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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Moniteur of Sunday, April 27.—Official part. ) " ORDINANCES OF THE KING. 0 " Charles, &c. " We have ordained and ordain— " Art 1. The Baron de Dames, Peer of France, Minister of State, Lieutenant-General of our Armies, is ap pointed tutor to our beloved grandson, the Duke of Bor. dean:. " Given at our Palace of the Tuilleries the 26th of April, 1828, the 4th year of our reign. • - " By the King, CHARLES. " The Peer .of France, Minister of State, Intendant- General of the King's I(oueehold, " Baron de la BOHILLERIE. " 2. A second ordinance appoints Major General the Count de Tragof, Governor of the Chateau of St. Cloud, in the room of Viscount d'Agoult, deceased. , • " Three other ordinances relate to the Convocation of the Electoral Colleges. • (From the Gazette de France, dated 'Monday, April 29.) " Pants, AFRIL 26.—Xiur letters from Germany, which we have just received. bring us also letters from Bucharest of the 2il April, which say that the arrival of the Russians was every moment expected there. " Another letter from the Turkish frontiers of the sth of April, say that letters from Constantinople of the 26th of March, and from Bucharest of the 3d of April, con tained no important news, only it was announced froai Con.stantinople that the Divan, seeing that there was no means to avoid war, bad resolved to second the Sultan, and to repel force by force. " Notice has been received at Bayonne, that the first counin of the French garrison of Pampeluna bud quitted chat place on the 19th of April. Major-General Count Balthasar will leave Pampeluna on the 24th with his staff, and will arrive at Bayonne on the 29th. It is affirmed that the 55th of the line, now forming the gar rison of St. Sebastian, which is to return at the beginning of May, will be in garrison at Angouleme. ' 6 It seems from information worthy of credit, that the fortress of Jaca will not be evacuated for some time. " Seven Spanish malefactors, who committed robberies in Catalonia, we're shot on the 16th of April at - Figueras. " The Swiss Regiment of Bleulrr, in garrison in • that place, has received notice that it is shortly to depart. " A e extract the following article from the Journal da Commerce : " It was reported yesterday on 'Change, that news had been xeceived from General Guillentinot, announcing the resumptiion of the negotiations with Turkey. It was also affirmed, that it was agreed on between the Powers, that no territorial indemnity should be required of the Porte, but an indemnity in money, the amount of which it was even said was fixed. The bulletin of the Exchange will shore the favourable effect which this news produced. We relate it as it was guru:wall, given : perhaps it may be in correct. However, it seems certain that part of the clouds `•.vhicte obscured the political horizon begins to disperse.' " The Semaphor gives a list of the vessels which might. make part of the expedition from Toulon : they are,—let, at anchor in the roads,—two ships of the line, eight frigates, two corvettes, eight brigs, four schooners, four gaharres, one corvette, two brigs, two schooners, two gaharres, one ,steam-boat." IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. If6IISE OF LORDS, Arau A petition was presented from Stradbrooke, in Suffolk, against the proposed Seale of Duties payable on the liii iu.rtation of Foreign Gain. Sir A. GRANT and others from the Commons brought op the. Promises and Engagements Bill, and the Reeords Variance Bill, to which the Commons had agreed without any amendments. Mr. MARSHALL and otters brought up an Enclolure .fir. MUNDY and others also brought up a Private Bill. Mr. KtNNEDY brought -up a message from the Commons, requesting that their Lordships might peiiait the Earl of ROseberry to attend before the Select Committee of the Commons, to give evidence on the subject of the Law of Entails in Scotland. _ Their Lordships intimated that they would send au answer by Messengers of their own. Mr. Smith presented the Richmond Bridge Accounts. Mr. Newburne presented an account of the sums re ceived and expended by the trustees of the Darlington Railway, and also the estimates of the works not yet com pleted. On the motion of the Marquis of CLEVELAND, the returns were ordered to be printed. Lord DACRE presented a petition from Edward Long Fox, 3LD., against the County Lunatics Bill. The Earl of RADNOR presented a petition front the Roman Catholics in Salisbury, praying for Catholic Emancipation. • A petition was presented from the eastern part of Suffolk against the proposed wale of corn Buttes,, and also against the importation of Foreign Wool.. • Lord WALLACE presented a petition from the county 4of Cumberland, against'the importation of foreign lead. Lord YARBOROUGH presented two pillions from the city of Lincoln—one against the proposed sc4 of Corn Duties, And the other from the Roman Catholics' of that place, praying for Catholic Emancipation. _ LUNATIC ASYLUM BILL. In moving the Order of the day for the second reading of the Lunatic Asylum Bill, The Earl of MALMESBIJRY said the Mil for erecting County Lunatic Asylums was, in fact, a consolidation of former Acts ; there were very few additional points in troduced, and it only tended to confirm the efficacy of the preceding Bill. The object of the Bill Was to afford an asylum to those unhappy objects of the lower claSses, Who were afflicted with that dreadful malady. The present state of those who were the victims of lunacy embraced two great evils ; they were not ealy deprived o f the power of procuring subsistence for. themselves and families, but were perhaps confined in the same house, - in which their wires and children were witnesses of their sufferings. The object of the present Bill was to establish a curative pro cm—_to L a k e measures for ti appointment of parish officers, to akcover who were stt4ect to lunacy, and to enable the Magistrates to send them to aeyltuns. Hi 4 Lordship then wov'ci that the Bill should be raa4 A second time, which was care. Ced, as also that it shoUld rom mined and referred to a CoYNCittee. Lord CALTHORPE was atiokit to make Soule observ.t time, when he was told that thi`V did pot refer to the pre sent Bill. - The several petitions presented for and agling the Bill were order e d t o b e re f erre d t o th e Committee. The Earl of MALMESBURY rose to move the second reading of another Bill, differing in its object, but of nature similar to that which their Lordships had just heard read—it was a Bill for providing for the more effectual cure and proper treatment of Pauper Lunatics. It was not his intention to trespass long upon their Lordships, but he thought it necessary to state a few of the reasons which rendered, it expedient to repeol the 14th of Geo. ILL and also briefly to advert to some of the evidence received by the Committee of their Lordship.* on the subject, as it was his firm conviction, that the evidence taken before that Committee justified the new enactment contemplated in the Bill; and if their Lordships gave credit to it, they would perceive the expediency of repealing the 14th of Geo. 111., which was the principal grievance complained of. It would be seen Uy the evidence of one witness, th a t in two Lunatic Asylums, i n Middlesex, each of whi c h contained 500 • persona, grievances existed, which must appear to all to demmid redress. 'They were represent e d as being too muck crowded, and in every respect inconvenient for the purposes for which ,they were de signed. It appeared also that practice existed, not only useless and unnecessary, but even .cruel —it was that of closely confining patients suffering Antler paiodical pa - P 3 xPnis from Saturday until Monday. Lle could however, see the expediency, nor did he think it at all necessary for restoring persons to their ressoP, W con fine them every Su n d a y th roug h ou t th e y ear . It appeal - ea to' him that sue!, Procedure would have quite a contrary e ffect, and . he Aid thiukAl k at the system was carried on ,more for.the convenienc e of the persons who had adopted ;t,, than with any other view. t might be said that such proceedings were Cot resorted to elsewbete, but what he had stated must convince their Lordships that the existing laws were, at least, defective. It would be reuleAcbered that Dr. Frampton, on his examination before the Com mittee, bad s t a ted his conviction that both these institu tions were conducted on a par- Aud from his testimony, as well as that of several other respectable wit nesses , h e was persuaded that the evidence would be deemed sufficient to support the Bill. Their Lordships were aware, that the power of granting or withholding 'licences' for Lunatic. Asylums was invested in the President and Members of the Royal. College of Physicians; hut if they would take the trouble of looking into the laws, strange as the anomaly might appear, they would find that by .the eariot h restrictions thrown in their way, they were totally prevented from exercising it, and so continued to have the responsibility without possessing the power, for• every individual who wanted a licence had only to apply to the proper authority, who were in bona fide, and were prevented under almost any circumstances from tefo.- ing it. The law enacted that whatever information had been obtaiiiedtlative to Lunatic Asylums,.and of any thing appeared which was deserving of notice, it should be duly noticed on tablets, which were to be hung up in the hall of the College; but it appeared that the College of Phy sicians had not complied in this respect with the enact ments of the Bill; for one of the oldest .Physicians exa-. mined before the Committee stated, that never in his re membrance was such a rule observed. One of the objects of the present Bill was to take away those powers which were invested in the Royal College of Surgeons, and trans fer them to 15 Commissioners, of whom five should be me died men, to be appointed by the Secretary of State.. 'lt., was proposed that the power of licensing, and also that of revoking licenses, should be invested in the same hotly.— He was perfectly aware that strong objections would be made to various parts of the Bill, and yet he did not feel himself entitled, nor was he inclined to go into a detail of all the particulars contained in it, but would content him self for the preient by moving that it be referred to a Com mittee of their Lordships up stairs.. Lord CALTHORPE expressed himself fully satisfies with the measure proposed by the Noble Earl. He had been himself an eye witness to many of the shocking abuses alluded to, and felt much satisfaction in the hope • that the Bill now before the House would afford sufficient security against a procedure which all must equally and deeply regret. With regatil to one point, however,, to which the Noble Lord had alluded, he must say, that he claimed very great attention from their Lordships ; for he knew that many Members of the Royal College of Phy sicians had greatly exerted themselves, and deserved much credit for their united endeavours to amend a system which appeared injurious ; he, however, could not desire any thing more than that all the petitions, and every thing which might be argued for and against the measure, should be submitted to their Lordships ; and while he cor dially supported the motion of. the -Noble Lord, that the Bill be referred to a Committee, so far from wishing that any thing should occur in the Committee to stop the Bill, he was anxious the result of the measure might tend to forward its progress. The Marquis of SALISBURY hoped that his Noble Friend would permit him to take the present opportunity of stating his wish that some means might be adopted of limiting the power of Magistrates to confine persons la bouring under insanity in the Lunatic Asylum. Two cases came under his own immediate observation, in which the parties were certainly labouring under temporary in sanity, but by no means to so great an extent as to war rant such a measure ; one was that of a person who was in this way sent to the Asylum, and was afterwards dis missed ; and lived for many years in the perfect possession of all his faculties,---he should, therefore, strongly object to the power of confining such persons being placed in the hands of the Magistrates, unless they had committed any Mischievous act, which would render such a step necessary. Lord MALMESBURY said, that proceedings of such a nature could not occur under die present Bill. The motion for the second reading of the S3ill, and also for referring it to a Committee, was thed . put and agreed to. PENRYN DISFRANCHISEMENT BILL. Lord CAERNARVON moved the Order of the Day for proceeding with the examination of the witnesses on the Penryn Disfranchisement till. Several witnesses were then examined, and at Twelve &Clock the House adjourned to ten on Thursday morning. HOUSE OF COMMONS, APRIL 29. Mr. M. A. TAYLOR presented three petitions from the Roman Catholics of Richmond, Sheffield, and Leeds, in favour of the Catholic Claims. Similar petitions were presented from the Congregation of St. John's Chapel, Norwich ; and from a Society called the Friends of Civil and Religious Liberty, in Birmingham. Lord MORPETH presented similar petitions from a parish in Cu►nberland, and one in Northumberland. Ordered to lie on the table, and to be printed. SELECT VESTRIES. Mr. HOBHOUSE presented a petition from John Dean, of the parish of St. James's, complaining of the unequal manner in which the rates were assessed; and praying the interference of the House, the parish being governed by a Select Vestry. The Hon. Member. said that if no one better qualified undertook to do so, he should certainly in troduce a Bill fur the regulation of Vestries throughout the kingdom. FRIENDLY SOCIETIES BILL. Mr. HOBHOIJSE presented several petitions against the Bill for the regula.tion of Friendly Societies. Mr. BRIGHT thought it would be better to abandon the Bill for this Session, than to let it hang over the country, for whenever it was revived the same discussion would arise. He thought the evidence taken should be printed and allowed to circulate through the country for a year or two, and if any feeling prevailed fur the introduction of the Bill, petitions would be laid before the House for that purpose, and that would be the time for Hon. Members who had information on the subject to come forward. Mr. HOBIIOUSE - agreed that it would be better to abandon the Bill, fur the Hon. Member who introduced it differed with the members of all the Societies on one material clause, the arbitration clause. Mr. BURRELL thought the Bill should be given up, and as the Hon. Member (Mr. Courteney) was not in his place he hoped some friend would inform him of the feeling which prevailed in this House respecting the Bill. CONCESSIONS TO THE CATHOLICS. Lord E. SOMERSET presented a petition from Clifton and the Seven Hamlets, 'Gloucestershire, against any fur ther concessions to the Roman Catholics. Mr. H. DAVIS presented a similar petition from the Parishes of St. Augustine and of St. Mary Radcliffe, Bristol. A number of similar petitions weee also presented . from four parishes in the county of Cavan, by Mr. H. Maxwell ; by Mr. H. Smith, from the Archdeaconry of Col ebe,iter.; by Sir John Brydges, from Dunmow, Essex ; by- Mr. Monte, from two parishes in Wicklow ; and by Lord George' Somerset, from the Calvinistic Methodists of Beau. fort.—Ordered to lie of the table, and to be printed. LOrd EDWARD SOMERSET presented a petition from the woollen manufacturers of the county of Glouces ter, against imposing any duty on foreign wool, Mr. H. SMITH presented a petition from Colchester against the Maldon Charter Bill. The Hon. Member presented a similar petition film the Jurors of thr. Oyster Fisheries against the said Bill. Mr. DENNISON presented a petition from the Huma nity Society of Chindos.:stre,et against the Bill for the re gulation of Friendly Societies. • Mr. DENNISON said, some days ago the Hon. Mem ber or Knaresborough, had presented a petition to this House fon) a Mr. O'Reilly, complaining of theloss of his money by the ,death or insolvency of some officer in the East India Company's service at Madras. He (Mr. Denni son) had a similar petition to present from Mr. Sinclair, who Lid lost his money under precisely sjipilar circumstances. c o :snie/ BAILEY said the money of those individuals had never Veen deposited in the Company's funds, and they hail nothing (7 ,fo with the matter. It was by no means his intention, ha iiiv, to oppose the appointment of a v Committee on the 01444, pf which notice had been given by the lion. Member for gi l :4o)9rough. Mr. DENNISON said; that if the House granted the Committee, lie should move that the petition gf Mr. Sin. chair be referred to it. _ _ . Mr. W. W. WYNN proentEd a petit:on from tfie Col lege of Physicians in London, complaining of the difficul ties thrown in the way of the souly of anatomy. The Hon.. Member also presentecl n petition from the comity of Montgomery, against thg IV* Ai:t of last Sassion. . • MG W. W. WYNN also presented a petition from OA! Woolgrower of Montgomeryshire, praying for a tax on f. - reign wood. Mr. KENNEDY presented a petition from the Provost sod Magistrates of tbe Bor,Opsh of Ayr, in favour of the Repeal of tt:e Test and Corporation Acts. O n the motion of Mr,. E.Y.NNED7I, - leaVe was given for the hail of Roseherry'tO attend - a Conimi,ttee 9f this Honie, to give evidence on the - Scotch Entail Will. Mr. SUGDF.N postponed his motion for bringing in a' 13111 to amend 3d William and Mary, c. 14, " for the Re lief of Creditors against fraudulent Devi ,, es," till this day se'cinight. Mr. Altdieers4nrootad7p.ArelsTertfit A a l t A et N iiii !re fro rti a ce i , tui t i l l a e t un Merchants of Tint rsday and Manufacturers 'Of Tktp rw i c h , the miihj,et. of the Silk Trade. Sir THOMAS GOOCH presented a petition from tie: Freeholders and Occupiers of Land in the comity of Std 'folk, relative to the Tax on the Importatio n of Foreign Won'l ; ,al/0 a petition from Eosmere on the sane subject and against tile Coro Laws. Mr. HUME moved that the return which had been Lim a, of the expences of the parish of Latipeth a printed, v h kh . star ordered accordingly. rs Mr. P, THOAIPSON presented a petition croni - the Churchwardens and other Inhabitants of Mile-end Old Town, complaining of the conduct of two of the Magis trates for Middlesex, whose names we understood the. Hon. Member to .say were William Bain, Es j. and Thomas Wilson, Esq. In one instance they re-appointed a Surveyor ( )idle Roads, who had actually refused to deliver in his accounts. It might be asked, why did nut the par ties-proceed at law ? Their conduct in this .respact was guided by the opinion of the Solicitor-General, hail told them that, from the great difficulty of proving any corrupt motive, he would recommend them not to prpceed. The petition prayed that the House would adopt inch mea sures as it thought fit to prevent the improper interference i t of Magistrates in cases of is description. Mr. BERNAL gave 1 e• that on Thursday he should present a petition from th Journeymen Carpenters. The purport of the petition was not heard. Petitions were presented against the Roman Catholic Claims by Mr. F. WILSON, from Yorkshire ; by another Hon. Member, from Ely ; by the CHANCELLOR of the Ex- CHEQUER, from the Archbishop of Dublin; and from several places in Armagh. Petitions were presented in favour of the Roman Catholic Claims, by Mr. CALCRAFT, front Kennington, Ipswich, and Bury St. Edmunds ; by Lord Bentinck, from Burling ; by Sir NrciroLas CovenuasT, from East Carran ; and by Mr. R. Gaosvzwoa,.froin Chester. Lord BENTINCK, on presenting his petition regretted the postponement, of the question, and was certain that the news would be received in Iceland with disdain and mortification. Mr. CURTEIS presented a petition from Sussex, re specting Agricultural Distress. Mr. FYLER gave notice that on Thursday next he should present a petition from the Silk-weavers of Coven try and Spitalfiekls. A message from the Lords announced that their Lord ships had agreed to the 'Fest and Corporation Acts' Repeal Bill, having made certain amendments, to which they de sired the concurrence of the House. This announcement was received with cheers. Mr. PEEL, in presenting a petition from the Univer sity of Oxford against any further concessions to the Roman Catholics, stated that the petition was couched in the vaine terms as the petition he had last presented from that learned body on the same subject. It stated that, having often impartially weighed the arguments brought forward on this great question, they still remained of opinion that the necessity for those bulwarks, which had been framed . against the encroachments of the Roman Catholics, was as strong as ever. The Statutes to which they particularly referred were. those which excluded persons professing the Roman Catholic religion from hold . cog certain offices. As an opportunity would shortly oc cur of discussing this great question, and as he felt that he should take the same course then that he had in- . variably taken, and probably deliver his sentiments on the subject, he thought it unnecessary to trou6le the House at present with any observations. . _ _ - Sir M. W. RIDLEY-1 could have wished that the Right Hon. Gentleman, in presenting this petition to the House, had at least fully stated the circumstances under which it was brought forward. I could have wished that he bad stated that a few years ago this petition was car ried without a dissentient voice, but that at present it has been carried only by a majority of 60 to 34 who voted against it.—(Hear, hear.)—•Such was the fact; and it certainly affords the fullest satisfaction to think that, in that quarter in which there has been the most violent and continued Opposition, they at last begin to see that the ex clusion of any body of persons from an equal participation of civil rights and liberties is neither consistent with the principles of the English Constitution, or compatible with the safety of the Established Church. I hail with joy and satisfaction the presentation of this petition, under these circumstances, as a proof that a more liberal feeling has spread itself throughout the country, and which will ultimately lead to a happy settlement of this question. Mr. ESTCOURT also felt great satisfaction in the pre sentation of this petition ; but be could not see what result the lion. Member for Newcastle could draw from the cir cumstance of this Honourable body having come to a di vision en the subject. Such a circumstance only showed that that enlightened and venerable body had had the sub ject under consideration, and that, after the most mature and grave consideration, their opinion was against the Ca tholics. He earnestly hoped the same feeling would pre vail in this House, on the discussion of that subject, as had prevailed in that Learned body on the same occasion, and that the Claims would be rejected by a majority pro portionately equal to that by which this petition was agreed to. The petition was laid on the table. Mr. PEEL presented petitions against further conces sions to the Roman Catholics, from Brixhani, in Devon shire ; from Guilford ; from the Clergy and Laity of hi parishes in the counties of Suffolk and Kent ; from Car bury ; from Grove Chapel, Camberwell ; from Providence Chapel, Gray's Inn-lane; and from Kiltnainham. Petitions were also presented from Bradford and Hali fax, relative to Anatomical Subjects.—Referred to the Committee. - TEST AND CORPORATION ACTS. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, in reference to the message from the Lords relative to the Repeal of the Test and Cor poration Acts, and the amendments made in the Bill during its progress through the other House of Parliament, ob served, that it would be beneath the importance of the subject to take those amendments into consideration this day. The best course for the House to adopt, would be to order the amendinenbi to be printed, and to take them into consideration on an early day. If this should be the opinion of the House, he would not say a single word on the nature of these amendments, but merely move that they be printed and taken into consideration on Friday next. —Ordered. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, in presenting a petition from the Dunfermline Friendly Society against the Friendly So cieties' Bill, made a few observations; which were not dis tinctly beard in the gallery: Mr. T. P. COURTENAY should not have thought it necessary to say one word, had he not understood, be fore he came into the House, that three Gentlemen, two of whom had spoken on the subject yesterday with great acerbity towards him, had to-day spoken of him and the Bill he ,had brought forward not quite in the same way.. When the Bill was returned to the House next week, he had not the slightest doubt as to satisfying the House, that in its introduction, modification, and withdrawal, he had acted as became him. Lord J. RUSSELL was sure the Hon. Gentleman had introduced the Bill with the most benevolent intentions. The Report on the Election Trial Acts Consolidation Bill was brought up and agreed to. The Bill was ap pointed to be read a third time to-day, and to be engrossed. Mr. POTTER MACQUEEN moved the Order of the Day for the second reading of the Settlement by Hiring Bill. Mr. CURI EIS said, that the country was much in debted to the Hon. Gentleman fur the approach he had made towards cleansing this Augean stable. The whole system of the Poor Laws was bad, but one of its greatest abuses was the law of Settlement by Hiring. Mr. BENETT said, that the measure now brought forward seemed a direct attack on the Poor Laws of the country. 111 r. S. BOURNE could not think that this was by any means an attack on the Poor Laws. He objected, how ever, to the present . Bill, for if passed into a law, it would cause a new distribution of property. Mr. SYKES opposed the Bill. He contended that if an alteration in the existing law was deemed necessary, it ought to.he 'made only at the recommendation of a Com mittee; but there was no report of any Committee to that effect. Moreover, the proposed measure went to alter the whole Law of Settlement, and upon those two grounds he should decidedly oppose it. Colonel WOOD supported, the motion. After a few words from Mr. BENzpr, Mr, itIQLEy COLBORNE said be was inclined to votefor the second . readiug of this Bill, but would not now embark on the discussion of the large pinestion of the Poor Laws generally. The subject of the Bill was ope of the most fruitful subjects of litigation—that wai one of his views toy supporting the Bill. The second reason was, to get the "fart:two t.,0 return to the good old custom of domiciling their servants, and I:eeping them under their own eye.--(Hear, hear:)— Crime and vice arise from the dismissal of the la bourer after his day; the attauhrnent betkveen biro anti his master is broken. The five days now excepted from the year's serving, to prevent a settlement, were g i ve n to drinking and debauchery. These were his reasons for yotil for the Bill. Mr. LEY PESTER supported the Bill for similar reasons. Mr. N. CALVERT . supported the Bill, and hoped it would du great good. Mr. MONCK would support the Bill as far as tile se': cond reading at least. Mr. CRIPPS would vote for the second reading of the 'till, in hopes that, after time for deliberation, the lion. Member for Bedfordshire would make the required amendments. Lord ALTHOp.P stronEr,lcendenined the present modes of gaining settlements t hey led ikfrp oply tq litigation, but .to perjury. (Hetir, hear.) But notu:ithatanding Bill, still every person should have a settlement. Ano ther reason he had for supporting this measure was, that by it the farmers would he able to get better servants, and xhe eh raster of the labouring classes themselves would be raised uy it. Mr. SLANEY, balancing the atlyautagps and disadvan tages of the Bill, was 'certainly for the seeond reading of it. The present systemiof Poor Laws was redtieing oitr Pc o oe to pauperism. He did not make imputations on any one, but when there were between four and five millions ofper sons in the State, it became us to investigate the subject. An Hon. Mr3taen, whose name we did not hear, said much of the evil arose from settlement by service and hiring, but most from hiring. One reason with hint for voting for this Bill was, that.it would prevent the litiga tion and perjury of the present system. He thought it best to get rid of the present system of settlement alto gether. Mr. PORTMA.N supported the Bill. Mr. Secretary PEEL felt great hesitation in making up his mind to any course upon this question, hut Ill` thought it safe to vote for the second reading, lest thp further discussion of so important a question might he cushioned. _ _ Mr. STURGES BOURNE explained that it was his intention to abolish all settlements but that of birth. Sir E. KNATCHBULL was one of the minority in the Committee who disapproved of this Bill, and he had not since altered his opinions. Sir T. GOOCH thought any change in the present system must be for the better—so defiled was the system by perjury and litigation. Sir E. CARRINGTON would not oppose the Bill. Mr. MACQUEEN explained. The gallery was then cleared for a division ; but no di vision took place, and the Bill was read a second time. NEW CORN BILL. Sir A. GRANT brought up the report of the committee on the new Corn Bill, which was read a first time. On the motion for the second reading of the report being put, Mr. HUME rose. He was aware that much angry contention had taken place on thissoliject—a circumstance which he could only ascribe to the mistake of the country gentlemen in demanding high protecting duties. For his own part, he thought that they had no right to claim for the produce of their estates what was not granted to any other description of industry, nor to look at the corn question with a view to their own interest, disregard ing the country at large. On the contrary, they should free themselves from the idea that land formed the most important consideration in the estimate of a nation's wealth, as it could be shown fisna history, that the landed interest of any country was never great except when the commercial or trading interest was prosperous. If 1 and was the only or principal ingredient of national wealth, the situation of Poland, with its abundant-growth of corn, would be very different from what it was at present; but it required the addition of commerce to raise it from the wretchedness 'in which it was sunk. If land ;alone was the source of wealth, what would be the situation of Ire land ? Did any country produce more corn in proportion to its size? And yet no one could say that Ireland was prosperous or happy. The want in both instances was want of trade. It was much to be wished, therefore, that the landed interest would not seek to gain their own advantage at the expense of those with whom their fate was involved. The country had long been misled with regard to its circulation, by not considering gold and silver like any other commodities, and dealing with them as such. It was the same with respect to corn. That general rule of commerce to buy every thing as cheaply as we could, was applicable to that as • well at all other commodities, and was the mo-,t effectual way of add ing to the wealth and prosperity of a country. In deed, so far was corn from forming an exception to theprin ciple of buying every thing as cheaply as we could, he was prepared to show that in corn, above everything, the prin ciple ought to be observed. There was a comparative limit in the use of sugar, tobacco, and other articles of the same kind, but the trade in corn must be carried on to an un limited extent, increasing as fast as the population in creased. The landed gentlemen said, that if corn was permitted to come in from abroad, their wheatmould not be used. But what was the fact ? We had, say one million of people in this country, not more than half fed. By stimulating the industry of the country, that million would be fully employed, and thus they would be enabled to purchase the produce of the land, instead of being burdens upon it under the operation of the Poor Laws. The effect of the present system was to produce pauperism, which was the curse of prohibitory laws. It was with regret, therefore, that he had heard ,many complain that the new scale of • duties did not amount in any case to a prohibition. But, besides being unwise, this statement was untrue; for even the Right Honourable Gentleman (Mr. Huskisson) who deprecated the prohibi tory system as much as any man, admitted that when the price came to 58s. or 595. it amounted to a virtual pro hibition. In fact the present scale, as well as the scale of last year, was contrary to the principles laid down by the Right Hon. Gentleman, as could be shown by reference to some of his former speeches. Much confusion had been introduced into these discussions by the policy of the landed proprietors in getting the agriculturists to join them in petitions. He was aware that those farmers who had long leases to run bad an interest in keeping up high prices for the period of their leases, but the farmer who had no such lease had no such interest. The price of corn' was kept up at an artificial rate, and that was the reason our manufacturers could not compete with other countries. Remove these artificial prices, let trade go on without the incumbrance of prohibitory laws, and every man in the coutry would soon be employed. Up to 1815, corn was admitted from 445. to 48s. at a duty of 2s. 6d. and above 48s. at 6d. which was only a nominal duty. In 1791, the price was 505., and in 1825 it was raised to 625. He understood it was the intention of his Majesty's Ministers ta keep up a metallic currency ; if so, they ought, upon their own prin ciples,:to ge back to 445., instead of keeping up the Artificial price in a state of things to whicl'i it was not applicable. The whole experience they had had of the removal of restric tions went to prove that it was attended with an increase of intercourse, an increase of trade, and consequently an improvement in the condition of the country, When they looked to the extreme pressure of taxation, it was in vain to expect that it could be paid out of the land with out the assistance to be derived from successful commerce. The landed gentlemen said they could not pay the taxes if their corn was not protected .; but it was what they called protection that increased the number of paupers, pre vented their manufacturers from competing in the foreign market, and embarrassed the industry of this country in a way to injure their interests with those of the whole coun try. He contended that the principle on which the Mini sterial resolutions depended was not of that description on which the House ought to legislate. He would ask the House to agree to his proposition that the trade in corn ought to be put upon the fame footing as the trade in other articles of industry. If the country were to import a greater quantity of corn, a greater quantity of labour would be put into existence. A general prosperity would take place, ,and even the.,landed , proprietors themselves would be henefitted. It was said that if foreign corn were admitted into the country, the landed proprietor would be deluged and ruined by the supplies of it which would imme diately be thrown into our markets; but he was prepared to show by reference to returns, then upon their table, relative to the price of corn for the last 30 years is the different states of the continent, that there was not the slightest foundation for such an assertion. The ho nourable Member then referred to certain returns, stat ting the average price of corn at Dantzic, at Rotterdam, at Hamburg!), and at Paris; and said that if the landed proprietors were to add to those prices the price of convey ing corn from the continent to England, they would find that they brought it to very near 555. a quarter, which was the average price of corn in this country fur the last few years. If a duty of 4s. or ss. were added to the price of conveyance, they would find that under such circum stances the price of foreign corn approximated very closely to the price of our own. Would it not then be better for the agriculturist themselves, instead of attempting to fix the average price of corn at 60s. a rate at which they would never be able to keep it—to 'have a free trade in , corn, admitting theM, in' case there Were any burdens, which bore excluslyely upon the land, to have a votinter veiling duty to that amount and its mere? He might, per haps, be asked what those exclusive burdens were; lie knew of none except tithes or poor -rates, or county rates: —He was -of opinion that the Whole of those burdens Would not amount to more than 3s. or 4s. on each quarter ; but as lie iyisbell to act liberally to the agriculturists, lie would give them, as a connteryailiag dpty, 4 taX of Ss. or 10r. a quarter on every importation of foreign corn. In proposing such a scheme, lie admitted that the House ought not to pass with top great quickness from the present seale of duties, hut sho u ld come gra d ua ll y t o t h at sum at which it intended to fix the permanent duty. He should therefore propose, that from and after the sth of .Tiq next, a dutyof 15 • •shouldlevied all s. quarter beon foreign core ir4orted'info the ep - antry, and 'dot the duty should be reduced every year until it canie'dowu' to where' he would make it permanent: The system of averages, which for Med part of the'present system of corn laws, was attended with many inconveniences, and was perpetually subjecting the grower to great risks. Now, his proposal got rid of the averages altogether, and cOnse writly f all the jnconveniencies to which they gaVe birth. The opening of she 4)1.4 inaiicet ix) file Whale yoryd ‘iro4l4 give them fair and steady 'prices. at all times. The corn irket of Holland had been for' the last fifty years the steadiest in the world, owing to its being an ,open matket; and if we followed the example of Holland, the certain' supply which thedernands of the English market'Would create, woald guard it as well against tlia mischief of as the mischief of for , prices. He next adverted to, that , part of his plan; by Whiih he wished to protect the I farmer against th e effect of low prices. Every ;body would, undOubiedly, recollect the general ruin which pervaded the agricultural classes during the years 1822 and '1823, when the price of born was as low as 38s. p qu 'rter. Now, in such circumstances, he would give the ag turists a bounty of MI. a quarter on all the Corn t Mich they exported. No glut of corn would then take place in this country. As soon as a glut wus near at hand, the bounty would enable the agriculturalist to remove his stock to another country where corn wits dearer, and would thus enable him to obtain returns from abroad from an article which would otherwise have beenlost to him. Thus the con staut exchange of corn between this country and other countries would prevent the prices from rising too high at one time, and from sinking too low at another. Besides thest' selfish advantages, which would he derived from the adoptions of his scheme, there was another great advan-• tage, to which he had not yet adverted at all. ' He had been assured by several respectable merchants, among whom he had pushed his inquiries, that if the United States of America could come with their corn into our market—and they could, not come into it at a less price thau ! stisi, to re munerate the grower—if they could see in our iiplick the admission of the only'produce which they have, their dis-, position to manufacture for themselves would he, changed— the•y would willingly exchange their raw pi . o'duee for our manufactures—and in despair of competing with us, would strangle at once their nascent manufactories. The Hon. Member, after - some further observations in the like strain, concluded by moving a string of resolutions, which we published at length in a former number of this paper. Mr. WARBURTON seconded the motion. On the question being put, Mr. C. GRANT rose, and said that it was not his in tention to inter at large into the principles of the proposed Corn Bill. Those principles had been so often discussed in the course of the present Session, that they must be quite familiar to Hon. Gentlemen. With respect to the able speech of the Hon. Mover of the Resolutions now be fore the House, there were many principles stated in that speech in which he (Mr. Grant) concurred.—(Hear.) — He would not say that he concurred with the Hon. Gen tleman in all the conclusions which be had drawn from those principles, or in all the different opinions which be had expressed upon the subject; but he agreed in the ge seral principles which the Hon. Gentleman had there laid down. He agreed with him in thinking that a high pro hibitory price for corn Was' injurious to the grower as well as to the consumer, and that the experience of the last 14 or 15 years had 'proved that the effect of a high prohi tory price of dude, was to produce the exportation of ca pits!. He agreed wsth the Hon. Gentleman that a high protecting price r —a monopoly price, for instance—was not consistent with the present state of our currency.—(Hear.) —He concurred with him for many reasons in thinking that the system of legislation which hail been main tained on this subject for the last fifteen years, ought to be corrected. It was upon these general principles that be (Mr. Grant) defended the measure of this year, and it was upon these principles, and for these reasons, that he had given his support to the measure of last Ses sion. And here lie could not refrain from observing, that many of the objections urged by the Right Hom Gentle man to the measure produced now, equally applied to that introduced in the last Session of Parliament.—(Hear from Mr. Hume.)—He feared that the Hon. Gentleman had pushed his doctrines to extremes. It was for this House to consider what was the true practicable means of chang ing the system of a high prohibitory law by the introduc tion of a better . system of legislation. The Hon. Gentle man, Mr. Home, had charged the Right Hon. the Secre . - tary for the. Colonies with inconsistency in not applying the principles which he had carried into operation in .re gard to other commodities to that of cora. The Hon. Gentleman seemed to suppose, that in all these commer cial changes his (Mr. Grant's) Right Hon. Friend had adopted one inflexible rule in respect to all commodities, and under all ciretunstances ; but he should have recol lected, that in regard to the various articles formerly brought under the' consideration of the House his (Mr. Grant's) Right Hon. Friend had adopted the . rate of duties Which he then proposed, to the peculiar circumstances and condition of each. He was not sure that his Right lion. Friend's principles had b.ien adopted to their fullest ex tent in regard to these various articles, but so far as they had been adopted, they were accommodated to their peculiar circumstances and condition. The Hon. Gentleman opposite said corn should be dealt with in the same manner as any other commodity. To a certain degree it would be right to deal with it as far as possible in the same way. But the Right Hon. Gentleman had himself shown that it must be also dealt with in a different manner from other commodities. Uri a former night the Hon. Gentleman had alluded to the two modesofimposing , a duty on corn, namely, by the imposition of an ad vu lorem duty, and. of ...mixed duty. The Hon.. ; entletnan adverted on that occasion to the ad valorem duty, which it had been proposed to fix upon corn, and which would tise and sink, according to the depression or - rise in the value of the article. But did the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Hume) propose any such duty as that now ? • Mr. MABERLY, as we understood, denied that he had proposed an ad valorem duty. Mr. GRANT said the Hon. Gentleman had used the expression of an ad valorem duty, and the. Hon. Member who now proposed the resolutions before the House, al thiiugh he then adverted to the expression, did not found his present proposition upon such a principle. He (Mr. Grant) did not wonder that the Hon. Gentleman had ab stained from making that principle the basis of Ills resolu tions; but the very reason which induced him to do so should have made him throw doubts upon the proposition that corn ought to be dealt with in the same way as other commodities.—(Hear.)—The Hon. Gentleman proposed a fixed duty, calculated according to the burdens directly im posed upon the producer. He (Mr. Grans) entertained great doubts of the accuracy of such a calculation, and of any system of duty founded upon it. It waknot possible to make a correct calculation of the direct charges .imposed upon the farmer, because they were ever varying ; such as tithes, poor rates, &c. It would be impossible, in his opinion, to found a fixed duty upon such fluctuating charges. The Honourable Gentleman had objeitted to the resolutions proposed by Government on the ground that they would produce an unsteadi ness of price, and he spoke as if he had experience of their effects in that way. But the Hon. Gentleman could not as yet speak of the operation of resolutions which had not yet passed. The Hon. Gentleman was wrong in supposing that a fixed rate of duty would pro-' duce a steadiness of price. Corn, like all other commodi ties, was subject to variations in its price : it was also sub ject,to variations peculiar to itself, and upon neither could any fixed duty have any effect. One of the recommenda tions of the measure now proposed by the Government was, that it was adjusted to the variations in the price of corn, and that to a certain degree it tended to correct the fluctua tions of that commodity. The Hon. Member who had seconded the resolutions seemed to think it very improbable that a period of scarcity should ever arrive, when the price of corn would rise so high that it would be impossible to maintain this duty. The history of the corn trade in any country was opposed to the supposition of the Hon. Member. Corn, it was well known, was subject often to the most violent fluctuations in price, and in his (Mr. Grant's) opinion, it was not alone possible, but judging from .experience he would say that it was very probable that such a period of scarcity might arrive when such a duty could not be maintained, and when the consumer would call aloud for the. interposition of the Government. He was sure the House would .never wish to see this country placed in such a eituation.-4Hear.)—lf corn should rise to 100 s., how could this duty of 10s. be then collected ? It was idle to say that such a period would never arrive. It .was .very probable that it might occur, and then the cries of a suffering population would compel the Government to interfere. Would the House place the exercise of such an invidious power in the hands of Chives nment ? These were his objections to the propositions of the Hon. Gentleman. But the principle of a varying duty was to accommodate itself to the variations of seasons and the fluctuations in the price of corn. Such was the principle of the measure proposed by Government. When the price of cnru reached to a certain height the protection granted to the grower must yield to the necessities of the consumer. On the contrary, when a depression occurred in the price of corn, the scale of duties proposed by Government gave to the agriculturist that protection to which he was fairly entitled, and prevented the influx of corn from overwhelming him. Such were his (Mr. Grant's) reasons for opposing the reso lutions proposed by time Hon. Member for 4b,ercreep, Lords HOWICK said the 'Right lion. Gentleman (Mr. Grant) had disputed the accuracy of the calculation upon which those resolutions were founded. But if the pro tection to be given by the varying state of duties merely went, as the Right Hun. Gent. had stated, to counter balance the burdens upon land, he (Lord Howick) would be glad to know upon what other principle, or species of caleu • Wiwi, that scale was founded ? Surely OP PritWiPle of Protection should be carried so ear as to defend the disad vantages of soil against foreign comp etition. If t hat were to be the principle of protection , t hen the y hail be tter build hot-houses and grow sugar caaes.—(Hear.)—He (Lord Howick) was ready to admit that it was ex tremely desir able to put an end to the alternations tq which th e y h ai l been exposed during the last 15 years, But a scale wLich varied as the price became mace or less, 'night only expose the producer to alternations of ruinous losses and'ekorbitutit profits. The fixing of the scale of duty lie conceived to be the best remedy to provide against such alternations. Mr. F. BARING said, after 12 years of peace an endea your was now made to produce the curse of war,—scarcity. He would support the measure for imposing a fixed scale of I duty, but not upon the' Mule . .Wire sta t ed • Hon. Member for Aberdeen.. He was Opposed . to the sure proposed by Goverrunent.,,,. , Mr. 0. CAVE was of opini on th l t.M r . .C 41116141 would do no g o od, b u t th a t th e present Measure Itt°""1 great deal of inischie£ He 'should 'therefore vote I ° l amendment of the Hon. Member for Montrose, bet/ his opinion, it would keep corn at a stationary price, I t was a better principle than any that had- hitherto proposed. Mr. - IRVlNG'preferred the present measure W la s t Session, because he thought the higher scale 44 7,, afforded a considerable additi ona l secur it y , which 'P view of the subject, the welfare of the country,: se the just interest of the landholders, stood in need, (Hear.) . Much had been said about the labour best° on manufactures, and this point was insisted on streo. as a reason for allowing the free importation of grails' ) lie believed it would he found that the price of labo u r not form more than 1-6th p ar t o f th e cost ,of the 01 . : factures. Looking to all the b ear i ngs o f . th e. present 'I sure, he considered it to be an adjustment with whi ell i patties ought to •be. satisfied.—(Hear.) ; He felt tb was not a measure which, in any degree, pressed 17 " particular class. If gentlemen looked .round the cod they would see that the farmers were nut rich ; the contrary, that they were poor. They had lost li n of of their capit a l, an d th e y d eserve d some protection. sol therefore, had no hesitation in saying, that the IDs under consideration met with his approbation.—(l l e ir :; Lord MILTON said, the Hon. Member who sat down, had described this measure. to be a modifie r , justrnent of this question. Now, it appeared to. hilisV the contrary, to be a decided compromise between 0 , great parties. (Hear.) That its gen e r a l p r inciple o il good he never heard any individual admit-nor was i s s i mitted by - the Right Hon. Gentlemen who had be e t ' s conspicuous in 'aup4orting the measure (M r . HuskS and who on this occasion, he knew not why, was from the discussion of a question, in which, if he, present, he would, doubtless, take a v er y, deep inter7 l . Mr. WARBURTON intimated that the Right Secretary was absent in consequence of .Lord MILTON expressed his sorrow, At. the cir c o stance. He laMented the erroneous chiefly interested in the Bill took of their own interesta,s n ,d sense—and still mere dill lie lament that erroneous V e rt o it operated against the country. When he saw . gen tle o divide from time to time, for the p ur p ose o f. isettling,; tiler the price of oats, rye, or . barley should or shell o , be one shilling more---when he saw them coming even to peas and beans-L:When he witnessed these sc : i was in vain fur him tolisten to the high-flown speee.P h d Hon. Members, who declared th a t th e y h a d no WI exalt their own interests to depreciation of other of the community. They must, under .such circumstt li f give him leave to say, that he must place their 1 0 ,, in one scale, and their actions in the other. ( 11 The fact was, that the lauded interest were castingo. longing, lingering, look b e hi n d," to the high prices ' lr ak , they had at the end of the last war; but neverth, they appeared to him, in the course they recommeno have mistaken their o w n • i n t erest . Th e Hon. M voI, who had just sat down, ma i n t a i ne d a pr i nc i p l e '; coining from a gentleman so conversant with the prin d i of manufactures and commerce, a s to n i s h e d ciple which no writer on commercial subjecte, from tb e i) of the last century to the time 'of Adam Smith, andl i o, further; which no , writer on the stilljectOrtinir ostp t had ever promulgated=namely, that- labour was "" most • important article in manufactures. ` Heaven ! was it reserved for one of the most actiOno, and acute commercial m en o f th e d a y, t o assert , at o . o , e i too, in the British House o f C ommons , t h at t h e pr' s labour was of little or no importance at all? ". Mr. IRVING.—I did not assert any thing of - theP t ia I stated, that according to the most accurate . calcu o 4 the price of labour was, in the coat of manufactures , one-sixth. • his ) Lord MlLTON—Precisely so; b u t the inferedee he drew from it was, that this one-sixth was a mut t s very little importance; ' Now he, on the contrary, 10,1 it as a matter of very great and serious importance. ty was the course which the landed interest called on J House of Commons to take?: They said " high per 5e a good thing.'' So did he—lie agreed wit h therfr'L a vided the high price arose from a speedy and incre7 A o demand. But the high price which _they were eall' v rie to aid was of a different kind. It was no t a high P r ie arising from an improvin g p o p u l a ti on , b u t a high P . lO caused by a stinted . supply. ; Suchs high , Imes A° i n i only a symptom but a cause of mis ery; anti it stan .i ft that high price ls that ...:44 fos .k 41r 1 .14.r rtliT - 1 , 0!" r tend. to think Of foi-tearsll4 tke prosperity ni ' farmers by levying an impost which mulct be' ittittripo o , the manufacturers, was the Most' f ( allaciouia idea this class of individuals could possibly entertain..—(HOnri;d He did not wish to see one acre of ground4.:fog,e thrown out of cultivation, as itivas called but t tlia 97 0 0 of the land, lie must take leave to say, 'welt to coin or % it at their own expellee ; he did not like to.see it cultio.l, at the expence of others,.. If they 'could not get it e ls ") vated but at a certain price, and if that price were.fu ll i by a legislative enactment from,thepeople, it wAtiviet r o y they took it fromthe pockets of others, But ) 41 AO', House took a step whieh rendered every attempt 91 0 kind futile. They determined wisely and 'unaninious i lj abandon the paper system, and to have recourse to a 0 , 2 lie currency—(Hear)—and not 2 . 4 haul's ' ago , he with great pleasure, the Right Hon. the Chancellor O. Exchequer declare, that it was the deterMinatioP ° f o r Majesty's Government rigorously to adhere to that s _ . " lution. (Hear.) He hoped that no hints, no'e3tV . , lations, which might come from those wh o faivistur,o present measure, would indUce Ministers' to interfere w, the determination which Government came to in 16 at the same time he would warn them that six "11l would not pass • over their heads before s u c h an attoi would be made. But, when they determi ne d on reett' o y to a metallic currency, they had, in fact, 'prejudge" o r measure on the table. They had, in effect,. mined that the resolutions should be a dead letter—• ' f ii a metallic currency being established,' corn e g oold 1 0 4,i to 645. (Hear.) The Hon. Gentleman (Mr.lrvinli a. .) stated that a vast number of farmers in England ha , " s' one-half of their capital. He was exceedingly sorry for r but lie was extremely happy to assure the Right . 1 1 0 8°11 able Gentleman, that those farmers with whom he it'a ls o ;+ quainted were not in any such situation. The oi , which the agri cu lt ura l i nterest w ere now runn i ng wits st tremely injurious to themselves, and still"more injuriou s o 4 those whose prosperity they mistakingly thought they jo advancing. Any attempt at keeping up a high pri ce this count r y must occas i on great fluctuations, than W) nothing could be more disadvantageous to all the Pao interested. Against these fluctuations it ought to he 0 great wish of the House to guard, and nothing, iu opinion, would so effectually cure that evil as an er blished trade in corn. Nleb Y Mr. PEEL thought that, on this occasion, the Lord had done injustice to the representatives of the 14 interest of this country.—(Hear, hear.)—He did P o however, consider it fair for the Noble Lord to .!, 4 0 1 that the representative s o f th e l an d e d interest in that were actuated by private. views. In the 'first placeV speech which the Noble Lord rose to answ er , , a nd il ls l. was in favour of a protecting duty, was delivered 3, gentleman nut at all connected with theland.—(heir) by an individual whom the Noble Lord himself a d deter ,) as one of the most enlightened members o. the coane r ,t interest.—(Hear.)—lf the Noble Lord found a ge ode" against whom no possible imputation on the score of b ' e l e sonal interest could be advanced —and whom he daterity as peculiarly capable of taking enlightened. views of commercial interests of the country—if he found " cb man advocating the measure, he thought it was too nI : 0 / for the Noble Lord to say, that every individual Wh o that particular view of the subject was influenced h/ the desire of serving liimself.--(Hear.)—N e ither did '4O, Noble Lord describe fairly what had taken place ° th respect to the proposition fo r an a dditi ona l d u ty On ° all; rye, and barley. That protection h a d b een called fur this principle, that if a protect i ng d uty were l a id o n and. not ou oth er sorts of grain, it would be the menet!) discouraging th e growth of the latter. The No?le,,gll adjustme n t, and lie (gaol') had a d verte d to t h e present measure Del i ° 40 dwelt; rather inconsistentl i ol iatigaciory circumstances under which the subject f, I been discussed, without excitation throughout the coo° o o l ' which had evinced a disposition to be content. 11 :01 it was to be assumed, that the manufacturing 10 °00 Was not displeased with it. If, then, there vas b ! general contesat and acquiesce nce i n th e arljnatment, .r fo l should the Noble Lord contend that the landed in te i,e l were pressing fikr Op protection of their own objects? t he the House. hut agree to a fixed protection • of 10s. 0 , 1) 0 1,10 importation of foreign , corn, an d h e wou ld assure the P t he Lord that there would be no ground for exulting Lor d absence of discontent in the c oun t r y. Th e Noble Lem t he alluded to a declaration of hi s ,Ri g ht H on . Friend , k o o f Chancellor of the Ex c h equer ) as t o th e determinag i° s isl Clovernment to adhe re t o th e ex i s ti ng l aw on suPllll,Ol/ the 1/. notes issued by country bankers. He (Mr. . der el entirely acquiesc e d i n t h a t sta t emen t, an d be Mo il l i d that the question no w was , w h et h er we s h o nld n ot 0 1 , r determined effort to establish a metallic currency; this effort was not now adhered to, it never would b e ' t t/ country bankers were allowed to issue small note* c if inevitable 'effect Net uld be to displace all the gold frooto' culatieo, and the House must have recourse to the '" cure ? to he an be o ul itobor to a 8 high 11lent would (Mr, scarci Burk( prospi be filo which Germ Axed , beat p and t propo Right Mr 44 Qui him a coatei duty bud h duty er Qul Str House Fo On atoux tjoflj i Thy Alan ( Mr Man, mean he rec Order o'CLo CORI by LO Wu 9v TYII ?El UNTI Birch, Cave, Davie] t,uctil bund 2 kaathc Guest, Bane flubhc Howie An A c Cora whic 10th Apij on ei ~~ From Fro 3 Prom Prom Vro tri B . tani 10 ) T";"ei t c , "ea 4i ") I fr SII4 p"il I} Icji,„ of wh o .: 112 C h alma - th Lad I $311,, "vey, ~ul at i o. ro veot . t I ' ) at, u f th e (hild • , tri a i t 0 4t i ) , 11 cabi n t "e''Pec