The Sun. — London, England, 1842-05-24 00:00:00

= , mac.: -,- d resalvc ;t-,[4f 1, • from ight le made. a ) ortatio 3 / 4 1 . frc ni Corn- di' petitioners at -(Laughter.) 1111 Aberdeen duty on the ag the House ion as Ayoub' or. is he saw the Ift i or Vivian) f ,mid cries 0 ) ti e Lord Ition of which the pronogres ixiety the, , ed, he should the following wohibition to • a mi ght n et .aw material, the walla' ng animals be . salted pr om ' n equil T ien. "I ware honse, l V • exportatioul.,l .trred to lu le Gentlerna, nidst so m ac rely ° a udibe ) . ten connectiA, 'as, that t hat , ortion of the ied into effec!' nded that the ) 4s. t instor t ado of by the Rig", ,Tho' alonial ports+. by the pr'" . ble Baron e a any otbefi to regret nild 'tend tc )vision tra de i which he h e ' .esolution ,yes e . the case or th q: ire had edge? thettr. ok i effect provisionsW tted that', ol of thelllit) 1 the Irish r . s itch foree 41 , 1 / 4 foreign . p o .7p , • much eon' .1 , an years fttr O the Irish Pi o lad , rfferre d t there lyn s d the prices It Ilarabarg, ineas per t 0 46 the years P ‘e 1 1832, it r ° : o s 5 guineas' natu ral .c°, 9 ,, t erchatit in to o t. , foreign 0 0 / li i: 10, the price,,t in 1841, haradter 5 1 1) ienti,tneit 7, le hazard• a provisions h :f . ,vn off so 018 „': this conu t : l it" flo ut .. ,e a pi fo rt .r.) ng for an t o , .e consequ e e fj' Sion had b e te ' ; he evil w as . 0 1 , ar as provis l s4, )visions 511 1 ; exaction such a cog system 7 4 0; tiple which' ft was not a ?l o t e of stores e et Iritish prot l° ' :IT were or a jt isle, except 57:A t be del H' Stever.—( e 0 to ld be unjut t i , .e to pay a nirpt se salted y:;,„ 4 ! :e, that ifrV, atiL to j'Zold• ns, the! ',old:4' d; in the st itor.. d did nt' t jri•• from th c ' for salte d If this O nn til lo, was the s, h a d referrec t i ,ol , . 3t. The 126, ivhi' e t tlit ?. One-f °n os to three-futott, were moo e ' re sa then theY Possible to Y • with th e , : t „lf [to had ju„ t rii this c°u s at as e11 c t4 911 ,0 he Right taken plO a t i o! to price ofld It great ePioii: 'as high l y, s on cag e y xtend the t d, lie w P as •0 4 lead hatl'Froo l lotion ° l og, • xporta;til;oo4 t A e free VII It was il l . sc tr , nird freoH,,,• 'interes t e nineiple ° t I()Air theY salt meat iclucer. Gentiew EA f free-tru",, touch a ri ; 6c he prineiP e , I tt ,4 nd obstr n " Ceri tif ) oats.- - „ e , might 00° o i on. Gen v o at there , / 0 0 i in port° :o Bs. 13°t, Protectiou, oft, pet feetlf dot Ide in au, - of f tineipill (l . oo; ; ) i6 • h provis i made * he e l never ''_ . ) tr it yesfo t yr ) bad not b el 4 ' , net, an o , ade.--( 11 11 0t/ ke of ts th e. 1 • # ukh.) Lon. Ge l) teetioa sat t toft i e , ,wed, " e liar ite T re ' 4 ; ! nciplesije; 11:ir oPN S T'of pio thes haw l ,tt P i l, :f V i e i e end he pre' died thder jo v , , it s elf Eor 0 new t „,r, ,„ c00,3,,P;i1 1 4 : ow to' pr Ao f iir eu .40 7 ,1 high,„r 10 5 . 'd co w 10 t th beef e e be as - o ne but city isiont cr I) being sod Le ilon' o „ I .l °l ctio" (r ot , ' t 1 ,orte d 4e o , 6 ti be t 4 i ) e,!'"oe iturntsd of j• 0 ° ti toil ijOt tt i# ll brougoe•l) s to soot'rs, to et. , • r a roP o ' e ci et t,•, a e r- I nce ° ol l ' br ell , t .t e cte pre er U er AY . ,arati!,ider dis t , gh Perhaps rtauctan - : . , approbation .'rom the country. „!li_lt,rdr'n was now placed On the right shoulders , e i 4 f lght Ite e , -aronet had brought forward a decided tle' e 7i and direct taxation n as new called on to relieve n!,arNtssed Excht•qiier. He need not state t..v l ed r'stimanitnous support which the Right Hon. Baronet se ie r t c,i'ived from that phalanx of country Members b) th e 4 't WRS )'.urrounded. They had gone along with . tio4Right H on. Baronet as far as they could.-(Opposi j101:"rs.) They had gone along with him in passing ti n ) aw Bill. They had listened in silence to the un th4t ti n • taunt s of Hon. Gentlemen opposite, in order le tt i,e business of the House might not be interrupted; e, iist T i ' Present was an occasion when, in justice to their . Ne t u te t ats, they were bound to make that opposition uh e j ( e ) c h t l:id lnthe ,4 114 : I ty i l ittr demanded, r, except the different amounts of pieeroposed lay the Right Hon. 'Derelict, but . in the toria;qinsfince they had to grope amidst a mass of ma °fan and they were called on to consent to a scale eo"ujitiies which, if carried into effect without alteration, t r, 'most detrimental to the agricultural interest. t it' t~ eha n ; askPci Out, of doors why he brought forward todre7`4")n-whether lie would fare better if the Noble ite should take the place occupied by his li e ~ 't le Friend, to whose general policy he assented. a}t ( . -en tetided that that was not a point upon which any G "' s tet' could be called upon to throw up the reins of tsijeNnent.-(Hear, hear.) It was simply one of de itae:t„nd as a qtiestion of detail it must be discussed. Board T r lt , number of deputations had attended the bearde' sand he w a s . h a ppy to say that they had been kad e wi th attention; and- many alterations had been wee" in the t ar i ff, which showed that the Government 'lll 1;i Clubs t o d o j ust i ce to a ll part i es. -(H ear , h ea r.) ot dell Iht Hon. B arone t' had held out to them the hope . )ils et , • 21 4; benefit f rom th e . reduction which would take iuteresiil several articl e s consumed by the agriculturei, 4ea , ;,arnongst others, he had instanced clover, rape 'teem "no, to his great astonishment, onion seed. He th e ask the Ri,ght Hon. Gentleman whether he thought triruction on those articles was not more than balanced ''eduction made in the Corn-laws?-(Bear, hear.) ate-silill'ght Hon. Baronet had stated that the panic had that tttieye . ed b: lie admitted the fact.. There was no doubt en the farmers threw their beasts in great quan aenid a i to the market, a great change in many respects th, the result. There was a deep feeling that in Nrly rff, the interest of the farmers had not been pro • tee, et,ltisidered.• He thought this was ef great import tt, a'l , C s i , lie hoped the ,llie•ht Hen. Baronet would take •u ar conside'ratton. Had the Right Hon. teleui'e.' c onsidered the price of artificials in this and 16 g 6- e' ,ll. ' i tlies? If he had not, he would enlighten him on t,hei e t 'le ) e,ct• H a d th e Ri g ht H on . B ar on e t considered 't th• " t ton of la n dl or d an d tenant ,' an d, did he suppose. Ive l q Profits of the farmer were diminished, that he h tl'av be able to par the same wages ?. He would t nar e al' the attention of the Right Honourable i ." 11• 1 " ,: t° the prices of artificials, oil-cake, and °G; w e ';:i to nt, this country and Denmark.-(Hear, hear.) with th compere the price of artificials in this country 11 ° 1 1t,f e prise of artificials in those parts of the Conti . .- ta l k- 4) 4 which our supplies of provisions and live am thilvere most likely to come. The price of oil-cake in it w i l : 111 )4y Wit ; last year s ten guineas a ton; in Denmark te er „ s '/ guineas a t on . The price' of barley in this lk.'er.last y ear was 3 0 s. a quarter ; i n D enmar k it was t htliOcgnarter.-(L ou d Opposition cheers ) Now let 04%14%i-der th e quantity of these artificials consume Nat e ‘ ki a, Ple would take a farm of 1,100 acres in this st 'eat t ?, 'as an example,: and on a farm of . that size le t io .lo. er e has been consumed 10 tons of oil-cake, cos - hi e , l 4't and-200 quarters of barley, costing 3001. ; mak leate,,4lenditure for artificials in the course of last f '° to '° s l. Now look at ,Denmark, there the cost o glla st ;' of oil-cake would have been 631., and of 200 d ithr e -ta , of barley 150/., making a total expen ;;ist , in artificials of 2131. ; showing that the •Nee.l l es 1981. l ess - in Denmark than in England. " 'arei'at was an ingredient for consideration in tino,eag-protectiOn. He did not want a high protec fej,:llt if they were to have protection, let them have 4'4 4 Protection ; and when they found that the cost of to the is was so much less to the Danish farmer than i4l 4 glish farmer,: that certainly must enter as an tee cau cus int o th e i r ca l cu l at i ons. Then, l et t h e Com bo le :. Inok into t h e diff erent rates o f d uty propose d to as t ied on the different animals, and on the various t4cl u e °f provisions. On all fresh and half salted meat, lei`iecl n oheel, mutton, veal, and pork, there was to be h °s a duty O f Bs. per cwt. The duty on l i ve an i ma l s , "er, was v er y diff er e nt. O n an ox i t was 11., a cow, Pie; a Calf, -10 s., a, sheep, 35., a pig; ss. ; pig -meat, how was in some instances subject to a higher duty than ler the duty on, .bacon and hams was 14s. Now, to ii i e ls ti tr ate • the difference between the duty on meat, and uty on live animals, he would calculate what the of an eught to be on an ox. He would take the weight 'a ox at six cwt.,. because .. he thought that would be a b out the average weight. of each ox that would be t it a lio t He therefore, took the animal meat. The the 3 ehurgeable on the animal Was 21. Bs. The hide and `11!tallow would be about one-half cwt. each. The duty , •the bide wet, would be about er cwt., and tallow e ,.. 4 , 1 ; t 0 that the animal killed abroad and sent to this 0 1 tyy, • NYOuld be charged about 21. 9s. ; 41. t duty, from were sent alive, it would pay d uty 0.17 the which they must deduct the Which would. bi l l e e tt l ve Whi l e s h s would come in duty free, eid. He would take the hog of three clef. t'which' would be imported alive at I l 4s; it were imported fresh or half-salted, it would be ; if, on the r contrary,it it was sent as bacon or ham, woukl be 11. Ss. Thus there would be an advantage if the f ore i gner in sending the anim a l a li ve, o f 1 1 . Os. 4d. t i n e' seht it as fresh meat, an d 1/ . 4s. 4d. as bacon ; so it appeared to him that no importation would be from the neighbouring countries except that of ;n ulna g anitnais.. The. on. Gentle man th en wen t th roug h It:e statement of the cost in England, of bringing ` t in ox to th e . we ig ht of 6001 b., and a hog to the weight is e irthe but it wa s i m p oss ibl e to f o ll ow h i m correctly e l i tt is details, as they were heard in the gallery. He di if at the same time the House considered the tir e ;Vit price of l a b our , th e diff erence o f rent an d o f tliet, - ; 1w. this country and abroad, there would be no doubt 'tie r : these respects the foreigner had the advantage. eate e :' 4 llld be no difficulty, he believed, in obtaining 'teat, „I, ° ta Harnburgh, and other towns on the Conti fr;alee'e'ich would become the great foci of the provision Port t ,d',` the new tariff were adopted. Belgium now ex the (i " ) Prance 17,000 head of cattle. He found from l 'ote ti ti luir ies he had made, that oxen could be imported Nap e - "tend, with th e p a y men t of the duty and all ex trek s hat 151. 15s. Od. from Rostock for 151. 16s. 6d. ; 4 42 s . ' 1La tzie for 13/ 14s. 6d. ; from Elsinore for i mp or s4l - ; and the loss to the English grazier, if the f ttee Pan were from Ostend would be 1/. Ils. Od. ; tiettf tostock 11. 18s. 6d ; from Dantzic 21. 11s. 6d. ; t lest,:; 44l , Elsinore 4/. 13s. 6d. It should be observed, . to tiu; n ' ll.o neous impression seemed to prevail, relative tte'er. Peke Of beef in this country ; he found that the W h ole sale pri ce i n S m ithfi e ld m ar k e t d ur i ng th e zatithr) amounted to sixpence. To maintain the aver n , t Y must. be sometimes at fourpeuce, and some . mt' bi XPenCe ; at those prices it would be impossi . telto mat pence the saine.rate of rent. Taking the eye like; th ,e. Price of foreign oxen from the ports whence ton 4„ lll ,'ght be exported would be 51. 15s. Od. The Mir l'artl e ":Y "n an ox in France, which was partly customs, keteeetrei, was 3/., yet in one year the number im ,4ttioe-was 1 7,000. All he asked for was a fair pro -7,lthlL to enable the English farmer to compete th e la d tOreigner. , He would also call the attention of Nei s e to the danger of destroying the trade in salted 7.1!: t. - ,1 1 , from Ireland, which would lead to a greater of live cattle from that country. Then, t,"ap a b.7gard to the United States, if.they looked at the ' 0 144 1 „ 11 , t Y of that country, at the immense quantity of Pri t ,"'ti rated and uncultivated it contained, and the asst a nt salt provisions there, the Right Hon. Baronet 'No,'"-I,ntit that there was no reason to fear the impor '4r from Hambgh or any part of the continent of '4l4l P:'hilib I , l 2 i ) ti ll , that the ur whole of the . supply of the salt pro ,4t Come from the United States. The Hon. Zie Jo then read an extract from the New Orleans „74 tt ,? ur nal. stating that in nine States, containing a - "llna a ,',"a of five millions and a half, there was a great itste: t k e of cattle, meat, and corn, and a great scarcity t ter , - la of clothing and Manufacture, and that the "hioCght be obtained from England but for legislation 17,31.,,tipttevented a fair interchange, and that it . was b importance to them that these articles_ i l 'frat. i f .a admitted at a moderate duty. He trusted . (lite ei te Right Honourable Baronet animals, ~, ,,„u i vr ( in fixing the duty rather . uponleve the 'tek G a opt that mode of taxation. If • ti lk en , tle ee , Hight n would not do so, he (Mr. M.) should .i N e t , h 's duty to oppose that part of the tariff events, lie te s - ei " to this subject. He thought . at all ev i en ot.it a.case for the consideration o t gl -4t14,.4r0net. The Hon. Gentleman concluded, by i me motion of which he had given notice. " ~lrv e t • PALMER seconded - the motion. e .' l tte„ i v 1. -N -I) HAM said that, as a Member for an aerri t.l 111;' r e t ta. he hid not heard of any general panic h 1 .1.tt of the tariff.-(Hear, hear.) The Hon. e 11 ' i vsht. have heard of . it in the county with which 'ilhle“re'.l,,,,easaneeted, but in his (Mr. Wyndham's county w voLpanic. When they talked on the subject, 1 eatir Considered was that foreigners had got %St " 0 brill • 4 - th, g into this country-(Laughter)-or at t4 thEi far Y were so bad that there was no fear to the Th e p a ler from them. je lls ~ a rl of MARCHwould not have troubled the n4 `t it fallen from his 11. not been for what had 'tic liph ` a gue- He differed from every syllable that ‘-sa tei ,• Colleague had uttered.-(Cheers and laughter) 0 1 boa count e a °___ ll ,ld . assure the House that, .in the part of •Y with which he was connected, the greatest 4r ats were made against the tariff. the taigottni.lii.eifalbrEreAiTHCOTE felt that he was contend the in supporting. inasmuch of er for East Somersetshire, as illeaders of both sides-of the House leagued a rc in to m • ale would not exaggerate the state_ e of bY th which the agricultural interest had b e announcement of the proposed changes in ex°ittedhe could assure them that the stronest (1 4(l e i ten an e on the subject. and that the consequence co__ antes depreciation in the value of pro ; rt:assessinguaritstUifntlemen of moderate fortune, yeomen at e - tax un them e`iutaPlained that thPryerty, and the tenantry gereerelle : e Ight Hon. Baronet had laid . tmen_ etean. _ 0 „ ~.and had at the same time diminished ad relieved tlie( ti e produ 3 ce. l p ng it, by depreciating the price of ;I‘:i.rrgetl in thrreeest&rse.at oe.ar, bear.) They complained that he txp, • • ih Ils e .__ (chee her parts of the community at their (Cheers, The Right Hon. Baronet had that all the 'o4leo the experiments, of which no man could This, however, was admitted on all Li„.4l-ing interests to benefits to be derived from those ex svere ete oftetahieweligr ,hi e for the commercial and manufac b,_ ‘ , l the ,:.1 agricultural interest. The Right Hon. ;e all the risk and all the loss was at it wculd3" R.341,45a,r0net had c hased his proposition on the assumed th th e twic e of Hybl 13 h fim the benefit of the country that , 4 , t a ie t • r _ ree g oe s a (mid be made cheaper, and argued e e baronet had taken the prices of 18:35 ~,o 1 t had risen to an improper eight. etan ut what were the cfreutnatoances of the country in 1835 ?-- It was-the time of the most bitter agricultural distress that had ever occurred within the memory of man in this country. - The price of wheat was then only 395. a quarter. There had been nothing so deplorable, even during the worst period of the Ame rican war. In 1833, a Committee of that House had sat to consider the question of agricultural distress. In 1836, a Committee had again been appointed to investi gate the causes of agricultaral distress ; and the Bight Hon. Baronet took the years between these two period;, as the basis on which his new arrangements were to take place. If the Right Hon. Baronet chose to take 1835 as his standard, .he (Mr. G. Heatheote) might take 1812 as his standard, when wheat was 1265. a quarter, and the price of meat, for Greenwich Hospital, was 85s. a cwt. ; and he argued that, the price was now 565., the fall which had, taen place, as compared with 1812, was greater than the rise, as compared with 1835. He was surprised to hear the Right Hon. Baronet make use of such an argument ; and he would ask him (Sir R. Peel) what would have taken place at the last election, if, in stead of talking about protection to agriculture, he (Sir 11. Peel) had proposed, as. a compromise, the prices of 1835 ?—(Loud cheers.) The Hon. Member for Sussex had said that, at present, there was no immense stock of cattle abroad, from which any very large importation could come; but a wise statesman should adapt his legis lative measures not merely to present convenience, but to future contingencies. The only thing which had prevented the fertile countries in the north of Europe from increasing their stock was the uncertainty of the market, and now that the market of England would be a certain one, there could be no doubt but that their stock of cattle and their importations to this country would increase. Let them take the case of wool. In Erussia, in 1816, the number of Merino sheep was only thre millions, and in 1837 these had increased tonearly eleven millions —so that in twenty years there had been an increase of eight millions in this kind of stock. Could any one be lieve that if there was a more lucrative mode of ap- plying capital that they would not increase in a still greater ratio? In every town on the Continent they found a colony of English labourers, and this was an other advantage to the foreigner. There was another thing which • ought to be _ recollected, which was, that in the consideration, of this subject they ought to consider not merely the retail prices at which meat could be sold in towns, hut the wholesale price at which it could be exported. The Right Hon. Gentleman in his calculations took his prices from the great towns, such as Hamburgh. It was the smaller towns that he should have taken, and this was the opinion of Mr. Meek. An Hon. Gentleman had given the House some acconnt of the prices which pre. veiled in other countries. Perhaps he (Mr. Heathcote) might be allowed to state what those prices were, by putting the weight of the animal into English stones. He found that the price of an ox of 6001bs. that was 63`stone, was only 71. He found that the prices of sheep were from 4s. to 20s. weighing. 801bs. In Elsinore he found that beef was 20s. to 265. per cwt., soraething more than 2d. but less than 3d. a pound- In Prussia and Hamburgh it was nearly the same. The Right Hon. Gentleman stated, that fears had been expressed that beef would be brought over to this country at 3d. a pound, and said that this fear was unfounded; but ac cording to Mr. Meek, the retail price of beef on the Continent was 3-M. per pound. But it was argued, that the distance would act as a prevention to the cattle coming over; but did not Hon. Gentlemen know that cattle came from the north of Scotland, a distance of 700 or 800 miles? Then it was said that the sea voyage would be a preventative; but were not great quantities of cattle brought from Ireland ?—(Hear, hear.) He believed that Lancashire _ was almost entirely supplied from Ireland. He (Mr. Heathcote) could not help saying that there was" some unfairness in the tariff, seeing that, one of the greatest monopolies, that of the chipping interest, was benefited to the amount of 600,0001. by the reduction of the duty on timber, and yet they left the monopoly untouched. Bit the free trade principles of Hon. Gentlemen opposite was protection for themselves and free trade for all the world else. He thanked the House for having so patiently listened to him. Mr. GLADSTONE said the Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down had, in the course of his speech, said that by the new scale of duties the agriculturists were to suffer all the loss, and trade was to reap the exclusive benefit and advantage. To answer this argument would be a waste of time, and he (Mr. Gladstone), therefore, would venture to leave that argument to the House, and to the Hon. Gentlemen opposite to settle that part of the account with the Hon. Gentleman. He did not mean to say, however, that the question immediately before the House was not one of very great importance. In entering into this subject, he could not help expressing his satis faction at the fairness and moderation of tone with which it had been introduced by the Hon. Gentleman who had made the motion and the Hon. Gentleman who had seconded it ; and further he must say, that nothing could be more fair than the Hon. Gentleman, the Mem ber for Somerset. The object which he had in view was an equitable and fair protection, such as would enable the English farmer to comnete with the continental breeder of cattle. He (Mr. Gladstone) thought his Hon. Friend must be persuaded, as must every Hon. Gentleman there, that that was also the object of her Majesty's Govern ment. They had no idea whatever, in the consideration of the subject, that the English learner would be placed in such a situation by the proposed change as to render him incapable of competin g w ith the foreigner. He ventured to state, what he had stated in that House before, that those gentlemen who were ,themselves the magnates, as he might say, of the science of agri culture, did not always cherish that powerful source 'of real strength which British agricul ture derived from its own energy, by which he believed the most lucrative income would be derived. He must commence what he had to say with the observation, that nothing would induce him, humble as he was, to concur in a proposition which he believed likely to be injurious to the interests of the country. He must say, that although he was averse to the principle and practice of drawing distinctions between different industrious classes of the community, yet he must say, if distinctions were to be drawn, they ought to be drawn in favour of agricultural industry. Having said this, he must add, that the Right Hon. Gentleman at the head of the Government would have failed in his duty to the country, if he had proposed less than that which he had proposed for the adoption of the House. Something had been said with respect to an alarm prevailing at the pre sent moment, and the Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down spoke of the depression in agricultural stock in con sequence of the publication of the tariff. Now with spect to the price of meat, he could not help saying, that the Hon. Gentleman ought to have remembered that there had been a depression in the prices of articles to which the tariff did not • apply. The Hon. Gentleman (the Member for Somerset) stated, that there had been appre•' hensions with respect to sheep and mutton. He (Mr. Gladstone) did not think the Hon. Gentleman could tell him that the relative prices of mutton and beef were dif ferent this spring to the relative prices of last year. Therefore, he did not see how the publication of the tariff had caused this depression. But even if it were so, it was unreasonable to make that an objection to the proposition of the Right Hon. Baronet. Look at the accounts they were receiving from all parts of the country of the cattle fairs. He happened to hold in his hand an extract from a recent publication. It was an account of three fairs, and he would read them for the information of the two Hon. Members for Sussex. (The Right lion. Mem ber read an extract from an Irish newspaper, stating that the Carlow fair had been well attended, and high prices had been maintained. The same good account was from Waterford.) lie hoped these accounts would serve to dissipate their apprehensions. He did not think that the agriculturists were better able to judge • of these things thaw themselves. lie did not think they ought to make this alarni a cardinal rule for their proceedings. He gave a great deal of credit . to the Hon. Member for Somerset, for his opening speech, but he claimed to himself credit for his motion being in telligible. Now he did not think that 'this was borne out by the motion. In his motion, the Hon. Member did not say.whether the duty to be levied was Bs. per cwt. or Is. 6d. pe?cwt. This certainly was a most ma terial question. It would be a pretty consolation for his Hon. Friend, if the Government were to propose a duty of ls. per cwt. But he supposed he meant something like 4s. or ss. This was a question of theoretic accu racy on the one hand, and convenience on the other. They had to choose between the amount of a precise duty, and the disadvantages, the delays, and inconve niences that this theoretic accuracy would bring. The great objection to levying this duty was, that they must have an apparatus for the purpose. In order to perform the operation, they must have a weighing apparatus erected for the purpose, and also quays made on purpose. They must have ships discharged there, and there would be great delay to the commerce of the docks. And they must recollect that all this time lost was an addi tion to taxation.—(Hear, hear.) They ought to adopt the plan which was the simplest, "and offered the least obstruction to business. The Hon. Gentleman, the Member for Somerset, and the agriculturists whom he represented, had complained that the proposed duty on spring corn was ruinous. —(Cheers.) Now there was the duty on the importation of meat, which was even lower than the duties on spring corn. Then there was the duty on live cattle, which 'was still lower. These were all subjects of complaint to the Hon. Member. Ho (Mr. Gladstone) would contend that u duty of 11. was a fair duty, and preferable to a duty by weight. He would not then go into m comparison of the duties on corn and the duty on wheat, the question of corn having ;been • disposed of, as he thought it would be wasting the time of the House ta do so.— (Hear, hear.) But he would take the compari son of Bs. per cwt. duty, and 1/. levied on the whole ox. He thought, in the first place, that they had the advantage of both lean and fat. There were several reasons why this duty should not be levied by weight. With respect to the duty on the dead as compared to the live animal, they must consider that it had arrived at its ultimate state of manufacture and W:IS ready for imme diate consumption. The last process of labour was finished. This was one reason why he thought that the duty ought to be made higher than that on thelive animal. The grounds on which he argued that was, first, the dif ference of freight., which his lion. Friend had completely kept out of sight. Dead meat was now coming largely from Scotland, and what was the vast difference between the live and dead freight to which his Hon. Friend haul referred ? The fair way to try the question was to look at the charges on dead and on live meat. Now with re , spect to the meat coming from Hamburgh, the live ox paid 21. as fare, and ss. as expenses, and the ditty was 11. ls., making altogether 31. 6s. He would suppose the dead ox to be six cwt., and upon that altogether there would be a payment of 31. 10s., so that the mighty dis crepancy which bad been referred to consisted in the difference of 31. 6s. and 31. 10s. There was then another subject to be taken into consideration, and that was, that different parts of the carcase of an ox varied in value ; he believed that one-third part of the ox was worth 25 per cent. more value than the other parts, and it was dierefore probable that the Hamburgh butcher might send to this country the best parts ,tind keep the rest for the consumption of his own - countrymen. Now, leaving the subject of the relative. duties, he would press ua tho Committee that the duty proposed by his Right Hon. Friend of IL a head on live oxen was as considerable a duty as ou.4.ht to be levied. It was said that his Right Hon. Friend had only gone back to 1835. Now, with respect to that, he apprehended that if he had gone fur ther back his principle would have been more correct. He believed that the means of communication which had taken place had tended very much to increase the price of meat ; some measure was therefore called for to check the rise in prices. There was another subject to be con sidered. - Had they not an increasing, and a rapidly in creasing., population; and was it not necessary that some provision should be made to meet it.? Was it, he would ask, likely that throwingopen the markets to the Conti nent would do more than provide for such an increase of population? He wished he could persuade himself that there would be a larger importation of cattle from the Continent. „He believed that the proposed measure would afford material relief, but he doubted whether it.would do more than provide the relief that would be required. He could not conceive that the tariff could ever produce, as had been stated, a reduction in the price of meat of 2d. or 21d. per lb. Unless it could be shown that large quantities of meat would be poured into the country, ete Britishh farmer had nothing to fear ; he believed he might farly calculate the whole consumption of meat in this country at.about. },600,000 head of cattle, and was it• to be supposed that the provisions of the tariff would in terfere with that ? His Hon. Friend had referred to the produce of the Baltic ; with respect to that, he would ask him whether he 'really dreaded the importation of live or dead cattle from the produce of the Baltic, when the expense and charges in bringing them to this country were so great ? He "Wished his Hon. Friend had given them an estimate of the number of horned cattle that might be imported into this country in five years ; he had heard that there might be brought over in that period 80,000; ho would suppose that to be a fair calculation, and then he would ask whether that number would do more than provide for the in crease in the population?—;Hear, hear.) He thought, therefore, that no ground had been laid by his Hon. Friend for his apprehensions, as he was sure that the enterprise and spirit of the people of England would enable them to compete with the whole world. His Hon. Friend hal referred to the cheapness of Canadian meat. Now, what was the result with respect to that ? Why, the Canadian beef was left in bond, while the meat of the Continent found a ready sale. The productive powers of the Continent were interior to those of this country. Look to the breed of horses. Why was it that the cheap horses of the Continent did not inundate this country ?—(Hear, hear.) And was it not the same with the black cattle.—(Hear.) Were not these facts and the experience which we had had, suffi cient to show that the apprehensions of his lion. Friend were founded on fallacy ?—(Hear, hear.) For his part, hedid not think that any great reduction of pricecould be occasioned by the measure of his Right Hon. Friend. He would only allude to one other point before he sat down. It had been asked, if the whole number of herds of cattle expected to be imported was no more than 50,000, why was the present state of the law interf?red with ? He answered, that although the importation of 50,000 would only add 50,0001. to the revenue, yet it was to be recollected that it would add nearly half a million to the imports, and a corresponding . amount to the exports of this country, which would inevitably cause (although not at once, yet in the course of years) a con siderable increase in the demand for labour.—(Hear, hear.) The benefit, he contended, therefore,. would be great. The reduction of price to the consumer, although not great in one particular item, would, on the whole, he of great advantage, and there was no ground for ap • irehension of any injury to the home producer.—(Hear) Dr. BOWRING, 'who spoke amid very great noise and confusion, occasioned by Members leaving the House, said that as the state of the laws of importation in foreign countries had been alluded to, he wished to say a few words on that subject. The law of France was, next to that of England, the worst, and the results of its operation had been highly injurious to the consumers in France, as well as to the colonies. The Honourable and Learned Gentleman, amidst loud and repeated cries of " Divide, divide," read a statistical statement of the prices of meat in the French markets at various periods, to show the mischievous workings of the present customs system' in France. The measure of the Right Hon. Gentleman was good so far as it went. It conferred some important advantages on this country, and great honour to those who proposed it, and he hoped they would carry out the wise. generous, and politic principle still further.—(Divide, divide.) Lord NORREYS acknowledged that when the pro position of the Right Hon. Baronet, at the head of the Government, was first brought forward he heard it with very ()Teat alarm. But that alarm had been lately much allayed by what he had heard out of doors, as well as by the arguments and statements which were made in that House. He had heard it said—" Now that we have voted for the Corn-laws, we must do something to ap pease the farmers. Let us vote for Miles's motion—you know we can't carry it"—(Cheers and laughter)—" it will do the Government no harm, and it will throw dust in the eyes of the farmers."—(Great cheers and laughter.) By voting for the motion of the Honourable Member for Somersetshire, those who. had raised the panic, by their agitating the country all over, would make believe that they participated in it.—(Hear, hear.) But he would be no party to such a proceeding.—(Hear, hear.) He believed that there was no ground for apprehension, and he would vote against the motion of the lion. Mem ber for Somersetshire.—(Cheers.) - - Mr. GALLY KNIGHT (who rose amidst loud cries of "Divide ") said, that he would not be one of those who wished to keep up a groundless panic for the purpose of keeping up the semblance of consistency ; but on the contrary, he would do his best to allay it.—(Hear, hear.) It was the absolute duty.of the House to supply the peo ple with food as cheap as possible.—(Great cheering from the Opposition.) It was their duty to do so as far as was compatible with causing no great disturbance of agricul tural interests.—(Cheers, - laughter, and cries of " Oh, oh," from the Opposition.) Gentlemen might cheer and laugh, but that was what he always meant by " food as cheap as possible."—(Renewed cheers and laughter.) It had been said that there was danger of this country being inundated with cattle from Holstein, but when it was considered that that small district had the consider able towns of Hamburgh and Altona to supply, it plain that the source of danger to our agriculturists must be looked for in a larger area. Was it in France? —(Hear.) Why in France the meat was so inferior that they did not dare to exhibit it in the shape of joints'. —(Laughterand whenever he gaw it at table he was reminded of the caricature, in • which the entrance of an English sirloin of beef at the gates of Calais is hailed with mingled admiration and surprise.—(Laughter.) He was convinced that the national roast beef would still continue to maintain.its superiority. He should vote against the motion before the House, because he felt that by doing so he should best consult the interests of the community at large. He looked on the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Government as the friend equally of the agriculturist and the manufac turer,—(Hear, hear.) He believed that his desire was to adjust the conflicting claims of both parties: He had a confident assurance that the Right Hon. Baronet would not throw overboard, as some seemed to suppose, the great agricultural interest. He believed, that in adopting the principles of free trade, the Right Hun. Baronet would carry. them out wisely and moderately. Nothing could be more dangerous in his opinion than a strict adherence, under all circumstances, to abstract :principles, however just they might be ; and no charac ters Were more dangerous than purists. It was not free trade that the Conservative party were afraid oF, but Radicalism, and extreme doctrines. These were the things which they were afraid of, and not sugar or coffee.—(Laughter.) They did not want to be pressed by the heavy hoofs of the advocates of endless change. He thought, however, that it would be wise to make some concession to the wants of the people ; and he should therefore vote against the motion then before the House. Lord ALFORD opposed the motion. He felt assured that if cattle were imported to a large extent under the proposed change, they would be of a very inferior de scription. Mr. 0. STANLEY thought that the principles ofthe Right Honourable Baronet were not fairly carried out ; and that they did not do justice to the agricultural in terest. He could not, therefore, support the measures of the Right Hon. Baronet. He believed that some mis apprehension prevailed on the subject then under the consideration of the House ; and he felt assured that in Tuscany, for instance, cattle could be reared which might compete in quality with the finest in this country. He should vote for the motion then before the House. Lord J. RUSSELL said that he really hardly knew, after what he had heard in the course of that debate, whethcr it was to be treated as a serious proposition. — (Hear, hear.) • In the first place, the Hon. Gentleman, the Member for Oxfordshire, had informed them that he had been advised to vote for the motion, because it af forded a good opportunity to please the farmers without carrying g had t t h h o e u g p i r i o t p t o l s l i a t t i m a i o v r er d y am si a n g g i u n l g ar tl n i o e t G io r Government. Hon. Gentleman, the Member for ;Nottinghamshire, who had followed in the course of the debate, had told them that Hon. Members on his side of the House, had never held opinions - upon free trade that had differed from theirs (the Opposition's), and that they voted on coffee and sugar, but that they had meant Radicalism.—(Hear.) How a plain man could deal with the question after these communications, he . was` really much at a loss to know. He must own that the embarrassment was much increased by the course which both the proposers and the opposers of the motion had taken on this and on previous occasions. He should have thought that those who proposed that cattle should be admitted at a moderate fixed duty, .woull have shown that great benefit would thereby accrue to the people of the country ; that the cost of subsistence would be diminished by the importation that would take place ; and that meat would-be procured by the labourite , classes at a more moderateprice. He should have expected on the other hand, that those who opposed the motion would have shown the fallacy of supposing that any such supply would •be afforded ; that it was a mistake that any country of the - Continent could afford such a supply, and that the price of meat and the cost of the subsistence of the people would- remain, after such an enactment, exactly the same as before. Cut the argue menus had been exactly the reverse of what he had ex pected ; those who opposed the motion came forward and showed that the comforts of the people would be in creased, while those in favour of it argued that no such reduction would take place.—(Hear, hear.) If he could believe all the arguments of the Honourable Metuber for Somersetshire, he should think it the most co nvincing speech he had heard in favour of the propo sition. He told them that in various parts on the Con tinent places of . depot would be formed where cattle would be fattened, and that they would be sent over here at a moderate price ; he said that in certain cases they would have beef here at 4 d. per lb. If that were the case, he should say, let them by all neeans adopt the proposition.—(Hear, hear.) What were they sitting there for ? Were they sitting there to prevent the people from having cheap food?—(Hear, hear.) Or for -_ ~ j IHE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 24, 1842. f" I 1 • t tae purposeioil lvtlig t Wir 4 egasa ion that the people should get a worse kind-of beef when they might have a betterl;-..- - (tiehr. heir;) That they should be obliged to pay 7d. a lb. for beef, when they might go; it for 4+d.? He hoped that the wisdom of Parliament was noCeoniistent with the adoption of such a mischievous course. But he was afraid they would not be able to make out this case Lhe feared that the statements of the 'First Lord Of the treasury,- and the Vice-President of the Board of Trade were fir better founded, and that ~.. considering. the utmost supply from the Continent would not be more than 30,000 head of 'cattle, there would be no material reduction of the price 'of subsistence.— I-Lar, hear.) lie much lamented it, it was a great mis- fortune; and he could not . believe that the Bight lion. Gentleman meant otherwise. He. hoped that the con sequence of their legislation would be that the labour ing claSses would be enabled to eattneat more frequently than lieretobre. But then, Hon. Gentlemen seemed to imply that this would not be without a great injury to the agricultural interest. ThiS he held to be a complete mistake ; both from reasoning and 'experienee, he believed that when they increased the comforts of the people, they ultimately improved the marker for agricultural produce. The increased importation of cattle and beef from Ireland and Scotland had not lowered the price of meat ; on the contrary, it had con stantly increased. He had been unwilling, when the Right Hon, Gentleman made his statement, to interfere in any way that would prevent the House from going into Committee, but he must now state that, although he thought the Right Hon. Gentleman was proceeding on perfectly sound principles, yet he found it impossible to reconcile the propoSition and the principles on which it was founded, to other parts of their legislation, both with respect.to the Corn Bill of the present year. and some parts of the tariff itself.--,(Hear, hear ) The Right Hon. Gentleman had argued with. regard to the duty on . fish and herrings, that if it were shown this food of the labourer could be reduced in price, it would he With him an argument in favour of the change of duty. Then why not'apply the same principle to corn ? —(Hear, hear.) If corn coulcr be obtained at 40s. a quarter, it ought, on the same principle, to be considered a benefit and not an injury --a thing to be aimed at rather than avoided. This was the general principle of the tariff; and yet, on the main article of, corn, they were pursuing a principle diametrically opposite.—(Cheers.) And then it seemed to him -that they made the case worse by the argument used with regard to the importa tion of cattle, that no great quantity would be imported. It was argued that there was no danger in reducing the duty on cattle, as it could only be imported from the continent of Europe, while the rethiction of duty on corn was resisted on the ground that it could be brought in from all parts of the world. (Hear, hear, hear.) Here was one sound principle of practical legislation, on which .they were founding their commercial policy, yet they only adopted it where they alleged that it would be inoperative ; and where it would be most operative, do most :good, and . secure the greatest benefit to the people of the country, there they shrunk back, and said this principle ought not to apply. understand. —(Cheers.) That At t I sa s a s time ewh when hmee of policy h they had dil e,xdte could he nut Queen's letter read in the churches, for proctiring relief to the distress existing in various parts of the country, why not apply the same principle to all . their measures, and place their whole policy on a sound basis ? He was quite prepared to apply th e same prin ciple to articles of manufacture, if it could be shown that their price was increased to, the agr i cu lt ur i s t by protective duties. There were other articles in the tariff on which a greater reduction might be made; he did not see why the agriculturist should be called on to compete with the foreigner in the proluction of cattle, and why sugar should not be 'admitted at such a rate of duty as should enable him to consume it. On the whole, there fore, while he agreed to the proposition, he could not agree to it as a whole system. He could not see that the practical benefit arising from it would be so great as the Right Hon. Gentleman supposed. But he thought it of great value as an assertion 'of a principle.—(Hear, hear, hear.) In the first place it put an end to pro hibitive duties, and imposed a moderate fixed duty on a great article of agricultural produce. But, instead of raising the duty on cattle, as proposed by one Hon. Member, to meet the duty on corn, he would rather re duce the duty on corn to meet the reduced duty on cattle.—(Hear. hear.) He entirely approved of the pro position in itself, and he hoped, as the Government had begun this course, they would apply the principle to all other articles without favour or partiality. He should vote with the Government against the motion. Sir R. PEEL had hoped he should have been able to confine his observations to the subject immediately under discussion. But the Noble Lord had invited discussion on the sugar duties, and the Corn-laws. As to the sugar duties, there would be another opportunity of discussing them, and he would state again that there were reasons that exempted sugar from the application of the general principles of the tariff. With respect to the Corn-laws, he thought the Noble Lord, the author of an Bs. duty, must himself impose some. restriction on the principle he had been contending for to-night. The Noble Lord must admit, in order to maintain that proposition, either that there were special burdens upon agriculture, which justified the imposition of that duty, or that it was desirable on general political grounds to give protection to domestic agriculture; and the question therefore betweea the Noble Lord and himself was not a question of principle, but a question of degree. He pro posed a graduated scale, the Noble Lord proposed a fixed duty; but the• Noble Lord must . show that there were special reasons applicable to agriculture to justify that protection. He did not wish to revive the diseu.ssion of the Corn-laws; but, on a former occasion, when it suited his purpose, the Noble Lord had charged him :with de luding the farmers. He thought it was impossible to contend on the one hand that he had deceived the agri culturists by raising false expectations, and on the other that he had given a protection to the agriculturists to which they wore not fairly entitled.—(Hear, hear.) He now came to the particular proposition before the House, namely, whether it was desirable tocontintte the existing prohibition, or whether the 'duty .proposed by her Ma jesty's Government upon the importation of foreign cattle did so far diminish the protection upon domestic agriculture as to justify the apprehensions which some had entertained. On this point he totally differed from his Hon. Friend (Mr. Miles), but he could assure his Hon. Friend that lie was not ungrateful to him or to those who thought with him on this subject, for the support which he had received from them in imposing tun Income-tax.—(Laughter from the Opposition.) From the agricultutalbedy he had received most valuable and generous support during this , session and previously, and the difference which might exist between them to night did not in the slightest degree diminish his grateful sense of the assistance which he had received from them. —(Great laughter.) But he must say that it appeared to him that the interests of the country required that the prohibition upon the import of foreign cattle should be removed, and that the proposal which he had made on the subject would benefit all classes of the community. When he spoke on the lest occasion, during the prevalence of the panic, he stated that he did not think that panic would continue ; the result had justified his opinion. He had looked in the country papersto ascertain the real state of things, believing that th.y were a very good indication of the state of feeling among the agriculturists. In a Liverpool paper, of Monday, May 16, lie found the following:—" We have had rather a larger supply of corn in the market to-day than last week, but prices were very high; beef, 60. and 7d. per p oun d; mutton, 7d. and 74d." He put it to intelligent men whether such being the price at Li. verpool, it was rightthat the prohibition should continue. The number of cows and oxen brought from Ireland in 1820 was 16966. Now what had taken place after a lapse of 20 years ? Why, that on an average of the last five years the number of oxen and cows brought from Ireland into the port of Liverpool alone, was 472,200, being an averageof 9t,400 in each year. And what had been the effect on the prices;? Why, that the prices had risen notwithstanding the increased import. Under those circum stances, then, was it advisable to continue the prohibition, and were they not bound to look out for a wider area Taking the five years preceding - the last, in the five years ending 1836. the number of oxen brought into Liverpool from Ireland was 54,800, and yet the price of meat was increasing. Did not that suggest an important lessen 2—( Hear, bear.) Was it not a strong indication that the population of this country was in creasing more rapidly than the supply_ of cattle? And where was that supply to be found ? The four great countries.— France, Holland, Belgium, and the United States, containing a population o: 65 millions, were all exporting countries; in each he was afraid the price of cattle and the price of meat was rising, and in each the consumption in proportion, to the popu lation, was rapidly diminishing. The Noble Lord said, "Atone time you contend that you ought to remove theprohibition, and at another that it would not materially affect the price of meat." He must say, he wished that he could make a reduction in the price of meat in this country. He saw great improvements made in steam navigation, whilst there was no reduction in the price of meat, on the contrary there was a pro g ressive rise ; and he must say, that was in his opinion a c onclusive proof of the necessity of removing the prohibition. But on the other hand, when the farmer apprehended a reduction of 25 per cent. he was obliged to tell him that he thought his apprehensions en tirely unfounded. There were three things to be taken into account, the quantity of the cattle to be produced. the quality of the cattle to be produced, and the inevitable effect of re ducing the prohibition in increasing theprice on the Continent. In reference to the quality, he thought it was impossible to compare for a moment the meat sold at 4 1 Ad. a pound in Hamburgh or Ostend, with the meat sold at 7d. or Bd. in the London markets. He very much doubted whether the latter meat would not sell in any market on the Continent for 6d. a pound.—( Hear, hear.) Now he could not but think that there would be great advantage from a free import of cattle, in the improved facilities for improving our own breed of cattle. , He had been much struck with an account which he had read of a meeting over which his Hon. Friend the Member for Berkshire presided last year, of that most useful institution which was founded mainly by Lord Spencer, and with which he (Sir R. Peel) had the honour to be connected—he alluded to the Re, al Agricultural Society of England. The Right Hon. and the Treas , ü b r e y ha n d ad no vi d o o la u t b e t d , Baronet * then read a letter, stating four bulls had been imported from Switzerlandforthweiiphuourptoasne of improving the breed. Scarcely a year passed application being made to the Treasury for e duce tpoi t t h ael e o , d row ul poeu y tled on bulls, from various parts of the world, the law by permitting them to be - brought in. e T n h a e b I e spirith e of E successfully in the article of cattle with the farmer on the Continent. It was a etroug proof of the propriety nignldiushstr of the proposal of the Government, that every foreign country permitted the importation of foreign cattle at a fixed duty per head. In Austria the duty was S. per head; in Belgium 165.; in France 2/. • in Germany 13s. ;in Holland 13s. 4d. His Hon. Friend (Mr. Miles) should explain what was the practical proposal which he wished to make. But it was a mere delusion voting for the proposal of his Hon. Friend, because he might think that the present duty of hi• per head on lean cattle was too high. One possibly nl ight not comprehend what the Hon. Y f:r u n d ier ca Gentleman meant, for he (Sir R. Peel) conceived that there were those who would prefer half-a-crown per cwt. to a duty of IL per head. In that case oxen weighing four cwt. would be subject to a duty of only 10s. If the result of his Hon. Friend's proposal should be to get such a duty as that, he apprehended he would not serve the ieterestof the agricultual body. There fore, he thought his Hop. Friend was bound to explain what his proposal was. His Hon. Friend wished for a duty per cwt. for the purpose of increasing the protection to British cattle, and therefore of diminishing the facilities of introducing foreign cattle. If they added to the amount of duty the obstructions that there might be to the landing of those animals—that in addition to a duty of 55., 6s. ' or Bs. per cwt. would materially prevent t he im po rta tion of foreign cattle, and his impression was, that a dety_ef 11. per head wu quite f u ffici ent. A deputation of friends,'*hom he highly esteemed, had waited upon him and pressed upon him arguments in favour of higher protection. Ho had not conceded to them what they sought, because he conceived the interest of the com munity required that he should not make the concession. He had a deep impression that, the population of the country increas ing, it would be no advantage to the agricultural body, but the reverse, to give increased protection so far as lean cattle were concerned. - Thev wanted to widen compe tition, and give the country the benefit of a large supply of lean cattle, but there were apprehensions entertained with respect to fat cattle. Now the passage from Hambirgh was very different from the passage from Aberdeen. He did not believe that the Steam Navigation Company would im port. cattle at less than 2/. per head. Besides, for all the damage done to cattle during the voyage there was no in surance: Those matters it was that formed protection, and not the amount of duty. It was very difficult to bring cattle across the North Sea, and he thought that would operate to prevent the introduction of cattle, His own interest was connected with these matters, and if the general interest of the country required the sacrifice, he should be proud to follow the example of the agricultural body. He believed it would be adverse to the interests of the agriculturists, to insist on a higher protection. He believed that asking for higher protection. was hut incurring superfluous and unneces sary odium. He doubted whether they would derive so great a supply from the Continent as would bring down the price to that point to which it certainly was desirable to reduce it. He deeply regretted that he should differ from his friends on that . . (the Ministerial) side of the House on this subject, but he was convinced that the interest of the consumer required increased facilities for the introduction of cattle. He was so deeply convinced that this proposal was not ad verse to the interests of the agricultural body, that he saw with regret that he could not make the concession which had been sought. He trusted that the decision of that House would assist, by the influence of its sober judgment and reflection, in relieving the agricultural body from unne cessary trammels, and, by a large majority, affirm the proposi tion of her Majesty's Government. Mr. MORGAN O'CONNELL asked who it was that de ceived the agriculturists? It was those who taught them to rely upon legislation for a measure of protection. The organ of the Right Hon. Baronet's Government, the Morning Post, in commenting on the Right Hon. Baronet's conduct—in de fending it, said that the Right Hon. Baronet had not deceived the agriculturists, but had looked on while they deceived themselves.—(" Hear, hear," from the Opposition benches. ) That was the language of a Paper which was considered the Government organ.—( Question, question.) They were told some time ago, when discussing another subject, that the money which was taken out of the pockets of the people would he repaid by the diminished cost of the necessaries of life. The Bight Hon. Gentleman had been called the doctor, and he was then about to administer a very nauseous medicine.— ( Loud cries of " Question, question ; divide, divide.") He said that to make the Income-tax go down easily ; but at the same time he told his agricultural friends, when the tariff came on, that one of the prime necessaries of lite would not be re duced. —( Hear, hear.) The question had two aspects ; it had the visage of Janus, and the protective face was turned towards them now.—( trear, hear, and laughter.) The Right Hon. Baronet told them that cattle would he brought from a circum scribed region, and that the introduction of foreign cattle would produce no effect. • He ( Mr. M. J. t )'Connell) did not think so.—(Question, question.) He was showing on what frivo lous grounds what was called a great question was based, but he believed the reason was, that the Right Hon. Gentleman did not wish to alarm his agricultural friends, and had, there fore, put forward the question on those contradictory grounds. He did not think the effects of the measure would be so small as were anticipated, for he believed that foreigners would now grow a better description of cattle. But if that were even the case. he trusted the energy of the native farmers would always enable them to compete with foreigners. The same arguments that applied to cattle, applied to corn, and the Right Hon. Gentleman, the Vice-President of the Board of Trade, made a most conclusive speech in favour of a fixed duty, if not for an entire free trade.—(Hear, hear.) He said the demand for foreign food would not only cheapen the price, but would create art export trade, which he said would go far to compen sate any loss the agriculturists might sustain. If this were true, with regard to the article which entered in the smaller degree, into consumption, how much more was it true with re spect to corn, which was not confined tb Holstein or Denmark, but might be obtained from Europe and America.—( Cheers and " Divide, divide.") The Right Hon. Gentleman had told them of the application of chemistry to the feeding of cattle—(Continued cries of " Divide, divide ")—but if it cheapened the feeding of cattle, it also cheapened the produc tion of corn. He hoped the panic of the farmers, with respect to corn, was passing away, and that they would at length see it was better to trust in their own skill than in legislative regula tions; and that when they saw this protection on cattle was sufficient,• they would begin to perceive they had been misled in considering those their enenf es who, with regard to articles of greater importance only endeavoured to apply the same principles now contended for. Lord WORSLEY did not think that the motion of the Hon. Member for East Somersetshire had been treated fairly. Those who had argued against it had assumed that the object of that motion was to continue prohibition. It was no such thing. The agricultural body did not ask for the continuance of prohibition ; all they asked for was a fair and adequate pro tection. Mr. C. P. VILLIERS rose amidat loud cries of" Divide, divide ; withdraw, withdraw." He thought with his Noble Friend that the motion of the Hon. Member for East Somer.. setshire had not been fairly treated, because it had been treated with great respect—( Cheers, and cries of " Oh, oh")—and if the House had fairly represented the people, it would net have been so treated.—( Cheers.) It asked for a still further obstruc tion to the trade in food for the people of this country— that people who were starving in consequence of those accursed regulations—((sheers)—and now the Minister who had been chosen by the agriculturists themselves found himself com pelled to propose some slight measure of relief for the starving people, the Hon. Member came to endeavour to do away even with the slight relief which the Minister had proposed.— ( Hear, hear.) The Hon. Member was opposed to granting even the slightest relief.—( Loud cheera.l Now ought such a motion as that to be treated with any respect?—(Loud cheers.) He trusted that the Hon. Member's speech would be pub lished, and that the Anti-Corn-law League would circulate it through the country. A more conclusive argument in favour of the principles of the Anti-Corn-law League he had never heard.—( Cheers. ) The Hon. Member showed that there were ample resources throughout the world for providing the starving people of this country with food. He expressed a fear that the starving people of this country would have the benefit of these resources.—( Cheers. ) The Hon. Member throughout his speech had never once referred to the state of the country. The Hon. Member had talked of what he called the farmers, but they all knew that when they talked of the farmers they meant the landlords. (Loud cheers.) The Ho nourable Member had actually asked the Minister of the Crown not to relieve the distresses of the people because it might lower the rents of the landlords.— (Loud cheers. ) This benefit had, however, been gained by the motion— the Ministers had been obliged to admit that the ac counts of the sufferings of the people had not been exaggerated.—( Hear.) There was not one medical man in any manufacturing town in the kingdom who would not come forward and give evidence that there were hundreds of people who had died for want of food, and who were dying for want of sufficient sustenance.—(Hear, hear.) These things had forced the Ministers to propose,some small measure of re lief, they had been obliged to propose some relaxation of the monopoly, and this proposal the , Hon. Member opposed. and they had that night consumed five hours in discussing the I Hon. 31e.nber's motion. That would not have been the case, if the people had been properly re presented in that House. Such a motion ought not to be treated with respect.—(Cheers, and cries of " Oh, oh.") He (Mr. Villiers) had heard the Hon. Member for a quarter of an hour, endeavouring to prove that, by the proposed alterations, the price of meat might be re duced to Lid. a lb. from 6d. This had been an important even ing. The Hon. Member's own friends had admitted the dis tresses of the people, though at the same time the Ministers had told them that no result would follow their measures.— ( Hear, hear.) Just before the Right Hon. Baronet had ad dressed the House, half a dozen of the friends of the Honourable Member for SemersetThshire had risen, but they had all become quiet after they had heard the assurance of the Right lion. Baronet that meat would not be cheaper. As soon as they had got that assertion, Hon. Gentlemen were satisfied. As soon as Hon. Gentlemen were satisfied that prices would be kept up, and that the misery of the people would continue, they were quiet.—(Cheers.) What hail been the ease with the Corn-law ? He had seen the walls placarded with a notice that since the Corn-law had passed the price of wheat had actually risen 43. a quarter. They had the statement of the Right Hon. Gentleman, that the price of meat was rising.—( Hear, hear.) The distresses of the people were admitted, and the people must be most servile and most ignorant if they did not derive instruction from that ,night's proceedings.—( Cheers. ) Mr. F. SCOTT complained of the speech of, the Hon. Member who had just sat down. It was a foul calumny to say that all that the Members on his (Mr. Scott's) side of the House wished was, that rents should be kept. up.—(Cheers.) They were actuated by no such feelings.—(Cheers.) It was a ca lumny or. them to say that they were so void of spirit as to sit down quietly because they had heard three or four observations from the Right Hon. Baronet, by which they had not been convinced.—(Cheers.) He believed that Hon. Members re presenting agricultural bodies had just as great sympathy for the distresses of the people as the Hon. Members opposite; but this he could say, that Hon. Members on his (Mr. Scott's) side of the House understood their own interests.—( Tremen dous Opposition cheers.) They did not ask for prohibition— all they wanted was fair protection. He thought fat cattle ought not to be admitted at the same rate of duty as lean, and therefore on principle, he felt. inclined to support the Hon. Member for Somersetshire, but he should vote with the Government, be cause, as he understood that all the cattle that could be im ported would not amount to one week's consumption, he did not think that a depreciation in price could take place so rapidly as to do harm to the home producer. Mr. WARD rose to address the House, !but amidst vocifer ous cries of '• Divide," so that we could not catch his ob servations. Mr. 0. GORE rose amidst and general cries of "Divide." The Hon. Member fey Wolverhampton had cast a great ca lumny on those on his (Mr. 0. Gore's) side of the House. He said that several Gentlemen had risen together, but when the Right Hon. Gentleman addressed the House they were silent. When he (Mi. 0. Gore) rose to address the House he did so for the purpose of opposing the ainendment. He had no hesi tation in saying that the farmers in his county were perfectly satisfied. Mr. HUME rose amidst great uproar and cries of " Divide." He said, if he was not allowed to go on, he should move that the Chairman report progress. He thought many. Gentlemen came there that evenhig to interrupt the business of that House. It was not his intention to address the House.— (Cheers.) He should not have done so but for the charge made by the Hon. Member for Roxburghshire against the Hon. Member for Wolverhampton. If it was a calumny to speak the truth, then had his Hon. Friend spoken calumny. The motion of the Hon. Member. for Somersetshire was to render food dear. It was to obstruct the Right Hon. Baronet also in the difficult situation in which he was placed, in his attempt to alleviate the miseries of the people. He (Mr. Hume) hoped Hon. Members on the other side of the House would attend to the arguments of the Vice-President of the Board of Trade, or eren the arguments of the Right Hon. Baronet himself, and they must be con vinced that the state of the country required that the food of the country ought to be cheaper. 'this motion was to prevent food being cheaper. He, therefore, agreed with his Hon. Friend that it was an att em p t to ad d the misery and suffer ing of the p e —(Uproar, and What was it t hen ? He could only say, that if the Right Hon. Baronet was anxious, as he stated himself to be, that animal food should be cheaper, let him adopt the proper course—let him make corn cheaper. It did not require argument. — (Loud ironical cheers.) It did not require argument. — (Cheers.) It was necessary before they had cheap rattle they should have cheap food to feed them with. He believed that those Members who sat around the Right Hon. Baronet would not allow him to give that relief to the distress in the country which he was inclined to do. Distress never was so prevalent in this country as at the'present moment, and what was the effect of the present proposition? Why to in crease that distress. He agreed with his Hon. Friend that the whole proceedings of the House were calculated to starve the people ; every act they performed had that tendency.—(Cries of, " Oh, oh.") They could not think of the suffering mil lions, and act as they had done. He thought the Right Hon. Baronet ought to be supported against a party who seemed to him to be only looking to their owa interests. He thought the Right Hon. Baronet deserved credit for any attempt he had made to alleviate the distress of the people. Mr. MILES replied—He and those who sat around him had as much feeling for the distress of the people, as the Hon. and Learned Member for Wolverhampton, and those who sat around him. He did not stand up for prohibition ;he was for protection, and only a protection fur live cattle equivalent to that on dead meat. He should be ready at a future period to state the exast nature of the measure he meant to propose but he trusted that the House would now sanction the principle of giving a due protection to the British farmer. 'I he House then divided, when the numbers were, For the motion Against the motion Majority against the motion 205 Some discussion ensued as to whether the amendment of Major Vivian should be proceeded with or nut. Major VIVIAN finally moved that the Chairman do report progress and obtain leave to sit again.—Agreed to. Mr. PUSEY postponed his resolutions till the bringing up of the Report. INCOME-TAX. . . _ Sir R. PEEL gated that he Fhould take the third reading of the Income-tax Bill on Monday next. ORDNANCE ESTIMATES. Mr. GREENE brought up the Report on the Ordnance and Navy Estimates, which was agreed to. The Roasted Malt Bill was read a third time and passed. INCUMBENT LEASING (No. 2) BILL. Mr. GREENE brought up the Report on this Bill, which was received. _ BRIBERY AT ELECTIONS BILL. On the motion of Mr. ROEBUCK, the second reading of this Bill was postponed, as there were certain objections en tertained towards it in its present form. Mr. ROEBUCK obtained leave to introduce a Bill to in demnify witnesses who may give their evidence before the Committee to be appointed by this House, to inquire whether corrupt compromises have been entered into in the cases of Election Pet itions presented from Harwich. Nottingham, Lewes, Penryn and Falmouth, and Reading, for the purpose of avoid ing investigation into gross bribery . alleged to have been prac tised at the election for the aforesaid towns, and whether such bribery has really taken place. The Bill was then read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Thursday. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at a Quarter past One o'Clock. LITERATURE. THE WAR IN SYRIA. By 'Commodore Sir CHARLES NAPIER, K.C.B. hi 2 Vols. London, John W. Parker, 1842. The future historian of the naval glories of Eng land will find this work an excellent guide through the labyrinth of the Eastern question. Much as we knew about the Syrian expedition before, and we may assume what little merit there may be in closely watching its progress from a distance, and reading every despatch and note hitherto published concerning it, we found so much entirely new in these volumes that we perused them with as much interest as we should have felt had we never before read a word upon the subject. The language is homely and conversational, but given in the terse, vigorous style bf the gallant old Commodore. The narrative is of course egotistical, for the Commodore had no heroic or diplomatic deeds to record equal to h" s own; but where praise can be justly accorded, it is bestowed with all the generous warmth of a true son of the ocean. Commodore Napier states two facts which frequently appeared in the leading columns of The Sun during the Syrian war, namely, that but for the indecision of Admiral Stopford, and the hatred of Mehemet Ali indulged in by Lord Ponsonby, the war would not have lasted half the time which it did; and again, that had it only lasted a month longer, we would have found ourselves at war with France. We have not the slightest doubt that, but for the headlong gallantry of the Commodore, which settled the question before France had her loins girded for the conflict, we should now have been at war with half the States of Europe. Some racy corres pondence passed between the Commodore and Admiral Stopford, Lord Ponsonby and Major-General Sir C. Smith, relative to the celebrated " unauthorised " convention, which we regret to find is too long for insertion in our columns. The gossip about Mehemet Ali, Solyman Pacha, Ibrahim Pacha, and. the Emirs of the Mountains is exceedingly interest ing-. We cordially recommend these volumes to all who take an interest in the triumphs of our gallant tars. MODERN FRENCH LIFE. 3 Vols. Bentley, London, 1842. The tales contained in these volumes are all—with but two eXceptions—illustrative of the manners and habits of France in the present day, and are selected from the works of eminent writers by an able linguist, for whom, as she tells us in her preface, Mrs. Gore has undertaken thc task of revision. If the tales be indeed an accurate representation of modern French Life, that life has little to boast of, on the score of morality, for there is no country in Europe where the moral code would appear to be so relaxed. But the most interesting tales in the present volumes are not those whose scenes are laid in France, for the Russian narrative, entitled the "Red House," is far superior to any one of them, and refers to a murder, committed under most extraordinary circumstances, by the young and beautiful Countess Vaninka, daughter of the Russian 'General Tchermayloff. This story, we are assured, is founded on fact, and the events occurred shortly after Suwarow's return from his campaigns in Switzerland and Italy against the French republic—towards the close of the reign of the Emperor Paul. The narrative is told throughout with great terseness and energy, and furnishes us with some brief, amusing gliMpses of social life in St. Pctersburgh. FINE ARTS. THE BATTLE OF AGINCOURT. This picture, which is now in the course of exhi bition at the rooms of the Society of Arts, in the Adelphi, is the production of Mr. Melling--a pro mising artists, who, if he has not successfully ac complished all that he proposed to himself to do, has yet displayed no little talent in his painting. His design is better than his execution, ex cellence in which last comes only from conti nuous study and practice.. The most prominent figure_ in the painting is of course the great hero of the day—Henry the Fifth of England, who is repre sented in the foreground, defending his Royal brother of Clarence, who has been wounded and struck down. The attitude of the King is natural and spirited, and is free from that exaggeration which we detect in the figure to his left, who is seen bearing the Royal standard. The sketch of the dying war-horse biting his leg in his agony, while the blood streams from the wound made by an arrow in his neck, is forcibly pourtrayed, and is perhaps the most efficient bit of colouring in the picture. 1Y regret we cannot give similar praise to the figure of the dead French Knight, on whom his victor, stout old Sir 'Thomas Erpingham, is trampling with very little ceremony, for the white, chalky hue of the Knight's face is anything but true to nature. The English archers, too, are aiming their shafts in such a direction that they appear more likely to hit their own countrymen than their enemies. But, despite these defects, the painting is a clever one ; and the contest between the French and English men-hat-arms in the middle distance, teems with life and energy. COURT CIRCULAR. His Excellency Count Mensdorf, a General in the Austrian Service, Uncle of her *Majesty and of his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and Brother-in-law to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, together with his four sons, Count Hugh, Lieut.-Col. in the Austrian Service; Count Alphonso, Major in the same service ; Counts Alexander and Arthur, Captains, arrived at Buck ingham Palace in two of the Royal carriages and four, shortly before twelve o'clock, yesterday, film Woolwich, attended by Captain Francis Seymour, Scots Fusilier Guards, Groom in Waiting .on Prince Albert, and were received on their arrival by the Master of the Horse, the Vice-Chamberlain, and the Master of the Household. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived at Buckingham Palace, shortly afterwards. Count Mensdorf and the Counts Hugh, Alphonso, Alexander, and Arthur, visited the Royal Duchess at her residence, Clarence House, St- James's. • Shortly before five o'clock, his Excellency Count Mensdorf, and the Counts Hugh, Alphonso, Alexander, and Arthur Mensdorf, left Buckingham Palace in two of the Royal carriages and four, on a visit to her Majesty at. Claremont. The Hon. Miss Liddell, and the Hon. Miss Paget, Maids of Honour in Waiting on the Queen, arrived at Claremont Park yesterday afternoon, from Buckingham Palace. Her Majesty the Queen- Dowager, accompanied by 1 their Serene Highnesses, the Duke Bernard, and the Duchess of Saxe Weimar, and the Princesses of Saxe Weimar, visited the Zoological Gardens, in the Regent's park, yesterday afternoon. Her Majesty, and the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Weimar also took an airing in an open carriage and four, in the Parks. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Queen Dowager on Sunday, at Marlborough House. The Duchess of Saxe Weimar visited the Duchess of Cambridge yesterday, at Cambridge House. • Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday - . at his official residence in Downing-street.. Mr. Wood, Chairman of the'Excise, had an interview with the Right Hon, Gentleman on Saturday. Despatches from the Governor of Newfoundland were received yesterday, at the Colonial-office. Lord and Lady Stanley had a dinner party on Satur day, at their residence in St.. James's-square. The com pany inclucts,d the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, Lady Elizabeth Leveson Gower, Earl and Countess of Claren don, Lord and Lady Bruce, Lord Robert Grosvenor, Lord Melbourne, Mr. Cowper, Lord Alfred Paget, Mr. Ponsonby, Lord Ebrington, and Lord Leveson Gower. • The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yes terday, to hear an appeal from Newfoundland, " John Ridley v. William Carson and others." 'rhe Lords present were the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Chief Justice of • the Court of Queen's Bench. Lord Brougham, Lord Cottenham, Lord Campbell, the Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, the Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer, the Vice-Chancellor, Mr. Baron Parke, Mr. Jus tice Erskine, and the Judge of the Admiralty Court. The Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the Coun cil in waiting. Mr. Henderson for the Appellant, and Mr. Hill, Queen's Counsel, for the Respondent, having been heard, their Lordships adjourned. The Marquis and Marchioness of Donegal have left Farrance s Hotel for their seat, Ormean Park, Belfast, Ireland. . • MR. WILSON'S CONCERTI This gentleman, who has acquired so mucl well- Awned fame from his illustrations of 'Scottish mint tre4 , y, repeated ;yesternight, for the last time, at the Music Store-street, Bedford-square, .before a fashionable auditory, his illustrations of English reinstrelsy. The programme of the entertainment was recis4y the same as Monday last, and as we noticed that very excellent entertainment last week, wo A ll a n s t ty n,, more at present than that yesterday ?tb. Wilson wee in excel ent voice, and sang with a great deal of spirit. In addi tion to a delightfully melodious voice, a finesear, and a just conception, Mr. Wilson possesses a distink.l enunciation., which snakes the entertainment so much the snor t ; delightful. • In the sublimely beautiful ballad of " The. 411 d En0. , ;(1 Gentleman" he was deservedly encored. anti throughout this highly intellectual entertainment the . . audience fre quently expressed their approl;ation in a mauler not to be mistaken. HAMBURGH MAIL. Aix Li CHAPELLE, MAY 15.—The Insurance Com patty gives notice that it will be able to meet all the claims upon it arising from the fire at Hamburgh. ELBERFELD, MAY 14.—Yesterday, and the day be fore, a collection for Hamburgh Ives made here is itlt such success that 24,000 marks banco (nearly 20001. sterling) was remitted. BERLIN, MAY 12.—The celebrated Professor of Theology, Dr. Neander, has contributed 1,000 dollars for Hatuburgh. WEIMAR, MAY 14.—The Grand Duke has ordered a collection from house to house in the whole Duchy for the sufferers at Hamburgh. The Cassel Gazette contains 'a notice, dated Gotha, May 14, in which the Assurance Company states that it will be able to mea all claims arising from the fire at Hainburgh, without affecting tilt security of the con tinued or new insurances. mELOI AN i.UNDS—IIRu , sELs, 31sT 21. Actual Debt, 2i per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per ........... Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. 143!, :3 per Cent....«» Thirty.sev, (I'40) lfeN Lo'n of City, 1'232, 4 per Cent Socletyot Coanm , rce,4i per Cent ffi Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 7o National Srcicty Excnange on Lo :chit (Aim t) ........ —Brussels Papers, May 21. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—Vie.Nrie, MAY riveper Cents. Metalliques Fnisr per Cents. l4 0* Three p:r Cents. Bank Shares SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TA TIE RSA L L'S —YESTERDAY. For the first half hour, a majority of the subsceberlyeenagre gated within the yard, and, forgetful of the styerior accororno dalion of the room, opened on Thursday last, commenced bet ting on the Derby, amidst the noise and confusion of ttsts, sale ; in tnis vicinity, Jack and the Agreeable colt. were backed at 16 and 18 to 1, and Seahorse freely at 3C to 1. An &Armco merit was then moved and carried, and the business a` the day proceeded with comfort and regularity. Our notica of the odos n yesterday's paper, placed Attila at the lead of the list, Cold renick second, and Canadian with the ca.l of Auckland. The betting this afternoon completely reversed thew positions;—the Danebury party came out with a ven geance, and after a large outlay at 3 to 1 and 5 to " closed by taking 2to 1 eagerly ; many of the bets, we_ should add, having been taken by individuals who stood heavily against him. Attila, we believe, had the ealtat the commencement, and was backed in several places at 3 to 1, but what with the rush to get on Coldrenick, and the avidity with which the four teens, the twelves, and, in some quarters, elevens to one were snapped up about Jack, he gave way to 7 to 2, taken once or twice, but offered currently at the close. Auckland was backed to a large amount at 6,7, and 8 to 1, the larger odds being granted to those only who sought to hedge ; the bona fide price was 13 to 2 (taken). If we were to give credence to the ridiculous reports - in circulation about this horse, Lord Westminster will have as much trouble to prevent his being, made " safe," as Mr. Rawlinson had last year with Coronation. Canadian relapsed to Bto 1 (taken), but not with much spirit. The Agreeable colt had a strong party, et an improved quotation (14 to 1 taken fieely); and a few es ores and ponies were laid out on Seahorse, at ;0, 2e, and finally 26 to I. Forth's lot—Policy, Combermare, and Hydaspos— were the only outsiders in any favour. The field is not ea pected to exceed three or four-and-twenty, at the outside. THE OMs.—Scarcely anything doing, and nothing worth notice, but an offer of 1,000 to 30 against Dark Susan. CLOSING PRICES. DERBY. • 22 to 1 agst Forth's lot 35 to 1 agst Sir G. Heathcote's lot—taken 2 to 1 agst Mr. Trelawny's Coldrenick—taken freely 7 to 2 agst Col. Anson's Attila—taken and afterwards of 13 to 2 agst Lord Westminster's Auckland—taken 8 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Canadian—taken 11 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Jack—taken 14 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Agreeable colt—taken 26 to 1 agst Col. Peel's Seahor,e—taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. Forth's Policy—taken and afterward, off 30 to 1 agst Mr. Greenwood's Lasso 50 to 1 agst. Mr. Copeland's Combermere taken and afterwards offered 50 to 1 agst Sir G. Heathcote's Hydaspes —tarn 66 to 1 agst Mr. Gregory's Barrier—taken 66 to 1 agst Mr. Ramshay's Moss Trooper 100 to 1 agst Mr. Allen's Belcceur —taken 100 to 1 agst Mr. Pryse's Cheops—taken and afterwards off OAKS. 7 to 2 agst Lord .lersey's Adela filly 12 to 1 agst Mr. Newton's Ma Mie 16 to 1 agst tsar. Shackel's Meal 23 to 1 agst•Sir G. Heathcote's Dark Susan At the sale of Lord Chesterfield's hunters yesterday, Illar inion fetched 300 guineas ; Fakeaway, 270 guineas ; Isaac of York, 160 guineas; Acton, 140 guineas; Railroad, 160 guineas; and Aaron Bang, 120 guineas, several other lots were sold at fair prices. THE ..ii:: MARKETS. 11- , -..-, •=, • COAL IIIARKET.• , ‘ 4 ,o•4.operr, , ve Ships arrived since last 11 - lancet day, 1111 41.; • s. .1. Milli's ..... « .......... ......... 15 6' Wall: End Lambton Cares Hartley • Holvwell Main.. Old Tandeld ..... ... Ord's Redlieugh 1 I 6 Walls End Cara• Vic 24 0 Tanfiold Moor Bute's l5 0 Walls Ehd ilattlel 00l • n 6 Tayloi's Hartley W.Nt Hart1ey.......:.. Wc.t Wylam Wylam .. Walls End ClarkandCo. Walls End IC illingworth Walls End Riddell's... W E. Braddyll'sHetton ... i.'o 6 Anthracite ' tta 0 Wills End Ha5we11.......... Al 6 Cowper) Walls End Hatton '2o 6 Howard • s Neshertvri :Maio 10 ft COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. 1 Wheat. Barley. Oats. ill6stis. Pease. . Per Quarter. .1 s. to e . S. to S. s. to s. Carlisle , 68 31 2 i Hexhatn 4.1 72 36 39 '. 3' 28 • 111orpeth ld 58 28 31 IS 94 40 42 • - 7 - Penrith Sheffield ... 64 1 32 :13 43 , NVinchester 6O 68 25 27 •a 0 et= 135 40 i Per Bushel. Is. d. s.d., s.d. s. d. s. d. s.d. ls. d. s.d 1 8 . 51 . s.d. Carmarthen '6 :1 ~G 01 0 0 4 4 0 0 1 9 5 6 0 0 0 0 ij 41 Cowbridge .' 7 6 .'8 01 0 0 41' 0 0 3 0 5 0 53, 0 0 v 0 Swansea Per 8011. Barnardcastle 11 0 'lB 6 89 90 40 74 96 11 01 00 00 Durham ll2 6146 76 S 0 b 0 60, 00 9t`; 00 00 Richmond ll 3O 19 0,10 0 110 60 74,100 1... II d St oc kton 6, 0 0 0 NEWCAdiTLE CORN EXCHANGE Red White Whe. t, Northumberland ..... ri 4. ziti.; - Norfolk and Suffolk .... 13 . 6 s Berwick and Scotch.., 50..::6<...... 54 •. 58s. Foreign 58.. 645.«..... 424. i 1 5 . Rye, Norfolk and Suffolk . ...... .... 30...8 Foreign Barley; Malting, Norfolk arid Suffidk 99 i. 10 , —F.—. Grinding and Feeding Milt, Norfolk and SUrfolk .. :2. Ms • s. Beans, Small nf , s. 31 --- Tick Pease, White 4(.s. 4 s s -- Gray '3ls, 36.: Oats, Northumberland, Potatoe ........ 21s. 21a —s. _s. -- Feed 165 251. 'ign 2 OF ..), ••••., —s sack) 428. 4-'s —s s HADDINGPON COP.N•MARKET Wheat. barley. 1 Oats. tit , . s First 7ls Od 32s l'd 23 64 39, IA 1 Secondl CIL Od 29s (Sd • 254 Oil :•4, Od Thi.d..., 561 06 23s Od I .224 Od 3'B Oil Average `P. Is td 11 Palls. GLASGOW CORN 7.1., /11C17.T Wheat, per 24011). s. d. s. d. Oats, per .214513. 8. d. s. English Scottish 93 6 22 C British Irish ... Foreign Berle i, per 3901 b. Scottish English. 2! 0 25 0 Pease;Scottish Scottish - CI 0 23 0 Oatmeal, per I fllll. Id 0 IF 0 Irish OA LKEITH CORN MARKET. Wheat. Itartev. Oats, l'ea.e. Seam. I irst IPs Oa 34* 61 127 e 4d 37.4 0.1 37s 0d Second ()vs Od f.lis 0.1 tl4s 84 :14. 06 :w<B od 'bird EDINBURGH MEAL. MARKET. Per Sack of 280Ibs. 1 er Stone of 141 b. First Oatmeal ....LI 16 0 Vint Oatmeal... .1: 0 '3 Second Ditto. 1 14 0 Second ditto 0 I 1 Barleymeal Peasemeal• 1 8 0 Peasemeal . ..... 0 .. Pot Barley from 3( s. to 4t,s, per sack. ---- s. to J. s to 8. 48 -For Flour (pc Pea e. 3) Oti 34 thl —s tid TUE QUERN'S Btran-witv.--ritivr.--Thursday last being appointed for the celebration of her Majesty's birthday, the vessels lying in the river hoisted their colours and signal flags, and the various rope and sail makers premises in the neigh lit turhood of the Broomie law. Towards evening an immense crowd collected in the Green, amounting at one time to no less than tire thousand persons, were collected, and commenced to de molish the paling, for the purpose of feeding a buntire that had been kindled near to Nekon's-monument. Not content with this, an attempt was marks to unmoor the boats at the humane Society llonse, but the police inter fering in time prevented this object from being etfketei, A number of the police force were stationed at the foot of the Saltmarket, and at the east, end of London street and Monteith-row, to preserve the peace • but when the unruly proceedings broke out, those at the former place found themselves unable to cope with the riot.ers. A. message was then sent to-Captain Millar fin• an :addition to their force, when the Superintendent immediately sllt nut with all the available at his command, and commenced to clear the Green of the- belli gerents ; but they were assailed with every sort of utissile that could be laid hold of—stobs, stones, and gravel; and a number of his men were severely hurt. At one tim e the police were nearly overpowered, but through the admirable arrangements of 'Captain Miller, they were e nabled to arrange themselves for a moment, under cover of Nelson's gOintlnelit, and then i ssue d out on th e mob, who Bed before them in the direction of Calton and Brideton. all the while throwing stones at the police, who continued to pursue them the length of John-street, hat ns t hi s wits the boundary of their jurisdiction they could not proceed further. In John-street, the windows o f t h e Relief Church there were demolished, and the railing broken down. A number of the rioters . wtre taken into custody. In London-street and Monteith-row a great many panes of glass %yea• destroyed—in one shop alone, no less than nine panes out of twelve were demo lished. We understand that, in consequence of the pre sent distress, neither the Town Councillors nor Police Commissioners, drunk the Queen's health, as they usually do ; and for the .same reason, we understand, there was no review on the Grcen.—Glasyow Saturday Post.