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conclusive of the question of the corn latta.—(Hear, hear) .-and he would, therefore, give his cordial good wishes and his vote for the bon. member for Middlesex. Mr. CLAY bad listened with great attention to the statement of the right hon. baronet opposite, and bad detected many fallacies in the line of argument by which he had attempted to support his position.—(Cheers.) He understood those cheers, and acknowledged they were somewhat discouraging to him in his outset of a speech in advocacy of a free trade in corn. He was of opinion that ever since the resumption of cash payments, the currency of the kingdom had been much more plentiful than it was even during the greatest rage of high prices ; and a mea sure which would go to raise prices generally, in conse quence of the alteration in the monetary standard, might be fairly recommended by those who wished to trust to a depreciated currency; but be could not conceive any excuse why a partial tax should be laid on a commodity so important as food to the community at large, and more particularly to the poorer classes—a tax which, it must be borne in mind, was no nominal tax, but a real bona fide tax levied in a gold standard of currency, and bene ficial to one particular class, to the injury of all the other industrious classes, who were compelled to bear that bur den which the agriculturists had adroitly shifted on to their shoulders. The corn laws not only increased the price of food, but they also depreciated the value of all the other products of manufacture throughout the em pire. There was no axiom so thoroughly established, as that which asserted that in all cases where any portion of manufactured goods was exported out of the country which produced them, the price which was obtained for that surplus was that by which the whole of the remainder was regulated, and consequently the British manufacturer suffered, by being obliged to take a lower price for his surplus commodity or exported goods in con sequence of not being able to exchange it against the pro duce of the foreigner who offered corn, which depreciated price, governed the price at bona?, and consequently inflicted a tenfold evil. Was it not monstrous that the agricultural classes should seek to perpetuate a law by which the price of their produce was raised at the expense of every other of the national products, which were depreciated to a much greater extent than theirs was benefited ? When hon. members talked of the necessity of affording protection to agriculture, did they not perceive that the fund out of which the price of this protection was paid was the sto ried] of every poor manufacturer in the kingdom ? (Hear, and loud cries of " Question.") He was not aware that he was in the habit of trespassing on the time of the house very often, but the present was a question of very great importance, and of peculiar interest to the working classes, and he entreated their forbearance. Tie right hon. baronet, the member for Tamwortb, on a former occasion, warned the house that is their proceed ings upon this matter they took every precaution to bar the entry of a suspicion in the people's minds that they were nut legislating for their own pockets. Now let him ask, were not the corn laws a proof that they had wholly neglected the warning of the right hon. baronet, for were not those laws oppressive to a degree upon the people, who came, year after year, with cries for relief, to which no attention was paid? Did they hesi tate to legislate on any other subject, whatever its im portance, and would they obstinately refuse to amend the laws relating to one of the most important considerations to the people—namely, their bread ? Would they con tinue, as they had done, to approach that matter with a degree of elution which would bear him out in saying, that there was an individual repugnance to consider the question ?—(The hon. member was very imperfectly heard.) There never was an act of greater injustice committed by any legislature than the adoption of a system of free trade in every other species of commerce except that of agricultural produce.—(Hear.) Why allow free trade to extend to manufactures and not to the necessaries of life ?—(Hear.) The manufacturing and trading classes were lett unprotected, while the corn laws protected the agricultural interest. The trading interest in particular was placed on the most unfair footing. The most necessary article of shipbuilding, and, above all the food of our sailors, were taxed, while other na tions exempt from those taxes had every advantage in competing with us.—(Hear, hear.) He did not blame the statesmen who introduced the free-trade system ; it was no fault of his that it did not extend to corn ; for there was every reason for believing that he was only prevented from doing so from the impossibility which he saw of carrying such a measure into effect. These laws were unjust, hut they were still more impolitic. In reply to one of the arguments of the right hon. baronet, he would only ask how much the landed interest owed to commerce? In what country were landholders in such an enviable situation as in England ? What other nobles could compete with the nobles of this country in comfort, in wealth, and splendour? And to what did they owe all these? He would tell them to our commercial prosperity.—(Hear.) Our nobles now could sell land for as much the rood as their forefathers paid for the acre. The value of land had, in fact, been quadrupled by im provements in agriculture, by draining, and by the demand for agricultural produce; and long might they enjoy th eir prosperity. Our capital and skill—our industry, intelli gence, and the sacredness of property, he hoped, would long continue. " All these things are for us"—all these bad caused England to triumph ; but he would ask the country gentlemen to read the report of the commit tee appointed to inquire into the state of trade and manufactures, and they would find that, notwithstand ing all our advantages, our trade now trembles in the balance. It was in danger from the progress made in manufactures in America, in France, in the pro aomces on the banks of the Rhine, in Switandand, and Prussia.—(Hear.) Our manufacturers of cotton goods And hardwares had there found rivals; and our prohi bitive corn laws had not only created rivals, but hostile parties. They hated us for this monopoly, and but for that would willingly take our goods in exchange for their corn. He would venture, therefore, respectfully to warn the aristocracy of their perilous state; he would call on the landholders to desist from persevering in a line of policy which was attended with deadly and imminent danger. When capital had left our shores, millions of uramployed and starving men would conic to them for sub• a :tepee, for the land alone could give them relief. Capital an tett be carried out of the country, but the landlords were bound to the soil. The argument of the right hon. b ronet relative to the prohibitory system was founded in fallacy. The greatest despots—Napoleon himself—in the nlenitude of his power—could not carry into effect a sys aam of that sort against the wishes of the people. He mill not close the continent against us ; and could we then expect to exclude the produce of the continent from this country ? The right hon. baronet bad talked of the `usury which the aboliti o n o f th e corn l aws w ou ld d o to Ireland ; but did not the same rule apply to Poland? and of Poland could not export her grain, could she juy our goods ?—(Hear, hear.) The argument of the right bon. baronet relative to the connection between the price of corn and the state of the agricultural labourer was rot a little extraordinary. He said in proportion as grain fell in price, the comforts of the labourer mere diminished. Now since 1814 the price of grain had fsllen nearly one half, yet the condition of the labourer bad rat:.'er been improved than deteriorwed. He could not, in truth, understand that logic by which it was attempted to prove that the distress of the agricultural labourer was he proportion to the cheapness of agricultural produce. The reverse was the truth. Ile foresaw prosperity and con tentment from the abolition of the law. By its con tinuance misery and discontent would ensue ; and if for want of foresight on the part of the landed interest, and from their power in that house, they should refuse to re peal the monopoly, they might depend on it the tepee] would be demanded at another time in louder tones, and by parties excited by stronger feelings. The present mo ment was favourable for the change. The landed interest would get better terms now than they could get if the remedy were delayed. The longer the delay, as in the case of the Catholic Relief Biil and the Reform Bill, the greater was the demand. That was invariably the case when the people were debarred front their rights. If the landhalere were wise they would repeal the law, and then they might look forward to a long era of prosperity. If they a;efused, he could see only a storm gathering in the politi_ „cal horizon, which would sweep away nut only the corn bye, but other laws and institutions in which they were eltealy ieterested. Never had any lauded aristocracy en joyed so long power, splendour, and security; die game h ad now become an important one, arid be hoped they would r Pty it wisely.—(Hear, bear.) Mr. E. BULLER next addressed the house, hut owing to the noise, and the manner in which he spoke, he was very imperfectly heard. He was understood to say that the agricultural interest was labouring under distress, but the way to remedy that was not to create a monopoly in corn. The aristocracy and the landowners had passed the corn laws for the purpose of getting a remunerating price, but what was the result ? Ever since the Corn Bill had passed, grain bad been falling. It had fallen from 80e. the quarter to 705., then to 665., and afterwards Co 60.. ; and at the present time it was 48s. It was absurd to attempt to make this country independent of foreign countries. It was advantageous for one country to be dependent on another. Mutual wants and mutual syrnpa ..,,, ‘ hisa 'were created by commerce, and mutual benefits mimed. — lawn impossible, in fact, for one country to be indeptiodet . .6f another, and more particularly in the ft-, ••-• attickotT corn a lwithout the greatest injury and suffering. .At 00 time grain would be superabundant, at another 4 . 7 famine would prevail. They would sea here, as in the land of Egypt, seven years of famine and seven years of plenty. It was, in fact, impossible for human foresight to provide a remedy against such evils, unless by allowing free intercourse with other countries. The present laws were no protection against low prices ; they were, in fact, the reverse. All the laws, in fact, against the free im portation of grain had led only to ruinous prices or ruin ous fluctuations. (The bon. member then entered into details, for the purpose of showing the injury done by corn laws for more than a century.) The law of 1828 had as yet worked best, but it had not bad a sufficient trial. He called on the house to consider the state of other countries, and more particularly the north of Ger many, and see the danger which might arise if the Ger man states should join with Prussia in increasing the tariff on British manufactures. The learned gentleman stated it as his conviction that the high honour of the I British farmers was rapidly wearing away, and that the present system, if not beneficially altered, would be pro ductive of the most injurious consequences.—(Hear.) Mr. EWART rose to move that the further considera tion of the subject be postponed till to•morrow.—(Hear.) It was quite obvious that a question of such deep im portance could not in one evening receive the ample dis cussion to which every member in that house must feel it was entitled.—(Hear.) After a few observations from Mr. LEECH, even the tendency of which was unintelligible in the gallery, the further consideration of the question was adjourned till this evening. SPIRIT LICENSES (SCOTLAND). Mr. GILLON said that in moving for leave to bring in a bill for better regulating the grantingof certificate, to retail ale, spirits, wine, &c., in Scotland, as he did not expect he should be opposed in this preliminary step, he would not detain the house by going at any length intro the subject, but would very briefly advert to the changes which be proposal to effect. His object tv,s to make the ma chinery less cumbrous, and be hoped more satisfactory to all pirties concerned than at present. Ist, As to the jurisdiction ; this he proposed in counties to transfer from the justices of the peace to the sheriff, and be did so, be cause lie conceived that the power of granting licenses, instead of resting with an unpaid and irresponsible magis tracy, liable to be influenced by local prejudices, should be vested in a paid and responsible officer, who was be sides at the head of the police of the county, and respon sible for the peace of the district. Had the old system of self-election continued in the royal burghs, he should certainly have proposed to transfer their jurisdiction also to the sheriff ; but seeing that those magistrates were now popularly elected, that the control of public opinion was a guarantee that they would not abuse the power reposed in them, and that they had also the best means of judging of the qua lifications of applicants, besides being responsible for the good order of tber several burghs, he was disposed to allow the power efgranting certificates to remain in their hands. He would introduce a clause conferring a similar jurisdic tion on the magistrates of parliamentary burghs. Having thus fixed the jurisdiction, he meant to curtail considerably the discretionary power of the magistrate, and to bind him by fixed rules contained in the bill, and to simplify the operation very much by dispensing with the annual appli cation for renewal of licenses on the part of those who formerly held them, and bad conducted themselves with propriety. Some suggestions had been made to him as to separating ale from spirit licenses, making the one cheaper than the other. This and some others did not fall within his original intention, and he did not propose to embody them in the first draft of the bill; but they could be easily incorporated with it in Committee, should it be permittal to reach that stage. After a short conversation, the gallery was cleared fur a division, when the numbers were, Ayes Noes Majority in favour of the motion... —27 HOUSE TAX. Whilst the gallery was cleated for the above division, Lord ALTHORP moved for leave to bring in a bill for the repeal of the house tax, and did so even at that I tte hour of the night, as he did not contemplate any objection to the introduction of the measure. The noble lord stated that the extent of relief which the bill proposed would afford to the public amounted to no leas a sum than 1,170,0001., and in selecting this tax as a measure of re lief in preference to that of the window tax, his deter mination had been founded on the consideration that he should give relief to 62,000 houses which contributed to the house tax, and not to the window tax. The motion was agreed to. Lord JOEIN RUSSELL obtained leave to bring in a bill to provide for the trial of charges of general bribery and corruption in cities and boroughs sending members to serve in parliament. Lord Viscount AIOLYNEUX brought up tLe repor of the Warwick Election Bill Committee. Mr. HALCOMB thought the house ought not to allow the further progress of this bill, till the petition, to which he bad alreldy adverted on former occasions, praying that Leamington Priors should not be joined toWarwick, should have been fully considered. After a few words from Lord illor.vNEux and Mr. RUTHYEN, The SPEAKER put the question, and said, " I think the Ayes have it." Mr. HALCOMB here declared the Noes had it.—(A laugh.) The gallery was consequently cleared for a division, but none took place. The report of the Smuggling Acts Amendment Bill was further considered. The Anatomy of Criminlla (Ireland) Bill went throng' a committee. Lord ALTHORP presented a bill for repealing the house duty, which wds read a first time, and ordered to be re id a second time on Monday. Lord JOHN RUSSELL presented his bill to provide for the trial of charges of general bribery and corruption in cities aid boroughs, sending members to serve in Parliam.nt. Mr. SHELL deferre,l his motion relative to communi cations mule between this country and Russia, relative to the late affairs of Russia and Turkey, till Friday, the 14th March. Mr. FOWELL BUXTON gave notice that he would move f)r an inquiry into the state and condition of the native inhabitants of the countries in and adjacent to the colonies under the dominion of Great Britain. The house adjourned at twenty minutes past one. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yester lay a Court of Common Council wai held. Mr. C. PEARSON addressed the Court upon the neces sity of adding all they could acquire to the evidence which had been taken by the Corporation Commissioners, and then moved resolutions to the following fleet:— " That the Court was highly gratified to learn that the Cor poration Commissioners had expressed their satisfaction with the manner in which the City officers, and particularly the Town-Clerk, had given their evidence ; that as Reports would be made by the Commissioners upon the evidence they had taken, it was expedient that the Court should carefully examine the evidence given by their officers and others, and that they should express a Corporate opinion upon the alterations, if any, which it might be desirable to make in their municipal institu tions ; that a Committee, consisting of the Lord Mayor, all the Aldermen, and all the Commoners (any 21 members to form a quorum), to examine the evidence, and to report their opinion thereon with the utmost practicable despatch, in order that the Court might, if they saw fit, submit the same to the Commis sioners before they made their report." Mr. TICKNER thought that the interference of the Court would he a usurpation of the functions of the Com missioners. --(No, no.) Mr. Alderman WINCHESTER thought that the interfer ence was premature and unnecessary. After opposition from Alderman Brown, Sir Peter Laurie, Sir C. Marshall, Deputy Westwood, Deputy Wood ; and support from Mr. Wile, Deputy Blackett, and Mr. Galloway, the resolutions were carried without a division. It w.ta stated that the Court of Aldermen had deter mined to apply to Parliament for leave to bring in a bill to consolidate the day and night police. Mr. FIGGINS was proceeding to make some remarks upon the adoption of this step, after the failure of the mo tion in the Common Council, when The Lotto MAYOts arid the acts of the Court of Alier men must nut be discussed there.—Adjourned. A MONSTER.—On Monday and Tuesday last, a man named Daniel Bindley, a pearl button maker, at Birmingham, was examined before the magistrate, at the public office in that town, on a charge of having wan tonly stabbed several females in the public thoroughfares of that neighbourhood. It appeared by the evidence that five respectable females had been stabbed on different Sun days, in the same neighbourhood, by some miscreants, and they all identified the prisoner as the person.—A Mrs. Wait .m, of Handsworth, was struck by him on two occa. sions ; on the latter she was wounded in the thigh. The instrument used appeared to the witnesses, from the nature f th e wound it inflicted, to resemb:e an awl. Tne pri soner, who is about thirty years of age, and has a wife and iwo children, appeared quite unconcerned during the ex amin4tion. He was committed for trial at the next Staf ford assizes. —Manchester Guardian. mic:Es OF STOCKS 'mil Rank Sttcx 3 re , Cent. Het!. 3 per Cent. Cons. 91%14 % % 3% pc r Cent. shut Li. t`o Itet , Slew 3Y4 per Cent. ...... 98%% 'I ver Cent. Ann. 17'26 7:- 4 per Cent. 1820 Bank Long Ann. to expire Jan. 5, 1&O shut Oct. 10, 1859 - Jan. 5, 1860 17% 7-16 Jan. 5, 1880 - April 5, 1880 - Jan. 5, 1870 - PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds 10 2 1,, Belgian Bonds 99 Ditto Account 99 1 ,E Brazilian Bonds - 74 ;' Ditto Account 73N 4 Buenos Ayres Bonds —.26% Ditto Account 0 6 1 4 Chilian Bonds o-: Ditto Account 27 Columbian Bonds Ditto Account 25 Ditto Bonds, 1824 2 6 3%77 Ditto Account . 27 Danish Bonds . 75 1 4 3y Ditto Account 7.53 Greek Bonds — Ditto Bonds, 1825, 29N Ditto Account — Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent 31% Ditto Account — Inn o, 6 per cent 39N 40 Ditto Account .39N Neapolitan 99 THIS DAY AT ONE 0 CLOCK. Peruvian Bonds 22.1A Ditto Account Portuguese Bonds Ditto Account 67 Ditto New Bonds Ditto Acconnt 67_6% 7 Prussian Bonds - Ditto Bonds, 1822 lO3 ;Russian Bonds, 1822 10 4 1,E Ditto Account lO4 >(, ; Ditto 111 1061,. f Spanish Bonds, 1821 1231% Ditto Ace. Ditto Bonds, 18:23 3 0 34 Ditto Account 29 V4 French Rentes, sp. c. —f. ' -- Exchange —l7 _..c. ----3 per cent. 77f. 2)c. ........._ r Exchange 251.30c. Dutch, p. c 50%14 Ditto Account 50 1 1,4 1 Ditto, sp. c 97 Ditto Account 97% PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Alten Mining Company £7 11 34% Anglo Mex. Min. co. (iss. at 5/. pm ) £lOO 8 Bolanos Mining Company £l5O 137►,4 Brazilian Mining Company £s 15 Brazilian imp. Min. Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) £2O 61 34 Ditto Macaubas Cocaes 2234 29►36 Ditto St. John Del Rey . lO 81 Cata Branca Mining Company : 354 Mritish Iron Mininv Company £so 29% Columbil.n MininA Co. (iss at 5/.pm.) 5234 914 English Mining Company .......... General Mining Association l2 -.... Hibernian Mining Co. £lo 3% Mexican Mining Co £4B 934 Real del Monte Mining C 0.... (unreg.) 42 rimed Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 21. pm.) 40 934 Ditto New Scrip 5 1 I q Alliance Fire Insurance Comp lO 11% Protector Ins t trance Comp. Australian Co. Canada Company General Steam Navigation Co. National Provincial Bank of England 15 13% Rio Doce Prcvincial Bank of Ireland 25 4134 1 PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, MARCH 4, Batik Stock Consols, 3 ver cent Gov. Stock, 3% per cent. 96% National Ditto Ditto, New ... 96% 'Patriotic Ditto I per Cent — Hibernian Bank 23% Gov. Deb. 3% percent.... 89 Provincial Ditto Royal Canal Stock ......... 40% i Royal Irish Mine Grand Canal Stock —'lmperial Mine City Dcb. 4 per cent. — 'Mining Co. of Ireland Ballast (Vice Deb. 4v. c. 92 Commercial Buildings..., _ HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning —.52 minutes after 0. Evening...l6 minutes after 1, TO SUBSCRIBERS. We regret that, in consequence of an accident towards the con. elusion of working off our Second Edition last night, a few of our subscribers were unavoidably disappointed. In this instance no blame whatever attaches to the News.agents ; and we shall endeavour to prevent such disappointments in future. c'fbir *14114 LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 7, 1834. Lord WYNIFORD has very properly withdrawn his notice for leave to bring in a Bill for the better observance of the Sabbath. How could he presume to take it out of better hands, or suppose for a moment that Sir ANDREW AGNEW would not redeem his pledge of last session? The bill is exclusively Sir AN.! DREW'S. To deprive him of the merit and glory of it would amount to sacrilegious rob bery. His lordship has wisely wined his attention to a subject more connected with his own calling, and one which has been long a crying grievance, namely, the difficulty of recovering judgments in courts of law. By the most unaccountable lenity, the law of England seems more favour able to the swindler, the pickpocket, or the felon, than it is to the injured party. If a per• ' son commits a felony, the magistra'e, of the pure English breed, never fails to inculcate on him the duty of self-preservation, and caution him against saying anything that can lead to the punishment of crime. His great object in. deed seems to be, not to render justice to the injured, but to guard the criminal against indiscretion, and shut his mouth lest he should in any way betray his nefarious practices. The same principle pervades our law relative to money transactions. Though judgment be given against the defendant, that judgment cannot be enforced but at the greatest annoyance, expense, and difficulty ; nay, so lenient is the law to the unprincipled defendant, that if he only takes care to put money in his pocket he may successfully set it at defiance. When judg ment is obtained in England he has only to cross over to Ireland to delay proceedings. When the process is gone through there, he can flee to France, then to another country, and, in fact, go on compelling the prosecutor to institute as many processes as there are different states in the world. The Bill of Lord WYNFORD will do away with this grievance as far as regards the British dominions, and that is all that the Le- gislature can do, but something more is required of the Government. Owing to the bad feelings excited by a long war, in which national antipathies and prejudices had so large a share, it had become difficult for the states of Europe to agree on any commercial international law which could apply to all of them. A peace of twenty years has now nearly effaced these pre judices, and the time is arrived when some general measure may be adopted which in every country may protect the rights of property, and compel a creditor to p a y hi s j ust d e b ts . No honest Governm en t cou ld o bj ect to such a law. With the good understanding that exists between England and France, the latter would not raise objections to a proposition on the part of our Government merely fir the profits derived from the residence of a few pro fligate characters at Calais and Boulogne, and a commercial country like America could not oppose a measure attended with so many reci pr ocal advantages. Members of Parliament and fraudulent traders would then be more cautious in contracting debts, when their property could be attached with more facility and no resting place found for them among civilised nations. A very interesting Parliamentary paper, re specting Exciseable articles, which had been moved for a few days ago by Mr. SPRING RICE, has just been published under the following head An account of the quantities of the several articles charged with duties of Excise in the four years ended sth January, 1834, dis tinguishing each year; and a comparison of the last year, with the average of the three pre ced ing years." greater, the comforts of the people be still more improved, and the revenue be considerably in creased. Mr. SPRING RICE, we perceive, has an nounced his intention of moving for a call of the House against the time when the question of the repeal of the union comes on for dis cussion. We are glad of this announcement, for it will be the means of disposing of Mr. O'CONNELL'S hobby in a way that, though he cannot fail to anticipate the result, will be far, indeed, from meeting with his approbation. We confidently look forward to such an over vthelming majority against repeal, as will all but crush it for ever. If Mr. O'CONNELL can manage to entrap half a dozen votes beyond those of his own tail, we shall be both surprised and mortified. Every Englishman, who has an ounce of common sense in his composition, knows well that repeal is the forerunner of separation—as surely, as inevitably the fore runner—as is the night of the morning. The great question of the corn laws was brought forward last night, in the House of Commons, by Mr. HUME, in a speech charac terised by calmness of temper and cogency of argument. The hon. member proved incon testibly that while the con] laws pressed grie vously on the manufacturing interests they afforded no good to the agriculturists themselves. This, in our opinion, is the strongest argument that can be adduced for their repeal. The landed interest only fancy that the corn laws afford them protection ; for, in rea lity, they only gradually but surely tend to waste the substance of the farmer, while they cramp the enterprise of his fellow -countryman, the manufacturer. Mr. HUME very justly ad mitted that the interest of the farmer and the manufacturer was one and the same, seeing tha t what affected either party seriously must be participated in by the other. It was, therefore, the bounden duty of the legislature to take care at one party should not be protected at the expense of the other, but to deal out an equal measure of justice to both. Now this could not be the case if the manufacturer were compelled to buy food at home at a higher price than he could obtain it abroad in exchange for the pro duce of his labour. Yet such was the direct operation of the present corn laws. Sir JAMES GRAHAM resisted the motion in a speech of great length ; in which he contended, that if the motion of Mr. HOME were granted " the effect would be to bring two-thirds of the landed property of England into the market. Not only would it prove a measure of confisca tion, but it would be equal to an Agrarian law.—(Cheers.) In fact, it would not only be destructive of one particular class in the state, but' of the stwe itself.--(Lbud cheers.)" Not withstanding the cheers of the agriculturists at this sweeping conclusion of the Right Honourable Baronet (who candidly admitted that he derived hi; principal income from land) we humbly think he was as much at sea in his argument as in the sad consequences which he predicted from the success of the motion. But we have not space to enter further into the sub- The question stands adjourned to this evening, and we shall not be surprised if another adjournment take place. The general opinion is that the motion will not be carried this session ; but ultimately the cause of reason and justice must p ar r e ev a ail. tthisNe moment t y a bl ti a mni ve t that rydi the str agriculturists essedstate but a continuance of the corn laws will not ben e fi t them—it only makes their condition worse. Therefore it is that we wish to see a monopoly which starves the consumer while it im poverishes the producer, abolished —in mercy to both parties, for ever abolished. ect. The French papers of Wednesday are as bar ren of news as those of the preceding day. They contain no news from Spain, nor, indeed, f rom any quarter of the Continent. It appears that the French Government has given direc tions to prevent the landing of some Polish generals, said to be on board of an Austrian It appears by this important document that there has been a considerable increase upon almost all the Exciseable articles during the last year, as compared with an average of the three preceding years. In auctions there has been an increase of duty amounting to 355,9231. The increased consumption of flint glass amounts to. '771 cwts.; of plate glass to 995 cwts. ; crown glass, 28,252 cwts.; broad glass, 2,301 cwts. ; green glass, 7,849 cwts. ; total amount, 40,126 cwts. In hops the increase has been 4,755,808 lbs. Licenses have increased in number by 30,119, which is probably owing to the Beer Bill. The in crease in malt 3,470,292 bushels. In paper, first class, the increased consumption has been very large, amounting to 6,117,2511b5. Millboard, &c., only 1,671 cwts. Stained paper an increase of 1,025,026 yards. The increase in hard soap is 22,627,3681b5. soft do. 1,663,7811b5. In starch 1,028,2461b5. Stone bottles 2,394 cwts. In tea an increase of 1 ,299,2241b5., and vinegar 337,863 gallons. The only articles in which there has been a decrease are bricks 51,862,932 in number. Spirits 138,090 gallons. This decrease is oc casioned by the great falling off in Ireland ; for it appears that there has been an increase in the consumption of spirits in England and Scotland amounting to 483,138 gallons, while in Ireland the decrease amounts to 621,228 gallons, giving a balance of 138,090 in favour of the average of the three preceding years. The only other article in which there appears a decrease is sweets, and that is trifling, 416 gallons. The conclusion at which we arrive by the preceding returns is highly favourable ; for there appears to be a progressive improvement in all those articles ofgeneral consumption by the middle and humbler classes of society. ,ye are, however, of opinion, that if certain taxes were more fairly apportioned, the consumption would be still vessel from Dalmatia. The banking-house of ROULLAND and Co., of Rouen, stopped pay ment on the 3d inst., but to what amount is not stated : FRENCH FUNDS.—PARIS, MARCH 5. Five per Cents., 106 f. 25c. 35c. Three per Cents., 77f. 25c. 35c. Bank Actions, 1,780 f. Rente de Naples, 93f. 20c. Roman Five per Cents., 93%. Rente d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 27 Rente d'Espagne, Three per Cents., 39%. Royal Spanish Loan, 79%. Rente Perpet. d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 61%. Belgian Loan, 1831, Five per Cent., 99 , 4. Haytian Loan, 280 f. The Journal de Frankfort informs us that the projected rail-road from Hamburg to Lubec has been suddenly put a stop to, in consequence of the King of DENMARK refusing his con sent, on the plea that the increased travelling by that route to St. Petersburgh would lead to a diminution of the duties levied by the Danish Government for passing the Sound. This may be good reasoning on the part of his Danish MAJESTY, but it is very illiberal conduct. The only alternative of the parties is to buy per mission. The German Papers contain news from Con stantinople of the 4th of February, at which time tranquillity prevailed ; the SULTAN ap peared daily in public, and pursued his favourite plans of reform. A continuance of peace was anticipated, and the affairs of the Porte were going on more favourably than usual. VIENNA, FEB. 24.—Five per Cent. Metalliques, 97i; Four per Cent., 88 1-16 ; Bank Shares, 1,245 1-s.—Allgemeine Zeilung, March 1. MR. HALCOMB AND MR. STANLEY. We are authorised to state that the difference which arose on the debate in the House of Commons on Wednesday evening between Mr. Halcomb and Mr. Stanley, the member for Cheshire, led to a communication on the following morning from Mr. Halcomb to Mr. Stanley; in consequence of which, the affair was placed in the hands of General Sir John Byng, M.P. for Poole, on the part of Mr. Stanley, and of Captain Dundas, R.N., the member for Greenwich, in behalf of Mr. Halcomb. The result has been an adjustment of the differences, to the entire satisfaction of all parties, and the reconciliation of both gentlemen. S DAY AT ONE o'cr.ocK. New 5 per Cent. —. India Stock Ditto Bonds... 29 31 pm. South Sea Stock Old Annuities... — New Ditto — 1:1 per Cent. Ann. 1751 - !Ex. Bills, £l,OOO 49 48 pm. IDitto 500 49 48 pm. i Ditto Small • ; Ditto Commercial . —.,pm. ; IDitto Advertised pm. • Bank for Account •llndia for Account • I Cons. for Account ... 91 1 ,4% i% THE TEA SALE.-(THIS DAY.) This morning the attendance of buyers was again very great, but, as soon as the presiding director had taken his seat, A BROKER wished to address the Court, but was prevented by loud cries of " Proceed with the sale," and after some time he handed in what was understood to be a protest against the proceedings of the Court of Directors. The sale then commenced. The first lot was knocked down at Is. 4 4d. to Mr.Varnham, after considerable delay. Mr. NICIIOLSON wished to know if it was with the autbo. rity of the Court of Directors that the auctioneer was so long before he declared the buyer. If the sale was prevented in this way it would not be finished till June.—(Hear.) The CHAIRMAN replied that the course followed by the trade was a departure from the usual mode of procedure. If they did not bid as quick as usual the auctioneer could not declare the buyer so soon as was customary. The sale again went on, and the few first lots went from Is. to Is. Sid. per lb. Some competition has since sprung up, and prices have advanced to Is. 7 4d. per lb. COURT FOR THE RELIEF OF INSOL. Beef—,. Mutton. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) mains extremely heavy, and hardly CORN E'XTCHANGE . This week there is a fair return of most kinds of g rain, ..- withstanding the boisterous weather. The Wheat Mgr.: Barley, Beans, and Pease are unaltered• Oats found buye; Fl slowly that the terms of Monday have not been supported• Flour trade is excessively heavy. ARRIVALS. Flour. Wheat. Barley. Oats. I 5 "01 3,620 qrs 6,230 s,iw i 4,950 supports Mondays t English . Irish , Foreign B:r n —"Sti " 111 I d e 3 7 ......... a1.e . 5 26 , per lk. lr , n i p ß er y i e al Quarter. slipease...,__oolo GENERAL AVERAGE PRICE Ol• B.• For the Week ended Feb. 28, 1834, made up fro% .._ , g on 4 of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Tow s w '-""' , 61. 8ean5........... 3 is. a Wheat-- 48s. 4d.1 Oats ..... .• 18s. Od.l 345. "- I iiPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE SIX WEEKS Pat!'. l. gd, Wheat-...... 485. &II Oats 18s. 24.1 8ei11a5,....... in 7d• w. 8ar1ey.......- 275. 4d, I R 31s. °i I Pease "" ... M ye ...-....... - Wheat„.......- 383. Bd. I Oats 19s. 911 Beans..•• '..f_'_. 9d• Barley , . , --.215. 4d.1 Rye 22-i. 911 Pea5e,,,,,,, 10 DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. ...a.. ~.. ' the Retut4l° SMITH FIEL: This day's supply of Beasts, limited, and indifferent in quali barely Monday's quotations. 1 1 rous, and t old steadily at their horns, with her small Calf, pro PRICES PER STONE OF 8L s. d. to s. d. Inferior Beasts 2 0 2 2 Second quality ditto 2 6 3 0 Prime large Oxen 3 8 310 Prime Scots, &c...„ 3lO 4 0 Inferior Sheep 2lO 3 2 Second quality ditto 4 0 4 4 Coarse-woolled ditto 4 8 5 0 Southdown Wethers 5 0 5 2 SUPPLY, AS PER CI Beasts. Sheep. I I 310 2,150 .=.---- -- 7 , D MARKh f Sheep, Calves, and porkers ity. The trade was very dttilt.A, Old' CoWd were rather nt!,. daustciwnegefkr'osinprgioa2ulsLeful SW BS. TO SINK THE OFFAL% , s. d. ; I P Large Lambe ......... 0 0 „0 Prime small ditto... 6 2 510 Large coarse Calves 3 4 Prime small ditto... 4 8 ,' 6 Large Hogs ......... 3 0 '', 0 Small Porkers.. ..... 3 9 di. Suckling Calves 123. to3oJ•rs-b. Quarter oldrige P2s. to WS,- .EEK'S STATE 3 lENT. C a l v es. 131 et, inferior NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL MANKETS At per sto 2 ne 4 , by l si t u h t e to C n a , rc i :s eri . I. 4 ' Be - s. d. to S. ci. o s middling 2 4 210 ----- middling.. 3„v 518 or ... 2 t 5 4 prime large 3 2 3 4 - prime ...... 3 5 ---- prime small 3 4 3 Pork,large ............ 3 2 6 Veal 3 0 4 8 ..... 3 4 . ._.---...---- COLONIAL MARKETS—(THIS DAY.) to BRITISH PLANTATION SUGAR —The market is firm, bat,,,,, small quantity of sugar on show prevents much business.e f'd deliveries for home consumption have increased, and aro, those of the first month in last year by 4,000 hhds.,esL of stock is now only 800 hhds. more than last year. Th _ 7 the week ending this morning have been about 2,200 bh4.04 FOREIGN SUGARS.—There is more doing in these sugwars;froo prices are more firm. Bahias have sold at 265. per c t :_ h ite low to middling white ; brown Rios at 225. ; and g o od w s ; g o hasi EAST increased, e l a N s e D d I , A a S h u d o SUGARS.—The Pernams at 265. to 275. per cwt. The stock of Hava a n is about 10,000 boxes under that of last year. s srerd f a h y e proved prices, grocery sorts fetching 6d. per cwt.. ~.m o rls prices, good soft yellows fetching 58s per cwt. The Mos a b h u ou si t ne 6 s o The stock is considerable, and of foreign desCriptions the . o f only 69,000 bags, against 84,000 bags in the sam e weeic. last year. COFFEE.—Holders SUGARS.—There is scarcely anY of British Plantation are firm, but ; buyers will only purchase at lower prices. There has bee° , colo er ' fair business doing in foreign coffees '. privately. , o fte. descriptions are Is. to 2s. per cwt. dearer, the being ~ g , The stock of British Plantation is lower than y for le"' P ls iv The export of foreign coffees has increased. The sultoo . East India coffees has exceeded that of last year bl ,sooino bMasgusri:oildns abluiggres°. bags. e Rtrat.—There is a very limited demand, and prices ar ri oll SALTPETRE is lower, about 8,000 bags, having sr during the week. ofddl i l SPlCES.—Cassia Lignea is in demand, low to go o d ' or more lug has realized 765. to 795. per cwt. Pepper is after, and about 3,000 bags are for sale to -day. dis ° II THE TEA TRADE.—The delay attending the East In aid has paralyzed business. The country trade is nauch in w e s 4e , a supply. The Company and the revenue will lose cr;ir; rably, if the sale goes on as it commenced this 11 60 is THE Fug TRADE.—An extensive sale of furs and , 5 , 40, 00 0 now in progress. The sale comprises upwards of ,'" sod thing doing. skins ; consisting of raccoon, bear, fox, martin„bg.l4 pro . Cain cp L o ,a i r. c i : woodDwi s T : ___.• o c i o . s various other descriptions. The sale, as far as i t ceeded, has gone off at high prices. Com pany . I°f INDIGO.—The declaration by the East India . 0 . 0 . te the April sale is expected to reach 5,000 chests, incluo l . , h th a e nd s s a o le f s on h e av fi e rm. private trade. The sales are moderate. , t int} exceeded 5,000 bales, at an 3:l: B ni ag inri:gl i —TD in S h T ebr t e i e e remain ti r t se e ra i n s d dull ea a a i i i n ,: cd a r : n e e d as a ti s l de increased rsedtdolcrinnka,taahbnie,eddri nfogtrheiehsxiewel:eeTyt:i.: on c su oc ra o t A s . ,2 T d. h t e o s t a d l . es on ha ß v o e wed go s h , e f d. on - r 0.- a o n fr d 4Ordinal Trinidad has fetched 365. 6d. to 455. 6d. per c wt. t , better. ,-1d t° TALLOW.—The market is at 445. to 445. 3d. P er "1 .1 - SPA There are some —noon ..- a • pretty large sales this aft --- • re - ' PETRE, PEPPER, BRAZ . 1 ,, c which a , ~-4 IL SUGAR COO."' pr ice s. petted to obtain in mo s t i nstanc e s improved , -etc COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DU Per Quarter. Blandford Brigg Cambridge,,, Chard ~..... Fluntingdon—,.— Long Sutton....--. Louth -----...." Newark Nottingham Peterborough Plymouth Sleaford Uppingham Wisbech Wheat. S. to S. -- 54 40 58 48 56 58 63 56 64 48 54 50 60 57 60 46 51 39 48 50 64 Barley. S. S• - 21 36 40 _ 26 24 ' 2B 23 2`3 65 70 42 47 48 62 LEEDS CORN . Wheat, Norfolk and Suffolk, - York. and Lincoln. Barley, Norfolk and Softlk . 28 32 22 25 o 9 40 29 33 25 29 30 34 43 33 39 28 32 20 33 MARKET.. 601 b.. ........ . Yorkshire and Lincoln Grinding Beans 631 Oats, Potatoe —Mealing, For. 12d. to 13d i 13edpi ING 1 " W 6 . t s i so 26 34 0 3 4 0 0 3 , 2 4 0 28 37 41 S 6 00 ..... b .................. . ................................. 11 b. ...... ... Oats• .--- S. S. to 22 •-• ~,,, 2 03. ~ ................................................................... . ...................................................... 16 IS 21 13 90 23 0 28 22 26 g. 2 14 'shire ..•• •• 0000000000 .”.... 1b............ Shelling ............... ... . ........... - __t to- ' Rapeseed, English, . 2 . 5/ . . .t . ... ....... ...... Foreign, --- . ...... ch 5 • tpiy gh JUUTHALL MA itli.El.--Mar -, o dera. - J.,ai ~ In this day's market, which exhibited a . .ly atten,T;ttoa supply throughout, and was rather nu merou.,....f and ",, 01 buyers, but, with the exception of the primest .r.,`,,de Wal l , o / having met with some little degree of brisknessLL: the 0 itti. dull, at the following prices per stone of 81b. to 5 , 7 5. 4 a. to r 8eef.,,,,,...,.,,,,,,,,,, 3s. 01 to 4s. Od. I Vea1............ 3 9 6 00 tionary. Beasts, 143 ; Sheep, 1,01 • Mutton 0 I Pork.-.....,----• stone loweru, op The foregoing quotations are Beef 2d. I , Tr a nd Pork's A on this day se'nniglit; prices of Mutton, Veal' pigs, 0 ' ' ket ans clia " small portion of the supply left the mar Calves , '". t ItU _ g alves, 145. 1 t0 00 305. ME. ORD MA ltl(B.1%-"'"a"ft 5. d ' 4 l 6. • 4 B of A. d. to s. d. Murton Sucklin C Mulch Cows, with their small Calf, 91. to RV. 103. Supply moderate, and trade dull 54 1 Q o(l ii aPI Veal te ra r ki o '''''''''''' ''''''''''''''''' :3 1 3- 2 13:3t0 14;9 HAII,SHAM MARKEL — Ad d. 3s. 6d. to 4s. Od. I 1, 4 ~ 4 4 4 5 4 I Pork 0 8 Supply moderate, and tradedl. 6 1 . to 0 AltU NDEL MA ItKET —March 4. jto 5 ; 1 Beef. -----• as. Od. to 4s. Pd. I 4 . 10 Mutton 4 0 5 2 .1 ` Pt, Lamb 65 O. to 6 3 . "...a hr t --18 Supply rather limited ; bad e w ith , pr ime me otherwise dull. o. 9 ' l ' march 5 '., to- CHICH ES'I'ER M AIMEE— 4 8eef—,.....„......... 3s. 2d. to 4s Oct I Veat,........ , .---* ii n 8 I c I S. Mutton ............ 2 - 2 50 j Pork ~•-••••••••••••,A w - s toc [Alb Os. Oct. too 8. °"' ow fat 6 Supply of fat Beasts moderdtely good, - doing. mited ; trade rather dull. In lean stock little malt it r individuals who are introduFeJP.Y Walpole, the al p f o o l l e lo , w L i , n r g d ;--Lord Avening, Falkland , e ,uB S t i i ii .us E in G div . , . ER TON BR YDGES.--Arri°ll.gi trt4:o S_ a tr .,hy g , „ o ri Brydges in his new work, 4 , Imaginatlve Biog. t chess of Newcastle, Ea a ; n Sto u l Erl I , o Devonshire, Lord Brdckley, Sir Busy— &c. &c. &c. the BIRTHS. We,nnioster, On the 6th inst., in Great George-street, lady of Dr. ' Lushington, M.P of a daughter. , 5 ,1 01 ' On Wednesday the sth inst ., " at her residence, I**°' ington-place, Mrs. Cabell, of a daughter. rl of Pembroke, Charles P i , fio L Gr r e d v i I C I e b , a L n o d r°tls )211r.00°Faegl.: MARRIED. _ Ao the S Aa 1; On the 6th inst., by the Lord Bishop of lio" --° ' only 4 terE. . f Tyler, pi v r i e e c R to o r b o e f r t S , o t..G , , Giles- f t huee-dfife,cdds.., sq to u a J r a e n .... e : i aca , 0 voi • : Co l ' On the sth inst., at Leven, near Beverley, P` r ,,ii tt, ' - ie " . t, lett, Esq., youngest son of the late Ebenezer John `',.. te c liar r : o of Locker's-house, Hemel Hampstead, to Cha rl° ' ofi ,ev ' i ti . re cto o r , s op ., second daughter of the Rev. George Sampson, iviaryieboe oloc, Price, On the sth inst., at Christ Church, RrNi_ce,, Cunningham-place, hEalinizapbleatche,Asntn.i.dia:nithwterooodf Wood, Thomas - , s-par iL v. On the 3d inst., at St. Mary's Church, d t o '''. I' th e Thomas gi e f o rd, tft , e : te il: Thomas Cottle, M.A., of Pembroke College, °Q f,s ' cl.• ' 4 t Georgiana, only child of William Bowell Sheen' former place. On Onttihwe 4 5 t t h h i n i i is s t t . . , , aßtesbaecycHaie,.reilaiccte' mile_end o f the late Willia nz a a Esq., of Alperton, near Harrow-on-the at the -Hill, w iv ith e r c r :l ife °i age of 88. -I the W go' Thomas Daplyn, Esq aged P in gtOsq t sinst., at Ed On the I " wartl es- place, Ke ns I.zetitia Bickham, a ge d 67 . _ro.-, VENT DEBTORS. The Matters of the Petitions and Schedules of the Pri soners hereinafter named (the same having baen Sled in the Court) are appointed to be head, at the Court house, in Portugal-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, on Tues day, the 11th of March, 1834, at Nine o'clock in the Forenoon. Corbit, J., coal-dealer, Clerkenwell-close. Collins, T., grocer, Strand. Fitzgerald, T., provision-dealer, Cowper street, City-road. Jones, D., milkman, Upper North-place, Gray's Inn-lane. Hill, B. G., journeyman linen-draper, Holborn-hill. Thomas, 8., carpenter, Nine Elms, Battersea. Stokes, J. E., stockjobber, Newmarket terrace, Hackney-road. Wood, T., master chimney-sweeper, Cambridge-mews, Pad dington. Waterman, J., out of business, Le Trappe, Saint John-street, Hampstead. Fitzgerald, T., engineer, Bride-lane, Fleet-street. Young, W., baker, Pump Pall, Croydon. Thompson, A., tea-dealer, Saint George's-circus, Southwark. ADJOURNED. Riches, H. H., tutor, Park-street, Camden.town. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY. FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, MARCH 6.—Wind S, W., moderate.—Arrived from the River the Colonist, for Barbadoes ; Ravenswood, Robert son, for Pernambuco; and Violet, Childs, for Oporto. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 6.—A heavy gale last night from W.S. W. to W., but moderated this morning-7 P.M., fresh gales from W. N. W. to W., and squally.—Arrived off port the Russian, Hall, from Rio Janeiro, PLYMOUTH, MARCH s.—Wind S.W. FALMOUTH, MARCH s.—Wind W.S. W., strong gales and squally. HOLYHEAD, MAlicii s.—Arrived the Taurus, Jolly, from Sierra Leone. LIVERPOOL, MARCH s.—Arrived the Algenguin, Cropper, from Charleston ; Hope, Grimshire, from New York ; John Bentley, Robertson, from St. John's, New Brunswick ; Susan, Haire, from St. Michael's; and Verdant, Brown, from Marseilles. GREENOCK, MARCH 4.—Arrived the Mary, Campbell, from Demerara; and Elizabeth, from Marseilles. DUBLIN, MARCH 5.--Arrived the Nanta, Blayle, from Cadiz. CORK, MARCH 4.—Arrived the Margaret, Stanford, from Messina; and Janet, Reid, from Sicily. SWANSEA, MARCH s.—Arrived the Cobrero, Bawser, from St. Jago de Cuba. PENZANCE, MARCH s.—Arrived off port the Johan Julius, Toosby, from St. Thomas's. The Isabella, Thompson, from Liverpool to Glasgow, and the Matthews, Milward, from ditto to Ireland, were wrecked off the Isle of Man the Ist instant. The Little Liz, from Sierra Leone to Liverpool, is on shore on the Brazil Bank., THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK The India Company Tea Sale has re-commenced this morn ing, and the lots are knocked down at the same low prices as the preceding sale—ls. 4d. to Is. sd. All appears quiet in the sale-room at present. THE FUNDS. Our arrivals this morning are of a very scanty description, scarcely worth notice, and the express from Paris is much of a similar nature. No polittral news of any consequence has been received at Paris from any part of Europe, and the infor mation from Spain is not later than the former accounts. The French Government has given orders to prevent the landing of several Polish Generals on boa .d an Austrian ship. Th e banking-house of Roulland, &c.,at Rouen, has stopped payment. French Funds, 77f. 35c. ; Spanish, '27. The funds are rather improving this morning. Consols, which opened at 91i for the account, have reached 911 The foreign market is also better than yesterday. Portuguese has been done at 67; Spanish 32, buyers. The Dutch mail still remains due. HALF-PAST ONE. Accounts have been received from Jamaica to the 11th Ja. nuary ; at that period all was going on well there, and the negroes had returned to their work. The Governor had made a tour of the island. Consols continue steady at 91i sellers for the Account, with little doing. No political news or reports to communicate. In the Foreign Market Portuguese. Stock was done at 671 ; Spanish 321 ; since which they have receded—Portuguese 671 ; Spanish 32, sellers. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for the Account, 918. At Waterford on Saturday, an inquest was held o❑ the body of James Fogarty, who was found dead in that neighbourhood on Friday morning. The cause of his death appeared to have been the pernicious action of whisky upon an empty stomach ; a verdict accord ingly was returned by the jury. We have heard that Fogarty was at the time of his death returning from digging a grave at Carrick for Maurice Ryan, a mason, who was killed near Portlaw -by the falling from a wall. —Waterford Mirror. OLD A GE.—There are at present living under the 13enk, in this town (Carmarthen), four neighbours, whose united ages amount to 348 years, viz,, William Griffith, 92 ; Esther Griffith, his wife, 77 ; Margaret Jones, next door, 89; and Anne Elias, 90:—total, 348. The 'dies and gentlemen of the town would do well in visiting these poor indigent persons before they drop into another wolid.....Weishrnas. / l PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY Mliß. D 0 T I°S YOVS C4 ' h SUN OFFICE, 1 I'2, STRAND.