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sue_ PreasuTe — m --- u ' bak i ng m , pse ing t t Leories, an e aa g aeli Y ofpurblind us poor critics. 1 4IPE OF ADifilFIL VI§CO - UNT KEPPEL. . _ ---; 31, . . 2 Vols. C' o ts urn,' _London, 18 4 i 2. Lit.!, . lO the friends an d connections of the Keppel „''''Vy 1 : 41-11 i 1 3 ,- , . this -biographical account of o ne of their ' - n iNvstors will prove interesting enough ; but the .., 4 ,, : Public generally will, we apprehend; care little about i t, %I'm if naval commander 'Viscount Keppel was by ci .: -n° - means listinguished for any very remarkable oil;- , ,-,. . . ~ . L . )-AtI PS; -- nOtwith,strinding the splendid panegyrics on x ' - ''', l „ i lli . • - Ni?hieli;.Burke has left on record,` in his celebrated tit' l'l'llotoerttioerust°•Two Noble Lords,"—and as for ,his once •squabble with Sir Hugh Palliser, it has ' ,1 1:1- 45 n. , 0 since b een forgotten, together - with many of the , :sl i c Other party strife.; of the day. But, besides its want of :i10,5,',. fieneral interest as a bioE,fraphy, this work is stuffed ,i,L s t . ull of official documents whieh, whatever may be their 44 4 : i mPortance in the - eyes of professional men, have, as issol o ' j r cgards the public, no more value than a Turnpike c'istlis li tet, and are jthst about as entertaining. The subject 4"i-Ptiiithe' Meinoir, who was descended from an Bins stou ,t 5,,,,,.. 5 -- Dutch family that came over to England in the '"'tm of Wiliam the Third, was the second son of the saaiii le pm e nad Earl o f Alb emar l e, an d was b orn in th e year b . ' 143 . : At the early age of ten he quitted West ," ,4.ail*er School, to enter as midshipman on board the , 111 t Qxford _frigate, and passed three years in the Medi- V`T near), during which period he applied to his pro " ,i,• ss '° l 4l studies with uncommon zeal and as- i11'17„.,- d .nitY. In 1740 he was appointed to the Centurion, ' l ' , l-i" l nnlanded by Commodore, afterwards Lord, Anson, lihich was destined, with its accompanying squadron, °r a secret expedition against the Spanish settlements on the western coast of America. The young mid -- sh iPman thus shared in the hardships and dangers of 'that celebrated voyage, " which for its inauspicious commencement," observes the biographer, " its .. ~ , stra n ,.. e, ~,„,., 6 protracted diasters, and its final success, is '' , ,,T n aPs 'Without a parallel in the annals of any ..ittui-i.apectition .! . 11 .-"u nt - TY. On his return from this memorable ex- Keppel after duly passing through the in ,- , ) - '1 f7 e 1 1 411 , 1. 11.8% grades, ' was in 1745 appointed Post-Cap ; iii-,,,,7;4Tid advance to the command of the Sapphire, •vi,'.7,'"igate of forty guns, in which he year several acil ~We c essful eruizes. In the following year he, received cf. -,,,,, commission for the- Maidstone, a ship. of fifty hei f ', 6u ns, which was unfortunately wrecked off the Isle of lc out ourmontier, and its commander and crew sent 1 , 1 s oners to Nantes, in Brittany ; at the expiration , ..._r_fi ‘ re weeks, h oweve r, th e f orme r r e t urne d to Eng "(l on his parole, where he was tried by a court , nlartial for the loss of his ship, and acquitted, and - - ic i ra afterwards appointed to the Anson. In 1749 ' ' :-.,- the w as entrusted with a diplomatic mission to Trip,: States of - Barl - iary, and 'promoted to the chief -4 ' e °ll itnand in the ' Mediterranean, with the rank of '4,-. °4llll43(rore The same year he sailed with his '?x;11 11 adro n to Algiers; and had an interview with the ' l l4'. ?„ 37, who —We quote the hiOgrapher's words— 'id ~. Surprised at the boldness of his remonstrances, and i; - .; 11 „ r agefl at his demand fur justice, and despising also his ' .4,:„‘s-vParent 3.'outh for he was then- only four-and-twenty, ':7 llt imed that he wondered at the insolence of the .::11g_, of Great Britain, in sending him an insignificant, I,;••''' I l i ar r-dess boy. On this the youthful, but spirited Corn ,- . fmlore replied, ' Had 'master supposed that wisdom . 4 . v as in) 9 - measured by . the length of the beard, he would have as _,d;: vt ' ll _! your Deyship a he-goat.' The tyrant, unus i ed t ' %/ ot . ' - k , 'a language from the sycophants of his own Court, * th as ,so enraged th a t h e or d ere d hi s mu t es t o a d vance w ith wti: ti;,`-"Iw-string, at the same time t e lli ng the Commodor e . ?. - 4,4:' la should pay for his audacity with his life. ‘ , .i . ekl ' Commodore li s t ene d t o thi s menace with the utmost Ls; 1 - i -11111 ess ; and being near to a window w hich l oo k e d ci,V• l ion the bay, directed the a tt en ti on o f th e Af r i can i f ':el. to the squadron there at anchor, telling him that .: 1., 4 was his pl easure t o put him to death, there :were : .. wnglishmen enough on board to make him a glorious fu ' w 1.41 Pile• The Dey cooled a little at this hint, and was i e teetY noligh to permit the C ommo dore to depart in h to About the time th a t th e un f or t un ate Admiral Byng i lis appointed to the Mediterranean fleet, Keppel was P reach the re w ith a squadron, and captured three ship s o ff C a p e Fi n isterre. ' In 1757, while en " the on a d e t ac h e d cru i s e with the Medway, he had :" e good luck to take a rich prize laden with provi -4 ';', ( lns and stores for Louisbourg. He afterwards, in l'os - ,... 4- C2, assist e d a t the capture of the Havannah, and "(Cl.,° l c a fleet of West Indiamen, in consequence of 1 1.1 ( .which he was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral. ,xis next appointment was to the Command-in-Chief tiv?, l the Ch anne l Fl ee t, w hi c h i s ren d ere d memora bl e sil t by -nothing but his quarrel with Sir Hugh - Pal he)iser, Wh om h e accuse d o f di so b ey i ng s i gnals, when ti ' the English ships were engaged in chasing the French, „.. and bringing them to action off Brest. The dispute ,„ ,hetween these two Commanders occasioned consider ;• able - ferrnent at the time, and the result was, the trial -sc Admiral Keppel ,by a Court-martial at Ports 4-114iiith, and his triumphant acquittal. Shortly Ports ,qt , ',rwards he struck his flag, and in 1782, .-was 44 1 rdinoted to the peerage bye the title of Viscount r „„ .efpel and Biton Elden,. and appointed First Lord ~,,,.. . of the Admiralty, duri ng th e R oc ki ngham Admi ‘, ,rnstration. After:"the breaking, up of. the famous ..eoalitiori Alinistry ' he withdrew entirely from public 1.-lir • • - e, and died in 1786, in the sixty-third year of his *. In politics Vi scount K eppel was a staunch i Z i.,lr nig, and being pOssesSed of ma n y am i a bl e qua li t i es 'tl-",,gs warinly loVed by his friends, and generally popu li . 0. 1, li'ith th e , country. We subjoin a sketch of his I.liCaeter, as drawn by his bi ogra ph er , th e H on . an d , rilo,t ' Inornas Keppel : . Th e • s i . il lie T , vti - epithet ' little' fondly given by the sailors to it z eit,rlp u .' l - 41 ftiOteS 'him to have becn low of stature. In his ,h i tsti4; h., 8441( r0d, a blow received from the butt-end of a i c•;,,"' nos.' -- ,pure with foot-pads, fractured the bridge of ' -- r rrtna ni ,,,' ~4 1i s face, by this accident, was seriously and ~ ,,,10 th e - ;,;"3' disfigured; yet the fascination of his smile, ''''''etilt I "'i.el 3' and benevolent expression of his eyes, re he 'I 4. . the . from extreme plainness. The' t - teredi t countenance ni,lin tl , d i l I 1 T charm' of his demeanour has been men t•,,,:ftatikt itu• en. g.._ . es Y• It combined a professional honesty and 'A If not - i 8 with the ease and simplicity of address which, , Perr eet il e( l'Vethe r acquired, are certainly confirmed and 1 3 °Pala r ., 1 1 intercourse with the best society. His - ilt i n t i l 'Y with all, classes appeared not only at his trial, s etved, e e 4eeni with ,which both those under whom he Ord e d 1 ., (1 those whom he commanded at all times re in th e ' l rn ; in the zealous affection of his friends, and • ~Tileaforeed respect of his political opponents. 44eestue,. r'olitical opinions of Keppel were inherited from -!lttte, And Whose for centuries had been citizens of a free ''• -14 a o f n i " whose descendants shared in our own revolu kkiille 688 . Reason and experience confirmed these i 1 ,.. 1,, tit s in him ; and he was, throughout his life, the .Lttlit6..' and fearless supporter of civil and religious free enollll,7_,idev when an opposite course, or neutrality alone, ,I,i'myline hap smoothed and accelerated his professional I , 4 thi rt . eltent. His darling object was, active employ i4ll44 l'' l, when required to serve against his unrepre apb,,,,. rethren on" the opposite shores of the Atlantic, '54 1 7 •eourt e d neglect and misrepresentation rather 4 4 1 ,, i 1,W his services to a cause which his feelings and i'eiples equally disapproved." THE RIGHT OF SEARCH. Of to an AMERICAN'S EXAMINATION of SEARCH, 4.c. By AN ENG- Th i ll3fAN. t h e Pamphlet Pamphlet is an-analytical review and refutation wePrnpwet. of General Cass, and is a very bulky er li et ic e at Not having seen General C ass 's work, N ltt ‘ ; i t i l tt say ho f the writer is successful. We 4s s on hi w s authority to believe that General 114 fili r ' s v ain; presumptuous, illogical, threatening, and fo re, kt ' on We' know, as he tells us, that the Americans ( ire, ee republicans and slave-holders, and, there- I'lapiteadfully inconsistent and unjust . ; but we are so 1111 s4i, t hat We cannot see any connection between the (4 4r t g l z . t viour of G enera l C ass an d th e A mer i cans, a nd Ni t X I II to visit American ships. We cannot con tkit ' til position assumed. by this writer, and main hee4ed f ,roughout his book. He assumes and asserts, tit k/overnments: and all honest men are ready to v piracy; :that, -therefore, all maritime states 44 , o e q tier ght to visit by theircruizers every ship at sea, ascertain that.slie is not a pirate, ex grat i a. "tit' u " l ll'itydiranncii in a foreign port, or within a b c gre tt l- distance of a foreign coast, board or seize a mer -1,11611 }, e4 ei, .within' territorial jurisdiction, not s , o t t ; e ( "eetin. The man-of-war, by bearing the corn -ed officers of -St Civilized power, has the right, for 1.7 the navigation of its own country, as well t e - ," of all other nations, to preVent maritime free- . Ifcarrying on a. wa r on t h e grea t hi g h ways o f If 4;" lilit e Write r on l y means t h at Ki ng ' s vessels may l' i rak °w u Pirates; so may merchant-vessels, if the Lkti !„." ut distinctly p rove d, and the merchant-vessel Alaaster th e p i rate. If t h e wr i ter mean, as astl boaster eral tenor of his observations imply, th a t a l's,,eTf-war has the right to board or. seize a merchant- Nr t : w hen not within territorial jurisdiction, to true character, he seems to us in error. the t a gree with General Cass, that a ship is part of to which she belongs—a doctrine which 11,t enaintains, and bad will it be for Eng- A ( ' iri,,,k,she gives it up, for she now allows none if t .,`4 and injure her merchant-vessels. rio t 7Uee has promised to concede to England the search within certain limits, but she would ISk' ally searc h to stop and examine every French Ah ° May be passing, between Bourdeaux_ and_ b % „,,a, to ascertain that they were bcnta fide French Ite 4 7. NVould England allow France to visit by Itel cru isers every English vessel passing between br1t 5 , 4414 and England, a n d ma k e . h er prove that she Ni t ' l .a English coaster ? Certainly not. The sup cif its stbsurd. And why, then, should America, (Ith4Y other state, tolerate our Government, or any t ( (14 Gov ernment, in visiti ng s hi ps at sea on pretence Ivrt whether th e y b e real American ships or not ? tL enever piracy is practised all people will unite P e dow n the pirate, but Governments must wait ira takeY ne pra c ti se d before th ey over h au l vesse l s khethem prove that they are not irates. Even Piracy ha s been practised p , it is more the busi- Sqovernm en t than another t o put an end to i t. was not long • ago committed in the Gulf of it hl:2' . til.e United States Government properly took hi t infial-t in suppressing it. In lik e manner were vt Committed on the coast of England Or coast E';''At would be more especially the business of iiri..7oifohiraents to bring the pirate to justice. No 1 10 ( ." • , 11 the!:: t be we fitig„ tan ,eb et lor 44° erY o ok the nhr°g t .00 , 4 ., t be o .s lfic: ' if •""f,,. tr# *rye. ~ ~ , - GOvernment has ever practised the right of visiting every ship, in order to ascertain whether she be a pirate or a true vessel, and it is only, we affirm, when and where piracy prevails that such a right, or rather such a duty, is required. Our author's principle, and it is worth notice, be because it is the claim of the Government, would lead to endless mischief. How is the captain of a merchant-vessel to distinguish a true man of war from a true pirate ? We know of no means, for there are many small men of war, the shape of which a pirate might assume to suit his purpose. He could not well get a ship to look like a seventy-four, but he might get plenty, of cutters, schooners, and brigs to look like those of her Majesty. If it were once allowed that men of war might stop all vessels to make them prove their nationality, under that cover much abuse and much piracy itself would be practised. During war, which always serves as a cover for out rages, more piracy is always carried on than during peace. Then, in spite of convoys, merchant-ships are stopped and plundered, Such would he the case in peace ; the pirates would assume the character of ships of war, were the maratirue states once to esta blish a police of the sea. We need not go to Spain and Gil Blas to be convinced that thieves plunder in safety, by assuming the garb of officers of justice. Whether the writer refute General Cass or not we are unable to judge ; but if he refute the General, both must be wrong, for a more untenable position than this writer has - taken up it is not easy to find. NEW FRENCH AND ENGLISH LEXICON. Bally, London, 1842. The compiler of this copious and well-considered work, is M. de la Voige, Professor of French Litera ture at the East India Company's Military College at Addiscombe. He has, we understand, spent many years in the compilation of his Lexicon, and his time and labour have not been thrown away, for he has succeeded in producing a work upon a most ingeni ous, and practically useful plan, comprising, besides the usual number of words found in the best diction aries extant, an extensive addition of commercial, nautical, military, and other terms, together with the novel introduction of the singular and plural persons of every tense and mood, belonging to all the regular and irregular verbs in the French language. Abbre viations, elisions, contractions, and combinations have also been explained in their respective alphabitical places.. For schools, this work is specially useful, inasmuch as it curtails, by one-half at least, the labours of teachers and pupils, and contains more general in formation and more words, by many thOusands, than in any dictionary. of the size ever published. We have examined it with some attention, and have been struck with the exceeding care and pains-taking that are manifest in every page ; not. only are the words given, with all their various significations, as W e fi n d them both in prose and poetry ; but all the popular idiomatic expressions are also explained, so that the labour of the French student is - very considerably abridged. Such a valuable and laborious compilation has only to become generally known to be as generally appreciated. ELEMENTS OF ASTRONOMY. By Hugo Reid, Lecturer on Natural Philosophy. Siniphin, Marshall, and Co. This little work, which is illustrated with fifty-six engravings on wood, is well adapted for beginners in this interesting and useful. science. It gives an ample outline of the phenomena connected with the fixed stars and the solar system, including, of course, de scriptions of the sun, planets, satellites, and comets, the seasons, trade-winds and tides, eclipses, &c. The language is simple and intelligible, and well calculated to convey to the youthful mind suitable impressions of the great works of creation. The following brief extract from the chapter on fixed stars will give an idea of the manner in which Mr. Reid has carried out the plan :—" There are about 20 stars reckoned of the first magnitude, eleven of which are visible in Great Britain. Sirius, the dog-star, :is the b r i g ht es t o f t h e stars of this class ; there are sixty of the second magnitude; and about 21,000 including those of the seventh magnitude. Altogether there are myriads, infinitely more than can be reckoned. The milky-way is composed of innumer able stars, whose average number is about the eleventh magnitude, and > whose joint light is separated only by powerful telescopes. Every increase of the powers 'of the telescope brings new stars into view, and as their distances are so great, it is possible there may be myriads so remote from our system, that their light has never reached the earth, while others whose light still reaches us, may have been long since extinguished. At the con clusion of the work the author has given short biographical notices of the principal astronomers, from Thales, who lived 600 n, c., down to Sir William Herschell. The present view of the solar system was first promulgated by Pythagoras, who flourished 500 years before the Christian era; but this opinion was not generally entertained, and afterwards the popular notion pre vailed that the sun, planets, and stars revolved daily around the earth, till the restoration of the true sys tem by Copernicus, the celebrated Polish astronomer. BOULOGNE. CALAIS AND BOULOGNE RAILWAYS. In our Gazette of last week we .gave a summary of reasons why every wise man would prefer em barking his money in a railroad, from Boulogne to Amiens, by Abbeville, than from Calais to Arras, by Watten. Two of those reasons were founded on the former being shorter than the latter, viz., that Bou logne is considerably nearer to Paris than Calais. We. stated also that we would prove this by a reference to the effects it has produced on the present and former conditions of the two towns. We shall now do so. Every person who remembers Calais ten or twelve years back must recollect the air of bustle it wore, the neatness of its streets, the life that animated them, the tens of thousands that annually passed through them, the independence and not over civility that characterised the hotel-keepers, the splendid es tablishments they maintained—in fine the generally prosperous condition of the town. What is its pre sent eondition ? The grass grows in its streets ! Its hotels no longer exist ; its merchants are gradually leaving it for Boulogne, whither some have already moved, and others have and are forming branch es tablishments, preparatory to fixing there altogether; the streets seem as if the spirit, of desolation had swept over them. Why i this sad change ? Simply, tra yellers and foreigners no longer frequent it. Why have they deserted it ? Because in itself it is dull, dreary, and monotonous ; because at certain seasons, when the east wind blows—which it does sometimes for a month together—it is difficult of access ; be cause there is a town, neater, livelier, more acces sible at all times, and 24 miles nearer to Paris, for all who are desirous of passing from the Coast to Paris or the South. Calms has remained stationary since 1814. As she was then, so is she now, and so will she always remain, and tbr the best of all rea sons : nature has placed insuperable barriers around her position, at the entrance of her harbour, in shift ing sands and banks ; inland, by desolating sands, marshes, and fortifications. Let us compare the Boulogne of 1814 to the same town of 1842—can they bear a comparison ? No more than Ambleteuse can be compared to Calais. It is double in size and in population : it has arisen like a Venice from the froth of the SM. Its fisher men's huts have disappeared and elegant houses sprung from their ruins. Scarcely one, in 1814, possessed a carpet ; now there is scarcely one so miserable, that cannot boast of something in the shape. Officers that came here, in 1814, could not he supplied at the hotel they slept at with a silver fork; at present the silver in some hotels exceeds 100,000 francs. The shops are elegant, the habitations possessed of every comfort, the streets full of bustle and energy, the merchants rich and respectable ; convenient walks, beautiful drives, handsome equipages, a harbour teeming with an industrious population, and at times its quays thronged with slipping, are the present characteristics of Boulogne. Whence, then, the change ? From its natural advantages that have been turned by science and energy to their proper account; but perhaps to no advantages more than its proximity to Paris, which has become known to every traveller from the amelio rations of its harbour since the piers were erected, ameliorations that make it accessible sixteen hours out of the twenty-four. We stated last week, first, that every' traveller pre fers a short cut to a round-about; second, that every merchant prefers sending his goods by the quickest conveyance, particularly if it be the shortest and cheapest. Is not this realised by the geographical positions of Calais and Boulogne ? In 1830 one steamer from London visited Boulogne weekly. At present there are six. At the former period Calais counted four, she can do no more at present. 38,596 travellers in 1831 entered Calais, in 1841 they amounted to only 21,019. Boulogne in 1831 rejoiced in the arrival of 11,131, but in 1841 they amonted to 47,953. It may be stated, that taking solitary years is an unfair mode of forming a judgment ; we will then compare the arrivals and departures during the five last years from 1837 to 1841 both inclusive. By By Differepee,l9aa. Boulogne. Calais. your oflouiogne. From and to Ramsgate 10,312 6,673 3,639 ~ London 191,017 46,265 144,752 Dover... 69,265 64,370 4,895 Sailing Boats 3,879 1,216 2,663 T0ta1........... 27.1,473 118,524 155,949 Thus then, from official returns, it is evident that since the port of Boulogne was deepened and its piers formed, 155,949 travellers hav e p re f erre d i ts h ar b our to that of Calais, although the latter is nearer to London, and has the advantage o f ma il s to it, from Dover every day, having two boats five days in the week; whilst Boulogne has only been served by the Dover steamers who found it their inter es t t o go there, from the preference given to it by the tra ve ll er . Again, Boulogne has been only the medium of transit for passengers in France, for whom the railroads are . . _ intended, whilst Calais has been tne : resort, not only of travellers for France, but also of those persons who do not think of stopping in Fiance, or of tra velling in the interior, but land there in the way to Belgium and the North. of Europe But let power ful packets start from LondOn and Dover to Ostend, and that voyage from London be completed in ten hours, and from Dover in four hours and a half, as, they ought, and assuredly, before long, will be, how many travellers will then patronise Calais, or prefer a round-about tour to Arras and Lille, to :visit Bel gium, when they can start from London and sit down in Brussels within 14 hours ? Whereas, if the Dover train is only 34- hours on the road f rom London, and Mr. Napier's boats one hour and three quarters from Dover to Boulogne, and seven hours and a half occu pied from Boulogne to Paris, the traveller will be always certain of accomplishing his journey fronrLondon to Paris in thirteen hours—an impossibility, if he should land at Calais and proceed then to Arras. So much for the preference given by travellers to a shortened route to Paris from England, and the effect upon the two towns such preference has occasioned. The letter o 1 a correspondent at Ostend will be found in another column, and the statement of fares ss. from London to Ostend. How many travellers for Belgium and the North of Europe will pass through Calais Whilst such fares exist ? Thus are the 'Calais cobwebs blow ing away already. We cannot .conclude these observations without saying a few words on the relative distances to Paris by the Calais line and that proposed by Boulogne, particularly as what we stated in our last number has given occasion to a misconception as to .the actual lengths of the two lines. It is a point that should be clearly understood. The Chamber. of Deputies has passed a law by which Amiens is the point through which the rail road from Paris to Belgium shall pass. Whatever line therefore progresses from the coast, its terminus ought. to be Amiens. •We have shown that commerce and passengers are more favourable to any line pass , ing through Boulogne and Abbeville to Amiens, than one direct from Calais to Amiens through Arms ; let us now 'examine the two lines, one from Calais to Amiens, the other from Boulogne to Amiens, and see the relative distances of the two lines. Metreg. Distance from Calais to Amiens by Arras is 166,000 Do. from Boulogne to Amiens by Abbeville 121,000 Difference 45,000 Here is at once a difference of more than 28 miles in favour of a line from Boulogne to Paris. Let the expense of constructing these'2B miles be considered, the saving of more than an hour in the journey, the advantages arising from the harbour of Boulogne being accessible 16 out of the 24 hours, the prefer ence given to it by travellers, the merchandise it commands that the Calais line could never obtain, and, we ask, what man in his senses would ever think of embarking money in any other line than one proceed ing direct from Boulogne by Abbeville to Amiens ? Boulogne Gazette. 5 ••• .SHE SUN, LONDON, WRDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 25, 1842: THE HAIYA - RDEN COLLIERS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—My attention having been, for the first time to-day, directed by .a. friend to a letter which appeared your, paper -o n the 7th inst., purporting to come from a workman., in which it is stated " that the col liers," as far as the writer is able to know, " by no , means wish to dictate to their employers who shall, or shall not conduct their, business, but that Mr. Staley is supposed by the workman •to have suggested, and carried into practice a scheme for reducing the colliers' wages from 18s. to about • 12s. per week, by enlarging the meshes, of the screens that screen the coals, so as to admit one-third of the coals, for. which they were used to be paid, to pass through Ahem as slack ; the strike is, in fact, to prevent an actual re duction of 33 per cent." I beg to state, in reply to this gross misrepresen , tation, that the riddles in use by the colliers, before the turn-out, had meshes of one inch and a half square,: and that the size of the meshes in the new riddles were one inch and three quarters only, being an in crease of one quarter of an inch. It is, therefore, manifest that the loss to the workmen by the new riddles, could not possibly be anything like one-third of the coals ; it could only be equal to the difference between the large and small meshes, which differ only one quarter of an inch in size. I also beg to add, that the Ewloe Colliery Com pany are now paying. more for the cutting of their coals than they were at .any .' time during the war, when wheat was selling 'at 20s. a bushel, and coals at that time were selling at 10s. per ton on the bank ; they are now selling coa l s at f rom ss. to 6s. Bd. per ton. This fact shows most clearly that Messrs. Rigby's have no disposition to oppress the men, and it is ray determination ' wherever I rimy be concerned, to see the workman fairly remunerated. • To prove that the attack' was personal towards my self, I have only to state tliat the dispute, in reference to the riddles, had been , settled to the satisfaction of the ;men before the as:mita- was comm itt e d ; and I h ave since discovered that reports to my prejudice, en tirely fitist, were industriously circulated amongst them. Although in this instance- I have replied to an anonymous Corresporident, in order to correct a most barefaced falsehood, it is not 'My intention in future to notice any letter to which the writer is ashamed of-affixing his own name. Your insertion of this, letter in your - very excellent Paper will much oblige yo}}tr.very obedient servant, ;BENJAMIN STALEY. Hawarden, May 18, 1842. - P.S.--I beg to add that our men are now all a t work, and quiet.' TAXES ON- S - 0i. , 16 - 11,S AND ATTOA.NEYS, TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. wish to call the attention of the public, through the instrumentality of your paper, to a tax imposed of late years upon a particular class of men, who, if they perform their duties well, cannot be considered as enemies to the commonwealth, and should not be made the objects of special taxation. The celebrated Magna Charta was supposed to secure various privileges to the English people, and amongst others, that of appointing confidential agents to represent them in the'liing's Courts, to sue for and defend their just property and rights. Since that statute was enacted these agents have existed under the denomination of attorneys and solicitors. For five hundred years they had been enrolled ; and after this long lapse of time the Legislature considitrs them fit objects of special taxation : they are to be taxed specially every year before they can enter upon duties necessary for the execution of the laws ! If there be a class of men who are taxed without mercy, it • surely must be those who are called to the ancient and honourable degree of an attorney at-law. They are taxed in their clerkship, 1201. being levied on their articles ; taxed on admission as Attorneys to the amount of 50/. more, before they are duly qualified for all the duties of their office ; taxed annually either 8/. or 121., in fine, taxed for life. Against this last life-tax, Mr. Editor, I protest, and if it is continued' with the Income-tax, which is about to receive the sanction of the Legislature, the lawyers are indeed a p r o s c r ib e d race . The tax is partial,. confined to one profession, and to one branch of that profession; it is unjust; because confined to those whO are frequently employed in pro tectinc, the rights of other professions ; and. the amount of duty imposed is perhaps for some time more than is actually earned. It is of little benefit to the Eichequer, disgraceful to the solicitor, and indi rectly injurious to his clients. It is commonly objected to the removal of this im post that attorneys are by no means immaculate characters—that their emoluments are great, and-the tax itself popular. If a just and equitable tax were not generally the reverse of one that is popular—if the woressional earnings of solicitors and attorneys were really lucrative-if they, as a body of men, were more reprehensible than members of other professions, or their offences less open to speedy punishment, there might be some ground for these objections• .but all ..this remains yet to be proved. The fact is, they are Officers of the Courts at West minster, subject to the arbitrary jurisdiction of the Judges who there preside : they may be fined, im prisoned, struck o ff th e ro ll s ; and effectua ll y contro ll e d within the bounds of justice. Their emoluments are limited by statute. _They alone are liable to have their bills taxed by functionaries specially appointed for • the purpose, and this duty is rigorously and punctually discharged. , To many supporters of the tax the members of the legal profession are obnoxious on account of the severity of the laws, or the hardship with which they press on particular interests ; vet these do not reflect that by such a tax they make men accountable for efkts, over which they can have no controul. It sel dom happens that a solicitor is - a legislator. Others owe them a grudge, who have suffered from the unjust decision of a suit at law or i n equity ; yet, these matters are determined by a j u d ge or a j ur y, a n d . o f the latter, a solicitor ca nnot b e a mem b er . Others again complain of trivial vexatious law-suits, whilst they utterly forget that .no solicitor can be engaged in legal proceedings, without the retainer of a client; and, it is seldom that an honest claim can be • sup ported and enforced by dishonest means. But should a suitor have engaged on his side an unprincipled practitioner, he ought not to bestow promiscuously on the whole profession the blame which attaches to his own selection. This tax is a stigma.upon the profession ; it oppresses them, it degrades them, and is calculated to bring the law itself into comtempt. To degrade men in their own eyes and before the public, is sometimes bad policy, though they may offend in something. Teach them to respect themselves, and they will frequently amend their faults, exalt' themselves in the social scale, and do honour to their fellow citizens. This good the tax will never effect its results will be of an opposite nature, and' thus the public suitors and clients will eventually be injured by it. May 19th, 1842. MANCUNIENSIS. Dowager Lady Carrington arrived at Mivart's Hotel, on Monday, from Bath. Her Latlyshiphas been staying the winter in that city. The Anniversary Meeting of the Royal Geogra phical Society was held on Monday. Of the two gold medals to which her Majesty's annual donation of fifty guineas is ap propriated, the patron's medal was awarded to Dr. E. Robin. son, of New York, for his valuable work on P a l es ti ne , &c. ; and the founder's medal to Captain Ja mes R oss , R.N.for his researches in the Antarctic regions, in which he had approached the South Pole to within twelve degrees. The accessions to the library since the last year were 360 volumes, and 542 maps and charts, of which latter there were 392 sheets of the great survey of Bavaria, presented by the King of Bavaria. The total receipts of the past year, including the sale of stock to meet the extraordinary demands, were 2,590/. 7,, l id., an d there was a balance in hand. of 241/. 7s. 50 expected TIIE SPITALFIELDi. WEAVERS' BALL. --It will be y r a attended. HouseH ouse t oibhmyi This ,to-morrow reiol invitation no seen by the police regulations, issued by Colonel Rowan, that ry at nu t n h i e err O m i s 'e l ( t u r zts ot w w ill h ac id e l o imi; i n t di a go t h i l t t heir be t h case, e ßoy a as her Majesty and her Royal guests House,intend to tc b ) e present. t t o he be ba v l e l o is f the Noble The Duke of Wellington gives a grand entertain ment this evening, at Apsley Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and Duchess was pleased to take of Gloucester, when a distinguished circle will have the honour Grace is the Director for the evening. TIIE Two BROWNS.—A. circumstance of rather a novel character occurred last week at Stockton- n/I _l , om opa a nd m o d y eGe the atilnl agnNttleebilre Duke.Ro Duke ya lAlf t it e o 4ri t t h dn e ils A e ic t i h e e n Ancient Royal It unto himself a wife in the county of Kent, ab out two years ago. Since then his vessel having made several voyages to Stockton, a report some how or other reached the ears of appears aptly tar, named Thomas Brown, his loving spouse and her father, that her " gude man" had actually got married again, in the above -named. town; to another woman. The incensed father, having every reason to believe the report to be true, 'immediately offered a reward for the apprehension of his apparently faithless son. in-law for the crime of bigamy. This wee‘, how ever, application having been made to the Vicar of Stockton for the marriage certificate of the supposed transgressor of the law, ittuyned out That the Thomas Brown married at Stockton is not the Thomas Brown Married in Kent, the one being a sawyer and the other a sailor, an d the report alluded to had been circulated in Kent by some wags. " All to astonith the Browns."— Halifax Guardian. Prince George of Cambridge, on taking his fare well of the 12th Lancers, in which he had served three years, entertained the entire regiment at dinner, including the women and children of the corps. Hi s Royal Highness gave a half sovereign to each colour-sergeant, five shillings to each non• commissioned officer, two shillings and sixpence to each female belonging to the regiment, and .a quart of ale to every one of the men. PARLIAMENTARY PRICE or WHEAT.—Corn is rising in price. The speculators h o ld b ac k th e gra i n now in bond. The food of the people is, i n f ac t, as muc h as ever the su bj ect of gam bling operations. W e as k on ly for another f ortn i g h t ' s valie rience of the .working of thi new scale to prove to the most sceptical the truth of what we always asserted, viz., that the present law is an insult and a mockery of a suffering people ? To our readers we say, in the meantime, oblige us by watching the weekly averages.— Liverpool Chronicle. The Earl and Counts of Brownlow and the Ladies Cust have arrived in town from Leamington Spa, where they bad been sojourning since their departure from Torquay. JE WS IN PRUSSIA. Count de Lowenjelm, the Swedish Ambassador at Vienna, says a letter from that city, May 11, has definitively quitted his post, having been recalled at his own request. The same letter states that Akif Effendi, the new Ottoman Ambassador, is accom panied by a Dervish, who attracts much attention by his original habits. A letter from Berlin, May 9, in the Augsburg Ga zette, states that the heads of almost all the Israelite communities in Prussia having presented addres ses to the King, praying him not to allow the Bill to be made law, which separates them from the other inhabitants of the kingdom, giving them particular political corporations, and granting them, in consequence, certain privileges, and exempting them from military service, they have re ceived a letter from M. De Rochow, the Prussian Minister of the Interior, dated May 5, and in which, in the name of the King, the Minister says :—" it is the intention of his Majesty to:take measures, by means of which the restrictions pressing upon Jews shall be taken off. Those measures shall secure their interests on the same basis as those of Christians, and shall give them greater independence and influence with regard to their own affairs, by establishing corporations, and by offering a wider opportunity of employi ng their talents and their capacities in their own favour, as well as in favour of the Christians amongst whom they live. But his - Majesty considers it to be necessary that the realisation of these prerogatives should be ac companied by the conditi ons which form the basis of a Christian State, and according to which it is not admissable for Jews to exercise the duties of magistrates over Christians, and be pos sessed of privileges which might compromiSe the inte rests of the Christian community. As to. the suppres sion of military duties now imposed upon Jews, this measure cannot do them any injury, since it leaves them. at full liberty to enter the service as volunteers. But, under all .ci,rcumstances, the Jews ought to wait for the. result of the deliberations ordered on this sub ject;. anti to , be. convinced that all the reforms necessary for the amelioration' of their situation, and compati ble with the 'general interest, shall be accorded them." About twenty years since a surgeon of his late Ma jesty's household sent an inmate of the Palace to get fitted with a ball and socket truss, and very soon after to Mr. Coles for one of his patent. Mr. Coles made him two ; he never after put a stitch or screw into either. They cured him of that malady. Mr. Coles likewise presented him gratuitously with a band for rheumatism in the ankle; for which complaint he de clared the surgeons could do him no good. That band was one which Mr. Coles had finished up in the most costly manner, and had previously presented it to his Majesty George the Fourth, who had himself suffered from rheumatism, or weakness in his knee, and was unable .to take walking exercise. The King, however, whether counselled to do so not, returned it to Mr. Coles without having soiled it. The same surgeon has since beeu called upon by his late Majesty, William the Fourth, to give him a report upon Coles's Patent Truss, his Majesty being then a sufferer from the some corn plaint that the aforesaid gentleman had once - been, and wear ing the same kind of truss which the aforesaid gentle Man would not wear. It was nevertheless quite good enough for his Ma jesty. Thus a servant under the Royal roof now lives a monument of Mr. Coles's skill—was positively cured of these two most distressing comp'aints which had brought the two monarchs prematurely to their grave. Supposing his Majesty had called his medical friend to his bed-side and told him that his sufferings had been coceasioned from the use of imperfect trusses, which he had been wearing for the last twenty years, his Mgjesty's last bours would probably have been the most valuable part of his life, for thousands, if not mil lions of human beings would avail themselves of the hint thus thrown out by his Majesty ; and his surgeon might take shame to himself for the indifference which he manifested on that oc casion. One thing is worthy of remark, for at one of the in terviews which he and Mr. Coles had, he told Mr.Coles that the Hon. East India Company once called upon him to give them a report on his truss, and he reported (thus.) "He never saw a truss that would stop all ruptures; he did not think he ever should." If Mr. Coles bad inquired who was the Go vernor-General at that time, he would have answered (" the Marquis of Hastings.") Mr. Coles could have told him, when that Nobleman was dying of strangulated hernia, his trusses were on their way to Malta. Mr. Coles observed, " I may thank you that I never made a truss for the Hon. East India Company," and two days afterwards he declared, the more I said about my trusses the further he was from recommending them tohis Majesty. THE DIVISION or MONDAY NIGHT.—The number of Tories who voted in the majority on Monday night was 218, of Liberals 162. The number of Tories in the minority was 97, of Liberals 26. Had the Liberals voted against Sir Robert Peel, he would have been defeated b; a majority of 67 THE SEASON AND THE CROPS.—The abundant and Most seasonable rain of the last and the present week hive clothed the whole country with beauty and richness, and give reason to hope that the present year will be one of great plenty for man and beast. The country never jlooked more lovely or more promising at this season. The spring crops of every kind have been got into the ground early, and from die high condition of the soil, and the seasonable supply of moisture, they have germinated immediately, arid are now springing up with the greatest luxuriance. The rain has come precisely at the right time, that is; not too early for the cleaning of the land, and yet in sufficient time for the nourishing of vegetation, and there is at present every prospect of one of those delightful " old-fashioned " seasons, in which abundant showers early in the months of May and June give vigour to the growing crops, and freed the clouds from any excess of moisture before the time for the ripening of the harveSt. Such a season would do more for the revival of trade than all that the wisdom of man can devise, as it would give all classes food at reasonable prices, and would leave something to spend on the comforts of life, after its necessities had been supplied, which has not been the case for a considerable time. The present seasonable weather has already covered the meadows and pastUres With abundance of herbage; it is bringing the potatoe and turnip crops rapidly through the most critical part of their growth,; it has caused the oats and barley to spring up with unexampled luxuriance ; it has im proved the colour and encouraged the growth of the wheat wonderfully, and has covered the fruit trees with the promise of abundance. It is years since the face of the country has been.so verdant at this season, or the whole aspect of nature so delightful either to the eye or the mind.—Liverpool Times. The preliminaries for the nuptials of Viscount Emln, son of the E ar l o f C aw d or , an d Mi ss S ara h C aven di s h , daughter of the Hon. Colonel Cavendish, were completed on Thursday last. The ceremony is to take place early in the en suing month. Some years ago there was an ancient manuscript in the library of the University of Cambridge, which was in a foreign language, and was pronounced to be invaluable by the person who had charge of the library at the time, because no person could be found " that could read it, or tell what it was about." WoaTnlNG.—ln consequence of the encroachments of the sea, a public meeting of the inhabitants was held last week, when it was determined to expend 1,100/. in improving the defences against the sea. The sum is to be levied by a town rate. The Earl of Durham and the Ladies Mary, Emily, amu-Alio Lacabton, arrived in town on Monday from Fal mouth, where they landed on Saturday morning from Lisbon. The lion. Colonel Grey, equerry to the Queen. and Mr. Grey, accompanied the youthful Earl and his sisters from Portugal. The approaching second centenary of the Church of Scotland in Ireland is to be observed as a day of general prayer and thanksgiving. Friday, the 10th of June, 1642, the first Irish Presbytery Nias held in Carrickfergus. The Rev. Dr, H. Cooke suggests that each of the presbyteries do hold a special meeting upon F r id ay , t h e 1 0t h of June next, and that a collection or subscription be commenced for building churches in the principal toiAhs in the south and west of the kingdom.—Limerick Chronicle. THE DUTIES oN SToNE.----We have reason - to be lieve that the labours of the deputation from Portland and Wey mouth, respecting the importation of f ore i gn s t one , ass i ste d b y the influence and exertions of our county Members, have mot with such attention and consideration as to induce the Govern ment to make an alteration in the tariff, which will most' mie terially benefit and protect the Portland stone trade.—Dorset` County Chronicle, IVISION. I (From Me rotes and Proceedings of Me A MONDAY, MAY 23. • i . CUSTOMS ACTS. 1 DIVISION ON MR. W. MILES'S MOTION. MINORITY--A,YES, 113. 1 Allix, John Peter - I Duf fi eld, Thomas Ossulston, Lord I Arbuthnot, Hun. 1 - 1.1 I)uudas, F. ''' .., Parke, C. W. I Archbold, R. ' ' Eaton, Richard J. Palmer, G. ; Archdall, General Farnham, E. B. Philipps, Sir R. Arkvirignt, George , Eellowes, Edward Plumptre, J. Y. Ast.ill, William I Ferguson, Sir it. A. Pusey, Philip Bagge, Wm. I Fitzroy,-Hon. H. Ramsay, W, R. Bailey, Joseph, jun. ; Fuller, A.E. • Reddingten, T. N. haillie, H. J. ' Grogan, EdWard Rolleston, Colonel Bankes, George , Halton?, H. Round, C. G. Barneby, John , Hay, Sir A. L. Round, J. Barrington, Lord 1 Heatheote, G. J. Rushbrooke, Colone, Baskerville, T. B. M. Heneagt - ,,E. Ryder, G. U. Berkeley, G 1 Henley, J: W.. Sibthorp, Colonel Blackstone, W. S. ' Hinde, J. H. Smith, Abel Bradshaw, Janice liodgson, R. Smyth, Sir G. H 6 1rarnston. T. W. Houldsworth, T. Sotheron, 'l'. H. Brownrigg, J. S. H owar d, H . Stanley, W 0 Bruce, C, L. . ° Kemble, Henry Talbot., C. R. M. Buck, Lewis W. Kiiight,.F. Winn Thornhill, George Bulkeley, Sir It. B. W. Knightley, Sir C. Tollemaclie, John Campbell, Sir H. Lawson, Andrew Trollope, Sir John Cartwright, W. It. Leicester, Earl of Turnor, Clitistoptier Cayley, E. S. Lockhart, William Tyrrell, Sir J. Chapman, Benjamin Long, Walter Vere, Sir C. B. Cnarteris, Hon. F. Lygon. General Vivian, C. C. Chetwode, Sir John Mackenzie, Thomas Vyvyan, Sir R. Christopher, R. A. Mackenzie, W. F. Waddington, li. S. Clayton, R. It. APTaggart John Walsh, Sir J. rouse of Commons. ) Cociringion, C. W. Coßorne, W. Ridley Colville, C. It. Compton, H. Curteis, H. B. Dalrymple, Captain Dawnay, Hon. W. Dickinson, F. H. Drax, J. S. W. R Duft; James Mahe - r; V. Manners, Lord C. March, Earl of Maunsell, T. P. Morris, David Murray, C. R. S. Murray, A. Neeid, John O'Brien, A. Sint:ll)rd O'Brien, W. Smith Westema, J. C. Williams, I'. P. • Wodehouse, Edmond Warsley, Lord Wrightson, W Yorke, Hon. E. T. TELLERS. I Miles, W. 1 Palmer, K. Acland, Sir Thomas Acland, T. D. A'Court, Captain Acton, Colonel Mare, Lord Aldarn, William Alford, Viscount Antrobus, Edmund Ashley, Lord Bagot, Hon. W. Bailey, J. ' Baillie, Colonel Baird, Will.am Baldwin, C. Barry Balfour, J. M. Bannerman, A. Barclay, David Baring, W. B. Baring, H B. Baring, F. T. , Barnard. E. G. Beckett, William Bell, M. Bell, John Bellew, tt. 111. Bentinck, Lord GI Beresford, Major Berkeley, C. Berkeley, Captain Berkeley, H. F. Bernal, R. Bernal, Captain BernardaViscount Blackburn, John 1. Blakemore, R. Bode in, W. H. Boldero, Henry G. ‘totfield, "Serial) Bowes, J. Bowring, Dr. Broadley, Henry 13roadWood, H. Brodie, W. B. Brooke, Sir A. B. Brotherton, J. Browne, W. Bruce, Lord E. Bryan, George Buckley, Edmund Buller, C. Bailer, Sir J. B. V. Burrell, Sir C. M. Burroughes. N. N. Busfeild, W. Byng, George Campbell, A. Cardwell, Edward Carew, R. S. Carnegie, Captain Cavendish, Hon. C. Cavendish, Hon. G. Chelsea, Viscount Childers, J. W. Christie, W. D. Christmas, William Chute; W. L. Clay, Sir W. Clive, E. B. C.ive, R. H Cobden, Richard ..;ochrane, A. 1 Cockburn, Sir G. Colebrooke, Sir T. E. Collett, W. Bickford • Connolly, Colonel Corry, H. L. Ccurtt nay, Viscount Cowper, Hon W. Craig, W. Gibson Crawford, W. S. Cresswvll, Baker Cripps, J. Currie, Raikes Dalmeny, Lord Darner, Hon. Dawson Dashwood, G. H. Dawson, Hon. I'. V. Denison, Joh n Evely n Denison, E. Beckett Dennistoun, J. Oivett, K Dodd, George Douglas, Sir Howard Douglas, Sir C. E. Douglas, J. D. S. Dowdesw ell, W. Drummond, H. H. Duncan, Lord Duncan, George buncombe, T. S. buncombe, A. Dundas, Athniral Dundts, David East, James Buller East hope, Sir John Ebrington, Viscount Egerton, W. 'l'. Ege: ton, Sir P. G. Ellice, ltt. Hon. E. Ellice, E. Ellis, Wynn Eliot, Lord Elphinstone, Howard Einlyri, Viscount Escott, Bichkaiu Eynionde, Sir C. Esteourt, T. G. B. Evasn, William Ferguson, i oloilid Ferranti, %V. B. Filmer, Sir E Fitzroy, Captain Fitzroy, Lord C. litzwiltiani, G. W. Fleming, J. W. Ffolliutt, John 1 Flower, Sir James Follett, Sir W. W. Norreys, Sir D. Northland. Lord O'Brien, 1. O'Connell, M. J. O Connor Don Ogle, S. C. H. Did, W. Oswald, James Owen, Sir J. Paget, Lord W. Pakington, John S. Palmerston, Viscount Parker, J ohn Patten, John Wilson Pechell, Captain Peel, Sir R. Peel, Jonathan Pemberton, 'l' Pendarves. E. W. Philips, G. R. Philips, Mark Phillpotts, John F. Plumridge, Captain PoHinton, Viscount Pollock Sir 1 0 Powell, Colonel Praed, W. T. Price, Richard Pringle, A. Protheroe. E. Pulsford, 11,.bert Rae, Sir William Ramsbottom, J. Rashleigh, William Reade, W. M. Reid, Sir J. it. Ricardo, John Lewis Rice, E. B. Richards, Richard Roche, E. B. Roebuck, J A. Rose, Sir George Rous, Hon. Captain Russell, Lord John Russell, Lord E. Russell, J. D. W. Sanderson, R. Sandon, Lord Scarlett, Hon. R. Scholefield, J. Scott, Robert Scott, Hon. F. Scrope, G. P. Seymour, Lord Seymour, Sir H. B. Shaw, P. Shelburn, Lord Sheppard, Thomas Shirley, Evelyn J. Shirley, E. P. Smith, Benjamin Smith, J. A. Smith, Vernon Smythe, Hon. G. Somerset, Lord O. Somerton, Viscount Somerville, Sir W. Stanley, Lord Stanley, Edward ' Stanstield W. R. Stanton, W. H. Staunton, Sir G. Stewart, John Strutt, Edward Stuart, Lord J. Stuart, W. Vi:liers Stuart, H. Stuit, H. C. Sutton, Henry M Tancred, H. W. Tennent, J. E. Thompson ' Ald. Thornely, Thomas Towneley, John Trait', George Trench, Sir Predericl Trevor, Hon. G. It. Trotter, John Troubridge, Sir T. Tunicll, Henry Turner, E. Verner, W. Vernon, Granville Vesey, Hen.T. Villiers, Charles P. Vivian, J. H. Vivian, Joins Ennis Vivian Hon. Captain Wakley, Timms Walker, It. Wall, B. Ward, H.G. Watson, W. H. Wawn, John T. Weinyss, Captain White. Ltike Whitmore, T. C. Wilbraham, It. B. Wilde, Sir T. Williams, \Vm. Wilshere, W. Winnington. Sir 1 Wood, Benjamin Wood, C. Wood, Colonel Wood, Colonel T. Wood, U. W. Wood, Sir lvftttliew Wortley, J. !Wart Wyndham, Colonel Wynn. C. W. Wynn, Sir W. W. i Yorke, H. Bedlvad Young, John i.JORITY—NOES, Forester, Hon. G. Forster, Matthew Oaskell, J. M. _ Gibson, I'. M. • Gill, Thomas Gladstone, W. E. Glynne, Sir S. K. Godson, Richard Gordon, Lord F. Gore, Montague Gore, W 0. Gore, Robert Goring, H. p. Goulburn; H. Graham, Sir J. Granby, Marquis Granger, T. C. Greenad, Peter urey, Sir G. Grimsditch, T. Grimston, Lord Grosvenor, Lord R. Guest, J. Hale, R. B. Hall, Sir B. Hamiltoss, J. Hans Hamilton. W. J. Hamilton, Lord C. Hampden, Renn Hanmer, sir John Harcourt, G. G. Hardinge, Sir H. Hardy, John Hayter,.W. G. Heathcoat. John Heneage, a W.' Hepburn, Sir T. B. Herbert, Hon. S. Hervey, Lord A. Hill, Lord Marcus Hdlsboroligh, Earl of Hinaley, Cr arles Hobhouse. Sir J.C. Hodgson, F. Hogg, J. W. Hollond, Robert Holmes, W. A'Court l Hbpe; ;Calorie s Hope, Alexander Hurnby, Howard, C. W. G. Howard, Lord Howard, E G. Howard, P. H. Howard, Sir IL Howse*, Lord Hume, Joseph Humphery, J. Hutt, W. Ingestre, Lord Inglis, Sir R. H. Jackson, J. D... James, W. James, Sir Walter Jernayn, Earl. Jocelyn, Viscount Johnson, W. G. Johnstone, Alex. Johnstone, Sir John Johnstone; Hope Jolliffe, Sir Jones, T. Kelburiie, Lo d Kerrison, Sir E. Knatehbull, Sir E. Knight, Henry Gaily Labouchere, H. Lainbton, 11. Langston, J. H. Lascelles, W. S. Law, .Hon. C. E. Leader, J. I'. Lefroy, Anthony Legh, George C. Lemon, Sir C. Leveson, Lord. Liddell, H. T. Lincoln, Earl of Lindsay. H. Listowel, Earl of Litton, E. Loch, James Lopes, Sir Ralph Lowther, J. H. Lowther, Colonel Lyall, George Macaulay, T. B. MacGeachy, F. A. Mahon, Lord 11Iainwaring, 'l' Mangles, R. U. Manners, Lord J. MarjoribankF,.S. Marshall, \V. illarshant, Viscount 31arsland, 11. Martin, Martin, C. \V. Master, T. W. C. Has erman, Joint Man*, lion. box Meytiell, 11. Miles, P. W. S. Milnes, 'R. M. Mitealftt. Henry Mitchell, 'l'. A. AIL /daunt, Sir J. Morgan, cietavi LIS Morgan, C. Morison, William Mot risen, James Mundy, K Miller Napier, Sir Charles Neville, Ralph Newport, Vi count Newry, Viscount Nichol' J Norreys, Lord 380. TELLERS. Fremantle. Sir 'l'. Clerk, Sir G. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, May 24. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool sack at Five o'clock. . • A message from the Commons requested a Conference with their Lordships on the subject of certain amend ments which their Lordships had introduced into an Inclosure Bill passed by the. Commons. On the motion of the Duke of WELLINGTON, Thursday next was appointed for the conference. The Faversham Navigation Bill was also brought up from the Commons, and road a first time. LOCKING-IN PASSENGERS IN RAILWAY. CARRIAGES. The Earl of RIPON said that a Noble and Learned Lord opposite had put a question to him a few evenings ago, to which he was not at the time able to give an answer. The question was whether the practice of locking the doors on both sides of railway carriages, which was attended with such disastrous consequences on the railway near Pd is, pevailed upon the railways in this c o unt r y. He (Lord Ripon) had made inquiries, and he found that, with .the exception of the Great Western Railway, there were no Railway Directors who locked the carriages on both sides, although some of them did lock a door on one side, leaving the other un locked. Feeling that thiS was a most dangerous practice, and that it migh t lead to the moat deplorable consequences, as in the recent accident in France, he (Lord IL) referred to the Inspector-General of Railways, inquiring whether the practice was necessary, ,or what was the object of it ? To this that gentleman answered that it was a most dan gerous and unnecessary practiee, and ought to be dis continued. Accordingly he (the Earl of Ripon) wrote to the Directors of the Railway recommending that the practice should be discontinued. This was the utmost interference the laws at present allowed the Government to make ; but he had reason to believe that the sug gestion would be acted upon. Lord CAMPBELL was sure that the House and the country would receive the communication of the \oble Earl with satisfaction, even though his Noble and Learned Friend on the Woolsack, had travelled several hundreds of miles on railways, without accident, or thu apprehension of danger. BRISTOL AND GLOUCESTER RAILWAY BILL. This Bill was read a second time. TIIE TARIFF. Earl HARDWICKE presented several petitions from some places in Cambridgeshire a°ainst that portion of the tariff which related to the duties on canary, carra way, and mustard seed: • DUTY - ON CATTLE. The Duke of RICHIAO,ND presented petitions from Kiri:llllcliael, and other places in Banff, praying the House not to pass the tariff without giving. proper protection to the agric u lt ura l i n t erests, more particularly as referred to the importation of live stock. He very much•regrettkil that his Noble Friend had not paid some attention to what he stated yesterday, and on previous occasions; relative to the agricultural interests ; he viewed with a great deal of anxiety the great changes which had been made in the tariff, inasmuch as the proposed alterations could not be of benefit to, but must very much injure the agriculturists. He was sure that farmers did not wish for their own aggrandisement at the expense of other classes of the community ; but he was ,afraid that this running from one extreme to another would cause the lowering of wages to a great extent, and that much misery and distress must neces sarily be entailed on that very valuable class of people, the agricultural laboureri. The Earl of RIPON said he was of opinion that the proposed alteration in the tariff would not at all affect the interests of the agriculturists either one way or the other. He spoke on this subject from a very considerable experience in the matter. He remembered at the time when the market was about to be opened to the admission of cattle from Ireland, great fears were entertained by his constituents, and representations to that effect were made to him ; he did not apprehend anything from it himself, and he told them so at the time, and the result had proved that he was correct in his ideas. His reason for making this alteration in the tariff was because it was impossible to maintain a prohibition upon any principle that could be understood.—(Hear, hear.) it was considered necessary, looking at the . daily increasing population, that some means should be taken to prevent food from r i s ing too high, without inflicting great injury on the agriculturists. Then the quarters whence cattle could be exported to England were only two, viz. a portion of the kingdom of Denmark . (the Duchy of Holstein), and a portion of the kingdom of Holland. In France, and in the German League, comprising a population of 2600, 000 , meat was imported because it had arisen to so high &price; when, therefor e , it was considered that there would be 91,030,000 of people, all competiting to obtain this small quantity of cattle which could be expected front these two places which he had mentioned, he cer tainly did - not think that the effect would be very great; he thought the difference in the price would be very small, and certainly it would not affect the agriculturists. The Duke of RICHMOND said he was opposed to all }inhibitions, but he should like to know on wh a t groun d this alteration had been proposed. His Noble Friend said that. he did not think the proposed alteration would make meat much cheaper. IVby then should this panic be raised throughout the whole country, if no good were to result from it ? He knew that in many parts of the country considerable reductions had been made in the wages of labourers, in consequence of the alterations in the Tariff and the Corn-laws ; and yet they were told that this change, which had been so much relied on, would do them no good at all. Although he knew that his opinions were of little weight, he thought it his duty to state his views ; and after the , division'which took place in another place, he would re commend the farmers nor; to despair, but to reconcile themselves to the belief that there was no danger. Earl FITZ\VILLIAM did not think it was his province to attempt to reconcile the different parts of the tariff with one another. But he must say that he heard with great satisfaction the speech of the Noble Earl op posite, and also that of the Noble Duke (Richmond), who both disclaimed being the advocates of prohibition, although, in his judgment, what they, called protection was in reality prohibition. Indeed, it -win protection only so far as it was prohibition. He was glad to find it acknoWledged that the farmers had not much to appre hend from the reduction of the price of corn, and if that %ere true as to corn, it was true, a fortiori, of cattle. It was known that France did not produce enough for her own consumption, and imported both corn and cattle. But what did the French graziers do ? They had the address to obtain what they called "protection " against the competition of German cattle. Now mark the recoil in this case. The effect was to shut out French produce almost entirely from Germany. He repeated that it gave him great satisfaction to hear the Noble Lords dis claim the doctrine of prohibition. The Duke of RIO-1110ND said he had never been an advocate for prohibition, nor for more protection than was necessary for the English farmer, so long as he was subjected to taxation from which the farmers of other countries were exempt. Lord KINNAIRD agreed with his Noble Friend (the Earl Fitzwilliam) in his satisfaction at hearing the Noble Lord opposite, and the Noble Duke on the cross benches, disclaim the advocacy of prohibitory duties. Indeed, after what he had just heard, he did not despair to see the Noble Earl opposite bringing in a Bill to repeal the Corn-laws altogether.—(Hear, hear, and much laughter.) In fact, it would not be long before it would become indispensable to do something of the kind, for corn was rising up to 80s., and in two or three weeks it would reach the price that would bring the duty down to ls. 'ln the meantime the distress of the people was so great that her Majesty had been advised to have a begging letter read in the churches for their relief. The Earl of RIPON was understood to say he knew nothing about it. Lord KINNARD had beard it read in a church in Yorkshire. It was strange that her Majesty's Ministers should know nothing about it. However, as there were various opinions as to the existence and extent of the distress—some going so far as even to deny that there was any diStress at all, and the Queen declaring that it was most piteous and extensive—and as that House did very little business, except passing bad laws and throw ing out good ones—he gave notice that on Thursday week he would move for a Select Committee to inquire as to the causes and extent of the distress of the people. The Duke of RICHMOND said he was much surprised at what his Noble Friend had said ; he remarked that the only good of this house was in throwing out good measures and passing bad ones.—(Hear, and laughter.) He would only refer to one more remark which had fallen from his Noble Friend. He had heard of the Scotch farmers not being the best in the world, but he certainly was not aware that they malted their barley before.—(Laughter.) He (the Duke of Richmond) was prepared to vindicate the character of their Lordships' House, and he did think it would be well if the Noble Lord would turn his attention a little more to agricul tural pursuits before he spoke upon the subject. Lord KINNAIRD explained. PROPERTY TAX. The Duke of RICHMOND presented a petition from the farmers of a place in the county of Ross, praying that their profits should not be calculated from the amount of rent which they paid, in arriving at their in come for the purposes of the property-tax. Earl FITZWILLIAM said he thought the amount of rent paid by the farmers was a very poor criterion by which to calculate their profits. With regard to wages falling, to which a Noble Lord had referred a short time ago, he did not think that was ow i ng to t h e a l terat i on i n the Corn-laws, but rather to the present state of the ma nufactures of the country. TURNPIKE ROADS (IRELAND) BILL. On the motion of Lord REDESDALE this Bill was read a second time. THE QUEEN'S BEGGING LETTER. Lord KINNAIRD gave notice that he should move for a copy of the letter to which he had before referred. The Duke of WELLINGTON said he thought the Noble Lord had better be certain that a letter had been written before he moved for it.—(Laughter.) Lord COLBORNE said he had heard the letter read in chapel last Sunday. The Duke of WELLINGTON said, Very well, he had no objection to the Noble Lord moving for any let ter he pleased. Lord 4 KINNAIRD then gave notice that he should move for the production of the letter on Thursday next. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF C(551.1104N5, May 24. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Five minutes to Four o'C luck. INCOME TAN. Mr. LOCI HART presented a petition from the I►;- eorpnrated Trades' Society of Glasgow in favour of the Property-tax, and expressing approbation of the measure of the Government. FAVERSHAM NAVIGATION BILL. _ _ The Faversham Navigation Bill was read a third time, and passed. HAI)DINGTON ROADS BILL. Mr. SCARLETT brought up the Report on the Had dington Roads Bill. Mr. H. JOHNSON opposed the reception of the Re port, and moved that it be taken into consideration that day six months. Sir THOMAS HEPBURN supported the Bill. Mr. MACKENZIE objected to the measure. After a short discussion, strangers were ordered to withdraw, and the House divided, when the numbers were— For the motion Against it • Majority against the motion LEEDS IMPROVEMENT BILL. Mr. BECKETT moved—" That the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills, to whom the petition pray ing that additional provision may be made in :he Leeds Improvement Bill (presented on the 20th of May) is re ferred, have leave to sit and proceed on Thursday next." After a few words from Mr. tsc URT, the motion was agreed to. LIVERPOOL IMPROVEMENT BILL. This Bill was read a third time. STOCKTON AND HARTLEPOOL RAILWAY -38 BILL. This Bill was read a second time. BRIGHTON ELECTION. The SPEAKER stated to the House that the examiner of recognizances had reported that the sureties entered into for the prosecution of the petition, complaining of an undue return for the borough of Brighton, were unob jectionable. NOTICES OF MOTION. Colonel WYNDHAM gaVe notice that, in Committee on the Parish Constables Bill, he should move, on clause 6 being proposed, that schoolmaSters be exempted from serving as parish constables ; and on clause 7, that gamekeepers be disqualified from serving as parish con stables. The Hon. Member also gave notice that in the Committee on the Poor-law Amendment Bill, he should move that clause 6, enacting the dissolution of the Gil bert Unions, without the consent' of the Guardians, be expunged.—(Cheers.) • • -• • - • ' Viscount MAHON gave notice that, on Thursday the ' od of June. he should call the attention of the House to: the statements contained in the petition which he had . presented yesterday, on the state of the law regulating . dramatic entertainments. He begged to move that the petition of Douglas Jerrold, Esq., james Sheridan Knowles, Esq., and others, presented on the 23d May, be printed with the Votes.—Agreed to, ELECTION COMMITTEES. The NOBLE LORD also gave notice that, in the event of any motion • being made to renew the Act for the trial of Controverted Elections, which would expire at the end of the present Session, he should take the sense of the House on the propriety of those tribunals being composed of Members of Perl iamen heering.) Sir JOHN WALSH said that he should move that it be an instruction to the Committee appointed to consider of the compromises alleged to have taken place with regard to the petitions presented against the returns for Nottingham, Harwich, Penryn and Falmouth, Lewes, and Reading, and also of the bribery alleged to have taken place at those elections ; that they do inquire only if such compromises had been entered into. NEW WRIT FOR MEATH. _ . Mr. O'CONNELL said that he had to inform the House that he had been elected to serve in Parliament for the county of Cork, and also for the county of Meath. He made his election to serve for the county of Cork ; and he therefore moved that the Speaker do issuehis writ for a fresh election for the county of Meath.—Agreed to. DUTIES ON VEGETABLES. Mr. G. PALMER gave notice that on the discussion of the tariff he should move, that it is not expedient to alter the rates of duties at present payable on the im portation of foreign vegetables; and that it is unjust in point of principle, to take that protection from those articles of British produce which was aczorded to other articles., BOROUGH OF SOUTHAMPTON. Mr. MACKINNON gave notice, that on Thursday next he should move that a new writ be issued for the borough of Southampton. AFFAIRS OF INDIA. Sir R. PEEL said that an Hon. Friend of his, the Member for Inverness-shire, had given notice that on Thursday next he should move for the production of certain official information in reference to the affairs of the North West of India. In the present state of oiii cisl information as to the affairs of Afghanistan, he (Sir Robert Peel) was not prepared to promise the papers required, and he could not help expressing a hope that his lion. Friend would, on public grounds , consent to postpone the discussion. Mr. IL J. BAILLIE made some brief observation, which was perfectly inaudible in the gallery. CAPTAIN ELLIOT. Sir R. PEEL said, the Hon. Member for Montrose had sometime since put a question to him respecting the nth-. sion of Captain Elliot to the Texas. If the Hon. G e n* tleman had not put the question in the form' he did, h e (Sir R. Peel) should have taken an op p ortun it y o f say in, that whatever difference of opini on m i g h t e x i st as to the conduct of Captain Elliot in the difficult situation in which he was placed at Canton, yet the intercourse he had had with the Gallant Officer since his arrival in this country led him to place the greatest con fidence in his integrity and ability to discharge • the duties entrusted to him.—(Hear, hear, from the Opposi tion.) He had no previous knowledge of Captain Elliot, or connexion with him, but he must say that there was nothing in his official correspondence that convinced him that full confidence could not be placed in him. PUBLIC HOUSES. Mr. PAKINGTON gave notice that, at the proper stage of the Public Houses Bill, he should move a Clause to prevent all public houses from opening on SunOoys, till tiller one o'clock. GILBERT UNIONS. • 'Air. COLVILLE gave notice that in Committee on the or-law Act he should move the addition of a ekose to the.effect that the Gilbert 'Unions should continue ,`'or two yearS after the passing of that Act. Mr. MAURICE J. O'CONNELL wished to know from the Neble Lord the Secretary fly Ireland, whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Govertunent to bring in a Bill in the course of the present Session with reprd to the medical charities of that country. Lord ELIOT was sorry that he was not able to give a positive answer to the question of the Hon. Gentle man. His (Lord Eliot's) opinion was that a Bill on that subject was very much wrinted.—(le:z, hear.) Acting on that opinion, he had re quested the Poor-law Commissioners to frame a Bill in accordance with the suggestions contained in their Report of last year. When that Report was framed, he found that there were considerable objections urged against it by members of the medical profession. He was most anxious that that Bill should be. passed without impairing its efficiency, and he had accordingly been in communication with those gentlemen on the subject. Without ex pressinc, any decided opinion, he m i g ht venture to ex press a 6 hope that all those difficulties would be removed,- and that he would be enabled to lay on the table of the House, in the course of the present session, a measure which would be satisfactory to all parties. At the same time, in the present state of public business, it was impossible for him to say when they could proceed with a discussion on the subject. SUGAR DUTIES. Sir R. PEEL having moved the Order of the Day for going into Committee on the Customs Act, Mr. LABOUCHERE said that the Right Honourable aentleman had stated that it was his intention to bring on the Sugar Duties Bill at as early a period as possible. As the subject was one of much importance, it was but reasonable that the House should have an opportunity of fully and fairly discussing it. lie wished, then, to ask the Right Hon. Gentleman if it was his intention to bring on the Sugar Duties Bill in such a manner as to. afford opportunity of discussing it separately from th e rest of the tariff ? Sir B. PEEL said the Government had thought it right to place the sugar duties on the tariff in order that the House might have before it a full view of the proposition which he meant to make with respect to the import duties. He thought it would be advantageous, however, to have a separate discussion on the sugar duties, and as it was necessary that he should fix some particular day on which the sugar duties. should be discussed without reference to the tariff, per haps the most convenient course would be to give notice that, on Friday week, he would take a separate vote on the sugar duties, without reference to the progress which had been made in the tariff. CUSTOMS ACTS-TARIFF. The Order of the Day was read for the House to go into Committee on the Customs Acts, House in Committee. Mr. MILES said it was now necessary that, he should enunciate what he had stated last night, namely, that in any proposition which he might bring forward, he was desirous to study the interest of the consumer. He wished to have proposed something like Id. per pound, which would amount to 9s. 4d. per cwt, for dead meat. His proposition was to embrace all cattle of every description, which would embrace oxen, sheep, and hogs. As he said before, he, would tak e the, highest deduction that could be made from the gross weight of the 'animal, viz, two. fifths of 9s. 4d. Which would letiYe vs. 50.—he would . say ss. ed. His propo sition was, therefore, that - the beasts imported for every • (eve of live meat should be charged ss. Gd. If the Right Honourable Baronet would agree to this proposition of 9s. 4d., he was perfectly convinced that•the Right Hon. Baronet would find that it would not'only remove the feeling prevalent amongst the agri cultural classes, but that it would only be doing justice between them and the consumer. After the kindness andpatience with which he had been heard last night, he would merely state his proposition, and he hoped the Committee would adopt it. Sir R. PEEL said he derived this consolation from the speech of his lion. Friend, that if he was prepared to adopt his suggestions all alarm which had beep felt by the agriculturists would be done away with—that was tO say, it' he (Sir H. Peel) raised the duty on French meat from Ss. to 9s. 4d. would entirely remove the fear of the agriculturalists so far as meat was concerned. He did not think that under the arrangements proposed by her Majesty's Government there was any chance of web a re duction in the price of meat as would be injuriotis to agri culture. That was the extreme point to which ',le could go, and, therefore, he could nut consent to the proposition brought forward by the Hon. Gentleman. ith re spect to the lean cattle, he thought the admission of lean cattle was a positive advantage. As far as lean cattle went, he thought It was amply sutlicient,•and he thought the agricultural interest would have a right to complain if he threw any thing further in the way of the imporia tion of lean cattle. With respect to the fat beasts, it was not the duty, but the difficulty of bringing tlieni to this country, that was the real objection. lie thought time proposition he had made was a very fair and proper one ; and he trusted, theref ore , th at t h e House would think he would adopt a wise course, if heper sisted in his proposition with respect to fat and lean cattle. Mr. PUSEY thought the present subject was one that would be fair matter of investigation before a Select Committee. Before five days had elapsed he would ven ture to say he would be ready to name such a Com mittee ; and he trusted that he would be enabled to make out before them a strong ease for a further protection than was proposed by the Government in favour Of the English grazier. He hoped that the Right lionouralk Baronet, when he considered the magnitude of tte i ., interests which he (Mr. Piney) and his lion. Frise a d s around him represented, would be ready to accede to so fair a proposal as the appointment of a Select Committee of Inquiry. Sir R. PEEL said that it was admitted by hiS Hon. Friend the Member for Shropshire himself, that. it was very difficult to determine the exact amount of protection which should be given upon the diffe rent articles of provision, and upon the dim. rent kinds of cattle. He did not believe that u Committee of the most consummate graziers could, come to any definite conclusion upon that subject. ft appeared to him that it was fur the House to decide, for itself' upon the matter on general principles. 'le he yielded to the suggestioa of his Hon. Friend, he should be equally obliged to give way to pa r ti et; in terested in other articles. Why not, tqr instfuice, have a Select Committee upon the subject of the proposed reduction of duty on spermaceti oil 2 or upon the subject of the proposed reducCion of duty on seed ? By yielding in the present instance, he should be involved in endless difficulty and delay ; and he could not, therefore, accede to the suggestion of his Wm, Friend. Mr. PUSEY could not admit the justice of the Right Hon. Baronet's arguments, because he assumed that hk Honourable Friend and himself were not disposed to relax the existing tariff ; but he was as. ready to become a reformer in agricultural matters as the Right Honourable Baronet himself.—(Hear, hear.) lle wished to make the new tariff as consistent as possible, and only desired that it might be ren dered such as would enable the friends of the agricultural interest to give their assent to it without abandoning their duty towards those who sent them to that House. It did not rest with them to support t h e measure, but ho did not know how he Could look in the face of the farmers, after supporting a measure which, they believed to be opposed to their interests. Colonel WOOD said that he represented an ag`,:fetti, tural county, and he b e li eve d t h at the alarm whiA was raised in the minds of th e f armers was unneces.car and dying away.--(Cheers.) The l a st communication he had from the county he represented was that the last fair was much improved.—(Hear.) It was delay which was to be feared ; and he therefore would entreat the House to come to a determination on the subject as soon as possible.—(Hear, hear.) His lion. Fritnd talked of looking the farmers inithe face ; but he (Colonel Wood) did not know what that expression meant when h e was conscious of doing his duty.--(Cheers.; The farmers were not the only persons interested. It should be recollected that there was a large mantifue'amr ing population, and what were they to think if they were disputing between Bs. and 9s. 4d. on the hundred w eight ? They might depend on it they were lending the,mselves to unnecessary alarm.—(Cheers.) They sheall , l not for get the good old English agricultural maxirn, "Live and let live.' —(Cheers.) As f u r as the agTicilturarnterest was concerned, he did not think the &Aeration would make the slightest difference to the honest English farmer. Mr. M. GIBSON said he hoped that Honourable Gentlemen would not pursue this system of continually' deluding the farmers, allowing these laws to hang over their heads, allowing them to be in const: 4nt jeopardy of having this protection taken from tl when they must know that the current of opinion was setting against protection, a n d , that there was a large and powerful party this country, daily increasing in numbers a n d iu power, m an i d ned a n s e s t t ona, e d obtaining (Ministerial o v is e ted r to rebyst largealga i th funds, a st c t i f u rie no cc i el wis e deter ed c th h e eer a s bo a li n t ( i i on co o u fn counter cheers.) unjusy He sp , .)ke th e pl a i n truth, and he told Hon. Members °Pwasite that it w as a . W duty which they owed to their fells - , ountryme n no t. 'w-country to gull them any longer. D 'y, the R ight o nourable Gentlem a n himself "fraid that the small area from which cattle could edrawn, the difficulties. of importation, and the expense of transport formed the true protection. Of what, us ,.. u, then, was any duty at all? H e must say that h e was .surprised that the duties upon the importation of for eign cattle had not been made lower than they wire. Superfluous protec- b had been l tion had e eft done away, b u t a sufficient duty en both u m pon salt Meat and cattle to prevent any isiderabl e importation u in pon to this country. When he 'neard of the smallness of the area from which suppfles could be drawn, of the expense of transport, of the increased population— an increase greater than the increase in the supply, lie could not understand upon what principle the Right Honourable Baronet defended even a 20s. duty upon oxen, and an Ss. duty upon salt meat. 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