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1...4 ',.-.e- ,- , • tEBT• MORNING EDITION• 1 :1_ _ l) * ,_ ' , ~ '•0 N. v 4-1 ••••= , -2._;_ ( - • :'` , -- '\ 4 •?1 , 1 Z. 0i r ''''' , 404 sr : Ell , fr*4 0 t"g i Allk, • ~.P') '''' '`........................ ,..N5.....: 3 KO . 711 C. , '9 . tjArl,, i . _ - • • jiii , 4 ' ''' ' ''' '''.* ` e 4. V -- Allff.s. 4 fr il i - Mhi, - . 4140 4 -.,.....- '-' etp ,s* ,5 A -,•,. ' 4llllll llh* .. ,q, '‹_., 'I . 411111., - 1 f'. .' "-_,,,,, .... 4' 1. '21, • , '-' -ti 004 : •N 1 alp • ..- .oty - ~._ ''_. Int o -.. \• ' , ''' ~.' '' -, ' " dftg . t.ll l)lt ---I ' . --',. 7' - 1/ 1111,,''? . all , ~,,,,. IT MORNING EDITION. ~.., ~ CONTRACT FOR FLUSHING JACKETS AND TROUSERS. fly•) ;breeze DEPARTMENT OF THE COMPTROLLER FOR VICTUALLING AND TRANSPORT SER VICES, SOMERSET-PLACE, MAY 13, 1841. THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUT ING the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE LAND do hereby give Notice, that on THURSDAY, the 27th instant, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying and de livering into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford, the undermentioned Articles, viz.:— _ 4estio, ydnel; er, CS' liCant; i No. 15,194. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1841. i ple9. the It!" Mery ardink ueen o f Notion , red of. Lbrnedb PRICE sd. Witney Flushing Jackets 2,000 No. 'One-third to be deli vered by the 31st July, another third by the 31st August, and the remainder by the 30th Sep tember next. itions of the Contract THE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET. PUBLICATIONS. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OP LORDS, May 18. ROYAL ASSENTS. there was either an inaccuracy in the copy, or else a misprint. They were made to say that there would not be a sufficient supply of sugar during the next year, but the rest of the paper plainly showed that this must be misprint, and that it ought to have been that the supply would be sufficient. He should not have noticed this had not the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite made that mis-statement the foundation of his argument last evening. Under these circumstances he would ask the Hon. Gentleman opposite if in the original document the West India agents had not stated that there would be an adequate supply of sugar during the next year ? Mr. VERON SMITH said it certainly was a misprint, which was, however, owing to no inadvertence on the part of the Colonial-office. A similar return had been printed for the House of Lords, which was correctly printed, and as the printer had printed the return for that House from the return ordered for the House of Lords, it had not been sent to the Colonial-office for cor rection, and hence the error had arisen. —(Cheers.) Sir CHARLES GREY had understood from the do cument printed for the use of the Members of that house that the supply would not be adequate. At the same time he must confess that from the context of the docu ment, the reading had appeared to him to be rather am biguous.—(" Hear," and laughter from the Opposition.) It seemed to him upon reflection that the West India agents might be speaking with reference only to the "West Indies. It was notorious that the supplies from the "West Indies would be sufficient. Ditto Ditto Trousers ... 500 Pairs THE FIRSTPITIiadIYHIBITION of MONSIEUR MOINAU'S PATENTED CLOCKS, which are kept in perpetual motion, without winding up ; also the PATENTED CLOCKS, worked by VOLTAIC ELEC TRICITY. The DISSOLVING VIEWS, by CARY, with appropriate music, are exhibited at One o'clock, Half-past Four o'clock, and in the'Evenings, before the MICROSCOPE, at Ten o'clock. The PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS, and the numerous novelties in Working Models, and other Works which display eminent :art, science, and ingenuity. The Di ver, Diving Bell, Popular Lectures, and Experiments. Opens at Half-past Ten o'clock. Admission, One Shilling. Just Published. C 0 R N L A W S. A TABLE of the ANNUAL AVERAGE PRICES of WHEAT, BARLEY, and OATS per QUARTER, and of the THREE CENT. CONSOLS for 51 Years from 1790 to to 1840. One Large Sheet. 2s. 6d. LORD LAUDERDALE'S CORN TABLE. Two Sheets. 10s. The Royal Assent was given by Commission to-day to the Exchequer Bills Bill, the Excise, Collection, and Management Bill, the Slave Compensation Bill, Lease and Release Bill, the Banking Copartnership Bill, the Court of Exchequer (Ireland) Bill, the Dublin Wide-street Bill, Sir Walter Scott's Monument Bill, Northern and Eastern Railway Bill, the Manchester and Leeds Railway Bill, the West Durham Railway Bill, the Liver pool Dock Bill, the Accrington Gas and Water Works Bill, the Liverpool Gas Bill, the Clifton Bridge Bill, the Plymouth and Exeter Road Bill, the Plymouth and Eastern Road Bill, the Slough and Colnbrooke Road Bill, the Coventry and Warwick Road Bill, the Ihrborough and Brampton Road Bill, the Winwick Rectory Bill, the Bury . Inclosure Bill, the Eccleshall Inclosure Bill, the Uplyne Inclosure Bill, and the Gamlingay Inclosure Bill. Patterns of the Articles, and the Condi may be seen at the said Office. No Tender will be received after one o'clock, on the day of Treaty, nor any noticed, unless the party attends, or an agent for him, duly authorised in writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admi ralty, and bear in the left hand corner the words " Tender for .” and must also be delivered at Somerset-place, accom panied by a Lefter signed by a responsible Person, engaging to become bound with the Person tendering in the sum of 251 . per cent. on the value, for the due performance of the Contract. Alo" asp . . frv— oncordi WYLD'S LARGE LIBRARY :ATLAS. Folio. Half bound. 101. 10s. ATLAS of the WORLD. Half-bound. Quarto. 21. 12s. 6d. James Wyld, Geographer to the Queen, and to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, Charing-cross East, London. Ar , ,oncla' Eldon, SOCIALISM. THE GRAND ANNUAL FESTIVAL, in Com memoration of the 70th BIRTH-DAY of ROBERT OWEN, the Philanthropist, and of the SIXTH ANNUAL CON GRESS of the UNIVERSAL COMMUNITY SOCIETY of RATIONAL RELIGIONISTS, will take place at High bury Barn Tavern, 'lslington, on WHIT TUESDAY, -Ist June, 1841, on which occasion a PUBLIC DINNER, TEA, and BALL, will be given under the management of the London District Board. W. D. Saul!, Esq., Chairman ; J. Brady, Esq., Vice Chairman. The following Ladies and Gentlemen will attend and address the meeting :—Robert Owen, Mr. Finch, Mr. Rigby, Gover nor of the Queenwood Community, Hampshire, Messrs. Bu chanan, Hollick and Fleming, and Mesdames Chappellsmith and Martin, and also Messrs. Lloyd Jones, J. N. Bailey, and H. Jeffery, the London Missionaries. Tickets for Dinner, Tea and Ball, ss. 6d. ; ditto for Tea and Ball only 2s. 6d., to be had at the Social Institution John street, Tottenham-court-road ; ditto, 28, Mount-street, Lam beth ; ditto, 81, High-street, Whitecapel ; ditto, 6, Frederick Place, Goswell-road, &c. &c. Now ready, price 3s. 6d. IN ESSAY on FREE TRADE, its abso lute Valun Theory, its Relative Value in Practice, Error and Consequences of its Application to the Corn-laws. James Ridgway, Piccadilly. reeze 9. 29th cruian" 14, an d SALE OF HER MAJESTY'S SHIPS. ADMIRALTY, SOMERSET-PLACE, MAY 14, 1841. THE COMMISSIONERS for EXE CUTING the OFFICE of LORD HIGH AD MIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM GREAT nRITAIN and IRELAND, do hereby give Notice, that on TiluasnAY, the 27th Instant, at Two o'clock in the Afternoon, they will PUT UP TO SALE, at their Office in Somerset- , place, her Majesty's SHIPS undermentioned, and which are lying at the Dock Yards against the same expressed, viz. • Guns. Tong. }Boxer — Raleigh Plover Opposum Mutine Mooring Lighter, No. 3 Ditto No. 4. Barrosa Sparrowhawk . Phbe Harpy THE BUDGET—SUGAR DUTIES, &c. Price Id. each, or 63. per 100. FHE RIGHT HON. THE CHANCEL LOR of the EXCHEQUER'S SPEECH. , fro' lailii The Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Clarendon, and the Earl of Shaftesbury. Baron Hastings (Sir Jacob Astley) took the oaths, and his seat. The RIGHT HON. LORD JOHN RUSSELL'S SPEECH. Lord PORTMAN presented several petitions from Bath, Norton-Phillips, Chippenham, and various other places, against Church -rates and Ecclesiastical Courts. The Earl of YARBOROUGH presented petitions from the Isle of Wight and from a place in Worcester tershire, against any alteration of the Corn-laws. The Earl of HARROWBY presented petitions from Lancashire and Cheshire, for Church Extansion, and against Sunday traffic on canals. print , The RIGHT HON. HENRY LABOUCHERE'S SPEECH. rnaici' 20th ,ia, ti botch Woolwich Sheerness The RIGHT HON. Sir HUSSEY VIVIAN'S SPEECH. James Ridgway, Piccadilly, and all Booksellers. R. BUCKINGHAM'S « AMERICA, HISTORICAL, STATISTIC, and DESCRIP TIVE," is published this day, DEDICATED TO THE PRINCE ALBERT, In Three Octavo Volumes, with a Portrait of the Author on Steel, and upwards of Seventy Engravings on Wood. Fisher, eon, and Co., Newgate-street, London. In answer to a question put from Mr. Wal ter, we understood Lord JOHN RUSSELL to say that the New Poor-law Bill would not come on for dis cussion to-morrow. Chatham - Petitions for the abolition of the Metropolitan Bridge Tolls were presented by Lord REDESDALE and Lord WROTTESLEY. Portsmouth AW LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, A Fleet-street, next St. Dunstan's Church, May 10,1841. Notice is hereby given, that a SPECIAL GENERAL AIEETING of the PROPRIETORS of this Society will be held at their Office, Fleet-street, on SATURDAY, the sth day of June next, at Twelve o'Clock at noon precisely, for the purpose of declaring a DIVISION of the SURPLUS of the Assurance Fund of the Society ; and notice is hereby further given that a Second Special General Meeting will be held at the like hour and place, on the following Saturday, the 12th day of June, for the purpose of confirming the Resolution which shall have been agreed to at such first Meeting, in pur suance of the provisions contained in the Deed of Settlement ; and notice is hereby further given, that any person who shall have been assured by the Society for two whole years, may, on the production of his policy, and of the last receipt for the premium thereon, be present at such meetings. The Chair will be taken at Twelve o'Clock precisely, at each of the said meetings. By order of the Directors, GEO. KIRKPATRICK, Actuary. Lord MORPI4:TH presented several petitions for the repeal of the Corn-laws. Lord HOWICK presented a petition from Northum berland to the same effect. IMPORT DUTIES. Plymouth. Lord STRADBROKE presented a great number of petitions against any alteration of the Corn-laws. Mr. AGLIONBY presented a petition from a place near Whitehead praying for an alteration in the Corn laws ; also from Workington to the same effect. Mr. Sergeant JACKSON presented several petitions from Ireland, against any alteration in the Corn-laws. Mr. HINDLEY presented ten petitions from Ashton under-Lyne in favour of a repeal of the Corn-laws. Mr. D'ISRAELI presented a petition from Maidstone against any alteration in the Corn-laws. Mr. B. WALL presented a petition from Guildford in favour of a repeal of the Corn-laws. Mr. VILLIERS presented a petition from Notting ham, signed by 10,000 persons, to the same effect. The Hon. Gentleman also presented a similar petition from Wolverhampton. Sir GEORGE STRICKLAND presented a petition from the West Riding of the county of York in favour of a repeal of the Corn-laws. Similar petitions were presented by Mr. Ainsworth from Bolton ; Mr. Baines, from Dingwall, and a place in Lancashire ; Mr. G. W. Wood, from a parish in York shire ; Mr. Walker, from Berry ; Mr. Greg, from places in Lancashire ; and Mr. Fielding, from Oldham. General JOHNSON presented a petition from Old ham for a repeal of the Corn-laws. ADJOURNED DEBATE. - - Persons wishing to view the Ships must apply intendent of the Yards for Notes of Admission for the y d Catalogues and Conditions of Sale may be had ar s. to the Super that purpose. here, and at Just publisbeo, 17:IPORT DUTIES, CONSIDERED in JL REFERENCE to the PRESENT STATE of GREAT BRITAIN and her POSSESSIONS, with Tables prepared by order of the Select Committee thereon. By THOMAS SMITH, The Marquis orDOWNSIIII#II presented petitions to the same-effect from Vantage. The Earl of ABERDEEN presented a similar petition from Montrose. FAST BOATS to the BRUNSWICK PI On and after SATURDAY, Steamers will leave at the untie The Marquis of BREADALBANE, in presenting a petition in favour of the Ministerial propositions relat ing to the import duties on timber, sugar, and corn, said that he entirely concurred in the prayer of the petition, and lie only regretted that Ministers had not sooner un dertaken to carry such sound and wise principles of commercial policy into effect. Petitions against the alteration of the Corn-laws, and for the exclusion of Catholics from Parliament, were presented by the Earl of Winchilsea. On the motion of the Earl of DEVON the Cr;minal Justice Quarter Sessions Bill was read a third time, and ordered to be committed on Tuesday. Earl FITZWILLIAM presentel petitions from the electors of the borough of Southwark, and from the inhabitants of the parish of St. Saviour, in that borough, praying their Lordships to accede to the Government propositions as to the duties on sugar, timber, and corn, until Parliament should adopt the only just mode of taxation—a property tax. The Noble Earl presented several other petitions in fa vour of the measures, from places in York and in the Isle of Ely. On the motion of Lord DENMAN, the Frivolous Suits Bill was read a third time and passed. In reply to an observation from the Earl of HAD DINGTON, GRAVESEND, from :ER, BLACKWALL. May 15, the new fast Iron rmentioned times : Hon. Secretary to the Provisional Committee of the London Chamber of Commerce. To be had of W. Hoperaft, 42, Mincing-lane, and all Book sellers. Price is. 6d. • FROM BLACKWALL. FROM GRAVESEND, Morning, 4 past 9. I Morning, I past 7. ... 4 past 10. ... 4 past 8. Afternoon, past 1. ... 4 past 11. ... 4 past 3. Afternoon, 4 past 1. ... 4 past 5. ... 4 past 3. ~. 4 past 7. ... 4 past 5. Fares—Chief Cabin, 13. ; Fore Cabin, Bd. ON SUNDAYS. PROM BLACKWALL. FROM GRAVESEND. Morning, i t past 9. Morning, 4 past 7. ••• 4 past 10. ... i past 8. Afternoon, 4 past 2. Afternoon, I past 12. ... 4 past 3. ... 4 past I. ... I past 6. ... 4 past 4. ... 4 past 8. ... 4 past 6- Fares—Chief Cabin, ls. 6d. ; Fore Cabin, Is. The Railway Trains run every quarter of an hour, from 4 Dt 8 i n th e morn i ng, t ill 4 to 9 i n t h e even i ng ( excep t d ur i ng ivin e service in the morning, on Sundays). Fares—First Class, 6d. , Second Class, 4d. May 14, 1841. [CI• laic* On the 25th inst., in 3 vols. post Bvo., EDITED BY LADY LYTTON BULWER, THE PRINCE-DUKE AND THE PAGE. A NOVEL. • traitct_ inter 'uisini Nthoh " Glory, greitness, and goodness, are the three sickles with which man reaps envy, hatred, and ingratitude. T. and W. Boone, 29, New Bond-street ; Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh. N ATIONAL LOAN FUND SOCIETY, FOR GRANTING LIFE ASSURANCES, DEFERRED ANNUITIES, &c. No. 26, CORNHILL. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. EIRECTORS. T. LASIIE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman. J. Elliotson,lll.D., F.R. S. John Rawson, Esq. John Griffith Frith, Esq. Jehn Riddell Stodart, Esq. Hunter Gordon, Esq. Clement Tabor, Esq. George Lungley, Esq. Joseph Thempson, Esq. MRS. 110 FL AND'S NEW WORKS. This day is published, 12mO. embossed roan, gilt edges, price ss. each work illustrated with 12 steel plates, A LFRED CAMPBELL, or Travels of a niL Pilgrim in Egypt and the Holy Land, new Edition, with Additions. Also, THE YOUNG PILGRIM, or, Alfred Campbell's Return to the East, and his Travels in Syria, Nubia, Arabia, Petrma, &c. and including an Account of the late War in Syria, and History and Submission of Mehemet Ali. By Mrs. HOFLAND, Author of the Clergyman's Widow, Sisters, Reflection, Humility, &c. Printed for A. K. Newman and Co. Leadenhail-street, Lonnon, where various Works by the same Author may behad. The Order of the Day for resuming the adjourned debate having been read, AUDITORS. Professor Wheatstone, F. R. S. I Professor Graves, A.M. F.R. S. , . A C TUARY—W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F. R. A. S SOLICITORS—Messrs. Sweet, Sutton, Ewens, and Omman- .thir`h ne ( 1° 'ed ney, 6, Basinghall-street. LIFE ASSURANCE. The Earl 'of SHAFTESBURY said that the Govan and Pollee Railway Bill had been thrown cut. On the motion of Lord MELBOURNE, their Lord ships then adjourned to Monday. STEAM to MARGATE and HERNE BAY 'DIRECT At Eleven o'clock precisely, , O n TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS, and SATURDAYS, from London Bridge Wharf, by the fast and favourite Packets, RED ROVER or CITY of CANIERBURY. Fast Coaches leave Herne Bay on the above days, for Can terbury, Dover, Deal, and all the Eastern Parts of Kent, im mCdiately on the arrival of the Packet. Light Goods taken for Margate and Herne Bay every Thursday. Offices, 113, Fenchurch- street, and at London-bridge Wharf. . 1 3 . _ ENJA M I N EDGINGTON, M arquee , FOR LIFE. Tent, Flag, and Rick Cloth Manufacturer, 2, Duke- A. 13. - street, London-bridge, and 208, Piccadilly. Age. Without With For One For Five "Every hour, every mi n ute o f L er d y Snowdon's time was Profits. Profits. Year only. Years only now occupied in preparations for the recepticn of the Royal --- _ ---- ' I arty. Gunter was forthwith called into council ; Edgington X. s. d. X. s. d. X. s. d. X. s. d. 'eras summoned in the tent and marquee department.' —Love 20 1 13 7 1 17 4 0 17 0 0 17 6 and Pride, vol. ii., p. 77. 30 2 4 4 2 9 3 0 19 6 1 0 0 Marquees and Tents, withboarded floors, and tastefully lined, 40 218 8 35 3 1 310 1 5 0 suitable for royal and noble parties, or fetes of the most exten- 50 4421 4 13 6 113 0 116 6 fire and brilliant character, may be had at the a b ove es t a - 60 6.13 6 78 4 30 0 3 9 6 blishment. - AWarchouse at 208, Piccadilly. Address at full length, Benjamin Edgington, 2, Duke-street, Southwark. Two-thirds of Profits divided annually amongst the Assured. DEFERRED ANNUITIES DEPARTMENT. CHUBB'S NEW PATENT. DETECTOR LOCKS give perfect security from false keys; and also .detect any attempt to open them. '1 hey are made of all sizes, and for every purpose to which locks are applied. These locks use strong, secure, simple, and durable. The Patent Combi nation Latches.for street doors are simple in construction, low 1 c price, and quite secure ; the keys of the latches are parti cularly neat and portable. Chubb's Patent Fire-proof Safes and Boxes form a co m pl e t e p reserva ti on f or d ee d s , p l a t e , b oo k s , I c,c-, from fire and thieves. Cash boxes and japan boxes, of all sites, fitted with the new patent locks. A large assortment of 'au above on sale by C. Chubb and Son, 57, St. Paul's Church- Yazd. London. IIEAVER'S INFALLIBLE EMBROCA TION, for GOUT, RHEUMATISM, &c., &c. , Public attention is requested to the following Letter addressed oy Thomas Schcfie'd, Esq., to the Editor of the " Morning Chronicle":— 81 u,—As lam sure you will be happy to promulgate any thing that will benefit i our fellow-creatures, 1 confidently send You the f o ll ow i ng statement of an extraordinary cure from a violent l att ac k o f t h at d rea df u l ma l a d y t h e G out , w hi c h I it obtain e d by mere acc id en t, f ee li ng assure d y ou w ill give I , publicity in your widely-circulated paper. „ I Was attacked with it for the third time on Saturday night, re 31st of May last, and suffered the most dreadful agony till the lollowing Wednesday, when I war, recommended to apply to a Air. Feaver, woollen warehouieman, Friday-street, Cheapsicle, for %bottle,. o f E m b rocat i on f or t h e G out—a reme d y di scovere d b y father, and by which, I was told, he had cured himself. At that moment my sufferings would have induced me to apply ; , 1 1Ything ; I therefore obtained a bottle of this Embrocation, which I paid 6s. 6d., and applied it immediately ; and to mY delight and astonishment, in one hour the intense pain teased, in two days I could walk, and at the end of one week tb e gout had entirely left me. I have no doubt but for this r emedy I should ha ve had at least six weeks of suffering, as 1 former attacks. t . h . aro induced to take this step solely for the benefit of the ,Psunds who are victims to this distressing disease (and for until now, it has been said there was no cure) that they - "a ‘ Z kno w w h ere t o o bt a i n th e same re li e f. L u f Mr. Feaver, the proprietor, I know nothing, having seen int but once, when I called to thank him for the benefit he ad been the means of conferring on me ; and finding he had !lever made this invaluable discovery publicly known, I re solved at once to make known my cure to you, and I trust through You to my fellow-sufferers. It is much to be regretted that Mr. Feaver does not imme diately publish it. It cannot fail to prove beneficial in a large rdegree to himself, while at the same time it would be con 'erring a great blessing on thousands of our suffering brethren. However, I feel myself bound to give publicity to my own Fase in every possible way ; and I consider, by inserting this In your columns, you will be doing a much greater good than usually results from whole pages of matter contained in some of our daily journals. I Sir, remain, B:c • . . THOMAS SCHOFIELD. 52, Lower Thames-street, and 12, Marlborough place, Old Kent-road, July 6, 1840. May be obtained of most of the respectable wholesale and retail chemists and patent medicine vendors in the United Kingdom , of the proprietor, Mr. Feaver, Friday-street, Cheap- S ide ; and at the Depot, 135, Strand, corner of Wellington street. FRANKS'S SPECIFIC SOLUTION OF COPAIBA. •irhe different ingredients contained in FRANKS'S SPECIFIC SOLUTION OF COPAIBA, are those advised by the most practi cal and scientific in the profession, but, by a peculiar chemical pro cess so compounded that each drug greatly increases the efficacy of the ether. This invaluable' Medicine is recommended in the public and pri vate practice of SIR ASTLEY P. COOPER Bart. F.R.S. SIR BENJAMIN BRODIE, Bart., F.R.S. JOSEPH HENRY GREEN, Esq. F.R.S. BRANSBY B. COOPER, Esq. F.R.S. Members of the Council of the Royal College of Surgeons, London, and many other highly distinguished members .1 the medical profes , Sion, by whom it , s deemed the only Specific for the cure of those diseases to which it is more immediately applicable. • The testimony of these 2en tlemen cannot fail to convince every reflecting mind that FRANKS'S SPECIFIC SOLUTION OF COPAIBA is not only In every essential what it professes to be, but Is considered a most valuable addition to those legitimate and adopted Medicines daily prescribed by the faculty. FRANKS'S SPECIFIC SOLUTION OF COPAIBA is proved to De the most effectual, safe, and speedy remedy for the cure of • G ONORRHCEA, GLEETS. all URETHRAL DISCHARGES, FLUOR ALBUS, SPASMODIC STRICTURE, IRRITATION of t he KIDNEYS, BLADDER, URETHRA, and PROSTATE G LAND; its purifying effe cts upon t h e genera l h ealth renders t imilicularly applicable in al cases of relaxed fibre and nervous debility. The T 403 delicate persons may take it with perfect safety. Prepared only by tieorge Franks, Surgeon, 90, Blacktriars-road. • • tendon, and may be had of all wholesale and retail Medicine-venders In the United Kingdom, in Bottles at 2a. 9d., 4s. 6d., and I Is. each. Catroos.—None is genuine unless "George Franks, Blackfriars. road.' Is engraved or. the Government Stamp attached to each bottle. The following Testimonials are selected from amongst numerous Fr others forwarded to Mr, Frank s . RJoseph Henry Green, Esq., F.R.S., one of the Council o f th e yal College of Sur geons , S urgeon to St. Thomas's Hospital, and Professor of Surgery in King's College, London. I have vane trial of Mr. Franks's Solution of Copaiba, at St. Thomas's Hospital, in a variety of cases of discharges in the male and female, and the results warrant my stating, that it is an effica. cieus remedy, and one which does not produce the usual unpleasant effects of Copaiba. _ (Signed) ',JOS 5r El HENRY GREEN. " 45, Lincoln's-Inn-fields, April 15, 18." From Bransbv Cooper, Esq., F: H.S., one of the Council of the Royal College of Surgeons, Londoa ; Surgeon to Guy's llospital, and Lecturer on Anatomy, Sm. " Mr.Bransby Cooper presents his compliments to Mr. Geo. Franks, Indhas great pleasure in hearing t estimony to the efficacy of his So lotion of Copaiba in Gonorrhoea, for which disease Mr. Cooper has prescribed the Solution in ten or twelvecases with perfect success. "New -street, Aprill3, M 15." From Alexander Tweedie, Esq., Surgeon to the Metropolitan Free Hospital, Carey-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields. "Illr Dame Stu,—l have notes of six cases, in which I have admi. Aistered your preparation of Copaiba, for the cure of Gonorrhoea, in sill of which the disease has been subdued in a shorter period of time ' then accordin g to the ordinary plans hitherto made use of. Besides these cases of which I have taken notes, I have tried it in several in. Stances at the Greville street Hospital, and am quite satisfied that it • , . possess a control over the urgent symptoms of Gonorrhcea,rlieving • lave and mitigating the scalding i n making water that I Pave o not observed in the usual methods of ex hi biting Copaiba. In ne instance only did it disagree with the st omach ; but in this it seemed to dnd rather on the method of exhibiti on than on the re. depend srtedy itself ; for, on diluting it with a larger quantity of watei, ihe sbieetion was at once obviated, sad the patient got well in ten iii.ys ,"-- From the time that he commenced taking the Medicine. I have not , P4a d a CaSe in which the discharge continued longer than ten d ays TWEEDIE." , I , ' %ler commencing hiss eatmen S. " I am ts d i e gn ar ed S ) ir, yo ., tl A rt u ve x ry A t N ru p lv. E , R . Vilthin a period of Two Months upwards of Three Hundred Pa tents were treated with Flt AN li..'S SPECIFIC SOLUTION of tOP AIR A, with perfect su ccess , a t the above Metropolit an H ospi,, 1 a Ol l., viz. St. Thomas's, Guy' s , and the Free Hospitals, by their t re- Surgeons. whose Testimonials arc given above, Besides the perfect security to the policy holder of a large paid up capital, and accumulating 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 the 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 : By the plan exclusively developed by this Society, a single Deferred Annuity is made, nGt 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 indwtrious 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 holder the fol lowing option, at the age of 65 Annuity for remainder of life... £47 16 6 Cash 394 11 0 or a Policy, without further contributions, of 466 0 oat death. Other periods of life (of 50, 55, and 60) may be 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 usual rates. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Sec. N ORTH BRITISH INSURANCE COMPANY, 4, INEW BANK BUILDINGS, LONDON I, HANOVER-STREET, EDINBURGH 37, COLLEGE-GREEN, DUBLIN. Incorporated by Royal Charter. Established in 1809. Capital, One Million. LONDON BOARD. Alderman Sir PETER LAURIE, Chairman. FRANCIS WARDEN, Esq., Deputy Chairman. Robert Cockburn, Esq. Isaac Sewell, Esq. Alexander Cockburn, Esq. Walter A. Urquhart, Esq. John Connell, Esq. George Webster, Esq. William P. Craufurd, Esq. Benj. Boyd, Esq. Resident. John Irvine Glennie, Esq. Mark Boyd, Esq. Charles Hertslet, Esq. BaxxEns—The Union Bank of London. PHYSICIAN—John Webster, M.D., 56, Grosvenor-street. SOLICITORS—Messrs. 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We were discussing the state of parties after dinner, when the pilot was asked what his politics were. " Why, Sir," said he, " as my masters are Tories, I am Tory too; but in my heart lam a Radical." There was a general burst of laughter at this honest declaratieu •' but I observed that many were of the same opinion, but they had not the ho nesty to declare it. This little instance will explain the influence of the Duke of Wellington on the Tories at Sandwich, and that we never ca have honest voting there till we have the Ballot, which, as Ben tham remarks, " is a loophole, at which probity may make its escape from the trammels of seductive influence, and that too much care cannot be taken to leave it open." Your most obedient servant, May 14. BALLOT. TORIES AND CORN-LAWS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Stu,--We hear from the Peterloo Tories, that they ex pect a majority of more than twenty on the debate on the sugar duties. There is no meanness, no falsehood, no iniquity, of which they will not be guilty to ensure a majority at the ensuing election, as witnos the placard (stating that Ministers had resigned), pub lished at Sandwich, where the undue influence of Lord Warden Duke of Wellington is very great, particulary amongst the poor pilots. Every reading and reflecting man is fully aware of the flimsy subterfuges used by the Tories regarding the con nexion of slavery with the sugar duties. But the un reading, unreflecting Chartists and labourers, are no t aware of this ; it is therefore of the highest importance, when a dissolution takes place, that it should be on the CORN -LAWS, in which there can be no mistake. This is the monster iniquity, the barefaced plunder of the hard working, industrious poor, for the low, selfish interest of the landlords, and the landlords only. I am myself a landlord, a fundholder, and have an in terest in the welfare of India ; but I know that my inte rest will be best promoted by attending to the immutable and unerring laws of right and justice, and by practising the doctrine of the Christian religion. Let the people unite in one voice in abolishing the un christian, unholy, and iniquitous Corn-laws, " then shall the earth bring forth her increase, and God, even our own God, shall give us his blessing." Your most obedient servant, May 17. A CHRISTIAN LANDLORD. NEW HISTORICAL ROMANCE.—A new ad venturer in the field of historical fiction is about to present his first essay to the public under the title of "'l he Trustee." But though new in this particular department of literature, the writer has already greatly distinguished himself in the line of the drama. He is the author of the tragedy of " The Provost of Bruges," which appeared two or three years ago, and met with very great success. It is reported, on very high literary authority, that this new novel is one of striking originality and intense interest. The period the author has chosen to illus trate is the age of Henry VIII., during the progress of that important Reformation which made such vast and vitalchanges in society. A period that affords more abundant scope for the effective exercise of the imagination could not have been selected, and this additiou to our literary stores may therefore be looked for with much interest. THE ID LER IN FRANCE.—The Countess of Blessington, it appears, is about to publish the c o n ti nua ti on of her Travels ab r oad, under the title of " The Idler in France." As a production of one of the • most graceful and gifted female writers of the present century, it will doubtless he looked for with much interest. It will comprise, we understand, many interesting sketches and anecdotes con nected with Flaute Societe, Fronds as well as English, and will convey a vivid picture of her Ladyship's impressions during the memorable three days which terminated in placing a new sovereign on the throne of France. During this exciting period, and while the two contending parties were still struggling for mastery, it is reported that the noble Autheress had the courage to traverse the streets of Paris with ( illy one attendant. MORSE -DEALING MORALITY. —Having oc casion for a horse in 1759, I mentioned it to an acquaintance. He assured me had one that would exactly suit me, which he showed in the stable, and held the candle pretty high, for fear of the straw. I told him it was needless to examine him, for I shoild rely upon his word, being conscious he was too much my friend to deceive me ; thereupon he bargained at once, and causo:l him to be sent home. 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The public are particularly guarded in giving their orders for Wilkinson's Anti-Corrosion Paint, that no ether colour may be imposed upon them for his. A liberal allowance to the trade. HOUSE OF COMMONS, May 18. The SPEAKER took the Chair at the usual hour. Mr. DUGDALE presented several petitions from Derbyshire, against any alteration of the Corn-laws. Mr. GREENE presented several petitions against the New Poor-law. Sir J. TYRELL presented a number of petitions from Essex, against a repeal of The Corn-laws. Mr. WALLACE presented petitions from Notting hamshire, Dorsetshire, and Cambridgeshire, against the Poor-laws. Mr. BROTHERTON presentel petitions from Sal ford, Manchester, and Northamptonshire, praying for a repeal of the Corn-laws. Mr. STRUTT presented a petition from Derby com plaining of great distress, and praying fin. a repeal of the Corn-laws ; also 13 petitions from agricultural villages in the same county, praying for the adoption of the measures alter Majesty's Ministers and for the abolition of the CorpAaws. Mr. MILES presented a petition from the county of Somerset in favour of Church Extension. Mr. CLAY presented a petition from Bow in favour of the Ministerial measure for the reduction of the duties on sugar, timber, and corn. Air:ROUND presented a petition from a parish in Essex against any alteration in the Corn-laws ; also six petitions from parishes in the same county, praying for Church Extension. l'ar. - BEAMISH presented a paition from Cork, againstanyalteration in the Timber Duties. 11A:1VES presented several petitions, praying for the relief of all political offenders. Mr. WILLIAM DUNCOMBE presented a petition from York in favour of Church Extension. Sir U. BATEsos presented two petitions from Down against Church Patronage in Scotland. Mr. PACKE presented a petition from Leicester against any alteration in the Corn-laws. 'Mr. B CSFIELD presented a petition from - Bradford in favour of the Ministerial plan for the reduction of the duties on sugar, timber, and corn. Mr. BLAKEMORE presented a petition from Wells in favour of Church Extension. Sir F. TRENCH presented a petition from Scar borough against any alterations in the Corn-laws. Mr. DARBY presented several petitions praying for Church Extension. Lord HILLSBOROUGH presented a petition against any alteration in the Corn-laws. Mr. T. DUNCOMBEpresenied a petition from New castle-upon-Tyne, against the payment of Ministers out of poor-rates ; also a petition from Westminster in favour of Medical Reform ; and two petitions from places in Norfolk, praying for the release of political prisoners. Mr. KIMBLE presented petitions from places in Suftblk and Wilts against any further grant to the Col lege of Maynooth. - The SPEAKER, accompanied by several Members, here proceeded, in obedience to the summons of the Usher of the Black Rod, to hear the Royal Assent given to seve ral Bills, for which see Lords' Report. Mr. R. PALMER presented a petition from a place in Berkshire, praying for Church Extension. Mr. B. WOOD presented a petition from a place in Yorkshire against Church-rates, and the jurisdiction of Ecclesiastical Courts. Sir H. PARNELL presented a petition from Dundee in favour of a repeal of the Corn-laws. A petition to the same effect was presented by `Mr. EWART, from a place in Lancashire. Colonel CONOLLY presented a petition from a place in the cOun'ty - TSTrone, praying for a repeal of the Church Temporalities Bill, and the restoration of the suppressed Archbishoprics and Bishoprics in Ireland. Also a petition from another place in the same county, against any further grant to the college of 11Iaynooth. Sir J. C. HOBHOUSE presented a petition from a place in Berkshire against the Corn-laws ; also another to the same effect from a place in Wiltshire. Mr. HUME presented petitions from the inhabitants of Hammersmith and Brentford, praying for a free trade in corn, and in all articles of food. Also a petition from Brentford in favour of the Government proposal for the reduction of duties. Also a similar petition from the workmen in a manufactory at Bolton. Lord ARTIIUR LENNOX presented petitions from Suffolk in favour of Church Extension. Mr. W. S. O'BRIEN postponed his motion on the subject of railways for Ireland till Thursday next. Mr. lIINDLEY gave notice that on Thursday next he should move for a return of the number of Barristers appointed by the Judges within the last year for the re vision of the Lists of Parliamentary Voters in England and Wales, with the date of their standing at the bar. Mr. lIUME moved for an a b s t ract o f t h e net revenue of the Island of Jamaica for the year s 1838, 1839, an d 1840, with the manner in which it had been appropri ated. Also, a return of the pop u l a ti on o f t h e i s l an d during the last century , distinguishing the black, white, and coloured. The Hon. Member then gave notice, that on the third reading of the County Coroners' Bill, he should move that the mileage be reduced from 18d. to POLICE. Mr. HUME moved for a return of the number of per sons taken into custody by the Metropolitan Police officers, and the charges, in classes, on which they were taken, showing how the several charges were finally disposed of, and whether by Magistrates or otherwise, between the Ist gay of January and the 31st day of December 1840) agreeable to the form sent) ; a similar Return from the City of London Police ; the like from Birmingham ; the like from Liverpool ; the like from Manchester. Return of the Establishment in Scot land Yard, and all other expenses of the Metropo litan Police for the year 1840, not included in Par liamentary Paper No. 172, of 1841 ; distinguishing the names, offices, salaries, and other emoluments of each, so as to bring the entire annual expense of the Metropolitan Police in that year before the House. Return, for the like period, of the number of burglaries or robberies reported to the several divisions or station houses as having been committed , distinguishing the number of cases in which the offenders have been apprehended, and the alleged value of the property stolen. A similar return from the City of London Police ; the like from Birmingham ; the like from Manchester ; the like from Liverpool. Return, during the like period, of the amount of property found upon persons charged as being drunk, and subsequently restored, for the Metrop o lit an P o li ce ; a similar return for the City of London ; the like for B i rm i ng ham ; th e lik e for Liverpool ; the like for Manchester. Return of the gross amount of the Superannuatio n Fund since the establishment of the City of London Police Force, with the deductions a s imilar retur n f rom the Metropolitan Police.—Ordered. MISPRINT IN which otherwise hav e been ; m ade or cha rge d thereon, as pensions orTHE PARLIAMENTARY RETURNS. Mr. GOULBURN said that in the return of the com munications made by the colonial agents to the Secretary of State for the Colonies on' the subject of the sugar duties, printed for the use of the Members of that House, Mr. SHIEI rose and said the department with which he had the honour to be connected afforded him some iustification, perhaps, if he ventured to take part in a de bate which he felt had been protracted beyond the ordi nary period of their deliberations, but not a period in commensurate with the importance the incal culable importance—of the subject. He should be prepared not to trespass at any inappropriate length upon the indulgence of those by whom he was sur rounded, or the forbearance of those to whom he was opposed. He should confine himself in a great measure to the resolution before the House. He should not follow the example of those who wandered away from it, and indulged in discussions of a somewhat mys terious nature. He should in the first instance apply himself to that branch of the question in which England—virtuous and humane England— felt a deep and most honourable concern.—(Hear, hear.) If to the progress of the slave trade, by any differential duties between foreign and colonial sugar, an effectual impediment were to be imposed—if, not withstanding an exorbitant differential duty, the slave-trade were not successful to an extent which, it had been justly observed by his Right Hon. Friend the Member for the Tower Hamlets cast upon Chris tian Europe a deep stain—if to slave grown sugar every port upon the Continent was not widely andindiscriminately thrown open—if they were not themselves the importers of slave-grown produce—if. with slave produce in many forms, their own markets were not literally glutted—if they were not the importers, the refiners, and the ex porters of slave-grown sugar to the Continent, and even to their ovi& colonial possessions to an enormous extent, then he was free to confess that with respect to the propriety of making a reduction in the differential duties it could not for a moment be supposed that, for the interests of humanity, as well as for the protec tion of their own colonies, he should not be dis posed to entertain such a question.—(Hear, hear.) But when he considered that in checking the progress of the slave trade the differential duty had been utterly without avail, when he found that the differential duty was, withont casting any, the slightest impediment, upon that most barbarous traffic—that it had the effect of impairing the national resources of the country, and, by enhancing the cost of some of the necessaries of life, of imposing on the humbler classes of the community a grievous change,—when he found that that differential duty had not contributed to the advan tage of any one large portion of the community, with the exception (they would forgive him for so saying) of some benevolent monopolist—(Cheers from the Ministerial benches)—whose sensibilities were not unprompted by the pockets—(Laughter from the Ministerial Benches) — and who, to the emotions of what he would venture to call their interested philanthropy, found it a convenient or easy course whenever a purpose, personal or political, was to be promoted—when he took those various considerations into account, he owned he was at a loss to consider the sound motives that existed for giving a continued sustainment to a system fraught with multifarious evils, or of supporting the resolution of the Noble Lord. His Hon. Friend the Member for Finsbury (Mr. T. Duncombe) had spoken of the resolu tion of the Noble Lord in terms harsher than it deserved. He said that the resolution was marked by duplicity and hypocrisy. He (Mr. Sheil) could not coincide with his Hon. Friend, in so far censuring that resolution. But he thought one might venture to say that that resolution was conceived in a spirit of par tisanship. He (Mr. Sheil) could not refrain from ex pressing his surprise that the Right Hon. Gentleman the Member for the Tower Hamlets (Dr. Lushington) should have considered it consistent with his unaffected abhorrence of slavery—if his abhorrence was unaffected —(Ministerial cheers)—to give his support to the Noble Lord's resolution. It did not require the forensic and judicial sagacity of his Right Hon. Friend, for after allit did not profess to contain any pledge against the in troduction of slave-grown sugar. It provided a ready re treat to the rear ; he should rather call them the novel associates of his Right Honourable Friend from the high ground of humanity which they had so opportunely taken. And why ? The House of Commons was not prepared—no; was not yet pre pared—(Ministerial cheers)—to sanction the introduc tion of slave-grown sugar, to give somewhat of an intimation that under their (the Conservative's) happier auspices—(Ministerial cheers)—through that prepara tory process, a more accommodating House of Commons might be prevailed upon to pass a similar Bill to that objected to by the party opposite.—(Loud cheers.) But again, if doubts could be entertained as to the effect and the object of the resolution, those doubts would be entirely removed by the speech, the frank and candid speech, of the Noble Lord the Member for North Lancashire, who had again and again, with a studied reiteration, declared that for the present a great experiment ought not to be interfered with. But how little in accordance with the resolution, so dexterously, so carefully—he would not say craftily—framed was the frank, in genious, and in the cause of virtue, so ardent and impassioned character of his (Mr. Shell's) Right • Hon. Friend the Member for Tower Hamlets, who, if be were present, would- surely forgive him (Mr. Shell) if he ventured to insinuate that in supporting ayesolution so couched he was almost as inconsistent as certain incongruous sentimentalists, who would not allow , of the use of slave labour in a saccharine form, while they in other ways promiscuously and unscrupulously consumed it. He would pass from the resolution to the great anomalies by which our commercial system was distinguished. In the year 1840 we im ported upwards of twenty-eight millions pounds of coffee, and of that great quantity upwards of fourteen millions pounds were the growth of slave labour. The Noble Lord the Member for North Lancashire had observed that our colonial possessions were inade quate to the supply of coffee for the British market ; but surely if the encouragement of slave labour was not to depend on considerations of mercantile convenience it was not from the price-current their morality was to be estimated.—(Hear.) When the duty on coffee—and he begged the attention of the House to the fact— when the duty on coffee was Is. 7d. per lb., the colonies were adequate to the supply of coffee for our consumption, but so soon as the duty was reduced, the colonies were no longer adequate for that purpose. It was worth while to look into the details of the question of coffee. In the year 1807 the duty was I s. 7d. per lb., and the quantity imported was 1,170,164 lbs., while the revenue was only 161,2451. Now mark what followed. In the year 1812 the duty was reduced to 7d. and the quantity of coffee consumed rose to upwards of 8,000,0001b5. In the year 1831 the duty was reduced to 6d., and the con sumption rose to 21 ,842,0001b5. For the year 1840 the consumption rose to 28,000,7231b5., and the revenue rose to to the sum of 92 2,0001.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") These facts appeared to him illustrative of many things. The Noble Lord would remember that when the duty was high the colonies were depressed, but the moment the duty was reduced they became flourishing. Out of 28,000,000, fourteen millions of pounds were the growth of the Brazils. Now this was a great inconsistency, but really he must say, that it was nothing when compared with another, namely, the anomaly of our receiv ing, refining, and importing slave-grown sugar to an enormous annual amount. In the year 1840 was imported upwards of 800,000 C WtS * o f slave-grown sugar which was refined and ex ported. Was any duty levied on it that it might contribute to the revenue of the country ? Not a single sixpence was raised upon it. How absurd, then, to exclude it from the home market when a duty might be levied.—(Hear, hear.) And not only was no duty levied, but all the expense incidental to the bonded system was incurred. This was a great contradiction, to which he imagined it would be difficult to find a greater.--(Hear, hear.) He thought the Noble Lord the Member for South Lancashire (Lord F. Egerton), with all his powerful imagination, would be unable to reconcile it. Perhaps the Hon. Member for Newcastle and the Noble Lord the Member for North Lancashire, would volunteer a defence of this monopoly. The admirable perspicacity of the Noble Lord, the Member for North Lancashire, had attempted to do so, under the influence of feelings of partizanship, from which none of them were exempt, and of which his last speech afforded a remarkable instance.--(Hear, hear, hear.) Many of these topics j had been treated so ably by those , who preceded him, that he felt he was relieved from the difficulty of attempting to follow the Noble Lord, but there was one point to which he would take the liberiy of adverting (Hear, hear)—because it was a question of fact, on which, though he might shrink from argument, he might, perhaps, venture to follow the Noble Lord. The Noble Lord had adverted to a communication which he had held with Mr. Huskisson, and he (Mr: Sheil) confessed that he had heard the statement, whichthe Noble Lord had made . respecting the opinion s o f hi s illustrious prede cessor, if not his master, with some degree of surprise. Mr. Huskisson made two remarkable speeches in March 1830,and he found:in them language which he had not heard in the many quotations which had been , lately , made from the speeches of that illustrious man—(Hear,.hear) —and he quoted this language, not for the purpose solely of influencing the House, but that the pub lic might know what were the real opinions of that man who stood in the foremost ground amongst the philoso phers of his day. The first paseage was 'to be found in p. 541 of Hansard's Debates. He was describing the difficulties of the country at the time he said, " It is the greatest folly to shut our eyes to difficulties, which, if taken in time, maybe overcome, but which by procrastination cannot be evaded for a long time."—(Cheers.) " This is the greatest manufacturing and commercial nation in tha world. The raw material of our soil which we export is next to nothing. In fact, we do not raise sufficient for the support of our own popubition without the assistance of other nations."—(Loud cheers.) " The Corn-laws, however necessary in the present state of the country are a burthen—(Loud cheers)—they press upon the manufacturing producers, and exclude them from the markets of other parts of the world, and limit their supply of food ; and I consider Sugar as well as corn an ar ticle of food."—(Cheers.) These (said Mr. Sheil) were the words of Mr. Huskisson. In p. 576 of the same volume he said that if the relief required by the industrious classes were afforded them they would be disposed to take more of the produce of the soil. But there was a remark more important still which he made on the 25th of March, on the motion of Mr. Poulett Thom son ; it would be found in page 555 of Hansard. He said on that occasioh that it was always his conviction that the Corn-laws now in existence could not much longer be upheld—(Cheering)—consistently with bearing the present taxation and increasing the national prosperity and maintaining public content.—(Cheers.) Neither had he (Mr. Huskisson), any doubt that they could be altered without injury to the landed interest, but with great increase to the comforts of the people. Compare these opinions with the representations made by his distinguished pupil a few nights ago!—(Hear, hear.) These were the opinions of Mr. Huskisson in 1830, when he left the party with which the Noble Lor. l , his disciple, was now united. He would pass now to the claims of the West Indians. In a speech made on the 11th of February last, in the island of Trinidad, by a gentleman who held a high position (Mr. Bensley), that gentleman, at a meeting of agriculturists, after speaking of the right of the West Indians to be disenthralled from all restrictions upon their trade, said he would hail with pleasure the day when every monopoly and restriction could, advantageously for the rest of the public, be done away; that now that emancipation had been effected, the agriculturists of Trinidad would be able to compete with those of any part of the world. He (Mr. Sheil) saw many West Indians on the other side of the House. His chief complaint against them was that they did not fairly state their hardships. Their case was that we had emancipated the slaves in i 1833, and a part of the compensation was a continuance of the duties. The case against them was this; "We effected a ransom, the very thought of which dazzles their imagination,and we claim a receipt in full."-(Cheers.) But the Noble Lord who brought in the Bill has de clared that he did not state it as any part of his contract that the duties should be continued. He had watched the speech of the Noble Lord, who had stated himself to have been the organ of the Whig Government in carrying the great measure of slave emancipation, and no sentence had he uttered, in no part of his speech could the slightest intimation be found, that he had considered the continuance of the monopoly as a part of the contract.—(Loud cheers.) The Honourable Member for Newark had said it was. Now whose authority were they to take ?—(Cheers.) The Hon. Member for Newark had told them, with his usual frankness, that the people of England, since 1833, had paid ten millions to the West Indians in con sequence of the monopoly.—(Cheers.) The Noble Lord the Member for North Lancashire had not adverted to that.—(Cheers.) The Noble Lord had thought when he first proposed the measure of emancipation that a loan of fifteen millions would be a sufficient remuneration to the West India interests, he who was now contending that the monopoly ought not to be destroyed—(Cheers.) But in a fit of unexampled generosity, a generosity, too, be it observed, at the expense of the people—(Cheers and laughter)—he had all at once converted the loan of fifteeen millions into a gift of twenty millions—(Cheers)--and that without rhyme or reason.—(Cheers.) Perhaps he was right in doing so, but he had not said one word about the monopoly being continued as part of the contract. The Hon. Member for Newark had fairly admitted that, since 1833, the West Indians had received ten millions in consequence of the monopoly, but he (Mr. Sheil) could show that they had received a great deal more. He had asked his Hon. Friend Mr. M`Gregor if the Hon. Member for Newark was right in his calculation, and Mr. M‘Gre gor had said he was not, and that the West Indians had received a great deal more, and, at his request, Mr. M`Gregor had drawn up a table, from which it appeared that the West Indians had received 19,243,4651. instead of ten millions, in consequence of the monopoly.—(Hear, hear, from Sir A. Grant.) The Hon. Member for Cambridge cried " Hear, hear," and appeared surprised at the amount of benefit which had been con ferred on the West Indians. He was evidently not aware of it. But the Hon Member for Newark knew better —(Hear, and cheers)—and if he stated ten millions as a profit derived from the monopoly, what reason was there why the Board of Trade should not go further ? Why the Board of Trade had shown that the ten millions ought to have been twenty. They had as much right do so as the Noble Lord had to convert a loan of fifteen millions into a gift of twenty. He would read the table to the House if they wished it, although he was aware that, abhorring as they did all vul gar things, they abhorred that vulgar thing arithmetic the nioSt of anY.—(Cheers and laughter.) In 1834 the quantity of sugar consumed was 4,154,4111b5., which at 6s. 2d., which was the premiums given to the West In dians, amounted to 1,280,9431. In 1840 the quantity amounted 3,764,7101b5, which, with the differential duty of 11. Is. 7d. gave to the West Indians an advantage of 5,192,0001.—(Cheer5.) Now the Hon. Member for New ark might be wrong, or the Board of Trade might b e wrong, but when that lion. Member admitted that they , had received ten millions, he ought not to be so incre dulous when he (Mr. Sheil) produced his figures in sup port of the calculations of the Board of Trade. Sup posing a continuance of the monopoly was part of the contract—he was glad to see his Hon. Friend the Mem ber for Beverley, who was an East India Director, in his place—(Laughter)—supposing a continuance of the monopoly was part of the contract, what would the East Indians say ?—(Cheers.) When the equalization of the duties on East and West India sugar was under dis cussion, he recollected the eloquence of his Hon. Friend. It was then stated that the West India sugar was the produce of slave-labour, while the East India sugar was the produce of dates. He recollected the scorn with which his Hon. Friend the Member for Beverley treated the proposition. But now that they had got the privileges themselves, now that they were embraced in the monopoly, they turned round and formed a confederacy with the West India proprietors, and expa tiated upon maintaining colonial produce. They thought little of the enormous sacrifice he had proved to them had taken place.—(Hear.) The resolutions spoke of sacrifices, and the resolution of the Noble Lord, the Member for Liverpool, spoke of sacrifices also. When the recruiting of the revenue was the subject to be con sidered, then it was that endeaiours were made to,keep up imposition, such conduct would be a proceeding far greater than reducing the price upon sugar, by which means it would be brought into consumption, and thereby increase the revenue. If, from a reduction of the duty on coffee, such consequences followed as he had adverted to, did it not follow that the reduction on sugar, which was an ingredient so much used in coffee, the same results would follow. And mark ! independently of the great advtadvantagesthey conferred upon the great mass of commun i ty, they, in the first place, cheapened one of the first necessarie s o f life, and in the next place, it was obviou s that they i f took more of the produce of other countries, other coun tries would take more of the produce of theirs. Thus the manufactures of the country had e xtended, and to that extent the operatives must be relieved.—(Cheers.) He had heard with great pain the description given by f Friend the o f )Ntlheem countrye for T o Finsbury thn t o : s t t h i ff e e r s i t n a g t e s of s the. operatives n. Hon. Members opposite were everywhere, he hoped, at the hustings, he •was sure, most deeply alive.- . ....(H ear, and a laugh)—but when the . means of alleviation—the obvious means of alleviation —were offered to them__ (Loud cheers) —they sacrificed the interests of those classes for whom so much . commiseration . was expre sse d c h policy, eers) and he was willing to believe that if they continued to , commercial adhere to their new system o_f m em; a ar m , consequences the most disastrous and serious must be entailed upon that counry. in machinery, the They were met upon the Continent . by prohibitory tariffs, and no wonder. All their discoveries finest, the most vast, and the most powerful, of which they ► were once in the exclusive enjoyment, were now known to, and in operation by, their foreign competitors. The: present proposition opened to them new markets where no manufactures at present existed. To those markets the eyes of every British statesman ought to be turned, and, above all, to the great and expanding empire of the Brazils.—(Loud cheers.) He was astonished that any man speaking the language of their commercial policy, should contest such principles. He did not think the Noble Lord the Member for Liverpool before his consti tuents would use such language. He did no t thi n k t h at the Noble Lord the Member for Liverpool would venture to insinuate that the renewal of the treaty with the Brazils on favourable terms was a matter of no account.—(Hear) --orif he did, and if from the hustings he looked down at the harbour of the noble city which he had the ho nour of representing, the numberless sails which winged their way to that part of the western world, would show the fallacy of his assertions.—(Loud cheers.) Was it not plain that if the Parliament of England was unpre pared to take the produce of the Brazils, the Parliament of the Brazils would be unprepared to take the produce of England ; and, independently of these considerations, without reference to the slave trade, was it not obvious that they might be able to aecomplish much more by ne gotiation and treaty than by any fiseal regulation ? Events proved that the experiment made for the sup pression of the slave trade had hitherto been worthless or unworthy ; and he hoped he might be permitted to say, that when England stood forward as the champion of humanity, it was not from Custom-house regulations that her arias ought to be supplied.—(Hear, hear.) Despite their financial regulations, the slave trade was still in famously prosperous—despite their differential duties, that monstrous system still consumed its victims, and. there was scarcely a recess on the slave coast in Which barges engaged in that atrocious commerce did not lie in wait for captives ; and even on that ocean which English men were accustomed to regard as their own—even on that ocean, not inaptly called their " home upon the deep," how many a slave traversed to the scenes of his captivity. Why, then, with that painful experience be fore them of the utter futility of all the expedients to which they had resorted, not call upon the people of England to put down that mighty evil by the only effi cacious means which could be adopted ? They had heard. Hon. Members expatiating on the advantages of colonial interest, and discussing duties of 635., 325., or 245., while they propounded resolutions for sustaining a system of mo nopoly by which, and they knew it, the slave-trade had not been put down, but by which the revenues of the coun try were impaired, by which the fiscal difficulties of every Ministry, whether Whig or Tory, had increased—by Which the price of one of the neceaaaries of life—by, which industry was affected and the employment of the people curtailed—by which the continuance of our com mercial relations with the rest of the world was endan gered, and by which a field of -boundless enterprise was closed to the British people.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. HERRIES said that Considering that the discus sion of the present question had lasted for so long a period that even the House itself was not more wearied_ of its continuance than the country at large—(Hear, hear, from the Opposition side of the House)—which looked for something more from -the House than long protracted debates—which looked for decisions rather than ex tended conversations ; he therefore would not on the present occasion have troubled the House, if he had not thought it necessary to make a few observations on the course he was about to adopt. He seldom asked . for the indulgence of the House, and when he did, he endea voured to occupy its attention as short a time as possible. There was another reason why he thought it necessary to shorten his observations as much as possible, and that was the admirable manner in which the Noble Lord, the Member for North Lancashire (Lord. Stanley) had em braced in his speech almost every point which had been advanced on the other side, and replied to each of those= points in a manner that defied all the arguments of Hon. Gentlemen opposite. There were, however, some points to which his Iloble Friend did not advert, and to which he (Mr. Herries) wished to draw the attention of the House, and those points related to the origin as well as the nature of the present question. The origin of that question was our present financial emergencies ; and it was for Honourable Members in the - first place to examine into those emergencies Which required the application of such remedies as were pro posed, and next to see how far those remedies were calculated to effect the object for which they were in tended. The reason given by the Government for the proposal of thoSe measures was, that the public finances were in a most deplorable condition. It was admitted in that after five years of increasing embarrassment they 'had at length got to . a dead-lock.l(lfear, hear.) The- Chancellor of the Exchequer had been reminded, in the, course of that debate, that, in adverting to the -prin ciples of Mr. Huskisson, he had forgotten to observe that that Right Hon. Gentleman always maintained the ne cessity of keeping our finances in order and maintaining a surplus revenue. The Hon. Gentleman opposite had almost challenged a comparison between his own admi nistration and that of any preceding Chancellor of the Exchequer, and had treated it as a matter of absurdity that any other Chancellor of the Exchequer ("odd have acted different to himself. But it was an portant fact, that this administration was - the fi rs t in history which in a time of peace had- sr A ff er a a continued deficienCy to exist in the finance o f this country.—(Hear, ,hear, hear.) He waii • 'astonished a l uazaaa f a l z rOra the that the Hon. Gentleman had 'iots retro spect. In time of war there. were extra ordinary con tingencies to be met, but the deficiency in this instance was widely different from any which had existed under any former administration ? He (Ma Harries) would call the attention of the House to the history of our finances at antecedent periods. Between the years 1816 and 1828, when that subject was brought under 1 the consideration of the Finance Committee, it appeared 1 that the surplus arising from the public monies and applied to the reduction of the public debt, in those twelve . years was 3,190,0004 In the three years which followed, 1828, 1829, and 1830, when the , finances were under the administration of his Hon. Friend • 1 the Member for Cambridge, there was a surplus of ten: millions. Under the administration of Earl Spencer andi of Lord Monteagle there was a surplus Of 0,700,000/. (Hear, hear.) That carried them up to the commence ment. of the present administration. He would mention that, in one year, when there had been a slight deficiency, 'Lord Althorp greatly deplored the circumstance, and provided for it in the subsequent year. Then came a time of commercial difficulty, and he must say without an apology.—(Hear, hear.) There was a deficiency of some millions under the present ad ministration. The greatest shifts had in consequence been resorted to, and amongst other things the Savings' Banks had been encroached upon—(Hear, hear) ---a Zi t the simple statement, that as the power was posaessed, though evidently not intended to be exercised, the Hon. Gentleman would use it. The blame rested not, with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, but with the •.vhole Go vernment. He charged that Government with_ most unjust and flagrant administration of the finances ; the result of it was a great national calamity. The cause of the defi ciency must be obvious to every one. It was the result of a system of compromise, of attempts to obtain that support without which the Government could not exist. For example, a deficiency of 1,700,0001. was. entirely owing to the alteration in the.. Post-office.--(Hear.) But for that measure there would have hewn scarcely any deficiency.—(Hear, hear.) To meet these difficul ties they were called upon to go into Comeatee on three measures ; and these measures were proposed upon two grounds, first as measures of finance ; and secondly. • as introducing some new and beneficial principle in com mercial policy. With respect to the alteration in sugar and corn, undoubtedly the principle was that theyahould admit into the consumption of this country, a certain por tion of the produce of other countries, so as to displace a part of the native p ro d uce use d for home consumption. Timber and sugar, at least, were singularly ill chosen for the reduction. The Noble Lord opposite had ac knowledged that he had received an intimation from. the Governor of Canadii, stating that the measure would em barrass him in settling the Canadian Governmer.t. It that were so, it was a sufficient reason for rejecting it. But the question they were called upon then to decide was that of sugar.—(Hear, hear, hear.) • The objection taken, and properly taken, as to going into Committee at all, appeared to him of such import ance, that he, for one, was convinced of the validity of the objection, and was prepared to give a vote against going into Committee. The objectioo on principle was this, that they were about to make a change of those 'duties, whereby they would either do nothing, or admit into the consumption of this country the produce of another. He thought, if the present proposition was carried into effect, it would put to hazard the great ex periments which had been set on foot in the emancipa tion of the slaves. Upon this point the House had re ceived so much testimony from those who. were .so able to give it, that it was unnecessary for him to enter into the any measure o f th e _ subect at any length, but he could not refrain imn most t rn forcible'stating and pressing upon the House some o - grounds which made it the imperative duty of the House in • description l°e to a bosft from a eone state of the case with respect to the West India Cola- s nies and the emancipation of the sl aves ? . Why a ll those who were best able to s p eak u pon the subject, and now adopting it. What was the before all the documents and reports, together with the opinions of those who were most deeply interested in the question of emancipation, all concurred in this, that the experiment that had been made was working suc cessively-, t h a t it was producing the f ru i ts which -this country had a right to expect from it. But then it wa s said that it was a matter of doubt at present whether that free labour established in the colonies of t hi s country would be enabled to produce a sufficient quan tity of the staple articles of those colonies for the consumption of the country. That was the whole question.—(Hear.) When he looked to the opinions which had been given upon this subject, he could not but come to the conclusion that beyond all question if they would give this experiment a fair trial— if they would avoid i nterference of any description while this experiment was pending, they might expect that their utmost hopes would be realised, and that there . would be a successful termination of all their endeavours. A gentleman who had visited these colonies lately had given testimony upon this subject That testimony had been adverted to by the Hon. Member for the Tower - Hamlets, and, as he considered it well worthy the atten tion of the House, he would read it: The Right Hon. Gentleman then read the opinion of Mr. Gurney, which was favourable to the maintenance of prohibluiry duties on foreign grown sugar, while, at the same time, he ad mitted that the high prices of that commodity was a great detriment to the people of this country. The Right Hon. Gentleman also read the opinion of Sir Thomas Powell Buxton, which was to the same effect. These were the fundamental grounds of objec tion upon which he felt disposed to object to this mea sure. He thought the proposition that had. emanated from her Majesty's Ministers was ill placed at a time like the present when they had such prospects in the West Indian colonies. He thought that the chance of the noble experiment, to which he had alluded being successful, was a sufficient ground to induce the House to pause before it sanctioned going into Committee upon the propositions that had been submitted to it by the e ither a' re. ver S iii ll44"; H 1001 -s e i . .I .S;7 °' NY s. 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