessor'.—(Heees hear.) He sheelel be at all times most anxious to discharge his duty in the fa irest and most im p artial manner.—( Hear.) Sir R. PEEL said he proposed to take Bic first e stimate, and then that the Chairm an should re p ort p rogress. He hoped there would be no objection to that course. Sir G. CLERK then moved that a sum of 106,0001. be voted for the service of her Majesty, to complete the sum necessary for the service of the Commissariat Department for the year 11;41. Mr. WILLIAMS thought it was time to make some reduc tion in those estimates, and he wo ild recommend the Right Hon. Baronet to return to the estimates which be had pro posed to the House when he was last in office. The miscella neous estimates for the last year amounted to 2,e9e,e20e, w hile, in the year le3o, they had only amounted to 1 940 ,0001. He hoped, under the present circumstances of the country, that the subject would be taken into the serious consideration of the Government. Mr. JERVIS understood the present vote to be merely a portion of the estimates which had been previously voted, and to which the Government was pledged. He did not think there ohisction ty that vote. THE FUNDS—(CLosiNG PRICES.) BRITISH FUNDS. Bulk St ock ... ' India Stock ........... . ... 3 per Cent Red — Di tto Bonds • . 4 pni 3 per Cent Cons B 9i 'Ditto Old Annuities ... 311 per Cent Red — ;Ditto New Annuities... New 4 per Cent 99 Ea. Bills, 1,000/....20 13 pm New 5 per Cent — I Dit to 5001 13 pro Long Annuities to expire I I)itt Small l3 Jan. 1860 . . Bank Stock for 0pg.... Oct 1859 lndia Stock for Acct.... Jan. 1860. FOREIGN FUNDS. • Austrian, 5 per cent.... IPortuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent — ! Ditto, New Ditto 3oi Brazilian 80nd5.... — Prussian, 5 per cent. Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent Russian, 5 per cent ll2l Chilian, b per cent...... Ditto, Aletallic — Colombian, 6 per cent... Spanish, 5 per cent 22i Ditto, 1824. — Ditto, Deferred. Danish, 3 per cent....... 80.-k French, 5 per cent.ll4f. 50e. Greek, 18:45, 5 per cent. Exchange Mexican, 5 per cent.... !French, 3 per cent —f. c Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825. \ Dutch, '2i per cent. ... 51 L Peruvian, 1825, 6 per et. :Ditto, 5 per cent lO2l SHARES Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid) 8 Great Western Railway (65 paid) — Ditto Fifth (4 paid) London and Brighton (50 paid) 454 London and Greenwich Railway (20 pd) T ~,n, ion and South Western ' "cd North Midland Railway (50 paid) 74q ~. York... SPIRIT of the :1 ÜBLIC JOURNALS. rEns OF THIS DAY. FROM THE EVENING GLOBE.—If the Right Hon. -11a.ronet tvho, by prevai ledem p ire, last night) to upon (for the lengthy reasons ie ga, - . 4 :ain ., imitate draw his pig out of the p oke —if we may a one of his own s i m iles—shrewd suspicions wt.l arse,li from the speeches of Lor d John Russell and Lon; al- Merston, that his best excuse is really this—there is pie- in it. It is bad enough to have bought a pig in a poke; but it is worse still if the country shall discover that it has bought the' poke without the pig. There is another poke however ; and another pig; and that pig squeaks so naturally, there is no mistaking the real grunter. Our rea ders ma y remember the fable of an actor whose forte was squeaking like a pig, and a rustic rival, whom the audience decided did not squeak half so naturally, until it was discovered that the latter, had a pig under his cloak. Even stronger than t thiS is the illusion of those Tory commercialists, whose faith in Sir Robert Peel makes them believe in the real presence of his pig (or, in other words, that he will really go the whole hog for commercial enfranchisement), though he will neither let them tee nor bear any symptom to that effect. In the mean time, Lord Sandun, the rival provincial actor, makes no secret of his pig, which is most assuredly alive and kicking, whatever becomes of that of the Premier. It will be strange indeed if tile positive e vidence of Lord Sandon in th Commons, in addition to that of the Duke of Buzkingham in the Cabinet, and the Duke of Rich mond in the Lords should not open. the eyes of these trusting Tories to the nature of their blind bargain with this Ministry ! Lord Sandon sakl, "It was walknown, and not disguised, that the present Ministry did not attribute die present distress to the existence of the Corn-laws, and that no measure which they might produce to the House would be brought forward founded on the distress which at present existed." Mr, H a wes said—" They had at las t g ot a s p eech from . en non. Member opposite, and that of the Noble U r i the L'ember for Liverpool did throw some light on &mop . comme.ecial policy of the Government. - The Noble Lord had solo that it was perfectly well kno wn ' Ministers did not impute the that her Mafesty's pre4en, , prevailing distress to the stat,? Y: th e Corn-laws." Do , casure to scarce and they impute that distre ss in no n. impute that dear food for some y ears p ast ? D0.4.11ey to the ope scarcenesg and dearness in no measure ration of the prvsent Corn-laws ? Then they shut their eyes to the plainest facto, and set at, defiance the aree most obvious deductions k oi n them. But what facts. a nd reasons to monopolists ? If fact and • III'S" influenced them, no monopoly ever would have been stituted. If monopolists only were consulted, no mono-' poly ever would have been overthrown. This will be overthrOwn, however ! Its overthrow will quickly ensue on this Ministry speaking out fur its maintenance. 'lnc knealting up of his party would ensue on the Premier spealtifiy oat against it. That is " his difficulty ;" no plausibility will suffice to dissemble it ; and we believe (in - perfect sinceMy we say, we fear) he has no force of purpose and character' to meet and surmount it. STANDARD. —Granting. for argument sake, that a material change in the Corn-laws is necessary for the re lief of distress in the manufacturing districts, and grant ing also that this distress may be relieved by such a change—propositions which we should be very unwilling to concede except fur the sake of argument—granting thus much, we ask, what reason is there to suppose that the relief could be present, or that it would be •obtained earlier in effect, or in a more beneficial manner, by an impatient discussion in a hurried Ses sion, than by waiting until the regular Parliamentary yeriod ? Markets are not opened in a day, nor can it be expected that a question affecting so many and so great interests as arc affected by the Corn laws. can be disposed of in a summary debate. As Sir Robert Peel showed, in reference to the late Budget, years lest elapse before the good effects of such changes as are propti€l can be witnessed, if they are to produce any ; and it is also very certain, that if a discussion of the Corn-laws were eintninenced in September, the end would not be a day earlier than if the commencement should be postponed to February. The insinuated pro mise of immediate relief is, therefore, a gross fallacy. Re lief from this quarter, if it arrive at all, cannot possibly arrive before the end of next year ; and questionless it is not less likely to be beneficial when it shall come, because the measures from which it is to flow shall have been calmly and deliberately considered. Lord John Russell, however, who seems to have a miggiTing of the efficacy of his panacea, says, though you cannot relieve the people by a change of the Corn laws, you can at least satisfy them of the impossibility. Yes. but this is only shifting • the difficulty as respects the question of time. You cannot satisfy the people upon the point but by a full discussion, and such a discussion is not attainable within the limits of a hurried session. In order to refuse graciously, it is necessary to show that the refusal is the result of careful consideration. Gifts cannot be made oith too much alacrity—refusals must be reluctant to be respectful; but whether the Legislature of a great county; gives or refuses, it is above all things necessary that it act ;Yith forethought and de liberation. Next comes Lord John's strange argument, that Sir Robert Peel is bound by the Speech prepared by him, Lord John, and his colleague.• If this a r g u " e of Ministers mint *ere permitted to prevail, no c han g - office could would be ever practicable ; for the men in 1' ou stem ld be always contrive so to tie the hands of such as s.. called to succeed them. as to c ontinue their own si indefinitely—a slavery not to be submitted to by an," honourable men. NEWS OF THE PRESIDENT. The following letter, from an intelligent and trust worthy corresoudent, will be read with interest, as ap parently throwing some light upon the fate of the Pre sident : 149 " To the Editor of the Vindicator. • " Sir—On arriving in Belfast, from _Brazil, I first saw the announcement relative to . the loss of the President steamer, and, as anything, however remotely connected with that vessel, must be interesting to your readers, I hasten to lay before them the following facts, which came under my own immediate observation during the homeward-bound passage :--On August 29th, or there abouts! being then in the vicinity of the Azores, my bro ther, who was amusing .hitnselt on the maintop, observed in the distance what lie co2sidered to be a boat exposed. tYty his announcing the circumAance below, the captain, aftef guirveying the object with Ills glass, ordered the ship to lle tsk On approaching ,nearer, we d was the beams erect the side of an name se vessel, hav,..71, All hands resembling masts, the otiser side was aw:'; v. concurred in opinion that it was the wrec: of a large the hulk s t ea mer. It may or may not hare been p art of , ,we of the President. If , a s has been conjectured, the aC- me ntioned vessel struck on the ice of Newfoundland, is highly probable that the great Atlantic current, which sets in from the north during the summer, may have drifted the ill-fated 314 thus far to the southward. At all events, it was the wrceh of a very large vessel, and may . et , prove disastrous to any crew who may hays the ).i.i.sfortune to run foul of it during the night. " I am, Sir, your's, &c. •' VINCENZO GUERRIN'I." COgNigSION OF LUNACY. Yesterday a comriiivoi of lunacy was opened at the g wan .i l in, Old Bromptogi before the Chief Commis sioner, Mr. Phillimore, and Commissioners Winslow and NV'riti to inquire into the state of mind of William Au gustus Of w ton, Esq., a solicitor, formerly of South square, Grgl'u-kin. and Amersham, Bucks, and now an , inmate of Messrs, Zniol's lunatic asymp3, Cowper-house, Old Brompton. Mr. Wakefield, Queen's Cowls 1, of the CharCPry bar,r. attended in support of the corm) ion ; and Heaton, of the Queen's Bench, on behalf of Mr. Newton. The Learned CHIEF CommissioNEß having directed the attention of the Jury to the points for their con sideration, Mr. V a kefield observed that he attended on this me lancholy occ asion on behalf of the wife Newton, at whose instance the commission had been sued out, and it would be most satisfactory to that lady's feelings if the result of this inquiry should be the establishment of her husband's sanity. Mr. Cyrus Alexander Elliot eaminel—l kew Wil liam .A.ugustus Newton. I first beanae acquaintd with him on the 12th of November, 1839. He was then in very excited state, and 1 saw him in his garden, at a & mersham, 13ucks, running up and down without his h.ll then two attendants with him ; he was -wish:nem, Cowper-house, upon the lie has remained under our with him daiiy, and -ed to the 1-^ttle The vot was Oen agreed to- -" 7 rnr the half pay allow•- 'I he next vote Was a sum of 23,trvu.. tlncrs and contingencies of the Commi,sariat Department. The next vote %, as a sum of 54,000/. to complete the sum re quired to &fray the expente of the insurrection in Canada. Mr. J. JERVIS suggested that the consideration of the vote be postponed to Monday nest. Sir R. PEEL did not object to the vote being postponed. He did ri;:t think it unreasonable that any Hon. Gentleman should, at that late hour of the night, and after the lengthened discussion which had taken place, propose the postponing the .vote to Monday. The vote was accordingly postponed. The CHAIRMAN then reported progress, and asked leave to cit again, and the House resume]. ADMINISTRATION or JUSTICE BILL. On the =wild rcw.lkoz of this Bill bring proposed, The SPEAKER sai,i that it contained money clauseE, which would requite atten.tte consideration. Sir R. PEEL said that such being the case he would wild draw the Bill, with a view to the introduction of another. t The Bill - was then withdrawn. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and.the goose adjourned at Half-past Uleven o'Clock to Monday.. coat. ' . t o our t ..- remo ved n.— e,!•rtitlaW of Dr: IltunEey, ah— aie 0.;214 ,flow. I bate converseu ~ I le has . t v ld me that he formerly belm. b navy, and had served under Nelson at the ~.. of Trafalgar. lie has stated that he was on, board the Euryitlus, It flag frigate, employed to carry signals round the fleet, when the vessels were at a distance. While so engaged, he bearded dawne ve ssel, ran up the mast, and taking down the colours, lie wrapped them round h is body. He then re turned to his own ship, but received three wounds in his gallant enterprise; one he described in his forehead, Nvilero he certainly has got a scar ; another on his finger, a scar ; and. i A iik-lit h4),,::1i0 11a.....:,the thrd he told me was ina , k by a boarding-o,:e bv.ing -1 thrust: through 11111 3, which entered his nava l and m u l e, an, inch and a half sear out of his. back. .I examined his back, and finding no there 4 ~mentioned, it to him, and he said that the wound THE sUN, LONDON. SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 18, Is4l EVENING SUN had healed ; he added, that he was promoted to a lieu tenancy in consideration of his gallantry. I remarked that he must have been a very young lieutenant, as he tould not have been above ten or twelve years of a2;e, upon which he said he had been in other actions. he had been at Corunna and fought under Sir John Moore, and the spent ball which killed the general struck an officer near him, and in falling the latter knocked him down. After giving other instances of the patient's state of mind, witness said in conclusion he was decidedly of opinion that be was incapable of governing himself and his affairs. Drs. Monro, Southey, and Sutherland, and a nuober of other witnesses were examined, from whose testim.neY it appeared that Mr. Newton laboured under the de.lll - that he obtained a. medal at Oxford, that he went to the battle of Waterloo to make officers' wills, that he had been engaged on board the A 61.1 and Sparrowhawk in cutting out vessels in the Charnel, and he entered the San Josef at Plymouth, and that he had shot six of his keepers in 1839. Proof was also; adduced that he had never been in the navy, and his di.:ease was stated to be of a permanent nature, as it arose from paralysis. Upon the introduction of Mr. Newton, svho is of di minutive stature, the Chief Commissioner asked him if he was aware what he 'sn,e there for ? To which h replied, " To be discharged." • Upon;further intorroga e tion, he said that lie was in a very nervous state hen he went to Messrs. Elliot s, in 1839, but that he w was now quite well. He was aware .of the nature of the pro ceeding, and had no objection to answer any question. He was born on the 1211' of Septomber, 1795, at 'Taun ton, in Somerset, and his father -,vas a coal-merchan t. He was articled to Cardale's, in Bedl'ord-row, and after wards became a partner, and was s ol:L'eitor to the trea surer and benchers of Gray's Inn. If in-$ had his liberty he should continue to reside at Amershtual, and come up to town to chambers as usual. The Chief Commissioner then questioned him about the delusions detailed in evidence ; upon which Mr. Newton exhibited his insanity by his incOhereht a nd in consistent answers. He insisted that he was a member of the United Service Club, and said he was iv tredu ced by Sir Hussey Vivian, who was his client. Upon leaving' the room he thanked the Jury for their kindness. Mr. Heaton said he had been instructed to watc ! - $ he case on the part of Mr. Newton , a nd havin g satisfied. t 1'1,3 ow n ruiDd of the unfor tunate gentleman's insanity, he e l Au not feel. jastifie3 in troubling the Jury with any remark The J:lry, without hesitation, returned a verdict, find ing Mr. l'it, -, wton of unsound mind since the 12th Noven' be 7 ;39. 18 DREADFUL MURDER AT ES DALLSID NEAR Wiign3Y. (From the York . Ilerald of this day.) It has never before been on.' painful duty to record so willi a o RubinsoiN foul and atrocious a murder, coi:nitted within the a bove quiet and peaceful district, as the 'ne which was perP e ' trated at the dwelling of A yeoman , at Eskdateside, on the forenoon of 'fuesday i tt ;t. Robinson, it appear, left his house on :he mori.ing of that day, for the purpose of attending Egton FLir, his servants for the harvest field, leaving Mf."3• Robit. alone to manage the domestic concerns of the house. At about ten o'clock, Mr. Hill, miller, of Thurn dale, made his usual call for orders, when he found-. Mrs. Robinson cheerfully pursuing her avocations, and apparently in perfect health, wishing him goo d morning when he took his departure. On the r non e turn of the servants, however, to di nner at e' a scene the most . horrifying presented itst if—the,Y discovered their mistress lying upon her face On the flour, surrounded by a pool of blood. Witter they had in some degree recovered from th e ' . j l er alarm, they raised the body and discovere d head nearly severed from the trunk, and in rigid state. The kitchen floor on which the deiv of darkness was committed appeared to be in c onfusion, e and, on a closer examination , they found that th drawers, &c., had been broken open and ransacked, the murderers leaving traces of their guilt on the various articles of furniture which they had touched during theic pilfer. Messengers were immediately despatched le Mr. Robinson, Egton, and to the police at Whitby We will not attempt to describe the agony of the he" reaved husband. Mr. Wilkinson, the head of the Whitby police, a n " cnrn , panied by two vigilant officers, promptly attended an , after examining the premises, and obtaining 101 th e tion relative to the foul crime which the inform,' re able to afford, commenced a pursuit aft er around wt.'. two suspiciou:s characters, who had been seen near the morning. Some clue to their suppo sed house during the d e stination was fur.7ished by the finding of a pocket''s book, which was ident. tied by one of Mr. Robin son been left in safety in his b ob serva nts, and which him ' in the morning. Mr. Wilkinson; having discovOred that the men hot icimediately proceeded . taken the road leading to Lyth, t o / ,,Lat village, and succeeded in capt:iring them. Thef,, proved to be two Irish reapers, travelling in search ot employ of their m ot. On searching them, not ; any evidenet! participation in the crime could be found the their :persons, They stated they were goii:g neighbourhood of Mickleby for work, at which pia they had been eng:aged last autumn. 'oval Mr. W. felt justiNd in their detention, and rein ion them to Whitby, where they underwent an examiriv'ere befbre C. Richardson and .1 . , Chapman, Esqrs., and remanded until after the Coraier's inquest, which then sitting at the Tunnel Inn, which, after a length e . ne ,` investigation, was adjourned until Thursday inornUlP at nine o'clock. to _th e During the whole of Wednesday the town of Whitbyand the surrounding neighbourhood -were in a state h e the greatest possible excitement. The police and the neighbouring farmers were unremitting in their exec ; tions to discover the assassin ; rumour ii;lon r ev) ‘ , e was greedily received as fact by the multitutiet u°d - ‘ t h regret that one name was most un j ustl y connt'otaed no this mysterious affair. Unfortunately at a late " 11 ' - information could be gained of the murderer. the On Thursday morning the adjourned inquest int‘ t,, bf coro n e r (John Buchanan, Esq.) bein g accompanit 1„ the Whitby' bench o f Ma g istrates. The Irishmen .‘v e . ; removed to the Tunnel I nn, for the p ur p ose of be lei' present at the in:Tstigation. We much doub t if 9,-1 evidence can be acklut::.Ad to criminate them. They wci recognised by several famers, and from their testinionY we judge them to be quiet a.od inoffensive men. The deceased was the wife of a ver y hi g hl y therespeoted farmer, and aged about sixty -one years. _.„ transaction of the tragedy is as roysterious as it is al to ing, we fancy we should deceive ourselves were we imagine that it had been committed by the hands of a perfect stranger. It is supposed that the deed ll,' been done with a shoemaker's knife, one having h 74 found in the fire with the handle burnt off it. Ther e h; no doubt but booty alone has led to the clime, althong;rl have not as yet ascertained that more than 321% go l d is missing up to the time that our ac count 'e fore' Whitby. The - Jurf were still sitting, and we, t here are unable to give the result of their patient inquiry There were two very Ro wiiNG MATCHES. excellent rowing matches yes tM ,, f r , da . ',', from Westtninster to : 3 utney, the one an oars' wlllr,,e dge stairs, and Evera ru „, - a betwe:n Newel of Battle- br: Blackfriall.g-bridge, and Dodd of Hungerford, an 0 Williams of waterloo -bridge •; anu l both below-briaot-t, contest, between Lane and Harvey, the other a scnit, e , e men. The oars' wager emanated from 1.. 11e g rand 1 100 at Putney about a month since, Newel won. The gentlemen who subscriti , to i ; ) , race (the Leander and London Amateur Sullet 7s C „ ct ive i n wh ,:eh Dod t , ito entertained a difference of opinion as to filo resl; - ~eir merits of Williams and E verard, and in order to tes t tk. power, it was resolved that each of these me.n s, h° 1 ; 1 0 ' ; take the labour-oar, the former having Dodd as Ju s ' , -, ,p , partner, and the a tter Newel, and yesterday w:a s - itr pointed for the strugg le. Bettin g was 5 to 4 in t:Orn of Newel and his partne r . The start took place I cr° s . W e stminster -bridge, at a quarter - past thre e, and was eier cee dingly even. In a few strokes Newel an d his partl;i's gradually drew away, and off Corvenden and Arenti;.. (above Lambeth Palace) were two or three lengths 0 head. As there was but little wind out, the labour Il t bet not very severe, and all hands worked well ; but W al e reach of water above Vauxhall, Newel and his 1 39- „, r- 4 increased their advantage, and, maintaining the ' e ":i i , Oa place, won the match by arriving at Putney oy2e Pi a-head of their opponents. . if w ere The scullers' wager was a-very sharp one. Th ) , ade °' „ , nII and scull to the Horseferry, t'vhere s Harvey verY. sp ot" closely pressed by his adversary, and sole hard an Cubett's factory, where H arve y gradually l ft opi\ ii i t:. first- ra t e r owing ensued, until theeir hissa 0. nent i n the reai. Harvey' won by a few lengths onll . . - -------. .- 'th inst. ' atith Her-green Lewisham' the O n the ^f a daughter. Mrs. Spring Rice, ..Mrs. .. I ston , .Flower, of a daug b ed ° O n the 17 th inst., at DlED.the Che vali of On the sth ins t., at Turitecana, in LtleCar offhtiet W. Michae l Crooke, Chamberlain to his Royal Duke of L ucca. o f Jolla • On tl:e 16 th inst., John Robinson, I o f the fir m binson and Son, accountants, Alanchester. ! A fr OF A last an s ci,P t ii.: portUNFOUNDEDcurrent RabEoPuotfttTo" found its way into one of the morning paper it was allofe ci a ha d n a y, relating to a duel which ,__ apo taken place between the Earl of Cardigan ,r oli Colonel Wood, M.P. for Middlesex. The Pa r o as io n Ol d circumstantially adds, that the Gallant the lotr i had received a wound in the head fv": v"O7- g of his antagonist. The statement, Iva - „ n t Phi reason to believe, is a pure fiction, and ba s (Won: slightest basis of truth to rest upon. Co to Won: was himself alive and well in the House b s last night, until the adjournment took ply e ' when c° then returned to his house in Cavendish-squar e,- 000 of he this morning took his departure for Littleton, ar lots the seats of the family. Not a word of the mat"., facia b ee n bord of at the Clubs, which is good prina evidence o: its being devoid of truth. f 4e Despatches for Sir George Gipps, Governor. o_ 7 ,4 0 10 - South Wales, weio sent off last evening from tne nial-office, 0. 0 le be SILVER PLATE.—Now published old?' ,biet sent post free, if pppliecl for by a paid lette r, * af ' d of T. 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