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* * Jinn ; nay, he has gone tvett btlyeind this, for lie has told tis, too, that the whot.e a them have originated from pro posals corn* ll'ons his side of the House. Now, Sir, rest may that Ido not recollect any single question pro posed by that side of the House that has reference to any Pste of these alterations now brought fat ward by my Noble "Friend.—(Hear, hear.) I know that in the debate that took place last session, all sorts of arguments were made use of, all sorts of suggestions were thrown our, and all sorts of reason., wherever they could he scraped up, were urged against the Bill—(A laugh)—but I do not recollect that we ever had an opportunity—though the Right lion. Gentleman says that we had—of adopting this vast variety of improvements. Th e Right Hon. Gentleman has then gone on to observe, that of course all these alterations must he considered as improvements by his Majesty's Govern. ment, or we should not have offered them to the adoption of he House. Undoubtcdly,Sir, we do look upon all of them, or very nearly all of them, as improvements ; but at the same time, I have a right to remark that where objections have been made that did not seem to involve points of any ma terial consequence, it seemed to us wise to adopt them in the spirit of conciliation. But, surely, whether we have made these alterations in the spirit of imprevement, or in the spirit of conciliation, the Right Hon. Gentleman's taunts came with a very ill grace from him • ,- - - -(Lourl cheers.) And let me ask him would it have been Eke the conduct of men with sine minds, had we, when there was time for consideration, not applied ourselves to tla endeavour of improving, in so important a measure, in every possible way? But, Sir, after alb Tvhat are these wonderful alterations that have eo highly gratified and de lighted the Right Hon, Genti.thaan ? Why, the Right Hon. Gentleman says that we have given up the Commis. sinners. So we have : but this was a necessary conse quence, now that the Commissioners have made their in- quiry.—(llear, hear.) It was always stated as disadvan. tageous that we were obliged to leave the question of j boundaries to their decision ; and, therefore, now that we have been abte to meet this difhetilty, I do hot exactly see where is the ground lot the Right Mon. Gentleman's triumph.—(Cheers.) But, Sir, !le then went on to allude to the borough, in sehe4ul A, and to congratulate hi* friends on the escape they- hail had. And what was this escape ? Why, Iltat there were still to he retained fifty one borough)) r,ut of the fifty-six ; and, therefore, whether this •It'rat.',on 'was an advantage or a disadvantage, it was "" r1 ; not a thing in which the Right Hon. Gentleman `:.3gl: to congratulate himself as affording sn happy at, escape.—(Hear, hear.) As to the change in the 101. franchise, the Right Hon. Gentleman has himself said that he sees no greut difference in it ; and, in that respect, to is correct ; for I have no doubt that the practical effect will be the same; so that the opponents of the measure have no great escape there. And yet, after all, these are the only points on which the Right Hon. Gentleman has congratulated himself and his patty. I confess lam glari of it; for it pltinly shows me that the Right Hon. Gen tleman is fully aware that the principles of the Bill really remain the same, and that those very points which, dur ing the last session, occasioned the warmest discussion have undergone no alteration. Mr. CROKER—The Noble Lord who has introduced this Bill again to the notice of the House has stated that the alterations that have been made owe their origin, not to any question of conciliation, or for the purpose of giving way either to the clamours or the perseverance of gentle men on this side of the House; hut, on the contrary, fa , the purpose of preventing the injustice and curing the im proprieties that ought never to have been admitted into the late Bill. Now, after this statement, I beg to recal to tht teculltction of the House what took place last session. then torte the liberty of opposing the second reading of the httause I believed that I saw in it principles that \vokild prove dangerous to good government, and because could not find in its details any adequate compensation fat that danger—l opposed it, Sir, because I thought I per ceived i❑ it an attempt to shake the Constitution to its very foundation, or—to use the phrase made use of by a Noble Lord on that occasion—to leave neither tag not a shred of the Constitution behind. But, though these were the causes that determined me to give my most de cided opposition to the measure, I left my general objec tions to the principle of it at the door of the Committee, and endeavoured to apply to the details of the Bill the principle of the Bill itself, so that, in the event of its pass ing, it might at all events be as perfect in its provisions a► was possible. The first complaint that I made in the Committee was, that the Noble Lord -had mistook and tnisunderstcod the principle of the population of counties, and that he had confounded the population of parishes and towns. I was not singular in this view; for, besides many Honourable Friends of mine who agreed with me, there were several independent gentlemen in different parts of the House who concurred in the position that I laid down. I took occasion at that time to tell him, that its operation would be what I then called, and what he now admits to be injustice. But did he, in consequence of my representations, change these provisions of the Bill ? No; he then persisted in adhering to what he now calls erroneous, and the result was the passing of a Bill, which be justly sari has been characteri , ed as monstrous. Lord J. RUSSELL—I did not say that it was justly termed monstrous. Mr. CROKER—No, the Noble Lord did not say that it was justly so called ; but he stated that it had been characterised with that epithet, and that he trusted that that characteristic was now remedied. The Noble Lord the Chancellor of the Exchequer has told ns, that be can not charge his memory with a single instance in whict w e brought to the test any of those improvements which are now proposed in the present Bill\ hy his Majesty's Go vernment. But let me ask the Noble Lord if he does not tetnetnher the vote on Aldborough, in Yorkshire—a mo tion concerning which was made on the very last night of the Committee, and which was resisted by a large ma jority, though I have no doubt that there is just as large a majority present to-night ready to vote exactly the other way ? Let me also ask the Noble Lord, whether he was not told that the principle which he was applying to Northallerten was false, and whether our advice on that point was not rejected ? And yet now we find that North allerton is placed in that schedule which we recommended. —(Cheers ) Let me ask the Noble Lord, did he never hear of 'Alorpeth ? Did he never hear of Caine ? Does he not remember that he was told that to Dorchester and to Guilford ha was applying the strict borough rule, while he was allowing Caine and Nortliallerton to return their full number, not because these boroughs in themselves were sufficiently populous to justify the claim, but because they were made so by the addition of adjoining pa rishes ? So far, then, from agreeing with the Noble Lord in what he has stated, I beg to state that 1 do not remember a single point, as far as schedules A and B are concerned, that was brought to a division in the Committee, which had not been conceded in this new Bill._(Hear, hear.) As to the debate being adjourned to the second reading, I am perfectly content that that ar rangement should be adopted; but I beg to say that my great objection is, as it ever has been, to the principle of the Bill ; and unless, therefore, I see a great alteration in the mode in which the Bill is to operate, my objection will be quite as strong as it ever has been. lam ready to admit that improvements may make the Bill more per fect in itself; and, indeed that was the very point which I was desirous of enforcing on the attention of the Noble Lot d when the late Btll was in Committee ; but though this is true, the very height of perfection in its machinery will not be sufficient to reconcile me to the Bill itself. Be fore I sit down, I beg to ask the Noble Lord when we are likely to have laid on the table of the House the very im portant information that be mentioned in the course of his speech ? I myself have prepared a motion for the produc tion of such information as I deemed necessary ; but as I am bound to believe, after what has fallen from the Noble Lead, that he will supply the desired documents, and pro. hably in a better shape than I could propose, I shall post. pone my motion till I have in my hand the information which the Noble Lord offers, and which I hope will be laid on the table sufficiently early to leave time for me or any other Member to move f or f urt h er papers , s h ou ld we i find theinformation produced by the Noble Lord inade quate to the objects we have in view. The Marquis of CHANDOS—Whatever may be my opinion on this important question, I cannot but lament that circumstances have not permitted it to be viewed in a different light from that which has hitherto been the case. I particularly wish that more conciliation m ay b e shown on both sides, knowing that in other quarters it is likely that it may meet with a very differ en t recept i on. Still I cannot give up the hope that the Bill may pass both Houses of Parliament in such a shape as to gi ve satisfaction to the country at large, and nor, as now, solely advocated by one party; though I am ready to ad mit that party is a large one. I hold myself more called upon to snake these observations, because I feel that this House of Commons is deliberating at a moment when there are other Houses of Parliament assembled in this country --(Hear, hear)—which have had, and still have a power, which, in my opinion, none but the Commons of England ought to possess.—(Cheers.) I t h erefore trust that be fore we deliberate further on the subject, a few days will be allowed to elapse previous to the secorul reading, and that will be spent by both lodes m endeavouring to conciliate and meet the views of each other. For myself I am bound to say that there still are many points in the Bill to which I have the strongest objection. There is one in particular, which I cannot take too early an op portunity of mentioni ng —l mean that provision . which proposes to grant fresh Metrop o litan Members to this city —by means of which, I think, we shall he throwing away a large number of Members which other places would gladly receive—places, ton, that have a fair claim to the privilege, atti Itt'hith the Metropolis has hardly any right to demand besides which, we shall thereby be granting it a power, which, after some of the specimens we have had of its late conduct, I cannot c,ntemplate without the greatest alarm. Another pint on which I have a strong feeling is, that of giCing single Members to town s; and I ob:lett to this, because in my opinion ! one Member cannot properly represent the feelings of a large body of constituents, and I should therefore, recommend that the Whole of the boroughs should have two Members a piece. There are other points to which I have consider able objection ; but, as I said before, my oNect in rising was not for the purpose of entering; into oetaiis, but to calm the heat which has already arisen on the question, and to express a hope that matters may be so conciliated as to make an arrangement that can be generally admitted. An HON. MEMBER expressed his satisfaction that the Nlinistry had not been betrayed into any unguarded conci liations or concessions, Mr. HUNT thanked the Noble Lord for the Way in which he had introduced the Bill : he had only mentioned the representation of the people once during his speech of an hour and a half. On former occasions all the talk was about the representation of the people of England ; but now the Noble Lord only spoke of the representation of the intelligence and the property of the country. He was happy that the Noble Lord had so fairly taken this dis tinction ; because he (Mr. Hunt) had no hesitation in saying thus early, that the Bill (which was certainly im proved) would exclude nine-tenths of the male adult po pulation of the country from any share in the representa tion whatever. He should be a hypocrite were he to say that this Bill would give satisfaction to the majority of the people. As to schedule A, he did not care a farthing whe ther five boroughs were taken off it or put on to it; but he was delighted to find that Calne was put into schedule B. The most important measure, however, for the con sideration of the House was the 101. clause ; he thought that the new arrangement would simplify that portion of the Bill ; and he was very glad to find that the payment of the rent was no longer insisted on. In his opinion they might just as reasonably have demanded that a man's butcher's or baker's bill should be paid ; and indeed that was a point he had always complained of grossly.—(Loud laughter.) On the whole, he thought that all those who supported the late Bill had no reason to be dissatisfied with the new one; and he, therefore, trusted that the cuckoo cry of " the Bill, the whole Bill, and nothing but the Bill," was blown into air; because everybody must agree, that without any alteration in the principle of the Bill, there had been a complete alteration of the measure altogether.—(Shouts of laughter.) The Hon. Gentleman then proceeded to abuse the Commis. sinners, two of whom, lie said, had gone to Bolton, and out of a population of 14,000 had only found six hundred Ind eighty ten. pound houses. He concluded by hoping that the Bill would give more satisfaction than he thought it would. Mr. LEADER objected to the limitation of the number of Members for Ireland ; and he agreed with the Noble Marquis that London was to have too many Members. Sir C. FORBES objected to the mushroom town of Brighton having two Members, while only one was given t Aberdeen and Dundee. He disapproved of this Bib as much as the former ; and the former he had thought a monster that ought never to have shown its face in that House.—(A laugh.) Lord EBRINGTON would not have spoken, but having been the humble instrument at the end of the last session through which the House had expressed its con fidence in the Government, he felt anxious to say a few words, in spite of the taunts which the Right Hon. Baro net had thrown upon the Noble Lord and the Bill which he had just brought forward. The anxiety that he felt was to express to that Noble Lord, and to the Government, his grateful thanks for the manner in which he thought that they hail redeemed their pledge, and entitled themselves to _ _ . .• that confidence which had been reposed in them by the House on the occasion to which he had just alluded. had they, however, made those changes which bad been called for by his Noble Relative opposite, he could not have sup ported them, for he should have felt that they were in compatible with the pledges which they had given, and that they were calling on the House to agree in a measure inconsistent with that sanctioned by its own recorded opinions.—(Cheers.) He was sure that with a measure so brought forward the great body of the intelligence of the country would not have been content ; while, on the other hand, that which was now offered by the Noble Lord was equal, for every good purpose, to the Bill of last session ; the changes that were introduced being such as would tend to simplify and improve the general operation of the measure.--(Cheers.) Mr. BARING admitted that it was desirable that this question should he set at rest. There was no gentleman, he was sore, who would provoke. unnecessary discussion for the purposes of delay ; hut, at the same time, those gentlemen who were sensible of the important question nt issue could not waive their privilege of examining the subject, and must be aware that a measure of so much importance should not be allowed to pass without an ample discussion. There was, undoubtedly, no reason, because the country was looking, as he admitted it was, with great anxiety to the Bill, and was desirous of hav ing whatever benefit it could bestow, that that anxiety should prevent the House from giving to the Bill due de liberation, and induce them to pass the Bill without sub jecting it to a close examination. He had heard the principal part of the Noble Lord's speech with satisfac. Lion ; and, though he could not say there were many sub= stantial alterations in the Bill, yet he hoped that the tone of the Noble Lord's speech would be followed out by the promoters of the Bill ; and the House would have the sa tisfaction of seeing—what was so very desirable—the spirit of conciliation preside over all the discussions. Because some persons cried out against discussion, that House was not to pass the Bill in a lump without due con sideration. If that were the case, and the same persons who protected them against the consequences of the rash measure which was last brought forward, should not forget what was due to themselves and the country, it would be impossible that the present measure should not have the same termination as the last.—( Hear, hear.) It was a momentous question to alter the whole Constitution of the country, and provide hereafter for its Government ; and though he would give no pledge, he would repeat, that he was sure it was the desire of the gentlemen on that side, as well as the other—though it was impossible to know more of the Bill than had been ' stated by the Noble Lord—that a Bill might come forth out of the discussion which should satisfy all reasonable parties. Undoubtedly it was true that a large portion of the people were in favour of Reform, but at the same time it was true, that among a respectable portion, if not nu merically great, yet in possession of great property—he might say nine-tenths of all the vested interests of the country—the greatest possible apprehensions prevailed. If the measure were not fully discussed, these two classes would not be pleased; and the result would be fatal, un satisfactory, and most prejudicial. He confessed that he approved, as far as he understood them, of the greater part of the changes made in the Bill ; but he was unable to judge of them as a whole, from not having the Bill before him. He would, therefore, only say, that he was de cidedly of opinion, that after such a sweeping measure of Reform had been proposed—after the sweeping change which had been brought forward by his Majesty's Minis ters—after the expectation which had been created, there must also be great apprehension. He admitted that great excitement prevailed, that great expectations had been caused by the conduct of his Majesty's Ministers—( Hear) — and that in consequence of this excitement, and its conse quence of what bad taken place, it was their duty to look at the existing state of things, to take the wishes and opi nions of the people into consideration, instead of only con sidering what was abstractedly due to the Constitution, and what would abstractedly be the best fir the country. He must take the question in•o consideration on this prin ciple, and endeavour, in conclusion, to ascertain what was likely to satisfy all parties. He hoped that the Bill might do this. He had no objection to an early second reading of the Bill, but as it could not be printed for some days, decency required that five or six days should elapse after the Bill was printed before it was read a second time. Sir R. PEEL suggested, that it would be, at least, two or three days before the Bill could be printed ; and if the Noble Lord did not sit on Saturday, the discussion must go into the next week. Mr. BARING had no wish to delay the Bill. It was, however, essential, that the details should he before the House prior to the discussion. He thought the second reading might, perhaps, be postponed till after Christmas, with the understanding, that the House might go into the Committee the day after the second reading was agreed to. Lord ALTHORP was understood to state, that he pro posed that the House should meet on Saturday, as he hoped that the debate might be terminated on that day. Sir R. PEEL suggested that the second reading should be postponed till Monday (Several voices, " Friday"). Lord ALTHORP would persist in proposing Friday. The debate might extend far into the week if Monday were appointed for the second reading. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said, that the Bill would be printed on Wednesday. Col. SIBTHORPE objected to Friday being appointed for the second reading. He was disappointed at the in significant declarations made by the Noble Lord, and thought it was extremely hard to press such an ortjost 'mea sure so hastily formed. The only reason why it was earrird with such breathless haste was, to secure the popularity of Ministers: Ile wished for a full and fair opportunity to consider this new me tsure. Sir GEORGE WARRENDER thanked the Ministers for the conciliatory measure they had brought forward ; deolared that he should not be hostile to the second read ing, though he gave no pledge; and assured the Ministers that his opposition had been given in no other than a con ciliatery spirit. Sir RICHARD \TYVYAN wished that the Noble Lord would take it into his consideration, that at this time it *as of much importance that country gentlemen should he in theit own counties. He pressed it on the Noble Lord that it was essential to allow them a considerable recess at Christmas. Lord ALTHORP was aware of these circumstances, and the impression on his mind was, that the House ought to meet as early as possible after Christmas, and get the business of the session done. Saturday, Jar.uary 7, was the Saturday of Quarter Sessions week, and he thought it would be advisable to meet on the Tuesday or Thursday after that day. Mr. SHEIL wished to ask a question about Ireland. The Reform Bill of the last session gave Ireland five ad ditional Members, and Scotland also five, but it of erwards gave three more to Scotland, while the number of English Members was so diminished that the whole number did not amount to 600. No other addition was given to Ireland ; and when he had asked a question on this subject of the Noble Lord the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, the Noble Lord was advised not to answer. What, was done by the present Bill ? Ireland W as to have its five Members, Scotland its eight, and England was to have a great increase of Members. Had Ireland, then, not reason to complain ? He submitted to the Government the propriety of re-considering the subject. They formerly made a change as to Scotland, and he hoped they wool,' find reason to make a change for Ire land. The anomalous course they had now adopted, was likely to excite disappointment in Ireland. He wished to know, too, what was to be done in Ireland as to the Corporations? Aecording as he understood the prin ciple of the Bill, all those who bad votes in Corporations now, whether derived from freedom or servitude, were to be preserved in perpetuity. If that provision were to be ex• tended to Ireland, and the freemen were to be preserved, he wished to know if the forty-shilling freeholders were to be also preserved in towns? When the Bill for Catholic Emancipation was brought forward, with its accom panying measures, and when the forty-shilling freeholders were abolished, those of the towns were preserved. He wished to know if these forty-shilling freeholders were now to be preserved ? At present Catholics were ex cluded from the Corporations of Dublin, Drogheda, and all other Corporations in Ireland ; and if the forty shilling freeholders were also to he excluded, and if they gave a perpetual right to those who had obtained it by freedom or servitude, the result would be, that these Corporations would be perpetually Protestant, and would perpetually exclude Catholics. The Corpo ration of Dublin had always excluded Catholics, and the result of this measure would be that Dublin would con tinue to exhibit the same scenes of religious discord and rancour as at present.—(Hear, hear.) The Irish Mem bers were not tk, re to speak their ow❑ sentiments alone— they were the representatives of the people, and obliged to speak their sentiments. If, therefore, Ireland was agi tated and indignant, must not the Irish Members partici pate in agitation and the indignant feelings of their coun trymen ? The Government had found strenuous suppor ters in the Irish Alembers, and though he did not think it right to call on the Government to sacrifice their duty to the empire at large for the sake of Ireland, he did call on them to take the case of Ireland into their serious and pe culiar consideration. Lord CLIVE referred to the speech of the Noble Lord who bad introduced the subject with satisfaction. He felt it necessary, in the present state of the country, that something should be done to satisfy the people ; and he con gratulated himself at the steps taken by the Noble Lord, and he hoped and trusted that the spirit evinced by the Noble Lord would be met by a corres ponding disposition. The alterations of the Bil would make it more acceptable than it was before, The first alteration of the Bill related to the 10, householders. As be understood the former Bill, there was nothing to indicate that the 10/. voters were persons actually renting 10/. houses. The present proposition of the Noble Lord established a criterion of property, and made the 10/. franchise a test of property. The second point to which he would advert was the appointment of the Commissioners to decide the limits of the boroughs and cities. That was one of the most objectionable parts of the last Bill, and he was glad to observe that by the pre sent Bill, those limits were to be decided in the proper place. The third point was even more important. lie understood that by the present Bill the rights of freemen in cities and boroughs were to be preserved in perpetuity, which he considered of great advantage. He regretted that the Bill did not diminish the proposed metropolitan representation. At the same time, as there was a neces sity for some Reform, he was gratified to find that there was an approximation among those who were opposed, and those who were friendly to the Bill. He owed it to him self to express the satisfaction he felt, and the gratifica tion he had received, from the manner in which the Bill had been introduced.At the same time, he begged it might be understood that be gave no pledge either way. Mr. PORTMAN could not help congratulating the House and the country at the prospect which there was of a speedy settlement of this great question. He en treated his Noble Friend not to follow the suggestion of i the Right Hon. Baronet—(Hear, hear)—and read the Bill a second time on Friday. He hoped that the Noble Lord who spoke last, as he admitted in his speech that some Reform was necessary, and as the Hon. Member for Thet ford had admitted that Reform was necessary, would not oppose the second reading; and under the probability of the second reading not being opposed, he thought his Noble Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer would do right to press the second reading on Friday. He did not anticipate that the Right Hon. Baronet would make any serious opposition to the second reading, though he had opened his speech in that sense. He was happy that his Noble Friend (Lord Clive) had received the Bill i❑ a spirit of conciliation.—(No, no.) He was happy that there was nothing in the Bill which should prevent the supporters of the last Bill from giving this their conscien tious support. He had never given in to the absurd cry of " the Bill, the whole Bill, and nothing but the Bill ;" and yet he was glad to find there was nothing in the pre sent Bill to place those who had supported the last Bill under any inconvenience. Sir ROBERT INGLIS wished it to be understood he was no party to an agreement to recognise the Bill with a mitigated hostility. He was satisfied with the blessings he enjoyed, and he should oppose change. Sir CHARLES WETHERELL, though not slow in expressing gratitude, saw nothing in the new Bill which should excite great satisfaction in his mind. The great point was, there was to be no disfranchisement of freemen, or, in other words, such corporations as were to be spared by the disfranchising clause were also to be allowed to re tain their rights of voting. The Bill conceded that the freemen of those boroughs which were not placed in sche dule A should reserve those rights perpetually which they had held ever since Parliament was established. Ile had before said he knew two places—namely, Oxford and Bristol—where this disfranchisement was regarded as most odious, and be had stated that this part of the Bill was not understood. He bad now had an opportunity of re freshing his memory, and was glad to find that what had been called a factious opposition to the Bill had produced some amendment. The Noble Lord had conceded to the force of arguments urged on that side of the House, and not to the " whisper of a faction." Whatever might be the opinions of the Right Honourable Baronet, though be did not understand him to say that the Right Honourable Baronet would not oppose the Bill, he should oppose the second reading. lie saw no great alterations in the Bill, and it was open to all the substantial objections he had ever urged against it. The 101. clause, which had been altered two or three times, was still to remain ; arid whether it was to remain in its more objec tionable or any other shape, there was no shape it could be put into that should not meet from him with a decided opposition. The Hon. Member for Dorsetsbire had made a curious non sequitur interference from the speech of the Noble Lord (Clive), and stated that there would be no op position to the second reading, which was not warranted by anything which had fallen from the Noble Lord. He thought Friday too soon for the second reading ; but let that come on when it might, as all his objections remained, he should oppose it. Mr. SHAW only rose to answer the observation of the Hon and Learned Member for Louth. He could not be lieve that the Hon. and Learned Member was serious in his observation as to the forty-shilling freeholders in towns, and asking if they were to remain as a counterbalance to the freemen. Neither could he think that the Hon. and Learned Member really meant to assert that the Bill would diminish the influence of the Roman Catholics. With re spect to Dublin, the number of voters at present was about 4,000, and according to the present measure, they would be increased to about 50,000, the greater part of whom were Roman Catholics. The objection, therefore, of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman was destitute of all ground. Mr. STUART IrDRTLEY thought the conclusion which the lion. Member for nowt:shire had thatvn from the speech of his Noble Friend (Lord Clive) was totally unwarranted. His Noble Friend had guarded himself by saying he gave no pledge, and in only expra ssirig the s ttis 'action lie felt at the conciliatory tone and manner of the Noble Lord. He was not one of those who would taunt the Government with the alterations it had made in the Bill, and who was ashamed to express his satisfaction at alterations which he admitted were improvements. his own conduct should be guided by a reference to circutn stances ; and he had heard with great satisfaction the language used on a former evening by the Noble Lord, the Member for Liverpool, who had expressed the sentiments which existed in the hearts of all the Members. Every man felt that the question of Reform ought to be settled. He admitted, too, that the question must not be settled by abstract principles, but by a reference to the actual state of the country. After the excitement created by the King's Government, it was advisable to promote Reform by mutual concessions, and he hoped that some practical measure would at length ensure peace to the country. Mr. PORTMAN explained. He had not attributed to his Noble Friend a determination not to oppose the Bill ; lie had only inferred from his Noble Friend's speech that he would not oppose the second reading. Lord CLIVE explained. His lion. Friend bad put a construction on his words which they did not bear. Ile had only wished to express his gratification at the tone and temper in which the Bill had been introduced, and he had not pledged himself to any course. Sir ROBERT PEEL explained. He did not expect that there would be any opposition between his Noble Friend (Lord Clive) and himself. If his Noble Friend differed from him, God forbid that his Noble Friend should not express that difference. For himself, he hail taken an independent view, and he did not wish to qualify his opi nions in order to catch the votes of any Member. Nothing, certainly, would be more painful to him than such a dif ference; but if the Noble Lord thought there were great improvements in the Bill, he had formed a contrary opi nion. He saw no concession of the principle; he should not expect any when the Noble Lord said that the Bill was not to be less efficient than the former Bill ; and with that declaration he did not see how concessions were to be re conciled. Whatever other Hon. Members might do, he should oppose the second reading. Mr. LABOUCIIERE was rather surprised, when such a great alteration was to be made in the Constitution, that something more was not done for the satisfaction of Ireland ; neither was he surprised that the alterations which had been msde should not give satisfaction to Irish Members. He confessed he felt bound to accede to the opinion expressed by the Member for Louth (Mr. Sheil), that the course now pursued towards Ireland will strengthen the power of the agitators and the discontented, and afford a handle for still stronger language of complaint. The Right Hon. Baronet (Peel) had observed, in the course of his speech, that the Members of the other branch of the Legislature deserved the thanks of that House and the gratitude of the country, for having so honestly and con scientiously discharged their duty, and enabled the Mem bers of the Government and of the Lower House to re-consider the question of Reform. He was one of those, however, who did not feel this gratitude. On the contrary, he saw many evils arising from the rejection of the former Bill, although he admitted that some advantages bad been obtained by the re-consideration of the provisions of the Bill.—(Hear.) He, however, could not see why the other House of Parliament did not send the Bill down with these amendments and improvements—(Hear, hear)—and by that means have enabled the country to escape many evils which have resulted from the loss of time and the continued agitation of the question..—(Hear, hear.) He, as well as others, would, he believed, have been ready to give the suggestions and amendments of the other House their best consideration, and to have adopted any measures which were likely to procure that degree of unanimity and conciliation which the interests of the country demanded—(Hear, hear)—and he considered it, therefore, unfair to claim for the Members of the other House a gratitude to which they were not entitled. He for one would never cease to regret the decision of the Peers on that occasion. It would be long before the Members of that House recovered the respect they formerly posiessed.—(Hear, hear.) It would be long, very long, before the heads of the Church, recovered the same situa tion and power which they possessed before that unfortu nate rejection of the Bill.--(Hear, hear.) Feeling this, and looking to the consequences which had followed the course pursued by the House of Peers, he confessed lie could not remain silent, when it was said they were en titled to claim the gratitude of the country.—(Hear.) Mr. HUME was happy to express his approbation of the principle of the measure proposed by the Government; but he must join with the Member for Louth, and the other Members for Ireland, in regretting that some mea sures had not been adopted to put an end to the complaint, of the people of Ireland. He feared much, indeed, that the passing by the claims of Ireland to an enlarged repre sentation would give inveterate offence to the people; and he must say, that, if he was an Irishman, he would feel that he had a right to complain loudly of the injustice with which his country had been treated. The Noble Lord, although he explained very clearly, on a former occasion, his desire to preserve the relative propor tion between the Members of England and Ireland, seemed to have now entirely forgotten it ; and he (Mr. Hume) feared much that the Noble Lord had added one more that night to the many other grounds of complaint which the people of Ireland had against the Government of this country. He trusted that they would, at all events, reconsider that part of their plan. As to the measure itself, he must say that he thought they deserved the thanks of the country for their exertions, and that they had rendered the Bill as perfect as circum stances would permit. He doubted, however, the pro priety of giving two Members to so many boroughs, and thought that is would have been better if they had pro ceeded on a different principle, and given one Member to twenty-six new boroughs possessing a population of from five to ten thousand persons. The Noble Lord, the Mem ber for Liverpool (Lord Sandonj, had the other night said a good deal of the necessity of conciliation, and of the opinions of his constituents with respect to the principle of the Bill. He (Mr. Hume) was quite satisfied, not withstanding what the Noble Lord said of the opinions of the people of Liverpool, that the feelings of the country were decidedly in favour of that principle ; and that if Ministers offered anything short of it, the people would not accept it. He was happy, however to see that the principle hail been fully adhered to; and he trusted that the Government would not, in the discussion of the de tails, abandon one iota of the principle they professed to adhere to.—(Hear, hear.) Lord SANDON, having been thus pointedly referred to, begged to say that he believed the explanation of the Noble Paymaster fully proved the propriety of the opinions he had expressed. He (Lord Sandon) said on that coma sian, that if the principle of getting rid of the nomination boroughs was fully adhered to, he thought that the Mi nistry would be unwise if they stickle(' too much for unim portant details. One great objection made to the former Bill—that population was taken as the standard—had, he was entitled to say, been removed ; for the statement of the Noble Paymaster proved that it was not now the point' t lion, but th' number of the houses and the payment of the assessed taxes that were to influence the bestowing of the franchise. Thanking the Noble Lord and the Government for preserving the existing rights of freemen to their de scendants, lie would conclude by expressing his hope that they would endeavour to raise a fabric of mutual concilia tion instead of mutual recrimination, and that they would succeed in effecting a satisfactory settlement of this im portant question, without having recourse to the dangerous experiment of raising the strong arm of power against the privileges of the other branch of the Legislature.—(Hear.) Mr. ENVART was happy to see some satisfactory prospect of the settlement of the question of Reform. The former measure, it was admitted by all, had many details which were fraught with danger, and he gave his thanks to the Government for the care they had now bestowed on the Bill, which he thought entitled them to the gratitude of the country. Mr. M. O'FERRAL was sorry to say, that the mea sares of the Government, as far as they related to Ireland, would prove anything but satisfactory. He was confident that the objects of those who were interested in the pro gress of Political Unions would be strengthened by the declaration of that evening; and although it would be to hies a matter of great regret to forfeit his position in that House or in the country ; yet he would say, that if Ire land could not obtain redress in the English Parliament, s h e iEnt r.t seek it elsewhere, and by other means. He knew the consequence of political combinations. He had seen their effects in other countries, and he could well imagine what they would prove in his own; but his countrymen possessed strong feelings, and he was sure that the course pursued by the Noble Lord would add force to the opinion of those who were at present influenced in favour of agitation. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said, that with regard to the question of the number of Members to be given to Ire land, and the balance of representation, he must be ex cused for not entering into so large a field of discussion on the introduction of the English Reform Bill. This much, however, he would say, that before the question of Reform was introduced at all, the number of Members for Eng land was 513, and for Ireland 100. By the plan now proposed, the number of Member. for England was to be reduced to 500, while the Members for Ireland ,vere to be itireased to 105 ; so that whatever alteration had taken place was in favour of, and not against the representation of Ireland. With regard to that, however, as well as to all other points, he was perfectly ready to enter into a full explanation of the views and motives of the Government when the question was fully before the House. With re gard to the question of the Right Hon. Gentleman (Sir R. Peel) on the subject of the additional information that might be required, he had only to say there was no objec tion to afford all information ; hut he hoped the Govern. ment would have notice of the time it was required, as the persons now employed in obtaining information for the Government were already so hard pressed it would be very inconvenient to burden them with much additional labour. The limits of the boroughs would, he believed, not he fully settled before the recess. Mr. S. WORTLEY asked when the Scotch and Irish Bills would be brought in ? Lord ALTHORP said not before the recess. Sir R. PEEL hoped that if the Bill was read a second time, the Government would consult the convenience of the Members, by naming, before the recess, the day on which the Bill would be committed. Lord ALTHORP replied certainly. Mr. CALLAGHAN entered his protest against the course pursued with respect to Ireland, and declared that unless there was a great extension of the franchise gene• rally in that country, as well as a great addition of Mem bers, he, and he hoped others, would withdraw that sup- port they had hitherto conscientiously afforded to the Go vernment.—Leave was then given to bring in the Bill. Copies of the Instructions given by the Secretary for the Home Department to the Parliamentary Commissioners, with the returns made to the Home Office, being then ordered, on the motion of Lord J. RUSSELL, the Noble Lord brought up the Reform Bill, On the question that it be read a first time, Sir R. INGLIS objected, on a point of form, that the title was printed instead of engrossed, according to custom. Mr. HERRIES having suggested that the pr tics, although contrary to rule, was frequently permiad for public convenience, the Bill was read a first time, ordered to be printed, and to be read a second time on Friday next. IRISH SUB-LETTING ACT. Mr. CRAMPTON brought in the Bill for repealing the 7th of George the Fourth, called the Sub-letting Act. The Hon. Member observed, that the present Bill was in tended to amend the Act—to retain what is good and to get rid of what is bad. The Bill was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Friday. GRAND JURIES' BILL. Mr. CRAMPTON brought in a Bill to con►olidate and amend the Laws relating to Jurors and Juries in Ire land.—Read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Friday. Mr. EVANS brought in a Bill to prevent the applica tion of corporation funds to election purposes. The LORD ADVOCATE gave notice of his intention to move, on Thursday, for leave to bring in a Bill to re gulate the disposal of business in the Courts of Exchequer in Scotland. Adjourned at Half-past Ten. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Messager des Chambres.) The law of transit and maritime warehousing has been adopted to-day by a large majority, there being only five black bars. All agree in opinion as to the advantages which will result from this measure in regard to our com merce. The Chamber then entered upon the discussion of M. de Schonen's proposition relative to divorce. This discus sion, that of the provisional twelfths, and several other pi o positions, will not occupy many sittings, and the Chamber will next week enter upon the law relative to the autori salion facultative for the establishment of depots in the interior. The Duke de Rovigo left Paris last night on his way to Algiers, to assume the command of the troops. He is accompanied by General Treed, who has commanded in Greece, and is to be at the head of the Staff of the Army in Africa. Major-General Trobriant, formerly aide-de camp to Marshal Davoust, is to have the command of the troops at Oran. M. Pichon, civil governor of the colony, will also immediately take his departure with all the offi cers who are to be under his orders. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, Dac. P. The discussion of the Bill for regulating the transit du ties and the vending of merchandise was resumed. Articles 22 to 30 inclusive, relating to administrative details, were successively adopted, without any debate of the slightest general interest. A discussion arose on the 31st and last article, in con sequence of M. Coulmann moving to omit a restriction contained in it, by which merchandise coining from foreign countries or ports lower down on the Rhine than Mayence are prevented coming into the bonding warehouses at Strasburg, un'ess they have been freighted at Mayence or lower down. M. Coulmann considered this restriction as injurious to the commerce of Strasburg, but the Minister of Commerce explained that it was in accordance with the general interests of the country, as well as with the treaties regulating the navigation of the Rhine, and the proposi tion of M. Coulmann was rejected by a large majority. The Chamber then proceeded to ballot on the ensemble of the Bill. The following is the result of the scrutiny —For the Bill, 256 ; against it, 5 ; majority, 251. The Bill for re-establishing divorce was then taken into discussion. M. Merlin opposed the measure, as contrary to morality and the best interests of society, which, he said, had, in every age, found their highest security in the inviolability of the sacred tie of marriage. M. Eusebe Salverte entered into a detailed account of the history of divorce, tracing it from the original Greek and Roman Churches through the Code of Justinian and the early ages of the French monarchy to the Council of Trent, and argued that its moral expediency had in every age been admitted and acted on. In the present state of society he considered that the adoption of the law would have the two highly desirable effects of diminishing the number of marriages for interest, by the knowledge that they may be dissolved and the rich portion lost, and of rendering domestic life more happy, by the existence of that liberty which alone cherishes and ennobles those sen timents whence springs the surest pledge for the happi ness of wedded life. M. Daguithon-Pujol also supported the measure, but wished the cases in whic:i divorce should be allowed to be more limited than was proposed by the present Bill. M. Parant likewise spoke in favour of the measure. de Schonen concluded the general discussion by re capitulating the arguments in favour of the Bill. The Chamber then proceeded to the discussion of the Articles. The Ist Article was adopted as follows :—" The law of the Bth of Ally, 1816, is repealed, and the dispositions of chapter 6 of the Ist book of the Civil Code are revived, in so far as they are not contrary to the present law." Article 2 was adopted in the following terms :—" Suits for a separation now depending in the several courts may on the simple request of the parties to them, be con verted into suits for a divorce." The Chamber not being in number, the further dis cussion of the Bill was adjourned until Monday. The Court of Assize of the Main-et-Loir was occupied during the whole of the sth, 6th, and 7th instant, with the trial of six young officers, formerly pupils of the Military School at Saumur, charged with attempting to seduce several pupils of that school to join them in a conspiracy for overturning the present Government, and exciting civil war. The eldest of the prisoners has not attained his 26:h year. A great number of witnesses were ex amined, but nothing was elicited tending more directly to criminate the prisoners than their avowal that, if the present Government were overthrown by the Republicans they had intended to proclaim Henry V. in the south of France, rather than submit to the establishment of a Re public. The Jury, after a short deliberation, acquitted all the prisoners, who were immediately set at liberty, amid the applauding shouts of a crowded auditory. LYONS, DEC. 7.—A notice was posted up yesterday, front the head-quarters of the troops, and signed by the Duke of Dalmatia, respecting the proclamation, issued on the 2d, for the dissolution of the National Guard. It regulates the time for the return of the arms in the pos session of that body, and allows until the Bth of Decem ber, inclusive, for that purpose. After this period the most rigorous measures will be taken against such persons as detain any arms. On Sunday and Monday the Duke of Orleans, and the Minister of War, paraded the town at the head of their staff, and reviewed some of the troops. Yesterday a general review took place, and afforded a very brilliant spectacle. Several detachments of the Na. tional Guard were dismissed after the review, a., from the tranquillity prevailing, their presence was no longer nects ssry.—Journaldu Commerce dc Lyon. (From the Journal du Commerce.) PARIS, DEC. 9..—M. Lehon, the Belgian Envoy to the French Court, has returned to Paris. An extraordinary courier from St. Petersburgh arrived yesterday at the office of Foreign All'iits• On the same day the Austrian Legation received a courier from Vienna. The labours of the Committee on the Civil List seem to, be suspended till the Minister shall go and dieitiss with it the bases of the project of law said to be agreA l juin and give it such informatiun as it may n eed. porter will be appointed immediately afterwards. rd is appointed reporter of the law on public instruct° (From the Journal des Debats of Sal FRANKFORT, DEc. 4.--It is affirmed that tut 6 D'et is at this ; moment engaged i n d raw i ng up a 't. tive to the Press, which will be very e xtol° remedy a want that has long been felt in Germari' FRENCH FUNDS.-PARIS, Dec. 10.-Five per Cent 40c. 45c. 40c. 60c. Inc. 75c. 80c. 75c. 96f. fOc. 55e. 00c. 6 . 5 c. 70c. 60c. 65c. ; Three per Cents., 68C sc. 10c. tloc' 30c. 25c. 30c. 20c. 25c. 20c. :10c. 3c. ;. Bank Stock, 11;? de Naples, 70‘20f. 25c. 40c. 20 c . 15c. c. ; Rente d'Ea r ; Royal Spani s h L oan , 75N 76 1 4 N, ; R en te d'Espagne, 5S 5144 :,8!4 ; Haytian Loan, ; Exchange on London, one month, paper, 25f. 30c.; 25c. ' • three months, paper, 25f. 15c. ; money, 25f. x ,. Authentique. CHOLERA AT NEWCASTLE AND N SHIELDS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE Si am afraid it will turn out to be tap 1 1 , 1 ; we have the spasmodic cholera in Newcastk• lowing is the official report issued this day NEWCASTI.E.UPON.TYNE, DEC. 11. Remained at last report ........... New cases Total Recovered Died ... ....................... • 4 Remaining this day at 10 o'clock A. ..... I have heard of another death, that of a young this afternoon, which will of course he included is port of to-morrow, though I doubt the propriet! She was attacked on Tuesday last, and has sia ce r i4 birth to a child, but as the symptoms towards th! her :existence resembled cholera, she will be a il 0 among the rest. It is something unusual, urelP patient to have cholera for six days together. 0 4 1 I have just l earn t f rom t h e f o ll ow i ng l etter , o ' i ; I been hand e d i n t o t h e E xc h ange N ews Rooms h,er,.!: the disease has ma d e it s appearance at N orth Shiel ,, s i, " North Shields, Dec. 11, It " My DEAR Slit,-You will be sorry to bear fr o , spasmodic cholera has at length made its tig e o among us. Two cases were reported to me las t of both of which I visit e d : o ne was most d ec id e dly a h, cholera, a woman, who died this mornini6(te after the first attack. The other is a man, who what better to-day, and whose case I consider s eq'iivocal. I remain, "My dear Sir, yours most truly, f)W. " EDWARD GREEN I I:' " To Archibald Reid, Esq., Mayor of Newcastle. By the report from Sunderland, dated 10th Dearit appears th a t th ere are 17 new cases, 23 Wove deaths, and 36 remaining under treatment. sf t So far the dis e as e a pp ears i n a m ild f erns i n N'l:ceife and, as you will see by t h e o ffi c i a l report, progretoo.l slowly. God grant it may continue mild and slowly. I am, your obedient servant, tt Ei;• PHILALEI R Newcastle-on-Tyne, Dec. 11, 1831. To give an idea of the ridiculous aviditY which the insignia of the Legion of Honour ar e j ° l e gi! we cite an application really made, which without I dpi any service rendered to the State, simply found' bo s r p upon the coinciden ce th at t h e app li cant " h pr the same year, on th e same d ay , an d at t h e sable:i#ll Madame ADELAIDE." After this can any one be s# o o at hearing that the number of memorials lin# upwards of forty thousand.—French Paper. it L ARISTOCRATIC MONOPOLIES.— I. '4 Eo u nopoly of " good thi ngs ," b y t h e P eerage , has %jot' cited attention ; and p ar ti cu l ar l y s i nce t h e ir rer e ol the Reform Bill. Th e S pectator , w h ose ex teneiv lysis of their votes throw so much light on the in te oed views of that b o dy, remar k s t h at " t h e P eers 61 1 ' 11 0 to the exclusion of the rest of the community, 1..0 places which require of their occupants smalle orP ;o l body and mind,—sinecures and places approachig, ,+ necure under Government—the Army plentifo l l ( 01 1 Navy rather more s p ar i ng l y — t h e Ch urc h unife, po o The grand inter es t o f th e P eers i s to rnultiplY.s:gll; mentS at home and abroad, and to pay them b i g; keep up a large military force; to foster an e s ro Church. By these things th e y li ve . Wh e rever Itt ce oo and labour are requisite—wherever influence is abe t io there Lords are not found. The Courts fill the but there is little reciprocity of kindness; Ler mike the most of law sinecur e s, hut the bar arri °a sons has few Honourable or Right Honourable . hardlyA rtiller a y n , y w ; where ie eseniority Marines, is , therule where asimofilaPrmrinu°letio°!'°tli not one noble member. The Exchange knows no the Peerage,—not because Lords despise small gai°'', because merchants' gains mus t b e wor k e d for. l'nei things of the Co ns tit u ti on are mos tl y i n the JO; Tories, but the WM , 1 4 are not wholly without thei r ° t l - Their merit in supporting R e for m i s th e gre ater, that are called on to make substantial sacrifices for its fr, The following summary, imp er f ec t as it must b e i , omission, gives us an idea of the number of militarit l' anti clerical appointments h e ld by P eers or their c oon tions. Army-44 General Officers of various rati Colonels, 45 Lieutenant-C o l one l s , 29 M a jors, 51 , of, tains, 29 Lieutenants, 11 Ensigns a nd C orne ts, tots': Navy-32 Admirals of various ranks, 111 CaptA iri b , Commanders, 16 Lieutenants, total 174. Ch urc holci' Archbishops, 10 Bishops, 269 connections of Peer s ing Church Preferment, total 232—grand total 7 49 ' i ~. WA ,i' NEWCASTLE AND CARLISLE R,AL" 0 ( --On Friday last, a numerous meeting of the diree,, W 46: this railway was held in Newcastle, and was attei we it ioo HENRY HOWARD, Esq., of Corby Castle, a der t „ o - ri' from the Board of Directors at Carlisle, when that 0 , 0 4 ant part of the line at Cowran Hills, near Brauart erl Afti, brought under the consid e r a ti on o f th e mee ting. ties' the opinions of several eminent scientific and Pe t ! c rie ero gentlemen, as well as the report of th e i r o wn eng i t ood ts It i stone, " oppositee'P ' esittesthehde'ai otgsbt f h rrhiao e: oeviwr, reelldeaDaildt the directors finally determined that a tunnel (bell 100 the least expensive measure) of about 750 yar us oe i f should he made for a double line of road in prefereri tit an open cut. Proposals were tendered for execu ti ,trer great work by contractors from Birmingham, N0 e . .,,11 ie ton, Sheffield, and distant parts of Scotland, a' ' eg g" from Newcastle, and the neighbourhood, When i" d tbl ROBERT Witsosr and Co., of Newcastle, were declar e ) , successful candidates. These spirited con t r actors t oll been for some time in full operation with other igir It° and extensive works in various parts of the line.. tr ict completes the great contracts between the coal ( I' ll iiiii and Carlisle, by which this city will be speedily °l'd on very advantageous terms with fuel, and the CO , ° se ea will be brouelat into the receipt of a considerable r e —Carlisle Journal. , fl) ' FRIGIITFUL COACH ACCIDENT.--1 5 I ,ta serious coach accident occurred on Tuesday at noti ni e sOf place called Stannicliffe-bridge, which lies in a dag e i r k, and precipitate hollow through which glides the rive r IV dividing the townships of Middleton and Hopwootit catch carriages (for there were two of them) were, a po t ' i ; 00 belonging to Mr. HAYWARD, of Bridge-street, wh i t c ' oil' conveying two ladies of the name of Elora, from th e s ch , road to Rochdale, and the Duke of Leeds stage -4. ' 1 0J from the Royal Hotel, Manchester, with the coachoo,oo four outside passengers, there being none insiile. lo oo post coach was descending the declivity on the Miel u .,eto side of the bride, and was about half way down , ; jo the Duke of Leeds came to the top of the hill, g° in n e o. the same direction, the horses at about a gentle boost The coach advanced upon the chaise, and the coar b ''h o p Jens Horxre sort, repeatedly called out to the po t " le who was then rather on the wrong side endeavour ing t ha get over some newly spread gravel at the foot or ns ee ascent on the Hopwood side. There was still ', i f r b• enough to pass, and HoextesoN, driving close to the C '; 0 0 usoll f k,n o nt eiio r elt forward, ,ol a iiijo, r e, euik d sass , trhitihwoo i h n e:bit e i :nff r d: d t e atwho r anhendt t edD o hei eniu g szk a aooh i e a ::: :t a ohabmiego a n e ib et s ; :c or,icorl i s beh. i ing it, horses and all, across the road, Pete.; toted o n ffi ei mda g r r e , m j t ewe e r o r d ikl. ff o wed the former through a hedge and down a eteeP t he clivity of twelve or fourteen yards in depth, leaving ji, chaise With i ts f a i r i nmates rest i ng most precariou'd partly on the foot-path partly on some stout thorns , pi in a slight degree on a slender rail of fir. FortuOlitr? the hois ts a li g h te d un h urt on a narrow shelf o f so ft r u ; and, as if caut i ous o f t h e i r per il, t h ey stood witPc'ee n i moving a limb un til th ey were ex t r i cate d. The ' o g had only four outside passengers. On the carriages ce 111 ,),- in cont ac t it fl ew over i n an oppos i te di rect i on , t he c° °- j; man and passengers were all precipitated into the 1. ° 3 0 1d had these been a few yards nearer t o Middl e t on they " 11 of inevitably hive been thrown over the bridge, a brig ht e r sixteen or eighteen yards. None of th e m w e re, how e ir : iejured, and as soon ae they had r ecovere d f ro m theirs' t, prise they went to the assist ince of th e l a di es and the P %, boy. The former, though distre ss i ng ly a l ar med, were e t o trie tted without the slightest injury ; the latter went ° el with his horses, but escaped with a slight c ontusion le t one knee, and a few scrat c h es o f th e face.—Mancheit Guardian. rnlcas or TH • 43 ank Stock • ***** 3Per Cent. R e d. ker Cent Cons. ••• bitto .)tr Per Cent. gßed ew 3j4 per Cent 4 per cent Ann. per Cent 1826 ••• kink Long Ann. to Jan. 5, lef," Vet. 10, 1859.. 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