The Sun. — London, England, 1842-07-06 00:00:00

. .~ rabtea Xbittiort , ‘1 UN-OFFICE, Seven o'Cloch. THE ANTI-CORN-LAW CONFERENCE. (THIS DAY.) (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Mr. Taustrost, of Coventry, said that since the Con ference had last met in February, the distress in Coventry bad been of a most appalling character. He felt reluc tant to present himself again to the Conference, believ ing, as he did, that the callous-hearted aristocracy were determined to goad the people to rebellion, in order to • govern by the sword.—(Cheers.) He considered it was a mark of moral degradation for a freeman to have oc casion there to make these complaints. , It was a proof of our individual selfishness.—(Ckeers) We were now suffering the penalty cif our former apathy. The middleclasses,and the aristocracy 'had locked themselves up in private, and had neglecfraltheir duty to suffering .humanity.—(Cheers.) Ike was astonished at the apathy of the metropolis on this subject. London should recol lect that, though s l oe was the metropolis of the empire, yet she depended upon the provinces for her prosperity, and if they were ruined she must fall.—(Cheers.) The working men of England were men of untiring energy ; they were the producers of wealth, and they were starving. Was it ever to continue so ? Would the Wople never learn to rely on their own energy, and de wand to be fed themselves while they feed others?— (Cheers.) If the Government could not relieve distress, why did it inflict it?—(Cheers.) If Sir R. Peel could not give us commerce, why did he legislate on the sub ject of commerce at all?—(Loud cheers.) The great error of our legislation was that it was too multifarious, too multitudinous.—(Loud cheers.) The principle of commerce was simple, and the Legislature ought not to meddle with it. The aristocracy of England polluted everything it touched.--(Cheers.) The Church was the religion of Mammen—Mammon was the god of the Church.—(Cheers.) The law entrapped the weak flies of democracy, and let the strong aristocracy break through its meshes— (Loud cheers)—and commerce, too, times polluted by the touch of the aristocracy.—(Loud cheers.) There was a general feeling existing among all classes that the repeal of the Corn-laws was not the toily thing to be effected, but that there must be a tho rough constitutional change in the House of Commons.— There must be a union between the middle and the working classes.—(Loud cheers.) The only remedy for the evils we were suffering was the removal of the cause, which was class legislation.—(Cheers.) He would now enter into the statistical details of the distress existing in Coventry. He would commence with the poor -rates. In 1837 the amount of poor-rates collected in Coventry was 9,9841. ; in 1838 it was 9,2661. ; in 1839, 9,9141. ; in 1840, 9,9821., and in 1841, 12,976/. ; showing an increase in the amount of poor -rates within the last twelve months, of 3,0001. The number of per sons excused from payment of the poor-rates, on ac count of poverty, amounted, in 1837, to 580 ; in 1838, to 496; in 1839, to 527; in 1840, to 587, and in 1841, to 1,000. In Coventry there were a great number of charities which distributed thousands every year, Another rea son why the poor-rates were not larger might be ac counted for by the manner in which the franchise was held in Coventry. There were 4,000 persons possessed of the franchise, and if one r.,ithem received one farthing from the poor-rates he, became disfranchised ; and so much regard had they for the right that they would rather suffer any privations than sacri fice it.—(Hear.,) The debtors in the gaol, in 1838, were 23; in 1,439,28,in 1841, 90; and up to June, 1842, 67. The criminals in gaol, in 1838, were 198 ; in 1839, 276; in, tB4O, 358; in 1841, 291; and up to June 11, 1847,, 163. But the increase in crime had been greater tb s n was here represented, inasmuch as there was a dis - - pute between the parish and county of Coventry, which would be settled in London on Friday next, several per sons having been taken to the county when they ought to have - been taken to the city. At the sessions held in 1841 there were only eight prisoners to be tried ; in 1842 there were twenty-three. During January and February of the present year there were 41,980 loaves of bread, weighing 41bs. each, and 40 tons of coal, distributed amongst the poor. These loaves cost the sum of 1,351/. 14s. 9d., and were all expended in ten distributions. To show how careful the Bread Relief Committee were, they passed this resolu tion—" That in all cases in which the average earning was 3s. for each adult above sixteen years of age, and Is. for each child, no relief shall be given, except in the case of illness and old age. Looking to the mode of distribution, and considering the amount of voluntary subscriptions, they would at once see the ex'ent of the distress, and since that time the distress hed increased. No one scarcely had a better opportu nity than he had of witnessing that distress. His situation was that ~of a furniture brok er . D a y after day individua's came to him, asking him to purchase their feather-beds, and exchange them for flock. In a short time the flock-beds were ex changed for straw, and at last they sold the straw-bed find lay upon the floor. Yesterday morning before he left Coventry, having been too late for the train, he went back, and while he had been away an individual had. balled, and he said, " Mr. Taunton I want to/. You have known me twenty years. I am a member e, s i a Dissenting congregation. I never was in a Publle-'nouse more than once or twice in my life ; and I never was intoxicated. You know my cha . meter for industry. I have worked hard forty years, and unless you assist me I shall have the bailiffs to-morrow, and we must all go to the parish." This state of things frequently came under his (Mr. Tann ten's) notice. The gaols were full, the pawnbrokers were full ; the workhouses were full, and the people's bellies were empty. The failures which had taken place amongst the ribbon" manufactures amounted to 50,000/. Thousands of the working men were walking about the streets, with a sullenness far more awful to those in power than the mere expression of momentary revenge. —(Cheers.) This state of things was certainly sapping the very foundations of morality, and destroying alt the moral principles of humanity. This was a fearful and awful state of things, and it was the duty of every man to stand up and use his utmost power to meet the exigencies of the times. The reduction in wages had been at least 50 per cent. since 1819 in the ribbon trade. The watch trade was also in a fearful state. The -wages in that trade had been reduced since 1836 at least 25 per cent., and in some cases not one-sixteenth the amount of the wages were paid now' compared with the wages of 183 G. It appeared to him that the time was past for talking. The time was come to do something, and he would tell them what to do.—(Cheers.) He thought they ought to proceed at once to appoint a Com mittee of Public Safety in the metropolis—Cheers)—and induce, every Delegate from the country to pour in such facts as would organize such a body of public opinion, us would create the utmost odium ag a i ns t th ose i n power, and compel them to yield. The experience of the gate of other empires behoved them to take their stand in time. He knew that there was likely to be a coalition shortly between Sir It. Peel and Lord John Russell— between the Whigs and Tories, • and God speed the work.—(Loud cheers.) May there be a union of th e aristocracy at once.--(Cheers.) We should then see the monster with but one fat:, and not Janus-like looking first one way and then another as circumstances re- Tuired. As to what Sir_Robert P ee l 'W ou ld d o , h e ( M r . aunton) had no doubt that be would turn to anything. He was a political cameleon; under every new circum stance he could change his colour, and was as con temptible for his mutability a:. for the baseness of his character.—(Cheers.) Had not the working classes and the middle classes reason to speak vt ith unqualified con tempt of the House of Commons.—(Cheers.) Had it not been returned by gross bribery, had they not all of them declared such to be the case in the House of Commons. Had not the aristocracy of England • and as) the money bag aristocracy brought about that consummation ? Had they not caused thousands of honest and'independent minds,by threats and intindda tion, to commit mental treason against their country ; and would they not abominate that system that scared men into vassalage and curses them with slat ery that maddened them into lunatics, and drove them to acts of incendiarim, and if they did not die •upon the scaffold they were sent to foreign lands, or else dei ver ; made paupers and buried as such. Talk of the Ge..ernment, the great principle of the Poor-law was to Vireo nqn to work for their living, and the great principle of; the Corn-laws took from them the power of working.4—(Tremendous cheering.) If the aristocracy 'would set the example of not eating without working, every one would be glad to follow the example. He did not anticipate such universal prosperity from the repeal of the Corn-laws, but it was one of the strong 'holds of the aristocracy, and therefore he opposed it ; added to this, was its gross injustice. (Cheers.) He knew perfectly well that the people of England would not much longer submit to such a state of things ; but such was the fanaticism of the aristocracy that the thunder. might roll and the lightning flash, but they would heed it not until, like the Antideluvians of old, they were swept away by the storm.—(Cheers.) Mr. TAYLOR, jun., as a Delegate from Coventry, felt bound to say a few words to the meeting, notwithstand ing the excellent speech that had been made by Mr. T aun t o n. He would not ,go over a,gain the stat is ti cs that Mr. Taunton had brought: forward, but he wished to state to the meetig the striking dif ference between the number of debtors and cri minal prisoners in the gaol of Coventry, d u _ ring the last two years and the previous ones. The number of those prisoners during the last two years was greater than the previous six. ,He considered the dis tress in Coventry was especially worthy the attention of the meeting, considering the trade carried on there was a home trade. The plan on which leg islation was car. tied on was one not of justice , but mutual plunder. To talk of protection was a farce, b e cause the fact was, that as each class receded from the a ristocr acy, th eir pro ' tection was diminished. But it was said the workin g man was protected; so he was, but how ? Why, b y the new Poor law, and the water-gruel diet.—(Cheers.) What was Sir Robert Peel's tariff, was that intended to do any good for the poor ? certainly not, because it re tained the duty on sugar, and other necessaries, while it gave way to the susceptible corkcutter and bootmaker.— (Laughter.) But then it was said, that Sir Robert Peel felt for the distresses of the country, and that, as a proof of that, the proclamation 'for collections in the different churches might be appealed to. Now, for his own part, • he thought that the . time for making clergymen Pru- Corn -law lecturers had passed away.—(Cheers.) He considered that there was a fearful responsibility upon the shoulders of the present Conference. Their pro- • Ceedin gs and the speeches d e li vere d would b e looked for ward to, not by thousands, but by tens of thousands. ! adopted, would e i t h er g i ve a ray of hope The comse they . Cheers.) • They must • despair in the country , —( l itu mr that they were determined not to flinch • :1114. :wigs° • they had chalked out —(Ch eers) j j *vet THE SUN, LONTiON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 6, 1841 if disposed of at a fair price, find a market? No foreign market eau b e re li e d upon at all, and our do mestic markets are prostrated because the manufac tu:.ers find their business embarrassed continually by foreign competition. Were those manufacturers sufficiently protected, the difficulty would be removed almost immediately. Will our farmers look at the matter dispassionately, and lay aside their prejudices while they are considering it ? It seems to us that they would soon perceive that they have as much interest in high protective tariff as any other class of men in the country, and also that until we obtain such a tariff it is impossible to ebsain any substantial relief. A domestic market, or none worth having, are the only alternatives presented." and then observed that unless we adopted some vigorous measures the knell of England as a manufacturing country had begun to toll her last hour.—(Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN having read a communication from the Secretary of the Young Men's Anti-Monopoly As sociation, inviting the attendance of the Delegates to a meeting of that society to be held on the evening of July 7, at which Mr. George Thompson had promised to speak, declared the present meeting adjourned to to morrow at eleven o'clock. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. STANDARD.—The arguments for and against the tariff have been rendered so familiar by the debates in the House of Commons, and are so well understood by the country, that we may be'excused any particular reference to the able speeches of the Earl of Ripon and Earl Stanhope. The speeches of Lords Clanricarde and Monteagle, however, challenge a remark from their tendency to mislead. The financial measures of the Government are praised by these Noblemen as indications on the part of her Majesty's advisers of an inclination to the theories of the free-traders. Such praise is insidious, insulting, and injurious to its objects, and we believe unjust. It is injurious, because it is calculated to shake the confidence of the country in the present Ministers. Priam said the ene mies of Corinth had no quarrel with the Corinthians, reminding every one that in the great war Corinth had deserted the cause of Greece, So say the Whig-Radicals. The Queen's Ministers are not opposed to free trade, ini.ending to create an im pression that Sir Robert Peel and his colleagues are disposed to abandon the national interests. This is injurious, but it is also unjust. Ministers may not be opposed to free trade as such—who is ? But surely there is nothing in the tariff, or in any other of the measures of the Ministers (except the inadvertent error in the matter of metallic mines), to justify the hypothesis that they have en rolled themselves among the disciples of the free trade school. They have reduced some duties because they were found unproductive—others in order to re lieve the peope—a third class because they were ma nifestly unnecessary, In short, they have, to ase the words of one of their censurers, but partially applied the principles of free trade ; that is, they have relaxed re strictions that free-traders would relax but for reasons not only different from, but opposed to, those for which the free-traders would relax them— witness the timber duties. In this there has been no servile submission to the system of free trade, or any other system ; and :he conduct of Ministers, therefore, affords no ground to fear, or to hope, that they will go further. They have shunned system throughout. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian.) MANCHESTER.—There was little change in the market yesterday. With the exception of the warns of well known spinners, suitable for the Russian market, which were rather more inquired for, there was no im provement either in demand or in prices. At the same time, [there did not appear to be so much depre sion of feeling amongst the manufacturers as was mani fested last week. The mercantile letters from the East Indies were considered decidedly encouraging ; inas much as, instead of a commercial convulsion at Cal cutta, they bring accounts of a fair and steady, and not altogether ttnremunerating business ; and hopes are en tertained that, when the present month is over, some improvement may be looked for here. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, JULY 4.—There has been but a very indifferent market to-day; not many buyers have attended, and the demand for flannels has beeia much more limited. During these last three or four weeks, while the pieces in the Blackwater Market have met with a ready sale, the large manufacturers have not been at all busy, but have many goods on hand, and are laying them up fur the winter season. Wages are ex tremely low, and profits anything but remunerative. HUDDERSFIELD MARKET, JULY s.—There was a very thin attendance to-day of manufacturers ; but buyers were more than usually numerous; yet no improve ment either in demand or in prices took place. In short, there is no change to report. The same dull, lifeless, ruinous state of trade continues, without any appearance of:amendment. Perhaps there was a slight improve ment in the business at the warehouses. The long-en during patience of the operatives excites admiration and amazement amongst those who are aware of the extent of their privations. SUPPOSED ATTEMPT ON THE LIFE OF HER MAJESTY. LATEST PARTICULARS. Six O'CLOCK. The Privy Council, as stated in our Second Edition, met at one o'clock, and remained in conference until nearly a quarter past four, at which hour Lord Lyndhurst left, and was soon afterwards followed by Sir James Graham, and the other members of the Council. lip to this moment we were unable to gain any information founded upon official authority, " as to the result of th e i nves ti ga ti on ; as t h e " powers that be at the Home-office, petty and important, one and all maintained the strictest reserve with regard to the decision come to. However, notwithstanding their ridiculous attempts at mystery, we are enabled to state, upon authority worthy of the most implicit confidence, that the Privy Council have decided upon committing him to Newgate, on the simple charge of misdemeanour, and he was accordingly ordered to be taken back to Tethitl fields Bridewell, and on to-morrow to be brought from that place to Bow-street police-office, where the depositions will be finally read over, and the witnesses bound over to prosecute. It was also intimated that bail would be taken for his appearance on the charge of misdemeanour, at the Old Bailey, himself in 5004, and two sureties in 2501. each. After the dissolution of the Council about twenty persons were assembled in front of the Home office, and about five o'clock, the prisoner was brought out and placed in a cab, in which be was removed to Tothill-fields. His appearance excited the contempt and rididicule of the few spectators who were assembled, and the degraded and crest-fallen expression of the wretched mis creant himself, was quite enough to act as an effectual antidote against the morbid craving atter notoriety to which alone such an insane attempt could be attributed. ELECTION COMMITTEE. (THIS I)AY.) SOUTHAMPTON. The Committee met at the usual hour; the Hcn. J. S. Wortley in the Chair. Mr. HEARN informed the Committee, in reference to what had fallen from Mr. Shiel, that he looked over the debate in the House of Commons, and the fi rs t ti me th e memorandum book was spoken of was on the 30th of May. Thomas Barnes was called and examined—ls a voter for Southampton Voted at the last election for Lord Bruce and Mr. Martyn. He hired about thirty men. He hired them for the purpose of protecting him, because he was beaten by the dock-men. He was not desired to hire them. They pro tected him in going to vote. He afterwards saw Mr. Mackay. Mr. Mackay gave him 81. to pay them. He did not get any more. Is a publican. He sold a barrel of beer before the election and one after. Mr. Cheeseman paid for them. Thomas Perkins examined—Voted for Lord Bruce and Mr. Martyn at the last election. Had some colourmen with him. Did not hire them. Paid them a few shillings out of his own pocket. There were about 32 colourmen. He gave some of them 10s. and 15s. and 1/. He did not find any money in his pocket that he did n ot ex p ec t t o fi n d theie.—( A laugh.) He got a cheque afterwards upon Maddison's Bank. He found it at home before him. The amount of it was 29/. and some odd shillings. He never inquired who sent him the cheque. He did not expect it wiien he paid the money out of his own pocket. Cannot say why the precise sum was 291. and • some odd shillings.—( Laughter.) Had always voted for the Tories, because he believe it to be the best side. There might be one or two voters among the colourmen. Mr. Henry Fricker examined, voted at the last election for Lord Bruce and Mr. Martyn; is at present returning officer for Southampton ; took no part in the election except to vote ; was in the Dolphin on the day of nomination ' • Mr. Steb bing asked him to go into the room op stairs; he saw Mr. Joseph Ball, and Mr. Mabson, and Mr. Mackay there ; an ob jection was made to his being . present, and he left the room ; saw Lisle below stairs on that day ; he was very busy ; saw Wren going to the room as he (witness) was leaving it; does not know if he went in ; recol lects that John B. Luce was in the room; did not compare any lists with Mackay ; Luce came into the room after him ; he left Luce in the room ; did not receive any money ; there was a cheque in his name in Maddison's bank ; did not know that such was the case till he read the evidence before the late Com mittee ; his name was improperly put in the cheque ; he gave no authority to have it done; the cheque was for lb& ; he never made any inquiry on the subject. William Selwood was next examined: Is a hairdresser, living in Southampton • voted for Lord Bruce and Mr. Martyn ; took an active p4ll. in the election ; did not employ any person at the election ; did not receive any money from Mr. Stebbing or any other person. Cross-examined: Knows Mr. Wren; heard Wren say that he was offered 300/. by Mr. Baker, if he (Wren) withdrew his objections to voters, and gave what in formation he knew respecting the election ; that was in Sir. Pike's shop. Mr. Pike was present be be lieves. Knows the ward of All Saints. There were between thirty and forty voters unpolled in that ward. He cautioned Sir. Moodie against Mr. Wren, before he heard him state that he was made this offer. To Mr. BAKE a—Wren did not withdraw the objections. John Bennett examined—ls a voter of Southampton, voted at the last election for Lord Bruce and Mr. Martyn. Lived for a lung time with Mr. Oke. Mr. Wren was at Mr. Oke's office occasionally to sign notices of objections. Knows that chairmen were emplo) ed. Does not know how much they were paid. Jeremiah Pratt was examined, but there was nothing im portant in his evidence. Edward Howell, a publican and voter of Southampton, proved that 25 persons dined at his house previous to the election. Mr. Cheeseman ordered the dinner, and paid for it. Mr. Wree canvassed him for Mr. Mangles, and desired him to take the money from the Conservatives and vote for the Whigs. Ott his cross-examination he stated that he had never told this conversation to any person before last night. He did not know to whom he told it last night. There being no other witnesses in att en d ance the Committee was about to adjourn, when Mr. HARMAN one of the Whig Committee who was acci dentallyHe stated that the Whig party bad 630 promises on the c 60 might be present was doubtful. There were a little over 1,200 voted at the last calle tnvas- book, o f who election, and the Conservatives had a majority of over 90. He believes there were 60 of them bribed by the Co nservative party because they voted for them. The Whigs spent- 2,250/. Thinks that was more than what woutrldetn oivegr. Doe the legal snot Q e t xpe be n li s ee,% Believes the most of it was spent in ea more than ten were bribed on the Whig side. Believes that —and that they were determined to place the responsibility on those who had caused the evil. —(Cheers.) Sir Robert Peel knew well the reason of the distresses of the people, and with that knowledge he had almost excluded the article of food from the tariff.--(Loud cheers.) Every thinking mind would feel the injustice of such a course ; and if violence took place Sir Robert Peel, with such facts staring him in the face, would have no right to complain. ' Something had been said yesterday about the disgrace fulness of there being 'no House on Monday. To his mind it was a great relief. He could net express tha loathing and disgust with which he had read the debate of Friday night, filled as it was with base, lying pretences, of sympathy for the people. Sir James Graham had de clared that if he really believed that the repeal of the Corn-laws would remove thelpresent distress, he would not place any selfish interests in opposition to it. Sir James forgot his memorable words in 1827, when be declared that when this country presented the spectacle of a people supplicating for bread, then would the people sweep away titles, rank, and station. That was treading upon dangerous ground. if, in violence or contempt of the law, the people should attempt in England, as they had done in Ireland, to obtain by force that which, when sought by legal means, had been de nied them, he trusted that the conduct of the working classes of this country would present a contrast to that of the people of France in 1789. Although we had our Buckinghams, our Peels, and our Knatchbulls, he trusted that England would never show her Dantons or her Robespierres.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. G. THOMPSON rose and addressed the meeting as follows :—I have already vindicated the conduct of the Executive Committee in proceeding cautiously to the consideration of practical measures. Standing before the meeting, not in the character of a member of that Committee or of Secretary, but only as a Delegate re presenting a large portion of my suffering fellow-coun trymen, I will now venture to state plainly to the meeting the course which I have marked out, for myself. We are assembled in the metropolis of England, which is the centre of the commerce of the world, to survey the conditions of the industrious classes of our country men. That condition is one of unprecedented misery, destitution, and helplessness.—(Hear, hear.) Yet we can point to no awful visitation as the cause. No earth quake has shaken to their foundations our once flourish ing towns and cities—(Cheers)—no tempests have de ) stroyed our ships—no invading army has devastated our shores—no withering blight has consumed the green herb of the field—no pestilence has winged it noiseless ' flight unseen through the land. Save where we are waging unholy and aggressive wars (which at any , moment we might abandon, and with honour and profit) we are at peace.—(Cheers.) A hundred and fifty mil , lions of human beings bow to our sceptre upon distant shores, and labour, or would labour, for our enrichment. Our friendly Alliances embrace almost every civilized power. Our own soil turns with riches both above and below the surface. Our people are pre-eminent for skill, for industry, for invention, for enterprise, and for purse verance.—(Cheers.) Each one of the vast mass carries in himself the incentive to exertion. No intestine civil feuds have sprung up to suspend the operations of peace ful labour. We love our Queen.—(Great cheering and waving of hats.) Within are all the elements of pro duction, and around us the most favourable outlets for the fruits of our ingenuity and toil. And yet, with all our capital, and all our credit, and all our dominion, with all our power of production and consumption at home, and all the facilities we possess for trade and commerce abroad, we see around us poverty, starvation, dis affection, and despair, and hear the bitter wailing of the hungry, the idle, and the dying.—(Loud cheers.) How is this ?—(Hear, hear.) Whence comes it that where riches are most abandant there should be the most helpless poverty ?—(Hear.) How is it that the people who inhabit this fertile island, and might besides ransack this whole globe for the means of subsistence, are dying of hunger ?—(Hear.) How is it that mul titudes of men, who can build ships and palaces, and construct docks and railroads, and fabricate every article for which any part of the world has been famous either in ancient or modern times, and who are still willing and anxious to be employed, should be perishing of hunger and covered with rags, and giving up their breath in hovels, and sheds, and green fields— should be sunk so low 'as to command the pity of the savage, whose habitation is a wigwam, whose covering is the skin of the bear, and whose food is the raw flesh of the prey he has destroyed ?—(Hear, and cheers.) I will boldly answer the question I have put. It is the spirit of monopoly which has done it all.—(Cheers.) Political,power is monopolized, and we are in chains.— (Loud cheers.) The green earth around us is monopo lized, and we are turned into a desert.—(Tremendous applause.) The Court to which the people should ap peal is converted into a den of monopolists.—(Cheers.) The wretched, unemployed, starving victim of land lording monopoly, appeals from the man who has starved him in the country, to the same man upon his bribe bought seat in Parliament, strong in the possession of his ill-gotten wealth in the country, and stronger still in town, fortified by the laws he himself has made, which he calls upon a standing army to enforce.—(Great applause.) Yes, we gather up our country's woes, and lay them all at the door of monopoly. Charge not those woes on heaven, for the earth has been given for the profit of all.—(Cheers.) The law of God is holy, just, and good. The care and providence of God are universal. Read the mind of your God in the sun which shines on all—in the showers which descend on all—in the overflowing bounty of your mother earth— in the benificence which feeds the raven, and clothes the lily, and watches the sparrow when it falls.—(Cheers.) Charge your own poverty and that of your haggard wives and little ones upon the acts of those who have robbed you of your patrimony, and turned you unpitied into the street. It is the huge sto mach of monopoly that demands the bread your chil dren are crying for.—(Cheers.) It is the avirice of mo nopoly 'that has grasped the land, on whose produce you should feed.—(Cheers.) It is the hand of monopoly that has turned the key upon the corn of other regions, and made the preferred blessing a mockery and a curse. I rejoice to find myself in an anti-monopoly meeting.--(Cheers.) This is an anti starvation meeting—au anti-insurrection meeting—an anti-robbery and anti-murder meeting.—(Cheers.) Re member your position. This is a crisis. If monopoly lives, our country dies.—(Cheers.) Monopoly has passed sentence of death upon the commerce, industry, and pros perity of the nation.—(Cheers.) That sentence is in process of execution. Will you see the fatal work com pleted ? A word to you my countrymen. This demon has robbed and starved you ; but you have power to starve the demon.—(Cheers.) Will you do this ? Will you support the injustice of which you are the victims ? Have you the spirit of self.demal ? If you have, the power is in your own hands—a pure, peaceful, irrepressible, omnipotent power. Do you believe you are taxed unjustly, unequally—(Cheers)— and to support monopoly ; if you do, then quietly leave the law to take its course. Abandon every taxed article that you can do without, and let your goods go to pay the Income-tax and the assessed taxes. The law leaves you the choice of paying in goods, in money, or in your person. The payment of money is your own act. The taking of your goods is the act of the Government. Let them go.—(Loud and continued cheers.) I should like to see the Government try to . rind purchasers for the goods of 5,000 persons who had refused to give the tax-gatherer his demand in money. Offer no resistance. Reproach not the agent of the Government ; bar not your door against him ; let him enter without obstruction. Gentle men, this does not come from the Committee-room ; it comes from no Council Chamber ; it comes unprompted from my own deliberate thoughts. I have firmly re solved that until this law, which we all detest, which has cramped industry, robbed the poor because he is poor, destroyed our trade and commerce, and made us a bye-word and a reproach among other nations, and is leading other countries which would not only be peaceful and friendly but beneficial, to adopt retaliatory . measures, and is every day rendering our condition in all respects worse and worse. I determined that until this law is repealed, utterly and entirely, the course I have marked out shall be my course.—(Cheers.) This is my practical measure. —(Cheers.) If our Committee should sit till Parliament rises, and re-assembles, they can submit to you no measure either more practicable, more peaceful, or more potent than that which I have now marked out for myself.—(Cheers.) This is all I have to say to you this morning. I am persuaded I have uttered nothing that is illegal.—(Hear, hear.) I advise you not to combine, or to do anything that, even by a forced construction, or a Tory construction, which you know is an exceedingly wide one—(A laugh)— might bring you under the notice of the Attorney-Ge neral.—(Cheers.) I commend the counsel I have given you to your own hearts individually. I call for no formal expression. Take what I have said with you to your own homes. Take it into the country. I say not ; don't talk about it.-- (A laugh.) I don't advise you to conceal from others what you mean to do yourself. I don't tell you to make it a secret among the people of Coventry, and Wolverhampton, and Manches ter, and Paisley, and Glasgow. To-night's Sun will give my resolution to the world, and to-morrow's Sun will proclaim it on its face to the extreme ends of the island. Sir, what I have said—l have said ; and I will abide .by it.—(Loud cheers.) If gentlemen you are honest in your desire for action ; if your are sympathetic in your feelings of compassion ; if you are bold enough to adopt a measure certain of success ; if you hate :he Corn-laws, believe them to be unjust and pernicious ; if you believe them to be but half as bad in principle, and practice as you have stated them to be, then you will go and do likewise.—(Cheers.) And if you do this, then that which you could not wring from the Go vernment and Parliament by all your warnings, remon strances, petitions, and supplications, you will force them to give by the adoption of this individual, homely, quiet, fireside mode of action.—(Loud cheers.) Then will your country smile—the blessing of the perishing will be upon you; and God, even our own God, will commend the devotion and self-denial you practiced. Mr. MORGAN here intimated that they should meet again this evening at half-past six o clock, when th e Committee would take into its consideration any sug gestions which might be off'ered to them. No definite resolution, however, had yet been come to by the Committee, as to the course which it might be advisable hereafter to adopt. No answer had as yet been reeeived by the Committee to the application for an interview made to Sir Robert Peel. When an answer was received, they should be better able to decide upon the course which it might hereafter be pro per to pursue. • Mr. G. THOMPSON then called the attention of the Meeting to the following paragraph in an American newspaper, the Poughkeepsie Eagle WHEAT.—A correspondent of the Rochester Democrat calculates from information that he has, that there is now upon the ground, and growing, one-third more wheat than there has ever been before in this country, and that thus far it pro mises well everywhere. The next question that arises is, if there is no deficiency abroad, where shall the rich crop, which might of itself add so much to the wealth ! I of the country,• and give so 'much relief to farmers, - 1 i 100 persons received direct bribes. Thinks between 200 and 300 were bribed directly and indirectly. There was an exten sive system of treating. The Committee then adjourned till one o'clock to-morrow. COAL MARKE Ships arrived since r. d. Adair% Cheater Main Holyweil Main New Tanfield Moor l4 0 Old Tanfield l4 Ord's Redheugh l5 0 Pontop K indsor l5 0 Ravenaworth West Hartley 17 0 Townley... Wylam Walla End Elm Park l6 6 Walls End Hedley l7 3 Walls End Killingworth W. E. Braddyll'sHetton :20 9 Walls End Haswell. :0 3 Walls End Hetton 20 3 r. -(THIS DAY.) [stmarket.day, 30 d. s. Walls End Lambton ..... 90 6 Walls End Morrison Walls End Russell's Hetton 2 , 1 6 Walls End Stewart's ' 0 £1 Walls End Whitwell lB 9 Walls End Caraduc '2o 6 Walls End Kelloe 2O 6 Walls End Adelaide ... l9 9 Walls End harrington Tees 16 6 Walls Etcl Bowburn Walls End South Durham Is 9 Wal s Ea,d lees Blythe Howard s Netherton Main 19 0 South Elton . ... l7 0 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SrEARER took the Chair at Four o'Clock. BIRMINGHAM SCHOOL BILL. Mr. MUNTZ presented a petition from Birming ham, praying that the petitioners might be heard by themselves, their agents, or Counsel, against the Bir mingham• School Estate Bill. On the motion for the second reading of the Bill, Mr. MUNTZ said that he would oppose the second reading until the petition, which he had just pre sented, was taken into consideration by the Committee on the Bill. After some conversation the Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. NATIONAL FLOATING BREAKWATER COMPANY. Captain PECHELL moved the third reading of the Bill for incorporating this Company. Sir C. DOUGLAS opposed the motion, on account of the late period of the session. After some discussion, the House divided, when the numbers were— For the third reading Against it Majority The Bill was then read a third time and passed. POOR-LAW. Mr. WALKER presented a petition from the Guardians of the Bury Union, praying for modifica tions in the Bastardy clause, and other portions of the Poor-law Act. There never were within the memory of man sc many failures as at present in the city which he represented, or so great a decline in the two most important branches of trade in that city, viz., the silk trade and the watch trade. Never has there been so much destitution among the working classes. He was unwilling to trouble the House with any lengthened details on the subject of the distress which prevailed in Coventry, and he should content himself with reading an extract from a communi cation which he had received from a gentleman well informed on the matter. (The Honourable Gentleman here read the extract referred to, in which it was stated that the operatives engaged in the watch and the silk trades in Coventry were almost totally without employment, and were involved in :the deepest distress.") The Noble Lord, the Member for London, and the Right Hon.' Baronet at the head of the Government had each alluded, on a former evening, to the condition of the country. The Noble Lord, the Member for London, admitted the existence of severe distress, but stated that at that period of the session he was not prepared to enter into any consider ation of the means of relieving it, save a re-con sideration of the Corn-laws. The Noble Lord had not stated to what extent he intended to carry the views he entertained with respect to a change in :the Corn-laws. But he would tell the Noble Lord, that if he adhered to the proposal he had made last Session of only reducing the duty to Bs., such Ca proposal would afford little or no relief in the present state of the country. If such a proposal had been brought forward fbur years ago it would undoubtedly have afforded considerable relief; but he believed it would be utterly inadequate to meet the evils un der which the country now suffered. He had also heard the speech of the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Government with ex treme sorrow. He felt exceedingly anxious that the Right Honourable Baronet should bring for ward such measures as he (Mr. W. Williams) could conscientiously support, because the Right Hon. Baronet had the power of fully carrying out any views he might adopt to their fullest extent, a power which had not been possessed by any Minister of late years, The Right Hon. Baronet not only admitted the ex istence of great distress, but he admitted the truth of almost all the propositions of the Honourable Member for Greenock. Those statements were of such a character as to call upon any Go vernment to take into their immediate con sideration the means of affording, if rot permanent, at least temporary relief. The only answer given to those statements by the Right Hon. Baronet was, that it was now the Ist of July, and therefore too late in the session to consider the subject. In his (Mr. W. Williams's) opinion no period ought to be too late to take such a matter into their most serious considera tion. The Right Hon. Baronet said that the measures which he had already proposed were his measures for relief. Now, these measures were, first, the Corn-laws, which made the starving millions pay 50 per cent. more for their bread than was paid by the working classes of other nations with whom they had to compete. His next measure was the income tax, which was to take four millions annually out of the pockets of the suffering people. The next was the tariff, which, if the trade and commerce of the country had been in its ordinary position, would, he (Mr. Williams) would admit, have offered some relief, but it would not do so in the present state of the country. The next measure was the Poor-law, by which it was proposed to continue the Poor-law Commission, at a cost of 20,0001. a-year to the coun try, an expense which was admitted to be unnecessary He considered the means proposed by both the leaders of that House were inefficient to remove the distress of the country. The Right Hon. Baronet complained that the resolutions of the Hon. Member for Greenock were vague and indefinite, while he ad mitted the ruinous state of the trade of the country. All that his Honourable Friend wished was, an inquiry into the distress of the country, because he had not the means of relief him self. He properly considered that belonged to the Government, and that the Government would not listen to any suggestion of his. His Hon. Friend therefore left that' to the Government themselves. The Right Hon. Gentleman also complained that the Hon. Member for Whitehaven had not pro posed any plan of relief. If the Right. Hon. Baronet wished for his (Mr. Williams) opinion as to what would afford relief, he would give it, though he was sure it would not be adopted, yet he hoped it would find favour with the Secretary for the Home Department, because he would not travel out of the doctrines which he had often preached. His suggestion would be, that all corn, of every description, should be admitted into this country duty free, and that all duty on the raw material of cotton and silk should be re moved. He was aware that many on his side of the House who considered the subject, were of opinion that the repeal of the Corn-law would remove all the evils which now overwhelmed 30 many millions of people ; yet his own opinion was, that they should go much farther and repeal the malt-tax, beer having now become one of the necessaries of life. He would also propose a duty of 3d. a pound on sugar, and he had no objection to give the colonies a protection of 15 per cent. He should further propose a duty of 3d. on coffee, and a duty of thirty per cent. on tea. This would not be so very large a recuction from the present taxation of the country; by it the means of life would be so much reduced that the same amount of income would go to a much greater ex tent.—(Hear, hear.) He proposed also to take one third from all payments from the Exchequer to all persons employed under the Crown, -with the exception of common sailors, from whose pay he would take nothing. Nor would he reduce the pay of sol diers, because it was an experiment w hich it might not e very desirable to try. From all others he would take one-third of what they received, and that would give the Government a much greater amount than the taxation he proposed to take oft. If the Government would adopt these measures, it would not 'only relieve the present dis tress, but infuse into their manufacturing and working classes an energy and action that would re move the present distress, would give them work, and in relation to that work would enable them to procure not only the necessaries but the comforts of life. When they looked at the vast amount of money which was taken annually out of the pockets of the people— an amount very little short perhaps of 100,000,0001. sterling, they could not he surprised at the present state of distress. Those Members might be astonished to hear him speak of 100,000,0001. But they must recollect that the taxes paid to the Government were 55,000,000/. ; they must also ;recollect that the amount paid for tithes, Chureh-rates, baptisms, marriages, and burials, for poor-rates, highway-rates, county-rates, and bo rough-rates, and above all they must look to the amount paid by the working millions to the landed Aristocracy. 'They must look also to the amount paid to the West India planters. Such an amount of taxes would eventually produce a state of things which it would be frightful to contemplate. He believed that taking the average of the shop keepers instead of making anything they sustained a loss. That he was convinced was the case at the present moment. He was satisfied that if any one would consider the trade cf the country, they would sustain him in that opinion. As he said before, all this was mainly attributable to the Bill of 1819. He would tell the Right Hon. Gentleman that the measure he introduced in 1819 was the foundation of the evils of the country, and those evils would go on until there would be a state of things too dreadful to describe. The Right. Hon. Baronet at the head of the Home Department had admitted that distress existed, but in addition he had stated that if he believed the re peal of the Corn-laws would be attended with good, he would sacrifice his own interests. But to that state ment he added that any alteration in the Corn laws would produce the worst results. Since that period a great change had taken 'place in the opinion of the Right Hon. Baronet, for there was a time when he thought not only that the Corn- Laws ought to be repealed, but that every facility should be given to the admission of foreign corn. [LEFT SPEAKING.] DISTRESS OF THE LABOURING CLASSES IN LANCASHIRE. After all that has been said of the appalling destitution of the population in many parts of the country, we fear the intensity of the suffering endured is but little known, even by those mpst acquainted with the painful circumstances which have recently been made public. We have a statement from Accrington, in Lancashire, contain ing the particulars of above fifty cases of poverty and famine, such as we had not expected to meet wtth in this kingdom. We insert one case as a specimen of the mode of living to which many honest and industrious men are driven :—" had been out of employment three months. One day be found a dead calf on the dunghill belonging to Y , a farmer, at Accrington, who said if he wanted it he might have it, as he was out of work. He took the dead calf from the dunghill, and cut it in two parts ; one half was eaten in his own family, and the other half he gave to a poor person named ." This is merely a specimen of the report from this ill-fated town. There are many cases of equal horror. To live on boiled nettles with a little meal, to eat the flesh of animals which have died of various diseases, to have all their children out begging, is a common state of things in the town and neighbodrhood of Accrington. From the township of Oswaldthwistle, in which Sir Robert Peel has considerable property, the accounts are also very distressing. 'We have particulars of a family of eight persons, whose earnings for the last eight weeks amount only to 205., and whose assistance MAYNOOTH. The Marquis of DOURO presented a petition against the annual grant to the College of Maynooth. POOR-LAW. Sir H. DOUGLAS presented a petition in favour of alterations in the provisions of the Poor-law. DANISH CLAIMS. Sir J. HANMER presented a petition from various merchants who had sustained loss by the seizure of their ships" during the attack on the Danes in 1807, and moved - that the petition be printed with the votes, as he intended to call the attention of the House to the subject. MUNICIPAL ACT. Mr. V. SMITH presented a petition from the bo rough of Northampton, complaining that the Recorder did not hold the usual Sessions if it occurred within 20 days before the Assizes, in consequence of a rule of the Circuit, and praying the House to fix specific and certain times for holding the Sessions. INSANE OFFICERS. Capt. PECHELL gave notice that he should call the attention of the House to the petition of Charlotte Forbes (presented on the sth inst.) on the 21st. TRINITY PENSIONERS. Mr. HUME moved for a return of the pensioners on the Trinity-house fund, in continuation of a return ordcred by the House, up to 1836. THE COINAGE. Mr. HUME gave notice that to-morrow he should move for a Select Committee to inquire as to the order issued by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for the reception of light sovereigns and half-sovereigns, with respect to their re-issue, and the state of the silver currency. Lord STANLEY presented a petition from the Rev. Charles Miller against the Tithe Commutation Act. On the motion for the Order of the Day being read, Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET said that in order to prevent any obstacle being thrown in the way of proceeding with the Committee of Supply he would consent to postpone the third reading of the Lunatic Asylums, Bill, if other Hon. Gentlemen si milarly situated, would consent to do the same. He hoped the Hon. Member opposite (Mr. Redington) would consent to postpone the Sudbury Disfranchise- ment Bill. Mr. REDINGTON said, that as he had not such opportunities as her Majesty's Government, he could not do as the Noble Lord wished. Lord G. SOMERSET said he would postpone the Lunaatic Alylums Bill to this day wee k. Lord STANLEY said he would postpone the Newfoundland Bill, as it was highly desirable that there shonld be no further delay in proceeding with the Committee of Supply. SUDBURY DISFRANCHISEMENT. On the Order of the Day, for the third reading of this Bill, being:read, Mr. BLACKSTONE rose to propose an amend ment in a clause. In looking over the evidence on the Sudbury case, he did not find that more than eight cases of bribery had been proved, but if even the bribery extended to two hundred, that was not a majority of the constituency of Sudbury. There may be a prima facie case for further investigation, but he did not think the innocent electors should be punished with the guilty. One great argument for what he proposed was, that wherever bribery had been proved to have been com mitted in boroughs, it ceased when they were incor porated with the adjoining hundreds. He should therefore move, in line 14, after the words, " passing of this Act," to insert " be held and considered as comprising within its limits the hundred of Babergh, in the county of Suffolk, and the hamlet of Ballingdon cum Brundon ' in the county of Essex, and that the right of voting for any Burgess or Bur gesses to serve in Parliament for the said Borough of Sudbury, be hereafter vested in those persons residing within the said hundred of Babergh and the said ham let of Ballingdon cum Brundon, having the qualifica tion required as electors for cities and boroughs, under the Act 2 William the Fourth, c. 45 ;" and also that from and after:the passing of this Act the fol lowing persons, whose names are hereinafter inserted, be disqualified from voting at all future elections for the borough of Sudbury, viz., John H. S. Gooday, William Warner, Thomas,Gooday,:James B. Johnson, Francis Making, James Brown, Thomas Brown, Charles King, Richard Steed, William Jolladay, Samuel Shelley, and J. Wheeler, junior. Mr. REDINGTON expressed his surprise that such an amendment should be psoposed by the Hon. Member opposite, whose former course would have led him (Mr. R.) to expect his entire support. The House then divided, when the numbers were, For the third reading 134 Against it v 53 • • Majority for the third reading —Bl The Bill was then read a third time and passed. MR. ROEBUCK'S COMMITTEE. On the question being put by the SPEAKER, that Mr. Cochrane be ordered to attend before the Election Inquiry Committee and give evidence, Mr. ROEBUCK sa id as h e saw the Hon. Member in his place, and hearing what had taken place yes terday, on the understanding that he was about to attend the Committee, he had moved that the order be withdrawn ; if he still declined to attend he must move that it be enforced. Mr. COCHRANE said that pending the inquiry of the Committee appointed to search for precedents, he was unwilling to occupy the time of the House un pleasantly ; ani if the House had decided that he ought to attend, he should obey its wish and appear before the Committee.. Mr. ROEBUCK then moved that the order be withdrawn.—Agreed to. The Right of Voting (Dublin) Bill was read a third time and passed. POOR-LAW BILL. Sir JAMES GRAHAM postponed the further consideration of the Poor-law Amendment Bill until Friday next. COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY.—ADJOURNED DEBATE on the DISTRESS of the COUNTRY. On the Order of the Day for going into a Committee of Supply being read, Mr. WILLIAMS rose and said that he was aware that the House, he had observed, since he had a seat in Parliament, always showed (very great willing ness to vote away the public money rather than give the distresses of the people consideration ; yet as the present distressed condition and suffering of the people were admitted on all hands, he did not deem it necessary ,to offer any , apology to the House for moving as an amendment upon going into Com mittee of Supply the resumption of the debate on the resolutions proposed by his Hon. Friend the Member for Greenock. The overwhelming distress, privation, and difficulty in which the people of this coun try, more especially the industrious and produc tive classes were now placed, were not confined to one particular district of the county, or to our par ticular branch of trade, but was daily spreading and extending, until at last, it nearly embraced every condition of the people in this country, except those who lived upon the public taxes, and those who derived great advantage from monopolies, which had created to maintain their interests. He was sorry that it was his painful duty to have testi mony in that House, in addition to that furnished from every part of the country, that great and ,overwhelming distress now exists in the city, and the manufacturing districts surround ing it, „whia he represento in that lioaie. from the parish during the same period has not . ex ceeded 10s. _ We know not how long this affecting condition of affairs is to be permitted to exist. We believe there is a remedy which is within the power of the Govern ment, but we are not sure that they have the wisdom and the courage to apply it. The circumstances which are gathering around us, however, will soon compel that attention which the magnitude of the evil requires. DISTRESSING SUICIDE AT CAMBERWELL.—The quiet of the inhabitants of Church-street, Camberwell, was !early this morning interrupted by a cry of "Police," proceeding from the house of Mr. Crowder, a respectable baker, near the Grove. Upon the police entering the shop, they found Mr. Crowder in a state of excitement, and the body of Mrs. Crowder, the wife of Mr. C., with her throat cut, quite dead, and saturated with blood, . which was. yet issuing from the wound. The deceased. who was a fine healthy young woman, of about twenty-six years of age, was the mother of four children (one an - infant of a few months old), and remarkable for the cheerfulness of her disposition, the industry of her habits, and affection for her family. So late as half-past ten last night, she was engaged in friendly conversation with a neighbour, to whom she offered some fruit she had just purchased at a neighbouring shop, when her manner was perfectly collected, and her spirits good. Of no one would the idea of suicide have been regarded as more improbable than of the deceased. The husband, it ap pears, missed her from the bed ; and on her not return ing, he proceeded to search for her, when he made the sad discovery we have described. The event has occa sioned deep regret in the neighbourhood. where she and her husband were much respected. 'From all we can learn, the harvest promises to be early, abundant, and good ; a little more rain, however, if it pleased Providence to bestow it, %ould apparently produce much benefit. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, July 5. DEAN FOREST ECCLESIASTICAL BILL. (Continued from our Third Edition of last night.) Mr. WILLIAMS opposed the Bill as impolitic and ill-timed ; he regretted that such a Bill should have been brought forward at a period of such distress as the present. The House then divided, and the numbers were— For the original motion 177 For the resolutions 44 Majority- The Report was then further considered in Committee, and the House resumed. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. Lord STANLEY moved that the House resolv4t itself into a Committee upon South Australia, for the purpose of coluidering certain resolutions. The Mouse having resolved itself into a Committee, Mr. GREENE in the Chair. Lord STANLEY said that, in rising to propose the present resolutions, he was doing what, perhaps, more properly belonged to his Right Hon. Friend the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, as they had more relation to the finance department of the colony, than the political. The Noble Lord then referred to the circumstances under which the colony was established. The management of the colony was vested in in the hands of unpaid Commissioners, over whom there was no control, who undertook to carry out the objects of the colony, on what was called the self-supperting principle. They were to defray the expenses of the colony, without referring to the mother country, but it was necessary that some funds should be provided in the outset, and the Commissioners were, for this purpose, empowered to borrow sums on credit. They were empowered to borrow 200,0001., and were required to place 20,0001. as a guarantee fund in the hands of trustees. The consequence was, that the money was borrowed at an extravagant rate of interest; he believed at 10 per cent. interest. Independently of this, the machinery for carrying out the objects of the Commission was one likely to into the dissatisfaction. • Political differ ences a l so en t ere d the matter, and these divisions tended to counteract the objects of allparties. (The Noble Lord then proceeded to read the re commendations of the Committee of last year, on which, he said, he had strictly founded his Bill. These were, that the former Act for governing the colony be repealed ; that the colony be placed on the same footing as other British pisses sions • that the Government should take into consideration the expediency of introducing the popular element into the Colonial Council, by admitting a proportion of non official members, and other recommendations of a similar kind. The Noble Lord then traced the financial embarrassments of the colony, and the proceedings of Colonel Gawler with regard to them, which he stated were always taken from a deep and imperious sense of their necessity.) He would not go into the point, so much argued before the Committee last year, whether he was justified in drawing on the treasury in the manner he had done. Captain Grey had succeeded in making a reduction in the expenses of the civil establishment of the colony from 94,0001. to 34,6001. One of the conditions on which emigrants went out to the colony was, that they should be furnished employment sufficient to maintain themselves. The effect was to throw the resources of the Government open to a large proportion of the population, so as to render __matters_ in a con- iliaon similar to that which prevailed in England in the worst times of the old Poor-!aw. The result was, that out of a ropu'ation of 15,000 persons 2,000 were maintained at the public expense. Captain Grey, however, had received the most positive instructions that no workman who refused to ac- cept of employment, even at wages below those given ordi narily to colonists, should receive relief. The course her Ma jesty's Government meant to pursue was, that those who went out to the colony, having gone on the fai th of Government, it was but justice to support them now. The number of colonists was now 15,000, and they possessed a vast amount of fixed capital,-and he trusted that when they were now relieved they would become what they had not been heretofore, a self-sup porting colony. What he meant to propose was an advance to the colony of 153,0001., at the same time he could nct hold out any sanguine expectation of its repayment. He also meant to propose an estimate this year of 15,0001. to carry on the current expenses of the Government. It should also he re collected that, in the first instance, the Commissioners raised a sum of 85,000/. for which they paid from seven to ten per cent. interest. The bonds were to bear interest at 34 per cent. The remaining debt of the colony was 84,000/., on which, during the present year, this country would be called on to pay 5,9001. This, he hoped, would be the last demand that they should re quire to make on Parliament to put the colony in such a condi tion that it would be able to carry on its own affairs, on its own expenditure. The Noble Lord concluded by moving the re solutions. Mr. DIVETT approved of the system of administration pro posed by the Noble Lord, and considered that the House was greatly indebted to him for the statement he had laid before it. Mr. WILLIAMS said the statement of the Noble Lord was a most extraordinary one. When one saw propositions like these brought forward in the present state of the country, he despaired of anything being done for the relief of commerce. He thought that the course proposed was one which would cause a continuance of the useless, reckless extravagance which had commenced under Colonel Gawler, who spent a sum of 24,000/. in the erection of a Government House, He knew it was quite useless to oppose the Bill, but he could not allow such proceedings to go on without raising his voice against it. Lord S J'ANLEY stated that from what had lately come to his knowledge, he could state that no such sum as 24,000/. had been expended by the late Governor in the manner stated by the Hon. Member ; and he should further state that Colonel Gawler was most anxious that his conduct should be inquired into, it any doubts were entertained as to its propriety. Mr. MACKINNON combatted the opinion of the Hon. Gentleman opposite that he should give up the colony of South Australia altogether. He had been one of the unpaid Com missioners of this colony, and he must say he was surprised to hear an Hon. Gentleman connected with trade advise her Ma jesty's Government to give up a colony which had been pro gressing for the last six years, and which, in a short time, might equal the United states in extent and importance. Was not the Hon. Gentleman aware that productions might fail in our own country, and then where were we t• look but to our co lonies fir our supplies? Mr. WILLIAMS briefly explained. Here was a colony which had been in existence six )ears ; there were 15,000 in habitants, and 20,0001. a year was required for the maintenance of the colony. This was the result of employing unpaid Com missions, and he did hope that the Noble Lord would never employ unpaid Commissions again. Mr. MACKINNON said that it was not the Commissioners at home who incurred the expenses ; the expenses were incurred by the people in the colony. Mr. V. SMITH perfectly agreed with the Hon. Member for Coventry that we should give up this colony altogether. He could not sit down without expressing the highest satisfaction at the manner in which the Noble Lord had spoken of the vigour and energy displayed by his friend Capt. Grey since he had had the management of affairs in South Australia. Mr. WARD thought there was now a prospect of the colony regaining its healthful state. Already the income nearly equalled the expenditure; to throw away such a colony he thought would be an act of insanity, as well as inhumanity. He was of opinion that it would be well if in these colonies the ma chinery could be constructed so as to be of a less expensive na ture. He cordially approved of the resolutions of the Noble Lord. The question was then put, and the resolutions were agreed to without adivision, and reported.—The House then resumed. MINES AND COLLIERIES BILL. On the motion of Lord ASHLEY for the third readrng this Bill, Mr. AINSWORTH presented petitions against the Bill. He believed that every man in the House and in the country would be glad to see an end put to the employment of females in collieries, as soon as a termination could be put to that em ployment, in the present distressed state of the working classes. But he believed that it would send into the workhouse hundreds of families, if that part of the Noble Lord's Bill which prevented the employment of boys under thirteen years 'of age, were carried into effect. The Hon. Member read several communications from Manchester and Bolton, in which the writers said, that if the provisions of the Bill were carried into effect, it would be impossible to work the mines in that district. He had received similar information from other parts of England and Wales, and from Scotland. The manufacturers were indifferent about the Bill, because they regarded it as a labourer's question which could not in the least aff ec t th e i nterests of the capitalist employer. There was also a question to be taken into account—whether the employment was really so injurious to the health of children as was represented. He admitted that there were objections to the employment of children of a very tender age, as he had shown by the notice which he had given of a motion that no child under ten years of age should be employed. It was the general opinion of the working miners themselves that the Report of the Commissioners was overcharged ; and that the condition of the women and children employed in mines was infinitely superior to that of children employed in other kinds of work. The Hon. Gentleman then quoted largely from the Reports, to establish the fact that all the per sons engaged in the working of coal mines were superior to their neighbours employed in agriculture, and, beyond com parison superior in health and appearance to the people em ployed in factories. Moreover, the workers in factories and the out-working agricultural labourers in his neigh bourhood (Bolton) were receiving parish relief last year in this ratio-373 spinners, 390 weavers, and 116 out-door labourers, but only nine colliers. The Noble Lord's Bill might be sent up to the other House, but it was impossible that the Bill in its present state could become the law of the land. It was well that there was another House to correct the hasty, and he must say false legisl , tion of the Lower House in this matter. The Hen. Gentleman concluded by asking leave to withdraw the amend ment of which he had given notice.—Amendment by leave withdrawn. Mr. BENETT said that he entirely differed from the Hon. Member who had just sat down, who stated that this was a matter which did not concern the poor. This was , a Bill which did great honour to the Noble Lord who had originated it, and would do honour to the Legislature if they passed it into a livr.' t was a )3111 that would prevent cruelty being practised upon those who bile to protect themselves Th e Z . ;11 was then read a third time. On the question that the Bill do pass, Mr. viLLIEas concurred with the Hon. Mernber Wiltshire (Mr. Beneti j that the passing of this Bill o_, be an honour to the Legislatuic, but he wished, in defers cebo his Friend the Member for Bolton (Mr. Ainsworth) , and t Hon. Gentlemen who had supported 3tim, to observe tliat il $ delay that bad been caused in the prf3ress of the their part, arose from a desire to halm the In. -5 0 more fully discussed. They could not leibdate on& subject too soon, but the interest of the persons'efinc e 7,. order to be fairly dealt with, required that there 1 1,1 ,..,° further discussion of the question. He trusted tbat 1 7.4 measure was under consideration in another place;t l3 .,, f tio. jectionable parts would be struck out, sod the gOCIa I" - retained. Mr. W. ATTWOOD had - always supported the i n , — b o tir introduced by the Noble Lord for the protection of th e , 4 1t he ing classes, but he thought the present Bill was horne d r hastily through the House. He doubted whether the arr:hrs ment, which limited the time of the labour of the boys 0 0 days per week would be attended with beneficial effect ° o ff , employers, or would admit of the boys themselves eartlY i g nre ct . cient for their maintenance. He thought that maul ho ld ments might be made in the Bill of the Noble Lord, tu l the object which he had, in view completely carried eat' by 0 1 Mr. STANSFIELD deprecated the course pursued Commissioners in arriving at the faets set forth in their 101:30.0 He thought that a general law should not be passed, rffl i abuses prevailed in some places. What would be t to ib< if they proceeded in the same way with regard basil Poor-laws? He considered the House was proceeding 100 „10 . in legislating on the subject. The boys were to b e ef ir t three days in the week by the present Bill ; but wPaloyei' they to do the other days when they were not to be el se ie . , He thought they were proceeding to do good under-e,'„„ eft' pression, and, while they were anxious to get rid °"„" clie° were about to fall into another. The Eton. Gentle°.„'i coo' referred to the Report of one of the Commissioners ,w°l l,o tamed statements of a careless, if not of a very Vl,' nature. He stated that one of the masters threw weight at one of the boys, which made his eyes black In t OP Now he (Mr. Stansfield) was surprised it did not n ° 4 1 1 him altogether. But the fact was, that a sort of stiel, c alled " cut" was used in the mines; and it was this which 'c as , and not a "hundred weight," as was stated by th e e oral' sioners.—(Laughter.) He did not mean to jaati f i o ss 0 but it showed the manner in which the Report was _ t i e sr Now, he did not think it was fair to legislate gette"r i t, l l such 'statements. The , colliers ought to know, at ljn charges which were to be brought against them. rel tit least, was disinterested in the view he took upon tb „ c o ur because he did not possess a single coal-mine, and he, but deprecate the haste in which the Bill was pass e u'diffi, Mr. BROTHERTON rose for the purpose of ali , what had fallen from the Hon. Member for WhitehO'ises was known that boys of five, and six, and seven yeal lt were employed in the mines, and did not see the lig ,oti than once in the week. Now, was it right that 510'1;01 g i things should continue ? He did not think it ou„, , ,lt i g, would, therefore, support the proposition of the i"" He felt no hesitation in supporting the third readl t e Bill, considering that the Noble Lord was entitled to th of the country for bringing it forward.—( Hear, hear. ) ,-,,, Mr. HAW KES thought that the coalowners in shire had great cause of complaint in not being l er elr quainted with the provisions of the Bill. He should, t oppose its third reading. After a few observations from Mr. FIELDEN, Lord ASHLEY replied. Lori PALMERSTON hoped that the Bill joi f t i without any alteration, which he was sure it Noil lj e , d had the support Qf her Majesty's Government elsewbersertF support had been prt:mised in that House , and h e Waa, ./ Majesty's Government would support it in the H ouse The Bill was 'then real a third time and passed, a' cheers. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, House adjourned at Ten o'Clock. HOUSE OF LORDS, July 5• Their Lordships met at Five o'ClOck. 4! ANATOMY ACT. borf,t Lord STANHOPE gave notice that on 0: next he would present a petition respecting lietAll tet i,e Act, to which he would call their Lordships A RAILWAYS BILL. I A message from the Commons brought uP ways Bill, which was read a first time, and erdere read a second time on Friday. EMPLOYMENT IN MINES. o efri Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition froia , ,E i g a , employed in mines in a part of Yorkshire, pra)ror the House would not assent to any enactment lating their employment without inquiry. v iff 4 4 l CUSTOMS' DUTIES ACTS—(THE T . gr On the reading of the Order of the Day for V'e reading of the Customs Duties Acts, 1 ,,c1r,i The Earl of RIPON said that from wha t „' stated by Noble Friends of his on the oppor n the House, and more especially - by l' l3 ,ici* Friend on his left (Lord Stanhope), he un' re t i , many objections to the alterations in the tariffPeenj in the Bill which stood for third reading this e but he did not think, from the appearance of the.ed ge that the objections would be very seriously pre s ;ati' r certainly he thought that the y . would not he oce A But notwithstanding this anticipation, the rac , volved matters of considerable importaactt' as regarded principle and detail, t ha o` i y , Lordships might naturally expect that h e „ r : lay before them the grounds on which Pt`eoi, jesty's Government were led to adopt so e% change in the customs' regulations of the , This subject had from time to time attracted t l/ O r , tion of Parliament ; nor was it wonderful. F° 1, twenty-five . years of war which closed the last e e:A the necessities of the country had compelled the, lo t''' : , ment to lay on duties on commodities ot production for purposes of revenue. Thes e , which were first laid on for fiscal purp oe ; - ter , created, in course of time, protected it : which Parliament did not contemplate when ' fel l ; posed the duties. On the return . •Of .sig eeld which altered the position of this country in r' , o t the rest of the world, the attention of Parlitnaii;)? drawn (after the restoration of the currency ill o f i t s the state of the import duties. Two petitions 0, importance were presented—one by tie Noble ch id opposite (the Marquis of Lansdowne), °l ' iel`;o , motion a Committee was appointed t 0 do ti into the whole question of the itnlV i rt 0 0 1 That motion was most cordially acced e d a 04, the Government of Lord Liverpool, who, at t ja time, stated that there was a difficultY era sequence of the interests that had tea atr during the war. In a word, no one ent"V;! that the view of Lord Liverpool was, that the circumstances of the country wo uld free ' 4 , would be necessary to revert to a more to open system of fiscal regulation in re spect le 4 J , merce.—(Hear, hear, hear.) That prin ci te admitted by every person on every side of t ° lit)" as the rule by which the commercial ; ) / be P u n the country should be governed.—(Hear.) tit p6t gress of the alteration had been slow, and Pcr;l,,y, Py slow than was consistent with good PT:Jig t , / was not one of those who thought so, %% 1 0 d i: of opinion that all such changes s" - os iti ° ,)," gradual, and ought not to be introduced in Wheel , r i 3O the general feelings, or, as some considered ; judices, of the people. Yet the principle dinc,VV and alterations were made in the tariff. . e r° 0 1) was appointed by the other House, and wha te ` it ef, be thought of the prepossessions of that Co ll l lll fic e bld the interested motives of some who gave evi°f[ e i s ir it, it was impossible to look in t' Cott i f i, which were appended to the Report of that,, j , , Psp tee, without being convinced that it was als_;olutyodeopi sary to revise the tariff.—(Hear, hear.) T l, oid 019 to consider the principle upon which they shou 0 V the revision of the tariff. This was a work of i l .' o cor ie io difficulty. The first consideration was, what Port ic Oei the existing duty bore to the average price of i t h d bond. It was quite clear that unless they u t a could not come to a just conclusion. ° fl it fr;: t icl A ° upon whieh they went was to put awaY a t he nuns. 'Another consideration was relative to v eP" necessary for our own manufactures, and ' t n e co ill Y; manufactured articles, which would come i t " t f - re* . th e ; tion with our own. On all the articles ,° C irle re d terial, with but few exceptions, the Pr t r i/ adopted was to limit the duty within ' II ir o liA, r on the value of the article, and as !nu e f pee ti as was practicable. In the case of articles to o o ro il manufa eure, which were likely to come tion with our own manufactures, such - 00' silk, then it was proposed that the a ele n „. e V e 'j duty should not exceed ten per eel l " t het e i l ea' i value, and that on the manufactured articlesdoti rittoo' they laid it down as a general rule that the the eat gl be from 12 to 20 per cent. Mr. Huskisson , 0., tion introduced by him laid the protective rte n h ib per cent. The duty on cotton wool was 10 P e „ fl t 4 for. c ; on woollen stuff 15 per cent., which was 11° ' th e y ll ;, tion, although it was a protection. Thl'ec.o l ':ii ll "; began by reducing the dut) on all articles ne t the' production of manufactures to the loolieit rate. But the circumstances would ne t Il t o change. On the two articles so mater ial manufacture, cotton wool an woollen s tu d 0 10 1 ,'0 1 :, was retained. The reason no reducon ha res t re aa, L , in these articles was, that it would be ti at o° ;fok to the revenue. In selecting the other dutie 0.000410" tion, they had considered that the onu. I rt t r h f el ci ll oc ("; more benefited by their reduction than t he cll‘' stained from that reduction, and reduced ct to 6 a tP I; foreign wool and cotton wool. With reSP e nc e 0 11 ) f treaty had been negotiated between Frecootrler, jd country for the purpose of placing the tw°_ el , more satisfactory footing with regard to en t , re g,l l , re ol . : course in that treaty the first article the ' T i l st ' l , , 0' expect a reduction upon would be si lk ' no t en te rcl'' l3 ; from circumstances into which he would wo g c v tlk, not brought to a satisfactory conclusion• t hat t,i ce l, stances he deeply regretted, but lie hoP e , t id he: pot _A was not far distant when that treaty W °... 00 5 t u rf ga r : o plished, for it would be most a dvants!„oeith 11 h o e The same remarks which he had made astiv rt i n ies% , to silks would apply to a variety of other ars t . P .I) it was his lot to propose, nearly o li c e e ll i t .e Y, lci? ?,:,,7: l : ot i‘ , El; l o , modification in our commercial tariff, o leo ~„te r , general approbation of the House, regard to silk, that the same course shun ] ` ;00 b was now proposed. He was firmly of ° l ) r i e n i l al va, t o ll o r ld rangements might be made of a cornme. h i c h I ,, e re tweet' this country and other countries, I , , oce e rdsh ip d of the greatest advantage to this country' De ro pes i e h , variety of other articles upon whic h „ere r e J eiV t , would find that considerable alterations ".hic k h oti os e by this tariff ; and there was one a rticle of li t call an article of manufacture, NS bid' WnS..,,ort e i 5 I" 110 05 e t ill importance, to which, on account o the so s, ct , begged briefly to call the attention of .iober that th e r article was timber. He conceived tha t _ne article in which every one was concerne d o rerY ° o f should be low ; it was an article in wnf he va le!. on s er e , interested ; it formed alike a P art i i n b t eare r Sovereign, and the cottage of the - tt , an d in t ployed in forming luxurious comfor:_nce, vg the ments of the agriculturist. Its imp w t o f building could nut be denied. Ile b_ othez . Pi s Cho e call the attention of the House to or au siiipE ,.-- c 0) 1 , 1 ;,. tariff, which was the provisioning foralb, at present stood, a vessel going , n w o hic h ote paid 120 duty upon sugar " lir ix bE ' tip !!)i 'II '4 ~~ be ' dif !1.4, Vll t 4, tp;, Bti ~w 14, ~-~ t ~