The Sun. — London, England, 1842-02-19 00:00:00

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LONDON, SATURDAY ; • a r, 4 - FE BRUAR Y 19, 1842 Paicu 5d THE SUN is Published EVERY MORNING at FIVE O'CLOCK, in nine jw the EARLY TRAINS and TOWN I )E LIVERY ; a SECOND EDITTO-X (Evening Sun) is Published in Time for the AFTERNOON TRAINS and a THIRD EDITION at. SEVEN O'CLOCK, fr r POST; containin g PAIL&AMENTARY and all other INTEW 5 in LONDON up to that Hour. -:-; ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED .in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning s Noon, and Ni g ht, th ere by insuring a TOWN„ and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE. THE THAMES TUNNEL is Open Datiy (Sunday excepted), from Nine in the Morning until Six in the Evening, and is brilliantly lighted with gas. The present Entrance is on the Surrey side of the river, close to Itotherhithe Church. That Tunnel is now completed to the extent of 1197 feet.—Admittance One Shilling each. NOTICE.—The Tunnel will be shortly closed to the Pulkc, in order to finish the Works. UPERIAL PARLI A MEN T. HOUSE OF LORDS, Feb. 18. House. The address was signed by 20,000 persons, in habitants of the borough of Manchester, and it was to the effect :—We, the undersigned merchants, tradesmen, end working men of Manchester, declare that inloy a l ty to our Sovereign—((dries - of " Order, order")— The Ron. Member was about to proceed with the read ing of the address, when he was again interrupted with cries of " Order." The SPEAKER said, that iF the-address was in the nature of a petition, the proper time for presenting it would be after the Order of the Day was read, for going into Committee on the Corn-laws. Mr. M. GIBSON said that the address was not in the nature of a petition, but rather a declaration front the people of Manchester, statin g what their feelings were respreting the • present Conn Bill of her Majesty's Go vernment. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat oh the Wool sack at Five o'clock. J. CH NRLIER, Clerk to the Company. Company's Office, 2 \Valbrook Buildings, City, Fcti4ary 10, le4l. The Duke of .RIC [MOND moved that certain names -be added to the Library Committee.—Ordercd. Lord STRAFFORD presented a petition from a place in Ireland relative to Presbyterian marriages. ' CORN-LAWS. STAR HOTEL, SOUTHAMPTON. CHARLES STATES begs to inform his Commercial Friends and the Public that he has jointly, with Mr. Shepherd, taken the above Hotel; and in soliciting the support of Commercial Gentlemen wishes to express to them his desire to afford them that accommodation which, he trusts, will not fail to ensure their patronge and future rapport. The SPEAKER said the House could not receive any declaration that Has not in the shape of a petition. LIGHTING THE METROPOLITAN ROADS. PUBLICATIONS ?EN G. es Ray, Liverpool to , by the Sea-bird, ar to Singapore, De c. 9, I, arrived at Ceylon. nd Islam-ids, Dec. 15, er, of tine for London, , Long, London to St. Minalto, ar rrived of f t . kith, in the Gulf o r 81st, hy Siren, 1, `2otll Dff ca r at Falmouth. 11° p n 100 miles S,Vi. ;d at Falmouth. d inst., off Cape St- I mo uth. James at. 48, lon. 9, by t e, 1, Steward, of rived off Dungenessr at. 43, lon. 15, by tb L el Boucher, Ortiz to W., by the Laura, 0,7' uth to Jamaica, 12to , lat. 4 1 , Jou. 25, 1 4 ineible, St. lye's tcr 'rived at Dartmouth' 3th ult., out 21 days, /r A vessel; No. 2,04 se Clyde. Dwieshaire .om Whitby, sth OA' ais, Liverpool, Trieste, di, Malta, iklinst,, erpool, lat. 4t3. lon. 1 1,. is, Madras to Leval, ticutta, Dec. 14 ! ; westward, 3d 1 0 '' Liverpool. 'INC. ier, from China, off 20 ; Cape, Dee. 181' Mal, off the Wif.h" e t elena, Dec. 25; ailed Nov. 18. ~r d 4, from the Cape , • kin, sth, from Cati Icutts, ; Atbens, Sth, James Gibson, fr'fit nburg ; Laura, (roily Tam, from London; Deborah, llth, fr'rn ourrier de • Bourbon, 13th, from Leith m iamatave. • a Nov. 6, to P risto. ith, to London ' ;er, Bth, for Calc u s tt. °. vi Weber, 90, 1 b r ,,, ' t William Bryan, od H o pe.-Abe l i a, 12th, from if eh; :d and vroodeo e neipation, 146, frot s th, from Loeir6; land ; Mertnal d ;.A . I7th, from Le."' , Nov. 11, to Sydnt; mnbg lY ; 1 21 ; Ls ; "Nankin, 10, Bengal, sailed AT, rom Singapore, i ll n o ape Dec. 9; Eiesl4 sailed Oct. 1 2 ; - of wn, from China,,,t; St. Helens, Dee. Downs, sailed Oc t : y ping, from 111soriutle: 14 ; Byker , Cbri? .10 ;d Sept. 6, lgstilltl,l,, • Dec. • Barlecri4 a 1: sailed De c ' Carry Dec' H as tings, , h, to Loudon 25th,t,Q Rttardsrso: id Cep ; irajpars,; 28th, to Ne w lrc). .° 1 undon lam. sOd 11170.....N5P°' to (itching, previous 0; l oa ding for LO tD P 3lenelg, previotto AseP Dct. 16, from OY-der Dunmore, Suo o ad' igal, off portgla 22d. ;or I, from the &r e ti t, enclosing , c opld, Marseilles, of tbe..;:to 'VW, was seen I` 5O nd abandoned, PI TS, IKETS. . I _,../ ---- re a„ Beall .....--.......... 0' B. to A. S. t° 4 4 3 5 38 ~' 39 , 4! .1 '' 33 38 ~, 3 , 94 ',V 23 .1 3".„ 44, 38 40 .4" 3, 23 99 " ..., 36 40 "" .... 36 40 :,;; 99 32 9 7 --* 34 45 ,11 35. 33 Si f,3 30 39 0I ' 3.. :28 34 1 32 ~ 38 90 -1, 40 38 40 9, 40 40 4 4 40 5 4 26 42 36 0 33 co 56 41 40 44 3 ! 16 31 39 5 : %I 25 42 3' 4 1 95 40 9 " , —Feb 18. , o , 1 ~...9EO 84, to i e g .... 4 • 0 o 0 7 2 IIP ... ; t 1 : 9 " Y 7 - 3 211 0 d ... 0 ~ ott e ~.. .“ so e 0 ; " 910 49, .. 0 A g 0 40 0 30 ' 11 .... 37 0 4$ 0 .... . ~ 40 0 ;,„tl ! ! .... 8 0 . 0 w ... 44 0 i 3 ; •.. 21 6 0 .... 33 0 „a 0 •••• 33 I i-4 .... 4b 0 = ~, fli e -Vaudrey, 0 ' ... i 0 injuring tirob t'r i :,;ist , bred theta to o ieir bill-books,o,o to make toe °jos° one of his 959 ' ~t i fli fi j MU! mo re r-- . 1 , u. the Roroart e&tioor deposited there die o its of an lder 00 14 of 1)i joy g i r o ( Ili e of the ratio), i bl6 Ts, and InViSiers ons at all a cii* c oll SS t 0 jo in i' i'Vl‘et t 0 ,ne ~, I distant lovr l oor of a very o ' 4. tP d 'ity of the It; t 11; ttncotdartol' oat !c ; they art C ° joi 0' to Mogi. S' ~. 0 0 , e so extrerar,) op Creme deafoes o, s ir Creme 'g to hear inse, id. ttg. gessrotoit, titer 4 atituy, 00°,000 .:Ity, tieWIY-' ,iiioo' ore imperfect Of! and dullocto,,ioP every object D i g' - 1 , 6 , 175 t•ective eYe,'' oor, its youthritt,.oo tOj Loos have 53,,3tie0 ", ta!ified opP°-• , so ed ical profcserg, ho have L'ee,le Jtre, 39, Albeo4"_, Joe King Williaw n atne. .---i‘iiintii.o" RI( JO°4 Jr., seven frp ~ DDLIOIA ~ vi 2d. per ont!a;so3°l but the OW 4 x ounc e. f, s.O A d. 10 1 5 i oz. • „.. a .no a t 7 ;-‘,. i ;' 0 .20 7 '". 10 1 ' 4 .30 7 ?... 1 0,, ..20 2." 0 1/ & .10 7 2 '" 31 1 t; .10 7 2'" l6 tt .10 7 P '" 1 ° 0 ................ ' Ore!`l ....... .., ... ~,, ... 4 10 0••• ;4 ............ •••:iitotio xrP'Per' tike £6.t5, pion re_a .o,ic ~ be hat! :10';'11'er postage, t . - 1 1 4 e 'th, Algoa-baY, aughter. u ,eorge rife of r. f Ws c x, the lady 0 .oseph Barton' of o $ .. c ollr l e , POCt Or. VIII' illt Blandford naught t da u b young' s a. titi eli tarles Peari.t 1 ' !-,iisisi fig hter of 0 stl_le . !_ t / ,./ II s t Pall'll3 c-stree , don, Mr. Willi° fish-town,. lir. It' 72. Of pi n pie , lent ii. : ,, 0 0446 1 1 DO I7 .. 11'2, Strad, I/ Ty 1 8, 1841' UNDE R IRE SANCTION OF THE COMMITTEE OF C OUNCIL ON EDUCATION. INGING SCHOOL, EXETER HALL. A 0 (hid - 7 4 , 0 , ' B3 00. 10) for Females will be opened on it 4 ttri)423t E N F ebruary, at half-past Five o'clock, under ANTS, and NTDENCE of Mr. JOHN HULLAII, to he C°NDUCTED by o ne of his for the PRI NCIPAL ASSIST. at the sarbe b w o j u ll Meet every Monday and Thursday evening, r until the completion of the course. .. TERMS Ilhoild to C ot l l , o of Sixty Lessons, 305., to be paid in advance, or Eig i lit litimszess,.:4lstuhnlYdl: yy.ments be preferred,then ss. per month ( i ern ,,_ 1 to be also paid in advance ; but Schoolmistresses, Go .'ehool Teachers, and others engaged in de tinleteary,e.ducatiiin will be avlnittevi on the same terms as here tatli Pupil must provitlewhheerleseelfeuw,ristel: e a r c 2 op s. y 6:: f . per tiie month. lessons P I E T I: ts, ..hZ . : , . 15 : 1 - f ' irthe p r t e , 6ti. each r. P arker, 445, West Strand, in three parts,: may be obtained at the Education Department of t he daity l . Cee eeil Offico, D owning -street, between eleven and f and • and at Exe'er Hall, between the hours of five no te , 11. 1, ,, ' -- ---„ ----- ‘j"uER Tlit SANCTION OF THE CONIMITTEE OF COUNCIL ON EDUCATION. QINGING SCHOOL, EXETER HALL. 1 1 / 4 1 AloNnA CLASS (No. 9) for AI ALES will e AY th 9 1 t of F bat Seven o ' clock, under the su b , e.. Se rulrv, - '''' -i ttINTE , • A ion r HULLAIL to be r . . .NJENCE of Ir. , N opened on :rANT‘-'ON DUCTED b of his PRINCIPAL - ASSIS s, and uill meet every One Monday and Thursday Even ad the sme hour, until the completion of the course. in iiva tt n . e l e S . for t he course of Sixty Lessons, 305,, r to ed, paid be then ss. per n,„4117„,./lould monthly payments be . P if Sch,; (q tLight Le::sons) to be also paid - r: in their: asters: Sunday-Schiol Teachers, in thers ergaged 'll be admitted and 0 _ 04 th e '," re t-llon of the cliildren of the poor, wi er advance ; but drat2s .me term s as heretofore, viz , 15s. for the whola course t bil. per mont h Pubhit,„l4ll"lmust provide himself with a copy of t h he Pt ,uy Air p k . w . t. Strand, in t ree les rar n f:: .r.ce at each. . at cr, 443, as . Tick e t Ptir 'may be obtained at the Education Department of the dail v Y C ouncil Office, between the hours of Eleven an oicineanrol i t Exeter Ilall, between the hours of Five and Ten , .t. ItOYAL POLYTECHNIC I N . s_ _III T U an - a EVeN I T N I,ON„ , REGENT -STREET.—MORNI NGS 4Niw i "N except SATURDAY EVENINGS. ~........n$ e xcept LECTURES daily, J SMITH, C.,;IUtiLS on PERSPECTIVE, by Air: -.' ~e „ d on ly tt `,'. B nd Architect, the Second of which will De del 1 _ .. , , a. _ including FOUR i i ;„' 4v Evening Next at EiAlit o'clock, whet), he wiILeZ.VII,! li . ,lateuliir method of teething Perspective. Y'7lClem..l.' vIEWS. BARWISE and VAIN,S ELECTDRIOS-MAG CLOCKS, on which principle ore, on a large scale d 11:41! work in from of the Instituti n -WVIH T and BAIN TftttxPATENT ELECI*RO-nM'AGNETIC CONTROLL DIVING S ELL . R. The MICROSCOPE, . 2 009 Cork' and DIVER, OR &c. &c., including i v of irltu.o4;:linent Art, Science, and Ingenuity. RAILWAY urvbEticititaCßlNEB 11 c rut's ' 'F Isle fW' h an d • s 0 ig t, var ious ~ CO SMORAMIC A RTIST. The MO A DE V I I , E of the are added to the Evening Exhibition. z_ ....,._ Admission tth whole , One Shilling. ___......__________ o e NATIONAL DISTRESS, AND HOME COLONIES. R S% CI -I will ;,1 THIRD LECTURE at the 'Social and Literary In w - Eve r ,L"' 2a, John-strect '_ Tottenham-court -road, To-murerd?es deliver her ; (Suxi,Av), at 'Seven o'clock, .. On the RemL,Cils and 'sgl'at'ci for Relieving- the Distress of the Country biete•iefits which would result from a combination of ca -:? ' aituristr and = • f • Home Colonise." ' rN-------._____ , rnanulacturers, ,forming pi . tali , s_ts, N)CIA L and LITERARY INSTITU-. T EA ir,l°,,N„,. 2.3, ohn street Tottenham Court-ro— '''EXT `';`‘,.[lr and BALL ;rill be held on MO NDAY _TITII ANNII:rpeinnarY 21, 1 842, to commemorate the S ECOND TioN -RSARY of the OPENING of the INS _ E l i, ti oßtß r OWEN, Eq. Chairman ;W. D. SAULI-, l waCi i s;i % G.,.,N• Deputy Chairti s iin ' . Tea in the Hall at Six lie., Kill lianeing to Commence at Half-past Eight. Musi c , tn b 'erit oi,,be provided in the Coffee-room for the entFr.kaits %elk!. ,be friends who do not join in the dance.—Tic e tle , tat e , in g 'ea, is. 6d. • Double, admitting a Lady and Gen - , f i le ..l, 6d . , 2 vetll t. Zil d i abYe2 dteL(eiar4etdh uipnoStn, °ll Th 4,0004 meeting of the Buildino• Society will be he ld 'thnelieSnhaiaespividend of FIVE i V11313N AND BLACK WALL RAIL- I 4 t ) '' 6 , WAY COMPANY. er,P'q.ellAiatilereb Give , That the next HALF P -YEARL h Y - ' 4l Pii --• MEETING of the PROPRIETORS It th V .1, 4 11 ,i' will beheld D 'Nuant to the Act of Incorporation, t _ e -A of p.. 01 1 Tavern ie u 0 .. 13 g t street, on•MoonaT, h. 1.,611tie-„`.4l..,narY instan't, is i t sh Ei s ve a n e ior Twelve o'clock. f the '1• 1 11a - It "40 given tt h El e ven ER BOOKS o . e . itjszy __„. clo se d t e the 21st of Februa y G %Al e ot k w ul the on MotinAir, Half-yearly „,'ilers.l rq 'TII-OPENED until after the said . ' %b• id' " I N, on th h f February. lar ation The dec a Nist "•••"41 paval,l e 28t o Original Shates, who m y tik 'red it, th • ~ e to flolders of On. d will then be en into Company's Books wherklose , eursideration. • W. ROUTH, Chairman. retary. ° Tir e , WARMINGTON, ee s, 60, renchurcnj; street, February 15, 1842. NATIONAL "---"-•-----L----ND SOCIETY Li p LOAN FU -- As roa ORANTiNG SUR AN CES, DEFERRED ANNUITIES, &c. No. 26, CORNHILL. O. i.,er Capital R 500,00- ...arliament• i'"a ed by Special Act of r J b T. I oas. ~ c. 4: AHE ATZVAy, E s q., Chairman. "alia 0"a, Nib. FR S John Rawson, Esq. _ . ii,„,„,ifath Frit h', col . . I J o h n Riddle Stodart, Esq lort,. 1.`"•'14 Es .' •• 1 Clement Tabor, F, q• . till i, Es q. R -3, Esq. 1 Joseph Thilimpson, Esq or AUDITORS. irettftS• A I.,:*atstotie F R S. I Professor Gravei,A c P 4 1 111%-- W: S. B. Woolhouse, Esq. / E. IL A. S. So ti*le/Atv---J. Elliotson, M.D., F.R.S. qciloitss...Alelsttno/ON--Roe . S.. Sutton, SYrn E e w s' ert 'i , q a ' nd OmmanneY, )14NXtk, 6, B asi t 4hall-street. . Co. Glyn, Halifax, Mills, an d 1 11 44 41, / , LIFE. ASSURANCE. i 'NI - Ack s p • . a large paid-up Cap l'. t .se ttiol ,---. erfect security from to borrow Pr.,Etl'irds p 41a,t4'n&----Equitable Rates—Poweror forfeiture—and Nl'.'trinklaji:4,;'.4!"rt Paid, without expense ttlier,. Nigi4;lvde.d. Rates than at a!:y ttt et `Jf:Q ye, or Short Periods at Lower Li fe at the usual 1 ' n n option of continuance for 1 , t T he I.' toPl?c, •et tit - -est arld -.. ,IIRED ANNUITIES life ...._ .. , 0 of. ti, e :•,--*:; in... most varied provision for after at _ _ 11 , 1 „. 7 at 65 °i r e annul (Is. per creek) t , 2 ° of £47 16s. 6d. ia, ta 'i,i 1 1 1: wilder the choice of an arum ! 3 .6. t Similar ad litnt.,g" at 5 c ? a . 11 , ‘r policy at death of .L.-1 ) lent at any I L 04 T,' ')?, and 60 —Two-thirds payments death. e tt l , ''t dtt,.., "•thirds ret dinc , se of prematur )f:t ued p la urne .. be bad at W rti e '', at go lay, a nd Last Annual Report, to . _. will be ter d DI), free Y of its 13ranehes, or on applica tion 14 t l'. F.ERGUSON CAMROUX, Setretary• i cul tN I ' N'r ITuRE SALE DEPARTMENT. _ _. ' Cli N ICON, BELGRAVt (4111 NI A , Stock of bit e , ' f l\ '4 4 ..i.::--The largest and best selected exhi_ 14 ; 1 4 °I. ale 04 UPHOLSTERY FURNITURE ever the at t i ti Y of whi',Ls always to be found in this Establishment, an.every qa tb d! Plid n i c y " is warranted of the best descrip tion, d price. Itr,rtd: cartNi '"arlied at the Manufacturer s lo west art of the ititda HoeseY, Pa.,lced, and forwarded to a • ny i p o-hout a t h a ) '' , loti e , 4 the first class furnished tbrot ~., 11 , re th . 1;C1411'6‘00 torn E 'of ve ry fine old CRUSTED or r , ~.. N t, _ , , _.:,, d in Bottle, and freed 111, , "oeti,,.. matt3 years mature . OLD PORT, Ii ,Illty,--". Also a cpiantityof Superior p s Butts, p r gshe ads and other Foreian Wines, in Pi e ' oderate t l ltes. ' and Quarter Ca.,l(;), to be sold at very m Ittly v and :: C 0 .1 had hkvi„,,',ltlCK SPARROW has tiow4calaroL,ta formed connexion with a gentleman whoe Trade, tarit'ft'' (w4'alfor many years engaged in the I.) "in oto it y of %. a view of lessening the Stoc k a co nsi derable -, Wood an d tin e e ' at ppi e erY Superior OLD WINES : in atten t,,t4.l.N„,,rn,sppartienlarly deserving the immediate Tavern, and ttielß'ise keeuperG, Tlnetbnettii, Dealers Hotel , l ' other consumers._ r (1.44'4e c,:,,4'1Y be seen tas o t n e s d e , s' and samples had, at i t . h! e i ,s viitlrieu, k iti , Ars, il ,,, er , •'s. le ll's-buildings, adjoining St..Eicl N o. ! 8 , arle ; also at the Counting-house and Original v,ii tito Ludgate -hill.) •-STREET (Near the botton of 4 . 4 til e constantly Nti_ ia.r,.... paost atrocious offences ale con as also st roar' ,against the constituted authorities , should jivelie", patier°,,,tuers who, from their station in society the country that ti ' ,b, 4, 10 r the imitation of others, and . as . necessary ord er se „,, ho ', to the most perilous state,. it is s f all social d ear, 'hould w 'sn to prevent the subversion . o tion the 1 4,,,,," ne ee , take into their (st serious cons idera tion which If - l'een e wry to 1 2 , ID )- t' n , the desis , th, ,t)rrajd f e used for defea i t.,. hievous purposes. tikid aySeitio.‘ or effeetinv the most misc means of t b tii, e e Stn ie "s so frqentl- made are true, tha Y ed lish , ' 'BllO ;•••••aeetlinr,s ev e • ? I o'ect can be ac ' comp moting ,e, arld ee,,„„, r _ . 1} }'evil pr j t , This Is pro . of - Itli te iters eetr f ‘... persons or proper . }• the whole order . t e ,, l ..e , aed r0,._.,,ng v.irtue, it is inverting lami f the most ca tell to r !li `,Wi inevitably be productive 0 Edward Far t Mel e Man • attempt, made by Mr. . otlyi ll _, uee th o __ ), in to give a deceived, likrtialiinia. p row , st , Ish u do not wish to be that strict im tare, t Y, L, 'of their sincerity, and observe be dig it., e, ~,' Means of which truth may eas ily hypocrites . wogt'ate,i, is the treacherous machinations of . IttZlit ptlrsite ?,lot tliis the con .se which every man of problitty, *h et ' i s i S wi ll E;e tests opportunity is now afforded and by t i ed, and tr',l4'lpe.4t,,i4 rp,i,ette-,(l,ll:cliel's'irra(balei tli e a n t t a im rrg n llt s eo e u n s cause shall be if ,Persoel; Adverting toprevalent rumours, Mr. F. declares tha d t itl-'Y'S nor ever lizd any claim whatever up( n him ; .an ilahor, tic s oeen made, it is fraudulent, it is felonious. No Intl -1141,0t ill".ecn given to h im , and if any person has acted for e':•"'? prefers ' na me, it is feltfly. No person would in his pre ; he e 4 'ssio „ canY is against him, and doing so secretly is a ; `, 4 fre 1-'O4l, which rn.rits exemplary punishment. It has 4,4mst itll.-ell''Y aS,erted th' t • ' 1 irac% have been formed Pro,,, • 'lb, of which he la c i (ms- .lou ' lit and that more corn- Intliiqs,4l'ie (bjects Cr, in • ' N a's th a n m( the ' mere injury which an 4,°lt'r'Y t'' rear' su frer, is cevriteaiv k nothing Can be more dero -4 People than to rnefu:e justice, it now remains _to _,, . '. the fact if this candid statement shall produce the ....tieloeffe4. ' Apt, ---- -- ; __ 50s. the I.r4MACHE TEA TRAYS, _ e. d i ' r Long ' ,if EIJLLSIZED GOTHIC SHAPE. bup ",zeri ~;" Table Knives, `Loma y les, 1 . 45., pet le, l e . g rams Poles for \t , l d ds lunch diameter, 4 f,,s' Per foot •2•1 n ow , . foot bronzed fenders, ~, t 1 0 , 1 n , Inc les, Is. Bd. per , ilitit, I ca. ttAN,ttlOlt LONDON TABLE CUTLERY WAR- Sabi 'Lb 43 ,!alaclo, TABLE KNIVEi with Ivory Handles, 1 . h, -e w ; Dessert Knive ll '' '. Carvers, 4s. 6d , p er pair; °the '‘nives, with wh•t 'lb B•' handles,B Bd , per dozen , ~.. rt, 61. ii , . _ 1 e one . . Globe-shape Tea tr,',;ll, 4 Itiartr, -i,C,rnveers, . i s. per pair , Papier Mache Tea ‘Wita'4°t•hie shape, '4os ;vitialeaPse't' of 3' f:ill slim Catalogues, Attiele'ng the priees,'with Engravings of every Ironmonger ! Der e,, gee h e te the furnish gof a house of any size, 25 Krtti;"- tinder arty other old-es tablishedin: house, to be had ito,kolt. free). - -- °lsi 44W BURTON, 12, Wells-stree Oxford -street. Ate t , Established 1820. irVACELL o NT .„. EN V FAMILY MEDICINE FOR INDIGES IN e.._l..ul!ltilis 4ND LIVER COMPLAINT,,, &c., "de ,at 1i.,,N,t9v/4,Y0 14 t 4 c ni t t (Ng r l 1 a p f l a i liari h a a l , has been ti7_l4 a ~..!.. affording perznanent relief in all ca e se s of innigestion, rtb,V;rl,ls' cure for -Headache, Bilious and Liver Complaints, , 'bed s i ,, abd. Acidity of the Sto,rach, Depressed Spirits, lv &c. 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NICHOLAS. SECOND DAY. PORTSMOUTH, 'THURSDAY NG.—This morning, at nine o'clock, the members of ihe€.3ourt re-assembled on board the St. Vincent. The Cou t-Islbirtial his excited much interest among the naval world here. - Captain Nicholas will enter upon his defence to-morrow. Mr. 'Harwood, the second master of the Vindictive, was again called as the first witness this morning, and cross-exa mined at considerable length. After the examination of John Bowdp and William Chap man, Quarter-Masters, Lieutenant H. Stewart, third Lieutenant of the Vindictive, was called. He was officer of the middle-watch on the morn ing of the 26th. Saw the Nab light during the whole of his watch. To the best of his judgment, the distance was a mile and a-half. Was on the forecastle when the ship got under weigh. It was Lieutenant Lavie's station when the first Lieutenant was doing duty, but the first Lieutenant was not on duty that day. He was on the forecastle when the buoy was first seen, and pointed it out to the Master's-Assistant. The buoy was black, and about 200 yards on the starboard bow before the cathead. Shortly alter the ship was luffed to _the wind, and the best bower anchor let go. He was :of opi nion that every necessary measure was adopted, and every pre caution taken, for the safety of the ship that her situation re quired, and that Captain Nicholas gave his orders with clear ness and precision, and that his conduct was calculated to sti mulate the exertions of ethers, and give confidence to those around him. The wind was fresh, and the weather thick, when the ship got under weigh. By Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane—Did the prudence or im prudence of getting under weigh in such weather strike you? The witness-1 did not know the position of the ship, but thought it odd getting under weigh at that time. Admiral Sir T. Cochrane—From the state of the weather, could you have seen any danger in su ffi cient time to avoid it ? Witness—l should think nCt. In reply to further questions put by the Court, the witness said he had taken the bearings of the Nab light during the night, which bore W. by S. He was of opinion, flat if the ship had had her treble reefed topsails set, she w.,uld have stayed after the buoy was seen. Captain Nicholas then examined the witness, who, in reply to questions put, said that the squall took place at the time, or a little after the buoy was seen—that the courses came in the wind—the jib pennants became unlashed from the clew, and that he thought the reason of the jib splitting. Captain Nicholas—ln the state you have now described the ship to have been in by the sudden squall, would it have been possible to have tacked the ship, even if the topsails had been set; and had the topsails been upon her, suppose, and she had missed stays, would she not have gone broadside on the shoal? The witness-1 think it very doubtful whether she would have stayed or not, rarticularly without. a spanker and main trysail ; had she missed stays she would have paid right off on the shoal. In reply to further qui stions put by Captain Nicholas, he stated that he did not wonder at the ship being moved, and that if he had had the charge of her he should have moved bee to a safe anchorage. On the evening of the 25th the ship was an chored by the watch alone. he general orders of the Captain were that, when the ship was under weigh, a look-out should be placed on the fore-yard, and another on the jibboom end, and in hazy weather, one at each cathead. Mr. Purdoe was recalled—Was in the Echo steamer when she went out to the Vindictive. Reached the ship about half-past seven. At that time she did not appear to be aground, but was lying with a straight cable. Had heard that there was a defect in the compasses of the Vindictive, and on trying them he found one was cor rect, and the other diverged a degree, not more. Would not have the smallest doubt in proceeding, to sea with those compasses. When the ship made sail off the shoal, the Echo could not keep up with her. A ship a mile to the eastward of the Nab light, a W. N.W. course, would have car ried her into St. Helea's Roads. If she had been two miles from the Nab light she 'still would have made St. Helen's Roads. Did not apprehend at the time the ship was under weigh the tide would make any alter ation, it being the weakest time of the tide. No vessel .could make a proper W.N.W. by compass, and reach the position in which the Vindictive was placed:on the Dean Sands, without going over the outer buoy. The remaining portion of this -witness's evidence went to show that Captain Nicholas, in getting the ship off under her courses, displayed great skill and seamanship. Commander J. W. Lewis Sheringham, empl.yed in the surveying service, was examined as to the position of the Vin dictive when she was on the shoal. The paper which was handed in by Mr. Purdue was given to him, and he thought it very near correct. He thought the velocity of the tide at 8.50 on the morning of the 26th, about four-tenths of a mile per hour, and at 9. 50, about six-tenths. He confirmed Mr. Pur e:s evid ence , t h at no sh i p cou ld steer a proper W . N. W course and come upon the Elbow buoy without first making the outer buoy. At this stagE of the proceedings the President intimated to Captain Nicholas that the case for the prosecution had closed. and asked him , when he would be prepared to go into his defence. Captain Nicholas said he should be quite prepared by twelve o'clock to-morrow, to which hour the Court stands adjourned. SIR HENNY MORGAN, THE BUCCANEER. — Perhaps there is nowhere else to be found in authentic annals such a "strange eventful history" as that of the great English buccaneer, Sir Henry Morgan--se fearful a display of crime and passion, con nected with so stirring a detail of incident and adventure; and though all this, and its still more strange results, in the public honours, appointments, and wea l th heaped on the perpetrator of crimes and outrages unheard o f b efore in the history of human wickedness—happened only a century and a half ago, it is almost as little known to the ordinary reader as if it belonged to the an nals of China. The subject is an admirable one for a romance, and especially suited to the powers of the late Mr. Howard, who has worked it up into I narrative as striking for its truth as it is stirring for its almost incredible variety of strange and exciting adventure. The Paul Joneses of the sea must henceforth sink into vulgar vil. lains besides the brilliant Sir Henry Morgan, the beloved of ladies, the honoured of Kings, thedaeaded of entire nations, and, in short, the very beau ideal of a " Bold Buccaneer." PORTSMOUTH, lan• 17.---A spirited appeal to " those who earn their bread by the sweat of their brow," has just been made by a it king man, which has stirred up the energies of the inhabitants, and a public meeting will be held in a few days, to consider the new Corn Bill. Lord. BROUGHAM presented a petition from the ministers and congregation of a Protestant Dissenting chapel in Eagle-street, lled-lion-square, praying for a total repeal of the Corn-laws. The Noble Lord also pre-. sented petitions .from Qmagb, Donegal, and other places in Ireland, to the same, effect. .Lord KINNAIRD presented several - petitions from thwemiuty of Perth. -The Noble Lorlsaid that in the course of the last session of Parliament,' he lied called' the: attention of her Majesty's Government to the dis tress existing in the country; although Parliament had been sitt'ng nearly three weeks, yet nothing had been done to ascertain Whether means could be talon for relieving that distress. In Paisley 19,000 persons Were supported by charitable contributions. The funds in the. hands of the treasurer were n sufficie to :ippon for more than three weeks longer epAerso i not the slight.st prospect was vis ' , my imp in trade. Their Lordships were ware that the a.L!ey manuaCturkirs' gteat-alatasure cantiuo€L4o-4;3444a-Mrtgatkp eucli as shawls and h andk e h iefs-anorthere wasnot th'e sligh tet,t prospect of a revival of theie . - trade. - Ile (Lord Kinnaird) - had seen a manufacturer of l'aisley, who had told - him that he was selling articles, which were formerly disposed of at a shiling, fo r three pence. He (Lord Kinnaird) asked if he could make it pay at that price, and he answered, " No, but it is better to sell at that price than to close , the mills." and that in exporting large quantities he would sell at twopence. It was a horrible thing to think that there were people in this country who were actually in a state of starvation. They cared for nothing, they were reduced to despair, and their energies were gone. He (Lord Kinnaird) - knew a gentmman who had visited a poor family, and had stated to him that he had found the head of that family dying from actual starvation. The heads of families cared not what became of their children, or of themselves. He (Lord Kinnaird) thought something ought to be done, otherwise the consequences would be most serious. The Noble Lord concluded by presenting a great number of petitions praying for a total .repeal of the Corn-laws from the Corporation of Perth; from several trades corporations' of Perth, and from a great number of plaCes in the counties of Perth and Forfar. . Lord CAMPBELL gave notice that on Monday week he should introduce a certain Bill for the improvement of the admistration of justice in the House, in the Privy Council, and in the Court of Chancery. Lord BROUGHAM. moved for returns of the num ber of cases standing for hearing before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, the Consistorial Court., and the Manor Court, together with the number of judg ments given, up to the present day.—Ordered. The House then.adjourned till Monday next. HOUSE OF - ^ CD.4IIAIIONS, FEB. 18. , . The SPEAKER took the chair shortly before 4 o'clock. The Midland County , Railway Bill was brought in, read a first, and ordered 'to lie read a second time on Monday. Mr. i3ARNARD brought in the London and Green wich Railway Bill which was read a first, and ordered to be read a second time on Monday. . Colonel ROLLESTONE . ,brought in the Nottingham Gas Bill (No. I),•which was read a first, and ordered to be read a second time. Sir G. LAR PENT brought in the Nottingham (No. 2) Bill, which was read a first, and ordered to be read a second time.- Mr. M. PHILLIPS brought in the Manchester In firmary Bill, which was read a first, and ordered to be read a second time. Sir J. EASTHOPE presented a petition, signed by the Mayor and Corporation of Leicester, against the Government plan for the alteration of the Corn-laws, and praying for their total repeal. The Wm. Baronet also presented a similar petition, most numerously signed, agreed to at a public meeting in the open air at Leices ter, the 'Mayor in the chair. The lion. Member also presented eight similar petitions from different parts of the country., •, Mr. LOPIWART presented a petition complaining of undue assessment in consequence of the New Prison Mr. BI OTHERTON presentvd several petitions against the Corn-laws. - :Sir ANDREW LEITH HAY presented a petition from Banff, praying for the total and immediate repeal of the Corn laws. Mr. HOULDSWORTII presented eleven petitions, from different plaCes in Yorkshire, with the same prayer. Mr. BELL presented a petition from Glat , gow, pray ing for a change in the passenger-duties on railways. Mr. STA.NSFIELD presented petitions from several townships, rarishes, and 'congregations in the county of York, praying for the total and immediate repeal of the Corn-laws. • Mr. HINDLEY presented a petition from Staley bridge, signed by 3,600 persons, praying the House to reject the measure of the Government for an alteratioii of the Corn-law, as calculated to afford no relief to the country, and praying the House to repeal totally and en tirely the present Corn and Provision-laws; and, further, to enact a law by which every man at the age of 21 years, and of sound mind, should be entitled to the elective franchise. Another, agreed upon at a pub lic meeting . in the borough of Warrington, and signed by the Chairman ; two other petitions from the Young Men's Anti-Monopoly Association at Ashton-under- Lyne ' and the Congregation of I n d epen d ent Di ssenters. at Warrington, for a total and i mme di ate repea l o f t h e Corn-laws. Also, a petition from a cotton weaver at Ashton-under-Lyne, of the house of J. A. Stewart, coin plaining of the Corn-laws and Other evils arising from class legislation. Mr. THORNELY presented petitions against the Corn-laws. • Mr. H. BERKELEY presented a petition from a number of the Society of Friends, in Bristol, praying for a removal of import duties, especially those on corn and provisions. The petitioners stated their belief that, unless these restrictive duties were removed, the people would be driven desperate by starvation.. Mr. MACKINNON presented a petition from the wife and daughter of Mr. Chambers, the late banker, in Bond-street, praying that a clause be inserted in the Bankrupt Act, providing that no person be incarcerated on account of Bankruptcy proceedings, after the age of sixty-nine. Petitions prayiug for a total repeal of the Corn-laws were presented by Sir E. Colebrook, Mr. Wilson, and Mr. Lewis Ricardo. • Mr. WAKLEY presented, a petition for the total re peal of the Corn-laws, and another for the commutation of :he tolls on the Metropolitan Bridges. • Mr. M. GIBSON presented 50 petitions against the Corn-laws. Mr. WALLACE presented six petitions praying for a total repeal of the Corn-laws. Sir J. 110BEIOUSE presented a petition from Not tingham against the. Corn-laws. Dr. BOWRING presented 23 petitions, signed by 16,900 persons, against the Corn-laws. Mr. G. W. WOOD presented petitions to the same effect. Mr. HUTT presented a petition from Hull, signed by 8,000 persons, to the same effect. Mr. YORKE presented 41 petitions signed, praying for a repeal of the Corn-laws. Lord DALMENY presented a petition from Stirling, to the same effect. Sir BENJAMIN HALL presented a petition from Marylebone, praying that the bridges may be opened; also several petitions from the same place, praying for a repeal of the Corn-laws. Mr. FOX MAUL E presented several petitions for a repeal of the Cnrn-laws. Sir CHARLES NAPIER presented several petitions to the same effect. Mr. FERRAND presented a petition from an indi vidual in Camberwell, Surrey, praying the House to take into early consideration the duties on foreign cut lery, linens, muslins, bobbins, and other foreign produc tions, with a view to the reduction of those duties, in order to enable the people of England, who now pay exorbitantly for English manufactures, to have the bene fit of the skill of foreign artizans. The petitioner added, that such a step would promote the general wel fare of mankind.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) Colonel ANSON presented a petition, signed by 6,000 persons, from Durham, against the Corn-laws ; also a petition to the same effect from a place in Shropshire. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented a petition signed by 112 rate payers of Oheam, praying for the abolition of the Poor-law Commission ; also a petition from Kidder minster praying for a complete extension of the Franchise and for Vote by Ballot. Sir G. STRICKLAND presented two petitions from Preston praying for an alteration in the Corn-laws, and ten petitions from Dewsbury, all to the same effect. Mr. MURRAY presented a petition from Dundee, praying for a total repeal of the Corn-laws. Mr. ROEBUCK presented a petition from Bath, praying for a total repeal of the Corn-hws. Mr. DIVETT presented a petition from Creditcn , praying for a total repeal of the Corn-laws. Mr. EWART presented six petitions from Annaa and other places, praying for a total repeal of the Corn-laws. Lord NEWRY presented a petition from Down, pray ing the House to pass a measure legalising Presbyterian mixed marriages. Mr. BROCKLEHURST presented two petitions from C Macclesfield, praying for a total repeal of the C orn -l aws . Mr. AGLIONBY presented a petition fr om Cocker mouth, praying for a total repeal of the orn-laWs. Mr. COBDEN presented .petitions from S ta l ey b r i dge, and from other places in Yorkshire and Devonshi re , t o the same effect. Mt. WARD presented petitions from several agri. cultural parishes in the neighbourhood of Sheeld, praying for a repeal of the Corn-laws, or, at all events, a reduction of the duty. : Mr. C. VILLIERS presented several petitions from Dissenting congregations, prayin g rr the im mediate repeal of the Corn-law's. ARK. Manclester Chamber of Corn-law's.:on: Mr. M PHILLIPS presented-a petition from the C om m e r ce, laining that the plaza proposed by her Majesty's Government respecting the Corn-laws was totally inadequate to the exigencies of the people, denouncing class legisl.ition of every •kind, ropudiating all proto.•-ction, whether of manufactures or agriculture, claiming the privil ege o f exc h ang i ng. th e produce o f th e ir ind us t r y w ith other coun t r i es , praying for the total and immediate repeal of the Corn-laws. lie a1.,0 presented fifty other petitions from parties em ployed in different works in 'Manchester, praying fir the total and immediate repeal of the Corn-laws. Mr. PARKER presented a petition from a town in the' Vest Riding of Yorkshire, praying for the total and immediate repeal of the Corn-laws. NOTICE OF MOTIONS. — fRESBYTERIAN MAR- lAGES. Lord ELIOT gave notice that he would, on the 24th, move for leave to bring in a Rill to legalize mar riages celebrated in Ireland by Dissenting ministers, be tween Dissenters and members ()f the Established Church. I RAILROA I)6 INIRELAND. itlione. 'RENCII gave noti ' thatlie. would move for leave to Trare an humble. . e*l t olle presented to `it r. ..11.ajesty :praying, ti t at, sait'4 be ple..a6ed to direct 0411rue:it of railroads to be extemied 10. h-eland. ,- , CORN-LAWS Mr. E. BULLER, gave notice, that on the House going into Conitnittee on the Corn-lawg, he would move new scale of duties in place of the One reposed by her Majesty's Government. .THE NEW MAGISTRATES. Mr. ILUTT moved for a return of the names of the Magistrates appointed in the different boroughs of the United Kingdoni in 1841. IRISH CRIMINAL LAW. Mr. CHARLES BULLER wished -to ask the Noble Lord, the Irish Secretary, two questions, whi,l he feared the House would consider rather ludicrous, - but which were not so when - taken in connexion With the administration of justice in Ireland. He saw by the papers that at one of the as sizes in Ireland a man had been sentenced to, death, not for killing a human being, but for killing a go,:it (Cries of Hear, hear.") He wished to know whether there was : really left on the statute-book a law that assigned such a penalty for such an offence. He did not think that the Government would venture to carry the sentence into effect for such an offence, but he would ask what course was meant to be taken with this un happy man, and what punishment would be inflicted on him ? Lord,ELIOT said, that a man had been indicted, as the lion. and Learned Gentleman had stated, for killing a goat ; and as it was found that, under an anci en t statute, the offence was a capital one, the sessi ons (for it was at a • sessions not an assize), had no Option but to pass a sentence of deafh. lie trusted 'that it was hardly necessarx, for him to state, that the man haying undergone SI? veral weeks imprisonment, it was _considered punishment for the offence, and he was immediately set — at liberty. The House would permit him to 'acid that he regretted such a law should continue to disgrace the statute-book, and farther that it was the intention of his Hon. and Learned Friend, the Solicitor-General for Ire land, to bring in a Bill to assimilate the COminal Law of Ireland with that of England. Sir C. NATTER begged Wrepeat the question.h e h a d already put to the Right Hon. 13aronet, respectin g th e treatment of the Emir Beschir, late Prince of the Le banon, by the Turkish Government, and the intended mode of governing that district by two Pachas. Sir R. PEEL was not able as yet to - give the particulars asked, for it Would' be remembered that the object of the late. operations in Syria was to restore the independence of the Turkish Govern ment. No accounts had arrived from Constantinople since the 2oth of January, at which time the Emir 6d not arrived there. With respect to the other point, all he (Sir R. Peel) could say• at present was, that the Turkish Government had sent the Seraskier Paella to Beyrout, to inquire both amongst the Druses and Maronites auto the best mode of governing the district, but the result of his mission had not yet transpired. He regretted, therefore, that he could not as yet . give the desired in , Ormation to the Hon. and Gallant Admiral. Sir C...NAPIER.„---4 am much obliged to the Right ll6n. ine - Vs446ati Itgui l / 4 014:11fiir mistake.—(Great laughter and cheers.) THE LORD PRESIDENT HOPE. Mr. WAKLEY said he had received a letter from this distinguished individual, which he would read to the House:—" Edinburgh, Feb. 14, 1842.—Sir,—As you ap pear to me to act in Parliament qu i te independently of party feelings—(Laughter and cheers)—and as many may have drawn the same inference which you kayo from the motion for returns made by Mr. Fox Maule being refused, on good Parliamentary grounds no doubt, I am sure you will be glad to state to the House on a: proper Opportunity, that during eleven years since the trying the civil causes by jury by the Court of Session devolved on me, I have been absent only on three cases. With those exceptions I attended every one. I was absent from one of the-three on account of the possible interest of a near relative in the case, and from the other two in consequence of casual indisposition which did not hold for three days. If Mr. Maule'e motion had been granted, and if it in cluded all the trials down to . August, for it did not go beyond July, -it would be seen that there was only one case upon which any other Judge sat.—C. liorE.' —He Mr. Wakley) had great pleasure in reading the letter, and he would assure the. House that the part he took in this case was only on public grounds.—(Hear, hear.) It would now be seen, that this whole case h a d or i g i na t e d in misap prehension. Sir R. PEEL said he wished • t o ma k e an o bservation in reference to this subject. The Right Hon. Gentle man, opposite (Mr. Fox Maule) .would probably re collect that he had asked him (Sir R. Peel), on a previous night, whether that, during the period when be held office in 1834 and 1235, the. Lord President had not signified to him his intention. to resign office. He had then stated that he had no recollection of such a circumstance, but he had since received a communi cation from the Lord President, stating that he had never made any such proposal, and that he might therefore give the most peremptory. contradiction to the •• statement. Mr. F. MAULE said, what had just fallen from the Right Hon. Baronet was rather an answer to a question which he had put in debate, than a contradiction of any thing which he had stated.' He (Mr. Fox Maule) was as much pleased with the result of the debate as any friend of the Lord President could possibly be, setting at rest, as it did, a report which had been widely circulated in Scotland. No one now was more convinced than he was of the misrepresentation which had taken place, and no- one accepted the refutation with greater satisfaction. lie was ex tremely gratified by the letter which had been read by the Hon. Member for Finsbury, and in the absence or 01 official information, whatever might have been his opinion with reference to the conduct of the retired Judge in remaining in office, as he had thought, after his powers had failed, he should be the last man either in that House or out of doors to ques tion anything which came from such a source. He had no hesitation in stating now, as be had before done, that he had been led by wrong information into an error which he sincerely regretted. He was extremely • sorry that. the subject had ever been mooted, and he trusted that it would now be set at rest.—(Hear, hear) CHANNEL FISHERIES. regulation of the fishing t a h t e ceunfry and of Great Bri- Captain PECHELL wished to put a question to the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of her Majesty's Go vernment. The Right Honourable Baronet was aware that a treaty had . been concluded with France, which track o h n a t the b f e o r coast its object b j o e f c that h Gallant_ Officer had stated appointed tain. Commissioners had been for managing the fisheries of the two countries, and to prevent corn conclud2d in 1839 between sions. He wished to know in what position the matter at present stood, and also what steps the Hon. Baronet which the rights intended to pursue ? should be tip _ s lv s i i t o h n i e n r s correctly this Sir country it. itiFa7t a aL n thedtsraeiladiy•atill:caveta,s to regulate the oyster and other fisheries off the coasts of the two countries. The of each should be restricted , and pointedtreat3 , provided specify t that C limits t.iiiui i teh-lake re gu l at i ons for carrying the regulations prescribed by the treaty into effect. The Commissioners had been appointed. They had met and had agreed upon the re g ul ations ; but there had been discussions as to the mode in which the regu lations should be carried into effect. But he believed that the difference was confined to one point, and that was not . one of - an y difficulty ; so 1 that he hoped that before the fishing opened in April the whole matter would be settled. The right to the fishing on the part of this country was confined to three miles from low water-mark. But there was a discussion as to the French boats being allowed to come within the three miles, not to fish, but to restrior the night. He repeated that he certainly did hope the matter would be speedily adjusted. . Captain PECHELL said an Act was passed last year to enable the Privy Council to carry out such regula tions as might be agreed upon by treaty between the two countries. Now, he wished to ask the Right Hon. Baronet, was it his intention to aly for a renewal of that Act, which had expired?• Sir R. PEEL would consider it. MANCHESTER PETITION. Mr. MILNER GIBSON wished to ask whether it was convenient for him to present a petition or rather an address to that House, which he had just received from his constituents in Manchester ? (1,• Of course it,was not for him (Mr. Gibson) to refuse an address from his constituents, and be wished the refusal, if there was to be one, should proceed from that House. He felt it his duty to take the earliest opportunity , as ; .t related to . the subject under debate, Wcoipnunicate the fact t 9 00 Mr. P. BOWJ'IIWICK swished to put a question, in volving a matter of much importance to the metropolis, to the Right lion. Baronet the Secretary for the Home Department. It related to the lighting of the ap proaches to London. dip to a very recent pekiod these approaches had been lighted by means of. money col lected at tolls. But the• present wint e r, ie•oonsequence 'or the increase of communication by railVvay, the tolls had so 'much diiiiinished that. the, parlsheo could no tketle roads, tibod• had in fact•Tl.4,ied to light conscapauxte&muraxist-persens pasairg.to and from the metropolis by night were exposed to much danger. He wished to ask the Right Hon. Gentle man, had he any measure now in contemplation for the purpose of securing the safety of persons travaing by th, se_ roads, by compelling the parishes, or some other authorities, to light them? ' . Sir JAMES GRAHAM said that the various parishes had poekr. by law to make rates for. the lighting of the roads, it' they should think fit to do so but the ExecntiVe had no pbwer to compel them to do so. Ile had been applied to by some of the inhabitants of the parish of Kensing ton on the subject, and he had recommended that a ves try meeting of the rate-payers should be called, and that the propriety of levying a rate for the purpose of light ing the roads should be submitted to them. The vestry meeting was called, and he regretted to say that a large majority decided against levying any rate for that purpose:. It was a' question entirely for the deeisim f the ratepayers of the • erent parishes, the - cutive bad t r s t • PRIVILEG EL ;'A. E ON PETITION. On the Order the Day for tio resuming the the debate the petition of Lord Irm show* complaining of an-undue return for Belfast, Mr. CHARLES WOOD said:That in his opinion House had no alternative but to refer the petition to the Committee.—(Hear, hear.) He felt, that in coining to that conclusion the House would attain that object which the Right Honourable Baronet had declared to be one of immense importance, that the House ought not to be called upon to decide on questions connected with *tested elections: • The Right Hon. Gentleman had stated that ever since the period of the Grenville Ait, it had beent the policy of the House to leave the determination of questions connected with elec tion petitions to some tribunal chosen by the House, rather than to take upon itself to determine them. He confessed he could see no'reason for refusing to refer this petition to the Committee in the usual manner, and he considered that by so doing, they would be acting in strict conformity with law and precedent. He could see no ground for refusing to refer it to the Committee. There could be no doubt but that it was an election petition. The 3d section of the Act, 5 Victoria, defined what constituted an election petition. (The Honourable Member here read the section referred to.) This petition complaining of undue election should be deemed an election petition. He (Mr. C. Wood) appre hended' that no person would dispute that this was a pe tition presented within the required time, complaining of an undue return—" No election petition shall be received by the:House, unless. at the time it is presented it shall be subscribed by a person claiming therein to have been a candidate at the election." • He (Mr. C. Wood) apprehended that no person would deny that the peti tion was at the time of presentation signed by a person alleging himself to have been a candidate. If that were the case, then it must be apparent that this comes under the definition of an election petition ; further, that it had been received by the House, it had been sent to the ex aminers, who reported upon it, and he . (Mr. C. Wood) 'did not know what other act was necessary to constitute the reception of a petition by that House. He -fronid ovtote'rettel it-part - of-tive-IM-silittion- of the sth-. V ic toria'-" And be it enacted, that all election petition which shall be received by the House shall be referred to the Committee for tryieg the petitions." It seemed to him (Mr. C. Wood) that if these points were granted, this must be • deemed an election petition, and that the third section imperatively required that all petitions received by the House should be re ferred to the Committee. He apprehended, therefore, that there was no alternative but to refer this petition to the Committee. The only ground on which this could be doubted was, that It was signed by a Peer of Parlia ment. He (Mr. C. Wood), however, did not think it was competent to any one now to argue, that the petition had not been received. Ile did not wish to inquire what the decision of the Committee might be. Under the 79th section of the Act they might report, in conse quence of Lord innishowen being a Peer, that they would not go into it ; but he (Mr. Wood) appre hended that it was incumbent on the House to refer this petition to the Committee. Mr. Wood concluded by reiterating that the House had 'no alternative what • ever but to refer the petition to the Committee. Mr. C. W. WYNN - , who was very indistinctly heard in the gallery, said that he quite agreed with the Hon. Member for Halifax. It was certainly a qUestion of some importance, but if the petition had been referred a preliminary objection might be taken, and it was quite competent for the Committee to determine that objection before the case was gone into. The objection in the pre sent case was that the House ought not to receive the petition of a person, which showed on the face of it that it was presented by one who, by his own de scription of himself, had no right to interfere or ad dress the House at all on matters connected with elec- tious. Then it was said that every petition which came before the House should be referred to the Committee. That appeared to him (Mr. Wynn) to be the duty of the nouse ; and if the petition in question was received - ty the House, they were bound, in his opinion. to refer it. The only doubt he had was as to the question whether the petition had been received or not. It had been pre sented, but no order had been made upon it. The doubt was, what was the point upon which it was to be said that a petition had been received. If the petition had been received, the House was bound by the words of the Act to refer it to the General Committee, and that Committee would report upon it ; but if it had not been received then the House was at liberty to use a discretion upott it. He wished to know whether if the question had been put upon the petition it was to be considered that the House s had in any respect entertained it ; if they had, then it must be considered as having been received ; if it bad not, then he thought the House could exercise a discretion upon it. Mr. C. WOOD said that everything in the Act was dir, , ct enough till they came to the 30th section, which declared " that every petition which was received should be referred to the General Committee," which necessarily meant tbot the petition should be refer-ed to the Committee. After a few words from Sir G. GREY, and The SPEAKER having read the motion, Sir WILLIAM FOLLET r said he agreed with the Hon. Gentleman, that the 30th section having declared that every petition which was received should be referred to the General Committee, they could not do otherwise now than receive it. He certainly came to the same' conclusion with the Hon. Gentleman opposite, but he should not be understood as giving his assent to the principle, for it appeared to him not to be right, that Peers should in the least interfere with election peti tions. He trusted, therefore, that his Hon: Friend would not press his motion. Sir R. PEEL said that he agreed with the Hon. Gen • tleman Opposite, and that the terms of the law made it imperative on them to refer the petition to the General Committee.—(Hear, hear.) At the same time he must confess that they were only postponing the question. After a few words from Sir GEORGE GREY, Sir H..HARDINGE said the error was committed in the first instance by the Member who took charge of the petition. Every Member who took charge of a petition - which involved the privileges. of the House, was bound to make a statement of it before he presented. it. It would then come under the cognisance, and would be sure to be brought under the notice, of the House. Mr. THESIGER said it would be quite impossi ble for him to oppose the reference of this petition to a General Committee. They were under con siderable difficulty from having advanced so far. He was strongly of opinion that the General Committee could have no power to make • a report in this matter. Having been brought before the. House they must refer it to a Select Committee, but even when brought before them, he doubted whether the objection could be taken. He apprehended they had no power to decide it, but would try the merits of the petition. Whatever might be the result on this consideration, it might be useful to put on record that such a petition as thrsivlTs llot presented and received without discussion. It was an important ques-• tion as to their privileges, and it ought not to be said that it was received without any objection; • Mr. AGLIONBY said that this ought not to go forth as a point of law. If ever it should become a mattefin issue before the House, he should hold that they could no t prevent any person from petitioning. The only po i n t was, whether at the time of presenting the petition it was signed by a person alleging himself to have been a candidate at the election. It was rather hard to cast a reflection upon the Gentle man who had presented the petition, when it was possible that a doubt had existed in his mind upon the subject. He ventured to submit that they were compelled both to receive the petition tine to take the usual steps relative to it. Mr. WATSON said the question had been raised with respect to the counties of Middlesex, Huntingdon, and Carmarthen, and several' other cases, and had al ways been decided in favour of the petitioners, Tee case of Middlesex was brought 'forward .by Mr. Fox ; and, although the objection then was that the petitioner had been convicted of a seditious libel, 'his right to petition was established. CORN-LAWS. On the motion for the Order of the Day . being read for the House resolving itself in a Committee of the whole House on the Corn and Provision-laws, Mr. I)UNCOMBE presented a petition from St. Lithe's, Middlesex, praying for the total repeal of the Corn-laws, • and for an extension of the Suffrage. . ' BONDED CORN. Mr. F. T. BARING, on the motion that the Speaker do leave the Chair, said he did not mean to enter into . the general Corn-law question at present, but he (Mr. B.). wished to direct the attention of the Government to the necessity of making some provision to relieve indivi -oetals who suffer great hardship from the loss 'attending bonded corn. When other commodities were bonded the Treasury was in the habit of taking off certain amounts of duty for wastage. No such allowance was made in the case of bonded corn, because the Treasury alleged it was unwilling to interfere with the present Corn laws, by bringing in a Bill to remedy this grievance. The Board of Customs, however, wm not hostile to some such allgarance, as might li — le4 7 ll by the Righ Hon. `Baronet on reference to paper:3 not' in . his offiee. But now, however, as' the Corn-laws were about to be changed, it I. as very desirable thrt some Provision should be made to relieve the holders of corn. . So great had been the hardship upon holders, that some had . destroyed their stock sooner than pay the duty on it after the waste it had sustained, and if some remedy were not introduced holders of corn would be obliged to bond in Rotterdam and other places, and even then this country would be made dependent for supplies on other countries in spite of the great wish - of the Right Hon. Baronet to make this country independent. Of course it could not be made so independent without importing and bonding from time to time great quantities of corn. He hoped the Right Hon. Baronet would consider this point between the present time and the time for bringing in his Bill. In the meantime, he (Mr. Baring) orould collect all the information he c ou ld, an d b r i ng it efore the House himself, if the Right Hon. Baronet would not do so. It was absolutely necessary to adopt some metiurt• to prevent the public from being caught inlitig scale. PRWAKER then left the Chair, and the House went into ' ommittee ; Mr. GREENE in the Chair. k o .*"' 4:, e d .' saihth he wished to make a ew .ti :, at .1 the Right Hon. Gent an opposit (Mr. B r ng). He (Sir Robert Pee 4 .ehi • consi ation t o th e subject, although he wou c II d e • - iself to any pagicular course. He d' I see how the s a inconvenien 'ght not . ~ . • ail. uty Sup posing corn was ant uce under a fixed duty, it might still be bonded, and of course liable to waste. Mr. BARING said, that he did not mean to introduce on that occasion any discussion upon the sliding-scale. The Right Hon. Gentleman was quite right in saying that parties would be subject to the inconvenience to which he (Mr. Baring) had alluded, under a fixed duty, provided they kept in their corn for as long a period under such duty as under a sliding scale. It was not, however, likely that that would take. place under the operation of the sliding scale ; parties who had purchased corn when the duty was low might find that by the time it had arrived that prices had fallen, the duty had risen, and they might thus be compelled to bond their corn, perhaps, for years. After a few words from Mr. GOULBURN. which did not reach the Gallery, Mr. BARING said that the incon venience had no doubt been allowed to continue long in existepce but that arose from the fact that the Corn ques tion was one of great importance, and which successive Governments felt re reluctant to touch. Ty CORN-LAW REPEAL. Mr. 'VILLIERS rose, and said—Sir, I beg leave to ask permission to read a petition which has been presented to the House, and which bears upon the subject before the Committee. It is a petition from the Chairman of a Con ference-of Delegates from all parts of England, Scotland, and Wales, appointed by their fellow-countrymen, to take measures for the total repeal of the Corn-laws. (The Hon. Member then read the petition of the Anti-Corn-law Conference, which has already appeared in The Sun. Sir, I trust that the reading of that petition sA,Alpt, be thought„ Iln . ,,inl!ppropriate introduction to the motion which have' to `subs file Committee. A motive, Sir, which, whatever has been said with re spect to the illogical order in which it is now submitted. I cannot regret that this is the moment in which I am called on to bring it forward. I cannot help thinking that I acquired some advantage by the discus sion which has taken place ; for, in hearing that discus sion, it struck Inc that much ability and ingenuity were displayed in the debate by Hon. Gentlemen on both sides, elicited in order to escape the difficulties with which the projects both of the late Government, and of the Right Honourable Baronet were surrounded. I think, Sir, there is something in that peti tion apposite to my motion, which, whatever else may be objected, is free from the difficulties of both the others. Sir, I rise to call on this Committee to con demn in tote, and abolish for ever, that law which we are in Committee to consider. .A law, of which the avowed object is to raise the price, by limiting the amount of human subsistence—a law, which by the admission of a distinguished member of the present Govern ment, is designed to raise the price of food and the amount of rent, but not the amount of wages— a law, Sir, which I must consider, inasmuch as these objects and these purposes are in view, erroneously if you please—yet that such a law can only exist in gross viola tion of every principle which could regulate the law of this country , ; and yet I will not now abandon tilt idea that at no distant period I shall be able to persuade this House of the injustice of that measure, and that I shall yet be able to persuade them to abolish a law of this kind. I must say I have heard with hope, if not with satisfaction, the admission made this year, which has been denied hitherto, that this law has not worked well— (Hear, hear.) I avail myself now of that admission, that this law has worked ill, and ought to be repealed, and I avail myself of the statement of an Hon. Member, who said, and said justly, that it had been passed for dishonest purposes to press my motion on the House.— (Hear, hear.) These concessions having been made, I now call upon the House, before they re-enact . a law which is capable of having such a prejudicial effect, and which, if the House succeeded in passing, their success must be incomplete—l call upon the House to consider that the principle upon which this law was enacted is opposed to the object and end of all such enactments— ' ask the House to consider the basis of this law, and to abandon it if they believe it is opposed to the prin ciples of justice upon which all laws should be founded.—(Hear.) The House is bound to consider the effects of this enactment ; their duty clearly is rather to promote the general interests of the country, than to secure the advantages and interests of a patrician class.—(Hear, hear.) This enactment was passed in opposition to the interest of a great body of the people at large, and it is now attempted to be main tained in defiance of their feelings and opinions, for they now understand, and are, consequently, opposed to them. You are now about to attempt another experiment upon their patience and temper. These ate not the times when you can perpetrate wrongs in the open day, when all men's eyes are upon you, and when you suffer full liberty of thought and f expression, men who have knowledge may perpetrate wrong upon those who have it not: But it cannot be perpetrated with im • punity upon people in the condition in which the people of this country now are. Without intending any offence to this House, I venture to say that it is not a true representative of the intelligence without, nor a faith ful picture of the information possessed by the middle and working classes of the country. For I believe that it is within the knowledgeof every man who goes among these classes, that they possess information, shrewdness, and an absence of prejudice never remarked before. I only mention this tdishow that it is utterly impossible for the Legislature of this country to escape the severest scrutiny that it can be submitted to, and, above all, respect ing this law, which has attracted so much attention, and which the people of this country have determined shall not continue. I belie've the minds of the great ma jority of this country are made tip upon the subject, and that they will use every means in their power to emancipate !their industry and their commerce— (Hear, hear)--Land they now distinctly demand of you, that you will rid the Statute-book of the dis grace, and yourselves of the discredit, of maintaining this law, and that you will no longer suffer your selves to be charged as parties to a common breach, of trust in using power confided to you for your own purposes.—(Hear, hear.) You have no reason to com plain of the tone and temper in which the people now approach you, for I well know, by the time and trouble that I have given to this subject, the endeavours that have been made to bring you to a calm and careful consideration of it. You have been asked in times of comparative quietude and prosperity to ameliorate this law, and you have strenuously and steadily refused to comply. You have ref u s e d th e sma ll es t modification of this measure, on the ground that it might lead 'to a greater change ; and you have no right now, when the people are exhausted by dis tress, and, perhaps, excited by despair, to complain that they approach you .in anger, and call upon you peremptorily at once to abolish this law. Sir, lam sorry that this House complains of the manncr and the mode in which the people have sought to obtain redress; and I think that those who profess to be their " friends " - could better occupy themselves than by complaining. of the manner in which redress is now sought. I have heard much grumbling about the people soliciting their pastors to go forth and bear testi mony to their miseries and sorrows. But what are the people of this country to do ? They are not fairly represented in this House. Where, then, are they to . find advocates of their cause and expounders of their sorrows, if not among their spiritual advisers? Sir, I can only say, seeing what I knqw of kufferings of the people,t that there is much to admire in their for feirancer, and much to excusein th e i r violenoe. But I do not st an d here only redrew,to manner in which 'they haveta vindicate th to jus tifye the measure of relief nowwhiththe ne measure reasonable, seek at your - • sought thatand hands. What they ask is, in my opinion, I believe will be beneficial; it can lead to it would be unjust to concede, but it is founded on every' principle of justice and policy.—(Hea r .) What a haveve to say to recommend the measure which is the subject of my notice, but to point to the condition of the country, and the effect of the law ? What is the appearance England presents to us at present ? More abundant in resources, more fertile than any other territcoy in the world ; yet her industrial population is in that ,state of distress which he who was ap pointed by the Government to answer the address of the. Crown, said, on the responsibility of that Govern ment, that it could not be exaggerated. It is admitted on all sides that England is rich—rich in labour, rich in knowledge, rich in the appliCation of /4' t means to labour and skill ; yet that her soil being of li suited eXtetat,' and her population hourly increasing. they' are in want of food. That is the condition of this country; it is a state which all men must have seen she would have arrived at ; that period h at length arrived, and is there any ma hp-slare se t that thi; untie doom , _ whick 1-1 • ' . is tie` man so ignorant, who vould look upon any chart, and see the locality o his island, who would not •at once demand how it is t th's coo 1 ' b w the two civilized confine c woe is in a. state to endure this distress. And if he were to hear that these other countries, though abounding in ftiod, but wanting that which England possesses, t.re nearly in similar distress, would lie not ask for some solu tion of the mystery ? Is there any could be offered to satisfy any reasonable being, but that the lords of the soil have established a barrier between this island and the Continent which has caused the distress in all ? That is. the condition in which this coun try is now placed ;—that is my solution of the distress admitted on all sides . to exist.—(llear.) If you can prove that it is not, you are‘',,,hotiral to do so. This is the theory of those who ask of you to abolish this law. You are bound to give us your theory if you differ from us. But I ask you to test it by any process that you please, I ask you to suppose only that I airi right, to grant my hypothesis, that thek are the circumstances and that this is the condition- of the country, and upon due deliberation, whether there is any feature in the present state of the country, which might not be expected to result from such a law. I askyou to adMit that this country does not supply herself with food that she has now a deficiency, and that others have an abundance of that food, and that England is stifferin , - from what you yourselves style over-production ; an',}T then I ask you to examine whether the present stute. of the•country be not natural, under the existing lain, If you expect a people to be exhausting their numns, by paying an exorbitant price for food, that, is the case of this country at present. If you found them dispensing with comforts and luxuries which they have hitherto enjoyed, you would find that those whose business it was to produce these comforts and luxuries were in distress. If you expect to find that those why produced food and wanted goods were manufacturing for themselves, that you will, now find. If you expect that in case of a scarcity' of food you were obliged to send out your money to buy up the food which was grown for other - men, and the consequence of sending out your money was to contract the basis on which your credit in this country was placed. I say, Sir, that that is what you now find; and if you found further general discontent and general distress, it is precisely that which must result from the state of things which I have supposed to exist. Sir, I venture, in confidence of the correctness of my views, to defy any one to prove that this has not been the cause of the distress. I have such confidence in the good sense and sagacity of the people of this country, that I am perfectly satisfied that whatever may be urged in opposition to this view—whatever notions you may start to divert the attention, you will not succeed. Let us refer to the experience of many years past. For a long period every thing has been said, every thing has been urged. You have trailed the ground with any kind of rubbish, with the design of diverting the people from the real object.—(llear.) But, you hay. completely failed; and you now find that the public mind, is more strongly impressed with the conviction that this is the real cause of the embarrassments of the country than it has been at any former period.—(Hear, hear.) Within one year two Governments have thought proper to attend to the general expression of opinion. One Go vernment thought that there was so much importance to be attached to the opinion write!' was generally , enter tained upon this subject, and the evils which result from the Corn-laws, that they were ready to sacrifice offiee in the attempt to effect the alteration. Another Govern ment hail thought proper, notwithstanding the pre vious denial that the evils of the country were to be attributed to this law, to acknowledge that the laws now in existence must be changed. There have been now before the country and the House two projects of a change 7 —two modes of mitigating the evils of the present law. Sir, I object to them both.— (Hear, hear.) Ido not deny that the plan of the Noble Lord would meet many of the most prominent evils of the present law ; and I believe that his plan would effect many improvements.—(llear.) But my complaint is, that both your laws are unjust, that no . justice in principle or purpose furnishes a ground for the maintenance of the present system.— (Hear, hear.) .know, Sir, that I stand here to vindicate the • people against charges of being extreme and unrea sonable, but I say that there are no teachers of morals, nor writers of ethieF, who j ustify a modification of wrong.—(Hear, hear.) A law is either right wrong in principle, if it be wrong why should it be V? maintained ?—(Cheers.) This is the objection of time Z, . 1 ` people to the plan of the Noble Lord, and, Sir, lam here now to complain oil their part, of the manner in which the plan now before the House has been re ceived, for in the discussion that has lately taken place the principal argument in favour of the present plan was, that if .it were unjust, so was that of the Noble Lord. The Right Hon. Baronet, the Member for Dorsetshire, says, he has been cured of giving large measures o f justice.—(Laughter.) His assertion is, if I am unjust you are likewise. Ido not know enough of the Noble Lord to say how far lie feels at withholding from the people much of what they are entitled to, but I would ask him to consider whether a people, upon obtaining a full measure of justice, have remained discontented ? (Hear, hear.) I must really complain of the manner in which the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Government has treated those whom I repro-. sent. He seemed to think that nothing more was necessary then to show the difficulty and inexpediency of the plan of the Noble Lord, and he (the Right Hon. Baronet) seemed inclined to defend his own measure---a measure involving the sustenance of millions of people in this country—by referring to the party by whom those are represented. He asserted that he believed the party who supports us to be extremely small, while it is very violent in its principles. Such is the manner in which the Right Hon. Baronet has been pleased to describe that party ; but that small party has this consolation, that there has never been any one single great or good measure, not one :measure of which the country has a right to be proud, which has not been treated in a similar way— (Cheers) and the first proposers of which have not been treated with similar scorn by the party to which the Right Hon. Baronet belongs.—(Cheers.) I When the Right lion. Baronet talks of the unreason able violence—(Expressions of dissent from Sir Robert Peel) —I am glad to see that the Right Hon. Baronet disclaims the charge, but.l certainly collected from what passed the other night that the Right Hon. Baronet cast the imputation of violence—of extreme violence—upon the 'party to which I alluded. But I know that these views are entertained regarding_ that party, and that they are not altogether confined to gentlemen on the opposite side, of the House—(Hear, hear, hear) — but that many Gentlemen not agreeing altogether is ith Hon. Gentlemen opposite, have made similar imputations upon those who seek for a total and immediate repeal of • this law. I would ask is there anything more unrea sonablea total repeal of this law, than there is, in a after skn m i attting this law for so many years, in acknowledging that it is a bad law ?—(Cheers.) Every charge of violence which has been brought against us for demanding the repeal of this law may with equal justice be retorted upon those who assisted at the first enactment of it. I consider that every argument which was urged the other night by the Right Ilon. Baronet., as to intering with property, and with the rights of the landed proprietors, against the repeal of this law, may with equal propriety be urged against the maintenance of it as interfering with the rights and hopes of millions.—(Cheers.) You talk of the delicacy of interfering, with the rights of property, when millions are starving. There has not been one single reason advanced in defence of the main tenance of this law, which might not have been advanced with equal propriety in the defence of any abuse how ever flagrant, and of any monopoly however odious.— (Cheers.) The Right Hon. Baronet has no right to make use of suchargument. The people have been calling for thirty years for the abolition of this law.—(Cheers.) Is this a time, when the people are in a starving state, to talk of the 'injury which may arise to invested capital, and of the delicacy required in interfering with existing interests? It is too late in the day to make use of such an argument. If this were the first time that the people had called for a repeal of the Corn-laws there might be some excuse for all this caution, and for not requiring too speedy an alteration ; but that is not the sort of language to held at the present day.—(Hear, hear.) The people have long been calling for the abolition of the law, and if you had altered it in time you might have introduced certain m o dific a ti o n s , but the people have now neither time nor temper to wait for your modifications.—(Cheers.) They are starving in the streets.— (Hear, hear.) The present relative con dition of the landowners - reminds me of an anecdote I have read of a Turkish 'captain, who took an . enormous number of passengers on board his ship, engaging that they should have an ample supply of food and w ater; but when he got to sea he monopolised the water, and woidd let no man satisfy his thirst who could not pay him for the water. Now this conduct might be defended Upon the principle of the arguments which had fallen from the Honourable Baronet, that great he used in interfering with the rights c capital, that his property wealth be wa st it e s‘ l ,, t ;thi : i n e. :;: ., "; the people to have the water, and that i entit great icm mischief the social rights of the navy, and. titisvested s :,a-(41to talk of the might be done by interfering. ting it.—(Cheers.) this law; think m of is ti c i h e ie m f is a c i h ii i c e l f i .), T u iy h b a e ve do d i o le nc br le e p t in e tte laling one case as in the Why the thing is reasonable beg to rest my claims ea the non strong. authority, of its being part of the people other.—(Hear, heara.s) rea sonable, as well as upon the possib i lity o f i ts ut danger, and even with advan being e ffected with' • , t v a iic e ) is a class of persons have scruples with regard to the total abolition of :"._4l,oud cheers.) I know there these laws. Ido not say that that elass.is verb fully re. presented in this House, but their feelin gs g o reptesew `;-.- , 0 0 ° - - ''9►., t