The Sun. — London, England, 1842-02-09 00:00:00

EVENING SUN - Provinces, and Plantations in North America or the liberation and ilivestigation, to adopt the views and opinions cf West Indies, except only Such duty as it might be expedient to propose for the regulation of tom- 1 that Government to whic h t he was attached; and that the same coerce. Now, he did not think thee ally I deliberation 4t an t li v r il v i e ti s etion ANwild also bring them tb the ciin: done justice to the people of i he blilohles; posed upon all articles alike in the d C li O tY lon i l in ew; i ivilicClite?'?rso.litlid ' also do justice to the pelarla ef this country.— He trusted that they would next proceed to re or any duty imposed upon articles of British growth, I consider and tat Modify those duties on articles of colonik couh be fairly said to fall within the terms of a pr o duct, which weighed so heavily upon thi lionstittibrs dr duty for the regulation of commerce. It belonged Great Britain. As there would be flitilin opportunities of dls to the class of revenue duties, and as a revenue cussing the question ) he *mild net farther trqable the House. duty it appeared to him to be a proper subject He would °lily repeat that he had heard both the sititeriibiits of for the cognizance of the Colonial Legislature itself. It the Right Hon. Gentleman, and the principles by which he had defended his meature ) than which none could be more was true t bat "With respect to Canada, and he believed the Right Hon. Gentleman's expect ations that the - e sound end jlist, with the greatest satisfaction. He hoped that Al3O trial respect to Newfoundland, there would meet with little eppositioh,uldbe realised, hinoterthr conaidirable sums at present levied by Imperial were standing those syniptoitis of disagreement Which hid been seen tatition upon British goods, and lest any inconvenience "should arise from the sudden removal of those. on dinner thotions in that Heiuse.-ne( Hear, hear hear. ) But duties by the Imperial Parliament, be pro- o‘ 11 not, be begged to aseure the Right Hon. Gentleman, that oft e nat. 3l - )11 any humble assistance it was in his power to render ihtiuld be posed to fax the day for the eive li h r. to o m . peeAt t L h il a i t r op ß posit .d ion.—( h Cheeis. ) of the Act at such a period as would afford amle time for an adjustment of the sub,ject, and as would enable the a sai th at e could not alio* a subject of Colonies to make such provisions as they might think ht. such vital impertance to the commerce of die ptiantry tti pass He asked the assent of the House to that plans upon the ground by e about recording his oppoeition to it. He did not think that it o ff ered an o pp or t un ity, w ithout practical inconvenience, he should be doing hit duty ff he did not oppose the measure; nf gi vine a mo re Nil an d s t r i c t application of the principle which and trusted that, those Gentlemen who were inclined to bring it foinkard, would consider well what they Were about.--( Hear.) they long ago adopted of tendering to our colonial fellow_ subjects evide nces o f that good-will to whic h,.,and to whieh He did not expect that.ally opposition from him would have alone, he believed they were to look for cementing the con- much effect ott a question which had been brought forward last nenioa between the mother country and her distant possession& year by the Hon. Gentleman opposite and whieb wita notir In —( Hear, hear.) There were other Changes which he would troduced by the Hon. Gentleetati hear ' liliii.—( Hear, hear. ) propose to the Committee, founded upon the same principles. Lord J RUSSELL said that he must certainly defend the At present the tenor of the law was to this effect, that certain Government On this occasion from one of their own supporters ) articles, not being the produce, or growth! or manufacture of in die introduction of the present Bill.--( Hear, hear.) Bat the United Kingdom, should pay it certain duty, that eerteth he wished to say a few words on the stihjett of the Introduction ar e should be free, anti that all other unenerrerated arti- of flour and tern into Canada tha' the United States. There ties, should be subject to a duty of 15 per cent. ad valorem, was a free trade ill tionti between those places, and it had been Now, it appdared to him, with respect to foreign articles which hilietM kt by an agricultural interest in Upper °Made, Which in no degree or manner competed with articles of British pro. eensidered it a'grievance that corn and flout shotild be admitted duce, any tax which was levied upon them by the etithority o? duty free. Now, as respected Canada and this country, that the Imperial Parliament, was strictly taxatiott for revenue, and free admisaiutt of torn *as of the greatest bniteilt.----f Heil') ' not taxation for regulation of co mmerce. It appeared the hear.) There was how ah agriciilthrikl and landed interest in most convenient course for Parliament, and the most satisfat- Upper Canada, ikhleh etauld forward the same reasons against tort' for th e colonies, that inste a d o f a system of tendon on all th at f r ee tra d e which had been used at home.—(Loud cries articles wh a t ever introduced into the Colonies, not being of Of " Hear, hear hear.") If by any alteration in the. law Itritish .TOl , sth, produce, or manufacture, the Govern t ilt it was intended only to permit the Legislature of Should selec t such articles as they might deem it nee e s sary t o C anada to itepose duties on the fl our o f the M i l te d St ates, lax for p ro t ection or otherwise, and that the importati on of all he I va afraid th e consequences would be to baster a body in Ca. other articles into the volonies should be left free, so far tit bade who would be read; to give serious opposition to its pros relpected the authority of the Imperial Parliament. In perity.—( Hear.) He saw no danger in encouraging free many of the colonies the Cpstoms' eitablialaments were trade bet Ween ' North America and Canada, and he did not a source of eositive expense to the country—( Hear, think they could enforce the duty. The frontier was so large, hear)—for they did not pay the expenses of the and there were so many means of defeating their provisions, nfficers they required. He would, therefore, now inform the that It would, in his opinion, be very difficult to distinguish Committee that it was the intention of the Board of Trade to Canadian flour from that of the United States. Now, the mill the attention of the Government to this great anomaly. principle of the Right Hon. Geelleman seemed to him as In many of the colonies there were two sets of Custom-house tending to foster ah undue monopoly in Canada—a monopoly officers, which caused a great waste of public money, and it which he thought would be injurious, and which he, for one, would be necessary to consolidate these establishments to save should be very sorry to see established. He hoped, there expense and inconvenience.--( Hear, hear.) It . would be fore, that that part of the measure, at least, would receive fur aleo necessary that the Committee should approve of the general ther cnnaideratton. With respect to the other parts of the frame of the measure, and should concur with the Board of Measure of the Right Hon. Gentleman, he was glad to find Trade that it was p ract i ca bl e to get rid of certain exemptions that whatever Might hare been th e earnes t ness w i t h wh i ch the on nowt he statutes. The necessity for these exemptions Right Hon. Gentleman had last year opposed the measure would be removed by doing away with the correspontllog introd uce d b y hi s (Lord John Russell's) Right Hon. Friend deties from w hi s h they were exemptions. The P ies ex- th e l a t e P res i dent of the Board of Trade—( Hear, hear, hear)— emptions he pr o p ose d to remove were those of grain and wheat- he no longer entertained those objections which he had urged, flour, and salt meat provisions. He believed it was the gene. with so much confidence and ability.—( Opposition cheers. ) ral desi re o f th e pe o pl e of Canada that a moderate tax should Sir CHARLES DOUGLAS denied that the party to be impos e d on provisions coming in from America, especially which he had the honour to belong had offered any uniform those kind s already mentioned; and he believed, that at the opposition to the principles developed that evening by his . present moment on th e American side, a very considerable Right Hon. Friend, the Vice-President of the Board of Trade. import-tax was, neyable e n grain flour from Can a d a t o t h e T he Hon Baronet, in confirmation of this assertion, referred amount of 101. a quarter. He would not propose to imp ose m ore to a speech of Mr. Herries, in which that Right Hon. Gen than 3s. P. quarter on that coming from the United States. tleman had said that the Government might be assured of re- CanasThis would be done principally with reference to the fact that eeiving the same assistance in their measures of Colonial inn : Seuria h ad already sent considerable quantities of grain and provemcnt from the side of the House t o w hi c h h e b elonged to oth er parts of the empire, and she was likely to send as from their own. natich greater supplies when her capabilities were developed Sir ROBERT PEEL besought the House not to draw under peace and a wise legislation_Weae, h ear . ) The theory any inference as to what might be the intentions of the Go of the law was, to give an advantage to Canadian produce in vernment with regard to the questions of commercial policy, the British market ; and it wastlesirable that when we send thou- from their introducing the present Bill.—( Hear, hear.) He sands of emigea n t s t o N ort h America, we should not allow the besought them to suspend their judgments until he should have inhabitant s of the United States to enjoy the privileges intended an opportunity of stating the views of her Majesty's Go for the encousaigente n t of &Nish subjects, by sending them pros vernment on the general question.—( Cries of " Hear, hear.") visions through Canada. Those portions of the United States No such inference, if drawn at present, could be just. He had which bordered on the lakes could send ttfeir provisions as con- stated publicly last year, that although he dissented entirely on venientln to the ports of Canada as they could to those of New several questions of commercial policy from the late Govern- York, or other parts of the Union. A distinction should ment, yet he was prepared to give to the present measure his ('ltnerefore be made in favour of the Canadian farmer. He cordial support. He had then understood that the measure fr. G.) would now state his resolutions, The first proposed had been brought forward first, on the ground of absolute the repeal ofell existing duties ; the second imposed new ones; justice ; and secondly, on the ground of the general policy appli the third and fourth provided that these duties should cable to our West India colonies. No restriction existed as to be in. addition to any - duties imposed by Colonial the importation of articles into our East India possessions, while authorities, and some other details ; the fifth stated ex. these restrictions were still suffered to remain on the imports emption s . from duty in favour of articles used for into our Weat India colonies. We admitt e d Ea s t India pro- British fisheries; the sixth referred to the roduce el the Chan- ductions to compete in our ma r k e t s w ith W es t I n di a produc nel Isla n d s , stat i n t when its introductio n would be 'allowed ; Li ons on the ground of justi c e ; th en th e W es t I n di a colonies and the seventh provided for the consolidation of the Customs' ought to be placed on the same footing, in that respect, as our establishm en t s . I t was also proposed that wood should be intro- East India posses sions.—(Hear hear.) It had been distinctly dueed altogether duty free. It had not been thought exp e _ stated that this measure ought to pass on the grounds of justice dieat to go so far as to remove the duty leviable on provisions without reference to any other measures, and on those grounds imported into the. Vest Indies, becatise its importation was con- he had supported it. If the Right Hon. Gentleman had per entered to be much more a matterolconvenience than of nem- severed with his measure, he would have received his (Sir R. shy. No person could say that the consumer suffered any in- Peel's) cordial support. What could be more in comvenience from the duty now imposed, much less by the consistent than that he should now withdraw his support duty proposed by the Right Hon. Gentleman last year ; from the Bill, although he had supported it last, year? but with respect to the article of wood, he thought it un- But he begged the House not to draw any inference from that of3fortunate that the colony should be placed in the condition fact as to the general commercial policy of the Government. iaving to pay any duty on the import of a raw material, He had cordially acquiesced in this measure last year; but so Important to the comfort of the people, and the well-being with respect to the future intentions of the Government, he of the colony.---( Hear, hear.) But, moreover, he would re- hoped the House would draw no inferences as to what they mind the House, that the tax now levied on wood was more were likely to be from that acquiescence. He would take an a direct test levied on the British consumer than on the Colonist early opportunity of stating to the House what were the inten producer. He did not infer from.anything which bad trans- tions of the Government with regard to those questions. He pired since the proposition for reducing the duty on wood to should, to-morrow, state those intentions with respect to one a lower point last year—that any colonial interests would most important question, and he would t a k e an ear l y oppor be affe c t e d i n j uriously by the removal. And such being tunity of stati ng w h a t those intentions were with regard to the case, he asked th e C ommittee to consent to that re- other most important subjects, when he was afraid it was pro move]. He would, therefore, propose a duty of 2s. per bable that the harmony at present existing would be dis barrel upon fish dried or salted, and of 3s. upon pickled fish ; turbed.—( Hear, hear.) He thought the Noble Lord would upon butter, Bs. per cwt. ; upon cheese, ss. per cwt. He not have occasion to taunt them with the adoption of all the ought to say that the rate of duty here would be higher than views of the late Government en questions of commercial th e duties which the Right Hon. Gentleman proposed last year policy, when he (Sir Robert Peel) should lay before the of seven per cent., though lower than the present rate. On House the measures by which the present Government pro coffee, he would continue the duty of ss. per cwt. On cocoa, posed to extricate the country from the grave financial difficul 3s. per cwt. ; molasses, 3s. per cw t. • and on u nre fi ne d t i es i n which we were involved. sugar, ss. per cwt. Wi t h ' regard t o t ea , he would propose a Mr. STUART WORTLEY wished to call the attention of somewhat different plan from the Right Hon. Gentleman. the Government to the present state of the corn trade between He should propose that tea, unless imported direct from Chine the United States and our Canadian colonies. Wheat imported or the British possessions, should pay a duty of 9d. per lb. A into the Uuited States was subject to a duty of 25 cents, a point would arfse here which it would be necessary to notice, bushel, which was equal to a duty of 9s. a quarter, while viz., at p resent t h e importation of tea from the United St a t es no duty was imposed upon the importation of wheat from the was prohibited in Canada, and the importation of tea in a legal United States into Canada. Moreover, corn was permitted way was subject to a duty of 3d. per lb. The effect of removing to be imported into this country from Canada at a low rate this prohibition would be that tea in Canada from the United of duty. Now, he could not see why we should enable the States would be subject to a duty of 4d. per lb., which would Americans of the United States to send wheat into Canada manifestly afford a high premium to the smuggler. He thought without any duty, while, at the same time, a high duty was it was stated by the Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Labeuchere) levied on its importation into the United States; and he last, Session, that three-fourths of the tea used in Upper Canada thought, if ever there was a fair case for reciprocal restrictions, was smuggled into that province ; if they were to make this, the ease of the corn trade between Canada and the United therefore, apply to Upper Canada, without .any reservation, States presented one.—( Hear, hear.) He did not recommend they would greatly aggravate that evil. He proposed, there- the imposition of duty for the sake of duty, but for the pur fore, the providing for this case by a separate clause in the Bill,. rose, if it wits to be done at all, of preventing indirect and il postponing the enactment till the Legislature of Canada licit trade, which existed simply and solely by means of our should - have time to take, the matter into consideration. own indulgence and neglect. The next article was thatof spirits. In this, also, he agreed On the motion orthe Right Hon. Gentleman, the Chairman with the Right Hop, Gentleman. He proposed to leave the then reported prog ress, and obtai ne d l eave to s i t again on the duty upo n foreign, - spirits p rec i se l y as it stood at present, 22d inst., and the House resumed. namely, 6 s RAILWAYS. dsper g a ll on upon rum and Is upon other spirits. The effe c t of the mea sure wou ld b e to leave the whole ques- Mr. W. E. GLADSTONE, pto , moved for Lion of duty, o th erw i se than as it related to British interests, leave to bring i n a Bill f or the better s re gulation notice of Railways. entirely in the hands of the provincial legislature. These were The Right Hon. Gentleman said that the experience of last the whole of the rateage tholes which he proposed at that mo- year, notwithstanding some lamentable exceptions, had shown ment to submit to the Hous e . al e would now proceed to the that the Committee to which this subject had been referred schedules-of the ad valorem duties. It might be that he had had come to a right conclusion in stating that the administra not included in the schedule every article which in principle tion of railways had upon the whole continued to improve. ought to be inchtded. .He was net at present aware that any That, too, was the general opinion on the matter. With re had been omitted ; but if it sh ou ld t urn o u t that there had spect to licences to be given to engine -drivers, he thought the been, it woult be open to those who might be disposed to do so Committee was also of opinion that no provision in that respect to claim the benefit of that principle. Th e first article in the ought to be introduced into the Bill. Certainly, that was the othedale of rateage duties was sugar. Unrefined sugar re- opinion which the present Board of Trade had arrived at. He cosines as at present. He proposed th a t suga r refined in bond thought they should look to the action of public opinion should be subject to a duty of 10 per cent. ad valoreni, and that upon persons occupying that station, as th e real and other f ore i g n sugar should be subject to a duty of 20 per cent. best security on this score. Of course it would ad valorem. The Canadian Legislature levied a duty of always remain open to Parliament to enlarge the on e perm., per pound upon all refined sugar. The of control of a few days a report would b e laid ov on er the table of the per cent. upon foreign reined sugar. 'fhis duty of llonse, embracing an account of the accidents on railways dur tts:eoy per Sent. o 4 valorem, was computed to be equal ing the l as t year. By that report it would be seen that the ac • canazeritlionistatli, according to the custome and regulations of cidents which had occurred were by no means traceable to here was no propositio n in the Act to the effect either misconduct or incompetence on the part of the engineers. that the duty upon foreign refined sugar should be in addition He thought the House would be of opinion that it was bett. r to the duty upon sugar refi ned in this country. The effect of not to introduce any new provision in this respect. That, then, this, at preeent, was 0 0. , o f eculta- hardship to the British re- was onep rovision of last year which he did not think neces finers in bond. He did no t propos e to give any advantage to saYy to renew. The Bill which he asked leave to the British refiners of foreign sugar, which they did not at lire- lay on the table contained several clauses which would be sen t e nj o y, o r which they had not a fair right to enjoy. But it fo u nd t o enlar g e the powers of Government.—( Hear, ) was perfectly evident, that this preference was meant to apply The most important clauses were those which proposed to to shush, and that .at present they did not enjoy it. They provide a more efficient inspection of new railways before they even laboured under a disadvantage, for the American refiner were opened, giving the Board power to postpone the open eras encouraged by a considerable bounty to export his refined ing if they should think necessary —( Hear, hear.) If the sugar into the Canadian market.—( Hear. ) Then he came to management of railways had been wrong, his lion. Friend the list of articles which he proposed to place under a duty of should not have wreaked all his indignation on the Cont i per cent. ad valoi em. They w ere th ese :—w i nes, whether patties, but should have r eserve d some of it fur the Govern bottled or no t, mane factures of cotton, ma nu f ac t ures o f s ilk , of ment,--( Hear, hear, and laught er )—f or certainly railway com linen, of igoollen, of leather, of paper, of hardware, of panics had generally shown adisposition to yield to the wishes clocks and wa t c h es , oa k um, p i tc h , tar and turpentine , oils, of the Gove rnmen t. The sa f ety o f a rai l way much d epen ded blubber, fins of fis h , and skins of fish, were a t present included on the condition of the soil over which it passed, and the in the' prohibitory enactments. He proposed to remove the avarice of some Companies had induced th em t o run pas , sen prohibition from th ese ar ti c l es, and to lay tgion them a duty of gers on th em t oo soon. For this reason, the Boa r d of Trade 15 per cent. ad valorem, Hethanked the House for the atten- asked for power to postpone the opening of railways when - Con which th e y h a d " pa id to h is statement. He hoped that they should think it necessary. The Board also asked for enlarged i there were very few of the topics which could possibly be open powers to get returns of accidents. At present they could to disp u t e -i n t h at H ouse ; and he was confident that the mea- only demand returns on the occurrence of accidents to life or aure which he haul proposed would be hailed as a measure of I limb; but it was evident that instances of gross mismanage eseoll will on the part of the Imperial Parliament, and, there- , ment might occur, without either of those injuries : there fore, alik e up on commercial and upon national wounds, he ' fore the Board desired to have power to inquire into all cases ' ventured to commend it to the favourable consideratio n of the of accidents.—(Hear, hear.) The Board also asked power House.—(C:teers.) . to order gates to he erected across roads openin g into rail- The SPE AK ER having put the motion, ways,' : for the gates hitherto erected across railways, Mr. LABOUCHERE said he had listened to the very calm in suc cases, had not been found sufficient to prevent acci and able statement of the Bight Hon. Gentleman who had just dents ; also, that gates opening from farms on to railways should sat down, with very great, and, he might add, with unalloyed be kept closed ; next to appoint arbiters to settle disputes when satisfaction. The Bill which had then been proposed was the it was necessary to carry a read under or over a railway, and lame in principle, as well as in many important details, as that to appoint an umpire,. public ; thus putting an en d to those disput es l which h e h a d h a d th e h onour t o i ntro d uce i n t h e l ast session, which were in some c ases carried on t o th e i n j ury of the aid he could assure the Right Ho n . Gentleman, that though he also ; some provisions for branch railways, and restricting the ( Ale Labouchere) failed in his attempt, he still retained the use o f l oca l engines by private parties, which h a d b een allowed soticitud e anti affection o f a parent for that measure, and any before experience showed powers which th e y did not possess, showed i ts . danger.- Oth erw i se h e proposed assista nce w hi c h i t was in Iris pow er t o g i ve towards carrying ogi it should be readily granted. —( Hea r , h ear .) Il e was also free such as Railway to enable C o mpanies le th em to execute work, and in other ways to to confess, that as far • s he hart been able to follow the Right occupy adjoining land, when it was necessary for them to slope Hon. G ent l eman, the alterations whi c h h e propose d to make in cuttings which were found to be too steep or to widen em the measure were improvements. He ha 4 availed himself of ' bankment&that were too narrow. The Right lion 7 Gentle the tint: which had (Aar ied, and of the opportunities of infor- man concluded by moving for leave to bring in a Bill for the motion which he possessed, to reconsider thepoints ; and though Better Regulation of Railways. he could not yet pronounce a final opinion on any of the proposed Colonel SIBTHORP was glad the Hon. Gentleman had alteratians, at first sight they appeared to be improvements.— adopted the course which he formerly had the pleasure of sug ( Hear-) The most important of those alterations seemed to grating , and that it was placed in such able hands. He was be the proposal to enable the Legislature of Canada to tax the actuat ed by but one motive in that opposition which he had al flour of the United States which crossed the border, which he ways given to the introduction of railway schemes, and if believed the Imperial Parliament had always prevented the accidents increased, as they had done latterly, he could Legislature from doing. He hoped nothing more was intendesi have wished that his lionourable Friend had in than to leave it open to th em t o follow any course which the, troduced a Bill for the annihilation of railways. might think Proper ; tha: there was no intention to interfere Hut when the Hon. Gentleman told them, with regard to the so as to prevent the free import of flour from the United Statue measures which he proposed for the consideration of the into Canala, unless t h e Legislature itself should wish to effect House, that great discretionary powers were to be given to Hon.that object- It was unnecessary for him, after what the Right the Government, it appeared to hint that little public good Hon. Gentleman had stated, te ente r at any length into this would result from it in regard to the lamentable accidents and He entertained the same opinions which - he had ex- loss of life which had of late occurred ; and if the Honourable pressed in.tite last Parliament- Ile eonsidered the measure as Gentleman should not do so. he would take the liberty of of the utinost importanoe, viewed merely at a measure of jus- moving fora return of those accidents, and of the opinion s of tics to the Colonies. He continued to be oft he opinion which ' the Juries on the various cases. He thought, too, that suffi-; the Right Hon. Gentlemen h adaluoted,that, let Parliament take ' cient had fallen from the public Press on this subject, and he what course it might with regard to upon article s duties leviable ' alluded in particular to one Paper, f rom w h ich he differed in which Parliament had ta k en imported to this country, after to the cour se ' political m a tters—he alluded t o The SU7I, the comments of with regard our West i which, sin the unfortunate accidents which occurred, were of that of puttin g P e the lodise possessions—namely, e Pro- ' the most salutary kind, and whose efforts in urging that some duce of !fie East and West Indies upon the same footing —it ' e ffi cient measure should be adopted to prevent them, conferred was but an act of common justice to relieve the West India n ' great credit on itself. He thought that most of those accidents colonies from tho se b ur dens to which theywerenoaweubject by occurred from want of due precaution on the part of the Di- Parliamentary enactment, but which the. C row nh h a d never im- rector s • and he would be glad that a measure was brought posed upon our Wi en em pi re , or upon our Australian . cob,- forward' for settling a greater responsibility on them.. Ile nies, where the l eg i s l a ti on upon t h ese ma tters vies in the hands thought it was necessary that such a course of inspection a s of the Crown.—(Hear, hear.) He rejoiced to see this mea- was mentioned should be adopted, not only with regard to new disguise from himself that railways, but regarding all ralways. He thought that, impos sure brought forward. Ile could not it would facilit IN tho s e important reforms with regard to the 1 ing a mere deedand, even of 1,000 e; was not a sufficient re duties levi e d is this country, especially upon sugar and coffee. compence to the relative s of the sufferers. The Directors of —(Hear, n-ear.) Of oourse, he did not a s k the Right Hon. those schemes should be compelled to support the families of Gentleman to ea • : i. iess an opinion on that subject on the pre- these who were killed. H e was a l so o f o pi n i on that the losses sent occasion ; by hoped that he might take this as a bar- susta i ne d th e proprietors of stage-coaches should be made a binges and omen but he the Government, by-. which this fi rs t subject of consideration by her Majesty's Ministers. He measure had been brou g i tt ferwiid, had seen apaeon, upon de, thought that railroads were a proper subject of taxation ~ . ~a' THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, FEBIWARY 9, 1842. they would produce 'a revenue to the Government, and ll t o a n anqUirrs wou . as . he believed that the ror, the only way of lower than they could be manufactured there. If the Members .I 1 not affect the Isqdy ()tithe, people. He would give every oppo- conducting cc , would be to ?tend one or twee arties to the s ot, that House did not take steps to arrest the progressofthedistress iitidli to )tie thll of the Right Hon. Gentleman. who should institute an inquiry 2ricl min' a rephrt; in the fifst th A ey, would be placed in the same conditionas those people.— ME IVA kLEY said he felt bound to express his opinion plane to the Government, and thrO, if it was at ciast6'mar,i, (A fdif e ell. 1 It Might eeern to be very laughable, but if they that the Bill of the r ßaglit Hori. GentlemAir Opposite wou)d not to this House e it„ would? he . perceiVed, th er ef or e, when .17a did ;foaling : to relleit' die pehple, the Poor-laws would make airy out the object he intended do effect be, it. He was handed in his iilMlO l 4 that it Was' for the institution o f an in : the fatter eheir masters, and dieresis:mid be an end to their rents. The Han. baronet then adverted to the siettites pro of_ppini;:ln that a fa/ .iiioß stringent ineastire *as necessary— quiry. He could see no Pod in in Co Littee 8f this Hoitse i (He l ar; heer,' !rem Cail. Sibthorp)—but he was compelled to the time that would he occupied in th e i nqu i ry wou ld eithef hibillng Ili infrnatiatinn of cattle, corn, and other articles of state. that lie feare d the influence of railroad Proprietors was far raise hopes in which the people wo u ld be disappointed, or previsions into areleld•—(`` Questim, question," from the the great id thh odie fok any soda Bill to pass into a law. cause theth to think that they were e n ti re l y neg U c t e l, He opposite benches.) Sir Valentine Blake apologiecel to the HE allowed, however, that when three or four Lord s h s d l ost was the more i n duced to Urge thfa int l li}iii 4n the, Gevernmesit House for intruding upon . it so long, and thanked HOrs. Geo their lives, or two or three Members of the Government h a d s i nce the rep l y o f the Noble Lord oppositerelative to the si:ll:set Omen for the courtesy with which he had been heard, but he lost theirs, the House would be disposed to sympathise with ofemigration. The people had been led to believe th a t a l leg e field would na tartlet' . trespass on the Gentlemen behind him — them, but until the lives of ome Noblemen we r e sa e r ifi ce d , h e was about to b e opene d t o t h em ;h e blamed nobody for this; the (Laughter)—and he halefd he would yet leave the m b e h in d had rid hopb the Hduse *oitM pass such a law as the circum Noble Lord had iliddfi . a fair. and disti nc t s t a t emen t, ill ; the him.—(Lond and long cheers.) . . stances of the case' reqiiired. s (Latighter.) The lliglit Hon. disappointment of the people wag trot the lege severe on that Sir R. PEEL—Feeling, as he did, the titmdst sympathy Gentlemad eppeilte i. had his life placed iii jeopardy, by an account; Of ilioS who Viere sOffeai n g f ro m d es tituti on , though for the sufferings which had been described, and gipig the Oeide,nt on the Briglitdn Railway, and he would perhaps give vast numbers came for*ard) Yet there were eeey_ ni g ny wh o did HOD. Member *lie hell:lust eat down the utmost credit for the is oilinidn on the subject. Many eases of accident had come not d o so. For these, inquiry w as n e e e see rv , an te h e stated Mane& in he brought forward hia motion, he ( Sir R• tinder his notice, and from all that he could collect by the tes- that a - partial inquiry instituted by s ome b enevo l ent i n dividu a ls, Pet hdped whichod not press it farther at presvnt•—( Hear, tim il OnY e of Compete i tit i . altriessW, he was biiund to stete that he h a d produced such instances of dist ress , th a t th e par ty carrying hear.) At the Mille time, ,he (Sir H. Peel) expressed his ni oaideren iiiiirda &bell tht aras the safeat that could be it on itterb red tea td a etheof perf ec t di sgust an d h o pelessness, ,most sympathy for the sufferers) end admired the exemplary adopted. He entertained do doubt Whateier,uPon the sub- which lie edu d ndi describe : lit herceitied that a gift of Go- patience with which those sufferipgs hdd been enduted. He ject, not the,. slightest. Bilt tile 111 h eNeh the Right MM. vernteent store` e liad, been made td th e d e stitute weevers . In got4bi not but admire the local exertions which had liven made Gentlerdati had Intkodithed Was itiother Bill brought forward SpitallleldS, add Ile tie* that nil chitt diet res eed co si n t r y r e e n for their r e lief ) a n d th e i mmense sacri fi ce o f t ime fr r eliii tne bach h --seep of the Whig st ore . Th ey h a d got f our o! would be thoug h t d eserv i ng of a simile!. gift, e ith er of torn taken I and money which had been made for that purpose. them already, and for his part, he wished the Government outof bond,free ordutY, orProvisions fro m th e Gov ernme nt Rem,. As to the proposal of emigration, he would ask' what would be would take the whole bate . ,11 and. bring them down to The distress in the neihbourhood of p a i s l ey was incre as i ng , the emisequenee of sending down two Commissioners to inhuire the es floilsei ticketing thEm " Willi Bills," Thh ,thaaaufee of and that greatly diminished the prospe c t o f employm en t to the whether the distress of Paisley could be relieved by emigre- Hid GliVernment were cothpiainedef,and*hat was their riiiiiier? people iii the tOvvn: 4 The distress was on the inc rease i n Ay r , tion ? the Hon. Gentleman t ha n that from the nature of the " Oh, we have foilnd the Bill in our office." It was a legacy— Renfrew, and t h e &oil:lining eohnties. it hdppen e d th a t many occupation of the weavers their hands weft% unfit even in their YeiveHeaven protect him from such legacies.—( Laughter.) The of those unfortunate people had work given tot 'which their oven country to turn to other kinds of work, and if that were rnerietit found a Measure in an offi ce , and they, th e r e f ore , l ooms were no t suited, a n d vast numbers of them went out on I the case was it likely that in any distant country, where a man thMight the Y were bound to Ilse it. That was the ease with the roads to break stones, or undertook other heavy out-door i must cern his bread by the severest labour, these men regard te e the great acid all•impoftant Hestia of factory work : 4t first their hands were b l i stered, but after a while could be other w ise than plunged in the greatest distress? slavery: Then there Wit the Peot-lave, which Was not to be th e y go t bird, aid *halft in time b ecome un fi t f or t he f i ne work Con s ider, also, the position of the colon/re ) and then you will piledhroiieht On Until after Easter although the Commission ex- in which they would be employed in theie awn tt?de whenev er see that we have no right to cast these encumbrances/ on them in July. He did not like such tactics. Again, they had it revived. He had now done, and should only offer fiiehernble by tending out persons entirely useless. The consequence of a Bill With fegaid td the Customs in the West Indies • and recommendation that two or three active, sensible Gentlemen the hinnediete transfer of those burthens which we ought to ti•b, virai tio etitt td the hompllmheitit ?ditch thh Right ' Hon. out of that House—without the exp ense of a well paid Com- bear would he that those whom we might send out would be eittlehiaii Wird iiitiodeieed it paid to the late President of the missilln—Shottid he sent down to Paisley t o ascertain the actual exposed to the most dreattiffil eufferings, for it could not be ex- Board of Trade. He kali-. Wakley) had never heard these condition of the people, and Ihii atent ef, the distress. If that petted that the 'settlers would atippitt them. The people of compliments paid to the Right Hon. Gentlem an b e f ore ._ i nqu i ry was refused to him, he hoped at ad that her Paisley were entitled to our strongest sympathy, but very few (Laughter.) It was astonishing to se e h ow lion. Gentle- Majesty's mini s ters would be prepared to bring forward some Of them were fit for emigration. A young man, of twenty or men who had obtained the victory could afford to be compli- measure to relieve the distre ss an d destit u ti on , which was thirty, whose hands were not yet formed by long habitude to a nietitary. Now, the present Bill was very inefficient last year, greater than he had knees?", even i n th e m i sery whi c h had particular kind of work, might, in the course of a little time, and it was almost as inefficient in its present state. They would afflicted the people from time t o ti me i n th e l as t ttwenty. learn to earn his bread in Australia or ha Canada ; but a man never have an efficient measure unt i l they h a d appli e d st r i ngent five p- P years.—( Hear.) He concluded with movi ng an a dd ress — o f fifer or sixty y ears o f age an d a f am il y o f ten principles to railway pr o p r i etors an d railway directors. It ha " raying her Majesty will be graciously pleased to command children could never be expected to acquire those new pened that he (Mr. W.) had been travelling on the G rea t w es t ern tb a t an immediate and diligent inquiry be made into the nature habits, and in emigrating he would go to end his days railway, within a few hours after the accid e nt h a d tak en pl ace an d exte n t of the misery and destitution under which the inha- in the utmost misery ; in shee r unless those who sent at Sonning-hill. It was useless for him to attempt to describe bitants of Paisley and other towns in Renfrewshire have been them out undertook to support them, their fate must be the distressing, painful, and agonising character of the scene. suffering for so long a period, and arc still enduring; and fur- absolute starvation. Now there was a great risk, if But it was known to every one on the spot, as well as to every ther, that her Majesty will be graciously pleased to command. the House interfered at all ; first, that these persons 'who had one connected with the railway, that if proper precautions had that the said inquiry be prosecuted vigorously, so that the results entitled themselves to the utmost credit by their exertions been taken such an accident could never have occurred. Dui , may be laid, as soon as possible, before this House, with a view would relaii those exertions, in the delusive hope that the Le jag the darkness of the night, there had been no watchman to its providing, with all speed, against the longer continuance gislature would do suff something; and the erineoe of stationed at the cutting o f S onn i ng- hill ; and i t appeared that of the intolerable distress; as also against the evident and im- Paisley, instead of turning their attention to othe g r p mod people of stationed at the cutting of Sonning-hiil; and it appeared that of the intolerable distress; as also against the evident and im- Paisley, instead of turning thi attention to other modes of the policemen who was on duty had not to attend until the six minent danger of disease and pestilence following in its usual occupation for the future, would look to the Legislature for re o'clock trai n f rom London had arrived. But th ere was no po- course, thereby causing more numerous deaths from cold and lief, which it could not give. Anything that the House could licemeu to watch the alitival of the - luggage train to which the hunger and actual starvation than hitherto, aswell as increasing attempt would only be postponing the evil day, to Fee the dis melancholy accident had occurred. W as th a t a s y s t em th a t th e ruinous tendencies of these' appalling evils on the "moral tress aggravated hereafter. He hoped, therefore, the Hon. could be sanctioned ?—( Hear, hear.) It was quite true that character of all who are directly affected by them, or who live Gentleman would not press his motion, and thus give Hon. railways were most satisfactory, and conducive to the interests within the range of their influence." Members the pain of voting against his preposition. of the public as well as to their happiness, but they should be Sir J. GRAHAM sai 1, that he should begin the observe- Sir VALENTINE BLAKE then rose to reply, amidst cries properly regulated • and he (Mr. Wakley) believed that the tions he intended to address to the House, by saying that of " Order," and he ultimately gave way to proprietors of railways, or those persons who were inte- the Hon. Gentleman, who had just set down, was entitled to Mr. WALLACE, who stated, in explanation, that the un rested in that way i n th em , s h ou ld not b e th e sole regula- great praise for the temperate and judicious manner in which he happy people whose cause he advo c at e d h a d th oug ht that Go tors of them.—( H ear , h ear .) Th ere s h ould be a power had introduced the subject of which he had given notice to the vernment had prepared some scheme of emigration for them ; above them, and in his opinion that power should be vested in House.—( Hear, hear, hear.) He must confess that the mom- but the reply given by the Noble Lord the other night had effec the Government:—(Hear, hear.) He wished to refer to the her of persons to be relieved in Paisley, and the surroundi ng tually dispelled any hopes on that subject which they might have e facts connected with th e acc id ents wh i ch lately occurred on districts, was very great, amouuting to 17,000 persons, and in entertained. He was not aware when he put his notice on th a forward out of its the London and Birmingham Railway, although those state- such circumstances it seemed hardly possible the distress could paper, that the Government had steppe to t.' merits were now probably irre gu l ar or p rema t ure ;h e would be relieved. But they ought to be very careful not to aggra- usual course, and supplied funds in the shape of clothes, .. i e s therefore .refrain from adverting t o th em u n til th e reading of vate the distress, by the excitement of ectations which unfortunate people of Spitalfields. There was a part of his the Bill ; however, he could n o t b u t say th a t th e p ro prietors could be raised only to be disappointed .-- Gear, hear.) Ae motion, which he now abstained from alluding . to, for the pre were not the proper or the best persons to regulate railways in felt it to be the duty of Government to proceed with the utmost eise reason which had been suggested by the Right . Honourable this country. caution on the subject. If there were any disputes as to mat- Baronet opposite, as a proper reason, for not clortding the Mr. GLADSTONE said the Hon. Gentleman had invited ters of fact, it might be necessary to institute an inquiry; b u t H ouse . H. b e li eve d th e best medical men admitted, that when an interruption • the report of the officer of the railway de- he had admitted that the extent of distress was great, and h e pestilenc e was the consequence of famine and destitution, it partrnent would on th e t a bl e i n at e w d ays, an d a l t h oug h h e a l so admitted the exemplary patience and fortitude with wldch seldom accompanied, but _generally followed them.He_ begged (Mr. Gladstone) did no t w i s h to s t op a di scuss i on ; he thought it was endured.—( Hear.) All the rights of p roperty were pre- to say to the Right Hon. Gentlemen opposite and his colleagues, it desirable that the Hou se s h ou ld b e i n p oss e s sion of all the served, the law had not been violated, and the patient endurance that as they had the best information from the facts before statements were ensue .—( Hear ). highest autho - of the sufferers had been of the most exemplary character.-- rities on the subject, he (Mr. Wallace)had decided before the Mr. WAKLEY only mad e th ose statements because he saw ( H ear , h ear. ) I n such circumstances it would be the height Right Hon. Baronet offered him the counsel, not to divide the the Chairman of th e R a il way C omm itt ee present, but he of imprudence to take any step to excite hopes which wouldend House.—(Heor, hear.) His anxious hope was, that the people would then refrain f rom any f ur th er statement as to the matter, in disappointment. He must say that the appointment of two of that part of the country whose representative he was, would Mr. C. RUSSELL said that an allusion had been made to Commissioners, specially directed to the fact of dis- consider that there had been a good feeling the accidents which occurredon the Great Western Railway ;he tress, would be worse than useless, if the House were not pre- them by the Members of that House.—( Hear, 'hear.; displayed towards That the could not refrain from making a few observations respecting pared to point out the means of relief. If the Hon. Gentle- wish which had been evinced thoughout the length and bre:-'ith them. No person more deeply deplored that accident than he did. man only intended that a searching inquiry should he instituted of the land had been carried out by the representatives of the (Hear, hear.) He did everything in his power to console and into the causes of distress, he (Sir J. Graham) should say that people in that House.—( Hear, hear.) With the permission of compensate the unfortunate individuals who had suffered by it. the inquiry by a Commission was not the best mcde of aster- the House, he would now withdraw his motion, with the hope ( Hear, hear.) It was his duty to attend the inquest which taining them. He could well understand that there were many that her Majesty's Government would not feel the difficulty in had been held upon them, and it was also his duty to view special circumstances occasioning the distress in Paisley. But performing the task avhich devolved upon them relative to this the line of railway upon which the accidents had occurred. He he doubted whether so large a community, a great part of unhappy people, increased by any thing which had fallen from did so most attentively, because he was exceedingly anxious to which subsisted on wages derived from labour, was affected by him.—( Hear, hear. ) ascertain whether blame could be attached to any particular the causes whi c h h a d b een indicated by the Hon. Gentleman. Lord STANLEY said, he did not make it at all a matter officer, or to the Company, and he (Mr. Russell) was proud to The Hon. Gentlem an w i s hed that those special circumstances of complaint against the Hon. Gentleman, for nothing could be able, solemnly and seriously, to declare that he believed that should be strictly investigated. Now, he (Sir J. Graham) be more creditable than the manner in which he had brought unfortunate occurrence was as much the visitation o f G o d' s did not t hi n k t h at the b est mo d e of instituting the inquiry, forward the question. But he did not wish that an impression providence as it was the result of accident.—( He ar , hear.) wou ld b e b y a Commission. H e s h ou ld say that by far the should go abroad with respect to emigration, that in conse- How was it po ss ibl e t h ere could be watchm en all through, from b es t course would b e t o b r ing the subject before a Committee quence of intentional s il ence , or; concealment; of their in onee 1 end to another of a li ne w hi c h extended to a distance of a of that House, w h o m i g h t exam i ne a f ew competent witnesses tentions by her Majesty's Government, any un ounded belief hundred and eight een m il es ? He had examined the line Me of by wh om th e facts would be clearly established, and the should be created, that relief for the prevailing depression was railway, and that p ar ti cu l ar place where the accide n t h a d oc - H ouse would thus be put in possession of the necessary in- to be afforded by an extensive scale of emigration. It was curred was much better circumstanced than any other part of it. formation. But h e (Sir James Graham) was obliged to add about two months ago that reports of such an intention on The Hon. Gentleman concluded by stating he would refrain that even if the Hon. Member had pursued that more pru- the part of the Government were very prevalent, and he from making further observation with reference to the matter dent course, he should still feel it his duty to oppose him. (Lord Stanley) had only declared that these reports were until such time as the Bill was introduced. With regard to the appointment of a Commission, he should without foundation ;he had no right to make a public explanation Mr. EWART observed that the proprietors were interested say that he thought such a step would give rise-to a most on the subject, but whenever applications had been made for the safety of those who travelled on their railways, as much unfortunate understanding, and would lead to expectations to him from Paisley and other places, and they had been very as the Government or any other persons could be. The old which he could not hold out - theleast hope of realising. Under numerous, he had always discouraged the prospects that were system of railways was, in his opinion, the safest. However, those circumstances, it would he his duty to give his vote founded on these reports. he hoped that the superintendence would be more efficacious in against the Hon. Gentleman if he should be induced to press Mr. WALLACE said he believed that the Noble Lord had future; and it was extremely satisfactory to find that in pro- his motion to a division—a course, which he h o p e d no t m i s l ed the many persons from those places who were portion as the sup er i n t en d ence was increased, the number of the Hon Member would not pursue. It should be known anxious to emigrate ; but he (Mr. Wallace) having told some accidents were diminished.—(Hear.) If an accident hap- that the Government had already received information on the of those parties that the-Government had no such intention, pened to a per son t rave lli ng b y ra i lway, or by coach, and that subject from accredited sources. There was a Sheriffs' Subati- they had replied that he had nothing to do with the present he survived it, h e h a d a goo d act i on for the Injury he sustained tute resident in every county in Scotland, whose duty it was Government, and that they had better inforination. against the p ro p r i e t ors o f t h e ra il way or conveyance in which to make constant inquiries into the condition of the population, Mr. S. JERVIS said a great part of th e H ouse appeare d to the accident had happened, so that the railway pro- 1 and to report to the Government the facts which he might have be totally ianorant of the state of the Poor-law in Scotland. prietors were most i n t eres t e d f or t h e safety of the passengers. collected. They had, therefore, sufficient means of obtaining It would be better if the House cold,/ receive som e infurma it appeared, therefore, that if the person suff er i ng fr om a information on Om spot ; and, under those circumstances, and tion as to the power which the Magistrates ce•the had to enforce railway a cc id ent surv i ve d the effects of that accident, he could for the reasons already given, lie felt it his d u ty to oppose the support of the poor in that country. • recover compensation from the railway proprietors ; but if he motion before the House. elr. WAKLEY said he had no intention of putting the died, his relatives had no remedy at all. It was true they Mr. HASTIE was sorry to find that the Right Hon Ba- question, or he would have given his Hon. and Learned Filen(' • might punish the Company, but they could not compensate the ronet had not uttered a word which could give the slightest notice. He thought the House and the country were bound to sufferer. It struck him that su c h a stat e o f law was anomalous, hope of relief to the distressed inhabitants of Paisley. It had know what means of relief the people of the country possessed. and required cor rec ti on. H e was sure that accidents had di- been truly stated that there were now in that town 17,000 inha bi- The LORD ADVOCATE said there was a poor minished, as th e ex p er i ence o f ra i lway directors had increased. tants, out of a population of 65,000. depending enti re l y on l aw in Scotland, but i n many par i s h es i t was unnecessary He gave his cordi a l su pp or t to t h e present measure, which, publi c c h ar i ty f or t h e means of subsistence. The Committee of to enforce it, and this had led to a belief that such a law did while it exercised a judicious control over the management of Relief had now but 1,800/. in their hands, which would not exist. But in every part of Scotland there was a law which railways, did not improperly interfere with the directors ofgive three weeks sustenance to :only w the unhappy sufferers, provided for every one fallen under the pressure of real destitu these undertakings. and it was impossible to expect that charitable contributions hon. But as to the great question of giving reef to able- Mr. HARDY approved of the Bill as far as it went, but would be continued.—(Hear, hear.) Unless, therefore,, s ome bodied labourers, and the means of providing forthem when thought it did not go far enough for the security of the public. relief were afforded by the Government, he looked with fear out of work, it was obvious that there must be some check ap- The principal accidents which had happened showed what men- and trembling to the result.—(Hear. ) plied, or the whole population might come on the poor-rates. tunes might be adopted for the prevention of accidents in future. l Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN hadto-night In this country—in England—that check is the poor-house check. resented a He happened to be a passenger by the Brighton Railway when Petition , praying that the Government P. ht assist In Scotland they gave voluntary aid and assistance, and 15,000/. the accident occurred on that line. On that occasion two engines i the people of Paisley. He believed that m O g o case so or 16,000/. was frequently given for the relief of the poor. had been used for the train. One of them was more powerful strong as that -of Paisley had been ende for such aid, COP YRIG II T. than the other, and he felt convinced that the second en ice He held in hisiband a petition presented months ago—that I Mr. GODSON said he would not occupy the House for any had driven the first off the rails, and thus caused the accident. I Petition was signed by no lesS than 3,000 persons,praying that , length of time with regard to the Bill relating to the copyright. Of the whole of that long train only three of the carriages had Leh aid should be given by Government to th ir esu enng classes, of books, of which he had given notice. He did not intd his been injured, and those were the carriages nearest the engine. i and (orof that time the distressed Billshouldapply the extension ofthe copyright , but its object n part On the Great Western Railway the accident had happened I paid , supported by contributions by the public, but now it could was to secure the property in copyright which already subsisted, through the engine being stopped by a slip of land; and thus not be sufficient for that purpose. The Noble Lord the Scene- by having all copyrights registered in the Court of Chancery, the becoming itself an impediment; in both cases it was only the tary for the Colonies must have seen from the Australian papers assignments of them, an d any mortgages. upon them, in order carriages nearest the eng i ne w hi c h had suffered. He hoped, ' that the resources of that col ony could not be adequately el to facilitate lawsuits, an d to k now i n whom the copyright was therefore, that som e p rov i s i on would be introduced in the Bill loped for want of a sufficient number of hands , th ee- a v ta vested. He intended his Bill should render property more se to prevent carriages being placed near to the engine, and he great demand for labour existed there. Some measure ought cure, and the public would be also benefited by knowing in was convinced in that manner the fatal consequences of similar , therefore to be adopted, by which the distressed labourers whom the copyright subsisted. He wished it to be understood accidents might be prevented. I might be taken to these colonies; and the petitionout that he did not mean to interfere with any Member who might points Sir It. PEEL thought that if effectual precauti n could . '• o this mode of relieving the distress. Whether the funds should be desirous of bringing forward a Bill for. the extension of he taken for the prevention of accidents by legislative enact- be raised by a loan on the security of the land for guarantee he copyright. The Hon. Gentleman concluded by moving for merits, the Legislature would be fully justified in interfering, could not say ; for he did not know from what sources the ne- leave to bring in a Bill for the better securing the property in and he felt perfectly certain thet, in such a case, no influence cessary funds could be derived for such an object ; but h e the copyright of books. of any railway proprietor with that House could stand against thought that a great country like this, whichwhen war was The Al TORNEY-GENERAL seconded the motion. ..., a . the sense of the nation. He doubted if all the railway pro- !to be- carried . , on, fiend no difficulty ' in raising money for their hfr. COCHRANE, proposed as an amendment, the intro rietors of the kingdom united could prevent the adoption by ' ,largest operations, ought not thus to suffer a large portion of duction of a proviso to facilitate the extension of copyright Parliament of effectual measures for the regulation of railways, ' its most indust r ious and valuable population to continue in dis- --(as we understood). if such could be the case. But what he deprecated was the ' tress. He had hea-d objections raised • Mr. WA KLEY said, if the Bill was framed upon tine sed the other night to a carrying the interference of Parliament beyond its proper limits. ) • •the public measure of emigration at He considered it injudicious for Parliament to undertake too j • at present- '' but such h• '• He thought those who d large voluntary emigration minute an interference with the regulations of railways, and objection did not apply to the emigration ' of the of talent were amply rewarded, and those who were not any attempt to do so would, he considered, be greatly injurious. r distressed f or the emigration then spoken of was, Out of per- possessed of talent ought to remain as they were. Whenever an accident occurredi the number of passengers on • sons who left the country with more or less capital, and was ; Mn, GODSON said the present Bill was to define the pro. a railway were diminished, and thereehipted some other mode not at all like this case. He felt that that was an improper perty of authors in their works. of coneeyance. But fi sh ed a gentleman came to a conclusive time for entering at large into the question of cad • gaation, but opinion on the details of such a provision, he ought to read the he thought he thould not do justice to the interests of those Member would name an early day to bring the Bill before evidence that had been laid before the Committee last year. whoplaced h • in li . hd • • • sue interests is an s, if he had riot stated his the House. He would then see that if th Government were to suggest a impressions on the subject. Mr. GODSOI\ said he should bring the Bill in directly, as certain interval between an engine and the carriages, the con- - sequence would be an increase rather than a diminution of ac- Mr: WAKLEY said that it was impossible to hear the state- he had it ready to do so, the i .. - Leave was given to bring in BII cidents ; for Railway Companies, feeling their responsibility menus made by Hon. Gentlemen without a feeling of great much lessened, would shelter themselves from the indignation commiserat ion. At the same time if they applied the remedy MUNICIPAL REGULATION BILL. of the public, by saying that these regulations had been forced Proposed in the present case, it would be impossible to gu• rd The ATTORNEY -GENERAL rose to meee for leave to upon them against their remonstrances by the Government, against other places similarly circumstanced making a similar bring in a Bill to explain the Municipal Regulation Act. which oughttobear the blame. But as to the safety of cross- application. His Hon. Friend had certainly brought forward There was a clause in the Act which precluded persons ings, and the establishme n t s of gates, and such things, the Go- his case in a very temperate speech, and in a manner calcu- holding leases- of land in boroughs from sitting in corpora vernment could do something; but as to determinin g the num- hated to obtain for him the attention not only of the House, but tions, and provided that every person so sitting in such ben of watchmen that should be employed, and that the trains of the country at large. The facts stated by his Hon. Friend corporation was liable to a penalty every time he took his seat. should net travel beyond a certain rate of speed, it would be were not disputed. The Government had no doubt whatever He Fad called the attention of her Majesty's Government to the utterly impossible fur the Government to interfere with pro- about them. But the Hon. Gentleman failed to apply any re- suhject, and the answer given by the then Attorney-Gener priety. This could only be done by those who had acquired medy. What was the use of sending a Special Commission to was, that he (Sir F. Pcllock) need be under no a h • a ppre apprehensions that nice tact, and minute exper.ence, that 'resulted from con- inquire into facts, when every atateinent made by his as to the operation of the Bill. Unfortunately, a case had lately stant personal application to the practical study of these ques- Honourable Friend respecting those facts was admitted occurred in the Court of Queen's Bench, by which the clause tions; and any interference of the Government in those de- to be, if anything, unsler.-4he truth ? The proposal he had referred to had been put in operation, and by which a partments, so far from answering their object would defeat it. made by the Honourable Gentleman who had just sat down was I member of a Town Council had been incapacitated from taking Mr. LA B 0 UCIIERE said the Bill of the Right Hon. Gen- a feasible one, but it would take much timel to bring it into I his seat. It was, therefore, the object of this Bill to remedy tleman differed in some respects from that introduced by him operation. His (Mr. Wakley's) chief object in rising was to . that evil. last year, for his was more stringent, and gave more direct ask what was the nature of the Poor-law in Scotland ? lie Mr. JAR VIS fully concurred in the object of the Bill. powers to the Board of Trade. His Bill was referred to a Se- wanted to know how it was that the property of Scotland, like Leave was given to bring in the Bill. lect Committee, and the result of the investigation was, that he that of England, was not applied to the relief of the poor? ' The ATTORNEY -GENERAL moved ter leave to bring • lost a great deal of the confidence he first had in that measure, The Lord-Advocate was present, and lie (Mr. Wakles ) then in a Bill to allow of a writ of error in any case of a jtidginent He was now convinced that the safest course fur the Govern- asked, was there a Poor-law in Scotland ?He understood of the Court of Queen's Bench upon an application for a ment was, to let the undivided responsibility of the manage- there was, but he should like to know how it was carried into mandamus. The forms of the Queen's Bench admitted this ment of the railways rest on the directors and officers • and, effect, because it was of no use for Scotch gentlemen to make in some cases, and there was no reasonwhy, on principle, n it therefore, he thought the Right Hon. Gentleman hadexer- applications to that House, and appeal to its sympathy, if they should f t ir - o` Il(.71 extended to other cases—Leave fafr was . gi m ve oved for cased a sound discretion in excluding some clauses which he neglected their duties in their own country. Ifthere was not a tt . tof the ' n }antic absence o , distin Hawes, uishin that im. (Mr. Labouehere) had introduced. This subject was by no Poor-law in Scotland, then he (Mr. Wakley) called on the as a emen British quan y Indies, s ar . __g f . g h British • ported from the West the Maur tins, t e t mean s so 'simple as Gentlemen might think at first ; the more Government to apply itself to the subject at . once, and . see that possessions in India, and from foreign countries, upon which hey examined it, the more they would see the difficulty of the people of Scotland were provided with an efficient and duty was paid in each month, from January, 1831, to Decem dealing with some questions that at first seemed very easy, He effectual Poor-law, which should give them instantaneous re- I) 1841, both inclusive. A l so the y, f of British bar,. .. average pr.ce , was sure that the safer way for the Government would y b ' e to lief. That could be done in the course of a week. interf, re too little, th an would undertake to Plantation Sugar, as advertised in the London Gazelle, '" rather too much, with the ln one week he (Mr. Wakley) monththe above • '- directors. As their knowledge increased they might int f railway have a Poor Jaw p viled for that country, if he hart each during farther ; but, at present, he thought the Right Hon. Gentle- e a inajorir of ni re f 'in that house. He understood the population of the United Kingdom in 1831 and 1841, and . !icy man had exercised a sound discretion in • that there Y semblance of a Poor- for each of the intermediate years, assigning one -tenth of the giving the Board a was something bearing the Trade the power of makin lug • increase between these years as. the annual increa,se —Ordered. poor-houses. He gestions, leaving it to the Rail- law in Scotland, but that there were no Sir G. CLERK moved th M W . • -• • way Companies to refuse ould be briught at r. iillam Williams be ..e there at their pleasure. ct uld scarcely understand how a Poor law c Leave Was then given to bring in the Bill. into operation without poor-houses, not . . that he had any de- added to the Select Committee on Public Petitions. DISTRESS IN PAISLEY 1. t h sire to see poor-houses established in Scotland stint ar o t ose Me. WAKLEY seconded the • motion ; and in doing so lie - wished Mr. WALLACE said that in rain •• existing in England.—(A laugh.) But he thought that, con.sincerely that every man in that House could claim to be to bring forward the as good a Radical as Mr. Williams was.—Ordered. motion of which he had given notice relative to the sidering the lamentable distress which existed in that quarter, in Paisle_y, he felt it due to the House to be as brief distressa s it would be a satisfaction to the House and to the country to COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY. Bible. If was so well known to Hon. Members that distress it precisel and distinctly what was the nature of the Poor- On the motion for the House going into a Committee of did prevail that the subject required no aid from him re :cos law in Scotland; that if sufficient for that purpose it might Supply, convince them that it was of a very broad nature, and ex- be applied for the relief of the sufferers, and if not, some speedy Mr. WAKLEY rose and said he took that ' fitting opportu tended both far and wide ; but he believed that that House remedy might he adopted. nits to enter his protest—his solemn arid serious protest— and the country did not know the extent of privation and Mr. YORKE said it struck him that if they were to ap. !gainst the mode in which the Queen's Speech had been framed suffering to which the people of Paisley and the neighbour- point a Commission for Paisley upon the sufferings of those in- in the present Session, and for some years past. He would not hood were subjected. So far as he knew, and lie believed h e habitants, he was somewhat -c?ompetent-to speak, having wit- detain the House by going at any length into the expressed the feelings of the whole of the inhabit an t s o f th at nessed for himself their allin distress ; it struck him that if subject, but he did think that the manner in which district, they were all fully grateful for the sympathy and aid they we re to have a Commissionfor that town, it would be that Speech was framed was unbecoming the character which had been shown towards Clem by the people of this merely a precursor to C • ' •11 almost every tuwn in of that House, and was inconsistent with the ommisslons I power, country, from the Qu een on h er th rone d own t o th e v er y low es t the kingdom, to such an appalling extent did manufacturing the dignity, and the interests of the country. Latterly in the realm, who had aid and sympathy to offer. Their con- stagnation prevail. At the time when he was in Paisley, there the commencement of every session had brought with it some duct, I.e believed, had been most exemplary, and the greater we re upwards of 14,000 persons in a:state of absolute destitution, excuse for adopting that mode, and upon which the House was their distress and suffering, the more exemplary did it become. and but for what might be called the extraneous assistance ren- unanimous. In consequence of our young and beauteous Queen The community of which - he spoke had long been known for . ' dered to the town, those 14,000 persons must one by one have coming to the Throne, it was considered on that occasion that visitations similar to those to which he now referred; the artisans died of starvation ; they were still subsisting upon this gratui- no difference of opinion should exist as to the n pee but th er were chiefly occupied in supplying fancy articles for the markets . tous and accidental relief. On the whole, his hope for Paisley the utmost unanimity should prevail. The came another of Loadon and other large towns, and any falling off in trade was ' was that which he entertained for the country at large,the hop e event—the marriage of this beautiful young lady—and nothing felt directly by them. At this moment her Majesty's Govern- I that taxes would be taken off the staple commodity of human could be a greater blessing to the House than unanimity on ment must he aware that there were 17,500 persons in Paisley : existence, and that there would be a thorough revision of that occasion. Then came the results of that marriage. and the neighbourhood, who were reputed as receiving parish those restrictive impositi ons w hi c h o perated most wickedly (Laughter.) First, they had a Princess, and they Pe nowthey assistance ; 15,000 of these belonged to the town of Paisley against the bowels of the people.._( Hear, hear.) had a Prince, and it was incumbent on the House alone. Besides this, there were 1,000 weavers, and some two I Sir VALENTINE BLAKE . the dreadful distress to express its gratitude for these two blessings , and -spoke on gs, he was or three huedred labourers who received partial relief. The , which he lamented to say prevailed in every part of the king_ fully aware that the feelings of the House on that --occasion amount that weavers could now earn did not exceed 4s. a-week ; Glom urging the —rather less than more—fory of some prov s necessit iaionary remed were the feelings of the country. But on occasions of this sort 3' , working fourteen, fifteen, an d that should to some - at least, furnish s ome when the Commons of England were assembled for the pur- I ex t ent, . sixteen hours a-day. Those who had attended to gaol static- amelioration of it. enind the House that Simi- Pose of promoting the public interest, he did think it was &- ties, and to the feeding of the inmates ingaols, have learnt 1f el • le begged to re . , . must an periods o epressien had occurred in other countries ; and ting—he thought it was the duty of the framers of the Speech that considerably more than double that amount wa s requ i re d to i n one instance recorded in I •the consequence was ruin —that such expressions should be introduced in the Speech maintain the inmates in health and stren I And it 'anddecay, and gt i. when was . considered that the people of Paisley had no firing, little Memb er - I met en or no proceeded to read portions from two histotical writers, Y the attention of the world, and command that House clothing ers, „, and no bedding, they would be able to form a com- amid considerable 1 - h sides of the the respect and admiration of 1 J • large portion of the universe. aughter from bot House.) parison between the relative positions of the honest inhabitants Trade was depart' the other Instead of that, the Speeches' were year after year . of Paisley and the inmates of ing from Nottingham and did sa • gaols. He blamd no one—he England, which were b - g — d • t •essed as those f made up of u nmeaninggeneralities . They could e that the distress had reached to such ap e extent as had land and Ireland. A German manufacturer i cturer eeti4d.hr9 Scots not put a finger upon h worthy any part t e ak was led him to menu a _ e a . e. the consideration that it Was his bounden duty tomake goods of the same kind bpi ove r of that House. ' After the House had hard the Speech, the statement which he would' now briefly lay before the House. N . and quality as thos matt d at se. • ottingham, and sell them ba that town at a pr. 50 per cent: the House adopted an Address the echo of the Speech and he thoulght nothing could be worse plaitned than the Speech and Address of the present Session. He did not say the prese nt _ Government was worse than the preceding one, but during the late Administration the Wallet Government was lib, r enough of their condemnation of the fovnier Goveriment, and yet, when they, the present Government, came into pow er them selves, they a d op t e d t h e prec i se course o f their p: edecessors. Now he (Mr. Wakley) wanted to see an improvement, he de sired to see some c h ange, some alteration ; not to go on,. year after year, 4n expressions of unmeaning generahteess making the speech from the Throne a thing to be laughed at, instead of being a State document to be respected and admired. The Right Honourable Baronet, the First Lord of the Treasury, had given notice at the opening of the Session, of his intention of making an exposition of his views. He ( Mr. Wakley) recollected that, at the close of last session, that Right Hon. Gentleman stated that he was going id take a review of the country, and that the House having ben] prorogued fot five months, at the meeting of Parliament they should be made acquainted with the measures intended to be brought forward by the Government. The questions now discussed were of the last importance to the country, and deeply concerned it. The conduct of Government on these questions would determine what must bethe issue of the political contest they had been engaged in for a long time; he regarded the aristocracy of England as being on their trial at the present moment. He, as a Radical Reformer, knew full well that when the Constitution of England was changed by the Reform Bill, those who sought more extensive measures of Reform could not have them completed until the other branch of the in terests of the country, who were then out of power, obtained office ; and the public looked anxiously to what it would do for their good. The most wealthy, the most respected portion of the aristocracy were under trial, they had the power of carrying any measure for the public good, they wanted but the will to do so. He did not know whether that will existed, but if it did exist, they had power in that and the other House to accom plish great results. Hence there could be no trickery, no in trigue, and no fallacies. Nothing could induce the people to turn their attention from the real merits of the case. The wealth of England was in power, and were able to pass any measure they deemed advisable for the public benefit and ad vantage. At the present moment he (Mr. Wakley) if called upon to give aa opinion as a medical man, would not know rightly what to prescribe.—(Laughter.) When asked what was to be done with the patient, would it not be strange for the doctor to say, that when he had his fee in his pocket he should prescribe? That was certainly a new mode of practice.— ( Laughter. ) He (Mr. Wakley) regretted that the doctor was not present then. It used in lormer times to be the practice to prescribe at once for a patient, but now the doctor said be would prescribe next April, and in the interim he would show the general system, and measures that shouldbe adopted for the benefit of the country: He complained of the Speech delivered from the Throne ; it was vapid, senseless, and useless; it was utterly unworthy of the Parliament or of the country ; and it was certainly not calc u l a t e d t o i mpress the public mind with that degree of respect which it was desirable they should have for the Houses of Parliament. He regretted that a greater number of the members of the Government were not then present, or he should have extended his observations upon that subject. However, he for one would certainly move an amendment to the Royal Speeches to be delivered for the fu ture, if they were not framed in a different manner, for they were now utterly useless to the public interests. He was de termined to divide the House upon his amendments, because he thought it was lamentable to see that, year after year, they should be cozened into a thing of that sort, and that the public mind should be left wholly unsatisfied. Sir G. CLERK said, though the Hon. Member for Finsbury had a perfect right to bring forward that matter, yet, he could not avoid saying, that his observation upon the subject of the speeches received from the Throne were then very ill-timed—( Hear, hear)—he should have expressed those opinions on last Thursday evening, when the subject was under consideration —that was the proper time, when the Noble Lord opposite had delivered an exortatien upon the necessity of unanimity ; from the experience of the Hon. Member for Finsbury, he might have known that upon one occasion the House were not unanimous upon speeches from the throne.—(Hear, hear.) He (Sir G. Clerk) was at a loss to know what tort of speech the Hon. Member for Finsbury would recommend when he was placed in the situation of her Majesty's adviser—( A l augh)—though he had a . perfect right to introduce those subjects for the consideration of the House, it would have been much better if he had done so when thb Ministers of the Crown were present, and would be able to justify and explain the objects of the Speech.—( Hear, hear.) lie ( Sir G. Clerk) was not aware that there was any complaint made of the omission of any matter of importance. ~e re was no subject omitt e d b ut one, and that was with rela tion to introduction of a Bill for the renewal of the Poor laws—that w as omitted, and it was a ll uded to by an Hon. Member a few n i g t m : tzo: The First L or d o f t h e Treasury : then stated that the subject, though omitted in the Royal Speech, should come under the -,,,zsideration of the House during the present Session, and tna: a satisfactory measure should be propounded—that the Right: Honourable Baronet said he would take the very first Ipos . :unity which he could t a k e cons i stently with the forms of the House, to bring that, as well as all other measures under the considera tion of the House; and as soon as he had an opportunity, in a Committee of Ways and Means, which was the only proper time he could move any substantial resolution for supply—he would not only do so, but it was his intention to develope to the House the measures which he would propose on this sub ject. The Right Hon. Baronet could not take any other course. If there was any important measure to be brought before the House it was mostexpedient that the example of the former Government should not be followed in al lowing a great number of Bills to be brought forward at once on matters of importance ; those Bills should be diligently in quired into; and, according to the formal practice of intro ducing them, no Member of the House knew which of them were discussed, even though he was 'present. Looking at the experience of former Sessions, and the length of time wasted by the introduction of Bills as they then were, he (Sir G.Clerk) thought that the course marked out by the First Lord of the ' Treasury, in bringing forward measures when they could be understood and properly discussed, was much better than if he had brought forward all the measures at once which the Go vernment intended to submit to the House. He trusted that the explanation he had attempted to give would be satisfactory, and that his motion would be acquiesced in by the Honourable Gentleman opposite.—( Hear. ) Mr. WAKLEY assured the Hon. Baronet that he had been in the House every moment since the Session commenced. He heard a statement of the intentions of the First Lord of the Treasury —he heard all that had passed—much of what he had heard gave him great pain —much of it gave him pleasure. He could not expect that all of it would give him pleasure—if he did, he should have been very much disappointed. —( Laughter. ) He would tell the Hon. Baronet that he (Mr. Wakley) never approved of the Royal Speeches, and as to the introduction of the Poor-law Bill, the House should remember that in August last a Bill was pasted upon the subject of Poor-law, and though that Bill was to end in July next, the measure for its continuance was not to be passed until rifler Easter. The Bill was not to be introduced till after Easter, and consequently it was expected that it should b e b rought through both Houses of Parliament i n six weeks. He complained of that first, be cause the public should base ample time to see what those Bills were before they . were passed i n t o l aws. For his own part, he should have preferred to have no Bills at all rather than have crude and undigested ones. The public were interested in the Poor-law Bill, and that should have been the very first that was introduced to the House. It should have been introduced in sufficient time to enable the public to express their opinion upon it by petitions or otherwise ; instead of that, although the subject was well un derstood in the House, and had been frequently and publicly discussed there, the Bill was to remain snugly in the office until after Easter, and then, for the first time, it was to be brought forward, although the Act was to end in July. H e considered that that was not acting fairly by those who brought in the Bill originally, or by the people, and he would take an other opportunity of expre s sing his opinions upon the subject. Mr. I. ARREN hoped sincerely that the public would avail themselves of the opportunity of expressing their opinions on the Poor-law to the Legislature by petition, and that the Poor law Commissioners would not be in future allowed to abrogate the powers of the Constitution, but that they should have a Government that would bend to the opinions of the public. The resolution was then agreed to, and the report ordered to be received to-morrow. The other Orders of the Day having Leen disposed of, the [ouse adjourned at Half. past Nine o'Clock. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) MONDAY, FEB. 7. PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC PETITIONS MAJORITY of 239 (Tellers included), who, voted against Mr. Wallace's Motion relating to the Presentation of Pub lic Petitions. Acland, Sir Thoma A'Court, Captain Ackers, James Aeton, Colonel Adderley, C. B. Allis, John Peter A iitrobus, Edmund Bailey, Joseph, jun Baillie, Colonel Baillie, IL J. Baird, William Balfour, J. M. Baring, W. Baring, H. B. baring, F. T. Barnard, E. G. Baskerville, T. B. 1 Beckett, William hell, Eaton, Richard J, Ebrington, Viscount Egerton ' Sir P. G. Eliot, Lord Elphitistone, Howard Emlyn, Viscount Escott, Bickliam Ferrand, W. B. Fitzroy, Caplan' Flolliort, John Forbes, William Forman, T. S. Fuller, A. E. Gaskell, J. AL IGill, Thomas Gladstone, W. E. Godson, Richard Gordon, Hon. W. Gordon, Lord F. Gore, W. It. 0. Gore, W 0. Goulburn ' H. Graham, Sir J. Granger, T. C. Grant, Sir A. C. Greena 1, Peter Creche, 'l'. U. Orey, Sir G. Griimeritch, T. Grimaton, Lord Grogan, Edward lialtord, H. Hamilton, James Hamilton. W. J. Hamilton, Lord C. Harcourt, 0. G. Hardinge, Sir H. Hardy, John Hattie, A. Hawes, 8.- Heathcote, Sir IV. ht zley, J. W. S. Hill, Sir ltowlari...' Hodgson, F. Hodgson, R. Hollorid, Robert HouldsNerth, 1. Holmes, W. Hope, Charles Hope, G. W Hornby, John Howard, C. W. G. Hughes, W. B. James, Sir Walter Jernsyn, Earl Johnson, W. G. Johnstone, Alex. Johnstone, Hope Knatchbuil, Sir E. Knight, F. Winn Labouchere, H. Lambton, H. Larpent, Sir 0. Lawson, Andrew Legli, George C. Leicester Earl of Lennox, Lord A. Liddell, H. T. Lincoln, Earl of Lindsay, H. Li , ton, E. Loch, James Lockhart, William Lowther, J. H. Lygon, General Macaulay, T. B Mackenzie, Thomas MacGeachy, F. A. Mahon, Lord Benett, John Bereslord, Captain 13ertsford, Major Blakemore, R. Bodain, W. 11.. Bolder°, Henry G. Borthwick, Peter tkittield, Beriah Bowes, J. Bradshaw, James Brampton, 'l'. W. Broadley, Henry Broadwood, H. Brodie, W . B. Brotherton, J. Browne, W. Brownrigg, J. S. Bruce, Lord E. Bruce, C. L. • Eh p h. ; (ieorge Buck, Lewl., W. Buckley, Edmunn Buller, E. Buller, Sir J. B. Y. Busfeild, W. Campbell, Sir H. Campbell, A. Carnegie, Captain Cartwright, W. R. Chelsea, Visconnt Chctwode, Sir John Cholmondeley, H. Christmas, William Christopher, R. A. Clayton, Sir W. Clerk, Sir 0. Clive, R. H. Cochrane, A. Colborne, W. Ridley Collett, W. Bickford Compton, H. Connolly, Colonel Corry, H. L. Cowper, Hon W. Cre-swell, Baker Cripi , s, J. Crosse, 'l'. Bright Dalrymple, Captain Mainwaring, T Manners, Lord C. March, Earl of Marsham, Viscount Martyn, C. Cecil Maple, Hon box Mitchell, T. A. Morgan, Octavius Mundy, E. Miller Murray, C. R. S. Napier, Sir I. h♦rles Neeld, John Neville, Ralph Newry, Viscount Nicholl, J NortnlAnd, Lord O'Brien, W. S. Paget, Lord Alfred Pakington, John S. Peel, Sir ft. Peel, Jonathan Philips, Mark Pigot, Sir It. Plumptre, J. P. Pollock, Sir F. Praed, W. T. Pringle, A. Prot" I)arner:l4(in. liawsot Dawson, Hon. T. V. )en icon, John Evelyr Denison, E. Beckett Dickinson, F. H. 9ivett, E. Dodd, t.corge Douglas, Sir C. E. Drummond, H H. Duncan, George buncombe, 0. Dundee, David Easthope, Sir John 2 rotheioe, E. Pusey, Philip Ilashleigh, William Reade, W. M. Hepton, George J. Richards, Richard Rous, Hon. Captain uslibrooke, Colonel Russell, Lord John Sandon, Lord Scarlett, Hon. R. Shaw, F. Sheppard, Thomas Shirley, E. P. Sibthorp, Colonel Smith, Vernon Smythe, Hon. G. :zmollett, A. SomerZt, Lord Somerton, v...:Pount Sotheron, T. H. Stanley, Lord Stanstield, W. IL Strutt, Edward Stuart, H. Stunt, 11. C. Sutton, Henry N. Taylor, T. E. Tennent, J. E. Thompson, Ald. Tollemache, John Townley, R. G. Trollops' Sir John 'trotter, John Tufnell, Henry Yore, Sir C. B. Verner, W. Vernon' Granville Villiers, Viscount Vivian, C. C. Waddington, H. S. Walker, R. Wall, B. Wood, Colonel T Wortley, J. :tuart Wrightson, W Wyndham, W, Young, John Young, Sir W. TELLERS. i Inglis, Sir H. H. Fremantle, Sir T. A ,etter from Foix, in the Arriege, states that early in the morning of the 26th ult:, an enormous avalanche tell from a height of 1,500 feet. upon the hamlet of Artigues, near Auzac, at the foot of the Pyrenees, and entirely destroyed all the houses w ith the whole of the inhabitants. The intel ligence of this dreadful calamity did not reach Auzac till the day after, on account of the remote position of the hamlet. Fifty of the inhabitants went to give what succour they could, bt.:t found only a few corpses out of the total number under the ruins of the houses. It is not said how many persons are supposed thus to have perished. EVENING SUN -1- ' -_ COURT CIRCULAR. WlNnson,Tu ESDA Y.—The Queen and Prince Albertc",:tle, for some time, this afternoon, upon the Terrace of the Jon , Prince Augustus and Prince Leopold left, for 1 , °' 1 : 0 00 the Great Western R a il wa y, a b out n i ne o ' c l oc k this n ' but will return in the evening to the Castle to dinner'.„ to be t The Hon. Sarah Ma r y C aven di s h arr i ve d on a visi t Majesty. wpri o Major- General and the Lady Isabella Wemyss, and Mrs. Ashley, Col one l an d th e H on . M rs. Arbet",_ne t"" Mr. and Mrs. H arcour t, o f St. L eonar d' s Hill, w ill ' a :,..01 1J honour of joining the R o y a l Ci rc l e a t t h e C ast l e , a t din''' . eveni h n. Te g Court willleave the Castle f o r th e P av ili o n at 1.41,0 on Thursday morning, oburg' His Serene Highness Prince F er di nan d of Saxe to 1101 ; A attended by Captain Francis Seym our , arr ived in '''1101; Monday evening from Windsor Castle, and visited h e a reto' Highness the Duchess of Kent, at her residence , House, St. James's. A rrir Their Serene Highne ss es Prince Augustus an d b, st: Leopold, of Saxe Cobourg, attended by Count de Zait s s' rived in town yeste r d a y mowing from Windsor Cas ti e ; os to s ' Their Serene Highnesses the Princes Ferdinand , A u " th e and Leopold, yesterday present yester at the solemnisati°,°:l,oll marriage of his Highn ess th e P r i nc e E s t er h az y, with In j ect Sarah Villiers, daughter of the Earl and Countess 0 f ro st 7 at Chandos House. Th e i r S erene Hi g h n esses eiV t i l l visited and inspe c t e d th e new H ouses of Parliamen t ' Il i 11 0 thence went to Clarence House, St. James's, 0 visit h e r Hi the Duchess of Kent. A d el h i, Their Serene Highnesses the Prince Ferdinan";;„del. Princes Augustus and Leopold of Saxe Cobourg, ate., Capt. Francis Seymour, Count de Degenfeld Schonw e 'forw; Count de Zaitsch, left Clarence House, at five o'cloekicest terminus at Paddi ng t on , an d t rave ll e d by the Great wo e Railway t o th e Sl oug h station, 'on their return to ' Castle. p r e y ' Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Linchess of Cal as Prince George and the Princess Augusta a Cam br „ i " r u d e s ' ) ; tended by .I,:dy Augusta Somerset, were present f , r the marriage of ;;is Highness Prince Nicholas gtet,,' 3 " Th e ,l the Lady Sarah Vi:liers in St. George's ChurPl'orla t o Royal Highnesses, after the ceremony, honoured the •eo ij , Countess of Jersey with their company at the dejenne.r e pce the occasion by the Earl and Countess at their rest Berkeley- square. Q tie ° The Duke of Cambridge visited her Majesty th e Dowager yesterday at Marlborough House. • lobet of Mr. Thomas Todd, President of the American Chaesidelof Commerce, Liverpo o l ; Mr. Willi am B rown , Vice-r r v a rl and Mr. Thomas 'Bolton had an interview with the "" Ripon yesterday at the office of the Board of Trade. r d s y, i t Lord Elgin had at int erv i ew w ith L or d St an l e y ye te A e the Colonial-office. ha d Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and TOO' j a i, interview with the Ch ance ll or o f th e E xc h eque r yester re his official residence in D own i ng - s t ree t. d i The Portuguese and G rec i an Mi n i s t ers t ransacte d u yesterday, at the Foreign-office. tef a. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Cowl; sat I ° o o° and resumed the hearing of an appeal f rom the l i f er-- Court, " Ditchburn v. Fearn ." 0 3911 113 ; The Queen's Advocate, and Mr. Kindersley, a djou rn ed sel, were heard for the respondent. The Court case The for Lords present further hearingwere until Lord Saturd W ay. ynford, Lord 11° 4 Lord Campbell, and th e J u d ge of the Admiralty .Court the Dispatches from the L • t 11' lonian Islands were receive d ' y ( •ester ig da h y tmhTC.isscrneiarilififee' [ADVERTISEMENT. I CLOSE OF H OLIDAYS ,--NOW that the .S` ri;o t of annual festivity i s a b ou t t o term i nate, and the res,PedifF lioarding-schools be re -i ns t a t e d b y t h e b usy throng of _ aspirants, the personal comfort and attractions of w° f come naturally an obj ec t w ith f r i en d s and relatives „ solicitude. Rowland's -Macassar Oil, for accelerat' u ewl growth and for preserving and beautifying the hai r ,;,, land's Kalydor, for preserving the skin and complo" - t - 0 , ' removing cutaneous eruptions; and Rowland's Od °9 „oive r ; beautifying the Teeth, and preserving the Gums, are - o il rally considered indispensable in the requisite accolor al ";0 1 , 6 , of the decorative repository. The august patronage cu , by all the Sovereigns of Europe to these creative r e l- a llir„ specifics, and confirmation, by experience, of their den efficacy, have characterised them with perfection, and them a celeb r it y unparalleled. AINSWORTH'S MAGAZINE.--This P- pr* -I° ,le has made a g l or i ous start and has already attained a s;site`if greater tha n was ever reached by the first number of an y der far publication. And indeed it would be matter of lit"' it were not so , s i nce, independently of the talent of h',s O r contributors, and o f t h e truly Hogarthian designs e't s° Cruikshank,l cons i st i ng of two large and highly finis° 4 plates, together with numerous illustrations engraved 01 ';‘'fb! Ainsworth himself has here produced his best romance, v ie.' Miser's Daughter." This is a story worthy of the 1 1 days of our literature, rivalling the vigour, truth, ably .;:10, t , minated character, and rapid succession of incident, the grossness of Fielding. The time of the story is the ar pto of the last century, when Hogarth, Pope, Churchill, f Johnson, Fo o t e , C o ll ey Cibb er, Garrick, Lord Che" e j, Reynolds, and o th ers , t h rew a l i ght upon the circles of ,he don, which has never since been equalled. The scene I : y ing metropolis, particularly th e W estm i nster portion of it, % ,, -3 r y t from the old an d squa lid prec i ncts of the Little SencVall .ri ° the brilliant scen es o f f as hi ona bl e display which the l',"" St. James's Park evinced during-that era day after dal' rill' far as mit) , be judged by the commencement of Mr. Ai o 'l, ° iti° 9 new fiction, the plot seems to have for its object an e, 11 1 1 , 01 0:1 of the career of a young man of gentle blood throng", ec e life as it then existed, involving him under the guj u l io je, wits, beaux, and titled beauties in the extravagances, ' - ' her o .;' tions, and frolics (high and low) of the town. The jos Randolph Crewe, a young Cheshire gentleman, who a rr b e roT town on a visit to his uncles, Abel and Trussell Bea c sea rf," bringing with him a mysterious packet, addressed to ye' the Miser, which was to be delivered to that personal after the death of Randulph's father, but not before. fec tt e possible to ima g i ne anyt hi ng more dramatic and tu richer in ch arac t er , or more st i mulative of curiosity, „, interview of th e young man with t h e Mi ser end his'fagtoduc daughter, in their dingy and dil ap id ate d a b ode ; his se!' tion to the eccentric brothers Beachcroft; or than cth ioph mated and sparkli ng scene i n t h e Mall, where Ra t " dy 1 31.3 1 ", made known to Beau Villiers and the g orgeous dame .trec bazon. Among the other characters the reader will b e d u te' with the Mi ser ' s g -i m war d er J acob P ., st, and with Mr* o.lloe indthe fr e and easy butler of Mr. Abel Beachcroft T he ast • oli tr , he • eed, abound s with natural, dram a ti c) an d strong ly c of portraitures, and must assuredly increase the celebrity writer.— Naval and Military Gazette. -----------"--"; r! --- , i ' SILVER TEA SERVI — r ,, h i "' ' —T. COX SAVORY, Working Silversmith, 47, •': -f s n the ',. London, seven doors from Graeechureh- - street ' , au rE nt Sf S t ' ' ' Vices of the following SILVER TEA and COFF' l ,ell,fet; ' • ICES. The Cottage Pattern is plain, standing on ', i d s . 1 ,,_ the tea and coffee pots with a flower ornament on the , 00- - King's Pattern is richly embossed with flowers and The shape of either is new and elegant. COTTAGE PATTERN. SING'S PATT.OI4' 4: :.; 1 k.: s. t .. 12 10 ' e Strong Silver Tea-pot _l2 0 Strong Silver Tea-po t I 7 - - . Ditto Sugar Basin 6lt Ditto Sugar ' v , ig „, - e r : I , 61 ~ Ditto Milk Ewer. 410 Ditto Creatun'vi . .ls , ili:lo Coffee-p0t..15 0 Ditto Cof fee-Pc --- 0 ( y C0mp1ete,.......••£38 * 6 Complete.......i ce b 1.. A variety of upwa..os of fifty Tea and Coffees Ser_ v w el a: I be scen in the Show-roof ; where may be selected e_.. p . 1 0 : ele of silver requisite for ihe sideboard or plate-che7 ar tielee_ phlets of prices, illustrated by sketches of the varko: ~i ngd olo s _, gratis, and forwa...ded, postage free, to any part of ti se ' ven do n' —T. COX SAVORY, No. 47, Cornhill,Lond"' ".e . from Gracechurch-street. B /1{ TH S. , willie o On the sth inst., a t Clift on , B r i s t o l, the lad,' °' Clarke, Esq. of a daughter. ~. th W l 9 of , On the sth; inst., at Rutland gate, Hyde-Par"' - e Frederick Pratt Barlow, Esq , j , f* So n. cif of On the sth inst., t he is at the un ß . infield Berks . ' William Stevens, Esq , of a daughter.Villa, ' l ot O dd On the 6th inst., at Dorking, • Surrey, lady of .-e s the Young, Esq., of a son. k cards Ps ' On the 6th inst., at Westbourne-street, Hyde-Par,----ahte the lady of Thomas Arbuthnott Whitter, Esq., of a cia ti o f oon• On the 6th inst. , in Tavistock-place, Mrs. S. Haint:N ° 1 A• On the 6th inst., in Larkhall- lane, Clapham, "' al " Boulcott, of a son. --------------- . _ MARRIED. Ed Wa fi On the sth inst., at St. Ann's, Limehouse, Geortegellslo! Bird, Esq., of Clifton, to Eliza Loyd, second daug h° Fitzgerald, Esq., Stepney. __----'----- , DIED. (.. 13 of h er On the sth inst., at Croyd on , C o l o nel Stretton , ‘-'• " Majesty's service. On the 6th inst., at Walwood ' Leytons t on e, Joseph o°4. the third son of William Cotton Esq. Re pobeFt On the 28th ult., in the Ne ' w K en t-road, the . v • ,„, t sir Francis Bree, grand son o f t h e former an d n ephew of t he i• Martyn Stapylton, Bart., of Alyton, Yorkshire. of _ London: -- Print7ed andPu Wished 1); Y" I'llj ? ' No. 1)2 , St ran d, it The Sea Office, No. 11 2 "', S tra the Count of Middlesex, Wednesday, Febr uar y 9,1, e , ` A , . 'S. MONEY MARKET and CITY'NE' . MONEY FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. t o TIMES. —The premium on gold at Paris is 7 per mille, n on I at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 101 cl. per ounce for sti , u lt • gold, gives an exchange of 25 326 , , and the exchange Paris on London at short being 25 521, it follows that g is 0.80 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. r By advice s f rom H am b urg h t h e pr i ce o f gold iS y err mark, which, at th e E ng li s h Mi nt pr i ce o f 31. 17s. 1 01 4' 1 t io ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 7, 5 4 it exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13 than follows that gold i s 0 . 9 3 per cent. d earer i n London t Hamburgh.; ° SUN.—Everythin g t o -d ay wore a g l oom y alV earse Money is tighter, and the India news has had the effect 1 0 ,. pressing the value of the public securities. We suspects cs eui ever, that home politics have as much to do with the pr want of confidence displayed by the monied and IneV o tO interests, as any matter relating to foreign affairs, v os somethiog more is known with regard to the proposed re ATM of the Coyn and other Import Duties, it can scareelY be oo pected that Any particular revival in trade will take plo% r ice, Wool and Colton markets are bo t h ra th er a nimated, b ut .0 are complained of as' being low in co m p ar i son with former ') of prosperity. The Stock market was very depr esse d, as no one f eel o i ftl posed to operate until some clue is obt a i ne d to the pie'? t or Robert Peel. No doubt the Indian news also has hati, 4 o „ t id favourable effect. The premium on Exchequer Bills, o su ,„ r e diait to IBs. and 20s. Consols were at 88% to 69 for ,1 1 , red transfer, and at 89i to .89 buyers for th e A c count. I sri important questions relatve to Import D u ti e s, &C., ",,, J cli about to engage the attention of Parliament, have 3 ; 0 0 effect in restricting bu s i n ess in th e S toc k, as in hur Fast markets.. .Bank Stock to-day brought 167 t o 168, - . 2 7!S India Stock declined from the previous nominal rate el i° to 245. New Three and-a-Half per Cents. were 2 ,11, 1 r ' 98i and the Three per Cent. Annuiti es 89% to ( dig Bonds were at at 9s. • Pill The Foreign Securities, with the single exceptio n of : 2 0 Stock, were all a shade lower, Portu guese b e i n g at a ; 3 0 , fife from 33% to 31, closing, howeve r , a t 3)4 f o r the, d per Cents. Spanish Active B on d s rece d e d to 24 g , : i ) 3g Mexican Bonds were not quit e so goo d. Th e y realir e , it to 32,i. Colombian were at 22 to 21i, B raz ili a n at 6 51 f 16 4 ° and Buenos Ayres at 19. Belgi an Fi ve per Cents::Ceo were marked 104%, and Dutch T wo - an d- a -Half P e were worth 51a to Mi. Not much was doing in the Railway Shares, ap a . v f sales easier rates w ere submitted to. G rea t Western J.` e re 1 , 11 at 10, and Birmingha m a ! 81 p rem i um . B r i g hton we tiaa k • Croydon 2, and Bl ac k wa ll 10% discount. Provincia l P Ireland Sh ares were 15 premium. o f r There was no de c id e d movement i n T h e d ema nd •° r i exchange on the C on ti nenta l c i t i es, but i t may b e w i e ta r +e ;) , 0 0 1 o confidence, that the ra t es on t h e aver .e were favour, being th ese : —A msterdam 12 4 to i; P , ar , 72%c. to 77%; Hamburgh, 13 14 to 11 ; Fra.nar° Antwerp, 12 4i ; and Trieste, 9 51 to 52. N. • tti w " Sc lest tleal ete r th e Nit 3 al 1 ‘jo PI ii A~ G fro Ito 13( joe 76 , IS be (11')' Tea A nt Jo,.