The Sun. — London, England, 1842-03-17 00:00:00

!it- own gams , it neighb gs And in fee and the ute the same same pr ert)' and that inaree of folidg in the merest of , f quid get ha.- g° 4 a [t titan a Col ( But ail leas. !cents even I mm sation of ge . • a particular t of the oo n ! r men have, 10 the s a me in d - Jti ence, seen wits the salls 7 1' they wish to er them, mu,‘ o , the profes lily by t he f . 41. lu, at some P uney-loa king. SION . Commons.) aa . Select coni• and Princirles, the causes o! it Church an d a r obserYatior; i pbell %)-4P idge, Cartarl Jame.; yn J. wit to John Le E. .fiehl, J. ;ii, A. W. ll rt, r 4 f,„ ; * 1.1 • lely, Tt" nns 11, H e nry a. M. el, ThbV" Johnems z• W in t enia,"V o il H. lie d bell flon , A. w. 3', E . mi ll er 1 Ral e ' Arisco ph up. t V i edcli ,- k ;r, R. Sir R- Jonath'"" , Sir IL :k, Sir t. le,'A. _ 0 Sir eigh. v•I Id' ;ds RO I )r ooke, r, G. V . • • risce rd Iv. t t, Hon. It Hon. .. ,ard, h° l, „p, C 01°"- (t. rset, L c . r- ot iot rton Vig L o rd Jt, - I ° h ", t Lord 0. • 17 ,, i"1ers 0 , " i n r r Y °ll" ' e 'Johp her ;„ 1 Cll ,l ' t°9 Sir C. rs, Viscoroir Li, John ki, $. C. more, j lli •ahat F ooll house , d'f• colon 4 ,41 J•rqd One l Non, -...• Tsalgr'er 'n ag, Sir ••• K. H.B. STER , I g s t 6 yrf, „eh lb—e o ,r,ll l b 6 yrs, , :-• is y —r!, W r °ly " .0 an, b ;hauo-w 9 Bs aius, ) I , s oib'' ;ed. 6 1 t t 'ItV g ed, n oon 61b--- 14AI T t the lb—Er t libert9 Prince '4 ` •r+, agil e,' t o n, t i, l e P Young 0 5, r• 'to 4 j i/ n , 4 Y"' t tlY t yrs. 6st E snAv• ;st Willis of, len, 5 to I 14 1 taken fr e o o pt It, 14 t ° 'O O lO 1 agst to 1 abet sure. Ch t 1 gst C", O to ' taken)' n)' ;mess (111“. 10SPt,fiti°. 15 f pat— ,-1 • ft. ...... •." ....... ........ lo s • '....... 31r. List 61b , - ;;Ii 0, ~ ham'. and 5° ' tided. ' • d d a rci).' o .. „ ..... .• ... ...... 0.0 Three s ..(01if erj ..... 3 each. 4:; ! (Sco t ' ~ 1 ; °° dexan f , rs'ao v n . t i, l'A okel l t of tt:e 2 :0 1 at the solved o: . this Pic /11 . ' r "hoe roc t ° that 6 of the' ing f,o'tman , crar ° of Jacob nob'rt d, E'9.' ( of \ i '' °° u ttoo. do , rary Og h W e of t- r e o th ei a n ne sse e. lac Stra p r 18°. tA s T.E R N COUNTIES RAILWAY. T he „.... „CONTRACT FOR SLEEPERS, _ __ _ for the `4I'i.ICTORS are ready to . RECEIVE TENDERS On ' a PPIY of 50,000 SCOTCH FIR SLEEPERS. . dia .third of the number to be of the scantling of nine inches NI 4.1,010ng. be t ae T , at the smallest end, and the remaining two-thirds to hinewPlevte.inehes by six inches at the smallest end, e al t l h b e e s i t n e g The Sleepers to be' delivered at CI. r Pa rt l i a n. VA*. et Particulars to he obtained by application to the 141dPr4nY's Engineer High-street, Shoredit ch. ers to be sealed and addressed to " The Directors of (104;',4!ern Counties Railway, High-street, Shoreditch," in th, ,u,,,• Tenders for Sleepers," and forwarded on or before e 'erei,...rilof llareh, inst., after which thy no tender can t the io,, N The Directors do not bind themselves to accept "t Teutlcr. By order of the Board. tai t,„ • A. BULKELEY, Secretary. —" Counties' Railway Offices, High-street, Shoreditch. --- JtAkcvNPON AND BLACKWALL RAILIVAY, kid fetice is hereby given that on TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, tVEA,In,nAY in Next Week, the TRAINS %ill , run lIPIT',"AiIr-HOUR instead of EVERY QUARTER of 114 7 If."' st arling at a Quarter and Three-Quarters past 1. 04 , tila " e n k r from London, and at the Hour and Half•hoirr on wall, 414 after FRIDAY the TRAINS will run EVERY , TITER of an HOUR as usual. Ilth " arch, 1842. A. WIG HTMAN, Superintendent. ,„CIiAP CONVEYANCE TO GRAVESEND. ni t ,. The Public are respectfully informed that on and after ket,,,b4Y, March 1, two of the fast Iron Boats wil 1 r ay. 111 to oillothe Tirunswick Pier, Blackwall, and Gravesend, e , i r : r , llnr,iiri,,,-4AvEsP.Nn. Afterno,s,tl... .......... 8 114 'Morning, .. t Po ............ 3i 54 Afternoon 'ore e'Lirt,l?"e Cabin, 6d..; Chief Cabin, Is. Sundays— ., Th e R ~' ' B . ; Chief Cabin, ls. 6d. ' , vs, ,„aITaY Trains run from Fenchurch-street on Wc.ekd aelmi"flo6'. ;''PlirsithCl. a, ll , inories oo Sundays. Fares—Se..on 6d. Steam-boats run constan um tl rn y u to . iii catir n' Cirasend and Woolwich, affording a ready c . Gt 4 ,,_ 11 .. with Ilie Boats that run from the Brunswick Pier to . th,,,,,"-r!,l, Iferne Bay, Margate, Ramsgate, and Dover. Stations in pelc,liculars of which may be had at the. Railway it hurch-street or Blackwall. BLACKWALL. qtri€K -'nIVEYANCE TO GREENWICH VIA THE S LACKWALL RAILWAY. 4 „ 1" "' rust Iron Steam-bbat FLIRT, "built ti k 'ult " ' re sslY" for this station, commence running on e) / - or A , ek A i v l- 11. , 12th Marsh, leaving GREENWICH for % n ) 11 0 ,, ,L-4 at the Quarter before,. and Quarter after` after Q 1,1„ garter "rorn a Quarter before Nine in the M Fi'ttN4, l E Six ir, the Even'ng ; and BLACKWAII to 44ti.htSi Hour and - Half-honr. from Half-past ly e . 4 statia sis , ter-boat, COQUETTE, will be placed Quart 2 before Easter, to keep up the communication •,'"klay g er or an Hour.-Fares on vvek days, 4d. ;on 1, "L'ON FRIENDLY UNION. - , 1 4 - " H. " the Patronage of the Right Honourable Viscount Rigtat Bono - in-able Lord KEN YON, &c., &c. NlTr:"ributi th e) ollt °4 of about 3,000/ worth of CABINET FUR 2, li'.N6,`44rPets, Blankets, Rugs, Cottons, and Linens, for t. 6 , 1., ‘4,T of the SIX TRADES, by Subscription o 4 .4 4- ti ulna r, March 24, and to be decided four r. Year • September, and Deeem tew Sui;"' v l 7 ' , iR March' June, • • • stitutes a li t h s erlption of Ten Shillings per 3ear 0 , j'eriber, entitled to four chances, one ea . ch Quarter, Ibe r ; f or every additional Ten Shillings subscribed. There In increase of 16,776 Subscribers in less than two W I So t ' °• 71 , LEADENHALL-STREET : ga b' require no Gift or Donation for their Support ; S'lbseri t• of 2 6d. entitles the Subscriber to a 14%1 obt ainin P g i :o n me article s of their manufacture, varying Fo llnz ., 10 s. to - 201. :Lure not . expendel in giving temporary relief (as b l i n_ require to be inexhaustible),. neither do they find eu ess, but are appropriated to a more praiseworthy aah~ltri,"nd th emPloyment for the ind strinus artisans, by d . istri- Products of their labour among the Subscribers, T h e i e at i - ,l" g d iv T: their hearts under . the great depression of N I; kern stimtans to their industry. ( 4 1 Yrii e j t , t Funds enable the Committee . to give constant th,Ni n „ to 1,129 mechanics, all with large families r e in each), thus giving weekly support, through ' C , The " The London Friendly Union," to 5,645 persons. tonsl,7'n`c"'ntnittee would feel amply rewarded for their ( . 1 '; t hey could procure that patronage and support they 44htle's, eneeolent object of the Association deserves, which, :4,l,''''nuld enable them to employ, by Christmas next, their 2°,0 00 artisans; who, by their own exertions tr,Nto r ,,,r faMilies in the same ratio as abo . ve), would obain of""'e s ubsistenve for 100,0000 individuals, and be t the es.," ll 7 n ed i1i.:%1113, alleviating that extreme distress so feelingly theraga S peech of her . most Gracious Majesty at the ttic - ' 4 l h present Session of Parliament, wherein she ap the ay e observed, with deep regret, the continued dis 111' ktcl 'llanufacturing districts of the countrysuffer % (.zeOltriatioris which have re-ulted from it have been borne stijl,ltett,,l4rY patience and fortitude." UC ' I ' s f Or Subscription Receipts, enclosing the amount, wtswered by return of post. , T " URNEL L, Treuurer, 71, Leadenhall-street. 'EOFTON, Secretary, 4, Aldgate. ARp o , ;6 vi.i`AARLE STREET, PICCADILLY, (directly . '‘ lll' ‘l ' i t the York - Hotel), and may be had ast ENGLAND. 1 4 ,, i;"ILLIAM-STREET, BANK of n I AND HEARING -- "NI NI B• SOLOMONS t t•i A•LS nn the Messrs. S. and . TESTI -1\,1141;rld SPECTACLE LENSES and - INVISIBLE o's k tt ," E VOICE CONDUCTOR for Deif Persons. th . ( 3 f " undersigned, have been for some me making nthkat, Solomons' newly-invented Spectacle Lenses ; the u l li nfi relief they afford to imperfect . vision . gives ,r dgtio cl e , ''' P entecl preference to every other kind ot Lens : 1 ";"g of the transparency brings every object . very 1 ) , 1 Meth enables individuals to view the most minute parhyghtdle t I.Perfect accuracy. They are particularly ',lesson . lamer s N irt,.as they appear cooling to the sight, and softcri ruliant lights ' o i nter 'l4ll , Esq., M.D., 1, Great George-strect, West ttftt• (1. Eso M.D. , 24, Dover-street. .41 1 Igr ew v" S Saville-row. "MIN, , • L•sq o Surgeon, F. p°gi ,I,^Y I,;,an't Es q. M• D Broad-street-buildings. ' l 4O / 1 E ' s• St:reo . 11 .' 3 Parliament-street. h t ''ri ki r ! r,sq. Surgeon oD'lNT;wingt on-place, Kennington Esq all) 7 Upper Gower-street. t, - : 111 , s, and Du ' n ' can . , Sarg ' enns, 3, Leadenhall-street. J , Surgeon, Isleworth. 4 4 1 S tirgeon, 33, New Broad-street. rdo ‘l. a 3 1 4, r, MD., Exeter. Esq, M.D. / IN qws( ) ,i' _AI. D., B enne tt- s treet, Bath. \l' I P La w ,' 'sq., M.D., Blandford. k b Jeah. s ' li ce, Esq., M.D., Tenby. 6, 11 E „sq., urgeon-oculist, 21, South Audley-street. r -s(l., M.D., Cheltenham. -- pll ßri;hten. rh o • Allnatt, Yi Esq. M.D., Cheltenham. I a ti4 albs, Al,. W a lli ng ford. si t t,?;i cfEth,sEsq., 111. D., Brighton. t‘ te r nd erie i , ( l. t, , Surgeon, Hammersmith. s inar o •c•sq-, Surgeon, Manchester-street, Manches T un . , K:llj4:i lr Surgeon, Camden-town. S" A". bou r n , Ls q . , Surgeon,'2i, Harleyford-place, Ken !Tan I , 114'419,•, Surgeon, 50, Parliament-street. %0' E . 1., Surgeon, 26, Berkeley-square. ‘ l ' ' ttk b E`l " Surgeon, 15, Lower Brook-street, Grosvenor -1),"%1-," Surgeon, Denmark-hill. E sq., Surgeon, 10, Charlotte-street, Blooms !' I' o,„ ° 40(•k ","art E•stb, Surgeon, Kensington. If ; 'Yalit,;., Sueon, 32, Golden-square. •tl ;gear, ' *'Surgeon 23, Charlotte.street, Bloomsbury. Wh-I.4l\ ' ' "4 - Surge 46 Davies-street, Berkeley-square t,11!‘,1)146„-sr s: n o ' n eaton, Warwickshire." above list Testimonials un before the public, trh i Opticians s and Aurists, state that their jilt:4lth OPERATIVEVOICE CONDUCTOR, by tit 41 of Deaf Persons have been greatly benefited, 1114-nty of a seven-shillino• piece, and when fixed into „Ll,,ear is soft and e:sy and not more uncomfort 'lo,lnsa‘ti,"nie than having a ' piece of wool in its place. istfih'43elii,,,„“nesfs.intest whisper at a public assembly is heard ii 6- 2 1 '' ' It thI liZ, ta ,. tlt new inventions are patronized . by their Ma ll.'" t1i.1Pri,,," 4 Queen of Hanover and their Royal High thePriu'e"" Augusta and Sophia, her Serene High i A p ac e tc:!s Esterhazy the Princesses Mary and Rosa, unehess Dowager of Bedford, and their Graces a 5, Nes -1) ° Canterb the Dukes of Devonshire and kibe , ury, t' kill4arle-street (directly opposite the York Hotel', t'tt,hr t I°44,Willialss-trtak. t o ef th; aros's imposition in the Country, it is t 'let ' it " %thal no Travellers are employed in the above '‘ s connection with persons of the same name 4 ii - , - :------ b,,,,. ~ „ii) B , t t tlit'it i er ?4 , l l,y ' :N 1 TOBACCONIST to the ROYAL - rot -;,....44.4111,,th,114.' .2, OXFORD -ST . REE N T 6 G be E g N s Ttoßyre,taunrnd the als,,„,"A , ei r `o the NOBILI 1 Y A e l ' I 4. 1 ,hti• n i; i t ut their most liberal of e po th r the past h. oi habit _ LI G Y solicits a continuance hod 4 tt Ahlts is very extensive, and o eL f ds t au rc i en.g fi 19 es t . l' bl) _ 44'‘i g'l4f•teel'Z"-;,!;:.at' tqtlfagiTvfedhims .nuts ig et u e r o e ri rs n e i x n ion t h e e n Ha_ ali el / 411 ,, u4 q .rn41 t1;,."" i g a irs al aslle e de o fies all Europe to produce the . r kn ot ; h, i, l , e eh ti 'ee to f ur years old, ai•d in:de expres.ly f i o i r , t hi e s Ni;t l. ol 4 t!t ~4 prie4t.atefl richest pick' d le: f tob?ccogroearm pound. Ilflkle°,llea rarre,,i.l:o4lr)Yilcneg. f iv r 7l) 36 ;bu to ni f f o L r Ma, e trib i :liy V Barari, 4 ti. 4l ' b it'''. IP. 4 1 A 0r — a. 41 i, I( r )rn s bi l e, e or the scarce and eeiebrated is. e jtli 0‘',,,-tgo,lal waxed bags as sent from Persia, Gastcn in N it, trei tt4 f,,,,e, I.obleCei, and a great variety of oth • rs. 4 30 0 1 , g of al n Snuffs, in original one and two pound pack 1.0.,ait,.e or,,,terewarße supply of the fabriques of Bolongaro at kt , t ",llo a ' in 'or at Amsterdam and . others of the m' st famed e 41 Yli ' 1 (14 4 tea . i nanY • as also the genuine Spanish Bran and lort4n,,i, lialika‘:.oil yellu'w Sabillia. i i 4 i kili ed 4 t of :,'ltieh I:,,.vitti Chillum Tobacco and fire balls, Pe . rsia s n Is. ,p ii3 Otl ti 'ph r 4,"bei, 'Agues, with a numerous and s . plenclid- I n ' l itt I" all a 'n 'oltea 4l Pieces, as also a superb collection of well. i t eon son ~ tipa,at,._ resehaum Pipes in gold and silver moun 4:11,,,, k ,11?er, e 7 , s t. - , ~. ror smoking. ' II I tio n -of h. serve that this Advertisement is called forth tl k ,4 ,n ; , h onl y tO late shoprn i B nson having opened a shop " Ls old!hat Y 4;hici, Lee d 'ors from ai ths e nd adopting the next num- Ntsta i Fonn n - ' 4 „ 1.,Y mistakes have s arisen, and respectfully re "ed ho"„'''eatons intended for him may be addressed to t r r r use, 13'4 IP . 4 To 4 t fr ~, f ' 'le ,Tilt PA M gr. ELI WOOD, OLDHAM. t`tt4 4 41 tril ° Pal 4 il vilo 4l tit. --. 1 re ETORS OF PARR'S LIFE PILLS. ldham, Dec. 13th, 1841. I,,se,.!tite e. ..li•pn, `P a rr leasure in informing you of the good ef t'e re e lt w hir s to In; '! ire Pills' i i this place and the surrourtd , - ~,a ,in v ~, i 4,1 ronut son,qoultoa‘tonishing, as there is scarcely ,ee d hi a tlits; s ail !), ( 1; . ,4t Eiuv ,41theii...,2e informing me of the good (I..tt'Wey7 toY, I ;Yi tere",,,, a '" When I wrote to 3'on in the February % It e .n ev v ere, t diffe,,, . s Ocit one to be purchased in the j .. I N tv nin ir,,i i re th at t,_ ind uals to send for a supply, or the_y ke, ''int„") who',4ll,ei . 1 3' Wou'd sell; and to show the r conti h,,n , r,,, had beep s eposited their money fu• several boxes. e iNt, I th e ot he confined to i•er bed the grea!er part of In 14, i bd '', l "-the w " n () , rtev for some, which caused me to commence se Ztl al ip i ps 4,4 1 f ,. at i'' . a i o was completely cured by taking two k th?." . er 'lt to s',er e ni I d : Per box. A man has been cured th ilon it • - si,elet plaint, of five years' standing ; he was re oreaeifi,„,,:tlf it in iris ilfe ° . " ' '' , O , t .i 3 now as robust and in as good health , i , th e YOf, 6 , ne,„B,,ar I e are numbers of cases that I could i10,,e to „ein e . ~, i ti I. 4rr , ,Y, but the foregoing are sufficient to prove li,4ttitinlotte4oat h ut s 1711Ple remedy. If I were to inform you ' r er:zP i leir Z.week wt 7Pt . , l-rformed by th in, I should have to ng thorny, I ,: i ith I think is unnecessary. Any person . " nt ituritig , f me, shah receive any intorma . In r , e, ord 'AU, .. p, ,"I m, yours respectfully, • ~ t 'le i ., et t o ii fox .„, -... NVOOD, Druggist, Sec , Oldham. r 'i rt'Sv 't . star'teet ,---'ENV r, LOF IMITATIONS. .4ililei,"hntcliCilNl4,,j"oerry_tiblic f orn imitation , theCommis ,, P,:°tiei4 , 4 n.hi°tvern,ntenretdspe words . "pa r's Life Pills," to _be , , tilo , t. Par,,, r , th, are letters tr, a atnh, which is pasted round the si les I 'Y t . ' Plett"lY re sPur red ground. Without this mark of t h in t„ iw, st,, tt Y th e p r s and an imposition. leet:iitett:-44, tit, t he p r op rti, T. Roberts and Co., 9, Crane rei„.,‘ ri . n e e . _at id _t., ptui. i !• d as , s o.t. l whc%es a l e , by their appointment, 4 04, , ,.t 1 a i t, 1 M , ;', , ( !)4 r i ee :„., si,-1)0,b,y(.1,t a u r i c c l i a l ys rd a c c i l li r s t rr b r y mN Ye-1 441. 1 ' ii '''''.eh'.ertsio main ins the United k a i r o t gil, in, and by most and T 4 q .. ...the ~:t111,,irF....e Price S. lidand family , lt.,,, : nfte, 4 2 +-lie ab f is,Loilis ai e given with ' each ox. *.ii, h n li_ark e ,Itg e , , ~,,,, tittles of Ohl Parr, who lived to be 1.52 ' ilaclo:;,•Uika.4',s!, title engravings anecdotes tr Sm., , LIOf .1, _Tealth, a d the Means of Prolonging'Lite, '''' al nte for the eale of "'Pares Life Fills." No. 15,45 it. L EICESTER COMPLETE ..itj.F.FIZAGE ASSOCIATION. At a Meeting of the SUBSCRIBERS to the DECLARA, TION of Mr. STURGE, held at the Town-hall, Leicester, on the 14th inst., the following Resolutions were unanimously agreed to:— "I. That an Association be now formed, to be called The Leicester Complete Suffrage Association.' " 11. That the Constitution of the Association shall consist of the following Articles : " Article I. That every man, with the exceptions hereafter specified, who has attained the age of legal majority, is entitled to vote in the election of Members of Parliament. " Article 2. That the exceptions be as follow : 1. All per sons suffering under penalty of law ; 2. All, persons proved to be insane. {The length of residence and-other details were left to be considered at the approaching Convention of Deputies at Bir mingham.] " Article 3. That all male persons above the age of 18 shall be eligible as Members of the Association. " Article 4. 'Prat the token of Membershishall be the pos session of a ticket having the first and semi.. articles Printed thereon, the same to be duly signed by th'• Sel4etary, and bearing the Member's name. The tickets shall not be less than sixpence, and not transferable. - " Article 5. That no motion be entertained, and no subject discussed, at the meetings of the Association but such as arc directly connected with its main purpose ; naisfety, the coin • plete extension arid consolidation of equal political rights. " Article 6. That any Member who shall violate any - of the articlesof the Association, or who shall d sturb the iii'der of the meetings, shall, on the decision of a majority of Members convened to a special meeting for the purpose within fourteen days thereof, cease to be a Member of the Association. " Article 7. That the bus'ness of the Association shall he managed by a Committee of 25 of its Members, to be chosen annually by ballot, who shall elect their own officers. Any five of the Committee shill be a quorum. " Article 8. That a general meeting of the Association be held annually, on the last Mondal in February, when a state ment of the affairs, and a report of the proceedings shall be submitted. " Article 0. 1 hat none of the foregoing articles shall be al tered except by a special general meeting, of which at least seven days' notice shall be given, specifying the purpose for which it is called, and two-thirds of the votes of the meeting shall be requisite to effect any such alteration. " 111. 7 hat the foregoing articles of constitution be adver tised in the Non-Conformist, The Sun, the Leicestershire Mer cury, and the Leicester Chronicle." • JOHN MANNING, Chairman. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. THE TRUCK SYSTEM. Mr. VILLIERS, addressing the Speaker, said, Sir, not having distinctly understocd your interpretation of the orders of the House respecting the mode which ought to be pursued by persons svho have been charged out of the House by some one Within the House, I wish to ask a question on the subject. The Hon. Member for Knaresborough charged a certain body of men with certain practices, and those persons taking notice of what had been said, presented a declara tion, denying those charges. I understood you to say, Sir, that those persons could not properly take notice of what had fallen from any Hon. Member of this House. Since then I have heard that the Honourable Meni-` ber has repeated his charges; I am in possession of the complete denial of those charges from the woollen manufacturers resident' in Yorkshire. I wish to know, Sir, whether it be consistent with the orders of the House for me to read their declaration ? The SPEAKER said it would be irregular in an Hon. Member to read such a document. -! Mr. VILLIERS begged to a 4 if it would be in the power of thos e p erson , on any other occasion, to repudi ate the charges bro ug ht agains t them. The SPEAKER said, unless some lion. _Member moved for a Committee to inquire into the subject, that could not be done. Mr. FERRAND said he thought he could satisfy the lion. Member. If the Hon. Member would publish the names of the whole of the Anti-Corn •law League, he would find that the majority of them carried on the trade he mentioned. Mr. VILLIERS said it was net in his power to pub lish the names of the Anti-Corn-law League. He was not a member himself ; but he believed that the majority of them did not practise the'truck system. Mr. COBDEN said he understood last night that the Hon. Member for Knaresborough stated that the Hon. Member for Stockport had inquired whether the truck system prevailed. Was it not known that the Honourable Member kept a quantity of cows, and supplied his work-people with milk, for which he deducted from their wages ? He wished to know whether that charge had been made. Mr. FERRAND said, he believed he had said, " don't know whether the lion: Member for Stockport:is in the House or no; if he is, will he deny that he keeps cows, and supplies his work people with milk, and pays himself out of their wages ?" Mr. COBDEN was understood to repeat his question. Mr. FERRAND said that he had said, would the lion. Member deny it. If he did, it was his (Mr. Fer rand's) duty to take his denial.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. COBDEN said he hoped the House would give him credit for not having wished to introduce personali ties into their discussions.—(Hear, hear.) It seemed that the statement which had gone forth in the Times was now withdrawn. He was not called upon to answer any direct questions put to him ; but he would take it as a charge of last night which the Honourable Member did not . adhere to to-day. Now, if the House would allow him,_ he would just state very shortly one or two f ac t s with reference to the business with which he was' connected. That business could not be carried on without the " - consumption of an immense quantity . of cow-dung—he was letting the Hon. Gentlemen opposite into the arcana of the cotton printing —and for this reason it was often necessary for a manu facturer to keep not less than a hundred cows. _ It so happened, however, that as his print-works were near to a town, it was more economical to buy cow-dung than to keep cows ; and therefore not only was this insinuation not true, but there was not a shad o w o f f oun d at i on for it.-2(Loud cheers from the Opposition.) These personal charges against him were evidently got up for the purpose of distracting attention from a great and vitally important question; and he must confess that he did not under stand how the misconduct of millowners and manufac turers could fairly be brought into a discussion on the subject of the Corn-laws.—(Hear, hear.) If, as the Honourable Gentleman alleged in the Corn-law de bate, the master manufacturers were tyrants to their rich people, that surely was no reason why they should add to their sufferings by increasing the price of food. Mr. S. WORTLEY rose to order: The Hon. Member should confine himself to the charge which had been brought against him. He had-sits : right to go into the general question of the Corn-laws. The SPEAKER said, the question before the House was, " That the Orders of the Day be now read." —(Hear, hear.) Strictly, therefore, the Honourable Member ought not to wander from those Orders, which were under the consideration of the House. Mr. S. WORTLEY had not been aware that that was the question. Mr. COBDEN said lie trusted that lion. Members on both sides of the House would give him credit for endea vouring to avoid these discussions ; he had done so because he perceived that the design of those who introduced them was to distract attention from a very important subject. (Hear, hear.) Ile was not in the least afraid to meet the Hon. Mem - - , ber for Knaresborough upon any question of a personal character.—(Opposition cheers.) But if the House was to be the arena for discussion of the social relations be tween masters and servants, husbands and wives, bro thers and sisters, uncles and nephews—(Laughter)—or even neighbours ; if personal character must be discussed, he should say again, that he was not afraid to meet the Hon. Member (Mr. Ferrand), and he (Mr. Cobden) challenged him to a discussion. At all times he (Mr. Cobden) avoided personalities, but if challenged to them, he would meet the Honourable Member for Knaresborough, and meet him in any way he wished.—(Hear, hear, froni - the Opposition;) The discussion then before the House could not be justified in any one way. He (Mr. Cobden) did not stand there as the defender of the manufacturers of the country. It was quite true there might be bad men amongst them, as well as good. There might be bad millers as well as good, in the same way as there were just as well as unjust Judges. But if they be bad, that was no reason why the . poor man's bread should be taxed.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") The question then, was as to the Corn and Provision-laws. That was a question entirely for the people, and it was quite clear the charge which had been made upon him (Mr.Cobden), as arising out of that question, was a de vice of the opposite party, in order to escape criticism. It was not becoming that House to listen to such per sonalties. The - attention of the House was turned to them, and there could be no doubt that her Majesty's Minis ters were responsible for the deep indignity which the character of the House suffered by listening to such charges, which were perfectly unworthy of the fire-sides of country gossips. Mr. STEWART 'WORTLEY said, for his part there was no man in the House mere adverse than he was to the introduction of personalities in the debates which had from time to time taken place in that House. But with respect to the charge made by the Hou. Mem"- ber for Knaresborough, he should say, that when he un-. dertook in the first place to show that those gentlemen who had been united under the name of the Anti-Corn law League were obnoxious to these charges, he only did that for which an example had been set him before by Hon. Gentlemen opposite. Whatever be the fault of the Hon. Member for Knaresborough, he (Mr. S.Wortley) was sure that the charges against him, and the objections to the course which he had taken, did not come with a very good grace from those Honourable Gentlemen who lied brought those charges forward.—(Hcar, hear.) With respect to tho lion. Gentleman the Member for Stockport, they could not but recollect the language that Hon. Gentleman had made use of; when speaking of the 'agricultural body during the course of the last Session. They could not forget that the words " monsters," " tyrants." and " demons." had figured in his speeches. Mr. COBDEN—I was speaking of your legislation. Mr: S. WORTLEY contended that the Hon. Member had applied those terms to the agricultural classes. The lion. Member for Stockport on that occasion had dis tinctly said, that the landlords interposed like monsters and demons between the welfare and happiness of the people, and the prosperity which was opening before them. While such language was adopted and promulgated through all parts of the country, while those rancorous descriptions were given of the agricultural interest, Hon. Gentlemen could not be so simple as to imagine that language of that kind cou ld b e use d . withimpunity, without bringing retribution on those who used it. Without taking upon himself to justify theeharges brought forward by his Jion. Friend the Member for Knares borough, he would say that the Hon. Member for Stock • port was the last person in the world who had any right to complain of his conduct.— (Cheers.) Lord HOWICK would have abstained from taking any part in the discussion, but- for what had fallen from his Honourable Friend opposite. He had heard what had fallen from his Hon. Friend with great surprise, and with still greater regret.— (Cheers.) He regretted to find a gentleman so much entitled to respect as his Hon. Friend taking up the de fence of the introduction of those personalities which, in his (Lord Howick's) opinion, had been so mis chievously intruded into their debates.. His Hon. Friend had said, without entering into the justification of the Hon. Member for Knaresborough, that he was not sur prised at the Hon. Member adopting the course he had done, in consequence of what the Hon. Member for Stockport had said during the course of the last Session against the agricultural interest.—(Hear, hear.) He (Lord Howick) deprecated as much, fig; any one the bringing of such charges against the landed proprietors of the country.-.--(Cheers.) He agreed with his Hon. Friend in opinion that these wholesale charges ought not to be brought for ward against any class of men, and in the strongest man ner did he disapprove of those wholesale charges which had been brought againSt all classes en gaged in the cultivation of land. He believed the course they had taken tended . materially to injure the cause: they had prevented improvements. with re spect to the importation of corn.—(Continued cheers.) But he could not help pointing out to the Hon. Gen tleman and the House the manifest distinction which existed between charges made against the public conduct of a class of individuals, and charges Which applied to in dividuals, either by name, or what was the same, by allu sion, more particularly when these were charges not cf DOUSE OF COMMONS, MARCR 16. The SPEAKER took the chair shortly before Four o'C lock. Mr. W. DUNCOMBE presented a petition against the Ormesby Enclosure Bill. Mr. J. BAILEY presented a petition from Ledbury, in favour of the Severn Navigation Bill. CORN LAWS. Colonel RAWSONpresented a p e ti t i on f rom B e lf ast against the new Corn Bill, and praying for a total repeal of the duties on the importation -of corn. PRESBYTERIAN MARRIAGES. The HoN. and GALLANT MEM . #En also presented a pe tition from Armagh, praying for a prospective law on the subject of Presbyterian Mixed Marriages. • POOR-LAWS (IRELAND). Mr. J. O'BRIEN presented a petition from the Poor law Guardians of Limerick, praying that the Assess ment to the Poor-rate in Ireland might be a general assessment instead of' a local ore,and other alterations in the Irish Poor-law. CLOSE of the ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTI'f U- TION PREPARATORY to the EASTER HOLIDAYS. EIE Public is respectfully informed that this In stitution will he CLOSED. from Monday the 21st inst., to the following Saturday, both inclusive, in order to perfect arrangements for the RE-OPENING on EASTER MON DAY, when several atttraative novelties will be produced, in cluding a FRESH SERIES of DISSOLVING VIEWS, on an enlarged scale, with entirely new effects, and beautiful ex perim .nts, with the LARGEST ELECTRICAL MA. CHINE that has ever been made. N. B. The present series of assolving Views, Orrery, ard Apparatus, by CA 4y, complete, for Sale 110111 — LONGBOTTONI, Secretary. ELL from America.— 11t6 on l e l c i r ?‘ t i\ a ` L 'Il on tj do S n S Tavern , .—Mr. 11. RUSSELL has the honour to announce that he will give a VOCAL EN TE RT A INAI EN T, by general desire, in the City. at the above mentioned Room, on ThUrsday evening, March 31, on which occasion he will repeat the'Maniae, and introduce several new comp )sitions, including the GaMbler's wife.—Tickets, Js. each, to be had at all the principal music warehouses. - . BOROUGHS' IMPROVEMENT BILL. Mr. BECKETT presented a petition from Leeds, pray ing that that borough might not be included in the pro , visions of the Boroughs' IMprovement Bill. SOUTH EASTERN RAMIVAY BILL. Mr. GREENE brought up the Report of the Com• mittee on the South Eastern Railway Bill.—The Report was agreed to, and the Bill was ordered to be engrossed. - BIRMINGHAM AND LIVERPOOL JUNCTION ITIRAVELLERS BY RAILROAD-or otherwise to LONDON, will find SUPERIOR ACCOMMO DATION,- on Reasonable .Terms, at EVANS'S GRAND HOTEL, King-street and Piazza, Covent-garden. Bed and Breakfast, One Guinea per Week, - • Admittance at any Hour. THE GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY'S splendid and powerful first-class STEAM SHIPS are appointed to SAN. far— HAMBURG, ROTTERDAM; and RAM' , G ATE—Every Wednesday and Saturday morning. ANTWERP and CALAIS—Every Thursday and Sunday. OSTEND—Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday. - II AVRE-Friday, March 25, at. Eight Morning. BOULOGNE—Ever y Thursday and Saturday Morning. HULL—Every Tuesday and Friday at Eight Morning. NEWCASTLE—Every Saturday Evening, at Eight. YARMOUTH—Every Saturday Evening, at Six: rpm BURGII—From - Brown's Wharf, Poplar—Every Sa turday, and alternate Wednesday Evening at Ten. March 19, 23, 2G, and April 2,6, and 9. SUNDERLAND—March IS, and 29, at Seven Evening. To secure Berths, and far all information, apply at the Offices of the Company, 69, Lombard-street ; 37, Regent circus; and 35, Leadenhall- street. STANTON LACY riOrSE, SHROPSHIRE. TO BE 'LET, READY FURNISHED, with immediate possession, an excellent MA N SION HOUSE. with extensive pleasure-grounds, walled garden well stocked with choice fruit trees, hot house and green house, coach-houses, stables, and out-buildings, complete, beautifully situated within one mile of Ludlow. Adjoining arid belonging to the Mansion is about fifty acres of fertile meadow land, the whole or any part of which the tenant may be accommodated with.—For further particulars apply to Mr. Humphry Salway, Solicitor, Ludlow. COMPTON-HOUSE, SOHO. THE SALE of the immense and valuable STOCK of Messrs. SEWELL and . CROSS continues daily; without the slightest reserve. In consequence of the great overflow of business during the last week, they have been unable to submit to the Nobilitv'and their numerous customers the large and magnificent S'M'OCK of FOREIGN LACE, British and Foreign Velvets, and Cambric Handlzerchiefs. 1 heir stock of Linen for family use is wor thy o f a tt en ti on , having been manufactured of the best fabric expressly for this establishment. Jti consequence of the doors having been closed at three o'clock, each day, ladies who were disappointed last week in making their purchases are respectfully informed that tl.ey have now made the necessary arrangements to keep their premises open from ten till six o'clock daily.-44 and 45, Old Compton- street, and 46 and 47, Frith-street, Soho. VINOUS SPECULATION and BAN K - -KA) RUPTCY.-The two senior Partners of the firm of Stanley, Fisher, Ford, and Harrison, Wholesale Warehouse men; 19, 20,21, 22, Lad lane; Cheapside, having retired from business last April, giving the use of their names for twelve months to the present firm of Ford, Harrison, and Stephens, who, by ruinous speculations in the foreign damask, and Irish linen trade, are now bankrupts, The Stock has undergone a valuation, by order of the Assignees, which shows a deficiency of nearly 33,0001., and as the senior partners have refused to come to any arrangement until the whole of the goods are turned into cash, the assignees have appointed three houses in London, and two in the Country, for the sale of the Stock- Brooks and Co., 47, Duke-street, Manchester-square; Hunt and Co., 88, Chiswell-street, Finsbury-square; G Buffen and Son, Union-house, Lambeth ; Stevenson and Hatton, Dublin ; and W. and H. Millar, Liverpool. Amongst the goods are the following :- s. d. 57,000 De Laines and Printed Saxonies, at l eer drew! 2 11 1,400 Pieces of Print anti Printed Furniture, at per yard 0 24 3,800 Pieces of Stout Long. Cloth for Shirting, 25 %al-di for •,750 Pfeces . of Bordered Window Muslin, 12 yards the piece for 360 Pieces of India Silk Handkerchiefs reduced • from 3s. 6d. each to Fourteen Bales of Manchester and Scotch goods, consisting of Jaconet,' Cambric, and Book Aluslins, Twilled Cambric, the fine numbers are reduced Mbre than one half. 2,7601. worth of Blankets, Quilts, and Counterpanes, being whiter goods, will be offered at ruinous prices: 2,500 White Coun terpanes, large size, each, 2s. 11d. ; many that cost the firm 285., will now be sold for 1 Is. 9d. ; Blankets, 2 yards long, each 2s. 9d.; and the Witney Blankets, upwards of 3 yards in length, reduced from 38s. to 17s. 6d. the poi:. 72 pieces of Black Bombazin, reduced from 2s. 9d. and 3s. 6d. per yard, to Is. and Is. 2d. per yard. The above goods are quoted in order to give an idea of the reduction intended to be made throughout the stock ; but in consequence of the difficulty of disposing of such an immense quantity of Linens, Sheetings, Table Linens, &c., of which the stock principally consists, the reduction in the Linen de partment still be much greater. LINENS. 1,372 Pieces of stout and fine Irish Linen, for Shirt ing, co,t the firm Is. 6d. the yard, usually sold at Is. 9d., are now reduced to yards for 9:36 Pieces ditto, for fronts and collars, reduced from 2s. 9d. p-r yard, to 26 yards for 4l 0 1,760 Pieces ditto, curiously fine, many of them cost 3s. 6d. and 45., will now be offered in single pieces at 26 yards, for .... 300 Pieces that are soiled, are all taken down at 26 yards for ... 183 Pieces of Stout Linen Shirting withous a seam, at per pair 267 Pieces ditto, Russia flax, two and a half yards wide, at per pair 130 Pisces of Irish Sheeting, usually sold at 3s. 9d. per yard, marked 163 Pieces of ditto, 3 yards wide, which cost Bs. per yard, are to be sold in th eenumbers, 4s. 9d., ss. 6d., and ss. pd. per vard. About 4,5001. worth of fable Linens will be reduced as fol lows :-All the No. 1 Table Cloths under 2 yards in length. are from 81d. to Is. I Id. ; 179 Double Damask ditto, VA yards long, 2s. 6d. each; 1,723 splendid Damask, with centres, are reduced from 18s. to 7s. 9d., and those from 3 to 6 yards in-length will be sold at a stilt greater reduction, with Napkins to match 5 6 s. d. .4 9 96 1 9i P. S.—The most extraordinary lots arc the Foreign Da masks, many of them so line as to be viewed as a curiosity by manufacturer; in the trade ; those that arc three yards long are reduced from 455. to 19& each ; and many that are four,five, and six yards long, will now be sold for 315.. awl 375. each, with splendid Napkins to match. 800 ditto Rivi ie Cam bric Handkerchiefs, valued by the assignees at 6s. and Bs. each, will now be sold a) 2s. 6d. and 3s. 6d. each. Observe, BROOKS and CO. , 47, Duke-street, Manchester square; HUNT and CO., 88, Chiswell-street ; GEORGE BOFFIN and SON, Lambeth; and the country houses, Liver peol and Dublin. • PATENT LEVER WATCHES This celebrated construction (the most accurate on which a watch can be made) is now offered at the foll , wing prices, with the latest improvements i. c. the detached escapement, jewelled in four boles, hand to mark the seconds, and main taining power to continue going while winding up, - SILVER CASES With double-bottom cases, capped £6 6 0 With hunting cases, capped 6 16 6 GOLD CASES. Size for Ladies, with elegant gold dial Ditto in double-backed eases.., 14 14 0 Size for Gentlemen, enamelled dial Ditto extra full size, capped - l7 17 0 A Pamphlet, containing observations respecting the various constructions on which watches arc made, with the prices both in gold and silver cases, and a variety of sketches of new de signs, which have just been completed in gold Chains, will be sent. gratis and postage free, on application by letter to A. B SAVORY and ,ONS, Watchmakers, No. 9, Cornhill, Lon don, opposite the Bank of England. MORISON'S HYGEIAN MEDICINES.— The following are the principal Depots for the sale of the above Medicines-in London and its vicinity :—Medical Dissenter Office, No. 368, Strand; Mr. Field, No. 65, Quadrant, Regent-street; Mr. Lofts, No. 3, Park-place, Mile -end-road; Mr. William Jackson, 93, Cheapside, corner of King .street ; Messrs. Hannay and Co., No. 63, Oxford street; Mr. William Hallett, No. 83, High Holborn; Mr. William Good, No. 72, Edgware-road ; Mr. James Ellen, No. 9, Hand -court, Holborn • Mr. Chapel, No. 84, Lombard street, Cornhill ; 11r . 1. Kaincs, No. 20, New-road, St. George's-in-the-East; Mr. Batten's Library, Clapham ; Mr. Lincoln, Finchley ; Mr. Saw, Grocer, Tabernacle-walk ; Mrs. Merchant, Walham-green ; Mr. Phillips, grocer, Portland town, Regent's-park ; Mrs. Baucher, No. 128, Tottenham aourt- road ; Mrs. E. Dare, No. 55, Watling•street, City ; Mr. Edmunds, No. 146, High-street, ,Poplar ; Air. Loose, No 7, Sloane-square, Chelsea; Mrs. Baldwin, No. 33, Great Tower • street, City ; Mr. Saw, Hammersmith, opposite the Windsor Castle ; Mrs. Merchant, Little Bromptcm ; Mr. Hussey; Li brarian, Peckham ; Mr. Norbury, Brentford; Mr. Killick, Dorking; Mr. Harrowell, Epsom ; MN. Bo‘dter, Londor road, Kingston.—Aceredited..Ngents for the Sale of Morison's Vegetable Universal Medicines are to be found in every Town and Village throughout the Country, and iu almost every part of the World. • Brirish College of Health, Flamilton-place, New-road, ing'3-eross, London. N.B. Cases of cure and other iateresting matter relating to the Ifygeian System of Medicine arc published monthly by the British College of Health, and may b e h a d o f a ll t h e A geots for Morison's Pills throughout the country. • RAPIER IIACIIII TEA TRAYS, 50s. the SET, Of FULL.SIZED GOTHIC SHAPE. Superior London Table Knives, with ivory handles, 14s. per dozen; Brass Poles for Window Curtains, lt4 inch diameter, Is. 3d. per foot; 2 nchea, Is. Bd. par foot; bronzed fenders -I feet long s. SUP ERIOR LONDON TABLE Cif I'LERy Ni,, , A Br / ANTED . i'ab!oz Knives, *ids white JABLI,: KNIVES, with ivory Handles Ids. rt. dozen; visaed quarts, •.!75.; new shape:, 3tts P :,Os ; the set of lull sizes. Ca. b K o n n i e ves ba , ,, l d l t s . . s ; , C ei, a . r B qrs p , e ts d t o l e . n p ; er D pair ; Dessert, 6s ed. ; Carvers, es. per 411 =Engravity,s of every Ironmon. . ; a. furnishing et a house of any size, 25 g i lr' a c ;:o rr y g ; u t ' A lt : a r s e :, °: e l l ei c o l ;t: Teal4aif: necessaryticriiilY :a the i. to o : tr t hn i prices, i ise e ' per cent. under any other old.es'alaished house, to be had gratis (pest free.) TON, 12, - We ll s.street oxibrdigieet. RIPFON and BUR rAtablikhed 16284 TUE SUN is Publiskel EVERY MORNING at FIVE O'CLOCK, in Tim e fa r the EARLY TRAINS and TOWN DELIVERY; a SECOND EDITION (Evening Sun) is Published in Tillie for the AFTERNOON TRAINS and a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN O ' CLOCK, for PO S T, Containing PARLIAMENTARY and all other NEWS in LONDON up to that Hoar. ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE TILIZEE PAPERS, Morning) Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION,' a t ONE CHARGE. . . mere misconduct but of actual infraction of the law.— (Cheers.) Ile believed the Eight Honourable Baronet opposite would agree with him that there was nothing so unwise as the introduction of such topics in the House. He (Lord Howick) agreed with what had fallen from the lion. Member for Stockport., that personalities would not promote the advancement of great public questions. As he said before, he would not engage in the conversa tion, were it not from what had fallen from the lion. Mein ber for the West Biding of Yorkshire; but after what he said lie found it impossible for him to refrain from expressing a different opinion from him, He thought the personali ties used towards the manufacturers and mill-owners .could not be justified, and were not to be palliated by .anything that had taken place, because the charges of the one were of a totally different character from the other. He hoped that in discussing those questions there would for the future be an absence of such personalities. Mr. FEBRANI) said that the House would recollect that during, the last and present session, the Hon. Member for Stockport had asserted that the ' Corn-laws caused the distress of the country. It was his (Mr. Ferrand's) lot to converse with the work ing classes in his part of the country, who said that they -ditl not.. consider the-Corn-la sys mere the cause of that distress; but they told him it was caused by the tyranny, the oppression, and the plunderof their masters, and he had used what he had been told as an arum - nattily?t ad lunninum.—(Cries of "No, no.") lle (Mr.. F.) said he had, and he was prepared to give evidence of what he said; and when the Hon. Member for Stockport said he had brought those charges forward, on anonymous au thority, he (Mr. F.):begged to say it was no suc h t hi n " . lie never br oug ht any charges that he was not prepared to prove ; and there was not a single charge which he was not ready to prove before a Select Committee. Mr. VILLIERS said, that he had received denials of the charges made by the lion. Member for Knares borough, from the very places where the Hun. Member said he had got his charges.—(Hear, hear.) DESIGNS COPYRIGHT BILL. Mr. E. TENNENT rose to move the Order of the Day for the second reading of this Bill. The Hon. Gentleman proceeded to make some observations, which Were for some time inaudible in the gallery, in con sequence of the noise calked by Honourable Mem bers leaving the House in considerable numbers. He was understood to say that the object of the measure was to give a high character to English manufactures, by encouraging the manufacturers and their artists to compete with those of foreign countries, lie then read an ordinance of the French Government, which set forth the great importance of excellence in design, to the manufacturers of the country, and . giving a protection of nineteen years to the inventors. Down to 1835 there was no law of copyright for designs in England. In that year Mr. Poulett Thompson brought in a Bill for this object, which gave a copyright of three years to designs in metal, and of twelve years if woven generally. It was his intention to in clude designs for printing cottons in his Bill ; but from the expensiNT operation of the registration system, the parties interested preferred being exempted. But the obligations to the registration system had been re moved, and the manufacturers now claimed protection. Printed cottons now formed one of their most valuable manufactures, and the protection of the designs on cotton presented a singular anomaly compared with those on silk. The opposition to his measure was confined almost exclusively to those who traded in the designs of others, as common property, and they feared that any alteration in the law might throw a serious obstacle in the way of their operations. But he regretted to say that he had encountered opposition from gentlemen who seemed to entertain some ill-defined but strong apprehensions as to the effect of this measure, though with one exception, at Man chester, he did not meet with a single excep tion from the cotton-printers of England and Ireland. All he looked for was a protection to the proprietors of designs of a moderate and limited duration. The pre sent system was injurious to the interests of trade. A de sign, which might have cost the proprietor great care and expense, was copied by another manufacturer in inferior colours and inferior cloth, which enabled him to under sell the original proprietor in his own market.— (Hear, hear.) Not only was he deprived by this means of the profits to which he was fairly entitled, but the repu tation of his house seriously suffered. He would read a passage from the evidence taken before the Committee of 1840, to show the extent to which the sys tem of piracy had been carried. The Honourable Gentleman then read a portioa of the evidence given before the Committee, by a manufacturer in Manchester, who stated that he had himself been an extensive copy ist of other men's designs, and that lie printed his copies on such infenor cloth as to enable him to undersell the original designers.—(Hear, hear.) This was the ev id ence o f a gentleman of high standing, and of considerable distinction in his own trade, and who had given much assistance to the Eight Hon. Gentleman, la teVice President of the Board of Trade, in the Committee : appointed to inquire into this subject. This was one instance of time demoralising practice. The next point to which he would refer was the evidence of Mr. Lewis, a merchant ofLondon. The Hon. Member then read another extract from the report of 1840, but there was so much noise in the House that we could not catch a word. He then came to the evidence of Mr. Warwick, who stated that piracy was carried to such an extent that at one time every new pattern that came out was immediately copied by rival printers. This evidence was slso confirmed by that of Mr. Strutt, of the house of Clement and Company. He could adduce other evidence to show that numerous piracies took place, merely because the present law did not give pfotection to the designer for a longer period than three months. It might be asked, then, if the pre sent law did not give a greater protection, how would the designerderive protection if his copyright were established during a longer period ? The fact was, that at present the owner of copyright did not think it worth while to defend himself against a pirate. The law now did not cover more than twelve weeks for the designer. It required two or three weeks before the success of his design could be tested it required three or four more weeks to re-produce it, and then when a piracy became known the owner did not think it worth while to encounter cost, trouble, and expense to defend his right 'for the few weeks that remained. But if the protection were extended over a period of twelve months, or even for nine months, as the present Bill pn posed, the owner, thinking it then worth while to defend his property, would become more vigilant. But the bad effects of the present law did not injure the owner of copyright alone ; they also injured his retail customers, the shop keepers, for they, knowing that at the end of the protected periods successful portions might be imitated to an Indefinite extent, would be afraid to give large orders to the original owners, lest at the end of that period their stock might remain unsaleable upon their hands, through the competition of those who had bought cheaper from the imitators. In like manner at pre sent there was not time enough to receive and execute an order from the West Indies. The evils of the present system affected muslins and calicoes in Belgium, Italy, and the United States. For no one branch of the manufacture, either for the home department or for foreign export, did the present law aflbrd any protection whatever, whereas if the copyright were extended to nine or twelve months there would be an adequate protection for all. The injuries which resulted to the industrious manufac turers from these practices were so obvious, as not to re quire any comments from him. There was one, however, to which be must draw the attention of the House. lie meant the permanent injury which these practices must cause to the future prospects of the industry of the country, and the character of the British manufactures in foreign markets. In these manufactures there were two processes, first, the intellectual process— making the design ; then the mechanical process, which consisted in the manufacture of the fabric. In the latter of these, this country stood unrivalled ; but in the former, the beauty and supe riority of design, the French artists were much before us. It, however, in addition to the cheap ness and stability of the production, in which we excelled all our rivals, we could add beauty of design, our 'fabrics would then be accepted in every market of the world ; but such was the pre sent law, that instead of encouraging the artist to produce elegant designs, it tended practically to dis courage him from turning his attention to time subject. In many instances persons who had it in contemplation to prof lice new and valuable articles had abandoned the design, because the law, as it now stood, did not afford sufficient protection. Another result of the imperfect operation of the law was, that it made us de. pendent upon our rivals in France, not merely for the finer class of goods, but for the designs employed in this country. The extension for which he contended would remedy all the evils which he had pointed out, and would have a tendency to raise the character of English manu factures. But there was another consideration by which he would recommend this extension to the adoption of the House, namely, the necessity of preventin g the waste of money,, by the establishment of schools of design. If they were to have schools of design in this country, it was necessary to give security and protection to those whose genius was engaged in that business. He (Mr. T.) would not venture to intrude upon the patience of the House by going through all the advantages which in his opinion would result from the measure he proposed. nor would lie then take up the time of the House by anticipating the objections which might be taken to the second reading of the Bill. However, he would state that notwithstanding the prohibitory duties existing in other countries against our. manufactures, there was little apprehension of a successful competition from those countries. 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When upon the part of her Ma jesty's Government, I intimateti •to her Majesty, that her servants thought that the itiancid'necessity of the country were such, that it was desirable fur the' public interests to submit in a time of peace the in• come of the nation for a limited period to a charge of 3 per cent.; .her Majesty, prompted by those feelings of deep and affectionate interest which she has ever shown in the welfare of her people, observed that, if the necessities e? the country were such that in time of Peace Parliament should deem it 'necessary to submit the income .of the country to a charge of three per cent., it wt►s HER VOLUNTARY DE TERMINATION THAT HER OWN.INCOME SHOULD BE SUB JECT TO A SIMILAR REDUCTION.—(Loud and general cheering.) Mr. RICARDO wished to ask the Right Hon. Baronet whether it was his intention that , terminable annuities should also be subject to the charge ? Sir R. PEEL said he wished the Hon. 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Empowered by Special Act of Parliament. DIRECTORS. T. LAMIE MURRAY, Eq., Chairman. J. Elliotson, M. D., F. 11. S. f John Rawson, Esq. John Griffith Frith, Esq. I ; John Riddle Stodart, Esq. hunter Gordon, Esq. I Clement Tabor, Esq. George Lurigley, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Esq. - .- metro., I: titti r ei, r , ea. he \ L i r np . gpho % ap V dn de L cd L oatml lt eto A h3et l : S aa. trahtsean conclusio n vati ig n o g on b ti e on en ii, a sq eri membernttoo this t he i t nq h ru e ce tt o ii t 7 an quite opposite to that of the don. Gentleman. It did not seem that the Hon Gen tleman h.rnself saw any very urgent necessity for a change i n the law, inasmuch as he had allowed two years to pass withoet t taking any steps upon the recommendation of that Commit.. tee. The Hon. Gentleman had moved for the appointment of that Committe, and as was usual in such cases he had taken care that there should be a majority of persons prepossessed in favour of his own views. And yet what was the result ? When the question was put, that "It is expedient, &c"—(A laugh ) —the Committee divi led equally, and the resolution was ac cordingly carried by the casting vote of the Hon. Gentleman ; and one of those who voted on the same side had never inter, ded the meetings of the Committee, and only came down on that occasion to give his vote in support of the Honourdble Gentleman's proposition. Now the cotton printing wa s one of the most important branches of our manufactures. It was almost the only branch of our trade which was in a flourishing condition. There had been exported during the present year 25 millions of yards of printed cotton more than had been exported during the preceding year. The prevent law had been in existence upwards of 50 years, and he thought the House ought to pause before it altered a law which had worked so wel , . It was strange that while they had some of the first persons in the cotton-printing trade Members of that House, the subject should have been left to be brought forward by the Hon. Member for Belfast. No one connected with the trade had expressed the least wish for any alteration in the law. About 22 years since an attempt had been made to alter the law, and a Bill had been introduced for that purpose, which had passed through the House of Commons, but which had been referred by the House of Lords to a Select Committee, and had, after an investigation, been dropped. The lion. Gentleman had by no means stated the evidence taken before the Committee with fairness. One of the gentlemen exa mined before that Committee had stated that he bad been en gaged in the trade mat) , years, and that he had never seen above two original designs in his life. The fact was all ori ginality of design was exhausted. The manner in which new patterns were made was by looking over old ones, end taking figures from them to form fresh combinations. He considered the Bill was a complete fallacy as to giving a property of the nature it proposed to convey, and if it passed the greatest injury would ensue, and litigation would arise among the trade. A person may go into Chancery and con• tinue a suit there for twenty years on a matter which did_not amount to half-a-crown. The Hon. Gentleman referred to tLis evidence of . Mr. Lucas, one of the largest West India merchants in the Country, but the Hon. Gentleman forgot that that was two years since and circumstances were now changed. Mr. Lucas would now be placed in a different position, and such difficulties would be thrown in the way of the trade by the Bill, that Mr. Lucas would be compelled altogether to abandon the shipment of printed calicoes, the manutacture of this country. Mr. Lucas also stated that -the object of the extension of the Copyright was to give increased profits or to ge higher prices for goods. That .cheapness of production was the only means of maintaining the ascend ency of our manufactures, and they would never be able to continue in their present condition if they shackled trade in this manner. lier Majesty's Government were now intro ducing to the House a great and extensive relaxation of the restrictions in trade, and here was the Hon. Gentleman, on the ether hand, introducing a measure for extending monopoly in one of the most important branches of trade, and that in an article which really did not belong to anybody. The Hon. Gentleman had referred to the evidence given by Mr. Stirling, who had alluded to the establishment of Mr. Henry, at Dublin. He had no doubt that Mr. Henry was the cause of t. e Bill being brought forward, and had it not been for the fact of Mr. Henry having established a print work at Dublin, they would never have heard of the Bill. Mr. Stirling stated that Mr. Henry had been in business ten years, and during that time be was always in the habit of producing the patterns of others, but without violatin g the law, as it d i d no t exten d to Ireland. After that period he ceased to be a copyist, and employed persons as designers. What was the ad vantage ? While he was a copyist, he effected not only a saving in wa es, but als) in the engraving of his rollers for printing, in consequence of going to the same engravers as those employed by those to whom the original prints belonged, and thus saved half the expense. If there was an advantage in being a copyist, why did he abandon it when be could continue to copy withont an infringement of the law? Because he found it answered his purpose much better to pro dime his own patterns or compositions, he called his own, than to copy those of others. The system of copying from the de signs of others had of late been declining ; that was the state ment of every individual who had given his evidence before the Committee of 1840. One gentleman, to whom the Hon. Gen tleman had alluded, stated he had been in the business during the last thirty years, and that he had been in the habit of copying much more frequently during the first twenty years of that time than during the remaining period. But he had not acted, dishonestly in taki ng . th ose cop i es, f or that Gentleman stated that no man had a property in those pa tents, and that they were th e common r i g h t o f a l l. The fact was, that many of the designs, which it had been complained were copied, were themselves but copies from the Drench. The whole system was founded upon the practice of imitating and co,tving from preceding designs, and it could not be pro perly said that there was any exclusive right to any design. The lion. Gentleman had referred to Mr. Tnompson. Now this gentleman was no doubt the most eminent calico-printer in Lancashire, but that gentleman never gave evidence upon that Committee. He (Mr. Williams) could have wished the plea sure of seeing that gentleman bef.ire that Committee, for the purpose of giving evidence; but instead of that he wrote cer tain letters. Now it would have been very convenient to some of the Members of that Committee to have heard some ex planation of some of the opinions expressed in those letters. He had no doubt given very satisfactory answers to some of tnem. But he (Mr. Williams) would like to know the nature of those answers, instead of depending on ex parte statements. He would say, that if the parties on that Committee had acted with even-handed justice between ail parties, they would never have allowed the introduction of those letters as part of the evidence taken before them. The Hon. Gentleman had been pleased to allude to what would be the probable argument used by him (Mr. Williams), viz., the effect of this change on the foreign trade of this country. It was stated by the principal witness upon that Committee that there opinion was, that if any extension of the present copyright should ever take place, that it would lead to a most extensive system of copying from our patterns by foreign calico printers. One if the gentlemen stated, that it would answer his purpose to establish print works in Belgium, for the express purpose of copying patterns for foreign orders. Another gentleman stated, that the first thing they would have to do, would be to commu nicate with the calico • twitters in the different countries on the Continent, to ascertain what they would perform the different sorts of work for. Th ey cou ld calculate to the greatest pos sible nicety the cost of every article which could be placed be fore them connected with their trade, by looking at the_qtrelity of the e:oth, and the number of colours it contained. He was convinced that the carrying of the pioposed measure would in.. terfere with the calico printing trade to a most injurious ex tent. If the Hon. Gentleman meant to legislate at all on this question, it ought to be in an opposite extent; but for this there was no necessity, as every one was satisfied with the present law. The Hon. Gentleman had referred to a strong feeling on this subject existing in Scotland. What did Mr. Dalgleish, the only Gentleman from Scotland who gave evidence before the Committee, say? He said that there was so little cotton in Scotland that printers scarcely ever protected their patterns ; he produced four or five hundred patterns a-year, and he printed about 200,000 pieces, but he never knew any of them copied; he had seen none, but he had heard of one or two. Mr. Lockett, who was the greatest printer in this country, said he engraved 2,500 pieces a-year, but he only mentioned one instance of copying : anti whin one or two pieces were'shovrn to Mr. Potter he could not undertake to say whether they were copies of the same pattern ; he said be should say that they were taken from the same design, but he could not say that they were actually from the same pattern. How was it possible for them to devise a mode of a.certaining what were and what were not original patterns, when practical men, who had been engaged in the trade for their whole lives were unable to distinguish them? If the law passed it would involve endless litigation ; and the consequence would be that numt ers of pen.ons who were engaged in the trade would be compelled to abandon it. He entreated the House to pause before they gave their assent to this measure The late Sir Robert Peel, who was the most distinguished person engaged in the trade, had never proposed an alteration in the trade, al though if he had done so he would not have had the least diffi culty in carrying his proposal. The same might be said of several other Gentlemen who had sat in that House at different periods. Unless a case of the strongest kind were made out, he trusted the Howe would not pass the Bill. He should feel it to be his duty to offer every opposition which it was in his power to give to it. Lord FRANCIS EGERTON said that Hon. Gentlemen had pointed out the source to which the Bill prop sed by his Honourable Friend (Mr. T e nn en t) was traced; but in his (Lord F. Egerton's)opinion it was a matter of very small consequence to whom that Bill was primarily traced—whoever originated the measure, the manufacturers of the country would be greatly indebted to the House for carrying it into effect; for his part he (Sir F. Egerton) would be sorry to oppose a Bill which, in his opinion, was founded upon the soundest principles of mo rality and justice, but at the same time he owed that deference to the opinions of practical men, who were capable of judging of their own interests, that he would not assent to the Bill if they had any objection to its conten's. If they gave it anything like opposition, it would be a very strong reason to induce him (Lord F. Egerton) to accept the invitasion of the Hon. Gen tleman (Mr. Williams) to pause, at least, before he gave it his consent; he (Lord F. Egerton) had looked into the evidence before the House, and he believed he was justified in saying that, out of 176 firms there were only 36 firms which had given opposition to the Bill, and in Manchester, where he be lieved the majority of those firms were, be found that a major. rite of 48 firms were against that 36, and in favour of the Bill. He thought he could safely say that in supporting that Bill himself he only acted in accordance with the opinions of the respectability, and wealth, and intelligence of the constituency which he represented. The Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down, had traced the advantages which the French have over this country in consequence of their schools of design—he did not know what was the reason there were not BC ools of design in this country. He believed the reason was that there was no interest taken in the matter, as there were no chances of succeeding, owing to the state of the law upon the subject. He understood the Govern ment were about to give a sum of money to Manchester for schools of design in that town. If designs were to have their proper value—if artisans were to receive a just remuneration tor their skid, were they to be told that that was monopoly ? It seemed to him that that was a strange misapplication of the term. It had been said that there was not much Scotch evidence before the Committee that sat on this subject. In a letter which he had received from a gentleman whose opinion on the matter was of consequence, the writer stated that the Bill which had been laid before Par liament contained provisions enough to promote the object of it, and that, therefore, no material alteration was requisite, and that without seeking any additional evidence on the cueition, thy Hon. Members ought to support the Bill. The Noble Lord read another letter from a merchant connected with the S' uth American trade, stating that, in the South American markets, the English prints were spoken of as made only for sale, and not for use. On the part of his Hon. Friend, he begged leave be state that the majority in the Co r mittee who voted in favour of the extension, was six to three. 111 r. SIIIEL said, that he had paid great attention to the proceedings of the Committee, and he remembered that he ex pressed in the Committee that the evidence only should be re• ported, and that the Committee should withhold the expres sion of any opinion. On that question being put, the parties were equal, but by the vote of the gm: man, the proposition was negatived. The Committee then divided on the question, "That it was expedient t t o c e . y _ the copyright of design," and the resolution was (ci _a e r t ri e - n r ge b ne ! majority i , f six to three. Ile agreed will the re t , tt I i he did not. think that Ihe copyright should be extended ; think that in the eaze of pr;nted calicoes the h t , :l b l , n t 'i s ' i n x ° :: i g o l : , t ti t ,s o be to so long a time as nine months. quite long enough. He had also verylieretat doubts g as to the expediency of adoptingtomachinery the e f registration.-•-- (Hear.)—lnproperty which the giving a due protection a man had in his own i n vention, care should be taken that they did not injure t he public. The Right Ho e . for 'farnworth, had m a d e a Gentleman, the Membe r speech in February , 1/440, in which he had strongly im pressed upon the H ouse the importance of having the evidence o f practical men. The Right Hon. Gentlem an on that occa. sion had said, that he felt great difficulty in coming to a con clusion, tirst, as to the extension of the copyright ', and, se. condly, as to what ought to be the time to thick it should be LONDON, T kp URSDAY 4 , ta4, G S N r- MARCH 17, 1842. 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