The Sun. — London, England, 1842-05-24 00:00:00

country in 1835 ? It was the time of the most, bitter agricultural distress that had ever occurred within the memory of man in this country. The price of wheat was then 0n1y.395. a quarter. There had been nothing so -deplorable, even during the worst period of the Ame rican .war. In 1833, a Committee of that House had sat to consider the question of agricultural distress. In 1836, a Committee had again been appointed to investi- Rte the causes of agricultural distres s ; a n d the Right LAM Baronet took the years between these two periods, es the basis on which his new arrangements were to take place. If the - Right Hon. Baronet chose to take 1835 as his standard, he (Mr. G. Heathcote) might take 1812 sta his standard, when wheat was 1265. a quarter, and the price of meat, for Greenwich Hospital, was 85s. a cwt. ; and he argued that, as the price was now 565., the fall which had taken place, as compared with 1812, was greater than the rise, - as compared with 1835. He was surprised to hear the Right Hon. Baronet make use of such an argument ; and he would ask him (Sir R. Peel) what would have taken place at the last election, if, in stead of talking about protection to agriculture, he (Sir R. Peel) had proposed, as a compromise, the prices of 1835 ?—(Loud cheers.) The Hon. Member for Sussex had said that, at present, there was no immense stock of cattle abroad, from which any very large importation could come; but a wise statesman should adapt his legis lative measures not merely to present convenience, but to future contingencies. The only thing which had prevented the fertile countries in thenorth of Europe from increasing their stock was the uncertainty of the market, and now that the market of England would be a certain one, there could be no doubt but that their stock of cattle and their importations to this country would increase. Let them take the case of wool. In Prussia, in 1816, the number of Merino sheep was only three millions, and in 1837 these had increased toneatly eleven millions —so that in twenty years there had been an increase of eight millions in this kind of stock. Could any one be lieve that if there was a more lucrative mode of ap plying capital that they would not increase in a still greater ratio? In every town on the Continent they found a colony of English labourers, and this was an other advantage to the foreigner. There was another thing which ought •to be recollected, which was, that in the consideration of this subject they ought to consider not merely the retail prices at which meat could be sold in towns, but the wholesale price at which it could be exported. The Right:Hon. Gentleman in his calculations took his prices from thotgreat towns, such as Hamburgh. It was the smaller towns that he should have taken, and this was *he opinion of Mr. Meek. An Hon. Gentleman had -given the House some account of the prices which pre- vailed in other countries. Perhaps he (Mr. Heatheote) might be allowed to state what those prices were, by putting the weight of the animal into English stones. Hu found that the price of an ox of 6001bs. that was as - s eone, was only 7/. He found that the prices of sheep were from 4s. to 20s. weighing 801bs. In Elsinore he • found that beef way 205., •to 265. per cwt., something more . than 2d. but less than 3d. a pound. In Prussia and Hamburgh it was nearly the same. The Right lion. Gentleman stated, that fears had been expressed that beef would be brought over to this country at 3d. a pound, and said that this fear was unfounded; but ac cording to Mr. Meek, the retail price of beef on the Continent was 3y. per pound. But it was argued, that the distance would act as a prevention to the cattle coming over; but did not Hon. Gentlemen know that cattle came from the north of Scotland, a distance of 700 or 800 miles? Then it was said that the sea voyage would be a preventative; but were not great quantities of cattle brought from Ireland ?—(Hear, hear.) He believed that Lancashire was almost entirely supplied from Ireland: He (Mr. Heathcote) could not help saying that there vas some unfairness in the tariff, •seeing that one of the greatest monopolies, that of the shipping interest, was benefited to the amount of 600,0001. by the reduction of the duty on timber, and yet they left the monopoly untouched. But the free trade principles of Hon. Gentlemen opposite was protection for themselves and free trade for all the world else. He thanked the house for having so patiently listened W him. Mr. GLADSTONE said the Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down had, in- the course of his speech, said that by the new scale of duties the agriculturists were to suffer all the loss, and trade was to reap the exclusive benefit and advantage. To answer this argument would be a waste of time, and he (Mr. Glad Stone), therefore, evould venture to leave that argument to the House, and to the Hon. Gentlemen opposite to settle that part of the account with the lion. Gentleman. lie did not mean to say, however, that the question immediately before the House was not one of very great importance. In entering into this subject, he could not help expressing his satis faction at the fairness aad moderation of tone with which it had been introduced by the Hon. Gentleman 'who had made the motion and the Hon. Gentleman who had seconded it ; and further he must say, that nothing could be more fair than the Hon. Gentleman, the Mem ber for Somerset. The object which he had in view was ten equitable and fair protection, such as would enable the English farmer to compete with the continental breeder of cattle. He (Mr. Gladstone) thought his Hon. Friend must be persuaded, as must every lion. Gentleman there, that that. ivas also the object of her Majesty's Govern ment. They had no idea whatever, in the consideration of the subject, that the English farmer would be placed in such a situation by the proposed change as to render him incapable of competing with the foreigner. lie ventured to state, what he had stated in that H ouse before, that those` gentlemen who were themselves the iniemates, as he might say, of the science of agri eulture, did sot "always cherish that powerful source of real strength which British agricul ture derived from its own energy, by which he believed the most - lucrative income would be derived. , lie must commence what he had to say with the observation, that nothing would induce him, humble ae he was, to concur in a proposition which he believed li!toly to be injurious to the interests of the country. lie must say, that although he was averse to the principle stud practice of drawing' distinctions between different industrious classes of the community, yet he must say, it' distinctions were to be drawn, they ought to be drawn iu favour of agricultural industry. Having said this, he enlist told, that the Right lion. Gentleman at the head of the Government would have failed in his duty to the country, if he had proposed less than that which he had proposed for the adoption of the House. Something had been said with respect. to an alarm prevailing at the pre sent moment, and the Hon. Gentleman who had just sat flown spoke of the depression in agricultural stock in con sequence of the publication of the tariff. Now with're spect to the price of meat, he could not help saying, that the Hon. Gentleman ought to have remembered that there had been a depression in the prices of articles to which. the tariff did not apply. The Hon. Gentleman (the Member for Somerset) stated, that there had been appree beusions with respect ,to sheep and mutton. He (Mr. Gladstone) did not think the Hon. Gentleman could tell -him that the relative prices of mutton and beef were dif •ferent this spring to the relative prices of last year. Therefore, he did not see how the publication of the tariff bad caused this depression. But even if it were so, it was unreasonable to make that an objection to the proposition u 1 the Right Hon. Baronet. Look at the accounts they ..were receiving from all parts of the country of the cattle &ire. lie happened to hold in his hand an extract irons a recent publication. It was an account . of 'three fairs, and he would read them for the information of the two Hon. Members fur Sussex. (The Right lee. Meln bee reed an extract from an Trish newspaper, stating that the Carlow lair harbeen well attended, and high prices had been maintained. The same good account was from Waterford.) lie hoped these accounts would serve to dies:pate their apprehensions. He did not 'think that the agriculturists were better able to judge • these things than themselves. He did not think they ought to snake this alarm a cardinal rule for theit proceedings. He gave a great deal of credit to the lion. Member for Somerset, for his opening speech, but. he Claimed to himself credit for his motionbeinc , iu telligible. Now he did not think that this was borne out by the motion. In his motion, the Hon. Member did not say whether the duty to be levied was Ss. per cwt. or Is. 6d. per cwt. This certainly was a most ma terial question. It would be a pretty consolation for his lion. / riend, if the Government were to propose a duty of Is. per cwt. But he supposed he meant something like 4s, or ss. This was a question of theoretic accu racy on the one hand, and convenience on the other. They had to choose between the amount of -a precise duty, and the disadvantages, the delays, and inconve niences that this theoretic accuracy would bring. The • great objection to levying this duty was, that they must have an apparatus for the purpose. In order to perform the operation, they must have a weighing apparatus erected for the purpose, and also quays made on purpose. They mast have ships discharged there, and there would be great delay to the commerce of the docks. And they must recollect that all this time lost was an addi tion to taxation._(Hear, hear.) They ought to adopt the plan which was the simplest, and offered the least • obstruction to busin ess . The I bi n. G ent l eman, the ' Member for Somerset, and the agriculturists whom he represented, had complained that the proposed duty on spring corn was ruinous. — (Cheers.) Now there was tha duty on the importation - of meat, which was even lower than the duties on Spring corn, Then there was the duty on live cattle, which was still lower. These were all subjects of Complaint to the Hon. Member. lle (Mr. Gladstone) would contend that a duty weight. n wasetyofi: e t fair duty, and Preferab le to a dut y would not then go into a comparison of the d ut i es on corn and the duty on wheat, the questionof cor n as he Housethoughtto it do so.— would having been disposed of, be wasting the time of the (Hear, hear.) But he would tall levied on the the compari s.in of Bs. per cwt. duty, and 1 whole ox. He thought, in the first place , that the y had the advantage of both lean and fat. There _were several reasoee whv this duteeshoeld not be levied. by weight. With reepe:et to the duty on the dead as comp/net to I . lle live aril .ui, they must consider that it had arrived at its ultitaxte :sate sif manufacture and was ready for lama.- di la; tolusumption. The last process of labour was finished. Tins was one reason why he thought that the cut ought to he sands higher than that on the' live animal. Tiff' s~i'eellltds ail ii !deli he argued that wae, first, the (lif t-hi-Tee t f reeh e ne [Lou. Friend had completely out " 4 : Dead - meat was ill/W coming largely S r , en Seutkinit, and what was the vast diGrence between the live arid dead freight to which his lien. Friend hail referred The fair way to try the question was to look at the charges on,dead and on live meat. Now with re , spect to the meat comin g from Hamburg') ' the live ox paid 2/. as fare, and ss. as ex p enses, and the duty was 1/. Is., making altogether 3/. 6s. He would suppose the dead ox to be six •cwt., and upon that altogether there would be a payment of 3l los., so that the mighty dis crepaney-whieh had been referred to consisted in, the, difference of 3/. 6s. and 3/. 10s. There was then another subject to be taken into consideration, anti that was, that different parts of the carcaso of an ox.varita e.dsworth in value 2 he believed that one - third part of the ox v : pat cent more value than the other parts, and it m thi. rafore probable that the Hamburgii hatcher wag to this couAtry the best parts and keep the rest for • ~ • • • .f~' /_ rHE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 24, 1842. the purpose of contriving by their legislation that the people should get a worse kind of beef when they might have a better ?—(Hear, hear.) That they should be obliged to pay 7d. a lb. for beef, when they might get it for 41c1.? He hoped that the wisdom of Parliament was notconsistent with the adoption of such a mischievous . course. But he was afraid they would not be able to make out this case ; he feared that the statements of the First Lord of the Treasury, and the Vice-President of the Board of Trade were far better founded, and that considering the utmost supply from the Continent would not be more than 30,000 head of cattle, there would be no material reduction of the price of subsistence.— Hear, hear.) He much lamented it, it was a great mis fortune, and he could not believe that the Right Hon. Gentleman meant otherwise. He hoped that the con sequence of their legislation would be that the labour ing classes would be enabled to eat meat more frequently than heretofore. But then, Hon. Gentlemen seemed to imply that this would not be without a great injury to the agricultural interest. This he held to be a complete mistake ; both from reasoning and experience, he believed that when they .increased the comforts of the people, they ultimately improved the market for agricultural produce. The increased importation of cattle and beef from Ireland and Scotland had nut lowered the price of meat ; on the contrary, it had con stantly increased. He had been unwilling, when the Right Hon, Gentleman made his statement, to interfere in any way that would prevent the House from going into Committee, but he must now state that, although he thought the Right lion. Gentleman was proceeding on perfectly sound principles, yet he found it impossible to reconcile the proposition and the principles on which it was founded, to other parts of their legislation, both with respect to the Corn Bill of the present year, and some parts of the tariff itself.—(Hear, hear.) The Right Hon. Gentleman had argued with regard to the duty on fish and herrings, that if it were shown this food of the labourer could be reduced in price, it would be with him an argument in favour of the change of duty. Then why not apply the same principle to corn ? —(Hear, hear.) If corn could be obtained at 40s. a quarter, it ought, on the same principle, to be considered a benefit and not an injury—a thing to be aimed at rather than avoided. This was the general principle of the tariff, and yet, on the main article of corn, they were pursuing a principle diametrically opposite.—(Cheers.) And then it seemed to him that they made the case worse by the argument used with regard to the importa tion of cattle, that no great quantity would be imported. It was argued that there - was no danger in reducing the duty on cattle, as it could only be imported from the continent of Europe, while the reduction of duty ore corn was resisted on the ground that it could be brought in from all parts of the world.— (Hear, hear, hear.) Here was one sound principle of practical legislation, on which they were founding their commercial policy, yet they only adopted it where they alleged that it would be inoperative ; and where it would be most operative, do most good, and secure the greatest benefit to the people of the country, there they shrunk back, and said this principle ought not to apply. —(Cheers.) That was a scheme of policy he could not understand. At a time when they had heard the Queen's letter read in the churches, for procuring relief to the distress existing in various parts of the country, why not apply the same principle to all their measures, and place their whole policy on a sound basis ? lie was quite prepared to apply the same prin ciple to articles of manufacture, if it could be shown that their price was increased to the agriculturist by protective duties. There were other articles in the tariff on which a greater reduction might be made; he did not see why the agriculturist should be called on to compete with the foreigner in the production of cattle, and why sugar should not be admitted at such a rate of duty as should enable him to consume it. On the whole, there fore, while he agreed to the proposition, he could not agree to it as a whole system. He could not see that the practical benefit arising from it would be so great as the Right lion. Gentleman supposed. But he thought it of great value as an assertion of a principle.—(Hear, hear, hear.) In the first place it put an end to pro hibitive duties, and imposed a moderate fixed duty on a great article of agricultural produce. But, instead of raising the duty on cattle, as proposed by one Hon. Member, to meet the duty on corn, he would rather re duce the duty on corn to meet the reduced duty on cattle.—(Hear, hear.) He entirely approved of the pro position in itself, and he hoped, as the Government had begun this course, they would apply the principle to all other articles without favour or partiality. He should vote with the Government against the motion. Sir R. PEEL had hoped he should have been able to confine his observations to the subject immediately under discussion. But the Noble Lord had invited discussion on the sugar duties, and the Corn-laws. As to the sugar Zuties, there would be another opportunity of discussing .them, and he would state again that there were reasons that exempted sugar from the application of the general principles of the tariff. With respect to the Corn-laws, he thought the Noble Lord, the author of an Bs. duty, must himself impose some restriction on the principle he had been contending for to-night. The Noble Lord must admit. in order to maintain that proposition, either that there were special burdens upon agriculture, which justified the imposition of that duty, or that it was desirable on general political grounds to give protection to domestic agriculture; and the question therefore between the Noble ord and himself was hot a question of principle, but a question of degree.. lie pro posed a graduated scale, the Noble Lord proposed a fixed duty; but the Noble Lord must show that there were special reasons applicable to agriculture to justify that protection. lie did not wish to revive the discussion of the Corn-laws; but, on a former occasion, when it suited his purpose, the Noble Lord had charged him with de luding the farmers. He thought it was impossible to contend on the one hand that lie had deceived the agri culturists by raising false expectations, and on the other that he had given a protection to the agriculturists to which they were not fairly entitled.—(Hear, hear.) Ile now came to the particular proposition before the House, namely, whether it was desirable to continue the existing prohibition, or whether the duty proposed -by her .A.la jesty's Government upon the importation of foreign cattle did so far diminish the protection upon domestic agriculture as to justify the apprehensions which some had entertained. On this point he totally differed from his Hon. Friend (Mr. Miles), but he could assure his Hon. Friend that he was not ungrateful to him or to those who thought with him on this subject, for the support which he had received from them in impesing an Income-tax.—(Laughter from the Opposition.) From the agricultutal body he had received most valuable and generous support during this session and previously, and the difference which might exist between them to night did not in the slightest degree diminish his grateful sense of the assistatwe which he had received from them. (Great laughter.) But he must say that it appeared to him that the interests of the country req&red that the prohibition upon the import of foreign cattle should be removed, and that the proposal which he had made on the subject would benefit all classes of the community. When he spoke on the last occasion, during the prevalence of the panic, he stated that he did not think that panic would continue ; the result had justified his opinion. He hid looked in the country papers to ascertain the real state of things, believing that th. y were a very good indication of the state of feeling among the agriculturists. In a Liverpool paper, of Alonday, May 16, he found the following :—" We have had rather a.larger supply of corn in the market to-day tha . last week, but prices were very high; beef, 61d. and 7d. per pound; mutton, 7d. and 7d." He put it to intelligent men whether such being the price at Li. verpool, it was right that the prohibition should continue. The number of cows and oxen brought from Ireland in 1820 was 16,966. Now what had taken place after a lapse of 20 years ? Why, that on an average of the last five years the number of oxen and cows brought from Ireland into the port of Liverpool alone, was 472,200, beingan averageof 94,400 in each year. And what had been the effect on the pricesl? Why, that the prices had risen notwithstanding the increased import. Under these circum stances, then, was it advisable to continue the prohibition, and were they not bound to look nut for a wider area ? Taking the five years preceding the last, in the five years ending 1836, the number of oxen brought into Liverpool from Ireland was 54,800, and t the price of meat was increasing. •Didnot that suggest an important lesson ?—( Hear, hear.) Was it not a strong indication that the population of this country was in creasing more rapidly than the supply of cattle? And where was that supply to be found ? The four great countries— France, Holland, Belgium, and the United States, containing a population of 65 millions, were all exporting countries ; in each he was afraid the price of cattle and the price of meat was rising, and in each the consumption in proportion, to the popu lation, was rapidly diminishing. The Noble Lord said, " Atone (time you contend that you ought toremove theprohibition, and at another that it would not materially affect the price of meat." He must say, he wished that he could make a reduction in the price of meat in this country. He saw great improvements made in steam navigation, whilst there was no reduction in the price of meat, on the contrary there was a progressive rise ; and he must say, that was in his opinion a conclusive proof of the necessity of removing the prohibition. But on the other hand, when the farmer apprehended a reduction of 25 per cent. he was obliged to tell him that he thought his apprehensions en tirely unfounded. There were three things to be taken into account, the quantity of the cattle to be produced. the quality of the cattle to be produced, and the inevitable effect of re ducing the prohibition in increasing the price on the Continent. In reference to the quality, he thought it was impossible to compare for a moment the meat sold at 4%d. a pound in Hamburgh or Ostend, with the meat sold at 7d. or &I. in the London markets. He very much doubted whether the latter meat would not sell in any market on the Continent for 6d. a pound. —( Hear, hear.) Now he could not but think the; there would be great advantage from a free import of cattle, in the improved facilities for improving our own breed of cattle. He had been much struck with an account which he had read of a meeting over which his Hon. Friend the Member fir Berkshire presided last year, of that most useful institution which was founded mainly by Lord Spencer, and with which he (Sir R. Peel) had the honour to be connected—he alluded to the Res al Agricultural Society of England. The Right HOTI. Baronet * then read a letter, stating four bulls bad been imported from Switzerland for the purpose of improving the breed. Scarcely a year passed without an application being made to the Treasury to reduce the duty on bulls, from various parts of the world, and the Treasury had violated the law by permitting them to be brought in. The spirit of industry and capital would, be had no doubt, enable the English farmer to compete successfully in the article of cattle with the farmer on the Continent. It was a strong proof of the propriety of the proposal of the Government. that every foreign country permitted the importation of foreign cattle at a fixed duty per bead. In Austria the duty was Bs. per head; in Belgium leis.; in France 2/. ; in Germany 13s. ;in Holland 11. 131. 4d. His Hon. Friend (Mr. Miles ) should explain what was the practical proposal which he wished to make. But it was a mere delusion voting for the proposal of his Hon. Friend, because he might think that the present duty of 1/. per head on lean cattle was tao high. One possibly mieht not comprehend what the Hon. Gentleman meant, for he ( Sir R. Peel) conceived that there were those who would prefer half-a-crown per cat. to a duty of 1/. per head. In that ease oxen weighing four cwt. would be subject to a duty of only 10s. If the result of his Hon. Friend's proposal should be to get such a duty as that, he apprehended he would not serve the interest of the agrieultual body. There fore, he thought his Hots, -Friead. was .hound to_explainashat his proposal was. His Hon. Friend wished for a duty per cit. for the purpose of increasing the protection to British cattle, and therefore of diminishing the facilities of introducing foreign cattle. If they added to the amount of duty the obstructions that there might be to the landing of those animals—that in addition to a duty of 55.. Gs., or Bg. per cwt. would materially prevent the importation of foreign cattle, .ikrid hid ialptewx3 VIVI that a duty of V. per hews Irsite - - sufficie-t. A deputation of friends, whom he highly esteemed, I had waited upon him and pressed upon him arguments in favour of higher protection. He had not conceded to them w: at they sought, because he conceived the interest of the com munity required that he should not make the concession. He had a deep impression that, the population of the country increas ing, it would be no advantage to the agricultural body, but the reverse, to give increased protection so far as lean cattle were concerned. They wanted to widen compe tition, and give the country the benefit of a large supply of lean cattle, but there were apprehensions entertained with respect to fat cattle. Now the passage from Hamburgh was very different from the passage from Aberdeen. He did not believe that the Steam' Navigation Company would im port cattle at less than 2/. per head. Besides, for all the damage done to cattle during the voyage there was no in surance. Those matters it was that formed protection, and not the amount of duty. It was very difficult to bring cattle across the North Sea, and he thought that would operate to prevent the introduction of cattle. His own interest was connected with these matters, and if the general interest of the country required the sacrifice, he should be proud to follow the example of the agricultural body. He believed it would be adverse to the interests of the agriculturists, to insist on a higher protection. He believed that asking for higher protection, was but incurring superfluous and unneces sary odium. He doubted whether they would derive so great a supply from the Continent as would bring down the price to that point to which it certainly was desirable to reduce it. He deeply regretted that he should differ from his friends on that (the Ministerial) side of the House on this subject, but he was convinced that the interest of the consumer required increased facilities for the introduction of cattle. He was so deeply convinced that this proposal was not ad verse to the interests of the agricultural body, that he saw with regret that he could not make the concession which had been sought. He trusted that the decision of that House would assist, by the influence of its sober judgment and reflection, in relieving the agricultural body from unne cessary trammels, and, by a large majority, affirm the proposi tion of her Majesty's Government. Mr. MORGAN O'CONNELL asked who it was that de ceived the agriculturists? It was those who taught them to rely upon legislation fur a measure of protection. The organ of the Right Hon. Baronet's Government, the Morning Post, in commenting on the Right Hon. Baronet's conduct—in de fending it, said that the Righ , Hon. Baronet had not deceived the agriculturists, but had looked on while they deceived themselves.—(" Hear, hear," from the Opposition benches. ) That was the language of a Paper which was considered the Government organ.—(Question, question.) They were told some time ago, when discussing another subject, that the money w hich was taken out of the pockets of the people would be repaid by the diminished cost of the necessaries of life. The Right Hon. Gentleman bad been called the doctor, and he was then about to administer a very nauseous medicine. — (Loud cries of " Question, question ; divide, divide.") Ile said that to make the income-tax go down easily ; but at the same time he told his agricultural friends, when the tariff came on, that one of the prime necessaries of life would not be re duced. —(Hear, hear.) The question had two aspects ; it had the visage of Janus, and the protective face was turned towards them now.—( Hear, hear, and laughter.) The Right Hon. Baronet told them that cattle would he brought from a circum scribed region, and that the introduction of foreign cattle would produce no effect. He ( Mr. M. J. r )'Connell) did not think so.—(Question, question.) He was showing on what frivo lous grounds what was called a great question was based, but he believed the reason was, that the Right Hon. Gentleman did not wish to alarm his agricultural friends, and had, there fore, put forward the question on those contradictory grounds. He did not think the effects of the measure would be so small as were anticipated, for he believed that foreigners would now grow a better description of cattle. But if that were even the case, he trusted the energy of the native farmers would always enable them to compete with foreigners. The same arguments that applied to cattle, applied to corn, and the Right Han. Gentleman, the Vice-President of the Board of Trade, made a most conclusive speech in favour of a fixed duty, if not for an entire free trade.--(Hear, hear.) He said the demand for foreign food would not only cheapen the price, but would create an export trade, which he , said would go far to compen sate any loss the agriculturists might sustain. If this were true, with regard to the article which entered in the smaller degree, into consumption, how much more was it true with re spect to corn, which was not confined to Holstein or Denmark, but might be obtained. from Europe and America.—( Cheers and "Divide, divide.") The Right Hon. Gentleman had told them of the application of chemistry to the feeding of cattle—(Continued cries of " Divide, divide ")—but if it cheapened the feeding of cattle, it also cheapened the produc tion of corn. He hoped the panic of the farmers, with respect to corn, was passing away, and that they would at length see it was better to trust in their own skill than in legislative regula tions; and that when they saw this protection on cattle was sufficient, they would begin to perceive they had been misled in considering those their enemies who, with regard to articles of greater importance only endeavoured to apply the same principlestow contended for. Lord WORSLEY did not think that the motion of the Hon. Member for East Somersetshire had been treated fairly. Those who had argued against it had assumed that the object of that motion was to continue prohibition. It was no such thing. The agricultural body did not ask for the continuance of prohibition ; all they asked for was a fair and adequate pro tection. Mr. C. P. VILLIERS rose amidst loud cries of " divide ; withdraw, withdraw." He thought with his Noble Friend that the motion of the Hon. Member for East Somer.. setshire had not been fairly treated, because it had been treated with great respect—( Cheers, and cries of " Oh, oh")—and if the House had fairly represented the people, it would not have been so treated.—(Cheers.) It asked for a still further obstruc tion to the trade in food for the people of this country— that people who were starving in consequence of those accursed regulations—(Cheers)—and now the Minister who had been chosen by the agriculturists themselves found himself com pelled to propose some slight measure of relief for the starving people, the Hon. Member came to endeavour to do away even with the slight relief which the Minister had proposed.— (Hear, hear.) The Hon. Member was opposed to granting even the slightest relief.—(Loud cheers.) Now ought such s motion as that to be treated with any respect ?—( Loud cheers.) He trusted that the Hon. Member's speech would be pub lished, and that the Anti-Corn-law League would circulate it through the country. A more conclusive argument in favour of the principles of the Anti-Corn-law League he had never heard.—( Cheers. ) The Hon. Member showed that there were ample resources throughout the world for providing the starving people of this country with food. He expressed a fear that the starving people of this country would have the benefit of these resources.—( Cheers.) The Hon. Member throughout his speech had never once referred to the state of the country. The Hon. Member had talked of what he called the farmers, but they all knew that when they talked of the fanners they meant the landlords. (Loud cheers.) The Ho nourable Member bad actually asked the Minister of the Crown not to relieve the distresses of the people because it might lower the rents of the landlords.— (Loud cheers.) This benefit had, however, been gained by the motion— the Ministers bad been obliged to admit that the ac counts of the sufferings of the people had not been exaggerated.—( Hear.) There was not one medic.] man in any manufacturing town in the kingdom who would not come forward and give evidence that there were hundree.t of people who had died for want of food, and who were dying for want of sufficient sustenance.—( Hear, hear.) These things had forced the Ministers to propose some small measure of re lief, they had been obliged to propose some relaxation of the monopoly, and this proposal the Hon. Member opposed, and they had that night consumed five hours in discussing the Hon. Member's motion. That would not have been the case, if the people had been properly re presented in that House. Such a motion ought not to be tre,ted with respect.--(Cheers, and cries of " Oh, oh.") He (Mr. Viliers) had heard the Hon. Member for a quarter of an hour, endeavouring to prove that,by the proposed alterations, the price of meat might be re duced to sd. a lb. from 6d. This had been an important even ing. The Hon. Member's own friends had admitted the dis tresses of the people, though at the same time the Ministers had told them that no result would follow their measures. — (Hear, hear.) Just before. the Right Hotr. Baronet had ad dressed the House, half a dozen of the friends of the Honourable Member for Somersetshshire had risen, but they had all become quiet after they had heard the assurance of the Right Hon. Baronet that meat wou!ci not be cheaper. As soon as they had got that assertion. Hon. Gentlemen were satisfied. As soon as Hon. Gentlemen were satisfied that prices would be kept up, and that the misery of the people would continue, they were quiet.—(Cheers.) What. had been the case with the Corn-law? He had seen the walls placards(' with a notice that since the Corn-law had passed the price of wheat had actually risen 4s. a quarter. They had the statement of the Right lion. Gentleman, that the price of meat was rising.—( Hear. hear.) The distresses of the people were admitted, and the people must be most servile and most ignorant if they did not derive instruction from that night's proceedings.—( Cheers.) Mr. F. SCOTT complained of the speech of the Hon. Member who had just sat down. It was a foul calumny to say that all that the Members on his (Mr. Scott's)side of the House wished was, that rents should be kept up.—(Cheers.) They were actuated by no such feelings.—(Cheers.) It was a ca lumny on them to say that they were so void of spirit as to sit down quietly because they had heard three or four observations from the Right Hon. Baronet, by which they had not been convinced.—(Cheers.) He believed that Hon. Members re presenting agricultural bodies had just as great sympathy for the distresses of the people as the Hon. Members opposite; but this he could say, that Hon. Members on his (Mr. Scott's) side of the House understood their own interests.—( Tremen- dous Opposition cheers.) They did not ask for prohibition— all they wanted was fair protection. He thought fat cattle ought not to be admitted at the same rate of duty as lean, and therefore on principle, he felt inclined to support the lion. Member for Somersetshire, but he should vote with the Government, be cause, as he understood that all the cattle that could he im ported would not amount to one week's consumption, he did not think that a depreciation in price could take place so rapidly as to do harm to the home producer. Mr. WARD rose to address the House, (but amidst vocifer ous cries of " Divide," so that we could not cat.:.h his ob servations. Mr. 0. GORE rose amidst and general cries of "Divide." The Hon. Member fer Wolverhampton had cast a great, ca lumny on those on his (Mr. 0. Gore's) side of the House. He said that several Gentlemen had risen together, but when the Right Hon. Gentleman addressed the House they were silent. When he (Mt. 0. Gore) rose to address the House he did so for the purpose of o•, posing the amendment. 'He had no hesi tation in saying that the farmers in his county were perfectly satisfied. _ _ Mr. HUME rose amidst great uproar and cries of " Divide." He said, if he was not allowed to go on, he should move that the Chairman report progress. He thought many Gentlemen came there that evening . to interrupt the business of that House. It was not his intention to address the. House.— ( Cheers. ) He should not have done so but for the charge made by the Hon. Member for Roxburghshire 4,ainst the Hon. Member for Wolverhampton. If it was a calumny to speak the truth, then had his Hon. Friend spoken calumny. The motion of the Hon. Member for Somersetshire was to render food dear. It was to obstruct the Right Hon. Baronet also in the difficult situation in which he was placed, in his attempt to alleviate the miseries of the people. He (Mr. Hume) hoped Hon. Members on the other side of the House would attend to the arguments of the Vice-President of the B oar d o f Trade, or even the arguments of th e Ri g ht H on . B arone t himself, and they must be con vineedthat t e h u e gb st t ate te of be ethbeemcworu. 't his motion was to p revent country required that th e f oo d o f the coun try food beingcheaper. He, therefore , agreed with his Hon. Friend th at i t was an attemp t to add to the misery and suffer ing of the people.—(Uproar. and crie s of " No, no.") No ! What was t then? He could only s a y , that if t he Hight Hon. Baronet w as anx i ous, as he stated h i m self to be , that animal food should h e c h eaper, l e t him adopt the proper course l e t Wm make corn c h eaper . It did not require argument.— (Loud ir on i ca l c h eers.) It did not require argume n t.— (Cheers.) It was nece ss ary before they had cheap cattle they should have eheap food to feed them with. He believed that those Members who sat around the Right Hon. Baronet would not allow him to give that relief to the distress in 'he country which he was inclined to do. Distress never was so prevalent in this country as at the present moment, and what was the effect of the present proposition ? Why t o in crease that di s t ress . H e agree d with his Hon. Friend that the whole proceedings of the Home were calculated to starve the , people,. every act they performed had that tendency.—(Cries of, " Oh, oh.") They could not think of the suffering mil lions, and act as they had done. He thought the Right Ho n . Baronet ought to be supported against a party who seemed to him to be only looking to their own interests. He thought the Right Hon. Baronet deserved credit for any attempt he had made to alleviate the distress of the people. Mr. MILES replied—He and those who s 1 around him had as much feeling for the distress of the people, as the Hon. and Learned Member for Wolverhampton, and those who sat around him. He did not stand up for prohibition ;he was for protection, aryl only a protection for live cattle equivalent to that on dead meat. He should be ready at a future p , riod to state the exaet nature of the measure he meant to propose ; but he trusted that the House would now sanction the principle of giving a due protection to the British farmer. The House then divided, when the numbers were, For the motion Against the motion Majority against the motion 205 Some discussion ensue ( as to whether the amendment of Major Vivian should be proceeded with or nut. Major VIVIAN finally moved that the Chairman du report progress and obtain leave to sit again.—Agreed to. Mr. PUSEY postponed his resolutions till the bringing up of the Report. the consumption of his own countrymen. Now, leaving the subject of the relative duties, he would press on the Committee that the duty proposed by his Right lion. Friend of 11. a head on live oxen was as considerable a duty as ought to be levied. It was said that his Right Hon. Friend had only gone back to 1835. Now, with respect to that, he apprehended that if he had gone fur ther, back his principle would have been more correct. He believed that the means of communication which had taken place had tended very much to increase the price of meat ; some measure was therefore called for to check . the rise in prices. There was another subject to be con sidered. Had they not an increasing, and a rapidly in creasing, population; and was it not necessary that some provision should be made to meet it ? Was it, he would ask, likely that throwingopen the markets to the Conti nent would do more than provide for such an increase of population? He wished he could persuade himself that there would be a larger importation of cattle from the Continent. He believed that the proposed measure would afford material relief, but he doubted whether it would do more than provide the relief that would be required. He could not conceive that the tariff could ever produce, as had been stated, a reduction in the price.of meat of 2d. or lid. per lb. Unless it could be shown that large quantities of meat would be poured into the country, the Britishh farmer had nothing to fear ; he believed he might farly calculate the whole consumption of meat in this country at about 1,600,000 head of cattle, and was it to be supposed that the provisions of the tariff would in terfere with that ? His Hon. Friend had referred to the produce of the Baltic ; with respect to that, he would ask him whether he really dreaded the importation of live or dead cattle from the produce of the Baltic, when the expense and charges in bringing them to this country were so great ? He wished his• Hon. Friend had given them an estimate of the number of horned cattle that might be imported into this eountry in five years ; he had heard that there might be brought over in that period 80,000; he would suppose that to be a fair calculation, and then he would ask whether that number would do more than provide for the in crease in the population?—(Hear, hear.) He thought, therefore, that no ground had been laid by his Hon. Friend for his apprehensions, as he was sure that the enterprise and spirit of the people of England would enable them to compete with the whole world. His Hon. Friend hail referred to the cheapness of Canadian meat. Now, what was the result with respect to that ? Why, the Canadian beef was left in bond, while the meat of the Continent found a ready sale. The productive powers of the Continent were inferior to those of this country. Look to. the breed of horses. Why was it that the cheap horses of the Continent did not inundate this country ?—:(Hear, hear.) And was it not the same with the black cattle.—(Hear.) Were not these facts and the experience which we had had, suffi cient to show that the apprehensions of his Hon. Friend were founded on fallacy ?—(Hear, hear.) For his part, he did not think that any great reduction of price could be occasioned by the measure of his Right Hon. Friend. He would only allude to one other point before he sat down. It had been asked, if the whole number of herds of cattle expected to be imported was no more than 50,000, why was the present state of the law interfered with ? He answered, that although the importation of 50,000 would only add 50,0001. to the revenue, yet it was to be recollected that it would add nearly half a million to the imports, and a corresponding amount to the exports of this country, which would inevitably cause (although not at once, yet in the course of years) a con siderable increase in the demand for labour.—(Hear, hear.) The benefit, he contended, therefore, would be great. The reduction of price to the consumer, although not great in one particular item, would, on the whole, be of great advantage, and there was no ground for tips prehension of any injury to the home producer.—(Hear) Dr. BOWRING, who spoke amid very great noise and confusion, occasioned by Members leaving the House, said that as the state of the laws of importation in foreign countries had been alluded to, he wished to say a few words on that subject. The law of France was, next to that of England, the worst, and the results of its operation had been highly injurious to the consumers in France, as well as to the colonies. The Honourable and Learned Gentleman, amidst loud and repeated cries of Divide, divide," read a statistical statement of the prices of meat in the French markets at various periods, to show the mischievous workings of the present customs system in France. The measure of the Right Hon. Gentleman was • good so far as it went. It conferred some important advantages on this country, and-great honour to those who proposed it, and he hoped they would carry out the wise, generous, and politic principle still further.—(Divide, divide.) Lord NORREYS acknowledged that when the pro- - position of the Right Hon. Baronet, at the head of the Government, was first brought forward he heard it with very great alarm. But that alarm had been lately ninth allayed by what he had heard out of doors, as well as by the arguments and statements which were made in that House. He had heard it said—" Now that we have ,voted for the Corn-laws, we must do something to ap pease the farmers. Let us vote for Miles's motion—you know we can't carry it"—(Cheers and laughter)—" it will do the Government no harm, and it will throw dust in the eyes of the farmers."—(Great cheers and laughter.) By voting for the motion of the Honourable Member for Somersetshire, those who had raised the panic, by their agitating the country all over, would make believe that they participated in it.—(Hear, hear.) But he would be no party to such a proceeding.—(Hear, hear.) He believed that there was no ground for apprehension, and he would vote against the motion of the lion. Mem ber for Somersetshire.—(Cheers.) Mr. G ALLY KNIGHT (who rose amidst loud cries of ". Divide ") said, that he would not be one of those who wished to keep up a groundless panic for the purpose of keeping up the semblance of consistency ; but on the contrary, he would do his best to allay it.—(Hear, hear.) It was the absolute duty of the fiouse to supply the peo ple with food as cheap as possible.—(Great cheering from the Opposition.) It was their duty to do so as far as was compatible with causing no great disturbance of agricul tural interests.—(Cheers, laughter, and cries of Olt, oh," from the Opposition.) Gentlemen might cheer and laugh, but that was what he. always meant by " food as cheap as possible."—(Renewed cheers and laughter.) It had been said that there was danger of this country being inundated with cattle from Holstein, but when it was considered that that small district had the consider able towns of Hamburgh and Altona to supply, it plain that the source of danger to our agriculturists must be looked for in a larger area. Was it in France? —(Hear.) Why in France the meat was so inferior that they did not dare to exhibit it in the shape of joints —(Laughter)—and whenever he saw it at table he was reminded of the caricature, in which the entrance of an English sirloin of beef at the gates of Calais is hailed with mingled admiration and surprise.—(Laughter.) He was convinced that the national roast beef would still continue to maintain its superiority. He should vote against the motion before the House, because he felt that by doing so he should best consult the interests of the community at large. He looked on the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Government as the friend equally of the agriculturist and the manufac turer,—(Hear, hear.) He believed that his desire was to adjust the conflicting claims of both parties. He had a confident assurance that the Right Hon. Baronet would nut throw overboard, as some seemed to suppose, the great agricultural interest. He believed, that in adopting the principles of free trade, the Right Hon. Baronet would carry them out wisely and moderately. Nothing could be more dangerous in his opinion than a strict adherence, under all circunistances, to abstract principles, however just they might.be ; and no charae ters were more dangerous than purists. It was not free trade that the Conservative party were afraid of, -but' Radicalism, and extreme doctrines. These were the things which they were afraid of, and not sugar or coffee.—(Laughter.) They did not want to be pressed by the heavy hoofs of the advocates of endless change. He thought, however, that it would be wise to make some concession to the wants of the people ; and he should therefore vote against the motion then before the House. Lord ALFORD opposed the motion. He felt assured that if cattle were imported to a large extent under the proposed change, they would be of a very inferior de scription. Mr. 0. STANLEY thought that the principles of the Right Honourable Baronet were not fairly carried out ; and that they did not do justice to the agricultural in terest. He could not, therefore, support the measures of the Right Hon. Baronet. He believed that some mis apprehension prevailed on the subject then under the consideration of the House ; and he felt assured that in Tuscany, for instance, cattle could be reared which might compete in quality with the finest in this country. He should vote for the motion then before the House. Lord J. RUSSELL said that he really hardly knew, after what be had heard in the course of that debate, whether it was to be treated as a serious proposition.— (Hear, hear.) In the first place, the Hon. Gentleman, the Member for Oxfordshire, had informed them that he had been advised to vote for the motion, because it af forded a good opportunity to please the farmers without carrying the proposition or damaging the Government. He had thought that a very singular notion ; but the lion. Gentleman, the Member for Nottinghamshire, who had followed in the course of the debate, bad told them that Hon. Members on his side of the House, had never held opinions upon free trade -that had differed from theirs (the Opposition's). and that they voted on coffee and sugar, but that they had meant Radicalism.—(Hear.) How a plain man could deal with the question after these communications, he was really much at a loss to know. He must own that the embarrassment was much increased ' by the course which both the proposers and the opposers of the motion had taken on this and on previous occasions. He should have thought that those who proposed that cattle should be admitted at a moderate fixed duty,.would have shown that great benefit would thereby accrue to the people of the country ; that the cost of subsistence would be diminished by the importation that would take ' place ; and that meat would be procured by the labouring classes at a more moderate price. lie should have expected on the other hand, that those who opposed the motion ewould have. shown the fallacy of supposing that any such supply would be afforded ; that it was a mistake that any country of the: Continent could aflbrd such a enpply, and that the price of meat and the cost of the subsistence of the people would remain, after such an • enactment. exactly the saute as bee*. Cut the urge,. meets bad been exactly the reverse of what he had ex pected ; those who opposed the motion came forward and showed that the comforts of the people would be in creased, while those in favour of it argued that no such reduction would take . place.— (Hear, hear.) If lie could believe all. the arguments of the Honourable Member for Somersetshirc, he, should think it the most convincing speech he had heard in favour of the propo sition. He told them that in various parts on the Con tinent places of depot would be formed where cattle would be fattened, and that they would be sent over here at a moderate price ; he said that in certain cases they would have beef here at 4-,}d. per lb. If that were the case, he should say, let them by all means adopt the proposition.—(Hear , hear.) What were they sitting there for ? Were they sitting there to prevent the ,people from havin g cheap food?—.(Hear, hear.) Or Air INCOME-TAX. Sir B. PEEL stated that he should take the third reading of the Income-tax Bill on Monday next. ORDNANCE ESTIMATES. Mr. GREENE brought up the Report on the Ordnance and Navy Estimates, which was agreed to. The Roasted Malt Bill was read a third time and passed. INCUMBENT LEASING (No. 2) BILL. Mr. GREENE brought up the Report on this Bill, which was received. BRIBERY AT ELECTIONS BILL. On the motion of Mr. ROEBUCK, the second reading of this Bill was postponed, as there were certain objections en tertained towards it in its present form. Mr. ROEBUCK obtained leave to introduce a Bill to in demnify witnesses who may give their evidence before the Committee to be appointed by this House, to inquire whether corrupt compromises have been entered into in the cases of Election Petitions presented from Harwich, Nottingham, Lewes, Penryn and Falmouth, and Reading, for the purpose of avoid ing investigation into gross bribery• alleged to have been prac tised at the election for the aforessid towns, and whether such bribery has really taken place. The Bill was then read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Thursday. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at a Quarter past one o'Clock. LAW INTELLIuENCE. PRIVY COUNCIL, May 23. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, sat to-day at the Council-office, Whitehall. The Lords present were—the Lord Chancellor. Lord Denman, Lord Chief Justice Tindal.Lord Abinger, Lord Brougham, Lord Cottenham, Lord Campbell, the Vice-Chancellor of England, Mr. Baron Parke, Mr. Justice Erskine, and the Judge of the Admiralty Court. KIELLEY V. CARSON A.ND °rim its. Their Lordships sat purposely to hear this case, in which the question was whether the louse of Assembly of Newfound land had the power of committal in cases of breach of privilege, the same as the House of Girnmons. At the conclusion of the arguments, their Lordships post ported g.ving judgment. COURT OF CHANCERY, ill ay 23. This was the tirst day of Trinity Term, but in consequence of the Lord Chancellor having to attend the Privy Council, to hear an appeal from the Supreme Court of N , wfoundlatid, his Lord..hip did not sit either in his Court at Westminster or in Lii.coln's Inn Hall. ROLLS' COURT, lUay 23. Lord LANGDALE sat to-da, at a much earlier hour than is usual on the first day of each term. His Lordship disposed of several motions, ch (fly unopposed. HOPE V. HOPE. Mr. KINDERSLEY. in this ease, applied for an order to have certain *.ures of stock trantf:•rred aid the balance paid into Court, open the understanding that the executors did not object. Mr. PESIBERTON,for the executors, offered no opposition to the applcation, and the C airt directed an order accordingly. VICE-CHANCELLORS' COURT, Ma!! 23 Although this was the first day of Trinity Term, the Vice- Chancellor of Eng'ani did not sit, in consequence of being obliged to attend the Privy Council. COURT )1" QUEENS BELVPH. May 23. This being the first day of Term, the Judges did not take their seats upon the bench until nearly two o'clock. Lord Den man was not present. Mr. Justice Patteson, Mr. Justice Williams, and Mr. Justice Coleridge, were the presiding Judges. BAIL 90 URT, May 23. This being the first day of terra, Mr. Ju'tice Wightman took his seat on the Bench at half•pa , t one o'clock. and dis• posed of a few motions of course, after which the Court ad. journed. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, May 23. Mr. Baron Alderson, Baron Gurney, and Baron Rolfe took their seats on the Bench shortly be;ore two o'clock. Some trifling cases were then disposed of, which presented no feature of general interest. COURT OF COMIVIO_ 1-LEAS, May 23, The Judges being engaged at the Privy Council, their Lord ships did nut open the Term ( Trinity) unlit after two o'clock, when Mr. Justice Coltman and Mr. Justice s..resswell came into Court. Mr. Justice COLTMAN, addressing the bar, said that the Lord Chief Justice was still detained at the Privy Council, a .d would not preside in Court to-day The Court adjourned in a few minutes after, having disposed of only two trifling motions of course. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARLBORO UGH-STREET. A young man of respectable appeanincb; and smartly dressed, and who, it appears, was lately footman in the service of Lady Mackey, of Grosvenor-square, was placed at the bar, charged on suspicion of stealing a quantity of plate, the property of Lady Duff Gordon, of- 36, 'Hertford -street, Park-lane, at whose residence he has, during the last fortnight, been occasionally employed as an assistant. John Lyon, a shopman in the employ of Mr. Gorton, of Gilbert-strnt, Oxford street, pawnbroker, stated that on the IBth inst., the prisoneo pledged a silver scallop shell belonging to a table service of plate, at his em ployer's shop, tier 14s. On Saturday evening he came again and olfered another. Witness's suspicions were excited, and on questioning the prisoner as to whether the article belonged to him, he made a confused state- ment as to its being the property of his master, which in duced witness to insist on accompanying him to ascer tain if the address he gave was correct. On arriving at the end of Portland street, Oxford -street, the prisoner set offrunning,but wa., pursued and stopped by the police. Inspector Plume, of the C division, stated that on the prisoeer being searched at the station • house, there were t'ound upon him duplicates of two other silver scallops, pledged at the shop of Mr. Cotterell, of Oxford-street, pawnbroker, for 11. 10s., and four silver wine labels, at Mr. Meete's, of Duke-street, Manchester-square, for ss. The whole of th es e ar ti c l es were p ro d uce d, and identi fied a.: :he property of Lady Duff Gordon, and as having been recently stolen from her house. Inspector Plume added, that other duplicates of various articles of wearing apparel, some of a valuable description, Were found on the prisoner, and which there was no doubt would turn out to be stolen. The prisoner admitted that he had pawned the plate belonging to Lady Duff Gordon, but said that he was induced to do so by the state of destitution he was reduced to, through having been out of place fur a long time. lie had lived in some of the highest families, and would receive the best of characters. The prisoner was roinanded until that day week. WORSHIP-STREET. George Moss, alias Edwurds, was charged with having attempted to enter the house of a gentleman named Stack, in Oid-street-road, by means of skeleton keys. Police constable N 145 stated that he was on duty in Old-street road at 11 o'clock on the preceding night, when he saw the prisoner standing at the front door of the houso in company with another man, whom he recognised as a convicted thief', and he resolved to watch their proceedings. The prisoner's companion, however, appeared to be equally observant of the movements of witness, for he made a signal to the prisoner, who slunk away from the door, and slipped something into his pocket. Witness went up and seized them both by the collar, but the prisoner's friend struck him a violent blow on the breast, which obliged him to relinquish his hold, and his assailant effected his escape. After a desperate struggle he succeeded in securing the prisoner, and on searching him t;nind nine skeleton keys in his possession. The only remark the prisoner made was, that if witness were in his situation he would do as he did. Sergeant Halifax said, that the prisoner had suffered eighteen months' imprisonment as a convicted , burglar, and he had done no work since his liberation. Prisoner—lt is false ; I have worked - occasionally in the docks, and done my best to get regular employment without success. How am I to get work, when lam pointed at wherever Igo as a convicted thief ? You keep a man bad. and then punish him for being so. The Policeman said that the prisoner expressed a wish to be transported. Prisoner—And so I do. I don't care where I go, so that I get away from this d—d country, where I must either steal or starve. He was committed to the House of Correction for three calendar months. • THE QUEEN'S BIRTII-DAY. --- -RlOT. — ThursdaT last being appointed for the celebration of her Majesty's birthday, the vessels lying in the river hoisted their colours and signal flags, and the various rope and sail makers premises in the neighbourhood of the Broomie law. Towards evening an immense crowd collected in the Green, amounting at one time to no less than five thousand persons, were collected, and commenced to de molish the paling, for the purpose of feeding a bonfire that had been kindled near to Nelson's monument. Not content with this, an attempt was made to unmoor the boats at the Humane Society House, but the police inter fering in time prevented this object from being eff ec t e d. A number of the police force were stationed at the foot of the Saltmarket, and at the east end of' London street and Monteith.row, to preserve the peace ; but when the unruly proceedings broke out, those at the former place fieind themselves unable to cope with the rioter;, A message was then sent to Captain Aldine for an addition to their force, when the Superintendent immediately set out with all the available at his command, and commenced to clear the Green of the b e lli • gerents ; but they were assailed with every sort o f missile that could be laid hold of—stubs, stones, and gravel, and a number of his men were severely hurt. A one time the police were nearly overpowered, but throneh the admirable arrangements of Captain Miller, they were enabled to arrange themselves for a moment, under cover of Nelson's Monument, and than i ssue d out on t h e mob, who fled before them in the direction of Calton and Bridgeton, all the while throwing stones at the police, who continued to pursue them the length of John-street, but as this was the boundary of their jurisdiction they could not proceed further. In John -street, the windows of the Relief Church there were demolished, and th, railing broken down. - A number of the rioters were taken into custody. In London-street and Monteith-row a great many panes o f glass were d estroye d —i n one shop alone, no less than nine panes out of twelve were demo lished. We understand that, in consequence of the pre sent distress, neither the Town Councillors nor Police Commissioners, drunk the Queen's health, as they usually do ; and for the same reason, we understand, there w a s no review on the Green.--Glasgow Saturday Post. „ PRICES OF CANAL. 1)OCK, ASSIJR- 1 _:::', E G.llll*\ \Y 11 ,' .''''- "'''- 41 '.' . • ;y- ' . LONDON, FiaDAY, iIiAY 20 Numher ~, V ~,e.,1 rtirt . Of ner iC, A.N.A Li,: Der Shares. A n;,m,. 11.1..'d . Sh A. c ..7 , 1" 7i 1 4 ,,,,,,,.. A ~,,,, & nirivi,,,...:,,,' , :,;t '.11.1A , .54 - ; . !A 1,482 ii. ..isii:(y .dc..;.s.lsolich ..„,,ii.,....,:.kt. iit....sn . i 1 i,'6o E3""ng5107.e.... ................... ... ~100/.411. 5 1,01,5 N. 13r ecknock and Aber gavenny l:i9s . It: .92 , -,oo'l 1-16tU. 10/ Birmingham, 1-16th share - .611..9, 711. IP4 ;.(4041 Ditto & Liverpool Junct.l o ol. sh .100 ri 41 6110 '4/, .Bridgewatcr and Tatinton.lool.sh. all p.l --- rW , W. Cheimer and Black water lool.sh. El .iOO 32/. Coventry I 0111.e.h. ;.,( 1 5 ..., , Croydon. : .ltverairrilli.9.s 103. ,I 1 .. - . 1,11;' , 5/_ os m i d,,,, 1001. sh. h 4 6,10 131„ Derby l o ol .+h . 120 *l,OOO I per cent. daytime:aid 111,yne ' 411.195. 4o .pd 36 3,5751 4 , Ellesmsrreand Chester Avei age 133..5ta. 69 231 621 Erewasn „. , !00Lse. 735 6,485 Fftl. Forth isnd Clyde lOO/. sr . 100/, pd Ift; 1.155 is. Grano Junction . 11,0 1. 51, oa4 2,5499 255. Grand Union lool.sh 27 ',500 Grand Surrey 1,000: 1 per cent . Ditto (optional) Can 1001. •::91'- . i:10 13 14...4,1 ilh...inqvganwire, Av,!-r. cent 1121. 158.:d, '2lO 745 12/, liranthtm l5O/.Bh. 2,1 0 238 .r. A. Iluddersfilld Average 11. Cs. 01. sh 1s 100 .. ..... . Kensingtua loo°.h. all pd 101, :Zi..52,1 11.10 z, Kennet i tni Aron, Av. 391.185. 10d. sh 1 7 ` 11,6994 11. 10s. Lancaster Average •171. Cs. tid 27 - 2,13974 3 l"i . Leeci Sand 'Liverpool 545: 1 1 10s. Leicester 1401.5 t 140 ,897 5/. s Leicester & Nort'aampton Aver 2,409 101 Monmouthshire 1001.31 500 256 131. Melton Mowbray 100 'la. Mersey and irwell lOOl. sh . 540 3,000 It. 1(0. Macclesheld PST oh. all pc! 10 247 171. Neath tolll.sis. :05 1,40 W. Peak Forest Avel...ge about 7Sii.sh. i 3 1,418 Ss. Regent's (or London) Av. 313/.105.8d. eh, 11% 5,609 01. Rochdale Average i.'tq.gh. 62 500 8!. Shropshire Ol5l. sh . 137 800 II). 108. Somerset Coal ll.lll.sh. 17 , 1.00,4. 0 p,reent Ditto Lock Fund Stouts 12/. 10E. Fll. 114 700 30!. Stafford and Worcester 140/.sh. 686 500 151 Shrewsbury 1'25/. sh. 280 300 91. 3t3urbridge ......•..... 1451. sh. 396 3,647 21. Os. Stratford-on-Avon A ver....791. 9s. td. sh 33 539 1241 Swe.nrea 4.762 V. 12s. Severn and Wye &Railway Ar.2o/.95: Eh. 1 5 1451.11w4.. 121. 10s. Trent and (Mersey, i share IOW. sh. 475 8.149 Charnel and Medway Av. 191. ss. Btl.lll, 2 (,0 0 11 I,oosh.o}sh.l 141. Warwick wid Birmingham lool.sn 200 1380 10.. Warwick and •:sapc,,, IOW. sh. I 9 7,000 41 Worcester & Birmingham Av.7B/.B.s.sh. IA s,llOO 365. Wilts and Betio Average 671. lOs 83. sh. 20 300 6,, Wyilev and Losington 125/. sh 74 .20 ' 9 09 1, Wey and An). 1101..1. 20 DOCKS. :,600& q1 , 21.5h. el 1,9654 eh. s p . c. Commerc al ' 5 per cent. East and West India - ............73ask 105 1,238,310 V. zilt.p.ct. London Stock 61 Ditto Bonds 2. 2 0(1 31. Fs. ro. Bristol Average 14 - I.os. sh . 75 ,r 9,324/, 5!, per csiit. Ditto Notes, various amounts l f .B 712,75:2 5 per ctnt. St. Katharine Stuck 100 s6c ~,, is per cent. Ditto Bonds 'r'. 600 t p'r rent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years Deptford Pict ... "OZ. sia. 201. pd 10 BRIDGES Hamir.ersrolt , 501., h. 2142 Snuthwark, Old Av. (31.25. Frt. eh. 36 Ditto, New, of 74 per cent., 50/. oh . 15 4 4 Waterloo 1001. sh. 3 Ditto, Old Annuities of 8/ Fa Its' 21 Ditto, New Ditto 0f.7/. Ditto Bonds Vauxhall , ,Average 701. 103.3 d. oh. 28 ASSURANCE COMPA NITS 7 . ,1 0 1 ; :+1 1: . • Allsir,• s..%iiii , l' , 1 . , ) , , ;:', e j., , , ir . 1 Alliance British s• Foreignl oo i.sh. 11/. pc' 1348 12 ':1,1(10 (i nor cent. Ditto, M 2 ritis lOO/. sh. 5/. p 2 5% '11.00" l L per oh. Atlas i,2.014,11. 5/. Birmingham 1' ire.. 250/. oh. 55/. pd 107% 1 1 ,1100 41. percent. British Fire 25 0/. oh. 501. pd 41 ' O .llllO o/ per cent flritish Commercuil 59/, st. , . 5/. pd (1 ~,11. l+ , nri - (•,,,I Clerical & )!e• teal %Re, 110/.511.2/10s pd 6% , "` l, :. 2' ll- County .... 'OO/. sh. 10/. pd :0 I,oisi :Ss. Eagle ' , .'" o 1. 5 .,';';',-,,, r ,',. 1": 1 Economic Lai , in .0 00/. , 2:;41: ,:.: 404. 4,271 221„per cent European L • 2Ol ii, ,II p 6 .2 0000 2s. Ditto, New 2O l. oh , 21 . sal 1 16 ~, 0 11,000 L (1. per et Globe Stuck 125 23,000 51. Guardian 0, , 100 4s Of Hope 1400 St. 12'. ri- . Imperial Fire 5llO/ 'h. 50/. pa 140 .5 00 In , . rd. Imperial Lite lllO/. oh. 10! pd I I .1 :ts, 5/ psis cr... Indemnity M ,riii. ........VOA. sh. wt. p:' 31% . ' ! , 2 ( i It IN Keot F,re .0/. sh all tai 9 , 11, Ditto Life oi' pe - ,..r,,,,, 2.5! Law Life London, Fir 95! •41. 121. 10s. !,,. l"N 9110 in,. London, Ship .. ....25/. oh. 1:d lils ii•l 6; • 0.t , 00/ ....... Minerva Life...... -100/. sh. 2;,000 5!. rer cent. National Loan Funs' .201 sh 2/. 10. pd 21k 0, , ;400 :N. per ciaii Palladium I its SO!. sh. 2!. pd 54,000 M. per cent. Protector Lf i 2(11. sh. '2l. Fd '.7:•fid 10,4010 4 per cent. Protestant ../isoenters .... 1001. sh. 5/. pd 5% 2.5110 I/. Provtdent Late (0 "al 4s. Od. Rock Life "9,220/ ar percent, Royal Exchange Stock 170 'VW , 5 per cent. University Lite 100/ sh. 51. rd 11 ;0,000 4 per cent. United Kin•sdom Life lON. sh. 51 - pd JOINT STOCK RANKS 25,1115. Arie. and Corn. of Ireland2s/. oh. IV/. pd 15,000 .'s percent. Australasia 4111. sh. 40!, lad 51 10,00" lit percent, Bank of Bi imingham SC/. sh. 10/. pd 134. i 10,000 Inner cent. Birmingham Bank .. SO/,sh. 10/. pd 13 31,000 riper cent. London & Westminster 1001 sh. '217. psi 22% 'O,OOO 5/. London Joint Stock 50/. sh: 1(1/. pri 12% .1,000 4 Per cent. Lancaster lOOl. sh. 10/. pd .40 -1,00 1 / I , ; per cent. Liverpool 1001 oh. 12 i 1,1. pd 19 10,000 7* per cent Manchester and Liver ] 50i.m ., Im pd 19 , ,.4 pool Discount 20,000 7 per ceut. Manchester lOO/. sh IN. pd 4% 10.00 0 8 pe. cent. Provincial Bink of Ireland 1001. sh. '251. p.. 1 41 , 10,000 ti er cent National Bank of Ireland NM oh. 17;!. pd 15% 10,000 6 per cent National Prov•.icial Eng.loot. sh. 35/. pci 35 10,008 ... Ditto New iO/. sh. 101 pd 10 111,0011 Gloucestershire 50/. sh. 10!. pd 12 6.000 10 per cent. Hampshire 5O l. sh. 5/. pd t'i.i GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. '2,500 957 0/1 B at h 20/. sh. 161. pci ti ) . 5,000 British 4O/. sh. 16/. pd 19 5 ,rcent• D,OOO 1 - i:iN - Bs ' . 6 ,": Ditto Provincial 90/. sh. 19/. pd 23 928 51 lOs Birmingham 5O•. sh 101 1,250 2/ Os Bristol 20/. sh. 30 2,250 31 lOs Brighton 2O/. sh. 11 750 31 lOs Ditto, New 2Ol. sh. 16/. pd 9 2,471 4i per cent Brighton General 4,000 71. lOs. Continental Consolidatsal ....Tit. 62j /. pd 110 1,000 101. City 01 London.. ....... .•••100/. sh. all pd 105 1,000 61. Ditto, New lOOl. sh. 75/. pd 150 4,000 31.03. Equitable 5O/. pci 20 19,000 111. per cent. Imperial 5Ol. sh. 67 800 5!. per cent. Isle of Thatiet 25/. ah . 201. pd 19 '1,350 11/. per cent. 1 ndependent V/. sh. all p., 56 4,000 51. per cent. Phamix 5Ol. sh. 140/, pa 30 5, 1,000 41. per cent. Ratcliff IOW. sh. ROL pd 63 4,000 South II Aropolitan 50/. sh. 13%/. pd 17 9,000 51. per cent. United General 50/. sh. 471. pd 30 240 5!. per cent. Warwick 5O/. sh. 50 400 51. per cent Wakefield 251. sh. 22 2,000 31. Westminster Chartered 6,000 125. Ditto New 780 3 per cent. Yarmouth ,,..201. sh. 18/. pd WATER WORKS. 1,800 345, Birmingham 2.5'. sh. `251. pd '2l 1,433 71, East London lOO/. sh. 176 5,500 21 155. Grand Junction Average 41/ Ins. 4d. sh. 60 1,000 '2l. Kent 100/. sh. 52% 372 10/. Liverpool Bootle 9 20/. sh. 3175 1,500 2/ills New River London Bridge Water Ann... CO 5,486 2! 105 Manchester and Salford lOO/. sh. 54 1,000 5 per cont. South Londos . lOO/.5h. 98 3,294 4 il. West Middlesex Average 031:12s. 9d. sh. 14 1,300 11 145 York Building Co, Lessee Prop. 100/. sh. 1 4 5 IRON RAILWAYS. 4,300 21. Os. Birmingharh and Derby lllll/ pd 4/4% 9,5 , 511 3 pet cent. Birmingham and Gloucester !COL psi 54 5,45 0 4 per cent. Bristol and Exeter lOOl. sh. 70 pd 43% 7,500 Cheltenham &G. Western Wash, 7250 2ti,, 3,009 Clarence 1001 •h 100/ ptt 22 8000 Dublin and Drogheda ..... .100/. sh. 5/. pa - - 41,000 Fa.tern Counties , 25/. oh. 23/, rid AU mono 5 per cent. Great North of Englandloo/. oh. 1(01. pd ai 10,9(8 12 per cent. , 'rand Junction lOO/. sh. all pa 189 25; Or 4 per cent. Great Western 1601 oh. 65/. pd 93 25,000 3 per cent. Ditto New 50/. sh. 00/, pd 64% 6,000 5 per cent Gosport Junction 501. oh. 50/. p 1 1.9 2,000 8 per cent. Hartlepool 1001..14 lOW. pd 145% 8,000 Hull and 4elby 5Ol. oh. 50/. psi 40 2,100 per cent. Leeds and Selby loo.h. , 6 5,1110 10 per Cant, !Aversion' & Manchester 10( Leh. 100/. ps: 189% 7,9014 10 per cent. Ditto Half Shares 11,495 10 per cent. Ditto Quarter Shares = s f I'd 45 ..16,00. . )4,000 London and Blachwall 25/. sh '25/ psi 11 1 4 iO,OOO 3 net cent London and Greenwich ...DU. sl.. 201. lid s'i Amon 94 per sh. London 8 Birmingham lOW. oh. MI/ pd 81 25,000 21.7 s ed. Ditto Quarter Shares ....25/. ph. 5! pd 375, 31,2a1 1 N.' s. ad, Dit o New Shares 121. sh. 32/. pd . 31% 36,001 3 per oh. London and S. Western Av. 384 17s. :Id. 1;4 13.000 Landon and Croydon] Ditto New Scrip.... Av. 13/. Iss. Od. 2 3 . ? 4 , i, 13,000 4 . per oh Manchest,r and Leeds...loll/. oh In/. pd 8 13,0011 „, 111,0110 ill nichester and Birmingham 701 oh. 40/, :8 Ditto Extension 7l pd 2 10,000 2/.los. Midland Counties........ 430/, sh. 106/ pd 75 15,000 15!. Os. North Midland 1/.los. Ditto New 404 rd 3:t', . 10,2'.6 1/.los. Northesn and Eastern.... 50/. ti, 45f. pd 47% -,tieo Preston and Vslyre 50/. sh. 01 1 /. pd 11 . ?PM 4 per cent. South Eastern and Dover I,(100 tor. par ce,.i Stockton and Darlington .... . . ...101 , Lsh. 265 0,000 ......... Chao, ea Haven 5O/. sh 5/. pd 1,000 10/. per cent. fork and North Midland 50 . 2h. 501 pd 113% MINES. 4,000 ... ..... .4 lbion Copper 51.1 '. 311. pa 12 4,000 11'.55. Alien l5l. sh 12/ ti spd 1% 10,0011 ........ Anglo Moxican,iss. N. pm.lool.sh. a , 't st 2 D tto Subscription O5/ i ltl ,- 3, 2,000 BoLinos l5O/.4h till pd 11% 10,000 11. 105 Brazilian' mp. iss. 51. prn 35/. sh. '2ll, pd 0 6,000 Macaubas & Locaes United 25/ 5h.25/. pd 4 1 4 11 ,000 Ditto St. John Del Rey 2O/ sh. 141 pd I N 10,000 .... ..... Bolivar Copper Company 201, oh. 201. pd 1 10.0n0 Ditto Scrip 10!. oh. 101. pd 2 20,000 British Iron lOO/ oh. 70/ pd 8 ,00. , Sri , ish Copper 51. sh. 411. pd 144 Casa Br stica 64/. pd 5% Candonga . . ' 7111. pci 5 'O,OOO I 1 Copiapo 9,500 . 2,850 's/. Eloglish 20,000 General Mining Associatlon2o/ sh.lB/. pd 3% 6.155 Mexican Company IOU!. sh. 61t1 pd 3,000 Polberou Consult . lO/. sh. 8/. pd 4 1,500 . Real del Monte, Unregistered 2l; Ditto Loan Notes 150/. pd 50 United Mexican, Ist. 2 pm. 40/. oh. all pd 1% Dan, Scrip 1 Ss Ditto New Scrip ................ ........41.p4 334 West Cork 5Ol. sh 50/. pd 38 LITER ARY 1 NSTITU'II ON:, i,OOO London, with Bronze Ticket ...75ge. eb. 13 1,5(0 London University IOO/. sh. all I d 7 700 Russell 2515.5. eh. 6 King' College lOOl. 19% MISCELLANEOUS. 10,000 355. Australian Agricultural.looL •sh . 28/ pd 37 6, 0 00 1. percent. British American Land Company SS fi. pd 9 10,000 61. per cent. Canada Company. lOO/. sh. 3211. pd 30 :0,900 51. per cent. Upper Cana. 4 a Loan .. City Bonds, 4 per cent !CO 20,000 IL Os. GeneraiSteam Navigation 151.: h. 141. pd 24% 10/.percent. Hudson's Bay Stock 1.5 London Corn. Sale Rooms ....Av. 751. oh 19% Caoutchouc Company 12;/. pd 12% New Brunswick Land Compa!sy...sCl pd 12 5,387 4/. per cent. Reversionary Int, 50c...1001, sh. 100/. pd 95 ),,633 5/. per cent. Ditto New lOW. sh. 1001. pd 107 '0,000 44) 81, T V i a ' n am l) e e l :n i e 'n r. ni s el Land 100/ s . o s i ii o . h loti a l li rd t 170 1,1101; It. 1,231 1,7011 1/. 153. 01)0 '. , ,(100 13s, H.. OOP , t 1.1 iftsl , r 1( 1,7% 01.1'0 LIST of SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES MAY 18. 1842. BANKS. 4 4 E0,00' 64 p. ct. Bank of S&)tiantl...B3l. 65.8 d. th all pd 5*4 8,000,000/ (1. p. ct. lir yal of Scotland 100/.5h. MIN 151 500.000/. 81. p. ct. British Linen Company 100/.5h. all pd /05 600,9001. 71. o. ct. Commercial sonl. vh. LOC/. pd 158 500,000, G r., a. National lOOl. sh. IN. pd 14 500,0001. A!. p. ct. Glasgow Union 250/. sh. 501. pd 81,4 1,000, 0 r , 01. 6p. ct..Western9t Scotland 2OOl. sh 401. pd 8$ ... , . . . INSURANCE COMPANIES. , i 50,000, 0 1. 9.0. Cr Scottish Urpen • 20!. sh, 11. pd 24, Od. ',so' lf) f,. et. Hercules 1001. sh. 101. pd 12% ;9 1 '.i100 10 :,. et. Insurance Co. or Scotlani .10/. :b. all pd i. t. 0,000 10 p. et. North British 2".O1. sh. 10/. pd 19,4 1,000 10 ~. cz:. Caledonian Fire 100!. eh. 10/. pd 2.1 5, 000 10 :,. cf. Ftlinburgh Li:a 100/. sh. 104 p,i 15 100,000 3 , r. r.t. West of Scotland lO/. tdl T.M , CELI. IiNEOUS. .. 4,8'9 Un. Canalso/..h. all pd thto Mlocat.ltl 96/. shall pd 4134 - e23,40 ( . . 1 •At4e'i Water.'2s/. sh . all roe 14 lilhh 23 pee •!14; 400, }7r !Cl. pft 3 3 4 4... V. ;0 • , 7 F , 'nbtlrgh ('o (;--, 5O 1,4,0 c: & (Ns ...... .• sh ~5 0 71 L era] ah a(' pd t 1:4 „..- • ~9t hunth and adicelth 11" i ;,,,y ,th :14' A CUTTEIL—A tailor of Plymouth announces that at his shop, a travelling coat, dress coat, waiqcoat, two pair trowsers, a hat, and two shirts, may be obtained— made to measure—for the trifling costof thirty-two ! ! !—Devonport Tcbgraph. APVEp.TISEMENL—THE COMPLEXios. --- Gowland ' s Lotion removes all Impurities and Discolourations of the Skin, and promptly re-establishes a clear and healthy. tone of surface, whilst its sustaining, properties, in ohiri ding the effects of variable temperature upon the Tint of the Complexion, is verified by the c ontinued f. a .hness usually limited to the earlier periods of personal attrac tion. " Robt„ Sh aw , L o ndon;'' is in white letters 00 the Government Stamp. Price 2s. 9d.; ss. 6d. ; quarts. Ss. 6d. Sold by all Perfutuers and Me4igine Venders, CORONER'S INQUEST. A., i, , 1 v o• Mr. - L the !'..1 .• ;-,urcy, . w Croplon-caiinmon, o n the br hi ; of a man unii»own, \lk) was uui lying deal , wit il !tend shattered by a pistol-hall, upon the comirinn Fr They ala morning faA. • CORONER inquired of Inspector Collins Oiet'bet he had been able to discover Nvho the deceased wiOf whether his name had been ascertained ? the divd Inspector Collier replied that information ile covery of the body hail been published in .the il a n os Cry, and every inquiry had siren made, but he eeit44/ja find any clue to the deceased's friends or eiminexion Mincer,. a policeman, was then examined,' and 0, proved the finding of the deceased upon the ceune° There were no marks of struggling, or any real suppose that the deceased came by his death ° the n ' than ,by his own hand. A small printed book perforaggr in several places by a pistol ball, was found-near liP "i „ v Brooker, a labouring man, stated that 00. Thursufli evening he saw the deceased leaning against the fen . 4 Mr. Newman Smith. He was in the act of wed to something with a pencil in a book which he belief' be the same produced by the constable, and when he l ot the witness he took a piece of biscuit out of hisr e and began to eat it. tott i Collier, the Inspector, was next examined; aP“ s , that in the pockets of the deceased h e found si:°oo seven shillings in silver and copper mon e y , and be quantity of percussion caps. He likewise stated,the 1p bad made a minute examination of the place yh ere o deceased was found, and he could not discover trace of a struggle, neither had he the slightest gruvise for believing that the deceased met his deat h other% • than by his own act. w i t ,t The CORONER, having minutely question ed all the 51 0 nesses upon this point, and receiving a similar rep dl that if the Jury thought it necessary, he was quite i ig• to adjourn the inquiry, to give the Police an °Pr pir nity to adduce additional evidence, both as to the vious state of mind of the deceased, and a lso e 5 to • identity. a i l sir The Jury said they considered an adjourn menS .AcV unnecessary, and they returned the following 0 , 70 s• That the deceased destroyed himself b,y 814 $ himself with a pistol, charged with gunpowder P• 4 `,,':so leaden bullet, but what state of mind he was in time, there is no evidence to prove." THE MARKETS-Y ESTERO,- :',,; CORN EXCHANGE. ...se Last week's arrivals were moderate of English o° o 0 : considerable of Foreign wheat. Fine English wheat_ 744 per qr. higher than last Monday ; other sorts. 10* Foreign, unaltered with a moderate demand. BsuleP , t oo and Peas, as last quoted. Oats firm. and rather more. 70, made of good parcels. The demand for flour 00 brisker, but at no variation in value. , O fis .., , V4 •tIittIVALS OF GRAIN IN LONDON DURING LAS , W heat. fi:.rley. 1 ..s.ts. ' English , rt ! Irish _ 1 8,3J5 F,,reign ... plucts og BOA 11.1) OF SYIIS 4, Wheat,Red coin) a. —s-Ilicans, Small new)..... ow' White (old) —a. —s. --- (old) ...... ;• 1ie,i(184,) - Tick (Lew) • ........ Fine 'ibs 60, •---- (old). ........ • - Superfine ti a. 645. Harrow (new). ..... White (1841) 54.5. 545. ------ (old)••••••• --- rine --Superfine 66s ':os. Oats, Feed " ... .i ....-- Foreign fi ce s ' l: 72i.. -- Nest . ......... . tyt ßarlvy 'N --- s 40s Poland .................. 26, , 32, ------- New . ...... •,' Grinding •5 , 28. .-- Potatoe.. iv ........ ~ .... , Mal platting s 32. •-- v . t ......... Malt his. 60, -- Scotch ......... . .......... -- Fine New 12s. I;4s Irish 141t...' Pease, Grey, New ^O5. 3-4. Flour Town (per ,acit)...' Maple New .......Sls. 345. Seconds ......... ..i. .. ~ - White .34 ,, 36. North Country •••• -- Boilers 36, .iSi Bran ..................... . .... , SMITHFIELD The supply was moderate. The demand brisk. rather higher. Beasts, 2,755; Sheep and Lexnb!!. Pigs, 44 ; Calves, 126 ; Beet, 3s. 2d. to 4s. 6d. ; 3s. 2d. to 4s 411.; Veal, 3.. 4d. to ss. 2d.; Pork, P. 4s. Sd. ; Lamb, 55. 6d. to 6s. 6(1. , TEA MARKET. S'.arcely any business done, buyers waiting for) Public Sa'es declared, but prices do not give way. Congou is. 9d. cash. TALLOW MARKET. Prices firm, and a fair business traniacted at 47f• 48. on the spot, and 49, for delivery in last three 0 2( RICE MARKET. 1,. A fair business done in Bengal at full rates; 9 , 4 . t tti low to middling white. The supply was small of fine vit",', SPIRIT MARKET. ;• Rum sold slowly, and prices were barely manly Brandy was firm. Corn Spirits dull of sale.. COAL MARKET. Ships arrived since last snaraet.day, .101 d.; Actin's Carr's Hartley tiolywell ......... 16 (IWails End Stewart's.. Old Tanfielci ....... Ord's lictihetigh 1 r 5 Walls End Caradoc ..... Tanfivld Moos liute's l5 0 Walls End tiattlei.onl." Taylei's Hartley West Hart1ey.......... NVe%t Wylam Wylam Walls End Clarkand Co. Walls End Killingworth Walls End Riddell's. wE. 13raddyll'sblettou Walls End Harwell. ... :.0 6 Cowpen WalltkEnd Hetton .O 6 Howard's Ntshertv fl M. COUNT Y COR MARKETS. i Wheat. Barley, Beans. Per Quarter::: R. to R. Carlude 68 Hexham 44 72 Morpet VI 54 Penrith . I Sheffield ... C 4 %%inched. CO CS Per Bushel. s.d. s.d., Carmarthen '6 3 C. th Cowbritige 7 6 80, Swansea j6 8 8 0 Per 8011. Barnardcastle 11 1 ` 18 6' Durham Richmond 13 II 10 0 Stockton ...•••' 1. , 0 19 01 NEWCAS'I S. to E. 5. tO 5. 23 28 18 k I. to S• 46 '- 36 39 :28 34 ::9 2 `.:5 27 s. d. a. d. I 00 4 4 . 0 0 4 1 , 44 3 4 40 4 ...., 7 \ i P H A ., 0 . a , d . , n s.d. O'„ 0 01, s (i 6 ; • 0 6 • 5 u., t•v, 56 6 • 0:,1 6. 40 7 .1! 9 6 1' "'l l i' 5 0 6Oio 0 ' 9 # ' 14* 6 0 7410 0. 12 , 6, _ 6 0 7 0 0 0 I. . :' 1 • EXCHANGE If ; ed •Vib i t ni. Whe..t, Northitinerland 5'2 R s. 595. . . .... II: if:t Norfolk and Suffolk ... ...... Berwick and Scotch 501.f.-65 ...... ~,,b0 0, - Foreign 'iB:. 645.....•• r" -- • Rye, Not loik and Sutlolk _,.. ,v ---Foreign - _, ..-i Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Suffolk l 9s. 305....... .7'.,;.., Grinding and Feeding Milt, Nnr.olk and Sutfilk... .... . '2 Ns ....... '4. Beans, Small 'Vs. 5t..... "'' ..;• 1 Tick 388.4 5...... --':.:. Pease, White 4 l ,s. 4 a....... --*-,.• Gray 31s. 3C,a ....... - - t ~8 Oats, Northumberland, Potatoe ... -- Feed Vs t!Os ..... . . -"',' „..., reign 2O, '228....... --"' ~.' a ack) 4:3s. 4 it. ...... .. -16 i-lAODINGS'ON CORN MARKET. Wheat. ' iit.srley oats; i Js:: ~ .8 -• Fiat ll. Od :32s t d j 21., 64 :l9 •PA 11 Secoudi Thi d.. 561 Od 25, Od 1 i 2.. Od 3)4 ild A v. , rage. - • GLASGOW CORN Mt r KZT , ' pi; Wheat, pet `...40.1. s. d. s.cl. , Oa' , 6, p,i .`.: ( 4! . . 1i V , English ..... ..... . ...... ;:t i ii.:ti! o ' tr..h • ..... , 1 31', Scottish scottisn Irish ... . .., !,..:i o „.:,•, I, HeAllii i per LM - - . 2 11. 1: 2° (1. 1 00 19 0n 30 8 38, ;1 89 90, !i 7 6 80 1110 0 II 0! 90 9 TLE CORI, -Fot Flour (pc. Foreign - p Bade , i.,. :.4,0)1i. i Scottish ............. • . 0.5 English 5c0tti5h...,............. :1 0 23 6 Oatn e.l, per 1:',' 111 ' 41 4 . Irish ~,. DALICEITH CORN MARKET • Wheat. Baricv. I Oats. l'e .., First l, : I Vt nu 34s 6u I 27e 4,1 I a?O ,, Second i ',6:3 04 ' tB. 6d 1 24s 81 .4. Od t bird EDINBURGH MEAL MARI' E; . . . Per Sack of 2,. lbs. . ,er Stone.of 141 b. o. First Oatmeal .......£1 16 0 First Oatmeal. ' 5 . .. Second Ditto Batley. cal Peasemeal - Pot Barley from 3: a. to 4cs. per sack; DEATH OF MR. ROBERT briefly a few days ago the death of this distinguisitet', natural history. We believe that a too ardent de' literary labours had undermined a naturally robust and death arrested his career whilst the hope of ' l ' string within him. Mr. Mudie was a native of was, in many respects, a remarkahe man. He strictest sense ot the term, self-educated; and incidents of his early life bore a close reserebl vicissitudes which chequered the youthful career yid Mr. Gifford. Without a friend or a patron, el" aided by that notoriety which usually accompanies development of talent to a limited locality, he Wi ts one ot the Professors in a northern academy, going a severe comparative trial. He was elected without solicitation, and without the slit , a cise of private influence, the Rector of a classicals4 - academy in the commercial city of Dundee, whi c he resigned in 1820, to become a candidate for. metropolis. For the last 22 years of his life he de self with unflinching energy to his literary. Pl' such was the fertility of his genius, and the grasp ° try, that during this period he composed and , wards of one hundred volumes, embracing almost of scientific and ethical inquiry. His most success believe, his most favourite efforts, were his severe natural history; and we cannot name two more more delightful offerings to this fascinating St . " British Naturalist," and his " Feathered British Islands," which have now taken rank English classics. The latest productions of 11 :: " The Heavens," " The Earth," " The -Air," and " The Seasons," some of which, though vrre the languor of enfeebled health, evince the !T, mind, the same fulness and familiarity of illustr e ' breadth or style which characterise the prxil i t manhood of his intellect. It is a sad reflection t , 5 t has contributed so largelyto the instruction of socie,Pue had his labours so sparingly rewarded as to be let' it ) his death ; for we are grieved to learn that be W t ., nothing to a surviving widow and his children b ut of their melancholy bereavement. BIRTHS. r On the 17th inst., Mrs. H. Tahourdin, of Moro e Or Of of cent, of a son. On the 19th inst., at Royle, near Burnleyr th n( 1 Rev. Robert Mosley Master, of a daughter. ,;, 10 On the 20th inst., at Bury St. Edmund's, t"' istit Rev. John William Donaldson, of a son. I tb e Ort the 20th inst., at North-end. Hamp,tetn" e 14 1 Joseph Tatham, Esq., of a daughter. G. o r 6 On the 20th inst., in Hyde Park-square , M rs. 01 00° shall, of a daughter. ve t ' ~c On the 21st inst., Mrs. C. Robinson, of King' s JP' bury, of a son. . ; tao r do the tllst inst., at Layton tone, the lady o. - Buvoo, E.q., of a son. O il , _ . . MARRIED. I 0. On the 214 inst., at ! , t. John's, Hampsteaw 4 11. Egg., to Marianne Tliomrson, second daughter u son. ['sq., late of Kenrungion, Storey. • onn , On the 214 inst., at St. Mary's, Isl'ng — rigr . Clifton, of Canontiry-square. to Louisa daughter of llr. Oldershaw, of blington. O s fog co l o 6 'O re'4 ---------:, fi l d DIED. - aged „if ", On the sth inst., at Blendon Hall, Kent , .- ,f Wr , A 50"' tei ioungest son of Oswald smith, Esq., age, -- , h a r d ' ~gh ) At lys residence, at Barking, Essex, ir 7 Weolwich, aged 58 _ ve tte? 4 On the 15th hist., at Brussels, Caroline .I"' z. , ',‘ T 1 " of the late Hobert Lumley, Esq. . 01 t S' S ;13 I 0,7 London: Printed ..nci y MIZ s o 11 2 ' 6 y No. 112, Stran.;. at The face. the County of Middlesex, Tuesday, 3IBY the tot, d N ait Tl Na T' Sir A , I ? i; liar J o h I na! k t moo t i g (I witrd ye n . 1 .1 .c?.•14 4 , 1 111 4 1 1, 1 Cl ll l 411,;,! b ig ; 101 ; 4 1 : 41E . ;Q . 14 ' )3 or, 'Pi 11,4. 1 S 4 q1 4 1; I p.:114 A:, . .7.,, , ... : 1 , • 11' • .., iRitIVALS OF GRAIN IN LONDON DURING LA:t'irge: . „ - gt : i . %.%, heal . 1n cloy. 1 ' ' 4 . , a sl o r '. *. :n g lish rish - - 1 8,3a5 5 51 „,..ic, ',.reign ... - 1 2,::3 , • •'' 11. ‘ fiar . r.grcys ost iso..aitn OF Sl' .11 I. . g 7, is Vheat,Red (old) s. - s.l Beans, Small neivi ..... e• . l'o• . -...:1 - White (old)., -a. -s. - (old) ......:• ----- Iled(184..) - Tick (hew) • ........ file .4 F'i n e 'is,. 603. • -*---. (Old) . .......... la ; , .... ' • •-•-•-.......-..• Superfine tits. f 3„; E . ------Marrow (rIeW). ... 0 0 , .., .. - White (1841) 34.5. 545. ----- (old)••••••• ~,e i . ---........-- rine --Superfine 66s :Os• Oata, Feed ....0 .1 , , .- I .............-..- Foreign fr ec 52 728• -- Neu . ......... .. t ~. 4415 r,, tyr 34s 40s - Poland ................. .1r n, ,, : l larb..l - NVN. . ...... 3:: t'.. P 4 YR - Grinding •5, 28. .-- Potatoe.. ........ .. ..•", , i „ , - Malting hO. 325. •-------- v . ew ......... a 41 ~ - , ,„..._lllty i q u it Sos. 60, -- Scotch .............. ....li Ai7e44 - Fine New 620.1;4s - Irish 14s. ..• r -A l 'case, Grey, New O5. 3•25. Flour Town (per ,ack.)...' t , - Maple New .......:-.18. 345. - Seconds ......... .i. .. • - - White -34 ,, 3Os - - N.rth Country...* -- Boilers . 36, .IS. Bran .....................••••••• *...._. SMITHFIELD . Otii'c The supply was moderate. The demand brisk . fss 4 • 0 rather higher. - Beasts, 2,7.5; Sheep and Lmnb!!. t • ." 1, 1 Pigs, 44 ; Calves, 126 ; Beet, 3s. 2 d. to 4 s. 6d. ;'. ? 1 'l4 is. 2d. to 4s 4d.; Veal, 3.. 4d. to ss. 2d.; Pork, P-, is. Bii. ; Lauils, ss. 6d. to 6s. 6d. . i . i.... .14 4 4 TEA MARKET. ~. I Q o r 044 4 S•areely any business done, buyers waiting for ),,0 ' l'. 1.65• A t -- Public Saes declared, but prices do not give way. it."'" ' rre.e, 1,: , . 01 4 Congou Is, 9d. cash. ~ lad-. to TALLOW MARKET. . j 1 4, 11 /e.l Prices firm, and a fair business transacted at 4 7 t, - ''' . 11,,,iiith 48. i. on the spot, and 49.. for delivery in last three Pr , -, , i , 4 - 7.14,, RICE MARKET. ilk . ...e.i i te, -- 4'4l' A fair business done in Bengal at full rates; 9,-• • . - • • low to middling white. The supply was small of fine 1 ,11 s! l 4 '. ~..„ SPIRIT MARKET. i ' i11e.h..... Rum sold slowly, and prices were barely risaintPi,- . ' 'ione - , ..-,, . • Brandy was firm. Corn Spirits dull of sale.. .bl ~,,,,,,, EN' 1, .' • ' COAL MARKET. • , . Ships arrived since last inarset.day, .101 ..!-• 1 '"' ' 1.) . d.; . Achir's - i t 4" , .Ilbi Cart's Hartley - ~, i h i„...- 1101ywe11......... Old Tanfielci ....... ... Ord's Itedheugh 1 ;3, Walls End Caradoc ..... .• jg' ~,, Tanfield Moos Bute's l5 0 Walls End t i at tle 4 ol.o 4 " hiv en , Taylees Hartley %Vast Hart1ey.......... West Wylam Li 3 Walls Etd Bowburfr .J."' . - -' Wylam ..e it Walls End Clarkand Co. Walls End Killingworth .r" .. '4 7,44 Walls End Riddell's. WE. BraddylPstiettou • Walls End Harwell. ... 0 6 Cowpen ..ra t Walls;-Evil Hetton 2O 0 Howard's Neshertoti A, p I L rtint • la 4 r • . • , dS g i COUNTRY CORN MARKETS."- ' ice, I t t i Wheat. Barley. Oats. Ber.o o . ' . . 1, 1: 1e..% ....- tp ,„ , , ~ In Per Quarter.; S. to 5. 3. 10 E. S. to 6. F. tO , 1 . ' • . ,R P a Carlisle .......' - OS :•1 - 2.1 - 46 '''' ?: • • 4.1 1 Hexham s 4-4 i 2 36 38 :3 28 -•-• --, . „ M orpet VI .......; 51 5S 28 34 18 ki 40 45 '' 4 .-' OO .l Penrith . I --= t,6 - 33 I - 25 - ."*. ‘ ' Inn Sheffield , - f 4 - 32 -- .23 --r- J .'" - A .. Winchest. r...' f.O 68 '.:5 27 20 2 ,1 35 '„ e l 'ifs Qt. ftto" Per Bushel. s.d. s.d. s.d. s. d.l a. d. s.d. s. d. i". 6 v . .' ' li t i Carmarthen..' 6.4 t.. 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 I- 9 5 6 u 4 #v. .;. Coutriuge . .1 7 6 8 0 0 0 4 1 , 1 0 n 3 u 5 0 !ill °. nu S wanse a i6B 80 44 54; 28 38 58 v ,i." ''V it Per 8011. I - 1 0 r IS Ilarnardcastle 11 i' 18 6 ; 8 9 9 0, 1 4 0 741; 6 -1 6 7 ., t ill : Durham 12 6 14 F i 7 6 ts 0; 5 0 6 0 0 0 v 0 ,1; •• Richmond Stockton ' l, 01901 9 0 901 6 0 70 0 0 11 r...;' Mkh NEWCASTLE CORN EXCHANGE 144 `"r Red V l / 34 , I t Ole lits, * ti Whe. t, Northumberland sls. 5Ss. . . .... .6-4 4 , l i i NO '-f l_ b - Norfolk and Suffolk ... ...... - Berwick and Scotch sos. ft* ...... g ,,,,.b 4 4 t r ni t4d e I - Foreign '',13,645.........• r -- ‘'ltttift s ...... Rye, Nor loik and Suffolk . 30,. '..Bf ....... 4: . . %, *;..‹ .. 1 -- Foreign Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Suffolk 29, 305....... ,',;..e . • Grinding and heeding Milt, Nor.olk and 5ur6.11c... .... . '2 51s ....... •••• ',S b .. a Beans, Small 30s. 34...... "''' '•' ..... 0 " 41141:! - T ic k 388.4 5....... --'..:0. if Pease, White 4Cs. 4 a ....... ••••• - ,t , - Gray 318. 3tia ....... A• „ft , Oats, Northumberland, Potatoe ... --- - Feed lose 20s ..... . . -' 4 ,',...0 ,- Fortign 2O-. 22.5. ..... •"''',o o '. c t -741t e .1 Flour (per sack) ei A °DING PON CORN 4 51 3 AL 1 4 ;11 . 1 ,.. .: .. ..... --11. / I,l; i' 1/ 11 L 144 ‘ 4 4 k t ' l i i Wheat. ' iii.aley . oars; 1 Js.: .. ~.°, • 51 ' k - ,7 1 . First IL. Od 3.:s rd i 21• 64 39. I ' s 1 4 ' brit ' ''`. Secondl Thi d.. 561 Od 25 , Od 1 i 2.. Od 3)s fhl , ) Av.dage 34 Is P. 11 !Ans. GLASGOW CORN Mt n Kr,T pi' A Wheat, pet `..40 I.s. d. s. d. . Oa', a, p,. .2'4!.. l it, 11'' i t? English ...., ..... ...... :iii.. 32 o' I r•• , 11 ' ..... iS•r, ' lii i it*; Scottisn ,-; biro 0 , tif t 4 4 .ll l Irish ... .., 1...fil ..,!:") ~ Beaus, per lo Foreign - o f i i illl 4 l; Barle . ~. :.?.,iNti. i Scuttit , h ............. • . pt . 5 , ' a N. 11 5 English 5c0tti5h................. '• I 0 2:46 t °aft) cal, pel 1 :‘. 41 " .42v 1 5 4411 Irish ..:. • h , 1 DALKEITH CORN MARKET • 1 4 , 1 Wheal. Barim Oats. l'e .., A. . 7 ..,... " First l i iOt lio 34s 6u 27e 4.c I:aw - - .... ' - .! Second ,' ',6:3 (kJ ' tBi• aid 24, 8i .4. Od -. '., • I bird - ' r '''' r' ' 1 ' f EDINBURGH MEAL MARI' E;. ~ '''' . 11 , i Per Sack of 2,. Ilis. , er Stone' of HIP.. .0 i " . A First Oatmeal .......£1 16 0 First Oatmeal. ' . gyp, Wi t - , Second Ditto Bailey.. cal Peasem i f t : eal - . 'Pot Barley from 3: a. to 4es. per sack; DEATH OP 1)111. ROBERT - AIUDIE.-Vite_ a ° - ‘Ville briefly a few days ago the death of this distinguisheia.,te natural history. We believe that a too ardent del , Q 0 literary labours had undermined a naturally robust ; 1 . .I' ll ' t and death arrested his career whilst the hope of IP ' AI stamp; within him. Mr. Mudie was a native of Si' was, in many respects, a rernarkab!e man. He • - • It strictest sense of the term, self-educated; and d , - t incidents of his early life bore a close ets erebla: l ~ ' •,- vicissitudes which chequered the youthful career ' ", , . Mr. Gifford. Without a friend or a patron, at ij% ',. • ' aided by that notoriety which usually accompan'" i It. - ' development a talent to a limited locality, he w!:.i• 4 ' 'i .‘ t ' one of the Professors in a northern academy, l'''' - .' ~, ' going a severe comparative trial. He was so -. 1, .. ,e elected without solicitation, and without the 54 a , 41,4•• .111 cise of private influence, the Rector of a classical! s ch, i 4 i ,.,. : , academy in the commercial city of Dundee, *T - •. ir, he resigned in 1820, to become a candidate for . 1 _ A •,-"' metropolis. For the last 22 years of his life he de 0 ,i, • * 34 • t ' self with unflinching energy to his literary. P' ( ....., . such was the fertility of his genius, and the grasp 6 „ . ~ try, that during this period he composed and 1 41 ;if A wards of one hundred volumes, embracing almost e r c 0,• 4 ,0 1 , 4 of scientific and ethical inquiry. His most succe.,s% 1 ! ii . .t I believe, his most favourite efforts, were his several.; ' ste i k't . ,1'; natural history.; and we cannot name two more. jli . r'l,• 11C 4 :., more delightful offerings to this fascinating a,„.f 4,- .. " British Naturalist," and his " Feathered "l‘,„•, - ILTO4 I I British Islands," which have now taken rank tr: ' ' 7 lisi t t .f English classics. The latest productions of 'l t ,' '' , Iv ~- ti " The Heavens," " The Earth, " The -Air," . ; t ,:- rlfis',.. ~,.. "4e and " The Seasons," some of which, though '"re j ti t ' 1;. the languor of enfeebled health, evince the 0 1 4, r i g 41t. 4 ) insij,tsi,dri,,kthe,,rm.,seh.fulnuebssi,ahndithfa.mrai,litaprriitieetfheillupsrtlt;iorit eitti , , i 4 1., ti, * 1 t 4), !''..'. ! ri.„„ Pat Si r 310 e • It! J P 1 gr-' , • Oats. A. ,„,