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of the condition of the manufacturing classes in the United States, that you may contrast it with the condi tion of the manufacturing classes in this country. I come to tell you that there is abundance of bread, and that the reason why the condition of the working classes is better than the condition of yours is, that we have cheap bread, low taxes, and cheep literature.—(Cheers.) NI3• task is prepared for me, all that 1 have to do is to 1 14) , before you the results of the statistical labours and The experience of others, I believe I shall be able to present to you some faete which will probabiy tend to give a new impulse to your enhrgies, which will induce you to unite your efforts with ours, that we may promote our mutual prosperity.— (Hear, hear.) There is not perhaps a manufacturer in this room who has not heard of the town of Lowell, in Massachusetts. I hold in my hand a statement of the statistics of that town, a portion of which I shall read to the meeting.—(The Hon. Gentleman here read from a pamphlet some statistical details relative to the state of the working classes in the town of Lowell). He found that the average wages of femeles, clear of board, was two dollars per week, and the average wages of males, clear of board, was eighty cents., or about 3s. 4d. per day. That was the rate of payment clear of board. A GENTLEMAN in the meeting—That is to say, plenty to eat and drink, and that money beside s.—(hear, hear.) General GREENE said that was what he meant. — (fleas, hear.) They had lately had in the - United States several conflicts between the different interests of the community. His experience of what had happened in hie own country induced him to make a recommendation to that meeting as to the course which it would be ad visable they should pursue. Ile thought that the gentle men around him seemed to forget that their great object should be to e nli s t in th e i r behalf those who regulated and controlled the destinies of the country. He thought they should appeal more strongly to those in power, and -to enlist their sympathies in the cause. in which the Delegates were engaged.—(A voice, "They have no sympathies.") He As as convinced that they might insure the sympathies of the higher classes if those classes could he convinced that their interests were in truthinseparable from the interests of the country at large. There was a mode by which those high in au thority might be made to feel that the source of British power—that the pillars of British prosperity were the labouring classes of this country.—(Cheers.) 'The true question, therefore, for the Delegates to consider was, how they could enlighten the higher classes as to their own interests ; and to that object he would advise them to direct their efforts. He would proceed with these sta tistical details in relation to the condition of the working classes of America. The writer of the pamphlet which he held in his hand showed that even the females in Lowell were earning good wages, and were in every way in a prosperous condition. There were 1,500 girls in the town employed in the mills in the year 1828; and during that year there was net among them a single death. The writer stated that those girls were seldom, if ever, under the age of 18, and their labour, though profitable, was so light that it rather improved than impaired their health. lie then proceeded to speak of the religious influence in the city. The whole number of scholars amounted to 5,559, and nine• tenths of these were females employed in Mr. GEORGE THOAIPSON said that, perhaps, it would be as well if General Greene would state the general nature of the quotations he intended to make, as the whole of the documents submitted to the meeting would be laid before the public. General GREENE said the facts were very important. The writer of the pamphlet was very minute in his de- tails to prove that the number of marriages in Lowell in Proportion to the population was very great. The moral character or the females was improved, and this wa an inducement to the enterprising young 1 , men of America who were disposed to emigrate to, the west to find wives among the fa c tory g i r ls in the city of Lowell. Ile stated another faet, speaking - of wages and the use made of them. In Lowell at the insti tertiuie of saving the whole number of depositors at. 23d July was 1,9% ; while the amount of the deposits was :;07,79 . 6 dollars. lie said they had high , wageS in America, and he would tell them why. They had cheap bread, low taxes, and cheap literature. He held in his hand Bulwer's last work, " Zanoni," which was published in this country at 31s. ed., and in America for Is.— (Cheers.) There was also one of James's works for 3d. They could send these works 2,000 miles for three-far things. He would tell them how they could .send their cheap bread to this country. In England there was a population or 288 to the square mile, while they had a national debt of 800,000,0001. In America there were eight to the square mile, and no national debt. They could afford to manufacture cheaper than we could, but they made more by raising corn than by manufactures.--(Cheers.) He told them that he was an advocate fur free trade. In 1333 he had hoped that the question was settled, but it was prevented by untoward circumstances, all of which he traced to the city of Lon doe.—(Hear, hear.) Not to the aristocracy, but to the money power which controlled this country. They in the United States were divided by party, as we were here. They had not their Lord John Russell or Sir R. Peel, but they had the leaders of their parties as well as we had, and. their great fault wAs thut they relied too much on their leaders.—(Hear, hear.) He was no Chartist, and he regretted very much yesterday to see the me,..mer in which Chartist principles were received. If there was one man in England more than another whom he respected, if there was one man to whom the country owes more than to another, that man was Mr. Hume. He admired him, as he had set an example in the face of corruption to the country, as ho had refused .to come forward as a candidate, unless he could repre sent a virtuous and unbought constituency. The CHAIRMAN said that as the meeting was to ter minate at two o'clock, he hoped the General would be brief. General GREENE said he regretted that he should say anything that was unpleasant, as he certainly had no tovish to do so. • Mr. G. THoMPSON said it was very desirable that Ge neral Greene should ho allowed to go on, as there were ma ny .things he would have to state in order to arrive at the conclusions he intended. • The CHAIRMAN said he was somewhat astonished at the course taken by his Friend. The chairman was placed there to maintain order, and to confine the speakers to the subjects before them.—(" Hear," and cheers.") Itowever excellent General Greene's observations might be, yet be (the Chairman) was in the hands of the meet _ ing, whether it was right to go,into the merits of any in dividual, be he Mr. Hume or any one else.—(Cheers.) They were met to discuss the suffering of the people of England, and to consider the best means of its remedy. Mr. G. THOMPSON begged to disclaim any intention df interfering with the authority of the Chairman, but he tin,ught that General Greene had important" statements to make, which were necessary to be submitted to the _meeting. After a short conversation, il•eneral GREENE resumed. Ile should not be doing justlt:e to himself if he did not go on. Ile was about to suggest. a remedy. He did not think that Universal Suffrage would prove a remedy, as in England they had more population than land. In England the largest portion of the people must necessarily depend upon agriculture. This was very different in the United States. There" the factory-girls could lay up money, then marry, and go to the west and become the . mothers of families, and the mothers of future Members of Congress, and of Presidents. This was not the case in England If they asked the man in America to sell his vete, be would turn away, for he believed that by so doing; he was sacrificing the interests of his children, himself, and country. In the winter morning lie called his cattle, hie horses, sheep around him, and fed them with his own band. ~The persons that represented the people in England purchased their seats.—(Cries of" Question..') The Gallant General was again interrupted by a De legate, who said he thought that General Greene was wandering from the subject. The CHAIRMAN said that the meeting could only last two hours, and the Gallant General bad already con sumed three-quarters of an hour, and he hoped there fore that he would he brief. Mr. 0. THOMPSON said he could not sympathise with the impatience expressed by the meeting, for he thought Oat the Gallant General ought to be allowed to proceed. After a short conversation, - General GREENS resumed. Ile would be as brief as possible. There was an impression in this country that the Legjslation in the United -States was retaliating, and that they were disposed to lay on duties, because we would not reztuce ours. This was not the case, for the Americans would not injure themselves because we in jured ourselves. All they did, was to secure a cheap Government. There had been an appre •hension that if the Corn-law were repealed it -would be injurious to the agricultural interest. Apprehension had been entertained in the United States, that if they repeal the . protective duties they should destroy their manufactures. The free-traders insisted that it would be a benefit to the* and such had been the result. So, here ; if they were to repeal the • duty on corn, it would benefit the agriculturists, by giving employment to the labouring classes ; and when the manufacturers would be employed, of course they would be better able to p a y for bread.- Mr. Clay was the leader of the high tariff party of the United States, • and he had recently proposed a series of resolutions for increasing• the import duties. He had. been replied to by Mr. Calhoun, who read a series of statistical tables, ebowing the operation of free trade. America could of course only export in proportion to what she sold abroad, and she could not purchase English merchandise to the extent she would do, unless England took her corn and a.e.ricultural produce in exchang e. Durin g the eight years before the repeal of the high duties the exports of the United States had amounted to 469,000,000 dols. During the eight years of low duties it had amounted to 768,000,000 of dollars.—(Cheers.) The effect on the tonnage had been the same. In 1825 the amount of • American tonnage was 1,423,000 tons. in 1835, the year of the repeal of high duties, it was 1,606,000 tons; and in 1840 it had risen to 2,180,000 tons.—(Cheers.) ' ch was the beneficial effects of free trade. It might Vire been supposed that a great falling off would have- ..taken place in the exports of American manufactures. The free traders had said, however, that such would not be the cage ; they laid it down as a rule, that am4:%7 people of Pt tual scientific and physical powers, those who h a d t h e c h ea p es t f oo d an d we re the ast taxed, would command the market, and such had proved to be the ease, in 1825, the value of the export or American noraufaetures was 5,129,000 dollars. In 1832, under the system: of high duties, it had fallen to fr,050,600 dollars, which,: L I 183:3, the first year of free trade, the value of the exports of American manufactures 12,848,000 dollars had risen to Many present were doubtless aware that the y now purchased raw cotton much cheaper than they said before 1833. M r, C a lh oun had drawn tip a table, showing the effect of f ree t ra d e • upon the export of cotton From 11320 to 1826, the value of the cotton exported WaS 170,765,000 dollar?. Fr,om 1827 to 1833, under a system of protection, it. amounted to 201,000,000 dollar's, and in the year 1833-- the year of the repeal—it rose to 435,300,000 dollars. hieti was the effect of free trade on production. With , regard to tobacco, under the high tariff system, the value of tobacco exported was 39,165,000 dollars. On the re moval of the prohibition, it amounted to 57,809,000 dol lars. He apologised to the meeting for having occupied their time so long, and expressed his regret if he had said anything that could wound the feelings of any one pre- sent. Ile had hoped to have been the mediator between the two great parties agitating the country, and thought that his experience - might have been useful. Many in the United States believed that an important crisis in the destiny of the 4- orld was at hand, and they looked with a deep anxiety to the result of the deliberations now going on in England, and trusted that by wise councils and moderation, they would be successful in establishing the principles of free trade. Mr. SMITH (of Haddington) was desirous of correct ing some errors in a report of his statements the other evening, He had stated that out of 233 families which he had visited 26 had only 2s. lid. -a week per head to live on. He had been represented to have said Is. lid. He had also stated that one manufactory had given notice that they should give up giving out hand loom weaving. He had been reported to have said that the manufactory would close, which was a very different thing. He had stated that 400 individuals would be deprived of the means of subsistence in consequence. He had been reported as saying that they had been deprived of employment. Now not so many as 400 had been deprived of employ ment, because that num'oer included the families. Ile had also stated that a man who had been forty-one years in the same manufactory, who forty years ago got 16s. 6d. for weaving thirty yards of cloth, now got but 10d. [Such we understood to be the purport of what fell from the Hon. Delegate, but from the low tone of voice in which he,spoke, he was at times nearly inaudible.] Mr. Roberts, of Burnley, was then about to read a statement to the meeting, when he was interrupted by a Delegate from the body of the meeting, who suggested that they had had quite sufficient of the details of the distress existing, and that it would be better at once to proceed to discuss the question of the remedy. The CHAIRMAN said that the meeting had delegated to the Executive Committee the arrangment of the pro ceedings, and decided that the Delegate was out of order in interrupting Mr. Roberts. Mr. ROBERTS then read the following statement : Having on former occasions presented to the Anti-Corn-law League statistical statements of the distress existing within the limits of the Burnley Association, more particularly one which was presented at a meeting of the Delegates in Manchester last year, it has therefore been deemed unnecessary to enter into so particular a detail thereof again, but merely to state that the distress then existing eontinues, and not only continues, but to much greater extent. Up to that time the factories had nut run much short time ' • since then there has been a serious deduction of time i n almost all the mills in Burnley, and the neighbourhood. In addition to the miming of short time, there has been a serious reduction in the wages of spin ners and power-loom weavers; this, in most oases, amounts to 20 per cent., in others to mo re . Low as hand-loom weaving was, a further reduction has taken place upon that also. A hand-loom weaver of cotton must now be very diligent and industrious who earns upon the average 3s. per week. The weaving mouslin de-lains affords rather better wages, but the uncertainty of the supply of that kind of work, an the great trouble and loss of time the weavers are put to in obtaining it, renders it upon the average little better than the weaving of cotton. I met with a weaver the last week, who is now weaving 40 yards of cloth, 40 inches wide, with about 42 picks per quar ter, at the rate of Bd. for that 40 yards. These are a light kind of goods, generally called Tangibs, mostly manufactured in the neighbourhood of Blackburn. The wea ver told me three pieces were a fair average week's work, in cluding the fetching of the work, the delivery thereof, and other matters connected with it. This would of course amount to two shillings per week, and this full work. The weays,r was a middle-aged man, I believe a very industrious man. Suppose he wove four pieces in the week, I asked him what time it would occupy to do so. He said that that for five days he would have to commence by five o'clock, or very soon after, and to continue until after eight o'clock in the evening, allowing himself very little time for his meals. Saturday, after such a week's work, ho did not reckon, as he considers that day taken up in the fetching and delivering of his work, and other things--when this was accomplislied he would have earned 2s. Bd. ; he would have worked 75 hours, including the short time he would have to allow for his meals. This man had a family partly grown up; but suppose him to have a wife and three or four small children, how could they live upon it? We will suppose it winter time, he has his rent to pay ; for though it is impossible for him to do so, still we must that into account, as of course he cannot live oat of doers. He has coals and light to find. I will mention no more than these three items, and I sill leave the assembly here present to deduct what sum they please on the account thereof, and they may reckon what the man would have left out of 2s. Bd. to support himself, his wife, and children. This I grant is an extremely low rateof wages, the lowest I ever met with ; but the highest rate of wages for hand-loom weaving of cotton within the limits of Burnley Union, will not enable a good and industrious weaver to earn more than from 3s. to 3s. 6d. a week. Besides wages being so much depressed, there is a very great scarcity of work. One large manufac turer is declining making goods altogether, which will most seriously affect that part of the country in which he resides. He is as large and as respectable a manufacturer as we have in our district. There needs no mere about the poor ' hand-loom weaver.—As it respects the persons employed in mills, their wages have in general declined also, some of them to the amount of from twenty to twenty-five per cent., as before observed. Although the "' factories in the immediate neighbourhood of Burnley have worked more time for the last three or four weeks, yet unless there is an imme diate revival in business, there is almost a general intention to return to short time again immediately. One large concern has been standing for some time, thereby inducing the persons who formerly worked therein to great privation. Another large mill in the neighbourhood of Colne was burnt down a few weeks since, this it is feared and generally believed was the woe_c of incendiarism. In order to convey some idea of the state of Burnley itself, independent of the nut-townships, which are upon the average mach more distressed, it has i been ascertained by persons very competent to ascertain the same, that there has been paid 25,000/. less in wages, in the mills and print works of Burnley, from April 1841, to Apra 1842, than during the previous year. There is only one establish ment of print works in the town, and this mostly in conse quence of the resuming of short time ; a considerable part of the reduction in wages not having taken place during the time mentioned. This amount of money does not include the less amount paid to hand-weavers and others of different employ ments. In addition to the above reduction in the amount of money paid, the iron-founders in the town have reduced the number of their workmen more than one-half; masons and joiners have been much more than one-half thrown out of em ployment; other operatives are also getting out of employ. The reduction of wages in the mills is chiefly upon mule spin ners and power-loom weavers, and will amount to the sum of 12,000/. per annum, with every prospect of running short time; this, in connection with the reduction of wages will be most seriously felt. It has been calculated that the reduction of wages in Burnley and the neighbourhood within a short time amounts to morethan the taxes which each indivi dual would have to pay, supposing that each person had to bear his or her proportionate part of the whole expnditure of the nation. I have a statement of the moneys paid to the Poor in Burnley Union, which consists of twenty-six town ships, Colne and its neighbouring townships being included therein. It may be necessary to say that what has been said of Burnley in the Newspapers refers to the Union of Burnley, and not to the town of Burnley separately considered. By this statement the great distress of the poor may be inferred. I have not the amount paid previous to 1840, but it was considerably less ; but the comparison of the amounts paid in 1840 and in 1842 will be sufficient. By the years 1840 and 1842, we mean the years ending in March in each year, as the annuataccounts of townships are made up to that time. The demands made upon the different townships (at least a many of them) are so heavy it is impos sible to collect them. One township since March 25, has al ready paid 3s. 4d. in the pound upon a rack rent. There is another township has paid more, and, from what 1 have heard, the rates iu that township will be near twenty shillings in the pound if the distress continues. I was told also that the collector of the rates had almost or altogether given intimation that he should give up the business of collector, net being able to collect it from the farmers and poor people. The property in such townships must and will become of little or no value. After making these statements of a very small portion of the trading community, and taking the other state ments of distress which have, and will come before this meet ing, we should add to them the ruin and distress which has overtaken the honest and industrious tradesman,with all the varied branches of trade depending upon a regular and remunerating state of the great staple trades and manufactures of this country. Many who thought themselves secure from a state of insolvency, and even calculated upon retiring from the toil and bustle of business with a sufficiency, are now become de prived of their all. Numberless are those who during the last three or four years have been brought to ruin and distress, who are now obliged to support them selves by that labour they formerly provided for others ; thus adding their numbers to the already super abundant quantity of labourers. Some, unable to obtain em ployment, are dependent upon the charity of others, or may be upon a scanty parish allowance ; but bad as the retrospect may be, the prospective is infinitely worse. The state of matters, both as it refers to master and operative, is alarm ing. If we attribute (and we may truly do so) the past and present distress principally and chiefly to a cause which has been in operation for years, then the distress must and will continue, and increase in an alarming ratio. So long as the same cause remains similar effects will ensue. The mind cannot contemplate these things without dismay and fearful forebodings ; and to suppose that this state of suf - fering and distress can for a much longer time be con• tinued, to increase and accumulate, without some dreadful crisis or revulsion taking place, is impossible. 'I he hand-loom weaver has been depressed long ago. But distress and privation is now falling upon other men whose situation in life becoming suddenly changed will not so quietly submit to a continua tion of distress. These men will look back upon the comforts they and their families have enjoyed, with strong feelings of indignation, and attributing their distress to that cause which may be most prominent will combine their remaining ener gies, and manifest a determination to be no longer injured by laws and regulations which cramp the sinews of trade and commerce, whereby they themselves are prevented from obtain ing an honest livelihood. If no improvement takes place in our trade, ruin stares both master and workman in the face. When one failure has taken place, ten or more will do. We have no reason to expect any , change for the better until an al teration is made in our Corn-laws and other restrictive measures- It is now granted by Sir Robert Peel and others of his party that more liberal measures mustbeadopted—then why not apply not oa r t fori the principles o f more lib eral measures to the Corn and Sugar laws,cl our e so manufactures, of little o r no and whatl V e morewant anexchangeable .; and article t likely than grain, the food of the poor principally, instead of trifles which might bediscontinued, and salted and pickled meat. The Corn-laws must inevitably b e chanced therefore, why not w y wait until immediately ? h ' the present and future distress of the country has brought about all that anar chy and confusion which will lay the country prostrate • " The dark months and long nights of wi n t er are • fast approaching, and, unless an alteration for the better takes place, it is impos sible to conceive what will be the consequence . Neither per son nor prof erty will be secure. Moneys paid to the Poor in the Burnley Union, Lancashire exclusive of every Charge save In-relief and Out-relief. Burnley Union contains 26 Townships. For the year ending March, 1840 £7,856 19 JO For the year ending March, 1842 Difference 4,827/. 10s. 1 0 d., equal to an increase of 61 per - cent. upon the sum paid in 1840. A statement of several Townships in the same Union, partly or for the most part employed in Hand-loom Weaving, f or the years ending March 1840 and 1842. 1840. 1842. Increase. s. d. 9. d. Per cent. Briercliffe... ...... 415 7 10 685 11 2 65 Colne... 1,197 10 10 2, 282 18 2 91 Foulriclge . .454 910 788 18 2 74 ' Great and Little Marsden -1,134 4 9 2,285 5 0 101 Rough Lee... 222 16 4 318 15 1 43 ... 403 2 0 702 15 7 74 THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING, -JULY 9, 1842. There are at present upwards of 500 men who, being out of work, are employed in improvement, and paid out of the Relief Committee Funds. The CHAIRMAN here read the resolution to which the Executive Committee had just come. It was to this effect :—" That the Deputies be requested to meet at half-past ten o'clock to-morrow for the purpose of pro ceeding to the interview with Sir Robert Peel. Mr. BRADLEY, of Nottingham, then came forward to address the meeting. Previous to making any rensarks. he read an account of the_ state of the poor in his district. Mr. Bradley was proceeding to detail the condition of the operatives in his district at present, when The CHAIRMAN announced that the time fixed for the adjournment of the meeting had come, and requested Mr. Bradley to bring his observations to a close. Mr. Bradley having acquiesced, the meeting ad journed at two o'clock till half-past ten to-morrow, at which time the Deputation is to proceed to the inter view with Sir R. Peel. The following document, which we were requested by sfr. F. Cullen, Mayor of Bolton, to insert, was to have been read at the meeting, had time permitted. It refers to the number of persons employed in the manufactories of Bolton, and the amount of wages paid to them : Mah.s employed, 840; amount of earnings, 263/. Bs. 2d. ; the average earnings a head per week is 6s. 3 1 44. Males partially employed, 1,591 ; amount of earnings, 345/. 7s. ; the average earnings a head per week. is 4s. 4d. Females fully employed, 593; amount of earnings, 1281. 153. 4d. ; the average earnings a head per week is 4s. 4d. Females partially employed, 956; amount of earnings. 135/. 17s. 91bd. ; the average earnings a head per week is 23. 10d. . Total number employed, 3,980. Total amount of earnings, 8731. Bs. 3icl. The average eathings for each is 4s. 40. The following are dependent upon the above:-- Males without employment 2,642 Females do. do. Children under 12 years of age unable to work 5,457 Total number of dependents Total number fully and partially employed 3,980 Total number of dependent5..... Total number of persons The average earnings for each person a head per week is Is. lid. The assessment of Great Bolton is 84,0001.—0n1y 31,0001 can be collected in the borough. - ANTI CORN-LAW CONFERENCE. The following statement was read by Mr. Bradley, of the state of the poor in Nottingham, at the Anti •Corn.law Con ference, yesterday : Total of expenses for the quarter ending 25th March, 1842, 7,2771. 14s. 6d. ; corresponding quarter, 1841, 4,963/. 16s. 7d. Increase of persons receiving relief within this parish-3,485, March 2.5, 1841, to March 25, 1842. Total for quarter ending June 26, 1842, about 5,900/. ; corresponding quarter for 1841, 4,685/. July 2,1842.—0ne hundred individuals more in the Notting ham Union Poor-house, than at same period in 1841 ; 1001. per week paid more in nut-door relief, then at same period in 1841, being nearly double the amount then paid. Increase in the house, the week ending 2d July-25 persons ; the applications are daily increasing, which has been scarcely ever known to have occurred at this season of the year. One of the collectors told him (Mr. Bradley) yesterday, that out of 3,659 houses where he had called for the last rate, only 300 paid on the first eall ; but this parish does not embrace any considerable part of the town where the distress most prevails. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the rotes and Proeeedfngs erthe House of Comment.) THURSDAY, JULY 7. CORN IMPORTATION. DIVISION ON MR. BANNERMAN'S MOTION. :NORITY-AYES, 113. Acheson, ,discount Aglionby, H. A. Ainsworth, Peter Aldarn, William Barnard, E. G. Berke!ey, Captain Bernal, 11a , pli Bernal, Captain Bowring, 1)r. Brocklehurst, J. Brotherton,..l. Buller, C. Buller, E. Busfeild, William Byng, George Byng, Hon. G. S Callaghan, D. Carew, Hon. R. S. Cave, Otway Cavendish, Hon. C. Cavendish, G. H. ' Chapman, B. Childers, J. W. f2obden, lt ichard Colebrookc, Sir T. Craig, W. G. . Crawford, W S. Divett, E. Duncan, George buncombe, T. S. Dundas, Admiral Dundas, David Easthope, John Ebringten, Viscount Ellice,lit. Hon. E., Ellis, Wynn Elphinstone, Howard, .t..vans, W. Swart, W. Ferguson, Colonel Fielden, J. Fitzroy, Lord Charles Forster, Matthew Fox, Colonel Gibson, T. M. Gill, Thos. Gordon, Lord F. Ogle, S. C. H. Ord, W. Paget, F. Parker. John Pechell, Captain Philips, G. Philips, M. Phillpotts, J. . • (lore, Robert Grey, Sir G. Hall, Sir B. Hastie. A. Hawes, B. Heathceat, J. Fl ill, Lord A. M. C. Hindley, Charles Holland, Robert Howard, P. H. llowick, Viscount' Hume, Joseph Hutt, W. James, William Johnson, General Langston, J. H. Langton, Cel. G. Layard, Captain Leader, J. I'. Macaulay, T. B. Mangles, R. D. Marshall, %V. Marsland, H ',Ones, Richard Morris, David Mo.ison, General Muntz, G. F. Napier, Sir Charles O'Brien, J. O'Connell, M. J. O'Connell, J. . Plumridge, Captain Pryse, Pryse Ricardo, J. L. Rice, E. B. Schnletield J. J Seale, Sir J. H. Smith, B. Somerville, Sir W. Stanstield, W. It. C. Stewart, P. M. Strutt, Edward Stuart, Lord James Tancred, H. W. Thornely, Thomas Townley, R. G. Tronbriclge, Sir T. Tufnell, H. Turner, Edmund Walker, R. Wallace, 14.11 Watson, W. H. Wawn, J. T. Williams, W. Wood, Wood, C. Wood, G. W. Yorke, H. R. TELLERS. Bannerman, A. Ward, H. MAJORITY-NOES, A eland, Sir T. D Gaskell, James Milnes 1 / 4 'Court, Capt .e.. Gladstone, NV. E. Antrobus ' Edwud Glad-tone, T. Arbuthnot, lion. H Gordon_. Hon. W. ' Archdall, General Gore, Montague Arawright, George Gore, W. 0. - Bagot, Hon. W. Goring, Charles Bailey, Joseph, jun. Goulburn. Henry , Bainie, Colonel H. Gr.diam, Sir James !Indite, H. J Granby, Marquis or Baring. W. B. tlreenall, Peter Barrington, Viscount Greene, T. Bateson, Robert I Grimsditch, Thomas Benett, John I Griinston, bout Bentinck, Lord G. I Grogan, Edward Berkeley, Grantley ' HaltOrd, H. Blackburne, 1. Hamilton, W. J. Blakemore, R. Hamilton, Lord C. Bolder°, H. G I 1 Harcourt, G. G. B.ttleld, Beriah Hardinge, Sir H. P.raniston, 'F W. Hardy, John Brodie, W. B. Heathcotc, G. J. Bruce, Lord E. Heneage, E. Buck, L. W. Henley, J. Warner Buckley, Edmun I Herbert, Hon. S. Buller, Sir J. Y. Hervey, Lord A. Cardwell, E. Hodgson, Frederick Chapman, A. Hodgson, Richard Chelsea, Viscount Hogg, J. W. Chetwode, Sir John Hope, Hon. C. Christopher, R. A. Hornby, John Clayton, IL R. Hughes, W. B. Clerk, Sir George Hussey, Thomas Cockburn, Sir G. Jackson, Serjeant Codringtoo, C. W. Jermyn, Lord Corry, Right Hon. H. Johnstone, Sir John Courtenay, Viscount Jolliffe, Sir W. Cresswell, B. Jones, Theobald Cripps, W. Kemble, Henry Darner, Hon. G. Knightley, Sir C. Darby, George Lascelle3, W. S. Dawnay, W. H. Law, Hon. C. E. Denison, E.G.__ Lawson, Andrew 175. Marsham, Viseoun Misterman, John Meynell, H. Miles. P. S. Mitchell, T. A. Morgan', Octaviui Mundy, E. Miller Neeld, John Norreis, Lord Packe, C. W. Pakington, J. S. Palo er, Robert Patten, Wilson Peel, Hon. Sir R. Peel, Colonel J . Philfipps, Sir H. P. Pollington, Viscouni Pollock, Sir F. . -- Pringle, A. Pusey, P. liash , eigh, Reid, Sir John R. Rolleston, L Rushbrook, Co'onol Russell, ',old John Sandell, Lord Scarled, R C. Scott, Hon. F. Seymour, Sir H. Shaw, Frederick Sibthorp, Colonel Smith, Abel Somerset, Lord G. Stanley, Lord Stewart, John Stuart, li . Sutton, Hon. h. M Talbot, C. Y. M. Thedger, F. hompaon, Aid. Tomline, George Trcneh, Sir.F. Trevor, Hon. R Dickinson, F. H. Douglas, Sir H. Douglas, Sir C. Douglas, J. I). S. Duffield, T. D. Duncombe, Hon. A. Eaton, R. J. Egerton, W.T. Eliot, Lord Escott, liickham Farnham, E. B. eilden, W. Ferguson, Sit - Robert Ferrand, W. B. Flower, Sir James Forbes, William Fuller, A. E. Lefroy, Anhony Legh, G. C. Leicester, Earl of Liddel, H. T. Lincoln, Earl of Litton, Edward Lockhart, William Lowther, J. H. Lowther, s olonel Lyall, George Lygon, Hon. Gen. Mackenzie, T. MacKenzie, W. F. Mainwaring, T. Manners. Lord C. S. March, Earl of Trollope, Sir John Trotter, J. Verner, Colonel Vevey, Hen .T. Waddington, H. S. Walsh, Sir John Wilbraham, Hon. B. Wodehouse, Hon. E. Wood, Colonel T. Worsley, Lord Wynn, Sir W. W. Yorke, Hon. E. T. Young, John TELLERS. Fremantle, SirT. Baring, If B. FLAG OFFICERS (NAVY,) DIVISION ON MR. HUME'S MOTION. Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, " That the House do now adjourn :"—The House divided : MINORITY—AYES, 21. Bowring, Dr.—Bolton Plumridge, ( aptain—Penryn Childers, John W.—Malton scholefield, J.—Birmingham Duncan, G.—Dundee Stuart, Lord J.—Ayr Dundas ' Admiral—Greenwich Thoruely,Thos.—Wolverhampton ' , wart, V. , illiam—Dumfries Tanen, Henry—Devonport Forster, M.—Bet wick-on Tweed .Turner, Edmund—Truro Gill, T.—Plymouth Wallace, Robert—Greenock Hindley, Charles—solhton Wawn, J. T.—South Shields Hume, Joseph—Montrose, &c. Wood, Benjamin—Southwark Napier, Sir Charles—Marylebone TELLERS. O'Connell, John=Kilkenny Rrotherton, J.—Salford Pechell, Captain—Brighton Cobden, R.—Stockport MAJORITY Aglionby, H. A.—Cockermoutta A ntrobus, Edmund—Surrey A kw rig ht, George— Leominster Bailey, J.—Herefordshire Bentinck, Lord G.—Lynn Bolder°, Henry G.—Chippenham Buller, Sir J. Yarde—Devonshire Chelsea, Lord—Reading Christopher, H A.—Lincolnshire, Clerk, Sir G.—Stamford Cockburn, Sir Gcorge—Ripon Corry, Hon. H. L.—Tyrone Co. Courtenay, Lord—S. Devonshire Cripps, Joseph—Cirencester Darby, George—East Sussex Denison, E. 11.—West Yorkshire Douglas Sir C. E.—Warwick Dundas , David—Sutherlandshire Ebrington, Lord—Plymouth Eliot, Lord—East Cornwall F.scott, B.—Winchester Evans, William—North Derby Fuller, A. E.—Ead Sussex Gasket', James Milnes—Wenlock Gladstone, W. - E.—Newarx.on- Trent Gladstone, Thomas—Walsall Gordon, Hon. W.—Aberdeenshire tioulburn, Right Hon. H.—Cam.' bridge University Graham, Right Hon. Sir J. R. ! —Dorchester Greene, T. G.—Lancashire Orimstoo, Vise —Hertfordshire Grogan, E.—Dublin Hamilton, W.—Newport, Isle of Wight Hardinge, Right Hon. Sir H.— NOES, 71. Herbert, Hon. S.—South Wilts Howard, P. H.—Carlisle Hughes, W. B.—Carnarvon Hussey, Thomas—Lyme Regis ';Jackson, Mr. Serj.—Dublin Cal ' versity Layard, Captain Carlow Co. Legh, G. C.—North Cheshire Lincoln, Earl of—Northampton. shire, South Litton, Edward—Coleraine !Lockhart, Wiliam— Lanarkshire Mackenzie, W. F.—Peeblesshire Marsham, Lord—West Kent Manes, It. M.—Pontefract Morgan, o.—Monmouthshire 'Mundy, E. M.—South Derbyshire Muntz, G. F.—Birmingham O'Connell, M. J.-IKerry Packe, C. W.—Leicester, South Peel, lit Hon. Sir 11—Tarnworta Peel, Col. Jonathan—Huntingdon Pringle, Alexander—Selkirkshire Pusey, Philip—Berkshire Hushbrooke, Colonel—Suffolk ftott,. Hon. F.—Rexburghshire Somerville, Sir Wm.—Drogheda Stanley, Lord—North Lancashire Stuart. IL—Bedford (Sutton, C. AL—Cambridge 'Troter, John—West Surrey Vesey, Hon. T —Queen's Co. Waddington, H. S.—West Suffblk Wilbraham, Hon. R. B.—Lance shire Wood, Charles—Halifax Yorke. H. IL—York Young, John—Cavan Co. Launieiten Hardy, J.—Bradford Henley, J. W.—Oxfordshire Fremantle, SIr TELLERS T.—Buckingham Baring. H. B.—Marlborough The Lord Mayor, it is said, has acceptedthea ap pointment of Chief Commissioner of the Income for the City of London. Judging from his Lordship's conduct as a Magistrate (magistratus indicat virurn), which he has evinced a clear head, a sound judgment, and the most humane feelings, we think a better choice could not have been made. When, to these qualifications, are added the extensive experience and unblemished in tegrity of the Lord Mayor as a merchant, his fellow citizens will have a sure guarantee that the rather invi dious duties of this new office will be discharged in an unexceptionable and exemplary manner. • A short time since, a huissier of Rotten called on the wife of a small manufacturer, who had left that town ill consequence of losses in trade, and stated that he had come to seize her goods. The young woman exerted all her powers of fascination to soften the heart of the agent of the law, but smiles, soft words, prayers, blandishments, in fact all the artillery which pretty woman knows how to employ on such occasions, were resorted to in vain ; the poor wo man h a d y e t t o learn what a huissier's hart, and above all the heart of a Norman huissier, was made of. lie remained as cold as a piece of marble, and ordered his follow ers to com mence the inventory. The' young woman then changed her manner, and seizing, in a fit of despair, a long knife, struck herself three times in the breast. Luckily her stays prevented the wounds from being dangerous, but she fell fainting on the floor. The huissier had her placed on a bed, and the neighbours sent for the authorities. When they -arrived, they found • the huissier proceeding with his work, and actually marking down in his list the very mattress on which the young woman was lying. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. CORN EXCHANGE. This week's arrivals of English grain have been small, of Irish Oats fair, and of foreign Wheat considerable. There were a few transactions in fresh foreign Wheat at Monday's prices, all other sorts were dull. In other Grain little done, and Oats were rather lower. Flour as last reported. SMITHFIELD. The supply was large, still the prices were fully maintained, and the best qualities of Veal and Pork met a triflir g advance. Beasts, 632 ; Sheep and Lamb s , 10,750; Pigs, 321 ; C a lves, 438. Beef, 2s. Bd. to 4s. 6d. ; Mutton, 3s. to 4s. 4d. ; Veal, 3s. to ss. ; Pork, 2s. 2d. to 4s. 10d ; Lamb, ss. to ss. 6d. COLONIAL MARKET. There was rather more activity in this market, and prices were steady. About 400 hhds. of West India Sugar were dis posed of. The large public sale of Mauritius and Bengal went off quietly, and firmly supported the previous value. TALLOW MARKET. The market was dull, and prices merely nominal, at 48s. on tho spot, and 495. to 495. 3d. for delivery in the last three months of the year. TEA MARKET. Upwards of 25,000 packages of Tea, chiefly Congou, are declared for public sale on Wednesday next, in the inspection of which the rade are now fully occupied; consequently the market was flat, and prices almost nominal. ( Front the L07)1i011 Nen; Price Current of July 8.) SUGAR. —There has been an increased desire to the part of importers of West India Muscovadoes Sugar to realize this week, and they have submitted to a reduction on former rases of is. To-day the market was in a quiet state for all descriptions of West India Sugar, but the merchants were firmer, and refused to submit to any further decline ; the prices of yesterday were sustained, which shows a decline for the week of only Is per cwt. The total purchases have been 1,800 hhds and tres. REFINED.-The demand for all descriptions of Refined Sugar has been limited for home consumption this week; the refiners have been anxious to sell, and prices have suffered a further decline of Is per cwt. Dutch crushed Sugar at 24s per cwt, on board in Holland. To-day a better demand existed for Refined Sugar for home consumption ; sales of Standard Lumps were made at 80s 6d to 81s, and brown grocery at 80s per cwt. _ _ • MAURITIUS.—This afternoon the trade purchased more freely at the large public sale of 10,946 bags 182 brls, and the whole found Layers at full rates—fine yellow fetched 64s to 64s 6d, good 62s 6d to 645, good middling 61s 6d to 625, mid dling 59s 6d to 60s, low 58s to 59,, good and fine brown 57s 6d to 58s, middling 54s to 55s per cwt. EAST INDIA.—This afteraoon Bengal was in better request ; 2,686 bags and 73 casks at auoUon were sold at full rates, mid to good white 64s to 68s, low 62s 6d to 63s 6d, good to fine brown 51s 6d to 68s per cwt. FORELCI4.—For yellow Havannah there has been less de.. mand this week ; holders have been more desirous to realize, and prices have declined 6d per cwt. White Havannah has sus tained the former value. For Brazil full rates have been paid. I'.IOLASSES.—There has been a much better demand for West India this week, and a large business has been transacted at very full prices : the sales have been 400 puns, Barbadoes, fine at 31s 6d, Antigua 30s, St. Kitts good 27s to 27s 6d, St. Vin cent's 26s to '26s 6d per cwt. Foreign Molasses have met with a fair sale at former rates. COFFEE.—The market for British Plantation Coffee has rre sented a firm appearance this week ; the demand has been good for all clean descriptions, and former prices have been fully sustained. This afternoon the demand for Coffee for home consumption was good, and prices were generally firm : the public sales consisted of 1,564 bags Ceylon, 2,150 bags E. 1., and 115 csks 102 bags West India Coffee. Ceylon sold at an advance on former rates of 6d per cwt., good ord fetched 73s 6d to 74s 6d, fine ordinary 75s GA to 775, country damaged and bulked 731 to 745, triage 29s Gd to 33s ; West India fetched full rates, Jamaica 108 s 6d to 112 s, km mid 106 s 6d, fine fine ordinary 94s to 99s Gd, good ordinary 70s to 755; Berbice, mid 90s, fine ordinary 695. East India went at full rates, good ordinary mixed Batavia at 33s 6d to 365, Pedang, 3ls 6d, and Java 45s to 55s per cwt, TEA.—.The announcement of 30,000 packages of Tea for sale on Wednesday has prevented any further advance, but merchants are firm, and have obtained full prices for all kinds. To-day there was not much business transacted in the Tea market, the attention of the trade being directed to the public sales, but holders are firm, and Is B%d to Is 9d is the value of sound common Congou cash. Cocoa. Holders of West India have shown firmness this week. Trinidad good and fine red at 39s to 425, mid to good mid 36s to 31s Gd, and common 34s 6d to 35s per cwt. Fo reign has sustained the former value. Roar, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS. There has been a brisk demand for Leewards Island Rum this week, both for home use and exportation, and holders have obtained rather higher rates; proof strength at 2s Id to 28 2d, 2 to 10 per cent overproof 2s 2id to 2s 3d per gallon ; Jamaica, fine and favourite marks 5s 3sl to 5s 63, good 5s to 5s 2d, middling and good middling 4s 541 to 4s lid, and common 4s to 4s 4d per gallon. Calcutta proof at the high duty at Is 5d to Is 6d, and at the low duty Is 7d to Is 10d per gallon. Brandy at the fol lowing rates :—Cognae, first brands of the vintage of 1837, hhds 5s Id, puns 4s lld ; 1838, hhds 4s 1161, puns 4s 9d ; 1839, hhds 4s 4d, puns 4s 241; 1840. hhds 3s 10d, puns 3s 8d ; 1841, hlids . 3s 9d, puns 3s 7d per gallon. Geneva at Isl Id for common. British Corn Spirits at 10s per gallon, cash. SPICES.—This afternoon, at public sale, Pepper at a decline of Ad per lb for black ; Malabar good half heavy sold at 3d to 3i.t, shot 4d ; Sumatra good light 2441, white went cheaper, good at 7d to 70, mid 5 1 ,4 d to 5%d, and low 3d; Mace sold at 5s 8d to 5s 9d for good, and at 4s Ild to 5s 3d for mid and good mid ; Nutmegs, duty paid, at 7s 6d to 7s &I for good bold, and at 6-J6d to 6s lld for mid ; Cassia Li ea low mid mixed went at 83s to 85s per cwt; Pimento at 2d for low mid. RlCE.—There has been an inereased demand for Bengal Rice this week, and a considerable business has been transacted at an advance on former rates of 6d for the best, and 3d per cwt for the lower kinds : fine bold white fetched 11 s6d to I 2s, good 1 Is, good mid lOs 64 to I ls, mid dusty 103 to lOs 6d per cwt. Java mid and good white lOs to 12s, low 9s to 9s 6d, and; yellow 7s 6d to 8s 6d. Madras Rice 8s to 10s 6d per cwt. Carolina at 28s to 30s for first and second sorts, and inferior 26s per cwt. Patna purchases at 15s to 20s per cwt. 'this afternoon the market was firm ; good mid white Ben gal sold at lOs 6d to lls per cwt. . . Ores.—Tke market has presented a healthy appearance for all descriptions of common Fish Oils this week, and full prices have been paid. New pale Seal Oil at 36/ 10s, old sorts at 371, and Cod at 311 lOs to 311 15s. Southern, fine pale at 341 5s to 35/, good 33/ to 34/, ord and mid 311 to 32/ 15s. Sperm Oil at 79/ to 80/ for the best British. Linseed Oil has been in good request, 32s to 32s 3d for parcels on the spot. Rape Oil, brown at 45s 6d to 469, and pale 46s 6d to 46, 9d per cwt. For Olive 581 has been accepted for •Gallipoli, 53/ lOs to 54/ for Spanish, and 51/ to 52 1 for Barbary. Cocoa Nut Oil h as b een little asked for, and prices are looking down ; Palm at 321 to 33/ fur good and fine sorts. TALLow.—For Russian Tallow, prices have a downward tendency; 47s 9d to 48s have been the current rates f o r P. Y. Candle. For delivery 49s per cwt is the nearest quotation for the last three months. South American at 42s 6d to 47s 3d per cwt. Town Tallow at 47s per cwt, nett cash. This afternoon no variation took place in the vo)ue of Russian Tallow, but there was little business done. Of South Ameri can 103 pipes 7 hhds and 4 brls were sold at public sale at 4ls 6d to 46, 9d for common to fine quality. PRICE OF BREAD. 'I he highest write of Bread in the Maroplis Is 934 d for the 41b. Loaf. Good Bread may be had at 81. PRICES OF SEEDS. Per Cwt. .dew English Rea Clover...6os go, l st Fein Pet Quarter —s Hs 50d Old Ditto Ditto — s —5 —s ; Rye Grass —s 2t's Its New Foreign Ditt0.......- 8 565 '7Bs Pacey Grass —s —s —s Old Ditto Ditto .........—s —1 —siLinseed, for feeding ~ — s 50s 561 New White &lover ...... 541 ft s as'Dit!o, for sowing —s SOs Ms Old Ditto Ditto ......... —2 - 2 —slDltto, for crushing —s 45s Mk New Trefoil —s 25s 4 0sHemp..... ......... .... ..... .—s 46s 52s Old Ditto —s 205 34s Canary s 48s 52. frrfolium —8 .../1 ..-s! Per Bushel. English Carraway —s 43s 5 0s,White Mustard...los Od to 13s t‘d Foreign Ditto —s 46 s 50s Brown Ditto 12s Od to 15s IA Coriander —s 13, 20siTares 4s Cd to 5s 3d PRICE OF OIL. . Rape Oil. brown, per ton £4B 0 Ditto, refined Linseed Oil 34 0 Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill (per 1000) ll 0 Rape take, per ton e 0 PRICE OF TALLOW, SOAP, &c. per 1121 b. fown 'fallow ...............£ 2 9 0 Melting Stuff ' £ 1 14 0 Yellow Russia ............... 2 10 0 Ditto R0ugh...... . .. 1 I 0 Whit e . ... 0 0 0 Graveso 16 0 Soap Ditto 0 0 0 Good Dregs 0 5 0 PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stone of sibs. Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Melbas) 'as. !Net COAL MARKET. Ships arrived since d last market.day, 32 • Chestor Main Holywell Main.. ................ 17 r New Tanfield Moor ....... ..... /3 9' Old Tanfield l4 0 Ord's Redheugh Townley .... ~ 16 0 Walls End Brown's .......... : 4 ‘, s. . • Walls End Casson 2O d 6 Walls End Caradoc 2O b Walls End Hartlep00l Walls End Kelloe 2O 6 Walls End Torrington Tees 16 6 Walls End Brown's Deanery 18 9 Walls End Coundon )8 0 Walls End Seymour Tees lB 6 Walls End Tees Hetton , 16 2 Wal,s E. d 1 eeb Blythe l6 0 . gi ) n w Lr en 8 9 Cinders Hartley South Elton Welch Coal Walls End ....... 17 6 Walls End killingworth l7 6 Walls End Todd's Bentham 13 6 Walls End East Hetton lB 3 Walls End Haswell. :0 9 Walls End Hetton 'A 6 Walls End Lambton 20 Walls End Morrison Walls End Btewares 'o 9 Walls End Whitwell lB 9 COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. 1 Wheat. I Barley. 1 Oats. 1 Beans. — Peas e . ----t--- _, :---- -- Per Quarter. Is.to s. s. to v. s. to L s. to tu s, Boston ilraintiee 52 70 27 34 73 29 133 38 35 40 B ighton 59 72 27 32 20 26 133 41 33 36 Cambridge — 60 25 ..... 16 I 29 29 Chichester 53 65 26 30 20 24 31 36 34 35 Dunmow 46 56 21 28 19 25 26 40 28 24 Grantham Grimsby 59 74 28 33 lb 21 36 40 -- Hailsham 66 72 26 32 19 21 90 34 29 32 Hitchin 5O 67 27 31 20 30 34 45 Ipswich 54 60 22 23 21 26 29 so 29 30 Lewes 62 (6 27 28 18 22 34 36 33 3 1 Lynn Maidstone 59 67 30 31) 26 32 38 40 Norwich t'etworth Rumford 36 C 8 24 28 18 28 36 31 0 6 34 Sandwich 6l 71 23 34 25 30 93 29 36 38 Tnetford Wisbech witham . . .... !55 65 21 23 21 27 1 26 31 28 22 Yarmouth 160 69 20 33 24 30 138 40 8 32 LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET.—JuIy 5. WHEAT, English, White, per 701 b..• Red Scotch, Welch, and Manz 8 0 0 ---. Irish, While 7 8 6 --- Red 7 8 0 Foreign ...•.. 7 10 10 OATS, Baglish, W elsh, and Scotch, per 451 b 2 3 3 --- !risk .... • ••• 3 3 1 Foreign 0 0 0 BanLitY, English, Malting, per imp . q uarter ...... Scotch and Irish, per 601bs. ------ Feeding 4 0 BEANS, English, per Imperial quarter 3B 42 0 ---- Irish, &c.. ---- Foreign 4O 0 43 45 0 NUBS, F En or g e l i ir n . per I niperlal quarter 40 43 0 51 0 4S n F ai — L 7 o L u T is, English, per 2i301b. 29 6 OATME: p L I e r .: sEhngl Imperiali English and . quartert 5"h....,...p......e.......:2.411.:11. INtitm4 Coast, per 4801 b. .......... otter••••• . 4l 0 RYE, per Imperial quarter ... .. ................ .. 46 (2 0 T 1 "AEXTII FROM EXCESSIVE DRINKINC:.—On Tues day last an inquest was held before Mr. Hudson, Coroner, at the Clarendon Arms, Hyde, Cheshire, on view of the body of Thomas Williams, aged 48, by trade a cotton - spinner , whose death result e d from the following circumstances :—On Sun day Knowles, wh en i t was agree d t h a t he should furnish deceased evening d ecease d met w ith a person named Enoch with as much liquor, and of what sort he chose, as he could drink between the hours of eight and twelve , for a shillin g . Th ey adjourned to th e a b ove public-house, when deceased called for a pint of rum , wh i ch b e i ng supplied, he took hold of the jug containin g it, to d r i n k it up ; but was prevented by Knowles, who gave him a glass of the liquor, and having sup plied two friend s eac h w i t h a g l ass ful, the deceased took hold of the jug, and before he was observed had drunk the whole of the remaining portion of the rum. He shortly afterwards be came insensible, and although every attention was paid him by a surgeon whe was called to his assistance, he expired early the following morning, from congestion of the brain, produced by drinking so excessive a quantity of ruin. A verdict to that effect was returned. Enoch Knowles was taken into custody to await the result of the inquest ; but was liberated at its close, the jury being of opinion that it did notmmount to a case of manslaughter. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, July 8. Their Lordships met at Five o'Clock. The Perth Prison Bill, and several other Bills, were brought up from the Commons. MINES AND COLLIERIES BILL. Lord STRAFFORD presented petitions from places in Yorkshire against certai , n clauses in the Mines and Collieries Bill. WEST INDIA COLONIES. The Earl of DALHOUSIE presented a petition pray ing for protection to West India produce. The Earl of MOUNTCASHEL presented a petition from the Chamber of Commerce of St. Anne's, New Brunswick, praying for protection to commodities the growth and produce of the West Indian colonies. THE OATHS' COMMITTEE. The Duke of RICHMOND informed the House that one of the witnesses called before the Oaths' Committee had refused to give evidence on oath. The Noble Duke then moved that the questions put to that witness,_ and the reasons given by that person for refusing to take an oath, should be printed for the use of the Committee. MINES AND COLLIERIES. Lord HOWARD (of Effingham,) presented petitions from places in Yorkshire against any legislative inter ference with employment in mines and collieries. Lord MONTEAGLE presented a similar petition from the men employed in the collieries near Wakefield. The Bishop of NORWICH presented seven petitions from the colliers employed in the neighbourhood of Wakefield, praying that the Bill might pass. (The Right Rev. Prelate read one of the petitions which came from the operatives themselves, expressive of the utmost horror and disgust at the employment of females, and children under 13 years of age, in mines at an, under any circumstances.) He hoped and trusted that when the Bill should be printed, and come before them in another shape, their Lordships would consider it with that attention of which he was sure it was well de serving. • Lord HATHERTON thought it an inconvenient prac tice to go at great length into a question which was to come before the House so soon in detail. He was happy, however, to hear the Right Rev. Prelate admit the pro per management of the collieries in South Staffordshire. But, at the same time, he must declare his belief, that the statements of the Report did not give a fair or correct account of the state of the mines in other parts of the country. The manner in which the Commission was appointed ought to serve as a caution to their Lordships not to adopt its representations too hastily. The Government and the House of Commons had acted too precipitately in this matter,. and the consequence was to spread dismay throughout the mining districts ; and he trusted that their Lordships would not proceed with the Bill until they had allowed'those who were misrepresented in the Report to state for themselves what were their practices. The Earl of STANHOPE defended the Report, and contended that the House was bound, in justice to the Commissioners, to receive their statements as true until they were rebutted. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE bore testimony to the character of the Commissioners, and the fidelity and care with which they had discharged their duties. He was convinced that their inquiries had been conductei in a perfect spirit of candour and impartiality. After a few words from Lord HATHERTON in ex planation, the conversation dropped. The Duke of CLEVELAND presented several pea -1 tions in favour of the Bill for regulating labour in mines, &c. He supported the prayer, and expressed his hope that the Bill would be read a second time this evening, and passed as speedily as possible. In saying this, however, he did not wish it to be understood 'that he was opposed to some changes in the details. Lord BROUGHAM said, as it appeared that this Bill was to pass through the House as a matter of course, he should be glad to know in what manner the evidence had been collected ? The Marquis of LANSDOWNE thought it did not appear as if the Bill was to pass as a matter of course. In answer to the question which the Noble Lord had put to him, he begged to say that he believed the Commis sioners to ,be men of great integrity, and that they had taken every means to sift the evidence. Lord HATHERTON stated that he had been informed by the agent of Lord Ward that he had not heard of one of the Commissioners having been in South Stafford shire tilUhe saw the Report. A NOBLE LORD, en the Ministerial benches, said that he did not believe that the Commissioners had visited any of the great collieries in Gloucestershire, Glamor ganshire, Monmouthshire, or the neighbourhood. The Earl of DEVON said it was his Llten.ion to move the second reading of the Bill on some future dal. The Duke of RICHMOND stated that the Bill could not be read a second time till it had been referred to a Select Cotntnittee. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE thought it ap peared to be the opinion of some Noble Lords that pre vious to the second reading of the Bill, certain witnesses should be examined to prove the correctness of the evi dence given in the Report. He (tbe Marquis of Clanri carde) did not think that such a course was at all necessary. Lord CAMPBELL was of opinion that a motion should at once be made for referring the Bill to a S e lect Committee. The Earl of DEVON then moved that the Bill be referred to a Select Committee. The Duke of WELLINGTON could not but think that their Lordships should inquire a little into the man ner in which the evidence in the Report had been taken. .—(Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord who appointed the Commission was not present ; but he (the Duke of Wellington) observed that the Commissioners were authorised to take evidence upon oath. Sub-Commis sioners were appointed by the Secretary of State, who were employed to take the evidence, which was a very different thing from having the evidence taken by the Commissiotiers.—(Hear, hear.) He thought it would be desirable, before a Select Committee was appointed, that the manner in which the evidence had been taken should be inquired into. He was of opinion that the motion should not be persevered in to•night, as the Noble Lord who appointed the Commission was not present. Lord BROUGHAM thought that if the Bill were read a second time a Select Commi:tee would be appointed. After a short conversation the matter dropped. The Earl of CARDIGAN presented petitions from five places in South Wales against any legislative inter ference with the regulation of labour in mines. The Noble Lord presented similar petitions from the West Riding of Yorkshire. BANKRUPTCY LAWS. The LORD CHANCELLOR presented a petition, signed by 300 merchants, bankers, and others of the City of London, in favour of his Bill for amending the Bankruptcy laws. His Noble and Learned Friend (Lord Brougham) had stated on a former evening that he intended on Monday next to call the attention of the House to an important subject. He (Lord Lynd hurst) begged to ask what that subject was ? Lord BROUGHAM had not the slightest objection to intention was his Noble and Learned Friend that his was to bring the attention of the House to a petition which he had presented from certain delegates relating to the distress of the country. EMPLOYMENT IN MINES. Lord HATHERTON gave notice that on Tuesday next he would move for a Select Committee to inquire into the statements in the Report of the Commissioners on Employment in Mines. CUSTOMS DUTIES BILL. On the reading of the Order of the Day, for the third reading of the Custoins Duties Bill, The Earl of RADNOR said thitt although he had voted for the second reading of the Bill, because he ap proved of the principle, yet he must vote against the third reading, because the Bill did not go far enough. He might, however, congratulate the country on the approach which the Noble Duke on the cross-benches was making towards free trade principles.—(A laugh.) The Duke of RICHMOND denied that he was a free trader.—(Laughter.) It would be unjust to the farmers of this country to expose them to the competi tion of the less heavily taxed farmers of the Continent. The question having been put, a few Lords called out non-content. Strangers were ordered to withdraw, and the House divided. The numbers w For the third reading (Contents 52 Against the third reading (Non-contents) 9 Majority for the third reading —43 The Bill was then read a third time and passed. RAILWAYS BILL. The Earl of RIPON moved the second reading of this Bill. Lord CAMPBELL gave notice that when the Bill went into Committee he should propose a clause against the locking in of the passengers. The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Monday. DISTRICT COURTS AND PRISONS BILL. On the motion of Lord WHARNCLIFFE this Bill was read a first time. MINES AND COLLIERIES BILL. The following Noble Lords, in conjunction with others, were appointed a Select Committee to which this Bill should be referred, viz. :—The Lord President, Lord Privy Seal, Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord Brougham, Viscount Melbourne, Lord Kenyon, the Bishop of Nor wich, Lord Cardigan, &c. THE ANATOMY ACT. Earl STANHOPE presented a petition from certain inhabitants of Poplar and the neighbourhood, complain ing that the Anatomy Act had not been legally carried out, the bodies almost invariably having been buried in unconsecrated ground by the undertakers. (There were other complaints contained in the petition which it was prayed should be remedied, which we were unable to catch.) The Duke of WELLINGTON was of opinion that the allegations could not be true, as the Act of Parlia ment was stringent enough to prevent such practices. A Commission had been appointed to inquire into the working of the Act. and they made a satisfactory Re port with regard to it. Another Commission had subse quently been appointed, but their Report was not yet in a fit state to lay before the House. Government had di rected their attention to the subject, and they were de termined that the law shoUld be carried into effect in all its details. Earl STANHOPE expressed his satisfaction that the Government had directed their attention to the subject. He thought that the Noble Duke need not be at all ap prehensive as to the correctness of the allegations con tained is the petition, which was signed by the most re spectable inhabitants of the neighbourhood. He begged to move hat the petition be laid on the table ; which was agreed to. The NOBLE EARL presented also petitions from Kirk heaton, and other places in Yorkshire, against the employ ment of women and children of tender age in mines and collieries. He presented'also a petition from prisoners in the Fleet and Queen's Ifench prisons against the law for consolidating the metropolitan prisons. DISTRESS OF THE COUNTRY. The NOBLE EARL presented also a petition feom a public meeting held at the Crown and Anchor Tavern and presided over by Mr. Robert Owen, cautioning the Legislature of the imminent danger of the middle. and working classes, and praying for the establishment of a system of home colonisation. He agreed with Mr. Owen as to the utility of home colonies, although he did not agree with him as to the mode of carrying the prin ciple out. The House then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, July 8. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'Clock. NATIONAL EDUCATION (IRELAND). Mr. Sergeant JACKSON presented two petitions from places in Cork, against the present system of Na tional Education in Ireland. NEW POOR.LAW. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented a petition from the Cobbett Club against the New Poor-law. Mr. P. HOWARD presented a petition from the Car lisle Board of Guardians against the 37th clause of the Poor-law Amendment Act. NOTICES OF MOTION. Mr. HUME gave notice that he should move f - a rt.• turn of the steam-packets employed by- the Admiralty stating where they were employed, the expense of each, and the number of passengers, and amount received ft.' postage. _ . CORN-LAWS. Lord HOWICK gave notice that, on Thursday next, he should move that the lip use resolve itself into a Com mittee on the Act regulating the importation of foreign' corn, with a view to the adoption of the following reso. lotion :—" That it is expedient that wheat imported from foreign countries up to the Ist of March, 1843, be admitted for home consumption on the payment of a duty not exceeding 6s. per quarter."—(Cheers.) Mr. EWART gave notice of his intention to move for a return of the vessels employed in the Niger expe dition. NEW WRIT. Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL moved that no new writ be issued for the borough of Sudbury till the 3d of August. Sir W. SOMERVILLE seconded the motion. Agreed to. DISTRESS. Mr. HUME presented a petition from the town of Hinckley, complaining of the general distress of the town, particularly of the stocking trade. TIMBER DUTIES. Mr. P. M. STEWART presented a petition from 1,600 shipwrights on the River Clyde, praying for a re• mission of the timber duties. SINGING CLASSES. Sir R. PEEL presented a petition from the classes being instructed in vocal music at Exeter-hall, under the sanction of the Privy Council Committee of Education. The Right Hon. Baronet did not state the prayer of the petition. MERCHANT SEAMEN'S FUND. Mr. AGLIONBY begged to ask the Right Hon. Baronet whether he intended to bring forward any remedy for the defects in the management and appro priation of the Merchant Seamen's Fund, into which a Committee was appointed to inquire iu 1840 ? Sir R. PEEL said that the Ifon. Gentleman must be aware that in the Reports of the Committee difficulties were suggested, which would require consideration, and these should be considered before any Bill was intro duced. Mr. SHIEL said that there was a draft of a Bill on the subject, founded on the last Report blif - Ozie. TREATY WITH THE BRAZILS. In answer to a question from Mr. FOSTER, relative to the treaty with the Brazils, Sir B. PILL said that he was aware of the importance of the subject. The Hon. Gentleman must be aware that diff,Tences for several years existed betweeu the Govern- Ment of this country and the Brazils, as to the expiration of the commercial treaty. Their Government contended that the treaty would not expire till the year 1844, while the Government of the Brazils contended that it would expire in 1842 ; and on . their accession to office the subject came under consideration, and the Government stated their impression to the overnment of the Brazils, and, not content with that, they submitted to the Brazilian Government the policy of making a new treaty, which would solve the difficulties which arose from the different constructions as to the existing one. That treaty had been before the Brazilian Government fur some tune, but delays arose respecting it from casual circumstances—the indisposition and the instability of the present Brazilian :Ministry. The Hon. Gentleman. would not, he hoped, expect him to give any further in formation ou the subject • Lord JOHN ItIfS4ELL wished to know from thi- Right Hon. Baronet whether he was to conclude, fr.brn what he had stated, that the Brazilian Government Lac given any notification of its intention to bring before the Chamber a measure for an alteration of duty on Bri tish golds ? Sir R. PEEL said that no notification had Leen given. ECCLESIASTICAL CORPORATIONS LEASES BILL. Lord JOHN RUSSELL wished to know whether it was the intention of the Right lion , urable Baronet, the Secretary of State for the Home Department, to proceed with the -Ecclesiastical Corporations Bill. It could not be considered until after the Poor law Bill and other measures were gone through ; and as it was a measure of considerable importance, and his H.m. Friend the Member for Oxford had given notice . of a motion on the subject, he trusted the Right Hon. Baronet would not press the Bill this session. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said (as we understood) that it was not his intention to do so in the present session. MEDICAL CHARITIES (IRELAND) BILL. Mr. LITTON wished to know from the Noble Lord, the Secretary for Ireland, whether it was his intention to bring in this Bill during the present session, and it so, whether he intended to proceed with it ? Lord ELIOT hoped he would be able to lay the Bill on the table in a few days ; and, as he did not think that sufficient opportunity for discussing the Bill would be afforded in the present session, he only intended to ask the House to sanction the principle of the Bill, and to allow it to be read a second time. The public in Ireland would then have an opportunity of considering the measure. LAW OFFICERS (DUBLIN). Mr. SHAW wished to know from the Right lion. Gentleman, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it was the intention of Government to, alter the licenses of the officers of the Law Courts in Dublin ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that he was in course of framing a Bill on the subject, and would submit it to the consideration of the House. He was not prepared to say that he would proceed fur ther with it at present. ADJOURNED DEBATE ON THE DISTRESS OF THE COUNTRY. Sir G. CLERK having moved that the House do re solve itself into a Committee of Supply, - Mr. O'CONNELL said he hoped it would not be sup posed that, in rising so early in the evening to address the House, he did so because he felt himself inadequate to discuss the subject in the manner it deserved. He believed that great perils were at hand ; that the social state was in danger. There was no dispute that distress pervaded the country. He never knew such unanimity upon any one subject as upon the general statement of distress. Ireland was suffering, though, alas, that was nothing new, to a direful extent at the present moment. There were two sources of the diffiss eintieS-of Ireland. There was one in its nature temporary, which often occurred there ; another* of a more per manent nature, and for the relief of which he saw no pos sibility of any measure being adopted which did not first secure the prosperity of England. The first kind of distress was the consequence of three bad harvests. He had a confident hope that the poor man's harvest was likely this year to be abundant ; but the wheat har vest and the' oat harvest were likely, he feared, to be very deficient. He wished it might not be so, but he was afraid there was great accuracy in the information which he had received on that subject. The other kind of distress, which was more permanent in Ireland, was the distress of those who were engaged in any kind of trade, and especially the retail dealers. ACcounts from every town with which he was acquainted stated that the business of the shopkeepers was diminishing daily; and he saw no possibility of their being relieved from their difficulties except through the prosperity of En4land. The Right Hon. and Learned Gentleman then read an extract from a newspaper upon the distress in Mayo and Galway. Now (he con tinned), could it be doubted that equal distress existed in this country ? The statistics of miss ry had been re peated. again and again by every gentleman who had risen on that side of the House. The question had been •-not whether distress existed, but what place was most affiicted,—what class of opera tives were most distressed—'s here the families which were pining in want and suffering were most numerous. Such was the condition of this great country, a country which held a proud station among the nations of the earth, a country which was first in arts, in sciences, and in arms, in commercial industry, in genius, iu talent, and in mental power, a country which had once been the envy and admiration of the world. How was it fallen ? The scream of dis tress, the cry of wants, families famishing with want in every direction—he could not depict in lan guage strong enough the extent of the misery of the country. Were these things to remain thus ? Were they safe in remaning thus ? Was the social state .safe, if they remained thus ?—(Hear, hear.) lie had listened with great attention to the speeches of the Right Honourable Baronet, the Se cretary of State for the Home Department, the Right Hon. Baronet, the head of the Government, and the Noble Lord the Secretary for the Colonies; but he could not find that they held out any hope of ' relief. The speech of the Noble Lord, was characteristic—it was a reply, and, of course, an able reply—but it had no more to do with the distress of the people of this country, or of any mode of relieving • that distress, than_ it _had to do with the late Cabinet of Shah Soojah, or the convocation of Mandarins at present established in Canton.—(Laugh ter.) The Noble Lord gave a long catalogue of the causes of this distress. What - signified it what were the causes—the grand question was how a remedy could be be applied. The speech of the Right Hon. Baronet was equally bare of hope. He too, held out no prospect of relief. In his objections to • the words of the motion he was perfectly triumphant ; but there would be no difficulty in getting rid of words, provided they could get rid of things. The Right Honourable Bart. concluded his speech by stating that the quantity of corn admitted for home consumption this year was equal to that admitted last year, and he went on to tell them that some new mills were ! about to be opened. It was a kind ot: mystification; there was no hope afforded of better times. He answered to that mystification that the people were starving. The Right Hon. Baronet . boasted of the superiority of his tariff to the plans of the late Ministry, and he entered into several details up en the subject. He arwvtred to. that tariff aruu-tuul th.) Ayo:e starving. The wave whi ch overwhelmed everythiug in its course formed an apt 'illustration _of the evils under which England now suffered. Day after day on e , trade and th en anot h er was declining.--(Re sr ' l Day after day more operatives were -discearged frog work, and more wan t an d woe ensue d. N o b o dy deli wised any remedy for the evil. For his part, that ; and yet, there they {Aare, without having yet de j he cola not divest himself of the impression that soinethi s g e fatal to this country was approaching. The Noos e should not forget that they were class legislators —t '''' they represented almost e x c l us i ve ly th e wea lthier class es : and especially the farmi ng i nterest . Th e y forget that the people were as well aware of that a; 031 could be themselves. They should not forget that it el s generally alleged that that House was strong with P e e v e ' suns who owed their sorts to the most barefaced eel scandalous bribery. Why. that was admitted on„,a bends, although the admission might be qu a " - h, more or less. Was it a wonder, then, that the Por t should say that Members owed their seat s the worst and foulest means ? He had seen scl shoal th ey strong language in print upon that subject-400 stronger than any he had heard in that House. The , knew that Anti-C, , rn law Delegates from the I ,„ e rent towns of the kingdom were at this moment slang 11 London. lie suptoted there was no Mem", present so insensible to passing events as not to ha read the speeches delivered before that bode." (A laugh.) Ile was net with a laugh. Such a circals: stance only confirmed ids apprehensions that some stool; calamity was about to befal this country. The Hob e seemed disposed to treat with ridicule a description o h public miseries. He would read an extract from a sPf. e ,j,!, ,lelivered before the Delegates, to whom he had refeLq„ „ The Right Hon. and Learned Gentleman then reaa:.,, following extract from a speech of Mr. Taunton, of r e , ventry, delivered at the Anti-Corn-law Conference,. Had not the working classes and the middle Cl reason *to speak with unqualified contempt of the 1,1 M,` of Commons ? Had they not been returned bl_Fi e l bribery ? Had they not all declared such .e .. 14 the case ? Had not the -aristocracy of 11 1 7' s ri and also the money-bag aristocracy, assift . r.., ‘ bringing about that consummation ? be caused thousands of honest and independeit mina. t ' ° „ o brought 'to commit mental and moral tr ess to against their country ? Would they not aborohtt that system that scourged men into vassalage , iii' cursed them with slavery, that maddened them into !lades, drove them into rioting and • incerldil s t; is (ei and under "which, if they did not end the if "j e d on the scaffold, they were made paupers, and betest as such ?" It should be remembered '; that 0 . language was not used by what are called professed 61 ' in the tutors ; but that was the language of men t middle class of life—of men devoted to' inclustrieai. pursuits—who under the pressure of the eal!' w e ties from which the country suffered, were ci r o • to the use of expressions which, under other ci ii re s a o stances, they would never have employed. — { The Well, that was a symptom of a cause for alarm. t he Right Hon. Baronet said, that in the towns whe re distress prevailed, there were persons engaged citing the people to acts of violence and destrueL.re He told them that upon the authority of the First roll"; sister of the Crown. He then gave them the infe r oi e tion—a kind of melancholy consolation—that there ot sufficient physical force, sufficient military power , i P e e. down any outbreak of the people.- This- was e wawa f o r eholy consolation. He was happy to find protectiont, the social state, but it was melancholy to think were given the information. When the sufferings P r o t people were treated with recklessness, would this e , o l excite revenge, added to the violence of passion oau_ eo by misery? He put it to the gentlemen and the 1 , ; is of wealth, the proprietors of this country, who ? a state of luxury and ease, if they could rest in s ecutlle Were their states secure—were they not surreal with perils ? Would they have their manufectorie' bile blaze ? Would they have their farms set on fir e, ', f oe they stood by, expecting something better and dail!! . . o . thing ? He was surprised that there was so much Tip sibility among men. He was not accusing them % t ee that the insensibility of not feeling for the wants of their ft the creatures, but the , more kind and good they werre,vd more was the insensibility which seemed to Prr e eef amongst them. This was to him totally inexplicable• eo were tauntingly asked what scheme do you PIA ) ; s ot e hat plan of relief ? He (Mr. O'Connell) would at 000 , make an experiment to relieve the situation of t he C o pe try. It only required a fair experiment: The li l t e el were hungry ; the plan was easy—to feed them. ois d a plan which every prudent houeewife would sugg es Go' earry into effect. They wanted food. They (th e tell vernment) said they bad it not to give. Let al 00 him no such thing.—(Cheers.) There were 1, 5 ° : se e quarters of wheat in bond in this country at the li v. no me nt —locked up, waiting till the prices sit ° ` i t t it. come so high that the holders could afford to p is They should recollect that that corn was lock ed get, order order to have higher prices for the corn in the tau eo ,) in order that they might get more rent.—(Loud „ire If the present distress had not been of so awful a ° s o , he would not thus urge the question. But the distres s i d so awful that they ought to make experiment of relelice this 1,500,000 quarters. It would afford at least a prc", l , r , of alleviating the distress, and would take away th ,; ) eld gument made use of by those who, it appeared, %.13(ete instigate the people—the argument that they we re loe sible to their sufferings.—(Cheers.) The starving Prii`ee knew that this food was in the warehouses-th e y the that—they knew that it was locked up to increa . `o l o rents of the country, for the benefit of one. Parr s : class. He knew that. those belonging to that cles;-',, ot te that it was for the benefit of all classes that, the i - ss id, laws were kept up. In answer to that, the PeoPe e r " You prosper, but we are starving."—(Cheers.) 0 literally true that the masses of the country' w e r d e ottl starving condition. They were told that if this stirs were released, many manirracturers would at once tbe on fresh hands, and yet they refused th em 1 0 relief. He proposed the release of this 0 , 1. t hat a measure of relief. Let •it not be sa e i",,,so he had not proposed something practical.—(nee it At least let the experiment be tried. If it suc eee„ weuld be well—if it did not, it would at least shovi.'„, sire to do something to relieve the distresses °nil! if ple-. • Let them at least inquire into the subjec tity of would not take much time to ascertain the Vo n ithe wheat in hond, and the effect which the releasincesete corn would have upon the market.—(Cheers.) nt be sible men meeting together and . consulting could e t : la long in making up their minds upon that sub:le c ke thi s the name of the people he called upon them to ea° t 111° experiment.—(Cheers.) At the present mos t . • ° p! whole social system was in a most perilous condi"; v eil (Cheers.) This was not the first time they ha ' t the in peril. Let them recollect what bud occurred flthere end of the last Tory Administration. The s° ost ee counties of En land were at that time in a state of 've rection. Barns had been fired - , houses had been attse ie lives had been lost. England was at that tilue bee e) worse condition than Ireland..--(Hear, hear , th e A Special Commission bad been issued, ae",ietil' Judge had called in the hangman for the ‘'• v eil cation of the law. The King had not dared t e Def the First Magistrate of the first city ot the empire' had escaped from that danger—wt they su t r a s,su t r a s, e ss would continue to escape ? What 1.e.. the disti v e n , that time to what it was now ? 't .vas Plc° ' lo ot' abundance then to what it was at the present goinor Oh I do not then wait till another insurrectional 00 4 went of that description occurs in this country. d su ffer was no nation on the face of the earth that woe' „, t, ° i r ? so much as England would from such a rnoeeel'd', ell from eny outrage. Society was too c ompliel te bot e l classes depended too much on each other; thy, la rt tf depended for wages and food on the safety 4"a brei: e of the manufacturer. If a convulsion of societY oe. e . up the • manufactories, if an end were put tc:, the establishments—no matter who might triumPh I,e' hour in consequence of such an iesurrectionary bei mint—deep miseries of every description wAliteefir the result. This, then, was an ai" € motive for their compassion and generositt the their adopting some expedient that *should car pea: maddening N influence of the distress under whic h e , e n toe laboured ; it was an additional instigation o ' 0 , 14 make every experiment to relieve them. Tb,cet is did they defer it ? Did they wait till the mil: 11 1,0' cendiary set his torch to the manufactories of the s e, till their vast silk and cotton mills should be see ll yo ll!" 1 ; wring forth flames to the midnight skies ? Y,t' s ; s e) selves (continued the Hon. and Learned Gentle° nit' o u such a state of things cannot be safe. But if y I„gielr no effort to afford the people relief, if that clas s- by t h e tion which has been introduced into this House means I have described, obdurately continut s t° to nap' relief, I, at least, shall have done my lutyibe;eef mum meant. I have suggested some m, asureof , II an earnest of my desire to see it afforded. B ut us o h ', wrung, let us have some suggestion, let s close on the people the door of this Ho u e e. est ie Ministry have not announced any s e i g7otll eto i , they hold out no prospect of doing so ; their!, of pori!dei make a vigorous effort to burst the trammeiv on 0 Let us show some wish to retrace our , p eps' pt f> course of legislation which led to the .ello 511 gee these Corn-laws, that have caused such d ee r . a 11 0 ral distress. Lord ELIOT said the Hon. and Learned ee ltf e rn ti b g e t referred to a particular case, for which 11,2 1 : ..4 1)5 0 the authority of a Galway newspaper. :-rwii e gistlef received a communication from a stipendi.Ori„ enu se. of the county, which he would read to the j ' in s. e pti°, /1 ,, 4 1 should not mention the names of the partie s s sgl":" ti g in the letter, because it involved serious chargeoteuete, them, and he had not had the opportunity of ea: 1 ' 11 0 650So with them. The letter was from Mr.Brough,thePi:_:"eteti te r r e o dd The Right Hon. Gentleman then read a let that the reports were greatly exaggeratede A m b e en underrate the statement of distress that n 5" Wit 0 by the Right Hon. Gentleman, but he must e s erfaietr e landlords of Ireland had shown themselves the deelyi existed. aeuve* bee Mr. ESCOT'r wished that the Right Hon' e a o el would bring forward some remedy for the ea t ax is s , complained of. He believed that the distress offer esr . ee had not arisen from legislation, but from o __„. tbilt, 4 o That distress had beerespoken of in languor. o f 07 0 , must condemn, and it was not the languao - v ei, who were poor, but those who were in e r t onetl . stanc. It had . been said that " the curse pubi c cracy was upon them." He heard the 1 0 , 1 , 1 . ° t he no Learned Gentleman use such languageitutticrih mu st be where they were now debating ; but Flo" w d d e esee" es ci people to whom such l a nguage was at estoc' o , I surprised if. they were aware chat .. s t W o n meant the government of the best Ow n o l 'inietr s , of He heard the policy of the present - 1 %-' tote ber coe , the late Government. But was not arraigned by three NoLle Lords oprs ite : l policl ds 1)1 damned in two ,necessive Parliament - , and 1 , e eclt°, l t ee the whole country? He stated that the err But t ee tration had done nothing for the peopl 400 ascot repeal of the Corn-laws was good, t h e reali t y () pr , s fle f duty by on!: half which was effected 11 Government, muit be a benefit. Was the t" 1 .• the e l° of He did nut think that 1. tees cat,t o f AI -;••• _ come into the coutary t _ , and sere .• eaf this couterye bat lie butievc,i 1, , • - O W" inferior meat would be imported. le asks dee f woo .ois, ~~ li ti