The Sun. — London, England, 1841-05-26 00:00:00

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Ex cbr, ha Stoic' ture I ' Ili ,D; t , t)',Y2 IRFR• , i ,,,, vilif P' tb' Ye d Bi lly" s i nr6 shown nder, his . 1 ) 0 141 p3, %71 ° L ratio?' v 1 weer' „e }eJ la bou yes to c le 1 'q ar t 't—t rerier ) 01 11 see`' dd (rice P ol d rge s — '' on ss• a n ck_ A ti' a y , ster sense° to the co'r ileac, pe tirae hot * ses -; to L trep-. S'S). EVENING EDITION SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—If the present Government possess the ,confidence of the Sovereimi, which we assume they do, there is no violation of the spirit of the Constitution, our opponents themselves being. judges, in their refusing to retire even upon a vote of want of confidence ; nor in the Sov ereign's - requiring a distinct, specific ground of a " want of confidence' motion being passed by the Commons, as a reason for calling upon the Crown to exercise its prerogative in dismissing them from her Councils. Georg e . t h e Third, " the best of Kings" in Tory estimation, protected the Government in which he re posed confidence against a powerful coalition which sought to destroy it. The present Ministry is opposed °Y a coalition of monopolies, which strengthen the Op- Position in their designs upon the Government. Why m aynot Que en Vi ctor i a a d opt a s i m il ar course to t h at George the Thi r d p ursue d un d er s i m il ar circum stances, and refuse to dismiss her Ministers even upon an Address from the Commons for their dismissal ? 'And why may hot the present Ministers be allowed— Without liming it charged upon them that they " act in variance to the spirit of the Constitution"—to bring for ward their whole plan of national finance before Parlia .raent and the country, ere they appeal to the country — just as Mr. Pitt brought forward his India Bill" before Parliament that the co un t r y m i g ht j u d ge b etween hi m bd_ his opponents, before he appealed to the country a , dissolution of Parliament hus, even if Sir R. rel s motion be'earried by the aid of the members who deserted Ministers on the sugar duties, and will vote against them on the. Corn-law question, the Right Hon. Baronet and his impatient place -expectant adherents will g lns in nothi ng b y the "bold and d ec i s i ve s t e p which has filled party with such delight. This step pol ideal resembles the step military, in which th e soldiers "keep the step" lyithout advancing a single inch. But if the " bold and Oecisive step " should fail—if, by a majority, however small the House of Commons reject the motion into hieh Sir R. P ee l h as b een coerced bv his followers, the fail failure would " a heavy bl ow ' which would not , in the pr esent posture of affairs, to have a stunning *fleet upon them. Of thi s we h ave considerable hopes. The general policy of tie Government has been emi laent2y approved. ,ST ANDARI).—The i n t eres t s t h reatene d b y t h e nclget are too narrowly described by th e M orn i ng Chron , 2C ,. l4— they are not mer4ly the corn, the sugar, and the _7?!r interest s ; they are the whol e agr i cu lt ura l i n t eres t, mut all dependnt upon it, including all professional bleu and all retiil traders—the whole . West Indian t i ! L I Bast _lndian interests—the whole colonial and - "TPing interest s , These are the interests with "which the Ministers thought it p ru d en t t o declare war, after havi ng f i rst, by their O ' Connell connection, alienated 411 the moral an d re li g i ous f ee li ng o f t h e nat i on, and, b y their Poor-la w all the humbler classes. To all reflecting 9en it was in thahaving once Committed themselves *anith the mill-owners, the Ministers must come ns to this state of nearly universal hostility with whatever sound and respectable in the nation ; and it was the Yvisdoin of Sir Robert Peel to curb the impatience of his i t l i . cl ignisrit friends, until the open declaration of waragainst eourttry had put all who were threatened upon their u ard—to wait until men should no longer be restrained F° ll l defending themselves and the nation by the delu to en of " old p ar ty connect i ons. " Again, had the blow n struck even but a day or two earlier, Ministers Would hav e e scape d muc h of the responsibility for abt high crime ag a i ns t th e C onst i tut i on w hi c h t h ey that. 4 'e been comm i tting, and i n which it is now plain they intended to perse vere —th e re t ent i on o f t h e Government without the confidence of either House 91 Parliament. Had Sir Robert Teel given his notice in nediately after Ministers were defeated by a ma iority of 36 thi s d ay wee k , i t might be said " Minis era intend to resign, and your notice is superfluous ;" Or, " Ministers mean at once to appeal to the people by IL d issolution, and your notice becomes an impertinent alnd unconstit u ti ona l i n t er f erence with_ - the prerogative ° f the Cro wn ." B y abstaining for a week, how ever , Sir Robert Peel left :the Whig-Radical party without these pretexts—left -them, mark after a defe a t upon t he bud ge t b y a ma j or i ty o f t hi rty - six, to give notice of their intention to continue conducting the Government th rough questions of such magnitude as the New Poor -law Bill and the Corn-law resolutions. They cannot /low back out of the acknowledgment of this criminal Purp ose. COURIER.—It is not alone on the House of Parlia ment, but on the whole empire, that the announcement of Sir Robert Peel that— ,, upon Thursday next I shall move a resolution to the following effect That it is the opinion of this House that her Majesty's Government does not suf heently, possess the confidence of the House of Commons to enable them to carry measures which they deem of essential benefit to the public welfare, and that their continuance in office ender such circumstances is at variance with the spirit a the Constitution' "—will pro duce an electrical effect: " The resolutio n w ill b e h a il e d _ . With acclamation wherever new Poor-law barbarisMhaS 1 . .), een 'established, and Bastile torture, declared in per inonence. It will be welcomed as the death knell of agitation in Ireland, and the healing promise of happy recd, cilement for the feuds by which . the Church of S co t:a nd is. Afflicted. By every great interest of this gfeat c - ;untry, Sir Robert will be cheered on to the (foi°".A glorious rescue it will be) of their trembling fortun es Wont tfie palsied hands and convulsive struggleg of a n ex iring, bet desperate faetion, banded for their injury °r deatructiOn. By-every colonial dependency of this /4 1 , empire, in whatever region, the news alone 'of such a motio n will be received with anxious hope, and its con ;utnniation commemorated as the dawn of a new and a • righter era of prosperity. There may perhaps be one ass of exception to the general rule ; one class which, 1!.• uidst the general rejoicing, may stand sullenly apart PkAti all their fellows ; w© mean the class of milloivners and. Inanufacturers who have committed themselves so ti tre scrvedly an d una d v i se dl y, f or t h e most part, to the fe w schemes or s elfish i n t eres t s o f com p ara ti ve ly a le`Ar alitators. But we despair not of the returning san.se of the majority of this class, when the Lever of ex citeoaent into which they have suffered them rreV to bo exasperated by a clique of persons only mere unprincipled than ignorant, shall have abated, and they find their best intereAs confided to the care of men Aosrtaer ' is 4 u the p rotect i on of princißles under whose. long . and alel or . • reign the y * eve ca ll e d in t o ex i s t ence , mos t wisely and mogt laygely flourished, the envy and ad initi eodn,f the world. • - -AnEmoisELLE ACHEL.—This aCCOM ?lulled actress performed on Monday for the second time the ;livaeraeetor Hermione i n th e A n d r omaque of Racine. She 2.4 , 4 ti . the a t tention of an audience mare numerous certainly, Perhaps more fashionable, than attended any of her pre- Ananti3s,performances. The applause elicited by her delivery of t ce P attention esw breathle stressasenthusiastic. This tribute to the genius of may be regarded, however, as less valuable than the A T which was generally manifested by the au- D henever : Mademoiselle Rachel was on the stage. ill e u s st -DEe O F U. NIEMC EWICZ.—Tite Journal b Is announces that Poland has just lost one of its most nous and tried citizens in the person of Julien Ursin yo hTeewicz, venerable old man, 84 years of age. from his continues the Debats, he was distinguished for his nuncios in li.tevature. 1-le was one of the most eminent ut . eis a the reot Constituent Diet of 1791. Aide-de-camp io n 'seiusko, woe-need and captured by his side, he suffered a in rated b ee ! ), confinement in the dungeons of St. Petersburgh. Having t , ni set at liberty at the accession of the Emperor Paul, he to America with Kosciusko, the old companion xio ur rrns Wa.hington, who granted those exiles an ho- ZPable hospitality. Thong!: a cultivator and American o eti he hastened, in 1807, to serve his native country, for that a new era had commenced, and whose vicissitudes from rz period he constantly shared. As secretary and member of member of the Council of Public Instruction, Presi of th e S oc i ety of the Friends of the Sciences, an d lat te2:l cppoi n t e d to a mission to England in 1831, he was in a':(l v 2 ani , ly devot e d t o hi s country. His literary works in prose to cr tat' were a con ti nua l echo o f t h e events which occurred P oland, and in which he had performed so distinguished Part sk t i • .e news of his death will cause a considerable seri ,. " erou s di 02 4 throuh - hout Poland. His numerous friends in France, ~,4eat Britain, and America, will regret one whose amiable and 4'quaitited " .•ition endeared him to all with whom he was eu qc • k••:.; HE CRoPs.—The orchards of this county, ,Avhi eh -; a fortnight ago presented the most luxuriant pro 41 6 ei .L . se, have suff ere d a blight, which it is feared will very ‘4r,.1 - 7:lertibly diminish the crop. The wheats generally -4 ' w ell, the dry lands, of course, having the most fa not e The long continued moisture has is llot bee n pp eall ! nc heavy,wet soils, of which there congenial to the • „- lar ge breadth in this county, consequently the plant -Pon the ground ; nevertheless, a propitious season produce a fine east. The ho biases are, all shoot -1,1'1\9; the poles, and mostly betoken vigorous health, 41) : warmth is now indispensable to their progress. Ow '. 11111,g 10 the f a il ure l as t y ear , ma ny hop-yards have been Lii,„l . ° Iva down. The pastures, perhaps, never ,promised anti vier awar d ; s h ou ld t h e rema i n d er o f thi s m onth ,watil Jane be fine, the hay harvest will be a most abund fie,"o„t,ene:t. The great demand for, live stock at our fair iri I ne4fAy, may doubtless be, attributed to the plenti :Liuth'ess of . ;Tess. On 'the whole the country exhibits a ,1‘ lc want ;Picture, in wkich is a bright prospect that 13 .1 1 . ntY will crown the labours of the husbandman.— e reford Times. xi !GRA TION.---On the 3J instant the schooner al ts senger sa il e d f rom Aberystwyth - ith upwards of eight * migrant s for United States; most of whom were small farmers • the and their families, from the neighbor hood of Llan grwYddon.—St/urian. , RAILW AY T RAFFIC.--The total receipts from the several railroads in England and Scotland (29 in number) 4 . f.,, for the last week—that is to say up to the date to which were "4 returns are calculated, were ' 71,6321. ; of this there were a: 1, ca 13 ,745/. for merchandise, and 57,887/. for passengers, parcels, rriages, horses, and mails. The greatest receipts appear to 17, have been taken by the following railways :-.-London and Bir / nl inghatn, 16,526/. ; Great Western, 8,165/. ; Grand Junction, 1 1' 69 M ; Liverpool and M anc h ester, 4.551/. • Manchester and -eeds 3,0924 ; North Midland, 3,569/ . ; and the London and South Western, 5,500/. DR. CIIALNIERS'S OPINION ON THE CORN t.t.ws. —ln a note to his work on Political Economy, he says -1 'or the sake of its moral 1 3 , nefit, we know no ttAievement snore, earnestly desirable than that of a free corn trade, There Is not a more fertile topic of clamour and burning discon tent a ll over the land, and, were it but effectually set at vest, ‘vo are aware of nothing which might serve mote to sv.'eefen ; the breath of British society." And again, after d ivngeloquence and ingenuity on vihat may proba .. bly L e the ,ultimate effect of the abolition of the Corn-laws k- on the interes.t of landlords, and on the industry and prospe t., city of the country, and showing that the loss to the landowner f,,. is ranch exaggera.ted, he proceeds to say—" Yet in the face of i. all this uncertainty,. we feel no he s it at i on in affirming, both e' the expediency anti the rightness of a free trade in corn." aol *When considering the' probable effect on revenue, he says, 1 4., "We should not object to a slight duty, such as five shillings a , quarter, on imported corn, to be remitted only in "I e s of scarcity ;" and fin a ll y , i n w i n di ng u p hi s remar k s on th y e whole ' . 4 ;ilituatte r , he says, that the real good. the comfort and prosperity Ani e nf the pe o pl e , t h e proper erld of all legislation, is less dependent " 4 111 oil material re sources t h an on mora l restra i nts and right Ire. I:principles." ei HURRICANE.-- About one o'clock on Saturday •-ialremendous hurricane came en with heavy claps of thunder and vivid flashes of lightning, the rain and hail descending in -torrents, but whichlasted a very short time. —lpswich Express. THE SUN. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 1841. INSURRECTION IN THE TURK- ISH PROVINCES, The Augsinfrg Gazette publishes a letter' dated from the frontiers of Turkey, the 10th inst., which states that the mail from Constantinople of the 28th ult. had been overdue several days, which was considered the more extraordinary, the Pasha of Nissa having so positively asserted that the roads should be kept free for couriers. One report stated that the Turks who were escorting the mail had surrendered to the insurgents, or that he had taken the road through Widdin. In general the intelligence from Bulgaria is confined to de tails of the atrocities committed by the Turks on the Chris tians. The fugitives had related the particulars of the cru elties of which they had been the victims so circumstantially that there could be no doubt of the truth of their statements. This conduct may therefore be assumed as the cause of the late insurrection in Bulgaria and the other Turkish provinces. The report that the revolt had extended to Ma cedonia is not confirmed. The latest letters from Bitoglia and Salonica (to the 21st ult.) make no mention of such an occur rence. The number of fugitives taking refuge in the Servian territory continued to increase, but the armed men occupy the mountains. They have much want, however, of arms ; scarcely one man in ten possesses a gun, the others having only hooks, scythes, and hayforks for their weapons. It is now evident that the population of Servia were concerned in the revolt, although the Government wishes to keep it secret. In Bel grade itself considerable excitement prevails, which has been increased by a remarkable appearance of the holy cross, said to have been observed by several of the inhabitants on one of the towers of the fortress. The same journal publishes a letter, dated Vienna, 15th inst., which alludes also to the nen-arrival of the Constantinople mail of the 28th ult., and states that the insurrection in Ru melia had extended to the country between Adrianople and Nissa. This letter adds, chat " the last accounts from Servia throw no light upon the state of the upper provinces of Turkey since the victory obtained by the Turks at Alexinissa, which the Pacha of Nissa appears to have made the centre of his ope rations, in order to prevent communication with the insur gents of the other provinces." It was expected at Vienna that the next Turkish mail, which it was supposed had taken the road through Bucharest, would put an end to the state of un certainty with respect to recent events in the Turkish pro vinces, and which was becoming every day more alarming.— German Paper. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEENS BENCH, May 25. CARRETT V. MAULEY, AND OTHERS. The COURT gave judgment in this case, which was an action of trespass brought against the defendant Manley and six others, being the Commissioners, and Home, an officer of a: certain Court of Requests, for the recovery of small debts. It appeared that Manley brought an action against Carrett for the recovery of a certain sum due to him, and although Carrett did not live within the juris diction of the Court the Commissioners heard and deter mined the case, and issued a warrant directing that Carrett should be imprisoned for 60 days unless the debt and costs were paid. It was for that imprisonment the present action was brought, and the question was whether the plaintiff in the Court below was liable to an action for merely stating his case. The Court was of opinion that he was not ; and then another question arose of whether the officer by whom the warrant was executed was liable ; but the Court was of opinion that the warrant having been issued on the authority of the Commissioners, they alone were responsible for the imprisonment. The rule for a non suit as against the Commissioners, therefore, must be dis charged. BAIL COURT, May 25. GREGORY V. COOK. Mr. BUSBY and Mr. HUMFREY for the plaintiff, stated that the plaintiff in this case was the inventor and patentee of a ladder which consisted of a series of ladders fitted above one another with guys, and which was much used by builders and painters having to operate upon very high buildings. He had also invented a safety fire-escape ladder, which was also much used. The defendant having some extensive work in hand at the West India Docks, applied to him for the use of two lad ders at 21s. each per week. No doubt they were very useful to him for he had paid the hire. The action was therefore not for the hire of the ladders, but in the course of the opera tions by some mismanagement one of them was allowed to fall, arid got broke, the damage to which amounted to 201., and for that sum the action was brought. The hiring of the ladders and the payment of the hire was proved by a servant named Chin, who had been in the employ of the plaintiff for twenty-one years. In his cross-examination, the witness said he was sent along with the ladders for the purpose of superintending them. He had been in the habit of going out with them. but on that occasion he was lent by Air. Gregory, but was in the service of the defendants so long as they had the ladders. He had been twenty-one years in the plaintiff's service, and for that long service Mr. Gregory, on giving up business in April last, gave these ladders to witness. . . _ _ Re-examined—When Cook's men wanted the ladder moved, it was their duty to have applied to him. He had not seen the ladder fall, but there was not enough of wind on that morning to hare blown the ladder down. By the Jury—Had never known one blown down. Mfr. PLATT put it to his Lordship that the will - less was at the time of the accident in the employ of ➢ir. Gregory, who would not lend his ladder without at the same time lending his man. It was a case perfectly analogous to the case of a postmaster who lent out his horses to be driven by his own servant. Yet the postilion was always paid by the party in the carriage. Now if the post-boy was to throw down a horse, or break a wheel, or do any other damage, who for a moment would sue the person hiring the post-horses. There was no case to go to the Jury. Mr. BUSBY contended that the original hiring imposed upon the defendants the duty of taking due and proper care of the ladders. His LORDSHIP refused to stop the case, but reserved leave to Mr. Platt to move the Court to enter a nonsuit. Mr. PLATT theu addressed the Jury for the defendants,, and put it to them 'whether the defendant would have employed the witness they had seen, he knowing nothing of their business, unless he had beer, put upon them ; it was evident that Chin was sent to the docks to have the care and surveillance of these ladders. But I.‘ as the case proved? Who from the docks had been called to give evi dence of the manner in which the accident happened ? They called only Chin—only one witness--one who had an interest in the matter, and he only conjectured how the mischief arose. Some persons in the docks must have seen such a machine fall. Why, then, not produce him ? He would prove that the ladder was rotten, and therefore unsafe, and that. the attention of Chin had been called to its dangerous state, and that would en title him to their verdict. The foreman to the defendan t proved that when the contract fur the ladders was entered into, the plain tiff said he never allowed those particular ladders to go out without his own man to attend them. Chin came and put them up and shifted them. He was paid 30s. a-week. The men then complained of the state of the ladder, which was rot ten and not fit for use. A round of one of the ladders broke a few days after. The man who was up fell and hurt himself much. Some of the men employed gave a similar account of the affair, and the accident arose when three men were moving it with the utmost care. It all arose from the want of a lynch pin, which had been pointed out to Chin several times. The evidence was closed yesterday, but his Lordship having to attend at Chambers, the case was adjourned. This morning Mr. BUSBY replied. His LORDSHIP having summed up, the Jury, after having re tired for some time, returned into Court, with a verdict for the plaintiff.—Damages, 121. DRAMATIC WORKS IN RUSSIA.—Under date of the 2d of May, from St. Petersburgh, it is stated that the censor of that city had seized and publicly destroyed all the edition of a drama entitled Temtoriski, written under the sig nature of " Iweljen," and further, the advertisement sheets of another dramatic work which announced the publication of this drama. The cause assigned for this measure was, that subsequently to the examination by the censors certain offen sive allusions to the Russian army had been introduced into the work. Monday, about one o'clock, the passengers pass ing along the Chalk-road by the New Model Prison, leading from Pentonville, were attracted by some little boys bathing, to a pond which lies by the road side, and while viewing them the head and hair of a human being was discovered floating on the surface of the water. A policeman, N 404, was soon on the spot, and with the assistance of a boy who hadbeen bathing dragged the body of a man to the shore, wko appeared to be about 46 years of age ; he was respectably dressed in black, his legs were tied by a piece of cord, and several bruises about his face. Information was forthwith conveyed to the Islington green station-house, when the inspector on duty immediately sent a stretcher, and the body was taken to the vaults at Islington Church. _ _ SUDDEN DEATH.—On Monday an inquest was held by Mr. Payne, at the Woolpack, Horselydown, on the body of Mr. Richard Butcher, a carver and gilder, aged 67. From the evidence it eppeared that, en Sunday morning last, the deceased was returning home after attending chapel, when he was suddenly seized with a fit and almost immediately ex pired. Verdict—" Natural death." We are happy to learn that the artists of Glas gow have formed themselues into an academy for the advancement of the Fine Arts in the west of Scotland, upon the same principles as those by which the London, Dublin, and Edinburgh academies, are regulated, and under which they have risen to such eminence.—Herald. _ _ NOT BAD.—The Cincinnati Daily Ne tus tells the story of an editor who recently got married, and being somewhat confused, he headed the marriage notice with— " Dreadful calamity." The next day his wife gave him. a proof of the mistake by boxing his ears, and nearly knocked his'form into pie. SUDDEN DEATH.—Mr. Higgs held an inquest on Monday evening at the Crown, Green-street, Leicester square, on the body of Thomas Simcock, aged 37, formerly a hackney-coach proprietor. On Saturday night last deceased was found oppotite to the Admiralty, sitting on the pavement, and resting against the railings. At first it was thought he was intoxicated, but a police-constable, examining him more closely, discovered that he was seriously ill, and with as sistance took him to a surgeon's, where, though restoratives were administered, be died in a few seconds. Since de ceased had been reduced in circumstances from having been a very extensive coach proprietor to driving occasionally a coach at the Golden Cross, "h est Strand, he had been neg lected by his relatives, who refused to attend the inquest or come forward to identify the bOdy. Mr. Tayleure, one of the overseers of St. Martin's, said deceased bore an excellent cha racter, and that it was not through misconduct , b ut misfortune, that he had become reduced in circumstances. He hoped that the enmity of his relatives would be dissipated by the hand of death, and that they would bury him decently at their own ex pense, and not allow the parish to do so. Verdict—Natural death. PERSIAN COURTESY.—Duplicity is SO deeply impressed upon the Persian character, that the greatest adept in it has the most honour. The game of conversa tion is kept up with an overwhelming politeness. Thus the master of the house tells the guest that he ," looks as brilliant as the sun, and as placid as the moon ;" to which he replies, " his ears are now regaled with the tones of the nightingale, and may the roses of happiness ever bloom in the garden of his destiny ;" with other compliments quite untranslatable ; and the thousand and one nothings come out of their mouths so glibly, and so unmeaningly, that they seem glad when it is over, and laugh at each other, On taking leave there is a great deal said about zhamet." I was long ignorant of the meaning of this word, which implies by the visitor what a deal of trouble he has given ; the other doubles it with " kali zhamet"—it is he owin that has given the trouble ; and so they go on bg out each other with their " zhamets " innumerable.—Fowkr's Three Years in Persia. The Count de Survilliers (Joseph Bonaparte), with his son-in-law, the Prince de Canino, and his son Lucien, Dr. Stokoe, Messrs, halliard and Thibaud, se cretaries, and a numerous suite, embarhed at the Bruns wick 'Wharf, Blackwall, yesterday afternoon, on - board the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's s hip " Iberia," E. Cooper, Esq., Commander, for Genoa. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. • ( Front tk London Mercantile Journal of May 25.) SUGAR.—There was little demand to-day from either grocers or r ifiners for West India Muscovado Sugar, and the private :.aleS were only about 160 hhds and tierces, without, ho'vever, any change in prices from Friday last. A public sale of Barbadoes, con s i s ting of 124 hhcls and 4 tierces, went off steadily, one or two lots went rather above the valuations, but upon the whole prices were considered unaltered; low middling greyish yellow sold at 62s 6d, and good middling to fine bright yellow at 67s to 71s 6d per cwt. The present stock of West India Sugar is 2,262 hhds and trcs more than at this period in 1840. We have also a surplus stock of 62,749 bags Mauritius and 101,501 bags, &c. Bengal. EAST INDlA.—Several large parcels of Bengal were advertised for public sale to-day, but two only were brought to the hammer,- consisting of 1,411 bags ; the remainder being postponed. There was not much desire on the part of the grocers to purchase, but the whole sold at steady rates ; low middling to fine white at 63s to 69s per cwt. . MAjamus.—The only parcel brought to the ham mer to-day consisted of 605 bags, which sold at barely former rates ; brown went at 58s to 595, low to good middling yellow 60s Gd to 64s 6d per cwt. FOREIGN.—The market remains dull for all descrip tions, and prices still appear inclined to recede. At public sale 449 hhds Porto Rico were bought in, with exception of two lots, at from 21s 6d to 23s 6d for mid dling to fine yellow, and at 19s to 20s Gd for good and fine brown, which prices are full is per cwt below the general valuations. Refined Sugars for home use have continued in active demand, and prices have again risen, standard Lumps now bring 955. In Crushed made from goods refined in bond for shipping there is not much doing at present, but a good deal has been sold for forward delivery ; present price of first quality 31s. Hambro Loaves are held for higher prices, viz., 33s to 39s according to size. MOLASSES.—At public sale 80 puns and 18 hhds New Barbadoes were taken in at 29s for fine. COFFEE.—The same heaviness that pervaded this mar ket last week, continued to-day, the trade being very un willing to purchase even to meet their wants. Scarcely any business was done privately, and the public sales which comprised only 400 bags Ceylon, and 16 barrels Mocha went off very heavily ; the former nearly all taken in at 70s for good ordinary, and country damaged at 67s ; the latter shared the same fate at 110 s. COCOA.--The market for this article yet remains in a very dull state and prices continue their downward course ; they must be quoted again Is to 2s per cwt lower, and a large proportion of 512 bags (chiefly Trinidad) offered by public auction was bought in— the prices ranged as follows—viz., Trinidad, fair and good fair red at 46s to 49s 6d, fair grey •at 42s Gd to 435, and St. Lucia ordinary and middling red at 40s to 44s Gd per cwt. Foreign is yet very scarce, and in con sequence orders are with difficulty executed ; a sea da maged parcel of Guayaquil was brought to the hammer on Friday, and disposed of at from 23s to 32s per cwt., which were considered to be good prices. TEA.--The market was steady to-day, and prices firm. Free trade descriptions of Congou and Twankay were inquired after by the trade, - the strong kinds of the for. ; , mer especially, and a fair business was done—common Congou at is 74d, blksh if and strong at is 8d to is 84d, and ord Twankay at is 74d per lb. cash. Company's Congou in fair demand, and the cash price firm at Is 84d per lb buyers. PROVISIONS.—Foreign Butter has been taken off freely at rather higher prices : fine has brought 98s to 100 s per cwt. Of Irish Butter we have sortie small arrivals, but the high prices asked prevent much being bought at present : Waterford cannot be shipped un der 102 s to 104 s free on board—Liverpool taking the principal part of the small quantity yet coming into the Irish markets ; the weather is very favourable for the make of the article, and we may shortly expect better supplies and lower rates. The dulness which has prevailed in the Bacon market has diminished ; rather more business is doing, and holders are firmer as to prices. The high price of butchers' meat, and the abundance of all kinds of vegetables assist, this article very much, and will doubtless very materially increase the consumption ; prime and superior Waterford size able may be quoted at 57s to 60s, landed and heavy weights 2s to 3s less. Morton's cure brings the extreme prices. Thelmports have been more this year in quantity and weight, while the stock is on a par with that of last year; this proves an increased consumption. Lard steady, at former rates. Irish Hams go off steadily at former prices—prime Belfast and Limerick bring 68s to 72s per cwt. RICE.-The demand for the inferior qualities of Bengal Rice continues extremely limited, and prices very loiv ; the good sorts are, however, inquired for, and 1,364 hags good white bold, offered at public sale, were sold at 13s to 13s 6d, being full prices. SAGO.—At public sale 100 bags Pearl was sold at 6d to 19s, which is rather lower, and 100 bags Sago Flour at 14s for good fair. FRUlT.—There continues to be good demand for ex port, and a good business is doing, chiefly in Currants and Red Smyrna Raisins, at about the prices quoted. PEPPER.—The public sales comprised 270 bags black, and 30 bags white ; the former sold at 3d to 34-d for low to good Sumatra, which is id lower ; the latter sold at 60 to 81 d per lb. SPIRITS.—In the Rum market the greatest heavi ness continues to prevail ; scarcely any inquiry has been made after West India sorts, and so limited are the transactions that they are not worth enumerating, and prices must be considered nominally the same as last week. A little demand has existed for East India for export, but at rather lower prices ; the sales amount to 150 casks Bengal at from is 44d to is 54d per gallon for proof strength, the' proportion at the former price is said to be of indifferent quality. In Brandy or Geneva no new feature has occurred—prices steady. There is a very sluggish trade in rum, but . prices are unaltered to-day: proof Leewards are difficult to be had under 2s 14d per gallon. SALTPETRE.—Prices of East India Rough are not maintained, with a dull demand ; a part only of 2,369 bags Calcutta offered at public sale was disposed of at 26s to 27s for refraction 44 to 7 per cent, which is 6d to is lower. INDIGO.-150 serons Guatemala at public sale were dii posed of at from is 7d to 7s, according to quality, which prices are about former rates, except for the best lots, which were a shade dearer. METALS.-225 tons Spelter have been bought back at 281, and 100 tons sold at 281 lOs per ton, at which latter price the market is fiat. East India Tin dull, and rather lower ; 15 tons Straits sold privately at 70s per cwt. OlL.—There were brought to the hammer this after noon 83 tuns Sperm Oil, ex Massasoit, a Boston ; the whole sold at from 911 to 911 15s per tun. TALLOW.—There was very little business doing in Russian Tallow to-day, but the price was steady at about 46s 9d for Yellow Candle on the spot, and at 47s 6d for new to be delivered in the last three months of the year. At public sale 290 pipes 81 hhds 7 barrels South American were offered, the whole of which found buyers at from 37s 6d to 43s per cwt. IRISH MARKETS. DUBLIN MARKET NOTE for the Wcek ending MAY 21.. 219 %Vheat,per barrel 20 alone 0 Dere ......... ..... ..... 16 stone 381 Barley l6 stone.... 42i Oats '4 stone..." ii Flour, per cwt 8 5t0ne...... 303 Oatmeal...-- 8 stone Sold to Bakers only. 9,326 Cwt. F10ur.... ... . . 1 10 0 I 24 0 I 21 2 Average price of Wheat and lour 51. 8d per sack ' ,7437 /Seeon la ....... from 17s. ed. to 21s .ocl Firsts from 2's. Od to 24; Od Receipts of Flour, fkilaa of Do. 10,16 4 Thirds from 10s. Od. to 155.0 d Pittcit or BREAM Quartern Loat ')d.l Hall Qt.uutern .....414d. CORK MARKETS —May 22. Wheat (per 2031...)2rs Od. to33s. o.l.trats (per 145t....11 , Od. to 12s. 6d Barley (per 16.5t.)11 0 12 6 Illovr (per cwt )...11 (1 :14 0 Oatmeal [per cwt.).........it Od. to Rls Od Reef, 4d. to 7d.—Mutton, sd. to 6d.—Veal, 4d to 6d rcrk, 4j 1. to sd.—Fresh Buttes, 10d. to lid per lb. PRICE OP BUTTER. To the Merchants. To the Country First c. aality. WI • ....... •••••••••• 975................... ..... •••••• 1034. See.). A 1 ll4/ 95 .......... ............. 1.5 Third Fourt ii Fifth ......«.....68 .. «•..•«.......•.e.•• 59 Sixth CLONMELL MARKETS—May ':2 Per (wt. ii, d. a. d. I I a. d , a. d New Butter ..... ...95 0 toloo 0 tildes (raw)......... uto 24 0 Oatmeal .. .. ...12 0 14 3 Bacon P1ga..........42 C 43 0 Rendered Lard. 0 32 0 Head5................26 0 C Per Bag. flour, Second ...... ..-- 0 n ~. lkiour i 'Llirds... ..,... 0 27 0 ---Household...— 1) 0 6 01 -- Fourths,.... 20 0 0 Per-Barrel. Rapeseed...." ... ... 20 0 0 Barley .......".......12 0 13 0 I Be re lO 0 Gull .................-- 0 0 KILKENNY MARKETS. Wheat,per barrel)2Bl.od.to 355. Od. Beef :.3cr 1 1'..... Os. Od. to Os. 01 Barley .12 0 15 0 Mir.teit.......... 0 5 0 8 (rats .. ....... .........14 0 15 11 Pork .. ...... .... ft 4 o'7 t'lour (pier bag)....20 0 h 8 0 Veal ............4 0 6 07; Butter(pc) ewt.)...20 0 100 0 e rah Butter..... 0 0 1 0 Bacon Pig.; 38 0 42 6 ' , hit Ditto ......... 0 6 010 Coals , 1 0 1 2 Potatoes(pct at.) 0 9 1.. 0 From To 29 0 N 0 00 0 0 13 3 16 6 11 ti 14 0 —0 0 12 6 14 6 Average 33 2 0 0 15 7 13 2 13 5 COURSE OF EXCHAI Amsterdam CF. 12 6 Ditto, at sight Rotterdam .........2 U l2 6i Antwerp Hamburgh M.B. 13 13i Altona Paris, 3 days' sight Ditto, 3 months 25 75 Marseilles Bourdeaux 25 80 Frankfort on Maine... 1501 I'etersburgh, 3Us ... 371 7 0 Vienna, effec. 11. 3 M lO 0 Trieste, ditto adrid Cadiz 354 Bilboa 3si Barcelona Seville 4GE-(YESTERDAY) : Gibraltar ... ••• ...... 46 Leghorn Genoa 25 85 Milan Venice 47 Naples •• •• 39i Palermo, per oz 119 Lisbon Oporto 594 Rio Janeiro 27 Bahia Buenos Ayres New York, 21 days sight 46i Philadelphia 46 PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ. Portugal Gold Coln £0 0 0 Foreign Gold, bars... 3 17 9 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars... ..... ' 0 4 10i Silver in Bars 0 5 0 EXTRAORDINARY LEAP.—On Tuesday last a medical gentleman of Abingdon, while visiting one of his pa tients; whose residence is close to the line of the Great Western Railway, at Steventon, left his horse and phaeton in the care of a man, who took off the curb to give the horse some hay ; shortly afterwards the horse took fright at something, and darted off with impetuous fury, and being obstructed by one of the railroad side gates, between five and six feet in height, leaped at and cleared it cleverly, dragging at its heels the phaeton, the fore wheels of which cleared the gate, but the hind wheels coming in violent collision with the top rail, ar rested its progress. The horse was thrown down, and the con cussion thus caused fortunately enabled some persons who witnessed the occurrence to seize him, and thereby prevent se rious consequences, as one of the trains was at the moment about to start from the station. The horse received little or no injury ; and, strange to say, the vehicle none.— Oxford Journal. A meeting of the merchants, manufactureri, and shipowners of Dundee was held the measures eldin mthee'rhis stleHal Wednesday, when it was resolved to p e ti t i on Parl i ament in favour of, Lord John Russell's notice for th e a b o li t i on Corn-laws, and a duties, . • introduced l o I 1 1 1 e fo t; - . t a he r . e p vi r s e i se on nt n of fCothrie import IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS, May 25. The Earl of SIIAFTESBURY, in the absence of the Lord Chancellor, tcok his seat on th e W oo l sac k shortly- before Eve o'clock. The North of England Railway Bill, and several other Private Bills, were read a third time and passed. Several Private Bills were read a second time. FREE TRADE. The Earl of ROSEBERY presented a petition from the Town Council of Linlithgow, and also a petition from the inhabitants of the borough of Linlithgow in favour of the Government measure for reducing the duties on corn, sugar, and timber ; also a petition from Stirling to the same effect, but stating in addition the -opinion of the petitioners, that until corn was admitted free of duty the measure would not give satisfaction to the country. In the latter part of this statement the Noble - Earl stated he did not concur. The , petition was subse quently withdrawn on account of some informa lity. Also a petition from the members of the Scottish Church in Manchester against patronage. The LORD CHANCELLOR then entered the House, and took his seat on the Woolsack. •, _ MESSAGE FROM THE COMMONS. _ Messengers from the Commons brought up certain Bills which were respectively read a first time. _ WHITSUN HOLIDAYS. The Duke of WELLINGTONasieT from what day to day it was intended to propose the adjournment of the' House for the Whitsun Holidays. Viscount MELBOURNE—From Friday to the Thurs day following, according to the usual custom. Lord REDESDALE presented petitions from the Inverness burghs in Scotland ; from certain parishes in Westmorland, in Suffolk, in Kent, and in Lincoln shire, against any alteration in the Corn-laws. Also a petition from two individuals named Forester residing in Kirkcaldy, praying the House to agree to any mea sure for a diminution in the taxation on articles of food. In the prayer of this petition he did not concur. that he had heard rules laid down on the other side of the House, which we're not followed by . Noble Lords on that side.—(Hear, hear.) The other night he was told that he had no right to allude to a paperwithout giving notice of it.—(" No, no," from the Duke of Wellington.) He referred, not to the Noble Duke himself, but to the Noble Earl behind him (the Earl of Wicklow). He had seldom seen the rule observed. With respect to the pamphlet of Lord &dm Russell, the Noble Lord had quoted that to show how little reliance was to be placed upon;political economists. The Noble Lord had, a few years ago, complimented the Government for establishing a professorship of political economy.—(Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord had changed his opinion since that period. In the Report of the Commission on Handloom Weavers, wages were shown to depend upon the demand forlabour, not upon the price of corn. • The Earl of RIPON said the Noble Earl was en tirely mistaken. in supposing that he had denied the existence of distress in the manufacturing dis tricts, as well as in assuming that he had omitted all reference to the declared value of the manu factures exported in the last year. What he had stated was, that in considering the distress which existed, they should take into account all the causes which could combine to produce it ; that the distress was such that any rea sonable and prudent man would pause before he come to the positive conclusion that the whole of it was to be at tributed to the Corn-laws. The Noble Lord had repre sented him (Lord Ripon) as referring to the declared value of the last year, as not being considerably less than that of the antecedent year ; and, as leaving the House underthe impression that the declared value had increased in the same proportion with the official value. That would have been an absurdity of which he did not think the House would be willing to accuse him. He had not only not so represented, but he had specifically mentioned it as less than the antecedent year, and that the only proper way to judge was by the average of several years. He said there was not a correspondent increase in the price as compared with the official value, and there never was. The only reasonable way to judge was to take the average of se veral years. There was no analogy or proportion whatever between the real and official value. The farmer was affected by the laying on, or reductian of, duties, the improvement of machinery, and the consequent reduction of the cost of production, and the variation in the price of the rawma terial. All these formed important elements in the price of the article, and, added to these, they were to take into consideration the state of the currency. He would seriously and earnestly implore the attention of their Lordships to these matters before they came to that House with a proposition which would: unsettle one particular branch of indus try, and produce distress which it was impossible to foresee. The more he looked at the subject the more the difficulties with which it was beset presented them selves. He thought any system of Corn-laws was pro ductive of difficulty ; but then it was only a choice of evils. He had been charged with the introduction of a law to fix the price of corn at 80s., and to grind down the poor man. But he always had maintained, and he did maintain, that it was to make 80s. the maximum and not the minimum price. What was the fact ? That the average for the seven years following was 695. 11d.— (Hear, hear.) In 1822 the law was altered, and 70s.' substituted, and the average price for eleven years after that period was 58s. 9d., and since the adoption of the present law the average price, instead of being, as was anticipated, 635. or 655., was only 575. 7d. He had given his consent to the alteration because he thought it would be beneficial to the working classes. He would add that, so far as he was concerned in the management of his own property, from the date of that Act he had always proceeded upon the presumption that corn could never reach 80s.—(Hear, hear.) Lord ASHBURTON thought the speech of the Noble Earl had been so ably answered that he would not have said a word had it not been for some personal allusions. He did not mean now to defend a life of twenty-six years, but lie would refer the Noble Earl to those Noble Lords around him, whose change had been much more recent than his own. Even the Noble Earl below him (Earl Fitzwilliam) was then a high protector of corn.— (" No, no," from Earl Fitzwilliam.) He might be wrong, but the conversion of the Noble Lord at the head of the Government was of only a few weeks.—(Hear.) He denied that the distress in the manufacturing districts was attributable to the existence of the Corn-laws, and re-' ferred to Mr. Fielden's intended-to-be-spoken, but printed, speech, to bear him out. In 1815 the consump tion of cotton was 80,000,0001b5., it was now 480,000,0001b5., while the wages of the labourer had fallen 75 per cent., but this was attributable to the greatly extended use of machinery. He never for a moment thought or said we could ever be independent of foreign countries, but he said we should be so, as far as we reasonably could, by giving such protection t o th e producer of food as would enable him to supply' the country FO far as possible, not for his own advantage, but in order to protect the masses from periodical star vation. The laws of the country ought not to tumbled about upon every trivial or temporary distress. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE, having been intrusted with many petitions on the subject of the Corn-laws, would take that opportunity of saying that he trusted the question would be calmly and fully discussed at one period or another. He must deny that the increased exports showed that the manufacturing interest was flou rishing. Machinery was greatly employed, and it must be kept at work, although the goods had long ceased to be profitable ; the true criterion to be taken was the ' value of mills. Their Lordships were deeply interested in the success of the manufacturing interest, therefore it was right for them to know that during the last eight years the exportation of machinery had been steadily in creasing. Our neighbours were taking our machinery for the purpose of rivalling us in manufactures ; it was right that their Lordships should know that during the last two years the amount of machinery exported was 2,100,000/. Their Lordships might say, why allow the machinery to be exported ? The answer was, if it was prevented, the men who made it would export them, selves.—(Hear, hear.) It 'had long been said that we were so rich in iron and coal, and other minerals, that we must always have the advantage over other coun tries but we had all those advantages during the last few years, when foreign countries had made such rapid strides towards rivalry with us. We had great advantages in that respect ; other coun tries had less ; and without saying to what cause it was attributable, there was a loss of power on the part of the manufacture of this country in the general markets of the world. No person who knew the Noble Earl (Ripon) could doubt the purity of the motives which actuated him in proposing the system of 1815, but the fact that experience had led to the modification of his system, and the effects produced by the present system, might have induced him to re-consider the whole subject. He im puted the bad workingof the present law to no man as a reproach, but he contended that a greater fluctuation„to the amount of 40 or 50 per cent., had existed under that Corn-law than in countries where no Corn-law existed. The system of averages had had the effect of putting the power of the Legislature into the hands of other and in terested parties, the worst persons in whose hands it could be placed. Noble Lords talked of a fixed duty as a delusion ; there could be no greater' delusion than to, call the present sliding scale a protection to agriculture, Samples of corn in 1839 had been brought into the market a few clays before the averages were struck, for the pur pose of controlling the averages, and parties, by sacrific ing 60,0001. or 70,000/. had made 200,0001. or 300,0001. at the expense of the revenue.—(Hear, hear.) The evil was not only inflicted on the farmer of having foreign corn thrown into the market, but much derahgement had been occasioned in the currency which had reacted on the bank, in consequence of the export of the precious metals to pay for the corn thus suddenly thrown into the market. This would have been innoxious had it taken place gradually and regularly, as it would do under the operation of a fixed duty. But under the present system it came like an inundation, and deranged not the corn market only, but the whole system of our commerce. The same thing had occurred in 1840. At that period persons friendly to the Corn-laws, millers having stocks of corn on hand, had come to the Board of Trade and had represented what was taking place ; and the Board of Trade had convinced them that such was the state of the law, so inoperative was it, that it was im possible to afford them any redress, the duty of that Board being merely to administer the law, and these being evils inherent in the law itself. He thought then that a case had been made out against tlre operation of the law, and calling for the interferer_;* of Parliament to protect the interests of the whole corn-' munity, and he believed that this subject ought not to be discussed except as one affecting the interests of the whole community, and that the lauded proprietor, manu facturer, the farmer, and the labourer were all equally interested in having the question settled upon its proper basis, and that any error would be attended with great mischief to the whole. In 1829 the• system had been altered because it had failed through over-protection, which had proVecl so mischievous. to the farmer by its un due stimulus, and the consequent over-production, that it had reduced prices to such an extent as to be ruinous to the farmer himself. his Noble Friend had last night alluded to the return of Mr. Cunin Gri daine relative to the supply of Paris with food, and had': spoken of the inadequacy of that supply, and of the mise.- . rable lean state of the oxen on which the inhabitants of that city were compelled to feed ; but those lean oxen. were the creatures of protection. It had been stated in the French Chambers that it was a duty they owed the graziers of .France to prevent the people of Paris ob taining fat oxen from other countries, and they were told to eat on, in the confidence that the ultimate result must be that after an indefinite number of years the graziers so encouraged would produce fat oxen.— (A laugh.) It was a fact worthy , of notice that those countries which were dependent on a foreign supply had never suffered from scarcity. Such had been the case with Holland for the last two hundred years, 'under every political vicissitude. Such was the case w i th : Switzerland, where there were no Corn-laws,. and which' contained a greater proportion of poor land than any other country in Europe, and in which not only mum ' factures but agriculture was increasing, He geuld not, in supporting the present measure, take to himself the virtue of snaking any sacrifice, although th e whole .othis proper ty was in land, .for it was his sincere opinion' that' the proposed measure of a fixed duty would have the effect of increasing the prosperity of th e l an d ed interest, The present system had been tried during three experi, meats, arid had failed in each, and he thought they were justified in abandoning it. The Duke of WELLINGTON agreed with the Noble Marquis that it Would be most desirable .to ,contine the discussion of this subject to the -effect it would be likely to produce o n the irritating and of the country , and to avoid those and ex citing topics which were brought forward every night on the presentation of petitions, apparently merely for the purpose of still further exciting that state of hostility which it appeared to be the intention to excite on that subject throughout the country, and he hoped the Noble Marquis would recollect the sentiments lie had tittered that night, and discuss the subject not as i t . re l a t e d to one class only,' but to the whole e sentry.—(Hear.) With regard to the frauds:. in the averages, he hoped the_lcolihit Marquis would take care to provide some legislative remedy for those evils ; whether the law remained as it was, or whether a fixed duty was to be substituted for it ; for he understood that the fixed duty was to depend in some degree on the averages,—that there was to be a sort of a sliding scale ; and he hoped the Noble Lord would take care not to leave a door open to the same frauds in his system as he had complained of in the present one. He had been in office under the former system, and he could assure .the Noble Lord that th ere h a d b een no wan t o f f rau d s under that. EnormouS fortunes had been made under that system, and great frauds had been committed, and he was afraid that frauds would be practised under every system ; but he had never heard of any frauds under the existing • system except those mentioned by the Noble Marquis. One - argument against the present system was, the great fluctuation in price which it occa sioned ; but he could 'prove that the fluctuations in price which it occasioned were not so great as in many parts of the world. The - fluctuations had been greater in Hol land than in this couhtry 4 and in that country there was no duty. He held in his hand a return of tlftt differential price of corn from 1829 to 1838 in different places in Europe. In England the differential price had been 31s. ; at Odessa and Memel 555. ; at Dant= 545. ; at Amster dam 485., and at Rotterdam 265. Now the' difference of priCe between Amsterdam and Rotterdam could be accounted for by the fact that Amsterdam was situated in a thickly-populated district, where there was a great demand, and Rotterdam is a district not so densely po pulated. Now in this country there was a greater de mand for grain than in any other part of the world ; the people would have the best grain for food, and consider ing the consumption of the country, he was prepared .to contend that the fluctuation was not so great as it was in other countries, and that ground for alteration failed entirely. He thought the subject ought to be brought on for general discussion either in a Committee of the whole House or on the second reading of a Bill, and he trusted the Noble Marquis would prevail upon his Noble Friends to abstain from those exciting topics, in which they were apt to indulge on the presentation of petitions. Allu sion had been made to what had fallen from his Noble Friend, relative to the increase in the imports on cotton. It had been said but small profits were made upon the manufacture of this immense quantity of produce, but that appeared to him to have no connection with the question of the Corn-laws. The fact was, the improve ments in the machinery and the introduction of steam had enabled the manufacturers to manufacture with very little cost. They did not make ,the profit now they did fifty years ago; but they still made profits, although those were diminished by competition —not by competi tion with the foreigner, but by competition at home. Other manufacturers, who were aware that profits were to be made, although not so large as formerly, entered the field, built new manufactories,established machinery, and thus introduced fresh competition. He believed that the lower class of manufacturers were suffering distress, and that their condition as well worthy the attention of Parliainem.. The Njlige Lord had alluded to Birmingham ; now from the official returns, which showed an increase in the exports of hardware, he should consider that Birmingham, Sheffield, and other places interested in that trade were in a state of prospe rity, and looking to the declared as well as the official value of exports generally, he was of opinion that the manufacturers were not in such a state of depression as had been attempted to be represented. Lord ASHBURTON and the Marquis of LANS DOWNE mutually explained. Earl FITZ WILLIAM considered that the most valu able part of the very valuable speech of thee-Noble Duke was that in which he recommended that the House should seriously consider the subject of the Corn-laws, either in Committee or otherwise. Now he (Earl Fitzwilliam) had three times endeavoured to induce their Lordships ti adopt such a course, but without effect. With respect to the lean oxen in France, it should be recollected that not only did the protection to the lean ox prevent the intro duction of the fat ox into France, but. it also prevented the introduction of French manufactures into Germany and that was his great objection to the Corn-laws, and to all prohibitory laws, that they interrupted the commerce between different countries. With regard to the table quoted by the Noble Duke it was a table of medium prices, not of averages, for it was made out by the C onsu l s w ithout an y regard whatever to quantity. He thought the fixed duty proposed by the Government would give to . the English agriculturist that to which he was fairly entitled, a pre ference over the foreigner in the English market, and would more than compensate him for all those burdens in the shape of local taxation, which were represented as pressing so heavily on the land, although he for one did not think the landholder was more burl dened than any of the other classes. He believed tha the sliding scale, as at present constituted, offered a very great temptation to fraud. The Noble Earl concluded by presenting upwards of one hundred petitions in favour of an alteration in the Corn-laws, and one from th( Jewish inhabitants of Edinburgh, praying for a removal of the Jewish disabilities. The Marquis of NORMANBY presented ptition 'praying for a removal of the Jewish disabilities, from Shields ; also a petition praying for a revision of the Im port Duties, from Haddington ; and a petition from some place, the name of which we could not catch, praying for the abolition of Church rates. Lord PRUDHOE presented several petitions against any alteration in the Corn-laws. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE presented several pe titions praying for a repeal of the Corn-laws. The Marquis of BUTE presented petitions from St. Asaph and two other places against any alteration in the Corn-laws. Their Lordships then adjourned at Half-past Eight o'C!Oelz to Thursday next. HOUSE OF COMMONS, May 25. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four o'Clock. G: W. WOOD brought up the Report of the Committee on the Southwark Improvement Bill. On the motion of Mr. J. A. YATES the Great Leinster and Munster Rail Way Bill was read a third time and passed. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE IMPROVEMENT BILL. Upon the Report of the Bill being brought up, Sir C. GREY moved that the Amendments which had been made in the Committee, instead of being considered that day, should be taken into consideration on Friday next. Mr. ORD hoped the House would not agree to the motion of his Right Hon. Friend. Mr. INGHAM did not see any necessity for the mo tion of the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite. Mr. LIDDLE understood that the tolls were in all cases reduced, and that was all the petitioners prayed for, and he thought they would be satisfied. Mr. HINDE and Mr. BELL opposed the amendment, and considering what had taken place in Committee, they were astonished it had been brought forward. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, but no divi sion took place, and the amendment was negatived with out a division. On the bringing up of the Report on the Newcastle upon-Tyne Improvement Bill, Mr. HUTT—I beg to move the amendment to this Bill, of which I have given notice, that all such parts of it as give the Council of Newcastle the power to levy a toll on flour, meal, and bran, be omitted. The neces saries of life are in every community most unfit objects for taxation. I need not, I am sure, say anything to. impress such a trite fact on the House. Of all the arti cles, however, which constitute the necessaries of life, bread is that one which ought to be the last affected, either by Municipal or Imperial taxation. But there happen to be circumstances which render the toll upon flour and meal by the Corporation of Newcastle peculiarly improper. Most of the flour prepared for the con sumption of the town and neighbourhood is ground at mills on the high ground outside the town ; consequently the wheat which is brought into Newcastle market first pays a tax as corn if carried out of the town to be ground ; the grist is then taxed separately on its reintro duction as flour, meal, and bran. Surely this is not pro per, and will not receive the sanction of the House. I know that it -will be argued by my Honourable Friends that this toll has been long levied by the town of New castle by Act of Parliament, and that in the present Bill the - rate of it is reduced. I contend that the imposi jun of such a tax on food, which is equally, by persons in all classes of life, is utterly indefensible on any just or intelligible principle, and the circumstance of its being an abuse of long standing is not in my mind an argument for its continuance. But it is not the case that by the operation of this Bill the toll will be reduced—the nominal amount of the toll will be reduced, but the toll will practically be increased. Hitherto the millers who reside outside the town have been permitted a very large rate of comp os i t i on ; t h e old toll has never been really levied. A very respectable miller has informed me, that whereas he now pays a composition of 15/. per annum for introducing his flour into Newcastle, under the operation of this Bill he will have to pay tolls to the amount of 501. or 60/. I trust, therefore, that the House will sanction my proposition. After a short conversation the motion was withdrawn. and the Report was received. Mr. GREENE moved, That, in the present Parlia ment, all Bills for the more easy recovery of Small Debts may proceed through their several stages in manner hereinafter mentioned, in lieu of that prescribed by the existing Standing Orders:--That there be one clear day .between the first and second reading; that one clear day's noti ce b e g i ven of the second reaing; that there be two clear days between the second reading and the sitting of the Committee thereupon, and due notice given accordingly ; that petitioners against any such Bills may -be heard before the Committee on the Bill, on a petitioa presented at any time before the sitting of the Commiii tee.--Agreed to. The Deanhead Reservoir Bill was read a third time and passed. On the motion of Sir J. Y. BULLER., the Exmouth Market Bill was read a third time, and passed. Mr: , :LOCKHART moved the third reading of the Monkland Canal Bill. The Bill was accordingly read a . third time, and passed. On the motion of Mr. DIVETT, the Bristol and an d d E xeter' Railway Bill was read a third time, and passed. Mr. W. EVANS presented a petition fr om a a p pl d acei in Yorkshire, praying for repeal of the Corn -laws n revi sion of the import duties. on M in arg t a l te ie and M o r. th P e L r U pl A a r es T i l n iE K p e r n er a n ga te i d ns p t et a i l t i i y on a s li f e r r o a m ti Corn-laws. nsfrom eon A gr ln ega SC ti ll m O is L o E f F ß lE np L ti D sts p l a .e n s d er4d othe s r el i e ' r r a o l te p s e ta ti n ti t o Dissen ters in Birmingham, Westminster, and other places, praying for the abolition of Churchrates. Mr.ROCHE presented a petition from Limerick, that the money granted for the improvement of prayingti eSlnnon Navigation should be fairly expended ac cording to the original intentions of the Legislatur e . Mr. G. W. WOOD presented a petition, praying for certain alterations in the Poor-law Amendment Bill. Mr. TROTTER presented a petition from Farnham a gainst any alteration in the Corn-laws. Mr. EASTHOPE presented several petitions from dif ferent parts, of Leicester against the Corn-laws. EVENING EDITION. Mr. GREG presented several p e titi ons t o a s i m il ar 9 effect from parishes in Lancashire and Yorkshire. Mr. W. I'ATTEN presented seventeen petitions from different parts of Lancashire-prayin g for an immediate and total repeal of the Corn-laws. Mr. O'CONNELL gave notice that he would, on Thursday, move that the petition of Patrick Collins, complaining of a denial of justice on the part of the As sistant Barrister of the Queen's County be printed. Colonel SIBTHORP moved for a return of all the Bills passed during the last and present Session of Parliament, and also of the Bills discontinued or rejected. Lord SANDON wished to ask a queitiitin of the Noble Lord opposite. Two most important Bills had just been brought from the Lords, the Boroughs Im provement Bill and the Drainage Bill. He wished to know from the Noble Lord what course he would pro pose to take with them. Lord J. RUSSELL said they very important Bills, and he would be most sorry that they should not become the law of the land. However, he could not upon thnt oc casion answer the Noble Lord's question. Mr. HUME presented a petition from an im prisoned Chartist, complaining that his health had ma terially suffered in consequence of the harsh treatment he had received, and praying that the House would agree to the motion about to be made for his liberation ; also one signed by 9,820 of the inhabitants of Stocl;port and its vicinity, praying for the liberation of all Chartist prisoners, especially Frost, Williams, and Jones, who had been illegally committed. Mr. 0 CONNELL presented a petition from a la bourer named John Roe, of Nottingham, stating that he had only 7s. a-week, out of which he had to maintain him self, a wife, and four children. He complained of Yr:H(lns grievances, especially that he and his class were not re presented in that House, and'praying that freedom might be given to all political prisoners. POLITICAL OFFENDERS. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said, as the principal object sought by the numerous petitions he had to peesent would be fully detailed in his address on the motion on the paper, he thought he would best consult the feeling of the House by merely asking the House to receive the petitions, and stating the numbers by which they were signed. The large petition was signed by rather more than 1,300,000 of the indugtriOus chisss. The others were signed by—from Manchester, ; Newport, 5,300 ; Chorley, Stockton, Congleton, Gate house, Cardiff, Holt, Montrose, Newcastle, Dublin, Nor folk, Chester, Derby, Ripon, Northampton, and 23 plaePs in the neighbourhood of London. These were • sign,' by 48,884, making, i n a ll, th e s i gnatures 1.348,848. , The first prayer of these petitions was this:—" Your pe titioners therefore pray that . your Hon. House will permit a humble address to her Majesty, praying that she may I e graciously pleased to give immediate directions for the liberation of all prisoners now confined in the several gaols . of Great Britain for political offences." The second prayer was:—" That your Honourable House be graciously pleased to present another humble ad dress, praying that her Majesty will be graciouslypleased to grant a free pardon to J. Frost, Z. Williams, and W. Jones, now suffering the penalties of expatriation in a penal settlement." The third prayer was, that this House, having done these things, would adopt the prin ciple of the Charter.(Laughter.) Colonel SIBTHORP said he thought it would be but fa'r and satisfactory to that House and to the country that the 'Ton. Member who had presented these petitions should allow the prayer of the petition to be read to the House. He would, thterefore, Move that that •be 'done.—(A laugh.) The Clerk then read the prayer of the ' ,., t;tion, Colonei olbrilUtir said he was entitled to - why the prayer was not annexed to. tue peut,ol, W4Ch was the usual mode, instead of having the pray,. s,pu. ate and distinct, as in the. present instance. Mr. DUNCOMBE said that if the Hon. and Gallant Member would take the trouble of unrolling the petition, he would find that the prayer which had been read ma; a fac-simile of that attached to the petition. The peti tion which he (Mr. Duncombe) now presented came from the female operatives of England, Scotland, and Wales. The SPEAKER said that it was the larger petition .c.f which the Hon. and Gallant Member wished to hear the prayer read.' Colonel SlBTHORP—Certainly. Sir ROBERT PEEL said that he understood the Hon. Member for Finsbury (Mr. T. Duneombe) had sated that the prayer of the petition which he held i i his hand was identical with that attached to the large peti tion on the table, and there was therefore an opportunity of learning its substance ; there would be moreover gr fat difficulty in unrolling the latter petition on account of its great size. Under those circumstances he trusted his Hon. and Gallant Friend would withdraw his motion. Colonel SIBTHORP said he had no wish to obstruct the presentation of the petition. It was his desire to see the petitions of all classes duly considered ; he would therefore do as his Right Hon. Friend suggested. The petition was then ordered toile on the table. Lord JOAN RUSSELL thouifht the Right . lion. Gentleman had suggested the adoption of the best course that could have been pursued. He was glad that the Gallant Colonel had yielded to that suggestion, as other wise it would have a pp eare d as if h e wished to make some jest of the petition. Colonel SIBTHORP said, with some warmth, that ha did not require the admonition of 'the Wile Lord, an.l that he should treat it as he did his public conduct with sovereign contempt. Sir R. INGLIS was sure that his Gall.mt Frieni did not wish to cast the slightest disresp&ct upon those who had signed the petition. Col. T. WOOD thought that whatever became of the petition, however it might to treated 'by tha! Ti rt.e, would be found no subject cf merriment for her MajeOty's Government. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said that the Hon. and Gallant Member having disavowed any intention of treating the petition with levity, he and the House were .bound to believe that such was the fact. But this he felt compelled to say, that he never in his life saw anything more like levity than the conduct that had just been adopted by the Gallant Officer opposite. Whatever might become of the petition, he thought it would be admitted on all sides that it would ill have become him to have presented such a petition without having its prayer stated and its allegations discussed. It WAS for this purpose that he intended to Call - the attention of the House to the petition. He was wellnware of the delicacy of the question, and he knew that he . might be told that he was trenching upon the prerogative of the Crown. But there were times when it became that House to advise the Crown in the exercise of its prerogative. An instance of this occurred in the case of Sir M. Lopez when he was accused of bribery. In the case of Sir Manasseh Lopez, sentenced to two years' imprisonment by the House for bribery, a motion had been made for a mitigation of his punishment; Sind in the course of the debate it was acknowledged.by Mr. Wynn and others that cases might exist in Which it would be proper to petition the Crown to exercise the prerogative of mercy. Sir - Manasseh, though con victed of a gross violation of the laws of the land, found his punishment at an end after eight months' im prisonment. He (Mr. Duncombe) begged to state, there fore, that he was not altogether unwarranted by precedent in the course he was taking. He maintained, too, that that was a fit' subject for the interferen ce o f th e House ; and that the iiGovernment could not of its own impulse, any more than in the case of Sir Manasseh Lopez, well liberate the prisoners without an address to the Crown. The petitioners had at first sought for redress also for Frost, Williams, and Jones, as well as for an adoption of the principles of the Charter. When they had done him (Mr. T. Duncombe) honour of asking him to take charge of the petition, he had told them that if they mixed up the case of Frost, Williams, and Jones, and the case of the Charter, with the main object of the petition, they would greatly prejudice the cause they had so Much at heart. Last year, when his Hon. Friend the Member for Westminster brought forward his motion for the re lease of Frost, Williums, and Jones on a point of law, the House negatived the motion by a large majority- not more than five, • he believed, voting tbr He had told the petitioners, therefore, that there was no hope of the release of Frost, Williams, and Jones, or the adoption of the principles of the Charter, during the existence of the present House of Commons. and that the House even thought that no further Reform whatever was necessary. His motion was con sequently entirely confined to the case of the home prisoners, and on the merits of that case alone, he -hoped the subject would be discussed. The petitioners alluded to the treatment of prisoners in high life tie' the purpose of showing the difference with which they individuals in humble station were treated. I lex stated that whenever an industrious man mailf! asedi tious speech the net of the law was spre ad around M m leaving no chance of escape. They had seen a Peer of the Realm acquitted, and justly acquited they said, by a Jury of his Peers on a charge of felony, e petitioners also my, because that charge had not been substantial. Th alluded to the sentence passed en Lord , Waldegrave and Captain Duff. Now Che (Mr. Dunenawc) had Sur expla nation to offer on the last subject. It appeared that Captain Duff, whose name was in -tha t which the sentences on with ra m ]. prisoners had beta petition, and guilty passed against: him. some of those sentence of trasted, had the He had, ll :i h owe ver, within the last hour received a In a relative of Captain D , Duff,wit o hn: ce u requestieli- randune from . that he would r ead it to the House. rho Irn inan t . hen , proceeded to read the communication i n ques tion, in w hich it was stated that Captain Duff had been sentenced to six months' imprisonment, and it fine of rd. for the alleged offence of being a party to a brutal assault on a policeman. His entire innocence of the charge .was now well known, but that innocence was not made known on the trial, from his unwillingness to expose other par ties to punishment. Captain Duff admitted his being present at the commencement of the disturbance, bet no violence was then used by any party. In the see: ad dis turbance Captain Duff had taken no part whatever. He separated from the parties, and proceeded on foorwith a gentleman whom it was not necessary to name,' towards Salisbury Hill." He (Mr. Duncombe) thought. it just, under these circumstances, that Captain Duff's name should not be mixed up with that of the other party. But let him pass to the treatment which the political of fenders had experienced during their confinement. He found that 444 individuals in all had been convicted of political offences, of whom 398 had been released princi pally on account of ill health. One of those parties, Mr. Cowan (as we understood), who had been sentenced to two years' imprisonment in the Wakefield llonse of Correction, one year of which he had undergone, having then been liberated, stated in a letter the many hardships he' had endured dining his confinement. The Hon. Gentleman then read the letter, in which it was mentioned, among other things, that the prisoner was released in eonse quence of an ulcer in his leg, brought on by severe pri vatioes, and which would leave him an invalid for the remainder of his life. He had been obliged, with. the other prisoners, to rise at half-past five o'clock he the moe „i eg ; they then washed themselves in a butt of water, which served fifty individuals ;. and the towels, after having been used by one or two, became so wet,"aS EXPORTS. The Earl of RADNOti seeing the Noble Earl opposite in his place wished to draw the attention of their Lordships to the paper respecting the official and declared value of the exports from which the Noble Lord had last week quoted, for the purpose of showing that from 1830 to the present time both the official and the declared value of the exports had gradually risen ; and he had indeed stated that during one year there had been a falling of?, but that he had said was a matter that frequently occurred, but the Noble Earl had omitted to draw their Lordships' attention to the last sum in the paper ; and the impression left upon tlle-i-llouse,was, that the ex ports had been gradually increasing. Indeed, upon that impression the Noble Earl had founded his argument, when he asked how could the manufacturers be in so dis tressed a state as they were represented to be. If the Noble Earl had quoted the last sum, it would have ap peared that there was last year a considerable defalcation in exports. The Noble Earl had quoted the official value of the last year, which showed an increase, but he had omitted to quote the declared value, which showed a considerable defalcation. The Noble Lord had referred to the great falling off in the declared value, and had said that in former years it amounted to nearly eleven millions, and appealed to him (the Earl Of Radnor) that so large a falling off was one which required something more, in the way of explanation, than the mere observa tion that such things were of common occurrence in commercial transactions. The Noble Earl had stated that the official value was nothing more than a de claration of the quantity of the article manufac tured, while the declared value demonstrated its real value ; and if any Noble Lord would look at the returns, he would find a statement of the difference be- tween the official and declared value, which would explain the matter. In the course of the last twelve years, the official value had gradually risen from 56 to 102 millions, and on the other hand the real value had increased from thirty-five to only fifty-one millions. The necessary con sequence of that was that the real value of the article had been continually diminishing, because if it were otherwise it would have gone on increasing in the same ratio as the official value. That was to be attributed to the pressure of the dear corn years ; so that the manu facturer had not only to contend with the high price of corn, but in the falling off in the price of his own manufactures. He had received a letter film a gentlq.man in the country a day or two ,since, who stated that in Manchester, Birmingham, and the other manufacturing districts, the state of distress was such that pen could not write, tongue could not tell, nor the heart conceive it. Being on his legs he could not help alluding to something that had occurred in the course of the debate last night. The Noble Lord stated that a great country, densely po pu!ated, should provide food for its own inhabitants. He would ask the Noble Lord to name any great country which, either in ancient or modern times, had ever pre tended to grow corn enough for their own con sumption.—(Hear, hear.) The republics of Greece he believed did not ; Crete and Sicily were the granaries of Greece. Rome certainly did not; Sicily and Egypt were the granaries of Home. This country was, also, an example of the same fact. The Noble Lord had, the other evening, talked of our ancient Corn laws, Now the object of those laws was to do th a t which it was the duty of all Governments to do—to take care that the people should not be starved. Parliament during the last 150 years had certainly endeavoured to make the country grow sufficient corn for its own consumption. That Parliament had been composed of landowners. It had been said they did not legislate for their own interests, but it did so happen that the sole object of their legislation had been to endeavour to force the country to grow corn sufficient for their own consumption. I)uring the first half of the last century they had so far succeeded as to make this an exporting country, but during the last eighty years the attempt had failed : 1750 was the climax—from that time the export of corn gra dually diminished until 1770, since which time this had been an importing country. Now he should like to know whether the power and greatness of the country had been greatest when it was an importing or an exporting country ? Undoubtedly since it had been an importing country. Every ten years since 1760, the importation of corn had gone on gradually increasing, with but one exception under the Act of 1815, but under the present law importation had greatly increased. Had our power diminished in consequence ? Was it not notorious that an export- ing country was always a poor country ? Look at Ire land ; that was an exporting country. The exports of corn from Ireland had recently diminished, and the pros perity .of Ireland was increasing. The same as the care with regard to Scotland ; while it was a poor coun try, it was an exporting country ; since it had become prosperous, it had been an importing country. There fore, to attempt to make a great country grow corn suf ficient for its own consumption, was flying in the face of all experience. The Noble Lord was very angry be cause former speeches of his had been quoted against him. He (the Earl of Radnor) could only say, that if the Noble Lord had been a person of small note,—if he had not been always prominently forward in proclaim ing the doctrines which he now repudiated,—if the Noble Lord had not always been looked up to on thosd subjects, it might, perhaps, have been unfair to have made those quotations. But the Noble Lord had been so looked up to, his opinions had been considered almost as oracular ; and never had they . been so deser vedly looked up to as.in 1815, when, in a speech in support of those doctrines which he now repudiated, the Noble Lord had actually foretold almost all that had since occurred as a consequence of that law.—(Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord had dis tinctly pointed out the manufacturing distress, from which they were now suffering, and had also clearly proved that that distress must fall back upon agriculture. The Noble Lord had very - properly characterized the at tempt to feed the people of the country exclusively from the produce of the country as an attempt to cut down the population to the consumption, to cut down the man to the size of the bed, instead of lengthening the bed to the man. Let them look at Manchester and Birmingham at the present moment. Were they not there attempting to cut down the man to the bed ? But the Noble Lord said that such was the zeal, and such were the improvements in agriculture, that now they should be able to grow corn sufficient for the consumption of the country. Why, the experi ment had been tried for the last eighty years, and had failed.. Agriculture had gone on progressively improving, and yet the proportion of production to consumption was smaller now than it had been for pre ceding years. Lord Grenville, in 1815, had ridiculed the idea of this country growing corn sufficient for its own consumption as something perfectly childish, and had asked, What population—the present population, or the population two years hence ? But great things were to be done by the introduction of new manures. There were chemical manures ; there were manures from China, which were to increase the production vastly. He had !ward of one gentleman who was to . have two cargoes of birds' dung from South America. That was to prodice such a quantity of corn that there would be no deficiency for home consumption. Such statements appeared to him to be perfectly absurd. if they raised sufficient one year, what w as to b e done; in a year of scarcity ; and in' a year of abundance what would they do with the' extra produce ? Neither in an cient nor modern history could any country be pointed out which raised student for itself ; unless, indeed, it were thekingdom of Israel, where the fertility of thesoil 'exceeded that of any other country. The Noble Lord had told the House tie other night that if it were true that the country did not grow elln,hoiueghh was s r itthsewavvnecroagne sumption, he would onsent to an alteration. In alluding inportation at all. Ever since this to the importation , h llast eleven foreign esltea,t.ee dnyt years, r r t s n , f , ohr t a h (si e i xb N eye o en b a l r e s Lthoerrd there imported l w i in existence, there had been that ad and they were more dependent deniedeach au tyiquantity r h .f a o that 1 9 7 : I e 0 in as N ha o d ble ta L k o o r n d so l n a l s e t p n amr o eo i s i eu e nn c t e t s l s oa i f t w y jni f h o p r aod a r i t i ba y tejeot, upon foreign countries thoafn corn ny hbaydwbielieonhatua,angyesforwmeerer oa made eßadnor) by the that book, and he - then found night with respect to tie regulahtiaodn o f f o i n v n a d ges th b e y the price of corn ; and he had quoted Adam Smith to prove period. A statement vas ari n regulated.t troubleh a t ‘ , o a s lie eho (thek intoprice l Noble,Lord, no doubt, had referred. and it.was there stated ;hat a man must always live by his work, and that teoxacwlyi;chthethereitrie. He wages must at least be sufficient to cuFTE arl was not said , the Nobl e E maintain him: That wbs :sentiment which th e N o bl e Lord had quoted, thou.:4.i he had not g i ven the words. Lord ASHBURTO Nsaid he had not quoted the work at all ; he had referred to a pamphlet by L or d J o hn Russell. ;-DOWNE sa id that it had been &no eveiY - hikht. 13 entitled L o Lord to i r i e A fe t o N o speeches, made on a fo rmer n i ght. The Marquis f L Lord WHARNCLIFTE admitted that it had been done, but it was irregular-,—(Hear, hear.) The Marquis of LA.nDOWNE said that the rule 'had been Systematically violated.—(Hear, hear.) The Earl of RADNOR said it was not the first time •