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t han Just and equitable, in the event of this measure be ,or ',Passed, that a compensation should be made by t" eign countries for this law. lila MITCHELL said that the free traders were for t t e c ipreeity, for they bed severally stated on his side of th Ef "se, that if foreie,n countries did not comply with d l e measure, that they would act towards them as they t es erved. H e h a d listeeed to the (lebate attentively, ane i e i ad hop e d that the fallacy of suppos i ng chat a deninu „(4l in the f re i g ht did n e produce a diminution in the y"ee to the consumer, would beer posed, but was grieved "Jig ti fin d an H on . M em b er , representing a large commei:- ;tie ; b e oMmunity, not only stating se erroneous a proposi ut endeavouring to affirm it by many arguments. eome now to the arguments of the Right Hon. Gentle ' all the Member for the University of Oxford, he was t l t t rprised t o h ear i t a d vance d aga i nst t hi s mea sure ti tt it would injuriously effect their system of ship tit ies, and be an injury to the shipowners. Ilia first t„ e Perienc e o f t h e s hi pp i ng i nteres t was f orm ed many ears ago, and he remembered that when a predecessor h. , "te Board of Trade of the Right Hon. Gentleman near Oar. Labouchere), he meant Lord Sidmouth, pro tie a reduction in the timber duties for ship building, i„e shipowners were up in arms against him, complain tithey had immense numbers of ships built of timber, and that if that wood came in cheaper their Property would be depreciated to an enormous ex soil:. That obj ec ti on h a d p rove d to be groundless, and Ise, would many others of a similar nature. The p e 'Petition t o w hi c h English shipowners would•be ex t e ee d, would do them more good than all the reciprocily C e i ties or gener a l legi s l a tiv e m easures they could enact, w e t t ese it w o uld ena bl e th em t o di s cover the points in 19 h !Ch th ey were superior to the i r r i vals, an d those in o, ll lh they were interior. The real competition, !sow tied e er, Would be with the shipping of the United States, fi re yen in that li m it of th e ir rivalry, he believed that Years hence, so far from the repeal of the navigation th w injuring them, the shipowners of this country would tit them for the change.—(Hear, bear.) 1 1 ,, 1 ". WAWN said that since the reciprocity treaties C wen entered upon, so far from English tonnage t l ihg increased, the foreign had increased, as compared 6th 4 , as much as 100 per cent. The corn grower in Co 41(1 had the protection of freight, of which he r 3 / 4 1 . 1 (1 not be o wner, who had deprived, and that protection acted on the b u iP not only his freight and charges, t. t his timber duties. He could find no clause in the to relieve the English shipowner of the burden he 41 Ott to contend against. It seemed to him to be a studied em ne , t o , to adve e foreigner at his ex and " Pt to him antag all the th useful alterations of the law pense, that He re virtually patronised by Mr. Huskisson. C. BRUCE said he rose as a member of the agri tural party, who did not participate in the desire to aanother great interest of this country involved in :aficulties which it had itself experienced. The na vigation - laws cer t a i n l y con t a i ne d severa l ma tt e r s of in- L e avenience and even of hardship; but viewing them as a oneral line of policy, he thought that the arguments wi de dee in support of them had not been answered. He r l e ald not extend the system of r ec ip roc ity if h e th oug ht 'at by so doing he should en d anger th e c h ance o f suffici tiltlY manning the navy of this country in the time of e ' 4l. ••• - -(Hear.) He entreated th e G overnmen t, and po 'Pecially th e Ri g ht H on. G entlemen on that (the Op bition) side, who gave their support to the measure, to Pai ne before they repealed those laws under which the Ir PPing interest of the country h a d prospered, and hick secured the services of a large body of seamen. re ' ll tr• WILCOX suggested that that clause should be „"..taitzed whi c h ma d e i t i mperat i ve t h at t h ree -f our th s o f 0 s seame n s h ou ld b e B r i t i s h su bj ects . F rom th e fi rs t a e 'eettoent of the navigation laws, power was given that alt of the seamea might be foreigners ; but 4" .ugh the number of seamen in the mercantile marine lestireat e d at 130,000, yet there were not, in reality, e' 1O foreign subjects employed.—(Hear, hear.) In au 1 , 1 '2' hour f or h erse lf, Spain took up the English e` v igation laws in all their integrity, and the conse ettea t i e; ee yeas, that gradually her mercantile navy had Clidied away. Let the House look at the South overwhelmed trade, which had been loaded with protection and with bounties, and what had been the t e op tlll , I t ? Had it not been ruined by the system of pro• l e ;, 4e n ?—(Hear, hear.) They had heard a great deal Year about their national defences, and about the essity of taking care of their wooden walls, but he te °4l d remind Hon. Members who so clamoured for the e r' t ' l ltenance of monopolies, and who argued in favour 4 ,, protecti ve l aws , that the public had a great suspicion o'l' distrust of those effusions of patriotism, which tie ight have a latent regard to the pockets of the par -1 *, --- (Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") tr. HILDYARD s a id they had b een t o ld th a t th e ei tei i ly .gatton-laws were the last remnant of an exploded te, , TL I . In what sense of the word, he would ask, could p o i 'hipping interest of this country be called a mono- It o ! What obstruction was thrown in the way of N'" t win who chose to compete with that interest. It oi l i ght be said that they wanted competition with foreign b, PoWners, but he contended that there was nothing to L i e „ teet an American ship clearing out of the port of te e :7ool to any port in their colonies. Let him ask, elore, whether competition had not produced eeet ?—(Hear.) The Honourable Member here refer red e , to the evidence given before the Committee of le, 'douse of Lords by a gentleman who was, he r. a strong advocate of free trade, Mr. Wilson, of ill that and who proved that competition was doing P that could be usefully expected, and that every im (l4rement in ship-building was readily adopted. He • Hildyard) would contend that competition should , e ,"er b e carr i e d b eyon d t h at po i nt w h ere i t operate d as " h a ealthy st i mu l us to tra d e, f or if carr i e d f urt h er i t must f: e re to be injurious.—(Hear, hear.) He had yet to p :rn th a t th e great i nterests o f t h e emp i re were to de -44 on the vie w w hich th e legi s lat a re of Canada might tiot e t of the navigation-laws.—(dear, hear.) They were tt o , s - .0 prostrate t . he whole of the system of the naviga.- 67, 1 aws in obedience to such reasoning as that employed cot legislature of Canada. The Honourable Member e c/ r Liverpool complained of the grievance that corn h ° 0 4 . 1 (1 not be brought from Canada except in a British r e " te tn, and he spoke of the hardship of a case of a t i - e r go having arrived at Liverpool in an Ame ll vessel, and which could not be sold in n t c ; e , s equence. But what did that case in fact amount ont simply thi s , th a t th e w h o l e was th e resu lt o f a et tlll der in not bringing the cargo in a British ship instead , 10 . 'n Ameri can o n e.—(C r i es o f " H ear , h ear ," on both r e e s-) The Hon. Member then referred to the argu ePtS which had been used as to the effect of the repeal t these laws upon the West India colonies, and con teheded that these colonies would be seriously injured by t i,! repeal. They had spoken of the imitation of Ame t`a; but the principle adopted in that country was not Il t .t,of free trade, but . of protection; and they would take e o ,:ast wo were willing to give them without giving us e t f,, t hing in return. With regard to the Northern 4 t :,", the threats that had emanated from those pCes had been paraded before them with great em th ; but there was not one single state of them tof f Would give them the sli g ht es t b ene fit, un l ess they ggreat advantage in return. It was said that Russia ad entered into a system of reciprocal duties ; but that 4. 4 . net a case in point, because the Russian noblemen ii lY ed their incomes from the export of their produce ° this country, such as tallow ; and any retaliation Athei r part would be their ruin. And as to the te ttl ericans, w e re they to do all that they promised— that',;, Was t o say, to give to us equivalent advantages to i t "° 0 Which we had given to them—that was not enough; te" e a e necessary that they should go farther, and make Talterations in their coasting trade as would give to 4 ,fair advantage in our trading intercourse with them. h v i t a ! viten. Member thanked the House for the attention which it had heard him, and concluded by impress th° tt Pon the House the seriousness of the subject, and e necessity of dealing with it with the utmost caution. e i b l ir• RICARDO said there were various kinds of re -oeitYs but the reciprocity of the Hon. Genilernan ° hadjust sat down was of a piece with that of the inn. Member for Stamford, namely, " hold what you a concede what you must."—(Laughter.) The (mght Ron. Gentleman the Member for Oxford University N l '. Gladston e ) h a d a l s o indulged in that argum e nt, to his r • Ricard o ' s ) as toni s h m ent ; and the more so when he tieleollected th a t t h a t Ri g h t H on . G en t l eman b a d su pp or t e d T e Policy of the Right lion. Baronet the Member for al tWOrth. He (Mr. Ricardo) had watched this debate new closely ; and he must confess that not one single argument had been introduced into it. Hon. Gen ikelaen had stated over and over again, that in America o „'"Ps could be built much cheaper than in this Ontry ; but what was the fact ? Why, that in i t'is country, they had almost every material required ship-building much cheaper than it was to be r l4 l in America, an d , in addition to those ad 01Setages, wages in this country were also one-third i ii 4 . ,eaper.—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Member here al ,'`'ed to the evidence of several witnesses respecting' the iPeration of the navigation-law s , and cited several pas ettges from it in support of his view of a necessity for 4 11 , r ah c hange in the system as would lead to a better p 4 9. ngement of the subject. With respect to the mono 1011°s connected with the operation of the navigation tZlll4 he m i g ht say that there never yet was a monopoly te: t Was not most sturdily defended—as in the case of o "rn-laws. He could assure Hon. Gentlemen on the e l l / Posite side of the House, who were opposed to any rie 4 e ll te in the navigation-laws, that the onemrcantile ma gtil" of this country was not dependent any such ra te l t k t ions as they stood up to uphold; and with respect h e S",e( opinions of officers of the Royal Navy, which 111-. been referred to by those Honourable Members h e 6 ° much in favour of a maintenance of those law. , , e,,, , lnUst say that there was no class of persons less itent to give a sound opinion on the sub ttlet'eatt naval officers. With respect to the argument, re e , it Was necessary to resort to " impressment" to cythe royal navy from the mercantile marine, he held s t nothing could be more unjust or rotten than that te ev e t ra, and that if they did not fairly pay for the men, of 'lad no right to them. With respect to the assertion e ee rtieht Hon. Gentleman the Member for Stamford A t ;' hterriee), and other Hon. Gentlemen, that there th e neither feeling nor excitement in this country on st : tl ,,,hiect of the navigation-laws, he must say that such of t lenient came with a very bad grece from that side o e R ouse, He was averse to any organised agitation th e . • th e subject; but it they had chosen to impress upon k W : Poor" of the country that the operation of those let„" ; , e nhanced the price of every necessary imported th ati ' k for their consumption, lie did not hesitate to say Pstie:".7 would have thousands and tens of thousands of ‘ 1 44 118 in favour of such an alteration in those laws . as (1 1 remove those great and inconvenient restrictions. thi„. 041 % hear.) He agreed that there were many is tei '6. n , s .in the Bill which he should wish to see altered tho e -4 , t tee, and be would give his assistance to make Ad al terations at the proper moment. aa, i i °li ra' BOWLES said he had watched with great e ne l er et Y theoperations of the Act passed in 1846, in re- Nei r ; to the West India colonies, and what was' the th ee(, , Why the ruin of our West India colonies. He tritiV t o %.therefore, they ought to pause in their free• kieti ri r 'ley. They had ruined the West Indies by ad tioeki 8 1ave-g rown sugar, and we had obtained no na " advantage. He had, therefore, a right to draw an THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 13, 1849. connected the " loud laugh" with the " vacant mind." Since other classes had in en &prised c f protection, he thought that it ought not to be eejoyed exclusively by the shipowne r. Beside:, this advantage would re sult from the repeal of the navigation• laws, that the standing excuse for the failure of all the free-trade mea sures of the last two years would be removed.—(Hear, and laughter.) The Hon. Member for Liverpool said we could compete with all the countries in the world, because we had the largest capital. He (Mr. Muntz) believed that the capital consisted in our land, houses, and ships, but if we reduced the value of them he was not sure we should have the largest capital in the world. —(Hear, and laughter.) They ought to consider what had been the success of the measures they had taken. He would mention the effect of them on the article of zinc, in which he had been a large dealer. No zinc was now made in this country. Why? Because the price of foreign zinc was only 13/. or 141. a ton, while in this country it could not be made under 181. But what had been the effect of free trade on the town he represented? A few days ago a person handed to him a ne.vspaper published there, called the Midland and Birmingham Advel tiser, and pointed out an advertisement in it from a respectable ironmonger in Birmingham. It was headed, " The Effects of Free Trade," and stated that the advertiser had just imported from Germany a stock of superior tools, which, although the duty was 10 per cent., he could sell at from 30 to 60 per cent. under the price at which they could be made in Birmingham—(lle:lr, hear.) It struck him that every day they wi re getting out of the fryingpan into the fire. —(Laughter.) For the last 25 years he had been com peting in the foreign market with the merchants of his own town. By care, industry, and economy, the whole of them had ceased to compete with him; but, although he had the whole trade, he found himself so reduced by competition with the foreigner that it was not worth should)ing to give it u p.—( buy i n t h e cheapest ma up.—(Hear, hear.) It keeping, wa s saiadn dthat t w h • a e) s g , rk e t and sell in the dearest. That did not consist in the abstract price.—(Hear, hear.) They might get an at title that yeas manufactured in England 10 per cent cheaper on the continent. It did not follow that that was the cheapest market.—(llear, hear.) Take iron. It might be 101. a ton here, and only 8/. on the continent ; but if it were bought there the labour here would be unemployed, and, instead of buying in the cheapest market it might in the end prove the dearest.—(Hear, hear.) lie expected to see the produce of this country as low as foreign produce — (Hear, hear)—aud he knew that that price could not pay the taxes and liabilities of the country.—(Hear, hear.) If they had a fixed amount of revenue to make up, and they lowered the price of produce, they increased the pressure of that taxation on the industrious classes— (Hear, hear)—and by so doing prevented the possibility of their competing with foreign labour.—(H ear , h ear .) He believed they would find their land uncultivated, their trade profitless, and their people unemployed, and that something else was wanted besides absolute free trade.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. SCHOLEFIELD wished to say, on hehalf of the constituency he and the Hon. Gentleman repre sented, that they bad a considerable interest in the re peal of the navigation-laws, as Birmingham carried on a very large and lucrative trade with the colonies, but which for some time past had been in a declining state. If free trade had failed, it, had been because it had not been carried out to the fullest extent—(" Hear" and laughter),—or because it had not been accompanied by those changes in the monetary system which were ab solutely essential.—(Laughter.) His Hon. Colleague had referred to the prices of the continent, but if the articles he spoke of could be supplied there cheaper than in this country, how did it happen that we were supplying America with them ? After a few words from Mr. MUNTZ in explanation the House divided, when there appeared, For Mr. Herries's am? drneiii ... 210 Against it „, ••• 266 Majority for the Government ... —56 The announcement of the numbers was received with great cheering by the Opposition. The main question was agreed to without a division, and the Bill was then read a second time. AFFAIRS OF SICILY. On the motion of Mr. I3ANKES, the following papers were ordered by way of addition to Lord Palmerston's amendment on Sicily:--" Copies of all correspondence which has passed betwen offi cers of the Board of Ordnance and any other departments of her Majesty's Government with reference to the transaction in question; and copies of all communications on this subject which have passed between her Majesty's Government and the represen tative of her Majesty at the Court of the King of the Two Sicilies." BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. Lord J..RUSSELL said, he proposed to go into Com mittee ot Supply on Friday on the navy estimates, in order to vote the number ot men for the ensuing year. On Monday evening he proposed to go into Committee of Supply on the army estimates. Mr. GROGAN inquired whether the Rate in Aid Bill did not stand for Monday? Lord J. RUSSELL said, the Government must pro ceed with the army estimates on Monday. In answer to Mr. RICARDO, Lord J. RUSSELL was understood to intimate that he should ask the House to go into Committee on the Navigation Bill on Friday se'nnight. The other ordi , rs of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at a Quarter to One o'clock. Sir Charles J. Napier having expressed a wish to visit Italy previous to his going to India, the Lords of the Admiralty have given orders'for one of her Ma jesty's steamers to be at L-ghorn on the 28th of the present month, to convey the General from Leghorn to Alexandria, to meet the Marseilles mail there. The mail is to be detained at Alexandria until the arrival of Sir Charles. lIER ➢IAJESTY'S TEIEA.TRE.—On Saturday Car• lotta Grisi arrived from Paris, and Gardoni from St. Petersburgh. THE FRANKLIN EXPEDITION.—The following are extracts from a letter received at Plymouth from an officer on board her Majesty's ship Plover, lying at the Sandwich Islands, Commander Thomas E. L. Moore. The letter bears date Aug. 23:—" I have obtained per mission to go with Capt. Moore in his boat when she leaves the ship, to proceed along the northern coast of America, towards the Mackenzi e River, to which river Sir John Richardson, with his party, are proceeding; they having landed at New York some two or three months since. He will proceed further to the eastward, as far as Copper-mine River. Sir James Ross and his ships, which have left England, will commence their search from Davis's Straits; so that if Sir John Franklin and his expedition are in existence, we shall, in all pro bability, find them very shortly. Should any unforeseen accident occur to prevent our getting through Behring's Straits to the ice this year, which might be, should the winter set in earlier than usual, we shall winter at Petropaulowaki, in Kamschatka, or at Norton Sound, at the entrance of Behring's Straits, on the north Ame rican side." NELL G W YNNE TAVERN AND CHOP-HOUSE.-- This tavern, which is situated in Bull Inn-court, Strand, has been opened by Messrs. Archer and Holt, who have fitted up the coffee-room in the style of the period in which Nell Gwynne lived, and every attention has been paid to the comfort and convenience of the public. The decorations are perfect. The ceiling, painted by Sanz, is chaste, and beautifully executed. The chimney pieces aro chiselled out of Caen stone, by artists who have been engaged on the extensive works at the Houses of Parliament. The fittings are of solid oak, and the chandeliers are the most elegant and light that have come under our notice. We recommend our country friends to pay a visit to the Nell Gwynne. The table d'/wte at half-past five precisely, consisting of fish and joints, is admirably served up, and the chop and steak department is first-rate. The tavern is contiguous to the Adelphi Theatre, and will be found convenient for not only the visitors to that establishment, but also the gentlemen connected with Somerset house and banking houses in the vicinity. _ . PRINTERS' PENSION SOCIETY. Yesterday the annual general meeting of the subscribers and donors of this valuable institution, which was established in 1827, for the purpose of affording relief, by granting pensions to aged and infirm printers and their widows, was held at the London Tavern, for the purpose of receiving the report of the Committee for the past year, and to elect five pensioners on the funds of the institution. R. Tay lor, Esq., F.R.S , the treasurer, presided. Mr. Hodson, the secretary, read th e re p ort , w hi c h stated that the society, in common with all other charitable institutions, owing to the depression of trade and the prevailing com mercial distress, had suffered much by a diminution of their general support, the annual subscriptions having fallen to 470/., being 50/. less than last year ; the same influence had o p era t e d u p on their receipts at the anni versary dinner, the subscriptions amounting,to 235/. lOsi only. The Committee, however, had the satis faction to state, that instead of any . of tho pen sion being c u rt a il e d, th e y had been increased by 281. The number of pensioners on the fund s after the election last year was 52, since which two had died. The Committee had vested 1001. with the Commissioners for the reduction of the national debt, which, with tho year's interest on stock, added 294/. 17s. SJ. to the funded property, which now amounted to 5,2091. ss. 7d., producing 2 00 1 . a year in terest. The C omm itt ee had also received 9/. 16s. 6d. f and 11/. fro m a p r i va t e theatrical performance at th e Olympicr from the profit of Theatre in n he VauxhalllB47 Gardens entertai nment , 1847. Tee Tee gross receipts amo unte d to 1,211/. 19s. Ild., and the expenditure to 1,002/. 88.9 d., leaving a balance of 2091. I Is. 2d. in hand. The propo sition for i ncreas i ng t h e pension for men to 141. p er annum, and for women to 91. , was carried, on th e b a ll ot being tak en , by a majority of 963 to 781; and another motion that every pensioner shall have been duly ap prenticed, and a printer's widow to be deemed eligible must not have been re-married to one of another trade. A very long and warm discussion ensued as to the pro priety of excursions being undertaken by the Committee, in aid of the society, when it was finally carried they should be discontinued. 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Oar cotnint , reial marine and our navy were inseparably united. They must stand or fall together, and he con:ended that this mete uro was calcu lated to injure both one end the other. Honourable Gentlemen depended very much last year upon the evi• dente given by Sir James Stirling, but they did not do so now. He would, in answer to these arguments, how ever, refer to the evidence of Sir Byam Martin, who had expressed a strong opinion against the policy of inter fering with our navigation laws. Mr. DRUM NIOND promised the Hon. Member for Stoke that in the remarks be was about to make he would not make use of any of those arguments which he had described as having been long interred in past debates; but he would take the liberty of examining into the truth of the position whether the naval and mi litary officers of the country were men whose opinions were not to be attended to when the he nour and safety of the country were concerned.—(Hear.) But, before he proceeded to that part of the subject, he must say that when the Right Hon. Gentleman the Member fur the University of Oxford complained of the want of unanimity among the members of the Government, he might have afforded them a better example thin by giving an argument on one side of the question and a vote on the other.— (Hear, hear.) He must agree that much of the debate on this question bad been not so much on the principle as on the details of the Bill; but at the same time he must say there was this excuse for Hon. Members—that the principle of the Bill was no where to be found in it.—(Laughter.) The Bill in its first words said that it was a Bill to amend certain things; and the way in which it proposed to amend their was by abrogating them. Now, he must say that was the most extraordinary way of mending he had ever heard of.—(Hear, hear.) It might be all very right and proper to alter eighteen statutes of Parlia ment, but he could not consider that question in the present stage of the Bill. To find out what was the prin ciple of the Bill they must look to the speeches which had been delivered not only in the legitimate assembly, but in many assemblies of an illegitimate character. In all past times the object of every statesman, whatever his political opinions might have been, was to prevent capi tal going out of this country, because if it did our la bourers could not be employed. Now, the object of this Bill—and most ingeniously contrived it had been—was to keep capital in the country, but still not to employ our labourers.—(Hear, and a laugh.) The promoters of it did not send capital away, but they kept it here for the purpose of employing foreign labourers. They had all heard of the Satanic school of poetry in literature. If there was such a thing as a Satanic school in politics, the authors of this Bill certainly belonged to it.—(Hear, hear, and a laugh.) It was a very remarkable pheno menon that at the present day it seemed the fate of every statesman, no matter to what party he belonged, or on what side of the House ho sat, to be doomed to eat every word he had ever uttered on any one occasion —(A laugh)—and to go against every principle which he had ever endeavoured to establish. If, therefore, any Honourable Gentlemen were at a loss to meet the ar guments of the Government and its supporters, they had-only to go back to the speeches of those very gen tlemen, and to appeal from the drunken Philips of the day to the sober Philips of ten years ago.—(Hear, hear.) In fact, the best speech against the measure of Earl Grey was the speech delivered not long ago by Lord Howick.—(A laugh.) For years past the country had been under an evil genius. It had been well described by the Hon. Member for Buckingham (Mr. Disraeli) as a fate from which no Minister could liberate himself—it seemed, as it were, a sort of myth of a force which bound them down, while Chancellors of the Exchequer pecked at their livers ad libitum.—(Cheers and laughter.) The alterations in former days made by Ministers in our system hail not been carried to any dangerous ex tent. The changes introduced by Lord Wallace and Mr. Huskissen had been wise and prudent. Not so the conduct of Ministers now. He spoke not of any parti cular Government, but of all those who had sat on the Treasury beeches for many years back. It might be apparent presumption in him to say so, but one ex pression in the Right Hon. Member's (Mr. Glad stone's) speech had been worth attending to—that in which the Right Hon. Member said the evil to our school was that we did not attend to les sons of experience, but dashed boldly into ways unknown on the faith of theories untried —(Hear, hear.) He called on them not altogether to disregard the teaching of the past and the lessons of experience. The most celebrated statesman of antiquity declared that " thei.e is in maritime states a corruption and in stability of morals, for they import not only merchan dise, but morals—so that nothing can remain entire in the institutions of their country—(Hear, hear)—for they who inhabit those states do nut remain quiet in their places, but are hurried away from their homes by an ever-winged hope of thought; and, even if they remain bodily, they still run about and wander in spirit; nor did anything tend more to the destruction of Corinth or Carthage, long in a declining state, than the vagrancy and dissipation of their citizens, who, through their greediness of trade and navigation, relinquished the cul ture of their lands and their training to arms."—(Hear, hear.) He might quote the opinions of Lord Chatham and of Mr. Canning to a similar effect, and of late days they had an eminent writer who, in his work on Germany, speaking of Frankfort, said, that "in consequence of her commercial relations, she was so thoroughly under fo reign influence, and so polluted by a mixture of all foreign manners, that her population could be hardly said to have a character of their own. " What had fitted them to be citizens of the world had unfitted them to be citizens of the country to which they belonged, for " they judged of the happiness of mankind by the rate of exchange. (Cheers and laughter.) Now, all that was applicable to the Manchester school. The grand fault of these gentle men was that they could not form a conception how any thing which was not good for cotton-spinning could be good for anything else.—(Renewed laughter.) " But, ' said the same writer, " let no one blame them for for getting, in the pursuits of the money speculator and merchant, the interest of their country, or at least before doing so let him visit the ports of London, Liverpool, or Bristol, and discover—if he can—a purer foundation for Eaglish patriotism."—(Hear, hear.) But he had one more authority for Hon. Gentlemen opposite—their darling Adam Smith. The only quarrel he (Mr. Drum mond) had with Hon. Gentlemen with respect to Adam Smith was that they never would read beyond one page of him.— (A laugh.) Let them attend to this:—" As their (the manufacturers') thoughts, however, are com monly exercised rather about the interests of their parti cular branch of business than about that of society, their judgment, even when given with the greatest candour (which it has not been on every occasion), is much more to be depended upon on the former than on the latter. The interest of the dealers in any particular branch of trade or manufacture is always in some respects different from or even opposite to that of the public."—(Hear, hear ) Yet it was for such men as these that the Legislature bad acted for many years back, and acted still. The manufacturer sent to Africa for his cotton, grown by the African labourer; having employed the African la bourer and shipowner, he would take it home and spin it into cotton—then it was put on board a French vessel and exchanged for French silks or wines, to that from beginning to end not one English labourer would be em ployed.—(lronical cheers from the Ministerial benches.) When the poet, glowing with a fine enthusiasm, ex claims : _ _ _ "Breathes there a man with soul so dead, Who never to himself bath said, * • This is my own, my native land ?" " Oh, yes," says the Hon. Gentleman opposite, " at Manchester there are a thousand of them."—(Cheers and laughter.) Not content (continued the Hon. Gentleman) with resorting to bribery to get up accu sations against your sailors—not satisfied with assailing them and your naval officers with taunts, y, a now say we have a" superstitious reverence" for the navy. It may be true we have a supertitious reverence for that gallant ser vice. It may remain among us yet. lime was when we had a veneration for it, There was indeed a time when we had a national faith—when we venerated, ay, ',wor shipped, if you like, the statesmen who guided the des tinies of this country—when we respected the magis trates who administered her laws, and admired the sea men and soldiers who devoted their lives to her service —a time when our national creed was " Rule Britannia," and the finest anthem in our ritual was " God save the Queen."—(Cheers.) Mr. LABOUCHERE could assure the Hon. Gentle man, that if he was not firmly persuaded British in terests, and especially the British mercantile marine, would be promoted by this measure, and that it could not be supported on British grounds, he (Mr. Labou chere) would not be found amongst its advocates. The only question before the House at present was the principle of the measure. He had never attempted to conceal its magnitude, or to disguise that it was, in fact, the virtual abandonment of the system of restrictions on the navigation of this country, and he would not ask for the vote of any Hon. Gentleman who was not prepared to consider the propriety of that course.—(Hear, hear.) There were undoubtedly details of the utmost conse quence, such as the manning and regi s t r y o f vesse l s , connected with this principle, but they shouldbe reserved for the House in Committee, whea he hoped they would receive the most attentive consideration. He had paid the greatest attention to those details, however; but, nevertheless, would repeat the assurances he had already given, that he had not the presumption to suppose im portant suggestions might not be made by individual Members of the House with respect to those details, and while he would adhere rigidly to the principle of the Bill, he would be perfectly ready to receive any sug gestions. The restrictions which had been imposed for the advantage of our shipping were of three kinds—on the colonial trade, on the carrying trade, and on the long voyage trade. From the best consideration h o could give the subject , he was satisfied the time had ar rived when it was necessary, for the sake of our com mercial interests, to examine those restrictions— no t merely to modify them, but to see if.they had not been fraught with the greatest possible amount of evil, lie had been greatly surprised a t the way in which the Right Hon. Member for Stam ford (Mr. ferries) had treated the demands of the colonies for a relaxation of those laws. Those demands were not a priori surprising, for the restrictions had been reluctantly submitted t ? at a time when differential duties and protective principles in favour of colonial produce were in operation. The. -flight Honourable Gentleman dealt very lightly with .-the case of Canada, whilst he had relied very much on the solitary instance in which any body of thein habitants had opposed the repeal of the navigation-laws; for in all the other instances to which he had referred, the petitions had been to restore protection. The Right Hon. Gentleman said nothing of the sentiments of the Canadian Legislature, who had urged on this country the necessity of departing from the navigation-laws by a majority of 49 to 19. As to Lord Elgin's statement, that making Montreal a free port would meet the com plaints of the Canadians, it wag) made at a time when the navigation-laws were suspended, and when the St. Lane rence was blocked up with ice. Next came the case of the West Indies. Hon. Gentlemen opposite were fond ptaising the sagacity of Lerd Harris when his views were favourable to their wishes; but it was only a very few clays ego Government had received a dispatch from that Noble Lord, in which he declared the naviga tion-laws were impeding the prosperity of Trinidad. It was true no great complaints had come from Australia or New Zealand as yet; but when any one recollected the baay nature of their produce, he must expect that, at no distant period, representations of the gravest cha racter would be made by them as to the restrictions im posed by the navigation laws. The next portion of those restrictions referred to our carrying trade and to the long voyage. The opponents of the measure were too apt to take it for granted that the people of this country were free agents in the matter, and that their concessions were merely gratuit ous. No one could look to the foreign correspondence on the table with , nit seeing that such an idea was a com plete delusion. Hon. Gentlemen said they thought no thing of threats from Prussia; and the conviction had been expressed to-night with respect to Russia, that the Government of that country would not dare to retaliate, on account of the restrictions placed on her commerce by Great Britain. That was a most unsafe nay of rea soning. Nations, like individuals, acted from passion; and it was not safe, when just and equitable demands were made by foreign powers, to resist them on such grounds as the Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Herries) had urged. The Right lion. Gentleman, whose state ment he had heard with great astonishment, had pro nounced a glowing panegyric on the Government of Belgium because they maintained, protection for their own people. If oilier countries were to follow the ad vice - of Belgium, what would come of the foreign corn merce of this country—what would come of its carrying trade? With respect to the long voyage trade, it was the interest of a country like England to fetch the main articles she required for her own purposes from the prime sources. An English ship would not go to llavre for cotton or to Hamburgh for sugar, but to Charleston for the one and to Cuba for the other; though for alpaca, or cochineal, or such articles, it might be well sometimes to go to a port which was not i❑ the country of production. It was the interest of continental countries to come to England for commodities, instead of proceeding to the country of production; and the effect of the Right Hon. Gentle man's policy would be to cast off England from the posi tion she now held as the great depot for other countries, without securing to her any countervailing advantages. Of all the evils conjured up by Hon. Gentlemen the strangest was, that the shipbuilding interest would be affected. A case might be more easily made out for the cotton manufacture; for the necessity of bringing the raw material from the other side of the world would furnish a very plausible argument to prove that England could not compete in the cotton manufacture with foreign coun tries. But, it was hard to understand what ground there could be for such an argument with respect to ship building. Of all countries in the world, this country had the greatest choice of timber. The Right Honour able Member for the University of Oxford (Mr. Glad stone) strongly urged the Government to remit the timber duties. He (Mr. Labouchere) would be as glad as the Right Honourable Gentleman to see them removed. Such a measure would be most useful as re garded not only the shipping interest, but the commu nity. But if the Government were unable, in the pre sent condition of the revenue, to make a breach in the Customs' duties, that afforded no reason for the post ponement of the Bill before the House. It had been stated, by a commercial deputation, that on a Prussian ship built at Stettin, the duty on the timber imported added no less to the cost than 9 per cent. ; while the duty imposed hero was estimated by Mr. Wigram at 6d. per ton. He (Mr. Labouchere) said nothing against their removal ; but no argument could be drawn from their pressure against the removal of the navigation laws. The Hon. Member for the University of Oxford while he generally supported the principle of the bill, stated that in some respects he took a different view of the question from the Government, that he thought the right course was to imitate the course taken by Mr. Huskisson, when he entered into reciprocity treaties, and that he proposed to adopt a system of what he called conditional relaxation, that is, to act on a principle of strict reciprocity. He (Mr. Labouchere) would deeply regret if the House were to adopt the suggestion of the Right lion. Gentleman.—(Hear, hear.) They would be taking a moat shortsighted and erroneous view of the policy of this country if they followed that advice. A closer examination would show him that the authority of Mr. Huskisson took a totally different direction from that which the Right Hon. Gentleman supposed. It was he (Mr. Labouchere) who, in pint of fact, was able to refer to that authority. It was true Mr. Huskisson entered into reciprocity treaties, on the ground of equa lity of duties and dues. But was that all he did ? On the contrary, there were large branches of trade which Mr. Huskisson, for the first time, threw open to other countries, retaining to the Crown, as the Govern ment proposed to do in the present instance, the right of retaliation. Mr. Huskisson absolutely took off the pro hibitions from the importations of goods from the Ne therlands; he relaxed the law so as to allow the ships of foreign countries to import goods as from the countries of which they were the produce. He opened the colo nial trade to its present extent. The Right lion. Gen tleman, therefore, was not correct in stating that Mr. Huskisson went on the principle of strict reciprocity; for, on the contrary, Mr. Huskisson went on the prin ciple of opening those trades at once. He (Mr. Labou chere) altogether objected to a system which would make a foreigner the legislator for this country. That system might be tolerable in the United States, but was scarcely practicable in a country like England, with complicated interests and indisposed' colonies, whose interests, again, were greatly diversified. He totally differed from the Right Honourable Gentleman as to such a system working with respect to the colonies. Lord Harris had spoken of the importance to Trinidad of opening communication with France and Spain, which were the countries least likely to give England a share of their colonial trade. Should Parliament on that ac count refuse a measure which was for the advantage of the British colonies? Further, it must be observed that retaliation was by no means reciprocity. It was desir able that this country in admitting other countries to compete with her ships should adopt any course likely to induce those other countries to act with equal liberality. But he very much doubted whether the c curse proposed by the Right Hon. Gentleman would tend to that result. If the United States imposed a duty of two dollars the ion on British ships, England might retaliate by putting the same duty on American ships. But if the United States put a 10 per cent. ad valorem duty on goods im ported in British ships, 10 per cent. on the American duties would not be the same as 10 per cent. on the British; for the American had a high tax and this country had a low tax; and there existed no means of applying the principle of reciprocity. It would be most inconvenient for a country like England to adopt a self-acting princi ple such as that. That was a position in which England ought not to be placed; and he trusted that the House would weigh well the matter before adopt ing the advice of the Right Hon. Gentleman. Notice had been given of an amendment which would bring this question under the consideration of the Committee; but, although he might have anticipated that such an amend ment would be moved, he certainly was somewhat asto nished at the quarter from which the notice of it had proceeded.—(Hear, hear.) It had been said that, if the change which the Government proposed should be car ried into effect, the British shipowner would be placed at a disadvantage if he were not allowed to man his ships from all the nations of the world. "Without wish ing to anticipate discussion upon this point, he might be permitted to observe that the grievance indicated was rather nominal than real. At the same time it was for the House to determine whether a vessel should be held to be a British ship and entitled to British protection merely because it had a British owner and the British flag flying at the masthead, although it were commanded by an American captain and manned by an American crew. It was contended that danger would ensue from dispensing with the necessity of shipowners taking ap prentices; but shipowners had au interest in taking ap prentices voluntarily, as was evident from the fact of the number of apprentices on board our maritime marine, amounting at present to 33,000, whereas by the compul sory enactments of the law it was not necessary that there should be more than 22,000. One word as to the effect of the present measure on the maritime power of this country. No one could deny that a great commer cial navy was the only foundation of a great military navy. The position of England would be insecure if she did not possess a great seafaring population employed in the mercantile marine. This had nothing to do with the question of impressment; but he contended that if the Bill was calculated to increase commerce, it must of ne cessity foster and encourage the growth of a mercantile navy, and, therefore, establish the foundation for a mili tary navy. If the preseut measure were calculated to cripple our mercantile navy, it would receive no support from him. The regulations respecting the coasting trade were the most difficult part of the mea sure, and stood upon different grounds from those upon which other parts of the plan rested ; but he would reserve what he had to say upon this branch of the subject for the Committee.—(Cries of " Divide, divide.") It was of the utmost consequence that the question should be settled without further delay. The suspense and anxiety which prevailed on the subject were producing the most unfortunate effect on the mer cantile marine of this country. It was the opinion of a great majority of the House that the time had arrived when an extensive alteration of the navigation-laws should take place, and he implored Hon. Members, and particularly those connected with the mercantile inte rest, not unnecessarily to delay the solution of the im portant question which had been raised. The Right Hon. Member for Stamford had reminded the House that Mr. Huskisson did not make the changes which were associated with his name until he was forced to do so by circumstances. We should act an unwise part were we to wait until forced by circumstances to effect the alte ration now proposed. In how different an aspect would the question then present itself. We should then have to deal with the complaints of embarrassed merchants and of irritated foreign powers, which would make a friendly and satisfactory settlement of the question much more difficult than it would prove to be at the present moment —(Hear, hear.) Mr. MUNTZ thought that hardly any one who had heard the Right Hon. Gentleman could fail to perceive that he was doubtful of the policy of the moasure which he recommended the House to adopt.—(Hear, hear.) lie (Mr. Muntz) was' about to do what he supposed would be called speaking on one side and voting on the other.—(A laugh.) The object of the present measure was to reduce the freights and profits of the English shipowner, and give them to the foreign shipowner, in the same way as we had taken the profits of the English agriculturist and given them to the foreigner.—(Cheers from the Opposition.) He had yet to learn that any of these changes were productive of national advantage.— (Renewed cheers.) He had voted for the repeal of all protection.—(A laugh.) When he heard that laughter he talway• thought of Goldsmith's line in whioll he PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) MONDAY, 31 - ARCA 12.. Harbours of Refuge—Petition from Hythe, for ipTdry into the eligibility of the Bay of that town for a Harbour of Refuge to lie on the table. Passengers Bill for regulating the Carriage of Passengers in Merchant Vessels, ordered to be brought in. CONVEYANCE OF MAILS (HARWICH, &e.)) On the motion of Mr. Mullings Copies were ordered " of all Tenders for the conveyance of the Mails to and from the ports of Harwich, Rotterdam, and Hamburgh, and of all Correspondence or written communication with the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty relative to the contract en tered into by them, to commence from the Ist day of April next, for the conveyance of the Mails to and from those ports." Captain Harris gave notice that he should on Thursday, March 15, move for the following returns:— Return of the line-of-battle ships (specifying their names, tonnage, number of guns, and the date at which they were launched) which have been broken up, sold, wrecked, burnt, converted into hulks or depots, or otherwise rendered unfit for active service, between the Ist day of January, 1815, and the Ist day of January, 1849; Average of the periods during which the above ships have been fit for active service • Account of the original cost of construction, and of the subsequent repairs of each of the above ships; And, Return of the number of line-of•battle ships annually launched during the period specified above. PARLIAMEN TARY DI VISIONS. From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) MONDAY, MARCH 12. NAVIGATION BILL. Order for Second Reading read; Motion made, and Ques tion proposed, "That the Bill be now read a second time :" Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the Question to add the words "upon this day six months:"—Question put, " That the word now' stand part of the Question." The House divided:— MAJORITY—AYES, 266. Abdy, T. ;N. Goulburn, Henry O'Connor, Feargns Adair, Hugh E. Grace, 0. D. J. Ogle, S. C. Adair, R. Shafto Graham, Sir James Ord, W. Adare, Viscount Greene, John Paget, Lord A. Aglionby, 11. A. Grenfell, C. Pascoe Paget, Lord Clarence Anderson, Arthur Grenfell, Charles W. Paget, Lord George Anson, Colonel Grey, Sir George Pakington, Sir J. Id. Anon, Viscount Guest, Sir J. Palmerston, Viscount Armstrong, R. B. Haggitt, F. R. Parker. Sohn Arundel, Earl of Hallyburton, Lord Pechell, Captain Bagshaw, John Roomer, Sir J. Peel, Sir Robert Baring, Sir F. T. Harcourt, G. Peel, Colonel Bass, M. T. Hardcastle, J. A. Peel, Frederick Bellew, it. M. Harris, Richard Perfect, It. Berkeley, Captain Hastie, Alexander Peto, Samuel Berkeley, H. Haste, Archibald Philips, Sir G. R. Berkeley, C. L. Hawes, Benj. Pigott, Francis Birch, Sir Thomas Hay, Lord J. Pilkington,:James Blackall, S. W. Hayter, W. G. Pinney, W. Blake, M. J. Hestdlam, Thomas Reynolds. John Blewitt,:Reginald Heald, James Ricardo, J. L. Bouverie, E. P. Heneage, G. 11. W. Ricardo, Osman Boyle, Colonel Heneage, Edward Rice, E. R. Bright, John Heury,:Alexander Rich, Henry Brockman, E. D. llerbert, Sidney Robartes, T. J. Brotherton, Joseph Hervey, Lord A. Roche, E. B. Brown, W. Heyworth, L. Romllly, Sir John Brown, H. Handley Charles Russell, Lord J. Browne, R. D. Hobhouse, Sir J. Russell, E. Bruce, LordE. Hobhouse, T. B. Russell, F. C. Bulkeley, Sir R. B. Hodges, T. L. Rutherford, A. Banbury, E. H. Hodges, T. Twisden Salwey, Colonel Callaghan, D. Hogg, Sir J. Sandars, George Campbell, W. F. Hollond, Robert • Scholetleld, William Cardwell, Edward Hope, H. T. Scrope,:G. P. Carter, John B. Horsman, E. Scully Francis Cavendish, C. C. Howard, Lord E. Seymour, Lord Cavendish, G. 11. Howard, C. IV.I Shafto, R. D. Chaplin, W. J. Howard, J. K. Shell, It. L. Charteris, Francis Howard, E. G. Shelburne, Earl of Childers, J. W. Howard, Sir R. Sheridan,-R. B. Clements, Charles Hume, J. Simeon, John Clerk Sir G. Mutt, William Slaney, Robert A. Clifford, H. M. Jackson, William Smith, B. V. Cobden, Richard Jermyn, Earl Smith, J. A.' Cockburn, Alex. Jervis, Sir John Smith, M. Tucker Coke, EdwardX. Keppel, G. T. Smith, John B. Colebrooke, Sir T. Kershaw, James Somerville, Sir W. Collins, W. Kildare, Marquis Spearman, 11.:J. Corry, H. King, P. J. Stanfield, W. R. Cowan, Charles Labouchere, Henry Stanton, W. H. Cowper, W. F. Langston, J. H. Staunton, Sir G. Craig, W. G. Lascelles, W. S. Stuart, Lord D. Crowder, R. B. Lemon, Sir C. Sullivan, Michael Currie, Henry Leonard, T. B. Sutton, H. M. Currie, Raikes Le wis,'Sir T. Tenison, E. X. Davie, Sir 11. Lewis,G. C. Tennent, R. J. Dawson, T. V. Lincoln, Earl of Thicknesse, R. A. Devereux, J. I'. Littleton, E. R. Thompson, Colonel D'Eyncourt, C. T.' Loch, James : Thompson, George Divett, E. Locke, Joseph 1 Thornely, Thomas Douglas, Sir C. Lushington. Charles Towneley, John Drumlanrig, Vis. ArCullagh, W. T. Townley, R. G. Duff, G. S. M'Gregor, John Trail, George, Duncan, Viscount Maitland, Thomas Turner, G. J. Duncan, George Marshall, J. G. Verney, Sir H. Duncuft, John Marshall, W. ViLiers, Viscount Dundas, Admiral Martin, John Villiers, Charles Dundas, Admiral Martin, C. W. Vivian, J. H. Ebrington, Viscount Matheson, A. Wall, C. 8.1 Ellice, Edward Matheson, Colonel Walnisley, Sir J. Elliot, J. E. Maule, Fox Ward, H. G. Enfield, Lord Melguad, Viscount Watkins, Colonel Estcourt, J. B. B. Milner, W. M. West, F. R. Evans, William Wines, R. Monckton Westhead, J. P. Ewart, William Mitchell, T. A. Whitmore, T. C. Fagan, James Moffatt, George Willcox, Brodie Fergus, John Monsell, William Williams, John Ferguson, Colonel Morgan, 11. K. Will; ems, H. Fitzpatrick. J. W. Morison, Sir W. Wilson, James Foley,W. H. Morris, David Wilson, Matthew Fordyce, A. D. Mostyn, E. Wood, Sir Charles Forster, M. Mowatt, Francis Wood, W. P. Fertescue. Chichester Muntz, G. F. Wrightson, W. B. Fox, Richard M. Norr e y s , Lord Wyvill, Mar inaduke Fox, W. J. Norreys, Sir D. Young, Sir John Freestun, Colonel Nugent, Lord Gibson, T. M. O'Brien, T. TELLE2II. Gladstone, W. E. O'Connell, John Tufnell, 11. Glyn, G. C. O'Connell, M. J. Hill, Lord Marcus MINORITY—NOES, 210. Acland, Sir T. Easton, Earl Mullings, J. R. Adderley, C. B. Farnham, E. B. Mure, Colonel Alexander, N. Ferrer, James Napier, Joseph Anstey, Thomas C. FeHowes, E. Neeid, John 1 Arbuthaott, Hugh Filmer, Sir E. Newdegate, C. N. Archdall, Captain Floyer, John Newport, Visct. nagge. W. Forbes, William Newry, Viscount Begot, William Forester, G. C. Noel, G. J. Bailey, Joseph, Jun, Fox, S. L. ossulton, Lord Baines, M. T. Frewen, C. If. Packe, C. W. Baldock, E. H. Fuller, A. E. Palmer, Robert Bankes, G. Gaskell, J. M. Palmer, Roundell Baring, Thomas Goddard, A. L. Pennant, Colonel Baring, Francis Gordon, Admiral I'igot, Sir Robert Barrington, Lord Gore, W. 0. Plowden, W. IL Barron, Sir 11. Gore, W. R. 0. Powell, Colonel Bateson, Thomas Granby, Marquis of Prime, Richard Beckett, William Grogan, Edward Pugh, David Bonnet, Philip Gwyn, Bowel Reid. Colonel Bentinck, Lord H. Hale, It. B. Renton, John C. Blackstone, W. Halford, Sir Henry Repton, G. W. J. Blair, Stephen Hall, Colonel Richards, Richard Blakemore, R. halsey, T. P. Robinson, G. R. Blandford, Marquis Hamilton, G. A. Rolleston,relonel Boldero, 11. G. Hamilton, J. H. Burford, Francis Bourke, R. S. Harris, Captain Rumbold, C. E. Bowles, Admiral Beatheote, G. J. Rushout, Captain Bramston, T• IV. Henley, J. W. Sanders, Joseph Bremrldge. Richard Herbert, henry A. Scott, F. Brisco, M. Berries, John C. Seaham, Viscount Broadley, Henry 1111dyard, R. C. Seymer, H. K. Brooke, Lord Illidyard, T. B. T. Shirley, E. J. I Brooke, Sir Arthur Hill, Lord E. Slbthorp, Colonel Bruce, C. L. C. Hodgson, W. N. Sidney.:Aiderman Buck, L. W. Hood, Sir A. Smyth, J. G. Buller, Sir Y. Hope, Sir J. linsellett, A. Burghley, Lord Mornby, John" Somerset, Captain Cabbell, B. B. Hallam, Lord Sotheron, T. H. B. Carew, W. P. Hughes, W. B. Spooner, Richard Cayley, Edward S. Jocelyn, Viscount Stafford, Augustus Chandos, Marq. of Johnstone, Siej. Stanley, E. Chichester, Lord J. Jollitie, Sir W. Stephenson, Robert Cholmeley, Sir M. Jones, Captain Stuart, Henry Christopher, R. Keating, Robert Stuart, J. Clay, James Kerrison, Sir E. Talbot, C. R. Clive, R. H. Knight, F. W. Talbot, J. H. Clive, Henry B. Knightley, Sir..C. Taylor, T. E. Cobbold, J. C. Knox, Coloue Thompson, Alderman Codrington, Sir W. Legh, G. C. Tollemache, John Cole, Hon. H. A. Lennox, Lord G. H. Trevor, G. Coles, 11. B. Leslie, C. P. Trollope, Sir J. Compton, H. C. Lewisham, Viscount Tyrrell, Sir J. Cotton, W. H. Lindsay, Colonel Verner, Sir W. Davies, D. A. S. Lockhart, W. Vesey, Hon. T. Deedes, W. Long, Walter Villiers, F. W. Diek,:Quintin Lopes, Sir Ralph Vivian, J. E. , Disraeli, B. Lowther, Colonel Vyse, R. li. Dod, J. W. Lowther, Henry Waddington,'David Dodd, G. Lygon, General Waddington, IL S. Drummond, Henry Mandeville, Viscount Walpole, S. H. Duckworth, Sir J. Manners, Lord C. Walsh, Sir J. Duke, Sir James Manners, Lord G. Wawn, J T. Duncombe, A. March, Earl of Wellesley, Lord C. Duncombe, 0. Masterman, John Williams, T. P. Dundas, G. Maunsell, T. P. Williamson, Sir It. Dunne, F. P. Maxwell, lion. J. P. Willoughby, Sir H. Du Pre, C. G. Mena, Sir H. Wodehouse, E. East, Sir J. B. Miles, P. W. S. Worcester, Marquis Edwards, Henry Miles, W. TELLERS. Egerton, Sir P. Morgan, 0. Mackenzie, W. F. Egerton, W. T. Mulgrave, Earl Beresford, William NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. MALTA, MARCH 3.—The arrival of her Majesty's ship Prince Regent, from Gibraltar, and the announcement that her Majesty's ship Powerful was to be attached to the di►ision of Sir W. Parker, are the great points of the week, locally considered. The former ship, having sprung her mainyard, was obliged to come to Malta, where alone the necessary repairs could be effected. On the arrival of the Powerful, the Hibernia will, it is thought, proceed home to be paid off, and Sir W. Par• ker's flag be transferred to the Queen. The outward India mails, per Ripon, and Merlin, vid Southampton and Marseilles, have both arrived. They came in last night, after 10 o'clock, within half an hour of each other. _ _ _ The Ripon continues her route this afternoon. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 12.—8 y a letter from Sheer ness we are informed that the orders for paying off the Stromboli there have been superseded by others to take in charge the Conflict steamer to Devonport, to join the reserve steam force there, and thence to proceed to Pembroke with riggers and spars to navigate the Magi cienne, new steamer, to Sheerness to be fitted, and then to return to Spithead. We trust this is correct. The Stromboli had a most expensive refit before going on her present commission, and to pay her off before serving one-half the usual short term (three years) of service would be something worse than folly under existing circumstances. The Rifleman screw steam-vessel, Lieutenant Com mander Crofton, came into harbour to coal and prepare for service this morning. The depot companies of the 42d Highlanders were conveyed to Cowes to-day by the Echo steam tug. They were embarked from Clarence-yard. Wind N.W. by W., light breeze and hazy weather. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 10.—Her Majesty's packet-brig Petrel came into harbour on Monday to refit. Her Ma jesty's brig Nautilus was masted on the same day. The Belleisle, 72, was undocked on Wednesday. DOCKYARD.—On the 7th instant orders were issued to the different branches to make returns of the ages of all men employed, of those incapable of doing a full day's work, and of those who habitually lose time. This re turn is preparatory to the reduction which takes place on the Ist of April. A general survey of the artisans will be made on Monday, the 12th instant, in the pre sence of Admiral Superintendent Sir John Louis and the principal offices of the yard; muster to commence at two o'clock. THE RODNEY AND HER SEAMEN.—We are informed, with reference to the seamen of the Rodney, that most of the men who went on board of the Victory were those of good conduct, who accepted the very libera l . offer of the Admiralty to give them six w eeks' leave, w ith the option of returning to the service a t the . expiration of that period, and of being pa id for their t ime during the va cation. It is not impossible, however, that some of the Rodney's men may have been in debt to the purser; for it will be remembered that the Rodney only recently in- I creased the number of . her complement in the Mediter ranean. The Caledonia, 120, Captain T. W. Carter, in Ply mouth Sound, not having entered her full complement, 200 men have b >en drafted to her from the guard ships. Captain Carter hag been very particular in en t, ring none but sul - ,Etior men, and good seamen prefer smaller ships. DOCKYARD.—AdmiraI-Superintendent Sir John Louis issued an order to-day, stating that any artisan absent from muster en Monday would be discharged. Seven shipwrights and one ropemaker were this morning super annuated at 241. each per annum; and ten labourers were examined by the surgeon, preparatory for superan nuation. James Bayly, a shipwright,:lately superannu ated, committed suicide this morning. APPOINTMENTS. Captain Robert Fitz Roy (1834), an officer of sound practical attainments, cool and steady courage, and dis creet zeal for his profession, has at length been officially appointed to the command of the Arrogant, 46, screw frigate, at Portsmouth. Lieutenant H. F. M`Killop (1847), to the coast guard; rather too young an officer tor this service in these easy times; a sea-going-ship would be a better qualification for his next superior grade. Surgeon.—Harry Goldney (1828), to the Randolph, as superintendent in charge. Second Master—W. H. Drysdale (1845), late in com mand of the Netley tender, to be acting master of the Racer, 12, fitting at Devonport. Midshipmen—Harcourt S. Gammell and George T. Morrell, to the Excellent, gunnery ship, at Portsmouth. Master's Assistant—Will.am Storer, to the Caledonia, 120, at Devonport. %Vind northerly, light breezes. WOOLWICH, MARCH 12. Atholl troop-ship, Master Commander Pearn, was paid wages in advance to day, and taken out of dock at two o'clock P.M. She is to take on board the baggage of three companies of the Royal Artillery on the 15th instant, and on the fol lowing day Captain M'Coy's company, sth battalion, Captain Tuite's company, 4th battalion, and Major Hennis's company, 2d battalion, will embark in her for conveyance to Canada. The following officers will em-. bark at the same time to join their companies of Royal Artillery, at present serving in North America:—Se cond Captain Elgee to join Captain Dalton's company at Halifax, Nova Scotia; Second Captain Haultain and First Lieutenant Grimston to join Captain Stace's com pany, 7th battalion. The Stromboli steam-sloop, Commander Lord A. Beauclerk, arrived at Sheerness yesterday from Gibral tar and Portsmouth, and is to be paid off at Sheerness. The Ellin steam-vessel arrived at Woolwich to-day from Chatham, towed by the African, and was imme diately taken into the basin to be fitted with her machi nery, made by Messrs. George and Sir John Rernie. The Garland steam-vessel, Lieut.-Commander Aplin, was tried down the river to-day, having on board all the officers studying steam at the factory at Woolwich 'dockyard, Mr. Humphries, chief engineer, and Mr. Tricleett, assistant to the chief engineer. She ran the measured mile six times, three times up and three down, and her average speed was found to be about 14 knots per hour. The Myrmidon steam-vessel, when tried down the river on Friday, made a speed of about 10 knots per hour; and the Jasper, when tried on Saturday, under the charge of Lieut. Robertson, a speed of about 8 knots per hour. The Ithadamanthus steam troop-ship was taken into dock to-day immediately on the Atholl being taken out. Mr. W. A. Hutton, junior clerk in the storekeeper's office at Woolwich dockyard, has been selected to attend in the Commodore's-office to examine the cash accounts of the yard, the committee of revision having recom mended that an efficient olerk should be employed for that duty. The selection of Mr. Hutton, who was six years an extra clerk, and nearly two years on the esta blishment, causes a vacancy of junior clerk in the storekeeper's department. The committee of revision have recommended the appointment of two clerks in the factory department to examine the cash accounts in that branch of the establishment. LICENSING MEETINGS. MARYLEBONE. (Present, Sir Peter Laurie, Chairman; Lord Montfort, Sir G. Carroll; hector Rose, Esq.; J. B. Kirby, Esq.; J. Laurie, Esq.; P. Laurie, Esq., Major Moore; Edmund Pepys, Esq.; W. Williams, Esq.; and Elliot Esq.) The above-named gentlemen met yesterday morning, at eleven o'clock. BETTING LISTS. At the general licensing meeting the licences of Messrs. John W. Coiling, of the Crown, Old Cavendish street, and John Warrington, of tho Hope and Anchor, Hereford-street, were not granted, in consequence of it having been reported by the police that they had exhi bited betting lists in their houses, but the further consi deration of the matter was postponed until the present meeting. To make the matter intelligible it is, perhaps, neces sary to state that last year a notice was issued, under the direction of the magistrates of this division, and served upon every publican in the district, and which notice stated the intention of the Bench to put down all racing sweeps, lotteries, and all kinds of gambling. This notice was left with the above-named gentlemen on the Gth of November last, and a betting list was exhibited at the Crown until the latter end of January, when the in spector of police told Mr. Colling it was wrong, and he immediately tore,it down; and it was reported that at the Hope and Anchcr the lists had not been up since the 24th of February. Mr. WIRE appeared for both parties and admitted the facts. As the cases were very similar, the same obser valions would apply in both, but before proceeding he would premise that the two gentlemen before the Bench were as respectable men as any in the division. Ono of them had been in his house for ten years, and the other fur upwards of five years, without the slightest complaint until now. With regard to exhibiting "betting lists," he did not stand there to defend ur excuse parties having them, but on the part of his clients, he might say that they were only offenders with many others, and each of them had so large an interest in his house as not to wish for a moment to resist the Magistrates. They had imi tated the example of their betters, who had their betting lists, although not at public-houses, yet at public and notorious places; and although he should condemn one as much as the other, yet he trusted that they would in these cases renew the licences, The Magistrates had issued a notice that they would not allow sweeps, and the publicans had immediately discontinued the prac tice; but a betting list was a thing that could not be immediately closed, for many persons, strangers to the landlord, would subscribe their names, and he had no means immediately of returning the money. In both these cases his clients had sought out the parties in terested and returned them their money. They had acted erroneously, but they had been misled by a high legal opinion, that what they had done was legal ; and although it were true that their licences were absolutely at the discretion of the magistrates, yet he would humbly submit that, if these parties had been led into error on the authority of high names, that the bench would this time grant the licences. These betting lists were not generally got up by the publicans, but by parties fre quenting their houses. The CHAIRMAN wished to know whether these betting lists were put up before or after the 6th of November? Mr. WIRE said they were put up before that time, and one was taken down at the latter end of January, and the other in February. Mr. P. LAURIE—The magistrates' notice is served on the 6th of November, and the betting lists were not taken down until January and February. The serious part of the charge was, that these parties kept up the lists after all the other publicans had complied with the wish of the Bench. Mr. WlRE—They did away with it as soon as they possibly could under the circumstances. The moment the police went and told them it was illegal, the lists were torn down, and there was an end of them. He was satisfied that the object of the magistrates was not to punish, but to prevent the occurrence of such things again. That very discussion, which would go forth through the medium of the press, would have the desired effect, for he was sure that, after the matter became known, no publican in the division would be found of fending again in the matter. Perhaps they would allow him to read what some of them no doubt had seen, and which he held in his hand, viz., the opinion to which he had referred, which was that of Sir F. Kelly and Mr. Badeley. lie did not agree with this opinion, and he thought it very foolish that the publicans had acted upon it instead of resorting to some parson well acquainted with the practice of the different divisions, and with licensing law. The Learned Gentleman then read the following opinion of the above-named counsel, from the Sunday Times:—" We are of opinion that it is not illegal for a licensed victualler to exhibit in his house a betting list of a horse race, nor even to be the depository for the time being of such bets as are laid on a particu lar horse--at lE ast if such wagers are not in themselves illegal—being upon a lawful race, and within an amount allowed by law." He differed from that opinion; he re gretted that it had ever been taken, and still more that it had been acted upon by the publicans. Ho held this matter to be illegal within the terms of the licence, for he could not conceive that betting was not gambling, whether it took place at Tattersall's or in a public-house, and all gambling was contrary to the licence. It might not be illegal except in a public-house, but there it was illegal. He would, therefore, simply repeat that his clients had great property at stake, both of them being persons of respectability, and had never before been complained of. Under the circumstances be trusted that the magistrates would act with the same clemency towards his clients as they had dispensed to other par ties, and grant the licences. The CHAIRMAN directed the room to b e cleared, to enable the ma g i s tr a tes to consult in pri vate, but after a few minutes the public were re - a dmitted . , when The CHAIRMAN said that th e ma t , g gistrates g that, in justice to the other publicans, they ought to re• fuse these licences. Mr. WIRE trusted that they would not oppose when the matter came before the sessions. The CHAIRMAN declined to give any pledge upon the subj, ct.—Licences refused. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governors of Sierra Leone and St. Helena [ADVERTISEMENT.] -A Respected Member of the Society of Friends Cured of a Cough and Asthma, by Holloway's Ointment and Pills.—Extract of a letter from Pfr. Benjamin Mackie, to Professor Holloway, dated Creenagh, near Loughall, S e pt em b er 11 , 1848:—" Re' spected Friend,—l feel it only an act of justice to thy self to state, that I have personally experienced the benefit of thy excellent Pills and Ointment, in the cure of an inveterate cough and asthma, which afflicted me for three years to such an extent that I was obliged to walk about my room at night, afraid of s uffocation if I wentto bed. I then tried thy i nv aluable medicines, which I am pleased to say have perfectly cured me. —Sold by all Vendors of Medicine throughout the globe, and at Pro fessor Holloway's Establisliment, 244, Stand, London. - - LITERATURE. DUDLEY CRANBOURNE ; or, a Woman's History. 3 Vols. The writer of these volumes tells us that it has not been ,is object to seek interest by stratagem and a cunningly contrived plot, but he has preferred rather to found his claim to attention on correct de lineation of character, and the grave or lively manner in which be has endeavoured to present certain views and,thoughts. In so doing, he has aimed wisely, and, to a certain extent, he has succeeded in carrying out his idea. His delineations of character are occa sionally very effective, and his manner, whether grave or lively, is generally interesting. Still, much as he disparages a " cunningly contrived plot," a plot was necessary to give vitality to his characters. Now although it answers that purpose admirably, and al though its various incidents serve to bring out the lights and shadows cf individual portraits, the plot contrived by the author of " Dudley Cranbourne" is not a very natural one. It contains, to our thinking, one or two glaringimprobabi lities. These imperfections, however, are redeemed by the truthful painting of other portions. Once or twice during our perusal of the work we have been some what disagreeably impressed in its behalf; but on closing the third volume we must confess that those disagreeable impressions had disappeared, acd the effect of the book as a whole is pleasing and salutary. It teaches a double moral lesson—in one instance with most painful force. The title-page bears a motto from La Bruyere, to the effect that some men differ so greatly from themselves at different periods of their life, that it is impossible to judge their charac ters in early youth. This assertion is illustrated by the career of Dudley Cranbourne. Reared in the worst possible school, familiar with extravagance and depravity from his childhood, his heart is not utterly corrupted, when a change of scene and of situation brings him into close companionship with a noble minded man and his pure-hearted family. Dudley, still very young and impressionable, yields at once to the ennobling influences of this friendship, the good points of his character develop themselves— he is thenceforth another and a better man. From this time the fortunes of Dudley are full of vicissi tudes, but he himself remains unchanged, and his character, frank, earnest, and manly, yet gentle and affectionate to an extreme, is more really interesting than that of any novel-hero we have met with for a considerable period We have given but a very brief summary of Dudley's most eventful career, but we leave the unravellingof the plot to the curiosity of,the reader. We have mentioned only so much of it to show the moral which it teaches—and a very useful moral it is—namely, that if evil communica tions corrupt good manners, good influences have an equally powerful, but contrary effect. But " Dudley Cranbourne" teaches also another lesson. Its title-page tells us it is a " woman's his tory"—a history on the old theme, ce n'est que 1e premier pas qui coilte. Favourite as that theme is with fiction writers, it has here been treated in an unusual and a very effective manner. The first volume opens in the quiet village of Longfern, where a Mrs. Cameron, the widow of an officer, lives in re tirement with an only child. Mrs. Cameron is re presented as almost a paragon of perfection. She is the favourite of old and young—charitable, good, gentle; in short, possessed of every virtue, "yet not withstanding her life of peace and well-doing, Mrs. Cameron was not happy. There was a void in her heart, for she was young and very beautiful, and she thought with a pang that she was henceforth to pass through life in loneliness of heart." She was, how ever, mistaken in this supposition. Lord Cran bourne has a castle in the neighbourhood, and he forms an acquaintance with the widow. Lord Cranbourne is represented as a noble-minded, admir able man. He is gloomy and melancholy, for he is unhappily married. He passes his time in retirement in the country, while his countess is flirting in town. Lord Cranbourne and Mrs. Cameron become frießds, but after a while the lady, suspecting that their friendship deserves another name, !withdraws herself from his Lordship's society. He resolves to leave the country, but first insists upon saying farewell, and here follows one of the glaring improbabilities to which we have alluded, as disfiguring the pages of " Dudley Cranbourne." Lord Cranbourne and Mrs. Cameron, be it remembered, are no longer actuated by the passions of youth, both are of virtuous and admir able character, parents living in retirement educating their children—the one a nobleman duly conscious of the responsibilities of his high position, the other the widow of an officer and the daughter of a proud family. When she refused the hand of William Durham (one of the noblest characters in the book), we were told " Mrs. Cameron was not a woman to be lightly won ; she had been a St. Clair, and some of the pride of that proud race might perhaps have been found even in her gentle nature, though she was not conscious of it." Bearing all these things in mind, we cannot but think the catastrophe most im probable. Lord Cranbourne, returning from the visit in which he had proposed bidding farewell to Mrs. Cameron, is thrown from his horse and killed. The unhappy woman is left to bear her shame and sorrow alone. After the birth of Dudley Cranbourne—her son and the son of Lord Cranbourne—the metamor phosis in her character takes place. Twenty years afterwards we are introduced to a Mrs. Cameron, whom it is difficult to recognise as the once proud Emma St. Clair, The cause of her altered manners is however natural enough. After her fall she had at first thought of assuming another - name, and still continuing her retired life, " but that solitude which had before only been haunted by melancholy became insupportable, now she had remorse and guilt for her companions." She turned to society for refuge—" she sought forgetfulnesand found despair." Shut out from the companionship of her former friends, she became compelled to associate with characters from whom she would once have turned with disgust. But we have pursued the " woman's history " far enough— , the lesson is vividly but painfully set forth. To re turn again to the consideration of the book as a whole, we must say that it affords ample room for condensation. The scenes from low life are far from pleasing ; here and there they are amusing, but such themes soon grow tedious. The author, in his anxiety to avoid a cunningly.contrived plot, has fallen into the opposite extreme, and become much too prolix in his episodes and descriptions. One-third of " Dudley Cranbourne," especially of the first volume, might be very well dispensed with, and the remain ing portions would, in consequence, be far more in teresting than at present. En revanche for this pass ing condemnation, we must cite some of the more attractive features of " Dudley Cran bourne." The author has told us that one of his great objects has been to render his pages attractive by the grave or lively manner in which he has presented various scenes and thoughts, and in this he has been successful. Many of the thoughts and reflections which occur in " Dudley Cranbourne" testify that its writer thinks much, and often well. Here - is one truthful sentence taken at random :-- "None are so unhappy as those whose conduct is vicious, yet whose hearts still yearn mornfully after virtue. Hell must, indeed, be hell, if it be peopled with fallen angels!" Here is a sentence which we cannot pass over without a passing censure, it is illiberal to an unpardonable degree::—" What a mean, cold-blooded, heartless race, are the nobles of out day! An occasional bright example in vain endeavours to disprove this assertion, and they are only excep tions-to a rule, which is fearfully general. Our no bility have neither the chivalry of their remote ances• tors, nor the wisdom and talent that grace their order at a later period," &c. We were about to enumerate list of noble noblemen, beginning with the friend of the Poles Lord Dudley Stuarts and the friend of the poor—Lord Ashley , but on a second refl ec ti on we presume that these are the "exceptions" t o w hi c h the author of "Dudley Cranbourne" alludes. His condemnation is of the nobility as a body. He should have contented ahim self with a less comprehensive censure.. Asa far our nobility are in a political point from blameless ; but as a class, m meriting th e characters are far, very far, fro ~ most as sur o e f dl v y le t w he . i . r privat Cameron's terrible Cranbourne," — " a Mrs. nbo u r c n a e m , s m w e e a e n p , i ng censurecold-blooded, of heartless ‘ lld l r e a y c e terrible and continued extravagance, which repeatedly overwhelms her with debt, gives occasion for the author's favouring his readers with some very excel lent admonitions on the subject of debt and debtors. It also enables him to throw a light upon the ini quitous proceedings of Messrs. Fleeceman and Co., for the benefit of those ignorant persons (though in these enlightened days their number can be but few), who may be unacquainted with the prac tices of such gentlemen. Besides the thoughtful and truthful observations, sometimes very beautifully ex• pressed, which are to be met with in its pages, " Dudley Cranbourne," notwithstanding its some what improbable plot, abounds in natural touches. But we have lingered long enough over these vo lumes, we must commend them to the attention of our readers " with all their imperfections on their head." We shall, however, expect something yet better at the hands of the author of " Dudley Cranbourne." This production amply testifies that he does not lack abilities, and those abilities would be more manifest if he were content to winnow the chaff from the 'enuine grain. THE MAN MADE OF MONEY. By Douglas Jerrold. Part VI. This is the concluding number of perhaps the most philosophical work that Douglas Jerrold has yet given to the world. With all the shrewd tact, the sarcastic wit, and the delightful style of the tales of Voltaire, it has none of their cynicism , and no one can rise from the perusal of the " Xia n made of Money" without being not . only a wiser, but a better man. The Siekhs'are so called, as the disciples of Nanick Shah, the founder of their sect, in the 15th century ; from stkina-g4ii•ers, $o leas.