The Sun. — London, England, 1842-07-09 00:00:00

„f , THE ANTI-CO„RN-LAW CONFERENCE. ( THIS DAY.) (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Mr. JOHNSON, of Derby, said it had generally been his good fortune to be able to speak better of the condi tion of Derby than other Delegates from other districts. It was not so now, however, for he was sorry to say that Derby was suffering a greater degree of distress than it 'had hitherto done under any circumstances whatever. . Derby contained 35,000 inhabitants, and there were, perhaps., a greater variety of manufactures carried on at Derby than in any other town with the same popula tion ; and it might have been thought that - the very fact of such a miscellaneous trade would have kept distress away from that town. Their manufactures consisted of silk throwing, silk hosiery, gloves, silks, velvets, jewellery ; they had several foundries, machine makers, white lead and flour manufacturers. Now he would first call their attention to the foundries.- One of the g reatest in - the place paid wages to the amount of 1401. a week a short time ago ; the proprietors of that foundry had since added a new branch of business to their establishment, connected with certain parts of rail way carriages ; and yet, with this new branch, added to their establishment, their weekly wages only amounted to 501. ; being a difference of aO/. within the last few years. In the machine-maker's trade the business had fallen off one-third. Mr. Fox, - the great and well-known machine-maker, who formerly employed 70 men, in December last employed only 50, anal now only from 25 to 28. Two years ago, Mr. Fox could not have taken an order to have executed in a less period than six months • and in their present con dition, with only 25 hands, three-fourths of the lathes and other enach'nes were laid up in stock. There were in the town three or four millwrights: In one establishment, which he selected as an example, he found that there were two years ago 28 persons em ployed. The owner never had occasion to discharge a hand until very' recently. In December last the number diminished to 15, and it was now reduced to eight. In silk-throwing the number of mills standing was about seven or eight- Some new mills had been built during the last four or five years, which were engaged in throwing the very finest Italian silks for the purpose of making fine laces, and it was owing to this circumstance chiefly, that the hands were continued in employment. With respect to the article of ribbons, which was a new and extensive trade, he knew one firm which had em ployed 300 hands in that department of manufacture. They were now every week hiring away the very best description of hands. The CHAIRMAN said he was sure the gentleman who was addressing the meeting would excuse a few minutes' interruption in order that a resolution of great impor lance might be proposed. Mr. G. THOMPSON said he had been requested to bring before the meeting a resolution of a very im portant nature. The Executive Committee had delibe rately reviewed the proceedings of the Conference up to that time, and they had anxiously considered what was their duty in reference to the future. Though many remarks had been hiade with reference to the want of practical measures, and to the inutility of their opera tions, it was the opinion of the. Committee that very great benefit had resulted from their proceedings.— (Hear, hear.) They had not indeed received any ex press ground of hope from the Prime Minister, but the statements which had been made in their various meet ings could not hut tell with such effect upon the country as would compel the Government, in spite of wealth, power, and influence, to yield to the just demands of the starving people.—(Cheers.) It had appeared desirable,' therefore, to the Executive C omm itt ee th at t h e Com mittee should not break up. e -(Hear, hear.) He did not mean that those gentlemen whose duties, ministerial or otherwise, required their presence elsewhere, should leave the conference ; but there were a number of geatlemen who had determined that they would net not leave the metropolis, but would remain together in an organized form, for the purpose of effecting the object for which they ha d assembled. In the present crisis of the question, considering the state of the House of Com mons, and the motions pending in that House, con sidering, too, that the tone and temper of many Members was already favourable, and might be encouraged by the presence and sagacious counsel of men, from all parts of the country; it appeared most important that that body should continue its sitting, and even that efforts. should be made to increase their numbers.— (Cheers.) He must be permitted for one moment to congratulate the meeting upon the character of the De putation which had waited upon Sir Robert Peel, upon the ability with which the interview was conducted, upon the value and importance of the facts which were stated, and upon the weight of the counsel which was so honestly, so plainly, so inartificially, so pathetically, so solemnly, tended to her Majesty's Ministers. He believed that no depw.ation ever felt more the responsibility which rested upon them. Their hands, as far as that Deputation was concerned, were clear of their country's disasters, their consciences were delivered.—(Hear, hear.) - It had been intimated that, possibly, the Conference might merge its existence in the existence of a body which should corn- I rise other e'ements, and endeavour to obtain other ob jects. It was thought desirable that that should not go forth to the public until all hope had been en ti ely excluded by the contumacy the hard hear ednese, and the immovable injustice of the present Government and the two Houses of Parliament. Under these circumstances, it had been resolved by the Execu tive Committee to submit, for the adoption of the meet ing, the re solution which he held in his hand. One **eject which they hoped to attain, by Continuing assem bled, was the Amoral of the apathy which existed in the metropolis ; and they had a proof last night, in a meeting of three thousand persons, that the people of London could be awakened to a just sense of the suffer ings of their countrymen.—(Hear. hear.) He begged respectfully to move— " That this Conference being deliberately of opinion, 'that its continued exertions are imperatively demanded, both by the alarming condition of the country at large, and the position of the question in London and being of opinion that their efforts liave already been attended with effect, detseemine to remain sitting, and to use every constitutional means for the attainment of the ob ject for which the Conference has been assembled." Mr. MOORE 19* ; _to—samora--tha -ipeseehrttenr. ithad teen stateariarthe House of Commons last night by an Zion. Member, whose name was associated with devil's dust, that the people were not with them to which it Was most properly replied, that the people were only not with them because they thought their measures would be ineffectual—it was not because they did not think that the Corn-laws were a curse, but because they were beginning to be hopeless. They had heard a letter read that day, which showed the progress of the discon tent. Let them continue to call upon the Governmen not to dissolve Parliament until the people had been re lieved. They had had an interview with Sir Robertreel. Why should they not seek interviews with the other Members of the Government, and with all those Mem- berg of Parliament who did not concur in their object?— (Fleur, hear.) He believed that they had the power of ~impelling the Government to relieve the distresses of the c.:ople before they dissolved Parliament, and in th.• hope that they would use that power, he cordial') seconded the resolution. The resolution vas then carried unanimously. The Rev. W. bfASSIE, of Manchester, said he had not as yet had the honour of addressing the Conference, and he therefore wished to :lay a word or two on behalf of those whom he represented. He proposed that the re solution now adopted _be circulated amongst the corre- spondents of the Conference. He was deelily impressed with the solemn and religious responsibility now resting on every man who wag aware of the present state of the country. He' believed that every man would have Nen repaid amply if they came and mingled their sym pathy, and banded themselves together, not for the pur pose of considering abstract questions of political sconomy, but to consider the operation of the laws on the condition of their follow-countrymen. He would propose that the Executive Committee should cause circulars to be addressed to the ministers of all religious denominations, and grateful he should feel if the minis- of the Established Church were_to join them, and Catholio clergy also. He should also ad vise t h at circular be addressed to the Roman Catholic . . _ _ bletropolittn:, requesting him to call the attention of his clergy to he p:esFnt state of the country, and he was sure that tTiey would be the first to sympathise with the poor. B 4 whatever might be the denomination of the clergy to whom the circular would be addressed, they should be entreated to make a solemn appeal to Heaven on behalf of their famishing countrymen, and to pray to God that He might be pleased to avert from our com mon country the fearful calamities now impending over us in the ruin of our commerce, in the prostration of our morals, the destruction of our institutions, and eventually convulsion of the empire. He hoped this suggestion would be agreed to, and that the ministers would request the prayers of their congregations in behalf of the dying, the perishing, and the famishing people of the country— (Hear) —and that the country itself would be saved from anarchy and ruin. By such a course they would make their tyrants tremble ; for the greatest oppressors were the greatest cowards in' the presence of that great God who protects the poor—(Hear, hear, and cheers)—and if such were the case, no matter whether their tyrants were composed of a landed axis tocritcy, or were personified in the Prime Minister alone, they would tremble when they were aware that suppli catfons were universally offered up, on behalf of the roar, to the. throne of Almighty God, who would jus tify His name as the friend and protector of the poor and the oppressed.—(Cheers.) The Rev. Gentleman concluded by proposing the following resolution, which was seconded by Mr. Alderman Kershaw, and passed unanimously : " That his resolution, embodied in a circular, be ad dressed to all the correspondents of the Conference." The Ver. J. MORGAN, of Stourbridge proposed the nett resolution, which was as follows Resolved, That a circular be prepared, addressed to ministers of religion and their congrcgations in the tne:ropolis, imploring their supplications on behalf of the distressed people, that God in his mercy may arrest the fearful calamitics impending over the country." Mr. JOSEPIr FRE:ARSON having seconded it, the follow ing circular was adopted on the motion of the Rev. Mr. lifouGAN "Dear Sir,—The details of suffering and distress which ihive been laid before the Conference during the last five days are most fearful. " This day the Delegates h ave had an interview with the 'Premier, who thanked them for the information, confessed the ACCOUIItS of the distress were incontroverti ble, abd promised to lay:the statements before the - Go verinent. Th e .Conference is of opinion that unless something be immediately dune to relieve this wide spread distress, the most deplorable consequences may arise. 'The case and position of the people is desperate. To prevent outbreak, and avoid convulsion in the coun try, it is necessary, if possible, that the House of Com mons should not be prorogued till measures are taken to procure justice for the people. " After the interview with Sir Robert Peel, the Dele gates met at Palace-yard, and passed the following re solutions [for which see another part of our Report]. " Allow us, therefore, strenuously to urge you to send up zealous Delegates to the continued sittings 'of the Conference. " There is no time to be lost. Be up and doing. "I am, dear Sir, yours respectfully, (Signed on behalf of the Conference), "P. A. TAYLOR, Chairman." Mr. O'Coierrer.r. rose amidst tremendous cheering, and said, he did not mean any unbecoming levity when he styled this meeting a Conservative'one. He did believe it to be conservation of the constitution of social order, and intended to protect the people against themselves, as well as to protect them against their oppressors. The State was at the present moment in peril. He had raised his warning voice in the House of Commons last even ing, but he had there met with little sympathy, and less support. He would advise them to adopt his old motto, Hereditary bondsmen know ye not, Who would be safe, themselves must strike the blow." . The only fact that they were all agreed on was the enormity of the distress—the pressure of that distress— the continuous nature of that distress, and the total want of any proposal on the part of the. Government for its relief.—(Hear, hear.) He understood that when they had waited on Sir Robert Peel this morning, Sir Robert had kept his mouth closed.—(Cheers.) There would not have been so much harm in that, if the people also had not been obliged to keep their mouths closed for want of food.—(Hear, hear.) It was a sad thing that a man should take and should keep the Government of a great nation like this —should admit the dreadful state of the distress exist ing—and should offer only mere lip-service expres sions of sympathy—(Cheers)--and admit that he had no project for its relief.--(Hear, and cheers.) Let them tell him any l oca lity i n w hi c h the distress did not prevail.—(Cries of None, none.") Was there one halcyon spot—one oasis in the desert?—(Cheers.) Could they find him any locality, however small, in which dis tress did not prevail ?—(A voice in the room, "Down ing -street.") Downing-street, he was told. The Gentle man must excuse him, but he did not believe they were so very comfortable there.—(Cheers and laughter.) In Downing-street they had an interest in the prosperity of the nation, because „the more prosperous the nation was the greater would be their share of patronage.— (Hear, hear.) But they bad an equally tremulous interest in the security of the State, because there was not one of them but must feel the immi nent danger that they themselves must be in if the country was at its last hour—(Hear, hear)—and if, instead of social improvement, they were to have the frightful yell of revolution.—(Loud cheers.) He depre cated that.— (Cheers.) He was sure that there was not one who heard him would not agree with him, that there was no political change that would not be too dear if ` it were purchased at the expense of a single drop of blood.—(Cheers.) If their counsels should be taken—if their advice should be listened to—the country would be safe.—(Loud cheers.) But if the Premier continued silent, and the Parliament neutral, God help the suffering people.—(Loud cheers.) It was now time to speak out.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) He would not say so if he did not think it necessary, and in his opinion one of the most alarming symptoms of the present crisis was, the dumb-like stupidity of the Go vernment.—(Loud cheers.) In London they did not see that distress. All those who possessed any property flocked to London.—(Hear, hear.) They did not hear the cry of the mother, as she put her child to bed with out food. They did not see her hunger-famished countenance, her languid step, or hear the throbbing of her heart, as she wished her first-born dead that it might escape from the pangs of hunger.— (Cheers.) They saw those things ; the Government did not. The country was in great misery ; particular state ments might be denied, but those were but straws upon the torrent. The straw might be removed, but the torrent of misery went overwhelming the whole coun trv.— (Cheers,) In Ireland they were in great distress ; from Belfast to the south-west coast the people were crying for food. —(Elear, hear.) But although Ireland was suffering, there was no patriotic Englishman who had a greater feeling for the distress of England, who was more desirous of alleviating it, than himself.—(Cheers.) He came there for instruction as to what he was to de. -- (Cheers.) He did not care being taunted as factious. —(Cheers.) In all his efforts in the cause of civil and re ligious liberty he had been called factious, rebel, traitor. lie cared not what they called him.—(Cheers.) Much had been said of a factious opposition to the public busi ness in the House of Commons. What public business could be more urgent than to provide food for the starv ing people ?—(Uheers.) The people were , starving. There were 1,500,000 quarters of corn, which by a reso lution of the House of Commons might be let out of bond in a week, and they would not let it come out, be cause they were determined to keep up their rents. If they had fermented the Anti-Corn-law agitation with a little agitation upon the extension of the Suffrage— (Loud cheers)—it would have been better. Did the House of Commons represent the people of England ? No.—(Loud cheers.) It represented only that class whose interests were diametrically opposed to the peo ple, whose interest it was to make the poor man pay a shilling a slice for his bread, and that was protection.— (Cheers, laughter, and cries of " Robbery.") That was a "good word—it was robbery, direct robbery. Lord Howick, it seemed, had proposed a 6s. fixed duty. He (Mr. (O'Connell) was as opposed to that as he was to a sliding scale. A fixed duty was a fixed injustice, and he trusted that the Conference would repudiate such a proposition. The Reform Bill did good by abolishing the nomination boroughs, but it did harm by bringing them back in another shave. The representation had now reached the corruption point. If in a constituency of 2,000, there were 800 Whigs and 80( 1 Tories,, the other 400 would get 101. or 201. a-piece for their votes to them ; the balance, as was in the ease of Harwich, the last six votes, might get 5001. each. The representation was composed of the landlord class, and without uniting themselves to the people they never could overcome that class legislation. (Cheers.) However honestly, zealously, conscientiously, and charitably they might struggle, their struggle would be in vain, unless they joined with the pesple.—(Cries of " Hear.") He and his friend Thompson fought for the black slave, and ne had o_nntion, wh.t.,ei-,-tfrat after having ob -ra ree om for' the black man, the same thing should be denied to the white man.—(Hear, hear.) It was too bad.—(Cheers.) It was too afflicting. But, above all, the calamities which followed from it were manifest. They had the 800,000,0001. of debt pressing on the in dustrious portion of the country, and keeping from them the full power of competing with foreign nations, caused by misrule, and the people not being represented. They must stop him if he was going too far.--(No, and loud cheers.) He wished not to deprive any man of his opinion. He was not there to offer the slightest offence to those who differed with him in political opinions, but he was there to perform a sacred and solemn duty—a duty that he owed to those numerous constituencies, more than one of whom had sent him to Parliament—a duty he owed to, the Scotch people, as well as a duty he owed to thepeople ofEngland.—(Loud cheers.) They had heard him with much patience. They had heard many men address them, but they had heard no man more sincerely anxious than he was for the promotion of the cause.—(Cheers.) They wanted two things. They wanted to give the people food—they wanted to give them employment—they wanted to open the channels of commerce for them. They did not want to drive them to violence or outrage. They wished to preserve every man's property. That man was not honest who would wilfully consent to the destruction of a farthing of an other man's property. It was no matter whether it was paltry thieving or open violence. Whether it was a single pickpocket or an entire multitude that committed the crime ; the crime was only greater in the one case than in the other, in consequence of its greater facility. They were there for conscience sake, as well as charity, to protect property, and, as he said before, to be the conservatives of social order.—(Load cheers.) In making this struggle it was not enough to be roused by animated speeches addressed to them, and many talented speeches they had heard. It was not enough to admire the sentiments they contained. This was not a question of talk, but of action.—(Loud cheers.) It was not a question for the ebullition of sen timent, but unremitting practice. A political writer in Ireland—who did not mean to do so—gave advice to the people consisting of three short words, " Agitate ! Agitate ! ! Agitate ! ! !"—words of ill omen in a stile of prosperity in the material and political world, but words of absolute necessity where the country was diseased, and the public sufferings un bearaMe. They would look forward if the. Conference agitated ; they would confide in them if they agitated. While the House of Commons held out no hope, let the Commons Corn-law Conference be animated to greater exertions, and they would give hope to the peope. Let them not sink under the criminality arising from despair. These topics had occur red to them many and many a time. Oh I let the recurrence of them not prevent them from determi- nation to act. The City of London itself, perhaps, was not agitated upon the question as it ought to be. They must take means to learn the statements of the great city. He had already described the kind of golden stream that was running through the land from the west end of London. That Pactolus could spread its influence over the country, and yet the country knew not a cessation from actual misery—from actual starvation.—(Hear.) He hoped they would petition the Parliament again. There was nothing so uesful, when a man was determined to act, as a repetition of his story. Let them pour in upon that Parliament their ap prehensions, and they would make them honest in spite of themselves. Whatever course they pursued, he (Mr. O'C.) was at the service of that Conference.—(Loud cheers.) He stood with one, two, or three in thg House of Commons, and they were called a factious Opposition. He was as factious an Oppositionist as either of the three. He ,conjured them—he could not say to reflect, for they did so, but to recoll ec t w h at they had undertaken. They had the confidence of the people. Let them vin dicate that confidence, and not think of going until they had done something for them. They must not go b ac k with merely saying th e y h ad seen the Premier, who had express d a whining sympathy for them. If they could do nothing, the fault was not theirs. It was apeople of England were b ro U g h t to a state y m ust have an end. It must end either in N h fa e c n t suffering that the grave, or by a convulsive movement. There was no hope i asaying they must look for a sunny d a y, or a o better arvest. Such was nonsense and a b surd i ty. The sun had risen, and night wou ld come over th e people, and still there would be starvation. They must rise, then, to exertion. The Government's pow er l ay them, in a close phalanx ; their power consisted in th e army and nary. They had the Church with disparagement - —(Hear.) He did not mean any to the State Church, but he always thought it.was ina an Wk ward predicament.—(Cheers.) He "thanked them fur the, patience with which they had heard him, and he would assure them .of his sympathy and: best exec tions, and he only regretted that he . had not more power to be serviceable, and he could say that no human heart could throb with greater anxiety than his did to be uscfuLto the people.— (Great cheering.) The CR .- AIRMAN said that before they separated they must recollect that the meeting of the Conference would be held again at 11 o'clock on Monday, at the same and hoped that as many as possibly could re main in town would be present. The meeting then adjourned at four o'clock. THE ANTI-CORN-LAW DELEGATES. INTERVIEW WITH SIR R. PEEL This morning a large body of Delegates had an interview with Sir Robert Peel. Ten gentlemen addressed the Premier on the decrease in the trade and commerce of the country —on the extent of idleness and destitution—and on the in- crease of crime and disaffection. Their state ments, which were most solemn and important, were listened to for an hour and a half. At the conclusion, Sir Robert Teel said—" You will not expect from me any communication on the matters you have brought before me—matters which have frequently been under the notice of her Majesty's Government and the House of Commons. What you have communicated shall be taken into consideration. I have nothing further to say — (after a pause)—except that I deeply Byrn- pathise in the distresses of the country, and thank you for the testimony you have borne, which I fear is incontestible." THE FUNDS-(Cl BRITISH LOSING PRICES.) FUNDS. India Stock — pm Ditto Bonds Ditto Old Annuities Ditto New Annuities — Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2d 46 pm Ditto 5001 46 pm Ditto Small Bank Stock for Acct — India Stock for 0pg.... Consols for Opp. 9lk ;T FUNDS. Portuguese, 5 per cent. Ditto, New Ditto Prussian, 5 per cent. Russian, 5 per cent — 'Ditto, Metallic .....» Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. . . 3 per Ceut. Cone 913 33 per Cent. Red 1003 New 33 per New 5 I.er Cent Long Annuities to expire Jan. IE6O ...... 12 9.16, Oct. 16,59 Jan. 1860 l2 5-161 FOREIGI Austrian, 5 per cent:... Belgian, 5 per cent — Brazilian Bonds... 1 Buena s Ayres 6 per cent. Chilian, 6 per cent Colombian, 6 per cent — Ditto, 1624 Danish, 3 per cent Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Mexican, 5 per cent — Ditto, 6 per cent. 1637 Peruvian, 1825, 6 per ct. Spanish, 5 per cent 2 ll Ditto, Deferred.— . French, 5 per cent.ll9f. 50e , Exchange —f — c "rcnch, 3 per cent —f. —c iDutch, 2i per cent. !Ditto, 5 per cent. ~ ... .101 i SHARES. Birmingham and Derby Railway (100 pd) 42 Bristol snd Exeter (70 paid) . Edinburgh and Glasg ow (50 paid) ...... ... 44 Ditto New Shires ( 3 paid Great Western Railway (65 paid) Ditto Fifth (4 paid) Hull and Selby (50 paid) London and-Brighton (50 paid) London and Birmingham (90) ...... ~.... .. Ditto New Shares ( 2 pair!) ... ........ London and Greenwichßailwav 'l2/ 15s 4d pd) lii North Midland Railway (100) South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) — Ditto Scrip. ( 5 paid) MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS The following are the results of " A Table of Mortality in the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from all Causes Registered in the week ending July 2, 1842." The Table is issued from the Office of the Regis:rar•General:.— Weekly Average 1838-9-40-1 Total. SprinFour I Four Years Epidemic, Endemic, & Contagious Di s e ases 110 183 gs ' l9O Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses 128 147 149 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration ... 221 255 268 sAseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 22 16 18 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion Diseases of the Kidneys, &c............ 7 5 4 Childbed, Diseases of the Uterus, &c 5 . 9 10 Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles 12 6 6 Diseases of the Skin, &c 1 1 1 Diseases of Uncertain Seat 0!d Age, or Natural Decay Deaths by Violence, Privation, or Intem perance Causes not speci fi ed Deaths from all causes. 753 Average Weekly Deaths B7l 912 Population: Average Deaths enu. Weekly in DISTRICTS. merated Deaths the la4l. 183d-t-4'°-1. Week. West—Kensington, St. George ( Hano ver-squ art, West min- Four Four ster, St. Martin in the Fields, Ye:rs.l Springs. St. James North—St. Mary-le-bone, St Pancras, Islington, Hackney 365,660 162 156 139 Central—Saint Giles and Saint George, Strand, Clerhenwell, Holborn, St. Lifke, East Lon don, West London, City of London 373,806 168 179 148 East—Shoreditch,Whiteehapel, Bethnal Green, St. George in the East, Stepney, Poplar 392,49 i 206 190 153 South—St Saviour, St. ()lave, St. George( Southvrark),Ber mondsey, Newington. Lam beth, Camberwell, Rother hithe, Greenwich .............438,060 221 210 173 CAUSES OF LOUTH. Total 1,870,727 912 871 753 It it stated that under the term Metropolis are comprised the 31 districts herein mentioned, which include the City of Lon chit with and without the v, ally, the City and Liberties of Westminster, the out-parishes within the Bills of Mortality— and the parishes of St. Marylebone, St. Pancras, Kensington, is ? Fulham, Hammersmith Chapelry), St. Luk e (Ch e l sea , Pad dington, St. Mary ( Stoke Newington), St. L eonar d Brom ley), St. Mary-le-bow, Camberwell, G reenw i c h, St. icholas and St. Paul kDeptford), and Woolwich. The population, as enumerated in 1831, was 1,594,890; and in June 1841, was 1,870,727. The weekly average for 1838, 1839, 1840, and 1841, was obtained by dividing the deaths in the four years by 208, and the deaths in the four winters by 52. TIMPERATUSAI IN THE WEEKS ENDING June 25. July . Highest Lowest 53 52 Daily Mean . General Register Office, July 7, 1842. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the Royal Suite, left Buckingham Palace this afternoon, soon atter three o'clock, for Claremont Park, wh ere th e Court is expected to spend a few days. Mn. WALLACE'S RESOLUTIONS.—The Parliamentary Votes published this morning do not con t a i n t h e " division" on Mr. 'Wallace's resolutions. We mention the fact, as the reason for its nbn-appearance in our co lumns to-day. Q BRISTOL SUGAR-MARKET, JULY B.—Our market has become exceedingly depressed and inanimate. The flat state of the country demand is seriously felt by the buyers, who are not disposed to add to their stocks, and the sales have been very trifling. Arrived, from Barba does, 570 hhds. and 185 hhds. from Jamaica.—Bristol Mercury. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM TEE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. GLOBE.—The debate on Mr. Wallace's motion was brought to a close last night, or rather this morn ing. On the division; there appeared for the motion, 49 ; against it, 174, An attempt was made to carry over the debate to next week ; but the House refused to sanction the effbrt to prolong the discussion. It seemed to be agreed, on all hands, that the form of the motion precluded all hope of reducing it to any prac tical object. Hence, ;the leaders of Opposition, while they availed themselves of the opportunity thus afforded to deliver their sentiments at considerable length, and with manifest advantage over the Govern ment, on the important questions which the resolu tions placed on the table of the House necessarily raised, were unable to support the motion, which, from the commencement •of the debate, they expli citly stated they would vote against upon a division. From this circumstance the organs of the Govern ment have derived an argument against the course adopted by Mr. Wallace, as an unnecessary inter ruption of the business of the Session—a waste of the public time, by originating a protracted debate, with out the possibility of effectuating any practicarad vantage ! We cannot adopt the conclusions, even though we may admit the premises, .pf such of our Contemporaries as thus reason. From whatever point we view the melancholy scene of i ncreas i ng national distress—whether it be considered a s resulting from defective or erroneous legislation, or as o r i g i nating in causes over which legislatimi has, at best, b u t a very limited control—we must approve of the policy of the Opposition in forchigits immediate consideration on the Government, through the House of Commons. Some may think that debates, similar to that of the pre sent week, in which such serious and often contra dictory views are taken of the origin, nature, and proposed cure, of the evils admitted by all to exist, are of little or no practical utility. We are far from participating in such sentiments. Though no specific system of relief is likely to be evolved out of the miscellaneous mass of opinion that a Parliamentary debate on general topics must necessarily call forth, yet the accumulated results of individual experience are thus brought to bear on this one , 11-engrossing subject of national interest, from which a subsequent examination, separating the prejudices and party feelings of the hour, may discover data on which to found practical measures of alleviation, if not of cure. STANDARD.—And now, again, we ask, what is the importance of any question about the evidence ? Lord Ashley's Bill merely goes to forbid the em ployment of women and infants in subterranean labour. If no women or infants are so employed, or likely to be so employed, then surely, in Commons, which has courtesy to the House of passed the Bill by :acclamation, and in con sideration of .the public desire, the House of LorBs may ratify a measure which can do no harm, and which will be at Worst but waste paper ; but if women and infants are indeed employed in mines, then what reason can there be to doubt the truth of all that,the 2,000 pages of the Re port contain ? Must we not know what must be..the ef fect of thd promiscuous association of person s of opposite sexes in darkness, and free from control—whether they are or are not generally in an indecent state of ex posure ? Must we not know that infants com mitted *to the mine from the ages of five and 'six years, must, grow up without moral education, and that .such tender infants, committed to the mercy of persons Who have an interest in their /abOur, - but no interest in their hap piness or welfare, must be overworked and other wise treated with extreme cruelty ? Upon the hypothesis that women and infants are employed in mines, the presumption is that the wo men are corrupted, and the children tortured and destroyed. No evidence is wanting to con firm this presumption, though, alas, it is abund antly confirmed by the • Commissioners' report. It is for those who ueny the inevitable tendencies of our corrupt nature to rebut the presumption, if they can. •As well, however, attempt to prove that if the women and children were thrown into the Thames-. the majority must not perish—as well call for a Committee to inquire whether drowning will cause death. The only fact for the House of Lords, or for any other body of reasonable men called to decide upon the subject, to inquire into, is the fact, whether women and infants are or are not employed in mines ? If they are so employed, ,the obligation of a prohibitory law is imperative ; but it is admitted by the opponents of Lord Ashley's Bill that they are so employed. What further need the House of Lords inquire ? ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME ClRCUlT—Hertford, Friday, July 8. ' CIVIL SIDE. (Before Lord ABINCER and a Special Jury.) COOK V. THE AYLESBURY RAILWAY COMPANY. This was an action to recover the amount of damage sustained by the plaintiff in consequence of some of his cows having been run over by a train upon the railway. Sergeant Shee and Mr. Wordsworth were for the plaintiff; ; l‘fr, Montagu Chambers, Mr. Peacock, and Mr. Rose, for the defendants. The defence set uplwas, that the Directors had done all the law required them, and that the gate in question was properly erected, and in good condition at the time of the accident; and witnesses were called, who swore positively . that they examined the gate before and after the accident, and that it was perfectl3 secure, and it was alleged that the accident must have occurred through some person opening the gate. Lord ABINGER said there was no donbt that the Railway Company were bound in laW not only to erect proper gates and fences in such situations, but also to take care afterwards that they were kept , in proper repair. If the Jury belieVed that, from any circumstance, even from the ordinary wear and tear of such an article, the fastenings were defective, and that the gate might have blown open, and so allowed the cattle to get upon the line, the defendants were liable, because they were bound by their Act of Parliament to keep the gates and-fences in proper repair. If, on the contrary, they believed the witnesses for the defence, when they declared the gate to be in a proper and secure state, then they would re turn a verdict in their favour. The Jury returned a verdict for the defendants. EDWARDS V. LORD LISTOWEL. The above cause has excited a good deal of interest in the county, and it was expected that some curious dis closures would be made in reference to the proceedings connected with the recent elections at St. Alban's, be tween the plaintiff who was the agent for the Noble Lord on both these occasions, and the defendant. The declaration set fbrth, that the plaintiff claimed from the defendant a certain large sum of money for work and labour done, and services performed by him for the defendant. Mr. Chambers, Mr. Gurney, and Mr. G. Taylor, were for the plaintiff ; Mr. Sergeant Shee, and Mr. Peacock, were instructed for the defendant. Before Mr. CHAMBERS could well enter on his state ment he was stopped, and afterwards addressing the jury said that the present proceedings had led to un under standing between the parties, and he had the pleasure to inform them that they would not be troubled any further, as it had been agreed that one of the jury should be withdrawn, and that no verdict should be taken. A juror was accordingly withdrawn. SOUTH WALES CIRCUIT—CarcIe July 8. Muunza.—The Learned Judges opened the Commission here on Tuesday. The only case of interest—viz., the trial of Edwards for the matricide at Merthyr, took place yesterday. Considerable interest was felt for the result of the trial, and the Court was completely crowded. Richard Edwards was indicted for the wilful murder of his mother, Tamar Edwards. The prisoner, who pleaded " Not guilty," appeared rather flushed, but otherwise did not seem to feel the awful situation in which he was placed. Mr. Vaughan Williams, with Mr. Nicholl, appeared for the prosecution. Mary Jenkins; eaamined by Mr. NICHOLL-.-I knew old Ta mar Edwards when she was alive. I saw her on a Thursday, about nine days before her body was found. I saw her about three o'clock in the afternoon. She was taking a jug cf water by my door to her house. I did not see her go into her house, but she went in that direction. My house is two doors from her's. She looked as usual, as if shwas quite well. I was in the habit of seeing her daily carrying coal or water. I never saw her alive after that day. I was at home every day from that day until the body was found, and must have seen her if she had passed. 1 don't think I saw the prisoner at all after that time, David Lloyd, examined by Mr. NlcstoLL—l live at Merthyr Tydvil, by the lower furnace. 1 remember when the body of Tamar Edwards was found. On that day I saw the prisoner. I then asked him where his mother was, as I said I had not seen her that week. The prisoner said she was gone down to Llandabon. The prisoner% wife was washing the floor when I went in. Mary Traherne gave similar evidence. Jane Phillips exam►ned by Mr. WILLIAMS—Gave evidence as to seeing Tamar Edwards and his wife on the Monday after the body was found, and the prisoner on being asked after his mother, replied, as in the other cases, that his mother was at Llandabon. Mrs. Williamieiamined—l am the wife cf Richard Wil- hams. On the Monday I remember seeing the prisoner at the bar. It was the Monday before I heard that his mother's body was found. I saw him by his mother's house about five o'clock in the evening. He was looking in through the window and pressing a little of the hood of the cloak through the pane. The cloak was across the window a little higher up than where the pane of glass had been broken. It was across half of the window. He cl oa k so that he might look through the broken pane into his mother's house. When he looked through the broken pane be could see the whole of the room and the bed, towards which he was looking. I came on to meet him. He had left the house, and was coming to meet me. I asked bim how he was, and told' him that his wife had been by his mother's house on the Saturday morning before that, and that I had told her when she was there that I thought her mother in-law was not at home. On the Saturday after I heard of the finding of the body of the deceased, I asked the prisoner w h en h e Ind last been at his mother's house. He said he had seen her on Thursday night. I asked him if he had heard her talk of her intention of going from home. He said he had, and that she went away on Friday morning. He asked me if I knew where Peggy or Margaret (his wife) was. I said I did not know. The woman next door (Mary Traherne) told him where his wife was. He then went up the tram-road in the direction of Caedran. I have been a neighbour of the de ceased for two years. She went from home sometimes. She was a pauper at Llandabon. When :he used to go from home she used to put a piece of calico or something like that at the window. I know the cloak which was before the window ; the deceased used to wear it ; she had another cloak to go from home in. Messrs. - Davit and Dyke, surgeons, of Merthyr, deposed to the post niortens examination of the body of the deceased, who in their opinion died by stritngulation. The prisoner having declined saying anything in his defence, The Learned JUDGE summed up, and the jury returned a verdict of Guilty. His Loansurr then put on the black cap, and proceeded to pass sentence of death upon the prisoner, exhorting him not to entertain any hopes of mercy in this world. COMPROMISE COMMITTEES. BELFAST. CLOSE OF THE INQUIRY. :Continued from our Third Edition of Last Night.) On the admission of strangers at that hour, the Report was not read ; but we understand the substance of it to be as follows, and that it will be presented to the House on Monday night " That it had been proved that a compromise respect ing the late election petition for Belfast had been entered into, and partly performed by two gentlemen on bailiff of the petitioners, and the then sitting Members for Bel fast ; but it appeared that the then sitting Members and the petilloners had no hand in such compromise, the two gentlemen having solely relied on their personal influ ence with their respective parties for the carrying out of such compromise. " That gross an d systematic bribery and corruption - had prevailed to a great extent on the part o f the Conserva tives, at the late election for Belfast ; and that the per sonation of voters at the poll had also been resort e d t o , four men, in fact, having been brought from Monaghan for that express purpose; but that it did not appear that the then sitting Members had been in any way concerned in, or, in truth, cognizant of such practices. "iThat all parties were agreed in representing that the registration of voters in Belfast was in a most deplorablb condition, and required great alteration." in his muster's fi e ld, near i c i l f t l i y y .1a s t week, a labou r i ng man n w w r as e tm rn D pl E o A y T ed n rick o i n ig e Ivybridge, when a circumstance took place of a most awful nature. The atmosphere, which had been sunny, became cloudy, and a heavy sho w e r of rain fell; the man, however, conti n ued his work, throwing the hay from the ground to the top of the rick; hut in a moment of passion he raised the fork high in the air, and swore that God Almighty might come and make the hay, for he would not. At that instant a flash of lightning, at tracted by the iron prongs of the fork struck him to the earth; and on being raised the unhappy man was dead. —Wiltshire Independent. GROUND SOLD AT ONE GUIN EA PER INCH. -- That part of th e street oppos i te • Messrs. illingworth and Hicks, booksellers, Wakefield, is extremely nar row com p ar ed with the other part s of t h e street in the M a rket-place. Last week, th e , the ground on whi c h stood shop recently o ccup i e d b y M r . Alderton, situate directly op posite the abo ve place, as taken down ; and we understand thatthferonthe angular Commissioners eoL Wakefield l purchase, for ei g h teen guineas, eighteen inches in wid t h (mea suringthe most promi nent corner o f t h e shop above allud e d t o . The o o: eld streets have a gree d to very tiny bit of ground this purchaled will be a considerable iinprovement,—L ee d 3 Times. •• • . ..!,,. ~_ IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, July 8. Their Lordships met at Five o'Clock. The P.rtst Prison Bill, and several other Bills, were brought up from the Commons. MINES AND COLLIERIES BILL. Lord STRAFFORD- presented petitions from places in. Yorkshire against certain clauses in the Mines and *Collieries Bill. WEST INDIA COLONIES. The Earl of DALHOUSIE presented a. petition pray ing for protection to West India produce. The Earl of MOUNTCASHEL presented a petition from the Chamber of Commer ce o f St. Anne's, New Brunswick, praying for protection to commodities the growth and produce of the West Indian colonies. THE OATHS' COMMITTEE. The Duke of RICHMOND informed the House that one of the witnesses called before the Oaths' Committee had refused to give evidence on oath. The Noble Duke then moved that the questions put to that witness, and the reasons given by that person for refusing to take an oath, should be printed for the use of the Committee. MINES AND COLLIERIES. Lord HOWARD (of Effingham,) presented petitions from places in Yorkshire against any legislative inter ference with employment in mines and collieries. Lord MONTEAGLE presented a similar petition from the men employed in the collieries near Wakefield. The Bishop of NORWICH presented seven petitions from the colliers employed in the neighbourhood of Wakefield, praying that the Bill might pass. (The Right Rev. Prelate read one of the petitions which came from the operatives themselves, expressive of the utmost horror and disgust at the employment of females, and children under 13 years of age, in mines at all, under any circumstances.) He hoped and trusted that when the Bill should be printed, and come before them in another shape, their Lordships would consider it with that attention of Which he was sure it was well de serving. Lord HATHERTON thought it an inconvenient prac tice to go at great length into a question which was to come before the House so soon in detail. He was happy, however, to hear the Right Rev. Prelate admit the pro per management of the collieries in South Staffordshire. But, at the same time, he must declare his belief, that the statements of the Report did not • give a fair or correct account of the state of the mines in other parts of the country. The manner in which the Commission was appointed ought to serve as a caution to their Lordships not to adopt its representations too hastily. The Government and the House of Commons had acted too precipitately in this matter, and the consequence was to spread dismay throughout the mining districts ; and he trusted that their Lordships would not proceed with the Bill until they had allowed those who were misrepresented in the Report to state for themselves what were their practices. The Earl of STANHOPE defended the Report, and contended that the House was bound, in justice to the Commissioners, to receive their statements as true until they were rebutted. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE bore. testimony to the character of the Commissioners, and the fidelity and care with which they had discharged their duties. He was convinced that their inquiries had been conducted in a perfect spirit of candour and impartiality. After a few words from Lord HATHERTON in ex planation, the conversation dropped. The Duke of CLEVELAND presented several peti-. tions in favour of the Bill for regulating labour in mines, &c. He supported the prayer, and expressed his hope that the Bill would be read a second time this evening, and passed as.speedily as possible. In saying this, however, he did not wish it to be understood-that he was opposed to some changes in the details. Lord BROUGHAM said, as it appeared that this Bill was to pass through the, House as a matter of course, he should be glad to know in. what manner the evidence had been collected ? The Marquis of LANSDOWNE thought it did not appear as if the Bill was to pass as a matter of course. In answer to the question which the Noble Lord had put to him, he begged to say that he believed the Commis sioners to be men of great integrity, and that they had taken every means to sift the evidence. Lord HATHERTON stated that he had been informed by the agent of Lord Ward that he had not heard of one of the Commissioners having been in South Stafford shire till he saw the Report. A NOBLE LORD, on the Ministerial benches, said that he did not belieVe that the Commissioners had visited any of the great collieries in Gloucestershire, Glamor ganshire, Monmouthshire, or the neighbourhood. The Earl of DEVON said it was his intention to move the second reading of the Bill on some future day. The Duke of RICHMOND stated that the Bill could not be read a second time till it had been referred to a Select Committee. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE thought it ap peared to be the opinion of some Noble Lords that pre vious to the second reading of the Bill, certain witnesses should be examined to prove the correctness of the evi dence given in the Report: He (the Marquis of Clanri carde) did not think that such a course was at all necessary. - Lord 'CAMPBELL was of opinion that a motion should at once be made for referring the Bill to a Select Committee. The Earl of DEVON then moved that the Bill be referred to a Select Committee. The Duke of WELLINGTON could not but think that their Lordships should inquire a little into the man ner in which the evidence in the Report had been taken. •—(Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord who appointed the Commission was not present ; but he (the Duke of 'Wellington) observed that the Commissioners were authorised to take evidence upon oath. Sub-Commis sioners were appointed by the Secretary of State, who were employed to take the evidence, which was a very different thing from having the evidence taken by the Commissioners.—(Hear, hear.) He thought it would be desirable, before a Select Committee was appointed, that the manner in which the evidence . had been taken should be inquired into. He was of opinion that the motion should not be persevered in to-night, as the Noble Lord who appointed the Commission was not present. Lord BROUGHAM thought that if the Bill were read a second time a Select Committee would be appointed. After a short conversation the mattor dropped. The Earl of CARDIGAN presented petitions from five places in South Wales against any legislative inter ference with the regulation of labour in mines. Tim Noble Lord presented similar petitions from the Wesi Riding of Yorkshire. BANKRUPTCY LAWS. The LORD CHANCELLOR presented a petition, signed by 300 merchants, bankers, and others of the City of London, in favour of his Bill for amending the Bankruptcy laws. His Noble and Learned Friend (Lord Brougham) had stated on a former_p_yoning he intendgcl. on Mexia.y- ..,--at — t - 6 - 601 the attention of trreaiiiifie to an important subject. He (Lord Lynd hurst) begged to ask what that subject was ? Lord BROUGHAM had not the slightest objection to inform his Noble and Learned Friend that his intention was to bring the attention of the House to a petition which he had presented from certain delegates relating to the distress of the country. EMPLOYMENT IN MINES. Lord lIATHERTON gave notice that on Tuesday next he would move for a Select Committe• to inquire into the statements in the Report of the Commissioners on Employment in Mines. CUSTOMS DUTIES BILL. _ On the reading of the Order of the Day, for the third reading of the Customs Duties Bill, The Earl of RADNOR said that although he had voted for the second reading of the Bill, because he ap proved of the principle, yet he must vote against the third reading, because the Bill did not go far enough. He might, however, congratulate the country on the approach which the Noble Duke on the cross-benches was making towards free trade principles.—(A laugh.) The Duke of RICHMOND denied that he was a free trader.--(Laughter.) It would be unjust to the farmers of this country to expose them to the competi tion of the less heavily taxed farmers of the Continent. The question having been put, a few Lords called out non-content. Strangers were ordered to withdraw, and the House divided. The numbers were— For the third reading (Contents) 52 Against the third reading (Non -contents) 9 Majority for the third reading —43 The Bill was then read a third time and passed. RAILWAYS BILL. The Earl of RIPON moved the second reading of this Bill. Lord CAMPBELL gave notice that when the Bill went into Committee he should propose a clause against the locking in of the passengers. The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed Fyn Monday. DISTRICT COURTS AND PRISONS BILL. On the motion of Lord WHARNCLIFFE this Bill was read a first time. MINES AND COLLIERIES BILL. The following Noble Lords, in conjunction with others, were appointed a Select Committee to which this Bill should be referred, viz.:-,-The Lord President, Lord Privy Seal, Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord Brougham, Viscount Melbourne, Lord Kenyon, the Bishop of Nor wich, Lord Cardigan, &c. THE ANATOMY ACT. Earl STANHOPE Presented a petition from certain inhabitants of Poplar and the neighbourhood, complain ing that the Anatomy Act had not been legally carried out, the bodies almost invariably having been buried in unconsecrated ground by the undertakers. (There were other complaints contained in the petition which it was prayed should be remedied, which we were- unable to catch.) The Duke of WELLINGTON was of opinion that the allegations could not be true, as the Act of Parlia ment was stringent enough to prevent such practices. A Commission had been appointed to inquire into the working of the Act. and they made a satisfactory Re port with regard to it. Another Commission had subse quently been appointed; but their Report was not yet in a fit state to lay before the House. Government had di rected their:attention to the subject, and they ►^ere de termined that the law should be carried into effect in all its details. Earl STANHOPE expressed his satisfaction that the Government had directed their attention to the subject. He thought that the Noble Duke need not be at all ap prehensive as to the correctness of the allegations con tained in the petition, which was signed by the most re spectable inhabitants of the neighbourhood. He begged to move hat the petition be laid on the table ; which was agreed to. The NOBLE EARL presented also petitions from Kirk heaton, and other places in Yorkshire, against the employ ment of women and children of tender age in mines 'and collieries. He presented also a petition f rom p r i so ners in the Fleet and Queen's Bench prisons against the law for consolidating the metropolitan prisons. DISTRESS OF THE COUNTRY. The NOBLE EARL presented also a petition from a public meeting held at the Crown and Anchor Tavern and presided over by Mr. Robert Owen, Cautioning the Legislature of the imminent danger of the middle and working classes, and praying for the establishment of a system of home colonisation. Ike agreed with Mr. Owen as to the utility of home colonies, although he did not agree with him as to the mode of carrying the prin ciple out. The House then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, July 8. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'Clock. NATIONAL EDUCATION (IRELAND). Mr. Sergeant JACKSON presented two petitioms from places in Cork, against the present system of Na tional Education in Ireland. NEW POOR-LAW. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented 'it petition from the Cobbett Club against the-New Poor-law. Mr. P. HOWARD presented a petition from the Car lisle Board of Guardians against the 37th clause of the Poor-law Amendment Act. NOTICES OF MOTION. Mr. H UME gave notice that he siloLimove for a re turn of the steam-packets employed by the Admiralty, stating where they were employed, the expense of each, and the .number of passengers, and amount received for postage. CORN-LAWS. Lord HOWICK gave notice that, on Thursday next, he should move that the House resolve itself into a Com mittee on the Act regulating the importation of foreign corn, with a view to the adoption of the following reso lution :—" That it is expedient that wheat imported from foreign countries up to the Ist of March, 1843, be admitted for home consumption on the payment of a duty not exceeding 6s. per quarter."—(Cheers.) Mr. EWART gave notice of his intention to move for a return of the vessels employed in the Niger expe dition. NEW WRIT. Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL moved that no new writ be issued for the borough of Sudbury till the 3d of August. Sir W. SOMERVILLE seconded the motion. Agreed to. DISTRESS. _ _ _ Mr. lIUME presented a petition - from the town of Hinckley, complaining of the general distress of the town, particularly of the stocking trade. TIMBER DUTIES. _ _ Mr. P. M. STEWART presented a petition from 1,600 shipwrights on the River Clyde, praying for a re mission of the timber duties. SINGING CLASSES. Sir R. PEEL presenter) a petition from the classes being instructed in vocal music at Exeter-ball, under the sanction of the Privy Council Committee of Education. The Right Bon. Baronet did not state the prayer of the petition. MERCHANT SEAMEN'S FUND. Mr. AGLIONBY begged to ask the Right Hon. Baronet whether he intended to bring forward any remedy for the defects in the management and appro priation of the Merchant Seamen's Fund, into which a Committee was appointed to inquire iu 1840 ? Sir R. PEEL said that the Hon. Gentleman must be aware that in the Reports of the Committee difficulties were suggested, which would require consideration, and these should be considered beforji any Bill was intro duced. Mr. SHIEL said that there was a draft of a Bill on the subject, founded on the last Report but one. TREATY WITH THE BRAZILS. In answer to a question from Mr. FOSTER, relative to the treaty with the Brazils, Sir R. PEEL said that he was aware of the importance of the subject. The Hon. Gentleman must be aware that differences for several years existed between the Govern ment of this country and the Brazils, as to the expiration of the commercial treaty. Their Government contended that the treaty would not expire till the year 1844, while the Government of the Brazils contended that it would expire in 1842 ; and on their accession to office the subject came under consideration, and the Government stated their impres s ion t o th e overnment of the Brazils, and, not content with that, they submitted to the Brazilian Government the policy of making a new treaty, which would solve the difficulties which arose from the different constructions as to the existing one. That treaty had been before the Brazilian Government for some time, but delays arose respecting it from casual circumstances—the indispbsition and the instability of the present Brazilian Ministry. The lion. Gentleman would not, he hoped, expect him to give any further in formation on the subject. Lord JOHN RUSSELL wished to know from the Right Hon. Baronet whether he was to conclude, from what he had stated, that the Brazilian Government had given any notification of its intention to bring before the Chamber a measure for an alteration of duty on Bri tish goods ? Sir R. PEEL said that no notification had been given. ECCLESIASTICAL CORPORATIONS LEASES BILL Lord JOHN RUSSELL wished to know whether it was the intention of the Right Honourable Baronet, the Secretary of State for the Home Department, to proceed with the Ecclesiastical Corporations Bill. It could .not be considered until after the Poor law Bill and other measures were gone through ; and as it was a measure of considerable importance, and his Hen. Friend the Member for Oxford had given notice of a motion on the subject, he trusted the Right Hon. Baronet would not press the Bill this session. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said (as we understood) that it was not his intention to do so in the present session. MEDICAL CHARITIES (IRELAND) BILL. Mr. LITTON wished to know from the Noble Lord, the Secretary for Ireland, whether it was his intention to bring in this Bill during the present session, and it so, whether he intended to proceed with it ? Lord ELIOT hoped he would be able to lay the Bill on the table in a few days ; and, as he did not think that sufficient opportunity for discussing the Bill would be afforded in the present session, he only intended to ask the House to sanction the principle of the Bill, an d t o allow it to be read a second time. The public in Ireland would then have an opportunity of considering the measure. LAW OFFICERS (DUBLIN). Mr. SHAW wished to know from the Right Hon. Gentleman, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it was the intention of Government to alter the licenses of the officers of the Law Courts in Dublin ? Tho CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEOITFR. ..;‘1 that he was In Coto's° of framing a Bill on the subject, and would submit it to the consideration of the House. Ile was not prepared to say that he would proceed fur ther with it at present. ADJOURNED DEBATE ON THE DISTRESS OF THE COUNTRY. Sir G. CLERK having moved that the House do re solve itsel Itennittee of f3upply, -- IVI - rt - O'CONNELL said he hoped it would not be sup posed that, in rising so early in the evening to address the House, he did so because he felt himself inadequate to discuss the subject in the manner it deserved. He believed that great perils were at hand ; that the social state was in danger. There was no dispute that distress pervaded the country. He never knew such unanimity upon any one subject as upon the general statement of distress. -Ireland was suffering, though, alas, that was nothing new, to a direful extent at the present_mornent. There were two sources of the diffi culties of Ireland. There was one in its nature temporary, which often occurred there ; another of a more per manent nature, and for the relief of which he saw no pos sibility of any measure being adopted which did not first secure the prosperity of England. The first kind of distress was the consequence of three bad harvests. He had a confident hope that the poor man's harvest was likely this year to be abundant ; but the wheat har vest and the oat harvest were likely, he feared, to be very deficient. He wished it might not be so, but he was afraid there was great accuracy in the information which he had received on that subject. The other kind of distress, which was more permanent in Ireland, was the distress of those who were engaged in any kind of trade, and especially the retail dealers. Accounts from every town with which he was acquainted stated that the business of the shopkeepers was diminishing daily; and he saw no possibility of their being relieved from their difficulties except through the prosperity of England. The Right Hon. and Learned Gentleman then read an extract from a newspaper upon the distress in Mayo and Galway. Now (he con. tinned), could it be doubted that equal distress existed in this country P The statistics of misery had been re peated again and again by every gentleman who had risen on that side of the House. The question had been not whether distress existed, but what place was most afilicted,—what class of opera tives were most distressed—where the families which were pining in want and suffering were \most numerous. Sush was the condition of this great country, a country which held a proud station. among the nations of the earth, a country which was first in arts, in sciences, and in arms, in commercial industry, in genius, in talent, and in mental power, a country which had once been the envy and admiration of the world. How was it fallen ? The scream of dis tress, the cry of wants, families famishing with want in every direction—he could not depict in lan guage strong enough the extent of the misery o f the country. Were these things to remain thus / Were they safe in remaning thus ? Was the social state safe, if they remained thus ?—(Hear, hear.) He had listened with great attention to the speeches of the Right Honourable Baronet, the Se cretary of State for the Home Department, the Right Hon. Baronet, the head of the Government, and the Noble Lord the Secretary for the Colonies; but ho could n o t fi n d t h at they held out any hope of relief. The speech of the Noble Lord, was characteristic—it was a reply, and, of course, an able reply—but it had no more to do with the distress of the people of this country, or of any mode of relieving that distress, than it had to do with the late Cabinet of Shah Soojah, or the convocation of Mandarins at present established in Canton.—(Laugh ter.) The Noble Lord gave a longcattilogue of the causes of this distress. What signified it %hat were the causes—the grand question was how. a remedy could be be applied. The speech of the Right Bon. Baronet was equally bare of hope. He, too, held out no prospect of relief. In his objections to the words of the motion he was perfectly triumphant ; but, there would be 'no difficulty in getting rid of words, provided they could get rid of things. The Right Honourable Bart. concluded his speech by stating that the quantity of corn admitted for home consumption this year was equal to that admitted last year, and he went on to tell them that some new mills were about to be opened. It was a kind of mystification; there was no hope afforded of better times. He answered to that mystification that the people were starving. The Right Hon. Baronet boasted of the superiority of his tariff to the plans of the late Ministry, and he entered into several details upon the subject. he answered to that tariff argument that the people were starving. The wave which overwhelmed everything in its course formed an apt illustration . if the evils under which England now suffered. - Day after Orel trade and then another was d ee lining•-"' A 0, Day after d a y more operat i ves were discharg'-ori work, and m o r e wan t an d s voe ensue d. Nobody 00, that ; and y et , t h ere t h ey were, w i thout havinl4Yd wised any reme d y f or t h e ev i l. For h i s par t, P e omi not divest himself of the impression that 9° o' fatal to this country was approaching. Tit ° ttl' should not f orget t h at t h ey were class legislate s. they represented almost exclusively the wealthier r id 0 ,1 and especially the firming interest. They sh eo 0! forget that th e p eop l e were as we l l aware o f that "eil could be themselves. They should not forget til l /e r generally alleged that that House was strong v„v_ l d , sons who o we d th e i r seats to t h e most bar • scandalous brib er y. Wh y, t h at was a d m itted ,iio hands, although the admission might be, q more or less. Was it a wonder, then, that t he s r e ° should say that M em b ers owe d t h e ir se 0 0 the worst and foulest means ? He had see l ' 0,1 strong language in print upon that subject stronger than any he had heard in that House. 1 jift knew that Anti-Corn-law Delegates from th e ,i t tid rent towns of the kingdom were at this molne t4 e el'i in London. He supposed there was no tm4 present so insensible to passing events as not w oe / read the spee c h es delivered before that b 'or (A laugh.) He was met with a laugh. Such a °Elio/ stance only confirmed his apprehensions that some s po calamity was ab ou t t o b e f a l thi s coun t r y. T he 0 0 seemed disposed to treat with ridicule a descriptiuy, public miseries. H e wou ld rea d an ex t rac t from ° ire delivered before the D e l ega t es , to w h om he had ru t s The Right Hon. and L earne d G en tl ema n then r° f cr following extract f rom a s p eec h o f M r . Taunton, red ventry, delivered at the Anti-Corn-law Confer ee 'oso " Had not the working classes and the middle SO, reason to speak with unqualified contempt dui!, f t , of Commons ? Had they not been returned lu te r bribery ? Had they not all declared such the case ? Had not the aristocracy of P 11, and also the money-bag aristocracy, as si , s s i f bringing about that consummation ? Had n e oo o caused thousands of honest and independent nt brought to commit mental and moral „ m ime, against their country ? Would they not It''",,, Or that system that scourged men into vassalac t o! cursed them with slavery, that maddened them i x, males, drove them into rioting and inue' l 4 .li l4 , l and under which, if they did not end tbre, on the scaffold, they were made paupers, and t IF, as such ?" It should be remembered t" 11 ,3 01 language was not used by what are called prota s is . tators ; but that was the language of men e 0 middle class of life-of men devoted to lnu" - pursuits-who under the pressure of tic a t i ties from which the country suffered, wer e c irc to the use of expressions which, under other /w e stances, they would never have em pt o yed. -- k 0 Well, that was a symptom of a cause for alart' g r, Right Hon. Baronet said, that in the towns '1"ot 1 distress prevailed, there were persons engsr" o . o 4 citing the people to acts of violence and des. r e He told them that upon the authority of the F. O / 0 1.1 , nister of the Crown. He then gave them tb° 3 e 4 tion-a kind of melancholy consolation-that t l, f t o sufficient physical force, sufficient military P° Wefi viel down any outbreak of the people. This was ° t o, choly consolation. He was happy to find protee 4o :e the social state, but it was melancholy to thinit._ t ' 0 11 were given the information. When the suffernis t` e i people were treated with reckles s n e ss, weal", r , 0 1 ' 4 excite revenge, added to the violence of pass; ° ; e r o by misery? He put it to the gentl e men anti, ` l i r ti of wealth, the proprietors of this country, svu ° s ti: a state of luxury and ease, if they could rest in sef as . 0 Were their states secure-were they not surl 7 es o with perils ? Would they h ave th e i r manufactori iipY blaze ? Would they . have their farms set on 6 ,r e .'" they stood by, expecting something better and pi, thing ? He was surprised that th er e w as so mile jf 7 sibility among men. He was not accusing theta fe gof insensibility of not feeling for the wants of their e 4 creatures, but the more kind and good they tr d e ~ more was the insensibility which seemed t°,4 . o'l amongst them. This was to him totally inexplieau r oci e , o were tauntingly asked what scheme do You tole' what plan of relief ? He (Mr. O'Connell) weld" e vi r 0 28 make an experiment to relieve the situation 0-, s e? try. It only required a fair experiment. Tu e lif t :0 1 were hungry ; the plan was easy-to feed thenic, o l a plan which every prudent housewife w ould seg i l s cr, carry into effect. They wanted food. They t het e d i vernment) said they had it not to give. Let t sp op him no such thing.-(Cheers.) There were 1, quarters of wheat in bond in this country at tlit s elk: moment-locked up, waiting till the prices s' ° o eli; come so high that the hold ers cou ld a fford t: d 0 1 . ' 0 They should recollect that that corn was lou k , f orrm order to have higher prices f or th e corn in the 01)6' in order that they might get m ore ren t.-(Lo„ur ,„ 001 4 If the present distress had not b e en o f so awn!' - 0 07, he would not thus urge the question. But the clis t re iV so awful that they ought to make experiment of this 1,500,000 quarters. It would afford at least a P o r o rj; of alleviating the distress, and would take Oa 0 . ~1 gument made use of by those who, it appear ' ins instigate the people-the argument that they peri sible to their sufferings.- (Cheers.) The starvr, O m ' knew that this food was in the m arehouses-t t i o e id y that-they knew that it was locked up to in'''' r e",,l rents of the country, for the benefit of one 11, 5 3 t, class. He knew that those b e lo ng i ng to that c, 11 that it was for the benefit of a ll c l asses that ta e ot o laws were kept up. In answer to that, the pe, o fir, " You prosper, but we are starving."-(Cheers. ) 0 0, 4 literally true that the masses of the country w i ,l, e,i; starving condition. They were told that if t „" c " 0 15 were released, many manufacturers would at on tllO 7 10 on fresh hands, and yet they refused Ili e c - s rnj relief. He proposed the release of this .. '.4 i") a measure of relief. Let it not be )7, beer s 'id he had not proposed something practical.- - k et , ( 10 0 , At least let the experiment be tried. If it sect , s d would be well-if it did not, it would at least simorseof: sire to do something to relieve the distresses of tee P ,l pee Let them at least inquire into the slikl t e itf“ would not take much time to ascertain the gnarl dt' wheat in bond, and the effect which the re leasie t s4 corn would have upon the market -(Cheers.) , A s ot to sible men meeting together and consulting etel! c u ct , , L ', l long in making up their minds upon thug 5°14 08 9 ; the name of the people h....1mi upon them to 1 1 / c o / 7,l)ciiroCtit.-ktbeers.) At the present ine u d ;t ioo', o whole social system was in a most perilous con ',I be` (Cheers.) This was not the first time they b a b e t bi _.,1 t 0 in peril. Let them recollect what h a d occurr7 i -stbe r , end of the last Tory Administration. The s o iiss" , j, counties of England were at that time in a state tm ci rection. Barns had been fired, houses had been a ,, iiii lives tad been lost. England was at that tilpi l eor i ; vi orse condition than Ireland.-(Hear, hea r ' s J t m ,. A Special Commission bad been issued, LI t ill," it Judge had called in the hangman for th, e ts Of cation of the law. The King had not dareu i , l'P e ' f the First Magistrate of the first city of the empire th e '„ lied escaped from that danger-were they `st r ess would continue to escape ? What iyas, the 0 4 t P i , that time to what it was now ? it was Pl e , - 0 0me, i ' e , abundance then to what it was at the present • 00, Oh ! do not then wait till another insurrectionarY oe,r; ment of that description occurs in this country.w olle, was no nation on the face of the earth that w° ll ie fit, ij so much as England would from such a move rs t cl, ~rl ' from uny outrage. Society was t oo complicl a t boor of classes depended too much on each o ther; the ' ec uil', depended for, wages and food on the safety au i ll e b le y) of the manufacturer. If a convulsion of well W ilt up the manufactories, if an end were put ~ „ f e t t e . establishments-no matter who might tritimPu s mei tt9 hour in consequence of such an insurrectionaV ment-deep miseries of every description r, d aitil i ,t the result. This, then, was an ' l , , ht motive for their compassion and generestr),;t P', their adopting some expedient that should i c h er ,eq e :ol maddening influence of the distress under whi c "f e r I I ) ! ple laboured ; it was an additional instigation b s e o , to make every experiment to relieve them. T i e o lit ! ti c, did they defer it ? Did they wait till the iniu ° "Stivi 1 , cendiary Set his torch to the manufactories of the c ri s co t , till their vast silk and cotton mills should be s' e tj yo` l o tering forth flames to the midnight skies ? 1 , ° „;01 1 ) ) ,e selves (continued the Hon. and Learned Gentle:' 086 such a state of things cannot be safe. But if Y - 1 ,0 5 ': e .0 no effort to afford the people relief, if that classby 0 tion which has been introduced into this 'lou se ° r eto l , means I have described, obdurately continues t t i . a i 4 ; 1 , 0 relief, I, at least, shall have done my duty-liv e ' lie' ' f re ~ i gil main meam. I have suggested some measure o mit , 0 0 t an earnest of my desire to see it afforded. r l O w il to wrong, ' let us have some suggestion, le' J. 0 close on the people the door of this 'lous e n ' e sa ° o , o Ministry have not announced any sv i ntl ie , o they hold out no prospect of doing so ; then " f car'; it make a vigorous effort to burst. the trannnels g e ois i li o Let us show some wish to retrace our steps jr- 00 11 e' course of legislation which led to the enac t d ge° these Corn-laws, that have caused such deep a n c i ral distress. h r he r I Lord ELIOT said the Hon. and Learned rhea ire t ';; referred to a particular case, for which he ba ci b g e 1)// 0 the authority of a Galway newspaper. NO .5 q . gag. 0 received a communication from a stipenchrul s e. of t of the county, which he would read to the IN ° ;Oa 0 ID . 0 4 should not mention the names of the parties - , ,0,..t in the letter, because it involved serious chargeo'notryte, them, and he had not had the opportunity ofcolni n „istrtg with them. The letter was from Mr.Brough, the lu g ° s trit'v o t The Right Hon. Gentleman then read a letter' did ° de that the reports were greatly exaggerated. .. h e ee n 0/4 ,10 underrate the statement of distress that had "" oat ' j s by the Right Hon. Gentleman, but ho must 031 d i s tre landlords of Ireland h a d s h own th e mselves th at existed. h i d Mr. ESCOTT wished that the Right non. gf ij b i t ; 1 1 would bring forward some remedy for the (l' i _L t e er; complained of. He believed that the distress that that had not arisen from legislation, but from oti that se That distress had been spoken of in language of o , o ' must condemn, and it was not time languag e vire o,, . who were poor, but those who were in c 3%, arts„ j stanc. It had been said that " the curse of be v e , cracy was upon them." He heard the -11 °,! ] „ °11 t be f l t f `he Learned Gentleman use such language within must 'be where they were now debating ; but how n'il,edresseo any people to whom such language was a" nr i s toer,' ? surprised if they were aware that an " t 0 1 ": - ,0 meant the government of the best a m ongs_ isoo o of He heard the policy of the present Aduu e ' ro bers „, arraigned by three Nate Lords opposit e ' r° - , ;cv 6 - . .' the late Government. But was nut their Pal', ol d rc ls!!, demned in two successive Parliaments, and after"ut is. jo iJ: o the whole country? He stated that the prese 3u t O f t o tration had done nothing for the pe°P le ', c tioll ° e et repeal of the Corn-laws was good, the reu l. l be re! 0 .! • duty by one half which was effected by " Ino thluld Government, must be a benefit. Was th e taxi cat ' .°l of He did not think that lay tities of fat ea ca ttle , ge quan ,_ t he . i IP _ come into the country to compete with . _ nt st r this country, but he believed that large cc o ifetb" inferior meat would be imported. 'Mar the i . • .-7.. . N.. . . -........., . . . •.7.- . . . . . . • <•.„ • . t.. -.,. TH 11 ERIN, LONDON,' 5A7171111 AY . ialt„ Vrkfer.-- ~: MT - lan,- 9, 1 Ple ~, ..........„ - -..m...0... -............... V --....—..—.........-..-..___—.- 1 i• . .. , - _ L - 1 r ~.~±'