The Sun. — London, England, 1841-08-28 00:00:00

/d.9n,soeo , k MORNING SUN. MORNING SUN . CONTRACT FOR SALT BEEF AND PORK, DEPARTMENT OF THE CoMPTRO LLE a FOR vicTUA ',LING AND TB ANSPORT CERVICES, SOM ERSET PLACE, A u(;vsT 0, 1841. THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUT ING the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND do hereby give Notice, that on Tituasnav, the 23d of September next, at One o'Clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to CONTRACT for the supply of a quantity of SALT MEAT, of the owe of the United Kingdom, equal to 15,000 Navy Tierces of Beef, and 16,000 Navy Tierces of Pork (in separate Tenders), all to be cured in the ensuing season, their Lord ships reserving to themselves the power, when the Tenders are opened, of contracting either for the whole, or for such part thereof, only, as they may deem fit, or of not contracting for any part. The said Meat is to be delivered, three-fourth parts thereof in tierces, and the remaining one-fourth part thereof in barrels, into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford, Portsmouth, Plymouth, and Haulbowline, in such proportions as shall here after be directed ; and within the followin g periods:— Beef, Two-thirds 31st March One-third 31st Alay 1842 On or before the Pork, One-third 31st Alarch Two-thirds 31st Alay and to be paid for by bills payable at sight, but not during the first period of delivery, for any quantities beyond those specified. The Conditions of the Contract may be s-en at this Office, or by applying to the Agent for the Victualling at Cork, or to the Collectors of her Majesty's Customs at Limerick, Bel fast, Waterford, and Newry, or to the Secretary of the Post master-General at Dublin, or to the Resident Agent for Trans ports at Leith. No Tender for a less quantity than shall be equal to 300 Tierces of Beef, or to 300 Tierces of Pork, will be admitted ; but all Tenders for such small quantities will be accepted. if at a lower price than that fur which larger quantities are offered. No Tender will be received after One o'clock on the day of treaty, nor any noticed unless the party attends, or some per son on his behalf, duly authorised in writing ; and it is to be expressly understood that the Tenders must contain a separate price fur the Beef, and a separate price for the Pork ; and that every Tender must also specify the prices both in figures and words at length, or the Tenders will be rejected. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left hand corner of the envelope he words " Tender for Salt Meat," and " Comptroller for Victualling," and must also be delivered at Somerset-place, and be accompanied by a letter signed by two responsible per sons, engaging to become bound with the person tendering, in a sum equal to 251. per cent. on the amount of the Contract, for the due performance of the same. NEW ZEALAND. SURGEON SUPERINTENDENTS WANTED. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the NEW ZEALAND COMPANY do hereby give Notice, that they require the services of experienced SURGEONS for the following SHIPS, which will be dispatched. next month to their Second Settlement at Nelson, viz.:— MARY ANN, LLOYDS. FIFESHIRE. The Surgeon for the Ship Lloyds must be married and ac companied by his wife ; and the Diplomas and Testimonials are to be scot in before Wednesday next, the Ist of September, addressed to the Secretary. Particulars of terms may be ob tained. By order of the Court, F. DILLON BELL, Secretary pro tem. New Zealand House, Aug. 25. LONDON and BRIGHTON RAILWAY. OPEN from LONDON to HAYWARD'S HEATH; from thence per Coach to Brighton. Daily Trains down to Brighton, Morning, past 9, past 11 ; Afternoon, past 1, and 5 o'clock. Daily Trains up to London, Morning, 7 and 9 ; Afternoon, past 12, and past 4- Sunday Trains down to Brighton, Morning, 8 ; Afternoon, past 5. Sunday Trains up to London, Morning, 7 ; Afternoon, I past 5. Fares—First Class, 15s. , Second Class, Ils. ; Children under ten years of age, half-price. The Trains stop at all the intermediate Stations, if required, to set down or take up passengers. As only a limited number of Passengers can be conveyed throughout from London to Brighton, places must be secured by booking them the day previous, at the principal Booking Offices. On the day of departure places can be secured only at the London-bridge Station, in the event of the limited num ber not being full. A daily down Train, at 9 P.M.. for Croy don only, and on Sundays a down Train for Croydon only, at 8, and at past 9 P.M. Fares to Croydon-- First Class, 2s. ; Second Class, Is. 6d. By order, THOMAS WOOD, Secretary. Aug. 18, 1841. A TENT PERRYIAN PENS. These Pens having been submitted to the test of public opinion for many years, are acknowledged to stand pre-eminent for the great superiority of their manufacture. The care be stowed in perfecting them to suit every description of writing, renders them cheaper than the ordinary pens at a lower price. Their adoption in the Government and other Public Offices, Banks, &c., with their great and increasing sale, is sufficient evidence of the high estimation in which they are held. Sold on Cards, with Medium, Fine, Extra Fine. or Broad Points. Each Card bears the signature—" JAMES PERRY and Co." N.B.—Some Pen Manufacturers, taking advantage of the mmense demand for these Pens over all others, have been im posing spurious ones upon the public, for whose protection, and for the protection of the Patentees, TWENTY POUNDS REWARD will be given on conviction, for information of any person or persons infringing any of the Proprietor's patent rights. PERRYIAN LIMPID INK. . . This Ink has a flowin property peculiar to itself, and does not corrode Metallic Pens as other Inks.—ln Bottles, 6d., is., lik.nd 2s. each. Sold by JAMES PERRY and Co., Patentees and Manu faclurers, 37, Red Lion-square, London ; also by all Sta tioners and other Dealers in such Articles. THE APERITIVE FOUNTAIN procures in a few minutes a passage of the bowels merely with a little water, which ought to induce persons to relinquish pur gatives, the habitual use of which eventually produces more mischiof than even costiveness itself. This little apparatus is superior to all lavement machines, irasmuch as it introduces no air, never requires any adjusting, may be concealed ( when illed): in a lady's reticule or a gentleman 's pocket, and is so Ample that the most infirm may use it without assistance, and it will not get out of repair in any climate ! EAR ASSIST ANTS TO THE DEAF, by a graduated scale, produce such a variety of effects, that any individual may employ exactly the degree of power that his deafness requires, according to the distance, whether in public or private. The Conversation As sistants are worn in the ears without being perceived. Ap plications (if by post, should state particulars, and inclose an order for payment) to Messrs. PINE and ROOFF, Managers for Dr. Scott (the Inventor), 369, Strand, three doors from Exeter Hall. Descriptive Drawings, with prices, of the Ape ritive Fountain and Ear Assistants, sent post free. CAUTION. MANY Shopkeepers, of mean and dishonest principles, try to impose upon the Public counterfeits of ROWLAND'S MACASSAR OIL," composed of the most pernicious and trashy ingredients ; some offer them under the lure of being Cheap ; others ;aim them surrepti tiously upon the unwary as the " Genuine"—the Label, on in spection, will be found to be minus the " &" in the Signature and the Countersign. AS A PROTECTION FROM SUCH IMPOSITION Observe—That each bottle is enclosed in a " New Label" from Steel, by Messrs. Perkins, Bacon, and Co., on which are these words—in two lines—" Rowland's Macassar Oil," and the Signature and Address of the Proprietors in Red thus— A. ROWLAND & SON, 20, Hatton-Garden. London. Counter-signed ALEX. ROWLAND. On the back of the Label are the words " Rowland's Ma cassar 01" written nearly 1,500 times, containing 29,028 letters. The lowest price is 3s. 6d.—the next 7s.—Or Family Bottles, containing four small, 10s. 6d., and double that size 21s. per bottle. * - 4 * Be sure to ask for " Rowland's Macassar Oil." A FACT. MECHI'S MAGIC STROP is known to have sharpened Razors when all other means have failed. Those who doubt it, can ask their friends, and if they Turchase, and are not satisfied, may have their money returned. hey are cheap-2s. 6d., 3s. 6d., 4s. 6d., and the very large sizes Its., ss. 6d , and 6s. 6d. each. The MAGIC PASTE is 6d. and Is. per cake. Upwards of 150,000 Strops and one Million and a half of Paste have been sold in the last six 'years, which is a pretty good proof of their excellence. There is a lit:le fact, however, to notice, which may prevent much disappointment and a good deal of pain : sundry unprincipled bersons, desirous of sharing Mechi's good fortune, without eing entitled to it., have made up thousands of common strops, Calling them " The Magic Strop," " The Double Magic Strop, " The Real Magic Strop," &c. and so on, taking care not to put on Mechi's Magic Strop. Now, by noticing the name " Mechi" en each Strop, with the address" No. 4, Leadenhall•street, London," you are sure to be right, as the law will not allow them to put Mecli's name on the spu ions sort. These imitation Strops are manufactured in large quantities at Sheffield, and shipped to a considerable extent to America and the Colonies, and it is to be feared that in too many instances the buyers are not aware they are deceived, although they find them of no use in sharpening, which is a considerable injury to Mechi' s good name. Most respectable crfumers throughout the United Kingdom will supply the ,rstuine Strop as cheap as if p urchased at Mechi's. His ma. u , u factury is at No. 4 , Leadenh4ll-street, London, where may be had his famous Bagatelle Tables, Dressing Cases, and Papier alaehe Goods,; also his approved Razors; Penknives, and Table Cutler y. C atalo gues may be hat Gratis. COPAI BA and CUBEBS ENTIRELY SUPERSEDED —WRAY'S BALSAMIC PILLS, a certain, s fe, and ti r d y re medy ever disc overed for the perryn , per ant and, efiee : n e al c ost ti of norrr g 'eeta, nal weakness, whites, an. iT n ga , e o kins, strictures, semi street ons of the k dneys, gr. vel, rheumatism or urethra, and other diseases of the urinary' passag es The unpre sl.mba local irritatio, of the bladder wented success tha has attended the administration of these pills, since they were made publi c , has acquired for them a sa le more ex_ tensive than any o her prrprietaryacm ' xt ; and the circ um. stance of their entirely obviating. necessityth,e(n' of having recourie to those disgusting, nauseous, and, in many cases, highly injuriou s me dicines (as copaiba, cubebs , tec has obtained fo them a rep utation Unequalled in the annals of medicine. Prior to being advertised these pills were employed in private practice in p wards of I , co cases, many of them most inveterate_i n manythous d cases since , and in no one instance known to fail, or t to produce those uninea- Sant s, mptems so often experienced while taking e-paiba, and diet class of medicine' usually resorted to in these c • mpl p. ts. The Proprietor pledges himself that not one particle of " copaiba, either resin or balsam, cubebs or any deleterious ingredient enters their composition. Copaihi and cubebs have long been the mosr com monly employed medicines in thr above complaints ; but, from the uncertainty in their effects, together with their utter inefficacy n many cases, are fast drclinin g in reputa tion ; and from the tint ile i a Cain symetoms in , ariably prod ce d from takin g co paiba, especially in the ear y stage of the complaint, many o f th e most able modern practi•i:mers condemn it as dangerous, and a medicine not to be de ed ~on. Many pereons, after having suffered more from the eftec s of the remedy than the virehnce of the disease, and alter a pAienttut painful perseverance, have been compelled to relinquish its use, the whole system having ',come more or less affected, and til e disease as had, if not wnrse than at the commencement. As re _ Cards rule bs, it is true that those violent effects :ire not experienced es while taking copaiba; but they seldom effe .t a cure, unless more active medicines are admiristered The Balsamic Pills are free from any of the above objectiods ; they act specifically on the urinat y pas. "WI ; and, from their tonic properties, tend to strengthen the sys. tem and improve the general health. They require neither confine_ meet nor alteration of diet (except absti,ence from stimulants, Where considerable inflammation exists) ;- and, as experience has amply proved, the, will effect a cure sooner than copaiba (the dan. Rerous re,ults of which, in the inflammatory vages, are too well known to need further comment), or any other medicine in present use, and may IT justly considered the only safe and efficacious re medy in all stages of those uisorders. In addition to these Mean. , - . 44c5, the very convenient form in which this invaluable preparation is offered to the public must also be considered a desioeratum. ..Prepared only by M. 0 Wray, and sold wholesale and at 1 ,8 , Holborn. hill ; at the West-end Depot, 344 , Stran d, one door f rom Catherine -street, Lendon ; and for the accommodation of Ship. Per: and seafaring people, at No. 8, Darkhouse-lane, Lower '1 hames. s trict. M a y a l so b e h a d of all respectable Medicine Venders in town and country, at 2s. Pd., 4s 6d . , and Us. each box. P , rtients in the remotest parts a the country can be treated suc _esfu Ily on describing minutely their case, and enclosing a remit. lance for ed" m mine, which can be forwarded to any part of the Wow, securely packed, and carefully protected from_observation. No 15,2 0 R OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITU TION, REGENT-STREET. , NEW LECTURES on the DAGUIRR,EOTYPE and PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAlTgrtlfth Illtstra.tions,, and a full Explanation of the Chemical Process. adopted. On BAIN'S ELECTRO-MAGNETIC PRINTtNG TELE GRAPH. On BARWISE an& frBAIN'4•-PATENTED ELECTRICAL CLOCKS in action. Also other interesting Lectures and Experiments. CARY'S ORRERY, and the NEW DISSOLVING VIEWS. $ Nearly Two Thousand Works which display eminent Art, Science, and Ingenuity. Microscope, Diver and Diving'Bell. CANTON, and other beautiful COSMORANIIC VIEWS, are added to the Evening Exhibition.—Admission, One Shilling. Opens at Half-past Ten o'clock in the Morning, and Seven o'clock in the Evening. TO be DISPOSED OF, a FAMILY LI NEN and WOOLLEN DRAPERY BUSINESS of high respectability and long standing, the proprietor being about to retire. It is a profitable concern upon the present returns (although limited), and is capable of being considerably ex tended. None need apply who cannot command a capital of 2,0001. Inquire for particulars personally , or by post, prepaid, to Messrs. Caldecott and Powell, 25, Cheapside. NATIONAL LOAN FUND SOCIETY FOR GRANTING LIFE ASSURANCES, DEFERRED ANNUITIES, &c. No. 26, CORNHILL. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. EI RECTORS. T. LAMIE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman. J. Elliotaon, M.D., F.R. S. I John Rawson, Esq. John Griffith Frith, Esq. Jehn Riddell Stodart, Esq. Hunter Gordon, Esq. Clement Tabor, Esq. George Lungley, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Esq. AUDITORS. Professor Wheatstone, F.R.S.Professor Graves, A.M. F. R. S. ACTUA R Y—W. S. B. Woothouse, Esq., F. R. A. S SOLICITORS—Messrs. Sweet, Sutton, Ewens, and Omman • We}, 6, Basinghall-street. LIFE ASSURANCE. Besides the perfect . ;;;;;ltYt:ll;P;licy holder of a large paid up capital, and accumulat►ng funds, the following is one amongst many of the advantages which belong exclusively to the principles of Life Assurance and Deferred Annuities ori ginated by t h • Society, viz.—Power to borrow (without de lay, expense, or forfeiture) Two-thirds of all premiums paid upon a Policy of Assurance. The annexed is a short Table, showing the Annual Premium for assuring £lOO on the Whole Life, or for a Term FOR LIFE. A. B. kge. Without With For One For Five Profits. Profits. Year only. Years only £. I £. e.d. £. . d . s. d.s. d. s 20 113 7 1 17 4 I 017 0 017 6 30244293 0 19 6 1 0 0 40 2 18 8 3 5 3 1 3 10 1 5 0 50 4 4 2 413 6 , 1 13 0 I 16 6 1 60 613 6 78 4 (3 0 0 39 6 Two-thirds of Profits divided annually amongst the Assured. DEFERRED ANNUITIES DEPARTMENT. By the plan exclusively developed by Society, a single Deferred Annuity is made, nut only to answer the same object, but to far exceed in amount the entire benefit of all the ad vantages heretofore only obtained by the middle and industrious classes through separate investments in Savings' Banks, Be nefit Societies, and Loan Banks. 1. A small yearly or weekly contribution will secure the most ample return for after life; thus-21. 12s. per annum (Is. a week) at the age of 20, will give the policy holier the fol lowing option, at the age of 65 Annuity for remainder of life £4 7 Cash r Policy, without further contributions, of 466 0 Other periods of life (of 50, 55, and 60) may be 0 or a 0 at death. also taken with similar advantages. 2. Two-thirds at any time lent on deposit of policy, being a fund always available during sickness or want of employment. 3. Two-thirds of all payments returned to representatives in case of premature death. N.B. Policies, as collateral money-security, for periods of one to five years, effected at lower rates than are charged by any other Office, (Sce Tables A. and B. ), with option of con tinuance for Life at the usu•+l rates. F. FERGUSON CAAIROUX, Sec. PUBLICATIONS. CORN- L AW. Just published, price 3s. 6d., cloth boards, riIHE LETTERS of DIOGENES to Sir 1 ROBERT PEEL, Bart. Collected from the Morn ing Chronicle. At Ridgway's, Piccadilly; and Richardson, Cornhill. CIOBBETr'S LEGACY to Sir R. PEEL, ‘L.I Bart. ; or, an Innuiry with respect to what the Right Honourable Baronet will now do with the House of Com mons, with Ireland, with the English Church and the Dis senters, with the swarms of Pensioners, &c. ; with the Crown Lands and the Army, with the Currency and the Debt. In Six Letters. By WILLIAM COBRETT, M.P. for Oldham. " NOW is the appointed time: NOW is the day of salva- dun. " Price Is. 6d., bound in leather. To be had at 11, Bolt-court, Fleet-street, where all Mr. Cobbett's publications are constantly on sale. REVIEW THE ECLECTIC FOR SEPTEMBER, Will be published on Wednesday next, price 2s. 6d. CONTENTS. 1. The Administrative Economy of the Fine Arts in England. 2. Tate's History of St. Paul. 3. Miss Sedgwick's Letters from Abroad to Kindred at Home. 4. The Biblical Cabinet. 5. Bowden's Life of Gregory the Seventh. 6. The Publication of intelligence concerning Aborigines. 7. Temperance Societies. 8. Philips' Life of the Rev. Ji,hn Campbell. 9. The Manchester Anti Corn-Law Conference, &c. &c. London : Jackson and Walford, la, St. Paul's Church-yard. On the lat September will be published, THE DUBLIN REVIEW, No. XXI. CONTENTS. Art. 1. Southern Africa in 1340. 2. Moral and Intellectual Condition of Catholic Germany. 3. Jones on the Value of Annuities, &c. Society for the Diffusion of Knowledge. 4. German Prose tVriters. 5. The Ancient Church of England, and the Liturgy of the Anglican Church. 6. The Quarterly Review on "Romanism in Ireland." 7. Milnes' Poems. 8. The Catholic and Anglican Churches. 9. National English Airs. Notices of Books. London : C. Dolman, 61, New Bond-street; Booker, Li verpool; J. Cumming , Dub lin ; and NV. Tait, Edinburgh. WAVERLE SIR WALTE POETRY Al NEW AND CHEA Already published. WAVERLY/ GUY MANNERING ANTIQUARY ROB ROY OLD MORTALITY BLACK DWARF, & LEGEND MONTROSE SCOTT'S POETRY TALES of a GRANDFATHER LIVES of DRYDEN & SWIFT BIOGRAPHIES MISCELLANEOUS PROSE LIFE of BONAPARTE, Parts I and 11. Robert Cadell, Edinburgh. Ha Y NOVELS. .R SCOTT'S ND PROSE. PER EDITIONS. To appear soon. HEART of MIDLOTHIAN BRIDE of LAMMEnMOOR IVANHOE MONASTERY ABBOT KENILWORTH LIFE OF BONAPARTE, Part 111. lulston and Stoneman, London. In a sealed Envelope.—This day is published, 1 41 . PRACTICAL and POPULAR TREA TISE, adapted and written expressly for the USE of the NON-MEDICAL READER, pointing out a successful and never-failing mode of effectually Curing those dire Dis eases depicted in the works of Drs. 'rissot, Solomon, Jordan, Goss, and others. By WILLIAM HENRY CASTLE, Surgeon. Illustrated with Cases. This little work is not only distinguished but contra-distin guished from all others which have preceded it, its pages being exclusively devoted to the curative department, and hence it may be justly hailed as a great national desideratum. It con tains above one hundred choice recipes, adapted to various stages of the complaint, which is divided into three distinct heads and progressive stages of treatment, viz.:-Ist, The cleansing, or detergent ; 2dly, The strengthening, or tonic ; and lastly, The alterative, or purifying. Into these three grand divisions, theory suggested, and long experience has demon strated, the curative plan ought and must be divided. The treatment of this disease has, for obvious reasons, been hitherto confined to some cordial balm, occult tincture, or talis manic drops, which act merely as a dram—a temporary stimu lus,procured at the expense of the patient's future welfare. The invalid suffering under mental depression and decay, impotence, and a host of peculiar and inveterate infirmities, comprehended under nervous debility, will find this Pocket Manual written expressly for his use, and adapted to his va rious wants. London : Published by Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street and may be had of all booksellers. Price ss. By post free, ss. 6d. NEW WORK ON STRICTURES OF T E URETHRA. Just published, price ss. APRACTICAL TREATISE on the CAUSES, NATURE, and TREATMENT of STRICTURES of the URETHRA, and their CONSE QUENCES. By FRANCIS BURDETT COURTENAY, M.R. C. S.L. And late Surgeon to the Metropolitan Infirmary for the Cure of Strictures of the Urethra. :ONTENTS. CHAPTER , t. Causes of Strictures. Divisions of Strictures. Consequences of Strictures. CHAPTER, L. Of the Different Modes in p rac tice for the Cure of Strictures, by the gougie, thr. Catheter, the Lunar Caustic, and Cuttil' In struments. The Author's Mode of Cure. Symptoms resemble those of Stricture. CHAPTER IV. Of toe Treatment of the Mala dies Consequen upon Stric ture. PPENDIX. Cases Illustrative of the Su periority of the Author's Mode of Cure over the Treat ment by the Bougie, Cathe ter, Lunar Caustic, and Cut ting Instruments. CHAPTER On the Diseases where thy► Sold by Bailliere, Medical B Simpkin and Marshall, St' tiol rine-street, Strand; Barlow, ginale, Liverpool : and all Book lookseller, 219, Regent-street; ,ners'•eourt ; Onwhyn, Cathe- Birmingham ; Ross and Night ksellers in Town and Country. PARIS CORN AND FLOUR MARKETS, WED )7ESDAY.—The unfavourable change in the weather, which s become cold and rainy, has caused a slight advance in price, Very little business has, however, been done, as it, is hope,tthat the rise may not be maintained. The prices to-day have ranged from 57f. to 62f. per sack; but the average price may be taken at 59f., an advance of 2f per sack on the price of Sa turday's market. a;l/W6 - 1 6ett) -- ' s a ) ii,4f4f c..4- 1 R , 14,6fr * , ,t;'.7 -.. ~ ~. 1 Y •' ' ' (`' --" 'lllW ib ~ • • ..: - -, - -, An, ,1 • 0.0 r 'at • * * ----._;) - f t N. - - ""e ki11.Mr....... . ~. •--.%, ~ 1 , . • ' •-",:.; t: 7 V. 14 , li 1 (........... - . ..N v ii, ..p... .-,,-,.... 4 - - - - ts t, , .., t•r„ r _ ' / ,4011.sik ariglt, 44 4 K1 ---* - M ' ..'- -- ‘--‘-•>4-- 1,1411...'::z. - -n: ", M o b S S 0 11 ' kl 4 V"P''''' - _, 4 -25,1 - 4 , i 7 .,. t • V '',,,„' . z:,..., . ...,, t - ''''SP. , I X . ?',.. 4 Or' ,--, ' ...- i' JD - \ l / 2 ''.-.' . *7* - - 11;‘ (I:AL/ '''''..."• : : J... -4.-,er,t 0p, , ,i 14 , ..rimr 4 -- 6;fi. , . _--- -' • • 41111 LOND ON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 28, 18-11. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT: Conference by, and at the expense of, their congregations, praying for the repeal of the Corn-laws. On the motion of the Hon. Member, the pQtition was read by the Clerk at the table. THE WORKING CLASSES. Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD gave notice that on bringing up the report of the Address to her Majesty, he should move an additional paragraph to the following effect :—" That we further res pectfully represent to your Majesty that, in our opinion, the distress which your Majesty deplores is mainly attributable to the circumstance of your whole people not being fully and fitirly represented in the House, an d that we feel it will be our duty to consider the means of sl extending and regulating the suffrage, and adopting such improvements in the system of voting, as shall confer on the working classes that just right in the - representative body which is necessary to secure a due consideration of their interests, and which their present patient endurance of suffering gives them the strongest title to cl Lim. Captain BERKELEY gave notice that on September the 21st, he should tnave " That the practice of sending her Majesty's ships to foreign stations inefficiently manned, and unprepared for every emergency, is detrime ital to the interests of the navy and injurious to the chars ter and honour of the British flag ;" and on September 28, he should also move, that " it is the opinion of this House that the officers, soldiers, marines, &c., employed at the taking of St. J ean d'Acre are as entitled to pecu niary reward as those that had been engaged at the bombardment of Algiers and Navarino." Dr. BOWRING rose pursuant to notice, to move for "A return of the amount of taxes levied on land in the different states of Europe ; distinguishing the taxes raised for the service of the state from those levied for local purposes ; the return to show the amount in the monies and measures of the different, States, and to be rendered into British monies and mpaStires. Also Returns exhibiting the proportion borne by' the land tax (as approxima tively as it can be estimated) to the value or rental of land in the different countries of Europe." Mr. DISRAELI intimated his intention of opposing the motion. HOUSE OF bRDS. Aug. 27. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY, in the absence of the Lord Chancellor, took his seat on the Woolsack at Three o'Clock. Prayers having been read, several Peers took the oaths and their seats. Among them we noticed the Earl of Harewood, the Earl of Stamford and Warrington, the Earl of Ilchester, the Marquis of Donegal, and the Marquis of Downshire. Their Lordships, at Four o'Clock, adjourned during pleasure. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat upon the Woolsack at Five o'Clock. Viscount DUNCANNON laid upon the table, by command of her Majesty, certain correspondence relating to the Falkland Islands, which was ordered to be printed ; and also certain correspondence relating to the affairs of Canada. He was glad to hear those cheers, for he had never been cheered by the Hon. Gentlemen opposite but when he had said something that was just and true. He would repeat, that all that was necessary for the triumph of the popular party was the extension of popular rights. He was Chairman of three political unions, and he de clared most sincerely he believed he was then discharg ing his duty to his country ; and he would say of the people of his part of the country, that he would do all in his power to persuade them to agitation for the purpose of getting an extension of the franchise, of obtaining the Vote by Ballot, and of inducing her Majesty's Ministers to review their conduct, and to render the Reform Bill what it was intended it should be.—(Cheers.) It was perfectly well known that a great and deeply lamented statesman, the late Lord Durham, had said that a certain individual, whose name he did not mention, but who Was believed to have been one of the Ministers who seceded, and was now a leading Member on the Opposition benches, the Member for Dorchester, was one of the principal opponents of its being more largely extended. Then let them look at the distress of the country; a distress, he solemnly believed, greatly aggravated by the Currency Bill of 1819, which was brought forward by the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Tamworth, and which he could not desig nate otherwise than as one of the most reckless, and at the same time one of the most gross pieces of political ignorance—(Hear, hear)—ever inflicted on the country. The landed interest ought to pay a greater portion of. the national debt than any other class of the com munity. That debt had not been incurred to grant protection to the thews and sinews of the labouring men ; still less jlid Peel's Bill give them protection, and the Cord-laws had been inflicted on the country as a matter of traffic between the landed interest and the Government of the day, to save the landed interest as much as possible from the effects of Peel's Bill.—(Hear, hear.) He held in his hand a pamphlet which had been written fourteen years ago by the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Dorchester. That pamphlet had been presented to him (Mr. W.) by the Right Honourable Gentleman himself, at Op , time that he was carrying on a correspondence with Dr. BOWRING then gave notice that he would bring that Right Honourable Zientleman relating to poll forward his motion on Monday next. tical matters as well as to the currency. i'ie had THE NAVY PAY BILL. read that pamphlet again within the course of the last On the Order of the Day being read for the second few days, and agreed cordially with every sentiment it con reading of this Bill, tained. He had seen no reason to change his opinions Captain BERKELEY begged leave to call the atten- on the subject, and he considered that pamphlet contain tion of the Secretary of the Admiralty to the hardship ed more truth, more information, and was more generally to which seamen in the Mediterranean were subjected, useful, than any book that had been published on the in being obliged to receive the dollar for 4s. 4d. while subject. Why the Right Honourable Gentleman should they were obliged to spend it at the rate of 4s. He have challenged his opinion he would not then stop to hoped the Admiralty would redress the grievance. inquire. He verily believed that the greater part of the Mr. PARKER was understood to say that the Admi- distress of the country was to be attributed to the ralty would take the case into their consideration. Corn-laws. He had always been decidedly in favour of The Bill was then read a second time, and was or- the immediate abolition of those laws, and as long as he dered to be committed on Monday next. had a seat in that House he would demand a total and THE _AIM 0 URN E D DEBATE. immediate abolition of the Corn- laws.—(Loud cheers.) On the Order of the Day being read for resuming the But in public matters he would always be content to take adjourned debate on the Address, a part when he could not get all, and not follow the example Mr. R. M. MILNES rose and said, that he believed the of some Hon. Gentlemen who refused roast beef because prolongation of that debate could not be satisfactory, they could not get bread and cheese as well. He, however, either to the House or the country. It could not be considered that a duty of Bs. was far too much, satisfactory to Hon. Gentlemen opposite themselves to and more than the working class could afford.—(Hear.) make statements, which, because they were not an- And now, with respect to the Corn-law. He solemnly swered,coulci not be supposed to be irrefragable.—(Hear.) believed that the great proportion of tho distress exist- He thought they brought forward this measure at a bad ing in this country was attributable to that law. — time. They wished to give a false colour to the debate. (Hear, hear.) He believed that the want of employ- Gentlemen opposite would wish the question to be con- went for operatives, of • a re turn for capital, sidered as one of principle on their side, and as one of and of commercial enterprise by the distress of the Bank party on his.—(Hear, hear, from the Ministerial side of of England, all the evils of the currency and the innu the House.) He would say this question was considered merable bankruptcies, which had gone on increasing not a question of principle. Gentlemen knew this from year to year, and now increase more ra question was not, abstractedly considered, the qries- pidly than ever, were attributable to that cause. tion of the Corn-laws. The men, as well as the measures, Since the year 1837 there had been one continued course were the subject of decision, and could not be separated. of bankruptcy throughout the country, and it was en- Persons and party were involved in the question, and tirely owing to the Corn-laws. The Bank of England the Hon. i%lover of the Address put the question in a had not sufficient capital to send abroad gold to buy form which he knew they could not grapple with.— corn. That Bank was, in fact, a joint-stock bank, (Ministerial cheers.) Yes, the question was put forward and it ought to be called by that name. He had reason in a manner with which they could not grapple—(Cheers to believe that twice since 1837 the, Bank had been on from the same quar ter)—bec ause th e y knew it could only the point of suspending its payments, and it be grappled with by men who occupied a legitimate and was difficult to say what might yet occur. He distinct position in the country.—(Laughter.) They hoped they would have fine weather for the harvest, knew that the principal accusation against the Govern- and that the crops would be abundant. But if it should ment was that they brought forward those mea- be otherwise—if it should happen that they had to send sures impertinently and injudiciously, as they must out gold to buy 3,000,000 of foreign corn in the present be aware that a satisfactory d ec ision could not distressed state of the commercial and manufactur be come to on the subject ; and when they ing interests—he believed the consequences would be heard the Chancellor of the Exchequer stating that that the Bank must suspend its payments ; and he the question, regarded as one of revenue, shrunk must add, that he was by no means sure that a suspen into nothing before the moral and political ques- sion of payments by the Bank of Englaitd would not be tions involved, they heard it admitted as strongly as for the good of the country. There was one other they could, that it was nominally a financial question, but point which he wished to mention. He wished to de that in reality it concealed otherand higher considerations. Clare himself, in the language of the Hon. Member for He was unwilling to prolong a debate which ought for Stockport, an out-and.out free-trader. His own inte all practical and reasonable purposes to be shortened as rests were vested chiefly in the land ; but the consti much as possible—whi c h s h ou ld be left to the leaders of tuency which he represented were too liberal and too the two great parties in this country.—(Hear, hear.) well-informed to suppose that they sent him there to The country had seen by the history of the present Go- secure his own interest, and to neglect theirs.—(Cries vernment, that a Government resting upon every-day of " Hear," and laughter from the Opposition benches.) popularity could not win the affections of the people. He would conclude by stating that he would give, with Such a Government was obliged by its very existence to the greatest satisfaction, his support to the Address. lie affect a confidence which it did not possess, and to make would add, that if any Hon. Members in that House, promises which it could neveerform. Th e Honourable or parties without the House, would join him in an Ad -1415A *-X7, -- e - ether night that dres s to the Crown, he would endeavour to frame such it was an =WA weie...e4,4_p i n,the part of the Go- an Address, and put his name to it, and it would be to vernment, that they hae!oixfpWstted a desire to pass the effect that her Majesty should refuse to sanction measures which they had not the power of carrying. any new Ministry whatever until she could guarantee to He (Mr. Milnes) thought that in politics, as in daily the country that they would explicitly state the means life, it was the business of reasonable men to desire by which they would do better than their predecessors. only that which was attainable ; and this appeared —(Cheers and laughter, from the Opposition benches.) to him to be one di st i nct i on b e t we en the Government Mr. HINDLEY had listened with attention to which was about to be formed and the present the speech of the Noble Lord, the Member for one, that the former would try to effect only Liverpool, and he (Mr. Hindley) was certain that the that which it believed to be practically attainable. The late elections had not been decisive of this country being appeal which he made to the country was of two kinds ; in favour of monopoly. Sure he was that the consti it was an appeal as to measures, and an appeal tuency of Liverpool would never have sent the Noble as to men. The country had decided as Lord to that House to advocate the doctrine of monopoly. to the value of measures and the choice of men. A Go- He had lately had an opportunity of witnessing the vernment, situated like her Majesty's Government, great distress which prevailed, and which he could should feel every form of office a burden upon their not help attributing the greater part to the operation of backs. Because they were not in the position the Corn-laws. Hon. Gentlemen opposite attributed it in which the Government of a free country ought to the over-production. What ! Was he to be told that to be, they should rejoice in the hope of being liberated there were too many hats, too many coats, and too from office. He wished, for the sake of the historical many of the other comforts of life ? He had received a reputation of this country, that her Majesty's Govern- letter from an intelligent and industrious weaver, who ment had retired earlier from office ; that they had not said that, through the operation of the Corn-laws, he waited for a process of legal rejection. He believed had been in such poverty that for eleven years he had that they would then have come to the discussion not been able to buy a new coat.—(Hear.) He (Mr. of the proposed measures in a more friendly spirit than Hindley) showed that letter to another operative, asking they had done. The few words which he had uttered if it could be true. The man, who was also a weaver, would, he trusted, recal to Hon. Gentlemen the real gist said that he had not been able to enjoy such a luxury of the question before the House, and show them the for fifteen years.—(Hear, hear.) Was it right to say real question before them was upon whom devolved the the operatives of this country should be left with their responsibility of governing the country.—(Hear, hear.) stomachs half filled and their backs half clothed. As Mr. RENNIE had not intended to have offered any long as he had the honour of a seat in that House he observations for the consideration of the House, had it would never hesitate to stand up for justice to the op not been for the great change that had taken place pressed operatives. ,He felt that on the present occasion in the manner of treating the present debate I,y it would not be right for him to enter into any argument Hon. Member. , opposite. The Hon. Member for on the Corn-laws. He should have been better satisfied the West Riding of Yorkshire brought forward with the amendment of the Hon. Member for Yorkshire, his Amendment. He told the House that the real ques- if he saw in it a pledge that the question of the tion was one of confidence or no confidence, but al- Corn-laws should be fully and properly discussed.— though every Speaker up to the middle of last night (Hear, hear.) Did the Hon. Member for Yorkshire concurred in those sentiments, he had heard great draw up that amendment ? Certainly not. It was done change in the sentiments of those whO had by that master-hand who knew so well how to draw up since addressed the House. This to him was a matter a document for the consideration of the House. The of surprise, considering that the resolution taken by the amendment pledged the House to. nothing. Did the mover of the amendment to the Address had not been Hon. Members opposite mean that the House should taken at the spur of the moment, but had been the re- have an opportunity of discussing this question, or did stilt of a meeting that had taken place at the house of they mean to shirk it ? He thought before they the Right Hon. Baronet opposite. The Hon. Member entered on the question of the Poor-laws, which would who had just sat down had explained the real secret expire shortly, they ought to have a proper understand why Hon. Members on that side of the House had not ing with reference to the question of food. He would spoken ; he had stated that they could not grapple not enter upon the question of the trade at the present with the statements of the Hon. Member for Manchester. moment. Principles were 'involved in that on which a He wished to say one wort on the subject of the Corn- Ministry ought not to rest, but at the present moment lea s, which had not as yet been alluded to. He Loped the question of free trade was used only as crutches on there were some Honourable Members connected which a falling Ministry sought .to cling. As to the amend with the agricultural districts present—(Hear, hear) ment, all he had to say was, that they had never heard of a —because he 'was anxious to call the attention vote of want of confidence till the Government had stated to the important modes in which agricultural operations that they meant to deal with the question of the Corn laws were carried on in the southern counties of Scotland, when he saw the declaration of the Noble Ijuke in in Roxburghshire and the three Lothians. It appeared another place, that if any Administration which assumed to him that the landowners had not brought to their aid the reins of power would attempt to tamper with the the iinprovem Nits which machinery had rendered available Corn-laws, they would be at once turned out of office by as the manufacturers had done. By that means a ll th e th e l an d e d gentry of the country. These men had as manufacturers had been enabled to carry on a competi- sumed a monopoly of power, and now sought to maintain tion with the manufacturers of the Continent, and if a a monopoly of food. If the working classes did not get similar practice had prevailed ameng the agriculturists, justice from that House, he would be ready, although they would have had less objection to the ports beingthrown extremely unwilling, to agitate the public mind to join open to the importation of foreign corn. The impro ve d th e great masses of his fellow-countrymen in demanding rents which were obtained in Scotland and the an extension of the suffrage.—(Cheers.) north of England, were a proof that it was Mr. WIGNEY said the whole questions before the to enlightened agricultural improvements they owed House were those which appeared so prominently in the their superiority over the English farmers.—(Hear.) Speech so graciously sent down from the Throne ; and The country now found itself in a position of very he thought it did not become the honour and dignity great difficulty. Neither side had yet denied th e grea t o f t h e H ouse mere ly to say that they would come distress that existed among the millions of manufacturers to a vote of want of confidence in Ministers, of this country. They had called those millions before they would direct their attentions to the many into existence and those millions must be fed, propositions in the Speech. — (Hear.) He thou g ht the He never yet heard of any wish on the part great questions referred to in the speech required mature of those who represented the manufacturers that that consideration, and however he might approve of those interest should be propped up at the expense of the landed sentiments, he was not prepared at once to come to interest. All they asked was equal justice—that they a decision upon them. In his o p inion p ro p er time should might be allowed to exchnge their commodities f or the com- be given to discuss these measures, and unless they modifies of other countries; and he thought that thelanded were so discussed the time of the House might have proprietors, if they understood their true interest, would, been much more usefully occupied than it had been by before this question was pushed too far, concede what that debate ? The question was, how soon the Right was now so re asonably demanded of there.—(H e ar.) hlon.Gentlemen opposite would sit on his (Mr.Wigney's) He would only repeat, in conclusion, that tl e time was side of the House. There was no disguising . that ques - come when something should be done to satisfy the minds tion, and much as he might wish to avoid it, it was in of the people of this country. evitable ; and therefore the sooner it came to a close the Mr. WALLACE r ose a nd said thathe thought it was the better for the House and the country. He thought when duty of th e H ouse t o discuss, at the earliest opportunity, that change took place, much as Gentlemen opposite had the great q ues ti o ns referred to in the Speech from the opposed many good measures, they would find they Throne. H e knew that Hon. Gentlemen opposite must adopt similar ones , a nd if the y did so he would claimed to themselves the right to represent th e feelings L ive them his support.—(Hear.) of the people of England ; but for his part he Mr. HAWES rose, and said that he could not concur felt p e r su aded that no claim could be more in the sentiments which had just been expressed by the unfounded. lie believed in despite of the late elections Hon. Member for Brighton.—(Hear, hear.) He had not that the people throughout the country were thoroughly expected to hear any Hon. Member on that (the Minis reformed, and he was sure that if attention had been terial) side of the House affirm that it was not the duty paid to what had fallen from his Hon. Friend the Member of that House to discuss the great questions refereed to for Rochdale (Mr.;S. Crawford), namely, the improvement in the Speech from the Throne. If he wished to justify and the perfection of the Reform Bill, the phalanx a discussion, he had only to point to the amendment opposite could not count the numbers which they now moved by the Hon. Member for Yorkshire, which vir arranged in hostility to the Government. If her Majes- tually promised that the House would take into its con ty's Government had carried out the principles which they sideration the question of the Corn-laws. For his part, had promulgated in bringing forward the Ref orm Bill, he was at a loss to imagine what was the strange consti no such maiority would be seated opposite that day. tuency which the Hon. Member for Brighton _repro Above all, if the Ballot had been passed, the dominion sented, when he stated his conviction of the impropriety of Conservatism would have been at an end.—(Hear, of the House deciding upon the great. questions which hear.) They had only to observe how unpalateable the then agitated the country.—(Hear, hear.) If the sub mention of such subjects had ever been to the party op- 1 ject under consideration were merely which of two par posite.--(lronical cheers from the Opposition benches.) ties should rule the country, both being disposed to take ANSWER TO THE ADDRESS. The Earl of ERROL then came to the table and read her Majesty's most gracious answer to their Lord ships' Address as follows :—" It gives me great satisfaction to find that the House of Lords is deeply sensible of the importance of those circumstances to which I drew their attention with reference 4) the commerce and revenue of the country, espe cially with regard to the laws relating to the trade in corn, and that in deciding on the course which their Lordships may think it advantageous to pursue, they are actuated by a desire to promote the interests and welfare of my people. lam always de sirous of attending to the advice of my Parliament, and I will, therefore, take into my immediate consideration the other important matters contained in that Address." On the motion of the LORI) CHANCELLOR her Majesty's most gracious answer was ordered to be en tered on the Journals of the House, and to be printed. The Marquis of NORMANBY presented the Report of the Inspectors of Prisons. The Noble Marquis said he had to request their Lordships' indulgence whilst he moved the second reading of three Bills, of which the principles had been discussed in the last Parliament. They were measures of great importance to the health and comforts of the. people; and the principle Itapbeen agreed to by their Lordships, and by the othbr House of Parliament. He would not, under present circumstances, consider himself justified in introducing any new measure. But as these Bills had been already virtually passed, and only retarded by an irregularity which was now remedied, he thought he might reproduce them to their Lordships, as it was a matter of great importance to the public. The Noble Marquis then moved the second reading of the Drainage of Towns Bill ; the Building Regulations Bill ; and the Borough Improvement Bill. The Bills were accordingly read a second time, went through Com mittee, and were ordered to be read a third time on Monday. LAW REFORM. The LORD CHANCELLOR moved the first reading of the Administration of Justice (Exchequer) Bill, the County Court Bill, and a Bill to enable the County Courts to take cognizance of cases of insolvency and bankruptcy. Lord'IM,OUGHAM said he had already stated his objections to the creation of two Vice-Chancellors. He approved to a great extent of the Bill for the Better Administration of Justice, but he would in a future stage oppose that part of the Bill in which it was con templated to appoint a second Vice-Chancellor. METROPOLITAN BRIDGES. Lord TEYNHAM presented petitions from families in Westminster for the abolition of tolls on the metro politan bridges. CORN LAWS. The Earl of CLANCARTY presented a petition from landowners and farmers of the county of Galway against any alteration in the existing Corn-laws. He must inform their Lordships that the petition was not agreed to at the county meeting, where the Sheriff pre sided. There was such a meeting held, but (as we understood the Noble Lord) the meeting was packed, so that the populace prevented the free expression of opinion on the part of the agriculturists.—(Hear, and a laugh.) He could only assure their Lordships, that not withstanding the resolutions agreed to at the meeting to which he referred, the people of Ireland felt the strongest interest in the maintenance of the existing Corn-laws. Earl FITZWILLIAM said there was a great deal in the statement of the Noble Earl, who said that the meet ing was packed by the populace, so that the farmers could not have it all their own way.—(Hear, hear, and a laugh.) The Noble Earl said that a great in terest was felt in Ireland on the subject of the Corn laws. No doubt there was.—(Hear.) There was a goat desire to maintain those laws on the part of the oligarchy —and no body of landowners in the world constituted a closer oligarchy than the landowners of Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) But the interest of the eaters was, that they should become eaters of bread instead of eaters of pota toes.—(Cheers, and 'a laugh.) Lord FITZGERALI) deprecated discussion upon so important a subject on the presentation of a petition. He could assure the Noble Earl that the voice of those most interested in agriculture in the county of Galway was stifled by the populace of the town of Loughrea. The great majority of the people of that country were engaged in agriculture ; they were now cultivating portions of land. Whether that was or was not a beneficial mode of letting the land he would not then say; but he could not see how such a body of men could be called an oligarchy ; indeed he did not know what the word meant, as applied to the landlords and gentry of Ireland. He wished to God the consumption of wheat was greater in Ireland; but so long as the produce of that country was exported he thought it would be very injurious to give facilities for the introduction of foreign corn. Lord HA.THERTON presented a petition from a parish in Staffordshire, praying for the repeal of the Corn-laws. No one who had signed the petition was more anxious for the repeal of those laws than he was. Lord BROUGHAM wished to know whether there would be any objection to give copies of all correspondence relating to the immigration to the West Indies. He had been informed that conside: - able irregularities had been committed in the carrying of Africans to the West Indies, and also in the case o f fr agricultural labourers om Ireland. Until the papers were laid on the table it would be wrong to form any opinion, but it was necessary for their Lordships to watch with jealousy all that took place on that subject. The Marquis of NORMANBY believed that the whole of the correspondence had already been laid on the table ; if not, no objection would be offered to its production. YARMOUTH ELECTION. The Earl of WINCHELSEA said, he wished to call the attention of the Noble Marquis to some circum stances connected with the late election at Yar mouth. He understood that a gentleman named Lacon had made charges against certain Ma gistrates at Yarmouth, that a certain number of constables, being voters, the Magistrates had allowed them to resign to enable them to vote, and after the elections had reinstated them and paid them for the time during which their functions were sus pended, in consequence of which additional consta bles had been rendered necessary, and consider able expense thrown upon the borough. He held that the course pursued by these Magistrates was most unconstitutional. If the men, by remaining in office, were not allowed to vote, he thought they should not be per mitted to go through the farce of temporarily resigning their offices for that purpose.—(Hear, hear.) He should therefore move for a copy of the correspondence with the Horne-office on the subject. . _ _ The Marquis of NOli HANBY said he should not only have no objection to produce the correspondence, but was most desirous that it should be laid before their Lord ships. He thought, when it was produced, the Noble Earl would find that he had been labouring under a con siderable degree of misinformation on the subject. He had argued as if these men were disqualified from voting by the fact of their being constables, but this was not the case.—(Hear, hear, hear.) It was true these persons were under the same apprehensions as the Noble Earl, and that they bona fide tendered their resignation, and were afterwards reappointed, but received no salary for the period they were out of office. In point of fact, the public funds had suffered nothing from their tem porary resignation.—(Hear, hear.) Lord WESTON said it was quite clear that the con stables were of opinion that they would have had no right to vote, and he wished to know from the Noble Marquis whether the Magistrates were of the same belief? Earl FITZWILLIAM asked how it was possible the Noble Marquis could answer for the belief of other per sons ?—(Hear, hear.) Lord WESTERN said the Noble Marquis having been in correspondence with these persons might b 3 able to speak on the subject.—(Hear, hear.) The Marquis of NORMANBY said, when the cor respondence was produced, the Magistrates could speak fur themselves.—(Hear, hear.) POOR-LAWS (IRELAND). The Earl of CARBERRY gave notice that on an early day he should draw their Lordships' attention to the sub ject of the administration of the Poor-laws in Ireland. Their Lordships then adjourned to Monday next. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Aug. 27. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four o'Clock. Sir WILLIAM SOME RVILLE took the oaths and his seat. Mr. CAMPBELL, from the India House, presented resolutions granting pensions. Mr. F. FRENCH presented a petition from Rosc,orn mon, objecting to the fluctuating duties on corn, and praying for a fired duty. PRI VATE BILLS. On the motion of:•Sir G. GREY, it was ordered that no petition for a prim to Bill should be received after Fri day, the 26th of February. CORN LAWS. Sir JOHN EASTHOPE presented several peti tions from places in Leicestershire and Northampton. shire praying for a repeal of the Corn-laws. Mr. M. PHILIPS presented a petition from the Conference of Dissenting Ministers lately assembled at Manchester, signed by between 600 and 700 Ministers of all denwinations, who had been deputed to attend the +0 PRICE 5(1 the same course, he should feel perfectly indifferent whether the administration of affairs were entrusted to the Noble Lord the Secretary for the Colonies, or the ' Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Tamworth. But it was because he saw a great principle at issue—it was because he saw upon the one side a practical, plain, and intelligible statement of measures to be laid before Parliament ; and on the other nothing but vagueness, absurdity, and mystification—that he preferred the men who wished to provide for the deficiency in the revenue and the wants of the people, to those who were anxious to assume the reins of office, say ing nothing, promising nothing, and taking refuge in a studied obscurity. He could not allow that opportu nity to pass without addressing a few words to the House relative to the statements made last night by the Right Hon. Gentleman the Member for the University of Cam bridge ; and lie hoped to be able to convince the House that the Right Hon. Gentleman, who had developed his own opinions with so much ability, had taken an unfair view of the comparative merits of Whig and Tory Ad ministrations upon questions of finance. The Right Hon. Gentleman had sought to assimilate the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer to Catafalto, or the Great Wizard of the North, but he trusted he should be able to show the House that the Right Hon. Gentle man himself was a greater conjuror still.—(Hear, hear.) What had been the course of the Chancellor of the Ex chequer ? Simply this : he had repelled a charge brought against him, that for the last ten years one million per annum had been added to the debt of the country. That charge the Chancellor of the Exchequer distinctly and emphatically denied. Now, it appeared to him (Mr. Hawes) that the Right Hon. Member for the University of Cambridge had not disputed one fact, one single figure, laid befi pre the House by the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer ; but all that he did was, with great skill and ability, to throw a good deal of obscurity and mystery over the statement of the Right Honourable Gentleman, for the purpose of leading the House to the conclusion that in point of fact there had been no reduc tion whatever of late years of the debt of the . couatry. flow stood the fact ? In order to make a fair compari son of the debt in the year 1841 and the debt in the year 1831, the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Ex chequer had referred to papers which had been laid be fore the House, from which it appeared, that in order to ascertain the debt in 1831, he had taken the funded debt from the financial account, and he had added to that the value of the then annuities converted into stock. Again, he had taken the debt in 1841 and added the value of the annuities now payable by way of funded stock. How had they arrived at the gross result that the funded debt in 1831 amounted to 838,549.0001., while the funded debt in 1841 amounted to no more than 815,957,0001. ? The sum paid to the West India Colo nists had been of course left altogether out of the state ment ; and he (Mr. Hawes) would observe in passing, that he had ever opposed the grant of that sum. There had been, therefore, leaving out the grant in question, a reduction of the debt of 22,500,0001. and odd during the last ten years. And he (Mr. Hawes) would d e fy th e Right 'Honourable Gentleman the Member for the University of Cambridge to shake the conclu sions to which the Chancellor of the Exchequer had come. He would not say it was an unfair statement, but he would say there was a degree of bol bless in his denial of the statement of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, that he had seldom seen equalled in that House.— (Hear, hear.) And when he compared the Right Hon. Gentleman to a " Wizard," and equalled him to the glory of Catafelto, he by implication cast imputation on his statement of figures.—(Hear, hear.) He (Mr. Hawes) could not think his allusion to legerdemain was altogether a happy one, for he thought the statements of the Right Hon. Gentleman himself were not entirely free from it. —(hear, hear.) He would now proceed to another point of the Right Hon. Gentleman's speech of no less moment. He seemed to take credit to himself for his views upon the state of the sugar market, and his sound and accurate perception on that subject. The Right Hon. Gentleman said, if he took the consumption of sugar from the .sth of May last, he found a very large consumption, and if he took it to continue at the same rate— Mr. GOULBURN.—I said, as compared with the antecedent year. _ _ Mr. HAWES—He' would come to that directly, but if it continued at the same rate through the succeeding period of years, the consumption of 1841 would be equal to the consumption for some years back. Now he (Mr. Hawes) would, in the first place, take a retrospect of the sugar trade itself. Before May, 1825, the Right Hon. Gentleman knew very well, because the discussion in the House at that time must have made him aware of the fact, th:.!.t the alteration of the duty led to a stagnation of the trade, and when a temporary settlement was come to, the result was, that a spring was given to the market and the consumption increased, because the dealers bought and the consumers could obtain a supply.— (Hear, hear, hear.) What was taking place in the passing year would, contrary to all principles and speculations on consumption, according to the statement of the Right Hon. Gentleman, make him believe that the consumption was larger because the labourer was poorer. Now, it was well known that as the labourer was obliged to expend more on the real necessaries of life he would have less to pay for sugar.—(Hear, hear, hear.) And such was the fact in this case, if they had recourse to the amount of consumption. Mr. GOULBURN—Butgive the prices. _ _ Mr. HAWS—He would give the prices also, and that would make no difference. The price of sugar in 1841, during six months, as compared with its price during a corresponding time in 1840, was in the ona case 425. 10d., and in the other 445. ; so that there was little or no difference in the price.—(Hear, hear.) If they took equal periods of six months there was sufficient difference to vitiate the conclusion he had come to.—(Cheers.) They would find 1511bs. was the amount per head con sumed in 1840, and 13ilbs. in 1841 ; and it ought to be so, because the more substantial necessary of life, bread, was dearer in the one year than the other, and in ad dition sugar was an article which, if there was not a re gular demand for it, would go out of consumption. The argument of the Right Hon. Gentleman was reducable to, if he might say it in Latin, a reductio ad absurdum ; it was an utter absurdity, because his argument was that there was consumption, though trade languished, commerce declined, and the people were discontented. That certainly was a good specimen of the political eco nomy that usually proceeded from the Right Hon. Gen tleman.—(Cheers.) He said the reduction of 13i lbs. per head in 1841, was a very unfair test of the reduction amongst the working classes.—(Hear, hear.) In the case of the higher classes the consumption was the same, or nearly so. The Right Hon. Gentleman consumed as much in 1841 as he did in 1840 or 1838, or any other year, because no matter how high the price, his means were adequate to purchase it, but such was not the case with the poor man.—(Hear, hear,) Let sugar, which may be regarded as a comparative luxury, rise in price, and it will, like other luxuries, go entirely out of con sumption. There would be no means of purchasing — there would be a total denial of that article as he would show, if he might be permitted to occupy them with a matter of detail.—(Hear, hear.) The consumption in 1840 amounted to 151-lbs. per head ; the consumption of four persons amounted accordingly to 611b5., but the con sumption of a person in the higher classes was 37Ibs. per head. Now, if the consumption of the rich man represented by 371bs. be deducted, there remains 241bs. only for the other three ; and then if one poor person's consumption be subtracted it reduced the consumption of the other three to eight pounds per head.—(Loud cheers.) He said, therefore, the statement of the Right Hon. Gentleman on this sub ject was no more to be relied on than any other of his financial lucubrations.—(Cheers.) And from the Right Hon. Gentleman, who had been so intimately connected with sugar and other financial arrangements, and who might b supposed to be a master of such subjects, to hear such speculations not a little surprised and asto nished him.—(Cheers.) The Right Hon. Gentleman then went into the subject of the timber duties. A n d what was the conduct of Hon. Gentlemen opposite on that matter ? Why they actually refused to go into Committee on it—they put an estoppel at once upon the subject.—(Hear, hear.) The Right lion. Gentleman said they would not have got any revenue last year by re ducing the duties; neither would they next year, and yet by common consent it was one of those duties to be especially dealt with when a Conservative Government came into power.—(Cheers.) It appeared from the debate which had taken place elsewhere, for Hon. Gen tlemen had been particularly c aut i ous to , say as little as possible on the subject in that House—(Cheers) — tha t the great ground for want of confidence in the Ministry ,I was, that they had neglected the finances of the coun try. One great authority in another place had said that the Ministry had year after year ne ; on with an increasi ng deficiency that y ea r after year their claim to th e confidence of the country had been lessening, until, at length, it had been determined to show that neither House of Parliament had any con fidence whatever in the Ministry. Now, he should like to be furnished with some information on this subject 1 from the Hon. Gentleman opposite. He should like to , know if that was really the ground on which they called upon :the House to vote that they had no confidence in her Majesty's Ministers ? Very little could be gathered from the speech of the Hon. Mover of the amendment as to the grounds upon which he called upon the House for its support. The Hon. Member said something about war, but appeared not to have made up his mind exactly whether the war to which he alluded was right or wrong; but the result of all his arguments was, that he came to some rough sort of conclusion that, because be had been elected Member for Yorkshire, therefore he was called upon to move that the House had no confidence in her M a j es ty's Ministers.—(Cheers and laughter.) He would now ex amine the grounds on which this imputation o f having neglected the finances of the country rested, and he found from the accounts on the ta ble of the House that the Whig Government was not the only Government open to the charge of having incurred a deficiency, but that deficiency had also occurred on former occasions. In 1825 and 1826 a considerable deficiency had been incurred in consequence of the Portuguese war, and no provision _whatever had been made for it. The then Chancellor of the Exche quer had relied upon the buoyancy of the resources of the country—he had r ied upon the resources of free 4 trade, and he acted w . in doing so, for the next year the revenue of the c ntry w not only sufficient to make good that defici ere had been actually such a surplus as to ena ii Chancellor of the Exche quer to engage in the repeal of taxation. In 1838 there bad been a deficiency amodhting to 1,428,0004 owing, sit was stated, to the war in Canada. In 1839 that deficiency amounted only to 430,000/, showing that the revenue had increased by nearly one milliou ; and in 1840. in consequence of the WA in China and in Syria, the deficiency amounted to 1,450,0001. In the year 1840, in consequence, it had become thkpepessary,duty of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to Ili& 'sdinah fileakires to revive the finances of the country—and what had the Chancellor of the Exchequer done ? Why, he had adopted a course which, under all the circumstances of the case perhaps he was justified in adopting, but against which, nevertheless, some of the Liberal Member s o f th e House had felt it their duty to protest ; he had added to the taxes on the necessaries of life by adding five per cent. to the Customs and Excise duties. In that course he had been supported by the other side of the House most cheerfully. The Chancellor of the Exchequer had been complimented on his wisdom and his prudence in boldly facing the financial difficulties of the country ; but when the Chancellor Of the Exchequer came forward, not to add to the -burdens of the peo ple, but to reduce them—when he proposed to diminish the duties on timber, sugar, and corn, and to add to the revenue, by diminishing the pressure on the people—then he was met by a vote of want of con fidence. The Right Hon. Gentleman opposite was will ing to come forward when any measure was proposed for taxing the people, but he was just as backward when any measure was proposed to relieve them from taxation. —(Loud cheers.) He believed that ere long the people would re-consider the verdict which they had given in favour of Hon. Gentlemen opposite, a verdict which they had been induced to give in consequence of delusion and intimidation.—(Cheering. and counter-cheering.) He be lieved they would re-consider it, when they found they had changed a Chancellor of Exchequer who would have given them relief, for one who refuses all relief—(Cheers) —a Chancellor of the Exchequer who would have re duced taxation, for one who will increase it.—(Loud cheers.) Why, the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite must impose fresh burdens on the people, and the people would not be slow in wishing that verdict reversed, whenever they might find that such was the case.—(Cheers.) The Right Hon. Gentleman, it was true, had been returned by a large majority of the constituency of the county — (Tory cheers)—but he had always contended that the constituency did not represent the wishes or interests kof the country. He had always advOcated the interests of the unrepresented, and however small might be the mi nority in which he might find himself, or however hostile the majority by which he might be opposed, he would always be found the unflinching advocate of the princi ples of liberty and justice ; and he was satisfied that those principles must triumph eventually.—(,Cheers.) Now, what was the amendment. whichethe Hon. man bad proposed ?It began by asserting that the House felt deeply sensible of the important considerations to which her Majesty had directed its attention, more par ticularly with reference to the commerce and revenue of the countryand the laws regulating the trade in corn. Now, those were the words of the amendment, and he would ask were they prepared to act upon that amendment ? (Cheers)—were they prepared to take into their consi deration questions relating to the commerce and revenue of the country, and the laws regulating the trade in corn ?—(Loud cheers.) If they were, was it too much to ask them to give some definite information on the subject ?—(Loud cheers.) But if they were not so pre pared,—if, after having carried their amendment, they intended to postpone the further consideration of all these great questions until the spring —then, he would say, that never had a people- been more insulted.— (Cheers)—never had a Speech from the Throne been treated with greater contempt.—(Continued cheering.) Now, what would they do ? They would adjourn the House as soon as they had carried their amendment. The amendment expressed that they were sensible of the sufferings of the people, and yet they postponed the consideration of all measures for the relief of those suf ferings until next spring. —(Hear, hear.) That was the answer. The Speech from the Throne expressed sympathy for the sufferings of the people, and directed their attention to the consideration of measures for the relief of that distress ; but the House, pretending to represent that people, refused to take the subject of their distresses into its consideration. The Noble Lord, who had seconded the amendment, had avowed himself an advocate for free trade. Hon. Gentlemen op posite called themselves the disciples of Mr. Huskisson, and pretended to hold the memory of that great man in high veneration. But if they really held the memory of Mr. Huskisson in respect—if they were really followers of that great Minister—they ought to be ready to de clare what measures they intended to submit to the House. He asked the Right Hon. Baronet what he meant to do with the corn question, the timber duties, and the sugar duties ? Did they mean to let the people go without those measures which they had been led to expect ? What a contrast did not their conduct present to that of the Whig party in 1825 and 1826 ! They . had no confidence in the Right Hon. Gentleman oppo site or his friends, but the measures th e y p ro p ose d, being beneficial, and calculated to add to the industry, the wealth, and the comfort of the country, they threw their weight into the scale, and at a time when Mr. Hus kisson was taunted with being a cold-hearted metaphy sician, then the great Whig party came forward and gave their aid to a Tory Government.—(Hear, hear.) In 1830 there was a Speech from the Throne which gave great dissatisfaction to a certain set of agriculturists in that House. The Right Hon. Baronet said, at that time, that the course of the Liberal Members of the House was marked by an honourable forbearance of party tactics. They rallied round the Govern ment, and opposed those manoeuvring agricultural gen tlemen; and he asked the House if that was not strongly contrasted with the conduct of the Opp osition in the present case ?—(Hear.) With the acknowledgment on their lips that trade languished, and that extended mar kets were required for their commerce, they postponed the consideration of those questions for twelve months, • in order that in the meantime they might obtain place. Policy, more mean and sordid, was never exhibited to the nation in the House, or, if it were, history exhibited no trace of it.—(Cheers.) They acknowledged the prin ciples that were put forward, but they delayed the ap plication—they admitted the wisdom, but declined to introduce them. They were told it was a great proof of statesmanship to be silent on questions of that sort, but he would tell the House that they were silent be cause the hard necessity was imposed on them. They were swelling with patriotic fervour to relieve trade, and to lighten the burden of the country, but they were com pelled to be silent because their Government was one of coalition and compromise ; and if any man spoke out, principle would clash against principle, interest against interest, and individual would struggle against individual. They were therefore silent upon the most unworthy policy. He believed no coalition Government could stand in this country.—(lronical cheers.) And he hoped it never might. Did Honourable Gentlemen mean to say there was any thing like a similar coalition on his (Mr. Hawes's) side of the House ? If so, he would meet them on that point. The Noble Lord the Member for North Lancashire had stated that he had changed his place, and not his principles. Who then had changed ? Was it the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Tam worth? He (Mr. Hawes) had seen no change in him, and he declared to God he would rather have him dictator and sole governor than to see him mixed up with the men who were to fond part of the Go vernment.—(Cries of " Hear.") In former times they • had had a coalition Government, and he would read them an extract from a modern writer, in which it was stated that the cause was the hostility of the King, who, hav ing avowedly received . them on compulsion, sought the first opportunity to reject them, which their unpopularity with the people afforded him. If he sought for tergi versation in Hon. Members opposite, he should find it in the amendment to the address. They had come in on the Corn-law question, and the avowed determination to maintain the sliding scale, and the very first amendment destroyed all expectation of an adherence to these laws, as they had declared that it was their intention to take them into their serious consideration. The fact was that in order to afford prosperity to the farmers under the present system, there must be a scarcity ti, iso fc 7 or , n n, and o,) food must be at a f am i ne price.---(Cries of , Hon. G en tl emen who cr i e d " No" had not looked into the agricultural reports. When corn was plentiful, agricult ur i s t s were con stantly crying out, and now when they were in the greatest distress, they had exhi bited the greatest tenacity for these laws ; and, in point of feet, in years of abundance the farmers were always In 1834, when this subject was dis what were the reasons urged for the heard ed t i o n c t e;m e piroiun;e, nof these laws ? The first was the inde pendenceai from foreign supplies. Had they been independent sin l c i e ke ? l L the imports, the and the quantity the y werenext nte maintenance a n of that country yt7o ok import aat month, and the rate of duty. They had not secured in dependence of supply. Their whole history showed that, under the existing laws they were still dependent, and they ought to be so. A great commercial country like theirs involved relations with every country on the face of the globe. Another reason assigned was that the manufacturers were protected. He (Mr. Hawes) was a manufacturer, and he required no protection. His Hon. Friend the Member for Stockport, whom he was happy to see there as the representative 'of a great manufac turing district, wanted none.—(Cries of" Ilear" from Mr. Cobden.) Another ground urged was, that the land was subject to some peculiar burdens, and in considerati on o f these burdens they were entitled to protection. Now, would they give him a Committee (he would move for it) to inquire into these burdens, and if the result was that they were actually chargeable with any burden beyond the rest of the community, he would [venture to say, for the party he represented, that they would give the agriculturist protection to that extent, but no more.— (Hear.) To what a state had these laws reduced them ? They had rejected an Bs. duty, and they were about to let in an enormous quantity of foreign corn at one-fourth of that duty. The corn averages for the week ending the 16th of July last were 645. lid. ; for the week ending the 23d of July G6s. 3d. ; the 30h of July 68s. 3d ; the 6th of August 70s. sd. ; the 13th of August 725. sd. ; and the 20th of August 745. 4d. ; and if the average for the three weeks ending the 9th of September were not less than 71s. 7d., the whole of the wheat then in bond would be admitted at a duty of 2s. Bd. And did Hon. Members know how much there was in bond ? Taking the foreign and colonial wheat, and wheat flour, now in the warehouses, the quantity was 813,000 qrs., and in their great anxiety to protect the farmers the necessary consequence of these laws was to admit nearly a million of quarters at probably a nominal duty. The statements he had made were from the most careful information and authority. The Hon. Member for Yorkshire said that he was the bearer of an answer from his con stituents to the appeal that had been made to the coun try. He (Mr. Hawes) represented also no inconsider able portion of the constituency in one of the largest districts of the metropolis, and he distinctly and empha tically gave a totally opposite answer to that of the Honourable Member for Yorkshire. They had sent hi m to oppose no particular interest—he was not to attach himself exclusively to any particular party, unless there was an absolute neees,ity. And if the Right Hon. Baronet, who was justly assumed to be about to come into power, would apply himself to benefit the great interests of the country, he for one would give him