The Sun. — London, England, 1842-06-08 00:00:00

. . 00 0 % ly dol o !! csrr -; #O, 0 1 1 - 0 is t, tr. oiPir ,b° l o° ° 4 $ le i ° O • t! ,me distri ct ' it 6f the 24 , ling to th eir I theo ass nr ie of ten enoe thowea Arifilfi s ere was na took their rsical.ef ecle andasit ell via; &no' mploysd an y , an of / er ' . s stated tbo if the, tcf l i >pie so.rii t og ng g sfoges 4 I sod fietsf: Leath. Y . • s e l es; di- ;r0 oP tiO ~•ti... , •.,....,..._.. THE SUN, LONDON. WEDNESDAIL EVENING, JUNE 8, 1842. Mr. ' \TER apiroved of theproposed measure, but denied 4 :at in 1! boys of a tender age were employed in degrad ingo; and sieVkii work. Mr. ST G. \ 10. l' 6i," I.II'LEY cordial l y assented to the pro position of his NubL 1 ... ,-:eod, and promised him his steady co operation. Mr. WARD congratulated the Noble Lord upon having done the most useful thing that had been effected in the pre sent session.—( Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord had accom plished what he had been striving for, through 28 years, and had released his countrymen from worse than Egyptian bondage—( Hear, hear)—and he assured the Noble Lord that he had not in the House one more cordially disposed to co operate with him than he was. Mr. BELL concurred in all the eulogy that had been passed upon the Noble Lord, and could bear testimony to the truth of the statement, that in Cumberland and Durham females were not employed in the mines. Mr. BROTHERTON thought that the country owed a great debt of gratitude to the Noble Lot(' for having. in the first place. obtained an inquiry into the practices of the coal miners, and then proposing a measure that would put an end to those evils.—(Hear.) It was astonishing that they should have been allowed to exit in this country.—(Hear, hear.) Seeing that great cruelties had been practised, it was desir able that they should be put an end to. What had been said of Durham and Northumberland had convinced him that it was quite unnecessary to employ females in mines. Considering the wealth the mines yielded to the owners, he thought they ought to pay more attention to the education of the persons they employed. He had heard that in Lancashire not fewer than 3,000 females were employed, and that there was a very low standard of morality amongst them. This sort of work was unsuited to the female character ; it unsuited them for domestic duties, and had a demoralizing effect on them and on their chil dren. He should, therefore, give his hearty assent to the mo tion of the Noble Lord to bring in this Bill. Mr. PAKINGTON could not allow that discussion to close without addressing a few words to the House upon the most interesting subject then under discussion. He did not mean to detain the House by making any allusions to those details which the able speech of his Noble Friend the Member for Dorsetshire had so faithfully described. He felt it neces sary to advert to those details, because he was delighted to find the impression made on the House, and the unanimous feeling which those details had occasioned in that House, that it was absolutely necessary that some legislative measure should be taken to put an end to the evils described by the Noble Lord. His (Mr. Pakingt- n's) object in rising was to express the warmth of his feelings, and the deep admiration of the course his Noble Friend had taken on this subject. He (Mr. Pakington) had no hesitation in saying that the whole course taken on this subject was one which did the Noble Lord infinite honour, as a friend to suffering humanity, and a benefactor to these suff , rino people. He thought the House would feel that the Noble Lord had secured to himself a name and reputation more poweiful than rank and wealth could give.—(Cheers.) He (Mr. Pakington) had also heard with great pleasure and satisfaction the speech of the Right Hon. Gentleman, the Secretary for the Home Depart ment. He must say that after the satisfaction he felt at the Noble Lord the Member for Dorset, he did not know any thing that had given him more satisfaction, and the House and the country must be grateful to the Right Hon. Gentleman and her Majesty's Government in giving this measure their support ; and he did hope, under these circumstances, even at that late period of the Session, and with still important business before the House, that the Noble Lord would be enabled to carry this measure during the present session.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. GIBSON rose for the purpose of correcting a misappre hension that might arise from a statement in the speech of the Noble Lord, of some statistics relating to prostitution in the manufacturing districts. He thought the account was exagge rated, for, he believed, that they would find as much demorali sation in this town as in the manufacturing districts. Much of the demoralised state of the manufacturing districts arose from the depressed state of trade. Mr. PROTHEROE begged to assure the Noble Lord that his efforts were watched with great anxiety by the district which he represented. He would take that opportunity of ex pressing his gratitude to the Noble Lord for having sent a Com mission to inquire into the part with swhich he was connected. The people in the Forest of Dean had reason to bless the Noble Lord fur his exertions. Lord ASHLEY said it was almost unnecessary for him to reply to what had been said. He must express the sincere gratitude he felt to the House for having so taken up the ques tion. He felt that the House would obtain great honour with the country, as they had no sooner discovered the enormous evils which existed than they attempted to remove them.; Leave was then given to bring in the Bill. WITNESSES INDEMNITY BILL. Mr. ROEBUCK wished to ask a question of the Government with respect to a Bill he had introduced. The writ for Notting ham had been suspended until this Bill was passed, and he only wanted to know when the fu r th er discussion upon this Bill would be taken. He had been in that House night after night till a late hour, expecting this Bill to come on. Lord STANLEY, who spoke with his back to the gallery, and in so low a tone of voice as to be scarcely audible, said that the subject was one of great importance ; although his Right Hon. Friend, the First Lord of the Treasury, was unavoidably absent, he thought he might undertake to say, on the part of his Right Hon. Friend, that they would go on with the discus. sion at five o'clock on Friday (as we understood). Mr. ATTWOOD wished 'o know if the duty on timber would be reduced, imported into the Isle of Man? Mr. GLADSTONE said this was a question which did not come under the consideration of the tariff; but no change uas contemplated with respect to the Isle of Man—that would be a separate considerati,n. ten, ded to introd uce i nto t h e Bill , h e trusted that it Hou se would feel as indignant with respect to he did ; lie to the case of apprentices • to collier s . Thrt system was carri e d era in Serail De - vlii onshire, Yorkshire, Lancsshire, and the west of Scotland. those place; many of the colliers took three or four hay; from the parish, and they supported themselves and their. fa • t a ffies by their lab our , d o i ng no wor k themselves. These poet• tads were often doomed to 12 or 14 years of such slavery, and the treatment they received was awful to cont e mpl a t e . N ow , s!as such a systern necessary ? What was there to learn that t equired so long an apprenticeship? Absolutely nothing but t h at might be learnt in 10 or l 2 days. Then, again, look at . • the treatment they received. The men would send these boys . • !l'here they would not go themselves ; the consequence was that Ilene, had their limbs broken, and others lost their lives. One •• y Irons Was brought before a su rgeon t o b e exam i ne d ; h e h a d • Lis 24 to 2d wounds ; his back and loins were beaten to jell ; Vs arm wasbroken beosv the elbow, and seemed to have been so for some time. When brought before a Magistrate he was unable .• to sit nr stand. His arm had never been set, and he was obliged l ora f or several weeks in that state. It was admitted by the aa s Master that h e was i n t h e h a bi t o f b eat i ng t h e boy with a t Piece of woocl, having a nail driven into it, and which pro .lected about half an inch. This it was which produced the • 1,1.0°414 mentioned. But was that enough . ? No. . The • th en had been starved for want of food. He was • Ira sent home in a cart with his mother, a poor widow 24 at Rochdale. Well might the people of Staffordshire ,- 1 .7 that slavery was preferable to this—( Hear, hear)— for ne groes at leaet worked in open day, and had some one to to _ °ln they could communicate their sufferings. Now he asked lautether it was right that any man, or body of men, or legis efhtes should inflict such evils as these? These people had corn lerlttea no crime whatever, or if they had he hardly knew of any e„ c ae that ought to be so punished.—( Cheers. ) He had been -se:. t h e new prisn at Pentonville that day, and what did he th is e s et e ? He nev o er saw such preparations as were made for •4 who were d oome d to i mpr i s onment--such care of the • tfi )4he nts—the ventilation looked to and every care taken for e ,?!'e who h a d b roken the laws of the land. Yet these poor th ese s wuose only crime was poverty, wer e sent to wo r k i n • falli L i nti nes•—(Hear, hear)—there to b e subj ec ted to a n in •he ot' c ourse of ignor ance a n d v i ce —f or i gnoran t th e y mus t the as " they were not allowed one hour for improvement. If' • .1t 1 ,72 1 " e was xious thee the New Poor-law—whethe • etire 7 unvrise o an r not would not say—surely it was wise to l e a some relaxation to those w h o were employed in the she alter he bad described. He should therefore propose not ;: 1 3' at apprenticeship should be abolished, but that every ,01,aoture in existence should be cance/led—( Loud cheers)- -i: let the oppressedo free.—( Loud cheers. ) He would not • lo t Vetain the House; he felt he had asreatly trespassed too in ° , -- ",.(Gheers) ; —but the House knew how he had laboured atec i a cauae.—(Continued cheering ) He would not ta a w needless and erroneous it was to employ women in be taS earal manner. But the occupation itself might still _peel:antlered more happy and comfortable. The course he had ...••ssuen , egrets -as part of a plan conceived some time since for the .lio st i ci tation of the working classes. There were other re ireessat.tat would succeed, that would exhibit deeper and more lir,tf„Pg view s o f t hi s system. H e had endeavoure d on be : iiis s e;„: the child ren to avert t h e misc hi e f t h at was atten d ant ste l a e 's, Ile had no i n t en ti on t o inter f ere b e t ween mas t er an d tr 4 ,t WAS easy to ascertain territorial statistics, but it was Ile C e 7 difficult to o b ta i n t h e mora l e t a ' i s ti cs o f th e p e opl e . el rt of the police in Maiichester made up to the they cou °f e t ile Y lid ear 1841, and drawn up at, grew lsngth, by which eof the children of the working opulation. Pte kleNoble Lord p then readthe statement.) In the year ending bir,4 l tMers 1 840, there were ersofined in the county gaol of • - •hr '. 134 40 prisoners, of Whom 60 were imprisoned for as sne ' 9 some small item of the law. /int he thought ssofnursossible to infer from this what was the state lee_ collieries in that district. That would be much better lee from the casual evidence of the mistress of an infant r e ,„ 9 1_ 1, Who s t ated that oaths were exceedingly common in the sa Ztos of girls of five and six years old, and that if she IKe liar4B, to scold them they called her the mot opprobiious ie th 'c and that their parents frequently abused her fur punish g ) e • .He had been too long conversant with the work] es • I , eees the y.of this country to apprehend any violence . from them a but if such an evil were allowed to remain unchecked, tity fay might arrive wh en th ere wou ld b e some specia l neces ▪ er the exerci se o f nat i ona l v i rtue, and i t would then be t int th p at at the strenth ofe emire was frustrated becuse . ,47fatal disorder would then have reached its } height. He a be .l7l.lred that th e p eop l e o f th i s country were the most easily go of th d of any nati on on t h e f ace of the earth. If the Minister thei r e h e euntry . - would only win thei r con fid ence b y appea li ng to b e 04 !arts, he would have n o diffi cu lt y i n ru li ng t h em . That • • 41,,if?aght was ab un d ant l y s h own b y the patient conduct t h ey •e s to ested sn i d er t h e i r present distress.—( Hear.) His object bit es noble the poor colliers to avail themselves of opportu• o ete . of virtue and morality. It was barbarism such as he had etor",,iled that he wished to reclaim. He would conclude in the tea ' of Holy Writ—" Let us break off our sins by righteous •tee'eand our iniquities by showing mercy to the poor, that it • huts a lightening for our tranquillity." the 'tIAULE seconded the motion. The benevolence of 'Noe ND Lord was highly commendable, and he trusted that, it. hands, • measure would prosper in his aid of the House, the The —e l SPEAKER having put the question, oei r• LA MBTON could not but express his gratitude to the s et ,2•He Lord, for proposing legislation on this subject. It was spithe many proofs which the Noble Lori had given of his enety to benefit the poor. He belicved, in the counties of tlenberland and Durham, the ages were nine and tea ee ,t ; they commenced wor k, and the exception was seven or t• le whole root of the evil was to be found in the . Ndity 'I the parent, and his blind ignorance. That was cu- an '4 : 11 , Portant truth, and he f oun d a remarkable illustration of it in lee county he had the honour to represent. In the Lambton series there were three large schools, where an able master *as employed, and one of which he looked over himself. But e 'aillat could be done, when the parent took away the child at a qtyy early .age If they p asse d a l aw to prevent children from ilyorking so young, they would do much to benefit the colliery itopulition of the country. Education was thegrand means by l ith„ ich they could reac h the root of the present system, 'sai t they must take care how they legislated on such a subject. ge bodies of men would be affected by their legislation, and ? ,:aey ought therefore t o p rocee d cautiously and prudently. ZeTere was some slight exagg era ti on w i t h regard to the species work with w hi c h children commenced in the collieries of Zilarn and Northumberland. ' The nature of the work they }need with was o f a very easy character; and the Noble ie.oseightly exaggerated in the statement he made witwith h regarre d 4:t collieries. There had be en an exaggeration iste,• to the effects on the health of the pitmen, and the bring of premature old age; and, as a proof of that, he had lin s - e ltnent from Mr. Hardcastle, who said that he considered be a n to be a healthy race; and with respect to prema eleirl ate taking place at forty, he had the statement of the 'oesl , a lkalat of a large proprietor: of mines, who said that they larsteZteral men in their mines who ranged from sixty so ItittiB:tjears of age. Thanking the House for the patience e'e'etah, they had heard him, he would conclude by hoping I, •a e l inliC e 'ltjesty's Government would take care, in this Bill, e.e . ' h iani t ig the age, that, while they attended to the feelings of Cells • re Ys they would also bear in mind that they were dealing nkd'arnense interests and, with respect to the labourer, he L' a tty, ;.," e l would recAlect that his labour was his own pro th o that they ought to be careful how they interfered etord aNid I e P e ' es e,GERTON would be sorry to say any thing that e thse _so'llen the present debate, but he could not refrain Ore. -- "un, log his best thanks to his Noble Friend for the 1 ,1 t , : e .ue had introduced, as he felt convinced that it would 7 4 aes k, etlllllf,r,o_v_Fmoral . , , social e an . d ious condition of the 44 1;? :a f. 4et e ge i stulus w t iarn it applied. lie consni g ered the assistance of •t wt. _alure.in such a matter most valuable and essential. Important parts of the Noble Lord's Hill were 01 the children employed, and the employment of t tii I n a mor a l p o i nt o f v i ew, he cons i dered it a most Oje„ ii ng fer females to work in mi nes . Hi s N o bl e F r i en d o p call for the interference of the Legislature; and on . tho seinterested in the question, he r e t urne d hi s snee na int nd his most grateful thanks.—(Cneers. ) There k oh ,Po_ , however, on which he did not quite agree with - t nei ;_,Priencl, and th a t was, as to the age at which children I,2ta te : Permitted t o go i nto t h e m i nes. A benevolent tC s mt of " 1 with who m h e (L or d F. E gerton ) h a d been in the sse 'tta, e° nsulting on this subject; had given it as his opinion 1;7 for tee b en d i n the back and hands which was neces. ue Miner s t o carry on t h e l a b our of the pit, could not is „red if the initiative of it had been delayed beyond 12 !lat4ge• There was but one year difference between 1 .. that question might be easil y arranged hereafter. •.,7„ad h tl ,• A IE had seldom li s t ene d to a statem en t w hi c h h a d ‘ , l B •fli at th e s ame ar, greater pain and greater satisfaction. el es 7 l stie e e ar.) The House as far as he could psrceive, was se;7 t oer h i, ll the desire to co-operate with the Noble Lord to his „I! benevolent designs. It was painful to reflect . li t ' te e ,'n'tigs should not have been brought to light until aratal ll ;" while thousands, and tens of thousands, were ex ?eviating distress abroad, there should be so mueh tsZathiee""oes unheeded and uncared for. There must be tee!Pe ^ Y t rong in the nature of our Government, which could etioPthintted such scenes to go on so long. It was a great 47ty f or ° l l tho se who received yearly such large sums of asetleeeo ; us P e rintending the mo r al a n d religious instruction Vartit'a. He did not think the Neble Lord had at all li eseleetleof. exaggeration; on the contrary, the Noble . Lord 2S se l aop e e,_ ', e h's cases with great judgment and discrimination. ilte,""a lese.•tfie, Government would give its best assistance to the tae tesje et "n order to enable him to accomplish his benevo k_a es • I le approved of the proposal of the Noble Lord, L11Ne"o) hits entirely free from the objections which he (Mr. 1 . 1 - was 4 e 4 e f i a lt te certain other proposals of the Noble Lord, s ,nterference between the master and the work ty,taet hotgather from what had fallen from the Noble xtz. s et of , r i t was any part of his plan to compel the adopting a ki tett % of th e He thought that such ought to iorm a prey!!tan. It was as much a duty of the Govern e for time education of the people as for then Ne e ettre al • uch an important point ought not to be le!r. tk - "l' , b B i i a nd chance attention of individuals. No foreigner - - T le that suchscenes could exist in a civilized laf - '`%h .• '"e Noble Lord was entitled to great cre&+ for the 41, 1 '. HZ which he had brought forward the subject, and he .4.:4;7) Would be happy to afford him every assistance in t%?l'e.j' ato ORA ir AII was delighted but not surprised at the titl h,,,"tr feeling with which the statement of his Noble I, 4 t dd, ••••14,4°e_en• received by the House. Those feelings must laa te " tw ee that reason perverted, which were not touched 1 the argument, the singleness of purpose,. the ▪ ei,""ed fe, ul •3 ‘„ s, and above all by the tenderness of nature, ae tt "arer i'nesPeech of his Noble Friend.—(Cheers.) He L, .6 i stened to any statement in that House which had - `a N nßlit h et Perfect, forward in a clearer manner.—( Cheers. ) It tisaWhieh Y h ta tisfied him of that which he had known before, to r 4'ller of had never before felt so forcibly, the amiable Ite m Work Pis Noble Friend He was sure that the Noble 4 13 4 jor the leel the general assent of the House to be a re. : Ne e "at wi t h a iry sacrifices which he had made. He was Nei h e t!. respect to the objects of his Noble Friend there itlltesai7 difference of opinion.—( Hear.) He thought it ki„e,h,,wet neees 'arY that the practice which prevailed th e stem, .o::lto;:sether excluding females faom working in •teelianheraet:rb carted into general effect. It was degrading to 4 o e it of the of the country, and derogatory to the manly N r ' a l . kiee . P7?,n , le, that females should be employed in work lot e 'slar e d fl eers• Upon this all were agreed. He 'S s atid the HIS Noble Friend, and he congratulated the ( 5(4 e t) , f 01injoanountryz that on such a point there was no differ isorrp, .(Cheers. ) he next provision of the re Sten , Bill referred to the employment of boys. In ska,,ei Jo . le sees not to employ ki i.•° Yeel '‘ u ble Friend , boys wider twelve years e at, a under thirt • proensed that they should not be k aith thirteens years of age. That was a disputed lee %gist t ?nth he ( Sir .1. Graham) thought that great 1 ; 44 010 2 hue taken not to interfere with the parental con eght"tr,atlls. still he agreed with his Noble Friend, that ,4 4 1 ; d 1itn o its to tare years of age at which children tr Ocular . kinds of work, end he give 'el assent 1,1'1,1144;k Hear, hear.) e A p t rincipl e of the . measure in this o the third provision, the sups:r set Nob le °f the naachinery, he also concurred entirely with ‘,4 which a_ tne em F riend. erene te e agreed st oh him also in the fourth ployment of pauper apprentices, and in I t il lie 4 l l. o e t tl s mit " ee n a e h a ad had the honour to lay before the House he ,!!rqte to in, . o. proyrs,o n to restrict Unions from binding iNneeiesioial trades.--( Hear, hear.) The Reports of !i sle % the porters had shown that it was necessary to t a gre w Peri o d of . , . ..ary pu e l: a n ia l.oh, it was necessary to put a limit to the exist •B) 0 . apprenticesnip, and, in his (Sir James t i tles P l jt atiti sanqduitt.ef tshu,recotuttrythaet te, al ap i Ps.—( Hear. ) s wo 1 robation of all around him, Lo w ke." - h uld reward his Noble Friend for ti's exerti as e ear.) Th 011 S— . e . measure could not be in better hands, •-' have his cordial support.—( Hear, hear.) THE TARIFF. The House then resolved itself into Committee on the Cus toms Act. On the clause regulating the duty on boots and shoes being proposed, 151 r. PALMER said that as he had presented many petitions on this subject he wished to say a few words. He believed that every person engaged in the manufacture of boots and shoes was in very indigent circumstances, and if Hon. Gentlemen in that House would be as energetic in upholding the cause of their poorer brethren as they were in protecting their own interest, he believed that he should in this case have as good a majority against her Majesty's Government as there was the other night against the motion of Hoe Right Hun. Member for Bath. He must say that he did not think her Majesty's Government had done enough for the people, not withstanding what the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Ministry had said about his desire to give employment to the poorer classes.--( Hear, hear.) He was afraid the Bight Hon. Gentleman the s ice-President of the Board of Trade would not assist him. Might he hope that anything would be done towards giving increased protection to the manufacturers of boots and shoes by lion. Members in that House ? He begged to move that the duty on ladies' boots and shoes, which was formerly U. 10s. per dozen, now 125., should be increased to 1/. Mr. WARD would support the tariff in this point, because he believed it would extend trade and open new channels for commerce. Mr. LAWSON said that there were upwards of 30,000 working shoemakers in London alone; and if foreign boots and shoes were to be admitted at a reduced rate of duty, those men would be thrown out of employment ; and he should like to know what advantage would arise to the public which might compensate those men for the loss they sustained? He thought the case of the working shoemakers deserved the atten tion of the House, and he hoped this part of the tariff would be reconsidered. Mr. B. WOOD believed that there were but few parties in this country who were so poorly off as the makers of boots and shoes. He did not mean the shopkeeper, but the actual manufacturer.--( Hear, hear.) The tax about to be imposed was Is. per pair, instead of 2s. 6d. Now he believed that the whole of that difference would be taken from the pocket of the labouring man ; and he must say that he thought the Right Hon. Gentleman had dealt more hardly with this class of men than with any other. He could assure the Right Hon. Gentleman that there was no class of persons in greater distre,s than they were; and he did hope the Right Hon. Gent. would consider the proposition of the Hon. Member for Essex. Mr. GLADSTONE thought that no grounds had been made out to sanction any departure from the proposed altera tion of the duty on this article. It should be remembered that we were at present great exporters of boots and shoots, we could already make them at as cheap a rate as any ether country in the world, and by lowering the duty upon the ma nufactured article, he conceived that he was conferring a great boon upon the trade, inasmuch as greater facilities would be afforded to exportation. Mr. COBDEN thought the House should have commenced the application of the principles of free trade with the great article of corn. Mr. S. WORTLEY said that the protection to home grown corn had been diminished, as well as the protection to other articles. Mr. COBDEN said that the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Government admitted that corn and sugar were two articles practically excluded from the operation of the prin ciples of free trade. Mr. WILLIAMS was decidedly of opinion that the House should have begun by diminishing the duties upon corn and sugar. Captain PECHELL supported the amendment. Mr. B. WOOD complained that many of the reductions in the tariff would fall with peculiar severity upon the poor labourer. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that he believed the proposed alteration would be favourable to the tradesman in this country. The present duty upon foreign hoots and leather was so high, that it was evaded to a great extent and became practically inoperative. He deprecated the discussion of other articles than the one under discussion. Mr. COBDEN said that it was not the fault of free traders on this side of the House that the Government had commenced by making an exception with regard to earn, but as long as they did make these exceptions with regard to different articles they must expect to hear of them ; and, is far as corn was concerned, he hoped the Ministry would continue to hear of it till the mo • mint of their political death.—( Hear, hear. ) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that wirtri he was addressing the Committee lie merely confined himself to the question before it.—( Hear, hear. ) The Committee then divided, and the numbers were— For Mr. Palmer's amendment Against it Majority against the amendment -112 The item was then agreed to, as were the remaining items of the tariff, as far as the articles of cotton mannfacture. On this item, Mr. MILNER GIBSON wished to know or, what principle the Government proposed to levy a duty of 10 per cent., on ar ticles of cotton manufacture ? The cotton manufacturers did not ask for protection, but only to be allowed to exchange their produce freely with the corn and other commodities of other countries. Mr. GLADSTONE said he had never supposed that the cotton manufacture had been raised to its present state by means of protection. It was similar to the case of the iron trade. The iron trade had no more been raised to its present state by protective duties than the cotton trade ; but there were certain branches of the iron trade to which a moderate protec tive duty was of some importance. There was no trade which had less reason to tear foreign competition than the cotton trade; vet there were certain cases in which protection was thought necessary as a security against the effects of foreign competition, and he hoped the Committee would not refuse that protection in this case, in order to prevent certain agri cultural gentlemen from using it as an argument against re pealire, the Corn-laws. Dr. e hOWRING supported the Government proposition. Mr. M. GIBSON said lie hoped if they retained the duty on cotton, it would not be made a pretext for retaining the du ties on agricultural produce. Mr. COBDEN said that the whole question was whether the cotton manufacturers were or were not benefited by this nomi nal protection. If it could be shown that they had no protec tion, he trusted that Hon. Members opposite would be willing to withdraw their claim to protection for articles of agricultural produce. —k Hear, hear.) He contended that the cotton ma nufacturers had, in fact, no protection whatever ; on the con trary, that they were placed under the gieatest disadvantages in competing with the foreign manufacturers. Lord SANDON said he could not admit that the state ment of the Hon. Member was correct; if all cottons were of the same quality, it would be perfectly true. Dr. BOWRING said that at the first meeting of the Anti- Corn-law delegates a resolution had been passed to the effect that, while they required free trade in corn and provisions. they were willing to give up protection on every articie contained in the tariff. Mr. M. ATT WOOD, in support of the Government pro position, quoted the words of Mr. Huskissan, who in 1825 stated that the then duties on manufactured e.tton imported were Si. per cent-. on certain descriptions, 671. 10s. per cent. on others, and 591. per cent, upon a third description. That was the ex tent of the protection on cotton up to the year 1825, whin ice (Mr. Huelesson) proposed that, instead of that graduated but mons!rous scale, all fie - eign manufactured coiton sould be ad rei!if'd at 10 per cent. Mr. BROCKLEHURST was very much astonished at the Noble Lord opposite (Lord Sandon) calling him a free-trader. lie deprecated the present system adopted with respect to the tariff, and he hoped the time was not far distant when the Legislature would return to the sound principles of protection. Viscount SANDON excused himself fur considering the Hon. Gentleman a free trader. lie was glad, however, that his obsrvations had called forth from the Hon. Gentleman an avowal before the House of his opinions. • Mr. MANGLES said he did not think it right that the ex ports from India should be subject to a duty more than five per cent., while the exports from England were liable to only a duty of two and a half per cent. The exports from India had decreased 1,300,000/. between the years 1814 and 1E37, and appealed to the Government whether it was fair, after destroying the manufactures of India by their competition with them, to charge a double amount of duty on the few manufactures which remained. He shculd therefore propose that the duties should Le made equal. - After a few words from Mr. G. PALMER which were in audible in consequence of loud cries of " Divide," Mr. COBDEN said, if they had an importation it was chiefly of printed calicos and mousseline-de-laines, the very articles in which his manufacturers were employed. He did not send any abroad, but his dependence was on the home market, and he was notwithstanding an advocate for the itn portation of French goods, duty free—( Hear)—because the) were a model for imitation. '1 hey were not to be put on short allowance because peoltle abroad did not like the silks of the Hon. Member for Macclesfield. Let the silks be improved, and they would then be bought.—(Laughter.) But it seemed the people of Macclesfield were not agreed themselves, because they sent two gentlemen of different opinions to that House. Mr. GRIMSDITCH said that the people of Macclesfield were quite agreed as to the injurious effects of free trade, which would ruin the country if carried into operation to their full extent. He hoped the Government would not be led away by such erroneous principles.—(Hear and laughter.) Mr. FEHRAND must protest against the Hon. Member for Belton being considered an authority upon the question of free trade, for he had been informed by two Swiss gentlemen, that when the Hon. Gentleman was in that country, he would net receive the evidence of those who were opposed to his principles.—(" Hear, hear, and considerable confusion.) He must also protest against it being supposed that the Corn-law League were the representatives of the manufacturers of the country.—("Hear, hear," and increased confusion.) Dr. BO WRING rose, with some warmth, to refute the statement that had been made by the Hon. Member for Knaresborough. He had asserted that he (Dr. Bowring) had either sti i , pressed, or refused to receive, certain evidence ; he therefore called upon him to state the authority upon which lie asserted that he had suppressed what was true, or intro duced what was false.—(Cries of " Hear," end confusion ) Mr. FERRAND would not name his authority He had never stated that thellon. Member had suppressed tee evidence, and what he stated was, that the Hon. Member had refused to receive evidence except it coincided with his views.—( Great confusion ) Mr. M ANGLES then moved that the duty of 5 per cent. on Indian manufactures should be reduced to 3fr per cent. Strangers were ordered to withdraw, but nu division took place, and on our re-admission to the gallery we found the House in considerable confusion, and cries of " Name, name," resounding from the Opposition side. Mr. FERR AND, with considerable warmth, said he would not name. He was prepared to stand by his assertion, and would not retract a word of what he had states. He hart brought no charge against the character of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman.—(Cries of " Oh, oh.") He had heard it from the Mayer of a Swedish town, at whose table the Hon. Member for Bolton had sat, that he was more inclined to take the evidence of manufacturers in favour of his views than those opposed to him.—( Hear, hear.) Lord HO WICK could not help expressing his astonishment at the statement of the Hon. Member, that he had brought no charge against the Hon. Member for Bolton. Why the fact was, that he had told the House that the Hon. Member, being in a responsible situation, and charged to collect evidence, had suppressed deliberately some parts of that evidence. Mr. FE RRAN D—l did not say so. Lord HO WICK would give the Hon. Member the benefit of the mistake ; but in doing so he would ask what distinction there was between refusing to receive evidence and suppressing it ? He would ask the House whether, from what had passed, the Hon. Member had not made a charge against the Hon. Member for Bolton of having refused to take evidence ? Mr. FERRAN D—l did not say so. Lord HOWICK—Tho House had heard what had passed, and he would appeal to the recollection of the House as to what had taken place in the debate on that night.—(Cheers.) The Hon. Member, it appeared, thought that in making a statement of the kind, he was not making a personal charge against the Hon, Member for Bolton. He (Lord Howick) had a different opinion as to what was the duty of a perstm sent out for the purpose of collecting evidence. The lion. Member might think that the conduct which he had imputed to the Hon. Member for Bolton was perfectly allowable, and conveyed no perso at imputation. If that was the opinion of the Hon. Member for Knaresborough as to what was allowable to persons advocating particulat opinions there, when that Hon. Member wished his (Mr. Ferrand's) statement to he taken, he must furnish most minute particulars, in order to test their accuracy. —( Loud cheers.) That Honourable Member considered that it was no charge against the Honourable Member for Bolton that he had refused to take evidence against himself. If that was the Hon. Member's notion of what was the fair way of taking evidence, when he told the House the result of his in quiries they should recollect the principle upon which it was fair to take evidence.—(Loud cheers.) The lion. Member had chosen to allude to him ( Lord H.) as one of the M mbers who had called upon him to name the authority upon which he had made such a grave charge against the Hon. Member for Bolton. He certainly had called out " Name," and he would now say, if the Hon. Member were pleased to make charges of that kind in that House. it was his duty to give up the mem of his informant.—(Loud cheers.) Hon. Members ought either to abstain from making charges of this sort, or be prepared to substantiate their statements.—(Loud cheers. ) No man, when called upon to substantiate a statement of that sort, had any right to turn round and sly—Will you believe me? He was bound to believe that every gentleman stated that which he believed to be true ; but he would tell the lion Gentleman (Mr. Ferrand) that he had not that confidence in his ju , !gment to rely implicitly upon its accuracy.—(Loud cheers. ) All he desired was, to see justice done to the Hon. Member for Bolton ; and that could not be done unless the party, on whose authority the statement was made, was mentioned, and also the time and place where the circumstanues were alleged to have occurred, so as to give . the Honour able Member for Bolton a means of contradicting it. Vague assertions of that sort ought not be re cei-ed, unless means were given to test the accuracy of the statement.—( Cheers.) He felt this necessity the more strongly, because this was not the first time that the Hon. Member had made vague charges, which he had afterwards shrunk from substantiating.—(lmmense cheers from the Op position, and cries of " Name, name," from Mr. Ferrand. ) The Hon. Member was perfectly aware of the circumstance to which he alluded, which had occurred a few evenings since, when the Honourable Member had thought proper to make vague charges, which he had never put in such a shape as to enable the parties to repel them. (Cries of '• Name, name," anti " Order, order.'') The Hon. Member might think it very witty to call " Name. name ;" but the complaint was, that the Hon. Member's charge was so vague and applied to so large a class, that it was impossible to name the persons to whom they did allude.—(Cries of " Name," from Mr. Ferrand.) He named the Hon. Member himself as the person bringing those vague and unsubstantiated charges, and he would give the charges brought against the Anti-Corn law League as an instance: Every charge brought orward in that House ought to be brought forward in such a manner a., to enable the parties charged to repel it. This practice of bringing forward vague charges ought not to he encouraged by the Hose—(Loud cheers)—and he would never be deterred by any notice the Hon. Gentleman might think fit to take of him, of expressing his opinion of the extreme and gross im propriety of Hon. Members - bringing forward charges which could neither be properly substantiated nor repelled. . _ Lord STANLEY trusted that the House would feel with him that this discussion was at once profitless and painful.— ( Hear, hear.) It had originated iR an expression casually dropped by the Hon. Member for Knaresborough. (Cries of No, no.") The Honourable Member for Knaresborough had stated that he begged that it might not be supposed that the Honourable Gentleman opposite could be taken as an authority on certain opinions, because he had heard casually during his traveh in Switzerland, that the Hon. .Member for Bolton had listened to evidence on one side Mr. HUME thought it would be better to adjourn the debate on account of the very personal discussion that had taken place, and which was likely to last that night, and that the admission of Indian produce into England in the same manner as English productions were admitted into India, ought to be further con sidered. After a few words from the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHE QUER and 111 r. MANGLES, strangers were ordered to withdraw, but no divisiontook pace, and on the gallery being again opened, we found more readily than on the other.—(Opirsition cries of " Re fwed to take evidence.") He would admit this, that the statement of the Hon. Member did convey against the Hon. k;entleman opposite a charge in his public capacity which the Hon. Gentleman was certainly called upon to meet.—( Loud cheers.) But the Honourable Member for Knaresborough did not bring forward the charge upon his own knowledge, he stated that he had heard so in Switzerland ; and the Hon. Mr. COBDEN speaking. He said that the forms of the House, as he understood them, put it in the power of the minority to protect themselves and the public against such interruptions. He hoped what he stated might go forth to the public, that the country might be made aware of the system pursued. From his own experience, as a young Member of that House, he found that, from half-past four o'clock till half-past five, Hon. Members were dropping into the House, when personal questions, relating to personal matters, might be going on, and from th a t ti me till h a lf- past seven there were shouts for divisions, and interruptions of any discussions till eight. Then Hon. Members began to disappear from the House, and they were left with only forty or fifty Members to discuss the most important questions till ten or eleven at which hours Hon. Members came pouring in, in their white cravats and white waistcoats, and, an x ious to return to their concerts and parties, and from that time till a late hour there were the same shouts and interruptions going on. blic lt advantage. Now, if these interruptions continued, he was determined, if six Members on this side would act with him, he would avail 4. f the tariff. himself of all the forms of the House, so as to ensure an ad. jou c rn ap m t e . t AthNey thought that tahaptostihtieonutoong.oAilnetmo baeweriasssehuonsusoilotdnnt.hoet have alluded to mattersso very personal as the costume of Hon. k G i e n t d itl o e f m a e i t s i c .— uss ( i H on ea t r h , at h e e o a u r ld a l n ea d dpr l to a og u a g rne h sy t s e po r lied the charge of the Noble Lord, equally to Members on both sides of the House who neglected Mr. COBDEN said the remarks ,i h .h e et h e a r d th m e their duties. Lord SANDON said that Members on the other side of the a H n o Ad u la s rp e . p o eAa u li g e h Gd t tinoßotsti,oteoCommittee in obstruct repelledm itt e t e h et o say ob struction had not arisen on the previous night from the Hon. anti Gallant Member for Liverpool, who had occupied the House with a long speech (to which the House was very inat tentive), and concluded without proposing any motion.— ( Hear, hear, and laughter.) Lord SANDON said, that when the question discussed in volved the great interests of their colonies, it was very wrong in Hon. Members to adopt so light a tone. Mr. BARING concurred with the Noble Lord as to the importance of the question then discussed, and as on a former occasion they had occupied tour or five nights on the timber duties, he thought it was not too much to devote half a night to the same question.—( Hear.) Mr. COBDEN thought after what had passed, the House was sot in a temper to discuss anything; he should, therefore, press the motion for adjournment. After a few words from Lord INGESTRIE , who thought that the Hon. Member for Stockport had withdrawn his motion, The Committee divided, when there appeared-... For the adjournment... ............................. 36 Against it .......................................... 156 Majority against the adjournment......... 120 On our return to the gallery, we found Mr. HUME moving that the Chairman dq leave the Chairs Lord STANLEY hoped that the Committee would see the necessity of now disposing of the question under dia cussion.—( Hear, hear, hear.) He was aware that it was in the power of the Honourable Member for Montrose (Mr. Hu ne), and of half a doaen gentlemen who thought with him, to interrupt the business of the House and compel an adjournment. If the Hon. Gentleman persisted in moving an arrurnment, he (Lord Stanley would not . waste the time of the Committe by dividing it, but he wished it to go forth to the public that it was not to the House . of Commons but to a very small portion of its Members it was owing that they were unable, after so long a discussion, to make so little pro gress in the tariff. The motion of the Hon. Member for Montrose was, that the Chairman do now leave the chir, which, if carried, would put an end to the all'clgeer vvq, toeegfore - , ifei:ei4al7 tha . tho g 1. jj4; .. . made eeataepspt Member for Bolton, having in his place in Parliament utterly denied the charge, of course, from that moment, the charge fell to the ground.—( Loud cheers.) The Hon. Member for Knaresboro r Ugh, however, had not made the charge on his own authority—he had stated that he heard so and so in Switzer land; and if, whenever an Hon. Member made a statement of that. sort, he was to be immediately taken up and asked %rho told him that, and when did he hear it uttered—(Cries of " Oh, oh," and laughter, from the Opposition, met by cheers from :he Ministerial benches)—there would be no end to these scenes of profitless discuvioit, which would lead to a painful waste of the time of the House. The very moment the Hon. Gentleman opposite disclaimed the charge, resting, as it did, upon anonymous authority, he was entitled to the full benefit of that denial, and ought to be considered as cleared by the House and the country.—(Loud cheers.) The Hou. fslmber did not vouch for the statement himself. The Hon. Gentleman on the other side, in his place in Parlia ment, denied it; aiAl he hoped the Committee would permit the matter to drop, and permit the consideration of the tariff to be resumed. Every one was agreed as to the necessity of get ting through the tariff as speedily as possible, and yet every particle in it had le:l to a long discus-ion, not of the articl itself, but on every other question.---( Hear, hear.) Let them consider that there were 750 articles in the tariff, that they had still 21 pages to get through before even the Bill could be brought in, and if night after night discussions of this sort were to be raised, it was impossible to say when they would get through one page ; and he would earnestly request the Com mittee not to engage any more in these discussions, which must be at once so painful and so exasperating to the feelings of all parties. Mr. F. T. BARING must say one word as to the unjust and unfair charge which had been made against the Hon. Member for Bolton. It would not be consistent with fairness, if he sat down without expressing his opinion that the charge, what ever might have been the words used, conveyed the idea that the lion. Member for Bolton had acted disgracefully. Without dwelling upon the particular words that had been used by the Hon. Member for Knaresborough, who had made three speehes each differing from the other—(Loud cheers)—yet, taking any one of them, the charge conveyed was, that the Hon. Gen tleman, in the confidential performance of a public duty, had been guilty of gross misconduct.—( Hear, hear.) Now, when a charge of that nature was made, it was right that a distinct specification should be given, in order to enable the accused person to sift the charge. What he complained of in the Hon. Member for Knaresborough was, that he had brought forward a charge against a public servant of misconduct in his official capacity, and when asked from whence the charge came, tie Hon. Gentleman said he would not answer the question. If he had made a charge against any person, and had been called upon to give that person an opportnity to reply, and he had said he would give them no opportunity of meeting those charges, what would have been said, not only on the other side, but his ewn side of the House ?—(Cheers,) The common courtesy of the House, when a statement was made, was that credence ‘l ,- .llltl be given to it. The Hon. Gentle man opposite had made the charge three times.—( Hear, hear.) He made the charge first and it was denied. Again the charge was made, and again denied ; and a third time tt e charge was made and denied. He had no right to defend public servants, but when a charge was made without the possibility of meeting it, he considered it was dealing unfairly, be it on which side it might. He agreed with the Noble Lord that these diseessions wasted the time of the Howe, but he must say that because they sat pm this side of the House, and happened to hold opinions contrary to gentlemen - opposite, that that was no reason why they should be dealt with . man's motion be negatived, wheth er w i t h or w i t h ou t a di v i s i on . unfair.v. if afterwards the Hon. Gentleman persisted in his motion of Mr. FERR ANP e eose to explain. ' The Right lion. Gen- adjournment, he (Lord Stanley) would not give the House the tleman who had just - addreaied the House said that he rose as trouble of dividing ; but he wished the country to see on what a Member of the late Government, who appointed the Hon. grounds the House was obliged to give over the further pro and Learned Member for Balms, to go abroad to get up evi. gress of the measure. deuce. He (Mr. Ferrand) asked the House, and he asked . Mr. S. O'BRIEN said that the country should know whe the country, whether it was net at that time notorious that th e ther the interruption had not arisen from a most unwarranted Hon. and Learned Member for Bolton was a violent advocate and unfounded attack made by an Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Fer of the principle of free trade ? He (Mr. Ferranti) asked the rand) on an Hon. Member (Dr. Bowring) who had held a Right Hon. Gentleman who had just s at d .wn whether it was Government situation..—(Cries of " Question," " Chair.") not notorious throughout the country that the Hon. Gentleman He had voted in the minority on the last division because he was sent abroad by the Government for the purpose of getting participeted in the opinions of the Hon. Member for Stock- rid of him?—( Loud cries of " Order, order. and confusion.) port (Mr. Cobden).---( Cries of " Question.") It was notorious throughout the country that the Government j Mr. FOS PER wish e d to mar k hi s sense o f t h ese persona l sent the Hon. and L earne d G ent:eman abroad for the purpose I attacks made by Hon. Gentlemen. It was a practice that of ge•ting rid of his advocacy of that principle which he (Mr. , ought to be put an end to. If it continued it could not fail to Ferrand) had no hesitation in saying that he supported in a bring that House into discredit with the country. straightforward and honourable manner.—( Cries or " Divide," : Mr. HUME said he was asked if he would persevere in his " Adjourn," " Order.") But had he (Mr. Feirand) not a motion. He replied yes. The Noble Lord said that this was right to canvass his conduct abroad in the service of the public, ! a motion which would put an end to the tariff. It would so, and was he to be told in the House of Commons that he had no if it were carried ; but the Noble Lord knew that he (Mr. reeht to make a remark upon it, or form an opinion as to the liume);had no other mode of putting his motion. It was not manner in which that evidence had been got up ? He his intention to divide the House on that motion, but he should was there to say himself that he was dissatisfied with take the sense of the House on the question of reporting pro. the conduct of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman abroad. gre...s. He (Mr. Hume) was desirous of seeing the measure He thought in the evidence which he did get he was not anxi- progress. (Cries of " Oh, oh," and ironical cries of " Hear.") ous to prepare a fair report on both sides of the question, but that No person had been more attentive to the tariff than he had it was based, as naturally it would be, upon a strict free trade been. Each night that it was discussed he was not a moment principle. It was utterly impossible that he should come back absent from the House. But if the Nobly Lord and his col with a satisfactory report to the people of this country.-- j leagues countenanced such proceedings ae had just occurred on ( Order, order.) But he (Mr. Ferrand) begged leave to tell the I the other side of the House, it was to them that any delay of Right Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down, that he had not the measure was to be attributed. The whole was owing to three times repeated his assertion with regard to the Hon. and what had fallen from the Hon. Member for Knaresborough, Learned Member for Bolton. He had repeated what he heard, 1 and if there was any fault at all, he thought it was owing to that the Hon. and Learned Gentleman was most anxious for the Chairman, who ought to have stopped so personal an evidence in favour of a free trade principle.—(Cries of Order, affair.—( Order, order.) The whole of that side of the House order, and considerable confusion.) This was what he had said. I countenanced the proceedings of the Hon. Member—( Hear, (No, no.) One word with regard to what had fallen from hear)—and no Member of the Government rose to interfere, the Noble Lord the Member for Sunderland. The Noble Lord who ought, as managers of the House, to keep their supporters had made use of the expression that language so grossly im- in order.—( Oh, oh.) proper ought not to be tolerated in that House. If he (Mr. Lord STANLEY did not think any person would be justi- Ferrand) had used language grossly improper in that House, he fled in interferinsr'as long as any Hon. Member did not violate had no doubt whatever that the Speaker would have called him the rules of the House, and did not think the Hon. Member to order.—(lronical cheers.) At any rate he thought the Noble was unparliamentary. And if the Hon. Member for Montrose Lord was the last person to make such a charge. thought so, it was his duty to call the Hon. Member to order.— Mr. BROTHERTON rose to move that the Chairman re- (Loud cheers.) But neither he, nor any Member of the Go port progress. vernment was responsible for the expressions of any Hon. On the question being put, Member. But when the Hon. Member for Bolton denied the Mr. WALLACE said, in the whole course of his experience, charge, he (Lord Stanley) gave him full credit for it. And he and he had sat in four Parliaments, he never witnessed such a endeavoured to recal the House to the business before them. scene in the House of Commons. He was very much asto- Mr. AGLIONBY did not think the first speech made by the Dished to see that so many Hon. Members of great experience Noble Lord at all calculated to calm the feelings of the House. on the other side of the House could not assist the Noble Lord, He said he wished to show the country who those Members the Member for North Lancashire, in an attempt to put an were who voted for the Honourable Member for Mon end to the scene. He (Mr. Wallace) had never in his life at- trose. Now, he begged to say that he would vote for tempted to stop the proceedings of the House. He had always the motion, and he would always do so when voted against the adjournment of the House at twelve o'clock, the course pursued that night was adopted; but not because or any other hour, fo r he thought no man ought to come there an individual Member made unwarrantable charges upon the who was not poss e s s ed o f firmness of mind, and texture of con- public conduct of an-Hon. Member who held a responsible soua stitution sufficient to go on with the duties imposed on him up Lion, but becau,:e he was cheered by Members on the other side, to any hour of the mor n i ng . He held that if a man were notpos- and he thought that on those grounds there was sufficient sensed of these requisites, he was unfit to have a seat in the torsion for saving that an important subject could not be fairly House. Yes, lie said it was effeminate, and he would debited.—(Hear, hear.) The party en the other side were look down on it. He would on that occasion those eho seemed anxious to obstruct the public business. second the proposal of adjournment, but did so with Lord STANLEY said he did not think the Hon. Member great reluctance, and it was on the ground of the absence of the had heard much of the debate—( Hear, hear, hear)—as he had Hight Hon. Baronet, who was the leader of the House, and one of those suspicious symptoms which would induce one to the accredited organ of the Crown, as he saw no one there believe that he had come rather late iute the House.— who seemed to have that authority on the Ministerial side of (Laughter and cheers.) But if he had been there from seven the House which th e Ri g h t H on. Gentleman possessed. o'clock he thought he would be less anxious for an adjourn- There was another matter to which" - he would shortly ment.—(Loud cheers.) advert, and he begged particularly to address himself to the Mr. AGLIONBY wished that all personal charges were Noble Lord. When the Nobl e Lord introduced the Com-- made in such good humour as that made by the Noble Lord— cion Bill— (Hear, hear) —but though he had a white waistcoat—( A Lord STANLEY—I did not introduce it. laugh)—he could assure the Noble Lord he heard every word Mr. WALLACE—No; the Noble Lord did not introduce of the debate. it, but still it ought to be called the Noble Lord's Bill.—(Cries Mr. Hume's motion was then put and negatived without a of " Questior.") He was speaking to the queStiOn,' for . the question was the adjournment of th e - House ; and if less Cheer' • Dr. IfdiVßll(7-6-the4alitilied that the Chairman should re ing, and more decorous conduct was evinced by Members next port progress and ask leave to sit again. the bar.—( Loud cries of " Order, order.") Well. The question having been put and carried, then—( Repeated cries of " Order")—would Hon. Gentlemen Mr. GREENE said that perhaps he might take that oppor wish hen to name a man, and he would do it?—(" Chair," tunity of saying, in reference to what had fallen from the Hon. "order," and "question.") Well, then, he wouldname a per- %feather for Montrose, that he did not think the Hon. Member son ; and say, that the foremost in the noisey cheering was for Knaresborough had said any thing which was out of order. one of the nearest relations of the Right Hon. Baronet, who If he had, he should have felt it his duty to do so at once. was absent.—(Cries of " Order.") He said so again; he was The Chairman reported progress, and the House resumed. not to be bullied by him, or by any one else.—(Confusion, The other Orders of th e D a y were t h en di spose d of, and and cries of " Chair, chair.") the House adjourned at Half- past One o'Clock. Lord STANLEY now rose to order, and said he was sure that the Hon. Gentleman was anxious to maintain order; but he must perceive that he himself was not setting a very good example, as, by applying the word " bullying "to any Hon. Member, he would at once. , that he was exceeding the rules of the House, and he( Lr • Stanley) would advise him immediately to return to thesis) vet: before the House. Mr. WALLACE said he was obliged to the Noble Lord, for he was not aware of what had fallen from him, but he would at once acknowledge that the word " bullying " ex ceeded the rules of Parliament. With respect to the proposal before the House, he thought they should at once accede to it ; but he was go.ng to say, that the Noble Lord had during the Coercion Bill, often read private letters, and re. ferred to them, and refused to name the authors, but always refined to give the names of parties on public grounds. Now he (Mr. Wallace) said that when Hon. Gentlemen made a personal attack on private information they ought to give the narnes of the parties. He should never think of bringing an accusation against any one without giving his authority. He could not believe that such a course was manly, and he hoped they would get rid of the habit of speaking in such persona manner in the House. He begged pardon of the House for having spoken in the strong terms in which he did, but asked pardon of no individual ; it wasief the House alone he asked it. Colonel PEEL said the Hon. Gentleman Has unders'oed as retracting the words made use of as far as the House was con cerned, but that he would make no apology to individuals. Mr. WALL ACE—I have retracted the word bullying only. Colonel PEEL—I em only say that there is no gentleman whose opinion I would less wish to have than the Honourable Gentleman's —( Laughter. ) Mr. C. BULLER said he was not at all sorry that the discussion was of a personal character, as he thought it was high time that the House ought to know what was to be to lerated in that Howe. The Noble Lord had kindly endea voured to draw the matter to a conclusion in order to restore the character of the House. What he (Mr. Buller) com plained of was the specific character of the charge, and then the Hon. Member's unwillingness to prove it. Mr. FERRAND—No. Mr. C. BULLER hoped the Hon. - Gentleman would not contradict him until. t e heard what he had to say. What he complained of was that on that occasion the Hon. Gentleman had come forward, not contenting himself with making mere vague charges, but came forward with specific charges, and sai.i he would name the individuals, and when called upon to name them he refused to do so altogether.—( Hear.) Now he said, that if the Hon. Gentleman made charges, he ought to give the names of the parties. It appeared that the Hon. Gentleman never made charges but what he discredited hi:nseif—( Laughter)—therefor e the Hon. Gentlemen on that (the Opposition) side of the House always consider ed, that the more specific he made the charges, the less able was he to sup port them.—( Hear, hear, and laughter.) He was not im pugning the Hon. Gentleman's veracity; he meant him no offence; he did not intend to do se. He simply imputed to him a want of caution and care in making assertions, which left them in a very aw k war d predicament, and produced scenes in that H ouse w hi ch ought not to occur. His Hon. Friend complained o f t h e part i es oppos i te . B ut when the cat was away the mice would play.--(Laughter.) He must say that the sports of that night had been rather up roarious. —( Laughter.) They had been indulged in freely on the other side the House. But th e y h a d b een carried on with boldness, as though they felt relieved from a restraint, and they therefore indulged in tirades against the Right Hon. Baronet —(Loud laughter)—which would shock the Right Hon. Baro net to hear.—( Continued laughter.) With regard to the motion for adjournment, on the ground of the absence of the Right Hon. Baronet, or a motion that the Chairman report progress and ask leave to sit again, when the Right Hon. Baronet was back in his place, they were very reasonable motions. —(Loud Isughter.) But it. was rather unusual. —( Renewed laughter.) With respect to the subject of Indian muslins he said that those parts of India which had been ruined by our duties had a right to ask that their raw produce should be admitted into the market in the same way ae our manufactures were admitted there. LA W IN TE L LIUENCE. APPEAL COURT, Doctors'-Commons,June 7. WOOD AND OTHERS V. GOODLAKE, HELPS, AND OTHERS. The last stage in the long-pending contest for the money of the rich Gloucester banker was reached to-day, and the struggle, now the main point is decided, was carried on with the same vigour and animosity which has characterised every step of the proceedings. The bill of costs was offered for sig nature to this Court (in which the formal business of the Pre rogative Court is generally transacted) by the proctors for the several parties who have claimed either as heirs, or legatees, or executors from James Wood. It will be recollected that the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council pronounced in favour of the validity of the payer presented by Sir M. Wood and the other executors named therein, but directed the costs of all the parties to be paid out of the estate. Mr. BLICKTON, the proctor for Mr. Hitchens, who was ad mit!ed a next of kin of the deceased, but who has since died, presentesl his taxed bills of costs. The principal bill for the main cause amounted to 1,3111. 13s. I Id., and there were three other bills, the first of which was 466/. I Is. Sd., the second 2,6761. 12s. 3d., and the third 1711. 4s. Bd. Mr. LONGDEN, proctor for the executors, was directed to oppose the bills, as taxed by the ilegistrar, and prayed to be heard on his petition against them. Mr. BUCKTON denounced this proceeding as unheard-of. The executors of the late Mr Wood, who had unexpectedly come into possession of all his wealth, were desirous, by a quirk and quibble of ;.he law, of preventing him from obtaining his fair costs. He asked to be sworn as to the truth and accu racy of the bills, as in case of his death no one could recover them, and the executors would then escape altogether. The COURT granted its permission, and Mr. Buckton took the customary oath as to the correctness of the items in the bills of costs. Mr. LONG DEN—But the Court will net at once sign the bills? Dr. DA ußENv—Certainly not. Mr. TOKER, the proctor for Mrs. Goodlake (another of the parties opposing the validity of the papers propounded by Sir M. Wood, and claiming as next of kin), then pre..ented his taxed bills of costs. 'he firsrwas for 1,474/. 2s. 9d., the second for 396/. 12s. 3d., the third for 2,6281., and the fourth for 284/. is. A similar conversation took place in this as in the former case, with the addition of Dr. Phillimore expressing his opinion that the proceedings were disgraceful to the prac tice of the Court. It ended by the Court expressing its deter mination to refer the whole case to the Pri v y C ounc il w h en t h e petition against the bills had been brought in. The bills of Mr. Pulley, proctor for Mr. Helps, was also given in, but in con sequence of his absence from illness, the consideration of them was postponed. They amounted, severally, to the sums of 3.'274/. 13s. 1(1., 6921. 19s. 9d., and 4,1381. 12s. 11d., making altogether 8,106/. ss. 9d. POLICE INTELLIGENCE, MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Frederick Pridham, a gentlemanly-dressed young man, who stated that he is a medical student, residing at No. 8, Harpur-street, Red Lion-square, appeared on his bail from Monday, being charged with so violently assaulting Lieutenant- Colonel Baron Osten, of the 9th Lancers, that his life was en daneered. From the evidence of James Sudbury, footman to the Baron, it appeared, that about two o'clock on Monday afternoon the defendant came to his master's residence, ?so. 12, Dover street, Piccadilly, and inquired whether the Baron was at home. He replied in the affirmative, and having ushered him into the Baron's presence, left the room. A few minutes afterwards his master's hell was rang violently, and on going into his room he saw his master and the defendant struggling together. He was desired to assist in removing the defendant from the room, and as ke was advancing to do so, the defendant struck the Baron a most violent blow on the head with an ebony thick walking-slick he had in his hand. The blow was given with such force, that the stick was snapped asunder, the Baron's head cut in two places very deeply, and a glazed case of stuffed birds was also broken by one of the pieces of stick striking it. The defendant was then with great difficulty ejected from the room. The Baron suf fered extremely from loss of blood, and the excited state of mind he was put in, and was now unable to leave his bed. Mr. Sherrard, of No. 8, New Bond-street, surgeon, stated that he was called in to attend the Baron, whom he found suf. fering from two contused wounds and a bruise on the head, The wounds appeared to have been inflicted with a blunt in strumeut, and the head was cut through to the skull. Ho dressed the wounds, and, although he did not apprehend any great danger from them, yet owing to the Baron's advanced age, 65, and the excitement under which he was labouring, fatal consequences might ensue. The defendant alleged that he called upon the Baron to de. mand whether he had written to his father, Dr. Pridham, about him, or whether he had ever said any thing regarding his family to Lord Tenterden or Mr. Twiselton Fines, On the Baron refusing to answer him, he merely laid his band on his collar, demanding an answer —yes or no—on which the Baron pushed him away, and ran to a safe, and seized two swords-- one a Turkish cymeter—and then fearing some mischief might ensue, he closed with the Baron, to endeavour to wrest the weapons from him, and then certainly did strike him with his walking cane on the head, The door of the room was at the instanropened, and a number of persons, both male and female, rushed in and dragged him out, and in the scuffle he was nearly strangled. In answer to Mr. Maltby, Mr. Sherrard stated that in all probability the Baron would be able to attend in a few days. Mr. MALTuv said that the ease should stand over until Monday next, and he should call on the defendant to find bail, himself in 2001., and two sureties in 1001. each. It was, how ever, afterwards arranged that the defendant's recognizance, and that of his father, Dr. Pridham, who gave his address at the Reform Club-house, conjointly, to the amount of 4001,, should be taken fur the defendant's appearance on Monday next. Mr. Pridham stated, outside the office, that the question he asked the Baron was, whether he had or had not spread a re port that he (the Baron) was his father, and not Dr. Pridham. WORSHIP-STREET. The driver of the hackney cabriolet, No. 136, was sum moned before Mr. Bingham, by Mr. Thomas Perkins, a whole sale tobacconist, iu Cheapside, to answer the charge of hav ing exacted a larger amount of fare than he was legally en titled to. Prior to the evidence being gone into, the defendant ad dressed the Bench, and said that he had become sensible of the error he had committed, and was ready to return the amount o f overcharge he had received. The complainant said that the mere overcharge was a matter of minor consequence ; his reason for proceeding against the defendant, was on account of the audacious and violent manner in which he had conducted himself. The MAGISTRATE said he should require the defendant to pay the sum of 155., which would include the costs and overcharge, The defendant paid the amount, and was discharged. A new novel is advertised as immediately forth coming, from the pen of the authoress of " Th e Hi story o f a Flirt," This announcement will, doubtless, be received with considerable delight by every reader of fiction, for of all the novels of its season, " 'I he Flirt" was universally acknowledged to be at once the most piquant, as well as praiseworthy ; and it is naturally to be expected that in this new work the maturer powers of this delightful writer will afford a still greater amount of amusement and instruction to her numerous readers. The title of the expected novel, " The Manceuvring Mother," is a very promising one; and if it should meet with as great a de gree of popularity as " The Flirt" so soon attained, it is to be hoped the authoress will be induced to declare herself, and re, (wive, in her proper person, the honours she has so well army• mously won. THEI WEATHER.—Dwing this past week the weather has heel) remarkably tine for the farmers, and the grqwing crops. Abundance of genial sunshine, with occasional bowers, offer a capital prospect for the harvest.—Kendal Mercury. The present duties of the Corn Inspectors A.W volve upon the officers of Excise on the '.l.4tU of this month. The Inspectors have been recetyk'szikiries, amounting to 301. and a at*... The. Iti'spector who furnishes returns of the L'op(ikiii'tiwles has 30 . N. a year. The latter is the only per -‘,60. will be allowed a compensation for the loss of his office through the new arrangements. ~~.., INVIE THIRTY -EIGHTH ANNUAL BITION of the SOCIETY of PAINTERS in WATER COLOURS, at their Gallery, Pall-mall East, IS NOW OPEN. Open each day from Nine till dusk. Admittance, One Shilling—Catalogue, Sixpeace, R. HILLS, Secretary. Sir ROBERT PEEL is at present a very successful man. He sways the House of Commons bye word, and through the House of Commons he mks the empire. lie says nothing beyond the merest common-place which is not received by assenting cheers from ono side or the other. He is surrounded by flattery, in action, and must believer that the measures which are applauded by the House will be beneficial to the public. But time will put,thetat to a rougher test than the opinion of the House of Commons, and in their effects, by which we must try his policy, there will be no cheers and no flattery. He has undertaken the Government expressly to remedy our financial, commercial, and moral disorders ; his le.. come-tax, the Tariff, and his zealous support of the Church, are his means of cure. Will they effect the object?} In endeavouring to form an opinion on this subject,it is of consequence to notice that his first anticipations have been disappointed. He expected a revival in spring; summer is come, and the distress has continually aug-• mented. The failure of his first augury diminishes our confidence in his judgment. His medicines have rather; aggravated than alleviated the disorder, and now to e R . pest as much from him as last year is to hope aga:m s s experience. THEATRE-ROYAL, ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE. THIS EVENING, JUNE 8. The Performances will commence with the Musical Farce of THE AGREEABLE SURPRISE.—Lingo, Mr. Harley; Cowslip, Mrs. Humby. To be followad by BLUE DEVlLS.—Megrim, Mr. 0 Smith. After which, the Farce of THE BEE HlVE—Mingle, Mr. Har ley ; Cicely, Mrs. Humby. To which will be added a New Burletta, 'called THE WATER WITCHES, In which Mess's. Vining, Oxberry, W. IL Bland, Bar. ker, Misses Murray, Crisp, Pincott, and Hughes, will'appear. To conclude with the Ballet of THE DA Ui,HTER rHE DA NUBE, in which Mr. Gilbert and Miss Baffin will appear. Boxes, 41. Pit, 2s.— Gallery, Is. Doors oi•en at half-past Six; commence at Seven; Half-price, a Quarter before Nine. Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Grogan, at the Private Box-office; and of Messrs. Andrews, Mitchell, Sams, and Baily, at their Libraries. In the course of nature, an abundant harvest itillows a few years of short crops, and restores cw.nparative prosperity to a half-starved people. So it was in 1; 5 22, so it was in 1834, and so it may be in 1842. For. suctx a return of prosperity, should it come, he may thank his stars ; his measures will contribute very little bring it about. A fact peculiar to those prosperous periods, was antecedent reduction of taxation. In the former per L ed such a reduction had followed the Close of the war ; in the latter, we all remember that a reduction.was cr,rried into execution by the Whigs. Sir ROBERT adding to taxation, takes the best possible e Amrs , tn. prevent that return of prosperity which wadld come in. the nature of things. If distress continue,. uny, if titer be not a great flush of prosperity, his measures will to blame. He promises us, for example, immanse advar in from his remission of 600,0001. on the timber duth s ; it does not seem probable, till population has a , sin ma a rapid start, that for building houses, ships, (A• factories, the chief use of timber, any great additl'Jnal quantity will be required. At the same tune, 'was stated on Monday evening by Mr. GLADirONE, th e selli ng price of timber has already fallen below its cost to tl.e importing merchants. The imports last year were more than were required, and the single effect, we are afraid, therefore, of Si r E. Pnra,'s a lt erat i on in the thnber duties will be to mince the value of the commodity lower, without much augmenting the demand fot. it. chat will make the North American provinces shefe d distress which afflicts the mother cr,untry. Such q result will be nothing to boast of, Examples of his incons ; teacy are so rtnmemus, that no person can tell win!. are his principles, or what be ex pects from his yoliey. He tells us by his Tariff to look For a return of prosperity from a reduction of taxation, end by his Income-tax he adds to our burdens. Ile re-. Uses to lower the deities on butter, cheese, and sugar, Ind In d i me -te exempts the b u lk o f t h e ' working claoe4 from flit, ax. On the one hand he declares that the poc.ty st •if the poor must contribute to swell the kacome cif the landlord and the sugar planter ; on the WAW A he exempts all persons with a less incrnmi, than 1504 a year from contributing to the wants of the Stu°. Corn bine-d with his employing the pr.blie money to relieve listress, and with the motion (t.f his follower, Mr. PER. ItAND, to give a million to The distressed people, his conduct goes to establish .or a large portion of the coin ' inunity a perpetual e'.:emption from the payment of ' taxes to the State. 'A makes taxation even fall short of representation, nr.rrow as that is, and breaks- up nation into ate oligarchy, having the whole po of w, Government i n i ts hands, and a people who Iv longer tot interest in the State. On the one hand he d he calls for patriotism, and On the other he takechwasur„ to deprive the bulk of the people of all mo4 , ies for its existence. In finance, in commerce, and in. morals, he is equally inconsistent. Front such 'contradictory policy we anticipate no good; and if Oie results cif his measure shall be in accordance with t'„e opinions of his cheerers in the House of Common.' , we shall rejoice for the community, however much we may be ashiMed of our imperfect intelligence and, 'or defective judgment. _ LONDON WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 8, 1842. Lord ASHLEY last night obtained leave, with the unanimous concurrence of the House of Commons, to introduce a Bill to make regulations respecting the age and sex of persons admitted to work in mines and col lieries. The Noble Lord took a succinct and rapid view of most of the evils of the present system, and stated that the principal objects he should aim at by his Bill, would be the total exclusion of all females and children from the mines and collieries of the kingdom, and the putting a stop to the practice of binzling out parish children apprentices to colliers The Noble Lord will even cancel the indentures of those who have already been bound out. Sir JAMES GRA. n.cu, on behalf of the Government, gave his cordial support to the Noble Lord's principles, though he made some reservations as to details. It can be no part) measure, and we believe both sides of the House will zealously concur with the Noble Lord in carrying hi• Bill as speedily as possible through Parliament. While we have not the smallest doubt of Lord AstmEr's humanity, we have not the same confidence in his wisdom. It is one thing to see an evil, but it is another and very different thing to remedy it by legislation. Al though we do nut accuse the Noble Lord ofexaggera tion, we believe that there is axagge74tion in the Report of the Commissioners, and the - Noble Lord has placed before the public and tire House only a portion of tin: whole subject. It is not all black and dismal; on the contrary, there are in it touches of nature and of truth which make kindred of us all. We regret, too, that Lord ASHLEY, with a tinge of Puritanism, should have made it a reproach to the hard-working colliers that they do not work hard enough, and should have coloured his hu manity to their wives and children with the hue of punishment to them. The system which Lord ASHLEY and the Commis. sionara have suddenly found to be so truly horrible has been, let us remark, for many years in existence, and was as great a reproach to the Parliament thirty years ago as now. Even now, those who are its victims rarely complain of it. No petition for colliers, whether lads or lasses, have been presented, asking for redress. Lord ASHLEY quotes one case—the only one, we believe in the Report—of an old Scotchwoman who did not like " horse work," and who said Queen VICTORIA would have the blessing of the women if she would keep them out of the pit, and send them to other work. There is in the Report another case of a woman who wished the first woman who entered a coal-pit had broken her back, and then women would always have been excluded. But there are many instances of the women not complaining of the work. They have now long been used to it, and might find other employ ment irksome. On these Lord ASHLEY, from well meant , kindness, may inflict serious discomfort for many years, if not for the remainder of their lives. OFFICIAL :.110-NTHLT STATEMENT OF LETTEn DELIVERED, IN THE UNITED KINGDOM : DiWeek endinP,'May 22, 1842* ..... tto May 23, 1841 Dittr, November 24, 1839 1,585,9i31 Increase since 1841 on the week's letters 109,8n9 Ditto 1839 ditto 2, ,001 223 " The numb er o f l etters is less than usual, owing, probably, to the Whitsuntid e h o lid ays, which fell in tbis week. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, TUESDAY.—Th e Royal party left the Castle of witness the Ascot Races, soon after twelve o'cle,ck, in the fol.- lowing order : The first carriage Prince conveying the Quee r an d Prince Albert, and his Excelle nc y Count Mensdort. The Second Carriage —The Duehr A s of 13uccleuch, the French Ambassador and the Countena, de St. Aulaire, and the Master of the Hotse. The ThirdCairiage—The Lady i~n Waiting, Count Hugh and, Count Alphonso Mensdorf, and, the Duchess of Bedford. The Fourth Carriage—The Countess of Rosslyn, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Lord Whr,rneliffe, and Count Alexander Mensdorf. The Fifth Carriage—lady Wharncliffe, Hon. Mr. G. E. Anson, Count Arthur ...lensdorf, and the Duke of Bedford. The Sixth Carriage —Hon. Miss Liddell and Hon. Miss Paget, Maids of honour in Waiting, the Marquis of Exeter, and the Marquis of Normanby. The Seventh Carriage —The Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlai n , the Earl o f Ab erdeen, and Lord Portman. The Eigh th Carriage—The Lord in Waiting, Sir Henry Wheatley, Mr. George Edward Anson, and 4ir George Copper, Bart. The Royal cortege returned In the same state to the Castle, between five and six o'clock, from the race-oourse. The Countess of Dunmore has succeeded Lady Portman as the Lady in Waiting on the Queen • and Lord Rivers a n d M r .. Ormsby Gore h ave succeeded the Earl of Morton and Captain Meynell as the Lord and Groom in Waiting on her Majesty.. The Earl of Morton and Captain Aleynell hare left the Castle, but Lady Portman remains on a visit. Sir Robert and Lady Peel will join the Royal dinner party, which will include the whole of the above-named visitors and tt members of the Roy a l su i te this evening at the Cas e. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, accompanied by their Serene Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Ilemillet t and the Duchess Ida of Saxe Weimar, took an airing in the parks yesterday afternoon, in an open pony carriage and four. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, attended by Lady Augusta Somerset and Major Stephens, wretre present at the lecture in Willis's Rooms yesterday. The Duke of Saxe Meiningen, accompanied by the Heredi tary Prince, and attended by his suite, visited the British Museum yesterday morning. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prinee George, and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, attended by Lady Au :testa Somerset, honoured the French Plays with their pre sence on Monday evening. A Cabinet Council was held yeste r d a y a ft ernoon at the Fo reign -office. It was attended by Sir Robert Peel, the Dake of Wellington, the Lord Chancellor, Sir James Graham, the Chancellor cf the Exchequer, and the other Cabiaet Ministers iti town. The Council sat two hours. A deputation on the subject of the Dublin and Drogheda Railway, consisten t of Lord Talbot de Alalahide, Mr. James Hans Hamilton, M.P., and Captain Taylor, 111. P., county. Dublin ; Mr. Grogan, M. P., city Dublin ; Sir William Somer ville, hart., M. P., Drogheda ; lUr. Mark Philips, M.P., Manchester ; Messrs. George Alexander Hamilton, George Macartney, P. Eekersley, and John Macneill, had an iaterview with Sir Robert Peel yesterday. The Solicitor-G enera l for Ireland had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official reside/lc in Downing -street. The Right Hon. Sir Robert and Lady Peel left their rest dezenooinnN:Vohn a iteh v a i l , l i - i gardens Na j at half-past ur fo in u d r soor'eclocasktlye.e. lonian a Despatches from th e L or d Hi g h C omm i ss i on er of the Islands, and from the Governor of Malta, were received yeslet day at the Colonial-office. r if w e are correct in understanding the Noble Lord's intention to be at once totally to prohibit the employ ment of women in all the mines,we hope he will at the same time find them some amusement and occupation ; that he will not allow them to go to the workhouse, for they now eat the honest bread of independence : and will ensure them pensions equal at least to two-thirds of their a eeky earnings. A prospective prohibition of the em ployment of females would probably be more suitable to the ease than an immediate prohibition. As to children, also, in many of the warm, well ventilated mines, we really see nu more objection to allowing young boys of eight years of agio, to perform the duties of trappers than to em ploying them to gather stones from a field, or to watch a herd of cows or a flock of sheep. What is required as to them, if the House of Commons must legislate on the subject, and not leave the correction of the evil to the good sense of the 'nine-owners and mine workers, now that it is publicly branded, is to em ploy them only, as sailors art, employed, watch and watch, and so never allow them to be underground more than six hours at a time. The Noble Lord has been conspicuous for his exertions in behalf of the factory children ; and if he did not draw up the provisions of the Factories Act, his spirit gentlemen . o n f the Universitirs dictated them. Amongst the punishments inflicted under CAMBRIDGE AND OXFORD GREAT BOAT RACE. that Act, and amongst the crimes created by it, we find, The great contest betweenthe Saturday itn next, from a return laid ots the table of the House of Commons, 1 Cambridge and . Oxford will fro take place miestminster to on February 21st, that there are several cases of punish- t y l e , distance ‘, be, During the last fortnight the rival crews have: y with een I meat, for " employing children on Good Friday," "fur not engaged picking their men, acd the following, we understand, giving the holidays prescribed by law." In the most are the nausea of those who at present form th© companies : CA MBRIDGE. OXFORD. Christian and most moral part of the empire, Good Fri gal. day is not ob serve d as a holiday. In Scotland there are 0. _IL 1. Mess's. White. 1. Mess rs . IVI'Dou Hon. L. Denman. 2. Menzies, ten. no holidays. O ur P usey i tes are very anxious to bring back 3- --- lion. G. Denman. :3. Gwynne. 4. Breedon, sea. into England the holiday-- which considered in Italy ; 4 ' Penrose. .., are 5 . Bourne. the source of beggary and idleness. With a kind of '6. ___. Royd, Puseyite spi r it , h owever, the Factories Act established 7. -- I" , i 7 :"' 6 . -- Cox. i 7. ---Hughes. -- holidays, an d pun i shes those who employ children on : 8 * Oldham, C, Y zix 8. Menzies, jun. he . swain . 'h them. If th e Act , operative in Scotland, it must be ; The match creates a co.nsider'a 111 I ble degree ntos eof ; Coxswain. p orting intc.reo,.. an insult to. the people. Alth oug h we earnes tly wish to Betting is at present is to 4on the Cantabs. sec. the labouring classes relieved from toil, it is ite.t. by The Annual Meeti ng of the Catholic Institute was a return to the festival s o f th e Romish C10m.40, in which ; held yesterday at the Free mason ' s Tav ern . The Hiy.i. C L ang _ 1 1 dale w took th e c h a i r, and stated some of the grievances under joy is mad e t o open t h e porta l s tq superst i t i on a nd priest- Inch the Catholics still labour in this country, and that the craft, that such relief er..• best be obtained. contributions for the year bad decreased. During the time Amongst tI ptinishments only inflicted under the the Chairman was speaking Mr. O'Connell entered the room Factorai Act, there are some also for " not whitewash. amidst deafening cheors, which lasted some time, The room was crowded to excess. . ............ r ....we • LATE EDITIONS OF " THE SUN" IN THE CITY. ing the mill," as prescribed by law, for '(` not keeping M R. JOSEPH THOMAS, o f NFN o. 1, ICH- reg i sters and not i ces, as prescribed by laws"for " minor LANE, CORNHILL, has made arrangements by offences ;" of a parent "for allowing his cirildlo be ern, which the Public and the Trade may be supplied with a THIRD EDITION of " THE SUN" every Evening at ployed without a school voucher," or to beskulp. , - al: , Halt-past Seven o'Clock, and subsequent Editions when pub- longer than nine hours—or " not schooling his aild - ;" lished. The Third Edition of " The Su n " conta i ns the Proceedings of a ship captain, and the minute di sc i p li ne o f of both Houses of P a rliame n t up t o S even o ' Clock, and all other vigilance important information accessible to that hour. a man-of-war. 'We cannot for one moment believe that On TuasnAys and FRIDAYS a full Abstract of the " Lon- such multifarious, minute, and vexatious regu don Gszette"—Bankruptcies, Promotions in the Army and i lations, depriving the individuals of all free- Navy, &c. &c., will be found in this Edition, the importance ~ of which will be appreciated by Mercha n t s an d B ankers for will, can be of public advantage ; and if the their Foreign Correspondence. I Act to regulate labour in mines be filled with similar Thom Advertisements and Orders for " The Sun" re ce i ve d b y M r. minute provisions, it will be more an annoyance, on the as. Mr. Thomas has also been specially appointed CITY I whole, th an a bl ess i ng. I n f act, to touch the system of AGENT for the " MORNING POST," every Edition of combined labour in Britain requires a master hand ; and, which may always be obtained at his Office as soon as published : though we are as sensible as any of our Contemporaries. of the enormous evils to which our working classes are exposed, we anticipate more evil than good from hasty legislation on their pursuits and employments. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Immense additional Novelty. The Horses in Two Pieces. Mr. G. Wilde, and the Italian Opei a Dar cers. THIS EVENING, JUNE 8. Will be acted Mr. Leman Rede's SIXTEEN STRING JACK, with New Scenery and Appointments.—Kit Clayton, by Mr. George Wild; the Dances by the Corps de Ballet of the Opera House. After which, in a more extensive and splendid Arena than ever before witnessed, NEW SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, Introducing Mr. BATTY'S unrivalled Collection of Animals, consisting of nu merous and matchless Crearn...colourcd Horses, Andalusian Chargers, Spotted Coursers, Fairy Palfreys, and Pigmy Poneys, and the most talented Vaulters, Riders, Gymnastics, and Contortionists in the kingdom. Gorgeous Cavalcade, novel acts of Equitation, and unri. vatted Acrobatique Feats. To conclude with the grand Military and Equestrian Spectacle, en. titled MURAT—THE PEASANT, GENERAL, PRINCE, AND KING, with Battles, Grand Reviews of Horse and Foot, and gor. geous Tableaux. FRENCH PLAYS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING, JUNE 8, SECOND APPEARANCE OF MONSIEUR BOUFI.E, The Perfamances will commence with LE MARI ET L'A MANT After which, LA FILLE DE L'AVARE.—Grandet, PArarre, by M. Bonn:, To conclude with LES VIEUX PECHES.—Monsieur Girard, Monsieur 6outlb 6s, ; Pit, 3s. 6d.; Amphitheatre (or Gallery Stalls), 3s. ; tiallery, 2s. Doors will be opened at Seven o'clock, and the Per tbrinances commence at Half past Seven. Applications ft), Boxes and Stalls for the remainder of the Season, to be made at Mr. Mitchell's Library, 33, Old Bond-street; Mr. Sc. :: ui 's, 12, Regent-street; Mr. Sams's, St. James's-street ; an d al the Box-thee of the Theatre, which is open daily, from Eleven till Five o'clock. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. The Nobility, Gentry, Subscribers, and the Public, are respectibl informed that ON MONDAYS, TUESDAYS, AND THURSDAYS, GRAND EVENING FETES will be given, in which will be em. bodied all those popular Entertainments that have given to this favou. rite place of recreation its peculiar celebrity, with additions and in. trod fictions, which render them more generally attractive. The MENAGERIE has been enriched by many valuable and im• portant acquisitions in the classes of both Quadrupeds and Birds. - Feeding Time Five o'clock. The Colossal VIEW OF BOME has been repainted, and in some instances remodelled, with a Meckanical Table at d'action, repre senting the Proce-sion of the Papal Troops, Guards, and Roman Nobles, to the Castle of St. Angelo. 'Ma BAND includes some of the most emmeat Performers, con. ducted by Mr. Godfrey, and the Programme of the PROMENADES M •,)SICA LES selectedf rom the noblest works of the great Masters The I LI.O MINATIONof ST. PETER'S, the CROSS of FIRE, and the GIRANDOLA or ST. ANGELO, wi , h all the gorgeous Spectacles and magnificent i it roductiotis that have called forth ac clammations of delight ands 1:r ration on each evening of their ex. hibition, terminating with the triumph of pyrotechnic splendour, the CASC %DE of BRILLIANT FIRE, SIX I T FEET in height. The Gardens are open Daily from Ten till Dusk. The Evening Fetes, with the Promenades Musicales, Illumination of St. Peter's, Girandola of St. Angelo, &c., will be given on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays. Admission One Shilling. All Advertisements of a Disgusting Character, or Immoral Tendency, are excluded from the Columns of " The Sun." ttp .4 *• - &% ° ' • • CAS 4g..".2. 1141 ,Lr* °4 4 ; P " (4 I , b 4Ye !Al l I N •0 • t rt 4 4 ,, es 44416