The Sun. — London, England, 1842-07-22 00:00:00

~~ - t ',III(' Il i with sh it as se off ad an, of press ?thing h some .flora press • step* further hope, on, no edition r Ma to call, ' effect fairly vgards ulse tv the in.- Lfution, re was which it v$ not [la/malt ry int° ,lied W 1 °PP? . n their They capital of the a free' ,me to ssertel ,effieia• ail par n, eon of the 'eeling s of take state of ,path); t'rien"' al`stan- .d int ° e ;id yll I at , that It bay° Ibibill; ) f the a cing', erica , nand rease. ,iici of y 11 cre ative, OD; L I°°lll d, no doubt, soon be consummated. The German ef;lrertiercial union would extend itself, and the only.pos rsd'le Policy on which we could act was to extend our ire e ,l o heaties Deacon Hume: had s'alfl that u o t f tra s de. Mr. e were uselest s and that we to buy, h o l m th m e ere cheapest market and sell in the st, irrespective of what other nations might do. di ° pleasitcy was essentially anti-commercial ; i l `e4ltrea.lies esammerce were not made in Downing ltret't, or itir s f.uilleries, but on the Hudson or e er se f tv 3 , , T :A ile country was in distress, and two* e 8 mould not remedy it. ; they ought to act on priii- VLr* which would secure a remeneet and enduring sPerity t o t h e country, 'The Minister i wh . o . refused to that s ould not only not 11 be a great inist(r,_bet he I l ht ; l dbs a gre a t The Right Hole Baronet ; eelteved was in principle, a free set.. cler, and he (Mr. " I dy reg s retted . th t the Right Hon. Baronet did . th, a up to his principle.s Justice and the interest of ,:•:,.Tntry would iiltinaiyl s y bring about a repeal of the e,.. 14 laws, as they had formerly brought about Catholic -ancipation and Parliamentary 1 e oi m, 'dr RIIOTHFRTONsaid the distress was entver.a. , ll3 llmitr~ed to exist, anc ont of doors the diet teat was t ,i;"_s,t , uniformly referred_ to bythe Corn-laws ile had re e„,!_a a memorial, signed . 6,800 of his constituents, 1 4 °'"g him to do his utmost to to the supplies, in order Prevent the prorogation of Parliament, until the cosn, C o l : , and coffee monopolies should i l h cl e b in e estroyed. The emorial, siliffeted itiLlailligtiltcrse;r‘Oem' whohim had( Mr. st _r n o e therton) ; and lie under -4:""(1 that th e -M em b ers f or M anc h es t er h a d received a ar memo r i a l, s i gne d b 3 ., upw trds of 60,000 persons. fhe ta anufacturers were gotng to ruin, and the general k i 4ag at the meeting, was to embarrass the Govern t• lie trusted the Government would adopt some l i i t a a f,, s a ( r . es for the relief of the. disteess. All classes corn ila4.l that they were . being ruined. Pauperism was lass, n l4 ea. the increase, and he state there was Th e for serious alarm in the of the country. tris c lottse of the destitution was manifestly the high f "od,rulded , to excessive and unequal taxation. t4. ll eePle complained that the Gos'ernment exhibited le tt ill g but lip sympathy forthem, but fair words , er eti no parsnips. —(A laugh.) The landlords had ti with them, for the landlords had an interest Ping up the high price of food. fee clergy had tle r s Y l aPathy with them, for by the Tithe Act the %prigYtlian's income was increased by a high price of 1 6. 4 Q this accounted for their apathy in the present e things,H e called on the Government to adopt k r t t m easures which they must know were necessary th he salvati on of the country. The agriculturists had tli:is l‘ -wer o f ma ki ng t h e l aws, an d t h ey too k care that selfish i n t eres t s s h ou ld b e p rom oted by legislation,. krdless o f t h e suffer i ngs o f the m illi ons ; but it the tle: t lt Gov ernment were d ispose d t o p reven t o rganic h - ies, they must legislate justly, or those charges, to t take place in spite of them. IZICARDO said that he perceived Hon. Gentle oPposite had received h orders to keep silence, and 1/,,;' determined to obey . (Hear hear.) The tle t 2 t e had heard much of the distress of , the country ; ais', 4 "ad heard of the people e upon carrion, and iR t he weeds of the road-side.--(Hear, e hear.) But !tie, 4l.l ianien t there was no sympathy with those Suffer isF.aud the people, driven to . desperation; were enter e. I nt° wild combinations, which, however mistaken, , )1,,, e de termined. The colliers had . commenced a series persevered l would altogether which, if theeon i n i t , ry. I ,v he manufactures of Neither iron ter's tier potteries could go on.without coals.— m (Hear, _ 4,1 The lion. Member read a letter from a agi the re l a Staffordshire, who said that_ the _ng aspect of affairs *tisk w as truly alarming, that des i„ i men were at lars et a i • ngst the speedily to alleviate the iti eti . It was impossible to conjecture une whet the conse boor', e s would be. If the colliers did not soon go to 11PWards of 20,000 potters would be thrown out of tC the ) I la:lent, and they were quite as ripe for mischief as ti l 4rienl Played colliers. The writer of this letter stated haa t Pestcript, dated after five o'clock, that his house 0 61 . v e er' surrounded by the mob, and that he had been is k t e , ed to ride off to Newcastle-under-Lyme for assist kbs4t4,l9leugh he had between forty and fifty servants let tr „, lll a premises. Another letter in gave a still more its 4it m , picture of the state of thingsthat part of the tla ss r Y,- Bat, in fact, that was only the beginning of a dreadful ' state of things.—(Hear, ) As long ass s uiv were levied upon profits, wages m e us r t . be reduced. Cr,~oßl, hear.) It was vain to say that the Income-tax th at hot press upon the working Every tax ?hle c uytailed the employer's means classes. Every c . don tell al t directly on the men whom he emp oytd.— . (Hear.) tpt r eu asumption had diminished, while the burdens had k ell 'ed• The manufacturers, the landowner, the tqarers, all were h eav i ly taxed • and why ? Why . e eP up rent s , an d to perpetuate the Parliamentary in , z . 4Ce of the ll, landowner t. He hiad trespalay before 1 0 Il se the st ate of the district which he had the honour ktf.ll P r esent.—(Hear, hear.) They had waited patiently 1 g that session, and he was bound to say there had n s , measure to meet the distress. The Government oldthey had given remedy. What was ist ? It 44:not be th e I ncome-tax, for a tax could be no re :lY. It could not be the Tariff, for thef admitted that Iss t was proposed to alleviate the bsertlen of the Income l. could not be the Cernslaw, as food was not Income } than it was beferesaalear, hear.) . file people Iti v , it light to ask for something more, and tit was not ils,: l tu te them they would ask in a waywhich would be *l,!ive to property of every . description.—(Hear.) r ho A•MES GIIAHA AI said the Hon. Gentleman heir a lld ,lust sat down had made a direct appeal to him . (a u r', ( ;!httin) with respect . to the district with which Ricardo ) was more immediate) connected, in a that Pat to him on Saturday lot, with respect to t asio r-41 ,ef the country. He answered him on that oc trir, et n 'Zat it was his opinion at that time that thendis ,„"atitje: disturbed, but not alarmingly so. The m o .a n s . F i at stated to the House that the district h es. T Narbed. the J. Graham) . had seen t e 4 tft tCleatenant ofcounty that morning, he having lkete flistriet early that day. The House would re els gi4t tilat he(Sir J, Graham) had admitted that a great I e llsted amongst the labouring classes of the ( P i ttlg r g t . f but he must say frankly that the specimen . d arward by the Hon. n.. Gentleman who had just sat Nth regard to-the district which he represented, if tt'tsttl to tak e t h at as a spec i men o f t h e rea li ty o f th e t e s, it would, he thought, be very unjust tow_ ard n s . : 14 i It ' a. _,ss of the community which had shown such u ' ll • patience and obedience to the law, under suffer :gtt-„."1 Privation. The real answer to the Hon. Gentle se.i• t o ‘ ki " 1 " what was the matter in dispute in that t It was true, that in that part of the country NtVeh industry was so remarkable, the main power 1 4' ` 111 " . labour depended , on the production of coal, ma R C as steam power was the mov i ng p o w e r of the tie,"'aeterers, and coal entered largely into the produc -111 , !'„ 1 . 440 11. Now, the Hun. Gentleman had not given th " r elation to the House which he .possessed, _ st " i ng the reason of the falling cTt nit ,tdliers, and what had induced 'them sip] a s ts t ;,, aeogs 'Y to atrike for a rise in wages. Now,. this . wa s Lfs 'P i. he a specimen of the reality of the skstr d es re tti tt - i t '.'e Rouse consider what was the matter in t t nis moment between the colliers employedshaind sea4horict and the masters ? The rate of tko, Rent -rally 4s, a day.—(Hear, hear.) And at thatl s he the matter in - dispute with the 'cornett. N I - 4 11 % er they should receive 4s. or 3s. 6d. a day.—(Hear, u tib i ,biL l\r o - vvant of employment—ample demand —f IP , ate 'ueet for the colliers, the question at issue was they would work for 4s. or 3s. 6d, a day. ''se bear.)- Now,. he did not wish to enter more at kkY, a "'Llto th e precise origin of that dispute, but ho must ,t th ou he he said it. in justice to the working men, that I ta.4, lll !aht the origin of the dispute arise from a with e't.tLai which onion of the colliers were treated ' 44-114r dship•There was an established usage amongst )k tilt s e`dliers that, before any reduction in wages took there should be a fortnight's notice. bl irs Aar.l4l ,,ar party to whom he was alluding, whose ;4s'''•,a would not mention, was a considerable % atisiness employing 300 men, had departed from: , Naldished ' usage, which was almost as binding a.. \ tt I t e r al reduced the wages at forty-eight hours' notice hear,) That operating upon so large a body % 1 , - 1 ? as 30, was taken up by the colliers throughout k lie...', l ' lo district. Now, when he (Sir James Graham) kti 4 :,',t the Hon. Member on Saturday that he had- liesan ia,s,'tops that the differences were likely to be ad s'4 4 ' felt that such would be the case but„since had • 4 c'ale mischievous and active interference t h .slat e the part of persons not connected with izeZ ti w l‘ er h l e o (s, o h i a l i n d d not connected with the neighbourhood attempted to perpetuate the quarrel. e \l ' t he (Si ' ,I, Graham) did not despair, although h 11 ) 4 no t "sot.sanguine as he was on Saturday last, that 4 11 11 :Atter w s o a u n li g i u terminate as they, wished. Now, the that .l entleinan would allow him to state, that up to 4 441 he had great satisfaction in saying, not only to h tl a violence occurred. hut there had been no injury ! 4 )l)'i l : l ° Perty whatever ; that although there had been t tJ, - ,s,,` e fable excitement and great disturbance, yet no e 'e ll a;i'llad been done to persons or to property; . and ac- Pace to the latest accounts received that morning, the " the di s t r i c t h a d not been violated by anygreatNr -g `'' , and hitherto the law had not been broken. t hat' re th e Hon Gentleman had stated that the wages in Die 'iltriet were quite inadequate to maintain the peo- Iv a put it to the House whether such a rate of 1 1 ; t s as RICARDO—I HAM our pardon, I did no he t r say sa s i o d . t hat ir J AMES GRA—The Hon. M . em s ti a're had been no fall in the price of corn. (Sir James Graham) was very much . mistaken had sb s- ee that question had been debated, and it been W bi tt e t h ed five el six times, since the last debate, 1 1 ,(4 to Was about a week since, a very material fall had t - } ," 11 place in the price of corn. He was . informed h ad Murk -lane Express, that the price of corn ery 44 Ett - "eri , at least ss. per quarter, which w • as t % v uted 11 1 , efrlttl r eduction. The lion. Gentleman had attributed (-; r z t 4 i l in wages to the Income-tax. He .(Sir operation Na ti 4 %. %) did not see how a law not yet in the t he , that effect. But with respect to motion e ase t- t h ef c're the House, he must say that lie thought l the an l\'hs presented very fairly by the . Hon. Gentleman wen' ,‘kiii, -4 0 ° I'ed it. With respect to the distress it y 1, - With respect to the measures brought forwardto t'r . l\ i ' l liesty's Government, no one could preten if l was they . had been sufficiently tried. The . tan t hey 'ale into operation ; yet so far as it had gone, 1 IV "ad seen something like an increased activity 13111inercial world. b What would be the ultimate d,. that t m in etis i u t r . e it was impossible at pre . sentto 1b i ! le • The Hon. Gentleman, in the motion he had t : t : tli ta t. i e tt f e t a h had, he thought, not unfairly t kd that the e e ffec e t n o s f e ihose , measures yet remained . to a d . rs t : s il ted. The uestion really was—he did not . wish "eth• for a moment—but really, after all, it , was Is, w l ag but a Peg to haiig another discussion of the Uorn ah 1 111° a• 114 CRlwere really di/sirab . le that the House diseu'• a t that late period of the session, after the ample ssio ens the subject had undergone--if it . were de lays e ga'in to enter into the consideration of the se re s - so fejt ently passed, certainly it would have been min to hay* submitted the, question of a repeal of the Corn-laws. But that question had been decided almost within the last fortnight, and the Hon. Gentle man, recollecting that discussion, did not again return to propose the question. Then what was ti; real pro position which he did venture to nt-‘43up ) ? vas , it was a proposition with reaped, t'd Whian„ he would almost say, it was absurd td Meet it. It , would be unwise , con siderirtg the responsibility of a Minister, to pledge the ItoSiSe lipon a vote upon a subject of this kind. It was the duty of the Executive Governments oft the pro rogation of Parliament—if there ft`lVouid be a necessity for the representaSivet the people re-assembling — it was ttteif duty to advise • the Sovereign te , re-Assemble Parliament—and whenever Parliament should so re-assemble the responsibility of it would be upon the Government. That was the pati:oati . ,wily of dealing with the questiens lie did tflikt .t was the duty or the policy of Parliatent Vkat a, pledge should be exaeted—stbe. Itiettioit Vagilt to be left to the proper parties, Sirs 'the 're%ponsible parties. It was admitted that foir 'tole distress Government had proposed re sponaible measures. It was also admitted that t short ness of time had not enabled their operation. to tde 'Clearly ascertained. The Hon. Gentletnrat acted for a pledge, that if they were found ineliectual or insufficient that Parliament shentd le-assemble in a very short period. As he said rre, that pledge was superfluous, inefficacious, tetak 'itelspedient ; and he (Sir J. Graham? for 'One should t hesitate in giving a direct me t atthre to the motion. Mr. HAWES could tvadily believe, and be gave full credit to the sincerity of the Right Hon. Gentleman who had ,just sat down, when he assured the House and the public that he did not wish to discuss that question. It was with some surprise that he (Mr. Hawes) heard him say that one reason for not discussing the question was, that it had hat recently been brought under the con sideration of the House, Now first let him call the attention of the House to the argument used on this subject on a previous occasion. What were they told ? Why, they could not expect a law to be altered so re cently passed ; therefore his Hon. Friend WAS tight in introducing a change in the topic, to see if a change of topic could extract anything from the Government. He did not think it was necessary for the Right Honourable Baronet to order the gentlemen behind him not to speak, as it was impossible to meet the arguments of his (Mr. Hawes's) side of the House,— (Hear, hear.) No .loubt the discussion was inconvenient, but these discussions could be had again and again. They , might prorogue Parlament—it would be discussed in public meetings ; they might call Parliament toge ther—still the subject -mould be discussed from time to time until it was settled. He certainly was sur prised at what had fallen from the Hon, Gentleman who had first spoken on the other side. The Hon. Gentleman traced the distress to the Foreign-office. When he spoke on a former occasion, he walked into Asia. He then de serted Asia and walked into Europe, and he was equally unfortunate. He (Mr. Hawes) was prepared to main tain that the Corn-laws had caused a diminution in our exports. Our trade to China and to Europe had in creased. Facts and figures were not to be dispated. The Hon. Gentleman said, that from the moment the Noble Lori undertpok to change the whole policy of England, from that time there was a decline its trade: Now, it was a pity the Hon. Gentleman did not refer to papers and documents before the House. He (Mr. Hawes) would refer to a proposal made by • the Prussian Minister in 1826 to Mr. Canning, claim ing, on the part of Prussia, the admission of their raw produce, under the consideration that the duty should not be inci eased_ on British Manufactures. What was the answer made by the Government ? The answer was, that after due consideration of the proposi tion of the Prussian Minister, on the admission of Mai and timber, it became her Majesty's Govetninent to state that they could not entertain such a proposition. Now, he would call the attention of the House to the state of northern Europe ten years ago, up to the present date. Ten years ago it was essentially agricultural, and according to the report of the Hon. Member for Bolton they had become manufacturing countries, therefore less able to consume our manufactures. Now, previous to those ten years, the'former Government 'refused to admit the corn of Prussia. This was evidently, against the conviction of Mr. Canning, as was the present measure against the conviction of Right Hon. Baronet. The Right Hon. Baronet would do more if he was permitted to do so by his friends. The Hon. Gentleman (Mr. D'lsraeli) said that no treaties had been entered into by the late Go vernment; but there was the Austrian treaty, which was met. with a technical objection, but which objection was got over by an Act of Parliainent. In the shipping to that country there had been no falling off. In .1837 there were 80 ships, in 1839 there were 114. Let them take any other State they pleased ; they found the same result with svgard to Prussia. In 1840 there were 222,000 ttYrft,, in 1841, 218,000. In the other German States ikk 1840 there were 83,000 tons, and in 1841 1 . there wore 91,000. The Hon. Gentleman had been sin gularly unfortunate in referring to those ten years. When the corn question had been brought forward in those ten years did Hon, Gentlemen opposite take part in it ? They were all opposed to any inro.,d into the old Corn laws. They resisted the demand from year to year, and now at last they came down and proposed a liberal mea sure. The Right Hon. Gentleman, in reply to the Hn. Member for the Potteries, had fastened upon a casual matter in the letter which the Hon. Member read—he fastened on a casual matter as an experienced debater always did, to divert the subject from the attention of the House. Yes, forsooth, it was merely a question of wages —it was merely a quarrel about wages between the master and his men, and then they were told that some mist: evous persons had interfered ; but if those design- ' in; men had caused the people to contemplate the cause of the distress, then those men had done great service to the country. Why leave them a subject to agitate upon? —(Hear, hear, hear.) The Honourable Member • for Cork had agitated in Ireland, but they (the Go vernment) ha given him the power of agitating. He had taught the people of Ireiand to assert their rights. But !.t was said that this question was only a peg to hang a discussion on the Corn-laws upon ; that might be so, but this he would say, that he was determined to take every opportunity of discussing the Corn-laws, What ever might be thought of him, of this he was sure, that the course he had pursued would be appreciated by the millions he representcd.—(Hear, hear.) The great cause of the present distress was, the neglect of corn mercial distress, and it was not until it was found that the people would bear it no longer that something . I was done. As to the IVliniSterial proposition with re- i spect to the Corri-laws, it was only a mere make-shift, and the time would come when they would get the true opinion of the public on the subject, and when it would be shown that although those laws were plausible in appearance, they were, in reality, of no benefit to the public. He did not despair of seeing the Right Hon. Baronet the innovator of his own law.(Hear, hear.) 1 He had no wish to over-represent anything ; but looking at the increase of poor-rates in the borough he repre presented, lie, must confess he was completely stag gered. He believed that the time was not far distant when, by means of debates in that House and discussions else- Where, they would make it impossible for the House to resist doing justice to the people.—(Hear, hear.) With . the great command the country had over machinery, if the markets of the world were only thrown open to it, the best results might be expected; but, if those markets were to be closed to the manufactures of this country, the worst apprehensions might be entertained.—(Hear.) He believed it to be the intention of the Government to stifle every good measure--(Hear, hear)—and, as an in stance of that, he might state that when it was asked to admit foreign sugar, for the purpose of manure and feed ing cattle, it was refused.—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Gentleman concluded by supporting the motion. Mr. M. PHILIPS believed that every day had added force to the statements made with respect to the distress of the country. Whatever inconvenience Hon. Members might be subjected to, he felt it to be his duty not to shrink from bearing his part in the debate on the sub ect. He thought the House ought to consider the evils under which the people were labouring, and do all in their power to remedy them. It was only a year ago that they were obliged to bring . forward the distress of the country, and since that period the distress had increased in a compound ratio. The House was now about to break up, and if they were to tell the people that the . measures they' had passed were the only ones that could be brought forward for their good, he thought they would have great right to complain.—(He r.) He was one of those who had supported the tariff; but he had also felt that it carried out very imperfectly the true principles of commercial policy. The tariff had, for instance, diminished the duty upon coffee ; but that concession was neutralised by the retention of the old duty upon sugar. The condition of our shopkeepers, as well as that of our labourers, was every day becoming more lamentable. Every individual placed below the aristocracy was suffering deeply from the decline of our trade. The middle classes were now re duced almost to a level with the labouring classes, and they must both sink to the same state of misery if relief did not soon arrive. The truth was that all classes must suffer if the great manufacturing interest of the community were permitted daily to de cline. Sentiments of the deepest hostility to the manu facturers of the country had been uttered by the parti sans of the party opposite, and wishes had even been ex pressed that they should meet with total ruin. Now, he felt that those wishes must soon be accomplished, unless some remedy for the decline of our commerce were speedily applied. The Hon. Member for Nottingham shire (Mr. G. Knight) talked of suppressing the mur murs of discontent created by the prevailing distress, and spoke of hanging the prophets. But the course recom mended by the Hon. Gentleman could not redress the evils out of which those complaints arose. He had no hesitation in telling the House that he saw no prospect at the present moment of a revival of our trade. A good harvest might contribute par tially and momentarily to alleviate, the prevailing dis tress ; but no harvest could hold out a prospect of giving employment to our labourers ; audit was that employ ment alone which could effectually remedy the evils from which the country suffered, He had heard com plaints of machinery ; but it should not be forgotten that improved machinery was one of the sources of the national greatness. He had no hesitation in saying that .the manufacturers of England had done their duty to their country, and if they were not fettered in their exertions by a system of unsound and pernicious legislation, they would still have found employment, and consequent comfort, for those engaged in their service. He conjured the House not to continue insensible to the sufferings of the people. The result of such a course would be to expose to great risk the insti tutions of the country. He was convinced that the people were deeply discontented; and never, to his knowledge, had England such appalling prospects before her as at the present moment. He should again call upon the House seriously to consider this subject, and to do justice to those to whom we were mainly indebted for our pros perity.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. WOI)EHOUSE read a paragraph from a report of a Committee which had sat in 1825, and of which Mr. Huskisson was a member, to the effect that that Com mittee had refused to consent to a repeal of the English Corn-laws upon any terms which had then hem offered by Prank TFIE SUN, LONDO Mr. PARKER (Sheffield) said, that, although pe approved, to a eeetiein mxtetlq. df 4,1 k, tel4hinje thet erfecfna. steps had yet been taken to revive tee declining trade of the country. , lie regretted that they had omitted from the tariff much that would would have rendered it valuable. , rtie)ecquldi not ex pect any advantage frees a.plari thdedid net admit the free. icipiseien fine produce of other nations in return for treeir own.—(Hear, hear.) Legislation had formerly been quite stationary on this subject, because they could not carry 'with them the opinions of this Rouse. ' But there was a period during the last year when the Government thought they saw an op portunity of pregrmeinm Out iittettipVls io &HY iqa suree, t4reCt it ; they did not succeed ; bit the present Government was fast approaching the period when they would be compelled to carry the same measures, for such good seed could not have been sown in vain. If those measures had been carried, if that vilely calumniated budget had become the law yS,thelentli he ,beliteited tlih • e e. • • • comm ereecsf rbr.litl' won na,ce been raised from its ialiguel condition, and thousands of persons would have been fully employed who were now pining for want of work. He believed the Core-law then pro / posed was founded op soundcOnittier64l f e 7lini . and would have pf &liked a great and decided improvement. Nor could the day be far , distant, when they would be compelled to admit sugar on the terms then proposed. Trade could not remain in its present state, with regard to that important article. He WEIS per suaded that the plan of the late Government, more or less modified, would become the law of the land. Mr. THORNELY said he thought the House ought to be made aware of the effect of the new Corn-law on the importation of corn from the United States. Up to the 4th of July, from the 30th of April, the import of wheat into Liverpool, from the Continent of Europe; was 175,184 quartets t . froth the United Stetee; itt the ettriiU time, the irepoetatioll dl' *heat Was seventy-three quar ters only.—(Rear.) It was fair to state that the chief export of America was flour, prepared for the West Indies and South America ; and therefore, when a de mand arose in England for wheat, which was Mere ne cessary than flout) the offal being of great value, there were no means of meeting it. He believed that if the measures of the late Government had been carried : tin eeteniive trade would have been created with America. They had talked of a commercial treaty with Portugal ; but it was an utterly insignificant country compared with the United States of America: This state of things could not long eohtiliut, lie etintessed that lie did Mk know how they could face the approaching winter. --(Hear.) The people were beginning to be instructed in these things, and men of all parties were throwing aside their party distinctions, ann uniting in their condemnation of the present system. He should vote for the motion of the Hon. Member for Finsbury. Sir It. PEEL said the Hon. Gentleman who had spoken last had taken credit for forgetting party dis tinctions, and having given a cordial support to many propositions in reference to the tariff: He must own he could not reconcile the panegyrie the Hon. Gentleman had passed on himself With the declarations made in the course tle this debate, that he (Sir R. Peel) and his col leagues had done nothing whatever to remedy the dis-• tress of the country, that they had been actuated by a mere subserviency to their agricultural supporters, and that there iVag nothing in the propositions they had made hut a desire to conciliate their Parliamentary sup porters—(Hear, hear)—and to sacrifice to that con sideration the permanent interests of the country. Re ference had alto'beed made to the measures the Govern ment had taken for the relief of their financial difficul ties, and gentlemen had been particularly severe on the Income-tax. It had been asked, was this a measure that should have been proposed to benefit the country ? and Hon. Gentlemen had proceeded to demonstrate—as it was easy to demonstrate in reference to any tax that that tax could not operate as a relief to the country, but must have some tendency to limit the demand for their productive in dustry. But what were the circumstances under which he proposed this tax ?—(Cheers.) Was he responsible for the deficiencies of the revenue 2—(Cheers.) His term of power in 1831 was a very short one, and he had no right to take credit for the measures then adopted. But in 1835 there was a great surplus in the revenue of this country ; there was also then a surplus in the re venue of India.—(Hear.) In 1841, when he returned to offi he found a deficit of two millions and a half at home, and a deficit of two millions and a %elf in India. -e ',Hear, hear.) He did not allude to this for the sake of party recrimination—he was simply stating a fact.— (Hear, hear.) This fact justified the adoption of strong measures for the maintenance of the public credit, and showed that the imposition of the Income-tax was not a mere gratuitous act on the part of the Government. — (I tear, hear.) It was unavoidable, and for the necessity of it he was not responsible.—(Hear, hear.) Now, with respect to the tariff, now that it had passed it appeared to be -viewed in a very different light from what it was when under discussion, When lie brought forward the measure instant efforts were made by Hon. Gentlemen opposite to increase the dis satisfaction and alarm which it produced on that side of the House. Questions were put to him whether he meant to relax the prohibition on salmon, 43 to whether hops would remain untouched, and as to whether he meant to effect foreign meat ; and by those, and similar questions, it was sought to create dissatisfaction amongst his supporters ; notwithstanding which, however, his measure had received from that side of the House very general support. Ho did not hesi tate to say that there never had been made in any session of Parliament so great a relaeation as had been made by the tariff. It was said that they had pro pounded good principles, which they had not carried out to their full extent. Admitting the principles to be good, he thought that if, in the multiplied and compli cated relations of this country, they were applied with precipitancy, it must rather have the effect of increasing than of removing the distress. Let them, however, look at the tariff as a whole. Let them look at the reduction which had been made upon raw materials, the elements of our manufactures. With respect to the Corn-law, the Honourable Gentleman admitted that it was infi nitely better than the old one, that it would tend to introduce corn at lower prices, and to insure a regular trade. Well, if all this were admitted, he must say it was somewhat extraordinary to declare, at the close of the session, that nothing had been done to re lieve the distresses of the country.—(Hear, hear.) He knew how dangerous , it was to blame those who made statements with respect to the existing distress ; but while he fully admitted and deeply deplored such distress, he could not agree with those who represented the country as in a hopeless state of suffering.—(Hear.) He would refer to one or two facts connected with th. general condition of the country, not immediately re ferable to the circumstances of the day. He would take the comparative increase of the population for the last ten years, and the increase in the number of inhabited houses ; these he thought were good tests of the condition of the country. If the number of inhabited houses fell off, as compared with the population, it might fairly be inferred that the condition of the country had deteriorated; but the number of inhabited houses, within the last ten ) ears, in England and Wales, had increase(' in the great majority of counties with reference to the population. From the population returns which were. about to be presented to the House, he had a return of the increase per cent. on the population between 1831 and 1841, end also of the increase per cent. of the inhabited houses for the same period. He did not think that that was a very unfair test of ,th, general condition of the country. Now, with reapect to all the counties of England, there had been at increase per cent. in the number of inhabited houses, as compare( with the increase in the population, in every county o. the forty, with the exception of six. In six there had been a decrease in the number of inhabited houses, as compared with the ripulation ; in thirty-four there had been an increase.—(Hear, hear.) In Wales there had been an increase per cent of inhabited houses in ever) county, without exception.—(Hear.) At the same time, he admitted that that was a comparison upon the ten years ; and upon so long a period that increase might exist, without negativing the allegation of great distress at present existing.—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Gentle man, the Member for Manchester, had complained of his declining to receive a deputation of shopkeeper' from that town. Now it was with great regret that he , had decline d the application. There were so mane eiemands upon public men, that it was impossible it, every case 10 reconcile the performance of other duties with the receiving of deputations. Ho must here ob serve, that sometimes there was a tendency in deputa tions to forget the object for which the interview was sought. There was sometimes manifested rather a dis position to oratorical display--(Hear)—than a plain statement of facts ; and though he was pre pared to listen with patience to a simph statement of facts, he confessed he had enough of decla mation and oratorical display in the House of Com mons to make him turn rather an unwilling ear to mere declamation on the part of those who formeo deputations. It shOuld be recollected that the time of public men was public property.—(Hear, hear.) Thu Hon. Gentleman, the Me:nber for Manchester, pur suing his course of disparaging everything which had been done by the tariff; explained that although the) had reduced the duty on coffee, it would be of no use, because they had not also reduced the duty on sugar. Now, what was the fact with respect to the consump tion of sugar ? The quantity of sugar consumed ie this country in the year ending April 1841, was 3,516,000 cwt. ; in the year ending April, 1842, it was 3,998,000 cwt., being an increase in the consumption at the same rate of duty of 482,000 cwt. He thought they should not refuse to letin this ray of light upon the dis. tress of the country. With respect to shipping there had been an increase in the port of London, in 1841, as compared with 1842 ; whilst there had been a decrease of 60 in the entry of foreign vessels, there had been at increase of British vessels to the amount of 200. He thought they ought not to judge hastily of the operatiot of the Corn-laws or the tariff ; but he thought there lid appear a tendency to gradual import of foreign corn. The charge against the old Corn-law was, that there was no regular trade, and that gold had to be sent out Is meet an extraordinary demand. He must say that, as far as he could judge, the import had been gradual, and there had been no derangement of the monetary system of the country.—(Hear, hear.) If they might judge i'rom the accounts in the daily papers, the effect was equally good.—(Hear, hear.) Now, with respect :o the motion before the House, he need scarcely say that it was wholly out of his power to give his assent to the motion of the Hon. Gentleman. The motion was in effect a pledge of the House, to repeal the Corn-laws at an early period of the next session. The lion. Gentleman proposed that the House should address her Majesty to assemble Parliament in October or No vember, for that purpose. There had been instances, undoubtedly, in which Parliament had given similar ad vice, but the cases were rare, and nothing but the most urgent necessity could justify it. If it were unanimously Acted upon, the House would in fact be exercising the prerogative of the Crown. On constitutional grounds he should object to the motion; He saw no sufficient ne cessity for adopting such a course. The Goverumen% 7.MM741e. :FRIG} 4 : VENING eee eeestioteeible fee t_ pelviee wheel. they gave to the : ttoWn with respect ,te. this (este. else or pierrigative, as • we ll as eve. v tehee ;'slid lie slidnotapprehend that , i their, responsibility woeld .he increased rbY any such ad -1 V. Ap r cate the e 4.4 iie that-whieh the Hon: Gentleman proposed. But net only nixie ,cotestitutional 12a d . gioiinds, but becatis6 he believed that the carrying of the motion would have a tendency to -increase the. distress which it was intended to mitigate. It would produce the greatest uncertainty in commerce if it should be imagined that Parliament was to be assembled in October or November for the purpose of repealing the ,',er i e-Aetn'se- 1 - - . Heere hew...) , It i would • afford a fresh im redeet-et tc 'HP rblief v.;l - iit:ll tlley anticipteted from the free admission of foreign corn. He wished that Hon. Gentlemen would reconcile it with their sense of duty to abstain from bringing forward motions which, in his opinion, had a tendency to derange commercial dealings apd . inqvimse cotetnercial embarmissinents.—(Hear, hear.) titi till t 110,6 Pit - fits; he iiiifeit Offee hiti decided opposition to the motion of the Hon: Gentleman: Viscount PALMERSTON said that certainly no thine; so far, could be mare satisfactory - to that side of theelititlsh tliqii the debate-e:if debate it could be called — Of alai eVenhig, the argiiiiieilL4 bath*, Veen all on that. side; while on the opposite benches there had beeii no thing but " the agreeable silence of a friend," to use the phrase of a well-known diplomatist. Certainly the Right Hon. Gentleman hid not, from among his sup peetere that evening, been troubled with any of those oratorical displays, which were to hint matters of such horror when perpetrated by unfortunate leaders of depu tations.—(Hear, hear.) He (Viscount Palmerston), however, found no fault with Hon. Gentlemen opposite for their sileitee, There was an old saving, and a very good otie," When you have nothing to say, say nothing" --(Hear; hear)—etted petirtg Upon . this principle Hon. Gentlemeh opposite, being ilnproeided with Arguments to meet the arguments of Hon. Gentlemen on his (Vis count Palmerston's) side of the House, had shown a very sound discretion in preserving an almost unbroken s ilnee.—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Member for Norfolk afforded an exception, for he had said a few words ; and another exception had been the Hon. Member for Shrewsbury, the greater. part of whose speech, however, turned upon foreign afthirs, and had nothing what ever to do with the matter in hand. — (Hear, hear).. That Honourable Gentleman had one fixed idea ; whatever happened wrong to the country, whether at home or abroad. whether commercial or military, it was all the fault of the diplomacy of the late Government, a diplo macy which lie list! no* characterized by an expression which it' was somewhat difficult to understand, namely, a nti-commercial diplomacy.—(A laugh.) The Honour able Gentleman seemed to think that the Congress assem bled at .Vienna assembled to settle tariffs. He (Viscount Palmerston) should like to see the surprise with which the distinguished statesmen, who were parties to that Congress, and who thought they were arranging the poll fiver affairs of Europe, would have received the censure with which the Himourable Aleinber for Shrewsbury had visited that transaction. There was one exception to the Hon. Gentleman's censure—the administration of Mr. Canning. Mr. Canning called into existence, the Honourable Gentleman • said, or Mr. Canning boasted that he called into existence, a new market, and his had been indeed a commercial diplomacy. He (Viscount Palmerston) fancied that Mr. Canning's boast was to have called the new world into existence, to restore the balance of the old. It was political and not merely commercial measures which Mr. Canning prided himself on having achieved. As the Honourable member went on, he (Viscount Palmerston) had ex pected to hear all the distresses of the country attributed to the foreign consuls.—(Laughter.) So far he had to thank the Honourable Gentleman for having limited his censure to the direction of the foreign department. He would meet his assertion by a counter assertion. The Honourable Gentleman, without any prOof whatever, had asserted that the diplomatic policy of the late Go vernment was adverse to the commercial interests of the country. Ile (Viscount Palmerston) said, on the con trary, that that policy was eminently favourable to the commercial interests of this country. There never was an administration which, in the same space of time,-de voted more attention with more success to the commer cial interest of the country than did -the administration which conducted affairs from 1831 to 1841. He would meet the Hon. Gentleman on one point, which he- had placed in issue. He had accesed the late Govern ment of having omitted to conclude certain commer cial treaties, whice he said might have been concluded. He evidently thought that the ,attention of a Govern ment to commercial affairs might be measured by the number of commercial treaties which it concluded. Now, there were at present existing between this country and other countries about 33 commercial treaties of one kind or other. Seventeen of those were concluded before 1831, and fifteen by the late Goyernment. If they might be allowed to claim part of' the credit of the late.treaty with Portugal, which the Right. Hon. Baronet announced to have been concluded after long-pending negotiations, then very nearly one-half of the commercial treaties now .in existence were either concluded in the time of the late Government, or were the result of negotiations carried en by them.—(Cheers.) But the Hon. Gentleman ob jected that they had not succeeded in a special one with France. He said the failure was the fault of the late Government—that they might have concluded a com mercial arrangement with France, but that they declined. The Hon. Member was misinformed. There never was a moment at which the Government, taking all matters into consideration, could have concluded any other commercial Arrangement with France as one which they thought advan tageous to this country. The Hon. Member doubted What he (Viscount Palmerston) had stated of the indisposition of public men, and of the public mind in France, to the commercial interests of this country—especially- what he had stated , generally, without mentioning particulars with regard to a communication made to this Govern ment five years ago on the part of Count Mole, then Minister of Franci. He would now state to the Hon. Member and to the House the nature of that communi cation, and leave them ,to judge of the spirit of com mercial jealousy of England which it manifested. There was then ie negotiation on foot with Spain respecting a commercial treaty - . This country was on the best terms with France, and 'at such a time the French Am eassador, by command of Count Mole, communi cated to her Majesty's Government a despatch written ey Count Mole, of which he would now mention the substance. It stated that • the French' Govern ment had heard that England was negotiating with Spain for a commercial treaty ; that they deemed it con sistent with that frankness which belonged to the friendly relations of the two countries, to state fairly that whatever influence France could exert should be exerted to prevent a conclusion of the treaty. It was euite true that Count Mole said that' England ,wanted only to be put on a footing of equality with other muntries, but such was her skill, such was her capital, Ind such was the enterprise of British commerce, that whenever England met France in any ot h er country, in oreign markets on a footing of nominal equality, she vas felt to be on a footing of real superiority, and there ;ore France felt justified in exerting all the influence she eossessed in' Spain, or in any other country, except Pot.- neal, to prevent commercial treaties from being con laded with with England.—(Loud cries of "Hear, hear.") Chat was the official. communication made to him (Vis count Palmerston). It was made in a fair, open, straight i'orward manner, and it did honour to the French Government, when they entertained those sentiments, to declare them. But this would prove to the Rouse what would have been the difficulties of a com mercial treaty with France. If the failure in that treaty were owing to the late Government, how did it happen hat the present Government had been ten months with out effecting it ? They had entered into office express- Me- the most friendly sentiments towards France, and he Viscount Palmerston) was quite 'satisfied, entertaining hem ; but so far from being able to make a commercial arrangement with France, they had been met by a new ordinance, extremely hostile to British commerce — (Hear, hear)— and by a treaty between France and Bel eium,, which extended still further the obstructions which the French ordinance was calculated to produce. ['he Hon. Member stated that the late Government could not conclude a treaty with Spain. The reason was easily explained. The same local and partial interests, which prevented commercial improvements in this country, existed also in Spain. With respect to the treaties with Austria and Turkey . in 1833, the Honourable Member was much mistaken in supposing that they were not productive of con siderable advantage to the commerce of this country. The Honourable Gentleman said it was time fault of the late Government that the Prussian union was formed, and that we ought to have formed a commercial union with Austria or South Germany. A c omm ercia l union with South Germany! They might as well lo ok to form ing a commercial union between this g lobe and the moon. —(Laughter.) The Hon. M ember for Sh re wsbur y seemed not to underssand exactly what the Prussian commercial union was. It wa s a union of sever al small States whose frontiers touche d, b y which the y aereed to abolish custom-houses along t h e common fronti er li ne s, and to make the-external c ircumference the frontier of a tli ti e y ` of the inTe - rn ti a li l s f r a o r n r a t i n e g r e s m p e a n i t d gnoo more o duty than if they continued in the sa me State. The Prussian union ought to be regarded in two points of view—first, ds passing over es having destroyed all the internal partitions which used to impede the passage of goods through 'he countries that belonged to it ; and next in rela tion to the tariff which the aggregate union might a d opt vith regard to foreign Po wers. So far from that union Swing, in the first point of view, hostile to this or any other country, the aggregation of so many small States was highly advantageous on commercial grounds to other countries, provided the general tariff was not t oo hi g h . But the German Union had a dopted the Prussian tariff. —(Hear, hear.) . And why had the Prussian tariff been directed against British commodities? Because this Go vernment could not reduce the high duties on Prussian produce.—(Cheers.) It was owing to the maintenance of our high duties on timber and corn that a high tariff now existed against us in Prussia. If that tariff could be lowered, then the Union, instead of being an impediment to trade, would be exceedingly good for this country.— (Hear.) With respect to the Hon. Gentleman's suggestion of making a commercial union i h wet_ South Germany, he thought, now that he had explained the nature of such a union, the Hon. Gentleman would see its absurdity, if, indeed, he had not misunderstood the proposition which the Honourable Member advocated. But it was not with Germany alone that our laws were in our way. Sweden would afford 'most important markets fur our woollen and other manufactures, but when we proposed facilities, they at once said we must lower our duties on their timber.—(Hear.) Thus we were at a dead lock.— (Hear, hear.) Were they then to be told that th e Go vernment had at that period attempted to make no com mercial improvement in their situation ? Had they not, he asked, proposed a reduction in the amount of duties upon foreign timber ?—(Hear, hear.) Had they not done so, and, doing so, b a d they not been beaten ? (Hear, hear.) The late Government had found it im possible to carry their proposition ; but then those who had objected to it came round so far as to adOpt it.— (ffear.) If there had been a griist reduction in the amount of the timber duties at the period that he spoke s the result Wolild have been a great intprovement in their cenailiereial intercourse with Prussia.—(Hear.) The Hight Ildtit Batenetwho spoke last had taunted his Hon. Friend near hire with Inconstency, fur having, as he said, in the one breath boasted Cf the wart which he had taltesi in, carrying the tariff, and yet dispdfagifig the tricrits of that tariff. NOW it,did not appear to him that: there was inconsis"Zi. - !riCY id We Onrs'a of Fa`r o olinient that had been followed. They had disPh'iageet the tariff. They never had done so ; on the other lied, thit;y had admitted the value that was to be attached to it. They had always stated that the tiff was founded on sound principles--that iMilas a step—andc that, for a first step, it lifs4 rent ste n point of principle ; but then they had always deelared it fell* Atari of those results which its principles, if 'carried dn't/ iemald lead to.—(Chears.) They looked upon it as an itisfitiriatints but by no means as the full accomplishment of the views of those who had brought it forward.—(Hear, hear:) 7'llet they had assisted the Government, no man who lookdd Itr the result of the divisions could with jus tice deny. Nobody, tie 'said ; could deny this, particu larly he who remembered the remarkable division with respect to cattle. When the head of the Government proposed the Income-tax, he declared that those who paid 1 1 A likjostteattis; would save the amount of that tax by the chetlpiie's 4 o tiffovlehms and- more especially by the admission of afsfisifi &ittleaa - a(llear, hear.) But, then, when his tariff came to be Vieip'os4 country gen tlemen were Pequested not to be alartuett as tite diminu tion in the price of cattle wo:Z. ld produce no tisible effects upon the itnicetnt of rent, which they derived from that source. Now, it waS fief at, all unnatural t;iat the sup porters of the Government should have united when they thought their interests were gifetted, for the purpose of opposing the tariff, and if the Membeig ur the Opposition had pursued such a line as had been followed ily theirs dveraaries, when the timber duties had been pro posed( ast year-aif they had contented themselves with acting the same part -a-if they li&cl had recourse to a tech nical point of objection—if they iidd eatisfiecl themselves kith declaring that they agreed to the gerie'ildi but that they thought this was an insignificant metislifes and that it was only trifling with a great principle—that it was a matter of no great importance, from the manner in which it was proposed—and that what was intended to be done could effect no material diminution in the price—if they, he said, had had recourse to such a course as that—if they, as an Opposition, had availed thetiaelves of the assistance of others; as their adversaries did of the shipping interest to oppose the timber duties, then it must be perfectly evident that the tariffrativer could have passed into law.—(Cheers.) But then the illtslat Hon. -Baronet had expressed his wonder of the manner in ,ontt, he spoke of the Income-tax, and as to its being one which was not required by the necessities of the country. On what did the Right Hon. Baronet ground his necessity for that tax? Why, he spoke of a deficiency of two millions and a half at home, and a deficiency of two millions and a half in India. Now, as to the deficiency in India, it wto not to be expected that it would have been made the ground for an Income-tax,whenit was known that the Government would -not take that deficiency upon themselves—that . the deficiency must fall upon the Indian revenue, and that it was well able to bear it, and also that no part of the Income-tax was to be applied to that purpose. Let them, then, throw aside, as not belonging to the ques tion, the deficiency on the Indian revenue. As to their own revenue, the deficiency was two millions and a half. Such was their deficiency in fact ; but then it was only fair to say, that it was so much increased by means of technical annuities. These annual payments went to form a sinking fund, which was an unusual operation. Another part of the deficiency was to be attributed to a measure of his Right Honourable Friend, which was felt to be of such advantage to the community, that Members opposite did not venture to trench upon it— he referred to the reduction on p istage.—(Hear, hear.) He denied, then, that the deficiency was so great as to impose upon the Government the necessity of having recourse to the Income-tax. They (the late Government) had proposed last year measures, which, without entailing fresh burdens upon the community, but, on the contrary, by relieving the bur dens of the people, would have opened fresh channels for commerce—would not only have supplied the deficiency that then existed, but also have prevented in a great de gree that extent of distress, which they were now all de ploring.—(Cheers.) ,Seeing this, he said that the defined mode for the Income-tax must break down.—(Hear.) With regard then to what the Right Hon. Baronet had said on another point, he must say that he entirely agreed with the Right Hon. Baronet, that grievous as the present state of the country was, afflicting, as no doubt there was, much that was to be seen in these manufacturing districts, still he would not feel desponding as to the ultimate fortunes of the country, for he believed that they had still within them the re sources sufficient to repair their disasters, and to afford the means of increasing prosperity.—(Hear, hear.) The Right Hon. Baronet had, in touching upon this point, treated of the progress and increasing commerce of the country. The Right Hon. Baronet had shown that during the period that they (the late Go vernment) had heldipffice—that during the period of their Administration there had be e n a great increase to their trade—and that, as far as their actual exports were concerned, there had been an increase from the year 1831 to the year 1841, of . from 37,000,0001. to 51,000,0001; thit there"had been an increase during that period of not less than 14;000,000/. Though he did not agree with the Right Hon. Baronet in his details as to the increase of the consumption of sugar, which he thought had rather fallen off, in proportion to the increase of the population, yet still be was quite ready to admit that there had been a great increase in the num. ber of persons, an increase in the investment of capital, an increase in commerce, an increase in ma nufactures—all proving that this country had vola thnt it had the power of life, and dint it only re quired due wisdo:n in the Government to enable the people and the C luntry to go on in a career of great and increasing prosperity.—(Cheers.) But then, he said, to accomplish that purpose they must remove those ob structions which now checked and contracted their energies ; for they could not increase their commerce with their present restrictive laws.—(Cheers.) As to the address of his Hon. Friend, whatever might be the technical objections to it on ordinary occasions, still, in the present peculiar crisis, he thought that there would bs no objectitsi to it not, he said, as binding the Go vernment—for the Government had not by their expres sions showithe iudisposition to re-consider the question — not, he said, on their account,but on account of the country; because it would.afford a hope to those who were tiow de sponding, and it might cheer the feelings of those who now might regard their c ase as hopeless. Itw as on this account — it was as showing that the House felt for the distresses of the country—it was on this account, he was disposed to waive that objection which , on other occasions, he might feel as to the form of the motion, and agree to the address which his Hon. Friend proposed. But (con tinued the Noble Lord) the Right Hon. Baronet says it would be injurious in its consequences if this motion was acceded to. How injurious ? The result of the tariff must be to suspend the operations of trade and commerce on many articles which it touches. Did not the Right Hon. Baronet himself admit, in the discussion on that measure, that the postponement of the reduction of the duty on' timber must prevent a . great deal of that employment which would he otherw ise g iven to the people in buildings, and all those undertakings into which timber so largely enters ? Undoubtedly it does. "But," says the Right Honourable Baronet, "Parliament is to meet again in November," (though I do not think my HOn. Friend contemplates so late a meeting) I should think October is the period which he has fixed upon.—(Hear, hear, from Mr. Duncombe.) Sir JAMES GRAHAM—And give less "pheasant shooting ?"—(Loud cheers and laughter.) Lord PALMERSTON—Yes, I really hope so. I have sufficient experience in office to know that i the members of the Government will have but little time' for pheasant shooting ; but I can assu re the Right Honourable Baronet that we would ebeerfelly sacrifice that pastime if the Government are prepared to . ' sacrifice the objectionable Corn-laws.—(Much cheering.) Bat, says the Right Hon. Baronet, .‘ who would let out the bonded corn ?" Whv, I will tell him. The Govern ment will let it Out.—(Cheers.) They told as much themselves. In a former debate they let out the secret. You told us if the distress lasted, it was not in the legis lative power to remedy it, but you announced that on your own responsibility, like bold men as you are, you would let out the bonded corn. Now, I venture to pre if you do not meet Parliament before November, you will have to let out the bonded corn.—(Loud cheers from the Opposition.) Lord STANLEY—Mind, you have prediCted. Viscount PALMERSTON—And you hope from this single change a remedy • for the distress. That single act of letting out the bonded corn you rely upon as a means of meeting an emergency not caused by famine, which does not exist, but by that want of employment which' has rendered thousands of your people unable to buy corn because their wages do not enable them to pro cure it, or rather, because they have not such wages as in a different state of things they might command. — (Cheers.) Sir, I invoke to my aid the principle laid down distinctly (and I rejoiced to hear it), by the Vice-Presi dent of the Board of Trade. That Right Hon. Gentleman (the House was thin at the time, and many could not have heard him) last night recommended the measure which he proposed—a small one to be sure—a plan for ex changing a little flour fora little biscuit in bond, the whole amount, I believe, not including more than 100,000 quarters of corn within the year—by the enunciation of a principle, of which I beg the House to ta ke notice, as the Noble Member for North Lancashire has taken so marked a notice of my . prediction. Whether my pre diction is verified or not is of little moment. I hope it will fail, because in such case the distress must'diminish. But I trust the principle I quote, under the sanction of the Vice-President of the Board of Trade, will not fail. And what is that principle ? The Right Honourable Gentleman said : "I recommend the measure for this reason—it will give additional employment to labour— it will give a fresh opening to commerce—it will give your manufacturers the means of exchanging the pro duce of their _labour for the productions of the labour of corn-growing countries."—(Hear, hear.) And he added, " There is this particular advantage in the measure, that it is not of temporary operation—that it is not an isolated facility and momentary advantage given to commerce, but is a permanent measure ; one that lays the foundation of a steady, firm, and permanent increase to our commerce, by the exchange of the pro duce of our manufacturing industry for the food grown by other countries."—(Cries of " Hear, hear. ) Now, *Sir, that is the principle which we have all along con tended for, not in opposition to " ora torical displays," but against silent and un willin g hearers—(Cheers)— h ea rers, Sir, whom we have not convinced —hearers whom I am afraid we never sha ll convince, but hearers who may be convinced when the same doctrines are not only broached by those whom they respect and follow, but when measures founded on those doctrines, in their l a rgest and most comprehensive s ense, shall be 'proposed b their leaders to this House, and when thos laders, 6ng out into th% lobby, followed by their !ao ll 4ina e e l ad- ---- verseries, shat triumph in the success of that principle egainet their own supporters, and through the honour able and independent support of those who had hitherto opposed there.—(Loud and continued cheering.) . Mr. HUME said it was quite impossible that the de bate could be brought to a satisfactory conclusion at this sitting, and he should, therefore, move that the debate be fejt:turned. Sir 11, PEEL—I do hope the House will insist on bringing this debate to a close. Now, considering that I }rave been in the House since half-past four o clock, and the, Onring a considerable portion of the debate there were not filly Members present, I must say it is rather hard on those wild have charge of public business that a fresh impediment should be thrown in the way of sup- P1.7--(Cheers.) I really trust the sense of the House will be in favour of the debate closing to-night: Mr: M. GIBSON said that it might be thought he was til*ifr/4 *rf extraordinary view of this question, when he said thai ; although the. House was tired of it, the public out of doors did not t:ink it had been discussed enough,==(Loud cheers end laughter.) Ile should feel it his duty to raise the question: of dis tress in going into Committee of Supply, if they came to a decision that night, which he thought they ought not to do, as there were many arguments of the Right Hon. I - lime/et which gentlemen on that (the Opposition) side of the House were ready to meet. He should certainly support the motion of adjournment. S;r JOHN Glitiff made some observations which were quite inaudible in tbe gallery, owing to the noise which prevailed in the House. Mr. COJIDEN felt that an untlea opinion prevailed in the House, on the subject of distress': He had a duty to percent), in bringing the distress of the country be fore the House. They might have it as an amendment o n ving into supply, or as a separate motion ; a nd if "4..j.Vin. i'riend the Member for Manchester did notiove the arts sent, be (Mr. Cobden) certainly should. Ee would 'do if,2-.-4Cheth..s.) He would not do it from fac tion.—(Loud ctiee of f` Oh, oh.") Why, to what faction did he belong ? Wax it to the Whigs?—he repu dlatstd them. Was it to the Tories?—he repudiated thetn, Then, to what faction did he belong? He had no tizeife to go to the Continent or to the n.oors, he would sit there till' November, if it was necessary. He had a duty to perfOfra to the country. He warned them, that they might not ttkkA again as they did now. He should support the adjournment of the House. Mr. HUME rose amidst load cries of ." Spoke." He nettlerstood that the opinion on both sides of the House wits, that the division ought not to take place that night; but as sole of his Hon. Friends intended to bring the subject, forward on going into supply, he would withdraw his motion for the adjournment. Mr, STANSFIELD hoped the Government would turtt fliOr attention to the distress of the country. If something Were not done he could not dare to think what the consequence tnlght be. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE replied. He believed that the ntelority of the House did riot know the extent to whic , ii the distress prevailed. He belived that, contrary to what was expected by the Right Hon. Baronet, the distress had reuehed its greatest height. He thought the motion had net been well treated by the two Right Right lion. Baronets, the Cabinet Ministers. The Right Hon. Baronet, the Member for Tamworth, said this was no interference with the prey dative of the Crown. Why, had they not the power to interfere with that pre rogative ? The other Right Hon. Baronet went furteer, and said that it was an absurd motion. The motion ' was, that if the distress of the people should con tinue, Parliament should assemble earlier, in order to relieve it ; and that was called an absurd mo tion. He did not think the people of England would think so. He would warn the Government to take pre ; caution In time, for he believed the people would bear their suffering,' and distress no longer. The House then divided, when there appeared— : For the motion 9l Against it . 147 Majority against the motion --.-56 The motion was consequently lost.. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EX CHEQUER, the following Select Committee was ap pointed to consider end report upon the plan submit ted by the architect of the stew-Houses of Parliament, for the ventilation and warming of the Houses' of Parlia ment, and for rendering them fire-proof:-=Mr: Chan cellor of the Exchequer, Lord Stanley, Sir John Hob house, Sir James .Graham, Viscount. Palmerston, Lord Francis Egerton, Sir Richard Vyvyan, Mr. O'Connell, Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Mr. Williams, Wynn, Mr. Francis Thornhill Baring, Sir George Clerk, Mr. Hawes, Sir Charles Burrell, Mr. Tufnell, Viscount Sandon. Viscount Barrington, Sir J, Guest, Mr. Verner, Mr. MILNER GIBSON gave notice of- bis intention on the motion for going into Committee of Supply, to move that the House should resolve itself into a Com mittee of the whole House, to take into consideration the distressed state of the country. Mr. GREENE brought up the Report of the Com mittee of Supply, and the resolutions were agreed to. The Grand Jury Presentments (Ireland) Bill went through Committee, and was ordered to be reported this day. SOUTH AUSTRALIA BILL. On the motion for the third reading of this Bill, Mr. HUME said that the management of the Bill was most extraordinary ; it would actually be a sacrifice of 240,0001. of public money, and it had passed through none of its stages till after one o'clock in the morning. One clause gave away altogether 59,0001. It appeared to him altogether a most monstrous proceeding. He was astonished that the Government could sanction so great a waste of public money. The Hon. Member then pro posed that the Bill be read a third time that day three months. • Mr. B. WOOD supported the amendment. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, with respect to the sum of 85,000/. the real fact was, that persons lent that sum to the colony at the interest of 10 per cent.., and the colony being in great distress the ques tion was, how-relief could be afforded to those who had gone out to it. 'This country had undertaken to pay three-and-a-half per cent. for the money borrowed, in case the colony itself should not be able to return what had been borrowed. The colony had been found to be in a state of complete insolvency. It appeared necessary to adopt the course which had been adopted. in order to save it from utter ruin, and make it a useful possession of this country. Tho present Government were not responsible for the distress which had come upon the colony ; they had not brought forward the plan of its establishment. Mr. AGLIONBY contended that this was not a time, when the distress in the country was so great, to make, a grant of 155,0001., for that was what the proposition of the Noble Lord would amount to, to that colony. He did not think a loan would have been so objectionable. He must vote for his Hon. Member for Montrose. Mr. V. SMITH said this could not be called making a grant of 155,0001. - at a time when the country was in distress, because the money was gone (as we under stood), and it was only proposed not to 'enforce its re-, payment. Mr. AGLIONBY explained that he did not mean that the grant was one that would have to be made in future. The loan had been made some time ago, and it was proposed to make a. grant of that loan. Mr. G. W. WOOD was of opinion that the loan ought not to be given up. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the House divided. The numbers were — For the third reading 6B For the amendment Majority for the third reading The Bill was then read a third time, and passed. MANCHESTER, BIRMINGHAM, AND BOLTON POLICE BILL. This Bill passed through Committee. CUSTOMS ACT AMENDMENT BILL. Mr. GREENE brought up the Report on this Bill, which was received, and was ordered to be read a third time this day. The other Orders of the Day were disposed of, and the House adjourned at Three o'Clock. LADVERTISEMENT.I IMPORTANT TO ALL THOSE WHO EXPECT TO DE RIVE BENEFIT FROM DRINKING SODA WATER.—Schweppe's Soda Water is so universally known and appreciated, not only throughout the United Kingdom, but throughout the civilised wnyld, that any cncouium on its merits might appear super fluous; but as since its original introduction, upwards of half a century since, many imitators have started up, with more or less claims to public patronage, J. S. and Co. take the liberty of reminding their friends and the public that the above Cele brated Water continues to be manufactured on the largest scale and upon the most scientific principles at their chief es tablishment, 51, Berners-street, London and also at their three branch Manufactories in Liverpool, Bristol, and Derby ; and that consumers may be supplied with the genuine article at most of the respectable Chemists, Confectioners, and Italian Warehouses in every province of the United Kingdom. The just reputation of their manufacture, and the consequent de mrnd for it, have tempted unprincipled persons (many of them of apparent respet'tability) to practice a deception, against which Schweppe and Co. are anxious to caution the public. The deception referred to is that of passing off a spurious article for " Schweppe's," by selling it in Schweppe's marked bottles. The temptation to this is, the cheapness of the infe rior water, although in most cases the consumer is charged the same. By this artifice a common water is surreptitiously palmed on the public for the genuine—the reputation of the latter is prejudiced by the substitution of a bad article—and a certain proportion of the public patronage diverted from its leeitirrate channel. To obviate these several evils, Schwe pp e and' Co. have adopted the plan of placing a Red Label over the cork of each bottle, representing the Royal Appointment in the centre, and the name of their firm on each side, with out which none is genuine. Schweppe and Co. refer with pride to the fact that they constantly supply the Royal Palaces of London and Windsor, as well as the principal Nobility in the three kingdoms ; nor is the demand for their Soda Water less constant on the continent and in other parts of the world. Merchants and Shippers in general connected with the East and West Indies and our numerous Colonies arc continually transmitting orders received from their respective agents and correspondents, and highly gratif)ing is the testimony Schweppe and Co. are in the habit of receiving from gentle men returned from abroad, of the luxury afforded them by their Soda Water when met with in tropical climates, and of the high condition in which it is generally found. The Water ordered for foreign countries is manufactured with an express reference to its destination, and it is well known that no other can equally well endure the variations of climate. Schweppe's Lemonade is an elegant preparation of mere recent intro diction, but from its refreshing and wholesome properties is rapidly getting into extensive reputation. It is an effervescing draught of most agreeable flavour, and made of the best mate rials, without regard to cost. Physicians and medical men constantly recommend it in cases of fever, &c., nor is it less de sirable as an article of luxury. Every genuine bottle will have a yellow lable on its side, with the name and address of the firm. Schweppe and Co. are the Targest importers o f the German Seltzer Water, which they receive directh the from the springs, in quarts and pints, and which they offer to p in the original packages. packages. N.B.—Exp ort orders for all climates executed on the shortest notice. CORK, JULY 1 7. —Nothing can equal the prepara tions that are in progress here for the grand exhibition which is to take place on Thursday next. The arrange ments for the cattle Age, and the banquet and ball, far exceed anything of the kind ever seen in any part of Ireland. Tkr SPORTING INTELLIG TATTERSALL'S.—Yzszza . • ',AI, ' ft---4:.1: 1 i -s, GOODWOOD STAKES.--The Knight of 1ir , ..7 ' ' . - 4e...1. backed in one or two quarters at Mon. A Z' i'' .s ~• ~.. : -' 1 7 > , maintained it, but certainly was not in for . . ''' .--- -,.. 1,0„,,,, r,5! . x. fl t "rl." '"i with Helpmate, who was supported ze . ..,., , .',_', • •Pir,. 1 N second favourite at 8 to 11. Welfare wasiN /' .':. 7 ' ' 4 . 4 - ,e N r),! and on these three nearly the whole iir - 04 1 .. . ' --- turned, the St. Lawrence, Tupsley, ' ... . Arnagill parties having been dead letters. ...! Thvgieo k t : - 4 - K wood Cup excited considerable interest, and exhibittil two or three changes. The Squire, Middleham, and Sleight.. of- Hand, were backed occasionally in the early part of the aP ternoon, but were not iu much request after the first henr..' Marshal Soult opened with a declining appearance, but derived' so much assistance towards evening, that after a good deal of money had been laid, got on at 13 to 1, he sprung three points, and left second favourite. Charles the Twelfth rose from 20 to 11 to 1 upon a small outlay, holding the third place in the betting when our prices were made up. Nothing was said about Monoxla or St. Law rence that will enable us to make a quotation, and the odes stated against Priam must be received with caution ; he had no friend present. The St. Leger is only worthy of notice as showing an extraordinary decline in Meteor; 40 to 1 was laid on the strength of his being lame, yet it was mentioned in the course of the day that he had galioped at Epsom, and would accompany Scott's horses to Goodwood. The " price current" at the close Ivas as recorded below : 5-tb 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Knight of the Whistle—t. GOODWOOD STAKES. 1 111 2 648 I ttt . 0 000 l i a g st aaag: s:ttt 31% 3 51 1 : r rrr .... scGhl Griffiths', r , e ik v ee i y l , l ,cDos s Trdsotap sii yi Corsa ir —ta ke n yt . keLo ngl e gs n S to 1 apt Mr. Graydon's Helpmate Welfare—t a ken taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. Cuff's Studley Royal—taken 20 to 1 agst Captain Harcourt's Arnagill 20 to 1 agst Major Hay's Retriever GOODWOOD CUP. 4 to 1 agst Mr. Bell's, the Squire—taken and af. off. 10 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Mersin.' Soult—taken. I I to 1 agst Mr. Johnstone's Charles Xll.—ditto. I I to 1 agst Mr. Higgins's Priam. 12 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Sleight-of-Hand.—taken. ,12 to 1 agst Mr. Ramsay'; Middleham.—taken. and af. MT. 29 to 1 agst Mr. Allen's Beleceur, do. ST. LEGER. • 10 W 1 agst Mr. Ramsay's Cabrera 40 to 1 Ittzst Mr. Bowes's Meteor DERBY, 1843. 1000 to 50 each agst Cotherstone colt, out of Attila's dam, and Napier, in one bet—taken Lord Westminster's Sleight-o;-Hand, Van Amburgh, and two others, have arrived at Goodsio‘td. NEW CITY OF LONDON RACES.--Titunsnay. A showery morning was seceeeded by so fine an afternocu that crowds flocked to the Course from all parts of the metre• polis, and the attendance before the first race was over was much larger ;ban on Wednesday. The racinc , went o ff con spirit° ; indeed, so excellent was the spor t on b oth b days. and so son• factory the arrangements, that we have no doubt the exosriment will be repeated be fore the close of the season. Before we give the customary return it is but fair to state that a b4dv of 50 of the P division of the police, under Superintehdent;,, M‘Lean and Inspectors Campbell, Bass, and Haynes, were 0,. gre.:.t service in keeping order on the course. . _ Sweeps*akes of 3 sovs. each, with 30 added; the winner to be sold for :,' , O/.. &c. Heats, once round and a dis. (9 Subs.) Mr. lialchin's Dromedary , 5 yrs (Balchin) 1 I Mr. Baker's Montezuma. 6 yrs Mr. I. Day's Mulciber, 5 yrs 0 2 Mr. Goodman's bc by Bentley—Bamboo's dam e 3 yrs 0 dr Mr. G. Clifton's Vigo. 3 y rs Mr. Tolley's Firey tiak, 5 yrs... ............ . .. The New Cross Sweepstakes of 5 soya. each, with bt? added, for 3 yrs old, ist 41b ; 4 yrs, Sat 10Ib ; 5 yrs, 9st 31hr 6 yrs and aged, 9st 61b ; the winner to be sold for 250/., and the second to save his stake. Heats, Two miles. (5 subs. ) Mr. Phillimore's Solomon, 3 yrs ... (Sly) 13 1 Mr. Hornsby's Revoke, 6 yrs Mr. Goodman's The Knight, aged ..... ....... Mr. I. Day's Royal Prince, 5 yrs 0 dr Sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each, with 20 added ; three years' old, 7st 41b ; 4 yrs, Bst 71b ; 5 yrs, 9st ; 6 yrs and aged, 9st 61b ; maiden 3 yrs old allowed 41bs ; 4 yrs, 71b ; 5 yrs and aged, • 101 b The winner to be sold for 80 soya. Mile heats. (10 subs.) Mr. Templeton's Little Fairy , 6 y rs (H. May) 1 I Mr. Quartermaine's Tenebr o s a, 6 y rs 2 3 Mr. Smith's fby Ishmael , o ut of Balance, 3 yrs.... Mr. Francis' Cloister , 4 y rs 0 0 Mr. Bacon's Lampedo , 3 y rs Mr. Jenkins' Kate Ke arne y , a g ed Mr. Mason's Dispatch , 4 y rs 0 dr Mr. Hall's Laurestina , 4 y rs Buckle was thrown in the second heat, a good deal shaken, but was not seriously injured. GOODWOOD. FIRST DAY.--Ho.ndicap for the Goodwood Club Stakes. Gentlemen rider G s, 84c. The Currier, 6 yrs, I2st 101b—Robinson , aged , I2st 21b— Currycomb, 5 yrs, • I2st 21b—Helpmate,6 yrs, 12st—The 'll l )gev, aged, 12st—The Young-'un, 5 yrs, list 121b—Mao Friday,let 4 yrs, Ilst 10Ib—Cornuto, 5 yrs, 11 st 81 b — Ce cil, 4 yrs, I 71b—Sis. to Ferneley, aged, Ilst 71b—Miss Heathcote, 6 yrs, I Ist bib—Flytrap, 3 yrs, llst—Tripoli 3 yrs, lOst 101b—Ni cholas, 5 yrs, lOst 1 01 b — c, by Elis , out VI Partiality, 3 yrs. lest 61b—Yorkshire Lady, 3 yrs , I Ost 51 b —St. Jean d Acre, 3 yrs, lOst alb—Proof Print, 3 yrs, lOst. SOUTHAMPTON RACES. —WEDNESDAY. Handicap of 5 soya. each, and 30 added. Three quarters of a mile. Mr. Payne's Rapture, 3 yrs (T. Day) 1 Mr. I. Day's m, by Nimro d, out of Busk, 5 yrs Mr. Pryse's Australia , 4 y rs 3 The Borough Plate of 501., added to a sweepstakes of 5 sons. each. Heats, once round and a dis. Mr. Hewitt's Stickler, aged Mr. Stephens's Bava rian, 5 y rs Mr. King's Sultana , 4 yrs Mi. Payne's Rapture , 3 y rs Mr. Herbert's Teetot aller, 3 y rs. (Horsley) 51 1 1 2 2 3 3 dr 2 dr . 4 dr The Hunters' of 5 soya each, and 20 added, mile and three quarters, were won , by Mr. Cattalo's Adrian, aged (Mr. Legg), beating Spangle ari; l Stickler. • The Champagne Stakes of 3 Nys. tacit,with a Purse of 30 sons. added, for all horses but two year olds ; the see..nd to save his stake, and receive 51. froth - the fund; 3 yrs old 9st. 4 yis lOst, 5 yrs 10st 71b, 6 yrs anci',ld Ilst ; winners of 1 a clear 501., in 1642, to carry 31b, two 61b, and three 7lb ; i horses that have started thrice this year. S and not won, al lowed 51bs. The winner to be sold for 801., &C. Hears once round and a dis. ( Six Subs.) Mr. Caffall's Adrian, aged (Powell" 1 2 1 4 1 2 Mr. Jobson's Frank, 6 yrs .••••• Mr. Saeller's fby Ishmael, out of Dewdrop, 3 yrs Mr. J. Sadler's European, 3 yrs Mr. Cheyney's Introduction (late Cause), 6 yrs The winner was claimed. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS . . FROM TILE M ORNING P APERS OF THIS bAY. CITY"; THURSDAY EVENING. POST.—Business in the English market was on a very limited scale, as far as bona fide transactions were concerned. Consols fluctuated about a a per cent., conse.quent upon certain operations connected with the pigeon expresses.. This method of influencing the prices of thgunds cannot he .0o much de precated, and more particularly when the assistance lendrtain influential means are called in , and most unworthil y aid to produced the desired effect. The y were bad enough 111 when confined to publishing such an d such information gard to the affairs of Spain, suitable, however, only to the state of individual accounts. So long as they went nof urthe than these and similar worthless d ocuments, no great harm was done beyond one gambler fleecing another. N ow that they are flown at higher game , and a re used in c?nnoxion with real securities, they cannot be allowed to pass without the prime notiFe ; the more so, as a certain individual who long was mover in operations guided by the intelligence thus received, or manufactured here, and stated to have been received by them, has again more than once, it is s tated, revisited this,country, and immediately afterwards, singularly enough., the publication of expresses for the purpose of tilteriog the prices of our Funds become of everyday oceurrence. r eport of the Committee on the spurious Exchequer-bills will be published in a few days, and an attentive perusal of it, in Connexion h this subject, is strongly recommended. SUN.—Consols left off at the same prices they did is for the yesterday, 90i 901- for Money, and 90/ Account, with very few real transactions, althot,:jh they at one time were marked as low as 90 for immediate transfer ; Bank Stock. 165 1661 ; India Stock, 248 249 ; Exchequer Bills, Old, 46 48 ; New, 44 46 prenf. The prices of Foreign Securities, in which more bt.t.• siness than has been usual of late was done during the day, were . ---. Belgian, 1011 1021 ; Dutch Two-and a- Half per Cents., 51 511 ; the Five per Cents., 101 101,1 ; Danish, 82 83 ; Brazilian, 62 64. The Share Market was very dull ; the prices were — London and Birmingham 177 179 ; Birmingham and Gloucester, 47 ; Great Western, 86 87 ; the Half Shares, 61: 1 ,- 62 ; South Western, 61 62 ; North Midlund, 59 GO ; the New Shares, 29 30 ; South 14:astern and Dover, 221 23 ; the Scrip. :A 3 ; Eastern Counties. 94 ; Northern and Eastern, 401 411 ; Blackwall, 9 9} ; and Brighton, 33i- 33a per Share. The nominal quotations of the bonds w ere—Colonte bian, 21 211; Peruvian, 16 17 ; Portuguese Five per Cents., 331 34 ; the Three per Cents., 19-A- ; Spanish Five per Cents., 21 21 ; the Three per Clients., "Oi 21. The cause of the decline in the price of Consolb noticed above, is to be found in the operations of the parties engaged in expressing by pigeons. These indi viduals for a long time contented themselves with bar gains in Spanish and other bonds possessing only a nomi nal value. From time to time, but only at intervals, was a person unconnected with jobbing caught by them, so that for a long period bargains were confined to the dealers themselves, the individuals possessing the longest purse fleecing his poorer confederates. This system would, doubtless, have existed for some little time longer, had it not been for the absence of the chief operator, consequent upon some transactions connected with the forged Ex chequer Bills. however, as it now is, dealings in this description of documents are completely at an end. It was necessary, however, now that Spanish bonds are no longer marketable, that new species of speculation should be found, and it would seem that the market for our own funds, which for many years has been as free from suspicion as the foreign market was tainted with the certain charge of manufacturing false intelligence, are chosen as fit instruments for victimising. The person particularly alluded to has for two er three Sundays been seen in the neighbourhood of the metropolis, and by a singular coincidence those pigeon expresses are immediately afterwards brought into play. --- amen was announced to take launch of the Queen East he i d n o d t. i l dockyard at Blackwell, and at ad pare on Thursday from t_ Qt. - MN AT BLACK WALL.—The LAUNCH OF nit: ness it, while the craft in ptherefor7m3tdince t r h s e . o r f i :h e i r g v, h .er r e an a k lm a o lem co b v ie er d e t e o : i i t t it Nearlywithin ever y vessel a considerable distance gr T ou he nd h , an a d nd of of the earlysp spe ct ators. r u s r . many nava l o ffi cers Re giment, from oo admirable manner several of the most favourite pieces of music At one o'clock the Hon. Miss Stopford, daughter of the day. dock w ‘ a i s , ad hs o . r : i e t h et , i %, v,: a it s h nn fla t g h s e . of Admiral Sir Robert Stopford, in the usual manner named the vessel t h e .. Queen, after which the bolts were removed, and the noble ship plunged gtaeefully into the Thames. There were at the time she entered the water upwards of 500 persons upon the decks. The vessel is 195 feet 5 inches in length, 39 feet 9 inches In width, and between decks, of which there are three, 6 feet 11 inches. She is pierced for 5-3 gui,s, and is built in such a manlier that a very short. time would suffice to convert her from a merchantman into a man-of-war, not omit ting accommodation for troops, &e. The most distinguished visitors were entertained by the builders, Messrs. Wigram and Green, with a sumptuous dejeuner, after which the whole of the company separated. A few days ago, says a letter from Valenciennes, the water burst into the coal-mine of Guffre , a t Chateli bean. The re we re 23 miners in the pit at tit* time, l'lU° of veb9lo We drowned. The - rest were ova, Y JULY 22, 1842. ;~.