The Sun. — London, England, 1842-02-17 00:00:00

s a revision of the It and onerous tasks Alla sent.—( Cheers. ) Con c Member for Lincoln in. Gentleman the Pre laugh. ) I beg pardon, Gentleman the late Hear, hear, and cheera.) will pardon the mistake, mal.—( Hear, hear. ) la Gentleman told me tb l4 it diminished the prices that rd says this eve nin g the agricultural districts ,f taking the averages,ns vould be prejudiced free' at the averages should -be an. Gentleman oppeafte ithority to the prelud i #l his subject.—(Cheer':' of affecting the average: ised—( Hear, hear). -40P all be convinced that Ale ;hall he prepared to tr eke Lion 1 may deed - :.orrect arld • Of 0, I will take directly ering with the avers. colnsiiire, says that there e with the scale 1 p ropos barley and oats, uIF P lan I think that , 101614 1 *n received by persolr.!).. I considering the fu ni f satisfactory a djustMen...° considering the oistie°ll ale on the one hand lelt • r,e other, 1 ay theta have ben advanced htl confident that Model proving of the detage 11 ° , the result of much all o t treme opinions, sed'!oi hich it has been rece!co ,inions on both al in I t • very unreasona ble , de , sure it will be ul os t, t o -( Cheers.) it ha ""br, colleagues, under ti most safe and practite e present a rtitieie, l t he when I first propose! of d, not for the pureseipg with a view of fal_ pi et! 0 0 r the others, but PP - , 6 1. as the measure bet ) if the country. ( stances of great 0.7_,,, - Ist• g law, and a coinfros ought to a ccept...lo site, in his speech , ', l ed r great ability, n7to of the age, al c . 4 ol of make any consproniLd h a measure as sw - hc o. ,) a statesman .—( y e t' t I disregard that is calculated to effect 3 f o ot o bring it forward which the person If some temporary ave all the practical,', I ;beers and laught eN oi it in which the Hon!liop id in a different PIO ids. lam trying to it is difficult qu estion• : mrry out the great 0100 l? I find mighty dad r present systeo l . -- 6 ,11' present s ystem, tet,gos b, and forty-five renbil grown annually in ..0 1 mense capital en s Leo iantity, what inlorisl —what complicated beit here dependent for ttlif on the continuance of ir in I to disregard tbes e ot I ciples of free tradelits, pecuniary interests to sere been granted ,e,Seep) ,resent system ?--( P 4 , v e Nat. Is it any o f hal estion ? His capita' .1 ly sudden influx of fore,li .lly affect him. 13tit fjoe, the leaseholders ?, Ted into on the o °4l ast agriculture haa ' t o ? It is no proof bat nee, but it is a rea S°° so l have been establishedto Then again recelleet.l.oo All your calcalai4 all under the exists Ireland, the Nobfr soa f 3s. 2d. Does aid ' ithout an hours' ncitic. moe -t t s two millions 0 -..„ , 0e• tout notice, to adnu'u,ift as would eventually. bs Al which must be,„o,) 1. ? ( Hear, he ar, t with respect to coteites sr produce is to beat:it's sh to substitute, -.oo' other artieleed'V . ,(pre ) I find that abibi• and, an absolute rpout nd that there are 3 9oure ty to a dopt any Poor , ;reatest caution! co ? dr atever may be 1 .' 4 '6,4 0e there ought t,.6° am tortation of c'',4011 115 .,: t egard to cauti°,•ibilara„, "- hich will gireVigsa a 'r °, ° new sonr e tat the , " flirt t",„„liva be, are which Ibt'weol'of as who are advoca,:, ors I do believj, this 'zisting system. l ooss wrist can accept .taitel me admit foreign P r dr han it is admitted r' o ,r the immense sated .eourse with the,Voy same footing as the what an immenseJo( on at all times '3.) But the NeP 1 : 1 0 1 ' the United Statesiaolii sr,exclusive of the Bs. the q uarter, er t y. upon American ear:" ay a stress upon th., Id be a prohibitr ?.ot es , •om the Unite d- f be less a prohibition!, of It it is a pi ohibitio e n ' e s , ar, hear.) I hare, .e to promote t he to tie ought it necessarY t r e sufficient to oig)°l ill a•/4 sent.—( Hear, it'i r t ,v• etion of corn is Os ;ive the farmer en production withoeios of the same Pi; goe .I A - P Right Hon. nit of the averag lo A ere chosen by the, his principle, an d mid give for foire'e: ell now, what 4°,i 3 e If t ays, that during tie ! wheat has been 2711O•tefic barley 14s. per . tlio Mr. Meek sals..ontil oreign corn the 4 1 0 0 4 ably increased. •0 _ er lortation of foreitiist/ termination,, is W 4O terests by this 40(cot; may be the prieeiiice be the future. ti t r o ement railreririitij these co nsideraf l .° o a upon this quetel°4 nate. Now Mr• ltl to ,0, varies from 35, '''eirS 'or a number of l a d 0 1 . 01 , a. 6d., for bari e / 00 think I have sil° de o l rter, and the filo( or )enmark corn e eit e uch lower Oa r ' ' li- P;11 fro.- the quantity 1,0000 r, from the apOlyito ited that 00 0 0b o 0 t bs ;hould suppose 01 might be eaPechsi 17 0 ,0 ircity here--tt'" c eofro , iountry alone, l it be 1 ) quarters tnig . oo • e if common need be 1' of corn eic °l " .l ' › 4100 1 home prodneef),,os ting the co:r n to. f it !,, by throwing I° not, is y arme duty r, o f 29 5 .•'` 1 ,0 , f but 00 ,0,4 upon foreign:iiiiiouPro her e for is, that rill ot ad that it' shaiiloo tist e upon it. wheat whleeooo,9ovior of some IC°, of ou tell met h — or;o6 , 000 000 of 4.. , . i s a .1 5, ot t °position 7„ 0 ot t he x posed to w t , for deperid.Y, ce 0 0 may be is th' Oesi rne, sai r `aexl iire be ° e of such a , and that elude) oh be or.°. • to . Y rl it be liostue4loo?, enormous tr . • kn 9 t 3iies t li ised as it is to . 1 0C. s t hole dsc' cations 3 f ree ring our °. • le i of 0 , strict prina.• ca ;( belief as tht ? :e, su the ( firm of co rn, 0 0 r a supPiYti ere t he %, eig ht P r° roPe a fa r e e which I p $ introduction of weer $o great q pot 1 hear: ) th e ' Hear, --- s so ;rs. ioncti t : that s . be and .e ar of ppose, that _K7„„ pre., h indicate setio itht think eve ° l e t OW: the c onsu s , t hen 0 k the inteere. tsteres,, d that, h that 1 ere Cheelf dense° e lf Hon! e ° En t i on the pres er cheers.) the „ n conWe'lifeaf; fween thcerro, t io now tea odop for th e ores ee s i with the is from 653' to s the Id be 4" Vf berea ..Present duty is 21s. Bd. ;at 645., it is, according to my scale only 8 s•, whe reas i t is 2'.'s. Bd. N ow , it con ti nues at 6s. from 665. • t ° 6 8s• a quarter, and then it is diminished gradually until it "rem down to Is, a quarter. I say that that scale is the best ;;;Tliaetreediaitousweeure real and permanent advantages to the c°un trY, and benefit our agricultural, is well as our manufacturing interests.-( Gaud cheers. ) the w silssPPu'e corn 665. per quarter, a duty of 6s. attaches; pear sa t -e duty attaches also for 675. and 6Ss. ; it ap seatizo %Ole the holders of foreign corn would rather is coro at 636., with duty of Gs., than wait for ;thiellehance of the price rising to 725. or 735. I think he hese pour in his foreissn Corn when the duty is 6s. to h I r r e the e lleulations which will enter into his mind and whence: is that foreign corn will pour in to such an extent t h e e rft is from 645. to 685., as will be a great service to • Cai ni ? n ' u nier• Now, what was the scale proposed by Mr. tufa . ing in 1328. At 645. his scale proposed a duty of 125., . h. was dta Y 0 Ss. ; at 6os. his was 10s., mine is 7s. ; at 665. :1 15 , - ' l ' B3 -, mine is 6s. I will now take the Nobe Lord's t t e ' a nd I will compare the high price in his scale with the b5.l- Prtees in mine. He would continue the duty of n,, '' l ,..; e n co:n wa s from G4s. to 70s. ; at 70s. under t s llta o t reen:a l v e it oxsuamlniee s , -. ',, s eLle the duty would be 45., at 735. on my scale Is.; • ' down"'• 3 s• on *the Noble Lord's scale, unless he slipped them siie, to nftsing, would be Bs. How can . it he in p e osi s t t n he two scales and not admit that mine nd the eonsunser than the duty a f that inference is drawn b those who are better judges e t his subject than we are. y You are not to judge from the made bv the free trauer, but you should exam n ii r i n e e "Ports of those who are most conversant with the e tra de, I of ans they have comet to a unanimous conclusion in favour --•:Yd much ain T u h se e d il l ° w% dealers in corn as innocent doves, s G w e i n ti t l le h m i a s n s the Member for Coventry first he says " This will relief to the country, cause great ers of foreign corn wi not keep it • hold easily to those deceived. a d u t y c many i an st ne ys t deal for the Cor - o -1 advantages to consumers will be considerable," ~ t°iel:itlihilaitnigfarnqyuarter, butt)eyjwill adm ilb i y t ae i t t ok at tbile sl l s. d is. The n w a i a th gre tl a ie t d at Bill ~I should ey w i l b l aw. But he says atfirst, though the time will soon come when they will see e b d e oi delude pat it is better to keep their corn till the duty comes to a shil ntages whi c h own ' greatly' to the relief o ..Tg." But this attempt to deprive me and my plan of the f the consumer, shows to what extremities Hon. Gentlemen must result from it, "ale beeu led. I received this morning a letter from Liver . Ptiistoa.tl,.,f4r t o .: p o r n o e po o s f a those unfortunate gentlemen so easy to take pr t e i se s n d t. ated Liverpool Corn Exchange, Feb 15. It say t s , I scale must be considered a great change. theL6unieldt. li e r i l ' o f roci a:e the prices of the old scale, and compare them with With the present price of wheat at Liverpool, scale it , duty under the old scale would be d. scale it - is 1 Is. On rye the duty is 9s. 6cl , s under l aY scalewill ill be 2s• 6d. The duty on beans is Bs. 3d., under my . sable,l speaking ! * dwh ewilalh be bs (id 0 Peas the duty is 16s. 9d. Under my • scale it would be . 2 5 , . 6t1. n and on American flour the duty at t r _esent is 151. Zild. per . barrel ; under my scale it will he w ye t : Y up ou tell rae it is of no advantage. It is imos- Judgment s t o therei l : °l l se k ,a t tr ci oe p eho a ighs r h t e i , cu t l n ar t s h , a a t n e d nn w e 'h lu en stn y n o . o apply I arn your nnw r it it l y cl :t u aliiii3O eonsiderin the arguments that have been aewnilleCl"teo say that I have been practising a miserable delusion, and I think it is impossible for adb::elateteetre"le hold sa Y rational givingi 1 a ns t it, advantage whatever. e Yon tell me to abandon thi ng. You sa y that all parties are disappointed (Cheeragasal tsles it is better t retain the present law, that is g r ievance that public indignation may h t e . I think it the wiser policy to improve i But thn Noble Lord s -and tllli you fall back on an Bs. duty, the Co tt o f amicably, is d customs i.JlT:oaencont, disturb unless Lord b o a u co s n e , tt v le er ; y t u h r e iw r i e s t e e . 9 , - ci e th d e is e t u s :b i a it n it c y e of old customs, unless you and arrange He tried does he more unwise still.-(Loud che s e e r t s t . le ) , . he , o hon.. t o last year, and he proposes it now, but h ope carry it with satisfaction to the country? lie 4" , s .,_a n Fs., notwithstanding that detachment of allies, who 1 o his left flank to on laugh)-and who, though they to Y l L°te with hirn upon the present occasion, do not appear hav e , his very ardent supporters--he seemed . to costive,6 "wit considerable uneasiness during this dis because they told him that his measure 4t. taiideseed those prineiples which they advocated; and, under circumstances does the Noble Lord, supposing that, by f Will lie a Majo rity, he may carry his fixed duty of Ss., hope it. ...(tiearsa Permanent and satisfactory settlement of the question? 11 4,1 , hear, hear.) If the Noble Lord passed the • C rotyr. duty last year, this year, as Minister of th li g h t "i he would come forward, glowing with the an wh ich had broken in upon him, to propose butttther alterati on. - (Cheers.) I speak it not in his dispraise, o f _seas.rspeietayk, to warn him not to be too confident of being able s, Maintain a fixed duty of Ss. If prices should rise, in years de You may depend upon it, a pressure would be ma Zre(Hear, and you would not be able to maintain your fixed duty. ar, hear.) I must think that that Corn-law which I, e .s a self-adjusting power, which is able to do without call , t g . it the intervention of Parliament, has a great advan :!fie over that other law which trusts to the exercise i r?_ !leentive authority ; and, therefore, if the No d l i ) s_ e r ts ._ is dissatisfied with my plan, and if the . of Lo a old customs is, according to the sage advice tie ot t - , l aacoli, a very unwise thing unless you settle perrn tioC" a the Noble Lord must, I think, abandon .his,proposi - if lie a l i t, act in maw mity with that philosopher's advice,. •••••frs t -- ` 1 a duty of B=, will permanently settle the question. • „--heers.) I thought it absolutely necessary to vindicate the till' ',proposed against some of the imputations-unjust, I aids' hdifBW.ieh have been cast upon it.-( Hear, hear.) 1 know .. tio h - "oisities of any arguments or statements on such an a q Wh e ' 4 I a m rtnnOdent of the difficulties of my situation, and _ n d re n t i h e g a n t • Cora try to answer your objections by showing that f under the • scal e i m s a Y be introduced with advantage . . rd.- ' hate proposed, I w i r ea are averse to any change.-Hear, ai )If trto am fortifying the objections l of those si.4, i l i Pprehensions there I see a n ot e e r h t e a a li n e y . n unreasonableon t h eo her ohje,t.kaallighter)- and if I try to a ans" met, not by a hostile ' . tiote '3 1 , 4 ' 40 41 the other side, ,Sat ai .' ~,s ' atit by O w intimations and b e „7"old mite: 1 c h, hpii t ave that in a mere rn mwhispersartof, sense eseit maywho all eilises,_e to , say "We will stand by the C 0 ‘ l. eoge." some say 4 4 A men d the average . - I p a w s , ,), w e N The v will 1 Nobleresist bar ) lie °l' (L - i- one.-( Hear, -0 . _ " ' sa ys 'all , s ` ir d Worsley ) s he opposes and, therefore, Ma o 01 ,•eat th e Corn-law requires is an amend ' lay n 1 the averages, , . pseuefaallte,--( Hear, hear.) But th o t t h l e le a r dm co t n n s ts id tr e a r t a t t o s n on o s f the 'on thos e who were charged with s . IN:ll:airs of this country,-( n ements thi e l it -that in consideriog this question, the arrangements andg corn- Hear, hear. ) I state.) before ' Areas °.ught to be made consisteritly with enlarged thel ii ‘ive views, and avoiding the distiii•ban of CillPitai in liolLtestrnent of agricultural pursuits, looking to the pros f p e e n r m it! t.. allerZcial happiness of the people, lookiog to the state . o !. liat i ;vs ,and the advantage, when there may be a deficiericyrat ',..lha t fi Of. having a supp l y of foreign corn, and introducing 0. : tet..l 4 - 1 1 so that there nia b the least disturbance of the U 1 Aild- ..sYstern, making the Y gr:at ' es e t approach to . regular dealing, t t with due Plit er ,. g ll i t% the .greatest encouragement cons" 7cturing in ,"' Siti - ,"°,4 to agriculture to the interests of menu a 4 .' .talar-ta ling to consider all these things, to weigh them,to l !,1 sr w t , h ay relative and comparative merits-the measure. . neljec-nave determined on is that which we conscientiously th e - e uPon the whole to be the most consistent s . sa .10, h4eneral interests of the country . .-(Loud e eer .) eits,4':e not conferred with the aoriculturists for the purpose of witted ff their Concurrence and support. We have not per ttei,satly te s uccess of our measure, I gave a proof that I w hhur;tah'' abatement iv, this particular or in that, in order was s."lt at i d ~_'!B.snorne risk-risk.ito thebelieve t h Government-bye for the best p - e tt of - "J' e l g that whichaderravaint.- o ',l! i ieo et t s ` s n _ . community, and u nf po t, n He t a h r, is hea p r r . i ) ne N i ch e f, ,070.stto act,-(Loud cries . P V i e e sh w al e l 1 , il gger ated _out, violent opposition from tha s t om we e • • den eli kiPle * Pp r ehensions. Conscious ; ar fr e o a m eti o n t g he n r n s passed iis tt e a. ia, tt: t hich we believe to be right, our hope and confi -'. Mos . '''. wh et , w hen the first storm of passion may . a hall °l ths _, cooler judgment and reason, aythheavearcamina tio 'Shoc ~,,°°:cuments which we have presentedhto partthe oHfotuhsee r C a l i gated unjust apprehensions on i t he ma • aft t ei s" res. u°4 Y - that then, all led and cent reat s s ke , may • i t n h n o e u g h irrem ex n t irreconcilable, yet, y hich is just, • . and ) tl e atd %L °r ding to the old practice of this country, fe i s s-PPottes-ration will gravitate towards that w su r s -4 *ith us by that principle, and by those who,tliough in d e i l f: ehal e i i: at, 414,11 degree, may yet think that their present hope that we .•• , Withn cyan "' l enient, we entertain d a confident have the satisfaction, e -lit i niury :Nl' all obstacles, an din. the awi %olio_ eta,. and manufacturing interest, I e l ' in taer '''s ''° the agricultural interest, and with benefit to of . am t e h n eerss ,. ) (J . Isord illaregulate the trade in corn.-(Ministerial e ti It'ide." 131ERSTON rose amidst loud cries of Divide, last session ' q Nit a " " order He said, Sir, at the close of the ._ . cuter • Inle nt, I ' thor al ned that the Government announces' v entured to express ' the apprehensions which 1 Co inte mi6 . e measure which the • weed satisfy t h . be not .. nto propose in the present session . of . Parliament or the som e re..adjust fth sliding scale, or some change Yso . expectations of the country, if it wou ld one c entral pivot mid o . , ioeeernrnent that would give satisfaction to *eh' (H ear, fro such measure h a I took - the liberty of warning the h. s.. _ e haci since Parr met hasjustified the appre . -'sions which 1 entertainedmi/tnt has e Opposition experience re. After fi • sacking the and the warning which I then otiti s , t .%e months' experience-after ran (L or which has been i teem o for information the Government comes down with aea w i s i !re which is as imperfect as the one it seeks to remedy, II s''• Russell) in that - • "s 1 e igrammatic language. o thit "e is so able terse an p justly deseribed by my Noble riend f et, 4n d settles a master, as a meas And what has - es not hing.-(Oppositton cheers.) on the ure which disturbs every no, hi ke result? The result has been that wh i lst is `;''' 1) 10 " the Government have dissatisfied their •opponen .. ..•: tt l i et(lB .... _ ° , ,, er they . have discontented the reat bulk of their is to be fu nitteri ~p position cheers, and cries of " No" from the twee4d• 11 sale,) Sir, the truth of my assertion itt that ki„,. silence hpapsterial) section of the House received the .p_ ,4 speech with which the floo. Gentlemen s e i e n e th o at .. ded to by cheers from h f t I r°lll th e ° f the Government the other night.-( Crie of isi t. e -., :lkisieliposition benches, respon - 'tinted ;,7 11 side. ) Why al dissatis factio, glat thismeasure would give almost universal _ . _ the Hight Hon. Baron . et bimself ad ' last -* He described in a lively 'fe w .e has • hh . measure is met. .', s `(C r i minutes the objections with wine ts , n . manner, within the t , c , oo rt 4es of •t Adjourn,. ~ (mists order.") 1 here were two ''' Iltev-.°Pen tothe Government to be pursued in this matter. ' , ii, if, a ; t i n t, ight either have taken their stand upon the law as it is, ' 'Ms watteY asserted on a former occasion, they thought that this I ` they h a good one, and that it was inexpedient to alter it. If i 50 t ,,,, Id talcen that course, they would, no doubt, have been It, toc e e l ` i ' r ted y a lame majority of their party in this House, and ..` Ila; beentfoese-rhas hat% carried their measure, and perhaps it would rgerit was, i.had persevered in that course. Another course Cha n iet.hey thought that the state of the country required a thing in those laws-if they were desirous of conceding some .. re trie. ,s° the feelings of the people, by attempting to apply a t t ~, uY to the distress of which the House has heard so much, crow light have come dawn, disregarding all taunts , 0 _ t Ose who disapproved of their course, and re . I,l'l:mended perfect freedom in the trade in corn. Sir, , s by man a course they would no doubt have been opposed 14,,nnY of those who, at present, support them. There would but he a temporary secession, perhaps, of their supporters, (1 . 4 ,_eY would have had support from other quarters , stn,tulloter)-and would have carried their measure. That 8,7 that'' ould have been best for the country, and I beg leave to °I the I think it would have been for the permanent interest It i s --elernment itself.'They have, however, decided otherwise. Parti e n s ° . t g ive n to man, much less to men in office, to please all .....,,,, ; but it has been given to them to displease almost all. ks'_ il r e,r, hear.) I have no doubt, Sir, that the measure will '•47ittnaereied.,-( Hear, hear, from the Ministerial benches.) w r . , gives consent, and though none of those gentlemen to 40 ;: 114 . _ I l i have alluded are found to express their acquiescence, _____ l .,;tu e tthey will be found voting with the Bight lion. Baronet. 5r..," `(Heat', hear) Now, Sir, lam against this scale. I am g6.:n . st_ . _ the other scale. Conceding if you will to the Right tiZ.iitlaronet that the scale which he now proposes is a mi imitaiblite in some respects of the scale as it now exists, still it over' ,_ to some objections which the Right Hon. Baronet oss,„° ( , ) _a s eds-( Hear, hear.) When he states that this scale {rode le s !cope for speculation and for gambling for the pur .t.., of ra!sing the prices, I think he is"mistaken.-( Hear, it t o pal m !, Sir, this stale arrives at the vanishing ve ry FY smaller degrees than the former one. Why, that. wsorie:rtelinstance offers, perhaps, additional temptations to the e .ndevour . , when corn is at a certain price, to raise Isrs_ns who at which the duty vanishes. this scale Nitiliiithaoridceimf bthineeplwiocueldsh!..teatbhuatt if si theynk alittle, could the et duty it 1 aos,vaYb;ol:l;hdefailrbeasecknt us):3l,w would Idt they y t be faileda largein where i• e duty which t o w e l have to , nis mg pric, a fall of one shilling adds material ly Ye o t pay. Ilwreicire, ibe g ß e one o tt u i sa:: 1 lam sure, will agree with me, that in that respect the scale does not afford the advantage which the Right Hon. Baronet I stated. But, Sir, I have no hesitation in stating, that I am an advocate for a fixed duty. I am not an advo cate for a fixed duty, upon the principle on which some who have spoken support this sliding scale, namely, upon the principle of affording protection to agriculture. I am adverse, on general principles, to the doctrine of protection at all. I am sure that if you enter into a calculation for the purpose of distributing the amount of protection according to fair proportions between your agricultural, your manufacturing, your shipping, and your commercial interests, you get into a labyrinth of difficulties from which there is no satisfactory escape.—( Hear, hear.) Ido not agree with the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Dorchester, who, in a speech which he made recently to his constituents, held the doctrine which was somewhat repudiated by the Right Hon. Baronet this evening, namely, that your sliding scale, or your duties, what ever they may be, ought to be so constructed that the grower of corn should, in times of diminished production, obtain, through an increase of price, compensation for the scantiness of his produce. Why, Sir, what is that but saying, in other terms, that the consumer is to ensure the grower of corn against vicissitudes of season which are the necessary and na tural contingencies to which the trade in corn is subject ? ( Cheers from the Opposition.) Why, Sir, you do riot do that in other cases. (Hear, hear.) You do not call upon the consumer to insure the merchant against the loss of his car goes by accidents at sea, or against any deterioration which may take place in the freight of his vessel. In cases of a scanty supply, you send to other countries to mak up the delicienecy ; and you do not forbid the further entrance of a commodity, in order that by the increase in price you may compensate the merchant for the diminution in quantity. Then, Sir, I cannot admit the just ness of applying that principle to the agricultural interest. I say that those who hold land and those who cultivate land, should take into their calculation those vicissitudes of season which are the necessary incidents of their trade. On the other hand I would say that I am not an advocate for a fixed duty upon the ground on which the Right Hun. Baronet rests his scale— namely, that it would,'up to a certain point, favour the producer, and that then it would favour the consumer. My notion is, that taxes and duties should be levied for the purpose of re venue, and for the purpose of revenue alone.—( Hear, hear.) We must have an army, we must have a navy, we must have civil establishments, and we must provide for their proper maintenance. For those purposes a revenue is required ; and I cannot see myself any reason why the importation of corn from abroad should not he a fair subject on which to levy such a moderate duty as would not materially interfere with the abundance of the supply of that article.— (Hear, hear, hear. ) Now, Sir, these are the grounds on which I object to the sliding scale ; and I must say, that in the whole of the remarks of the Right Honourable Baronet, whether in the speech upon the present occasion or upon this, I do not remember to have heard any arguments either in favour of a sliding scale as opposed to a fixed duty, or in favour of the amended scale in opposition to that which now exists, which to my mind were conclusive and satisfactory. The Right Hon, Baronet has stated the reasons why the pre sent is not an unfit time for making a change in the present law. But he omitted altogether to state the reasons why such a change was necessary—he omitted altogether to explain to the House what are the evils arising out of the present scale, which make it, in the opinion of the Government, expedient to alter that scale, and to substitute another in its stead. Was that omission accidental? I do not believe it was. The Right Hon. Baronet is too able and ' experienced a leader to enter the arena of this House leaving behind him any weapon which he could believe might be useful to him in the fight. (Hear, hear.) But he must have . felt—he must have well known— that every argument he could adduce against the present sys tem—every explanation and detail into which he might enter, 1 in order to show the bail working of the system, and the de sireableness of effecting a change in it, would be an argument to a certain extent, at least, against the proposition he had introduce.—( Hear, hear.) The Right Hon. Baronet very prudently as I think,• has abstained from giving the reasons which induced the Government to make any change in the pa sent law. If he was to state that a change was desirable, in order to conciliate public opinion, or to diminish the present distress, he knew that such an admission would lead him much too far. But if he did not state why the change should be made, he stated reasons why no change was neees- i sary. He did not admit that distress arose from the present system of Corn-laws—he did not admit that a change in that system would do much good to any one, although he alleged that it would not do much harm . to any one. The nearest approach to a reason for the change is that which we have heard this night—that the agriculturists have now too much protection, and that therefore they can afford, without loss or inconvenience to themselves— ( Hear)—to part with a portion of it, to make a sacrifice of that superfluity, in consideration of the feelings of the public at large. Now, I say that a sliding scale, modify it as you will, contains in its very fundamental principles defects and evils, which render it the far less expedient mode of laying a tax upon fo reign corn than a fixed and permanent duty.—( Hear. ) Let your duty be fixed, assuming always that duty to be mode rate. We proposed a duty of Bs. last year, but the Rightlflon. Baronet has almost convinced me to-night that the duty was too high.—( Hear, hear.) He has taken great pains to show that that duty would be as high as the duty under the scale which he intends to introduce. I do not quite admit the force of his reasoning on that head ; but I say that the principle for which we contend is that the duty should be fixed and low, and the principle to which we object is that the duty should vary with the price of the article. If the duty were fixed the trade in corn would assume a totally different character, It would acquire a totally different range of transactions. In stead of being a gambling transaction at home—instead of Leing a scramble for corn in neighbouring markets—instead of being a trade that scarcely touches the more distant markets, it would become a steady and regular commerce - by barter. The merchants engaged in that commerce would then make their arrangements with forecast and beforehand. They would make their arrangements to receive their corn from the Continent, where it was best produced, and to bring it home at the period when they thought it could best be disposed of in this country.—( Hear, hear.) You would then have an extension of your commerce with countries like the United States of America. Your commerce would not then consist of purchases of corn for bullion, but would become a regular commerce consisting of an interchange of merchandise on the one hand, and of corn on the other. Now, what is the course of your corn trade as it at present stands? Why no man can tell Irons year to year, or hardly from month to month, whether the trade in corn, and the price of corn will be, such as to make it worth his while to import any quantity from abroad. Parties waited, therefore, till a bad season produced a rise in prices in the home market ; and what they did they do then ? They ran in a hurry to the nearest market in order that they might get an immediate supply. But did they find the supply prepared with reference to the demands of the Eng lish market? No, they did not, because the foreign dealer in corn would act imprudently in locking up any great quantity of corn for the English market, not knowing whether, for one, two, or three years, he might be able to send it over to this country while his capital should in the meantime lie dead upon his hands. The corn we introduced was the corn which happened to be saleable in some great seaport town. But corn did not grow in towns. The corn imported was not corn grown in the neighbourhaod of large towns,because in such neighbourhoods the supply was not greater than the consumption on the • spot. Any considerableiportion of corn must come from the interior of the country, and subject of course to the expense of transfer, and liable to the delay which must take place before it is brought to any port. But the merchant is in a hurry—he is afraid his fellow rivals may get the start of him, and by the introduction of a large quantity lower the price, and raise the duty. Merchants compete with merchants—they raise the price at the port of embarka tion, and they are obliged to pay the foreigner perhaps twice as much as they should have paid if the duty was steady and regular, and of a natural character. That was all money thrown away. That money, however, might be turned into revenue to this country, instead of being thus left as a profit to the foreign merchant or the speculators on the spot. Then was that the only loss 2 It was clear that it was not. You want corn from a particular place, but not only must you pay a higher freight, but you must pay for vessels to be found upon the spot ; whereas if a regular trade was carried on, British vessels would go out in cargo, would come back with a cargo of corn, and that profit of the trade would go to the British instead of the foreign shipowner. The consequence would be that they must send bullion to pay for their corn ; that would have to be taken from the Bank; that would change the currency, and d stress and bankruptcy would follow. I think that a due consideration of their own interest would lead those who are owners of the soil, to prefer a system that would prevent sacrifice suc hpr o ie f es thet e r v a e n u nual if inco it me. country, werelh.osaettweenrdeedthe with evils by so t m he sliding scale. As regarded the internal state of the e persons engaged in trade felt the ill effect of such regulations, because every foreign country, when you ask them. to l m treaties of losing commerce , by tauntres restrictive tvwith duties,the t artiLmaYrkoeuts are ' gradually w t n h d i o c s h tvy you e e h : l m pe a d ee e a s n s d , e v a t n p d pled. your l h m a v a e n ü b f e a e c n t u t r o e l s d , not an t _ ,t vs , o i t o h l s d t a e n as d tilnyg surmounts, in t h o i o s n , ta suchte commercial o c s o i u n n g t r t y h l a i t k et it did 1 a s n o d , that is no answer; but by those laws you injure commerce, w a r h e i c t h h e y e e u v i I m s o i might h t he e e s c h u d r t e n g b y s e a a l d e , o pt anding t ouro these p h es r e i n n c o i t p ah l nt e i . s wdeeTi been answer has ah e t a s eas. b w ee e n g b i a v v e e n b be y en any to p l e d rso t n o commercial but in a politie w al heo p on o s i h n iida t es told that a great country like this ought to be in de p endent of r o s f t p ti v a i k s e e w a . n o in Woe hyave t foreign nations for its supply of food. I would venture to say, that although the Right Hon. Baronet admitted there were exceptions, those who voted with him would be influenced by that principle. Those who depended upon foreign commerce fur the means, by which they are to buy their bread, are, for all practical purposes, as much dependent upon foreign nations for their food and existence, as if that food was grown in foreign countries. A man may starve in the midst of plenty if he has e not the means of purchasing the necassaries of life.—(Hear.) Such an event took place in Ireland. In that country, while the greatest distress prevailed, and while the people were dying for food, cargoes of wheat left the market because the people had not the means of purchas ing such costly subsistence, and, therefore, I contend that it is fallacious to say that in a country, a large portion of whose peo ple subsist by foreign commerce, and whose means of purchasing depends on foreigners and their productions, , it is perfectly fallacious to say that such a nation can by any arrangemest or contrivance, render itself independent of foreign nations. Why is it that this earth which we inhabit is divided into such distinct climates. Why is it that different coun tries produce different productions while almost every nation have similar want s ? Why is it that this earth is intersected by mighty rivers, forming high ways from one part of it to another, or why is it that lands are brought together by that mighty ocean which seems in tended to divide them? Why, it is that man may be dependent upon man.—(Cheers.) It is, that the exchange of commodi ties may be accompanied by the extension and diffusion of knowledge. It is that the exchange of benefits may conciliate ties may be accompanied by the extension and diffusion of knowledge. It is that the exchange of benefits may conciliate and strengthen the affection that man bears to man. —( Cheers. ) And thus will Commerce, issuing forth with civilisation in o wth i h t e e in ; h li t a hh n ea d ys sc a tre n epa d tien l , e i ading Peace in the other, render mankind happier, wiser, better.—(Cheers.) These are the dispen sations of Providence—these se are the decreos of that power energiesnani night's perseiduoedbf prejudice. -.-( Cheer s.) (Cheers)—the dealers in their disposed arrogant universe. —( presumptuous H sliding ea r. ) s c follyaßl eust, (Cheers)—thinki ng to cast puny shackles around the inborn lation—(Great cheering) —i n the place - l of the standing laws of Nature. lam convinced, whatever . may be the result of this shall arrive, there will in wlso I a m satisfied that the strong hand of truth will at last swee p B. ) will prove too powerful for error I._n): h(aacntldh rkeeenaroson attempting to set u s their miserable legis but I hope that air.—( Cheers. the t h interval r v s a u l tn b .r e i n m g u s , that before that • away those cobwebs of delusion ,and with much patience, and that we may look for a bde but I trust a speedy, diffusion this subject. The seedsot of more enlightened principles on eb wi a ll nd this discussion of the Corn laws, that have been sown during policy.—( Hear, vain, but will bear their- a".egerbpaod mi sery,runa e l have riot been sown in fruit. The Government has made one step, though and have quitted their entr ; en l ch h m o ent s , as if hear.) arosmall one, in the course of :sound li in tention to stand an assault to move down from their fortress a They have broken ground it is now their pe that having once got them and to meet on the plain, that THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 17, 1842 a repetition of the engagement, though it be attended with their temporary success, may end in their permanent defeat.—( Laughter and cheers.) I mean defeat on this ques tion. Ido not look for a defeat on any other.—( Cheers.) We know too well what is their strength and their majority— (Loud cheers from the Tory benches)—but I do hope and trust, nay, I confidently expect, thsn at no distant period the minds of the men of this country will be thoroughly enlight ened on this subject, and that the same deference to to public opinion, which has wrung this small and reluctant concession from the Government, may one day extort from them a much nearer approximation to, if not a full arrival at, sound principles of legislation on this all-important subject.— ( Enthusiastic cheering, which continued for some time after the Noble Lord had resumed his seat. ) Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the House diviAed, when there appeared— For Lord J. Russell's Amendment 226 Against it Majority for Ministers On our re-ad m i ss i on to the Gallery we found the House in Committee, and Sir ROBERT PEEL upon his legs, tooting, as we Tinder stood, that the Chairman do report progress, and ask leave to sit again to-morrow, but the confusion in the body of the House was so great, that we could not distinctly collect the purport of the Right Hon. Baronet's observations. Mr. VILLIERS thought that at that late hour, and in the exhausted state of the House—(" No, no," from the Minis terial Benches)—he could not bring forward the motion of which he had given notice, except under such disadvantageous circumstances that he trusted the Right Hon. Baronet would not. press his motion, but postpone the further discussion to Friday. Sir R. PEEL did not think he could accede to the Hon. Gentleman's request. it should be recolected that the House had as yet really made no progress in the measure. The re solution was merely the foundation for bringing in a Bill. There would be many opportunities for discussing the ques tion, and he hoped that the Hon. Gentleman would be actu ated by the feeling that it would be desirable to conduct the discussion in such a manner as to lead to some practical result. His Right Hon. Friend had a motion for to-morrow on the subject of Exchequer Bills, which had been postponed in order to make way for the discussion. He hoped that the Hon. Member would not object to his resolution for the post ponement of the discussion to Friday, as that would throw them over into the next week. There would be an opportu nity of opening the whole question upon the second reading of the Bill.—( Hear.) Mr. WAKLEY now rose amidst great confusion, and said he hoped that the Right Hon. Baronet would accede to the very humble request of the Hon. Member for Wolverhampton. Vast numbers of petitions had been presented from the people for the total repeal of the Corn-laws, arid, after the fatigue of a three nights' debate, he hoped, the House would not hurry on the discussion until Friday. The present discussion related to the taxing the people's bread, and before the House came to a division upon that tax, they ought to know what were the other taxes which the Right Hon. Baronet intended to propose, and how far they would affect the people. He hoped, therefore, that the Right Hon. Bart. would consider the proposition of the Non. Gentleman (Mr. Villiers). Lord JOHN RUSSELL thought the request made by his Hon. Friend the Member for Wolverhampton was very reason able. Sir ROBERT PEEL said he did not wish to throw any obstacle in the way of the lion. Gentleman opposite • he was only acting on what h e cons id ere d t o b e p u bli c d u ty, and for the public interests.—( Hear, hear.) He had now, however, no objection to accede to the Hon. 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Sams, Ebere, Mitchell, Andrews, and Seguin, during the run of this popu lar Pantomime. grain, when imported for the sake of revenue, and asserted, with something of the inspiration of genius, that the time is not far off when the Tories, bowing as heretofore to public opinion, will acknowledge those principles, and make them the basis of the nationalpolicy. Sir ROBERT PEEL made a laboured defence of his sliding scale, and openly acknowledged that it was not formed from any conviction of its justice, but to please a friend and disarm an opponent. It is a compromise be tween the claims of partisans, not between the interests of the nation. He dwelt on the mighty interests involved in the production annually of 45 million quarters ofgrain, as if the Corn-law produced them, and not the industrious labourers, who are denied a reasonable share in the vast produce. He insisted, too, emphatically, on the protection which has for many years been given to agriculture by the law, while the fact is, that the law never has given the protection it has promised, and has for the last twenty five years continually deluded the farmers into promis ing more rent than they could pay. At one time it promised them a protection of 80s., then 655., and now, conforming to circumstances which the pro tecting law has been unable to prevent, it promises them a protection of 565. If protection injures the community, it swindles the farmer. Sir ROBERT'S speech was not so coldly received as his former one, from which we infer that he has recon ciled his followers to his scheme rather than let in, as Mr. CHRISTOPHER said, the enemies of the landed interest. After these two speeches, Mr. ROEBUCK'S speech was the lion of the night, but to his able oration we must take another occasion to do justice. Lord ASHLEY explained to . the House, relieving the heaviness of the debate, that Mr. WARD had made a most unjust and unfounded attack on him the night be fore, for which Mr. WARD pointedly and respectfully asked Lord ASHLEY'S pardon. The Noble Lord was satisfied. We cannot conclude this brief notice of the proceed ings, last night, without adding that Sir R. PEEL seems more confident, and more determined, than he was on Wednesday. From the Parliament there is no hope - GOD helps them who help themselves. In the House of Commons a great deal has been said of the amount of capital vested in the soil. What does this mean? So far as the landlords are concerned, they hare obtained from the land a continually increasing rent, but they have invested no additional capital of im portance in land. We have heard on several occasions of their ruining their tenants by their exactions. We have heard of tenants investingcapital in improvements by which the landlords have profited ; but we know of no capital the landlords have invested in the soil. They have wrung capital and income out of the land. They have obtained a greater price for land as population has ad vanced. We deny that they have invested any capital in land. When men speak of tenants investing capital in land , what is meant ? They drain land ; they clear it ; they pulverise it ; they heap manure on it ; in short, they employ labour on the land,, 'and nothing more ; and they have as good a right as other capitalists to expect a profit on the capital they have applied to employing labour. But it is quite clear that the whole of the capital they have invested has been employed in setting labourers to work. Now if wages are kept up by Corn-laws, as is said, it is clear that the Corn-laws have compelled the farmers to give more for the labour they have employed than would be otherwise necessary. The question then really comes to this, that the Corn-laws make the farmers invest a nominally larger capital in the land, not an increased quantity of labour—and then they require the community to pay a higher price for its corn to reimburse them fur the expense the Corn-laws have put them to. This may be amusing to political schemers, but, nonentity as in the end it turns out to be, it is death to the people. Dr. SMITE( has shown with great force that a bounty on the export of corn, whiCh in its effect is tan tamount to the duty on corn imported, has ultimately no other effect than to lower the price of the pre cious metals in the community, or raise the price in our country above the price in other countries. This is the effect of our Corn-laws. They raise nomi nal prices, and sanction a general system of plunder ; but they do not encourage agriculture or promote its improvement. They inflict irreparable injury on the people—we believe they only nominally raise the amount of the landlords' income and the tenants' profits. They annihilate trade, and enable some men to say they have 30,0001 a year, who would otherwise be obliged to say they had only 27,0001., though the latter sum would, with free trade, buy quite as much, or more, of all other commodities as the former. The race of jolterheads are sacrificing the community to a mere name. We could not but admire the iiuivete with which more than one Member referred on Tuesday night to Mr. liusltssoN's opinions, and dwelt particularly on the fact that the Right Hon. Gentleman always deferred to what was practicable. Mr. LABOUCHERE quoted an opi nion of Lord STANLEY'S, borrowed, no doubt, from Mr. linsicissoN, in which that Noble Lord said he was for a fixed duty, but it was not practicable. Now the practica bility of which Mr. HusaissoN spoke, and which Lord STANLEY imitated, were in fact then, as now, nothing more and nothing less than the resolution of the land lords to maintain their station, as Sir E. KNATCHBULL expressed it, by taxing the people's bread. Mr. Husaissox was, through his whole life, a trading politician, and was dependent for all his political powt r on the Tory aristocracy, whose servant he was. Ile was obliged to fashion both his conduct and his opinions by their desires. What he . meant by practicable, and what Lord STANLEY, who unthinkingly followed him, meant by practicable, was what the Tory aristocracy would consent to. Neither of them thought of what was due to justice or due to the people, they only though of what the landlords would allow. Now, it must be for every reflecting mind a curious thing to see the trimming and subservient opinions of Mr. Hus xissoN, adapted to his station and his time, now quoted as the guide of Parliament. The most defective analysis at onto convinces us, that Mr. Husxissores opinions were, in fact, the offspring of the selfishness or political scoundrelism of the landlords from 1815 to 1828; and they are now quoted as solemn wisdom, and made the guide of Parliament, We do not, in all these quo tations, get one step beyond that selfishness which is at once the parent of our laws, and was the parent of Mr. HusaissoN's practical opinions and conduct. Machinery and ite effects, have, during the present debate, been much discussed, and great pains have been taken on the Tory side, to prove that it is productive of many evils to the manual labourers, whom it displaces. At the same time, Sir R. Pzim has acknowledged that machinery is beneficial, and we may safely conclude that it cannot be dispensed with, and must be continually extended and improved, if this country is to remain a great nation. Such being the leading facts in our mo dern economical histori—machinery being of great ad vantage to society, and in , some cases injurious to indi viduals, what have those statesmen done, who undertake the regulation of railways, and deplore the effects of com petition, who regulate the sale of land at the antipodes, and adjust the supply of labour to the market in the An tilles, to check this admitted evil, and compensate the indi viduals for the sacrifice which the welfare of society de mands of them P Nothing, absolutely and positively nothing. They . have entirely neglected this part of their duty, and only complain of the selfishness of capitalists, while they advise the displaced labourers to be patient and submissive. Were a clerk displaced by reform ing a Court, the officials of Whitehall would allow the Parliament no rest till he was compensated out of the public revenue. But he is a sort of gentleman, and dependent on the Government ; the hand-loom weavers are of the labouring classes, and independent men. The one is taken care of ; the other is left to perish. The Tory statesmen, who meddle with every thing, cannot allow the evil effects of the use of machinery on individuals to go unalleviated without ad ding to their disgrace, and to the hatred they already deserve at the hands of the cheated labourers. In defending the Government Corn-law scheme on Mon day night in the House of Commons, Sir E. KNA.TCHIIIILL took occasion tonbserve, " the landed interest had freely received the proposal made by the Right Hon. Baronet, and he (Sir E. liNarcunum.) should never have agreed to it, unless it gave to the agriculturists such ample secu rity for their property, as might enable them to maintain that station in society which it was their right to hold." In these few words, insignificant as they may appear, we have the whole secret of the landholders' protracted oppo sition to any alteration in the Corn-laws. They are opposed to these laws, not from any enlarged principle of justice or patriotism ; not because they are at variance with common sense and common humanity ; but simply and solely, because any effectual alteration in them may prevent their party from maintaining "that station in society, which it is their right to hold." So the best and dearest interests of the country are to be sacrificed, in order that the landowners may still continue to main tain their " station in society "—a station, be it observed fixed by themselves, and according to their own sense of self-importance ! Everything is to be made sub servient to this great—this paramount necessity. The interests of the landholders are superior to every other interest. What matters it how the vast mass of , the community is distressed, so long as they thrive, and maintain their high " station in society 2" The people were born for no other purpose than to be the hewers of wood and drawers of water ; and, in like manner, the landholders were born to maintain a certain " station in society," which, in all matters of legislation, is the very first thing that must be looked to. Now we warn these selfish, aristocratic monopolists, who scarcely deign to acknowledge the existence of any other party than their own, to beware how they intrude their claims to factitious importance on the public atten tion. We warn them to beware how they add insult to injury ! We conjure them to remember and get by heart the lesson set them by the old French aristocracy, who fell, chiefly in consequence of this very arrogance. Wkat are "stations in society" compared with the great interests of the people ? Arc the weavers of Paisley to starve—the cotton-spinners of Man chester to perish by thousands off the face of the earth—in order that the landholders may revel in luxury, and keep up their state at Court. However it may have been hitherto, such nonsense will be tolerated no longer. Mere conventional distinctions are rapidly losing their value in public estimation ; and the big word "Aristocracy" is no longer the bug-bear that itonce used to be. The People have become too shrewd—too en lightened—to allow their interests to be sacrificed any longer to a groat landholder's sense of self-importance. Rumours of an intended revolutionary movement in Spain, fixed for April next, have for some time pre vailed in Paris. Some short time ago, a gentleman re siding in Madrid, wrote to a friend in London, stating that the Carlists and Christinos had come to an amicable understanding, and that when the flag of revolution should be again unfurled in the Basques, CABRERA would be at the head of a movement combining equally the interests of CARLOS and CHRISTINA. On Sunday it was whispered in the diplomatic circles that the French Government had permitted CABRERA secretly to escape from prison, and that he was actually in Paris contriving a plan of insurrection with Madame CHRISTINA MUNOZ, now a daily visitor at the Tuileries. The subject, we are happy to see, was brought before the House of Commons last night by Colonel Fox, in answer to a question from whom, Sir ROBERT PEEL stated, that the Government had heard, though not officially, that CABRERA was in Paris, or would be thei e very shortly ; and further, that lie sincerely trusted the Spanish Government would be strong enough to crush any attempt to disturb the national tranquillity. The treasons of the French Government against Spain, are therefore no longer doubtful. CHRISTINA and LOUIS PHILIPPE'S machinations are now revealed to the world and in time enough to put the REGENT entirely upon his guard. The Tories, we rejoice to announce, have adopted the Spanish policy of the Whigs, so far as re gards the maintenance of the Constitution. This will give vigour to the councils of the Spanish Cabinet ; and when the gravity of the case is known in Madrid, we shall expect to hear of fewer dissensions in the halls of the Cortes. In our Foreign Summary we have given a few extract, from the Paris Papers, showing what is thought of Sir ROBERT PEEL'S Corn•law scheme in France. Hardly any other topic is touched upon in these Journals. The persecution of the press by the printers, who are now virtually constituted newspaper censors, and who print or reject leading articles at their pleasure, excites no attention beyond the offices pf the oppressed journals. Thus, the Government has now only to bribe a printer, to crush any daily paper without encountering the odium of a prosecution. The Paris Papers give currency to some favourable news from French Africa. ABD-EL-KADER, however, still threatens to give the French a world of trouble. Died, at Mostaganem, in Africa, on the 20th of January, Edward Charles, youngest son of the late Patrick Henry Russell, Esq., of the County Down, representative of one of the oldest families in Ire. land, Barons of Ulster from the conquest to the time of Cromwell. The Ministry is silent respecting the events at Hayti, which ap pears even to be doubted. The Journal du Havre brings to-day the following confirmation of it :—" Captain Briam de Boisjillet, of the Amelia, coming from Gonaives, in St. Domingo, confirms the news, received by the way of America, of the serious disagreements which have arisen between the Republic and the Consul of France, in consequence of the seizure made on board the St. Jacques. M. Lavasseur was still on board the Berjere corvette, waiting for in. structions from the French Government."—Commerce. BOURSE-PARIS, MONDAY, FEB. 14. knit Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Pile.. Prier. French 5 per Cents ...... ..... 119 5 Ilk 15 ... 1 , 8 90 ... 118 90 4 per Cents lO3 ... 1i 350 ... 103 ... 103 50 per Cents 79 95 79 95 79 90 ... 79 95 Loan Bank 01 erratic. Lafinte Bank 1.0001. Shares 1025 —1025 ...1022 50 ...1e42 50 5,000(. Shares seklo ...WS° ...man Belgian Bank ........... 810 ... 812 50 812 50 Belgian 5 per Cents. 104% ... 104% ... 104% .. 104% per Cents., 1840 105% ... 105% . 105% ... 105% 3 per Cents ..».» 72 60 ... 72 60 .. ... 72 50 ... 72 60 Spanish Active .............» 2 5% 25 % 2 5 ?i Passive 5% 5% ... 5% ... Portuguese 5 per Cents. Beapoltlan Rowan lO4. 1044...104 31 RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain Versailles, It. li 340 240 340 Sl() L.B 211) 210 210 ... 210 aouan ..... 212 50 ... 515 512 50 ... 515 Orleans .. 565 565 ... 560 560 Strasburg to Bale 230 233 75 . 230 293 75 HA 51131 U RO BORSENHALLE, FRS. 11 Bills. Money Austrian 5 per Cents. 109 Bank Shares 1685 1663 Anglo-Russian Loan 'log 109% Russian 5 per Cent. let series, Certific a t e Inscription, IstSerics ........ 104 Russian 5 per Cont . Hope and Co. bd and 9th Series ........ ..... 9 8 g Ditto in Certificates ...... 18 Ncw 4 per Cent. ..... Dutch Actual Debt, 23 per Cent 3l 50% Ditto Polish Bonds ....... 158 k New lick ets 16934 169 k Anglo-Vanish Loan, 3 per 78 .78 Notwegian Limn, 1834, 4 per Cent. 102% Spanish, New 5 per EXCHANGES ON LONDON. HAMBURG, Fits. 11.-13 83 2 .—Tw0 months, 13 6%. PETERSBURGII, FEB. 3.—Two months, 38 5-16 pence., STOCKHOLM, Fax. 4.—Seventy-five days, 12. 16. VIENNA, Fss. I , .—Three months. 9. 39%. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—Braw, Fag. 8. Bills. Money. St. Schuld. Sch., 4 y, per cent. lOl 1943{ Prussian English Lean, MO, 4 per cent 1033 i Nunange on London, three months — 20% —Prussian State Gazette. Feb. 9. Mr. Charles Dickens has arrived safely in America. We read, in a private letter from Boston, that "no Prince or Potentate that ever reigned was ever half so worshipped as he is by these people, and all for the sake of little Oliver and Nell. At home or abroad, in the streets, the theatres, the Legislature, any where and everywhere, at great balls in his honour, public dinners in his honour, at the Universities, factories, museums, libraries, and all places, public or private, you have no conception of the enthusiastic show." SIR ROBERT PEEL'S SCALZ has been drawn up with one single object, that of keeping his party united. It pro mises, we regret to say, to b e success f u l , and if not re sisted by the public it will be carried through Parliament. It will be efficacious against the Whigs, to defeat whom the Tories will starve the people by the way. They do not design this perhaps, at least they say so; what they aim at exclusively is, to keep themselves in and keep out the Whigs, and to attain this single end is the object of Sir Robert Peel's wonderful scale. CONVEYANCE OF LANDS BY THE DUKE OF CORN WALL.—This Bill, brought in by Mr. Pemberton. has for its purpose the removing of doubts which at present exist, as to whether, under the peculiar form of inherit ance by which the Prince of Wales stands seised of the Duchy, leases and grants made therefrom will be good and indefeasible estates in law for longer than his life. The enactments proposed are to render all such valid for the full time specified in the indentures, provided the time does not exceed thirty-one years, or, in the case of waste lands, ninety-nine years ; covenants in his Highness's lease to be as effectual as if he wero pos sessed of an absolute estate, saving certain rights speci fied. Her Majesty to be acting guardian during the Prince's minority, A letter from Rome, dated January 11, states that the great "Feast of Tongues" which is annually held on the Sunday after the festi va l of. the Three Kings, took place in that capital two days ago. If the " Feast of Tongues" at Rome is not more edifying than the pre sent " Feast of Tongues" in the House of Commons, it must be a very sorry affair ! An incidental discussion took place on Monday night in the House of Lords on the subject of turtle, and the duties paid on it. In the course of this discussion, which we have nb doubt, will excite a lively interest at Guild hall, a Noble Lord observed that it was not yet decided, whether a turtle was, or was not, a fish. In this state of uncertainty on a question so important to all lovers of calipash and calipe ,e we should respectfully recommend that the subject be referred to a Committee of the Court of Aldermen, who will be sure to give the best, because the most practical and scientific, opinion upon it.. Even a reference to the Bench of Bishops would not be amiss. ----- MELANCHOLY SUICIDE.--A melanchT; suicide was committed on the afternoon of Wednesday . 11 C O 3 at Milfield Hill, by an old man named Willi am Gilholme., 93 years of age. His daughter and grand-daughter resided with him, and in 'clock,attempt e d e th o he ahem razor, but not sthueiciridaebbseynccuettentgwehoenththwi s w an r d ists th .' r ,, e suc ceeding, he resorted to the manner which proved fatal, viz., by suspending himself to one the bind ers i n t h e house by a rope. The body was discovered in less than half an hour by a begger-woman, but ere this the vital spark had fled. He was possessed of all his faculties and senses, but only impaired by old age. —Berwick Advertiser. An avalanche fell' at Fabrigues, near Prader d'Aubrac, in the Pyrenees, a few ntghLY ago, and completely overwhelmed a barn, containing 30 head of cattle and 60 sheep. The keeper was fortunately absent, and no hmnan being lost his life. Such an event as the falling of an avalanche is stated to be very rare in this part of the mountains. Another ava lanche fell on the same night at Mares, in the Ardeclse, and overwhelmed two houses. In one the man and his wife were killed, but their two children were saved ; in the other the man and his wife were saved, but their mother and their four children perished. DEATH FROM TIGHT LACING.—Last week an inquest wag held at the George Inn, Chard, on view of the body I of Harriet Palmer, aged 13, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Palmer, of the Crown Inn, who died suddenly, on Saturday, as she was walking in the High.street, from rupture ofthe blood -vessels of the lungs, occasioned by a slight exertion while under the pressure of tight lacing. The Jury returned the following verdict :—" Died from the rupture of vessels on the lungs;" and added," the Jury wish to express their opinion, that the rupture of vessels on the lungs of the deceased was occasioned by the undue pressure of tight stays on the chest, and record this opinion as a caution to the public of the injurious tendency of tight lacing,. COURT CIRCULAR. BLLIGHTO/i, WEDNESDAY.—Her Majesty and Prince Al bert went out on horseback, accompanied by the suite. Her Majesty looked extremely well. The Royal party proceeded up the Marine Parade, through Kemp Town, towards Rotting dean, and returned to the Pavilion, entering the north gate about eleven o'clock. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by several Staff Officers, attended a review of the 2d, or Scotch Greys. The regiment went through several evolutions under the command of General Sir Keir Grant. their Colonel. His Royal High ness was habited in the uniform of the 11th hussars, and re turned to the Palace shortly after two o'clock. Ludy Portman arrived at the Pavilion yesterday evening, and succeeded Lady Jocelyn as Lady in Waiting. The Dinner Party this evening included her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, her Royal High ness the Duchess of Kent, his Serene Highness Prince Fer dinand of Saxe Cobourg, his Serene Highness Prince Augustus of Saxe Cobourg, his Serene Highness Prince Leopold of Saxe Cobourg, Baroness Lehzen, the Earl of Liverpool, Baron Stockmar, Sir George Cowper, Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. Anson, General Sir William tKerr Grant, Lieut.-Col. Clarke, Lieut. -Gen. Upton, Le Capitaine Count le Dagen field Schomberg, Le Capitaine de Zaitsch, Lady Fanny How ard, Dr. Pretorius, the Lord in Waiting, Lord Rivers, the Groom in Waiting, Capt. Meyrell, the Everry in Waiting on her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent. Her Majesty's private band, and the band of the Coldstream Guards were in attendance in the evening. Among the calls at the Pavilion this day were Captain and Mrs, Neale, the Earl and Countess of Sheffield, Mr. Laurence, and Lady Jane Peel, Mr. and Lady Elizabeth Osborn, Sir lligos Falkner, Major Sancombe. In consequence of the afternoon being rather wet, her Ma jesty did not leave the Pavilion. Yesterday afternoon, at four o'clock, her Majesty and Prince Albert took an airing in a pony phaeton, his Royal Highness driving ; this unique turn out attracted much attention. The Royal suite followed in three carriages and four, attended by outriders. The Royal party left by the south entrance ; pro ceeded along the Kings-road as far as Brunswick-square, turned up into the Western-road, down North-street and the New road, towards the Lewes-road, and continued their course until they arrived at Stanmer Park, the seat of the Earl of Chiches ter. The Royal cortege drove through the beautiful park, and came out on the Ditchling-road, and returned over the hills to the Pavilion, entering the north-gate a few minutes before six. Sir J. Adolphus has arrived at Albemarle House. Major Bayley has taken up his residence at 45, King's-road. The Hon. Rice Trevor, M.P., and the Hon. Mr. C arew , M.P., have left to attend to their Parliamentary duties, but are expected to return after the division on the Corn-laws. Lady Clarke has arrived at 98, King's-road. Mr. Justice Cresswell and Mrs. Fitzgerald are amongst the latest arrivals at the Norfolk Hotel. Lord Dillon is occupying a suite of apartments at the Bedford. Apartments are engaged at the Norfolk Hotel for Lady Webster. _ Hon. W. Melville has arrived at the Bedford Hotel. Lady Ridley is still sojourning at the Norfolk Hotel. Mr. Fitzroy Kelly and Mr. Woodruffe are staying at the Albion. Colonel Sir Michael Creagh and the Hon. Mrs. Montague are amongst the latest arrivals at the Royal Pier Hotel. Departures.—The Hon. Sir James and Lady Wigram, Hon. T. 'I ollemache, M.P., and Lady Tollemache. Her Royal Highness the Princess Sophia Matilda visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday at Marlborough House. In the afternoon her Royal Highness left town for her residence at Blackheath. Hastie, M.P., had an i nterv i ew yesterday with Sir R. Peel, at his official residence in Downing -street. Alajor-General Sir Dudley Hill had an interview with Lord Stanley yesterday at the Colonial -office. The Postmaster-General had an interview yesterday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, at his official residence in Downing-street. Mr. John Mantel!, Queen's Advocate of her Majesty's settle ments on the Gambia, had an interview yesterday with Lord. Stanley. Despatches from Sir Charles Bagot, Governor of the Ca nadas, and also from the Governors of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. Dispatches were also received yesterday at the Colonial- office from the Governor of British Guiana. HONESTY.—A few days since a lady left her bag in an omnibus of the Paddington Conveyance Association; and its contents being a considerable sum in sovereigns, silver, and other articles of smaller value, which it was impossible she could identify, she gave it up as lost. Soon after, however, the lady was agreeably surprised by having her attention di rected to an advertisement for the owner of a bag found. This turned out to be the same, and was restored to her, when the contents were found to be exactly as she left them—not a penny missing. THE LATE SNOW STORM.--FATAL ACCI DENT.—On Saturday se'nnight, a crofter, named John M'Cook, set out front his own house, near Morven-lodge, in Glengairn, to tras to Strathdon, to bring home a boll of meal. He had a horse with him, and having received the meal, left Donside, after which no tidings of him were heard until Tuesday se'nnight, when his dead body was found in the snow on the bill between Donside and Glen. gairn. The horse was still alive, and had remained beside the corpse of its master.—Caledonian Mercury. Sir Thomas Fremantle and Sir George Clerk had interviews with Sir Robert Peel yesterday morning at the residence of the Right Hon. Baronet in Whitehall Gardens. Sir Edward Knatchbull had a long interview with Sir James Graham yesterday morning at the Home-office. The snow has fallen in such abundance in the Py renees, that the houses of the village of Gavarni are said to have the snow up to their roofs. _ IVe learn from Berlin that the King of Prussia was expected to arrive there on the 15th. The King of Hanover it is said is to pay his Majesty a visit. Prince Louis Napoleon, as the National states, is at present suffering from rheumatic attacks in his prison at Ham. On Wednesday last the 9th inst., Hananel Decastro, Esq., was elected Deputy Chairman of the United Kingdom Life Assurance Company, in place of William Plas ket, Esq., lately deceased, and William Railton, the eminent architect, was elected a Director of the said Company. - - A CHILD BURIED IN THE BANKS OF THE Itiv ER.—An inquest was held on Tuesday by Mr. Baker, thecoroner, at the Gun, High-street, Wapping, on the body of a male child, name and age unknown. It appeared that on Saturday evening last, as a dredgerman was at work on the banks of the river at Limehouse, he found a bask et deeply sunk in the sand, and upon opening it, the body of the deceased was found. From its decom_ posed state, it could not be ascertained whether death was the re. suit of violence, or even if the child had been born alive. Verdict " Found dead." We mentioned, a short time since, that the carriage of a gentleman going to Blois, was accidentally destroyed by the embers of a chaufferette used by a lady inside communicating with some wicker.work at the back of the vehicle, and setting it on fire. It appears that a countryman was jogging along on his pony be. hind the carriage all the time, and saw smoke issuing from it, but gave no alarm to the persons in it. On being questioned, how he could be so stupid, he repliede There are so many new inventions now.a.days that I thought your vehicle was perhaps a steam one." - - How TO LEARN FRENCH.--A friend of ours on a recent visit to Paris, thought it well to make a virtue of necessity; and, in order to practise only the language of the country, so as to acquire facility in speaki ng i t , reso l ve d to board in a house where no English resided. B e i ng sat i s fi e d in hispen sion forparticulara month,inquiries set in n hist i s luggage,respect he agre e d f or hi s " and occupied hi s a ll o tt e d apartment. The first day's dinner hour had arrived, and he had brushed up his French to meet the numerous party who sat down to it. Besides the head of the establshment there were twenty-five at table, and they were _all Americans ! ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MR. OSBALDISTON. Another new Domestic Drama, combining intense interest and such !powerfully electric situations and effects as have never been attempted in Dramas of this description. MIS EVENING, FEB. 17, Will be performed, a New Domestic Drama, in Three Acts, entitled MARY WHITE ; or, the MURDER at the OLD TARBARD —Savage Sam, Mr. E. F. Saville; Baynard, Mr. Dale ; Giles ' Mr. Gardner ; Ma r y Whit e , Mi ss Vi ncent , t h e acknowledged Heroine of Domestic Tragedy. After which, THE WILD IRISH GlRL.—Shelah Miss Vincent, in which she will dance her celebrated Donny brook Rant, and sing several humourous chaunts. and a new Medley Epilogue. To conclude with the Grand Romance of THE LADY OF THE LAKE.—Roderick Dhu, Mr. Dale; Fitzjames, Mr. E. F. Saville ; Malcolm, Mr. Seaman ; Blanch of Devon, Miss Collett. Boxes, 2s.—Pit,ls.— Gallery,Rd.—Half-price to the Boxes only, at Half-past Eight. NOTICE. 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V.," whic h has been in type for some time , will be inserted as soon as we can find room. - • THE WEATHER.—NOON, FEBR ITARy ROYAL GALLERY OF SC IENCE, AD ELAIDE -STR EET . Thermometer... 45 I Highest , 51. Point 2.2 Deg. I L 0we5t....... 39 Barometer 30.12.—Wind IV.—breenng THIS Da y minutes after Morning 32 minutes a ft er 5 1 5. H1(111 WATER AT I.ONDC_),N BRIDGE bvening ...... 51 t r. , (it' 4 4, to/p44,111"4,..":4f 4;411110034cejr.41Nk0r7 KNI 7,-. - ~~ '~> ~~s LONDON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1 7, 18 42. After a three nights' debate the Rouse divided this morning, a at quarter before two o'clock, on Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S motion, and the Noble Lord was left in a minority of 123. The numbers were -2.16 to 349. But though the Liberal party were def eated b y num bers, and though they are divided between total re pealers and the advocates of a fixed duty, they are victorious in argument. Lord PALMERSTON concluded the debate by a short and powerful speech, in which the Noble Lord advocated the broadest and most liberal commercial .principles, though he contended for the propriety of taxing foreign SUMMARY OF NEWS AND V tebitt 4 4) ptlttott. rho runs may read." Sir Robert Peel's Cornl:latantruf begins to excite attention in France. The Courrier Franca,: thus writes of it:—" The proposition of Sir Rob e rt P eel is a derision. It effaces the aspe.. cities of the law, but it doe s not c s h h a i n l g li e ng it s . be iTheng a s p resultsr willtor re main as o ; one of thirty-fire shillings. It is to o ev i dent that the Minister hibi the same, a deity of tv.enty not daring to grapple boldly with the question, hopes to .get rid of it by sleight of hand ; and that, whilst he makes himself, the instrument of the aristocracy, he attempts to give himself the air of a man making a concession to public opinion. The speech with which he prefaced his proposition is a chef d'reuvr e • f charlatanism, and nothing more. This strange episode decides the fate of the Tory Ministry. If it had been wise enough to make a conces sion, it might have held on for some time longer, thanks to the stony of the public mind. lie attempts to struggle against neces. sity, and on that rock he will split." The National takes the same view of the Premier's policy : " Everybody expected, after it had been solemnly acknowledged in the Speech from the Crown that the manufacturing classes were suffering horrible, frightful misery, that the Prime Minister would have attempted to relieve such poignant distress. The course re. commended by him, however, is a bitter derision. The existing Corn laws are prohibitory ; what will the new law be? Does Sir Robert Peel think he will give any material relief to the people by putting a tax of 50 per cent, upon the bread which they eat P It 18 not surprising that the people of London should be excited, that the delegates of the industrious classes should have gone in person to the House of Commons to protest against the proposed Bill, and that this shameful mockery should have caused extreme agitation in the public mind." The French printers have assumed the functions of Censors, to that never was the press of France snore restricted. The printer of the Haro of Caen has refused to print part of an article for that Journal, on account of the responsibility he was likely to incur. In consequence of this, the article has been kept back, and the paper complains loudly of the circumstance.—The Echo de Tarn et Ga. ronne is in a similar predicament; only in this case the article which the printer objected to had been already published by the Gazette du Dauphin,. The Federal of Geneva mentions the death at Malagnon, on the Bth inst., of M. Ferriere, Protestant Minister, who was appointed pastor in 1803, and had for 14 years been Principal at the College at Geneva. He was the only member of the Church of Geneva or. dained by an English Bishop, having received his orders iit Lon. don from Bishop Porteus. He was much known and respected by the English residents at Geneva, great numbers of whom attended his funeral. A letter from Washington of the 29th ult stays--" Mr. Dixon, one of the Senators from Rhode Island, died this morning. He was a man of sound sense, and great personal worth. It is understood that he is to be buried on Monday, and In that case, nothing will be done in either House of Congress, but meet and hear the announce ment of his death. The following account of the proceedings at Cabool is extracted from a private letter which came w ith the official despatches, and is, we are informed, the only report at all in detail which has been received: "By ten o'clock, Lieut. Street got all in order, and at twelve made a good breach (in a fort at Cabool, which the rebels had con. trived to obtain possession of), and in a few minutes it was carried. Hobhouse, and twelve of the 13th, volunteered for the assault." PUBLIC OPINION. The Post has a lengthy article—which it threatens to continue— oil the subject of Lord Ashburton's mission to the United States ; in which it observes, " while we willingly record our entire ap_ proval of the policy which dictated his Lordship's selection, we can not conceal from ourselves that the present aspect of affairs forbids the formation of too sanguine hopes." The Times remarks, in an article suggested by Mr. Ferrand's speech on Monday, that if the manufacturers " stood clear with th• working classes they might be formidable; but it is a rash thing for persons who have acquired the reputation of oppressors in their own neighbourhood, to bluster loudly against oppression ; it is un. wise for those who have supported the New Poor.law, and amassed boundless wealth by the factory system, to accuse others of enrich. ing themselves by the distresses of the poor." The Herald says, "any scale of duties in which any figure ex. eludes regular importations is, according to Lord John Russell, unnecessary protection; constant and easy importations are the Whig test of sufficient protection. This is the vital error of the late Cabinet ; it is this which effectually prevents any compromise between the Noble Lord and Sir Robert Peel." The Chronicle, returning to Sir Robert Peel's Corn.law scheme, observes that " the great objection to the scheme is, that it gives to the countries of the Baltic the monopoly of supplying our oc casional demands, and thus entails on us the evils of the present system with little mitigation." a. =FORM. Two mock figures of Sir Robert Peel were carried through the streets of Leicester on Monday last; one of whi:h was committed to the flames. At Rochdale his effigy was publicly burned by torch.light, among the execrations of thousands of people. The petitions presented to Parliament for the Repeal of the Corn.laws, from the 4th to the 9th of February, amount to 1,033, with 259,939 signatures. PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT. The citizens of Waterford have drawn up a memorial requesting that a daily mail may be established between that port and Bristol, the present post communication with Milford Havelt being found inadequate. NAVAL AND MIZZTAXY. The reduction of the Russian army, ordered on the 4th of this month, amounts to 60,000 men. LAW AND POLICE. Mr. George De Hanson Clarke, the manager of the Inventors' Advocate newspaper, carried on at 198, Strand, was brought up for final examination at the Bankruptcy Court on Tuesday, but flu•_ Cher adjournment of the case was made for hearing on the audit-day. Henry Fownes, a wholesale glover in Tavistock-street, Covent. garden, was on Tuesday charged at Union hall with furiously riding on horseback, and causing the death of Ellen Gunter, the wife of a tradesman in Whitechapel. In defence of Mr. Fownes it was stated that the horse shied, and thereby caused the accident, and had afterwards thrown himself, He was finally adjudged to enter into recognizance and sureties to reappear on Friday next. FINE ARTS. A triumphal arch is about to be erected at Munich, by order of the King, on which a colossal statue is to be placed. M. tanner is to be the architect, and M. Wagner the sculptor. THEATRICAL. A new comedy in Live acts, to be called" The lektg et of th e Day," is in rehearsal at Covent-Emden Theatre b The author is Mr. Douglas Jerrold. MISCIZULANIIOI7B. Of the present Peers of the United Kingdont:one ; Lard LYIle" doch, is above 90 years of age ; sixteen are above 80; and :any one are more than 70 years old. • MONEY and COMMERCIAL N EWS, CITY, , It might have been expectedWEDNESDAT EV that stocks wouId ENING have gone rather lower upon the unfavourable news from Nmerica, but as its tendency was commercial and not political, it was not so likel7 that the general public would . be deterred by it from investing in the funds. Consols for immediate transfer were 89 to 891, and for Account 894 to 89-1. Exchequer Bins were 235. to 255. premium ; and India Bonds, 58. to 7s, prem. New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. %vete 986 to 98a, and Bank Stock was at an advance to 168} and 169. Mexican Stock was again in demand to-day, and fl uc t uate d a little in value, viz., from 34} to 35k. The other foreign securities were dull, and although M. Salamanca's arrival in London was again reported, no diaposition was evinced to speculate. Spanish Activeswere heavy, at 24i to 241. Brazil Stoek of 1829 varied from 56 to 57, French Five per Cents. were 118, and Dutch Two-and-a -Half per Cents, 514 to 52. The Share Market was depressed, the quotations were as follows : —Great Western New, 10 ; the Fifths, si; i m a m and Birmingham New, 26a; South Western, 21i; and York and North Midland, 40i premium. Brighton Shares were tai to I3i ; Blackwall, 13i ; Manchester and Birmingham, 12; Midland Counties, 18 ; and Northern and Eastern, 41 discount Colonial Bank Shares were 14, and London Joint Stock, 2i premium. British North American Bank, 7 discount. (From The Sun of Last Night.) LIVERPOOL COTTON 'MARKET, FEB. 15.--We have had a very indifferent Cotton Market to-day, the sites not amount ing to more than 2,000 bales to the trade at declining. rites. Nothing in export or speculation. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, Era. 15.—The transactions at the Stock Exchange this day, are reported*, follows Eastern Counties, 83; Grand Junction, Half Shares, 92; Graf Western, New, 591 • Liverpool and Manchester, 191; L o ud* and Birmingham, 167} ; Midland Counties , Quatter Shari., 31. 17s ; Paris and Rouen, 144. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, Fen. 15.—The market continues quiet, without much alteration in prices; the amount of business done is limited. Lancaster and Preston 303 ; ' South Westerns, 60; Manchester and Birminszbam, 283. The intelligence brought by the Royal Mail steam-ship Britannia, from the United States, of the stoppage of the Girard and Pennsylvania Banks, and there being no reason able probability that the interest on the State Debt will be paid, together with a further decline in stocks, prOduced con siderable sensation among the American merchants this more. tog, and bad as things are, it, is the general opinion that they will still he worse. There has been but little business transacted at the Stock Exchange; the markets are rather Batter than at the close of business. Consols are now 89 1 % for Money, and 894 3 for the Account ; Exchequer Bills, 23 25; Three per Cents- Reduced, 893 4; Ditto Three-and-a-Half, 99%; Mexican, Bonds have receded to 344 35; Spanish Active Stock, 243 ; Portuguese Fire per Cents., 314 324 ; Ditto, Threes, Di/ 194. The Continental Exchanges were firm e& again yesterd k v. The Hamburgh M a il h as arr i ve d ; no alr ration to noti ce i n the rate of exchange on the price of gold. The English Securities have improved_ since the epezd eg Consols are now quot e d at al} for Money an d .Acco‘mt; Bali 1683 169 ; India Bonds, 57 ; and Exchequer Bill's, 23 25 pia, The Foreign Securities are flat, with litt.l Cm. lombian Bonds, 22; Mexican Bonds, 34i• Deferred. 1 Spanish Active Stock, 24%; Dutch "I'W%-and.,4-Halt , 51j 52. p. ; There has been rather more I)Y:illness doing in the, Share M arket, but prices hav e not tmproved. Eastern Cuuntiee %; Great We s t ern New, 6r., ; Ditto Fifths, 93 ; Lor.dou ,tad Brighton, M 36 ; South W es tern, 594 ; Lond on an d Croydon, 11% idland C O- Jeties 82 ; North Midland, N ew Ditto, Thirds ; 34l York and North Midland, voi. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank .stock l6Bl India p r ,;er Cent Red. 894 Ditto Bond, ~,,,,,• .. p 7 m 3 per Cent Cons 893 'Di tto Old Annuities 34 per Cent Red.. 994 Ditto) New Annuities.., New 34 per Cent New 5 per Cent — Ditto 5001.... • •• •• 25 pm Long Annuities Loexpi re , Ditto Small 25 pte Jan. 1860.......... 12 11-16 Bank Stock for Acc . t . ... Oct 1859. llndia Stock for Acct.... Consols for Acct., — . 89} FOREIGN FUND 5....... Austrian, 5 pin cent — Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, pet cent — Ditto, - New Ditto ... ..... Brazilian 80nd5.... — Prussian, 5 per cent. ... Buenos Ayres,6 per cent 19 Russian, 5 per cent... Chilian, 6 per eent — Ditt o, M etallic ,. Colombian, 6 per cent.. Spanish, per cent...—. 24} Ditto 1824............... Ditto, Deferred ... 121) Danish, 3 per cent — F renc h, 5 per cent.llBf. ..ee• Greek, 1825, 5 per cent Exchange,........... £ —e. Mexican, 5 per cent 344 French, 3 per cent. --c Ditto, 6 pew cent. 1837 Dutch, 24 per cent. 52 Peruvian, 18'25, Cper et. Ditto, 5 per cent. SHARES.' Eastern Counties Railway (23 rAid) Great Western Railway (65 paid)..... .. . ... Ditto New Shares (50 paid) Ditto Fifth (4 paid) London and Brighton (50 paid) -• •• .73 London and Black wa ll R a il wa y (25 paid.)... London and Birmingham (90) ...... •••••• Ditto New Shares ( 2 paid) 9 London anti South Western Midland Counties Ra ilwa y4o aid) Northern and Eastern ( (i p ) . London and Croydon R a ilway ( •( 4 T o r p u g n i.,l s) (15 paid) ......... York and North Midland (50 paid) 90} N Manc heste r o p r i t t hlllid i la r a d n u s d d ßa ßi i r w ui y_ ngo . l 7 ..... ....... Ditto Ne w Shares (40 paid). ..........