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

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Gentle top recoilectin that diseession, did not again return eo s i r i ° o P ° t the 'enestion. Then what \vas the real pro- Prna, ll l: ii . c h , Ile did venture to pr 'pee? Why it was • say , i i t '" l . teie with resta ct to which, he would almost ee er i n w lis. t-',bsurd to meet it. It would be unwise, con lioese tre resp ons ib i li ty o f a Mi n i s t er , to p l e d ge t h e the thy'P all 4- vote upon a subject of this kind. It w as tog et i, Y .e the Executive Government, after the pro for n. 41 : 6 .• Parliament—if there should be, a necessity it . l'epresentativ es o f th e p e opl e re - asse mblin-- k,r to :•e:. their d u ty t o a d v i se the Sovereign ah tlli , assembl e P arl i ament — an d whenever 'Parliament en re - assemble, the responsibility o+;• it 'would be II; Use•'Government. That was the ra tio na l way of II at 'lig Wlth the question. He did not, -think it was the e policy of Parliament that a pledge should be iyal,t.etOret-etbe- question ought to a left to the proper tie t l rie., the responsible par 4 ,ies. It was admitted epons ene the distress Govermr,ent had proposed re lit% ( Ve measures. It was al .so admitted that tie short titne bad not enabled their operation to be clearly 4 scer ' ' th at • t i , i ,ned• . The Hon. C.entleman asked fur a pledge, Pete l:t lli were found. ineffectual or insufficient that de ,:tnent sleould re-•as.eemble in a very short period. As 1 1(0 befiere, that 'pledge was superfluous, inefficacious, , i ; l e•xYAlient ; riot he (Sir J. Graliam):.for one should se,t•tate in giving a direct negative to the motion. ' l '44; -14 . e 411 . 7 E8 could readily believe, and he gave full 14 4,1 • to the eincerity of the Right Hon. Gentleman who P., down, when he assured the House and the 1 :." 1 . 7 ,t lie did not wish to discuss that question. It eay sorue surprise that he (Mr. Hawes) heard him het, • -4 .otte reason fir not discussing the question was, t ide . bad but recently been brought under the cons ~`t bad of the House. Now first let him call the .of the House to the argument used on this t.ei, J ) e , et t, ll a previous' occasion. What were they told ? 'tent!, the t- could not expect a law to be altered so re . ittt ro i Patesed ; therefore his Hon. Friend was right in topi c. (l4 .ing a change in the topic, to see if a change of died could extract anything from the Government. He A nn° r ot think it was necessary for the Right hil e l4 74 ble Baronet to order the genelemen behind Li ! ,;"°t to speak, as it was inevossible to meet t(11„ - " s gthriente of his (Mr. Hawes'e) side of the House.— b e 4 hear. No ttoubt the discussion was inconvenient, pe e ,, eye discussions could be had again and again. k et yloight prorogue Parlatneute—it would be discussed meetings ; they might call Parliament toge- Ar n ;"§l 21 11 the subject etroule, be discussed from time to A ttisc Uutil it was 3el',:ted. He certainly was eur bad a t what had fal ) .en from thct Hon. Gimtleman who tra,,, : at spoke n on 't,ne other side. The Hon. Gentleman ti t the distres . 6 to the For,ign-office.. W hen lie spoke ter fo rmer 0e -elision, he wa;ke•d into Asia. He then de -4111f`,: and wltlized into Europe, and he was equally 44 ill l lh ti ,",Uv • lie (Mr. Hawes) was prepared to . main ; I)tir•-"" the Corn-laws had caused a dim , inutionutou ere,„ Our trade to China and to. Europe had in ?le et '' Pacts and .figures were not to be disputed. _ e eiohj: t 'n• Gentleman said, - that from the moment the .„,t;t d ,' 4 -ore undertook to change the whole policy• of ,- .1 1 , (1, from that time there was a decline trade. m'a_s a pity the Hon. Gentleman did not refer to f s ltee, - J- 1 .41 documents before the House. He (Mr. frit 2 ) W (mid refer to a proposal made by the ntee s-a n• Minister in 1326 to Mr. Canning, claim ,their 9 4 the p ar t o f P russ i a , th e a d m i s sion of ~qttty produce, under the consideration that the wh et - `'"uld not be increased on British manufactures. t ilal„ e lVl 3 the answer made by the Government ? The 'vas, that after due consideration of the proposi 'l,44 the Prussian Minister, fin the admission of corn i t4 ht ; ,Cher, it became her Majesty's Government to state could not entertain such a proposition. Now, hQ ' ll rt - } ini call th e a tt e ntion of th e H ouse to the state of l'e a „ s e ril Europ e t en year s a g o , up to the present date. Ten !o t h ago it w as essen ti a lly agr i cu l tura l, an d a ccording e bee rep ort of the Hon. Member for Bolton they had Qu ° , 4 'e Manufacturincounaces therefore less able to yet,'"4le our manufactures. "icn ' v, previous to those ten of l i;s, th e f ormer Governme.at refused to. admit the corn air C an This was evide:ntly, against the conviction of %es a !illing, as was the p resen t mea sure against the Aat„,etlon of th e Right Edon. Baronet. The Right Hon. his fi let would d o more if he was permitted to do so by tll O - „ en ds• The Hon. G en tl eman (Mr. D'lsraeli) said tire ,, . n 0 treaties b a d b een entere d i nto b y t h e late GI:1- k% n ewt; but there w as th e A ustr i an t rea ty, which was lo t o w ith a tech n i ca l o bj ect i on, b ut wh i c h o bj ect i on was tha t ve r by an Act of Parliament. In the shipping to there o untry there had b een no f a lli ng o ff. In 1837 tap e were go ships, in 1839 there were 114. Let them re sult same. a nY other St a t e th ey p l ease d ; t h ey f oun d t h e 22 2 0 watt regar d to Prussia. In 1840 there were Sta te C l ° tons, in 1841, 2 18,000. I n t h e ot h er G erman th e "s lii 1840 there were 83,000 tons, and in 1841 4 , tit ' e ,were 91,000. The Hon. Gentleman had been sin tha•rtY u-nfortunate in referring to those ten years. When rep torn question had been brought forward in those. I,3'ears did Hon. Gentlemen opposite take part in it ? ',ll lv e ? . were all opposed to r h n y inroad into the old Corn w•-• They resisted the. demand from year to year, and Fr Rthigeht , e at last theycanie (*sown and proposed a liberal inea for HO7l. Gentleman in reply to the Hen. Potteries,llen,be had fa.;tened upon a casual fatter 4 in the l e tt er w hi c h t h e Hon. Mem b er rea d—he kle!'tried on a easr.al matter, a s an experienced debater 13 0 Y s . did' , to avert the subject from the attention of the it i, Yes, forsooth, it was merely a question of wages ..ely a quarrel about wages between the !nie! i r and b.is Men, and then they were told that some had interfered ; but if those design. 1 1 - t he 4..`a''.dcansed the people to contemplate the cause wte cowti',.ress then those men had done great service to ( TM, ' 'Why leave them a subject to agitate upon? by Ilse hear, hear.) The Honourable Member for b ''rete„ -- „' 4 ,4 agitated in Ireland, but they (the Go j4d ta ; -"" t ) had given him the power of agitating. He But i t :, "'At the people of Ireland to assert their rights. %.% ' 4 s said that this question was only a peg to hang "at s th on the Corn-laws upon ; that might be so, t : e ry I le would say, that he was determined to take jhe rtr - I ,, ° ; Pl ) ortunity of discussing the Corn-laws, Wh h at- L e . be thought of him, of this he was sure, t .. 1 11'• - ; r4 :‘ he had pursued would be appreciated by the '„, 1 1: - ;,, represented.—(Hear, hear.) The great e 'tr e eei : the present distress was, the neglect of com "Qatil"distress, and it was not until it was found .fine is People would bear it no longer that something l l t . et J e• As to the Ministerial proposition with re -411,1 tt' the Corn4aws, it was only a mere make-shift, titne would come when they would get the true gi of the public on the subject, and hen it would ; e wn that although those laws were plausible 'earance, they were, i.e reality, of no benefit to the the did not despiir of seeing the Right Hon. , et the innovator of his own law.—(Hear, hear) at tts !'t no wish to over-represent anything ; but looking ArEae i ncrease of poo r - ra t es i n th e borough he repre- Pe e d• rit e ee d, he must c on f ess h e was co mpletely ,tag ct,„:lC believed that the time was not far distant when, tns of debates in that House and discussions else -7,44•L',"41, Pe' would make it impossible for the House to R , e lng justice to the people.—(Hear, hear.) 'With ‘ s-4 ,_ t command tb a country had over machinery, if tidt ) 3 'Nets of the world w ere o nly thrown open to it, eiereest results miglet be expected; but, if those markets 8 e w t o be c l ose d to the manu f actures o f t hi s countr y, e b,Z. rs t eppreheeisions might be entertained.—(Hear.) . 44 4 : ey ed it to be the intention of the Government to .It htie e -y rY good measure—(Hear, hear)—and, as an in • !daii" of that. he might state that when it was asked to t atie f")r eigti st liar, for the purpose of manure and feed ettttle it • was refused.—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. , to Al r. "' lr an co ncluded by supporting the motion. .t:4 the believed that every day had added of Ztla statements made with respect to the distress :7 1 4 - OW t ry. Whatever inconvenience Hon. Members it } lri s ei t r 3 U bj ec t e d t o , h e f e l t it t o b e hi s d u ty not to th ' ‘ "" 1 a bearing his part in the debate on the sub j ect. a hieb tit it the Hetuse ought to consider the evils under people, were labouring, and do all in their de s w remee.‘y them. It was only a year ago that t:lte ttr ere obliged to bring forward the distress of the b reak 4% aid since that period the distress had increased - „ n1 1 )egad ratio. The House was now about to be movie' • ar.d if they were to tell the people that the• 1 )Q 1 : ;`" • tleey had passed were the only ones that could t hey r (-) . ug'ht forward for their good, he thought tte . e . a v ' s c't /Ad have . great right to cornplain.—(Hear.) 'e 1 141 one of those who bad supported the tariff ; but !te e „ also f e lt th a t it carried out very imperfectly the fee inciples of commercial policy. The tariff had, ‘)11,.. 4 ;Mice, diminished the duty upon coffee ; but that titn y -es iion was neutralised by the retention of the old 4 1' 4 1 1 ' 'port sugar. The condition of our shopkeepers, 'her as that of our labourers, was every day becoming tiny, l amentable. Every individual placed below the " Ira cY was suffering deeply from the declir'a do e ; ' , •cl 2 r trade. Th e m iddl e c l asses were nee; re etel aleaost to a level with the labouring classes, this el. th eY must both sink . to the same matte of ‘v , ; . t i.f r e li e f did not soon arr i ve. Th e truth iht 4 tia tall clas ses mus t suffer if the great manufacturing q., h e st of th e commun i ty were perm i tted daily to de fitc, s Sentiments of the deepest hostility to the menu '''rs of the country had been uttered by the pay& a)r, kt lif th e party opposite, and, wishes had even b ee n t ex fel.; 'ttltjlat they should meet with total ru i n . N ow, h e ati lt that wishes must soon be accompli s h e d, un l ess I.,. :xiii r.eraedy for the decline of our comm erce were „ I ,PPlied. The Hon. Member for N o t t i ng h am Ti'."i G. .Knight) talked of suppressing the mtria bpi ,kseofdiscontent created by the prevailing distress, and p de () a f hanging the prophets. 13, - d t the course - recora evi h3' the lion. Gentlenitto' could not redress the Ito h (-44 ,t of which those tai h es itation in tellieig• complaints arose. He the. House that he saw ii ( it c.) l l,, rus l'ect at the t r ,. de present moment of a revival lY and • A VA harvest might contribute par ' ; b m ta"/en' oftrily tO alleviate the prevailing dis 111loyttig° arvest coold hold out ft prospect . of giving r ) tat ,i 0 • t " t. 4 our labrairers ; and it was that employ wh: Tl which could effectually remedy the evils ill eth the country suffered, He had heard corn y lee °f rnachhery ; but it should not be forgotten atiOri a T riiv ed machine r y was one of' the sources of the lila g r eat ness e H e h a d no h es it a ti on i n sa yi ng that ti e 6 , Iton nle ncturer s of England had done their duty to -tintri, and if th e y were not f ettere d i n t h e i r a system of unsound and pernicious a il al ,01; s't nt would still have found einployment, ~ervi Ce 'quent comfort, for those engeged in their •Allet eviiti . tie, conjured the House nut to continue Nel l a 'e to the sufferings of the people. The result of Allti em v e ( 'lrse would be to expose to great risk the insti ere ci et the country. He was convinced that•the people ad znee,Ply discontented; and never, to his knowledge, We s , nt gittod such appalling prospects before her as at the seri c ,,, s ,nloment. H e s h ou ld aga i n ca ll upon the House ti tuato tY to consider this subject, and to do justice to pe r i ty. 'whom 'e were mainly indebted for our 1, - ;P i ear, heat ) pros of. •-^ ei„,;; I T ) . EHOUE read a paragraph from way report iss _ ..-atee which had sat in 1835, and of hch Mr. t4un4l Was t . ;4 a member to the effect that that Coin ?or refused to - ccns i ent to . a if the English by kri a l s t4 4 0 4 any tprina which had then Iglort offered , ` ~ -s_ Mr. PARKER (Sheffield) said, that although he approved, to a certain extent, of the new tariff, he did not think that any effectual steps had yet been taken to revive the declining trade of the cauntryt He regretted that they had omitted from the tariff witch that wou!d would have rendered it vaittable. They could not ex pect any advantage from a plan that did not admit of the free admission of the produce of other nations in return for their own.--(Hear, hear.) Legislation had formerly been suite stationary on this • subject, because they could not carry with them the opinions of this `house. But there was a period daring the last year when the Government thought they saw an op portunity of progressing, and attempted to carry mea sures to effect it ; they did not succeed ; but the present Government was fast approaching the period when they would be compelled to carry the same measures, fur such good seed could not have been sown in vain. If those measures had been carried, if that vilely calumniated budget had become the law of the land, Jae believed the commerce of the country would have been raised from its present languid condition, and thousands of persons would have been fully employed who were now pining for want of work. He believed the Corn-law then pro posed was founded on sound commercial principles, and would hare produced a great and decided improvement. Nor could the day be far distant, when they would be compelled to admit sugar on the terms then proposed. Trade could not remain iu its present state, with regard to that important article. He was per suaded that the plan of the late Government, more or less modified, would become the law of the land. Mr. THORNELY said he thought the House ought to be made aware of the effect of the new Corn-law on the importation of corn from the United States. .Up to the 4th of July, from the 30th of April, the import of wheat into Liverpool, from the Continent of Europe, was 175,484 quarters ; from the United States, in the same time, the importation of wheat was seventy-three quar ters only.—(Hear.) It was fair to state teat the chief export of America was flour, prepared 'for the West Indies and South America ; and therefore, when a de mand arose in England for wheat, which was more ne cessary than flour, the dial being of great value, there were no means of meeting it. He believed that if the measures of the late Government had been-carried, an extensive trade would have been created with America. They Lad talked of a commercial treaty with Portugal, but it was an utterly insignificant countey compared with the United States of America. This state of things could not long continue. He confessed that he did not knew how they could face the approaching winter. —(Hear.) - The people were beginning to be instructed in these things, and men of all parties were throwing aside their party distinctions, and uniting in their condemnation of the present system. He should vote for the motion of the Hoe. Member for Finsbury. Sir R. PEEL said the Hon. Gentleman who had spoken last had taken credit for fergetting party dis onctioes, and having given h cordial support to many propositions in reference to the tariff. He must own he could n©t reconcile the panegyric the Hon. Gentleman had ',asset' on himself with the declarations made in the course of this debate, that he (Sir R. Peel) avid his col leagues had done nothing whatever to remedy the dis tress of the country, that they had been actuated by a mere subserviency to their agricultural supporters, and that there was nothing in the propositions they had made but a desire to conciliate their Parliamentary sup portei s—(Htar, hear)—end to sacrifice to that con sideration the permanent interests of the country. Re ference had also been made to the measures the Govern ment had taken for the relief of their financial difficul ties, and gentlemen had been particularly severe on the Income-tax. It had been asked, was this a measure that should have been proposed to benefit the country ? and Hon. Gentlemen bad proceeded to demonstrate—as it was easy to demonstrate in reference to any tax that that tax could not operate as a relief to the country, but must have some tendency to limit the demand for their productive in dustry. But what were the circumstances under which he proposed this tax - ?—(Cheers.) Was he responsible for the deficiencies of the revenue ?—(Cheers.) His term of power in 1831 was ft very short one, and he had no right to take credit for the measures en adopted. But in 1835 there was a great surplus in the revenue of this country ; there was also then a surplus in the re venue of India.--(Hear.) In 1841, when he returned to office, he found a deficit of two millions and a half at home, and it deficit of two millions and a - calf in India.— (Hear t - near.) He did not allude to this for the sake of party recrimination—he was simply stating a fact.— (Jiver, hear.) This fact justified' the adoption of strong measures for the maintenance of the public credit, and showed that the imposition of the Income-tax was not a mere gratuitous act on the part of the Government: — (Hear, hear.) It was unavoidable, and for the necessity of it he was not responsible.—(Hear, hear.) Now, with respect to the tariff, now that it had passed it appeared to be viewed in a very different light from what it was when under discussion. When he brought forward the measure instant efforts were made by Hon. Gentlemen opposite to increase the dis satisfaction and alarm which it produced en that side of the House. Questions were put to him whether he meant to relax the prohibition on salmon, as to whether hops would remain untouched, and as to whether he meant to effect foreign meat ; and by those, and similar questions, it was sought to create dissatisfaction amongst his supporters ; notwithstanding which, however, his measure had received from that side of the House very general support. He did not hesi tate to say that there never had been made in any session of Parliament so great a relaxation as had been made by the tariff. It was said that they had pro pounded good principles, which they had not carried out to their full extent. Admitting the principles to be good, he thought that if, in the multiplied and compli cated relations of this country, they were applied with precipitancy, it must rather have the effect of increasing than of removing the distress. Let them, however, look at the tariff as a whole. Let them look at the reduction which had been made upon raw materials, the elements of our manufactures. With respect to the Corn-law, the Honourable Gentleman admitted that it was infi nitely better than the old one, that it would tend to introduce corn at lower prices, and to insure a regular trade. 'Cell, if all this were admitted, he must say it was somewhat extraordinary to declare, at the close of the session, that nothing had been done to re lieve the distresses of the country.-L(Hear, hear.) He knew how dangerous it was to blame those who made statements with respect to the existing distress ; but while he fully admitted and deeply deplored such distress, he could not agree with those who represented the country as in a hopeless state of suffering.—(Hear.) Hr would refer to one or two facts connected with the general coudition of the country, not immediately re ferable to the circumstances of the day. He would take the comparative increase of the population for the last ten years, and the increase in the number of inhabited houses ; these he thought were good teats of the condition of the country. If the number of inhabited houses fell off, as compared with the population, it might fairly be inferred that the condition of - the country . had deteriorated; but the number of inhabited houses, within the last ten 3 ears, in England and Wales, had increased in the great majority of counties with reference to the population. From the population returns which were about to be presented to the House, he had a return of the increase per cent. on the populatioh between 1831 and 1841, and also of the increase per cent. of the inhabited houses for the same period. He did not think that that was a very unfair test of the general condition of the country. Now, with respect to all the counties of England, there hail been an increase per cent. in the number of inhabited houses, as competed with the increase in the population, in every county of the forty, with the exception of six. In six there had been a decrease in the number of inhabited houses, as compared with the population ; in thirty-four there had been an increase. —(Hear, hear.) In Wales there had been an increase 'per cent. of inhabited houses itt eery county, without exception.—(Hear.) At the tame time, he admitted that that was a comparison upon the ten years ; and upon so long a period that increase might exist, without negativing the allegation of . great distress at present existing.—(Hear, hear. the Hon. Gentle man, the Member for Manchester, had complained of his declining to receive a deputation of shopkeepers front that town. Now it •was with gt eat regret that he had declined the application: There were so many demands upon public islet s that it was impossible in every case to reconcile the performance of other duties with the receiving of deputations. He must here ob serve, that sometimes th: - .,re was a tendency in deputa tions to forget the Celled for which the inter View was sought. Th: ae Was sometimes manifested miller dis- P°sitiell. to oratorical display—(tlo.7)—than a plain s`setethent of facts o and thtnigh he was pre pared to listen with patience A° a simple .statement of facts, he Coniessed he had enough of decla mation and oratorical display in the House of Com mons to makti him turn rather an unwilling ear to mere declamation on the part. of those who formed deputations. It should be recollected that the. time of public men was public property.—(Hear, hear.) The don. Gentleman, the Member for Manchester, pur suing his course of disparaging everything which had been done by the tariff, explained that although they had reduced the duty on coffee, it would be of no use, because they had not also reduced the duty on sugar. New, what was the fact with respect to the consump tion of sugar s? The quantity of sugar consumed in this entry in the year ending April 1841, was 3014,000 cwt. ; in the year ending April, 1842, it was. 3,998,000 cwt., being an increase in the consumption at the same rate of duty of 482,000 cwt. He thought they Should nut refuse to let in this ray•of light upon the dis tress of the country. With, respect to shipping there had been an increase in the port of London, in 1841, as compared with 1842 ; whilst there had been a decrease of 60 in the entry of foreign vesseis, there had been an increase of British vessels to the amount of 200. He thought they ought not to judge hastily of the operation of the Corn-laws or the tariff ; but he thought there did appear a tendency to gradual import of foreign corn. The charge against the old Corn- law was,. that there was no regular trade, and that gold had to be sent out to meet an extraordinary demand. He must say that, as fur as he could judge, the import had been gradual, and there had been no derangemeut of the monetary system of the country.--(Hear, hear.) If they might judge from the accounts in the daily papers, the effect was equa lly. gool—(Hear, hear.) Now, with respect to the motion before the House, he need scared) say that it was wholly cut of his power to give his assent to the motion of the Hon. Gentleman. The motion was in effect a pledge Of the House, to repeal the Corn-laws at an early period of the next session. The Hon. Gentleman proposed that the House should address her Majesty to assemble Parliament in October or No vember, for that purpose. There had been instances, undoubtedly, in which Parliament had given similar ad vice, but the cases were rare, and nothing but the most urgent necessity could justify it. If it were unanimously acted upon, the liouse would in iaet be eNereising the prerogative of the Crown. On constitutional grounds he should object to the motion. Ile saw no sufficient ne cessity for adopting such a course. The Government THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 22, 1842. was responsible for the advice whith they gave to the Crown with respect to this ekercise of prerogative, as Well a.S every other ; and h e did not apprehend that tbeir responsibility would be increased by any such ad dress as that which the Hon. Gentleman proposed. But he deprecated the motion, not only upon constitutional grounds, but because he believed that the carrying of the motion would have a tendency to increase the distress which it was intended to mitigate. It would produce the greatest uncertainty in commerce if it should be imagined that Parliament was to be assembled th October or November for the purpose of repealing the Corn-laws.—(Hear, hear.) It would afford a fresh im pediment to that relief which they anticipated from the free admission of foreign corn. He wislied that Hon. Gentlemen would reconcile it with their sense Of duty to abstain from bringing forward motions which, in his opinion, had a tendency. to derange commercial dealings and increase commercial embarrassments.—(Hear, hear.) On all these points, he must offer his decided opposition to the motion of the Hon. Gentleman. Lord PALMERSTON said the arguments on the • motion had been almost entirely on that side of the House, but he found no fault with Hon. Gen tlemen opposite for the silence they had preserved. There was an old saying and a very good one, " When you have nothing to say, say nothing ;" and as those Hon. Gentlemen had no arguments wherewith to meet the convincing arguments on that side of the House, they had shown a sound discretion in preserving an almost unbroken silence.—(Laughter.) There had, however, been one exception, namely, the Hon. Member for Shrewsbury, the greater part of whose speech turned upon foreign affairs, and not upon the distress of the country. That Hon. Gentleman had one fixed idea —whatever had happened that he conceived to be inju rious to the country, he attributed it to the diplomacy of the late Government, which he called an anti-commercial diplomacy. What he meant by the term " anti-commer cial diplomacy" he (Lord Palmerston) confessed himself unable to understand. He was somewhat relieved from the pain which the Hon. Gentleman's censure would otherwise have given him, by finding that the same con demnation which he extended to him, applied back ward, with one exception, to all his predecessors in office since the year 1815. The Honourable Member complained generally of the settlement which had taken place at that period as disadvantageous in point of tariffs to England. The Hon. Gentleman, in referring to the administration of Mr. Canning, had spoken of Mr. Canning's boast, that, he had called into existence a new world. Now, lie conceived that Mr. Canning referred to a political measure, and not to a commercial one.—(Hear, hear.) lie asserted that there never was an Administration which devoted more time, and with greater success, to the management of foreign affairs than did the Administration of the years from 1831 to I§4l. The Hon. Gentleman judged of his measures by the numberof treaties whfch he had effected. Did the Hon. Member know that out of 32 treaties which existed, in all,. of one kind or another, seventeen existed previous to 1831 ; and fifteen were negotiated by tJ!e late Government ?—(Hear.) With regard to the treaty with France, the Hon. 'Mem ber had been misinformed. An official communication from the French Government was made to him (Lord Palmerston), to the effect that the French Government, being well aware of the superior ingenuity and activity of the British, were determined to prevent, as far as in their power, any treaties between Great Britain and other nations. When this was ex2lained, the Don. Member might, perhaps, understand some of the diffi culties which stood in the way of a treaty with France. The lion. Member stated that they ought to have formed a treaty with the South of Germany. A treaty with the South of Germany ! Why, they might - as well think of forming a commercial treaty between this coun try and the moon.—(Laughter.) The Hon. Gentleman stated that they had been stationary in their commercial policy during the last ten years. They had, ho•xever, done something—small, he would admit, but still it was something. Had they not proposed a reduction of the duty upon foreign thither ? But what was the . result of that proposition ? If the re duction which the Government of which he had been a Member had propoeee, in respect to the timber duties, had been adopted, a great improvement in that branch of our trade would have been felt before this.—(Hear.) That reduction, however, was not allowed to take place. There was nothing inconsistent in the Members of the late Government assisting in carrying the tariff of the present Government. They took it as an instalment.—(Hear, and a laugh.) They took it as a concession—though a poor concession— to their own principles. But he did not believe that any improvement in the tariff would be of avail for relieving the distress of the country at present. The relief which the tariff would give could not be felt for months to come, whilst the pressure of distress was perediptory and immediate.—(Hear.) It had been said that the alteration in the Post-office duties was one of the causes of the deficiency of the revenue. He distinctly denied that it was. When the Government was compelled to make that concession, there were grounds of hope that Parliament would consent to other measures, which would have relieved the trade and commerce of the country, and amply compensated for the loss in that department. If the measures proposed last year by the late Government had been agreed to by the House, they should have little or nothing to discuss respecting the present distress or its causes. — (Hear, hear.) He would, on this occasion, waive all questions of form, and, for the purpose of giving some hope to the country, some confidence in the sympathy of Parliament, hc. would support the motion of his Hon. Friend, the Member for Finsbury. The Right Hon. Baronet opposite (Sir R. Peel) had said that the Govern ment did not require the sanction of Parliament for the opening of the ports, in the event of a famine occurring. The Queen's Council would open the ports on their own responsibility. But the famine was now.— (Cheers from both sides.) The Noble Lord concluded amidst loud and reiterated cheering. Mr. HUME said it was quite impossible that the de bate could be brought - to a satisfactory conclusion at this sitting, and he should, therefore, move that the debate be adjourned. Sir R. PEEL truste•l that the House would conclude the debate to-night. The efikt of postponing it till to morrow would be to throw off the supplies to next week. Mr. M. GIBSON said that it might be thought he was taking an extraordinary view of this question, when he said- that, although the House was tired of it, the public out . of doors did not t ink it bad been discussed enough.—(Loud cheers and laughter.) Ile should feel it his duty to raise the question of dis tress in going into Committee of Supply, if they came to a decision that night, a hich he thought they ought not to do, as there were many arguments of the Right Hon. Baronet which gentlemen on that (the Opposition) side of the House were ready to meet. He should certainly support the motion of adjournment. Sir JOHN GUEST made some observations which were quite inaudible in the gallery, owing to the noise which prevailed in the House. Mr. COBDEN felt that an tinthie opinion prevailed in the House, on the stibjeut of distress. He had a duty to perform, in bringing the distress of the country be fore the House. `flee,' Might haVe it as an amendment on going into sifpply, br as a separate, motion ; and if his Hon, friend the Member for Manchester did notmove the amendment, he (Mr. Cobden) certainly should. He would do it.—(Cheers,) He would not do it from fac tion.—(Loud cries of " Oh, oh.") Why, to what faction did he belong P Wee it to the Whigs?—he repu diated them, Was it to the Tories?—he repudiated them, Then, to what faction did he belong? Ile had no desire to go to the Continent or to the r. oors, he would sit there till November, if it was necessary. lie had a duty to perform to the Country, He warned them, that they might not itieet again as they did now. He should support the itdjotirnment of the House. Ate. MIME rose amidst loud cries of " Spoke." He understood that the opinion on both sides of the Helm was, that the division ought not to take place that night; but as some of his Hon, Friends intended to bring the subject forward on going into supply, he would withdraw his 'notion for the adjournment. Mt, L'ITANSFIELD hoped the Government would turn their attention to the distress of the country. If something were not done he could not dare to think what the consequence might be. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE replied. He believed that the majority of the House did not know the extent to which the distress prevailed. He belived that, contrary to what.was expected by the Right Hon. Baronet, the distress had reached its greatest height. He thought the motion had not been well treated by the two Right• Eight Hon. Baronets, the Cabinet Ministers. The Right Hon. Baronet, the Member for Tamworth, said this was an interference with the prerogative of the Crown. Why, had they not the power to interfere with that pre rogative ? The other Right lion. Baronet went furtLer, and said that it was an absurd motion. T, he motion was, that if the distress of the people should con tinue, Parliament should assemble earlier, in order to relieve it ; and that was called an absurd 'no tion. He did not think the people of England would think so. lie would warn the Government to take pre caution in time, for he believed the people would bear their sufferings and distress no longer. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the motion 9l Against it Majority against the motion --56 The motion was consequently lost. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EX CHEQUER, the following Select Committee was ap pointed to consider and report upon the plan submit ted by the architect of the new Houses cf Parliament, for the ventilation and warming of the Houses of Parlia ment, and for rendering them fire-proof :—Mr. Chan cellor of the Exchequer, Lord Stanley, Sir John Hob house, Sir Jaines Graham, Viscount Palmerston, Lord Francis Egerton, Sir Richard Vyvyan, Mr. O'Connell, Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Mr. Williams Wynn, Mr. Francis Thornhill Baring, Sir George Clerk, Mr. Hawes, Sir Charles Burrell, Mr. Tufnell, Viscount Sandon, Viscount Barrington, Sir J, Guest, Mr. Verner, Mr. MILNER GIBSON gave notice of bis intention on the motion for going into Committee of Supply, to move that the House should resolve itself into, a Com mittee of the whole Mouse, to take into consideration the distressed state of the country. Mr. GREENE brought up the Report of the Com- mittee of Supply, and the resolutions were agreed to. The Grand Jury Presentments (Ireland) Bill went through Committee, and was ordered to be reported this day. Mr. Is: WOOD supported the amendment. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, with respect to the sum of 85,000/. the real fact was, that perions lent that sum to the colony at the interest of 10 per ceW.., and the colony being in great distress the ques tion was, how relief could be afforded to those who had gone out •to it. This , country had undertaken to pay three-and a •balf per cent, for the money borrowed, in case the colony itself should not be able to return what had been borrowed. The colony had been found to be in a state of complete insolvency. It appeared necessary to adopt the course which had been adopted. in order to save it from utter ruin, and make it a useful possession of this country. The present Government were not responsible for the distress which had come upon the colony ; they had not brought forward the plan of its establishment. Mr. AGLIONBY contended that this was not a time, when the distress in the country was so great, to make a grant of 155,000 L, fur that was what the proposition of the Noble Lord would amount to, to that colory. He did not think a loan would have. been so objectionable. He must vote for his Hon. Member for Montrose. Mr. V. SMITH said this could not be called making a grant-of 155,00C1. at a time when the country was in distress, because the money was gone (as we under stood), and it was only proposed not to enforce its re payment. Mr. A GLIONBY explained that he did not mean that the grant was one that would have to be made in future. The loan had been.made some time ago, and it was proposed to make a grant of that loan. Mr. G. W. WOOD was of opinion that the loan ought not to ho given up. Strangers were then ordered to withdraW, and the House divided. The numbers were— For the third reading 6B For the amendment - - Majority for the third readin6- —s3 The Bill was then read a third dine, and passed. MANCHESTER, BIRMINGHAM, AN]) BOLTON POLICE BILL. This Bill passed through Committee. CUSTOMS ACT AMENDMENT BILL. Mr. i GREENE brought up the Report on this Bill, which was received, and was ordered / to be read a third time this day. The other Orders of the Day were disposed of, and the House adjourned at Three o'Clock. HEALTH OF FRENCH PRISONS. The Minister of the Interior has sent to the Pre fects of all the departments a circular letter, urging the transmission to him of the reports already re quired by existing regulations, from the physicians and surgeons of the various central prisons of the kingdom, in order that the medical and sanatory sys tems of each establishment in particular, and of the whole in general, may be fully comprehended and acted upon. The letter is accompanied by a series of tables to be filled up periodically by the directors of the prisons. The first table is for a monthly return of the numbers of prisoners, classed as to their ages, and the works upon which they are employed. An other table is to comprise the number of those who have fallen sick, classing them also by their ages, and the occupations in which they have been engaged ; how many have left the infirmary cured, and how many have died. Another table is to contain an ac count of the trade, profession, or other occupation exercised by each prisoner previous to his confine ment, and the state of his constitution when first brought into the prison, so that an estimate may be formed of the influence of the regulations in each pri son on the health of those who are confined in it. In making these reports, the medical men are to indicate such prisoners as are affected with the itch, ringworm, syphilis, or other diseases, and all such as have or have not had the small-pox, or been vaccinated. The medi cal men are also to indicate in their reports their opi nions on the causes of any diseases which may have prevailed ; on the general sanatory state of the pri sons, and on the means of improving it. In case of any epidemic disease a separate report is to be made. The letter refers to and enforces instructions given in like manner in July, 1840, for returns of the com parative mortality among adults in the free population of the country immediately around the prisons, in order that that the increased chances of death within the latter may be ascertained. It further directs that reports may be made of the number of the soldiers composing the garrisons of the central prisons, and of the towns of the departments, who have been ad mitted into the hospitals of the respective places, and how many of these have died, so that a comparison may be made, and inferences be drawn, as to the effect of penal confinement on human life. IRISH LABOURERS AT THE PARIS FORTIFICATIONS. Captain Capsicum Cayenne Pepper, in his face tious book, " France Daguerreotyped," tells the fol lowing tale, for which his veracity is to be held respon sible :—" The great multiplicity of labourers required fur the fortifications of Paris, and the comparative scarcity of French labourers, as compared with the soil which they have to cultivate, occasioned directions to be some time since transmitted to the French Con sul at Dublin, to ascertain whether any disposable num ber of Irish labourers could be induced to proceed to Paris, with a certainty of procuring 'regular employ ment for at least a year to come. The result, as may readily be conceived, was that • a number of the finest peasantry' jumped at the offer as nimbly as a salmon-trout at a summer fly. Under the special superintendence of the Consul they were shipped in disorder and ragged condition for Havre, felicitating themselves on the gentility of the excursio n, and the unlooked-for opportunity of `naakin' the tower of France, all as one of the foremost quality—and that upon vilvit, and be paid for their pleasurin' into the bargain ! Since the memorable period when the immortal hero of the gridiron, bein' in distress in regard of the atin','' thought a solitary ' Parley voo Fransay' a passport to all the mysteries of. the French mind, nothing more izarre and provocative of laughter has been witnessed than the landing of these stray sons of St. Patrick at Havre, and their journey on foot to Paris. It was my lot to meet with one of them in the centre of the Palais Royal at the magnificent Galerie d'Orleans. There he stood beneath the splendid glass roof; reflected in a hundred mirrors along the walls, stared at by scores of moustached loungers, and giggled at by a dozen magasin grisettes in their exquisitely soigneuses toilets, looking like Houris in a paradise. Paddy had changed in no respect the costume of his native hills. The corduroy smalls were patched and repatched, yet- broken at the knees. The buttons enjoyed a sinecure for convay nience," the long strings which held the place of knee buckles fluttered down to the ancle. Like Lord Hamlet, he appeared in the midst of that emporium of fashion, With his doublet all unbraced, No hat upon his head,' but a very stunted and straw-bound caubeen, with the immemorial short and blackened pipe stuck on the dexter side ; and to complete his parallel with The glass of fashion and the mould of form,' Pat had _ _ _ _ 6 - His stockings fouled, Ungartered, and down-gyved to his ancle.' When to this I add that his hardy and sinewy leg was thickly matted with hair of a dusky hue, and that his face was bespread with some ten days' growth of beard of a foxy-brown colour, that his brogues, loosened by the journey, were made fast around the instep by hay-ropes, i that his coat was of aboriginal blue frieze, and that in his band he wielded a stout alpeen,' which had been his firm support for many a rood, I need scarcely wind up his resemblance to the Danish Prince, by saying that he was The observed of all observers When I first espied him in that attitude of upward gazing, which, according to philosophers, distinguishes man from the beast (a distinguishing characteristic which is sometimes very requisite), I drew closer to him, impelled by an irresistible curiosity, and was no little astonished at hearing him ejaculate Holy Var gin, if that disn't bang. Banagher. Ah, then, it's with glass they thatches their houses in Paris " DUTCH tUN.os.—Aatsreacam, JULY 19 . Mone fling. Actual Det t, 234 per Cent Ditto, ditto 5 per cent, Amart Syndic, 454 per cent......... ........ Ditto, ditto, 334 per COOL 6h .8 II Commercial Coxmany, 454 per cent 14454 145 Ditto (1835 and 1837) b per cent. ...... Loan 1837, 5 per cant"... ........... Exchange on London, One month l2 1:254 Twomontha Hamburgh, One month 35 75 Twomonthe Dutch Papers, July 19. BELGIAN k UNDs.-ERUSaELS, JULY 18. Actual Debt, x;‘, per Cent. gothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. P2 ---J------ 3per Cent. — -----..Thirty.seyen-------- 70% (1:An) 1 ( 234 Loan of City, I v 32 , 4 per Cent. lx3li Socicty of Comm.rce, 45; per Cent Sft Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 77 _ _ National Seciety . - Exchange on London (short) ...... -- -Brussels Papers, July 19. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, JULY 11 f ivc par Cynts.Bletalliques .. 119 NI lose per Cents. li OA Three Fr Cents. Bank MlaTil if 7 7 HAMBURGH BORSEN lIALLE, Any 15. Bills. Money. Austrian 5 per Cents. ... 1(9% Bank Shares 1640 Anglo. Russian Loan 109% 109 Russian 5 per Cent., Ist series, Certificate lO3 Inscription, Ist series lO3 Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co., 3d and 4th Series 99 Ditto in Certificates 57% New 4 per Cent. (1840) Bs 1e £8 N , Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. ......... Ditto 5 per Cent. - Polish Bonds New Tickets l6B Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent. 7Bn 78% Spanish, New 5 per Cents. THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—The receipts for passengers, merchandise, &c., conveyed upon the Great Western Railway, in the week ending Sunday last, exceeded by upwards of 6,000/. the receipts of the preceding week, and by upwards of 3,400/. the takings during the Ascot race week, which is always considered the most prosperous week during the year. The number of prssengers who travelled by the railway during the week ending the 17th inst. was 60,467, and thereceipts amounted to 20,627/. The receipts for the Ascot race week were 17,170/., and the number of passengers 51,343. lie great increase in the receipts for the past week may, in a great measure, be attributed to the vast number of persons at tracted to the great agricultural meeting at Bristol. THE LATE T. BARBER BEAUMONT, COM-. ',Hance with the will of the late Mr. Beaumont, under whose able superintendence the County Fire-office was established, a well 264 feet deep has been sunk in Piccadilly, opposite St. James's Church, and a splendid cast-iron pump, resembling an ancient gothic shrine, erected. The supply of water is abun dant, and the quality excellent. The pump, which was opened yesterday to the public, bears the following inscription :—This pump was erected, and the well sunk to the depth of 264 feet, ny the representatives of the late T. Barber Beaumont, Esq , and by the commissioners for paving the parish of St. Jzmes, in order to carry permanently into effect the desire of Mr. Beaumont to afford the public an uninterrupted supply of pure spring water, A.D. 1842." ATIONAL AESOCIATION.—It will be seen from an advertisement which has appeared in the Sun, that the Hall in Holborn, engaged by this Association, will be opened on Monday next. Mr. Leader, Member for Westminster, will be in the chair. In the course of the evening the objects of the Association will be explained ; and the proceedings will be enlivened by music, both vocal and instrumental. It may be necessary to state, that these Reformers are opposed to all violent measures, and utterly repudiate "physical force" to obtain redress of grievances. They are also opposed to Mr. Feargus O'Connor's party, and have been denominated by the more violent Reformers, Conservative Chartists. The meeting is expected to be very numerous. CORK, JULY 17.—Nothing can equal the prepara tions that are in progress here for the grand exhibition which is to take.place on Thursday next. The arrange ments for the cattle show, and the banquet and ball, far exceed anything of the kind ever seen in any part of Ireland. Sir Henry Hart and lady arrived at Blackwall yes terday morning at eight o'clock, by the General Steam Na vigation Company's steam. ship Wilberforce, that left Antwerp on Wednesdapafternoon. AUSTRALIA.—The estimate of the sum required to liquidate certain bills, drawn by the Governors of South Aus tralia, since the year 1840, is 59,936/., namely, 27,2901. drawn by Governor Gawler, on the Colonisation Commissioners, and 32,646/. drawn by Governor Grey en the Treasury. Sir George head arrived in London yesterday by the General Steam Navigation Company's Mail Packet Columbine, that brought over the Dutch mail of Wednesday. Sir W. Thuyl was among the passengers on the outward voyage last. Wednesday from London. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE BY A FEMALE. —Yesterday morning, between twelve and one o'clock, as police con stable No. 65, of the M division, was proceeding on duty by the back of St. Saviour's Church, Southwark, he heard footsteps hastily approaching in the direction to wards St. Saviour's Dock, and immediately a heavy plunge into the water ; he directly called for assistance, and rushing to the spot discovered a woman struggling in the dock; in a few minutes she sunk, but nearly in_ rising to the surface again, be, at the imudnent risk of falling in himself, although he could not swim, and the depth of water there being about sixteen feet, SOUTH AUSTRALIA BILL. On the motion for the third reading of this Bill, Mr. HUME said that the management of the Bill was most extraordinary ; it would actually be a sacrifice of 240,0001. of public money, and it had passed through none of its stages till after one o'clock in the morning. One clause gaye away altogether 59,000 i. It tppeared to him altogether a most monstrous proceeding. . He was astonished that the Government could sanction so great a waste of pablic money. The Hon. Member then pro posed that the Bill be read s third time that day three months. '1 URKEY. CONSTANTIN orLE, JUNE 29.-I:he Austrian Charge d'Affaires ad interim, M. Cletsel, has forwarded to the Porte a communication from Prince Metternich, wherein its attention is called to the disorders pre vailing in the administration of Bosnia. Numerous families of Christians had, in consequence of the op pression and grinding exactions of the Pacha, taken refuge in the Austrian territory, and the effect of this misgovernment is said to be a general insecurity of the frontier. The Prince expresses his hopes that the Porte will spontaneously take such measures as are calculated to restore confidence and tranquillity to those districts , —that the refugees will be recalled to their homes, and protected in their persons and property. The country of the Montenegrins is also reported to be in a state of similar disturbance and insurrec tion, and the suppression of these disorders has been alleged as a pretext for marching an additional force of 2,000 men into Routhelia ; but the real cause of this reinforcement is, more probably, the precarious state of the relations of the Porte with the Greek Government. Negotiations, however, are said to have at length opened on this subject—protocols are being already drawn up, and bid fair, before the labour be complete, to be as ' numerous a progeny as those brought forth by the Belgian revolution. . 1 mentioned to you last week that a circular had been addressed by the Porte to the different Lega tions on the subject of the abuse of protection con ferred on Ottoman subjects by foreign passports. It was occasioned, I find, by some previous corespon dence which had passed between the Porte and the Russian Charge d'Affaires. On the complaint of the Turkish Government with respect to the Rus sian protections granted to its subjects at Odessa, M. Titoff promised to write to Count Woron zoff, the Governor of the Crimea. He accord ingly did so, and received an answer to the effect that as the individuals in question ere re t f h ro e m bearers of foreign, and not Turkish, pasp Con stantinople, the authorities could not refuse them Russian passports, when they applied for them on their departure. If the Porte wished to put a stop to this abuse, it should take the proper steps at Con stantinople. The contents of this letter having been communicated to the Porte by M. Titoff, the circular I have alluded to was in consequence dispatched to the Foreign Legations. Yermanos, Archbishop of Therapia„ has been elected to the vacant chair of the Patriarch s He was on the 9th ult., inaugurated at the Porte, and afterwards harangued by the Grand Vizier, who told him he was I responsible i'or the loyalty of ten millions of the Sultan's subjects. Rifat Pacha, ex-minister for foreign affairs, has been appointed Inspector-General of Finances in the European provinces of Turkey. He is to proceed forthwith on a circuit, to fulfil the duties of his appointment. . - AFFAIRS OF WALLACHIA. The following letter from Bucharest, under date of the 23d June, gives an interesting account of the re cent political occurrences in Wallachia : " General Duliamel has not delayed to make known the object of his mission, which was to institute an inquiry into the state of the country, and to examine the complaints of the General Assembly against the existing Administration. The first result of his arrival has been the disinissal of M. le Baron Michal Ghyka, Minister of the Interior, and elder brother of the Prince Regent ; and of Ai. Coast Can tacuzene, Secretary of State. You are aware that these two Ministers, and particularly the first, are accused of being the authors of all the abuses and all the evils which have desolated the country. The great Logotheate, Prince Const Soutzo, till now Comptroller-General of the Finances, has been named Secretary of State ; and. AI. Stirbey, who is at pre sent at Vienna, Minister of the Interior ; AI. le Baron Gregory Baliano will assume this place, ad inte rim, Colonel John Campiniano has been named Comptroller-General in the place of M. Coast Soutzo. tis very doubtful if M. Stirbey will accept of the functions which have been tendered to him. As to the other nominations they have been viewed with general satisfaction. M. Const Soutzo has already given incontestible proofs of capacity and activity ; his enlightened views and profound information leave no room to apprehend that his Administration will not. rapidly repair the mischief caused by the errors, the carelessnes, and inconceivable apathy of his predecessor. AI. Campiniano is, among all the IVallachians, he who possesses the greatest talent, knowledge, and integrity. His patriotism has been already proved, he having sacrificed all his fortune in speculations which had no other object than to awaken the Wallachians to a sentiment of nationality, and encourage industry in the country. He has, in short, suffered severely by long and cruel incarceration, on account of his opposition to the existing Government. "It is probable that the entire Ministry will be changed ; but the members and leaders of the oppo sition appear to have' formed a league, in order to ef fect the overthrow of the Prince, to whose place they all of them aspire. It is said even that they have contracted a formal engageMent with one another not to accept of any office or any functions whatever be fore they have obtained this result. "M. de Tunoni, the Austrian agent, has received from his Government, under date of the third instant, instructions to co-operate with General Duhamel and the Ottoman Commissioner, with a view of adjusting and conciliating the differences which have arisen between the Prince and the General Assembly, and to restore order to the country. These three Commissioners are to act in concert for this object. " The close of the annual session of the General Assembly took place on the 16th instant. I have been most assured o en that, tilm m ebeforeber s had d they separated, eterm many of the determined upon the drawing up of a petition, which fourteen of them immediately signed, and which was to be presented to General Duhamel, after being clothed with as many signatures as possible. Although this measure has hitherto been conducted with the greatest secresy, it is affirmed that the petitioners demand nothing less than the deposition of the Prince Regent. " The Ottoman C ommissioner, Shekib Effendi, Member of the Supre me Council of Justice, and al ready distinguished by the missions he has t s h tr e ati house on ofe Interi or . It () th M. J. M ano , ful filled with success an d ability in Greece and also at London, arrived h ere y esterday, the 22d in sptairneto,toarndofaltihge Administration had been already prep ared for him by the Govern ment, which had spared no p ains to render his recep tion as flattering as possible. His Excellency, Shekib Effendi, who fro m the first had suc ce ed e d in producing a strong impression in his favour, de clined the guard of hon our which had been assi g ned to him, and which immedia tel y wit hdrew at his request. Shekib Effendi is the bearer, amon g o th er testimonials of the satisfaction of the Subli me Porte with the great zeal and fidelit y dis p la y ed by the Prince on the occ asion of the late disturbances at lbrailow, of a sword of honour, as a present to him, and which is very splendid and costly. He is also the bearer of a firtuan, which is to be read with much solemnity in the presence of the Prince, and all the great Boyars assembled, provided always that General Duhamel do not oppose this proceeding, as it is said to be his intention to do." THE LATE ACCIDENT ON THE EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW R AMWAY.-- DE ATH OF AIR. APLEOD.—We regret to state that 51r. John 111‘Leod, bookseller, died on Sun day, at twelve o'clock, of the injuries received by him at the late accident at Cowlairs, on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Rail way. In the early part of the week hopes were entertained that Mr. M‘Leod wrs beyond danger; hut the symptoms sub sequently changed for the worse ; lock-jaw ensued, and, for a large and atached circle of friends. The ayrzally . - .d hi: untimely fate several days before his death. nll "m" ''a ,) recovery had fled. wilt ba e ''e m eas ou t' r d n w ed as u ove n t l - ‘ b Glasgow Courier. ucceeded in catching hold of a part of her dress, and, with the assistance of a gentleman, who very fortunately happened to come up oat the instant, they, after much difficulty, got her out. She was in a state of perfect insensibility, and was directly taken to St. Thomas's Hospital, where, by promptly applying the usual means of producing resuscitation, she was, after considerable p e rseverance, brought to a state of conscious ness. It appears that her name is Charlotte Baldwin, and her age between 19 and 20. She had been living as housemaid in the family of Mr. Osman, of No. 9, Brownlow- street, Holborn, bookseller, and left her situa tion on Saturday last, and returned home to her parents, who are living at No. 1, Primrose alley, Bankside, South wark. On Wednesday morning she had some angry words with her mother, and left home then determining, as she herself states, to commit suicide. Coach ACCIDENT.—On Monday night, at ten o'clock, as the Eagle coach was proceeding on its journey to Dover, when opposite to the Red Lion Inn, Shobter's-hill, a heavy crash was heard. The driver stopped his horses, and it was then discovered that the springs and body and part of the carriage were broken. The Eagle, it appears from the state ment of one of the guards, was laden with nearly four tons of bullicn on its way to the Continent. For the due security of the property two guards had been directed to accompany it to Dover. '1 here were no passengers, the coach having been hired expressly for the better security of the precious fare. A messenger on horseback was immediately dispatched to the Bell and Crown, Holborn, for another coach, which retarded the journey full three hours. The accident is attributed to the overloading the coach. COLLEGE FOR CIVIL ENGINEERS.—The annual dis tribution of prizes at this Institution took place on Wednesday at the College at Putney, in Surrey, upon which occasion the Duke of t3uccleuch, the President, occupied the chair. His Grace was supported by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cam bridge, the Earl of Devon, the Hon. R. E. Howard, Sir C. Lemon, Admiral Sir R. Otway, Sir A. M'Nab, Sir I. Brunel, Archdeacon Robinson, Colonel Landmann, C.E. ; Major- General Wright, General Alexander, Mr. H. Hughes, Mr. S. Dobree, Mr. Page, C.E. ; Mr. Field C. E. ; Mr. Whiteman, &c. The Earl of Devon, after a tew introductory remarks, read the annual address of the Council. This document com menced by congratulating the patrons and friends of the Insti tution on the improved state of the College, accompanied with the expression of a conviction of its increasing prosperity. It then proceeded thus—" The Institution during the past year has had to contend with many and great obstacles to its progress—obstacles of so serious a nature as for a time to have threatened the destruction of the College, but which have happily been overcome , and t he Council, regarding the Institution as a national object, have been encouraged to persevere in their labours, and have the gratification to state that their exertions have been repaid by the daily increasing support of the public, and the general good conduct of the students. The Council have to announce that at the ensuing session the Professor of Natural Philosophy will commence his course of lectures; that the de partment for civil engineering and construction will be so en larged as to enable the Professor to carry out his course with a series of practical experiments ; that, in consequence of the munificent donation of the President, his Grace the Duke of Iluceleuch, of a six-horse condensing engine, the works in the machinery department will he continued with increased facility; that the report of the Professor of Chemistry being highly favourable, it is in contemplation to enlarge the course ; that in the department of geology, the surveying operations will be continued with unabated industry, and that the same attention will be paid to the other branches of study." The Noble Chairman then distributed the prizes which had been awarded by the . professors and heads of the respective departments, to the various candidates. The Duke of Cambridge and the Noble Chairman expressed the satisfaction they had derived from the official reports which had been made by the professors of the different departments, with regard to the progress in their studies and the good conduct of the scholars of the institution. Mr. G. A.-Hamilton is canvassing the electors of Dublin University in anticipation of Mr. Sergeant Jack son's elevation to the Bench. Mr. Shaw is not a can didate for the vacant judgeship, and would not, were it offered him, accept it—at least so says the Dublin Mail. It is stated by another Dublin paper that Mr. T. B. C. Smith, son of the late Baron of the Irish Exchequer, is likely to be the new Solicitor-General, if he can get into Parliament. DOVER, JULY 20.—The steam-boat from Bou logne this morning, the Sir William Wallace, was fallen in with this afternoon by the French packet from Calais, having one engine out of order, and unable to steam; she landed here about 60 passengers. The Sir William Wallace was in sight about six or seven miles from Dover, under sail. MANSLAUGHTER.—The adjourned inquest was held on the body of Bridget Holloway, supposed to have been mur dered by Dennis Clement, at the - Little Crown, East-lane, Greenwich, on Wednesday. The only additional evidence was that of Mrs. Susan M. Matthews, who swore that she, on the night of Sunday, the 10th of July, saw the prisoner Dennis Clement on the stairs leading to the room of the deceased, and that she knew the voice of the deceased, and heard her say " you have done for me; now you have killed me;" and Cle ment replied, "it serves you right." I heard the cries of murder a quarter of an hour before Clement came down stairs. The Jury, after the summing up of Mr. Cutter, the Coroner, returned a verdict of .‘ Manslaughter" against Clement; and all the witnesses were bound over to prosecute at the next Cen tral Criminal Court. TRUE HEROISM AT PAISLEY—On Tuesday after noon, between four and five o'clock, a little boy, belonging to the keeper of the Paisley Prison, who had been amusing himself about the bank of the river, a little above the Sneddon-bridge, fell into the water, and, a strong current running at the time, he was soon swept through one of the arches, and appeared on the lower side. A man of the name of Wm. Straine, hearing of the accident, ran to the place where the unfortunate little fellow was passing, and, accoutred as he was with a pair of heavily-nailed shoes, plun g ed in to his rescue. After endeavouring to bring him to the side he was obliged to relinquish the task, feeling his strength exhausted, but, alas ! before reaching it, he sank himself, over powered by the weight of his own habiliments. By this time a young lad of the name of Mills, with great intrepidity, came forward and rushed into the stream, with the view of saving the boy, who was still floating on the surface, on his back, with outstretched arms, and, after attempting to save him in vain, was himself, to all the spectators, evidently in peril. . A minute or two more and all would have been over with the first boy at least, if not with the heroic Mills, when a man bi longing to that quarter of the town, by name Hugh M'Arthur, came forward and dashed into the element, which was now about to swallow another victim. He is a strong muscular fellow, and was not long until he reached the first boy, seized him by the hair with his teeth, held out his brawny arm to lend assistance to the other, and in a twinkling, with the aid of a pole, which had by this time been procured, soon landed the two youths on terra firma. But there was one in whom, by this time, all animation had ceased, and the man M'Arthur was too much exhausted to go to the bottom and pick up his corpse. Another daring spirit, however, was at hand, and at once volun teered to perform the task, and was not long in bringing to the bank the victim to the best impulses of hinnanity.—Renfretv shire Reformer. On the last Sunday in June, while the Church of Peter, at Florence, was crowded with people attending hi g h mass, a heavy bench was suddenly thrown down with a loud crash, which was re-echoed many times from the high and vaulted roof, creating an alarm ing sensation, which was increased into a general :error by simultaneous cries from several voices that the roof was falling down. In the panic 'every one rushed to the doors, struggling with such violence to get out, that numbers were severely injured, and left senseless on the ground. This was the effect proposed by those who created the confusion, viz., a band of thieves, believed to have come from Leghorn, who took advantage of it to commit ass immense number of robberies, and who not only drew the rings from the fingers of those whom they attacked, but brutally tore out the earrings from the ears of the female part of the congregation. The thieves made their escape with a valuable booty. A letter from Geneva, 14th inst., says :—Our new Government, though scarcely constituted, has already been involved in difficulties. The Municipal Council of the Commune of Vcrsoix, formerly French, having decided to sell by auction the ground of the old church, and of the cemetery belonging thereto, and having received the authorization of the Council of State, a band of fanatics assembled, and inspired the buyers, with such terrors, that the sale did not take place. This scene of disorder, which took place six days ago, remains unpunished, although the principal author is well known. The Government, being resolved that the law shall be enforced, is to send a strong detachment of gendarmerie to the municipal authorities of Versoix on the day on which the ground is to be put up for sale. A report is current that the King of Prussia is to visit his principality of Neufchatel, and some of the other cantons, incog., before the summer is over." A numerous deputation of gentlemen connected with the northern part of the principality of Wales had a long interviewon on Wednesday with Sir R. Peel and the Earl of Lincoln, in Downing-street, on the subject of the Welsh Landowners' Memorial. Amongst the deputation were Earl Powis, Lord Clive, the Hon. R. Clive, Mr. Ormsby Gore , M.P., Mr. Richard Richards, M.P., Mr. W. B. Hughes, M.P., Mr. J. R. Ormsby Gore, ALP., Colonel Vaughan, W. P. Richards, Esq., William Jones, Esq., and several other gentlemen. We quote the following from the Univers :—The Catholic Archbishop of Sydney—M. Polding, of the Order of Benedictines—having come to Paris from Come, and remained here a short time, set out on Mon day for England, whence, in September, he will return to Douay, where there is a College of English Benedictines. The Pope has built the town of Sydney into a metro polis, and created Archbishop Polding Apostolic Vicar of the whole country, with the exception of such parts as are intrusted already to other vicars, over whom he will be metropolitan. Hobart Town is made a Bishop's See, and its Prelate will be a suffragan of Sydney, being at the same time Apostolic Vicar of South Australia. BLACK GAME.—Black grouse is more abundant in the various inclosures of the New Forest, in Hamp shire, this year, than it has been known to have been for some years past. This circumstance may in some mea sure be attributed to the favourable state of the weather during the breeding season, but more so to the vigilance of the forest-keepers, who have succeeded in defeating the netting practices of the poachers upon the young packs when they were little more than half grown. The little picturesque village of Lyndhurst, situated in the very centre of the new Forest, is already occupied by a fed' straggling sportsmen, awaiting with anxiety the 12th proximo. The birds are well up in condition, and strong on the wing, and excellent sport is antici pated, more especially by two or three octogenarian sportsmen, who find it less tedious and toilsome to them to traverse the . gentle " heather " slopes of the New Forest than it is to "plod their weary way" over the more rugged ".muirs of the north." The Sud of Marseilles gives the following account of the late eclipse, as seen in that latitude under circum stances so much more favourable than in Paris:—" At 56 minutes 50 seconds past 5 in the morning the sun's disk was completely veiled by the moon's orb, andleft the earth in obscurity. The transition from light to nocturnal dark ness was so sudden, that it drew an astonishing accla mation of surprise from 4,000 spectators, collected on the Coline Bonaparte. The domestic birds, and a great many of the quadrupeds, were observed to show signs of terror, and to hide themselves in their retreats. A certain number of stars appeared in the firmament, .which to the east and west was illuminated by a small luminous fringe. A keen cold was felt during the obscuration, which lasted two minutes ; at the end of that time, the brightness instan taneously re-appeared, ami filled . the whole immensity of the heavens. No idea can be formed of the mag nificence of the spectacle." LAW INTELLIGENCE. HOUSE OF LORDS, Jul4l 21. Their Lordships sat to-day in a Committee of Privileges. Tim Peers present were—the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Shafte3-- bury, Lord Kenyon, Lord Sondes, the Earl of Egrernont, Lord Redesdale, Lord Skelmersdalo, and Vi ) ,:count Hawarden. THE FITZWALTER, BAWNY. The examination of witnesses on behalf of the claimant to the Barony were resumed to-day, and proc►'eded with up to one o'clock, when the further consideration of the claim was adjourned. THE EARL OF ROSSLYN V. AYTOVN• Their Lodships then proceeded to hear the further argu. merits on this ap,,eal. VICE-CIIANCELLOR'S COURT, Jaly 21. BOOTII V. LIGHTFOOT. The further arguments in this part-heard case were resumed, and occupied his Honour the Vice-Chancellor of England the whole day. No case of any importance came before Vice-Chancellors Knight Bruce or Ntligram during the whole day. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD CIRCUIT Worcester, July 19. CROWN COURT.—( ' Lord i ti Le.oreJust i ce 2114 DA L.) FORGERY.—Two respectable-looking men, of the namtle of Grainger and Simpson, were charged, the one with forgir g,. and the other with uttering, knowing it to be forged, a pre misso:y note, in the name of Messrs. Blackwell, surveyors and extensive mine agents, resident in this county. 1 he Jury, after a long deliberation, acquitted the prisoners. A second indictment charged them with the forgery of another promissory note, with intent to defraud the same firm, and a subsequent count of this indictment also charges them with uttering the said note, knowing it to be forged. Mr. F. V. LEE (with whom was Mr. Baa Doe), conducted the prosecution, and Mr. ALLEN defended them. be evidence was similar to that given in the preceding case. the chitf variation being in the time at tv.hich the occurrence took place. The incidents of the case, although they occupied the attention of the Court some hours, were void of interest. The Jury, slier the lapse of nearly an hour, pro; ounced a ver dict of Guilty. The Court sentenced both the prisoners to transportation for seven years. MIDLAND CIRCUIT—Lincoln, July 18. The Judges arrived here from Oakham at half-past five on Saturday afternoon, when they immediately proceeded to open the Commission for the city and county. The business is exceedingly light, there being but seven in dictments. In the city there was but one prisoner, and in that case the Grand Jury ignored the Bill. CRIMINAL COURT.—(Before Mr. Justic e P A rrEsoN.) Robert Taylor, aged 17, was charged with stabbing his brother, Jeremiah '1 aylor, at Bcston, in this county. The brothers, with other labourers, were drinking in a beer-house, kept by one Balderson. They began to quarrel and scuffle, and Jeremiah Taylor struck his brother, upon which the young man challenged him to get up and to go out into the yard, and have a ;mind. They went out (the other persons being brutish enough not to interfere), and fought, the elder brother falling; on his right side. On taking him up it was found he was wounded in the left side, Assistance was procured, and the, wound was dressed. It was between the seventh and eighth , ribs, two inches long, and a quarter of an inch deep. The surgeon .5 tatcd that it had the appearance rather of a cut than a stab. _ . The prisoner's brother never appeared against him. In his defence the prisoner said he had been provoked, and his brother running at him, he had accidentally wounded him with a knife, with which he had been eating bread and meat. Guilty.--Seatence, six months' imprisonment. James IV/cite pleaded guilty to a cbare of setting fire to a rick of clover hay, the property of William Morros, of Kin. mond-le-Noire, on the 13th of July instant. Jane Ashton was charged with having. on the 18th as March stolen 3271. 2s. 7d. from John Maltby, of Beckingham, Volts- The prosecutor deposed that he was at Caistor fair t.‘n the 18th of March, and was walking in the public streets in the evening. Saw the prisoner, who spoke to him, giving him " fixture name." He told her she was mistaken in him, when she asked him if he would take a walk. He refused. On re... turning towards the inn, a man came up, and pinioned his arms. and placed his knees against his back. Another man and thee_ prisoner came in front, tore his waistcoat open, and took from the inside pocket a yellow bag, containing 3271. 2s. 7d. in bills and notes. 13 certain prisoner assisted in taking the money. Having obtained it, the prisoner and the men left him, in dif ferent directions. He gave an alarm, and meeting two police officers, stated to them what had occurred, and accompanied them to a beer-house, kept by one Samuel Vicars, where he saw the prisoner. This was five minutes after he lost the money. Identified the woman, and gave her into custody. Samuel Vicars corroborated the above testimony. Guilty.—Fifteen years' transportation. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Samuel Burroughs, an intelligent country lad, about 14 years of ap e, Harriet Bunce, a fine grown young woman, about Li, b ut' in a most wretched and filthy state, and Mare Mears, aged 16 years, were charged as follows Christmas, park constable, No. 5, stated that between five and six o'clock yesterday he found the prisoners sleeping at the foot of a tree near the Magazine-barracks, Hyde-park ; they were huddled up close together to keep themselves warm, and were actually steaming with the dew that had fallen on then. Witness, in pursuance of the - orders which had been given by the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, took them into custody. He further stated that there were no less than from 50 to 100 females, from the age of 10 to 60 years, who nightly slept in the Park, and it was the determination of the Commissioners, in consequence of the numerous complaints. that had been made to them by the surrounding inhabitants, who were continually been shocked and annoyed by scenes of the grossest indecency, to put a stop to it. Burroughs said that he was an orphan, and not being able to get any work at his native place in Gloucestershire, he had come up to London about a month ago, and had since been wandering about the streets, living how he could, and sleeping at night in the Park. The two girls said that they had no relatives or friends, and were utterly destitute. Mr. HA abwic IC said the nuisance must be abated, and as a warning to others, he should commit them all three for a month each to Westminster Bridewell, to hard labour. The Constable said the females had infested the Park for the last five or six months. _ Caroline Herries, , ratlier a degently-dressed young woman, was brought up by Police Constable 1\ o. 153, of the A division, and charged with a similar offence, and was committed for six. teen days. CLERKEIVIV.ELL. Thomas and John Farren were charged with violentlyas•• saulting police constable 275 N. It appeared that, between 11 and 12 o'clock, the complainant hearing a great noise in a public-house, hastened thither in order to quell the disturbance. He found Thomas Farren somewhat intoxicated and very riotous,' he immediately took him into custody. On his way to the station-house, at Thorney-bridge. Islington, he broke from the policeman's gripe, ran behind him, gut his head between his legs, and threw the policeman right on the top of his head. He then rushed on the constable before he could recover the effects of the fall, and kicked and beat hint in a most violent manner. S 202, fortunately came up and took him into custody. When they reached John -street, Pen tocville, the other prisoner, brother of the former, fell on the policeman, and attempted to rescue his brother, but failed in doing so. Mr. GREENWOOD sentenced Thomas to one month's impri sonment and hard labour, and John to one fortnight. UNION-HALL. William Jones, in a coarse canvas dress, was charged with breaking a lamp, value 305., in front of St. George's workhouse. Mr. Robinson, the master, stated that upwards of 200 persons of both sexes applied for admission to sleep in the workhouse op the preceding night, and all those that could be accommodated were admitted. The defendant. was one of those whom they were compelled for want of room to refuse, upon which be took up a stone and deliberately broke the large lamp over the gates. He was then given into custody. The defendant said that he came from Liverpool to look for work or get a ship, but could get neither, and he was starving. —lle was committed for 14 days. ELECTION COMMITTEES. IPSWICH. The Committee appointed to try the merits of the last Ipswich election met 3 esterday at eleven o'clock. Mr. P. M. Stewart in the chair. Mr. Kingslake, Mr. C. Phillips, and Mr. D. Power were Counsel for the petitioners, Mr. Gisborne and Mr. Moffatt, the defeated candidates; and Mr. Austin and Mr. Talbot ap peared for the sitting Members, Lord Desart and Mr. Gladstone. Mr. KINGSLAKE opened the case on the part of the peti tioners as one of bribery and treating. The Learned Counsel having concluded his address, the Committee adjourned tilt to-day at eleven o'clock. NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME. The Committee met yesterday for the first time, at eleven o'clock, for the purpose of considering the petition of Air. Colquhtun against the return of Mr. Harris fcr Newcastle under-Lyme. Mr. Austen, Mr. W ' rangham and Mr. Talbot, appeared for the unsuccessful candida'e; and Mr. Cole appeared for Mr. Harris, the sitting Member. Mr. AUSTIN opened the case on behalf of the petitioner. The Learned Counsel having concluded his address for the petitioner, the Committee adjourned till to-day, when Mr. Cole is to reply. FIRE AT TOTTENHAM. Between 11 and 12 o'clock on Wednesday night, one of the most extensive and calamitous fires which have occurred for many years broke out in the quiet village cif Tottenham, which, before it was subdued, extended to ten houses, while amongst the property destroyed were several valuable homes. The first intimation which was received at the various engine-stations was from the reflection in the atmosphere, and so powe.rful were the flames, that Connorton, of the West of England, was called for Barbican, to which place be directed the engine. Upon arriving there he was told the fire was at Islington. Upon proceeding to Farringden-street, the Whiteeross-street engines were also going in the same direc tion. An inquiry was then made at the station-house, Islieg ton-green, but in consequence of no correct information being obtained the engines returned, and upon their arrival in Smith field they then ascertained the exact spot. After several hours of constant and unremitting exertions the flames were subdued, but not before a number of houses were destroyed and damaged. The loss of property is estimated at about 1,5001. To the foremen of the West of England and the Brigade the utmost credit is due, as well as to the police, who rendered every aid in their power in stopping the progress of the destructive element. ALARMING OCCURRENCE. —Wednesday morning the following occurrence took place adjacent to the London and Birmingham Railway terminus, huston-square:—lt appears that a gentleman, whose name has not transpired, alighted from his gig in the New-road, to call upon a friend, when the horse, a valuable and high-spirited animal, suddenly started cff at a full gallop, passing along Aleltoo-street n intoV tah r r u e m vi m ol o o n n i c l- e. street, when, while attempting to turn round in the direction of the Hampstead-road, its head came in contact with the iron railing at No. 43, in Drummond-street, and from detached frombelow,he of the concussion, nearly the whole of the ee ii railing tciien window, to into the area gave ea wa y, t speedilyt h i nfinite attracted al when nm bponytflgytrshreo the aid aoeeirdrtofe dewomfdtacoNlei dfsevpvisei,hthr pulleys, o u n ll 's e vehicle, e n r ta t i l B: c t gl h ien e , g h a o ,nc r di s t e h b was riet a the ent breaking ii n iai e f e ttsh, e p w r w e hh c i c i o p hl i e t ,h a precipitated 0 , e cries for assistance many considerable them iderabhlt ys to , t sc he c. spot. Various the view of extricating o tmh b ee j Cne animal, s teas svere a Y'P' t length effected. passenger e i nnjguerre hurt, u t r o t any , bu t m very an ex te nt, nor was any foot DEPARTUsReEvero to o r i de delay a few days premature at Pe forORD DE GRET.—Lord De Grey in London, Sunday next. His Excellency will r Ni o r y li , e t m he u r st he a t e has fixed his departureea dera very the ery hor se nar w t nor h e e s c d s s e e p h s e i !, to an l d rel t a te d n in p th ro e cee ea d pe to eity G Germany. n ‘ i " i n e l e ... turt, n pr d e o s t e i n c t ir to cu a m pe s e ta n n ie c t e r s . , - r n eg u ardin blin regarding which it would be DEPARTURE OF THE MAIL FOR CANADA AM) THE UNITED STATES.—LIVERPOOL, WEDNISDAY.—ShortIy after six o'clock last night the Columbia, Captain Judkins, took her departure from our port, and proceeded with her Majesty's mails and a fair number of passengers for Canada and the United Stites. ~~