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1 7 11.0.11, LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE DOWNING-STREET, MAY 10. 1812. The C !ueen has 'heed' Plied' to appoint P: tt. Marillier, Esq., to the office of Civil COmmissioner and Rethiont Mnis trate for! the district of Somerset, in the colony of the Cape of Gaud 'dope FOREIGN-OFFICE, MAY 10. Qneen has been pleased to approve of Mr. James Ha. g'atli. as Consul at Liverpool for the United States of America. CROWN-OFFICE, MAY 10. LIEYIBER RETURNED TO SERSTE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIA- 3IENT. BilleliTON. —The Hon. Alfred Hervey, commonly called ?Lord Alfred Hervey, in the moth of Isaac Newton Wigney, whi has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. . Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Dorsetshire. The Hon. Henry . Ashley, to be Deputy-Lieutenant ; George William Reptan, Esq., to be ditto, April 27. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire. The Right lion. John Winston Spencer Churchill Marquis of Blandford to be Deputy-Lieutenant ; James Morrill, junior, .Etq. to be ditto, May 9. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Ayrshire. Major W. Montgomerie to be Lieut.- Colonei ; Captain J. Fairlie to be Major, Vice Montgamerie, promoted, March 12. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Lanarkshire. W. 'Waddell, Esq. to he Deputy Lieutenant, April 9. Upper Ward and Aire ie Corps of Lanarkshire Yeomanry Cavalry—G. V. Irvine, Gent. tobe Lieutenant ;A. T. Blaci wood,'Gent. to be Cornet, April 2t3. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire. Newark Troop of Sherwood Ran• ' ers.—J. M. Sutton, Gent. to be Cornet, vice R. Hall, resi2ned. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant f Somersetshire. Wrst Somerset Regiment of Yeomanry CavAlry.—S. Lucas, Gnat. to be Cornet, May 6. WHITEHALL, MAT 4. The Lord Chancellor has appointed William Downes, of Lud low, in the county of Salop, tient., to be a Master Extraordi nary in the High Court of Chancery. The Lord Chancellor has also appointed William Lister Welsh, of Manchester, in the county of Lancaster, Gent., to be a Ma.ster Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. DECLARAVION OF INSOLVENCY. MATTHEW FOSTER., merchant, Crosby-hall-chambers, 13ishopsgate-street, City. BANKRUPTS. JAMES ALEXANDER. musical wind instrument maker, 1 Leadenhall-street, to surrender, May 18, at two, and June 21. I at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Laekington, official asegnee, Coleman-street-buildings; Tht.obald, Staple-inn. CHARLES MARSHALL, brewer, Old Castle-street. Wbitechapel, May 17 and June 21, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquatd, Copthall-buildings, official assignee : Henderson, Mansell-street, Goodman's-fields. CHARLES HANCOCK, coal-merchant, Earl-street, klladdriars, May 20, at eleven, and June 21st, at twelve, at 'the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basing hall-street; Newbon and Evans, Wardrobe-place, Doctois'- cornmoni. WILLIAM WARD, draper, Blackfriars-road, May 23, at one, and June 21, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Tur yaod, Copthall.buddings , o ffi cial assignee; Reed and Co., I.6day-street, Cheapside. DAVID LLOYD. timber dealer, Llanllwthaiarn, Mont gomeryshire, 3lay 23, and June 21, at eleven, at the Royal Oak Inn, We!shpool. Owens, Newtown, Montgomeryshire ; Denn, Es:ex-street, Strand, London. 'EDWARD KEYS, china manufacturer, Hanley, May 18, and June 21, at eleven, at the Wheat Sheaf Inn, Stoke-. upon-Trent. Ftevenson, Stoke-upon-Trent ; Wilson, Fur meals Inn, London. EVAN REES, hatter, Worcester, May 21, and June 21, at eleven, at the Swan Hotel, Wolverhampton. Pargeter, Stourbridge ; Chaplin, Gray's Inn-square, London. EDMUND HENRY WALLER and WILLIAM WA TERS. timber merchants, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, May 16, and June 21, at eleven, at the King's Head Hotel, New port, 'Monmouthshire. Hall and Jenkins, Newport; Blower and Vizard. Lincoln's Inn-fields, London. GEORGE FOORD, coal merchant. Brighton, May 21, and ,Tune 21, at twelve, at the Town Hall, Brighton. Read, Worthing; Palmer, France, and Palmer, Bedford-row, Holborn, London. FRANCIS BAYNTUN, surgeon-dentist, Bath, May 23 and June 21, at eleven, at the Castle and Ball Hotel, Bath. Richards and Walker, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London; Drake, Broad.street, Bath. WILLIAM SMALLEY, corn dealer, Sheepsbead, Leices tershire, May 24 and June 21, at twelve, at the King's Head Inn, Loughborough. Parker, Loughborough ; Emmett and Allen, Bloomsbury-square, London. JOSEPH TILSTON, silk manufacturer. Macclesfield, Cheshire, May 20 and June 21, at one, at the Bull's Head Inn. Macclesfield. Bell, Brodrick. and Bell, Bow Church yard, London ; Holbrook, Macclesfield. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. J. Scott aad H. Coker, woollen warehousemen, Wood ' street, Cheapside, May 31, at twelve—W. and J. Smith, ca binet makers, Hatton-garden, May 31, at half-past twelve—J. and J. J. Shury, engravers, Charter-house-street, May 31, at one—M. R. Kymer, salt manufacturer, Bucklersbury, May 31, at half pact one—C. Cannon, fish factor, Darkhouse-lane, Lower Thameg-street, May 31, at two—J. Green, draper, Chelten ham, I .\ 1 4 y 26, at one—T. Treherne, upholsterer, Oxford street, May 31, at twelve—W. C. Golland, linendraper, Cam bridge, May 31, at one—J. Adams. feather merchant, George street, Thrawl-street, Brick-lane, Spitalfields, May 30, at two Hutchins, linendraper, Whitechapel-road, May 30, at me. _ _ _ In the Country. A. Thwaites, brewer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, May 2 0 , at twelve, at the Bankrupt Commission-room, Newcastle-upon- Tyne—C. A. Rowe, draper, Leicester, June 2, at one, at the Castle of Leicester—W. Williams, coal merchant, St. Woollos, Monmouthshire, June 3, at two, at the Commercial-rooms, Bristol—H. Lewis, draper, Liandovery, Carmarthenshire, June 3, at twelve, at the Castle Hotel, Brecknockshire—W. Richards, pawnbroker, Northampton, June 2, at eleven, at the Dolphin Inn, Northampton—J. Wilson and W. Crighton, calico prinitrs, Manchester, June 7, at twelve, at the Commiision ers'-rooms, Manchester—J. Wilson, cotton spinner, Tyldeeley banks, Lancashire, June 7, at twelve, at the Commissioners•- rooms, Manchester—J. Crighton, sen., machine maker, Man chester, Juno 22, at two, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Man chester—W. Povey, grocer, Ashton-under-Lyne, June 3, at eleven, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester — J. Rats, draper, Brecon, June 3 , at twelve , at the Castle Hotel, Brecon —4. Horsfall, cotton spinner, Addingham, Yorkshire, June 7, at three, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Leeds—J. Bevan, iron monger, Swansea, Glamorganshire, June 1, at twelve, at the Alackworth Arms Hotel, Swansca—J. Hardcastle, grocer, fir sumgham, June 1, at three, at the Hen and chickens Hotel, Birmingham—J. and J. W. Lindsay, grocers, North Shields, June 3, at twelve, at the Bankrupt Commission-room, New castle-upon-Tyne—R. Riley, corn dealer, Wellsbourne Has tin,;,,s. Warwickshire, June 6, at one, at the Shakespeare hotel, Stratford-on-Avon—A. Mills and W. G. Seed, cotton manufacturers, Ashton-under-Lyne, June 3. at ten, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester—R. APLachlan, licensed victualler, Liverpool, June 3, at one—W. Roscoe, J. Clarke, and W. S. Roscoe, bankers, Liverpool, June 4, at two, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool—W. Sangmead, banker, Teign mouth, Devonshire, June 4, at eleven, at the New London Inn, Exeter—J. Wilkins, corn factor, Newport, Monmouthshire, June I, at twelve, at the King's Head Inn, Newport—S. E. Hide, builder, Broadwater, Sussex, June 4, at twelve, at the Town -hall, Brigkton. CERTIFICATES—MAY 31. T. Charnley, innkeeper, Preston, Lancashire—R. H. C. Hunt and E. O. Smith, merchants, Old Broad-street--W. Marshall and H. Rodgers, ironfounders, Liverpool—B. Howell, linendraper, Oxford-street—J. Thompson, anchor manufac • turer, Sunderland—S. L. Lazarus, coach proprietor. Jermyn street, St. James's—R. Scott, W. Fairlie, and .1. Hare, mer chants, Union-court, City—A. Jopp, ship broker,'Cornhill. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. W. English and J. Butler, surgeons, Seething-lane, Tower- Mil et—R. Tiffin and G. Brown, tobacconists, Blaakfriars-road —A. and G. Watson, Liverpool—J. Egan, W. Waterman, and W. 11. Wright, attorneys-at-law, Essex-street. Strand (so far as regards .1. Egan)—J. Thomson, T. H. Williams, and A. E. Thomson, wine merchants—W. Smith and W. Dewsnap, ca b,net ease manufacturers, Sheffield—Ja. Heap, W. Davies, Jh. Heap, Rt. Heap, and Rh. Heap, wholeale grocers, Liverpool (59 far as regards W. Davies) —J. Harrison, sen. and J. Har risou, jun., drapers, Dover—E. and D. Pinkess, colour manu facturers, Liverpool—J. 0. Smith and R. Parker, grocers, Hammersmith—H. Gervis and H. H. Hele, surgeons, Ash burton, Devonshire—T. Gilbert and C. Hamden, watch makers, Hythe, Kent—J. Shorland and EL Evans, grocers, Bristol—J. and A. Kirby, grocers, Banbury, Oxford—D. Wilson and W. Raper. joiners, Huddersfield—D. Thompson and J. B. Fuller, brewitS, Chiswick—G. Smith and W. Wil liams, haberdashers,' lErrhitigham—T. Harvey and J. W. Healy, mercers, Grantliari, Lincolnshire—T. and W. Chown, farmers, West. Wycombe, Buckinghamshire—J. Johnson and R. Seddon, fin-place workers, Manchester—J. Howells and T. Herne, linendrapers, Cardiff—O. Lyndall and H. Hall, ship brokers, Leadenhall-street—W. Cobham, jut,. and T. Cobham, letrge owners, Ware, Hertfordshire—J. Tateson, sen. and J. Tateson, jun., wholesale brewers, Market Ramo, Lincolnshire --T. F. I)owne and S White, general shopkeepers, Dunhead St. Mary, Wiltshire—R. J. S. !Heflin and J. Craven, Hulmo Dye-works, Yorkshire—J. Petrie; J. Livsey, T. Bo oth, Is. Boyle, and Jn. Hoyle, cotton spinners, Rocadale, Lancashire (so far as regards J. Petrie)—E. and G. Hurry, bottle mer chants, Paul's-wharf, Upper Thames-street—S. Hodgkinson and W. Johnson, wholesale tea dealers, Dowgate-hill, City—. W. Seddon and W. Weddell, coach makers, Chorlton-upod- Medlock, Lancashire—S. Bullock and W. Ekin, common brewers, Cambridge—W. D. Whitmarsh and W. D. Whit marsh; jun., attorneys, New Sarum, Wiltshire—F. Wedgwool and J. Wedgwood, fun., earthenware manufacturers, Etrurin, Staffordshire—W. Bellmore and H. W. Johnson, gold wire draWers, Clerkcnwell. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. DAVID LEECH, land ogent, Glasgow. EDWARD SANG, civil engineer, Edinburgh. TIMOTHY WARREN, THOMAS ‘VARIII --- DAVID WARREN, g l assma k ers, Gl asgow . ~a nd JOHN STEW ART, farmer, Pit nacre*. ROBERT CASSELS and JOH"' .d Lucie. Blair Atkole. K e pp, Perthshire. CASSELS, distillers, SINGULAR ../CtURRENCE.—For these last few days asuch exe;#.ement has prevailed in Paradise -street, Lambeth, whiel l 2.lad no Monday increased to so great art extent as to render ibq street nearly impassable. Some years s.nce, it appears, a ceitain Scotch Nobleman formed an intimate acquaintance with * woman. by whom he had three chddren. At his ticath, which Isarpctied about six yearssince, he left by wid, to theeldestchild, a gel (now about ten years of age), the auto of 70,000/ . per ennuis: ; and to the two younger children he left th e sum of 20 1 0010/, a year each, and to the mteher 20,0001. a par. His bro. tbir, who at present enjoys the title, was appeinted to carry the provisions of the will into effect, and tosoe to the 4.duc•ation and ba under gu ar_ care of the children, who were tothe .• elanship of the mother while she remained unmarried, and conformed to certain other regulations, but some of t.hich it 'appears she has infracted ; a knowledge of which having reached the ears of the surviving brother, the no bi emau alluded to, application was made to the Lord Advocate of Seethed, by whom a warrant was issued some mouths since to remove the children from the custody of the mother,. who then lived in the neighbourhood of Glasgow ; she, however, fled to L on d on , an d u p t o l as t F r id a y h as contrived to se clude herself; but through the activity of an Inspector of the A division, her retreat has been discovered, and constables have been directed to watch the premises, so that the children should not again be removed, until an application should have been mad e to the Lord Chancellor. This has been deemed an annoyance by the mother of the children, and on Saturday night she presented pistols at the police, and declared that she would fire at any person who attempted to enter the house. Every window is kept closed and the doors bolted, and letters and provlsions are drawn up by a cord to the first door window, from whence all application s and messages are answered. It is expected that a warrant f rom t h e Lard Chancellor will be ob tained, when a forcible entrance will be effected. LIE - GERMAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN.—Gluck's elas.ieal opera of Iphigenia in, Tattris, the last, and perhaps noblest work, of this refined master, was performed on Monday night; by the German Company, for the fast time these two years. Madame Stoeckel Heinefetter fills& the part of Iphi,genia ; Statuligl the Thoas, and Abresch an.d - Eichberge r the Pylades and Orestes; the " Nur einen Wunsch" of the former was encored, and great applause bestowed en all. The German Opera, incomparable for its exquisite delicacy, makes every finernutiq clear an d di st i nc note and inflection of Glucles audible. • MARKET INTELLIGENCE: IMPEItIAL PARLIAMENT. ( From the London New Price Current qf .31iy 10.) HOUSE OF LORDS, May SuCan.—Today . the assortment at market of West India Sugar was pret'y good; buyers evinced little inclin .ion to do business, although the merchants were dispose to meet them, and the demand both for the scale and pan was limited, the purchases not exceeding 220 hhds and tres, and the prices accepted were 6d to Is under those of Friday, making the decline since - Tuesday lae, when the market was at italighest 28-to 3s per cwt. . The inactiv.ty in the' market is chiefly eansed by the continued large arrivals of West India, Mauritius, anti Bengal Sugar. "Yew Jamaica Sugar to-day was sold at fuilows—strong grey at 62s 6d, low yellow 63s 6d to 6-49, mid bright 64s 6d to 635, ge0d_663,.t0 67s e und. flub, 63s to- 703 per ewt. Rariman.—Tn-day the home trade operated with caution in refined goods ; the refiners were desirous to sell, &nd li'e cepted 83s 6d per cwt. for standard lumps. Treacle was taken sparingly, and lower rates were atteepted—common selling at 275, patent 28s to 30s, and Golden Syrup 31s 6d to 324 61 per curt. Pieces met with a slaw sale at 61s to 735, being cheaper ; but Bastards were in fair request at the rates quoted above. la Bonded Crushed Sugar a few sales were made at 25s per cwt. Mau limes. —This afternoon importers were desirous to sell, and the trade operated with caati,m, 5,679 bags at public sale went off heavily, and prices hirther gave way Is to Is 6tl per cwt, the whole of the Sugar, however, found purchasers; tow yellow went at 39s 6d to 60s, in'd 61s to Ns lid, good bright 63s to 6.55, and fine 67s to 68s per cwt. East INDlA.—lmporters of tten.gat Sugar hate been anxious to realize, and having brought forward large parcels have de pressed prices 6d to la fur white and strong yellow Forts; 16 demand however ha sb.e en good, and most of the. Sugar offered has been disposed of, hut brown and soft yellow kinds have moved off slowly, Is to Is 6d under last Tuesday's rates. Manilla at 16a titi to 17;for good brown. Java, at 17s to I9s 6 for to fine grey. Siam, at 20s to 21s for common and mid whit ) and at 17s to 20s for low to fine yellow. FoastGx.--Holders of yellow Havannah remain firm, seal have refrained from offering any at public sale; by private con tract a good demand has existed. Holders of Brazil have been more inclined to sell, and have .submitted to a reduction on previous rates of 6d to Is per cwt for brown, and 6d for white sorts, this however has led to a fair business. Ituttia, white at 225, and brown at 17s. Morassaiss.—We.4 Indian Molasses have met with less at tention, and only a small business has been transacted ; holders have obtained fat rates. Corexa. —The demand privately has been limited for West India Coffee, the trade tAing only ample for their immediate xants, thinking that as the market will shortly be bettet stip plied that they will be enabled to purchase on more advan tageous terms. This afternoon there was no public sale of Coffee, and by private contract few purchases were made; those ranks that are - disposed to sell have been compelled to take easier rates. 75s is the value of good ordinary Ceylon, 76s for fine ordinary. Company's Java. The arrivals of Bast Intha. Coffee have been 13,000 bags since this day week. The St. Vincent Planter has arrived from Jamaica with 267 tres and 141 barrels Coffee. _ _ Their Lordships met shortly before, five o'clock. The Bristol Floating Dock Bill was read a second time. Several Bills on the table were advanced a stage. The Victoria Park Bill passed through Committee, and was ordered to be read a third time on Thursday. The Exchequer 131116 . 13 M (100,0000 passed through ComMittee; and was ordered to be read a third time on Thursday. The Kensington and . KnightsbridgeOpenings.Bill also passed through Committee; and was. ordered to be read a third time on Thursdo'. , - • - SUNDAY - THAVVid ON, CANALS. Lord iIATIIMITON gave notice that he would on Friday present petitions on this subject, 'and that he would take the opportunity of asking her Majesty's Ministers whether it was their intention to take any step upon the suggestion which he ventured to offer last year, that a permissive (not a compulsory) Act should be passed to enable the director's of' canals, if they thought proper, to make reffulatit%ns ibr jirhvctitiH Sfinday traffic on their MUM& _ _ The Copyright Bill was read a second time. A Message from the Commons brought up Boecke's and Fierville's Naturalisation Bilk; lireAtherby Lind Boroughbridge Roads Nth litat Other priyttte which were #;!:Verally read a first time. BRIBERY AT ELECTIONS. MAYNOOTH. rnE SUN, 1,614110N,' WEDNtStSAt MbIiNING, MAY 11, 1842. IN:doxtE-TA X. Mr. H. F. BERKELEY presented a peiitiork from the solicitors of Bristol, praying that the.3l. might he exempt from the operation of the ..Incorno-tax ; also a petition from Bristol, praying for an alteration in the present system of levying the duty on railway passen gers ; also a petition from the same place, complaining of the alteration in the Colonial law, wherebl the ex portation of biscuits and other articles was list to the British manufacturer. Mr. DARBY presented a petition praying for tio reduction in the duty on the importation of foreign cattle. Mr. FERRAND. presented a petition front Ashton under-Lyne, praying the House to take some Measures to prevent the truck system in the manufacturing districts. Mr. M. GIBSON presented a petition from tin indivi dual in Manchester, praying that all protectiou in con • sumable articles might he abolished ; also a' petition from the Wesleyan Methodists of Manchester, ',praying for a total repeal of the Corn-laws ; also a petition from Manchester, praying that the duty on phosphorus might ,be taken off. . . . EDUCATION: Mr. OEMSBY GORE presented a petition in favour Church Education in Ireland. nErEAL OF THE UNION. Mr. J. O'CONNELL presented petitions from Water 4d. Kerry, and other, places, in favour of a repeal of ;he Union, universal suffrage, and vote by ballot. POOR-LAWS. Ath.bIiNCOMBE presented a petition from aprivate Complaining .of the operation . of the New Poor-law. • . Sir 11. DOUGLAS presented a petition from Liver pool, praying for inquiry into the system of education pursued at Maynooth. TI-01 TAME Mr. HAWIN presented petitions' from the county of Surrey against various provisions of the tariff: Captain PECHELL presented petitions from Chiches ter and Worthing, against the importation of cattle. Mr; gI.i . MMING BRUCE presented petitions to the same eiTedi last evening, to appoint a Committee to inquire into he existence of bribery at the elections referred to, was without ..precedent;,, , but when, under extraordinary circumstances an extraordinary 'proceeding ; had been adopted by the House, the llonourable• 'Gentleman would find it _impossible to discover a precedent, where, under like circumstances, the Ilouse had refused to suspend the issuing of the writ, until the inquiry direeted to be instituted had been terminated. lie apprehended,. therefore, that according to all former precedent, and certainly according to reason and com mon sense, it 'would be preposterously absurd to issue a writ to a place which was under an accusation of bribery, that accusation being so far sanctioned by the House, that a Committee had been appointed to inquire into its truth. Colonel SIBTHORP supported the motion. If there were an inquiry into bribery and corruption, it ought to embrace every case that was known to have occurred. Why, it was said that the Noble Lord, the Member for the City of London—he did not know for how many places b,sides—had been returned by nine dead men.— (Laughter.) He had heard a great deal too on the subject of bribery at St. Alban's.—(Hear, hear.), He hoped the Hon. ;Member for Carlisle would take the sense of the House. Mr. JAMES opposed the motion, on the ground that no writ ought to be issued whilst the inquiry as to bribery was still pending. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, but no division took place, and on our re-admission to the gal lery we found Mr. P. HOWARD on his legs, deprecating the refusal to issue the writ for a large commercial town like Not tingham, upon the eve of a question of great commercial importance— namely, the tariff. _He would not persevere against what he considered the opinion of the House-- (Hear, hear)—but he was anxious to cuter his solemn protest against suspending the liberties of the people without proof that there was ground to do so. He thought the House might, without stultifying itself, adopt the proposition of the Right Hon. Gentleman, the Member for Montgomery. Mr. F. FRENCH believed that the Right Honourable Baronet had acted upon an erroneous supposition in re fusing to ngree to the issuing of the writ. Lord J. RUSSELL said, he could not agree to the issue of the writ in the present uncertain state of affairs. At the same time, it would be unjust to take this borough first. After a short discussiOn between Sir R. Peel, Mr. French, Mr. Roebuck, and Mr. Wynn, Mr. HOWARD withdrew his motion. NEW WRIT. On the motion of Sir T. FREMANTLE, it was agreed that the Speaker should issue his warrant to the Clerk of the Crown in Ireland, to issue a new writ for the county of Londonderry, in the room of Sir IL Bate son, who had accepted the (thee of Steward of the Chil tern Hundreds. fir. G. BANKES presented a petition from the island of Portland against a removal of the duty upon foreign stone. He should give notice, therefore, that he should move, at the proper time, that the duties on the importa tion of foreign stone should not cease, but continue as heretofore. TEA. —The market has been in a very dull state for all descriptions of Tea during the past week ; and sl limited have been the transactions that it is difficult to quote prime; trilling parcels sold, however, have been at rates in favour of buyers. The sales went off with much heaviness for both Black and Green Tea ; and although the merchants were disposed to realize, still the trade could not be induccd - to take more than their immediate wants required, at a reduction on former rates of id to ld. RicE.--Yellow qualities of Bengal at 6s 9d to 8s per cwt. White kinds hive declined 6d per cwt. Java at full rates. Carolina Rice at 25s to 30s, and Patna at 14s to 19s per cwt. This afternoon Bengal sold at 8s to 8s 6d fur broken and dusty white, being the full value. HUM, BRANDT, AND HOLLANDS. —The market is better supplied with West India Rum, 2,000 puns, &c., having been received since this day week ; Jamaica 4s 6d to 4s 8d for ordi nary quality, 30 to 32 per cent. over proof. Leewards at 2s 4d to 2s sid for proof to 2 per cent. over. In Mau ritius and strong Demerara nothing has been done. East India Rum at the high duty at Is 61jd to is 7d, and at the low 'duty at Is 9&d to is 10,1 per gallon. For Brandy we have a firm market. Cognac first brands of the vintage of 1836, hhds 5s 7d, puns 5s 5d ; ditto 1837, hhds 5s 3d, puns 5s Id; ditto'lB3B, hhds 5s Id, puns 4s Ild ; ditto 1839, hhds 4s 6d, puns . 4s 4d; ditto 1840, hhds 4s, puns 3s lOd per gallon. Geneva, common, at Is Ildto 2s per gal lon. English Corn Spirits, 10s, cash. To-day the market was dull for all sorts of Rum, and prices are looking down -2s 4d accepted for Proef Leewards. . OILS. —Linseed Oil, 35s for large parcels on the spot, and for delivery at 35s 3d to 35s 6d per cwt. Rape Oil , pale selling at 475, and brown 46s 3d to 46s 6d per cwt. Olive Oil as follows—Gallipoli at 60/ to 614 Spanish 561 to 571, and Bar bary 54/ to 551 per ton, Palm at 31/ to 311 lOs for fine quality, and inferior at 301 to 30/ 10s. Cod Oil 301 15s to 31/ per tun. pale Seal 371 15s to 38/, yellow and straw colour 31/ to 35l 10s, brown 30/ to 30/ 15a, Southern 28/ 5s to 311 per tun for common to fine quality. Sperm at 791 to 80/ fine. British. Tattow.—Russian Tallow at 46s 9d for P. Y. Candle on the spot; for delivery in the last three months of the year at 48s 6d to 48s 9d per cwt. South American at 39s to 44s per cwt for low to fine quality. Town Tallow at 45s nett cash. To-day holders of Russian Tallow asked stiffer rates, and re quired 96s 9d for P. Y.- Candle on the spot. and 48s 6d to 49s for delivery in the last three months of the year ; but little business was transacted. LAW INTELLIGENCE. HOUSE OF LORDS. May 10. Their Lordships sat to-day,, to hear writs of error. The Judges were in attendance, together with the Lord Chancellor, Lord• Brougham, Lord Cottenham, Lord Campbell, and Lord Kenyon. DOE V. PERROTT. The Judges gave their opinions seriatim in this case, which was argued some time since. The judgments of their Lordships were ordered to be printed, and the further consideration of the cue was adjourned, sine die. SHORE b. WILSON.—LADY irzwLicy's CHARITY. The Judges also gave their opinions, seriatim, in this ease, upon the questions 'propounded to them by their Lordships upon the hearing of that case on a writ of error. The principal question in the case was, whether the provisions of the will of Lady riewley were intended to apply. to Unita rians or. Trinitarians. All the Judges, with the exception of Mr. Justice Manic, were of opinion that the provisions were intended to apply to Trinitarians, to the exclusion of Unitarians. The judgments pronounced by their Lordships were ordered to be printed, and the farther consideration of the case was adjourned. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. The Middlesex May Sessions were held yesterday, at the Ressior.s•house, Clerkenwell-green, before Mr. Sergeant Adams, Chairman, and a full bench bf Magistrates. The calendar presented a list or fifty-six prisoners, but none of the charges were of a very serious character ; thirty-two are cases of felony, and the remainder are of a trivial nature. Helen Moore was indicted for stealing on the 6th instant, at Edmonton, a Mackintosh cloak, the property of Mr. Wilson, a Magistrate of the county.. It appeared that on Friday last Mr. Wilson put up his horse and chaise at the Angel Inn, Edmonton, leaving his cloak in the chaise. In the course of the afternoon the cloak was missed, and subsequently found in the possession of the prisoner. l{er defence was that it had been given to her by an ostler at the Bell. This person, however, produced a wit ness who swore that be wets not out of the stable all the day. The person accused by the prisoner, was examined, and his answer were of a very unsatisfactory character. The Jury, without hesitation, acquitted the prisoner. The other cues were of the most trilling nature, and scarcely worth occupying the time of the Court. MONEY MARKET and CITY 'NEWS FauX Tut: MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. TIMES.---The premium on gold at Paris is 10 per mille, which, at the English Mint priue of 31. 17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25 404, and the ex• change at Paris on London at short being 25 573, it fnllows that gold is 0.68 per cent. dearer in Lendon than in Paris. By advises from Hamburgh the price of gold is 433 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 101 id. per ounce, gives an exchange of 13 9, and the exchange at Ham• burgh on London at short being 13,11 A, it follows that gold is 1.02 per cent. dearer in London than in Hatuburgh. This calculation was, of course, made previous to the intelligence of he conflagration. The course of exchange at New York on London is 1063 per cent., and the par of exchange between England awl America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the ex change is 2412 per cent.- against England. But the quoted exchange at New York being fur bills at 60. days' sight, the interest must be deducted from the above difference. SUN.—Some sales whirls were effected during the day ettillStd a decline in the prices of the Brit WI Stocks ; Consols Witting oft at 923 92 1 / 2 for Money, and 92i 923 for the Aterittnt ; India Stock, 167, 168; Bank Stock, 248249; and Exchequer Dills, 33 40 premium. In Foreign Securities business was principally cenfititA to Dutch Bonds, the pricea of which were, fee the ptcts-tltlilL3- al! per Cents., 5353%; the Five per Centre; Itll inq ; Belgian, 102 103 ex-dividend; Danish. ; arid Brazilian, 673 683. Railway Shares actierally were hotter, The last prices were, London and Virmingham 90 92 ; Great Western, `2S 29, and th e H a lf Shares, 14 1 4 143 ,rem. ; Birmingham and Gloucester, 52 54 ; South Western, 63 IR • Go pett 63 64 ; North Midland. 65 (17, the tiew Sp e y, 32 33 ; Eastern Countie s , 9(1 974 ; 111491t*till, 114 12 ; the New Shares, 93 10; and Brightoti 117); per share. The quotation of Mtacitiali advanced upwards of one per cent. !you the receipt bt the intelligence by the Clyde. 7he invasion of TeXaS his proved to be, what it. was ,froin- the first expected it "".std, in reality nothingthe hostile demcn strations havi- 4 over the ' been confined to some Maratuling the Governmen t eicticditions frontier, without d• - ~A r ect interfering. The Exchanges generally were rather higher than on the f rrmer post day. Paris Was a solitary exception, being 25f. Mc.. 25f. s4v.; Amsterdam, 12 4%, 12 4i ; Rotterdam, 12 43 12.44 ; Antwerp, (2 4 1 / s ; Frankfort, 151 a 153; Vienna, 9 52,•9 53 ; Lisbon, 53%; and Madrid, 36i. On Ilamburgh sesicely a bill was negotiated, the intelli• acme of the disa trolls fire there, at riving immediately before 'Chanl...e. It will be impossible, for some time to come, to ar rive at anything like a correct estimate of the damage caused by this calamity, but this much is certain, that the amount far exceeds what the shareholders in the various insurance offices will be abli to pay ; and merchants here ante perfectly willing "to get off with a mere scratch." The confusion appears to have been so peat, that scarcely a letter is in London wh ich can afford information as to the probable extent of the ca. hinitv ; and many who for years have never been without a mass of correspondence by each packet, are now, for the first time, without a single communication, , COURSE OF EXCHANGE—(YESTERDAY.) Amsterdam CF. 12 74IGibraltar . Ditto, at sight Rotterdam ...... ...2 U. 12 7Genoa 25 90 Antwerp I 1 amburgh M.B. 14 0 IVenice 47 Allona: Paris, 3 days' s i g ht ... 25 70 Palermo, per oz. 120 Ditto, 3 months 25 95. Lisbon Marseilles Bourdeaux 25 95 Rio Janeiro 27 Frankfort on Maine... 1521 Bahia l'etersburgh, 3Us ... 363 Buenos Ayres • Berlin-- ............ 7 :New York, 21days sight 4bi Vienna, effec. It. 3 M 9 55 Trieste, ditto 9 56 Madrid . . 'Philadelphia ,PRICES OF EULLION, PER or. Foreign Gold, bare £3 17 9 Cadiz 36 Bilbao 36 Barcelona 36 36 Portugal Gold Com 3 17 5 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars... !Silver in ..,, 0 4 11 ENGLISH BuLLs.—The Moniteur states that the sale of Durham bulls, which was held at the Royal stables of Pin last month, demonstrated the esteem in which that breed of cattle, so justly prized in England, is beginning to be held in France. The result of the sale proved that bulls of the Dur ham stock, bred in France, aro as much valued . as' those pro duced in England. Of 12 bulls which were sold, six imported from England in 1841. were knocked down at 6,000 f. each, and six produced at Pin sold for 6,900 f. each (240/. and 2761.). One of the Wapiti Deer, which had been recently purchased by her Majesty, and placed in the ?addocks at Cran beurne, died last week. The noble animal had been unwell from a cold for some time, anti everyineani was resorted to to save him, but without effect. - • -• Lord BROUGHAM rose to bring the subject of bri- ; bery at elections before their Lordships, it stthicet,lol had before troubled' their bOt'dtilips Ho Was Milted to •• • 1 celt the 'attention of their Lordships on that occasion to the subject, as a Select Committee had been appointed - in another place, for the purpose of . inquiring into certain corrupt compromises that had been made • with respeet to charges of bribery, A pin had be en introduced itste that Hollth iirtiil tad, Irvin there was then on their Lordships' table a Bill ready to be read a second time ; but they both differed from each other as widely as they possibly could. The Noble Lord then took a review of the two Bills as sent up from the other House. Their Lordships ,could not • by possibility ha....6ivetk thieir the Bill in the silage it was in when first presented. The Bill introduced a year ago, was not introduced prospectively, unlike that at present before their Lordships. The Bill of last year provided that the witness was to tell all he knew-- . -the husband against the wife ; anti oeti th cutiiiscl to give up hit elirnt% low 511.0% a sent Bill, Wolli lie passing into a law that which was eon tkary to the first principles, of English justice, that et calling on' the counsel to divulge the secrets of his client, and that agent not a party to the bribery at all, but to whom the acts of bribery had been ten veyed, in order to the tkelleret , . fit it i 'e the This was tht ina'n Called upon by the Bill to give - 'evidence. 'The absurd part of the Bill was, that the witness , would be indemnified provided he con cealed nothing, but told the whole truth. This was the most .absurd part of the Bill. Anything more impossible for their Lordships- to give their assent to never entered their Lordships Midst.. But if it be saki why did you not after the Bill more than by lesvinr, out . three clauses, his answer was, that the Bill came up •to the House on the eve of the dis solution, and that to make even the one. alteration it was necessary to take it, not in Committee, but upon bringing up the Report, for the aette He, therefore., in triter to show that their Lordships ware of all men in the world the last to countenance such practices as had prevailed, and that they might show. the utter want of foundation in the charge of which he had spoken of their Lordships hat , int thrtitt-tt diffi culties in the way tit' providin g a remedy—he urged them to pass the Bill which he had proposed. He thought it was the highest injustice to cast any reproach upon those who, having petitioned for seats to which they felt they Were entitled, had with • draWn their petitions on the seats - being resigned. The man who petitioned did so in his private capacity, and was not bound to expose himself to the expense and delay of a contested election in Committee, when his adversary abandoned the seat to Mtn% life one abhorred more than he did the corrupt Makes *hieh had prevailed ; but it was the worst thing that could be done for the cause of morality to• make exaggerated charges ; for then the general sense of t4iiiiiltititf WriA roused in favour of the treetttked patty n of a person who was unjustly attached. He concluded by moving the second reading of the Indemnity to Witnesses Bill. He was confident that the Bill would greatly assist in putting an end to the corruption which was universally admitted and notorious, and to put down which nothing Mere *as neces sary. than the cordial co-operation of both Houses of Par liament. _ _ The Earl of WICKLOW said the Noble and Learned Lord ought to have given notice of his motion. He (the Earl of Wicklow) perfectly agreed in the principle of the Bill, his objection to it was on n point of form. Lord BROUGHAM said he did not think that any notice was necessary. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that all difficulty would be obviated if the Noble Lord would consent to postpone his motion till to-morrow, and take the discus sion in the. Committee. The Earl of WICKLOW said, that whethet it *n§ it matter of form or only a custom of courtesy to give no tice, he thought the custom ought to be adhered to. LordBROUGHAM was understood to assent to the proposal of the Noble and Learned Lord on the Wool sack. Earl FITZWILLIAM presented petitions from Hud dersfield and other places against the Income-taX. Lord MELBOURNE presectedt a petition from Aber deen, praying for, the abolition of Church patronage in Scotland. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY presented a number of petitions against any alteration in the tariff. Lord CLIFFORD (of Chudlcigh) presented petitions from Somerset and other places, complaining at Roman Catholic grievances in the,armY and navy. The Noble LOrd said that he should withdraw his mo tion of which he had given notice, for a Com mittee to inquire into the treatment of certain Roman Catholics in the . presidency of Madras. The Noble Lord proceeded to state his reasons for with drawing his motion. It was not for the purpose of advocating any certain . class • which had induced him to bring it forward, but one motive was, that the House should be put in possession of information not possessed by the House prior to the 23d of September ; and another reason was, that he wished to vindicate the memory of a Noble Friend of his upon whom aspersions totally without foundation had been cast. In withdrawing his motion. he wished it to be understood that he had not at all changed his opinion as to this subject, for he still believed that if the system was continued it would much endanger her Majesty's dominions in the East. llaving.lurnt from . the pub lic prints, that her Majesty's Roman Catholic subjects in Madras, were to receive the attention of her Majesty's Government in another place, 1w thoughtit was unneces sary to persevere in his motion for a Committee, as he felt perfectly confident that all the good would arise to the parties concerned, by the subject being left to her Majesty's Government, and would result from the Com mittee. He had not withdrawn his motion from any personal Interest of his own. He withdrew his motion, because he believed that every attention would be paid to it by her Majesty's Government, and he therefore thought it his duty to retire. He concluded by moving that the motion he had placed on the books be rescinded. Lord • FITZGERALD said he should not follow the Noble Lord at any length, as he had withdrawn his motion, but had he persevered in- his motion, he (Lord Fitzgerald). would have found great difficulty in acceding to it, inasmuch as it, would be a perversion of the functions of their Lordship's House. The answers to the ad - ttrestes sent by the Noble Lord, the Governor-General of India, to the Presidencies had not been received in England. The Noble Lord might have received information, be cause he had some correspondents in India. Perhaps lie could depend upon but this information was unknown to the House. He (Lord Fitzgerald) thought, upon the imperfect information they possessed on the important question of India, the very character. of the inquiries suggested by the Noble Lord, to be made by this Com mittee would render it almost powerless, and he thought the Noble Lord had exercised a sound discretion in with drawing his motion, as the Noble Lord had stated it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to inquire into the whole of the case. That inquiry would, he hoped,' be conducted with the utmost impartiality, for h:! believed that great regard ought to be had to the • interests of those reel k, removed, as they were, so far Man the ,Imperial Government. • After a few words from Lord Clifford an] Lcr..l Fitz gerald, in explanation, the subject dropped. The House then adjourned. Mr. STUART WORTLEY said, he rose to /resell a remarkable petition. It was from nearly 300 muslin spinners and manufacturers in the West Riding of the county of York, They stated that the children in their employ at present laboured twelve hours a day of Matta lahOtir; besides two hours a day for meals. They stated that there was fin tieceesity whatever for such long hours in these factories. They concluded by say ing that such a state of things made them reduce the wacres of their operatives, and they prayed the House to tha. hours of labour to ten hours a day for chil &bit libtWeefi 15 and 14 yearq of age. NOTTINGHAM AttCTIOI 4 I. Mr. PHILIP HOWARD, in rising to mote the issue of a new writ for the election of a Member to serve in this present Parliament for the tewn of Nottingham, in the kothn q lr Kleopse de Hochepied Larpent, who has accepted the oitice of Statiiilifd of the Chiltern Hundreds, said that with neither political party in Nottingham had he the least connexion, bnt it was with great alarm that he sew tha b t full and populous town was about to be depiiired of ille littlefito of representation, and deprived of those benefits without proof of delinquency. He begged leave, therefore, to move that Mr. *utter should issue a writ for the election of a Member to serve for the bototigh of Ilottiogbam in that House. Mr. ROEBUCK cominefieed ift a - very low tone ofvoice He was understood to say that he believed the reason for the suspension of the issue of • a new writ for the iltatiqh of Nottingham, was on account of 6tifflitit firMties which prevailed there, and he believed that if the Jag hatl been fully examined before the Select Committee they would hate recommended the House not to issue a writ.—(Hear, hear.) He had .no desire to say more on the case than he had already said, but lie would ask the House whe ther, if they were to suspend the issue of a writ, this was not a case in which such ['course ought to be pursued? Charges had been brought against the town, against one of the Hon, Gelitletneti who had accepted the Chiltern Hundreds / and against the present Member. The House was now about to inquire 'into those transactions, foul as he asserted them to be, and he entreated the House gravely to consider whether, under those circumstances, they would sanction the immediate issuing of a writ. It had been - Stated the tion.issultig of a writ might be looked tiftoli wt till itiffingettittt of the liberties of the people. But he did not regard it In that light, The town had been already. .disgraced by its own proceedings, and tiiidtai thb tiirblimitaricei he should object to the motion before the flag. Mr. GODSON thought that the Wfii gftitifd tie issued. It was stated by his Hon. and Learned Friend dig *Mat her for Bath, that a corrupt - bargain had been entered into between the Member for Nottingham and a third party, but that was not an offence on the part of the electors t and he did not think that under those circumstances they should be deprived of the privileges of the Constitution. if the louse was to inquire into such a subject they might as well do away with Election Committees altogether. The constituency of Nottingham ought not to be pre judiced by what was done by parties in London, sup posing that anything had been done, and he would therefore -support the motion, Mr. WARD said that the Hon. and Learned Gentle man was at least consistent in the course he was pur suing,"for he had taken the opportunity of moving for the writ at a late hour, as if he were conscious that he had not quite so good a case as he had in Southampton—(Cheersas otherwise he did no chink he would have moved that the writ should issue a t the hour of one o'clock in the morning.---(Cheers.) His Honourable Friend (Mr. Howard) had at least taken a more manly course, because •he moved for it in the light of dav, though he (Mr. Ward) thought he had not shown much judgment in moving for it.— (Hear, hear.) He regretted that such a motion should have originated on those benches.—(Loud cheers.) If the House of Commons had determined on taking the course best qualified to lower its character in the estimation of the country, it would be by doing that which his Honourable Friend . pressed upon them. If the House, after determining one day that there were. grounds, not of inquiry into the existence of certain compromises, as was said by the Honourable and Learned Member for Kidderminster, but for an inquiry into gross bribery, alleged to have been committed at the last Nottingham election, in which the constituency was said to be implicated —if tho House was now to decide that a writ was to issue without an investigation into the fact, what would the country say ? They held out hopes, and they made their fulfilment im possible.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") The Committee which was to be appointed ought to have instructions to proceed with the Nottingham case first, because the facts might be instantly ascertained, and the writ ought to be suspended as short a time as possible. But if the facts were proved, as he thought they would be, he doubted whether the writ for Nottingham would ever issue ; but until the facts were proved,- he should give his direct negative to the motion. . Sir B. PEEL said, that having been asked a question last night with regard to the issuing of the writ for the town of Nottingham, he ventured to advise that it would be better for some one to give notice of his intention to move it, and the Hon. Gentleman had taken the course he ventured to recommend. If they adopted no proceedings in the case, there could be no sufficient justification for the refusal of the (Hear, hear.) But proceedings having taken place, the ease was• altered. 'rhe seat of the Hon. Member for Nottingham having been declared valid, and the next day having accepted the Chiltern Hundreds, that was cited as a strong proof of the necessity for inquiry ; and he confessed that the. House, having determined to insti tute the inquiry, he thought it would be inconsistent not to proceed with the inquiry in the first instance. At the same time the suspension of a writ was a matter cf great importance, and they were bound to interpose as short an interval us possible.: Upon the whole, how- Alrer, he was of opinion, although lie would admit the subject was not free from doubt, that it would be the least inconsistent course they could adopt to suspend the issuing of- the writ for the present—(Cheers) —and therefore he should vote fur the issuing of the writ being for the present suspended,—(Cheers.) • Sir R. INGLIS was one of those who thought that public opinion would not much longer allow that that House or its Committees should be permitted to decide on ottestioniof election law. He would not attempt to do that indirectly which he had failed the other evening in doing directly. He could not consent to accede to the motion of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman for muspendi nt ,- the issue of the writ, unless the Honourable and . Learned • Gentleman could pro duce a preset cut. He (Sir Robert Inglis) ventured to assert that there was 119 instance of the issue of a writ having been suspended, unless upon the Report of a Committee. In all the instances in which the issue of a writ had been suspended, a Committee had reported the existence of bribery in the borough, - and in Members themse l l n ves th h e ati pre b s e e e n n t many ingances the solely .„t onsay thatthe instance the T earned Member for Bath— authority of the Hon. • , ".thing disrespect (r:rh :,:hatit:et,l??aetnionism prliecsatteedd.. fulto the lion. mid Learned Member, Vl Tl eml;, m low as he consid ere d the authority of an ElectiOn - ‘:_, mittee, he still co ns id e red the Report of. such a Com= - mitteebetter - than the unsupported testimony of any. Honourable Alember.-41-Icar, hear.) Unless the Honourable MeMber could produce a precedent, he (Sir R. Inglis) would certainly not consent to the • suspension of the issue of the writ. He would not enter into further discussion on the subject, but content him. self-with stating-his determination to oppose the motion of the Hon. Member for Bath, unless he could produce some precedent of the issuing , of a writ having been' suspended under similar circumstances. Mr. 'WYNN felt considerable hesitation and doubt on this subject. He thought that a locutory instruction ought to be given to the Committee to prOceed in the first instance with the Nottingham case, and that they should have the power to report from time to time upon that case, before thdy entered upon any other. Mr. C. WOOD said, that the Right Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down, had expressed the very sentiments on this subject which he (Mr. C. Wood) felt, and the Right Hon. Gentleman had done so in a manner that left it unnecessary for. him (Mr. C. Wood) to say more upon it. He thought that the objection taken by the Hon. Gentleman opposite (Sir R. IL Inglis) was taken a day after the fair. It was true that.thelll9oll agreed to ELECTION COMMITTEES. Mr. ROEBUCK rose to move for a Bill to indemnify those parties who should give evidence before the Read ing, Nottingham, Harwich, Lewes, and Falmouth Com mittees. Sir V. BLAKE said, that when the Committee was appointed, he would move, " That it be an instruction to the Committee of Privileges, to be appointed on the motion of the Honourable and Learned Member for Bath, to inquire and report whether the tenants of Lords of Parliament and of spiritual persons are not, by the Act 12 Richard 11., c. 12, exempted from the payment :of the expenses of Knights in Parliament — (Laughter)—upon the principle that such tenants were, by the law and usage of Parliament, inca pacitated from exercising the elective franchise. To report whether the said Act, and also the Act of 23 Henry VI., c. 10, for levying the wages of knights of the Parliament of England, or either of the said Acts, are not still in force and unrepealed.—(Laughter.) Also to report whethet annual Parliaments and universal sufffttge ever formed a practical ingredient of the Par liamentary representation, by means of which authentic information thus cemainnicated, parties feeling them selves aggrieved will necessarily avoid the mixing up of vitel and fundamental principles—(Great laughter)-- of shortening the duration of Parliament and extending the franchise with matter unknown to the ancient land marks of the Constitution, which may be insidiously introduced into their petitions to this House by designing persons, in order to prevent any aoncession, lest such concession should have the effect of appeasing the public mind, and of averting an incurable breach between the Parliament and the people." SAVINGS BANKS. Mr. HUME postponed the motion of which he had given notice, respecting Savings Banks, till the 2d of June. MAYNOOTH COLLEGE —PRIVILEGE. Mr. SHIEL said that he perceived the Hon. and Gal lant Officer opposite had presented a p etition this evenin g from Liverpool, very numerously signed, with regard to the College of Maynooth. The petition was couched in very strong language, which it:!luced him to read it, and he observed that the names were written in the same hand. It was wrong to attach names to a petition without the authbif. v of those whose signatures were attached. He thei:efote. wished to know whether the attention of the Hon. and GA l i tn ;; Officer ,had been directed to the names, a nd whether - tn;.o ames attached to the petition were ap ..of those. who signed it 2, pended by the stuthiitn; Sir HOWARD DOLTGLL-424 begged leave "to say that the petition was put into his ham.; on coming into the House, and he had not time tt; scrutinise the names. But there was the petition itself, and be recommended the Right Hon. and Learned Gen tleman to leek over the names himself.—(Cries of " Oh, oh 1") His (Mr. Shiers) well known acuteness and ability made him much more competent to execute that task than he (Sir IL Douglas).—(" Oh, oh 1") But he knew there was a strong feeling in Liverpool on the subject. • Mr. SHIEL then gave notice that he would to-morrow move that the petition be referred to the Committee of Privilege, for the purpose of ascertaining and reporting to the House whether there was not a breach of privilege apparent in the form of the petition.—(Hear.) BRIBERY AT ELECTIONS. Lord J. RUSSELL gave notice that he would on Friday move fur leave to bring in a Bill for preventing bribery and corruption at elections. SUDBURY ELECTION. Mr. REDINGTON rose to move for leave to bring in a Bill to exclude the borough of Sudbury from sending burgesses to Parliarnent.i(There prevailed great noise and confusion in the House owing to Members leaving their places at the commencement of the Hon. Member's speech.) He said he had to chll the attention of the House to another chapter in the history of corrup tion.— (Continued interruption.) He hoped he should be able to arrest the attention of the House, and that the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir R. Peel) would not disregard the question, because it was brought forward by one so humble as himself, and who so long breathed the impure air of a Southampton Election Committee. Ile was well aware that of all privileges, the franchise was the most important, and that it was one which ought not lightly to be taken away. But at the same time time that he re garded it in that light, he always thought it was due to those who honestly exercised their right, to protect their suffrage from being neutralised or nullified by those who used theirs corruptly.—(Hear. hear.) It was with that view the House had always marked its dis pleasure at corruption on the part of a Member, or of a constituency. Ile thought he should be able to show that the case to which was now calling the atten tion of the House was one which ought to be marked with the greatest severity. It was true that even after Election Committees had recommended the disfranchisement of a bo rough, the. , House had always been unwilling to take. away the franchise, without having first ascertained all the facts in the fullest manner, and the Report of the Election Com mittee had been referred to a Select Committee. Not many years ago a measure had been brought in by the Noble Lord, the Member for the City of London, fur the repression of bribery at elections. In the debate on that Bill thellight Hon.Baranet, the Member for Tamworth— and he (Mr. Redington) would not wish for a more ar dent advocate for the suppression of bribery than the Right Hon. Baronet—in that debate the Right Hon. Baronet had said that what the House would require in every instance of bribery, before prOceeding to a measure of disfranchisement, would be to be well satisfied of the exist ence of the fact, and that the evidence required would be such as should not only be satisfactory to this House, but to the other House of Parliament also. The Right Hon. Baronet had also stated that in his opinion the Committee fbr the conducing of any investigation on such questions ought to be nominated by the Speaker ; and that a Bill founded upon the Report of the Committee, should be sent up to the other House of Parliament. In the ease of the borough of Sudbury, all these conditions had been almost literally complied with. The Committee had been nominated under the provisions of the Right Hon. Baronet's own measure for the trial of controverted elections, "so that it might . be said to have been nominated by the Speaker, who appointed the Corn mitten of Selection by which the Election Committee was chosen. Ile would now proceed briefly to narrate to the blouse the circumstances which had occurred at the last election for Sudbury. The nomination took place on a Monday, and the election on the Tuesday follow ing. Up to six o'clock on the preceding Sunday night, neither of the candidates who were returned had made their appearance in the borough. One arrived on the Sunday evening and the other on the Monday morning, and within 36 hours after their arrival they were both re turned as the Members for Sudbury. ,In some cases of bribery certain corrup t individuals were employed,and they Quit., ivoured to tempt othe: - s into corruption. In:lSudbury . 1)11 necessity to have recourse to mach there"was It openly in the market. mea sures. •Th e ' 1 1. ,::?s were boogl There were the htiStings and ' , two public-hovises, and the stream of corruption eould bir tTaced uninteiTuptedly from the one to the other during . the whole . .election. He would now endeavour to show ,how many of the voters of Sudbury appeared to have d t , ted in t} sis man ner. One of the first witnesses examined wa.l a con stable of the borough of Sudbury. Oa the ; ,- morning of the polling this man stated that he saw \ a great number of people run ,up to the hustings ; that he saw also as many as two hundred electors come fi •om the Black Boy, go up to the hustings, and vote for :the late -Members. Now, what took place at that inn ? Why, the number of persons there was so great that' Vie stairs 'nearly broke down, and'when the parties were asked what they wanted, they said they were going for their ',money. 'He thought after this the House would e ntertain but little doubt what the course adopt. td had been. That with respect to the Swam, Inn, j )the money was handed out to the electors at that place by a person who had not yet been dis covered, because nothing more was seen of him, than his hands. The same crowd of people surro - anded that . - that, - at the election of 1835, bribery had been carried 1 on in the borough to an unprecedented extent ; and he added that he believed that if the sum given in bribes was divided among the whole constituency, it would amount to between 301. and 351. to each elector. There was another remark which he wished to make, though not exactly pertinent to the subject. Were the electors of Sudbury friends to the system of voting by ballot? Not at all. At the election of 1835, the brother clone of the candidates, in recommending his brother to the voters of Sudbury, said that he was a friend to voting by ballot, in order that bribery might be put an end to. The assembled electors met that announce ment by a cry of "No ballot, no ballot !" They saw at once what would be the effect of the vote by ballot. A party being asked what sort were the elections of 1837, said that they were very poor—that there was no money expended on either side, and that that was owing to there being four candidates in the field. Such was the picture which the Report before the House enabled him to give of former elections at Sudbury. Was the system to continue, in which 200 voters on one side were proved to be bribed at every election? One witness ex amined before the Committee acknowledged that he always voted for whichever side paid him mos and that on each oc casion he took the bribery oath. Th xt witness who came mos forward, was a man of the name of Be He had never before exercised the franchise , and he had ved an extra sum of 41. for his vote. Charles King, anot t •oter, stated that he had received 61., but that they were r travelling expenses. With regard to the last election, there was a man who came More the Committee, named Nicholas Cross, who stated that he had been offered 701. for his vote; and that in his opinion the voters had made a regular market of the election. Having thus briefly stated to the House what had occurred at the last election—having shown that the last election for the borough of Sudbury was one at which, in the wards of the Committee, a gross, systematic, and extensive system of bribery was carried on —he would merely add that the Committee, before whom these facts were investigated, was appointed in the very manner in which the Right. Hon. Baronet himself said it ought to be formed ; and he would say that:a Committee of that kind, not having been selected by chance, but chosen with the utmost care, their Report ought to be attended to. That Committee could not resist the strong facts which were presented to their minds, and they came, to the unanimous decision that gross bribery had prevailed. The Right Hon. Gentleman said that he wished to aid the Noble Lord in his object for the sup pression of bribery, and to make an example of those com mitting it. That was the very course he (Mr. Redington) asked the House to pursue now. On other occasions of cor ruption various courses had been pursued : sometimes it had been proposed to incorporate that with the neighbouring borough ; but he did not think it would be fair to extend so much vice into the midst of virtue. He thought, however, that there was no other course than that which he proposed to the House. If that measure were not adopted he was sure that all that they had said—all that they had been doing—all that they had at tempted on the subject, would be rendered nugatory. He was satisfied if they did not punish this borough that all their re solutions against bribery would be believed to be idle and in. consistent ; and he was sure if they did not adopt the sugges tions of their own Committee, they would feel that that House, instead of assisting them to put an end to bribery, were se cretly and silently throwing a cloak over proceedings so unjust and reprehensible. Colonel 'RUSHBROOKE, in the present unrepresented state of the borough of Sudbury, trusted that, as the repre sentative of that division of the connty in which the borough was situated, he might be permitted to say a few words in fa vour of that unfortunate borough. The corruption extended only to one portion of the constituency—the freemen—a body for the preservation of which he had voted in conjunction with the majority of that House, and he could only say he was sorry they had made so bad use of their privileges.—(Opposi tion cheers.) That body, however, was a diminishing one, and, ere long, would be extinct. There was not a more re spectable body existing than the bulk of the constituency of the borough ; they were above the suspicion of venality, and he hoped that when the Bill should be in troduced the House would give the question its calm considera tion, and would recollect that it was one class only of the voters vt hieh had been disgraced by these practices. He trusted they would net let the innocent suffer with the guilty, but would temper justice with mercy. The motion was then agreed to, and Mr. G. HARCOURT and Mr. SHIEL were ordered to bring in the Bill HOUSE OF COMMONS, May 10, The SPEAKER took tie Chair shortly' before Four. The Ferrybridge and Boroughbridge Road Bitt was read a third time, and passed. • Mr. MINTZ presented a . petition from Birmingham against the Stuurbridge Road Bill. On the motion of Nr. LYALL, the Indemnity Mutual Mirine A..surance . Company was recd a second time, mid ordered to be 'committed.- " GLASGOW AND AYR RAILWAY BILL. Lord J. STUART moved that the - Hous,e should a'rec to the Lords' amendments to the Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway. Bill. Sir J. EASTHOPE moved, as an amendment, that the Bill should be recommitted. to the .former Committee, fur the purpose of considering the amendments. Lord J. STUART believed the course adopted by the Hon. MeMber fur Leicester was most unusual, and he should, therefore,'resist the 'motion. ... After a few observations from. Mr; Fox Maule, Mr. Dennistoun,- -Sir A. Leith Hay, Mr, Brotherton, and Mr. Grimsditeh, Strangers were ordered to withdraw, and the House divided : The numbers were— For the recommittal of the Bill 54 For the Lords' amendments l5 Majority —39 Tim FACTORY. CHILDREN. Col. SIBTHORY presented a petition from a place in Yorkshire, in favour of a Bill to prevent children, under thirteen years old, being employed in factories more than ten hours daily. The Lords' amendments to the Glasgow and Redburn Bridge Road, and to the Cottinghum Drainage, were agreed to without a division. The Warkworth Harbour Bill was raid a third time and passed. .The Farmers' and Gardeners' Hail-storm Insurance Cbmpany Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. Benecke's Naturalisation Bill was read a third time and passed. The Lords' amendments to the Backland Enclosure Bill were agreed to. "Mr. INIVNIZ presented- a petition from a place in Yorkshire,' praying the House to peas a law to limit the labour:of all persons employed in factories to fifty-eight :hours per week. Ji:~lL+~..4~4~'. 111, Laa ;rtsiE _4- PUBLIC WALKS. Mr. lIIIME presented a petition ftoni the inhabitants of Southwark, Lambeth, Finsbury, and the more crowded parts of - the metropolis. The petitioners begged to call the Attefi tion ttf the House to the Reports on public walks, oil the !Width aft - Mils; ttud of tb4 Poor-law Commissioners; and they prayed the House to ago: d then , ' such a.o«istance as should enable them to obtain - additional public parks or walks, and they begged, to point out the neighbourhot d of High-street, Ne.wington,.'Walcot-terrace, Kensington -14 1 rotala anti tho _Znoloirica Gardens, as places where such OWN tiiiktittie sktitifi§li EAI.IPLOYMENI OF 0 t ittitittlf IN FACTORIES. hotel, they got tickets. and when they had got them they were- told to go to a certain place. and that there they would get four sovereigns for it. He thought ho had shown, at least, that there were grounds enough for bringing in this Bill. He had shown that two hundred voters had been grossly and - systematically bribed during; the last ele:!- tion. It was utterly impossible that two can didates could have arrived on the eve of the election, and have found men so perfectly organised as the voters of Sudbury were, ready to go up to the poll next morning in batches of eight and ten, the leaders returning to take up other bodies of the same kind. Did the House suppose that this vi as a recent occurrence in the borough of Sudbnry, or one of a novel character ? At the election of 1780, the grossest bribery was alleged; but the bribery of that, period was curried on in the darkness of night, but at present it was not even so con cealed. He would also ask the House to look at the evidence given before the Commissioners ap pointed to inquire into the condition of the hand-loom weavers of Sudbury, in 1837, in which evidence was given, at a time and under cir cumstances more favourable for ascertaining the state of the town, than the inquiry before an Election Committee. One gentlemen, examined before the Committee, stated THE TARIFF. On the motion thattheOider of the Day for the House re solving itself into Committee on the Customs' Bill be read, Lord STANLEY presented two petitions, one from Mon treal, and the other from the inhabitants of Canada, in favour of the Government measure. . . . . . Mr. HAWES presented a petition from the timber mer chants of London, praying for an alteration in certain por tions of the proposed measure relating to the admeasurement oft • -sber for the calculation of the duty. Sir Rt. BERT PEEL rose and said—Mr. Speaker, Sir, I was in hopes would h e enabled to make the stater I subject of the commercial tariff after the hand to make on tel o a Committee on the Customs' Duties House resolved itself in,. e; :ar that it was for the general con. Bill, but I think it is quite general discussion on the venience that I did not raise s.. 1y Lord (Lord Howick) has tariff at that time; and as the Noble . t 2s to make, .I have, given notice of motions which he inteh iny ‘ general under the circumstances, no option but to statement previous to the motion for the Order of 1:: e "aYbeing read. But at the same time it is not my desire tea: ticipate any discussion that probably will take place. I think, as im portant notices have been given, it is better to avoid enterim s - • into the discussion of those particular questions, and not preju dice the facts by any partial representation of them.—( Hear, hear.) Sir, I rejoice that we are now arrived at a period when we can enter, as I trust we are about to do now, seri ous:;' and continuously, on the discussion of this subject.— (Hea l hoar.) I very much fear that great public inconveni ence has resulted necessarily from the delay that has taken place, but it was absolutely necessary that at whatever period these propositions were made, a considerable interval must have intervened between the first proposal of them, and their being submitted by Government for the consideration of the House in their perfect form..--( Hear, hear.) But, at the same time, I am not complaining of any impediments that have been thrown in the way of their discussion. The delay was unavoidable on the part of the Government ; because I am sure the House will feel it was the duty of her Ma ' jesty's Government to avoid having communications with parties who were were personally interested. It would be .impossible to hold those communications without giving some declaration of our intention as to the proposal to be made, and those persons who had knowledge of the measure to be proposed had an unfair advantage over the rest of the public. There was no alterative but to make the motion with out the advantage of private communication; but, having made it, the parties had time to be heard against any important changes affecting their private arrangements. I trust that some compensation of the evil necessarily connected with this pro posal—l trust that there has been the opportunity given to those whose partial and individual interests are affected mate rially, to consider the whole scope of her Majesty's Ministers, and fairly to consider whether they cannot find ample compen sation for the losses they may sustain in their special occupa• Lions by the general advantage which we may hope to gain from the measure in contemplation. The House has before it, in the papers recently presented, the existing rate of duties upon the imports. They have also the amount of duty collected under those duties which are now existing. They have the original proposition submitted by the Government for the amendment of the commercial tariff, and they have also before them the proposal last suggested by her Majesty's present Go vernment. They have also the opportunity of comparing the last proposal with the former, and also of judging of the altera tions made by the Government, and of the temper and spirit with which those great arrangements had been undertaken ; and I think it must be evident to every one who has com pared the first with the last proportion, that no undue influences have been allowed to operate on the judgment of her Majesty's Government. In the course of this discussion I have been re peatedly assured that I should not be able tti, set aside party considerations. Now, I appeal to her Majesty's late Govern ment, to the House, and to all parties, whether any 0i.2, 1, he mo difications have been introduced from unworthy motiirs.ls• ( Hear, hear.) I think it will be seen by parties who had rea.• sons on either side for inquiry, that modifications have been at tended to, and their requests granted; and I think it will also' be manifest that powerful parties, who have urged alterations without foundation, have been resisted. I think it will also be shown that when weak parties have suggested alterations, they have had a fair hearing; and if favour has been shown to any one, it has been to those who were weak and unprotected.—(llear. hear.) Sir, avoiding, as far as I can, reference to the specific question brought under consideration, I will state what the general scope and purport of the commercial art angements are which are proposed by her Mrjt sty's Government. The general ob ject of her Majesty's liovernment has been to simplify the tariff. It cannot be denied that there arc duties on different articles not reconcileable with that principle. At different pe riods great alterations have been made in the tariff: in 1787 Mr. Pitt consolidated the Customs' duties. During the war, as there was a financial pressure, it was the practice occa sionally to raise the Customs' duties by an indiscriminating per tentage; and a great part of the anomalies of the present tariff arose from that practice. In 1825, the Customs' duties came under the review of Parliament, at the instance of Mr. Huskisson, and great changes were made. I wish to claim for her Majesty's Government no undue credit for the alterations which are now proposed. I remember the last oc casion on which the attention of Parliament was called to the subject was by the Committee on the Import Duties is 1539. I do not say that, it time had permitted, the inquiry might not have been more complete; I never did at the time, nor do I wish now to depreciate the labours of that Committee, neither do I wish to deny that by bsinging the attention of the public to the state of the tariff, the Import duty Committee ac quired a claim to public gratitude. We have, therefore, applied ourselves to making the tariff clear, intelligible, and, as far as possible, consistent, which, Without reference to the amount of duty, would be a great public benefit. We have endeavoured. to remove all positive prohibitons on the importation of foreign articles, toreduce the duty on such articles, so as to admit them to a free competition with our domestic produce. In the cases in which we have departed from this rule, it was justified by special circumstances, but the gene ral rule has been to abolish all prohibition, and reduce all prohibitive duties within the range of fair competition. With respect to duties on raw material ;constituting the ele ments of manfactures, the object has been to reduce the duties on those materials to a nominal amount. On half manufac tured articles, which enter almost as much into manufactures as raw material; the object has been to reduce the duty to a moderate amount. With respect to articles completely manu factured, the object has been to remove prohibition so that the manufactures of foreign countries may enter into Competition with our own ; and I still entertain a confident belief and ex pectation that the general result of this tariff, if adopted, will he materially to diminish the charge of living in this country. If you say we do not make such a reduction in this or that par ties lar article as to make any saving in the expenses of a farn;;ly, I am ready to admit that that is true as to an individual artica l e ; but if you consider the general effect of the reduction taken together, I contend that the inevitable result must be to mak e a great reduction in the price of living in this couhtry as corn i oared to what it is at present; and that must be a great advantage to all classes.—( Hear, bear.) - I am not ap plying th., 3 5 to any one or two particular duties, but taking ductions of duty. Brit, Sir, I think that when you mike re.- ductions which affect an individual, it is but just and proper' to give him compensation in some other articles.-(Hear.}' Let me take an article which is of .great importance to ages-: culture, I mean clover seed. -(lcer, hear.) I .find that the duty on clover seed is 1/. per cwt. on foreign clover, and such is the demand for it, that the amount of the duty, in lB4ls was 141,00U-('t-leer, hear.) The clover seed is produced in some of the southern counties of England,.but in some of,the, • northern counties, and in Scotland, they depend on the foreign, or, at least, the extraneous supply.-( Hear, hear.) .We pro pine to reduce that duty from 1/. to 10s. per cwt.-- , (Hear. hear.) 1 know very well that in this reduction some injrnY" will be inflicted on those districts which derive a profit from • the monopoly, for they have in some so. t a monopoly, but a monopoly which was, however, overruled by the necessity, as is shown by the duty producing a revenue of 141,0001.- e. ( Hear, hear.) But I think that the cheap admission of 5 ° important an article must be fur the general benefit of aryl - • culture.-( Hear, hear.) With respect to grain, there may. be a scarcity in some years, which would render a supply trete(' abroad a great benefit, or there may be a superiority in foreigo • grass, and it is not of great importance that it should be Cill'Ilp• The reduction of the duty on grass was from 11. to .55. per cwt. Now again, take onions-( A laugh twos au Hon. 111ernber on the Opposition)-Hon. Gentlemen may laugh, butethe.ii." portation of vegetable of this kind is of great importance; and it is of importance with respect to the grower of that vegetable, that the home grower may be able to enter into competition with the foreigner. The duty is- i,:s 6d. Per pound at present on onion seed, and in this case we pie.•notte t?.. . make a great reduction from the present amount, that .is w bring it to is. per pound. With respect to lint-seed, twilit' seed, and oil- seed, the duty is at present Is.; we propose t. reduce it to Id. for the purpose of encouraging the manures! turers here to enter into competition with the manufacturer* abroad. I will now call the attention of the House to the changes proposed on the charges at present imposed on the lane portation of foreign woods for purposes of ornamental furniture and dying. The duty on foreign woods had ranged from ba to 100 per cent. on the value of the article. The high amount of duty has, I believe, nearly contributed to effect of ,site. years, a great change in the industry of this country, with' r e " spect . to furniture. . What country in the world is there voters there might be greater skid exercised in the makintof faille titre than England? I cannot conceive a country - in which there are greater opportunities for the exercise of consumnist! skill than this : but what has been the cohsequence of the big! duties upon these woods ? I know there have beeti WOO which mahogany has been imported into -England, ' llr ' exported into the Continent, where the furniture - hs g been manufactured from that mahogany, and then it haiteca ' re-imported into England, paying 20 per cent. duty. OTIS advantage, 1 think, would arise from reducing the duty 01 ' this wood. And Ido not despair, by the reduction of thsS duty, to make such alteration, that instead of leading yen to import furniture from France and Germany, you may 1 1 enabled to make a considerahle export from the produce s' i the skilful mechanics of the country. At present it elevitivr ' possible to deny that the Cabinet trade„ whether from-th.; operation of this cause alone, or conjointly with-other cane!' has been transferred from this country 'to France. and 'Or" many. I pass on then from the reduction •of the -dutY 011 ,, woods for the purposes of ornamental furniture, and le thi^,s' we shall by and see the great advantage which will arilefr" . the reduction of the duty on mahogany. It ,has been dl le S' erred of late years that this mast useful, wood, which b* hitherto been confined to furniture, may be apezlied. ?i e .,' great effect to the more substantial parts of ship-bilitwits, e ; It is a wood that strenuously resists the operation of dri'"; -ne wood more so-and I believe if the price could be ir,' duced, it would be used with great advantage in ship-buil d ing. I think it would be also right to reduce the duty,l . woods for dyeing. I pass on now to ores of metal, and ' think there is no part of the tariff which is more imports" than that which relates to the reduction on the duty t i e ores of metal-whether I speak of iron, whether I sneak ,e, lead, or whether I speak ,of copper, in my opinion Br e advantage to the commerce and manufactures of this cowl will result from permitting the 'entry of those impel, articles at a much diminished rate of duty. Just let m e is the case of copper. At present in, this country , eon cati ° ,", import and sell foreign copper for internal, use. You h s ,' greater advantages than any other country possesses with spect to coal; you have it at a cheaper Tale, and can spill • with great advantage to the smelting of ,foreign copper,- ` when smelted you cannot make use of it for home manufactl, and you must send it to France a n d B e l g i um t o u n dergO .e, more valuable process, viz., to be rolled and manufactO r `; And what is the consequence of this?•' Foreign countries C undersell you in copper smelted with your coals ; thee ( r: undersell you in the production of bolts and sheaths for ShlP, f ' . ' and of boilers for steam-vessels, and in a variety of . 0 u 1 „ -- articles of manufacture made of brass and copper. 'lle e ° ,:e sequence of permitting that use of smelted copper abroad ' - 00 been to give to foreign countries an advantage of la : per t a • in the market on copper smelted with your coal. In France' e a Belgium-I believe lam stating a fact-the price of sineL t el copper is 10/. per ton less than in this country; and se ep . r in foreign countries can be fastened and coppered, on aceP t fo' .of this advantage, at, a cheaper rate than they can in _ e o• country ; this is a decisive proof of the advantage which w ed r be derived from reducing the price of the manufactured c01 ) 14: in this country, or 'rather of raising it on the Continent ;-;111 this tariff has bad that effect already.-(Hear, hear.) L. ) state to you what has been the effect of the present duty . se foreign 'Power was desirous of entering into a very lare_ e c f s e tract for the building of several large steam-ships. ApPi e . lion was made to this country, and the only objection to A ing into the contract was the very great expense of fasse e 9 ;st and coppering in this country as compared with Hsellatawiee Belgium. A demand was made, on account- of the egedit of eoppering, to,which it was found impossible to accede,o et was then stated that the contract must be transferred.eitWile , Rotterdam or to some part of Belgium. I believe, b"1 . 011 that the matter will not be decided until the tleci ' ajc s s ° 0, willth e b o e n r t e r as reserved 4 i ndsftoeraodnorf own'. o t"' tier fuse'.° House shall be made known. I think there is eyeairi v re° believe that, int case the proposed reduction flt1" - ;,' T teat' c fe o r p r p e e d r tsohofuorldeibgen agreede:.urietos, now from copper to other most important elements of ina uu to tune, which are arranged under the head of oils and Otr i b c oo Now, I consider that the manufactures of this c ountry ° i i• f been exposed to disadvantage on account of, the price 0 , e a . and extracts. In point of fact, there is no more importalr.me. ment in the manufactures of this country than 'l,,r. maceti oil -( Hear, hear.) The present duty on 'wit aceti oil is 26/. 10s. per tun. That duty applit s 0 Vcc. se I s ,4oaceti oil and train and blubber oil. Now w e propo oe r „retie, t eat duty from 26r. 10s., in respect to train and blO O5 ; oil, to 6/ ' cod with respect to spermaceti oil to 15/. iei • , . 'es, thus giving a co..;"petition to oil the produce of Ameri . eg t cases where the pries" of oil in this country is extraoorocit'Se and extravagant. I he;:i 1 'of e I sin not wearying the f- ~1 . 0 , these details.-(Cheers ).. I • wart to establish the t' s pi that the general result of the . to give new life 0 tariff will be etr e activitto cmerce,d to aks• e a reduction in those Co re) which are unavoidable W under M the (Ghe e 0 p ,eeeent system.- _a Now a very short time since the pree le of spermac.eti,r est almost fit/Ler 701. per tun. But of late ; ears the pr_Li Fe risen. In the year 1839 or 1840 the pr;ee of SP7. 4 ell° oil rose to 93/. and 1111. per tun. Th.! conTs_eer has been a great reduction in the consumption. -. Th : 1 ; 0 0 0 . facturer his had no other alternative, but either tes, c e , of ' olive or other vegetable oil for his machinery, or else'bs ee r -;, 0 ; most extravagant price for spermaceti oil in this coan d i li l es compared with spermaceti oil in the United States ; 11°.1,),„' li are no oils which, when applied to certain purposes .'.':. if', ehinery, will answer the purpose so well as spermaceti 0 0 0 1 have a formidable competition with the United States ilo' e ll branches of manufactures; and they have this ativantag e ::ilit l us that the spermaceti oil in that country of the hest '1I; ieef. id is sold at from 33. 9d. to 4s. per .gallon, ;ch i J ee e this country the price is from 83. to 9 '' gallon. 1 propose a reduction of the dtt'ye- 'y will not, I trust, seriously affect that important-. wi,ter,,. of our fisheries engaged in the oil-trade ; but yet.at the , - ; el time it is advisable, in my opinion, that as the sperroafe /' has borne the price to which it has of late years beersral se think it is advisable that there should be some cornpetiti ol : l o o the oils of other countries, so as to reduce the price i t tlO reasonable limits.-( Hear, hear.) I do not believe that, price here were reasonable, the American oil could (nit With the oil of this country. From oil I shall pass t ° jir stuffs. The amount of duty at present leseaele upon o f t stuffs is so great as to have led to considerable srunglr) o Very recently a person had smuggled to so large an arnoun i er; , he had compounded with the Custom }louse officers foli d , l i . • of 100,000/. rather than defend the action commenced ,aiti to him. The great amount of the duty naturally g er !" illicit importation. With regard to timber, lam awa r iller..; a difference of opinion has prevailed upon the proposedlotr, lion in the duty on that article. Now the more I co.litrit subject, the more I am_ inclined to think that we are ar 4 l ei confer an important benefit on the country at large bY, oi ett ej i posed reduction, although at the expense of a large est 6e; , revenue. I beg to remind the House of a meroorable•!"74 of the late Mr. Deacon Hume, on the subject of timber , ' flume says, " we hive abundance of untaxed coal, a b le of untaxed iron, and we only want abundance of mite-0 ;:e order to be provided chiefly with the .0% 0 %0 0 ' 0 1 primary raw materials of employment and of. mantdat e gei e • That % e 1. ., the opinion of Mr. Hume. The import_ Qtrs - , - or timber wilt, in my opinion , keep in check any dernort,efprse, upon us on ace: of the additional facility given for - portation of Baltis.' et timber. I admit that the propose Si . ; is liable to this rake objection, that it will at first, baj4.'i •,,e 1 with the loss of reiwnuc to the amount of 6005,0 e 1,,, 700,000/. ; but I doubt whether there •is any article!. sees, a reduction of the revenue. would be attended with bet i f oil e These are the principal raw materials or elements oft be till ie t, tares with respect to which great reductions have b' A , 1 1 . 0 0 f 1 cited some instances as examples of time benefit iituFt" chee li o f will arise from the proposed reduerioee• Now ~I 01 0 '600 re cons ideration of the reduction of - ,:ry upon or i .ingv foreign mannfacturer. I propose, gene: ally SP I C! 1 0 ; 1 / apply an amount of duty, net. exceediag; ' .roi per cent., upon articles of foreign manufiet ur ; a l ,1 1 will be particular exceptions, but, as a ge°` - a.tOY the maximum amount of duty Inch has been serP" ° 4l , o f; l ile, , tides of foreign manufacture is twenty per cent. A t ; ee ) of', sent moment many of the duties upon these articles ar e t i.,), 0 1 ii as they were during the war. There does not aPP ea u etin t i, been any consistent, uniform consideration of. the ai m , fi these duties. Now objections have been taken by . s° o f Id Gentlemen to the proposed reduction in the dutiesakiaisepi articles of foreign manufacture. It is said that by ° if fef e 4 l reduction, and by inviting competition is ith articles .. t or i 9 ieV manufacture, we have begun at the wrong end-11 1 " i d Op , • to have dealt more largely with the Corn-laws-qv, ~, hear," from the Opposition benches)-that we ongn . 43 ; reduced, in a greater degree, the duties upon article' of visions, and that it is not just to reduce the duties ,9 0 .... /.! jo i manufactures until such reductions have been maCts_iise t ,ef oh," from the Opposition beaches)-that we are e. ii ge e the manufacturers of this country to a competition f v , e 3 t e , itt.l which can be had on the Continent on more favou.arrrio • i l and therefore that it is unjust to the manufactur er _.. to wish to consider the force of that objection. 'My ansfft,e, oe in the first place, that we have reduced, 'P e Os material degree the price of the necessaries of life. f f , . article of corn. The duty upon tt,e importationnr 4 _ it , 1 0 wheat is at present 15s. ; if the old law were in f O 7, le ji, be 275. I say there has been a very material redact_tv7se;tr) duty on the import of foreign corn; and if ail rott e n . . or pare die duties which are payable at this day.oo ott it ee, I V foreign oats, barley, and wheat, es ou 1 , 0 4 1 ' Kith the dutt , s Aral soio i have been paid were the old law in force, he limo t iosit , there has been a very great reduction in the duty ol e o 0 4 1 ties. 1 will next take the article of meet. add be ta 41, 1 more particularly to the reductions which harvoe * sr i I posed in the duties on beef, either fre'h. tie e. . eO ; 4 , salted, which is subject to absolute prohibt obibitie regard to fresh pork, there is at present a I ) ,': f e ne,soo; propose freely to admit that article at a du t Y,Y k , 0.... e. Then, with regard to lard, a most important art' e joo membe, ed to the poor, and an article of the gre ates t e er e ' 0 0 in many of our manufactures-with regard to lar: e t ereP t el at present subject to a duty of Bs, a cwt.. and 7 e d t 0 , 9, 101 01 reduce that duty to 25.-(Cheers.) With regalvv.a, meat, it is at present subject to a duty of 12s. a•; tlt y 0 oli!" propose to reduce it to Bs. a cwt. On hams tine ` . :i t is.Y.P :e ” 1/. 8s a cwt., we prop ose to reduce it t o 10;1 to' , . , • • • -.- - Li' the whole effect of the reduction as to manufactured goo(' raw materials, and provisions. I contend that the whole effect will be to make a material reduction in the expense of living.-- ( Hear, hear.) I will take the liberty of calling :;rittttftioW , to some of the reductions proposed by her Majesty's. Geveln-• ment in relation to agriculture.—(Hear.) I am quite .avarl% that in these, as in other duties, it was impossible for us to make great reductions without affecting some interect. -- (Hear, hear.) But, Sir, I have been told that we ought , therefore, not to take so many articles, and that the,seiser course would be to take a fewer number and make larger Ie• • - !"t[ iI : , 'th an he . , ~,r„ r. •be • . di; • h 'Th, It( -__