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t; covered petitions against it from all parts of the coun taa ast qui l ckly a s th e post could bring them in. The measure was efu clash a , all classes. The farm e r s di s lik e d i t qu i te as r e ten p oun d ers, and such would be the number of "n i tos against it, that no Members, unless they happened fnse , else eounti es , as many Hon. Members oosite did, %m pp Ve nture to sup por t i t , an d no Mi n i ster, even with a ma. bri ty k- chat . t cif_ 111( . 1 to back him, would venture to carry it through. tit uuse had been enleavourin raduall to abolish the right ter P te el ; i .. t t m ; they had negatived g hi g s Mr. AVallace's)motionto l ee . 1 . Members to speak,on presenting petitions. lie should, sa' a - t 7:r, renew that motion next year, fee'ing perfectly certsin a, hi !' slniuld ultimately carry is. If the Right lion. Baronet, ' o ce t of pressing on his resolutions, had announced his intena per, , be public t tvo or three weeks before hand, and haat sus ee"'re7. themin the meantie:e, and all owe d th e p eop l e to er o l e m nion with regard t o hi s easure—a measure 7,ciade e nted in ti me o f peace—he believed the people wou ' .d firjhit their hostility that no Minister would be able to _ t ne measur e . He never gave'a vote with so much !dea ler , and be should he almost sorry if the motion were carried, 4,17 did desi re to see the odium of resisting it put upon theernen opp os i te. I f the Right Hon. Baronet would appeal to thie toi " nt rY, and advi se her Majesty to dissolve Parliament on :retold, that the peopl e h a d no con fid ence i n t h at House, Th et s Z l 't see what returns th e y wiatild make to Parliament. lh a a, titat he (Mr. Wallace) wou'd like to see, but the Ma t ; r on. taentleman knew too wel the advantages his ma il Ease him to venture on such a course.—( Divide.) tttt• .11A.NMER (amidst cries of " Divide, divide,") said ta arl. "e•atas desirou s to state t h e reason w h y he would support Ts *ion of the Hon. Member f r Finsbury. —( Cheers. ) NO tit saa ch e more numerous classes of the people were not t o a ' ll by the income tax, still, looking tn the tar.ff, which was jad e connected with that tax, and which should be taken as a the Of the tame measare, he should be very j:aleus in limiting tia,hts.ef the people en such a subject. With respect to lastP,lecedent on which practice had rested, he must say ti f i e M thetigh he had as much respect as any one for the prin the which pl ace d Ki ng Willi am on the throne, he had not (ti,,:alTle respect for the Parliament which sat i n hi s r ei gn .— teal. B ear.) The Parliaments in that reign were corrupt, si t i o and di sgrace f u l P arliaments—(Cheers from the Oppo sa "`) —and he thought that the practice under consideration i f worthy of the source from vahence it originated.—( Hear.) he 0 Z (.4 ' 11 give his vote with great regret on this occasion, but hsa a ° ,i l (l fearlessly and honestly votefor the motion, because, Niy ee _ms'ed it to be his duty and the right of those whom he tilted there.—( Cheers. ) taopa l' K LEY said that an H on . Member opposite h a d iut WA how many o f hi s (M r . W a kl ey ' s ) cons tit uen t s wou ld lis p Ted by the me asure; b u t h e gave a ver y cur i ous illustra r the nature of hi s own cur i os ity. H e con f esse d h a t 1 lj aa e: °f them were f avoura bl e t o t h e v i ews o f t h e Right Finn. ei a ge t•—( Hear,They thought his proposition would aatentetive of benefit to trade, but at the same time they 144,4 11 itlimous against the proposition of an income tax.— NNta 4 .) So far as he could l earn th ey were a ll o f th em al: to an incsme tax.—( Hear, bear.) The Right H on . 4 s t e., 1 ,7 t had that night made one of the weakest speeches lie gike e e ir , 1 --( Hear, hear.) And the reason was obvious. s without a case, without the semblance of an argument. hear,) The Right Hon. Baronet had given the 4 fe w hi stor i ca l d ata, and he went to the year 1795, wililentioned the contests between Grey, Pitt, nd a Fox, % ai r (ale. Wakley) thought that the Right Hon. Baronet Ittee h ave stated that then Mr. G re y an d M r . F ox were pre -1/44 Qat 11 ,_ the House; but nothing o f t h e ki n d was st a t e d ; h e ' the petition was rejected, hey had no record of ilit:lllinion of those statesmen. beset (Mr. Wakley) was 4 v , i ed to ask this plain question—Was the right ef petitioning hs a , u !ble right.? He put the question fairly to the House, hey. ti e he really thought that Hon. Gentlemen opposite, if titia`' e re prepared to vote against the motion of his Hon. No: a gues ought, in candour and honesty, to follow it up by a .elaring the practice of petitioning to be altogether use- Na.,,Mone that ought to be aiscontinue7l.—(Hear, hear.) If 114,e'lere was a time when that practice was useful, and could K a ° street upon the proceedings of that House, it was when leoftsition was before the House to take money from the tha', 4 of th e people. That practice never could be of more kisoa 4 ' when employed in a case where the whole of the corae ta at Y was to be affected. Now it was known that here the t es t secrecy had been observed as to what measures were Xi sed te be proposed ; and after that game of secrecy had been 'he Itieht Hon. Baronet surely ought to give tbe people sretPor, rtutitt; of expressing their opinion.—( Hear, hear.) At a'ts aa i noing of the Session, he asked. several Gentlemen if ttorre aware of what propositions were to be put to the - ` ra ' The answers invariably were, " No ; can't tell ;" " Not a O" ti ;" " Havn't heard a word •" " Can't form an idea." It' tt 41 ° 1 %11 came the Right Hon. Baronet with a proposition to ' 4 s "le interests of every man in the kingdom, and the doors 41 1 '0 use were to be shut against the prayers of the people. It.ight Hon. Baronet know that the resolution of the fact „Whi ch he read referred to a tax which was to be pro- R o i' t l tor the current year only, whilst the Right Hon. Baronet ;t a w sd his for three years?—( Hear, hear.) He (Mr.Wakley) k , that if the resolution. in the original ease were objec to 4 1 c, it was much more so now, when it was made to apply 'ts ta 4 : 4l °f years.—( Hear, hear.) He did hope that in this ( 1 / 4 tho Right Hon. Baronet would be in a minority. ion the nnmbers were— • +se es 136 „. th e , Majority against the motion ... —3l '"-LAW IMPORTATION BILL.—WAGES OF LABOUR. ti li "e Order of the Day for g o i ng into . Committee on %the the t 'uliDEN rose to propose his motion as follows:- 1 14t, t inasmuch as 'this House has repeatedly declared, ahaa t 'nes and the Reports of its Committees, that it is Ol ea the 'tower of Parliament to regulate the wages ill this country, it is inexpedient and unjust to pass a ''gVat e with a view to raise unnaturally the price of " kt tia, f At th e eleventh hour (proceeded the Hon. Member, indisposition, We were sorry to perceive, was indif- Nteltucard), he would call on the House to prevent one of the 0 %traps whieh a Legislature had ever perpetrated. a !ta 44 'e said now that it could interfere to attempt to regu ot:r.w,agvs of labour. In fact it was the custom of our io do so ; indeed the latest attempt of the House to iL i tti lc i? in 1823, when the Spitalfields Weavers' Act was o se - ,t ( a a This was their last direct act, but until 1834 the attel h `" It under the old Poor-law. The French war Ztlt„ prices of provisions, disturbed the trade •of the ;,,ISe t 4 e l a t n a d caused a sudden agitation of the currency. In con itlasta " wages_ of the working people were unequal to sup , oits, the * Therefore, relying upon the precedents of former tiit eae use People repeatedly petitioned the House to fix a io n ' of wages. Mr. Whitbread proposed a resolution on the e 1 1 and endeavou re d t o h ave t h e o b jec t passe d . ` li i4 . ‘,. e a W• Mr. Pitt resi s ted the m o ti on , a n d, i nstea d o f t h e L , pray e d for, a modicum was paid out of the poor 041,7 supply the insufficient wages. This was indirect tote for the regul a ti o n o f w a ges . But in 1834 the eiso a t epealed the old Pour-law, and since that time the w kle a ''' ,l g man of this country received neither protection t' t .i t ti ess from the Legislature.—( Hear, and cheers.) This t t 'sti e ill s° dreadfully, that in 1835 he endeavoured to per- H a t'use to regulate wages by law. The House had l et ar eu its inability to regulate the wages of labour, Ft t T l e sante House was about to read, for the third 'a et a ea 'ohich had for its object to raise artificially the tl ' ent 4 sil Hear, hear.) He would probably be met, as ti e - e a rittie e :° met before in those discussions, by those vague the j e Under which Honourable Gentlemen some va.'"th cered themselves, that in raising the price th e °4 kl necessarily raised the wages of labour. It was ( h i'ita t t e - ti ct t the half-starved people of this country, when I tl e e on work and food, had not been told that the object Ita i r i '-e( 4 11- law passed in 1815 was to raise the wages of la y t e a', hear.) Their ancestors, if they had harboured aC-aa a a - t u ght, would have put it in the preamble of the Bill. ta° ) That, however, had never beera stated by thase 4, 4 41 e a t' u " i ced the Bill. He had statements in his possession it a taai n , d show that practically the high price of food had I,44teniftoinf theg wages. The Hon. Member then read a Se efa average amount of wages in several branches tt ' 4 lth i 'tore, which had not been affected by the invention 'tha t trY- The calculation showed, s aid the Hon. Mem lista`"e wages were not more than half what th e y were ta l 't ; the average wages at the present time i' and the labour for that sum was harder t at it it bad been in 1815 for twice that sum. thete aue wondered at, if by the operation c f the Corn-laws Opres ducti on o f wages , th ey h a d a grea t num b er o f peti fNateu ' fed t o t h a t H ouse , calling on it to do something to %; l is e : the wag es o f l a b our , and to prevent the continually lait'at,".;.(l c ourse ef earnings, while they maintained the price to Press had some extracts from a petitions or redotw which lie ee nted to- that House, and he would art of itg, l " l . the. operative weavers of Manchester, presented so t aa "'e a t als 1 827, long 'before the Anti Corn-law League came ' tit e N ' , e "e, which was accused of having instilled all this y ei"" the minds of this class. The petitioners stated that n " by experience that one species of property loa'si aaa e cted by the operation of the Corn-laws, and they allt . pai"" t hat a even-handed justice required some protection for y 27. This was the language of the weavers of Manchester Ot te , a It was to be regretted that the middle classes of this ta"au not taken up the question of the Corn-laws as they t tk t i t * %e i , t l 'avv, when the labouring classes were endeavouring : l ot ther e of tti o r their repeal. The other extract was from the tie ~ s. poor fustian cutter, made in 1829 ;he said, 1 04 "oaerament never protected labour, it was un to' t1,, t 5 that it should protect land, and as they ho't• , i 'iffer one monopoly, they should allow another to 'it' l lse lf the labourer was obliged to work cheap, he ought to t ki t t a ati e t 4 to live cheap." He had seen the man who drew up t ite, 4 11 4 :%, and lie believed it conveyed all that could , be 'ia', ll s taas ! subject. The labourers in Lincolnshire and .Not :_tieas'itre! even in that place, where they were working for e as t a i wages, must live—they must have breath or po klo,l4'iala w ho had them to sell ? Why, the landowners of li e tl 4t ' t s ' il q uritood. If they said they could not give the price, ° P o ' l itt t ,a s Y heard they could get wheat for 40s. a quarter at )solt the landowners say—Oh !we have a law to keep tai;lao:L'ecs• But, says the poor frame-work knitter, have h rtthe no law to: keep up our wages? And he should like 9e 4 lise, a 4 oldem an or landowner that could meet him, when It 'th e , 'llat question He did not object to the law, simply it taxed the food of the people ; he objected to Ito' t h a - ,, highe r ground. The Right Honourable Ba itllletr" b rought -. forward his Corn-law scheme, with the ' i'' , 011 1 :1 1) "se of keeping up an artificial price of corn. ta co brought in a Bill to lay a fixed duty on foreign 11 4 (.;11voohl hav e oppose d it, as h e did th e p ro p o siti on o f th e Lbs l.l ', ° tent. But the present measure was still worse. p'tce,d th abourer that they could not fix his wages Ntll B ' ea dY p lcce and now the Right Hon. Baronet ► 61 t a t the object of the new Corn-law was to maintain the st s t ht, e 4) 4l at from . 545. to 565.—( Hear, hear.) Under this telsalla!"1114 be no lowering of prices from a superabundance ,Price s cou ld on l y f a ll th r ough th e i na bili ty o f t h e , h h a keel " a sufficiency—however objectionable any tax °4l ) , " t ite °l Pus Y t be, still a fixed duty was not open to the same qtat'sti injustice as this new scale. They put ? duty of 2s. on French hats, and a fixed to ttsi a Prench gloves. The gave the home te o 'llt, • e t that advantage ; but they told him that if he was 11 4 'it s " k h , , he he, did not exert his skill and industry to equal the tits s oould have no higher protection. But they did p s ,to the landholder. They told him that no matter N:tl),i,?ws, or the Americans, or the Germans might ns a " ea: , a gricu'ture the British landowner, however intio iltioas_Nelle's he might t be, should ' be secured a price of not Otiqltt • ' the quarter. The conduct pursued by the Go- Flasa .VDeared to him to be a violation of principle and :147,1444 the whole area of the country to be appropriated 4 .4 0 °rds as they might think fit, while the people were e a tt,sti a t ?otrol over the production of the principle article usistence ? He would tell them that that doctrine u ,L' a q—he would tell them that it had awakened a a a t e "te minds of men which they would have been h e ere • e n ''trtain a few years aim. And why? Because l o 'N; ta 'iki l , -va dlng the rights of industry, and because they h i d 744.„.? unjustifiable inroad upon the property of the a "ca a (Hear, hear.) He believed that if the principles tl e ° , l l4 ,bY the Legislature were carried into effect '';t e. a ." p r see te . to important changes in this country. iaNta;,ltei, "it the law would not be allowed to remain with thlilea.tts t o Changes which many who took part in the agita- L c, a aal‘li,eal had never contemplated. They had refused the t ar ea ruca of justice. They bad placed the trade in ttie r "a of human commodities—the tiade in corn— alltltia",‘ itec Oah e the merchant and the manufacturer, and tt c ,,,\''ttiti r ," hands of the gambler and the speculator. tt u 'cv,i se 1. 1 ,, s the, hadreceived against the Corn-laws from ta - . 4 -1,1 `tor e `ri•to were treated with less respect than the w his -I'atiatecora "41f-a.dozen failures in the City.—( Hear.) He t 9 t / 1 1 °11 ,_ 1 1 lion. Gentlemen who had some stake in the 144 what would be the consequences of such a course. He could tell them, that in the district. with which he was immediately concerned—that in Lance'hire there had been a sacrifice of fully one-half of the capital vested in manufactures within the last six years. said that deliberately. He would a , k his Hon. Friend, the Member for Manchester, whether he could realise for the capital of Lane ;shine one-half of the sum it would have brought six years ago. That state of things was not the re ult of a few partial failures ; for if that were the case, the vacuum so created would soon be filled up by men of more energy and industry. He would urge tho Right Hon. Genileman to take the same capacious view as Mr. Huskisson had done when he had sought to discover what was necessary to be (lone for the regeneration of th e manu f actures of the country. If the Right Hon. Baronet did that, he must come to the same conclusion with Mr. Huslii;son, which was, that this country could not continue to pay the present. amount of taxation to maiuta.n the pubic, credit and to maintain the Corn-laws too. If they continued their sliding scale, they would be pressing unjustly both upon capital arid upon labour. It was partial—it was unjust. They were mulcting the labourers of his earningsin a palpably unju,t manner by this sliding scale, and they were at the same time depriving the capitalist of the means of giving the labourer employment. They would, if they read this Bill a third time, stand self-convicted of legis lating merely for a class. Wry took corn out of the category of other articles of commerce. They refused to carry out the principles which they applied to everyother article to the article of corn, and it they persevered in such a course there could be no question as to what must be the result. He (Mr. Cobden) was a practieal man, and the present was a subject on which he felt strongly. With regaid to the tra.le between this country and America, as he could claim some sort of acquaint • ante with the subject, he hoped the Right lion. Baronet weuld even at this late period pay attention to vi hat he had said. He would not detain the House longer, but would at once propose his resolution as an act of justice to the labouring classes, for he considered the present Bill as a violation of every principle of justice, as far as they were concerned. Mr. BROTHERION seconded the motion. Sir R. PEEL could assure the Hon. Gentleman that he had listened to all that he had stated, both on this and on all former occasions, with the greatest attention ; and how ever he (Sir R. Peel) might differ from the Hon. Gentleman in the conclusions at which he had arrived, he mild assure the Hon. Gentleman that he had never treated any of his arguments or observations with either disrespect or indiffer ence; and he trusted the Hon. Gentleman would not consider it any mark' of disrespect, if, after the ample discussion which this subject had already undergone, he should refuse, on the present occasion, to follow the Hon. Gentleman through the whole of his arguments. The resolution which the Hun. Gentleman proposed was clearly tantamount to a declaration that there ought to be no duty at all on the importation of corn ; that all duty was unjust, and that corn ought, under all circumstances, to be admitted free of duty. The resolution condemned a fixed duty equally with a Gliding scale. There night be some objections to a sliding scale which did not apply to a fixed duty ; and, on the other hand, there might be many objections to a fixed duty which did not apply to a sliding scale. But the resolutions of the Honour able Gentleman condemned equally both propositions. The lion. Gentleman's resolution says, " That it is inexpedient and unjust to pass a law to raise unnaturally the price A food." But he apprehended that a fixed duty must have the , effect of raising the price of food according to the Hon. Gsritleman's own argument. According to him it must also raise it unna turally, because no regulation should be applied to articles 6 subsistence. He (Mr. Cobden) referred to the opinion of Mr. Huskisson in 1831 and 1832. He (Sir R. Peel) would not take advantag e o f th e l a p se o f t h e Hon. Gentleman's memory ; but the accident which terminated Mr. Huskisson's life oc- curred in 1830. The opinion of Mr. Huskisson, was that the Corn-laws as they existed could not be maintained, but that opinion was equally applicable to a fixed duty as to a graduated scale. The opinion he delivered was, that the existing Corn law could not be maintained consistently with the prosperity of the manufacturing interests of the eountry. The alteration in the law which he had - proposed was perfectly reconcilable to the opinions of Mr. Huskisson in the year 1830. At the period when Mr. Huskisson quitted office he was uniformly and deci dedly an advocate for a graduated duty, on the ground that it was necessary a".a protection to domestic agricul ture, and to insure a supply of corn at all periads. He thought that the Right Hon. Gentleman would hardly deriy that the measure which he had introduced would both relax the duty and prevent the speculations of those whom he had spoken in terms of such severe censure, namely, the merchants in Mark-lane ; that it would facilitate in a great degree the im portation of fOreign corn, and tend generally to make it plenti ful; and that by preventing sudden fluctuations it would re move the chance of gain by mere speculation and gambling in co. n. Having already expressed his opinions on this subject at greatlengtb, he hoped the Hon. Gentleman would not consider it disrespectful if he referred him to the statements which he had made on former occasions, and refrainedfrom entering into any lengthened discussion on the particular motion before the House. Lord J. RUSSELL said he did not rise either for the pur pose of supporting the motion of the Hon. Member for Stock • port, or of opposing the third reading of the Bill; but he wished to state his views with respect to a point which had arisen in the course of discussion. 'l•he Right Hon. Gentleman had re ferred to the opinions of Mr. Huskisson. He did not wish to enter into any controversy with regard to those opinions. He had, himself, voted fur the graduated scale in 1828, and it appeared, at first sight to have many advantages.—( Hear.) He was convinced that if Mr. Huskisson, whose authority was so often referred to, had lived a few years after 1828, the ex perience then furnished by the operation of the new measure would have shown so able a men that. it had failed in its object, either as respected the farmer, the labourer, or the consumer, for it took away all possibility of calculating future prices with safety. This state of things would have been reconciled by his (the Noble Lord's) Bill, which would produce a certain, constant corn trade ; but the Bill now before the House, though an improvement certainly on late ones, though it was worse than any measure introduced from the Revolution of 1688 to 1800. - He had never heard it stated from the other side of the House that they expected they were establishing a permanent system—all they were doing was to shake the au thority of the present system without forming a permanent one. When they had altered the law as to all other authori ties—when in the next year they should proceed to alter the law relating to foreign sugar, French brandy, and French silk, they would again have to alter the 'law with respect to corn.—(Hear, hear.) So far he shou!d rejoice in the passing of the present measure, as it. would shake the authority of the present law; he looked forward to a time after passing the law, when they runic.' find that the plan of a, graduated scale was altogether faulty, and that a better system would he substituted in its place. He was not one of those who, like the Hon. Gentleman behind him, was for taking .away all duty, and admitting corn free. He admitted the talent and ability with syhich the Hon. Gentleman supported that view of the question ; it was impossible to listen to him without- feeling that it was possible to argue very strongly . fur the plan he pro posed. He thought a moderate protection was fair to the farmer, but the system established in 1828 was most faulty, and he certainly hoped that the time would not he long befure they had established a plan on sound principles of trade, which he hoped, with regard to other articles, the House was about to sanction. Mr. VILLIERS said, if the Noble Lord • thought he should propitiate the farmers by declaring in favour of a fixed duty, he thought he was likely to be disappointed. He believed the farmers would be better pleased if he would not disturb the present. system. He congratulated the country, however, on the prospect of receiving the Noble Lord's eloquence and ex perience in disturbing the present law; for he was convinced they could not have one less suited to the circumstances of the country than the present one. He could not help observing, that his Honourable Friend could not -be justly charged with having improperly quoted Mr. Huskisson with re gard to the sliding scale. The country had not the misfortune to lose Mr. Huskisson till the year 1830. The principle of his Hon. Friend, the Member for Stockport, was virtually recognised by Mr.' Huskisson—namely, the prin ciple that they should not raise by artificial means the price of food, while they left uncharged the price of labour. If they raised the price of food, they ought to raise, in a corresponding degree, the wages of labour. That principle, however, was violated by the present law. The price of food had never been so high as at present, and the wages of labour had never been so depressed. He could not let the new m-asure of the Go- vernment pass without expressing his most unqualified disap probation ; he considered that it had not been recommended by the experience of our agriculturists, or by the expe rience of the community at large. He believed that all the evils of the old law would follow front the present. He believed it would relieve nobotiy, and that it would satisfy nobody. A graduated scale would neces sarily baffle the calculations of capitalists, and the trade in corn would continue as unsettled under the new system as it had ever been before. No one who had reflected upon the sub ject could deny that the Corn-laws had lice, at toe bottom of all the evils undo- which the country had lately suffered. He was ' surprised under those circumstances to find the Hon. Gentleman proposing such an abortion of the law as the pre str.t—a law which he believed was really deserving of the words that had been applied to, it, namely, that it was hut a mockery of the people. S said that it was an improve ment upon the former plan ; but he said there was no improve ment. It would not enable the country to obtain more food than could be obtained under the old system ; for in order to obtain more food, more corn should be grown ; and such a result could not be expeeed under the operation of a law which left the trade in corn as uncertain as it had ever been. He kneyv. itsm said that this was all the Right Hon. Baronet could have effected to correct the evils of the Jaw, and that he could not have accomplished more ; but he did not hear Hon. Gentlemen around the [tight lion. Bart. say so. He seemed to have great influence over them, and he thought if the Right lion. Genleman persuaded them to it, they would be induced to accept a measure more suited to the circumstances of the country. The presumption was that they were a very docile body, and would have consented to greater changes if the Right Hon. Baronet persuaded them to it. If he bad proposed s uch a measure as the country required, he did not think he ( Sir Robert Peel) would be deserted. The Members for Essex, and Berkshire, and Sussex, would not of themselves form a Go. vernment.—(Laughter.) But at all events the public would support him in such a case. Persons were sent to that House entrusted with great privileges, and those who had the power of sending them should exercise it for the general wellarc of all, and not for their own interest, otherwise they who had 11,4 the power hhd just grounds of complaint against them.— ( Cheers.) There was only one national ground suggested for the present system of legislation—that was that they should be dependent on their own soil for their own supply. —( Hear.) But he believed that the present mode of legislation was the very one which ready them dependent on other countries. They were a perfect nuisance to other countries when they went to purchase corn, because they took away that which was only necessary for the supply of the country where they went to purchase. They were starving at home under the present system, and that ought to make them ready to try another.—(Hear, hear.) How could they be worse off if they depended on other countries? They would be much better, because they would get trade and food if they depended on other countries. Sir JOHN TYRRELL hoped the Hon. Gentleman who had spoken last would not think it discourteous in him if he did not attempt to follow him in his argument. But he would just s emind the Hon. Member that on every occasion that he had brought this subject before the House it. had been with a still increasing majority against the motion. — His (Sir John Tyrrell's) object in rising was to answer an accusation which had been made against Honourable Gentlemen who represented the agricultu ral interest. The accusation had been made, both in that House and out of it, that, in supporting the pmpesition of the Right Hon. Baronet, they were deserting the interests of the agriculturists. lie, for one, had no hesitation in saying that. such an accusation was totally unfounded.—( Hear, tear. ) The Hon. Member for Sheffield had stated, on many occasions, to his constituents, that the agricultural was the slowest pro cess of milting money. The lion. Gentleman must recollect that there were many persons who could only cultivate the poor and sandy soil; and he (Sir J. Tyrrell) would ask the Hon. Member, what would become of those persons, if there was no protection given to them? It had been said, that many of the agricultural Members had had interviews with their con stituents.--(lronical cheers, and hear, hear.l He could say that he had attended a meeting of his constitu ents, and had submitted his conduct to a direct show of hands, and the result of that was that three out of four held up their hands in favour of this conduct, and only one indi vidual held up his hands against it, "and," said the Hon. Member, "I ca led upon him to explsin himself."_-( Roars of il laughter.) wou f l o d r dty Hon. Gentlemen opp' :s i te to t hi s. The Hon. Member Southwark, who was as it were , sprung from the loins of the Opposition , o r, vulgarly speaking, was one of their own kidney—(Laughter)--was delighted with the Conservative party in ',power, for this reason—he said, the Whigs would now concede that which they never would con- ! cede before. 'this was the reason why he (Sir J. Tyrrell) gave his vote in favour of the proposition, althought it might seem to be in opposition to what was held - to be . his conscien tious conviction.—( Roars of laughter.) He admitted that a universal panic had been raised among the agriculturists. But the Right Hon. Baronet had got an unanswerable argument in favour of the tariff. The Right Hon. Baronet had yesterday presented a petition from Ireland, purporting to support the proposed tariff. That petition was immediately seized upon by Hon. Gentlemen opposite. He ( Sir J. Tyrrell) had read that petition, and the last' two lines what was vulgarly called the prayer of the petition—(Loud laughter)—was to the effect that protection should be given to all classes of the community. Now that was a principle in which he (Sir John Tyrrell) entirely concurred. With respect to the propositions of the Noble Lord opposite, he must say that they on that side of the House (Ministe rial) were not to be duped by a fixed duty. They on that (the Ministerial) side of the House, had been considsred as dull as animals that browsed on thistles.—(Roars of laughter.) They were certainly too dull for a fixed duty. "It is said in the Last," continued the lion. Member, " that when you cross the desert, they put a donkey in front."—( Laughter. ) They put a donkey in front.—( The laughter was here renewed throughout the House.) They put a donkey in front (said the lion. Member when the laughter had subsided, and again the laughter was renewed.) It is no laughing matter, said the Hon. Member.—(Shouts of laughter.) 'f hey put a donkey in front—(the House again was convulsed with laughter)—to re gulate the pace. —( Roars of laughter.) Gentlemen on that side of the House, and on the other who had been in India would bear him out in his assertion.—(Sbouts of laughter.) Those Gentlemen would confirm his view s.—(The House was again convulsed with laughter.) He did not wish to compare the Right Hon. Gentleman, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to a donkey ; but he must say, that his proposition for relieving the financial difficulties or the country, were utterly un worthy of a great statesman. The observation he (Sir J. Tyrrell) had made might excite some mirth, by the man ner in which he had endeavoured to state his sentiments, still they were of a grave character.—( Great laughter.) He could assure the Noble Lord that whenever he makes those propositions which he has made this night, he will find that those opinions do not gain ground in the country—on the contrary, that he will find himself in a larger minority. Mr. WARD said he did not kstow much about the practices in the East or West- of putting certain animals in advance ; but there was another subject which he did understand better, and that was ithe consistency of the Hon. Baronet who had just sat down. Now his Hon. Friend stated very clearly the charges which had been brought against him and the Hon. Members who sat upon the same side of the House as himself, of gross inconsistency. In his (Mr. Ward's) opinion, they had no principle whatever; he would go over the whole of the hustings' speeches made by the Gentlemen opposite or elsewhere and lie would not-find one speech acquiescing in those measures which they were now prepared to support. Not one was pre pared to speak of the Corn-laws as now proposed ; every man amongst them denounced the late Government as the bitterest enemies of the agriculturists ; and now he had heard some of the con tituents of his Hon. Friend who had just sat down, ssv that they would much prefer the propositions of the Noble Lord, with his Ss. duty, to the plan of the Right Hon. Baronet.— ( Hear.) The lion. Baronet told his- constituents at the time of the election that he had no leaders; one Noble Duke, ex pecting a seat in the Cabinet, and not having obtained one, was now good for nothing—that was the Duke of Buckingham; that another Noble Duke had met. him in the lobby, and had recommended this Bill to him, as it was better to be in the frying-pan than in the fire. He himself, he said, was but an humble individual; he did not put himself forward—net even in the Eastern fashion—(Laughter and cheers)—Lut he said that he accepted the measure, because he thought it one suited to the exigency of the times, and one calculated for the people's welfare In his (Mr. Ward's) opinion there never was a more absurd measure than this brought before the public ; it was one which ought to have been, and which might have b een se t t l e d long ago. Measures well calculated to settle the question were brought forward some time ago, and they »ere rejected for party purposes. They'had settles' nothing ; and they would at no distant period find it a difficult matter to explain their conduct in that House, when compared with their statements out of doors.—( Hear, hear.) It was with some pleasure, therefore, that he heard the justlication of his Hon, Friend, but the Hon. Member did not succeed so well in that House as he did in Chelmsford—he did not succeed so well in throwing dust in their eyes as he did in those of the people who held up their hands so unanimously in favour of the Hon. Member. The fact was difficulties were raisel merely for party purposes, and to obtain place. They had obtained place, certainly, but at a a very considerable sacrifice of cha racter and consistency. Last year every monopolist joined hand and hand; he could understand that they beat his party by a large majority, but what did they do then ? Did they carry out their principles? No; they stood by their leader, and he f rgot bis pure principles. They had abandoned their principles, and they should never recede. Their leader had now stated as ' a man of honour, that he would stand by the tariff; he had pledged hia,self to do so. They must go on, or public opinion would desert them, and they would have no principle to stand by ; such an abandon ment of principle bad never been heard of in the history of party contests.—( Hear, hear.) He, for one, did not care whe ther he voted at all on the third reading of this Bill. He did not care whether the poor clays and bad soils which were put into cultivation by the hopes held out by bad laws, were to be put out of cultivation, for some day or other they must go out of cultivation. He did not care for that ; but he had no feel ing in favour of the Bill, because he did not believe it would do any good, or permanently settle the question ; he hoped it would let in a little more corn, at a more reasonable price; but he was afraid that nothing of the kind would followthe measure. Mr. DARBYsaid, when the Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down said that Members on his side of the House had not dealt consistently with their constituents, he begged to say that the Hon. Member had not spoken the fact.—( Hear.) It was impossible for any man to declare that he would support measures that were to be brought forward when he did not know what they were ; and he would beg to say that the ques tion had been put to him on the huit:ngs whether he would vote for all the measures of the Right Hon. Baronet, and in reply he stated that he would not.—( Hear.) Then with re gard to the question of the Corn-laws, he would beg to tell the Hon. Gentleman opposite that if he wanted to look for principle he would not leave his side of the House to go to the other.—( Hear.) That side, which had first made this an open question, then brought a measure forward last year, and who, had they been in power certainly serer would • have abandoned that measure.—Hear, hear.) The course which he had taken, he had taken solely because he believed it to be the best that could be proposed for the good of the country ; and he could tell the Hon. Gentleman diet there was a growing desire throughout the country that this question should he settled; and if he were asked whether, if he did not altogether approve of this question, he would vote for it, he would say that he would do so to settle the question.— (11, ar, hear.) Ile could tell them that a strong Government was one that was required now, and none other would be of any s rvice to the country. If the Noble Lord were to form a Go`ernixient, who would he call to the Cabinet? Would ho call the Noble Lord, the Member for Tiverton, who, when he went down to the Cabinet, would say, that he came down with the strong arm of power to sweep away the cobweb of monopoly?—Hear, hear.) They might taunt him with inconsistency on this question, but he would say that that Bill would work well, and that the present was not an abandonment of principle, for the Right H on . B arone t h a d di st i nct l y stated that he would abide by the sliding scale, though he might con sider it necessary to make some alterations in the details. He said that ; and if Government did not know what was to be done, then it was their A wn f au l t.— ( H ear, hear .) The Noble Lord had not adhered to his principles ; and was it for Mem bers on that side of the House to taunt him with incon sistency ? Did the Noble Lord think that there was no difference between an Bs. fixed duty and an Bs. duty with a sliding scale? What then would become of the dreaded averages? As far as he was concerned he would support the sliding scale. But if the proposition of the Hon. Gentleman opposite was m:-rely an abstract one, or merely to declare that nothing ought to be done to keep up the.price of food, he would not have the slightest objection, to vote with him. But the object of this measure was not to raise the price of fond, but to benefit the consumer without injuring the agriculturist---(Hear, hear)-- and he thoUght it was right that there should be a regulation providing against the effects of severe years upon the price of provisions, when all the increased cost to the consumers went out of the pockets of a few farmers. He concluded by saying that whatever measure he might support he should support on principle, but he was not Ao learn that principle from the other side. Mr. WAKLEY said tint the sseecch of the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Darby) was a specimen of many that the House would have, not only for the remainder of this Session, bet in future Parlivrents. It was one of those which had already indicated that there was a growing state of opinion out of doors, which ceused a feeling of uneasiness on certain benches in the House.—( Hear, hear.) The Hon. Gentleman said that he would vote for the preposition of the Hon, Member for Stockport,if it was merely an abstract one, but he would not vote for it if it was intended to give it any practical effect. ( Hear, hear, and a laugh.) The Hon. Baronet opposite (Sir J. Tyrrell) spoke of political consistency, and yet he said that he was going to give a conscientious vote in opposition to his conviction.—( A laugh.) He regretted the Right Hon. Barnet (Sir R. Peel) was not in the House at the time, for the speech was a most amusing one. If a vote against his convictions was a conscientious one, then of course a vot e i n accordance with hi s conv i c ti ons would -be unconscientious.— ( Hear, and laughter ) The Hon. Baronet stated that he badeonferred with his constituents, and he had triumphantly vindicated himself from the accuse' ions brought against hir e of having deserted his principles. The Hon. Baronet it seemed, had shown them that he hsd supported their interest by putting a high duty upon the importation of calves.--(A laugh.) The Hon. Baronet and his party spoke. of the neces sity for protecting those who had embarked their capital ie bringing inferior soils into cultivation, upon which agricul tural produce could not be raised in competition with the fer tile countries of other parts of the world. If the manufacturers of this country came forward ant said, that in consequence of the inferiority of their machinery they could not compete with foreigners, and asked the House for a protection, would the lion. Baronet grant it to them? Certainly not. Much had been said of the cruelty of the manufacturers and millowners, but what was the conduct of the landowners in the present state of things? They declared in that House that the farmers and labourers would be the sufferers. Now, did they come forward and say to their tenants and labourers, " We will do for you what we have said the manufacturers ought to do for those from whom they derived their wealth?"—(Hear, hear.) But. the farmers were finding out the truth, and one of them in the west of England said to him, " We have found that there is a greater devil than Lord John !"_-(A laugh. ) He believed that tlie Right Hon. Baronet did all the good for the country that his party would allow him.—(Hear, hear.) But the Right Hon. Baronet would find that every interest in the country which was affected by his measures would press upon him until they compelled him to go to the agriculturists, and tell them that they could not be allowed to carry out any principle in opposition to the resolution before the House. After a few words in- explanation from Mr. DARBY and Sir JOWN TVaitenn, Mr. BLACKSTONE said that there was no doubt that every one had expected it was the intention of the Right Hon. Baronet to propose an alteration of the scale, but he for one was not prepared for so great a one as had been proposed. —( Hear, hear.) If such a n a lt erat i on h a d b een proposed by the Noble Lord the Member for London, would one of the county Members have voted for it ? (Cheers.) He (Mr. Blackstone) had been through the whole east of England, and he knew that the strongest feeling prevailed throughout against the measure proposed by the Right Hon. Baronet.--( hear. ) Lord WORSLEY must pers:st in saying that the measure created the greatest alarm amongst his constituents, but if it were thrown out he did not think that a fixed duty measure could be carried. Mr. PALMER had never given a pledge to his constituents on this question—(Hear, hear)—but knowing now that they looked with the greatest alarm on a measure that would strike off half their protection at one stroke of the pen ; and still appre hending a worse measure. if the present were not carried, Le advised them to acquiesce. as theyhad agreed to do so.—(Hear, hear.) They thought it better to submit to the Right Hon. Baronet, than fall into the hands of the Noble Lord opposite.— (Cheers. ) He had come, upon the whole, to that conclusion, although perhaps reluctantly, that, under existing circum stances, the best course which the friends of British agricul ture could pursue would be to support the measure introduced by the Government. Mr. EA'f ON said that he:had voted for the second reading of the Government measure, under the supposition that it might undergo considerable amendments is Committee; but THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING he was very sorry to find that he had been disappointed in that expectation.--( Hear, hear.) He thought the protection given by the Bill of the Right Hon. Baronet to the growers of wheat was insufficient, w h i l e t h e scale as regarded barley and oats was repudiated by every friend of B.itish agriculture. He had net been aware, too, at th e ti me h e h a d vote d f ur the se cond reading of the Bill, of the intentions of the Government upon the subject of the tariff, and of that tariff he greatly dis approved. Under these circumstances •he could not help ex pressing his dissent from the measure of the Government, and his regret that they had been introduced by the Right: Hon Baronet. —(" Hear, hear," from the Opposition benches.) Mr. FIELDEN, who spoke in a tone which rendered him almost totally inaudible, was understood to say that that House had shown its determination to protect no interest but that of the agriculturist. They hail not protected the labouring classes—thq had not protected the hand-loom weavers. They had a cart wath only one wheel. Under these circumstances he could not vote for the third reading of the Bill; if he were for the motion, he should be voting for that which was unjust in principle and unwise in practice. Mr. BROTH ERTON observed that there had been a eon • stain increase in the price of food since the year 1815, while there had been no corresponding increase in the rate of wag( s. On the contrary, wages had of late years been constantly declining. The rate of wages had diminished during those periods when food was at the highest price. It was to thatd-pre elation of wages and the consequent suffering among the labouring classes that he wished to invite the serious attention of the House. It was an indisputable fact, that many labourers in Stockport were now earning no more than 10d. a week. He believed that those evils were mainly owing . to the present Corn-laws. Those laws were equ a ll y un j ust and impolitic; they had been founded for the purpose of excluding foreign corn, while it was evident that this c ountry, which had mported on the average 62,000,000 quarters of wheat of late years, could not dispense with supplies from abroad. The increasing population could not be provided for without an extension of manufactures. He believed that the effect of the Corn-laws was to burden the people with a tax of twenty mil lions a year. The objectof such laws was to keep up the rents, and he entreated the House to consider whether it was fair to sacrifieetheir interest s for such an object. —( Cries of 66 Divide.") Sir VALENTINE BLAKE said he had intended to move a resolution, in Committee, to the following effect:—" That, not withstanding the benevolent desire expressed in her Majesty's Speech on the opining of the Session, and the express declaration of her Majesty's Government thereon, that they would not sanction any law which would tend to increase the restrictions in the supply of corn in the home market, a law had been proposed by her Majesty's Government, and advanced far towards accomplishment, which would increase the price of corn to the consumer, and make the monopoly of the landed aristocracy more durable, and therefore more intolerable." The lion. Member proceeded to say, amidst repeated interruptions:, that his reason for not proposing this resolution was, that he had hoped to see some more compe tent Member bring forward that view of the subject. He re-' gretted that no one had done so. He regarded the present sys tem as one of gross fraud and injustice, and was convinced that that was the light in which it would be views d by the country. The House then divided, when there appeared— For Mr. Cobden's motion Against it ... Majority against the motion —lso Mr. J. W. HEN DLEY moved the adjournment of the de bate on the Bill till Monday next. Mr. -BLEWETT seconded the motion. The House divided, and there appeared.-- ' For the adjournment Against it .... .......... 247 Majority On the question, that the Bill be read a third time,being put by the Speaker, Dr. BOWRING opposed the third reading, and pressed his opposition to a division. The numbers were— For the third reading ... ...... ... 229 Against...—. 9O Majority for the third reading ._-.139 On our re-admission to the gallery, we found Mr. F. FRENCH upon his legs, moving the following clause :--" Provided always, and be it enacted, that so much of this Act as allows the importation into Ireland of flour, the produce and manufacture A any foreign country, or of any British possession out of Europe, shall not commence and take effect until from and after the expiration of six calendar monthl from the passing hereof." He trusted that, on the principle of doing justice to Ireland, the Right Baronet would not refuse to accede to the introduction of the clause. Sir ROBERT PEEL bad proposed to subject all the corn growers of the country to immediate competition with the foreigner. Take the example of oats for instance. Complaints had been made that sufficient protection was not given to Irish oats, yet he proposed to subject the Irish oat growers at once to competition with the foreigner. He had a strong impression that it would be for the benefit of the growers themselves that the law should come into imme diate operation. If he were to agree to the motion of the Hon. Gentlemen he doubted if it would be of any benefit to those whom the Hon. Gentleman. sought to serve. He did not imagine that there was that immediate danger from foreign competition which the Hon. Gentleman seemed to apprehend, Under all the circumstances, he thought he should. be subjecting himself to a charge of partiality if he con sented to exempt any one particular interest from the immediate operation of the Bill. He believed there was no danger of immediate competition, and therefore he could not consent to the introduction of the clause. Sir W. SOMER VlLLE — said there were many Gentlemen on the opposite side of the House who opposed the moderate proposition of the late President of the Board of Trade for the admission of foreign flour. It was not a question of individual interest, but one vitally interesting to Ireland. And now theie Hon. Gentlemen were coming forward to give a third reading to that Bill, which would destroy all those interests. He would like to ask the Hon. Gentlemen opposite whether they were sincere in the occasion of their opposition to the late proposal ? —(Hear.) He would read a few extracts from one or two speeches of Gentlemen op posite against th a t prop os iti on , an d then he would ask H on . Gentlemen how they conld reconcile their consciences to vote for the third reading of this Bill. The first be came to was the Hon. Member for Belfast. The Hon. Gentleman said, on the occasion of the proposition being made to the Howe, that he did not oppose the measure upon narrow principles, but upon the broad principle that it would interrupt agricultural improvements. It wasa measure affecting the in • terest of all classes. He (Mr. B Tennant) was then prepared to show that the proposal would not be a sufficient protection against Ainerica. These were the words of the Hon. Gentleman, and he (Sir W. Somerville) could not see how the Hon. Gentleman could n _ ow support the Right Hon. Baronet. The Hon. Member for Donegal al o said, that the effect of the proposition would be to break faith with 1,800 persons, who had commenced business •on the security of this law. The Honourable Gentleman then said that the pro position, if carried into a law, would destroy all their interests. He would leave those Hon. Gentlemen to settle this matter with their own consciences : however they might settle it with their own consciences.he did not know what they would do with their constituencies. Mr. GLADSTONE said that he formed a better estimate of time than the Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down ; he should not, therefore, occupy the Houie with any lengthened observations. Owing to the noise in the House, we were un able to catch the Hon. Member's observations further than that he was of opinion that the Clause of the Hon. Gentleman was one that the House could not accede to. Mr. O'CONNELL said that if. his Hon. Friend persisted in dividing the House be must vote against it. Mr. CHRISTMAS said, that though he did not entirely concur in the measures of her Maje;ty's Government, not con sidering that sufficient protection was afforded, still, as he approved of the main principles of the measure, he thought it right to vote for the third reading. After a few words from Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL, Mr. F. FRENCH withdrew his motion. On the question being again put that the Bill be read a third time. Mr. ALEXANDER JOHNSTON moved the addition of a clause to the effect, " That foreign or colonial flour in bond, of such a degree of acidity as to be generally unfit for human food, and which shall be so ascertained by a test to be furnished by the Board of Trade, shall be permitted to be taken out of bond for use in the manufacture and finish ing of cotton and other goods, up on paymen t o f t h e duty a one penny per hundred." The Hon. Member then proceeded to read a letter from a chemical gentlemen, stating that flour was sometimes in a state totally unfit for human food. Mr PHILIPS seconded the motion. Flour was indispensi ble in the manufacture of cotton ; ,they wished to use the best, but they could not do so, considering the low price foreign ma nufacturers obtained it at. All they wanted now was that a duty of the amount stated should be permitted to be paid on flour from abroad, when it had first beenmade unfit for human or animal food by a chemical process. Some manufacturers would save 1,000/. a year by it. He would in a few days prove tl at this process could be certainly executed. Mr. COBDEN also spoke in fivour of the motion. To refuse it would, in fact, add to the privations of the poor. The House was at first going to divide on the motion, but it was not presse'. The clause was then brought up. A short discussion on a point of form ensued upon the clause being ►cad, after which it was negatived without a division. Mr. WAKLEY then rose to move that it was unjust to in ch:de i t the returns, of the averages wheat that sad for less flan one-third of the highest market-price averages. He thought the object of his motion was one deserving t. , ,e atten tie!, of the House—that the proposition was based in justice and sound principles, and ought to be adop!ed. The lion. Member then read a letter from a correspondent, stating that 303 quarters per week of bad wheat entered into the port of London from t , cotland, and that it had been said that the whole was used for starch, and not for food. The effect in Mark-lane of the sale of 1,800 quarters by one house alone, was to lower the average price of the week in which the sale took place 7s. dsl. a quarter. It had been also discovered that grain in certain states was a prolific source of disease ; a modern discovery with respect- to rye was a most important one ; that grain was at one time very extensively used in this country, and at that period par ticular diseases constantly appeared in the body, of which the cause could not be ascertained. These were gangrene and mortification of the feet. Medical men bad on examinati,:n discovered the cause to be a disease in rye, and now on e o f the mist ea sped state.ow• erfull t.was the m s w- ass. emith rice, ie; composed ie frorn the grain in its dtsl)r. Tytler having d scovered that the cast:me-known as Cholera proceeded frcm a disease in this grain. Wheal was subject to a si m il ar c h ange a: rye. He did nut think a more important propositiou on the s tbject could be made to the House. Mr. HAVES seconded the 'notion. The clause was then read a first time. On the question that it be read a second time. Sir R. PEEL thought the effect of the clause would be delusive. It would give the power to any individual by selling a single bushel of superior wheat at a third of the market price to exclude a large quantity of grain from the averages. lie thought it would be dangerous and open a door to fraud. Mr. WAKLEY replied. ,He thought the question one of great importance, and he trusted that though.the clause wrs wordsa and nnel gs , not so framed as to meet alLthe objections, yet th a t t h e Ri g h t lion. Barone*. would give it his careful consideration, w ith a view to prevent the evil:: he had alluded to. lAR a nDI. without add Lord W ORSLEY , iv ision. the A clause a was fe% * ine n On the question that theßilldo pass, Mr. COBDEN said that he must enter his protest against the passing of this Bill. He protested against this Bill as a robbery of the poor.---( H ear , hear.) It was a daring robbery of the poor—a robbery without compensation.—(Hear, hear.) The people would not petition the House anymore to talk of the bread-tax. He sincerely hoped they would not. waste their time by sending petitions to that house for any such purpose.—(Cheers irons the Ministerial benches) - They would not petition that House, but he trusted, etc long, they would pour in their petitions to the Throne, beseeching her Majesty to dismiss this -House of P., -AMTIOIIII, and to dismiss her present Ministers. (Cheers and laughter.) If a dissolution of Parliament were to take place, and the people should be.again appealed to, he had a strong opinion that the House that would then be -returned would not continue the bread tax. The result would be very:different to what it had been at the last election, when the grossest delusion had been practised on the people:--( . Ministerial ironical cheers.) The majority of the present -Howe had been returned by the grossest delusion being practised on the People, who had at the last election been made the victims of a system of the most disgrauful chicanery, trickery, and quackery that had even been practised. 'the people would rot aghin be the dupes ofsu.h delusions—they 'would nevia again return such a majority.— (Irenital cheers.) He repeated it—the - people would not be TELLBRS. !Mahon, Viscount— Hertford inglig, Sir It. 11.-ox. University - NOL.S, 68. Lindsay, H. H.—sandwich Listowell, Lord—St. A ban's Mainwaring. T —Denbighshire Masternian, J.—London Mitcalfe, H.—Tynemotrh Mitchell, T. A.—Bridport Morrison, Junes—lnverness O'llrien, W. S.—LimerickCo. O'Connell, M. J.—Kerry Ogle, S.—South Northumberland Peel, Rt . Hon. sir R.—Tain wor to Philips, Mark—Manchester Pigot, David Richard—Clonmell Plumptre, John P.—East Kent Pollock, Sir F.—Huntingdon Power, J.—Wexford Co. Rashleigh, W.—East Cornwall Rawdon, John I; aw son —Armagh Reade, M.—Waterford City Rous, Captain—Westminster cholefield, J.—Birmingham Scott, Robert—Walsall Smith, Benjamin—Norwich Stanley, Lord—North Lancashire Strutt, Edward—Derby Pancred, H. W.—Banbury Thorvely,Thos.—Wolverhampton Villiers, C. P.— Wol verham p to n Wakley, Thomas—Finsbury Williams, William—Coventry VVilshere, William—Yarmouth Wood, Benjamin—Southwark Wood, G. W.—Kendal mums. Macauley, T B. Edinburgh Fwart, William—Dumfries CHELTENHAM AND GREAT WESTERN UNION ffAILIVAY BILL. Motion made, and .Question preposed,. That the Amend. ments made by the Committee to the Bill be now read a se cond time :"—Amendment proposed, to leave out from the words " That the " to the end of the Question, in order to add the words, " Bill be recommitted," instead thereof : Question put, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Question :"--Debate arising : Motion made, and Question put, " That the Debate be now adjourned :".-- , The House divided : Actand, T. D. A'Court, Captain Adderley, C. B. Allix, John Peter Anson, Hon. Colonel Berkeley, y. NORITY—AYES, 74. Forster, Matthew Reade, W. M. Goring, H. 1). Richards, Richard Hamilton, W. J. Round, C. G. Hamilton, Lord C. Russell, J. D. W. Holmes, W. A'Court Scholefield, J. Ingestre, Lord Scott, Robert Jelliffi., Sir W. Sheppard, Thomas Kemble, Henry Shirley, Evelyn J. Knight, Henry Gaily Smythe, Hon. G. Knight, F. Winn Sotheron, 'l'. 11. Lawson, Andrew Sutton, Henry M. Lowther, J. H. Taylor, J. A. Lygon. General Thornely, Thomas Mackenzie, W. F. 'Vollei/ladle, John MacGeachy, F. A. TroHope, Sir John Mahon, Lord 'I rotter, John Marsham, Viscount Tyrrell, Sir J. Alarcon, G. R. Vane, Lord Harry Mit calfe, Henry Vernon, Granville Mitchell, T. A. Wall, B. Wrdaunt, Sir J. .Wodehouse, Edmond Morison, W:lliam I Wyndham, Celonel Parke, C. W. Peel, Jonathan Pinney, W. Pringle, A. Bernard: Viscount Bolden); Henry G. %Afield, Beriah Bradshaw, James Bridgeman, H. Br.trierton; .1. Buller, Sir J. B. Y. Campbell, A. Chapman, Benjamin Chute, W. L. olive, R. H. Cochrane, A. D'lsraeli, Benjamin Douglas, Sir C. E. Duncan, George Eliot, Lord Ew art, W. Belden J. Ferrand, W. B. Fitzroy, Captain TTLLRRS. Somerset, Lord O. Estcourt, T. G. B. Ainsworth ' Peter A ntrobus ' Edmund Arkwrignt, George Baldwin, C: Barry Balfour, J. M. Baring, IL B. trarnard, K G. _ 110. Maunsell, T. P. Meynell, H. Miles, I'. W. S. Morris, David Napier, Sir Charles Neeld, John Neville, Ralph Norreys„ Lord Ord, %V. Palmer, R. Raslileigh, William Rawdon, J. D. Ricardo, John Lewis Roils, lion. Captain Russell, Charles Somerville, Sir W. Staiston, W. H. St. wart, I'. Strickland, Sir G. Strutt, Edward Stunt, li. C. Towneley, John Troubridge, Sir T. Turner, E Villiers, Charles P. Vivian, C. C. Vivian Hon. Captain Waddington, ti , S. Wakley, Thomas Wallace, R. Wilde, Sir-T. Wood, Benjamin Yorke, Hon. E. T. Young, John Barrington, Lord Baskerville, T. B. M. Bentinck, Lord G Berkeley, Captain Berkeley, G. Borthwick, Peter Bow ring, Dr. Brownrigg, J. S. Buck, Lewis W. Bucklay, Edmund Buller E Burrell, Sir C. M. Butler, Hon. P. Cavendish, Hon. G. Charteris, Hon. F. Cholmondcley, H. Christmas, William Codrington, C. W. Coßome, W. Ridley Colville, C. R. Compton, H. Copeland, W. D Amer, Hon. DawBon Dick, Quintin Direit,E. Dugdale, W S. Duncan, Lord I)uncombe, T. S. Duncornbe, A. East hope, Sir John Escott, Bichkam TELLERS. Scrape, G. P. Woisley, Lord MONEY MARKET aim! CITY NEWS. SUN.—Several purchases in the v,:rious Stocks in anticipation of the payment of the dividends to-morrow, and the reduction in the rate of discount by the Bank of England, have caused a further rise in the price of Consols, which left off at 901 91 for Money, and for the Account ; Bank Stock, 164 167 h, and Exchequer Bills, 35 37 p.em. Foreign Bonds hive not advanced in proportion to the Eng -Ish Mai ket. It used formerly to be the case, that at this pe riod of the year, when money is generally very abundant, that a portion of it found its way as investments in these securities, but of late the real value of them has been too well under stood, that they should be preferred to our own funds. Hence they appear quite neglected, and dealings are chiefly confined to the regular Jobb.3rs in the house, and the hangers on at the various coffee-houses in the immediate vicinity of it. The last quAations are Mexican, 40L- 40h ; Portuguese Five per Cents. 36 361; the Three per Cents., 21 211; Colomb►an, 27,} h ; Spanish Fire per Cents., 40/1 401, and the Three per Cents., 25 25k. The closing prices of Danish were 801 811; Belgian, 103 104; Dutch Two-and-z-llalf per Cents., 521 521 ; the Five per Cents., 100 1001; and Brazilian, 671 681. There was more inquiry for Railway Shares. The princi pal alteration has been in the Brighton, which has improved to 361 37 per share. London and Birmingham were 84 86 ; Great Western, 281 !,91 ; the Half Shares, 15 1:4 premium ; Birmingham and Gloucester, 56 58 ; South Western, 60 61; Gosport, 60 61 ; North Midland, 69 71; the New Shares, 341 351 ; 13taekwall, 118 12 ; the New Shares, 10 pershare ;.South Eastern and Dover, 224 214 ; and Eastern Countie , , 14 I.l' d acount. The latest accounts from Calcutta state a consic'erable ri.e to have taken place in the rate of i xehan‘ , upon England, which was negotiated .or the March mail at from 2s. lad. to 2s. 2d. per rupee. This appears to have been brought about by the Company adopting this course, for the purpose of putting an end to the system of making advances on prodnee to be ship ped, and which, in ils operations, was acting mo►t injuriously on the legitimate trade between the countries, by enhancing the price of produce in Calcutta, by an increased demand there, and h.wering it here by excessive importations, and obligation to realize, whereby, in the 'majority Of instances, the loss which was naturally incurred had to be borne by the lenders, if the proceeds were not equal to the sum lent. SUICIDE RY A TRADESMAN.—Wednesday evening Mr. Payne held an inquest at the Hope, Jewry-street, Ald gate, on view of the 13.4 of James Garrard, aged 67. Sarah Howell, of 5, Cock-court, Jewry-street, stated she had been acquainted with deceased upwards of two years. He was a carpenter, and occupied the house next door but one to witness. Deceased's wife died a few years since, and from that period deceived had suffered under the utmost despondency. Witness had kept house for deceased ever since his wife's death. She found deceased suspended by a rope round his neck from a beam that runs -along the roof of the coal-cellar. John Walker, shopman to Mr. Curtis, Jewry-street, butder, stated that deceased had become greatly altered since the death of his wife, with whom he had lived nearly 40 years, and to whom he was greatly attached. The Jury returned a verdict--" That deceased committed self-destruction while labouring under temporary insanity." CORONER'S INQUEST.—DEATH OF A PRISONER IN THE PENITENTIARY.—Yesterday afternoon en inquest was held at the Penitentiary, Milbank, before Mr. Higgs, the Co roner, on the body of John Cuff, aged sixteen years, late a pri soner in the above institution, whose death occurred under the following circumstances :—The Rev. Daniel Nihill, the chsp lain and governor, stated that the deceased was received into the Penitentiary on the 4th of August, 1840, having been con victed on the preceding 6th of July, at Wells' Sessions, of stealing lead from a building, after a former conviction of felony, and sentenced to seven years' transportation, which, being commuted to imprisonment in the Penitentiary, would expire on the hth of July, 1843. Mr. William Bayley, phy sician of the institution, stated that the deceased was admitted into the infirmary on the 12th of February last., suffering under dysentery. He recovered in a few days, but shortly afterwards was seized with hectic fever, and died on the sth inst. The Jury having made strict inquiry as to whether the deceased had been properly attended and treated (luring his illness, and being convinced that he had, returned a verdict of Natural Death The Commerce asserts, on the authority of a letter from Munich, that the Bavarian Minister of the interior has sent a circular to all the females keeping schools for the daugh ters of persons of the middle class, prohibiting the teaching of the French language, it being the will of the Government that girls of this class shall receive an education calculated to make them good housewives, instead of acquiring a taste fn. French mangers. APRIL 8, 1842 again rieluded. The Premier himself would not darelo take the sense of the people on his measures by dissolving Parliament. Mr. RLEWTTT also protested against the Bill pass ing. He had been told he was caught in a trap when he seconded the motion of the Hon. Member just now. He had been told that if the measure were delayed until Monday a de putation would wait upon the Right Hon. Baronet for the purpose of endcavou ing to induce him to alter the tariff. He (Mr. Blewitt) did not believe that the Right Hon. Baronet would alter the tariff, but he considered the subject of great importance. He wished the Bill not to pass, and therefore he should move that the debate be adjourned.—(Oh, oh.) No Hon. Member seconded the motion for adjournment. The question that the Bill do pass was then put and carried without division. The announcement was received with loud cheers by the Ministerial side of the House. . AVEIIAGES—LONDON. Mr. HAW ES said, an opinion had gone abroad that London was to be excluded from the towns from which the averages were to be taken. He was desirous of knowing if such was the case? Mr. GL ADSTONE said that Lonlon was included in the towns from which the a, rrages were to be taken. The other Orders of. the — Day were then dit - poied of, and the House Ajourned at Half- . past One o'Cluvk. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. (From the Votes and Proceedmgs of the House qf Commons.) WEPNESDAY, APRIL 6. COPYRIGHT BILL—( In the Committee) : (Third Clause)—Amendment proposed, to leave out the words " and for the further term of twenty-five years, com mencing at the time of his death :"—Question put, " That the words • and for the further term of tnenty-five years, corn mencing at the time of his death' stard part of the Clause:"... The Committeed divided : MINORITY. Acton, Colonel—Wicklow Co. Allis, J. P,—Cambridgeshire Arbuthr •t, General—Kincardine shire Bell, J.—Thirsk Blackstone, W. S.—Wallingford Botfield, Beriak—Ludlow Broadwood, Henry.:—Bridgewater Browne, Robert Dillon—Mayo Browne, W. J).—Kerry Bu kley, E.—Newcastle-on-Tyne Darby, George—East Sussex Dick Quintin—Maldon Dickinson, J. H.—West Somerset D'lsraeli, B.—Shrewsbury Egerton, Lord F. L—Lancashire Estcourt, I'. G. B.—Oxford Univ. :ridden, John—Oldham Ferrand, W. B. Knaresborough Forbes, W.—Stirlings h ire Fox, Colonel—Tower Hamlets Fuller, A. E.—East Silt sex Gladstone, W. E.—Newarx-on Trent Goring, 11. D.—New Shoreham brogan, Hamilton, W.—Newport, Isle of Wight Hayes, Sir E.—Donegal Heneage, G W.—Devizes Howard, C. W. G.—Cumberland -AYES, 56. IJolliffe, Sir W. G.—Petersfield Law, Hon. C. E. CambridgeUn i v. Lincoln, Earl of—Northampton. share, South Lockhart, William—Lanarkshire Mackenzie, W. F.—Peeblcssbire Manners, Lord J.—Newark Marsham, Lord—West Kent Milnes, It. M.—Pontefract Napier, Sir Chat les— Mitrylebene O'Brien, A.—N.Northamptonshire Palmer. Hobert—Berks Pechell, Captain—Brighton Praed, W. Ives Protheroe, Edward—Halifax Round, Charles Gray—Essex N. Russell, Lord John—London Russell, C.—Reading Ryder, Hon. D.—Hertfordshire Stanton, W. P.—Stroud Sutton, C. M.—Cambridge Turner, Edmund—Truro Vane, Lord 11.—South Durham Verc, Sir C. I3.—East Suffolk Vyvyan, Sir 11.—Ilelstone. Waddington, H. S.—Wcst Suffolk Walsh, Sir John B.—Radnorshize MAJORITY- Aglienby, H. A.—Cock crmoutk Ainsworth, P.—Bolton Aldam, J. J.--Leeds Baskerville, 'l'. B.—Herefordshire iierkeley, Hon. C.—Cheltenht m Bowring, Dr.—Bolton 'Broadley, Henry—East Yorkshire, Brocklehurst, J.—Macclesfield Brodie, W. B.—Salisbury brotherton, J.—Salford Busfeild, William—Bradford Campbell, A.—Argyllshire, Christie, Wm. D.—Weymouth Clements, Visc.—Leitrim Co. Clerk. Sir G.—Stamfdrd Cobden, R.—Stockport Duke, Sir James—Boston Duncan, G.— Dundee Easthope, Sir J.—Leicestrr Escott, B.—Winchester Fitzroy, Captain—Durham Forster, Al.—Berwick-onTweed Gill, T.—Plymouth Graham, Right Hon. Sir J. R. G —Dorchester Greenall, P.—Wigan Grosvenor, Lord R.—Chester Hardinge, Right Hon. Sir H.— Launceston Hardy, J.—Bradford Harris, J.—Newcastle under Lyme Heathcoat, j.—Tiverton Henley, J. W.—Oxtord,hire Howard, Hon. E. G.—Morpeth Johnson, W. G.—Belfast Knatchbull, Sir E.—East Kent Leader, J. Temple—Westminster JORI T Y—NOES, Evans, William Farnham, F.. B. Ferguson, t °lona Filiner, Sir E. Forbes, Wiltiam Forester, Hon. G. Forman, T. S. Fox, Charles Richard French, F. Gaskell, J. M. Gore, Robert Greens!, Peter arey, Sir 0. Griinston, Lord Guest, J. Hale, H. B. Hawes, B. Hayes, Sir E. Hayter, W. G. Heneage, G. W. Hepburn, Sir T. B. Hodgson, R. Huuldsworth, T. Howard, J. K. Howard, H. Inglis, Sir It. IL James, NV. Jocelyn, Viscount Johnstone, Alex. Kelburne, Lo d Labouchere, H. Lambton, H. Lockhart, William Mackinnon, W. A. Manners, Lord J. Marjoribankr, S. Martin, John Master, T. W. C. THE QUEEN'S DRAWING-ROOM. The Queen held her first-Drawing-room this season yester- I dey afternoon, at St. James's Palace. Her Majesty and Prince Albert arrived from Buckingham Palace, attended by the Royal Suite, and were received by the Lord Stew ar d, th e Lord Chamberlain, and the Master of the Horse, who conducted Der Majesty and his Royal Highness to the Royal Clo et. '1 he Royal Suite consisted of the Duchess of Buccleueli, Mistress of the Robes, the Dowager Lady Lyt :elton, Lady in Waiting; Viscount Sydney, Lord in Waiting; Sir Robert Otway, Groom in Waiting; Major-General Wemyss, Equerry in Waiting; Mr. Wilson and Mr. Stuart Wortley, Pages of Honour in Waiting ; Lord George Lennox, Lord in Waiting on Prince Albert; Sir George Anson, Groom in Waiting; and Colonel Bouverie, Equerry in Waiting on his Royal Highness. • Sir Robert Peel and the Lord Chamberlain had audiences of the Queen. Colonel Home, Grenadier Guards, Field Officer of Brigade in Waiting had an audience of her Maj 'sty. Before the Drawing-room-her Majesty (according to annual custom) received a deputation from Christ's Hospital, in the Royal closet, who were ushered to the presence of the Queen by Sir William Martins, Gentleman Usher in Waiting. The deputation consisted of Mr. Alderman Thompson, Ml. P., the President ; Mr. Richard Hotham Pigeon, the Treasurer; Mr. Thomas Privnder, and Mr. John Alliston, the Governors ; ac companied by the Rev. William Webster the Mathematical Master ; Mr. W. H. Back, the Drawing Master ; and the forty boys educated in the Royal Mathematical School, founded by King Charles 11. Her Majesty took particular in terest in the drawings and charts of the boys . , and was pleased to express her approbation of their execution. Her Ho al Highn es s th e D uc hess of Kent, attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson, and their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Prince George of Cambridge, attended by Baron Knese beck, were present at the Drawing-room. Her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms were in attendance in the State Room and in the Presence Chamber. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, and the Royal Family en tered the Throne-room, where the Ladies of the Bedchamber, the Maids of Honour, and the Women of the Bedchamber of her Majesty had assembled. The Foreign Diplomatic Circle were then introduced, when the following presentations to her Majesty took place : Madame Marques Lisboa, the Lady of the Brazilian Minister; Mrs. Evereta, the Lady of the American Minister, and Miss Everett, their daughter; and the Baroness de Rehausen, the Lady of the Swedish Charge d'Affaires, by the Countess rte Saint Aulaire, the French Ambaseadress Madame de Helfer, born Baroness des Granges, of Lusatia, in the Prussian dominions, by Madame Bunsen, the Lady of the Prussiaa Minister There were also present in the Foreign Diplomatic Circle the French Ambassad or an d th e C o u n t ess de St. Aulaire ; M. Van de Weyer, the Belgian Minister; Mr. Moreno, the Buenos Ayrean Minister; the Bavarian Minister, and the Baroness de Cetto • M. Dedel, the Netherlands Minister ; M. Lobo de Moi ra , Secretary to the Portuguese Legation, and M. Pinto de Soveral, Attache to the Legation; M. Fortique, the Venezuelan Minister; the Russian Minister and Baroness Brunow, and M. de Berg, Counsellor of Legation; Count Kielinansegge, the Hanoverian Alinister, and Mr. Hupedon, Conseiller de fa Cour et Secretaire- General du Ministers de Commerce de S. M. le Roi de Hanovre ; Baron de Iluzel, the Wurtemberg Minister ; the Grecian Minister and Madame Tricoupi • the Prussian Minister and Madame Bunsen, Baron Charles de Canitz, Secretary of Legation, and Mr. F. Schreiber, Prussian Dragoon Guards ; Mr. Everett, United States' Minis ter ; le Commandeur Marques Lisboa Brazilian Minister; Count Reventlow, the Danish Minister, and Baron Broekdorff, Secre tary of Legatien • Baron de Nieumonn, Austrian Minister; Baron Koller, Legation; of Legation, and Baron Lebzeltern, Secretaey of Legation ; the Spanish Minister and AL Fran cisco Pamoilio, .ecretary of Legation; Baron Gcrsdorff, the Saxon Minister; the Mexican Charge d'Affaires and Madame ' Murphy; M. N. Mosque; a, Charge d'Affaires of New Gre nada, and Madame 1110squera ; Baron de Rehausen, the Swe dish Char ge d'Affaires ; Fuad Effendi, Turkish Charge d'Affaires, accompanied by Mr. Salame, her Majesty's Oriental nterpreter. The general company were afterwards introduced. The Lady Mayoress was presented to her Majesty by the Duchess of Buccleuch. There were present the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of London, the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, the Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, the Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard, the Vice-Chamberlain, the Treasurer of the Household, the Comptroller of the Household, the Treasurer of Prince Albert's Household, the Lord Mayor, the Master of the Ceremonies ; Hon. Sir Edward Butler, Lieute nant of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms; Sir E. Pearson, Lieutenant of the Yeomen of the Guard ; the At torney-General, Mr. Ralph Gore, Groom in Waiting; Colonel Sir George Couper, Bart., C.B. Comptroller of the House hold of her Royal Highaess the Duchess of Kent ; Mr. Sheriff Rogers; Mr. Henry Robinson, Standard-bearer to the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms; Colonel Ar buthnot, Equerry to the Queen ; Sir Archibald Macdonald, Equerry to his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex ; Major Hyde, Assistant Master and Marshal of the Ceremonies; Colonel Reid, 2d Life Guards, Silverstick ; the Groom of the Robes ; the Rev. Henry Thomas, Chaplain to the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor ; Mr. James Bunce Cur ling, Clerk of the Checque of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms ; Mr. Ellerthorp, Clerk of the Checque of the Yeo men of th Guard; Captain S. Sadler (in Waiting) and Cap tain J. Parker Nuttall, Exons of the Yeomen of the Guard; Captain Peehell, R.N., Equerry to her Majesty the Quecn Dowager; Sir Beniamin Smith ; Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Frederick Smith, Gentleman Usher the Privy Chamber ; Mr. Alfred Montgomery, Gentleman Usher; Sir Noel Harris, Groom of the Privy Chamber in Waiting; Colonel Godwin, Gentleman Usher to Prince Albert, in Waiting. The following Ladies were present at the Drawing-room : Duerr ESSES —lnverness, Argyll, Buckingham. MARCH lONESSES—Claaricarde, Ailesbury, Londonderry, Sligo, Normanby. CouNTEssEs—Rosebery, Tankerville, Dowager Clare, De lewarr, Dowager Winterton, Morton, Leicester, Glengall, Dowager Listowel, Lovelace, Verulam, Jersey, Kinnoull, Malmesbury, Wilton, Elgin, Sheffield, Rosslyn, Cowper, Ik verley, Caw4or. VISCOUNTESSES—Gage, Milton, Mahon, Canning, Guilla more, Lifford, Chelsea, Palmerston, Howick, Hawarden, Dun gannon, Dowager Andover. LADIES—Verde Buller, Ellen Douglas, Isabela Fitz-Gib bon, Fitz-Wy s ram, Wigram, Constance Paget, Eleanore Psget, Elilabeth \\ Vest, llfary C. West, Bowyer Smyth, Bulkeley Philipps, Croft, B. Johnstone, Couper, Peel, Alice Peel, Shaw Ste, ate, Anne Primrose, Louisa Primrose, Clementine Villiers, Quentin, Stanley, Lyndhurst, Sondes, Sarah Ingestre, Tr:ruleston, Emily Gore, Hume Campbell, Elizabeth Gore, Ali cia Erskine. Larpent, Manners, Bradford, Catherine Cavendish, Charlotte Guest, De Tabley, Wharneliffe, Jemima Eliot, Charlotte Egerton, Egerton, King, G. Stuart Woitley, E. Canipbell, Dowager Floyd, M. Stanley, A. Baring, Colborne, Dowager Ellenborough, Sophia Rendlesham, Lucy E. Low ther. Freemantle, Clay, Antrobus, James Stuart, Mildred Cecil, A. Beckett, C. Denison, Clerk, Domvile, Maria West, Wale, 'Cockburn, Hastings, Verney, MI. Hamlym Williams, E. Spencer Stanhope, Kilmaine, A. Vane, Ml. Stephenson, Ka therine Jerman, H. Baring, C. Wood, Brooke Peehell, Jane Grimston, L. de Horsey, F. Vane, Ouseley, E. Ilardinge, Jolliffe, Colville, Vivian, L. Percy, Arabella Baring, Canning, Stuart de Rotbsay,l Graham, Gardiner, Seymour, H. Clise, C. Browne, Colchester, A. Grenville, Ede Reede Ginkell, E. Browne, Stratheden. BA RONESS—North. HODIOURA !ILES —Lady Duff, Lady Pearson, Mrs. Law, Mrs. Thomas Erskine, Caroline Gage, Mrs. H. Manners Sutton, Lady Hope, Mrs. E. Bootle Wilbraham, Miss Hewitt, Miss A. G. Hewitt, Mrs. Bootle Wilbraham, reline Lyttel ton, Larin , a, Lytteltor, Mrs. Norton, Mrs. Goulburn, Mrs. Ar buthnot, Miss Stuart, Mrs. A. Duncombe, Miss Mitford, Mrs. R. H. Wrightson, Mrs. Tottenham, Mrs. Vivian, Mrs. Ponsonby, E. Thellusson, S. Thellusson, Mrs. J. Talbot, Mrs. Scarlett, Lady Murray, L. Ridl, y Colborne, Miss Browne, Mrs. J. C. Vivian, Mrs. H. Hutchinson, H. Kirg, Mrs. Ryder Burton, E. King, Miss Campbell, Miss Vivian, Lady Lumley, Lady Cockburn. MisTaesses—Blomfield, Cornwall Leigh, Andrew Spot tiswoode, Edward Buller ' Thesiger, Huali Baillie, C ann i ng , Hogg, Ricardo, Sebastian Smith, Thompson, De Winton, Mon.- tefiore, Woronzow Greig, Pennock Tiger, Harcourt, Sh e l oc k Willis, Stapleton, John laastard, Longden, Howley, Talfourd, S. Whitbread, W. Chute, B. Wrightson, Young, V. Stuart, G. Berkeley, Milner Gibson, Fitzgerald, S. Platt, P. Reading, C. Fremantle, R. Ellice, Al. Gaskell, A. Wood, 11. Bentinck, B. Paget, W. Formed, Dawson, N. Sutton. Altssits —Fitz-Gibbon, Blomfield, Mary Blomtield, Fitz- W 3 gram, Augusta Fitz-Wygram, Wigram, The iger, Julia Smith, Emma Smith, Bowyer Smyth, Marianne Bowyer Smyth, Shaw Stewart, Elizabeth Spottiswoode, Julia Erskine, Harriet Cavendish, Penelope. Baillie, Frederica Law, Caneing, Katha rine Shaw Stewart, Rosa Spottiswoode, Erskine, Duff, Eliza beth Croft, Stourton, Anne Vavasour, Heys, Anna Maria Sut ton, West, Sutton, Pennington, Fanny Platt, Byrne, Geor giana Byrne, Anne Antrobus, Wetherell, Scarlett, Burdett, Frederica Bradford, Vavaseur, Isabella Clark, Harriette Heys, Scott, Thompson, Wale, Augusta Wale, Harcourt Vernon, Longde-, Tompson. Antrobus, Quentin, Goulburn, Mari anne Beresford, Seymour, Emily 'Seymour, Whitbread, Ponsonby, C. A. Macdonald, De Horsey, Cockburn, Clerk, Bradford, C. Stuart, L. D'Arey Irvine, Marian Ely, E. Ponsonby, Ham lyn Williams, S. etanhope, Copley, Hervey Bathurst, Gardi ner, Clive, Ouseley, Adderly, Georgiana Bushe, Domvile, Lotiaa. Domvile, Lowther, Hervey, W. Wynn, E. Gardiner, Clay. The following ladies had the honour of being presented tq her Majesty : Ledy arary C. West, by the Countess of Delaware Miss Thesiger, by Mrs. Thesiger. Lady Hume Campbell, on her marriage, by Lady Peel Lady Ellen Douglas, by the Countess of Morton Miss Julia Erskine, by her mother, the -Hon. Mrs. Thomas Erskine Aliss FredCrica Law, by her mother, the Hon. Airs. Law Miss Fitzgibbon, by the Countess Dowager of Clare Miss Julia Smith, by her mother, Mrs. Sebastian Smith Miss Katharine Shaw Stewart, by her mother, Lady Shaw Stewart Miss Rosa Spottiswoode, by Mrs. Andrew Spottiswoode Mrs. Andrew Spottiswoode, by the Right Hon. Lady Strathe den and Campbell Mrs. .Ritardo. on her marriage, by her mother, the Hon. Lady Duff Lady Wizram, by Lady Fitz-Wygram Miss Duff, by her mother, the Hon. Lady Duff Miss Elizabeth Spottiswoode, by Mrs. Andrew Spottiswoode Lady Alicia Erskine, by the lien. Mrs. Thomas Erskine Lady Larpent, by the Hon. Mrs. Thomas Erskine Lady Bradford, on her marriage, by the Countess of Kinnoull Lady Egerton, by the Countess Dowager of Listowel Lady Fremantle, by the Duchess of Buckingham Lady Clay, by the Viscountess Palmerston Miss Anne Vavasour ' by the Dowager Lady Lytt e lt on Miss Wale, by Lady We'e Miss Catharine Anne Macdonald, by the Duchess of Argyll Miss Scott, by Lady Ouseley Miss Wigram, by Lady Wigram Miss Augusta 'Wale, by Lady Wile Miss Stourton, by Lady I.yttelton Miss Marianne . Beresford, by the Lady Sarah Ingestrie Miss Emily Seymour, by Lady Seymour Miss Scarlett, by her another the Hou. Mrs. Scarlett Miss Vavasour, by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton Miss Frederica Bradford, by Lady Bradford Miss de Hersey, by her mother, Lady Louisa de Horsey Miss Cockburn, by her mother, Lady Cockburn Miss Hamlyn Williams, by her mother, Lady Mary Hamlyn Williams Miss Spencer Stanhope, by her mother, Lady Elizabeth Sp.m. see Stanhope e iss Whitbread, by Mrs. Samuel Whitbread Miss Longden, by her mother, Mrs. Longden Miss Thompson, by Lady Granville Somerset Miss Emily Gardiner, by Lady Gardiner Hon. Lady Hope, by the Countess of Elgin The Hon. Mrs. Edward Bootle Wilbraham, on her marriage, by Lady Stanley Hon. Miss Anne G. Hewitt, by Viscountess Liffera Bareness North, on succeeding to her title, by the Countess of Sheffield Hon. Airs. Vivian, by Lady Vivian Hon. Mrs. J. C. Vivian, by Lady Vivian Mrs. H. Hutchinson, by Mrs. Battle Wrightson Hon. Mrs. Manners Sutton, by the Right Hon. Lady Manners Miss Tompson, by her sister, the lion. Mrs. H. Manners Sutton Mrs. Thompson, by Lady Granville Somerset Mrs. De Winton, by the Hon. Lady Cockburn Mrs. Woronzow Greig, by the Countess of Lovelace Mrs. Pennock Ttgar, by Mrs. Townle y 'rs. Harcourt, by Lady Mahon Mrs Shelork Willis, by Lady Wale 3lrs. Stapleton, by Mrs. Corning Mrs. John Bastard, on her marriage, by tho Countess of LTx • bridge Mrs. Longdvn, by Lady Muslierry Lady Cockburn, by the Hon. Lady Cockburn Lady Hastings, by Lady Harriet Clive. Lady Alexarcdrina Vane, by her mother the Marchioness of Londonderry Lady Verney, by her mother, Hon. Lady Hope Lady Jane Grimston, by the Countess of Verulam Lady Catharine Browne, by her mother, the Marchioness of Sligo Countess of Malmesbury, by the Countess of Tankerville Viseuun!ess Gifford, by the Countess of Bandon Viscountess Cuitlamore, by Mrs. Berkeley Paget The Countess of Elgin, on her marriage, by Lady Stanley Hon. Miss Hewitt, by Viscountess !Afford The Lady Vivian, by Lady Palmerston The following Gentlemen were present at the Drawing Room : DU ICES—Buccleuch, Argyll. MA RQUlSES—Normanby, Anglesey, Londonderry, Salh:bury. EA RLs —R osebery, Uxbridge, Wilton, Aberdeen, Kinroull, Iladdington, Ros s ly n , W arr i c k, Sheffield, Cowper, Elgin. ViscouNTs—Gage, Chelsea, Canning, Hawarden, Liffard, Ingestre, Northland ) . BISHOP—De rry. Loans—Trimleston, Sondes, De Tabley, Mahon, Stanley, Eliot, Campbell, Kilmaine, Colville, Colchester. RIGHT HONOURABLES—Sir Robert Peel, F. T. Baring, George R. Dawson, S. R. Lushington. Ho son RA RLES—Arthur Dillon, Richard Fitzgibbon, Sir E. Vavasour, 11. Man n ers S u tt on , M.P., Captain Duncombe, 31. P., R. C. Scarlett, Mr. Cli,e, G Browne, R. B. Wilbraham, Colonel H. Hutchinson, C. Searlett, IV. R. Colborne. Sias—John Croft, Bart., K.C. T. and S., Robert Fitz- Wygram, Richard Bulke!ey Philipps, John Yarde Buller, J. Guest, M.P., F. Burdett, R. L. Butwer, T. Fremantle, C. S. Hunter, G. Clerk, T. Hastings, C. Domvile, H. Verney, J. 11. Williams. REV. Docroas—Hawtrey, Schwabe. REV. AiEsstEuas—W. S. Rowe, W. Ellis, J. ' Anderson Docroas—Henley, _ _ MEssiz its—The - siger, M. P. , Andrew Spottiswoode, Fosn di r, Sebastian Smith, Cornwall Legh, Chas. Cavendish, Hogg, Edward Buller, T. H. Barton. Dehany, G. Lambert, G. Berkeley, Alliston, F. L. Price, Stephenson Longden, B. Wrightson, W. W. Cooper, Bulkeley, S. Willis, F. Ellis, 11. Ellice, Manners Sutton, A. Word, West, V. Morris, E. Deni son, W. Y. Peel, Tottenham, P. Tigar, L. Ricardo, V. Stuart, D. Jones, Pennington, R. H. Wrightson, 11. Bari:4, W. Bredi e , P ar k e , F'. Calvert, Cave, Wcyn,en, W. Chut M, Gibson, De Horsey, Williamson, C. Boller, E. Heavy, Vils horn, Hume, Young, Taylor, Stanley, Fitzgerald, C. Burdett, Pollard, J. Stan ford, M. Gaskell, S. Platt, Harcourt, 191. FIELD -MA RSIJ I.—The Duke of Wellington. GEXEILA Ls—Sir Charles Egerton, Cartwight, Sir Burges Carriae Alexander, Mercer, Sir C. W a l e , S ir J . C oc kb urn, Sir W. Lumley, Sir R. Gardiner, Sir T. Hammcmd. A nmin A Ll—Sir J. H. Whitthed, Sir George Seymour, Stir J. BelTSfuro. COLONELS—Hugh Baillie, Cochrane, Trouson, Hon. E: Wilbraham, H. Jones, S. Vales, Sir C. Hopkinson, DAsielv, Weare, I3entinck, H. Bentinck, S. Stanhop.-, Sir M. Creagii, Broke, Wood, Lord Cardigan, Le Couteur. AIAJORS-7'urner, Brtokes, Paine, Vivian, Halifax, Tatwell. CAPTAINS—Hon. Robert. Gore, M.P., Fremantle, E. 7olke, F. Hamilton, J. Cole, Shea, Gahan, .J. Vivian, Lacy, S. Price, Currie, P. Cameron, Free, W. Forre s t, IL lurton, B. Wood, Frith, F. Villiers, Lucas, Sir A. Green, Basden. CO 11MA N nritn S —Joy, J. Reeve. LIEUTENANTS—Beauchamp Seymour, Cunningham, D. Hill, Cannon, J. Good, Bastard, George, S. Farquharson, W. Gundell, Bereiford, R. Price, Longden, A, Green. Ersics—W. C. Morrill. CORN Er—DOMVile. His Excellency M. Dedel, the Netherlands' Minister, took have of her Majesty yesterday at the Drawing-room, on his departure for Holland. His Excellency the Baron de Moncorvo, the Portuguese Mi nister, was prevented by indisposition from attending the Queen's Drawing-room yesterday. The Mess of her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at-Anus dined together for the first time this season at Long's Hotel, yesterday evening. At the Investiture of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath, on Wednesday, at Buckingham Palace, the Queen was pleased to corfer the honour of Knighthood upon Vice- Admiral Sir John Chambers White, and Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Richardson, with the sword of Field• Marshal 1/is Grace the Duke of Wellington, and not with the Sword of State. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S. Without any exception worthy of notice, the betting yester day afternoon was confined to the Derby horses, three of whotn were backed with uncommon spirit, viz., Eleus, the Frederica colt, and the Devil among-the-Tailors, the first two, we should add, being in John Day's stable. Eleus opened at 30 to I, and after a great number of bets at those and less odds, reached 1,000 to 60, taken repeatedly. The Frederica party then came into play, and put on a large stake at 2,000 to 40,.2,000 to 35, and 2,000 to 45 ; the last odds taken were 50 to I. This move ment operated as a check upon the Eleus division, and at the close the th,u , anels to sixty went begging. The Devil-among the-Tailors was backed to win nearly 20,0001., at thousands to ten, fifteen, twenty, &e., but nothing was heard of Brother to Cantle, who was so zealously upheld by his owner on Monday. Of the standard favcurites we have to record an improvement in Attila and Chatham, 7 to 1 having been taken,about the first to 3001. (besides other bets at 7 and a traction), and 15 to 1 against the other to about the same amount. Auckland and the Joanna colt were also in request, and left off steady at the prices mentioned below ; it was otherwise with Meteor, the Lord of Holderness, and Wiseacre. Liberal odds were obtained in several quarters about Belcceur, Barrier and Defier. • The only Oaks' bet we heard was 30 t ) 1 against Mr. F. Weed's Eliza, and in the 2,000 Guineas Stakes and Chester Cup we are still wet se off—nothing was done. The last prices were as follows : ...„ _ 100 SoyF. Stveepstakes at Newmarket-40 to 10 un ttAa against the Devil-among-the-Tailors—taken, nut p. p. DERBY. 7 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Attila—taken 13 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Chatham—taken freely 100 to 1 agst Mr. Biggs's Elcus 18 to 1 agst Lord Wostminster's Auckland 25 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Joanna c..—taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. flauishay . s Mom Trouper—t. and aft. off. 33 to 1 agst Mr. G. Clzak's Lord of Holderness . 33 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Meteor 40 to 1 agst Mr. Pet tit's Espartero 40 to 1 agst Mr. Wreford's Wiseacre 45 to 1 agst Mr. Patson's Acacia colt 50 to 1 agst Mr. Osbaldeston'sllevil-among-the-Tajjer s —t 50 to 1 agst Mr. Prnth's Policy—taken and aft. offered 2000 to 35 agst Mr. Gregory's Defier—taken 2000 to 35 agst Mr. Allen's Belcceur—taken . _ _ _ 66 to 1 a - pt. Mr. Gregory's Defier—taken and aft. offered: 13 to 1 agst Elcus and Frederica colt—taken 7 to 1 agst Scot's lot, bar Attila—taken 1500 even betty. the Devil-among. the-Tailors andßarrrer—t 1000 even between Chatham and Eleus—taken OAKS., 30 to 1 agst Mr. F. Wood's Eliza—taken Mr. Greville's Gunter and Edgeworth Bess passed thrcaigh town yesterday .en. route for NCNN market. The Finchley Steeple Chase, vihich was advertised to take place on to-morrow, has been postponed till Tuesday next. THE INCOiIIE TAX. ST. MARTIN IN THE FIELDS. Yesterday a public vestry meeting of the inhabitants cf the above parish was held to consider the propriety of urging ui ol► the Legislature the justice and necessity of subjecting landed property to the same probate and legacy duties as all ether prbperty is liable to.—W. Richard Cubbett, Churchwartitn in the Chair. Mr. 11. Poureexv raid that they were assembled to coarsider a most important question, of which the industrious elnsee were in a great measure ignorant. When a party died words personal property, that property was subject to probate and legacy duties, while landed or real property passed to the legatee free of those duties. Even before the wido s? or son could touch a sinning cf personal property, they had to pay stamp duties. The average of the various stuns thus raid amounted to 1/. 9s. par cent., yet the landed pro perty exceeded the personal by one-third, and was free from prohat e y. After paying the r : ol ate duty, and before any distribution of this property took place, the widow and thilikan bad to pay an additional one per cent., nephews, &c., three per cent., a nd s tr a ngers had t o I ay ten per cent. If a man married a widow with children, anify he bequeathed his property to those childresi, they had to pay ten per cent. on that property. Should they remain silent while such a state of things existed, and when an additional impost was about being fixed open them in the. shape of en income tax ? ( Hear, hear.) Ace' Ming to the data afforded ' by Mr. Pitt and Sir Robert Peel, there was ro difficulty in ascertaining the amount of real property, which, according to these calculations, exceeded that of personal by one-third. The estimated tsnnual amount of probate and legacy duties was 1,869,000/. ; thereLze the same duties imposed upon landed pro perty would produce 2,585,000!. It was said that the ad valorem, duty upon lands was an equivalent to those duties. That he de pied ; for in the transfer of lands from A to B, the ad ralorela duty was only 1/. 4s. :M., while the probate was IL 9s. The per. aonal property had also, in its transfer, to pay duty for bonds, and the purchase of shares. The animus of the party who insisted upon preserving land from those duties was exhibited by the follow inn:—'f a man bequeathed 10,000 acres to his children, they had no legacy duty to pay ; but if his children sold that land, the purchase money would have to pay the legacy duties, because they ceased to be landholders.—(Cheers.) tie eon• eluded by moving the first resolution. Mr. J. W. SMITH seconded it. Mr. WILSON moved the second resolution, and said that if the people were able to do justice to themselves they would call upon the landed interest to pay up the deficiency, which would effect a reduction of one million of the national debt. This resolution was seconded and carried. Mr. WESTERTON moved the thirdrcsoluiion. Mr. RIDGEWAY seconded the resolution. He said the in come, tax .was not intended to meet the revenues of the State, but was in' ended as a loan to a party of merchants to enable them to carry on a war in which, perhaps, they bad no right to engage.—( Hear, hear.) However, there was little doubt but that the Russians contemplated an attack upon our Indian Fos sessions. It was, therefore, necessary that they should provide for the safety of those possessions. Mr. Churchwarden If AWEES Moved the fourth resolution, wl ich was carried. _ _ Mr. LE 13avrosr moved the appointment of a Committee to carry into effect the revolutions, and to adoptmeasures to effe c t an union of the surr ounding parishes to assist in subjueting landed property to probate and legacy duties. It Ye as then unanimously resolved that the res o l u ti ons b e a d. vertised in the Morning .4drertiser, 7'tines, Chronicle, herald Sun, and Glote. Thanks b ar ing been votcd to tit Chairman, the mecti broke up. ‘, .--- ---:---- - , , REV. DR.-PEDDIE.-011 t 4 ttlibtall last, this venerable clergyman commenced the sixtieth ;ear of his ministry in this city. On that occasion he preached in the afternoon to a largo audience, and took for his ti xt 1 Cor. i. 21, " It pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe." In the introduction he stated that, fifty-nine years before, he hail commenced his public ministry in 13rist-street congrega tion, by addressing them from the same text, and feelingly ad verted to the many changes which had talcn place in the oon gregation since that time, and how very few of his hearers on that occasion still su rv i ve d. Th e R ev . Doctor preached with de.r3ithGeiibso alteration great animation , and was listened to with deep attention.- -Edinburgh Paper. and others belonging to the county, TARIFFA melting interested in the measures affecting • agriculture , proposed by Sir Robert Peel, was • held yesterday Paxton's large room, ETAX.—MEETING OF FARMERS. the C in ha th ir o . C T o h rn e! Royal Exchange, Sir Alexander resolutions, condemiAr cattle, tha increased duties laws, the regulations for importing said to be another mistake of the on linseed cake (which tariff printer), and an On this daythe eor 1 - 9' V '). i n .) t, .), i in t , George the Fourth married 6aroline . Amelia Augusta, the second daughter' ''' ili oo is mu , t ax. —Ayr Observer. of the Duke of Brunswick (by Augusta, the eldest sister of his Majesty George the Third). th' I o n- - r;11 3 i,e :ri;