The Sun. — London, England, 1841-06-08 00:00:00

EVI ININ MTION a tar ass ialt a belle there, among. sr other sources, will ! he 'new .t ,I' profitable elnplcym ent for %hour. This w ill be thee- .inav-ohlable . coneeauence of this coming era of eare eisroeperity-Free trade. - f Hear, hear.) Chi bee --,"- say the mo•Aopoiists, the landlords, With the p.a ems to heipabeen a Jwh en every other arau• ill !lt ia ellt : frinn under t'eetn,-" this is all very well, 1 !Italy yelp ever the la'ad, but, hut,e_ee hat ? " God • has '''' ll6 ce- it." Thr.. Bible says, " Ilenaer unto Cesar th a e t , . whic hd" .. . reseaa' r`, ; submit iourselves to the -oowejs_ 11, - a " t t - ' e 1 ,,,' ::S_..ou'or, ..iiret of all, is the bratid tax Caesar 6? 1 fttal,anu.ort a ati'eee it ; E 0 far it belongs to the imperial i etl ' i l e l ; 3 .', vis ° , : ; 1.1 le , Seizers-(Hear, and laug htea)--watt not i Sii ! eanit-- yourselves to the power.: that . be. el w "Y e' , ie • t S' • P bort Peel aubmit himself to fa:Power, 4 not 1 1 l 0 ... , , • ' b.Lt be, and abandon his most ambitious and la .1.°113 °P' x.siti • ? Is not her Mejeray one of the teevers tha' ;be ?aaMind, I only tak'e '' . ~nem in e . - tc•i their l '''' a .rts,ll:' .cat. But it is rank hlasp'aerey to assert that ol ` ilas ordained ea- miseev?-(Cno3m) Man has a ccompiie` 1 . 1 'a ' 1 e . - red it by Ina monopolies. ; and Corn-laws . a 7 a d 4001 ilenouneed in Scripture as any other crime. sets`; In 't; - pernait them for e. + - bale ; but it is left - '.o OW:- ~,', e 3 to aestrt)y the accurst e work, and God,beassured, 71: neve r l.lp those who 'au not help thereselves._ a ( l, 4 , e rs.'• Now, we have o great labour befeie us. To . ij ( ie °Ur heloVed but mud- : injured country in a position ao l Cleve', eller crippled ea id dormant energies. This is ; ''a Shat) high lot. Hither , 1 ehe has been - treated like i k e:, , f , ,..1. 1i trig iniprisor ....,:d ' giant. Yon have . now thy, me ans, '''' •' . l.'rieeon. pate : if you cannot open it by see n t •Matlr at ti ir ',tele!, and all the host ef gaelers and t k th e at 311,17 twos who E elar r el and block up the entrances to I dust e ' ll ,ts of coed ,olv will fly before your aesaul . like i 8 "`-v oe, ea , : wim I ( A, T ) l +ose )-Mr. Adwa ;Smith's Pecc.i.t .F. I- - - .---- '- - - • 1./.31. 27tria. ~, I.,A3ltzT El err '' - . - 1:qVI"N • ' ON 1 1 01 , .r... TS. .gar-le the i 11.--/E) - ' thisL ..ON .M the . Tories , have not yet opp, o ,o a '€e"st et ' r : should they attempt !to get up an i Part - I." l° " c heY 1 rill be signally defeatech 'The Liberal IN'' Y w ha i t sort of en enemy they: have to deal show' And t l be Y 1 , re prepar ‘ ed, if a 'Tory eliould staet, to te' hog what e stimation Toryism is held in tbls knitted-- Ile ri e ,., 441 .g . "- There is. very little doubt, however, that, - e -, . re- . eleeted'iira lytyne.„„ and - I.lr. Hawes ernl ue e i E, ‘ w ' t unr .t any opposition. rp 'T Suit , . 0 ti , • a :r. -, - I .l%.Totwith - Janding the boa.stings of the rlel at ---e . 1 fthe last .- erection, • the: Liberal:, will not o i ker _ ~. .iestet o_ „... 0.,,. _ e It i s ~,,..,-1 aemselves to be beaten without struggle. 1 the VI r' : .1 mown what pronedings were adopted to , 6 N‘ , C. 3 l f i PrOptr:, ll. ilt majority upon the late oceaslon, iend .hre, - b e .er ,er.2y had been used tine majority might have ari`ecil:i.och iced to a ' fraetion. 1 1. . strUggie . s -. 1 .1 aeld be . made l shateale,„: .Joneervative, at alt evente inay oe ousted. I. ri es ‘" 1-1:?. recollected that every Vote taken fforn the To is,rtecill ces3 their strength two. beei a lT• SIMRET..--The Tories' have been attacking 11r.. of ti 0 ..,. and 114 4 to tiri•. - c 'dui from the representietion Ilea i ;' iliaision °lithe comity, bat they - may depend they neeti '!,` y 1 4 ., torch. -'Ellis geatleman, di:ring his long con- Pere e u- ' 3 ' 4l = West Surrev lia: - -; gainee. the goed oe f inion of q)e ~1 13 '" , i' all Aades of -'o ' ';tica antthe is uldveraally re ofa-eet'sV Ta Ali oa acceune ) oflii;;;rivate worth aud his con /nay 1, 11 .9 -, he has been a .p:iblic man. His re-erection ii e ..onsidered sale. tlect i ,, i. " . •joansiilßE. tisto be sincerely hop.d that the Pri ti ,l,,, of this county, who once made their rib_e .. r t al o sav e ii %. , s their greatest boast, will make a stru . ge,d_ Tori,.„ "I'ln the atte.mpted disgrace of reaturniirg throe at at iel It eeems, however, that an athe , mpt is to be in t h ': '3' Ulu part to ous the Lierahi y'rota Rye (lerhe lerlresentatioy o n f the t county, b n G and. Mr. G. D. s tl l i rd ` s aneoti nee d hi s intention to come forward as the tea I\ , * .nl:dat e, and, in conjunction er . ..,;h Lord Griniston Alst e a ' r '';` , bei. Smith; to en d eavour t o th row ou t M r . ti es t --,, ' - ' 4l. - Ryder is art Ultra-TorY, and even the To shototl-Pseiv es sav,th at h e i s not exact l y t h e man t h ey s i i4 1, tak e e , ,„ io. nave seen brought forward, as they coh iertP- goof " too far " for hint to have a chance in . eapo',rdehire. ' The Liberals are. on the alert, and it is 411 (1;," thll Mr. Brand will waled with Mr. Alston, R ill . a . ' o l till t 3 / 4 en be for the electea-s to • say whether they tihe r - „ a " u lno their original proud position in support of to o l s -;Priry ;hides, or whether 'they tire content to be the aa t ' -l e. th'e 'rory factioe. , .•• • 4taptk7.!°P n -- (Borough.)--In this, borough an at- Nal' .' " sfelas, is. to be made to turn out Mr. Cowper, tord it i, .., said that Sir M. Farciuhar is to stand with le o ti 44, ...hon. At present nothing decisive is known, Te r i 16 '1 exult of the I ae.t election ought to satisfy the is g : 3 1 1 - tat they have not the slightest chance of return -I,A :ond candida ea. . . 3eee, VEST IiENT.-I‘l e. Hodges will be re-elected . .. and a Si r i l ,", I ‘-'..beral canetidate is talked of, in opposition .to de e aun until Filiater. Lord Marsha,m, who had been i h n- Tei: f a come - ::travarcl by the specious promises of te Ile a ', 3 1 ' t oes not flee slightest chance, and it is said that he v‘„.-;°,,intention to go to the poll. ttliti°- , I 'lne:a -Mr. G. R. Smith, has announced hie in tiee, 't t .lllt tc ! , contest the borough at the general o elec i li lt ' - '' u rti Sli lburneeivill come forward in the Deere I t t i e ; t ' . f I ' l - JO ' e Tori;';s 'are already in the field: %dole rosr.--The resignation Of Mr. D'lsraeli was, He had no desire o t ° p :: ' not without good reastna .4; e 4 - --' Ca:l . y more "ochre , " upon the worthy Tory elec tutti, i 4 he knew very . well , they do not move without A , to - tieli stimulant being applied to them.. Mr. k Hope ly 4 li et i lne forward' in his place, but it is not noa a ae - r e - r-'•ts the "terms': upon . which he does so are yet c hap, ' en, but this is quite certain that a .Tory has no laeof a unless he bleeds pretty freely. There is a very l ir, ' r°spect for the return of a Liberal candidate, and known IA- ti..:,(4)ertS is : talked . of, • but it Le not yet made 14,k tl :.et ic intends to contest the borough. There will, 1. . . . il t °4 l .', l) . t, h ll '‘.•e.l'Cr, be a nontesa a . (l et.n.,, A ,, t - -In this pocket borough the Somers family - ' 0 ,,, I'd'' , --,,"-ttitrri whom they please, and if the young . - I ° '..i ti .4 a l t . '-stn should wet be well enoti o ath to assist - thc , e 'se.nia la Y With hie vote, it is probable that some. one o ''r e hi'"" put in as a warming Dan for him till he re- . Vis att.,„, 3 'l•l(salth. Dr. Bedford plc serves great praise f or ]es„ te-ali'l4.to threw open the borough, but it is a hope 14etises. e ' every elector is bound to vote as the patron ' ',lid the election is a MOM three. o a STAFFORDSHIRE. lotale i ee (rstom 1 CORRESPONDENT.) . . r.t'''l'i!c°llT't-Altitongh this•borough is . situated in .P 6 ' I ::.e t °I ' ll-11 a"'e'le lt aal diStriet, its inhabetants have ; s i e. .('' '-'-'' aline to c' ti;e u ae i r i Peities of the food tax. Upwards 'P'e - : ' ' 'ar '' i ne,e an Anti: -law Association was formed tn at i o o a slit-ascription was entered into to defray the thellliilsin'ttendino• the delivery of lectures and the chs- -. 'it ' an t-°ll°F information calculated to open the eyes of 4 144 -- ers and labourers in the Vicinity. It follows, as e i l l ev e AP: c' t f conrse, that an effort should be made to r l'Y t -aaralti;;north from the di:; grace of being represented I , o ',ili h : ° °d taxers, and we rejoice to hear that that effort he - ,,5,', t 9 be attended with the most complete success.. Battle is seleeted by the Liberals to fight their b.eni-allis'r%Howard, a kinsman of the beautiful and ac hedrON,. Lady Leeson, who possesses considerable 'is lee M the neighboUrhool of the town. Mr. Howard oa4,,it" the with the greatest enthusiasm, and his 404..3 tics been so completely successful that not a Itt th!elnains of his return. It will be recollected . that Ras ; hist election Mr. Tracey, the Liberal candidate, ka al et irned by s egu ;,1 . I ', Mr. a majority oi 23 over the present Tory Pieiatt, who only obtained his seat in chn , - Otti,, ll !4 c e of an informality ou the part of the Returning Illtn 114E1-•-The. Tories of this borough are divided .411d11-tw.o seetiOrr3 ne party being independent of all '''„ ( )ntr o 1 11-111 , u e,,nce, whilst the other is entirely under the '- the a a , °' 13ishop Philpotts and • Lord IVard's steward. genti',"' l er brdy have hitherto returned Mr. Hawbes, a nelehb ina n sery much respected in Dudley and its s ite to °ll6 'cd• Although Mr. Hawltes exprt sses a de staae crantinue in the representation, private circum °ter ",, t ° Which it is unnecessary to advert, • seem to "'"lee7 -ille i ntPeeliment to his retio re and the Plulpotts r)pp o .4re reported thereupon to take advantage or this , 4 1nee rt i ll . 4it Y to return a more congenial because a more nlialartt Xernber. Whilst the Tories tare thus squab s - 111^:. themselves, the Liberals have been can !tilt' .a;): t he town Cu- Mr. Lai-pent, who has an excel in43lipl:,°3Peet of obtaining his election. Thus Dudley , 4 ..ifivltitililiely to be added to the list of manufactur stirala ' 1 " • ;.s Iv aich will rescue themselves from the th leaf sending representatives to vote for a tax upon L ic a' of the working man. I:ol::r7ttietkss, Captain Dyott has been in the habit rlyc"nle e r to the citizens of Lichfield, from d lsb e f at : i gt , l7 and rumour says that he will un l'itZ, t . - 'n spend sonic money in opposing Lord Alfred ' , l)p a e s : .-There- is every reason. to believe that all such •ae . . . 1 ,. • on will be fruitless. l'aliatZ,ltt-,PW-Titeee.r.-Mr. Davenport retires,. in,corn "4l€ v ~,...ta An arrangement of long standing. . Some vj4- f ') y i .' Va of Lerd lidtrolvby's;,Mr. DLedley RTder, 0 1 ' e s e 6s l - 1. file of of tilts conetitueney, but within nitilksk-.:ew day s we hav ' e heard rumours of his . offering th e t if to another body of electors, who are certainly of C ot Z 9 the More likely to send him into the House .o, eAtiti.r„ 94B . The Liberlil candidate - (for the Reformers ktei; thnnnselves with securing the return of one man) is , % act -w is leicardo; a son of the politico-economist, an . t LOTlloaeixe member of the Anti-Corn-law League in n• Mr. ~..........._liicardo's return is sure. ROI) I PRESIDENT S'rEAM'ER.—We learn, from auth orit: h __ , r 'ext, th , , 7; . t theshat urdermiters have appointed Thursday +at m ve _ , , Oth 1 Inst., on which to pay the losses on this: ill ` thi st ! '', which mav be taken as a tolerable proof that, a .1, later LT, ~, h as . - .i.e -in orme quarter, and -11 . f dall hope of her „, NIA el w e o RRIA GE OF LORD JOHN RUSSELL.-- t ar7f 'cairn from an unquestionable source that the Noble Secre- Li y pathe C'olonies will shortly lead to the hymeneal altar tq Alin to rn V,Ydliot, second (laughter of the Earl and C oun t ess c cs. l i t • the ceremony aill be perform e d a t th e c l os e o f t h e N I ),,..'einn. The Nobl e L or d is i n his 49th year, and has in N o r' e viously married in 1835 to Lady Ribblesdale, who died ship veniber, 1838, leaving a son and daughter by his Lord 4,,L'IdY Fanny is in her 26th veer.-Herald. aaaaa- last. IfACHEL.—MdIIe. Rachel played fir st 'sf. night the art of Ilermio”e wherein she mode her dieaeaeP.Piearaonee before P the English Pub ' lic. ' A very large au tt.tis f fr',e'.u(ling riot a few members 4 the nobility and per present at the performance of this tragedy. side3:.,Rachel was recalled with tumultuous applause and, be. th e e t4e.protraeted acclamations which detairrui her before dr n r,,ta , n as !ow & as we ever sem any star many a bouquet tli;, P i l e g , l, l , on her, which she prewd to her' bosom I..cith both scenes 4 . and graceful expression s of' gratitudr... The two last Presentor.,lndromaque were very judiciously omitted, the re tli, i_,' e ative of Ore ite being an thin but calcuaed to keep up say, nwt.‘!est excited by Mdlle. Rachel, who, `l e t are happy to or l , o .' ll lake her benefit nn Monday in a part which is reckoned ,s , her best -that of Marie Stuart. tightUlCl DE IN A ST ATION-110Usr---MOndaV had t, a man named SarnuA it ford, a : out 30 years of age, who , Elizabeth arrettbrought to the 11 division station-hot fcmalcs, committed Nt.d,.. r , lr nlico, upon a charge of insulting ni th et:action, by haneinv. himself from the circular grating ,ilaifre window of the cell in Which he was etaifined. The 5, i .4 '' as taken at a quirter-to eight o'clock., and it wa h ksha aec r th! time that the decreased did not . appe ar to o be tir ae , 3 of his situation. He was visited several ktntAt be that rendp and half- past nine, and betrayed no lil a , han whatever. At the latter hour the consteAle found loatr i ,,Niing by the neck from the grating. Ile v:••,; cat down k,pttleudlely. Alr. Fowler, the surgeon, was sent for, who 'lnit A the deccas-, SI and he bled freely ; the body was 'lp )11 „arill, ill, life wat an The deceased was, dteseribed ‘ne eharge sheet as an artist, ,plil l • CORN LAWS. MEETING OF THE ULSTER ASSOCIATION. (Abridged from the No;'thern Whig.) Ca Wednesday a meeting of the Ulster Constitutional As sociation was held in the 'theatre. Belfast, to take into consi deration the duties on sugar, timber, and corn, and the gene ral policy of each. The attendance was very large, and the enthusiasm most exciting. . .. EOntent were their landlads to accept a rent in a fair pro • portion of prices nd product. I desire, my Lord, totally to extirpate all monopolies. I would lay the axe to the root of the t. 4 . ee, and I would apply it till I left not one frog ment betthul.—( Loud cheers.) 'I he father of el monopo lies is tl - ..0. which taxes the food of the people. Take that away , anti all the others will drop like rotten branches. Ile resolution was then put, and passed unanimously. Mr. J. CA.stravrA ALLEN next moved a resolution, which Mr. It. M‘Dowm. seconded. At about half-past twelve o'clock the Earl of Charlemont entered the meeting, and took the chair. His Lordship, ', ls President . of the Association, then rose and spoke as fellow, Gentlemen—When last I addressed ybu, I took the Wjerty to tell you that a most imminent crisis s eas then imp' ,din; over the country. I took occasion to 'tell you that • „'ne liberties of '.,- Ireland were in danger. It was b et e too trees e s el n „ since proved. I have now, however, to tell yen, that v. ttere imminent dan ger—incomparably more imm i nen t—i s i mpen di ng over the entire eousitry at this re,oment—the edeent to power of a party already only too strim e , and who have always been the invete rate e , ,envies of It e i en d, and of popular liberty.—(Loud cries of" dear, bear.") But, Gentlemen, public opinion and the ".ce of a united people will again, I am confident, rescue .reland front the dangers which threaten the extinction of her liberties. Gentlemen, I was no the point of leaving the coun try for London. I was actually about to embark in the vessel which ',re.ited for me, when my heart whispered that I might remain to serve Ireland, in Ireland.—( Protracted cheering.) Gea'dcmen, I paused on the thought, I was ready to return. j I "d.l return, and scarcely had I. passed my own threshold I r'nen I received a letter from your excellent secretary, Mr. Sharman Crawford, from which I learned that the men of Ulster were *airs ready to come forward, nobly and manfully, in defence of the liberties of their country; and that the Ulster Assocation were about to hole: this meeting. .Gentlemen, when ever the people of Ulster—whenever the -voice of liberty shall call upon me, Chat lemont shall never be backward in reipond irA to, that Great approbation.) Gentlemen, I have eirrady told you that we breathe undee an impending danger, and you will allnw me to tell you the cause or this: A Liberal and enlightened Government, in order to raise the supplies necessary to meet the expenditure of the Country, proposed to do so, not by imposing additional taxation on the people, but by actually lightening the taxation—( Hear)—while they sought to apply their powers to extending the comforts of ih - e pour, promoting free trade, awl cheapening food,—(Loud chest: 5..) Thus bravely did they confront the danger ; but what we.; the consequence? 'that reckless party, who are the cowtant enemies of all impreeement, took advantage of their preposition to excite against the litiaistry that interested class of society among whom their inauenve extends. They have raised so formidab , e an oppositien to the measures of the Minis try that the danger of their retreat from power, and of the advent to power of their opponents, has become so imminent as to make us trembleeel Hear, hear, and cries of " Never.") I rejoice, Gentlemen, to hear you say never, because it gleddens my heart to find Irishmen determined to be firm, unshrinking, and unanimous,. in their resistance to the Tory p arty. It Vsis be so, and if the friends of Ireland—the present Afi• nisery—should be fully restored to power, I have every eon& tierce that they would return immensely more potent than brfore—that their ;power to serve the people would be found vastly increased by the cheeks they had received—(Cheers.) You may depend on it, Gentlemen, that under their aereinis tration Ireland would become more free and hadpy, and that the empire generally %valid be more signally served and bene fited than befere.—(Tremendous cheering, fellnwed by " One cheer more.") 'I he Hon. dESICY Caliente]) proposed the first resolution "'That we heartily concur in the p inciple contained in the resolution moved by Lord John Russell, on the 17th May last, viz.—Ttat the resources of the country can be rendered ade quate te its expenditure by judicious altrratiens of protective and differential duties, without any increase of the public burdens." Mr. Armes M‘Ltee'es seconded the resolution. The meeting soon after adjourned. THE DINNER. _ _ In the evening, the members of the Ulster Association and their friends entertained the President, the R: ht Hon. the Earl of Charlemont, at a public dinnm., in the Music Hall. The chair was occupied by William Sharman Crawford, Esq. The other parts of the room were filled with all the leading and influential Reformers in Belfast. BAPTIST MICETING.—ANTI-COKN-LAW PETITION.-011 Tue: day and We,inesday la s t, th e Midl an d B apt i s t Asso ciation held their annual sittings at West bromwieh. This Association has existed nearly 20,.) years; it represents reli gicus societies containing upwards of :3 ,000 members, and includes congregations amounting to 9,000 persons. They dined together at the Cross Guns Inn, on Wednesday, when about seventy were present. After the cloth was removed, the Rev. W. Stokes, the Moderator, being in the chair, it was moved by the Bev. T. Swan, of Birrninghlm, and seconded by the Rev. W. Rogers, of Dudley, " That a petition to the House of Commons be adopted by this meeting, praying for the total repeal of the Corn-law." The motion gave rise to an cnimated discussion upon the question, and terminated - in the adoption of the petition, by the unanimous vote of the meeting. It was consigned for presentation to the care of J. Scholefield, Esq., M.P. for Birmingham. BUE'roN- uroti-TRENT.--1. ire hundred inhabitants of this town, headed by the High Bailiff, have signed a petition against the Corn-laws. WEDNESEUR,Y.—The petition from this town, for a total repeal of the Corn-laws, has been signed by 2,16 inhabitants, and :vas forwarded on Thursday evening to the Hon. Colonel Anson for presentation. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY, STANDARD.—Ther'e appears to be considerable doubt as to the course which will be adopted this even ing by 'Ministers. Lord John Russell's announcement of their intention was certainly ambiguous enough, but ambiguous only, so far as we understand it, as to whether they would resign or dissolve Parliament. The Cabinet Council on Saturday led, -it is said, to no deci sion ; Ministers have entirely disagreed as to which of these alternatives should be selected. Lord Melbourne is understood to be in favour of resignation without a dis solution. The Morning Chronicle declares that, excepting for the purpose of passing such of the estimates as are essential to the public service, " the present Parliament may be considered as dissolved." But we doubt if even the accredited organ of the Ministry is, on this occasion, better informed than ourselves. It is the consequence of that miserable indecision, the concomitant of their weakness; which is that they are far from knowing them selves what they mean to do. Chance has so frequently befriended them before, that they may hope for some further turn of the wheel in their favour. Certain it is that the remarks which were made by Lord John Russell at the termination of his late speech are not consistent with the determination which he expressed in the course of the debate to " assemble a new Parliament, and try the question over again." His Lord ship subsequently declared that he must have time to " deliberate on the course it might be necessary to take in order to vindicate the conduct of the Government." Never was there an occasion on which less time for deli beration as to what his Lordship and his colleagues; ought to do, appears to have been necessary. The inevi table course was, imbed, obvious to every one save themselves. Besides, the ground for this after-thought of Lord John Russell was completely removed by the disclaimer of Sir Robert Peel, of having brought forward any new charges,, or taken the slightest advantage of Lord john - Russell's inability to reply. It is certainly possible 'for the Government to endeavour, in defiance of the recent decision of the House of Commons, to bring on the discussion on the Corn-laws ; but we cannot see how their position will be mended by such an attempt. They are, moreover, per fectly aware of the elements of which Sir Robert Peers majority is composed, and that if they persist in thus setting at defiance all previous precedent in their assaults on the Constitution, they will provoke - measures which nothing short of the extreme necessity 'of the case would warrant. Mr. Ross said, there cannot be a dissentient voice as to the present state of the country, and the general and heart-rend ing distress which prevails. • The me:chant and manufac turer, as well as the poor workman, all suffer at the present moment. This cannot be denied. They are all labouring under embarrassments of the most pain ful character ; but the working chases are suffering more acutely than the others. They have not sufficient, after the bare necessaries of life are provided for, to supply themselves with the simplest comforts of c'.othing and other in dispensable matters, which to them are articles of luxury.— ( Loud cheering, and cries of " Hear, hear.") The cause is a permanent one, and will remain so till some such remedial measures as the Government proposes be introduced, to correct the suspended energies of trade.— ( Hear.) Mr. Ross then en tered into lengthened details on the effects of monopoly on va rious branches of trade ; and then, speaking of the Corn-laws, said—l have heard three leading objections urged against an alteration of the present system with great earnestness. First, it has been said that the contemplated change would not benefit the working classes; secondly,* that it would entail ruin on landowners and farmers ; 3rdly, that it would ex pose the population to the risk of being starved in time of war. I shall try to answer these objections one by one. As to the first, I confess I was once myself caught by what I have for some time considered to be fallacious reasoning. Why, it was asked, is the manufacturer so anxious to pro cure a reduction in the price of grain ? Is it not because, unable to compete with the foreigner, at the present rate of wages, he naturally wishes to be enabled, by a low price of food, to reduce them in proportion to the reduction in the price of wheat? But let it be considered, Ist, that wages are not af fected solely by the price of food ; other elements enter into the ca'culation. In order to arrive at a just conclusion on that point, the demand and supply of labour must be taken into account. High prices of food may shut up manufac tories, or put their inmates on half-work. Men on half work will be found to offer the remaini ng h a lf cif their time for less than the remaining half of their former wages ; a poor man who may have earned say two shillings a day, when reduced to half work and one shilling-, will be apt to read in the pressing looks of his wife and little ones an entreaty to give his unoccupied time for 9,L; and thus high prices of bread and low wages might be found to exist. 2dly—We must remember that increased production, stimulated by low wages in the first instance, will allow of small profits on capital employed, and this production creates increased demand for labour. High proportional wages will ultimately be insured by that de mand. I now conic to the second objection against the pro posed change its the Corn-laws. The objection is, that if we adopt a Bill similar to the one proposed and thereby impose a fixed duty, we ruin both the farmer and the landlord. The landed interests should remember that they cannot ex pect high rents and a large return for the produce of the land is they have not consumers.—(Hear, hear.) What is to become o the agricultural produce if the manufacturer cannot employ hands ?—( Hear, hear, hear.) When the work ing classes are thrown out of employment they have not where with to purchase corn, or potatoes, or beef, or pigs, or poultry, while the farmer, if he succeeded in getting any sale for these commodities, must sell them at a reduced and unremunerating price.—( Hear, hear.) From Continental statements, it will at once appear that there is no cause of fear if commerce be maintained. The average price of wheat in Poland is 28s. 4d. per quarter. The cost or its transit to . part is 2s. Bd. The freight to London, and insurance, amount to 7s. 2.4 d. ; port dues, commission, &c., 7s. lop., which comes to 46,. Id. Add to this the proposed fixed duty of Bs., and we have the Polish oats in this country at 545. Id. per quarter, which is assumed to he the lowest price. These statements are worthy the attention of the agricultural interests. If now, on the ether hand, the intelligent farmer will look at the state of the rents during the years 1834 and 1835, and compare them with the prices of wheat during those years, he will find that, although the prices were low, they were not ruinous. The price of wheat in 1834 was 465. 2d. pet quarter, and in 1833 it was 395. 4d., making the average price of Wheat, for the years 1834 and 1835, 425. thi. per quarter.—( Hear.) By corn - psring this average with that of 545. ld., he will be enabled to see his position more clearly, and judge how his interests will stand when the proposed measures are brought into operation. —( Hear, hear.) The third objection against the proposed measures of the Government is, that in case of war the Conti nentel ports would be closed against us. The cry is, " What would you starve the country at such a crisis as that ?" It is sit ange that the people themselves usurer argue this way, and that all these apprehensions for their safety arise from a class that are always interested in keepine up the price of corn.— ( Hear, hear, and cheers.) It is only this interested class that show so much nervousness on this point. To that class I would answer, that it was better for the people to run the risk of starvation, than submit to actual starvation.—(Cheers, which lasted for several minutes.) Mr. Ross concluded by proposing That, white we do not pledge ourselves to approve'the amount ot duties which the Government propositions would still retain on sugar, timber, and corn ; and whilst, we reserve ourselves the full right of seeking for such further modification as the circumstances of the public revenue may warrant, we yet cordially approve those propositions, so far as they would operate to reduce taxation, end to substitute steadiness 'of price fur uncertainty, and legitimate mercantile operatioris for Spe culation ; and that we willingly receive them as pledges of 'the disposition of the Government to pay attention to the relief of the present distress of largo portions of her Majesty's people, and to secure their permanent interests, by abolishing, as speedily as the circumstances ot the country will admit, all those systems of duties, through the means of which injurious mo nopolies are sustained ; the commerce and manufactures of the country crippled, and even threatened with destruction; agri cuiture itseit not really benefited ; and the great body of the people taxed, not for the benefit of the State, but for the sup posed advantage of favoured classes." Mr. Wet. SHARMAN CRAWFORD rose and said—l shall p etty much confine my observations—namely, to that of the duty on corn. We have, then, in the first peace, to inquire what amount of protection agriculturists derived from the Corn laws, and to which they allege they have a right.--( Hear.) I maintain, my Lot d, that the agricultural interest would be sufficieetly protected by the expenses alone of iinporting foreign corn into this country. - There is another matter to he consi dered, which is this—if there arose an extraordinary demand for foreign corn, as in a season of scarcity, there would, of course, be a great rise in the expense of importation, because, in proportion as the demand increased, the rate of freights would be augmented. Thus; in 1838., when the duty came down to Is. per quarter, the freights rose 100 per cent., and the prices of wheat on the Continent advanced 50 per cent— ( Hear. hear.) Recollect, Gentlemen, that every five quarters of wheat require one ton of shipping. This being so, if we compute the annual consumption of wheat in England at 60,000,000 quarters, we shall find, that all the registered ship ping belonging to England could not import, in three years, one year's supply, allowing each vessel to make two voyages an • nually.—(Hear, hear.) Would it net be an absurd thing to send foreign corn to these countries for sale, when it could fetch no profit whatever.—( Hear, hear.) Again, landlords aver that they are entitled to extraordinary protection, "be cause," say they, " we are liable to extraordinary taxation." Mr. Crawford entered into long arithmetical details relative to taxes to which landlords have been subjected at various periods under the law of England. If we consider the relief from the general taxation Which they, as leghlators, afford themselves, I am of opinion that it would more than meet all the claims which they have to any other relief.--(Hear, hear.) What propor tion of the general taxation do they pay ? The general taxes are the customs, the excise, the stamps, direct taxes, and post cffice. if we look to all these items we find that a large pro portion is paid by manufacturers, almost every article in *hose branches of trade is subject to duty, paid either directly or in directly. Let me isow draw your attention to the annual amount of protection which the landlords claim. Its sole obo jeet is to keep up one class at the expense of all other classes. That is the principle to which I object.—( Hear, hear. ) It is alleged, that this serves the agricuhural interest. What, let me ask, does the agricultural interest consist of ? Is it of landlords alone ?—(Cheers.) No ; they form the very smallest I proportion. It is composed chiefly of three classes—namely; first, of farmers who'd° not labour ; secondly, of farmers who I do their own work ; thirdly, of labourers. We will first take the class of farmers who do not work. How does the Cern-law serve their interest? It aets so as to enable the landlords to charge enormous rents, while the land is let or. a fictitious principle, which affords no certain protection I to the farmer.—( Hear, hear.) By the law of 1815, it was expected that the price of wheat would be kept up at an aye ! rage of 80s. ; yet in 11121 and 1822 it fell to 39e—( Hear, hear.) Now, I contend that the farmer was actually robbed when the value of wheat was reduced to this figure. In the same way, by the la's , of 1823, it was anticipated that an average of 625. per quarter would be attained; whereas, in 1835 it went doWn . to 29s.—(Hear, hear.) Would it not be infinitely better for the farmer if the duties on corn were established on a fixed and certain basis, instead of leav 'rig him dependent for his rent and means of isubsis tehee on the fickle and fictitious support of Corn-iaes ? (Loud cheering.) With respect to those farmers who work with their own hands, of what consequeuee are prices to ; there ? They are principally consumers, and would feel GLOBE.—Lord J. Russell will to-night inform the House of Commons of the course determined on by the Government, in consequence of the vote to which the House came on Saturday morning, on the " want-of. confidence" motion. Whether the discussion on the Corn laws will be brought forward, as originally proposed ; • or, having taken votes on those estimates esethittial to the public service, a dissolution of Parliament 'will immediately ensue, is, comparatively, of little moment. Whether Parliament shall be dissolved, or not, before the - proposed changes in our commercial system be sub mitted by Government to its decision, a few hours will decide. In either case, the duty of .the,Journals which advocate the cause of the people against the grasping cupidity of the monopolists, is plain. They must, with undeviating perseverance, exhibit to the benevolent sym pathies of the electoral bodies, in order to rouse them to the necessary exertions in the approaching contest, the, baneful effects of the system which will be perpe tuated, or overthrown by them, as the majority in the new Parliament shall be found to consist of the friends or enemies of mormpoly. What, then, is the scene which presents itself to the eye of the spectator as he traverses the map of England, and rests his eye on the chief seats of our staple manufactures, or actually visits them in person, fur the purpose of ascertaining whether the tales of woe which have been narrated are fabulous or real ? We beg attention to our statement. If the advocates of monopoly can impugn that state ment, either in whole or in part, let them do so. If they cannot,—if the statement, instead of being overcharged, falls below the actual condition of the masses of the population to which it relates,—then, we ask, what is the obvious duty of every man who has a head to think and a heart to feel, when he is called upon to say, by his vote at the hustings, whether such a calamitous state of society shall continue,—shall widen and deepen—and be perpetuated, beyond the pOwer of beingereversed at a future period ; or whether a check shall be put at once upon its progress—a healthful reac tion be produced—and a gradual, but certain, restoration of former contentment and prosperity be eventually se cured ? What, then, is the condition of our manufacturing population ? The restrictions upon our trade with fo reign countries have alike affected the woollens of Wilt shire and York, the hardwares of Birmingham and Sheffield, the stockings of Nottingham and LeiceSter, the carpeting of - Kidderminster, the cottons of Manelester and Glasgow, and the silk goods of Coventry and Spi talfields ; and, reaching even to the remote shores of Inverness, have swept off in their course the coarser ma nufactures of Fife, Forfar, and Kincardine. The range of the evil through all classes of society in those districts has not proved less fatal than comprehensive ; .and, though the chief load and excess of misery has fallen, , , as might be expected, upon the operative manufacturerS,' whose emaciated countenances and naked and unfed children, shock the eye of the traveller through what used to be the busiest and most cheerful districts of the country—yet the-capitalist, the merchant, the master ma nufacturer, and the shipowner, each share in the common calamity. • • • - 'COURIER.—The doctrine of free trade, like other abstractions, may be exceedingly plausible in prin ciple and yet so impossible in practice, that not one simple precedent can be foUnd in ancient or modern history, • where, in • any state of society ,advanced or approxi mating to civilization,-the free trade principle has been in pure and Visible existence. The nearest approach to so blessed a consummation may only be sought in : the scanty annals of savage life,- of which, so far true :to- their- antecedents, the Red Indians of South and North. America are the unadulterated •repre sentation to this day. It is true they neither taxed rum nor fire-arms imported, nor furs or ponchos ex ' ported, and that they carried their notions of free trade rather to an excess, as in the Pampas yet, by occa sional forays into their neighbours' lands and free appro priation o' what might be there encountered without troubling themselves about returns in kind, but other wise the free trade practice was undoubtedly of the most consistent, for custom-houses or officers, monopoly abo minations as they are, there were none. "Whether it be desirable, upon free trade principles, - to effect a social retrogradation or reduction of mankind to the first ele ments of animal existence may be left as a problem to solve for the absolute free trading economists of the day. Their principle is utterly worthless, if, 'Con tending for it so arbitrarily, unconditionally, unreservedly, .they are not prepared to contend also for the supe riority of the savage state, Where ahine practically in full operation, over the civilized state where re striction or protection is the rule and free trade the par ticular exception. Theoretically therefore the free trade principle is just as correct, and at the same time just as practical an absurdity, as the similarly stioNS and un qualified proposition of liberalism, " that all men are equal ;" the practical illustration of which consists in an endless diversity of Conditions; morally, socially, lsad` physically ; that no two men are alike, and that no two men can 'be cited where one is not inferior to the other in whole, on average, or in part, whether in station, riches, physical capacity, or mental endowments. - LIST OF NEW PATENTS, MAY 1841 To John Paley, junior, of Preston, Lancaster, inanit7'. facturer, for certain improvements in ooms for weaving. Sealed 10th May-6 months for inrolment. - . . _ 7 Hooton Deverill, of Nottingham, lac e manu f ac t urer, f or certain improvements in machinery for making and orna menting lace, dommonly called " bobbin net lace." Sealed 10th May---4; months for inrolment. • Andrew M`Nab, of Paisley, North Britain, engineer, fin• certain improvements in the manufacture of bricks. Sealed 11th May-4 months .for Edmund Tayler, of King William -street, London, Gent., for certain improvements in. the construction of 'carriages used on railroads (lazing a communication). Sealed 11th May-6 months for inrolment. • Henry. Pinkus, of Maddox-street, Hanover-square, for an improved method or methods of applying electrical currents or electricity, either frictional, atmospheric, vol taic, or electro-magnetie. Sealed 14thi\lay-6th months for enrolment. James Gregory, coal master, and William Green, tin ner, both of West Bromwich, Stafford, for certain hn provements in the manufacture. of iron and steel. S ea l e d 14th May-6 months for inrolment. oisutiniu°anlstreet behi n d. t h e ing, at about half-pastßnU sthSrEeet.o%loek: a JUNE fire 5. broker rh King's Palace, in a warehouse co ntaini ng books belongin g to the 'Bible Society. - The Ere-engines were soon upon the spot, and the sire was subdued_ in about an hour. The damage done is considerable.; the ground floor is much damaged, &Id a great number ot . bound becks are destroyed. The house was i nsured . Among tL 6ii ci f iL of the d ay it is repoi te d tLfl.7 Liout.-General liir Ii . Vivian, Master.Geteral of the Ordnance, will,on . the disolution of Parli ament., b 3 m i nd to the peerage. - - ~ - E SUN, LONDON, TUEsD Y, JUNE 8, lBll. THE SUGAR D.UTIES. Tt has rarely happened that aneislative measure of it fiscal chara c t er h as exc i ted so much agitation, or in volved such important consequences, a 3 the proposed al teration of the sugar duties. ExtreMcly simple in its real elements, the question has been so .complicatssd and embarrassed by rival interests and adverse political feel 7 jugs, that it has operated like an apple of . discord, not merely arraying - against each other distinct " class in terests," but breaking some of those interests into sepa rate sections, and creating divisions and intestine con flicts amongst even associations of a philanthropic cha racter. The moral philosopher, who traces the various currents of opinion upon this subject to their source, un-. • less he be of a practical rather than of. a speculative cast of mind, will grieve to find that most of them flow from the common well of self-interest. The measure of the Government is founded upon pro positions not only simple, but sound and ina2ritrovertibly just. There exists, they say, a deficiency in the revenue of the country, which must be supplied ; the ordinary expedient of increasing taxation would be resisted. by the country, but the end can be attained not by increasing taxation, but by reducing it ; the consumption of sugar, which is almost .a necessary of life, is greatly impeded by its high price, occasioned by the liMited supply from our own possessions, the produce of which is protected against the competition of foreign sugar by a high duty, apolicy which can be justified, under any circumstances, only on the plea of absolute necessity ; our West India colonies have now enjoyed that protection sufficiently long to enable them to overcome the embarrassments attending the tram ition of their labouring- population from bond man to free•:men ; by reducing the protecting duty, we should secure commercial advantages of the highest :im portance to our manufacturers, who would enter into the foreign sugar market, where they are now excluded ; it would supply the community at home with sugar at a moderate rate, which would place it- at' the command of the lower classes in this country ; the revenue would be greatly augmented by the vast increase of consumption, and our colonists could have no ground of complaint, but on the plea that protection, to the present extent, is their inalienable right, and that free labour is dearer or less productive than slave labour, which is not only incompa tible with the doctrine most strongly urged by the ad vocates of the abolition of slavery, but is false in fact. The only one of these propositions which admits of question, is, that the West Indian colonists have enjoyed their protection from competition'with slave colonies a sufficient period to enable them with due diligence to surmount the obstacles thrown in the way of sugar-culti vation by the enfranchisement of their slaves : we think they have, and even if a doubt existed on this point, the interests of the community, who indemnified them for the loss of their slaves, are to be first consulted.—Asiatie Journal (Tory), rd PERLA!. PARLIAMENT?. HOUSE OF LORDS, June 7. Lord BilouGH.±.7t took his seat for the first time since his.return from the Continent. The Duke of DEVONSHIRE presented 13 petitions from Derbyshire in favour of the proposed revision in tbeiMport duties. _ _ _ Earl BIZOWNLOW presenter) several petitions against any alteration in the Corn-laws. L.eci unagiuthr presented several petitions to the same effect froin various parts of the metropolis. • The Earl of WINCHILSEA presented several peti tions from places in Norfolk,_ Lincolnshire; and h.ent, against any alter a ti on i n th e Corn-laws. Earl FITZWILLIAM presented a petition from an entirely agricultural parish in Northamptonshire, against the Corn-laws. CORN-LAWS, The Earl of RADNOR would make a few remarks upon the injurious effects of the Corn-laws upon the interests of the labouring classes. It had been found that wages had been sometimes highest when corn was lowest ; and it did not at all follow as a general rule that wages should vary directly with the prices of corn. Another point mentioned by the Noble Earl was, that crime had increased as corn became dear. It was contrary to every sound principle to suppose that it was to the advantage of the labourer to pay a high price for bread. It was not only contrary to reason, but contrary to the evidence which had been adduced before Parliamentary Committees. The fact might by ware accidental circumstances be, that the labourers were better off when bread was dear than when - cheap, but this was not to be taken as a general rule.—(Hear, hear.) Lord BR AYBROOlcsaid that the Noble Earl had introduced many subjects to which he had not alluded when presenting his petition. The perant signing that petition had lived long enough to know that when corn was cheap, they were very much worse off than when it was dear. Lord STRADBROKE said the Noble Earl intro duced several topics into his speech, which had nothing whatever to do with the question, and came to the most extraordinary conclusion. He admitted that poor-rates must be high when corn was dear, but it did not follow from that circumstance that the labourer must be better off. Lord ASHBURTON said it was impossible that the English agriculturist, who paid 12s. a-week for the cultivation of his land, could compete with the foreign grower, who only paid 3d. or 4d. a day, and if the Corn-law was •to' be repealed, the English agriculturalist had better realise his capital abroad, and go to cultivate land in Pomerania and Mech lenburgh, and other parts of the north of Germany.— (" Hear, hear," and a laugh.) The Earl of RADNOR said they conteuded with the Irish labourer at the rate of 4d. a day.—(No, no.) There were many of them only got 6d. a day, and worked but two-thirds of the year. Did not that reduce the rate of wages to 4d. a day ?—(Hear, hear.) If they could compete with the Irish labourer they could com pete with the German labourer.—(Hear, hear.) It had been said that for every quarter of foreign corn that came in, a quarter of English corn must be displaced. Earl FITZWILLIAM—It is meant, I suppose, that for every quarter of foreign corn imported a quarter of English corn would fail to bo produced The Earl of RADNOR—Yes, that is doubtless what is meant ; but that is not what the statement says. The Noble Lord (Braybrook) had said that as the price of corn camedown the food of the people would be de teriorated.—(Hear, hear.) But he (the Earl of Radnor) begged to ask the Noble Lord whether the food of the people had deteriorated as the importation of foreign corn had increased ?—(Hear.) No, it' could not be said that it had ; on the contrary, the poor had eaten better bread as the importations had increased, and when the importations were small, they were compelled to cat rye and barley bread.—( Hear, hear.) Lord ASHBURTON said that if the agricultural labour of this country were brought into compe tition with the labour of those countries in which this state of low wages and low diet existed, the labourer of this country would inevitably be brought into the same state of low wages and low diet. Every one knew that the labourers of this were better fed and better clothed than the labourer of any other country. Earl FITZWILLIAM said the labourers of this coun try were certainly better fed and better clothed than any other. But the Noble Lord seemed to think that the agricultural labourer was the only labourer of the country. The Marquis of SALISBURY thought it would much better become the Noble Earl to make an original motion on this subject, and thereby raise a discussion upon it. He (the Marquis of Salisbury) couhi not admire this getting up discussions on the presentation of petitions. He thought it was quite contrary, too, to the regulation of the House, in opening a discussion, to allude to a speech that had been delivered in that House on a former day.— (Hear, hear.) Earl FITZWILLIAM—I made no such allusion. The Marquis of SALISBURY alluded to the Noble Lord who opened the discussion. He believed that the Noble Earl (Fitzwillia,m) thought a repeal of the Corn laws would be a source of benefit and happiness to the labouring classes of the community, but he doubted very materially if that opinion would be backed by the la bourers themselves. Earl - FITZWILLIAM rose, 'but was received with loud cries of "NO, no." - The Earl of HAIIEWOOD admitted that the mauu facturers of this country were in a depressed state, Ike, he denied that they were caused by the existing Corn laws. The depression' in'trade in the manufacturing dis tricts arose from the manufacturers underselling each Other, and the spirit of speculatiOn that pervaded them. When he saw in his own county factories being contin ually erected, he could not sit stilt and hear it said that distress in the manufacturing districts was caused by the present Corn-laws.(Hear, hear.) Earl FITZWILLIAM said he had never stated that the distress in the manufacturing districts was caused wholly by the present Corn-laws ; he had stated it was in a great measure caused by them. He thought the Noble Earl had fallen into the error he (the Earl of liarewood) had attributed to him (Earl Fitzwilliatn), that of stating that the distress was caused by specula tion and underselling. In answer to the Noble Marquis (Salisbury) he begged to state that early in the next Session of Parliament, he should move that it is the duty of this House to take into serious considera tion, the present system of the Corn-laws. And also to morrow he should move that there should be au exami nation of all the signatures to the petitions presented for and against the repeal of the Corn-laws. Lord BROUGHAM said that two year; and a half ago he moved a similar motion to the Noble Earl, and he was then prepared with evidence at their Lordship's bar, to prove that low wages would not be the consequence of a low price of corn ; that motion was met with so much opposition that he did not then press a division. The Noble Lord presented several petitions from Szot land in favour of a total repeal of the Corn-laws, in which he fully concurred. Lord DUNCANNON moved the second reading of the following Bills :—The Assessed Taxes and Compo sition Bill, Militia Suspension Bill, and County Courts (Ireland) Bill. The Noble Lord also moved that the Sugar Duties Bill be read a first time. The Duke of SUTHERLAND presented a petition from Newcastle-under-Lyne, in Staffordshire, praying for an alteration in the Corn-laws. The Earl of STANHOPE presented a petition from Devonshire against any alteration in the Corn-laws. Lord PORTMAN presented a petition from the in habitants of Paddington, praying for a repeal of the Corn-laws. In that petition he most fully and cordially concurred. Earl FITZWILLIAM presented several petitions from Greenock, Derbyshire (2,666 signatures), Kettei ing, Caernarvon, Norfolk, Yorkshire, and other places, praying for a repeal of the Corn-laws. Their Lordships adjourned at Twenty minutes past Seven. HOUSE OF COMMONS, June 7. The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour. TheDrogheda Harbour Bill, theßlackburn Improvement and Market Bill, the St. Helen's Small Debts Bill, the Launceston Small 'Debts Bill, the Salisbury Small Debts Bill, the Sleaford Small Debts Bill, the Wemyss Estate Bill, the Lincoln Road Bill, the Trusley and Doncaster Roadl Bill, the Bourn Drainage Bill, and the Burnley Small Debts Bill, were reported. The Forth and Clyde Navigation Bill, the Scrabster Harbour Bill, and the Brighton and Shoreham Road Bill were severally read a third time and passed. BELFAST AND CAVEHILL RAILWAY BILL. Mr. 'O'CONNELL moved the re-committal of the Bel fast arid Cavehill Railway Bill. Colonel 'VERNER seconded the motion. /4,114.1N8AR opposed the re-committal of the • Coloner CONOLLY opposed the motion. The lion. and Gallant Member denied that the railroad, as stated by the Hon. and Learned Member for Dublin, was com pleted in all its parts as the Act of Parliament required. Sir R. BATESON .was also opposed to the re-com mittal of the Bill. He considered it a groat hardship that a large number of witnesses . who had come over from Irelnd to be examined before the Committee should be again, after having returned to their respective homes, brought back, particularly as there was just now such a short prospect of their remaining here. Mr. ESTCOURT likewise opposed-the motion, on the grounds that the Committee,' in his opinion, had not come to an erroneous decision. After a few words froth Mr. O'CONNELL in reply, Sir ROBERT FERGCSSON said she. Committee had considered it useless to proceed, because the Acts were out. - - Sir GEORGE CLERK considered it would- be'eSta- Wishing a dangerous precedent to allow a Bill to be ' re-committed, when a Committee had sat on it and had reported that the preamble had not been proved. Besides all the Witne. , es - S opPosed to the Bill had gone back to Ireland, and considering the declarations which 'had beevinade by the Ministers, it was extremely doubtful whether the Parliament would be in existence at the time of their return. Mr. FOX MAULE denied that the Committee had reported that the preamble had not been proved. Mr. LITTON said that the Acts had expired which the Bill ' 'professed - to enlarge and continue, and that herefore it Ntis - impossible to prove the preamble. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the House divided, when there appeared— For the re-committal .69 Apirlst-it Majority against the Re-committal - l3 2_ • - LANDLORDS IN IRELAND. Mr. O'CONNELL gave notice that.he should shortly move -for leave to. bring in it Bill to amend the law of landlord and tenant in Ireland, so far as to iiive compen sation to yearlv tenants for improvement of t h e estates: The Hon.. ancllearned Member said he hop e d t h e H ous e wou ld' ibldge him for a few moments while ho referred 4zirietter personal to himself,—(Hear, hear.) The Ifottaf wa g Atvatiia the serious char ge ma de aga i nst h i m (Mr. O'Connell) the other evening, of distrainin in .A,lll4urent , due to him on the 25th March. Ha Dlr. I, I - al Thr ~ . , , O'Connell) understood the charge to telate - tn the pre sent year, and therefore he did not know whether some 1 agent of his might not have put in a distress from mali- Icious motives; and therefore he was not able, when it was made, to give it a positive denial. Since then he had desired Ids Eon to wait upon Sergeant Jackson to learn from him his authority for the statement, and he said that he (Sergeant Jackson) did not know the name of the tenant, but that a gentleman called on him some time since in Dublin, named Twiss,—that he (Sergeant Jack son) recollected to have seen him on juries iu Kerry, but did not know his Christian name ; that the affair took place on his (Mr. O'Connell's) estate in Iveragh, where Mr. Twis.s said he had seen a number of cattle impounded in the month of April, and on inquiry was told that they beloeged to tenants of his (Mr. O'Connell's), and had been distrained for March rent. His son asked in what year this was, but Sergeant Jackson did not know — (Hear, hear)—but said he had a memorandum thereof somewhere among his papers. He (Mr. O'Connell) was in Kerry ia the month of January last,' and was able to contradict the statement in the strongest terms.—(Hear, hear.) It was not for him to condemn the manner in 1 which the statement was made, but he would beg the House to remember that the man's name was not known, that his address was - not known, and that all that the statement amounted to was, that some one had told Ser geant Jackson that these cattle were impounded.—(Hear.) Mr. Sergeant JACKSON said the statement made by the Hon. and Learned Gentleman respecting him was not precisely correct. The Plion. Member for Tralee called upoet snee this day, stating that he did so by his fa ther's desire to know the name of the person to whom I had made reference in the course of the late debate, mid he informea2ne that I should acquaint him with the whole of the ciremestances. He (Mr. Sergeant Jackson) told him thathe had known the gentleman for many years, having seen him on Jraies in Kerrv, that he conk not tell him his Christian name, but he knew his name to be Twist. The, gentleman teeld him that he had seen the speech of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman, in which he had indulged in time usual stray' of attack on the land lords ; that he knew that he was himself au ex ceedingly harsh landlord ; and he then told me what he had seen, in the month of April ;in a year he mentioned at the time, but which I could nut tell him till I referred to the memorandum I made at the time. He said that he had been at the Hononrable and Learned Gentleman's property in the month of April, when he found the cattle of a number of the tenants distrained for rent due in the March preceding. ' He said he was quite certain of the accuracy of • his statement, and would be ready f o substantiate it on any occasion. In the presence of the gentleman, he (Mr. Sergeant Jackson) had written down the particulars of his statement, adding that he should mention the fact if ever the Hon. and Learned Gentleman wide a charge against the landlords of Ireland. He (Mr. Sergeant Jackson) would not have mentioned the matter to the House if he did not believe it to be perfectly correct.— (Hear, hear.) Mr. O'CONNELL would appeal to the House whether, when. the Hon. and Learned Gentleman stated he had a document he shoidd not hare produCed it—whether he ought not to have taken down the name of his informant. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman was aware there were several persons of that name in the county.—(Loud cries of " Chair, chair.") The SPEAKER said, if the Hon. and Learned Mem ber had anything further to state in explanation of the facts, of course the House would be ready to hear it; but he submitted to him whether he ought to prolong this con versation when there was no question before the House. Mr. O'CONNELL said the name of the party accusing him was not given, the name of the lands were not given, or the date when it occurred ; and the only place where it could have happened, ' was his college property; because on all his other property the rents were received in May and November, and therefore the statement as regarded his properties would have contradicted itself. He had been met with a total ab sence of accuser, date, and particulars, and he was ' therefore entitled to pronounce it as gross a falsehood as ever was invented.—(Cheers.) Mr. Sergeant JACKSON said—Perhaps the House would permit him to say, that he Would put the Hon ourable Gentleman in possession of all the parti culars at the earliest possible moment. NOTTINGHAM ELECTION. On the motion of Mr.' T. DUNCOMBE, the petition of William Belbie, presented a few days ago, was or dered to be printed with the Votes. Sir R. H. INGLIS would have no objection to the motion, if there were any further proceeding to be founded thereon. Mr. T. S. DUNCOMBE said that the subject was to be brought under the consideration of the House on Thursday next. The motion was then agreed to. Mr. VERNON SMITH moved for certain returns connected With secondary punishment in New South Wales. CLERK OF THE PEACE FOR HERTFORD. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE moved that the Clerk of the Peace for the county of Hertford should then attend at the bar of the House. John Samuel Storey then appeared at the bar, and stated that he was Clerk of the Peace for the County of Hertford. He received an order fa nu that Hous'e for a copy of the Register of Electors for that County. for 1840 and 1841—lie would have had much pleasure in complying with the order, but the register was not in his possession or under his control. The 56th clause of the Reform Bill made the Sheriff the Custos of the register, and it was in his possession. By Mr. DUNCOMBE—He was aware that under the 55th section_ of the Reform Bill be was bound to give a copy of the register to any one applying for. it. Ile weld not' say what was the dote . on which he re ceived the order. The Magistrates of the County of Hertford had constantly refused to print the register, and unless they ellowed the expense there was no other way of paying the expenses. He (the witness) had, from his notion of respect for that House, refused to give that which was. but a copy of the register. He had not the register in his pos session, and, them'efore, could not give a copy of it. He had when applied to by a freeholder for a copy of the register answered that he wo u ld f urn i s h i t at a reasonable price, bat lie had refused to furnish it for 15s. He had applied on the subject to the Noble Lord the Chairman of the Quarter Sessions as to whether he ought to have the register printed (as we understo o d him to say), but his Lordship advised him not to do so. Witness had not been an agent at either the Lest St. Alban's or the last county election, but witness's son had been an agent at the last county election. , His son is not a clerk is his office, neither is lie his partner. He is in witness's office. Does lie hold any situation ?—Yes ; he is there as my son.—(A laugh.) Iu answer to questions by Mr. Hooper, witness said that he had no doubt as to the authenticity of the copy in his possession. It had been made by his own clerk, but he thought the sending of a copy would not be in compliance with the order of the House. If any elector had asked him for a copy of the register, he should have furnished it from that copy. Ile did not send the espy in his possession, because he had not been ordered to do so. The order of the House was to . furnish ' a copy of the register. The cepy in his possession was not his own, it belonged to the county—(Opposition cheers)—and he did not think that that would satisfy the order of the House. Mr. ALSTON—You stated that you applied to Lord Deere, the Chairman of the Co ur t o f Quarter Ses sions, when applied to by a freeholder on the subject, of the register. . Did you apply to his Lordship, as Chairman of the Court of Quarter Sessions, whether - yogi should furnish the copy after you had received the orders of this House ? Witness-=Lord Eacre told me that the order of Quar ter Sessions absolutely prevented me from having it printed; and that if he had not been so ill he would have -attended the House himself. - The witness then withdrew. Mr. DUNCOMBE said it must be quite clear to the House that this order was sent to the Clerk of the Peace. The Hon. Member for Ripon had been decidedly of opinion that it was the duty of the Clerk of the Peace to furnish a copy of the copy of the register; it was quite clear, after the statement of the witness, that he was in possession of the register, and that it was his bounden duty, as Clerk of the Peace, to ftirnish it to the House. • An Hon. Mem ber had asked him if it was an authentic copy, and he replied that it was. It seemed that his only object as an individual in not furnishing this cop y was to create delay, in order th a t t h e House might not be able to place it in the hands of the electors. It was for the House to say . whether it would have its order evaded for such et purpose. He (Mr. buncombe) thought that it was quite necessary that this order should be enforced, and he would therefore move that the Clerk of the Peace attend to-morrow with a copy of the regis ters? of - the E .s u e lector i s N o , I f v H it o e l r r t a f u s r n t e l s a h i r i i;e i naudible, said that his Opinion coincided with that of the majority of the HoUse t a br t ? le e a n ie d eoorder of a i t o i_t A e . t o ts t t o b f e obeyed, rariaat a b o u t. ; Housema tte n r independent 'that t i f was the a He thought the o r d ers respecting this gentleman were rather hard. Th e H ouse did not appear to pay anythine for the copy ord ere d , b ut, on its own authority, ordered ° a . copy to be retur ne d. S uch an order must sometites operate m ex ak sh o ly a • oconpyanbiroe indsitiift,lual. Thi s gen tl eman cou ld not but must pay to have it done; andthough this was no reason why the power of the House should - not be vindicated, it was a reason for not pressing - harshly against an individual who had not • tranegNseed against the order. The House required a a copy aif . the register, and he had not the means of furnishing a copy„for th e reg i s t er was no t i n hi s pos session. Ite Honourable Member was aware this gen tleman • na. a copy of the register in his possession, • and asked hiat if he did not know that it was a faithful copy, ta.r.auen t - e witness answered in the affirmative. .lie 'was theta asked •why he did not send that, and he answered, because it belonged to the county,—could there be a' better reason ?—(Hear, hear.) if he had the :register in his possession he (Sir E. augilen) 'thought he ought to have obeyed the House, and after wardsappeeled to its justice fur payment, but _ it struck hiMihaaehai ;g obe y in geatleman had not the power of between . the 'Wei; , .There had been a trial of legal skill lck the Honourable Member for Finsbury and time wit nesshest ;orletettbeit argument. —(Hear, 1 v a i E n n d ess la itliagdllilti a the ) ed He believed the gentleman in attendance was prisoner, but a .more improper ex pression could not be j used. • - that the gentleman, Mr. O'CONNELL ifsarto, thoughttt. it appeared to to dis l i: i e n! theiva 5 expensesa C acti ng u o n f d , e tb r ea Clarkii gtaakred. the T The e d a c e r t ° en j t o l i m n e ed Ho tl i i l a se t , g a ! ianieso,urn; necessary of of t t h h e e oPoeuanctey fur any e b x e pa d o e s fi e -a s ebe e d lmi beh the fre a as ttd ur h e: had, therefore, no loss to sustaiu. t. should imagine haveanouni bacecroorfdicnogpiteos,thajetdAncotet tlasiat heth one . Di l e had applied the word prisoner to the gen tleman, he had done so .solely through inadvertence. - e appeared clerk w. to EVEN.] NG EDITION. The question was then put - amd agreed-to, that tho Clerk of the Peaez , for the county of Hereford should_ attend at the bar of the House to-morrow, and bring with him a copy of the register of electors for 1840 and 1841. Mr. PALMER wished to put it to any member of the Covernment who might be present, whether it were fit that public officers should make use of their position for the purpose of obtaining signatures to public petitiont lie had understood that certain officers of the Excise had so interfered, for the purpose of procuring -signatures to Anti-Corn-law petitions. The CHANCELLOR. of the EXCHEQUER thotOt that Filch a course of proceeding would be extremely IM proper ; but it appeared to him that the Hor. GentreMan must be mistaken upon the subject, as no such fact - had come within his (the Chancellor of the :Exchequer's) knowledge. Mr. WY NN said, that seeing the anxietvof the Ifoue to hear the statement of the Noble. Lord the Secretary far the Colonies. he would postpone the motion of which ho had given notice till to-morrow. srI~T GAPQItI• The Free Press publishes a census of the settlement for the past year, which shows the total population of the island and its dependencies to be 39,681, including the floating population, the military force of the station, and the convicts from India. The last .census was fin. 1836, when the total inhabitants amounted to 29,984; exclusive of the floating population, military force, and convicts ; and as, without these, the present census numbers only 33,969, the increase in the fixed population during the four years amounts to little above.4,ooo, of which fully three-fourths are Chinese. The following further statis tical facts may be added : there are in the interior of the island 477 gambler and pepperplantations, while in 1836 there were only 250. There were in use on the island, during the past year, 170 four-wheeled and 44 ti-o wheeled carriages ; 266 horses,and,77 carts. The total amount of taxation paid to Government, and which con sists solely of the farms and the assessment, amounted to 106,125 Spanish dollars, and the total rental of the island estimated according to the rate levied as assessment, amounted to 136,129 Spanish dollars of which 7,600 is the proportion of what is termed the, country.—Asiatic Journal. NON-ARRIVAL OF THE BRITAN NIA STEAlitElt. For the first time since the establishment of the royal mail line of Boston and Halifax steamers, one of the ships composing the line has failed to arrive at the time when, according to the average rate of pas sages, she was expected. If the Britannia . left -Bos ton on the 16th ult. (and that she would leave that port on that day nothing to the contrary was known at New York on the 15th), she was due at this port yesterday week. But she did not arrive then, nor has any tiling been heard of her since. Much anxiety exists, of course, respecting her, and various conjectures have been hazarded aszto the probable cause of her non arrival. In the absence of intelligence, all conjecture is idle, and we shall not, therefore, indulge in any. Sonie ac cident, there is too much reason to fear, has happened to the steamer ; but it has not, we hope, been serious, much less fatal. Should the Britannia not arrive in time to take her place in the line on the 19th instant, the Cale donia, which would leave Boston.on the Ist, and may be expected, barring accidents, to arrive on or before to morrow week, will be despatched in her place. So that the non-arrival of one steamer will not, in all probability, interrupt the regular communication between Liverpool, Halifax, and Boston.—Liverpool Albion of yesterday. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. QUEEN-SQUARE. Yesterday afternoon, at two o'clock. Mr. Robert Dillon Browne, I\LP. for the county of Mayo, attended this Court to answer a summons obtained against him by John Ryves D'Arcy, Esq., at preent• staying at the Tavistock Hotel, Covent Garden. - • • - The summons charged Mr. BrOwne with threatening to assault Mr. D'Arey. Both parties were attended by a host of friends, amongst Whom were several Members of Parlianient A solicitor, who attended on behalf of the complainant, was about to open the case, when ' Mr. Dillon Browne said, if it is the wish of your client that I should enter into sureties to keep the peitee, I will do so with the greatest pleasure. lam not desirous of a matter unpleasant to all of us being publicly investigated. The Solicitor—Then, in that case, it will be only ne cessary for the Bench to consider the amount of bail re quisite, but, with great deferenee to the Bench, he would submit that it ought to be proportionate to the rank in life sustained by the defendant. .• • - _ Mr. GREGORIE—Do you propose carrying the case further ? Solicitor—My proposition is, that the defen dant find bail to answer the charge at the next Quarter Sessions, as it is the intention of my client to prefer ar ticles of the peace against him. After a long and angry discussion about borrowing and lending money, the complainant asserting that he had lent the defendant money, and the defendant assert ing that he did not owe the complainant one farthing, the Magistrate said, that owing to the irregular course of proceeding, and the noise in the office, he really did not know what had been said for the last half hour. That, however, he said, did not apply to Mr. Browne, who had conducted himself coolly. The charge was finally abandoned,, and the parties left the office as they came. EXTRAORDINARY INSTANCE OF RECOVERY FROM DROWNING.—An extraordinary instance of the suc cessful adoption of prompt and scientific measures, in the case of a person drowned in the River Avon, occurred on Sa turday last, in the immediate neighbourhood of Stratford- Mr. Howlett, a Dissenting minister, was bathing in the river with two of his friends, when, having unfortunately got into deep water, and, being unable to swim, he sud denly sank. Mr. James Cox, ohe of those who were preSent, immediately went to his assistance ; but, finding that his efforts to save him were unavailing, repaired to a fishertr.an, named Thomas Vincent, about 200 yards off, and who, by means of the hook attached to the boat pole, succeeded in diq;overing the bodY, which was instantly conveyed to land, exhibiting no symptoms of life, having been under the water for the space of ten minutes. Mr. Frederick Pritchard, surgeon, of Stratford, was instantly sent for, and he, with his father, promptly attended, and after the employment of friction, inflation of the lungs, &c., were gratified to find that their persevering efforts for three hours were crowned with success—for respiration re turned L-and in eight hours from the time of submersion Mr. Howlett was able to speak, and is now nearly re covered. This instance of recovery it especially worthy of record, as it teaches us that, even when there is no symptom of life after drowning, the case should not be despaired of, but that all the prescribed means of restoration should be promptly and perseveringly used.— HAYMAKING.--This Advertiser. , HAYMAKING.TMS important portion of the farmer's duty has partially commenced in the neighbou7hool of Sherborne, and in a few days will have become very gene- . ral. The crops are most abundant in their yield. The crops of clover were never known to be so universally good, and the fragrance from the beautifully scented flower of this plant to the passing traveller is truly delightful.— West Briton. THE WEATHER.—On Thursday forenoon, the 27th ult , about half-past nine o'clock, there fell at Fowey Consols mine, and places adjacent; a tremendous shower of rain and hail. The drops of rain were remarkably large, and the hail, or rather lumps of ice, when measured, were found to be two inches and a half in circumference. Had the wind blown strong at the time the hail, no doubt, would have given no small employment to the glaziers,— West Briton. EARL FORTESCUE.—The last a ccoun t s re ceived from Castle Hill of Lord Fortescue's health are more favourable, and such as to remove the apprehension of imme diate danger. His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant has, in consequence, deferred for the present his departure for Devon shire.—Dublin Evening Post. It is now admitted by the:Tories that the post proximate Premier must forego the hope of again filling the first petit in a Tory Cabinet—even should the calamity of a Tory Ger:ernment be inflicted for a period, holever short, upon the country. The Earl of Aberdeen is now spoken of by the Tories, in their clubs, as the chief under whom Sir Robert must!serve—if he consent to serve at all. - There w*s-vesterday forenoon a numerous meet ing of Conservative Members at the house of Sir'll.PeeL , . THE WEATHER.--Dry , *eatner and scorch ing winds have prevailed this wee k, with no,v and th en a par,. tial shower. The crops, in exposed situations, are b eg i n ni ng to look rather sickly; but in general it cannot be said that they have suffered any material injury from the thought. Through out the whole of Scotland there is an appearance of a good crop both of corn and I:ay.—Aberdeen Herald. together about slbs. The Di them to be A *German 'Paper states . that some workmen, the and Prague, while lately employed at Berlin in clearing away foundation of a house, _found a number of coins of the t oil ia lllg n e n x d a" fo i Iliiirtteseti;thfocuenndtu centuries. They middle ages, weigh the form( r c re o e in to s r o o f f ti t i l e re ti : li i r ia t l e t en , s a t r l e .u c ci e c in ir p i o ti s i e e d tij o u f e 0 1 f)it7achelr _liars . ( if r f 7:b Luxembourg.s ou a r : OUGllT.—There never *as bear no inscription, and the im print is l';,1- 3 , badly exe crated ; .the latter are better ex!ented, part of them bear insane people are the name of Wenceslaus, King 'of Bohemia, and John, son A of t \ h v e ,i l F .:l E np s er i o : l o . Henryf Ei . . Yet how perfectly aas iser 1110%ilt: than that " of Franklin—" NOthing i s c h eap which . you doe't.Want..!' or: the subject of buyin, , cheap h , " t_inss , . Do tell m e w h y you have bought that cast. off door-plate? asked the husband Of one' of-theasi natitbre . bargainirs. "Dear - lire,". repli e d t h e t„ir,,,,,, I 1,...14,,,..4i,,t,t:hcap..,„vi yOtt know its always my plan to lay up things in p l a ye of need ; who knows but you may die, and I may marry a man with the same name as that on the loorpplator.-Edinburgkrreekly .coironicle. , . ; •'<l b: co CORN-LAWS, Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that on Friday night he had stated the course which the Government intended to pursue with regard to the Committee of Supplies' and the remainder of the Estimates; he had also stated that he would amnomice on this day his intention with respect to the motion on the Corn-laws, of which he had Oxen notice. It. •would be in the recollection of the House that he had given that notice on the day or which MI Right Hon. Frieed, the Chanjellor of the Excite qa er brought i:)rwa ecl his financial' statement. He (Lord John Ilmeell) afterwards rent wed that notice. It was hie intention to ascertain , what was thought upon. that motion, as it was one of very particular importance. Ile did not make the mo tion for the mere purpose of bringing forward adiscussion npou it, but it was his wish to obtain from the :abuse its opinion with regard to tile policy of an alteration in the Corn-laws, and with regard to the, principle of the alteration which h e proposed, and the course which the Government should pursue. The Right Hon. Gentleman, the Member for Tamworth, had, how ever, about a fortnight since, given notice that he would move it resolution to the' effect that the present Ministers of her Majesty having been unable to carry through the House measures which they deemed 4:f the highest importance, their continuance in office wrts at variance with the spirit of the Constitution. • ,After the Riebt Honourable Gentleman had giver . that notice 'he (Lord John Russell) stated to his collenguesn as a matter for their consideration, thet if the Rvent Hon. Gentleman should succeed in gaining a majority in favour of his motion, it was his (Lord John Russell's) opinion twit he eur,ht not to act under ate anthoritywhich he lied obta,!ned from the Cabinet, and brio e• forward the motion of which ..he had given notice. He stated to them that he considere; it a measure of the highest importance to be submitted to the consideration of the House. If the House should decide that her Majesty's Ministers r did not possess the confidence of the House, and ought not to continue in office, it would not, he thought, be respectful to the House, nor consistent- with their duty to submit a• measure of so much import ance to the present House of Commons. He (lord J. Russell) found that his colleagues concurred wi,ii him in opinion, and it was not his intention to proceed with the subject. In stating that it was not his inteetion to go on with the subject of the Corn-laws, he mier,ht perhaps be allowed to go into the general question-4.'4 he stated that he should not hive been deterred fronr bringing forward that measure by the various reasons that were stated at different times on the other side against the propriety of brining forward that motion. Among the reasons urged agamSt ' bringing forward the question of the Corn-laws was, that it would increase the excitement amongst the people. :Cow it did not appear to bun, he confessed, that dis cussion on the subject would . have that effect. Another branch of the arguments lie would have used was as to the importation of corn within the last fee, years, and the duty which had been paid upon it; and he thought the resnll would have shown that'. the proposed duty would afford a greater protection than the duty had been of late. Another questionrelated to the statement which had been so often madethat this particular laW . was intended and does act fur the protection of the agricultural interest. He thought he could show that what had occurred sincelB2B, ewecially what had cc ! curred of late years, had shown that the present sliding scale of duties had tended to derange the prices more than would a fixed duty. Without vino into any colter branches of the subject—(Loud Tor, cheering)—the accusation against him and the Govern , - reent, of which he had not taken any notice, was that% for three weeks or a month they ! had put ihrwerd the pretent question without the hope of carrying it, and sodely with a view to egitati on.—(Cheers.) Had he brought forward the question, he should have shown that the effect of their proposal was not to raise extravagant, hopes, but fie considered that the question was One well deserving the attention and full considera tion of the liouse.—(Hear, hear.) Let it be recollected that the whole principle on which his Right Hon ourable Friend brought forward his Budget, was that prohibition should no longer be continued, and that the great delleieney in the revenue should be secured by an alteration in these duties. Pint it would have been . course which might have given some advantage to his'' , Right llon. Friend in making that proposition if he had left the Coen-In ws altogether on orm' side—if he had left s that question as it waduring some yeems poet—as it was uncle rthe Goveeement of f mi ( -IG ivy wheftite assumed office in 1830, and had not considered it aa i h an way connected with the proposal regarding the sugar and' timber duties, and ors other matters. He repeated. that the question might have been left as it wayc in the time of Lord Grey and Lord Spencer, an open quctilitan, but he did not think that such a course woultl have been fair towards the egrieultural interests.— (Hear, hear.) It did not appear to him that they. could have stated as a general principle that prohibition should be done away with, and that the whole tariff should be revised—that they should make changes to promote commercial intercourse with other occuotries- without including the .question of the Corn-laws.—(Hear.) Therefore he thought it the fairer and plainer course of proceeding to adopt this principle, nut. merely with a view to increase the revenue. but with a view to the various other and extended interests which would be affected by it, and there fore, at nearly the same time, he had thought it would be best to propose an alteration in the Corn-liaws. He had tiow - only one remaining statement to make as regarded the charge made by the- Hight Hon. Gentleman opposite in the course of his reply ilia otter evening. The Right Hon. Gentleman had staten:, and as he (Lord John Russell) understood, had stated hit•: belief in the statement, that the Government had had two • Budgets prepared—a fair weather budget and a foul weather budget—(Cheers.) It was stated at the com mencement of these discussions, as acharge against the Go verment, that the Budget had been a sudden thought; that his Right Hon. Friend had, he supposed, in .the course of a single morning, prepared the whole of those extensive alterations which he had proposed. That was a charge so extravagant that he had taken no notice of it, and the inventors of it, he imagined, had become so convinced of its extravagance that they had dropped it.—(Hear, hear.) But those who had invented that, story, had then invented another, not one whit more probable than the extraordinary state ment to which he had .alluded, and that was that there had beeu two Budgets prepared, He could not imagine that any person could. be lieve that the advisers of the Crown could so far forget their duty as to frame two budgets, with e view to their own political situation. There was oot the least found ation for the allegation, mid he regretted that the Hon. Gentleman should have brought forward such a charge, or that he should for a moment have given credit to so absurd a statement • The course which they then proposed to pursue, was - that which had been already intimated on Friday evening. They pro posed to take th e sum th at was in the .estimate with re gard to the service of Canada and the service of China, and•they proposed to take, with regard to the Miscel laneous Eesumates, a course similar to the one pursued in 1830, after the death of King George the Fourth ; they proposed to take a sum on account of the Mieeel- • laneous Estimates for six months, from the Ist of April, which w ou ld supply the immediate wants of the public service, and prevent inconvenience both to in dividt l als and to public officers. H e (Corti J. ltussell) thoteght there could n o t b e any objection on the part of '`that House to allow the m t o take that course. The Noble Lord the Member f o r N or th Lancashire said , the other night, that the question of dissolution was not One which ought to be discussed in that House, as it was the undoubted •prerogative of the Crown. Whether a _ I n . 0 • there war ‘ .P v ;idsv bfeCerd," the Opinion were right or not, he thouglit man who could say, that lifter that division voted. noed night, when 623 Members of that I r T i oh a there not de- Rightthere wasH ( n o . were only eight Members al? 3 - av a .on i e n t a , majority of tvilftheont:e.hei had I° Glared their opinions, andh a had not beent House—(Hewn)— "° waited upon by either party n G o vernment, or env • for the support of the exisuGngeoceman (Sir R. Peel' Government the Right Hon.lnd laughter)—he said might form—(Hear, hear, when suchwas the division of ofonion in that House, ca se, as to the propriety Of givin g any advice to her whatever might be itliit;.est y respecting an appeal to the 9 country, he thought it must be generally allowed, both of the kingdom,that not. there and in every p art it was not he continuance of that Housa, to be expected, duringb found t in favour of the any majority•would support of , being the - the Government. teuch case he confessed that. . it appeared to hint as clear as any proposition in polities ~ e ever did, that the only mode of solving the queseaon was that the country itself should decide upon a eraleation -eft which so affected it--(Hear, hcar)—that that Ckeisioneat being made, if it was not in favour of the party in office', he thought it would be highly inexpedient and mut& visable to continue any struggle for the purpose ,of con tinuing in the offices they now held ; but if the opinion was the contrary way they might then make some progress in those ineasures which they felt so necessary for the pule lie welfare. This was the whole statement he had to make ee with respect to _the course which they meant to pursue_ He had at least stated as fairly and freely as •he could their intention. He knew not if there was any question which he had not touched upon, but if there was any such, and he could do so consistently with his duty to the Crown, he should he ready to answer it.—(Cheers.) The Order of the Day was then read for going into a. Conunittet of Supply. . . . Sir ROBERT PEEL .said. he would simply state, clearly and distinctly, but he hoped as frankly as the .Noble Lord, his view of the present position of the Government. In reference at those questions to which the Noble Lord more particularly referred, in the first place, he would ' notice the charges - which the Noble Lord had brought e against him. He was somewhat relieved to 'find that 4 they were at one with reference to the budget. H e had 4` - not taken advantage of a reply on the late debate, al-- though he knew that he hadA perfect "lc-lit to do si). Nothing could be farther from his inter b ,tion., When he heard the Noble Lord speaking of ilia advuttie resulting to the country from the FOreign • rci ;, 1G ;,: ;1 . : 4 1~ i~ ;~'j i= ' r : ( 1,7 ~>>=r "f ; • „ rr i r, 00 W. , r f. ) 1 , 0 ;;104(1 ; ,rfx' .;" ! <11 4 : < $: 1; " • v,-1 ,/ ?"'t : -. ; . - e' 'I . : , i ii . ,, , 4 ,, , 3.''',:i -;; 3 0 , t;fr ;zi , r I