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MORNING EDITION „LITEBATURE. • ;WE QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF A GRICUL- TURE, We recommend to our agricultural readers " Sketches in Normandy," which give the latest and-best account of one of the finest provinces in France. They are in general the results of personal observation, or founded on reports made by the Association of Normandy, which was in stiti.ted for the purpose of obtaining the most authentic. information on the productions of the country, the breeding of cattle, fisheries, woods, plantations, &c. In statistical details our French neighbours excel, but in agricultural improve nients, and in breeding cattle they are, sadly de ficient. A perusal of this description of Nor- I nandy, which takes the lead of all the rest in these reports, will soon 'convince the reader of the tlict. The article " Oil the Utility and Ini- Portance of Science to Agriculture," by Mr. 'rowers, may be read with advantage. The lid lowing remarks on the Corn-laws, in such a work will rather surprise such men as the Duke of Iluct.:ngbam and Lord Western :- - A perfix,tly impartial speculator, loving and admiring everything connected with the glorious productions of nature, and educated to no other profession than that of Pure chzmistry, I see in the workings of the Corn-laws 11 " thing, but strife, discordance of opinion, and evil-work irq; jealousy. I discover no • beneficial equability of prices, no remuneratory profits,—but great, deceptive, and ruinous fluctuations. Bence-I would reduce them t " a mere by-word, —a, thing below debate or argument ; ot by the partial free-trade alluded to by Mr. liannam to /Ce third paragraph of p. 461, but by exalting the %elen ° of Agriculture to a power of prolificity, which should, as; bethre observed, render all foreign interfe rence or supply an affair of mere possible contingency. - - TEE STATISTICAL ACCOUNT OF SCOT LAND. Number Thi r ty- one conta i ns part o f t h e coun ty (3,,,, l nverness and three parishes in Ayrshire. The description of the latter, which in general are fertile and well sheltered, forms a wonderful Contrast with that of the parishes in the North, which probably are the most barren and bleak in Scotland. The inhabitants in general are ex tremely poor, but little skilled in agriculture, andoften exp ose d to severe f am i ne. A mong t h e t% ester!' Isles this is particularly the case. In PlauY of these the common buildings or dwell -Ings of the peasantry are of the most miserable description ; the wall is formed of loose un tyessed stone without mortar, the centre being tilled up with earth, roofed with turf and straw, and bound together by heather rope. There are Ilyither windows 'tor chimneys, and in one end of these miserable huts the family live, with their Fc r ws and horses. in the other. In one parish, 11 . ( quiries wer e ma d e , when the cholera raged in the neighbourhood, as to the condition of the e uPle, and it was fb un d th a t there were one oinked and forty families who had-no change "'light or day clothes. Notwithstanding these painful details., however, the accounts of these "'dd districts possess considerable interest. From th e S tat i st i cal Accou n t o f Kil mu i r, Isle of S kSe, we extract the following graphic de scription Miss FLORA MACDONALD.—The story of the heroic Ziwinet of Miss Flora Macdonald in conducting the un ithrtno,te Charles, in the disguise pf a maid -servant, from k e Long Island t o M on k s t a dt, in this parish, is so well nown that any detail of it here is unnecessary. f l anY were the tri a ls and severe the hardships which jl`l to the lot of the gallant Miss Flora, subsequent to as adv enture. She was soon se i zed and brought pri nt'" to Lond o n, w h ere s he was, with Kingsb urg h, a nd lany others, confined in the Tower. All admired the ttatintless part which she had tided, and her case excited : u ' i t" l .leh interest. that she-was. visited by the great and -14 . 4)1 " of the land. Amongst the rest, she had the honour r ° , l a visit f rom P r i nce Fre d er i c k o f W a l es, great-grand %tile of h er present Majesty Queen Victoria. This gene rous prince was so much struck with the simplicity and dignity of the fair prisoner's character, that he interested Himself to procure her liberation. When she h ad Obtained her freedom, she found refuge in the house e Lady Primrose, of l)unnipace, where she was visited and loaded with honours bydistinguished personages of all ranks and shades of politics. Returning to her native L and, she was married in the month of November, ,V, 50 , to Allan, son of Mr. Alexander Macdonald, of "•,'" , ,- . ,"sburgh, who resided at the time of his marriage at euatigarry, in this parish. Upon the death of her hus uand's father, his son, Allan,•succeeded him, and Flora, th en Mrs. Allan Macdonald, became lady of the mansion • "`,' I C-ing - sburirli. She afterwards went. to North Carolina w ith her husband, where he took part in the civil war * hieli then disturbed the peace of that country. After Undergoing amany hardships in that quarter, they deemed i tPruntlo return to , Skye. The vessel in which they galled f rom A m erica was met by a French privateer, and an actio n took place, in which Flora-appeared - on deck, where, with her wonted magnanimity, she inspired the 4 i , ainen with courage, and assured them of success. Adthough her arm was broken in the engagement, yet her native spirit of heroism was not in the least degree ! la utped. She' never more left Skye. She had seven Ail ils`ll, live sons and two daughters, besides some who died ; her sons were officers, who distinguished in the service ► of their king and country. Her , on the other hand, became officers' wives. died t a the lady of Major Alexander Macleod, and so c „ ri l" Stein, i in this island, about six years ago. Her D ot (l aughter, Frances, was married to Lieutenant ulnu d Macdon a ld, o f C u id e r a ch. Of this interesting , vo none are now alive. The celebrated Flora lived rnat " 44v aneed period of life, and retained to the hist siti lytteity of ch arac t e r, and that amiableness of dispo stjaJl, hy which she was always distingished. On the of March, 1790, she departed this life, little more two years before the death of her husband. Her “ qu ains were interred in the burying-ground of this within a square piece of coarse wall, which was !!'eted about the year 1766, to enclose the tombs of the !kingsbuirgh family. Her funeral, it is said, was attended _ l 7 no fewer than 3 000 individuals, of every rank and and all were liberally served with refreshments. A VICTIONARY OF SCIENCE, LITERA- ,i TURE, AND ART. The Fifth Part of this excellent work has DT- I, : Peal '' , and among other interesting articles, • 2 et 'utants one on Geology, which enters into the .lii ib,Jec• , t a t i :,. ettla k length, and displays great research . newledge of this useful science'. it is in -trsPersed with little wood-cuts, some of which • , re well execut e d, suc h as the granite-blocks iarLisk ear d , called the Cheesewriv, the singular e l uster of rock s at Hill sw i c kness, and Fingal-I's c I ' 4 re• ' The writer at the same time gives au , 'eeeunt of the causes of earthquakes and vol ""es, together with historical descriptions of r :11e most. remarkable on record. The articles on •.. `Her °xi -7 ; I ‘( -ir 't., ". "Measurement of Heights,' and aldry," contain a great deal of infbruaation. Word "Guillotine," we find an account of Joseph 411 ace Guillotine, which contains sonic facts not ; gen erally known. He was a physician at Paris, j u. ,, Deputy t , , the National Assembly, and a man '''. great humanity. From the best motives he r r" ( ) 1 1 arrle u d e d the introduction of a machine which had been long known in Italy under the c 'tile of "Mannaja," in Scotland under the name Ilt., the "Maiden," and which had been us Al in i ,ligland within the jurisdiction of Halifax. f „,' . e. was not the inventor, nor did he perish by ',1,44 instrument, as many have supposed. He a s imrisoned during the Reign of Terror, but released at the Revolution of July, 1794, and i i'termed in 1814, after founding the association the Academy of Medicine. r• . ! .;;•... 1 • _ .D ÜBLIN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE. The present " Portrait Gallery"—which is an ex cellent feature in this periodical—comprises a n i'f length portrait, accompanied by a biographi t4l memoir, of the Rev. Dr. Miller, the well ailown author of the " Philosophy of History." i skt nong the contributors, we find as usual Charles ).I ralley, whose military reminiscences, abound -411g) as they do, in startling and whimsical inci tint, are infinitely more entertaining than any 4 , li ng in Mr. Gleig's over-rated "Subaltern." A few Words On the Crisis" is clever, so far as . ere manner goes', but we strenuously protest u tn I gniost the political opinions broached in it, and :nre especially do we deny the truth of the t riter'; hasty remark, that the " financial ditli ri_es of England assumed their shapes, ifthey did ,"t originate i n , th e R e f orm Bill." Never was 1 o . ere a more untenable pro Position than this. SMALL WOOD'S MAGAZEN T E. a hazardous thing for any living poet to attempti continuation of Christabel, yet here we find it attempterl by a lady, named Stuart, who has acquitted herself more successfully than We could have anticipated. Tier, versification . P o ssesses much of th e fl ex ibili ty an d me l o dy o f Coleridge; but the po em i s d e fi c i en t i n th a t w ild and startling imagery which form so conspicuous a feature of the original Christabel. We have, however, seen far wors e i m i tat i ons . I n t h e ela borate essay on " Philosophy in its relation with Christian Intellectualism," a more than average amount of historical reading is exhibited to but little purpose, fur it is chiefly the lighter order Of literature that is patronized by the readers of Periodicals. The " Dentist of Frankfort" keeps up with undiminished spirit. on the whole, the Number is a good one. POLYTECHNIC JOURNAL, This Magazine, which is d evoted to art, science, and general literature—a comprehensive l 'ange—contains, in its present Number, an inte * estifle; account of the present stat e o f the poly-, chnic schools in Germany and France, in both -which countries these usefu linstitutions are, it B ctems, making rapid headway. THE ANTIQUARY. Gadd!, London, 1841. A. republication, in an octavo as well as a duo dee.lino form, of one of the best and earliest of the Waverley novels. The editions contain the author's pretaces, and Hi the notes, which he savour. affixed to- the celebrated edition of 1831. _This is, the first time that the " Antiquary" has ever been so cheaply or so elegantly printed. BIOGRAPHIES OF EMINENT PERSONS., Carlell, London, 1841. We have here the fourth Part of the first vo lume of Sir Walter Scott's p: use works, contain ing, among numerous other memoirs, biographi cal sketches of John Leyden, Charlotte Sini , n, Lord Byron, and the Duke of York. That of Lord Byron, which originally appeared in the Edinburgh Weekly Journal, exhibits a warmth of feeling unusual with Sir Walter Scott, whose biographies, generally speaking, are by no means remarkable for this quality. His criticism on Leyden, whOse poem entitled " Scenes of In fancy" was once highly popular though now for gotten, is much too eulogistic for our taste, but indeed Scott did nut often show to advantage as a critic. The part is got up with singular ekgance. TALES OF A ditZNT)FATHER, Part 11. Vol 3 Guild!, London, 1841. ' These popular historical tales are now issuinEr in a cheap monthly fimn, and will no doubt, be read with avidity by hundreds, who have now, for the first time an opportunity of becoming ac quainted with them. %\re have seldom seen a handsomer or more convenient edition than the one before us, which is every way deserving of public patromyre. REPEAL OF THE UNION MEETING. MR. O'CONNELL IN MANCHESTER. A meeting convened by placard, and at which it was an • nounced that. D. O'Connell, Esq. M.P., John O'Connell, Esq., M.P., R. Dillon Browne, Esq., M.P. and H. Grattan, Esq., M.P. and others would attend, was to have taken place at Carpenters' Hall yesterday ; " when," as the placards call ing the meeting stated, "the evil effects of the present union would be clearly demonstrated, and the necessity for its repeal advocated." shortly after the appointed hour, eleven o'clock, several hundred people had assembled in the hall, and several thousands were outside, awaiting Mr. O'Connell's arrival. ' About half-past eleven, the Rev. D. Hearne announced, from the platform, that Mr. O'Connell had arrived, but was carried away by 'the mob, and could not get into the hall, and had gone into Granby-row Fields, where he would address the people ; and that those who had paid for admission into the halt might have their money returned. On this announcement being made, the hall was cleared with extraordinary, dispatch, and ' the reporters,hcaded by Mr. Hearne, made their way through a dense crowd of people in Granby.row Fields, to a carriage from which Mr. O'Connell was speaking, and into which they were admitted. Mr. O'Connell was then saying, that many in England supposed that the repeal was a separation of the two countries. But the repeal was not a separation ; it was con sistent with perfect allegiance to the Crown, infinitely beyond that of the Tory faction, who affected it for their own base pur poses. The repeal of the Union was only the repeal of an Act of Parliament. He wanted Ireland to :have the power of legislating for herself. If Ireand were represented, she would have now 170 Members in the Iltu , e of Commons, instead of 108. The House of Lords was bigoted and selfish ; and the Tories had got possession of the House of Commons, and had bribed and corrupted the Chartists. The leading principle of the present House of Commons was bigotry against the religion of the Irish. He then alluded to the dif ferent Continental kingdoms having populations varying from one million to three millions, and which had independent Go vernments. Even Hanover, he said, with only a million of sub• jects, had an independent Government, and he was glad they had a boy of their own to govern them.—(Loud laughter. ) Ireland had eight millions; and, in point of population, then, he contended, she had a right to a separate Legislature, He adverted to the fully of the Chartists in resisting the cry for cheap food, and said he should like to know if a shop keeper told one of them he might have two pounds of bread for a penny, whether he would answer, "No, I want the Char ter, and must give you two-pence."—(Cheers.) He said he was for four of the five points of the Charter ; but the fifth, Annual Parliaments, he thought, would be an injury, by ren dering people careless. He concluded by an eloquent descrip tion of Ireland, which, he said, 'contained all the elements of of a great and prosperous country.—( Loud cheers.) There was then a cry for John O'Connell ; but Mr. O'Connell said lie had not come, as he was wanted in Kilkenny,for which place he was a candidate at the ensuing election.—The multitude then separated, with cheering, about one o'clock. In the evening a dinner was given to Mr. O'Connell in Carpenter's Ilall. After " The Queen," the " Princess-Royal and Piince Al bert," had been drunk, the Chairman proposed "Daniel O'Connell, and a Repeal of the Union," which was responded to by Mr. O'Connell in a speech of considerable length and power ; and in the course of which the Hon. Gentleman pour trayed, in eloquent language, the injustice of the Corn-laws ; and stated that he should not be able to attend the meeting on the Corn-laws this day, unless he received aletter from his son, stating that his presence was not required in the House of Commons. The next toast was, " A total and speedy repeal of the Corn-laws," which was ably responded to by Mr. Warren, the President of the Operative Ant}-Corn -law Asso ciation. The health of the Chairman was next given, and the reporters then left.—Mai. chester Guardian. GREAT TRIUMP H-ROSCOMMON AND GALWAY COUNTY MEETINGS. (From the Dublin Pilot) The famish-price men and double-dealing Tories have received a signal defeat at the great meeting held 'yes terday in the county of Roscommon. The Tories, under the management of Lord Lorton and the High Sheriff, Mr. Mahon, got up a requisition for a meeting to peti tion Parliament on the subject of the Corn-laws, and procured the signatures of a number of the Liberal gen try to it, under the pretence that no party designs were entertained. With characteristic bad faith they imme diately set about preparing for a party triumpk The county assembled yesterday—the Tories in great numbers, from all parts of the country. The resolution in favour of the present Corn-laws was brought forward. Mr. Grace, of Mantua, moved, as an amendment, a reso lution condemnatory of the present Corn-laws, as having been proved by experience to cause great uncertainty of prices, and to have transferred to monopolists and mis chievous speculators the legitimate profits of the cultiva tor and owner of the soil, and in express terms approving of a fixed duty in the measure brought forward by Go vernment. Mr. D. Farrell, of Beechwood, seconded this resolution, and it was carried almost unanimously ! Mr. Grace and Mr. Farrell were both requisitionists. and are both gentlemen of very large estates, besides being both practical farmers on a very large scale.— Their support of such a principle is, therefore, of the greatest importance. A resolution, warmly approving of the entire Minis terial policy, was in like manner proposed and carried with enthusiasm. . . This entire proceeding is a signal instance of the good sense and honest spirit of our people. If any topic could have cajoled them, this was that only one, and upon this they have given an example which will be felt by the heart's core of every honest man in Ireland, and in England too, and be followed wherever the plotting monopolist presents himself. Hurrah for the honest men of Roscommon, and down with the monopolists ! On Tuesday a meeting, convened by the Sheriff of Galway, was held at Loughrea. There was a large fair there on that day, and private circulars had brought the Tories together to a man. The terms of the requisition un equivocally pledged every man to a distinct approval of the present Corn-laws, and the object was as clearly to give a blow to Ministers. The plot has been a total and ruinous failure. Ministers have had a great triumph. Again, down with monopolists and famish price shufflers, whether Whig or Tory ! Hurra, then, for Roscommon and Gal way ! These both are almost exclusively agricultural counties -both counties which it was believed could be gulled nd practised upon, and which schemers thought would ive a tone to the rest of agricultural Ireland in their Glorious counties, you have set an example !. NOTTINGHAM ELECTION. The following letter will let tome light in upon the system of tactics adopted by the Walterites at the list election :—" To the Edit - ,rs of the Nottingham Review—Sirs, In the poll-book of the late elec tion, just published by Mr. Allen, I see that my name is in• serted amongst those of the country voters, as having voted for Mr. Walter. I presume I have Mr. Walter's friends to thank for hiring some one to take this unwarrantable liberty with my name, a crime, in my estimation, scarcely less shameful than that of subornation or perjury. Now, became I desire to pre serve and to deserve the character of being consistent in my con duct, I beg to disclaim being so partial to Mr. Walter or to Tory principles as to give him my vote ; and since I am thus in a manner compelled, much against my inclination, to come forward in a public manner to rescue my mane from disgrace, I beg further to state that I have net voted at any election since the one that took place immediately after the passim , of the Reform Bill, being of opinion that elections fur Members of Parliament, as now conducted, are disgraceful to civilized society, and that I should degrade myself by taking any part in them. I remember the time when I considered it honourable to be an elector of Nottingham, but, with unaf fected deference to the uncorrupt or incorruptible portion of my brother electors (of whom I doubt not there are yet many, both of rich and poor, to be found in the ranks of both parties), I am sorry that that honour has long since, by the venality of vast portions of the electors, been converted into disgrace ; and the greatest favour the municipal authorities can confer on me will be to strike my name from the list of burgesses.-1 re main, Sirs, your most obedient servant, ALFRED COX. Park-hill, May 19, 1841." THE POLISH It EFUGEES.—We have much pleasure in inviting the attention of our readers to the fete pro posed to be given on Saturday next, at Stafford House, in aid of the funds for the relief and support of the Polish Refugees. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland kindly granted the use of their magnificent mansion upon the occasion, where a con cert is to take place, in addition to the performance of the celebrated tragedian. It is cheering to see rank and wealth thus nobly devoted to the generous task of administering to the relief of unmerited misfortune, and foremost in seconding the efforts of the friends of the persecuted and oppressed. It is still more cheering to see the homage thus continued to be paid to the cause of Poland, to hail this gratifying evidence of the sympathy in the fortunes of that glorious country being as strong as ever ; and that time has increased rather than dimi nished the smse that pervades all ranks in this country of the enormity of Muscovite oppression, continued, as it appears to be, with unrelenting cruelty, and in spite of the renunistranees of every civilized nation. ALARMING FIRE AT WINDSOR.—About seven &Owl on Monday evening a most alarming fire broke out in the house of Mr. Layton, confectioner to her Majesty Thames-s treet, Windsor, which, at one time, threatened destruction to the whole h ouse and the surrounding neighbour hood. The fire was got under before it had reached the draw ing-room floor. The three upper stories were completely gutted, and property to the amount of nearly 1,000/. destroyed. The fire was occasioned by the ignition of a foul flue, commu nicating with a beam in the laundry. An immense quantity of confectionary, jellies, ices, preserves, &c., prepared for the royal Alontem breakfast at Eton College, and for the parties given by the nobility and gentry of the neighbourhood to ce:e brate that festival, were wholly destroyed by the water pouring down upon them through the house in every direction. As soon as intimation of the fire reached the castle, her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by Lord Uxbridge, Colonel Wernyss, and several others of the Royal household, proceeded across the quadrangle on to the north terrace, for the purpose of wit nessing the conflagration; but no view of the fire being ob tained from this part of the cattle, the Royal party returned to th e sum mit of the round tower, where they remained until all danger had ceased. Lord Melbourne and Major Keppel walked from the castle into Thames-street, to observe the pro gress of the flames. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS, June 2. - The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four o'Clock. N BERNAL brought up the Reports of the Com m; on the Stoke-upon-Trent and Blackburn Small Debts Bill, and the Wicklow Harbour (No. 3) Bill. Oa the motion of Mr. KEMBLE Smyth's Estate Ri!l read a third time and passed. • On the motion of Sir WILLIAM MOLESWORTII, Giordano's Naturalization Bill was read a third time and passed. On the motion of Mr. FRESIWIELD, Shawe's Di vorce Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be re ferred to - a Select Committee. Mr. G. CRAIG moved the second reading of Wemyss Estate Bill. The Bill was then read a second time and ordered to be committed. Mr. TIIONNELY presented two petitions, praying for a- total repeal of the Corn-laws ; one fro►n Colesley, and another from a japanner • at Wolverhampton, and all the men employed by him. Mr. KEMBLE presented a petition from a parish in Surrey for ar,epeal of the Corn-laws. Mr. STill."Tr presented a number of petitions from Beentford, Derby, and other places, praying for the re peal of the Cora-laws. • Mr. ROUND presented petitions from places in Essex in thvour of the Corn-laws. An HON. MEMBER presented petitions, signed by 8,000 persons from Sligo, praying for the repeal of the Co►n-laws, and in favour of the Commercial propositions of the Government. Mr. BROTHEIZTON presented similar petitions from .aneashire. Sir G. GREY, presented a similar petition from the Corporation of Davonport. Also a similar petition signed by 9,000 inhabitants - of that borough. Mr. CHRISTOPHER presented several petitions from places -in the county of Lincoln, in favour of the existin Corn-laws. The Hon. Gentleman said one of the peti tions, which had been adopted at a large public meeting, was entrusted to him, as the petitioners feared the other representatives of that county placed confidence in the present Government. Sir J. YAR DE BULLER presented several petitions from places in Devonshire, against any alteration in the Corn-laws. Mr. INGHAM presented a petition from New Bruns wick, against any alteration in the Timber duties. • Captain WEMYSS presented several petitions from Wolverhampton, Newmarket, and other places, praying for a repeal of the Corn-laws, and the adoption of the commercial policy of the Government. Mr. GREENE presented several petitions from places in Lancashire against any alteration in the present Corn laws ; and six petitions from places in the same county, praying for a repeal of those laws. Mr. C. BRUCE presented petitions from places in Elgin against any alteration in the Corn-laws. Mr. BUSFIELD presented a petition from a place in Lancashire, praying for a total and immediate repeal of the Corn-laws. Colonel lf ITSIIBROOK presented several petitions from places in Suffolk, against any alteration in the Corn-laws. Petitions to the same effect were presented by Lord Henniker, from the eastern division of Staiblk ; by Sir C. Burrell, from sixteen parishes in Sussex ; and by Mr. Botfield, front Ludlow. Mr. EVANS presented a petition from Newhampton, in favOur of the proposition of her Majesty's _Ministers. Mr. A. WHITE presented petitions from 2,332 in habitants of Sunderland; and a place in Durham, for a repeal of the Corn-laws, and from Monkwearmouth, in favour of the reduction of the duties on foreign Sugar, Timber, and Corn. Mr. FEESIIFIELD presented a petition from the officers of the Court of Exchequer, against the Adminis tration of Justice Bill (No. 1.) NOTTINGHAM ELECTION. Mr. 'T. bUNCOMBE presented a petition from Samuel Dudley, of Nottingham, complaining that at the recent election for that town the most infamous and °pm treating, bribery, drunkenness, and every other sort of excess took place ; that such a system was dis graceful to the parties by whoM it was carried on, in open violation of the law and a contempt of the House. The petitioner prayed the House would be pleased to direct her Majesty's Attorney-General to prefer bills of in dictment against the parties who had received bribes for giving or withholding their votes, and of which abundant evidence coukl be given to ensure conviction. The Hon. Member also presented a petition from 2,746 of the in dustrious classes of Kilmarnock in favour of the libera tion of all political offenders. Mr. A Gl.l ONBY presented a petition from Cum berland in favour of the proposition of the Government for reducing the duty on sugar, timber, and corn, and pe titions from twelve places in the metropolis, praying for a repeal of the Corn-laws. Sir W. MOL - ESN\ WITH presented several petitions from Dissenting congregations in Yorkshire, praying for a repeal of the Corn-laws. Lord G. LENNOX: presented twenty-one petitions frim West Sussex to the same effect. •- - • Mr. OJAI presented twelve petitions from places in London and its vicinity in favour of a repeal of the Corn laWs. Also a petition agreed to at a public meeting at Stepney, signed by 58,000 persons of all shades of poli tical opinion, to the same effect. Sir DE LACY EVANS presented several petitions from Westminster to the same effect. Mr. JERVIS presented a petition from the Town Council and Corporation of Chester, from Carnan ou, and from Spitalfields, praying for a repeal of the Corn laws ; also a pCtition from Denly, praying tbr the aboli tion of Church-rates. Mr. BRISCOE presented a petition from Wiltshire in favour of a repeal of the Corn-laws. Captain A'COURT presented a petition from the borough and neighbourhood of Tamworth, expressing a want of confidence in her Majesty's Ministers, and pray ing the House to adopt-the resolution of his lion. Friend. Mr. HOWARD presented a petition from Dumfries shire, praying for a repeal of the Corn-laws. Mr. B. WOOD presented petitions from Swaffham, East Deerham, and other places in Norfolk, praying for a repeal of the Corn-laws. Mr. CH ESSWELL . presented a petition from Liver pool, praying that that port might be made ~he station fix• the West India packets. Mr. KELLY presented a petition from the Guardians of the Poor of the Ipswich Union praying for a reduc tion in the number of Assistant Pour-law Commissioners and for the total removal as soon as the formation of unions throughout England andW ales should be completed. Mr. DIVETT presented a petition from the Mayor and Town-Council of the city of Exeter, praying for an alteration in the Corn-laws. _ _ Mr. EWART presented petitions from Annan. Liver pool, and several othei places, praying fur the abolition of the Corn-laws. . _ Mr. G. HEATHCOTE presented 64 petitions from parishes in Lincolnshire, and six from parishes in Rut land against any alteration in the Corn-laws. Mr. ALSTON presented a petition from Hertford in favour of the Ministerial measures for a reduction in the duties on Sugar;Timber, xnd Corn ; also a petition from the parish of Cawley, in favour of Church Ex tension. . . Mr. GODSON presented a petition from an individual named Cox, stating that at the last election for Notting h:ltn, he had been a supporter of the present ,Member that since then he had .Ib► en offered a sum or money to buy over the Chartists to the Whig party, that he would 1 - I,t consent, and that then he had been offered a suns of n :tney to go out of the way, or to go to Bassetlaw, New ark, or Walsall to bribe the electors during the ensuing ection, and that he had been offered 50/. and all his expels :es to do so, and that he had further beets informed that i had been arranged with the returning officer that the elections for Bassetlaw and Walsall should not take place on the saute day. lie further stated that, in order to test the sincerity of the par ties, he had received a portion of the money, :aid that he had directed the rest to be remitted to him in Landon, and that he had since re ceived a letter, enclosing a remittance of 20/. which letter stated that the parties sending it had re mitted that out of their own fends, and would send the remainder in a few days, and that tiny were going on as favourably as they could considering the limited means at their disposal. The petitioners prayed the house to in quire into this system of bribery, which had been at tempted to be established for the purpose of returning Whig Representatives for Nottingham, and that it would adopt such measures as it might deem expedient. Sir H.. VIVIAN presented a petition from a place in Devonshire, expressive of confidence in her Majesty's Ministers, and praying for a reduction of the import duties on Corn, Timber, and Sugar. Sir WALTER JAMES presented a petition in fa vour of Church Extension ; also a petition signed almost exclusively by persons engaged in trade against the pro position of her Majesty's Government fur the alters tiou of the duties on Corr, Timber, and Sugar. Lord A. LENNOX presented a petition from Chi chester, against any alteration in the existing Corn-laws. A petition to the same effect was presented by Sir J. GRAHAM. Sir J. C. lIOBHOUSE presented, several petitions, most numerously signed, from Nottingham, in favour of a repeal of the Corn-laws. Mr. ELLICE presented a petition from Kenilworth, in favour of a repeal of the Corn-laWs. PUNISHMENT OF DEATH BILL. Mr. KELLY gave notice that he should to-morrow, on the consideration of the - Report on the punishment of death, nove for leave to add a clause to abolish the punishment of death for returning from transportation to St. llama. RETURNS. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE wished to call the attention of the House to a subject connected with the registration of the electors of Hertford. It would be in the recollec tion of the House that some time since he had obtained an order of the House calling upon the Cl er k o f th e Peace to furnish a copy of the Register of the Electors of Hertford. The Clerk hail not complied with that order, but had sent a letter, which he would read to the House. The Hon. Gentleman then read the letter, which stated that the writer had received the letter desiring him to make the return ; but that it might not be known to the lion. Member who moved for the return, that the regis try was kept in a large book, and contained 1,500 folios; that it would take three weeks to copy, and would cost 37/. required was. to be furnished, s i nce, b y 19s. He begged therefore to be informed at who se ex pense Reform Act, he could not find th a t th e s t l lY t iv ing copies of the register was thrown up on reference duto the t. ii furnishing the Sheriff. T hi s h e (Mr. Duncombe) thought showed the necessity of the motion he had made. lie believed therefore, the House them selves could not g et a copy of this it•oegkisltlcorwinle whatss t ‘ h va a s n t t o hr b e e e tliovieteel.cs. s N i ‘ti o s t l i t l t d ?d, say it was the duty of the Sheriff or the Clerk o f t h e Peace—he b nimmediately.—(Bear , attd dtl y t . e . 2; ( t i tt i e e t a, t furnish a copy o f t h e regi sterar.) He thou g h t i t was neces saryulterior proceed ings on the subject, (Hear, hear.) I Mr. ESTCOURT appre hended . there was great mis i that the House sho uld take soin THE SUN, LONDON, THUR§DA Y. JUNE 3, EB4l. (7rp:;.ehoetnsiotnheon d t o l c - R;p ne ar n t ts. of having; :bei iulin tLe i with one of those gentlemen, and- he could answer for him, that he had no wish to offer any op position to au Order of the House. They merely Wished to know by whom the j expense WaS to be paid. Nevertheless, the llouse had always held that when' an order was made it rata be complied with without hesi tutlon—(llear)—aA by the 2d Wm. IV., ch. 45, it was provided that all expenses incurred by • the Clerk-of the Peace should be deft ityed by the Treasurer of the county. There could be no doubt, therefore, on the subject, and he could not account for what' had taken platT unless there had been .some mistake with regard to it. Mr. ALSTON said that. the expenses j `here :un doubtedly to be paid by the county, and consequently s t s. le ereobilMagistratesgoiit o had no choice givenn order in the upon matter. " They the: the payment of an y expenses wh i c h t h e tle publication tasr Of the lists might cause. He hoped that the House would again issue a direct order on the....t;ilbjeet, so that the lists might be prod uce d forthwith. - • - Mr. C..WYNN said that it appeared .perfectly clear to him, from the words of the Act, that it was the duty of the Clerk of the Pmce, in the first instance, to provide tin- the production of the - lists. It was afters - vards fOr the county to pay the expenses, and h e .did not think the Magistrates could interfere upon that subject. He ap prehended that the Court of Q ue en's Botch would issue a I - nand:units for such payment, if applied to. Sir E. SU GDEN said that, according to the provisions of the. Act of Parliament, the Sheriff had - nothing what ever to do with th e matter.- It was un d o ubt e dly the duty of the Clerk of the Peace to take. care that the lists should be forthcoming. Mr. I)UNCOMBF then moved that the Clerk of the Peace tin- the county of Hertford be called to the bar of j 'the House On Monday next unless the register be fur- nished to the House in the mean time. Doctor LUSHINGTON said he would not have risen if it had not been. for an observation which had fallen from his lion. Friend (Sir E. Sugden) who had not expressed himself with his usual perspicuity. He (1)r. Lushington) contended that when a return was ordered by that House, if addressed to a public officer, it was his bounden duty to make the return instanter ; he had no right. to make frivolous excuses. Sir E. SUGDEN said the Hon. Gentlemen had enj tirely misunderstood him. What he had stated was, that there were provisions in the Act of Parliament which provided for the payment, but that those provi sions did not meet this particular case. The motion was then agreed to. Mr. AGLIUNBY begged to ask whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Ministers..to carry through the House during the present Session a measure, re specting which there was a great deal of anxiety out of doors—he meant the Administration of Justice (No. 1.) Bill? • The ATTORNEY-GENERAL could assure the Hon. Member that it was the wish and the intention of the Government to carry the measure through during the present Session. The delay had arisen from an obstacle interposed by his Right Hon. Friend, the Member for Ripon, respecting the fees of the Accountant-General; but he hoped to see it pass through the House very shortly. WANT OF CONFIDENCE - IN MINISTERS. ADJOURNED DEBATE. _ _ The Order of the Day-. for resuming the attourned debate having been read, Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD said when the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Pembroke • closed his speech and the debate on Friday night he felt no small astonish ment at the indignation conveyed in it, and the spirit in which it was expressed against his former colleagues. From the first sentence of the speech, in which the Right Hon. Baronet tendered his ironical congratulation to the Noble Lord the Secretary for Ireland that he was able to speak with complacency of some of the acts of a Government then in its last extremity—from that mo ment down to its close, where piety came to his aid, and when in the forum of a prayer he blessed God that the reign of the present Government was about to termi nate, through all his varities of 'lnvective he confessed it appeared to him a specimen of political animosity with out precedent in the annals of party . warfare in that liouse.—(Loud, cheers.) Fortunately, .however, ,for mankind f there was. a tendency, in any great' hostility to overleap itself—the 'steadiness of aim was not always in proportion to the wish of the marksman, anti the sting which is animated by the most vile venom .often carried its deadly stroke beyond its destined victim. —(Hear, hear.) Such happily would be the result of the Right lion. Baronet's attack upon those who shared with him the excitement and danger of a scene not less critical than that they were now passing through. —(Hear.) .The Right Hon. Gentleman's charge stripped of its burning brands, its figures, and phantasies, and its metaphors taken from the gambling-table—the Right Hon. Gentleman's charge seemed to him to amount to this, that the Ministers had carried their principal • mea sures with the consent and concurrence of their po litical opponents, and that they had not been able to carry certain other measures which they had con sidered of importance. The Right Honourable Ba ronet had complained of the Noble Lord the Secretary for Ireland, because he alleged that the Noble Ls)rci had endeavoured to confine the attention of the HintSe solely to the consideration of the financial part of the •question, and the Right Honourable Baronet expressed -this wish to go back to the consideration of the events of 'former years. He would admit the perfect right of the Right Hon. Baronet to do so, but at the same time lw (Mr. Sergeant Talfourd) must say that he wished the Right Baronet would carry his retrospective view a little farther back—(Cheers)—to those times and transactions which he was quite certain the Right Hon. Baronet could not have forgotten, because he was sure he had never forgiven.—(Loud cheers.) It might be very well fur many of those Hon. Members who then surrounded the Right Hon. Baronet, to cast back a fond, a longing, and a lingering look to the palmy days of Tory domination, before the Right Honourable Baronet himself had assisted in laying prostrate the pil lars of its strength.—(" Hear," and cheers.) It was well for them to consider triumphant majorities necessary to success,--it was well for them - to sigh for a return of those high and palmy days, when every measure for the imposition of a new tax, for the laying. a fresh burden on the energies of the people for the carrying on a war was sure to command a triumphant majority—(Cheers) --when every attempt to raise a barrier against their incroachments on the liberties of the people seemed only to give them fresh energies for new inroads on popular privileges. But time Right lion. Baronet, who boasted that he had been educated in the school of Fox, and was a follower of that great man, could not, surely, wish to revert to such times as those.— (Cheers.) What would be the feelings of Mr. Fox, if he could now enter the House, and see where the Right Hon. Baronet was seated, by whom he was surrounded, and could hear the sentiments which he had uttered ? Although his benign nature might not permit him to term the Right Ron. Baronet, "a recreant Whig"— (Loud cheers and laughter)—yet he would look with as much astonishment at the principles to which he had given utterance in his speech, as he would at the situa tion he occupied, or the friends by whom he was surrounded.—(Loud cheers.)' That great statesman would have taught him - that majorities were not always truth—(Cheers)—that might was not always right— (Cheers)— and that it was advisable frequently to bring forward good principles, without any immediate hope of carrying them into effect.—(Cheers from the Opposition.) W hen the Right Honourable Baronet, in the. great struggle of 1831 and 1832, lent his assistance in laying prostrate the pillars of rottenness and corruption, it became a great question as to whom the ad ministration of our gloriously-renovated Constitution should be confides, whether to those who had fought and struggled against the glorious measures, or to those who had upheld it.—(Hear, hear.) Lightly and wisely had, in his opinion, the administra tion of that great measure been committed, not . to its enemies, but to its friends; but in what position did they then stainl ? In the position which that organic change naturally produced, desirous by their labours gradually to extend the benefits that flowed from it, they were lin able to satisfy their followers, flashed with victory, and tiny were met with distrust from time party opposed t o them. They could ,never hope to maintain, alter the first flush of victory, the saute impetus which supplied them with a majority and enabled them to triumph. It then hecarne obvious that party and Governments must look for new elements of strength to those who stood between extreme parties to carry out principles liberal in feelings, and they should necessarily so form their nteasures as to be supported by one section in some, and by another section in other measures. - He confessed that it seemed to him since that time the duties and obligations, with the resources of power, were changed. If 'that were not so, time consequence must be that the administration of this great country could never be committed but to one or two ex treme parties, and if • so time Right Honourable Barlyet time Member for Tamworth,. would have quite as: much reason to regret the principle as those who sat on the Ministerial side of the House. The Right Honourable Baronet • might be certain, if he now succeeded, the tune would not be long before he would have to ask the aid of the • present Ministry against the demands' . of his own Orange supporters, and against th e c l a i ms of his Chartist admirers ; and he (Mr. Sergeant Talfourd) trusted support - would be as r ea dil y r e n d ere d to ered to the p resent 'Go ,c would not be so often reminded of it. , vas d 'l`hey Ind been ted by the Right Ron. Bar one t with the' support he had g iven on several great ,occa sions to her Majesty's Government. He (Sergeant Talfourd) admitted that that support had been nobly and frankly given; but at the sumetime.he should say on be (sergeant Talfourd), aim humble Mem ber of the Government, they had a perfect right to cal culate on that aid. The Right Honourable Baronet had referred to time course which lie. took on the privilege (Sir IL.Peel) and front the Government. - The support of her Majesty's Govern (bleute-sotfi()till'iewibleonulsiee, had had time misfortune to differ both he ' uld claim any great merit for that. filiigmhtbilnflonottrable Baronet said that on that occasion it was • strange to great thing: the Light Gname:nytthioeyi Gentleman ne e a should That Gentleman wits deeply interested in the privileges measures .brought Government had been passed of that House, and he would have been disgraced i n hi s own estimation for ever, unless he had taken the course be part of time Bight n on, nftrOno , s 11 1 ;( 1,1 n e i r b e e r w f as o r in broke's) speech, in which he had stated that many of the by those vbvyho the e trusted the Government ; what was that, lie would ask, but saying that iw did nut regard the measures with distrust, but that he would not sup port the Ministers beea us e the y h ad so often agreed with them ? If the Gover nMent were to consult the public good, they most bring forward such measures as would receive the s upport of the - var i ous parties in the country. If the obje c t of the Government was what be referred to they must now take the course which lie was sure the Right Hon. Baronet would take if h e cam e into t o introduce 'office, 'namely, thosemeasures that would receive the sanction of the count r y awl both sides,of the House. But the , Might li on . i s aronet bad said that various measures hail been brought forward • and failed, becahse they had not received the assistance of that side of the House ; and as a proof of that he lad. instanced the question of Church rates. New ' ith Jespect to that he would say that if the Go vernment had been disposed to seek safety merely, they would have abstained from agitating that question, and if they had been disposed to seek the good opinion of the Dissenters, they would have done all in their „ power to uphold that for which they eontendeda principle to which he could not accede— namely, that those who were not connected with the Church ought not to contribute to its support. Believim, as he did, that the .Established Church of this country existed for the good of all those who desired to seen piety and virtue, and believing that in the - scattered fabrics of the Church were disseminated principles that directed heavenward ; with that feeling, therefore, and feeling ; as be did, that Unit which was the subject of national duty should be the subject of an honest charge ; he, at the same time, thought that it was just, if possible, to place the law upon a broader footing and founda tion, and to remove those stumbling blocks which it offered to Conscientious minds.—(hear.) That at tempt had hitherto failed. but he (Sergeant Talfourd) took leave to say that in his humble judgment one gene rous attempt to level the obstacle to universal brother- I hood, one generous wish of this discussion would fructify in the national mind mire than a. thousand fierce expresSions of .revenge or hatred, or a thousand acts of coercion. The Right lion. Baronet then, after a little episode, adverted to Nottingham, and with somewhat premature prophecy attacked the Right Hon. Baronet the President of the • Board of Trade 'on some, supposed taunt or annoyance , he was to have received there. He (Sergeant ,Talfourd), would have thought that . the Right Honourable Baronet's early lessons would have induced him to withhold such taunts, and if not that he would have himself remembered his own journey from .Cumberland to Pembroke.— (Cheers.) The Right Honourable Baronet then ad verted to Ireland; and mentioned a name which he (Seagettet 'Talfourd) would venture to say if— alien the Right, Honourable Baronet should enter Upon - his 'triumphant course of administration—it was breathed through his ear Would strike as cold upon his heart as those tittered by the slave to the Roman Emperor, when he reminded him of his mortality. They had not failed in giving a fair, equal, and mild administration of justice to Ireland—they hail not -failed in taming the pride of their aggressors. but they had failed in endeavouring to give the whole country the equality of rights to which by nature they were entitled, and which every principle of policy and right should have induced them to yield. But which form of Government would the Irish prefer ? • The abortive wish and strong desire to do them justice, or the determination- still to oppress and crush them ? The Right Hon. Baronet should have recollected that his party supported the Poor-law Bill, and that he him self was linked in sentiment a ith those who had stood by it. The settlement of the subject had no doubt been removed, but that arose from those party distractions which so often interfered with. the business of the country. But so far as lie (Sergeant Talfourd) was aware, the Right Hon. Baronet had made no suggestion for its improve ment, although, when the debate commenced, the Right ' lion. Gentleman had thought fit to taunt the Government with the matter of the Poor-law Amendment Act. And why ? Merely because it was a fearful weapon—merely because it was a subject on which the rich and the poor had unhappily been set against each other, and be cause it was a measure which applied itself to those inevitable sufferings to which humanity was subject.—(Hear, hear.) The Right Hon. Baronet said that the intended ameliorations had not been in troduced ; but he (Sergeant Talfourd) looked in vain for any clause propokd in the Act by the Right Honourable Baronet. He complained that the subject of medical relief had not been treated in the Bill. N - ow lie (Mr. Sergeant. Talfourd) had been for three years in correspondence with the great medical insti tutions which were spread throughout the country, upon this subject; clauses had been prepared, and were now placed on the Votes of the-House. What might be the decision of the Government with regard to them, it was not for him to anticipate, but, he would venture to say that lie had never heard the name of the Right Hon.. Baronet adduced- as a weli wisher. of that cause.—(llea,) However, bad things sometimes brought forward good ones ; and he trusted, that, after the present debate, he should have the support of the Right Hon.. Gentleman. The Right Hon. Bart. then said that there was one measure which was all their own, and that was Posts office reform. which he wished them joy of. • Yes, the 'post-office was all their own.—(Loud cheers.) It had been theirs to take off the tax upon the intercourse of mankind— it had been theirs to add to the communication of heart with heart and mind with mind, and it had been theirs 'to give the poor the benefit of one of the most valuable contrivances of modern times. The Right lion. Gentleman might be assured he would neither induce the people to reject the boon, nor would he avert the blessing. There was one other measure to which the Right lion. Baronet had not alluded, but to which he (Sergeant Talfourd) would refer, he meant that great measure of legal reform, the measure 'for the abolition of arrest for debt. For that re form they were indebted to her Majesty's Attorney- General, and as that Right Honourable Gentleman was not present, he would say that whether he now re tired from his laborious, painful, and invidious duties, or remained in office, he would carry with Rini the consciousness, like his illustrious predecessors Lord Abinger and Lord Lyndhurst, the conso lation of having mildly and wisely wielded the power of the . Crow ; • and the best proof of his judgment was shown in the verdicts of the ju ries, and the tranquillity that followed those ver dicts ; and he would have the more enduring satisfaction of having narrowed the limits within which misfortune was mixed up with crime, and with having struck another blow at the severity of the criminal code. When the Right Hon. Bart. adverted to the reform of the law, he omitted to advert to the supervision ofcriminal sen tences in which his Right Hon. Friend had evinced a care and sagacity that had never been surpassed. What were the circumstances in which the country was placed ? There was a great deficiency in the revenue— how created was not material to the present inquiry.— (Opposition cheers.) But it' he were asked he would tell them—he would tell them that it was not the growth of the last year or two, but of a long series of Tory domi nation and misrule, ,when the industry of the country for generations yet unborn was taxed, with the vain hope of putting down liberty.—(Continued cheers.) He could not understand the doctrine of the Right Hon. Gentleman the Member for Cambridge, who said he would remedy the evil by letting things alone. That position had no parallel, unless it were in the saying of Sir Abel Handy in the comedy, who, when the house was on fire, and none of his inventions were at hand to quench it, started up and said, "I've hit it, Bob; perhaps it'll go out by itself."—(Laughter.) It might be that her Majesty's Ministers had not proposed the wisest course, but were they to affirm his proposition in the dark? Were they to be prepared to withdraw confidence from. the present Government ; and to refuse it to the Right Hon. Baronet, without knowing anything more than that he would give his careful attention to the subject? The Right Hon. Baronet complained that the Government were about to dissolve Parliament in a period of excitement. In his (Sergeant Talfourd's) opinion, that was the proper time. The feelings of the people must be awakened and aroused beftire they would come to a decision, He contended that the Government were right in the course which they proposed to take—of appealing to the people. ' It was not a constitutional doctrine that Mi nisters should resign if they had not the confidence- of the House, hut that they should resign if they had not the confidence of the people of England, At the toe elusion of his speech the Right Hon, Baronet had spoken of the 300 burning brands sent by Sampson amongst the standing corn. He (Sergeant Talfourd) would restore, that simile to its proper owner. The oc casion when that simile was first used was the second reading of the Reform Bill, and the charge was ftddrosSed by the Right Zion. Baronet (sit' Peel) to the Right I lon. Baronet himself. The Hon, and Learned Gentle man then read a quotation from the speech in question. He would ask the eloquent speaker of those words, who he doubted not had honestly entertained those feat'swi he had nobly expressed them, whether thost N T $ had been realised?-'-(Cheers,) That Ministry had not, at had been prophesied, died then ; they had liVed on for three years, blessed by the presence of the Right Hon, Baronet the Member for l'embroke—(Cheers)—and substantially speaking they had existed up to the .present hour, — (Cheers.) A majority of one alone had affirmed the principle of the great measure of Reform, That Parlia ment had been dissolved, an appeal had been made to the country—that majority of one had become a ma jority of 137 and the second Charter of our liberties had become the law of the land.—(Loud cheers,) The Right lion. Baronet the Member of Tamworth had said that the pillars of the Constitution would be thrown down by it. Had they been so ?—(Cheers.) The noblest an swer which . could be given to that question would be to point to the Gentlemen who now surrounded the Right lion, Baronet, and to the vote which he was now seeking to carry against the Government.—(Loud cheers.) Were they not justified in presuming that the fears now expressed would be as groundless ? And • why ? Because the real Conservatism of England was not that which was ranged around party banners, It was to be found in the million of British lanaas ; It was ' to be foUnd in the religion of the people, whether Church inen or Dissenters ; it was to be found in the progress of knowledge, which made every Englishman feel that he had a share in every triumph of freedom.—(Cheers.) lhat was the true Conservatism, which no (Mash of party could shake, no convulsion destroy, He did not know what might be the result of [hat division. He (lid not know what might be the result of an appeal to the people ; but he felt assured that when the heats and animosities of he present time should have 'passed away—when the actors in these scenes should have gone to their repose—when even the resentments of the Right Holt, Baronet should have been stifled—(-4M efieers),,when, with undazgled eyes, they should look back upon the present administration of the Government of this country, with p e rceptions unblinded by party animositi es , with feelings un enveponleu recollections of 'T•lelidsitip and d eser t e d friends , ,(Pheers)—they would do justice to these whp had proposed these vast measures, and as their object in proposing them was to advance the happiness of the world, so they might safely appeal to poste, as their arbiter.—(The 14earn0 t i e , pgpp.l4 1, smt dOwn 'amidst loud cheers.) Ir. HODGSON HINDE said the speech of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman was a proof of the vast impor w ta , at t ac hed to the speech of th e Right Wo. Barone' t by Oengemen opposite, What he (Mr. H. Hinde) f ear ed racist in the present Government was, the tineer tainty that existed as to how far they intended to WI in ' the measures they advanced, If the Noble Lora 'would state "so far will I go mid no farther," even if the Inca, „ Iwo introduced by the Noble Lord were of an extivme nature, there would not be sQ much gTowA lot: wiPe hosion ; but the Noble Lord went beyond even his declarations , lie (14 liinde) did not accuse the pre sent Government, either as a body! or individually, of any intention of acting.contrary to the. lnteresta of the country' ,; but this be must say, that it was,essentially Governieerit of easy virtue—(Laughter)--and he con ceived his day to vote in favour of the night lion. ;ootion. • Mr. G 1 I,LON ‘vas unwilling that so interesting a de bate sli,s :Joule to a termination without saying a few words ss 1,, the motion of the Right Hon. Baronet, and as to the vote which he was about to give on that mo tion. The motion of the Right Hon. Baronet: was avowedly for the purpose of compelling her Alajesty's Government to resign before they had put thiseotintry fully in possession of the measures which they proposeti. Anxious as the Hon. Members on the other side were for office, and unscrupuloui as were the efforts they had made at late elections to obtain a majority in that House, he believed they were by no means' anxious to meet their constituents at a general election.—(H.ear.) It appeard to him that there was nothing short of gross hypocrisy in the pretences by which they opposed the po !lcy of the Government in the presentcase. Many among the most strenuous of the opponents of these measures were well known to be connected with the most gigantic mo nopolies of this country, and to have fattened And en riched themselves upon the miseries of their fellow creatures. Having lent his aid to the present Govern ment in carrying out the measure of Reform, and haying on that occasion bearded the faction in its stronghold, he felt much pleasure in now fending his assistance in inflicting another blow upon the same party under the guise of monopolists.—(Hear, hear.) The other side of the House had on all occasions shown themselves the strenuous opponents of all measures of reform and int.. provement, and it was not to be supposed that they would permit measures which were based upon the great and incontrovertible principles of free trade and of equal justice to all classes, to pass without a struggle. He was rejoiced to find that the Ministers, in whom he for on e placed the utmost confidence, had had the manliness, the honesty, and the courage, to come forward with the present proposition. He wonld not go into these measures in detail, but with regard to corn, he would say that he had al ways been an advocate of a fixed duty, as being calcu- ' lated to put an end to gambling and speculation; and if that measure stood alone, it should have his full concur rence and hearty support. Ile thought these measures, important as they were, would be incomplete without that for which he had always battled—namely, a pro, petty tax, which would meet the exigencies of the State,_ without adding to the burdens of the humbler classes. The agriculturist, the manufacturer, and the merchant, all contributed their fair proportion - to the expenses of • the State, and it was most unjust that the great monied interest should escape almost untaxed. Let not Hon. Members on the other side of the House " lay the flat tering unction to their souls," that even if they had a majority on the present motion, which he entertained considerable doubts about, that it would drive Ministers either to resign or to dissolve ParliaMent, before they had laid their measures fully before the country.—(Cheers.) On every sound principle of political economy, he felt himself bound to give his support to the present Govern ment. They had abolished the pension -list, that disgrace to the country; anti although the questions of the hallo% and the extension of the suffrage, —measures which he had much at heart—were not'yet entertained by the pre sent Government, he preferred th e course which they took upon these questions, • to the open and undisguised hostility with which these and every boon to the people were met. by lion. Members on the other side of the House. He never gave a vote with greater satisfaction in his life, and he would fearlessly claim a renewal of the votes of his constituents, on the ground that he had supported these Ministers . for their advocacy of lib e ral principles, and their determination to do justice all classes of her Majesty's subjects.—(Cheers.) Mr. 3. GRATTAN, although differing on many points froM the Hon. Member who had just sat down, would not yield to him in his anxiety to render his best support to the present Go vernment. y Looking at their policy, both at home and abroad, and more especially looking at their policy with regard to Ireland, it ap peared to him that they were entitled to a vote of thanks from the House, instead of a vote of want of confidence. —(Hear, hear.) Since the. present Ministry had conic into :pover in 1831, Ireland had made rapid strides in the course' of improvement and regeneration. "Capital was now freely - embarked in that 'country, and her resources Were rapidly developing. • With regard ts the Bs. fixed duty upon corn, it appeared to him that it would inflict great injury upon the agricultural in terests of Ireland.—(Hear, hear.) He gave his candid opinion upon the subject. By a fixed duty they would change their markets altogether, and throughout the Continent they would have a supply which would be regular and steady in proportion to the demand, and the result would be, that the whole of the trade now carried on with Ireland would be transferred to the agriculturists of the Continent. He regretted to be obliged to differ from the present Government, for it was the first time lie had done so fiir the last twenty years; but he was anxious to give his candid opinion to the House. He thought it was an attempt, though an idle and a vain one, on the part of the manufacturers, to raise themselves at the expense of the agricultural in terests. They would be lamentably disappointed in their expectations, for, in his opinion, they would pull down the agricultural interest without bettering their own condition. It was from a conviction of the utility of the general principles of the Government, that he would, on the present occasion, give them his support. Lord C. HAMILTON was surprised that the Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down should declare his intention of supporting the Government after hav ing opposed them in one Of their main measures —a measure which was introduced with a view to their own interest, and not to the interest of the country. With respect to the analogy which was said to exist be tween the position of Mr. Pitt's .Administration in 1;84 and that of the present Government, there was one great distinction which could not be overlooked, and that. was . that while the majorities against Mr. Pitt's Government had gradually decreased the majorities obtained against the present Ministry had gone on increasing. In NM ' a compact alliance was entered into—tt coalition opposis thin was formed for the sole purpose of putting the Bight Hon. Baronet the Member for Tamworth and his colleagues out of office, and the instant any measure of essential importance to the country was - obstructed, in consequence of that opposition the Right Hon, Gentle man gave up the administration of aftitirs. But Rooli was not the case with the present Government ; no com pact alliance—no coalition opposition had been formed against them. The ease against them was even still stronger. They all recollected that the cause of the dissolution of the last Parliament was the demise of the. late Sovereign, whereby her present Majesty wai to rule over the destinies of this empire, it could not but be in the recollection of the House. the use which was made at the elections of her Majesty's name. In Ire land, in particular, her Majesty's name was assoc:;?,',,,st with the names of the candidates professing *opinions of Honourable Gentlemen on the other Side of the House. Her Majesty had been indutted to write a letter to Lord Mulgrave, approving of his admioisgastion in Ireland; the measure was a strong one; however, it was done, and they could apt but remember the use which was made of that letter.' The cry at the elections was, " read the Queen's letter, and vote for Grattan ;ui Howard." Sach were the peculiar circumstanem which the present Parliament was called together. How different then was the condupt of the present Ministry from that . pursncd lay the Right Hon. B arone t, w h en he found himself unable to carry on his Administration . , How came it that the Government sh ou ld now pia tiv,:ir existence to their proposition respc,3tijkg when during the six ) - eared tatty wero In office, they had refused even to entertain the question? As the Govern inefft WON cunfnssedly unable to carry out measures which they deemed of great importance, he thought ise all constitutional grounds they ought to resi n their offi ces. He conceived that those who tslie.oted" to the par ticular Measures of the QffernMent, and yet gave them their support PA tllia tiuMsion, would do them little go , t 4 by aught An exhibition ofinconsistency. The cries c e.lAss l s bread, and cheap sugar, were undoubtedly tases•t e4Alou lating cries, but. he hoped it' they were. ttii hue made the cry Of the Government, a `pia o the Noble Lord (Lord J. Russell) would he wipigAted to them, which was m a d e solnO mr4 s e em, and in Which the Noble Lord said such altergtiqns in the law as that now proposed w:0,41 divert property into another channel.—(kle,ar, hear.) Last year the Chancellor of the Fsvisequer told them they must meet the then deo,civAey with boldness, and in such case he had no doubt it would be supplied; and in the pre§ont year that deficiency having increased, Lehi thorn the same thing. it was impossible tis mat to the calculations of th e present Goveropa s tas, He c oo _ ceived that with resp ec t to othisr e.olottries their condu c t dims of confidence.ft` had also shown them to hq charges in ;hp eckurtio of the debate had been turre t -en YA out 4g4.1u4 his, one was, that their es were re dolent of Hansard. He had no doubt ritn. men would object to that., kr. lj t An sgx a t la to ei r in resent ovornment, without they consistency. The ;lest chtsrge 1%4, that overthrow the en.o..u.s tin lion a€ the prlnciplos on which they themselvesaexP' carry on the Government; but it was not wssialki usUM css. swees sary that an• Opposition should express their views on these subjects more ex licitly tiPtt ithey had done. On these grounds he - should of the wi ,„ „ o sec his support to the mot,,ai sir. 14 -1141-Onet the •Mbmher for Ts.iuw,a-th. -A,UNTON said, as the It'ol • l3' Pi 1,.. t it on. aron the Member for Pembroke hatt ic - kopted ditfi-i.ent course from the Right H h .or ...at - worch with - ect resp to alluding to f ; -oxe.on affuirx trusted lie should be eXOnae4 for Wm . ' t . • • • • 4 very briefly to Mare. the MISOu why he differed from the vievy eAtter tained tin the subject by the Right IlonouraWe Baronet. The Right Hon. Baronet had observed that the war with China was a great calamity, I`,ey he (Sir G, Staunton) considered avy war ts pool ! calamity, but the greatest of all evils woltl4 he 1 1n unwillingness tail the part of the G o TeCnnr- 1 4 Ogle country to reillteßs its wrongs. The Right Hon. Baronet had quoted the opinion of Napoleon against the (11wmatient ; but the opinion of Napoleon (141 not, in his belief, possess much value in eop,i4.4.ltion with China.—(Hear, hear.) Napoleon 11,145, in truth, much more a warrior than a Witssa - man, and that was proved by the termirtatio,n ol'his career in exile. But hy, Would (mote against the opinion of the French El.iii. ! , , ror that of ik higher authority, as would be adniiked by nom Members on both sides of the 8eiV.;,, , ---he would quote the authority of the Duke of Wellington, theconquerqp of Napoleon, whe, 4i.tort that he considered the just and neeessary. The results of the war wav h China had certainly disappointed the expectations of many—it c l i 'QUA, • , had, in some measure, distill h ioed his own expectati though lie could net ceel m c surprised upon the sub ject.—(" Atear,'" from the Oppostisaf, Rencases.) 1-40. Gentlemen would do him tlw.iti t s.ttee to remember that he had before stated that he h d . f d eare the strupsie could be protraetod, though lie had no donht as to our ultimateEiieo43§st A, NAP enemies The twth W4lO titt t ten rac• dby the divisions among us, and it las to that Irotruction of the war might in 01.cm - or:ince that d I liad p arties in this country lig* some degree ho tracT ofrenewal f a ()stilt tieited upon the subject, instead s, we might now witness their fin t l eq*nation. At all events, he did not see anythin t g, to blame in the c 01,,„ • duct of Ministers, and hC fic4 satolsfit4 that OA interests lORNING EDITION. thecomntry were safein their hands. He would a word on the immediate queStion then before the House. The Ministers had introduced certain measures for the pm pose of 'raising the revenue, without adding to,.the burdens of th e p eop l e. Now, even though he should have disapproved as much as he really apprOveJ of the policy of the Government, he should still think that they pursurd a perfectly constitutional course in deter mining that their measures should be fully diScossed, and that they should afterwards appeal to the country. He should therefore give his decided vote against the reso lution. Sir W. JAMES acknowledged that the policy of the "Ministry had succeeded in the.East—(Hear, hear)—but he did not give them any credit for that success, - as-it might be. attributed to chance as much as to merit. • With regard to the resolution before the House, he felt that the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Tamworth had, on the first night of the debate, c om pl ete l y esta blished his position •; and had done so less by his match less eloquence than by a single statement of facts. Those filets clearly showed that the present Ministry had not the power indispensable to a Government. The Re form Bill had been framed liar the purpoFa , of excluding the Tories from office—it had been called by the Hon. Member for Dublin a swindle. Now, it had h a pp ene d, by the justest retribution, that those who had hoped to profit by the Reform Bill had been signally disap pointed ; an d that under its operation the party opposed to them had gradually increased in power. The _House of Comnions had, no doubt, supported the Ministry last year in the vote of confidence ; but that vote was mill and void if the House did not subsequently give them its approval. But so fir was that from being the case, that the Ministry had been unable to carry any . measure through Parlia ment in which the Conservative party were opposed to them. He would allude briefly to the precedent of Mr. Pitt, which differed in many points most distinctly from the present case, as had been most conclusively shown by the Right 1I( n. Baronet in his opening speech. The House of Commons, by passing the India Bill, in the case of Mr. Pitt, to a. certain extent had assumed executive power ; that was not the case in the present instance ; the opposition to M r. Pitt was a personal opposition ; there was nothing personal to the Ministers in the preSent opposi tion, and Mr. Pitt did not appeal to the country with any clap-trap measure. He did not raise the clap-trap cry- of " Cheap Bread," or " Down with the Borouglnongers." He appealed to the country to give him a fair trial, and they did so. With regard to the inconvenience of such a motion he would ask,ought any Administration to hold office when they had been so repeatedly beaten in the House of Commons. In this country there were no questions on which the mob were more easily excited than on questions of the franchise. The turbulence excited by the Reform Bill had scarcely yet subsided, and the Noble Lord had stated he would not sanction a repetition of any appeal to popular fears and popular wishes; yet what were these measures but an appeal to popular fears and popular wishes? The Noble Lord would not stir up the caul dron himself ; but he would put plenty of hot coals under, and when the cauldron began to bubble he would tell the Conservative party to put in their fingers and pull out the hot coals, in hopes that they would 'burn them—(Cheers)—and the Conservatives would do so— (Cheers from the Ministerial benches)—without feat of burning their lingers, for the sake of their country,— With the general principles professed by Lord llelbourae, with regard to the Corn-laws only two years ago, it was surprising to see the present conduct of Ministers. Their conduct had lost them the confidence of the House, and they had not the confidence of the country. His party was the one which appealed to the country on the ground' of their consistent opposition to . every democratic en croachment. The AV higs must disappear, and the con test must conic between the advocates 'of religiotr and the Monarchy and those of the democracy ; and het hoped it would end in the signal victoryof the friendsof religion and monarchy ; the sooner that contest came the, better.—(Cheers.) Had the Ministers the confidence of the Church, of the army, •of the navy, of the - law, of the gentry, of the commercial interest, of the colonial interest ? Look at Canada, where .a rebellion had been raised by the conduct of „ .the Government. and the advice given to the Canadian:: by a (Gentleman, a , Member of that Ifen,e. however they might have the. confidence of flu)se manufacturers who hoped to benefit by a repeal of the Corn-laws, he did net believe they had the eenfidenec of the Working men; and their at tempt.te rouse the energies of the country by repre senting the aristi cracy as tyrants would not sueeeed.— (Cheers.) They knew that the cry of cheap broad meant: low wages. Mr. WALLACE had never heard such a rar;Ai ri speech as that which the Noble Lord had deliv- a 64, aij which the Hon. Member had praised. Wilat dichhe me art by attributing the Arms Bill and the Irish Coer cion Bill to the present Government? Those Bills had been brought forward by the 'Noble Lord the Member for North` Lancashire. - By whom had the Com chin Bill been proposed? Why, by the Noble Lord the Member for North Lancashire. Lord STANLEY.—No, no. By Lord Althorp..-- (Cheers from the Tones.) Mr. WALLACE—At all events the Noble Lord WaS the concoeter and the supporter of it. But by whein had. ...i. the ArMs Bill been prop o sed ?—(Ch eers.) .. Lord STANLEY.—By Lord John 411 P. ell.—(0 ieers ira'.4l. He perfretly recol lected and laughter from the Opposition.) -- - . Mr. WALLACE- begged pt the introduetion of th.l :dill into the House by the Noble Lord the Mera l 7,tr tOr . North Laneashire ; and he I d A , retnembred :bat - Noble Lord proposing one of •the most ohnox:oas lola disgraceful provisions •in it, that every man simwa have his name engraved on the arms he might laac i , in his possegsion.—(ClTeer.) Then allu sion had been made to 'the mention of the .Queen's mme i and .it had been stated it . had been 1 abased, Now the Queen's name hail been abused. 1 but by Whom ?--by Gentlemen en the. other side, at Can tertiary and elsewhere. (Loud Ministerial cheers.) When her Majesty had expressed her determination to see - ,qua; justiee ;lone to all her subjects in Ireland, the 1 4041. 4:14 tuwle use of the Queen's name, with achnira dim at hot• noble conduct.—(Loud cheers.) But that uaine had been mentioned with every possible epithet of abuse by . Gentlemen on the other side.—(" No, no," from the. Opposition.) Hon, Gentlemen mig•ht say - No, no," but he Would say " Yes, yes"----(Cheers)— and us a proof that he W*s tight in saying " Yes, yes." be would refer thorn to Canterhury.—(Loud cheer~.) The Hon. Gen tleman had designated the Reform Bill as a swindle. . Sir WALTIi.,44 JAMES--. 1 did not designat es , the Reform Ilill as a SiVill(11-1 stated it was the !it', 7l . and .1--€Ori:cl Memb er file Dublin who had so d el i ' rated i t. W Mr. ALLACE understorid, then, that the lion. CieuVlowan had not called the Reform, Bill a swindle, _ and shhuld not pursue that point norther, With regard to what the Win. Gentleman had said respecting the Nobto ..,:ifit's former opinions on the stilijoet of agitation, V„0 (Mr. Wallace) htul always. regretted that the Noble Lord should httvo published such opinions ; but, at all events, NI :noble Lord was pursuing the right course no% and while he did so he should have his (Mr. Wal lace's) support. Thoßight lion. Baronet the Member for Tanworth, as too, e , xense for not stating what mea sures he would propose, had alluded to the diffieulties in which lyt izi-aa placed, and asked•for time for deliberation. WIA,.•• he had had .three years for deliberation ' for iittrlng the wh o l e .of that. time he had been anxiously seek* the overthrow of • the 'Government; and he (Ala, W411110e) should not, before these measure* had hcAok kKroposed, have been very sorry if he had sue- WACA, but now that they were proposing Measures Which were really for the benetit.of the country, he felt bound to give them his support, and should be very sorry to see the Right lion. Baronet succeed against them. He would, that it:spare into their sincerity.—(Hear, hear.) Thp wieustires themselves were suln:tantially. good, and in' would give his vote for those measures. He firmly believed that the agrieulturial as well as the manufacturing class would be benefited by them. They knew very well that the wages they received would buy a much larger quantity 0S wheat were that NI beat cheap e r, and Drat sot long as the landlords could ineintain their monopoly, they would never have cheap bread. The mode of introducing corn at a fi x duty of Bs. was a greater pr o t eil i on expect n '% I i•-• , ,N , J.t,t *respect to the alteration in the postage, than the agriculturists bad a right to thew. had been manifested in that debate a degree of heartlessness and a want of care for the working classes of this country, which he had not expected to see in that House.-...(Bear, bear.) Not one word had been said of the advantages conferred upon those persons. if the ltigt“ Hon. Baronet had -inquired, he w''uld• have I co.toul that though there had been it failure in a --•certain I class ~if eorrespondence which was expected to -pass through the Post-office, there had been a great increase_ in that class which it was chiefly An What way txpeeted to pass through the fii t „in It intended to benefit. printed tam there certainly had I,yeen .n s c t .r Zt:l wt : ll tml. in manuscript correspowkiret!ihee,l........,_,.: i", mar. Con siderable. In the ,year 1839, i „t in - ""' ; :the- - ; four I ,619.765 letters passed tht;(iu rrt ,hthe were 8,46n000, and in -:,,, 41 3 0 verthatifying to 11 •o• I li or lnoney sent through tW the increase in sma. . money orders were the Post-office, The wi,; ( l6ivs : for . . . -ere availow-. themselves of crowded with person: - oho .vi , ~ d. 4 w ,k e t t t ' ut,v i ls A .l L i gt , ~ 7 ,24 ..3 6) , 05 t 4 ? : 1 1 1 [1 , , • . Dale Lord, the their parents and others re j that in(ians to si;;,, t i mo npy tr)- ountrc i'lkiiri`:,* is , !'tint parts of th,:.e. N'Secret' .' tied that the Government had a tot. _lreland, had contended . ofthat House. I . • c onfidence large share of the , I large a share as they agreed tat. they li:t :th. ,' liri :AI ESSIVELL said rue • Ain't that they had sneh a 'shar‘ h it u a t ae lt; net • , reins ..."; . . • . La* or timetnment And be l maintained that they never had been fit since the aSsem r of the present Parliament. What was the history Wing- of the Government from the period when it succeeded in expelling the Eight Hon. Baronet from office ? The he e t i t ' i t ' l li 4 t to hold Inc , . . . Hon. Baronet retired from office in consequence of the passing of the resolution, embodying the - principle of which was mskie:S3b:is sin appropriation. For six long years had they held the • reins of office without carrying that principle. In 1835 a nd 18.1 Ci, the principle was proposed, but it was finally n:bandoned.• I 1 in?, to gratify the enemies of the Church, a.schetne was propounded for the abolition of the Churele rates, and the Noble Lord succeeded in car rying> the resolution in support of dint measure, by the glorious majority of 287, against 282.—(Hear, hear.) It they did not consider the measure essential, why seek to deprive the Established Church of the sacred fabrics in whiell they had paid their homage to the Deity, by raking from it that support which it had received beyond. the period of legal memory ? But the measure was abandoned, In 1838, the Government brought in awa for. settling the Irish Tithe • question, and to that bill they omitted the appropriation clause. Thus had they shifted their ground from time to time. Having passe( this Tithe Bill, and abandoned the principle of the resolution upon which they cause' into office, what. Churchciiil tbi.y? neativh..p.ticoxi.:trit:osiatiBtio:efii3itttibLittli:esinteintEtoiGjnoslaso'yri‘ii-,‘etr;otititmiftohitt:n.lienNs.t:o:ll::ilsips•:o4.sftreatlasthea scheme for oi s lneating, the pet-ye., met, Then came , . fCl : l4' e l sE l ee l"to d t e mi d lae. i kh ti one of Ave Atllest Rouses that ever What party that eoritinate he could n t t e con. re:riLepared to h ' ►' Oa esetuorable rua :a w ie e tt annihilate w" I Intended to ' but the Gove rnment y say