The Sun. — London, England, 1842-03-10 00:00:00

SPRIIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM TILE EVENING PAPERS OP YESTERDAY. GLOBE.----We are glad to see the attention of Parliament at length called, with a serious purpose, to the shocking and swelling nuisance and danger of interments in London and other large towns. And we are glad to find Sir James Graham admit ting that " the time has arrived when some legis lative interference upon this subject is necessary." We only hope that the measures which have be come imperative will be made efficient. In Mr. Mackinnon's motion for a Select Committee to consider the expediency of framing some legisla tive enactments for the abatement of this nuisance (which the- City of London, and many other places, have at length become sensible of,) a proviso is in . serted for due respect to the rights of the clergy. We conceive that the clergy can have no vested right in pestilence, though the doctors may ; and, indeed, it is the latter learned profession in our principal owns that we should have supposed chiefly interested in keep ing open thatfons etfamesveneni,which multiplies death and disease in the whole vicinage of city church-yards. The shafts are invisible, and therefore the pest has been • deemed non-existent, so long as it was possible to shut the other senses against it. This is no longer possible ; and the excess of the evil will at length, it may be hoped, force the remedy We do not for a moment disguise our own conviction that the cure should be made more • radical than, we fear, is at present likely. We - look upon the enclosures around places of worship as, from that very circum stance, the most unfit places possible for the purpose of sepulture. Churches and chapels are always built either where a large population exists, or as near as possible to considerable numbers of people. They form natural centres of population, the nucleus of enla rge d neighbourhoods. To make iem receptacles, to an in definite extent, of the relics of mortality, is to secure that the remains of the dead shall be interred as near the living as possible, when the object of wise regulations should be to remove them to the greatest practical distance. There is, therefore, a radical vice in the very selection of church-yards as grave-yards. We know that, in country places, this objection is less palpable ; and that a great deal of sen timent, and a great deal of superstition, is arrayed in favour of the practice. We protest against sentiment being mistaken for sound feeling, or superstition for religion. STANDARD.—fIow is it that the Whig party never possessed office without drawing sonic signal and enduring disgrace upon the nation—the expedi tion to the Dardanelles, the capitulation of Buenos Ayres, and this last and worst disaster ? How is this - war in Central AAtt to end ? Let those who embarked the nation answer. They ought to be made to answer. Although we could have much to say of the • condition of the army at Jellalabad, as described in Sir Richard Sale's despatch, our atten tion is called to 'the other Whig-born war, the war in China. AccountS from Macao, to the 13th of December, describe the British forces, naval and mi litary, as inactive, waiting for further re-inforcements. That is to say, we are at an enormous expense maintaining a 'fleet and an army at the . other side of the globe, which are inactive because they are too .weak to act with any rational pros pect of success. What docks the Chinese Govermnent care for their preience? - What motive can this alone supply for coming to terms of aceommodatiOn ? We may in this -- way exhaust the whole .resources of the empire, without in the slightest degree improving our position. But then this fleet and army will be re-inforced. Sir liohert Peel's Go ye: nment must make the best of the disastrous legacy- bequeathed to them. This fleet and army will V act, and act successfully. -What then ? Suppose them to reduce in succession all the great towns and cities upon the coasr—and we are not to expect; or to fear, that Sir Robert Peel's Govern mant will play the Affghanistan game by hazarding a British army at a distance from the coast—all the great towns along the coast reduced in succession ; again, what then ? The fate of Canton, once more preparing for resistance, proves that we cannot count upon their continued submission unless we, occupy them. But this is, happily, impossible, fr?ut the number of troops th a t would be required, and the d'stance. Still what then ? , We have proof that unless utterly pros trated, the Chinese Government will not yell a jot ; and this is not stupid obstinacy, which we might hope to overcome by perseverance and continued persecu tion. it is sound policy. The prcottge of pre-emi nence and invincibility are the Emperor's title; let him abandon that, in however slight a degree, and his Crown is not worth a. day's purchase. Such is the second legacy of the Whigs ; but we have no pleasure in dwelling upon such things. COUR lEit.—The Bombay government was stated to have been in the receipt of various despatches from the northern frontier ; hut their . . contents were not suffered to transpire ; " the Most rigid seeresy " had been maintained respecting them-: • The factis-of bad omen, for the so COlnmunicated had been in any way eneoupaging, it surely Would have been al lowe( t to find its way to the public, if only to alleviate the poignant anxiety of so many families in that city who had friends or 'relatives among the forces in .Cabool. The only favourable feature in the news from India now received, if so purely negative a fact may be so considered, is that General Sir R. Sale still main tained his gronnd at Jellalabad, and from accounts would be able to maintain himself there, but nothing more. Such is the deplorable scene of disaster and disgrace which winds up the melodramatic horrors of that tra- Wdy of Affghanistan, the joi n t com p o siti on o f th e Whig Board of Control, headed bz Sir John Cam Hoblnise, the " juvenile" Whig oreign Secretary, Lord Palmerston, and that very staid and soft-looking personage the (now) Earl of Auckland. That tragedy opened with a deafening flourish of trumpets ; gorgeous was the spectacle.; orientally blazing the decorations ; the managers excellently well entitled to placard themselves as having spared neither pains nor expense in getting up a show that should astonish the world. And the world will be astonished as much as the Bri tish nation is now scandalised and huiniliated, when the bill of particulars shall come to.be published of commencing triuMphal processions and parades, end ing in the mournful con s um ma ti on o f time wreckl and ruin of military enterprise, with the blood-stained 'scene of die final on which drops the curtain of Whig recklessness, rapacity, and imbecility, never we. hope to be raised again. The Affghan piece, the crowning achievement of Whig-Radical misrule, is damned to everlasting infamy. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manche.ster Guardian.) MANCHF.STER.—We regret to say, that the depression in this market continues, without the slightest abate ment ; and prices, both of goods and yarn, gradually recede from day to day ; the decline in nearly all des criptions of yarn since yesterday fortnight, amount ing to a full farthing per pound, with a corres ponding, reduction upon most manufactured fabrics ; and, even at - these miserably low prices, the demand is exceedingly limited. We tuiderstand that a large spinning and manufacturing firm in this town have decided on stopping their factory on Friday next, by which upwards of a thousand hands will he thrown out of employment ; and it is to be feared that, unless a favourable change should speedily take place, their example must be followed by many other concerns, and the consequences to the labouring classes will be most disastrods. The glooin which prevails here has recently been increased by one or two failures in the town, and by one at Ilelflist, with respect to which some rather ,exaggerated statements have been circulated. We un- . derstand ,tbat the debts owing in Manchester—which have been represented as amounting to 30,000/ or 40,0001.—d0 not really exceed eight or ten thousand ; ,and this is divided amongst so many parties, that no "srery serious loss will be sustained by any one firm. ROCHDALE FLANNRL MARKET, MONDAY, MARCH 7. —The flannel market has been thinly attended to-day, . and, if possible, less business done than on the preceding Monday. In the wool market there is no change. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, Mardi 9. The LORD CHANCELLOR sat in Lincoln's Inn Hall. IN THE MATTER OF THE CLARENCE RAILWAY. The arguments in this patt.heard case wire resumed and con cluded today. The LORD CHANCELLOR said he should take time to consider his judgment; CLARKE V. TIPPIN. This case came before the Court o n demurrer. The cue is of no interest except to the parties concerned, and the arguments were not concluded when his Lordship rose. ROLLS' COURT, March 9. JODNSON V. TODD. The arguments i n this case were resumed to.day, and engaged the Court to the time of its rising. His Loßtisnip rose at half-past three o'clock. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. AIAN SION-110USE. The LORD MAYOR stated that he felt t v: e ry great pleasure in pub licly mentioning that he had rec e i ved fol:owing communica- Sun from some gentlemen at the west end of the town, who had interested themselves most humanely an d actively fur the benefit of the distressed people of Spitaltield rr my Lord,—The Secretary and two of the Committee of Trades. men, at the west end, have exerted themselvi s to get up a ball, in aid of the funds co llectin g for the distttitriest..e:tret lS e t:it , a s lt t i . el m w es e , a;:e o rs i; which took place at Willie's Room., K Tuesday, the :22e1 of February, and well knowing the interest your Lordship has taken in their behalf, have Liken the liberty to wait upon you to solicit your kind a.tvice as to the method it will be necessary to adopt for the distribution of the proceeds, viz. 163/. Os. 6d .—Awaiting your Lordship's reply, we are, my Lord, your obedient, humble servants, " 11. P. FOI{ES, 3, Spicr-street, Leicester-square. " EDWA 11 1) ,CUTLEII, 8, Hanover-street. " P. FIRM'S, 133, Strand." The money was fortliw.t II transmitted to the Conintee. Riehard Hitchooek, who was last week charged wi'!i having de. frauded Mr. Hinton, formerly of the house of Taylor and Hinton, Queen.street, Cheapside, of various sums of money, amounting to upwards of 1,0001., under the pretence of carrying on a suit in Chancery on behalf of a man who had strong claims to an cnor. rog ,t' property, was brought up fur final examination, p ar zm ai.onpen attended as so;icitor fur the prosecution, and Mr; ared fur the pti.oner. The pris oner, who _ i s the h us b an d o f M r. Hi nton ' s w if e ' s mo th e r, applied. as wa,s r - WA' uPou the first examination, to the prosecutor t advance the means of carrying on a suit in Chancery for a man named Walls, who resided at Ingatestone, he (prisoner) well know ing that the business had been long terminated, and the proseutor, although put upon his guard, continued to supply the cash required by the prisoner, who regularly pocket ed it, and made his dup e be lieve that the case had been decided in favour of Wall, to whom hundreds of thousands was to be handed over, and also was to re ward most liberally the kind individual who had supplied him with the means by which success had been secured. Sir Chapman Marshall, who presided when the first examina tion took place, remanded the prisoner, in order that Mr. Taylor, of the firm of Shaw and Taylor, solicitors, might be called upon to attend, to give evidence upon thesubject. Mr. John Taylor attended accordingly. The witness stated that the prisoner brought a man, whom he represented to be a Mr. Wall, to their office in Fenchurch-street, and said that Mr. Wall was entitled to several hundred thousand pounds, and had been ad. vertised 11,r a few years before in the public papers. The prisoner then expressed a wish that witness would take the business in hand. Witness desired to see the advertisement, and after having seen it, called upon Messr s . T eas d a l e and Simes, of Fenchurch street, solicitors, who had put in the advertisement, and was in. formed by them that it was all at an end. Witness then returned to the office, and told Mr. Wall, in the presence of the prisoner, that he had better go home and till the ground, for there was no. thing for him. This occurrence took place, to the best of witness's recollection, in 1839; but he had taken no memorandum of it whatever. He was however sure that the prisoner heard him tell Mr. Wall the result of the inquiry. He never afterwards saw the prisoner. In answer to Mr. Pelham, the witness said that a person, whom he believed to be Mr. Hinton, called upon him about, as well as he could remember, twelvemonths ago, and spoke to him on the subject, and his answer was that he had nothing to do with any property of the kind described, and that he knew uotking of any such property. Witness did not hear that Mr. Hinton had ad. vanced large sums of money for carrying on equity proceedings. Mr. Pelham said it appeared from what had been stated in the course of the examinations which had taken place, that the prose cutor had advanced money to the prisoner even after the interview had taken place with Mr. Taylor. Mr. Hinton said there was no foundation for stating anything of the sort. In answer to a question from Mr. Bozon, Mr. Hinton said that he was induced to draw his money from his bankers, and hand it over to the prisoner, in consequence of that person's solemn assurances that all was right, and that the immense property was becoming, and at last did become, the property of Mr. Wall. He was sorry to say that the prisoner's wife joined in car. rying on the deception. 'the prisoner was then committed for trial. WORSHIP-STREET. MAKING AWAY WITU A BENEFIT SOCIETY'S FUNDS.—Yesterday, Robert King, late landlord of the Blue Bell pnblie-house in BelL court, Long-alley, was re-examined before Mr. BROUGHTON, the sitting Magistrate, upon a charge of making away with upwards of 70/., the monies of a benefit society called " The Independent ;" which is termed a " Birmingham" Society, the members of which contribute a certain sum weakly for mutual benefit, and at the end of each year mak* an equal distribution of thejunds its hand. The accused had since the first examination been out on bail, his own recognizance in 2001. and two sureties of 1001. each. Mr Doane, barrister, was retained for bins, and Mr. Hurst, solicitor conducted the case for the prosecution. The prisoner, himself a member of the society in question (and of other societies, held at his house), was charged under a clause of the act 10 Geo. IV., c. 56, which, if an officer or member, or other person connected with a benefit society, fraudulently get possession of monies belonging to the society, or having possession of such monies and unlawfully appropriate them, empower a magistrate upon proof and conviction, to order him to pay double the amount, and in default, to commit him to the House of Correction for three months. The case in hand had evidently excited intense interest, and in the course of the discussion various points were raised of the utmost importance to Benefit Societies generally. The facts already proved were the following , The officers of the society had been in the habit of handing sums of money to the prisoner to be by him conveyed to Messrs, Meux and Co., the brewers, who paid 5 per cent interest upon monies do. posited in their hands. and the prisoner's signature in the Society's book was taken as proof of his having so deposited the mo nies. Some time since, however, it was discovered that he had not deposited with the brewers upwards €179/. intrusted to him last year for that purpose, although he had so entered it in the book. When called to account for this by Mr. Clarke, one of the Trustees, the prisoner told him not to be uneasy about the d-- money, which he promised should be forthcoming at the next meeting night. The day before that meeting took place, however, he left the house, and was succeeded in the business by his father in law. Last week he was apprehended in the City, and taken be fore the Lord Mayor, who sent him to this Court in custody of a City policeman. Mr. Clarke, the Trustee and the Secretary, also proved the receipt of the monks by the prisoner, and his entries in the books. Mr. Shurg, Messrs. Meux and Co.'s cashier, attended with his books, and proved that the prisoner had not paid any such sums of money to their house in :841, nor any sums in fact since 1839. The Learned Counsel for the prisoner pointed out that the Acts relating to such societies specified the way in which their monies was to be invested, namely, in " Public Securities," and not in titivate hands, and made other provisions which had not been complied with, and he stated other objections which, how_ ever, tvere disposed of at a former examination, and the case was the., adjourned fur further proof of the enrolment of the society, and production of a certified copy of the rules. Ytsterday Mr. Clarke produced a copy of the rules, the same which had been returned to the Society after enrolment, with a certificate written upon it by the Deputy.Cleik of the Ileace, au. thenticating it as a true copy of the rules which had been ap proved by the Justices iii Session, and placed on the rolls of the Court. Mr. DuANR observed, that this was a printed copy, and not a transcript of the original in writing, such as, he condended, the law requited. The 4th section of the Act to which he referred slated in exact terms that previously to enrolment, a transcript fairly written on paper or parchment, s'gned by three members of the society, and countersigned by the Secretary, should he taken to the barrister.at.law, appointed for that purpose, who, after finding them unobjec!ionable in law, ,hould give his certificate to that effect, the rules to be then forwarded to the Clerk of the Peace, and npon approval by the Justices, to be put in the rolls of the Court, and.ple Clerk of the Peace was then required to write his certificate upon a duplicate copy proviJed by, and to be returned to, the society. Ily a subsequent section, it was enacted that a transcript, a true espy, examined with the above, and proved to be a true copy. sheet, be received as evidence in any case. Ile submitted that a manuscript was what was required, and not 4 piinted copy. Mr. Hunt contended that a transcript did not necessarily mean a manuscript, and that the copy produced was sufficient evidence. The copy had originally been sent, as repuired by Mr. Tidd Pritt. the barrister, who gave his certificate, and afterwards filed by the Clerk of the Peace, upon approval by the Justices„ and here was produced the copy which had been rctureed to the Society from the Session, wills the written certificata of the Deputy clerk of the Peace. An adverse decision in this case was to place no less than 600 societies in jeopardy, for their proceedings were the same. Mr. BROUGHTON, finding the matter to be of such serious im portance, adjourned the case for a week, and the defendant was ad. mitted to bail as before. The Solicitor informed the Magistrate that if the prisoner should be discharged from this, he should next week hare to prefer a fresh charge against him, of making away with a still larger amount of money belonging to another Society that had been held at his house. THE M COAL .N LRKETS. ARKET. st market .day, 49 Ships arrived since la • d. Bell, Robson & Co. Hartley 16 0 Holyweil Main lB Nelson's West Hartley 1; I. Old Tantield l5 1 Ord's Redheugh l5 West Hartley Wylam l7 Walls E d ksetvic,,eaud C.• l9 3 Walls End e;osforth Walls End Killingworth 18 e Walls End Nevrmarch 17 Walls End Northu.i berland 17 0 W. E. Bradclyll'sHettoti '2O 1 Walls End Haswell ... 40 s. d Walls End Lambton Walls End Russell's Helton '2O 6 Walls End Stewart's Wills End lieugh HAI) 2l 0 Wall+ End I. 4 eymour's Wa,ls End I arrimiton 'lets 17 U Wa'ls Ei d Bowburn lB 6 Walls End Brown's Deanery 18 0 Walls End Gordon l7 0 Walls End St.tHelen's Tees 18 6 Wal s Fii d Tees Howard't Nesherton Main 17 0 Newton Main l4 6 FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE GENE- RAL POST-OFFICE. On Saturday afternoon Mr. Payne, City Coroner, held an inquest at the Mourning Bush Tavern, St. Martin's-le-Grand, on the body of Mary Witchell, aged six years. It appeared from the evidence of Mr. John Gottick, and of City con stable 463, that at about a quarter to six on Friday evening they saw a mail-cart that had been driven in at the-Newgate street entrance of the Post-office, proceeding at the rate of ten miles an hour, within the railings round the eastern side of the edifice. As the veticle was traversing the public foot path that leads from Flister-lane to the back entrance of the Post-office, the horse by which it was whirled along knocked down deceased, who was running across the footpath, and the near wheel of the mall-cart passed over the girl's head, fractured the skull, and caused instantaneous death. Both these witnesses said the driver of the cart made no attempt to pull up his horse until he got to the door of the general letter-office, about twenty-five yards north of the footpath on which the child was killed. Craddock, a constable at the Post-office, and Hammersley, a guard, who was in the cart at the , time of the accident, said the horse was travelling at no more than eight miles an hour, that both driver and guard gave notice of danger by hallooing to the persons crossing the footpath, that the deceased child shot out suddenly between the horse's feet, that the driver, directly he perceived the child, endeavoured to pull up, but that he was unable to do so in time to obviate the occurrence. The cart came from the receiving-office in the Borough, and a quarter of an hour was the time allowed to perform that distance. If the driver had been behind time he would have been reported to his superior. The Coroner pointed out to the Jury the obligation the driver, being in the public service, was under to travel at greater speed than would be necessary in ordinary circumstances. Besides, he was not driving in a public thoroughfare, unless the footpath alluded to could be considered as such, and in addition, the evidence was fairly divided for and against him. He hoped the Post-office authorities would order the mail-carts to be driven of an evening into the yard through the north western gate in St. Martin's-la-Grand, fer then the lootpaths, that at the Newgate-street entrance, and that on which the accident had taken place, both always crowded towards the hour of closing the aloe, would be avoided. Mr. Fortune, clerk of the works said, no alteration could take place unless ordered by the Noble Postmaster- General, and that since the present accident had occurred a suggestion similar to that ex pressed by the Coroner had been communicated to his Lord ship, who, no doubt, would cause it to be adopted. Verdict,— " Accidental Death," the Jury recommending that a little more caution should, for the future, be used by the mail cart drivers in coming into the Post-office-yard. TUE LATE MAJOR-GENERAL ELPHINSTONE, C.B. —This gallant and lamented officer, whose unexpected demise is confirmed by the overland mail, was the second sen of the late Hon. Will:am Fullerton Elphinstone, and grandson of Charles, tenth Baron Elphinstone, and cousin to the present peer. He distinguished himself at Waterloo. and many of the Peninsular engagements, and his commission as Major-General was dated 10th January, 1637. He was on the eve of resign mg his commission, and returning home, having been suc ceeded by Major-General Grey. General Elphinstone was in his 60th year. Per Quarter Carlisle klexham Nforpeth Penrith Shctikid., Winehest, r Per Bushel. Carmarthen i Cowbridge Swansea...... rcr 8011. Barnardcasti Durham Richmond Stockton OUBLI N 715 Wheat,perbarraNt stone...." 1".04 5.1 Itlstonc l4 0 4 9 Barley l6 stone"... 14 0 815 Oats 00000 •••••••• 00000 14 stone.... 8 0 it Flour, per cwt 8 stoue...". —. 0 536 8 stone...." 11 6 Sold to Bakers only. 7,119 Cwt. Flour •••"•. 00000 0 124 0 I 21 6 Average price Jf Wheat and 'lour 55, Od per sack. - Firsts ....... from 19$. Od to 24s 0.1 Receipts of Flour, 10..64 Gales of Do. 8,948 SCCOU.II from 14s. Od. to 16s . Od Thirds from Ss. Od. to 13s 0d 13 6 PRICE or BRUM Quartern 1140 .1:; . 2d. I Halt go:Oen] CORK MARKETS,Mareh 5. Wheat (per 204.)113s Ckl.to32s. o,l.oats (per 15t.... 53.01. to 111. Od Barley (per leat.)ll 8 15 0 Iklour (per cwt 7 t 2 Oatmeal (percwt.)............,3..0d to 13s. 8d Beef, ed. to 61d.—Mutton, sd. toed.—Veal, 41d to 5,1 Pork. 4d. to sd.—Fresh Buttes, 11d. to 12,1 per lb. paica OP NUTT II 11. To the Merchants. To the Country NA. .... 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Magdeburg 372 to 498 1 -- lagdeburgh... 174 to It 6 - Anhalt, white 431 to IWS'--- Holstein - red ... :172 to 49.1 --- Odeibruck l7l to 180 Brunswick 'l , O to 49:2 Oats, Etder DO to 114 -- Mecklenburg.. t. 61 to 4h2 - Mecklenburg - Polish 4 34 to 510 ---- Holstein l2l to 144 --- Holstein - Upland ... . ........ 123 to 135 aye, Mecklenburg -- Marks 2.6 to 275 Beans 258 to 268 -- Elbing and Ko. suck Wheat 231 to 25, nigsburg 224 to 280 Rapeseed, Hanover ... 131 to 660 - Pomeranian 240 to 270 Malt -- Anli - ilt COTTON. Carolina . ; lat ,o l'T . n .. e . n e 67 7 x,i t ilo 6 9: 2d id and 4th ('OE 1:3 to 1334 Batavia iumatra Rio ul* Bahia SUGAR.—(Wit klavartnah, White 3 to 3; 24 1 N Rio, White 2 5 ,„ 4 Brown . Manilla. Brow Mar:nham Madras 6 to - 7% 5 Surat i I Mmingo 4 4 64 ti FEE. , 1)( mingo 3% 1,,434 La Ouayra 4 6, 4 Porto Rico bli 7 Ilavarinah 4 t i n 8% Discount.) Bahia, White toN Brown 176 2g I Pernambuco, White 3 Brown l3( 234 to 23( - ---- Colonel Grogan, whose. seizure in Vermont and imprisonment in Montreal, made such a noise last autumn in the United States, died on the 7th of last month at Champlain. A Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign-office yesterday at two o'clock. All tl:e Ministers were present. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. I Wheat. Barley, 04u. Pease. 8. 10 8. 46 - 33 3, 35 3. s.d. s.d 00 0C 01. U 6 5 6 0 0 90 100 00 80 90 100 S 0 100 'ARCH 4. ,lerag c rta 14 2 15 7 10 8 - 0 12 5 s. to s. 5$ 73 4S 72 bi 10 e 4 62 ti 7 2. d. s. d. 6 ti 76 8 0 78 8 4 14 0 17 0 12 0 15 0 )2 0 1s 6, 115 0 19 01 S. to 8. 36 33 s s 4 26 30 s. d. 0 0 4 u 00 4( 38 4 4 S. to s. ..3 28 18 ki 89 9f 7 6 9 0 10 0 11 0 90 9t 20 a. d. 00 1 0 00 30 0 3 E, Beans. 4 0 741 5 0 60 6 0 7 4 60 70, s. to s. 46 40 42 4 , , 43 40 42 s. d. s. d 56 00 50 53 56 60 96 11 0 00 106 10 0 12 0 90 11 61 IRISH MARKETS. MARKET NOTE for the Week ending M From To, 34 0 14 6 16 6 12 6 THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY .EVENINC-r. MARCH 10, 1842. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, MARCH 9. The Speaker took the Chair at five minutes before Four o'clock. Mr. GREENE brought up the report of the Com mittee on the Hinckley Road Bill. The Report of the Committee on the Leicester and Ashby de la 'Louth Road Bill was brought up. The Report of the Committee on the Hartlepool Railroad Bill was brought up. It stated that the standing orders had not been complied with. LONDON AND BLACKWALL RAILWAY. Leave was given to bring in a Bill to alter and amend the Loudon and Blackwall Railway Company's Act. BRISTOL DOCKS, Leave was given to bring in the Bristol Docks' Act Amendment Bill. THAMES' HAVEN, DOCK, AND RAILWAY. Leave wus given to bring in the Thames' . Haven, Dock, and Railway Bill. Leave was given to bring in a Bill to improve the town of Liverpool. Leave was given to bring in the Boston Pier Bill. Leave was given to bring in the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway Bill. Leave was given to bring in the Liverpool Build ings' Bill. Leave was also given to bring in the Northern Union Railway Bill. Mr. R. CLIVE brought in the Ellesmere Canal Bill, which was read a first, and ordered to be read a second time to-morrow. Mr..B. WOOD brought in the New Cross Roads' Bill, which was read a first, and ordered to be read a second time to-morrow. Lord BERNARD presented a petition from Cork, against the duty on• the importation of flour. Lord CHARLES FITZROY presented five peti tions, for the repeal of the Corn-laws. Mr. GREENE presented a petition from the millers and mill owners of Lancaster, complaining of the duty proposed to be put upon flour. Mr. M. PHILIPS presented a petition from an individual residing in Manchester, against the law of primogeniture. HULL MAGISTRACY. Mr. HUTT rose to present a petition of which he had given notice, from the Mayor, Aldermen, and. Common-Council of Kingston-upon-Hull, complain ing of the manner in which certain gentlemen had been recently appointed to the Magistracy of that borough. lie would beg to call the attention of the House to the great importance of this petition. involving as it did serious charges against the Right lion. Baronet, the Secretary for the Home Department. The petitioners state that from the time of King Edward the Third until the passing of the Municipal Corporation Bill, the • power of electing the magis tracy was vested in the Mayor and Corporation of Hull; that after the passing of that Bill the Noble Lord, the member for London, continued to them the privilege which they had before possessed, but that lately the Secretary for the Home Department sent a body of eight gentlemen, whose names he ordered to be inserted in the Commission of the Peace, all of them being partisans of the Govern ment. The petitioners believed that the appointments were conferred for services rendered to the party in power. lle trusted the subject would meet the at tention of the House. PRESBYTERIAN MIXED MARRIAGES. Mr. SIIARMAN CRAWFORD presented four petitions most numerously and respectably signed, from the first Presbyterian congregation of Down patrick ; from the first congregation of Kilmore ; from the congregation of Grey Abbey, in the County of Devon ; and from the Re monstrant congregation of York-street, Bel fast. These petitions represented the manifold evils which would arise from permitting the late decision of the Irish Judges to stand as the law of the land, without some remedy being provided for all those who might be sufferers therefrom, and they prayed the house to pass such an Act as would remedy those evils both retrospectively and prospectively, placing all sects on an equality as to the rights of marri a ge. METROPOLITAN BRIDGES. _ _ Mr. MILNER GIBSON presented a petition from the inhabitants of St. George's, Hanover-square, for the removing o f th e t o ll from Southwark, Waterloo, and Vauxhall bridges. Sir E. KERRISON presented a similar petition from certain householders in the parish of Marylebone. CORN-LAW S. Mr. MILNER GIBSON presented a petition from Bradbury, in the county of Chester, praying for the repeal of the Corn-laws, and for a complete Suffrage, Vote by Ballot, and short Parliaments. Sir JOHN EASTIIOPE presented petitions from the inhabitants of Sussex, Dorset, the Isle of Wri g ht, and the county town of Southampton, representing the evil operations of the present system of the Corn laws ; and as these petitions came from purely agri cultural districts, he thought they should be read by the Clerk at the table. On the motion of the HoN. BARONET, the petitions were then read at length by the Clerk. CHURCH-RATES. Sir J. EASTHOPE presented a petition from an individual in Leicester, complaining that Dissenters should be compelled to pay Church-rates, and pray ing for a dissolution of Chnrch and State. Mr. EMERSON TENNENT presented a petition from the solicitors and attorneys of Ireland, praying for the repeal of so much of the Act of the 50th of George 111. as imposed on them a stamp duty of 8/. ; also a petition from the county of Cork against such parts of the proposed Corn Bill as referred to the re lative duties on the exportation of wheat and flour; and a petition from Belfast, in favour of the Bill for Legalizing Presbyterian Marriages. Mr. LEADER presented a petition from St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, signed by upwards of 12,000 persons, praying for the total and immediate repeal of the Corn-laws. Mr. YOUNGE presented a petition from Cavan ' in favour of the legalization of Presbyterian m arr i ages. Dr. BOWRING presented petitions from Edin burgh and Greenock, in favour of the total and imme diate repeal of the Corn-laws. Lord WORSLEY presented a petition from 285 fanners near Grimsby, against the proposed measure respecting the importation of corn into this country. The petition was read at length at the table. Sir R. INGLIS thought that one passage of the petition was worded contrary to the rules of the House ; but after an observation from Lord WORS LEY, it was ordered to lie on the table._ _ _ _ Several petitions were presented by Hon. Members of both sides of the House, against the proposed Corn law scale, principally with reference to the relative duty on wheat and wheaten flour. _Air. COBDEN presented several petitions, praying for a total and immediate repeal of the Corn-laws. Air. VILLIERS presented a petition from the in habitants of Islington, for a total repeal of the Corn laws. Lord SANDON presented a petition from a place in the county of 'Wexford, praying for a further pro tection against the importation of foreign corn. The NOBLE LORD also presented a petition from the American .Chamber • of Commerce, praying that the House would take into its consideration the ex cessive duties upon the importation of tobacco. INHUMATION IN TOWNS. Mr, MACKINNON handed in the list of the , Committee he moved for on the night before on this question. ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN. Mr. COLVILLE gave notice that on the 16th instant he would move for a copy of the number of convictions for the murder of illegitimate children in England and Wales from the year 1828 to the year 1841, distinguishing the counties in which those murders were committed; also a return of the number of convictions for concealment of the birth of children within the same period. NEW WRIT FOR SOUTHAMPTON. Sir GEORGE CLERK moved for a writ for the election of a Member for the borough of South ampton, in the room of the late Member, Lord Bruce, now succeeded to the Peerage, by the name and style of the Earl of Elgin. REGISTERED ARMS IN IRELAND. Mr. SHAW gave notice that to-morrow he should move that the returns asked for by the Lord Mayor of Dublin, on the subject of registered arms in the county of Down should be extended to the rest of Ireland. Mr. O'CONNELL had no objection ; he had re ferred to the county of Down specially, because more murders had taken place there of late than in any other ' county. Mr. HUTT said he was desirous of stating to the Right Hon. Baronet opposite (Sir R. Peel) the course which he proposed to take with respect to the Bill of which he had given notice, in relation to the importation of flour. The Bill stood for Thursday. He proposed on bringing in the Bill, to have it printed and circulated with the votes, if the Right Hon. Baronet was not op posed to that course of proceeding. Sir R. PEEL said, without pledging himself to the aioptio of any particular line of conduct, he had no objection to the Hon. Member pursuing the course which he had stated. Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL wished to know from the Noble Lord, the Secretary for Ireland, w hether it was the intention of Government to propose any alteration in the system of offering premiums for in formation, which had led to such a painful result in the case of Delahunt. The system was viewed with great dissatisfaction in Ireland. Lord ELIOT said that he could not give any other answer than the one he• had given on a pre vious occasion. He thought the practice of holding out inducements to persons to give evidence was in itself objectionable ; but in the present state of Ireland he did not think it could be safely discon tinued. At present there was great difficulty of pro curing evidence, arising from the reluctance of wit nesses to expose themselves to the friends and relations of the accused party. He hoped, however, that the growing feelings of security in the la w a n d in its ad ministration would, in time, render it unnecessary to continue the practice; but if it were at once and altoge ther discontinued, hewas afraid that many crimes would remain altogether unpunished. With regard to the cases alluded to * by the Hon. Gentleman, it was im possible for him to give any definite answer. DISTRESS OF THE COUNTRY. Dr. BOWRING said' that he would then re peat the question he had put some even ings ago to the Right honourable Baronet opposite, respecting the distress of the country. He thought that if the Right Honourable Baronet laid the information he received on the subject before the House it would be very valuable, and would be a great satisfaction to those who interested themselves in the matter. Sir J. GRAIIAM said, in consequence of what had been said by the Hon. Gentleman he had made inquiries on the subject, and very voluminous documents had been received at the Home-office signed by three or four individuals, but he had not as yet time to look over them, so that he could not at present accede to the wish of the Hon. Member. Dr. BOWRING said that he would then give notice for the production of the documents on Tiles , . day next. EXCHEQUER BILL FRAUD Lord J. RUSSELL begged to know from the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite, whether it was the intention of the Government that the •names of the Commissioners should be annexed to the Bill; and also whether it would not be better that the numbers of the Commissioners should not be increased from two to three ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the names would be inserted in the Committee, and he would take the suggestion with regard to the increase of the Commissioners into his consideration. CALEDONIAN CANAL. Mr. EDWARD ELLICE wished to renew the question which he had put on Monday relating to the Report of Sir Edward Parry on the Caledonian Canal. He wished to know whether the Government intended to adopt the suggestions contained in that Report. Sir It. PEEL intended to refer the Report to a Committee. Mr. E. ELLICE—When does the Right Hon. Baronet intend to move for the Committee? Sir R. PEEL—lmmediately, without delay. TIMBER SHIPS. Mr. J. PALMER wished to call the atten tion of the Vice-President of the Board of Trade, to the fact that the Act to prevent the overloading of timber ships would expire on the Ist of May. He wished to know whether it was the intention of the Government to renew the measure. He had written on the subject to the President of the Board of Trade a fortnight since, and perhaps the Right Hon. Gen tleman would prefer giving his answer on some other occasion. Mr. GLADSTONE would answer the question on some future day. GOVERNMENT BUSINESS. On Sir R. PEEL moving the Order of the Day for the second reading of the Corn-Importation Bill, Lord J. RUSSELL said that, of course there could he no objection to the Hon. Member moving the Or der of the Day for the second reading of that Bill this evening; but he wished to know if it were the intention of the Government to interfere with what had been considered a night appropriated to the discussion of measures introduced by individual Members, and to claim Wednesday as a Government night. Sir ROBERT PEEL said it was not his inten- _ .....,. ...,„ ........._.-- tion to interfere with what had been considered the right of particular Members, who choose to take upon themselves the troublesom e task of legislation. — (A laugh.) He had found the present Wednesday e , he had taken it, whethertherefore, e h f e o r s should fi n d ano th er Wed nesday unoccupied, and certainly the G overnmen t but unoccupied, h had no intention of interfering with the rights of individual Members. CORN-LAWS. On the order of the day for the second reading of the Corn-Importation Act being read, Lord EBRINGTON rose to address the House, but the Noble Lord spoke in so low a tone as to be at times perfectly inaudible, and throughout his speech it was with the greatest difficulty that we could catch even the purport of hi s o b servat i ons. He was understood - to request the _House to extend to him that indulgence which was always kindly afforded to a new llember. He was aware that it might be considered useless to pro pose any amendment to that measure after Go vernment, because it was said the whole was undoubtedly an improvement upon the exist ing Corn-laws, and therefore it would be right to accept it, some said as an instalment, others as a permanent settlement of the question. When the question was about to be settled it should be settled upon some sound basis ; it should be settled as to relieve the embarrassed state a trade, and, if possible, the distress which pre vailed throughout the country. It appeared to him that a fixed duty should be imposed upon foreign corn, if any duty at all was imposed. A fixed trade would tend to promote an interchange of commodities, and thereby prevent bullion being sent out to purchase corn. A regular trade would also promote the' interest of tho consumer, and the profits of merchants would then be kept down by fair competition. If there was a mode rate fixed duty it would be known in the country when foreign rivals could compete with them, and when they could not. lle knew that a large body were opposed to any duty, but he thought that even they would agree withohim that if there was to be any duty at all, a fixed duty was by far the best. Her Majesty's late Government had brought for ward a measure for a fixed duty on those grounds, but upon what ground the present measure was intro duced he could not say. It could not be introduced for the purpose of checking extensive frauds, because the Rightlion. Baronet had said that no frauds had been committed, and it was not introduced to lower the price of corn, because the Right lion. Baronet had said that the price was not too high at the present moment. The Right llon. Baronet next referred to the manner in which the currency of the country would be affected by the Corn-law Bill, but he did not state how it had been affected by the p resen t Bill ; in fact every argu ment whi c h the Right llon. Baronet emp lo y ed a g ain st the existing Corn-laws in their effe ct u p on t he currency degree, t o th e Bi ll he now pro posed; if one were was equally applicable, though in a less unjust in principle the other also was unjust in principle ; the difference was only one of degree._ (Hear, hear.) lie (Lord Ebrington) could not see on what principle the Right Honourable Ba ronet asserted that his Bill differed from the Bill of the N o bl e Lord, the M em b er f o r London, on l y in detail, an d that they agreed in principle. duty lie (Lord Eb r i ngton) w i she d t o se e a duty levi e d on corn for the purposes of revenue, such a duty as ought give lf u p t hey. the gaveup to be levi e d on every ar ti c le that wa s i m -, altogether. to ported from f ore i gn coun t r i e s. He did not want principle ofprinciple h customs of y taxing articles called necessaries, it seemed to him that they very much endangered the whole customs' duty. Ile did not see what grounds they had for alrn doning the old scale and adopting the new one. There seemed to him to be no difference between the two. With respect to the proposed minimum duty, it would be a disadvantage to trade, and must endanger the agricultural interest, by making the growers feel security by calculating on high prices, and expose them to ruinous competition amongst themselves. With respect to the rests in the scale, they only. fur nished a premium to speculation. If the speculator succeeded in his attempt to raise the price of corn he diminished the duty ; if he did not succeed in that attempt, he would not increase the duty. At 525. per quarter as the price of corn, he would pay 18s. duty ; if he attempted to raise the price to 555., he would still pay about the same amount of duty, and should he fail in his attempt, he would fall back on the former price of 525., without having to pay a higher duty. Was such a system strictly fair ? It appeared to him that the principles on which the rests in the scale were formed, was quite fortuitous. They were assured that there was no intention what ever to benefit agriculture by a side wind, and that the • addition to the places for taking the ave rages was not intended to lower them ; but from the enormous change in the list of towns, there being 60 omissions and 40 additions, it was difficult to say what would be the effect of it. For instance, he found that London, where the largest quantity and best of wheat was consumed, was omitted, while Liverpool, where the poorer sort of Irish wheat was consumed, was admitted. Then with respect to America, they were told of their trade with that country, and how important it was that they should connect themselves as much as possible with the country to which they were allied in blood and language.—(Hear, hear.) Now, the return laid before the House gave as the average twenty-six or twenty-seven days for the pas sage from America. Now, they woald hardly allege that such a short time as this was sufficient to give the Ameri can the full benefit of the importation that could be commanded by the countries on the Baltic. He could see no benefit that the plan was calculated to produce. It had discontented the agriculturist ;it had alarmed the millers, who were complaining of its probable effects on their trade ; it had placed many Members of that House in a very inconvenient position with regard to statements they had previously made, it had anything but contented the trading and manufacturing classes ' either of employers or employed ; and it had caused disgust and almost despair amongst the people, as to the probability of any legislative improvement being carried in that House, and for that reason was calculated to produce the most fatal consequences to social order and social stability. All it had done appeared to be the organising of a party in that House, and the only person who appeared con-. tented with it was the Right Hon. Baronet himself. The Noble Lord concluded by moving that the Bill should be read a second time that day six months. Colonel THOMAS WOOD said they must all agree that it was desirable that this question should be settled on the soundest principles. The difficulty was to determine what were the soundest principles, and he thought that that question had become more obscure than ever. It was impossible to deal with abstract theory on this question ; all they could do was to adopt the most practicable measure which was offered to them, and that he maintained to be the measure now offered by her Majesty's Government. When the measure was first proposed, he confessed that he felt in some degree disappointed, for he had expected to see a measure less prohibitory in its character. (Hear, hear.) Subsequent examination of the measure and of the returns upon which it was grounded had induced him to form a more favourable opinion of it than he at first entertained. Th.t conversation which he had had with men practi cally engaged in the trade of corn, induced him to believe that under the proposed measure a very considerable trade might be carried on, and that in seasons of dearth it would provide for a greater. supply for the immediate wants of the country than could be afforded under the, old system. In that view of the measure, he had been confirmed by a speech, which was addressed to the House by a practical man, engaged in the corn trade. That Honourable Member alleged that in ordinary years a considerable quan tity of corn would be introduced to this coun try when the price reached 565., at a duty of 165., and at a moderate rate of profit, at 3s. or 4s. a quarter, and that in seasons of deficiency, when the price had increased to 735. and the duty was Is. the, great majority of importations would come into the market at a duty of Os. ; thereby prevent ing those unfortunate enhancements of price under which the people had been suffering of late years, diminishing the inconveniences which had been felt in the currency, and affording increased supplies. to the wants of the people. If these advantages accrued from the measure he thought they would have reason to be grateful to her Majesty's Government. Taunts had been thrown out that Gentlemen on that (the Tory) side of the House had deserted the landholders, to whom they had always held out hopes of protection.—(" Hear," from the Oppositio n .) Those taunts were totally without foundation—Min isterial cheers)—and he would ask the House to take a retrospective view of the progress of this question up to the present time.—(Hear.) Let them look to what had occurred in the last year. It was affirmed indeed, that the late Government was thrown out upon this question. It was no such thing. The Noble Lord, the Member for Sunderland, defeated the Government by a majority of five. They were defeated on the Irish Registration Bill, butthey strug gled feebly on, and at length brought in the important measure of the Import Duties, which certainly in cluded the Corn-laws. When they were defeated on that, they went to the country. The agri culturists bestirred themselves—(Opposition cheers) — and they showed that the country had no confidence in the Government. But then followed the bad weather in harvest time ; then came the distress and high prices of corn, when they were 1,500,000 quarters of corn in the country, of which not a quar ter could get into the market.—(Opposition cheers.) Then the present Government proposed this altera tion, in which he was convinced they did wisely, and, in fact, no Government could carry on the Admi nistration without a practical remedy for the great evil, for it was a great evil that so much corn should be in bond *hilst distress prevailed.—(Renewe l d cheers from the Opposition.) The present measure would remedy the evil.—(Cries of " Oh, oh," and cheers.) He would take this, the first measure of the Right Honourable Baronet's Administration as an omen of his success, and he hoped his other measures would be like this, practical remedies for the evils to which they were applied. He was sure the people of the country would be as convinced as he was that he was desirous to promote the-welfare of the nation, and they would rally round and support him. He hoped that the Right Hon. Baronet would in scribe his own name on the imperishable annals of his country.--(Hear, hear.) Captain VIVIAN said that he rejoiced to perceive, by the preceding debates, that the present was not looked • upon as likely to be a final measure. He thought the Noble Lord had shown that the present could not be a final measure, and that it would not relieve the distress of the country. The great argument of Hon. Gentlemen opposite was, that the distress of the country was not owing to the Corn-laws, but to machinery and over-production. But if that were even so the true remedy was to extend their markets, and augm en t th e i r commerce. —(Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord had shown in his speech the extent of country in America capable of supplying all their wants, and all they required in return was that they may be allowed to take our manufactures. The argument was unan swered, and it appeared to him to be a strong argu ment in favour of a fixed duty. If the manufacturers were destroyed the very first result would be that the agriculturists would fall in immediately after. Mr. BLACK STONE would vote for the amend ment of the Noble Lord, not because he was'in favour of a fixed duty, but because he did not think the mea sure of the Right Hon. Baronet gave sufficient pro tection to agriculture. He before voted against a fixed duty, and he would now vote against the measure of the Right Honourable Baronet, because it did not give sufficient protection.—(Hear, hear.) He was astonished to hear the speech of the Hon. and Gallant Member for Middlesex. That Hon. and Gallant Member had stated that the late Government had not been defeated on the Corn-law question, but on the Irish R eg i s t ra ti on Bil l. He (Mr. Black stone) was astonished to hear the lion. and Gallant Member make that statement. He (Mr. Blackstone) had recently come from the hustings, and had never heard the Irish Registration Bill mentioned at his election. lie had been returned to that House because he supported measures for the protection of the British farmer. Several county Members had spoken on the subject of the Government measure, and all, with the solitary exception of the Hon. Member for Middle sex, had expressed their trepidation and alarm at the measure.—(Hear.) He felt he was justified in viewing it with alarm, and in giving his opposition to it.—(Cheers from the Opposition). The Right Hon. Baronet, in introducing this measure, had stated that great distress existed in the manufacturing districts but at the same time, he had stated that he did not propose this measure with the hope of its leading to the ame lioration of that distress .—(Hear, hear.) 'Had it been brought forward with that hope, he (Mr. B.) might have been induced to strain a point to support it, and out of doors the agriculturists were at a loss to understand why the measure had been brought for ward, if it was not to alleviate the distresses of the country. At all events the measure had not met with the support of Hon. Gentlemen opposite. It had not conciliated opposition, and, as a proof of the paucity of support it had met with out of doors, he would mention the fact, that only five petitions, with 510 signatures, had been presented in support of the Government mea sure.—(Hear, bear.) It received no support from the manufacturiug districts, and only 510 persons • had come forward to affix their signatures to petitions in its favoursin the agricultural districts. They were not called upon to choose between the Noble Lord's Bill and that of the Right Hon. Baronet. They had a law in existence, and before they parted with that law they were bound to be satisfied that the new law would be a good substitute for it.(Hear, hear.) He believed, with the Hon. Gentleman, that under the proposed measure there would be a steady trade in corn; that they would have a large and steady - importation, and that must lead to a reduction in the price in Eng land. When the Right Hon. Baronet said that under the operation of the proposed measure the price of wheat would oscillate from 545. to 585., he (Mr. Blackstone) could not forget that the measure of the Duke of Wel lington in 1838 had been proposed for the purpose of securing a price of 635. That measure had been tried for fourteen years, and according to the Right Honourable Baronet's showing, instead of 635. the average price had been from 565. to 575. He feared very much that the result of the Bill of the Right Hon. Baronet would be to fix the price at an ave rage of 505., and he would regard such consequences with dismay. He did not fear for the interests of the land lords, but for the interests of the agricultural labourers ; for, if corn were at 505., their wages would suff e r a much greater reduction than the rents, for the farmer would certainly reduce his wages before he asked the landlord to reduce his rent. The wages of this country at present amounted to more than the produce of the wheat crop. Taking this crop at 50,000,000 of quar ters, at 575., the value would be 57,000,000/.; but the wages of labour amounted to about 60,000,0001. a-year, taking the average at 10s. a-week. Supposing that only a fifth of this amount were taken off, he would dread the consequences. He would then refer to the Report of the Agricultural Committee, of which the Right Hon. Gen tleman, the Member for Dorchester (Sir J. Graham) was Chairman. The concluding paragraph of that Report was in these memorable words :—" Your Committee avow their opinion that the amelioration, of the agricultural interests depends rather upon the coun try's forbearance than the active interposition of Parliament." The - Honourable Gentleman conclud ins, by expressing his intention to support the amendment proposed by the Noble Lord opposite (Lord Ebrington), which was that the Bill, introduced by the Right Hon. Baronet, be read this day six months.— (Loud cheers from the Opposition Benches.) Mr. BUCK next addressed the House, but the com mencement of the Hon. Gentleman's observations were totally inaudible in the gallery. He was understood to say, that he thought he might say that Hon. Gentlemen opposite had contributed, by their opposition, to the dis tress in the country. It certainly was not attributable to the Corn-laws. Foreigners had shown no disposition to take the manufactures of this country in exchange for corn. There was no real reciprocity between this and foreign countries ; on the contrary, foreign nations had always evinced a dispoSition to take the bullion of this country instead of its manufactures. If distress did ex ist, it arose from other causes than those over which the Corn-laws could have control. It could not be for a moment supposed that by a mere repeal of the Corn-laws people could be induced to - embark their capital in this country, or purchase our manufactures, if they could be got one farthing cheaper elsewhere. A few nights since a Noble Lord opposite taunted county Members with not acting up to the principles they had professed on the hustings. Now, for his part, he should have been as h a ppy as t h e Noble Lord, if the Right Ho nourable Baronet had thought it right -togo a little higher in the scale—(Hear, hear)--but he was satisfied that he was acting according to the wishes and feelings of his constituents if he did r.ot act to embarrass a Go vernment that was favourable to the agricultural inte rest, if that embarrassment was likely to place in power a Government that was inimical to the landed interest. He would venture to say if the measure that had been proposed in the last Session had been carried into a law, it would have ruined th e agr i cu l tural i nterest, and thrown out of employ thousands of agricultural labourers, the result of which would be that they must resort to the unions. It was the duty of every Government to find sub sistence for the population. What had been said by the American President was most true, that it was the duty of every Government to do all in their power to keep in employment its agricultural population. And such had evils been the prevailing sentiment of every Government in this country up to the year 1840. How ever they might have differed in the manner of carrying it out, they were always aware of the necessity which existed for protecting the agricultural interest. Whether we looked back to the days of Mr. Canning and Mr. Hus kisson, or other of the enlightened men who conducted the Governments of this country, we should find that such invariably were their views. He felt it a duty which he owed to his constituents to support the propo sition of the Right Hon. Baronet, and in doing so he was only pursuing the same course as the representative of the county of Devon, which he did as their represen tative of the City of Exeter.(llear, hear.) Lord HOWICK said that, until he heard the two gentlemen who had just sat down, he believed that the act of 1828 was one now universally condemned—till now he believed that the bad effects of that measure were assumed by universal consent—that no one believed that the sliding scale tended to produce steadiness of price, but that on the contrary, since it had been in operation, we had experienced the extremes of high and low prices, and that the agricultural and commercial classes had alike suffered under the most severe and continued distress. lie believed that all this had been universally admitted. He believed that the Act of Parliament, which only a short time ago was considered so perfect that it could not possibly be amended, which only a few months ago had so many determined and enthusiastic supporters on the hustings—let him add, such powerful supporters had been abandoned.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) But it seemed he was mistaken. It was not to be left only to a Noble Duke in the other House, who was to be put quietly on the shelf, to retain his good opinions of the old A ct, but . it had at last found two d e f en d ers i n t hi s House among the ranks of those who called themselves the exclusive protectors of the agricultural interest.—(Hear, hear.) But, at the same time, he must say he was not very lucky in one of his advocates, because the Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down concluded by a panegyric on the existing law, although he intended t o su pp ort thi s Bill . The other Hon. Gentleman, he believed, was a more cruel advocate, for he was going to vote with those who opposed the Bill on very different grounds. He (Lord Howick) had said that the existing law was universally 'to be abandoned—it was going to be consigned to obli vion, to the receptacle for repealed statutes. He was not going to detain the House by any arguments for the pur pose of proving the folly of that Act, because the autho rities in its defence were so very weak, that it was really not worth while doing so. He would, therefore, leave Hon: Gentlemen who had just addressed the House to settle that point with the Right Hon. Baronet opposite, and with the Gallant Colonel, the Member for Middlesex, who had just told them that the evils bf the existing law, were so strongly felt in the last autumn, that it was utterly impossible that any Government could keep their places if that law was to be continued. He should leave the advocates of this statute to settle the point with Hon. Gentlemen on the other side of the House who found it necessary to oppose the present Bill. But he could not help remarking on the other side of the House, that Gen tlemen who admitted the peculiar danger of the existing Act, who visited with the strongest condemnation any attempt to repeal the Act, yet recommended, when they were making alterations in the details of that measure, and modifying its effect, them to maintain the prin ciple of the Old law. He did not mean, in treating upon that subject, to introduce any'party spirit; nothing could be further from him, as he did not thi n k i t was fair in subjects of this kind. The Gallant Colonel, the Member for Middlesex, insisted in a comparison of the merits of this and the preceding proposition. It, was impossible for him (Lord Howick) to do so, because even though the principle of the measure proposed by the late Govern ment met with his approbation, yet that measure did not go far enough, and it was brought forward at an unfortunate time. On the other hand, the present Go vernment was now prepared to deal with the subject, and he was bound to give them this credit that had brought forward the measure in a manner the importance of the question required, and when they were fully capable of carrying the proposal submitted. They had also, he thought, proposed a very substantial alteration and amendment to the existing law. No doubt they con tinued what he conceived to be most vexatious and most injurious restrictions on trade ; but, at all events, they mitigated those restrictions which now exist, and they diminished the evils of the present system ; and though they did not, in his opinion, go far enough, still as far as they did go they proposed considerable improve ment, especially as that improvement would lead, at no very distant period, to a more complete and effectual reform of the Corn-laws.—(Hear, hear.) It was the beginning of a progress, which he was per snaded no power in this country could arrest, towards a reform, before any length of time had elapsed, of the Corn-laws—a reform which would be founded on a much clearer and intelligible principle than any that had yet been proposed. The argument which he wished to address to the. House was, that the .Right Hon. Baronet, in the measure which he had proposed, had adhered too much to the principle of . the law now in force. Although, as he (Lord H.) had already stated. it was generally admitted, even on the other side, that the Act of 1828 had been a practical failure, he did not think that it was equa ll y admitted that that failure had been the necessary result of the object which the Act- of 1828 proposed to itself. It was undeniable that when that Act had been proposed Parliament had been taught to believe that its effect would be to maintain a steady and equal price ;- and that the increase of duty, in proportion to the tall in price, and the diminution of duty in proportion to the rise, would have the effect of limiting the lower ing and rising of prices within certain limits, which the framers of the Act conceived it was not expedient that they should exceed. It must be admitted that that was the avowed expectation of the Act of 1828, as well as that of 1822. If it had not been framed with that object, it would be difficult to conceive what was the object and intention of that Act. He (Lord (H.) con tended that that object was one which Parliament ought not to have in view. --(Hear, hear.) Parliament stepped beyond its proper province, if it attempted to legislate with a view ,of determining what should be the price o f f oo d or any othercommodit, whateVer. It was impossible, and if it were possible it T e a r hn t ed ain pinr l ic i e m eon it os s e i qu a co r e b iril i el t e ra w r ah il Lna would not be desirable, that the price should be confined appointed ntthy erseuwasplsupply, , b a y deficient tr li a seeking their own interest were renderingharvest, ea a ler gr s, e w at h s o e i r 'n_ vice to the community. They forced an economical consumption, suited to the diminished supply- The increased- price remunerated' the farmer for the small quantity which he disposed of. In the same m anner, i n abundant years, the P r i ce falls, and the bles s i ngs of abundance are shared by all classes of the community. Now he believed, that any attempt p o r n o t c h es e s p m ar n t st o f f ni f ; ar t l h ia a m t e t n h t e to nn i l n y te w rf n e y re in w l i v t h h t n t h h i s o n e a t fl u Li r e a .! tuations of price arising from the variety of the seasonns. could be advantag eous ly di m i n i s h e d, was by the 1 1 checked operation of trade. The trader, if left to hits' ,. self, purchased i n dear years, and his stock is br ou g ht into the ma r k e t with great advantage to all, whe n t h ere was a less abund an t supp l y, an d i mpor t e d a greater or l e s s quantity according to what he b e li ev ed could be th e ,_ de mand of the count r y i n w hi c h h e li ve d. This was the natural state of things, and, if by law, they did . 1_ 10 ; interfere with it, experience showed that itworked witht. regularity and beauty which it was impossible sufficie° , I ),', to admire. In fact, in the whole order of creation, mil! did not know anything more marvellous, and at the sa,,,e time more striking, than the manner in which, by lu_', combined operation of a number of individuals, none of them thinking at all of the public interest, but each l e ' n t. ing only his private and individual interest, a suPP.',) o ' l ; t food to great communities was regulated—how, with 11, waste, without irregularity, and without interruphtin.s each individual of a large nation was supplied with 1 , 0 ,, proportion of food, in proportion to the IN hole su the price varying in such a manner as to" enable,,, production to be continued, at the same "`" ci. avoiding an undue pressure on the consuni• e, The manner in which all this took Pl ac . without any interference on the part of any public the thority, by the agency of men as unconscious as result ° i wheels of some great machine, of the combined resnli their operations, the more the considered this ben t n „,d mechanism of society, the more' one must admire it, !"` t.. the more they must be convinced that it was an al - V„ ln ut ment of unerring wisdom and infinite benevolence . ees, it was with this that men, with their clumsy contrivan presumed to interfe re . They were not satisfied with the order of society app o i n t e d by Providence, and the ra e l at Providence had established for the regulation of lo ve. supply, but they must attempt to correct and impN ar , what was established • and it was really extraordin ..f .. how slow men were to learn the folly of such interfereasn In the memory of many men now alive, the laws W inn . by their ancestors against forestalling and regra,4 were enforced ; the practice was denounced froineytlar, seat of Justice as mischievous and injurious, while l e_ i _.' s man of ordinary education was .now aware that it ' ,l t not merely harmless and innocent, but of great beabasad and service to society.—(Hear, hear.) But tii made some progres s in understanding the folly °f g n ic e j li interference, as far as th e i r internal trade was concern —in that, perfect f ree d om was esta bli s hed, nut they had - felt the benefit of the alteration• the ir they still obstinately cl ung , w i t h respe ct to con , foreign trade, to restrictions and contrivances,' he ceived in the very se lf -same sp i r i t, and Lion. thought with equal blindness and equal presumpl.in, The natural inducement to persons to increase their d , to portations when the supply at home was deficient , a t i l tse if diminish it when the supply was abundant, was l n or no perfectly sufficient. If th ere were a fi xe d dutY, fd la- duty at all, the s e lf-i n t erest o f t h e merchants wa n „ r ise ;'!,_ duce them to di m i n i s h t h e i r i mports when t h e loc 5, t o of corn afford them no p ro fi t,,an d , on t h e ot her 1,911 , 1 the increase them when th e r i se i n pr i ce at once indicate" the want that was felt in this country, a nd oa certainty of profit. But the presumpto- and which the Act of 1828 was f o unded, en t which presumpti on was cont i nued i n the. P res not Bill, was, that this natural inducement wa s t to . sufficient, and that ,it was necessary for Parliall t of do something more—to give the merchant a ben 4s. in the quarter more th an t h e natural course 0, ` 0 0 1l would -yield him. Wh at h a d b een th e result t 1 t parties ? That in seeking to increase the indu, ce rish i which they held out to the trader to increase or d itn ",, o es his supplies according to circumstances and the_" d t he of the country, they had so thoroughly deranli e t he whole system of the trade in corn, as to deaf left to country of the great benefits which the trade, if „old itself, would have a ff or d e d . —(H ea r , hear.) Such l ' s dit he the consequences of the measure•now in force , an ew . had been stated,, that upon - that fact the present noon. sure Was founded. The_ reason which the Rig h ti t ini se, Baronet had stated for th e measure b e f ore the -" in and the nature of the measure itself, did, in e ffec "•ck) volve the admission that such as he (Lord 11 °,Sot had described had been the effects of the law. ' il else could be the reason for diminishing the duts',calilit what else could be the meaning of those very sig, nifi j3a' rests ?—(Hear, hear.) What did the Right 1 1 ° 11 *„ in' ronet say of those rests himself, but that they Ive r ,' .at tended to prevent the importer from looking to air:isy rise of price and fall of duty, when prices were ,' ; ii s. , high ? They were intended to induce hini ,n t° , ." o l ' t i; ',.,:.-, Ins corn into the market when the duty was stiffs The low to allow him to sell with a remunerating profit. 0 1 Right Hon. Baronet proposed that, between 52 ' t hat 558., the duty should he 18s., in order, he believed, ~it , ~,,,' when the price aose to 525. the importer might not % - q o's for a further rise, but might at once introduce the si tr• on i o whieh was needed at a duty of 18s. That. was a, r t ee ) 70 fectly valid argument ; he entirely concurred wi ta n e- 1 , 4 0 Right lion. Baronet as to the advantages of that ar ra ci 7sa '''s ment. But if it were good when the price was het' lo s, o f, 525. and 555, lie wanted to know whY it hest r.) ', itio not equally good b e t ween 52 5. and 60s.—(Hear , vo id :yr! If the Right Hon. B a r one t ma d e th ese r ests to i t ee p of holding out the importer s o f corn an i n d ucem ent to e se , : rs 4 back the supply of corn when it was wanted —i f tit fto cl „,,01 rests were made to restore trade to its natural sta te ' ~,..„ to supply the importer with those motives, which N'''' a to t o ,0' , 4 I operate if Parliament did not interfere—he scantednor i' lii i know why the principle was not good to a still gr e- a r 1,1 ),1 extent.—(llear.) Unfortunately it was not in his P n `,..,b. , 1 4 7,0 to be present during the previous debates on that these' ject ; but, as far as he could collect from reading l"i it. ' debates in the papers, it did not appear to him thirds- IDI had-yet been explained why, after gohigon so far tow n e . fie adopting a sounder and wiser system, they should •Pr a iO , cisely stop at that particular point? Why, if t he °g od ''''' ment were good, was it not followed out to its just lief i_,', legitimate extent ?—(Hear, hear.) lie believed the e t her '' .- c reason assigned for not carrying the principle, far re "Aid was this. The Right Hon. Baronet said that agn e "tr o rd ‘el required protection, but that it was impossible Wa. se ti protection when the duties rose to a certain a mount , : g s , therefore proposed to raise the duties at the lower ,P t or- iit of the scale of averages.. Now in considering that 5!, gument, he begged, in the first place, to protest ag" ifo ~Vl , such a use of the word protection.--(Hear, hear')to thi s '',; maintained that it was an absurdity not suited vit ae, age of this world. The only protection to agr i . t , his :,s• I, . or to any other branch of industry, to which , „ht I opinion, it was entitled, was that protection . 0 of of secured to every man the enjoyment of the fral froi o , f t his own honest labour ; which prevented hilt , ' f a ir ."' being either directly, or indirectly, deprived of th ro e tee . ~t{ rewards of his own exertions. That was the 0 1 4 P f el' lion which he would acknowledge to be due eithe r t° Wes culture or any other bran c h of national industry no of it not an abuse of l anguage w h en, un d er the °oar protection, they gave to one particular class of the oil inanity the power of saying to their fellow-suki e f. t c s h lie fellow-citizens, " Yo u shall take those things w" 1 &les produce though they may b e d earer t h an s imilar art ex' which you could obtain elsewhere. You shall ° ° ,,i,ich change that which you haveproduced in the manner ‘ gula; - s would be most advantageous to you ; but fisca', -i c e rn a* 4 tions shall be adopted, with the intention and " e ' t i c use ,-• 1 compelling you to pay more for articles of domes pOr . ' , than you would pay for the same articles if P I LI Th e •' chased them elsewhere."—(Hear, hear, h ear :l, os ' House had been long i n th e h a bi t o f ma king n- ' bring in the right direction, but it seemed to be afraid t° he or.) forward principles boldly and distinctly.—(Hear' to s L e : But the time was now come--and he was gig - ,... the ' in the lat e d e b ates i t seeme d to r i,or ti, opinions of others, and particularly of the No b li v and the Member for Tiverton—when they should boll t. :, tha t explicitly declare themselves.—( Hear.) He could a t T le neve r as long as he had had the honour of a seat in that Hous e d that ti held language inconsistent with what he now state- -- o f thei r time was come when it must tie admitted as a princie. dustr,Yl legislation that the only protection to which Britio rn j ; a % was entitled, was that which he had already descrir Ol that it was not necessary, in order to support one e T p ;e( l . l l - a the other classes of their fellow subjects shou'd be tot a f ~ (Cheers). But when he said that he thought it right infer ,nay joi himself from being misunderstood, as Gentlemed roes a , that he was an a d vocate f or a total and immedia te - s o e " the Corn La ws , th a t was not his opinion and that ' f rt i ° the opinion h e was ventur i ng now to emit:mr to a oo o fpe u PP ° ge t that House. He was an advocate for the princiPies p e eit" commercial freedom, but in adopting that p l r inciple a : s kin 4' tion was absolutely necessary.—( Hear.) A nd f icular, l)C to' all the circumstance s o f th e country—loOking Par-lookin the necessity of raising a revenue—(Hear, hear) -- eiren y the burdens imposed' on land—looking to all these_ do e_ ~t, , tances, he thought it wise policy to impose a mode.ra7 op the, :'••;, corn, but in saying that, he only expressed the opini o n A rid!. 1 y supposition that the duty was indeed a moderate on d l7 o o sui : t ; , . 1 1 must further add that if the alternative were pron e 4 ht flt:V w s',/ paining the existing system as modified by the isleoes? .. ;"„P'si Baronet, or of the total repeal on corn, and he I,ls „„sider.. o l''' ''' ' tis choose between the two courses—at the same time e- t - h a t . o." - __. 6 ' 1 ,1. , 1 t both objectionable—the interests of land must 'n But het V i II yield to the principle of total repeal.--( Cheers.) B rotec ti°l34. '' ell o' willing that some amount of that which was called P d on the - 51,4 that a certain extent of restriction should be iraV' e ro essor ' l e importation of foreign corn. But if protection is li i , f d o e tl , 0 9 , e ig he wanted to know why that protection is not eq ua t j 0.01 -r i f t a h i e lure far o of t e h r e produce e ther of h the e h i a a n d d ea_ l ( a H r ge : r, o h r ue:ar a r, .s.) a he m oo.:11 : ::to r. vs o n on a ru: r wi yt t ed, ': :1.1,10, fr, ; Why was he entitled to less rotection when there asi" ° lf tgirt een ~ ,i shillings were a sufficient protection when the price 0r.,.., orT: '',/ 608., on what principle of justice or of fairness cool!' _,'" i i' h ' p e t . ! ,o pose to impose a duty of 20s. when the price of vinT op Wila s ~ fall to SCs. ? He was totally at a loss to undecstaule ko oss! . plea this could be contended fer..—( Hear, hear. ) fon to:li b t: as regarded the diminution of the duty in propo e r n i,. w i t h t rise in the averages, that it was a favourite argurn lie I ____ p od other side of the House, and an arguraent which w."'d neer Noble vie ° • • O n to see had received more attention from hit l eo opnn • him (Lord John Russell) than in his (Lord Hng,levihan that it deserved, that it would be utterly impossible a nd tl? as thereforehl l o d u a l d ty r i a s ti e t b wa e uc y e o mr n t d oari a ne certainadvisablepo ipoint t that amountto onptroot il maintain deea vfo tithe m ::. duty , t_iin tndwxesencil I :II; it _ ll.lty h ; . . , ...rho Government to relax the duty, subect to a "11 1 " M or en t t o . rise of the aver% shown that a reduction of the duty on the Choera*L„ fit :11 `,1 ' ' did really produce a benefit to the consumer.—( that any ": -e o f , •' makeßut beforei t a matter il e admitted i t t h t e e d special tha t argument,ln terferenceheorwri; .05 as h uu a p d t yp a n c l s e oe na g s y et s qo u argued beentdeuipi tovhneadta rise experience p e t e i L n i e e tniulcueenahs average ae s rg h : o .B l o. :un wg 3:lnnyi t. tort e 8s o :17. , i , i s usders t°°d t to the objection to any tar wa (Lord fl uor continued . —( Cheers .) the u el u 1 t t i s m u i v u o e— e n d eL C m ( h c i e g e h b r e t s e 1 ) i - o . t a ;b d e 1 t :;• h a u a w i ?dhs'eatshtaue foliotd tae,ai thei t t. he p rP r b e d d u radce and he r : ' 'l '' J id ho e the should b i better tu le,ri burden htah Re t h i it e the was i nxceobh o neel n : tathhneed thought E b if tnchehiafitettqwubaeousrf; muchdei b n u . t vi e: stillth they y 150 ; an d _ burden, " h tt l f eh u b ; g:!i e t es t t se e u r n t m h t t m a e h t . a um t f th teh t e n h et e s li p Y . r i_g ud h (u t tufe H eau o rf n , t.hheßaatarr.bo)anteHdteen(louuolrtddh neti.., n : o :x t rwchip ov eeqrk,o:lo . l_lAi. , ifiir„; .. tended that the reduction of the duty in the ma _, : ,,„ iy jw - , p, was of no benefit whatever te the coosumer—it was t r o "f co ' ps e-_ , p ;• sorbed in meeting the increased chirges on impor ti 1 ;,, co ld , the an d n narrowing w r • a i n is g i u th g e o c f i t r i c i l e e p f r r i t u m e t s which i „ c i ll i t the hne tn s e ip nti l i i , L a i ttiinni „ gear r ol : i 1, 1 1 ) obtained, c e u t P s n . t u T i h uponn at manner of regulating the duty , preve chant from performing his proper office, the o argument,meet thos eh having u fi s tu to r c th k e i r n .in h to an fully into the su bjec t, and as the e e onn( d ' i i s b .f :t r e bn(leear o e n °scycu°c— t ua b ildise-nnuq;u°°ll e: