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A 1 .. 11 1....4.- .-. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COM :11 ()NS, .111 6. 'due " r jhO SPZAILER took the Chair at Four o'Clc;ek. BIRMINGHAM SCH66lliii:: !i; ~, -.Mr. I % IUNTZ presente d a pet i t i on from Binning nani, praying that the petitioners might be heard by t •!;tliemselves, their agents, or Counsel, against the Bir ' ' lni nghara School Estate Bill. On the motion for the second reading of the Bill, Mr. MUNTZ said that he would oppose the second f4... - -Ileading until the petition, which he had just pre sented, was taken into consideration by the Committee sii7 ~uL the Bill. xi'!" After some conversation the Bill was read a - second le) lime, and ordered to be committed. NATIONAL FLOATING BREAKWATER . • . COMPANY. bor, 'Captain PECHELL moved - th e thi r d rea di ng o f xi.it4 Bill for incorporating this Company. • Sir C. DOUGLAS opposed the motion, on account orthe late period of the session. •• After some discussion, the House divided, when the numbers were— 14) , Por the third reading Against it Majority ......... 12 The Bill was then read a third time and passed. POOR-LAST. '' Mr. WALKER presented a petition f rom th e t. `'..Guardian s o f th e B ury U n i on, pray i ng f or modifica -11,"3 in the B as t ar d y c l ause , an d other portions of the uor• law Act. MAYNOOTH. The Marquis of DOURO presented a petition s3,AgAinit the annual grant to the College of Maynooth. ?di POOR-LAW. ` fi r 11 . DOUGLAS presented a petiti on i n f avour +rl' 41 terations in the provisions of the Poor-law. — "L DANISH CLAIMS. olr lIANMER presented a petition from various 'Lltterchants' who had sustained loss by th e se i zure o f 44144 ships during the attack on the Danes i n 1807, '''' , ...7 0,1 4 , lllo ved that the petition be printed with th e V o t es , he intended to call the attention of the House to t;z),...ue s u bj ect. MUNICIPAL ACT. V. SMITH presented a petiti on f rom th e bo :, 4 14 4 8 11 of Northampton, complaining that the R ecor d er not_ hold the usual Sessions if it occurred within daYS before the Assizes, in consequence of a r u l e : f the Circuit, and praying the House to fix specific a n d certain times for holding the Sessions. INANE OFFICERS. th C a Pt. PECHELL gave notice that he should call „ e attenti o h o f t h e House to the petition of Charlotte orbes (resented on the sth inst.) on the 21st. TRINITY PENSIONERS. - 4 r• lII.TME moved for a return of the pensioners the Trinity -house fund, in continuation of a return rdcir e d by the House, up to 1836. THE COINAGE. in l ‘lr. HUME gave notice that to-morrow h e s h ou ld : their for a Select Committee to in qu i re as t o th e issued by the Ch ance ll or o f th e E xc h equer , f or kit reception of light sove re i gns an d h a lf- sovere i gns , .:h r espect to their re-issue, and the state o f th e 1 ver currency, It Lord STANLEY presented a pet i tion from the A ct r• Charles Mill er aga i ns t th e Tith e C ommutat i on • Oa the motion for the Order of the Day beingread, oFord GRANVILLE SOMERSET said that in N ir , er to prevent any, obstacle being thrown in the vv •• 3 ',ef proceeding with the Committee of Supply he L°nal consent to postpone the third reading of the tl l . l , l r,tie Asylums Bill, if other Hon. Gentlemen si - }, c ny situated, would consent to do the same. He . w Ped th e H on. M em b er oppos i te (Mr. Redington) ,eu l d consent t o p os tp on e th e S u db ury Disfranchise `uent Bin . su tin REDINGTON said, that as he had not e " °PPortunities as her Majesty's Government,'he A ,I) 1 1- 14 not do as th e N o bl e L or d w i s h e d. 4° rd G. SOMERSET said h e wou ld p os tp one the Lunatic Asylums Bill to this day week. I s l Lord STANLEY said he would postpone the th e re Bill, as it was highly de s ir a bl e th a t th e re should be no further delay in proceeding with C omniittee of Supply. n SUDBURY DISFRANCHISEMENT. _ !th• — ' l the Order of the Day for the third reading of .., t„,8'.13i1l being read, .4 1 4 1 4 1. • BLACKS'rONE rose to propose an amend- th - "" in a clause. In looking over the evidence on Sudbury..ei-el,case, he did not find that more than -th!"t eases o bribery had been proved, but if even :.-- 4 e bribery' extended to two hundred, that - was - I ct i • 11 - majority of • the constituency of Sudbury.• i ''• IP flight be a prima fade case for further 4tlve u . ` ' ' did think - t i e ,_lgation, but he 1 1 :12rs''' shoiild be, punished with' the guilty. -Nr-breast argument-for what he proposed was, that ,i t i ti v4 briber -had been proved to have been- com -110,74 in. boroughs, it ceased when they were incor the-`7.(l')*KV4Cadjoining hundreds. He should of l eirAf Inilie,'„ln sine 14, after the words, "passing e 1 - . 16. 4. .Ae1,r 'to insert " be held, and considered as in ~,..710g:wilhin.its limits the hundred of Babergh, p lie y ..; '''. county of Suffolk, and the hamlet ti t .4.,ahlkdon cum Brundon, in the county of Essex, N,:teati-the right of voting for any burgess or bur- I , dh e -s to.l'serve in Parliament for the said Borough of )ki th •:urY, be hereafter vested in those persons residing lit 4 the said kindred of Babergh and the said ham ti,llAl h allingdon.cu Brundon, having the qualifica ,lll cum required" as electors for cities and boroughs, als„ thane Act- 2, William the Fourth, c. 45 ;" and 1 01 , - . from and after the passing of this Act the fol- . I,e lasing Persons, whose. names are hereinafter inserted, the k ' s qualified from voting at all future elections for -,LiamW?ugh of Sudbury, viz., John 11. S. Gooday, , \Varner, Thomas Gooday, James B. Johnson, ?,th - , 11 , e18 Making, James Brown, Thomas Brown, V r 'es King, Richard Steed, 'William Jolladay, rrlnel Shelley, and J. Wheeler, junior. st ep it st eh .-- EDINGTON expressed his surprise that k e -64 amendment should be proposed by the Hon. lmTher o p pos i te, w h ose f ormer course would have T lnn (Mr. R.) to expect his entire support. "e Rouse then divided, when the numbers were, Por the third reading 134 Against it 53 Majority for the third reading —Bl T ile Bill was then read a third time and passed. 0 MR. ROEBUCK'S COMMITTEE. t1 14 11 . ‘ the que s ti on b e i ng p u t by th e S PEAKER , tle,,,ir• Cochrane be ordered to attend before the 4i"un Inquiry Committee and give evidence, in hZ . ROEBUCK said as he saw the Hon. Member tern P,w ' Place, and hearing what had taken place yes- • teh.l,l' on the understanding that he was about to he b: ' the Committee, he had moved that the order rao:.thdrawn k if he still declined to attend, he must i t e that it b ' e, enforced. th r. e , C °CIIRANE said that, pending the inquiry he w' :.`'° l- nnlittee appointed to search for precedents, Ille ass -- , unwilling to occupy the time of the House un tukgritlY ; ani if the House had decided that he belt tu attend, he should obey its wish and appear the Committee. I v . h t. R OEBUCK then moved that the order be c ,,, !,i'Ll „‘‘.greed to. hi rd ght of Voting (Dublin) Bill was read a Lune and passed. Si r A POOR-LAW BILL. INts• 211 1 ES GRAHAM .postponed the further ...,.ictittderation of the Poor-law Amendment Bill until vOmlpext. bi' 4 "-rrEE OF SUPPLY.—ADJOURNED ATE on the DISTRESS of the COUNTRY. the Order of the Day for going into a Committee : .. ikitty being read, tt a : ILL lAMS rose and saicl, that the House t ,p. a rrt pi Th_nns, he had observed, since he had a seat "A m. - 41', - ""unent, always showed very great willing -tve"itsf' vt4 e away the public money rather than give rea t . b ; r ,esses of the people consideration ; yet, as the Siie --.6 tressed condition and suffering of the people 4drnitted on all hands, he did not deem it : 1 44 3. 84 r,_Y to offer any apology to the House t kitt 9vu lB', as an amendment upon going into Corn .Nlent?' Supply the resumption of the debate on the f or 4 . ,,'culit proposed by his Hon. Friend the Member . 4 41 d ,enaek. The overwhelming distress, privation, try, "Ifficuly in which the people of this coun tite' ttilnre especially the industrious and producd lc e ll e 44 ' 868 were now placed, were not confine • Atemaerlaarticular district of the country, or to one par . !xt tic i.bratch of trade, but were daily spreading and Ltuti t hipg, until, at last, they nearly embraced every ha i ?ti of the people in this country, except those ;vli o i x- Iv ied upon the public taxes, and those nad le ers great advantage from monopolies, which 1%13 s 'eell created to maintain their interests. He 41 04 , ° ,rrY that it was his painful duty to bear testi ul ever that House, in addition to that furnished y part of the country, that great a it di stress now ex i sts i n t h e . t nd- - the manu f actur i ng di str i cts surroun d- There, which teprt allures he represented in that House. 1'10413. fail were within the memory of man a as at present in the city which he 14ipc:ned, or so great a decline in the two most h,, "l k trad e a"t branches of trade in that city, viz., the en so and the watch trade. Never had there f:4q was Much destitution among the working classes. •4-11141: unwilling to trouble the House with any , t l y.hieh lie d details on the subject of the distress 44nsorPrevailed in Coventry, 4114 he should content • 'on with reading an extract from a communi- T 144 inform Which he had received from a gentleman eutled on the matter. (The Honourable 1,44 4 here read the extract referred to, . l aged - it wilt Milted that the operative-A Cia vA , 4 in the watch and the silk trades #trtfa k .„ - I'LrY were almost totally without employment, 11.-itii4nre involved in the deepest distress.) The 9.1f,t Member f or London, and th e Ri g ht 4 Ph airtiTnet at tike 644 pf the Government had 611 a former eveuipe, to to condition of Tie objec' inoPeY irftle sub" agr .tIS3 itft + * A d e ell° lle t ted bi T he be.-41611 e ort of pit cent he 23d crt the Coil lard, 0' (the 1 had._ be ef ' leficiencf. i in ev e lf I trov. ated too i t if thel Ilntro u ' s resP °n : be an e ^ . "nom the' formt; . IWEI. # It out Oa' alla‘iince{en ag ,be sSible 6,5 e ther vr a ; rapb Ju s on „ t iret h nA , able m of fi ca tioll 14 effec te : t h broug i : oPq ry ornd , • of 5 ".I. oAVi been / e 0 art ic'e. or For I'l° d 'the de" — ri , ['he Po u : 4 l , arid Fri. irrner ,l°ll lest weel4,ce° and P r .„' Dover ter,- )er C! ° rel dee litiire ine . 4 '7 0 0 bpi `26 • t, 0, 6 ......... ,/ ....... let ton " 0 ...... Y ••• is. 6 . ..... ",O 6 ......... ,20 ......... 06 ... 16 tt Tees 6 lc 0 than' ig Y ••• .... . 16 • 'Mai". it9 0 . I re % t 5. •-• O. , is I , too 15 0 >5. 19- 0 iv , 0 10 } 1G k. 2 0 8 , 0 t $ .15 pea se :45 4:1 1 96 ;74 `° , 0 3 Is: , ' o ° lo 17 1 1 01 itO ' o ° o 6 4 , 3 1 E 0 gO 4 ' 0 ., `2 5 i°6o 585 t^l66 16 5 t ° t. it 6 $ Pi 4% 34' 1, 40 534 64i the -country. The Noble Lord, the MernlA for London, admitted the existence of severe distress, hut stated that at that period of the session. he was not prepared to enter into any cousdera tion of the means of relieving it, save a re-con sideration of the Corn-laws. The Noble Lord had not stated to what extent he intended to carry the views he entertained with respect to a change in the Corn-laws. But he would tell the ;oble Lord, that if he adhered to the 'proposal he had made last Session of only reducing the duty to Bs., such a proposal would a ff or d littl e or no fed in the present state of the country. If such a proposal had been brought forward four • years ago it would undoubtedly have afforded considerable relief; but he believed it would be utterly inadequate to meet the evils un der which the country now suffered. He -had also heard the speech of the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Government with ex treme sorrow. He felt exceedingly anxious that the Right Honourable Baronet should bring for ward such measures as he (Mr. W. Williams) could Conscientiously support, because th e Ri g ht Hon. Baronet had the power of fully carrying out any views he might adopt to their fullest extent, a power which had not been possessed by any Minister of late years, The Right Hon. Baronet not only admitted the ex istence of great distress, but he admitted the truth of almost all the propositions of the Honourable Member for Greenock. Those statements were of such a character as to call upon any Go vernment to take into their immediate con sideration the means of affording, if rot permanent, at least temporary relief. The only answer given to those statements by the Right Hon. Baronet was, that it was now the Ist of July, and therefore too late in the session to consider the subject. In his (Mr. W. Williams's) opinion no period ought to be too late to take such a matter into their most serious considera tion. The Right Hon. Baronet said that the measures which he had already , proposed were his measures for relief. Now, those measures were, first, the Corn-laws, which made the starving millions pay 50 per cent. more for their bread than was paid by the working classes of other nations with whom they had to compete. His next measure was the Income-tax, which was to take four millions annually out of the pockets of the suffering people. The next was the Tariff, which, if the trade and commerce of the country had been jn its ordinary position, would, he (Mr. Williams) would admit, have, afforded some relief, but it would not do so in the present state of the country. The next measure was the Poor-law, by which it was proposed to continue the Poor-law Commission, at a cost of 20,0001. a-year to the coun try, an expense which was admitted to be unnecessary. He considered the means proposed by both the leaders of that House were inefficient to remove the distress of the country. The Right Hon. Baronet complained that the resolutions of the Hon. Member for Greenock were vague and indefinite, while he ad mitted the ruinous state, of the trade of the country. All that his Honourable Friend wished was, an inquiry into the distress of the country, because lie had not the means of relief him self. He properly considered that belonged to the Government, and that the Government would not isten to any suggestion of his. His Hon. Friend ,herefore left that to the Government themselves. The Right Hon. Gentleman also complained that the Hon. Member for Whitehaven had not pro posed any plan of relief. If the Right. Hon. Baronet wished for his (Mr. Williams') opinion as to what would afford relief, he would give it, though he was sure—it would not be adopted, yet he hoped it Would find favour with the Secretary for the 'Home Department, because he would not travel out of the doctrines which he had often preached. His -suggestion would be, that all corn, of every description, should be admitted into this country duty free, and that all duty on the raw material of cotton and silk should be re moved. He was aware that many on his side of the house who considered the subject, were of opinion that the repeal of the Corn-law would remove all the evils which now overwhelmed so many millions of people ; yet his own opinion was, that they should go much farther and repeal the malt-tax, beer having - now become one of the necessaries of life. He would also propose a duty of 3d. a pound on sugar, and he had no objection to give the colonies a protection of 15 per cent. He should further propose a duty ofl .3d. on coffee, , and a duty of 30 per cent. on tea. This would not be so very large a reduction from the present taxation of the country ; by it the means of life would be so much reduced that the same amount of income would go to a much greater ex tent,L--(Hear, hear.) He proposed also to take one third from all payments from the Exchequer to all persons employed under the Crown, with the exception of common sailors, from whose pay he would I take nothing. Nor would he reduce the pay of sol diers, because it was an experiment which it might not be very desirable to try. From all others he would take one-third of what they received, and that would give the Government a much greater amount than the taxation he proposed to take off. If the Government would adopt these measures, it would not only relieve the present • dis tress, but infuse . into the manufacturing a nd working classes an energy and action that would re move the present distress, would give them work, and in relation to that work would enable them to procure not only the necessaries but the comforts of life. When they looked at the vast amount of money which was taken annually out of the pockets of the people— an amount very little short perhaps of 100,000,0001. sterling, they could not be surprised at the present state of distress. Those Members might be astonished to hear him speak of 100,000,0001. But they must recollect that the taxes paid to the Government were 55,000,0001. ; they must also recollect the amount paid for tithes, Church-rates, baptisms, marriages, and burials, for poor-rates, highway-rates, county-rates, and bo rough-rates, and above all they must look to the amount paid by the working millions - to the landed aristocracy. They must look also to the amount paid to the West India planters. Such an amount of taxes would eventually produce a state or things which it would he frightful to contemplate. He believed that taking the . average of the shop keepers, instead of snaking anything they sustained a loss. That he was convinced was the case at the present moment. He was satisfied that if any one would consider the trade of the country, they would sustain him in that opinion. As he said before, all this was mainly attributable to the Bill of 1819. He would tell the Right Hon. Gentleman that the measure he introduced in 1819 was the foundation of the evils of the country, and those evils would go on until there would be a state of things too dreadful to describe. The Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Home Department had admitted that distress existed, but in addition he had stated that if he believed the re peal of the Corn-laws would be attended with good, he:would sacrifice his own interests. But to that state ment he aided that any alteration in the Corn laws would produce the worst results. Since that period a great change had taken place in the opinion of the Right Hon. Baronet, for there was a time when he thought not only that the c,orn laws ought to be repealed, but that every facility should be given to the adMission of 'foreign corn,. In 1827, the Right lion. Baronet, who had in this proved an almost true prophet as to the present state of things, said that when the people of this country presented the spectacle of millions supplicating for bread, the titles, pensions. and honours of the aristocracy would be swept away. Such were then the' opinions of the Right Hon. Gentleman, who was no insignificant authority upon a matter of this kind. The Hon. Gentleman concluded by stating his intention of giving his cordial support to the motion of the Hon. Member for Greenock. Mr. ALi)AM placed no great reliance on the assur ances of, relief to the woollen or any other trade, to be derived from commercial treaties. The woollen trade was at this moment suffering very much from foreign competition. The . Hon. Member went into a statement of the distress which prevailed during the years from 1835 to the present time in the manufacturing districts of the North, which distress, Ile contended a free-trade in corn would .have prevented. Whatever may be the opinion as to the operation of the Corn-laws upon the distress of the country, he thought the opening of the ports at the present moment was a distinct question from that of the Corn-laws, and would be beneficial in miti gating the present distress. Such a measure would not in his opinion, be prejudicial to the farmer, because it would not operate so much in lessening the price of wheat as in stimulating an increase of labour.—(Hear, hear.) The object of a foreign market was that it should re suscitate the home market.—(Hear, hear.) The state of distress in the country was such that some remedy was essential—(Hear, hear)—and he conceived what he had pointed at would do much to relielie that distress. In conclusion, the Hon. Member rend a resolution, agreed to at a meeting in Leeds, setting forth the distress of the country, and the danger of allowing it to continue. Sir B. HALL brought under the attention of the House tho state of the parish of Marylebone. In that wealthy and popular parish, there was. actually • one twentieth of the inhabitants receiving parochial relief. From a comparison of the price of corn in a series of years from 1534, with the numbur of paupers in the same years, he proved that pauper6m had increased steadily, in proportion to the increase in the price of corn. Pear corn and pauperism always went together. T he parish now presented a most extraordinary aspect ; a great portion of the wealth of the kingdom was now resident in the metropolis ; it might be supposed that in the pre senee of so much wealth the pour might find employ ment, yet the difference in the parish of Marylebone, from the great influx of wealth, was very slight ; at this moment there were no less than one in every twenty of the population receiving parochial relief. Those state ments were well. w orthy the attention orthe Bight Hon. would not be thought guilty . Gentleman opposite.had taken th e parish o f Mary le one, of exag geration. He had c*c.',udgd a t p w oes o f st...3ancras and Paddington,.because be would not . be ththight guilty of exaggeration.. He had taken the most wealthy parish in the metropolis, Marylebone, the parish in which the greater part of the aristocracy dwelt. Such was the ex . THE SU_N. LONDON, PEI tritSDA.Y MOitiallo:ittliAT 7, 1842. tt'nt'of pauperism existing in that parish. A proposition had been made that her Majesty's Go vernment s h ou ld • m . not orris these matters into their se r i ous considera ti i, but should devise some means for relieving the dis tresses of the country. It was now twelve - months since the Right Honourable Baronet had taken 'dive- He' had, at that time. asked for time t e , onsi.ler the measures he might deem it right to pro pose ; • and now, atter twelve months' consideraJon he would ask the Right Hon. Baronet what . Measure 11( was prepared to propose to relieve - the distresses of ti - :. country. There was one subject which showed the dis tressed state of the metropolis. Ile had had an oppor tunity of seeing one of the largest pawnbrokers in Lou. don, who stated that such was the demand for mosey, that many of the pawnbrokers had refused to •advance money for goods, its‘ their capital was nearly exhausted They used to •advance 3d. a yard on cotton goods noe. they eould not advance even 1 4., be caus e th e y Could buy those goods at 2d. n yard. It was nut only the poor.t classes who were suffering distress— the shopkeepers a lso felt distress severely. Thlsy said there never was a tint when there was so little money in, circulation, or wh, orders were so unpunctually paid lois ..Persons who had heretofore been in a good line of busjpess were now in distress, and looked forward to the ensiling winter with most painful feelings. They were not likely to have t plentiful harvest, and if, as he believed, not more than two-thirds the corn had been sown this year that had been sown last, he was at a loss to imagine how any good could result from any measure which did not in clude an importation of foreign corn into the country. Pauperism increased as the price o f corn increased. With respect to the late alteration in the Corn-laws, he believed that the principal advantage to be hoped filin it was, that it would open the Nay for a still larger mea sure of reform. He hoped that the time would come when no duty would be levied upon foreign corn, except a merely nominal one for purposes of revenue. The changes in the tariff might perhaps ultimately produtesoniebenefit; but they could not, for the present at leasf; cause any reduction in meat, butter, or the other .great necessaries of life. The only other :great law that had passed this session was the Inconie-tax ; and that was. a measure which would only tend to aggravate the evils under which the country suffered. , . • •- • Mr. BROTHRRTON said that he could bear his tes timony to the distress which prevailed in 'Manchester and Salfurd, the seats of the cotton manufacture. • There never was such general - distress among the working classes as at present. Letters which he had recently re ceived informed him - that workmen in almost every branch of manufacture were constantly thrown cut 0! employthent. ' Inst-ad of being employed, many of the. people were in a state of starvation, quite devoid even of the means of emigrating to an other country where they might find employment. With regard to improvements in machinery, he had ne doubt it was a cause of throwing persons out of employ inent, - In seventy-five establishments - in Manchester the same .number of mills which, in 1829, employed' 2,650 persons, in 1841 employed only half that number. It was also said that - joint-etock.banks caused the distress. But it was the dearness of food which induced the manu facturers to have recourse to machinery, and do every thing which would lessen the cost of production; and the distress prevailed where there were no ;pint-stock banks, so that that could not be the cause of it. The cause was that stated by the Hon. Member for Leeds. It was the dearness of food. The cost of bread from - 1838 to 1841 was 80,000,000/. dearer than from 1833 to 1836, and the withdrawal of 20,000,001;1. a year - from trade must do much to cause the distress. When the fiiod was de:li the price of wages was kept up, and when it was dear employment fell off.—(Hear, hear.) Prosperity could - only be insured. by cheap food ;. in 1834, 1835, and 1836, there was a surplus in ,the public re venue; in 1837, 1838, and 18:;9, there was a deficiency; it appeared, therefore, that the revenue was- in a more healthy state in cheap years. It had been asked would a repeal of the Corn-laws stimulate the trade of the coun try; he believed it would. The Right Hon. Baronet had expressed his surprise that in such a state Of distress there should be new mills in the course of erection; Why - this would be the case under any circumstances, as then were always improvementsgoing on in machinery, which enabled those who possessed the latest improvements to enter into further competition with those already esta blished. At the present time he believed that such' . improvements were going on. There might also be an increase in the amount of exports, but it was sent out of the country at less profit. He found, by reference to the population of five of the principal agricultural counties, equal to that of Lancashire, that the amount deposited by the former in the saving' banksvas doub'e that of the population of Lancashire. That was suf ficient to show that the constitution of the agricultural population was superior to the condition of the manu- 1 facturing population ; and such a result could only have followed front the injustice of class legislation. He gave the Government some credit for the commercial changes they had introduced ; but he was persuaded that if their policy had been still more liberal, they would have con ferred far greater benefit on the country at large. He cordially supported the motion then before the House. Mr. JAMES was not an advocate for the total repeal of the Corn-laws, although he thought that an Bs. fixed duty would be preferable to the present system. He did not believe that the inquiry moved for by the Hon. Member for Greenock could be attended with the slightest beneficial effect, and he should, therefore, yote. against the motion of the Hon. Gentleman. Lord HOWICK was not prepared to vote for the motion then before the House, although he felt much in debted to the Hon - . Member for Greenock for having brought it forward. He thought it an advantage that the state - of• the country should have been submitted to the consideration of Parliament ; but he did not think that • the proposed inquiry could lead to any beneficial result.—(Hear.) He was aware that Parliament had the- power of introducing measures which might relieve the prevailing distress ; but it wit constitutional changes. Ardently as he - desired to st-e the GoVernment apply it:Hf with boldness to the remedy, ip-scar,elv ex peetoll it ;hut this at least they ini lit ex-. pert, that if the distrCS; Continued, the Government would not allow the• Year to vithout advising her Majesty to summon Ptlrliament, that some remedy might be plied by others, if the Government was not prepared to apply one itself. • AlUitalSOlc raid he • recollected many periods of distress, but none so aggravated as the present. He a S 3 Oi s trgo as the ; held - thet id tl arifir e ' p q lt u irt s l t ) i l ' e s was settled, situation, - he did - nett despair. H a d their veins of coa! heenexhausted. or their - capit a l was t e d, h e shinil t i her, feared their condition teas without a remedy. There were few parts of th e wor l d which would not take more our manufactures than they did at present ; the only difficulty was to find the equivalent which we could take in exchange for them. He went through a variety of details of the woollen and silk trade, to prove that the present distress was not caused by competition with ottwr t c, m bti mL t ( e i f i.toar'eronti-rt: hea t ih; e fief i t I et In that Tr speaking; sy tot able tee purchase t iley were J eluded their the preqent distress it was necessary to bear in mind hat the manufacturing population were the best cus tomers for articles of manufacturing skill, S 9 that when they were distressed the.effect was more perceptible than if the suffering prevailed among the saute number of the agricultural population. The distress of America hail not arisen fron t her being deluded by philo sophers,-, of the . now school, but or the opposite one. There was no means of extending our commerce with America, but by taking their corn and previsions in exchange for our manufactures. Besides the condition of our trade with America there were -other causes of Wur commercial diteress. 'i here was our position in India, and the withdrawal of capital from trade and its application to the purposes. of war in that country.. `then, too, there was the war with China. Whe rher the manner -in which our relations with that pople- would be ultimately settled would- improve our commerce with them remained to he seen... With respect to the Measures of the Government—the Income-tax and the tariff—the former coal 1- but injure trade, and the latter would benefit it but very slightly. The only advantage,. indeed, - derivable froin.the latter measure was it showing the tendency of the Right Horn Baronet towards liberal measures. With releet to the Corn-laws, he thought it matter of regret that, the fixed duty proposed by his Noble Friend had not been adopted: It was far preferable to the sliding scale, and would ultimategy,. he had no doubt, lie made the law of the land. As for the pro • position of a free trade in corn, he did not think there was env vround for the tears entertained of its proving ruinous to the farmers. The price of corn under a free trade would never be lo wer than 50s. per quarter. There was then no reason to appre hend such ruinous results from free trade. Similar apprehensions ha I been entertained formerly with respect .to lowering the do-y on wool , and yet experi ence h a d s h own that the diminished duty had worked beneficially to the agriculturist. If they would return to the old principles on which the code was for ni•rly founded. they would lop • off two or three millions of the poeelation of the country. The population had within ashort pekal increased by a million, and-if employment were not ob tailed for those people, they would be compelled to abandon, not only their sliding scale, but all agricultural protection whatever. Even at the present time the farmers were convinced that the present change in the Corn-laws was but temporary. Mr. G. PALMER was of opinion that it was not the price of corn which caused the present distress, but our vicious system of trade. which excluded our manufactures from almost every market in the world. The- Hon. Gentleman went on to show that the exports of cotton goods and other manufactures had increased, and therefore it was not from wanting a market that the distress arose. He believed it proceeded rather from a vicious system of accepting the bills. of the manufacturers, whether in Liverpool or elsewhere. The home market was the most important to them. it constituted • six sevenths of the whole trade of the country, and they ought not to sacrifice it for the other one-seventh. The Hon. Gentleman-who spoke last alluded to population, and expressed his fears that it would increase more rapidly titan the food which was to supply it. In the year 1796, when the p ipulation was not near so much as it was at present, the peo ple were in the utmost distress and destitutim. It ought to be recollected that God never Fent more mouths into the world than it would be able to feed. — (Opposition cheers.) But that food must be produced at home, and they were not to look to other nations for it. Her Majesty's Ministers knew the state uf the country, and would legislate for it accordingly. He did not therefore see the object of the present tbscussion. Mr. E. ELLICE said that the House would not regret tie Motion of the Hon. - Meinber for Greenock, if it only occasioned the excellent speech of the Hon. Member for in-erness.— He agreed with the lion. Member who last spoke, that God never sent mouths into the world without sending food to supply them i but if that - was the case, why were they now ;.ufferin7; so much distress when the rest of the world was teem ing with.what would supply them?—( Cheers.) What was it but an unwise interference with the bountiful providence of God ?—( Hear. ) lie agreed with his lion. Friend that one great cause of distress was the decrease of the American trade. j Ttut what was tl.e cause of it? He thought it was to be found at home. He considered it waspartly occasioned by the measure passed with regard to the currency. He would not allude to this if he (lid not see symptoms of the same kind at present. After the year 1819 the distress became very great. In 1825 a calapse came—they had exported all their gold. From 1822 to 1e425 they gave a stimulus to increased credit, and consequently to increased production, and then came the crisis of 1825. Subsequently to 1825—he believed in I€ l 34—they did the same thing. They made an offer of a million of money to South America, the consequence of which was that they had a large trade with America, which being founded on a vicious and insecure basis, could not be permanent. 'The same thing had taken place in every part of the world. This was one of the main causes of the present distress. While they attacked. North America as the main cause of the present distress, they should not forget that the original cause had been in this ountry. In the depth of the present• distress, he saw preparations making for a similar revulsion. In one month the dank of England had added two millions to the circulation. Had there been no tampering with the currency? Tnere had been no increase in the circulation of the country banks during the same period. If there were to be another issue of paper, the country would be hardly able to' recover from the collapse which would be the consequence. He thought the Right Hon. Gentleman did well to keep the subject' of the circula tion in his own keeping until the time of the renewal of the Bank Charter. lie looked with jealousy to the administration of the eurrency by the Bank of t ogland. He would rather have it admi n i stere d b y G overnment ; but most of all he should like to see a currency regu l a ti ng it se lf. At all events, nothing could be worse than a currency adminis .tered by a Government and a Bank tcgether. He thought the measures with regard to the currency had occasioned a great deal of the present distress. He believed the Bight Hon Gen • tleman had been driven to a Property-tax by necessity, much took off the duty from articles of consumption and raw material, as he disapproved of a tax upon he thought it was an excellent measu re . The Right Hon. property.. 'As far as the tariff Gentleman had, in fact, carried out the measures of his (Hr. Ellice's) friends. With regard to reducing the duties on manufactured articles, he doubted if it was right to attack the glover, the shoemaker, and his (Mr. Ellice's) constituents the silk weavers—( Cheers)—while they were not permitted to have food at the same moderate rate as those with whom they were called on to compete. He thought it moat safe to begin with raw materials and with provisions, and then go on to menu. factured articles. He Was not so zealous a free-trader as to dis regard what other nations did towards us, more particularly as related to manufactured articles. Feeling the pressure under which the industrious classes were suffering, and believing they had a right to have the cause inquired into, he should vote for the motion. , manifest that the House 'h lnad made up its mind as- foe commercial changes which they were disposed to adapt in the present session. He had no wish, therefore,. that their sittings-should be prolonged ; but he did hope that. ; if the distress continued after Parliament had been pre reeiued, the Government would call them' together again, before the close of the present year. He trusted that, if' the late changes in our commercial policy proved ineffec-. tual, the Government would be ready to adopt, as a last resource, that policy. recommended by their predecessors, -and-above all, that they would be ready to introduce a considerable change in their new Corn-law. The pre, veiling distress could not be effectually met by the contributions of charity ; an increase of employMent for the industrious classes, manifestly-the only r e medy for the evils under which the country at present so deeply suffered. The argument of the Right Hon. Gen tleman, the Vice-President of the Board of Trade, in favour of the alterations introduced in their tariff by the Government, was, that any increase in the impo:tations from foreign countries must be accompanied by a corres ponding increase In the exportation of the goods manu factured in this country. But the same principle applied to every other article as well as to the importation of fo reign cattle. In one way or the other, by legitimate or clandestine trade, it was absolutely certain that whatever increase took place in importations from foreign countries,. must be met by increased exportation from the country. An increased .exportation of our manufactures would increase the amount of employment f o r our labourers. And how, he would ask, under these circumstances, could they refuse to allow of the importation of foreign cattle and foreign sugar, and above all, the great staple article of corn? He believed that the period the new•Corn-laa had been in operation had been sufficient to show that it a as not suited to meet the purposes for which it had been designed. The present law had not, any more than im portations of law which it superseded, caused large of foreign corn at the time when such importations were most desirable, namely, when the price was rising in this country. Corn was still kept back in the hopes that it might after a time be introduced at the minimum duty. The new law had, besides this disadvantage, that it did not allow any considerable importation of corn from America. That was a most ruinous evil. The best market of this country was America ; and under the pre sent state of our commercial legislation, every monetary derangement in the . United States was severely felt in England. No doubt, the late monetary derangements in America could not be attributed solely to our Corn laws ; but he was persuaded that the English Corn-laws were in some measure the source of the evil. In the year 1836, and for some years following, a gr.at impulse was given to the enterprise of the people of the United States; 'canals and railways, and other great worksovere undertaken in that - country ; and English capital and English goods were remitted to America for the com pletion of those works. In return for these remittances, we received nothing but paper Money, the payment of which we never could ,count. upon. The last return which we could receive from America in return for our manufactures. would be: their agricultural produce, and that . • return could not be made under our present Corn laws. He believed that a fixed duty upon foreign corn, even though it were greater in amount than he thought it would be prudent it should be made, would produce a beneficial effect by placing on a sound basis our trade with . our best customers, the people of the United States. Every argument, which the Govern ment had used in justification of the proposal they had adopted relative to the importation of foreign meat, would justify the adoption of a similar course with respect to the importation of foreign corn. He was per• suaded that if they allowed the importation of corn from either countries, such a measure would not materially affect the interests of the British agrloultnrist. He believed that this country did not. now raise an =Mint of corn sufficient for the wants of its inhabitants ; and it was his conviction that if they were to repeal the Corn-laws, that step would be fol lowed, not so much by a decrease in price, as by an in crease of consumption, He was persuaded that the effect of admitting; foreign corn now would be, not to lower the . price, but to increase consumption. It would at once give employment to those engaged in producing the manufactures whinh that corn would be paid for in ; but the advantages of this would he far from stopping there. At present they reduced their expenditure in pvory direction, but as they got employment they would increase their expenditure, which would give an impetus to trade and commerce of every ideseriptton. Under the general depression the shopkeepers hid been econo mising, and both they and the master-manufacturers, by a system of action and re-action}, would partake the be ; nefits of returning prosp er ity. He was iitre' that the Right tion. Baronet was' aware that 'he was not stating any clap4rap or exaggeration to the Rouse. "under these circumstances he still be lieved that a relaxation in the laws regulating the impx iatitan of food was the one practical remedy for . the pre- SOt contlitioß of the mei. 7 lie ppuld pot look Without apprehension at the crone winter. In the political cir cumstances of the country the maintenance of these lave might lead to the most frightful results. A very different hroper and disposition was spreading th an w h a t 14 itlforto - The 'opintor4 - or the' most `violent politicians were spreading among a higher grade, of SQ ciety than what had formed the bulk of Chartist.meti-• jags. There wtts a feeling abroad in favOurof great Sir CIIAS. NAPIER said the distress had.extended itself to the capital itself, as had been shown by his Honour. able Colleague. 1 he shipping interest of the country was in as great distress as the manufacturing interest. lie knew how much the House disliked to hear an y details regarding the shipping interest, but he could assure them that the shipping interest was suffering the deepest distress. The number of seamen employed, both in .the foreign and coasting trade, had grossly diminished. The shipping interest attributed the distress under which • they laboured entirely to the reciprocity 1 iws, and he (Sir C. Napier) entertained the same opinion. He had always been of opinion that such must be the e evitable operation o f th e rec i proc ity t r eaties. H e did not blame either th e l a t e or t h e present G overnmen t f or t h e existing distress—if bad been gradually growing upon us fo r years. Th e w ar i n Chi na was one cause , an d the sooner t h e Right Hon. Baronet p u t au en d t o that war the better. Th e Chinese were not d es tit u t e o f coura ge—all they wanted wa s experience.—( Cheers.) He was opposed to going into the interior- of tho country, but he thought we ought to retain possession of those places we held, and tell the Chinese that we should continue to hold them until thee' chose to behave them. selves.—(Loud cheers.) He thought the last Parliament was wrong in rujecting the measures proposed by the Noble Lord. The country had rejected them, and he thought the country was wrong in so doing. At all ev e nts, no bhme attached t o the accepted. NobleL T Lord—he —}w h h e Rightiat proposed his remedy, which h a d not been Hon. Baronet o t hen came into o ffi ce , at d he had proposed three remedies. The Right Hon. Baronet had reduced, as he had stated, the duty upon corn by one half. But the Right Hon. Baronet had produced very little good by the alteration in the Corn-laws wh;ch he had e ff ec ted ; and the new measure was as effectutl as the old one in keeping out foreign corn. He believed that would ever be the inevitable resu lt of a sliding scale, whieh left the corn trade in the hands of a few speculators. He felt assured, for his own part, that the present monopoly could nut be maitVained; and that the growing wares of the people w o u ld com p e l any Government to repeal it. With respect t o t h e Wig of the present Ministry, he should obeerve that the measure cou ld d o I' very corn, suar, little eo 'i4dtothgep,ooa a high d u t y h ad still been kept upbutter, cheese, and other importent would press se ver i i articles. The new tariff would be utterly inadequate to meet l the- present national distress. The Government had lately I an all classes of the comMonity. Captain LAY AR.D said, ilia however great might be the passed an Income-tax which sufferings of the people of England,. the inhabitants of Ireland were exposed to at least equal cdistress.e In the borough of Carlew, which he reeresented , _ll • number of the destitute poor was greater titan it had ever been known to be, and their sufferings were unprecedeAted, in li s te usitY. The hi g h er : classes in this ce untry pos;eese.r t t Tie wealth, a n d it was their duty to afford some rel.e et t sufferinpeople. Ile r should feel it his dutyfo the m t o vote , motion of the Hon Mem ber fur Greenock. • th - t h ' . , Mr. SCHOLEVIF.LD said ' . a t e distreas in the town of Birmingham, which - he 1 hat , the honour to reresent, , t _e . en d he ancellel further was unprecseoise e , e , oe , r , say, that. he saw no present Prosr.' i Y e in} 15p of einent.—( Hear.) As a proof of the distress pre ,,, t ' n o b okrmingharn, he might mention that a number of the pawn r 'erg there had informed him that they could not take any more pledges, es their shops were already crowded and their ropey eshansted_( T he Hon. Gentleman then proceeded to read . several eqm e rnenications on the subject of the deep and general distress of the traders and operatives of Birrninghain• ) " believed that the condition of the other inauufacturing towns was _equally ca l amitous ; and it did appear to him that Parliament. . should n o t separate without endeavouri e g to devise a reme d y to Illeet the evd. They must either redqee thp price of core to the means of the labourer, or they must raise the wages of the artisan so as to enable him to procure a proper quantity of carp. %!r. S. CRAWFORD was anxious to address a few obser- 1 vations tteehe House on this jar:tent euhjere, 43 he thowejht it eight, as a repfesentatilic I o a ma nufacturing di s t ri ct, to lay before the House a statement of the dominion of the borough with which he was connected. Rochdale was not quite in such a distressed condition as some other neighbour in i towns, bat still much ditt rel i s Prevailed, some details of which hp should reed to the llieise. These Weald prove what Was the general depressed s ate of the country. As the bo ieugli 'of Belfast was at present without r epresentatives in the House, he thought it important that the state of this borough also should be laid before the House. He maintained there was no surplus population i an'; if I l ite Piiepie were allowed to t3eeppy the lend, and Support themsetves, there would be no rea son lb entertain any apprehensions from an increae e of population. There must be at all times a struggle heteeen the capitalist and the poor man, in which the latter must be. the so6'erer, i unless furnished with sellielhing like independenttY fin a; , 2 , l ° '''' eu rtitl same . 144 14 r W l ' ' h I ,, i ' e poor man with suet: theans bt inuei endenee measures ()opt to be nth.- , ' Legislature. lie ---' , " 4. - h, - ~,ed by the t While —oiiimined i • excellence of the -..em of 'mall holdisgCock : t. twas reedy r to admit that 1 treat alniseiiiii ed iii - the management of those small holdings; particularlyin Ireland. 410 that fermed' no reason for an universal condemnation of the system. Having stated his. views on the subject, it only remained for him to declare his intention of voting for the motion of the Hon. Member for Greenock. Lord PALMERSTON said that he regretted he could not vote for the resolutions of his Hon. Friend. He could not vete for those resolution's, for the reasons stated by his Noble Friend the Member for London (Lord John Russell), because lie thought the motion so - broad, as worded, that it was open to - considerable objection. But he would assure the Hon. O. n tleman and the House that if he could not vote for the motion it was not that he was insensible to the distress to which it re. hated, nor incredulous as to the extent to which that distr. s; prevailed. It was impossible for any Member who had listened to the statements made in the course of the present debate, or who had attended to the facts brought before his eyes and to his ears, to deny that there did exist in the manufacturing districts of the country greater and more severe and extensive pressure from distress at the present time than, perhaps, at any former period. There was no person more anxious to alleviate thet distress than he. But he expected the Government would have stated some views of applying a remedy to the distress, and not bate confined themselves to praise - s of the people for their patient endurance.__( Hear.) Were they to go and enjoy their Lieu ries in a few weeks, and p-epare for the partridge shooting, without affording, any relief to the people ?—( Cheers.) But it might be said that the Government were trusting to the eotnili g harvest. If so, lie could tell them they were trusting to a broken recd.__( Hear, hear.) The summer sun would not compensate for the rains of autumn, by which the produce cf many a seed was lost.--( Hear, hear.) It might be sail t h a t th e tari* would produce relief-11;S charitable contributioos wou!d relieve the distress; but these would not and c tti7d not always continue.—( Hear, hear.) A grant from the public funds would not give permanent rellef. , What then would give it? They proposed - remedies last year : which would mitigate the present destitution of the country. The channels of commerce were choked up. Clear those chan nels, and prosperity would flow in their eourse.—e(Cheers. ) The trade with North America had been alluded to, and great distress was produced in consequence of the people of America not being able to meet their engagements with this country. But America had plenty of corn to pay them if they would only allow it to enter the countrv.—( Hear ' hear.) The l a t e Go vernment had proposed to deal with the duties on sugar, and on this subject he heard of some mysterious negotiations carrying on with the Brazils respecting the slave trade. There were treaties already in existence between tl.e Brazils and this coun try, which, if faithfully executed, would put an end to the slave trade; and if the Government found that the Brazils would not listen to their remonstrances and violate the faith of treaties, they could point to the case of Portugal, and show that Parliament was ready to give power for the purpose of enforcing them. He had always admitted that a duty might be levied upon corn and sugar, which would afford a revenue, while, at the same time, it would leave trade free and unfettered. Those were the remedies which they proposed to the Government, and the Government ought to explain before Parliament sepa rated what their intentions were, whether they intended to propose some measures to relieve the distress, or to leave things to take their course until the distress should have reached to a still deeper extent. The distress origi n at e d i n causes within our contr o l, an d th e removal of those causes would restore us to our former state of prosperity. At the same time he did not think our commerce with the Continent of Europe would undergo any great alterations. Political jealousies would prevent nations so situated from acting on sound commercial principles. Gentlemen who complained of the non-ratification of the French commercial treaty were little aware of the power of commercial jealousy in France. Those feelings had produced a great effect during the Administration of Count Mole, and recent events had shown that those feelings had not diminished. Our Corn-laws had raised up• manufactures in Germany ; and it was to distant nations—the nations of America—that we must look for a revival of our commerce ; but in North America they were met by the Corn-laws, and in South America by the Sugar-laws. They should look t o Af r i ca , to India, and China. - Notwithstanding wh a t h a d f a ll en f rom an Hon. Gentleman opposite he ( Lord P.) contended that the measures •of the late Government had produced beneficial effects on the commerce of the country. The measures adopted with regard to Affghanistan hid opened a vast field of commerce into countries watered by the Indus--( Cheers)— and in Central Asia, and if the present Government did not, by their weak. ness--(Much cheering)—abandon that position which the fete Government had obtained for them—(Great cheeting and counter cheering)—those countries world be found to be of the greatest commercial importance to this country. ( Cheering and counter cheering.) But he did not think the present Government would abandon that position, or that policy—(Cheering, and counter cheering) _and he thought so, because surely the present Government would not have requested Lord Auckland to continue as Governor- General of India, if they had not approved of his conduct, and had not determined to continue his policy.—( Expressiou of dissent from Sir R. Peel.) Did the Right Hon. Baronet dispute that? He (Lord Palmerston) again asserted, that in the month of September last,. the then President of the Board of Control had written to Lord Auckland, requesting him to continue in office.—( Loud Opposition cheers.) Now, that offer could not here been made if the Government had net approved of his policy. He (Lord Palmerston) could not sup. pose that they would ask-Lord Auckland to continue in office in September merely to dismiss him in December.-.(Cheers. ) Those who spoke of India in the spirit in which those taunting cheers had been given, could know but very little of the sub ject ; and he contended that the late Government bad, by their policy in Central Asia, opened a great field fur the commercial exertions of this country,.—(Great cheering.) Our operations in China were also calculated to teed to ex tended commercial relations with that country. The Right Hon. Baronet, the Secretary of State for the Home Depart- i merit, had told them of the dangers of declaring war against an empire containing 300,000,000 men ; front all that had been seen of those 300,000,000 he thought they wi re more likely to attract our attention as probable consumers of our manufac tures than to be dreaded as enemies in iwar. 'the only dif. ficulty we had hitherto encountered in China was in finding troops sufficient to garrison our conquests.—(Cneere and counter cheers.) Laet year a merchant had showed hint (Lout P.) a piece of printed cotton, which had been purchased in Chusen, and he assured him that cotton of superior quality could be manufactured in this ceuntry, sent out to Chu s a m , and sold at half the price.—(Ch eers ) What a field was thus opened fer the development of our commerce?—(Cheers.) Th tee who derided those advantages were little qualified to judge on •he subject—(Cheers) —and ceu4l have little feeling for the distress of the country, which could only be alleviated by opening fresh markets for the product of its industry. The distress was ur gent, and some remedy must be applied; he conjured the Go vernment, therefore, not to adhere to the laws so recently passed, if better remedies could be d6viseil. So.nething must be done before the approaching winter, and if measures of remedy were proposed by asy party whatever, he would not withheld his support from them.—( Cheers. ) Lord STANLEY assured the Howe that he did not, at that hour of the night, intend to detain the House with any lengthened observations. But if the Noble Lord believed that her Majesty's Government were going to fold their arms and look on the coming harvest with indifference, he took a vary different view of the state of things which had been left to them by the Noble Lord and his colleagues than the Government did.—( Hear, hear.) There was much in the present distress beyond the reach of human legislate m.--(" No, no.") What ! would any man tell him that theirdistress was not greatly aggra rated by the deficient harvests of the last two years ?—(" No, no, the Corn-laws.") He would not be tempted to enter upon a question that had been discussed over and over main. The most perfect freedom of trade would not • have made up for the effects of the se d e fi c i ent harvests. But the Govern ment did look forward with hope to an earlier 1 and more abundant harvest in the present year. The Government did look torward with more of hope and less of despondency than the Noble Lord appeared anxious to infuse into the people, to the relief to be expected from an early and abundant harvest. As to the policy of the Noble Lord, lie every where found British commerce paralyzed by it.— (Cheers.) The Noble Lord had told them with truth, that we must not look to any great extension of our commerce with the continent of Europe, but that we must look to foreign count tries. Why, in America our efforts to extend ger ore. merce were met by jealousies andquarrels, engendered under the administration of the Noble Lord. In South America—in the States bordering on the shores of the Atlantic and the Pacific, difficulties and embarrassments were experienced from the Noble Lord's interference. In China, too, so far Emit having commercial prosperity we were engaged in a war, the end cif , which it was difficult to foresee, In India, the only result o f the Noble Lord's policy was , to leave to the present Government the task 'of remedying the evils which that meddling policy had entailed upon this country. He joined with hum in deprecating the motion of the Hon, Member for Greenock as one which, in the present state of tine country. could led to definite result. Various causes had been , assigned for the distress of the country, end as fit subjects for Inquiry by different Hon. Gentlemen, The Corn-laws, the Poor-laws, the currency, the increase of machinery, the alone sexy distress of the United States, the war in China, the war in India, the increase of population, the tariff, commercial treaties, large farms, reciprocity treaties, free trade, want of education, want of emigration, the timber duties, were assigned by different speakersduring the debate as the causes of the present distress of the country. Now it we required to ascertain whether each or all cf them contributed to this distress. The Hon. Members fee Inverness and Coventry attributed a great portion of the distress to the monetary- derangements between this country and America. It would be impoeiibl e fse. tile Government to go over the whole of dictse causes, but after what had fallen from the Noble Lord a.; to what had been done by him and those with whorl be was ceennected, to give increased energy to the commerce of the country, to. endanger which would inhibit the greatest imbeci lity on the part cf the goyerenter i t, he could not help rising, when, on every side, lie saw the danger that ensued from this iodividual policy of the Noble Lord.--( Cheers.) 1 Mr. ELLICE said the Noble Lord hail misunde.,ratood him i n not thinking - that he attributed much of the tifstress of the country to the Corn , laws, •. • . . Mr. Q'CONNELL, anehist loud cries of iiDivide, di v id e ,"• meted the adjournment of Outdebate. Sir, R. • PEEL hoped the discussion would be brought to ti . close this evening. Mr. O'CONNELL said the people were starvtng; under such circumstances, no point of courtesy might to be permitted to prevent them doing their dtity. The people were starving with out hope of relief. ' The' question having been p u t, ~ Mr, 'HUME hoped the Bight Hon. Baronet would give way. There were 20 gentlemen ready to speak ou that side, and there was no chance of the debate being concluded to night, notwithstanding the attempts which bad been made to prevent gentlemen from speaking. He had seen the Hon. Member for Knareshorough about to rise—( A laugh )-..grid had hoped to have heard his opinions, but he had aeeu that after seine conversation with an Hon. Gatklienlau, the Ho". Member had sat down.—.(Cheers end laughter.) Mr. FERRAND was about to rise to tell the Hon. Gen- tlemee opposite the!. this debate had been raised merely to throw irepedineer ts in the way of the Government, and that the working classes looked upon them as the veriest humbugs in the world.—(Cheers.) It seas true that ,he had been re- ' quested not to speak. as it might tend to-cr ea t e delay. Mr. HAWES be gged to tell the Hon. Gentleman who hail Wide use q terms se imparllamentary that they were undaunted by his "menaces, and determined that the debate should be adjourned. If the GevernMent was so anxious for supply, w hy did they not make a House OP Monday night ?—( Cheers. ) On what ground did the tcm, Member make the attack he hal done, and in language so very unparliamentary ? ( gear, hear.) He (Mr. Hawes) had intended to address the House to-night ; but he had not had an opportunity, and until the Noble Lord rose and elicited the indiscreet speech of the Noble Lord, the Secretary for the Colonies, not a single Member of the Government had risen to state the opinions of the Goeernmeitt on the subject. Could he forget the conduct pursued by the Government when in opposition, to prevent their opponents getting a Committee of Supply? Mr. FERRAND wished to knew whether the Speaker or the Hon. Member ket Lvnbelli was the proper judge of what was, or what was not, unparliamentary language ? 'Mr. e : BULLER said, as the authority of the Speaker had been appealed to, he should w i s h hi m to d ec id e whether this wa s the only assembly of gentlemen where one A.leneleer could get up and call all opposed t o hint a , tEet of buivheg3 le' Mr. c RIPP4 Tegeetted'iel the Member for Lambeth had taunted theGOvertnitiet with not making a House on Monday. Air, MVNIii had no fear of being considered a humbug by the working cleesein hot' should he be suspected of a factionts yi k i position to the Governme n t or the public sPlye• Ue , there ,lo wished iliii:the Right HoHon.llertmet would consent to the adjournment. . . „.. Sit ROBERT PEEL said that the impression that the Government had interfered to prevent a House being made on After a feW words from Mr. BARING, General. JOHNSON said, he believed that the estimate the Ministers were so anxious to bring on in the Committee of Sit-Iply, was only that for their own pay.—( Hear, hear. ) The House then divided. The numbers were . For the adjournment Against it ... 173 Majority against the adjournment........ —649 On our entrance into the gallery, Mr. HUME was addressing the House, and moved its ad journment. The question having been prat, - Sir R. PEEL said that the sense o!' the House was sufficiently indicated by the decision to which. it had come ; but he would not persevere in continuing a profitless discussion. He hoped, however, that those who had motions for to-morrow would give way. He also hoped that the lion. Gentleman would not press his motion for the adjournment , ottfre Home. Mr. HUME const'nted. The mltion for the adjournment of' the House was then put and negatived, and, On the motion of Mr. O'CONNELL, the debate was ad • journed to this day. LONDON-BRIDGE APPROACHES FUND BILL. The London-bridge Approaches Fund Bill passed through Committee. DEAN FOREST ECCLESIASTICAL DISTRICTS I BILL. The Dean Forest Ecclesiastical Districts Bill was read a I third time, and passed. SOUTH AUSTRALIA (GOVERNMENT AND RE VENUES) BILL. Lord STANLEY moved that the Report on this Bill be brought up. Mr. HUME opposed the bringing up of the Report without further discussion. He altogether disapproved of the measure in its present shape. Sir ROBERT PEEL suggested that the Hon. Gentleman should take the sense of the liouse on the subject now, to mark his disapprobation of the Bill, and should take the discussion at some future stage. Mr. HUME bad no objection to take a division against the . Bill. . Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and -the House divided, when there appeared_ For bringing up the Report - 50 Against it Majority fur bringing up the Report -—4 l The Report was then brought up. Mr. HUME protested against the resolutions as involving; a reckless expenditure of the public money. The other Orders of the Day were disposed of, and the House adjourned at Two o'Clock. __....... .........._—_____ • , Nfonday - was quite - erroneous; all the Members of the Govern- PRICES OF CANAL, DOCK, ASSU A fit- Trent were engaged in investigating the charg e of the l as t scan - ' NC.I:: COMPANY SHARES, Sc. s te, & L .. dalous and cowardly attack on her ' Majesty. They heard that there was no House with grleat regret, a: it v, as a serious LONDON, TUESDAY. JULY 4. injury to the public service.---( Hear.) They had thought Small cr Dividend Pries from the number of Committees sitting, that they could trust to , °a% per CANALS. • Pall. tr.u r w them to make a HousP. He should certainly take the sensw of Shard. 6 *. 7 A" re m e . tdishtan& Oidharn...A.vefers'int.lits.en. 54 the House en the question, and if the adjournment should be 1,4-k:: , Pe ti Athby..4le..lz-Zouch .....21. , truge I 131.c1i .71 necessary, he trus'ed the House would consent to its being fixed . ...GO ..-?, ... 8--- ' i n" te •"' "*"'"""" ''''''''''' 14 ' 411 . 44 ' 4 for to-morrow, and that it should have precedence of all other . I,a- ' 5 4:: fir rck flock It :I Li , .ti „ !ergr.v . enny -. M.,. sr v:.: ' BOW I- 'tith ILit. Birmingham. i.lhq, th.a!•-, Nit. Be 7.1. is.i business. ...... ___ -its. 1 4000 . .. Ditto SaiveiPosil Jit tict.lß'.o. sh. 100 pi SI 609 3 1. Bridgewater and Tauntost.l4l.Bh. all p 3 - !Oa 51. Chelmer awd Black weler .... ..... VOI. eh . Lt 510 301. Coventry a.. 1002. th . F. 0.1 loul.sh. L'4.. goo tat. D er by ..... 11$0.sh . 22u ' 2 ''.ooo 4 pPr cent. Danube and AL.yne .... ..... V 1 /. ::".1. 4 it.pd :11 2 C;••... ..... .. A v creet 3 ti . 2 . 4 . 10 d. eh. - ,ofo u. es. orouYddleo :45151 4' Elle.smeireand Chester AYPltgel93;.99o. 67 131 6.3 Frawaen ,' d . ~,., ..... „ ........ ... ...100/.sh. 7N e,.5 Eit./. i 1 ,455 Forth antiiyde ;s. Grand . unction • 1 1 ,01.1 A 14 ,A. , 49 1 1 i.te. Grand Union ....... .............. a 160143 - ..°7 1 ,300 ..... Grand 5urrey....... • .... 1001.1 h. 15 1,000/ erpercera t . Ditto (optimist!) Lean. 101. '',iteg Grand Vt:'estern ..„... ....... . 11. sh. slii - 41 10 .410 13 12.. , •4 . 1117 .JwIrgantbire. Aver. cost 1701. 130,44. 410 749 12/. Ur an"l'in ...... ..... ... , 1501.011. -'t! ti 6138 2. • tie . Hudderstisid.... ...... A v erase i, 11. 6s. 60. eh 10 100 . ...... Kr asingtr..- ' too ih. atipd 10 1:.Y128 11.10 e. Kenner ; ris A vim , A r.391.1F1, Wit. at: Jl4 1 i,6914j 1/. !its, Lan caster tverage 4,1 i. Cs. Sti silts 2,591 i 310. Leeds and Liverpool • ON. th te6041 5151 11. Ws, Leicester 1404 et 140 1,397 51.4 e. Leicester & NorthamptGn Ater 141.1t,» S 2,469 I')! Montnouthehire 1101.41 Sae 256 131. Melton Sfowbray 101 .251, Mersey and trwell lool.lh. hilt 3,000 11. 106, Macclesneid Witt sh. 4110 ltd 247 171. Neat!: l o lll.lle. at'. 9.400 • H. Peak Forest... ......4 rri age atintit Ifil..b. CS R rt e oe ge li n il t s ' il e e... l ... u . " .. d ..7. ) . ' .. t .7%::•er ; a ' g ßl e l e - V . , % h ' e l er4 21,418 f jl. 5,62,'9 pl. 500 81. Shrapshire /251.5h. 1.10 Stll 111.10 s. Somerset Coal 3.50 it. 6p, tient Ditto Lock Fund Stock 12/.101.4h. 114 700 3t31. Stafford and Worceste'• 1401.0. 6,56 500 451 Shrewslotry 1i.5/.611, 300 24 .staurbridge ... 145/.sh. out 3,647 V/. Oe. Stratford-oil-Aran A ver....79/.234. ted. oh, 33 533 ini Swansea lOO/.lh. Vila 5.762 21. lie. Severn and Wye &Railway Av.:261.9e. sh, 45 4 ,6001 en. at/. 10s, Trent and Mers e y, 1 s h are loo 4lh. 47! .." 8.140 ........ Thames attil Medway Av.lol. ss. Bd. sit. g 1,0005h.1 1!1 Warwlckaad Birmingham . 100/.sh 109 I,ooolllh. 5 9AO 10.. Warwick and - Amuse' 10( 1 1.sh. 1,7 7,000 41 WOreeitia & Biruilnitham Av.l6l.Be.sh. 5.1 5 I Aid 364. Wilts and Berl:: Average 671. 113 `Lai. '..t lOU lit. W . 41 le '.- and Lstington....-. .... t 1251.811 'l4 .VI • IP...in:maim . •••L••••• • ••••••••••• me. t.•:. tilt. au 905 It they and Aru n „ •.... llOl. sn. 2th DOCKS, :I • 66°A I 5 n c. Contenere at. .....,...... 1001.01.- 61 1,105 i eh. -* . , 1 pet cent. East and West India ...........n0ck 111114 ft„1:19,3 10: /. 341. p. et . L0nd0n........ ................. .,.,.......5t0ck di ii Ditto Bonds 2,1:0 91.05. 3d. Bristol ~ ..... ..Average 14`1.9x. sh. 75 0%0241. 5.!. per cent. Ditto Not es, various amount,. 1132,752 5 percent. St. Katharine Erect, .11.1/hi 500,41i.1 14 percent. Ditto Bond; „...., MOS, 200,00) 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds tor 10 years ......, .... ..... Deptford Piet 'ol. *O, 201, IA 14 111111/GES 1.600 1/. tlarnmerszn.tl• 5c1..h. ei44 2,231 Southwark. Old A v 034 os. Pd. oh. !It s 1,700 li. 15s. Ditto, New, of 71 per cent., 501. s h, 15 1 g, 4000 5,000 1'23. i , d, Ditto, Old Annuities of 41 ell/. pS t2l 5,0i9T , 111.. 31, Ditto, New Ditto of it. 4Ol. pd Itihl 10,0051. bl. pet cent. Ditto Bonds 5,348 27e Vaushall ...Average 701. 10 8. 2 d. *O. ery ASSU RA NCI:' CO NIPA N'IF.S. 2,000 3/10s Albion 'n) 7. vh, 504 pa fig 6 P er cent ' ) Allianeelititi•O a Foreigt)lool.sh. 1 ls. pa Ls* 5 1.1") 1 and 15s. 3 • 3!,(1110 firer cent. Ditto, Nl,liite lOO4 sh. 5e pd s.si 21,000 11. per sh, Atlas 514. els. 81. pd 1 a 4. I,ooolsh. 5/. Bittiaineh33ll hire... "504 sh. 551. ION 0 1 .000 41. percent. British Fire 2501.5h. till. p 4 41 Pl,OOO Of. per cent. British Cormeercial 'Ail. 0.% tsi, pd a 1;,(01' 51. percent. Clot ice! & Medical Utz, I c 4 1 .rh.9.11 0 s NI 616 4.0):'0 Wes County lOOl. eh. lOC pil it, 4,`tfg! Ls. Eagle i er tent. 21X1 fi 5 I.l'd ..^,O! bc l Economic Lite !NO/. sh. 2504 pit 40t, 1,271 02a. percent. European I.li .' cat!. ch. all pd 1? W,OOO 2e. Ditto, New ' 'nl.sh. 2/. pal lei 1.1o0,00•24. H. per et Oka.. .............. .„........Stock li=s APO 51- Gnarhisn .10,1100 4'. /O. Hope 2,400 54 121. ed. Imperial Fire NOOI. sh, 301. pd 140 7,599 lOs. fit. Imperial Late MI/. eh. 101. pd 11 Irk !:1,15? 5/. per mkt. Indemnity .N 1 ante 1 001.1 h. Si. p 4 32 4,000 31 104 Kent Fire N 21.1.11. all rel tn . 3/. Ditto Life 'itte. /..1 .0,000 t!Ns Law Life lOOl.ll. IN. psi 131 5.000 -l.', London, Fire 050 •11, 12/. 10..14 17 3,9210 let. London, S!: 1 1. .. ..... 25/. si.h. 111. tar., psi 17 t irtio,t.no/ ........ Miiwrea I 3fe 1001. so. 2•,eina s'. per cent. National Loaa fun:'. . 21'1 sit 2/. 10, rid 2‘, c;i.t•'44.l -it, pet cent. Palladium Lit- 5,1. eh. 21. rti yoc,,, N. per cent. Protector I. '2l4 all. 31, d, `lle 00 W,"40 I per cent. Protestant niieienters .... 1104. el , . :4. re. sii ,!,'lO IL Ptovidei,t Lite .40,r.4;0 4e. Ott. Rock Life - .-., ,4 nit .4).11'.:0/ st. I , ff c,oct. Royal Ex cli - i‘ice , Stock 170 0,001 5 per cent University Life.. " ~.. ....... 1 , :e1. sh, 5/. pd 11 10;01 4 per cent. United Kingdom Lite 100/. s!i, Si. pit JOINT STOCK BA N Kz., 25,P00 Agric. and Cot». of i reland2sl. eh. 1041.1 15, ,,, '0 •• 1.91 - cent. AkiStfalatia (-!1.. 0. 101. s.l. 5244 10,0tio liipertmt. Ilank 01 rsitsningitato , r(V. sh. 10/. pd • Lis 1.1,0041 lit percent. Birinitighatie IL.tik •ii' sh. Ink r ' 6 13 .1%090 0 percent. London a tWeetniinster WO/. sli. 201. pd t4.' '19,099 51. London Joint : , ioek W. vb. lot pci 1.44 .1,t190 4Kr cent. Lancaster WM. sh. tr:/, ',Li' Sit 25,i350 In per cent. Liverpool itkli. sh. / 2 / 1 . 11l 19 50,000 74 percent. Mann/water and Liver / ~,,.,,,. isi. IR , .., pool Dis-ontit ' ,3 4. :0,000 7 per o# , t. Nlanch et:ter ;Oat. alt. 101. psi 4s• 10,0112 8 pet cent. Provincial Bank at trelan4llool. sh. 1 1 51 . 01 1 gg " 1(1,000 0 er cent National Bank of Irchnot 5114 ate I 711!, pd i or 10,004 0 per cent National Prov h wits! Fog./thie. sh, nu, pat al:. Npioo I.1 ; 1}0 OlOucestersilirt: 417/. sh. 104 PA :.•.v 0.0( 1 0 10 per cent. Hampshire llOl. ah. 41. IA - s4i GAS LICH I' AND CtiiiE COMPAN Ilr.s. :',5011 les ud Bath 'Ng. 01. 1111. pa ge 5.001 British .. I Pil. alt. 164 pit 'l' ''' s!4et cent. ii., a,01.10 1 * ,,, i 11 , i. ~,, 1 Ditto Provincial , 2 01. . 11. ~..4 . 11 , • 35 ' 3128 51 10e Birtningt -, ani,' Vir. sh 11 1 4,950 It Os Bristol .., 204 sh e thli 2,250 3: Rh .. Brigh',,,, ..V.O:. sh, •I e 75) 31 106 L,tt 0 . N e i,. ;oh. Ai. IN. yet 11 1,471 ti Per celo. litignton Gitiierai 1400 71. !%, ' ContinentA Coosoit.tat4d ....751. 11 21.1.vid I Ito' . 1,000 ltll. • City 01 1.V944 - ,1. • ....... ....IW. 01.1 npo ,Kt 1,000 , Q.. i, gicti.v. New - INiiiit. , 75t. , ;.1 ,- 1:.4 1,000 114 Oa. F; ii itatik .... ............ .................:42.1.pii , 'IS .0,000 61. per cent. Imperial . 561.. sh. :iti 600 51. per cent. !;le of Thane, _ 1%1% et. per cent. 2 ridepentte-t • '''''o4'elt: alive :.r. ' : ' , 6 4:1 .;!!., P e r e e t e ;:t t ... i l t .i .:t m cl n t i / t ............... lolli :L t . ': 3111 ,4 ;,d t r'i 4: 4l 4,009 - - •-*- - Y,nr; o,:' to 400 5!. per etat Wakefield .......... ....25/ A. 'et 2 A /t 'P - 1 ". - We ''''' l "'U'i*C *. arce . 4 .- e1i .. ..... -. ... 'id; s it. .t, f.OO /Ts. 7 , 0 ft r , ei . e ,, n ,. 1 -,, 1 " ) , :i.4 ." t :-.,X. 1 " . ...............5.1. :W.* 1.4. pd 411,‘ .. ......... ........ ...204 it,. H. t. 1.: IV ATER WO ."; K.,. 4.1410 s l .a. ' ''h ' h• t. rnitog .11T1 .N. 911.'9 . /. j'id ' 1 9,43:3 ' *- 1,. East London . 411 :111latt.1014') 174 4 ent,i =4 4 ' . •• - ' a . as. 0 [Anti Junctizin Average 42 411 4 / 4 11dnehe,: d ,. P. 19 21. Kent .......11 1 :04, . , 4,41. t :4* - ,- a Id/. Liverpool Bootle .. t .... 4 1.11. ze.. - s''' t,531i.1 21!04 New Meer Loudon Bridge Water A ie: in 6,406 0! 10s slaneneeter and Salford • 1410.'. 401. 34 1,000 5 per lent. South Loudon 1 014 sh. !At 3,594 4s!. Weal Middlesex Averaged:V.l2s. 0.1. eh. 111 1.360 11 Its York Buikling Co, Lesece Prop. 111!4 sh . 4. IRON RAILWAYS. 15,000 0!. IN. Birmingham and Derby ...- lO/ lid 44 9,5,?,0 1, pet cent. Birmingham and Glonce,ier !101, pct 4*l is,fe 0 4 per cent, Bristol ara Exeter .... ..... 1 1- 191. eh. 71 nil v2.IC 7,590 ..... ... Cheltenham 8, G. Wevtern ...1001.10. 6,4. %lit, 3,Ceah ••••••••• Clarence 1004. eh. lied pd o 8,000 Dublin and 11roghsetla 100/.40. 54 rhi .410e 4 ....... Fa.tern Connti,, ... i .... 55/. sh e ,i , :14 p.} y,, 10,000 5 per cent. Great North of England tee/. s 11. 11,01. tat 7 1 " in,SPES 10 per neat. Grand Junction ..... MU. Ail. all pd 14...., 2.1, 6 0:: 4 per cent. Great Western 1 ;ii/. en. 131. p d $ . 5 ., 4 2"Nik10 :', per cent. Ditto New Sii".. si,„ !iv. p 1 t a ...e.nen 3 per cent. Hartlepool lOW 'h. li l4 l. 1 ,4 ea.6iti . 8,101 Hull and Selby 5Ol set, Ai% 1 , 41 40 cheeter 1 , 1. Lilt. If-0/. 1 4 l*i eji hiltcast 4:11. i. 5, , 0 .. , 1 1 1 00 1,1 2 4 0 peperr cant.ll.,ief.,l4.,antititSe:llfil 7,9a1 10 per cent. Ditto Half Shares WI pd VI 11,405 10 per teat. Ditto Quarter Shares ''':“.p.i 45, 39.1X1 _1 Ondon and Brighton sqt. sit h 9. d• 341,‘ 4,000 temp 1 per cent. London an.i Greenwich _i..•tit, sk. (iii(. *IQ .gi, 25,000 91 per •h. London & Birminghem 1004 so. 31 1 !„ pa 1.; 711 25,000 04 7e Cd. Ditto Quarter Shaics...t":d.th. tit. Pd 4.;,;' 11,250 91.: & 4d. ' Dit o New Shares 124 it,, n . .:1. 0 ms 40,0,1 - 1 3 per sO. London and S. Weitert, Av. -13/, if,,, tit, ~,-,ii r4ooo ...... .. ..... .% •• • ••'• •,••• • ...4. I N s 13,000 4!. per vh. Dianchestrir and Leed....100/. ell. 10/. p.l 7Sk a 13,01 e) „ • Ditto half Shares • -•sol. 1:9, A 11,,nrei M..nehester and Bin» inghAn ;Men. 4 I 04 2•4 .»« Ditto EX tension 7l. isti 0 I 0 .000 tu, sos. :Midland Counties '4.114 c)1. liA.;/ vel 1.:j). 15 , 000 ri. 0-,: d North Midland .... Lei. Ft) .. it'fri Pd I:!?k.,; 11.10 s Ditto New 4(,1. id :Ai% 1 0 6 1i.te, , ,, Northe; n and Easte r n.... a ll. eh. 451. pd 34i 1 ,66:1 •., ...... Preiton and 'Nitre ' o!. ~h. no/ . pa :,r; 4,0)) 4 per cent. South Eastern and Doerr. 'Ht. pet aelk 1,0104 1.0.', per rem. Stocittwt and Darlingtee. .. 1: ,.. OL sh, Sc)?, 9,0011 ..., ..... Thairei !lawn .......... ... ' . .5 . 04 9h W. pd 6.000 I et. per cent. York and 1, , ,;(0..11, midl an d 5..., ~h. ~,,,,,,. pii !Ott MINES. ' ti,ooo AlLioti Copper... .... , ..... ...5/. ' 114 pe, 12 3,004 • 11. St. Alten I'd. st, 12!, it r red t A 49.fitilt - ..... Anglo Mot leau.i Fa .54 pi:LIP:I. sh. a i 'ye ) el Ditto Subscription ..... ..... ..... is,t, 1 u %Of!. . Eolanos PiO/ lb all p.l 44 as A LOCACii United 25/ s h.op/. pd 4 Ni . 6 ,11., 1Z :.... 10 . .. N BLa ca zi t l i i , ati Imp. iss. 0/. pin 2:51.4.11. '..i IL 0 2 I I ' 0111 . Mini St. John Del ltey 2or.sh. art p 4 livi 10,000, ........« not iva r Coptic& Company t.Ol. sh. 214. pd 1 10.01:te ...,....... Ditto Scrip JO4 she lot. pit al 1.%),0rtil .... ..... British Iron 11.341. eh. 70/ pet st - -.two ......... British Cooper hi sh. ail. !xi t sf. Cava Br...nia LT. pa ~t ; - Candonga 'ft. Pd •••• .10,000 1 / t7opiapo , 5.:00 .. ...... Columbtati, its. Se prn....551. pit. 5';..,/. pit / t?..ieso 'IL English ..... ....14/. 01. pci 2, elt, , elo General Mining AssociattotePit sh 'm 6,155 Mexican Complete* 1002,0. cos l a s `l' 3,0011 Poibeton Consoly . ~ IN. alt. Si. pi. - 4 1,500 Beattie) losite, Ueregistered ..... - a Ditto Loan N, tae -•••.y. ...p i , 111,(dA United Mexican, its. I pie, 419, .1 1 :„ .K a 4 ti /41 1 ,1 s' ;t i Otto, Scrip .. • 1 , 4, Ditto New Scrip 4i lid 4 - . West Cork ....a...m..501. sli 5411. pd as. - • - - • LITERARY 1 NSTITU 'll ON hi. 1,660 „...... London, With Brousc Ticket. ...71,gs. ah. it ' 1,500 ....... London UniYeraity' 1 11 0/.4h, all pie 1; 790 ....... Ru55e11...a.... ....... .. ........... ...25ge, sls. 6 King' College .... ...... .... ....... ...OW, - tut,i ' MISCELLANEOUS. 10,000 • 55.. Australl:tri Agricultural.lool.'sh. Nt pd -al 6,1.00 1. per cent. British Ametican Land Compan4 4',. , 0 p. 4 e 10,000 61. per cast. Canada Coutoany 1001. sts: 3244 pd 3it 10.000 51. per cent. Upper Cana/a Loan ......, ............. .... 1 . , • City Bonds, 4 pi*r cent...-.•...... lid, 20,600 14 61. 0 eneralStearn Navigation 15/. eV.!!41 . . p., 101. pe r cent. Hudson's Bay Stock ......... ............. 2.4 11. London Coin, Sale Rooms... Av.. 754 eh.. ltsl ......... Caoittcheue Company lei/. pit le% New Brunswick Land Compasiy...34ll pd W 6,157 V. per cent. Reversionary Int, Soe...i on/. sr,. leol.pst Pei 10(109.611 51. per cent.-Th e D an it irs T N u e l w inel , ...'.. .... .. 1 . 0 . 0 . 15. 6 1 /. h .. 111 • ("61.1 Pa Pd 11'7 , 10.000 64. Van Dieater.'s L and..,. 1 1 0 41. sh. 1 411 . P 0 10 LIST of SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PR.tvEs JULY 2. 1842. BANKS. ,00 0551 tl.p.Ct . Baukut~cotland ... B3l.As . tail.ih . alipd i;,4 800,804/. 71. p. et. Contme reizi ..SOO]. att. 001. 500,008/. n. et. National 5• c a 'maw Union sh. 501 pd 1.) ( 4 k1 . 1 0 0 c t . S e ? ' ct. Wegtern ed . Scotlan d sh pd INSURANCE 0 0111 ANIES. -214.0Kish. is tp. Scottish Union 30!. th I 1 pa p. ct. Hercules........ ............. sh. pd 1 .„• l a.ooo to p. ct. I =wane! to. ot Scettan:L/01. ILL an • -1 1 m ow I,) p. ct. North nrittsh .................... 101.'A - WO/. alt. tt I ;ad 6.000 10 p. ct. Edinburgh IOW il l loi s • 2 " ri3O ,, A 3; u. it. West of Scott:ands.... * I . l ' h . t f c ti t t C E (n i t IJL i :n : 1;1 ; 1; i ta:Skried:reETl?ii 1:*(V.:"Si131: °l: all ll .; 4: 4 1 per cent. Shotts Iron Fount! 1% C 4 0 :: : ; ,1 3: 18( 1 1 u 3 0 ( p !c e e r: 1E4:4,0al ............................................ p;t 4u •Isti 71 per cent • Leith Coal G4, * ; .... ******'-'5l-1. kilP4 42 1.151' ••••••••• ••• •• 9.1. al. _ _ .fivnirth and Dalkeittt tta' iwav s o h 3/1 C b l e l t ):: 1 :1' 0 (4 1:N I1.}: NI 1\ 11TIAl• 10 and 11 o'clock a - very shock ing and melancholy accident happened in Hyde-park to a gen— tleman named Donaldson. Front inquiries made at St Georgels Hospital, where the injured party was taken, it appears - that INl o r r . se l: K on elig al i dso h w n wa. driving i t , a ho and gig in the ride lead iwg from the b r id ge towards etr.ington-gardens, w h en this h -spirited animal. took fright. When near the wart of Kensington-gardens the gig upiet, throwing Mr., botaldson into the road with gnat violence, INhere he lay .t,ensible and ', , everely injured. The. carriage of the Hon. " Itouitirie paging at the tititc, that gentleman very hur , ,enaly had Mr, mnit i tl - son removed in it to the shove hospital. vale). lie was instantly attended to by M r . W a lk e r, ‘llt....tece.ie l el that the right leg was fractured, and several ribs, sv , , ( t, qp'„" juries}. He now lies in a very precarious state. SYRIA. TRANSLATION OF ARABIC PETITIONS ADDRESSED BY CEA* ' TAIN MARONITE SHIERS TO TILE SUL.TAN t FORWARDED EY SECRET DELEGATES TO CONSTANTINOPLE, JUNE 8. No. I. " 17 Rebi-ul-Evel, 23 April, 1258. - " Divine Providence having confided to your Majesty the important care of the Lebanon population—penetrated with the most Lumane, pious, and generous sentiments, desirous to re. store peace to the Lebanon, agitated by intestine dissensions, and to put a speedy stop to disorders, your Majesty conde. seended to send Saint Bey to Beyrout, in order that he having made himself acquainted with the wants and wishes of the po pulation, might refer to your Majesty, so that proper means might be adopted to secure tranquillity and prosperity to the mountain. " By these benevolent dispositions, your Majesty showed that you were disposed to accede to the Lebanon the faculty of se. lecting its own governor. In conformity with the general desire expressed by the Lebanon Christians, we candidly set forth in our supplications to wine Majesty that the Syrian Christians wished for nothing but the return of the Sheilah family, and to be go yenned by a Christian individual of that family, either in toe person of Emir Besehir, or of his son Emir Emir), they being known to us as well apt and better qualified than any ethers to administer the government equitably and uprightly, and to re . store peace to the Lebanon. This we earnestly implored of your Sovereign clemency. " But our demands and prayers produced no effect; for getting your Majesty's bounty, frankness, and greatness of soul, the Commissioners of your Court,,on the contrary, have only thought how they might best deprive us of the faculty 'of freely expressing our se n ti ments an d expos i ng our grievances ; inspire terror and dismay among your subjects, betray the Lebanon people, and prevent the truth from being made mani -fest to your Majesty's throne. •• When the Lebanon people ardently expressed their desire to be governed by a Christian Prince of the Sheilah family, the agents of Mustafa Pacha overran the mountain in order to • obtain signatures to opposition petitions, which they procured by bribes, promises, or force, thus deceiving your Majesty, is order that the Lebanon Government might be confirmed to Omer Paella. If any one resisted these orders, and dared to manifest a desire that a Prince of the Shebat) family should ba recalled, he forthwith drew upon himself the hostility of the Grand Seraskier's agents, and was vi,ited with chastkement i for hi: audacity. " Thus obstructed and menaced, we are compelled to declare that our addresses to your Majesty are our free sentiments. "In the meantime your Commissioners, all dependent on Mustafa Pacha, farward to your Majesty new addresses, con trary to the wishes of the Lebanon Christians, in order, to our great detriment, Si re , t o surprise your good fa;th. Neverthe ess, all oppressed as we are, we humbly dare to have recourse to your most excellent Majesty, and to beseech you to extend .your humanity and btlunty over us and the Lebanon people— atilt to listen to these our just and calamitous supplications, -which of our free will we deposit at. the foot of your Majesty's :.tad not to any others Clat may be expedited by t..e agents of Mustafa Pacha, because the signatures attached to letter, whether our own or tlios;! of our kintlr,d, do not merit consideration, these signature having been extorted f. um us by the agents of 3 1ustr.fAPacha. (Nigued by the Chief: of the people) Family of Emir A HOLEMEK. and JlCjl.s,ti, (2; seals). . i 91, 1; A ZZENO (20 seals). IP, 11 13A 1851 (17 seals). DAHL/All(13 seals). . • I ft CI`VI SAl.Etf (8 scale.). No. 2. " 2a Rebt-ul-Ev e l (6th May ). Sire,—.Moved by compassion at the miserable state in which the inhabitants of the Lebanon have long fallen, your Majesty condescendi ng l y accor d ed to them the faculty of pasts. , piling to the Sublime Porte the person whom they might con side: best qualified to govern them, and to re.eatablisla - p peace and tranquillity in th e i r d istricts, übhe " In virtue of this sovereign condeseensioo .we, upon the 17 of Rebi-ul-Evel, forwarded a petition thione, in which it was set forth to the. foot of your tiat the only means of re • moving our sufferings was .by - restoring to the government old Emir lieschir, or hi; "soli, Emir Emin, they 'being endowed • with all necessary qualities indispensable for such a charge, and requisite f or o b taining reparation from our enemies (the Druses) fur the losses which they have inflicted upon us, by • plundering and ruining our properties and means of existence. 44 This reparation, although repeatedly demanded, has not vet been accorded, and as regards the first demand, nut only has it been withheld, but, what is worse,. the Commissioners of your Court have adopted every possible means to frustrate our expectations. " In despite of your sovereign commands they have thought proper to manufacture a petition, pretending to show that • tile whole Population is perfectly satisfied with the Government nf Omer Pacha ; wishing for no other, and desirous to see the Government of the Lebanon confirmed in his hands, to the exclusion of the Shebab family. In order to obtain this, they extracted, by means of terrorism and force, the signatures of ! the principal Chiefs of the Lebanon, as representatives of the Lebanon population. " Another similar petition was annexed to the former, upon the return of his Excellency Mustafa Pacha from Jerusalem. This was effected simultaneously through the menace of the • agents of Mustafa and Omer Paellas, who thereby obtained signatures. " Not content with this, after the arrival at Be.yrout of the Commissioner of the Porte, Selim Bey, a third petition was got up in the name of the people, conceived in the same sense, and adding, moreover, that should any similar petitions be pre sent( d to y our M a j esty, they should not. be attended to, a s being opposed t o t ru th. T o t hi s third petition were the seals of the principal Christian chiefs of the Lebanon obtained, as procurators and delegates of the people. Such a mode of pro ceeding, at once base and iniquitous, cannot fail greatly to dis please your Majesty, while it insults and outrages the Lebanon people, who thus see themselves cruelly prevented from express-. tug their true sentiment'. t. In or3e.r to confirm the truth of this assertisn, we have a , ked those who yielded to clic orders of thie Commissioners, if effectively the wish of the nation was conformable to the petition signed by them—if they vrere debuted by . the people, paitt by what right they had signed such a petition; i n the name i of this Lebanon people. There reply was, that they *ere not delegated by the people to make ally snob dement!!! ; that they I ad do,ie so through dire necessity, in compliance with the in timation given to them by the agents and emissaries of Mustafa l'acha, ac.=ding to a letter written by the delegates of the pegige tuthe emirs and sheiks, who signed the aforesaid petition, and frez the answer of these princes, your Majesty will receive the certitude that the above acts of menace and injusticellare I been committed in the mountains by the agents of the Porte, against your most faithful subjects. " Prostrate, therefore, at the feet of your august throne, we implore you, Sire, not to listen to the petitions which, through the means, of his Excelleucy Mustafa Pacha and his agents, have been placed before you, but to these our fervid and anxious players, freely made, and not extorted by violence—intreating that you will generously condescend to nominate the Emir lieschir, or his son Emir Emin, as our governer,lor the common good and security of the Lebanon. This being done, your heneVo.lent desires will be accomplish - ed, and we shall receive r<liaration for the injury inflicted upon us by our enemies. 4( We place our utmost faith in your Majesty's Imperial clemency. (‘ Signed and sealed by the Deputies of the Pre mier of Ghebail, Behan, Curia, Kesman, Metin, Zahli. flarbilbacan, Harbil g uird , Seehan, Sehil, Seiuf, Darul Kancar, Manasif, and Aealm—ln all 66 seals." MOTHER, THE MANCEUVRIN G MOTHER, BY THE AUTHORESS or= " THE HISTORY OF A FLIRT." —This new work has placed the authoress in the very foremost rank of female novelists. (' We were the first to call attention," observes the Athena not, " to the excellent truth and nature of The His- tory of. a Flirt, and looked with more titan usual expectation for the appearance of another work from a hand which hadleen sl fortunate in its pictures of life among our middle classes 'I his new book will sustain the reputation of our authoress. She is many degrees nearer to Alias Austin than any of her contemporaries ; she writes, too, with as much care as pur pose ; and s h e w ill k eep her place, we are inclined to think, as she has won her way—that is, steadily but unobtrusively. There is great skill in her conception of the Manoeuvring Mother's (Lady Wet herart) intrigues for the brilliant establish ment of her five daughters, net so much from selfish designs for her own aggrandisement in theirs, as front a mind perverted —which regards rank, wealth, and show as the absolute neces sities of existence. We could mention almost every p ersonage of the tale with a note o f commendation, but enough is s-(llo merits I make our read ers see k f or t h e wor k , and once foati yi, will presently en sure f or i t as healthy a popularity as to its pred ecessor ," it'beloop Her :Majesty's steam-frigate Penelope, now Ltittil; 0:t Chatham, it ordered to be ' rigg ed with with Andrew Smith ' s 1 . VAtent wire-rope. The in experimen t s thpeqence of Admirals Codring. this rope a fortnight since, dime pres ence v - other naval o ffi cers of high ton, Bouverie, and Percy. and ma ny satisfactory, both in proof of rank and experience, andwel'ethe fac ... y l i l t of splicing and knotting, its-immensef, k l'" l4 ' v WITH THE SOUTH OF IRE. NAAIL uoNIMUNICATIO. —We hear 1. , A - N is that the Committee appointed AU - inquire into .. ' ' the above snie • et have reported favourab4 of Brea n , near Uphill, in the Bristol Channel, a 4. a packet station. A depute? flint bent down to the view the spot arriv e d a t B reen, by rail - v w in the sbo4 space of five hou rs, and were very f avourably Imi a '; ske d with Its advantages. —Brieol Mercury e I , 2 0 .2, la 0 • 0 1 ' t ti ter 4 fh the ath'li w eal; , st e pp ,h 0 4 bit ifti rf Or. zo nt AP _ I