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• ~...:.- . ~ ~ i - /.''' • ,----/3 ,• ..„.., ... NUIIIBER 10,178. -EAST INDIA HOUSE, Aptil 8, 11 . 11E: COURT of DIRECTORS of_ the -a - UNITED COMPANY of MERCHANTS of ENO LAND TRADING to the /LAST INDIES, do hereby give That the COURTwiII be ready to receive PROPOSALS in writing, on or before WEDNESDAY, the 27th Instant, from the Owner or Owners of good sound and substantial copper-bottomed SHIPS of the Burthen of from 500 to 600 Tons registered meafurement, specifying the rate of Freight at which they may be` willing to LET such SHIPS for ONE VOYAGE to C HINA; and from CHINA to QUEBEC in North Atnerica, at which pbrt they are to be discharged from the Company's - Service. That the - COURT will also be ready to receive PROPOSALS in writing, ' on br before WEDNESDAY, the 27th Instant, front the Owner or Owners of good sound and substantial copper-bottomed SHIPS, of the Burthen of from 500 to 600 Tons, registered meaSurement;skeifying the Rate of Freizht at witick,thes way he wining. to LET such SHIPS for ONE VOYAGFr to CHINA, and from CHINA to HALIFAX, in Nova ScAtia, at which port they will be discharged from the Curnitoily's-Service. Tilt:, Tenders, with the words "Ship Tender" on the corer, to be Severally seakd up and left with tbe . iecretary, at this Horse, at sir before Twelve o'Clock at Noon, on the said W.,lnesday; the Inttrinstalit, beyond wfiich flour no Tender_ will-be received. JOSEPH DART, Secretary. The Particulars of Terms and. Conditions upon which the Ships Will be respectively effiployed, may be had on 4plicafion. - at the Office of Cleik to the Committee of Shipping, at this House, on or after -Thesday next, the 13th instant• TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 26, 1825. NAVY-OFFICE, April 21, 1825. rrilE Right Honourable the LORDS.COM MISSIONERS otitis MAJESTY's TREASURY having appointed Money for the Payment of HALF-PAY to SEA OFFICERS, from the Ist of January, to the 3I st of March last, according to his Majesy's Establishment in that behalf These are to give notice, that the several Payments will be gin to be Made at the Pay-Office, by the Treasurer of his Majesty's Navy, at Ten o'Clock in the Morning, on the fol loWing days, viz. On the 2d, 3d, and 4th of May, to Admirals, Captains, and their Attornies. On the sth, 6th, 9th, 10th, and 11th of May, to Lieu tenanti and Chaplains, and their Attornies. On the 13th and lath of May, to Masters, .Surgeons, and Pursers, and their Attornies. After whickthe Lists will be recalled the first and third Wednesday in every month, that all Pertions may then and there attend td - receiva,vvhat inay beCOrne payable to them : and bring with them an Affidavit as required by Order in Council of 30th July, 1819, the Foetus of which were publish ed its'an Advertisement from this Office, dated 16th Septem ber, 1819, and may be procured at the Office of the Treasurer of the Navy ; and in case any of the said Officers should not be able to attend themselves, but employ Attornies for that ptirpOse, the said Attornies are to produce similar Affi davits from the Persons they are employed by. Where Officers are Abroad on leave, their Agents are to produce attested Copies of such Leave before the Half-Pay can be paid. And as by Act of Parliament passed in the 35th year of his late Majesty's Reign, entituled, " An Act for establish ' ing amore easy and expeditious method for the Payment of Officers belonging to his Majesty's-Navy," it is enacted by the 20th Clause of the said Act, " that if any 'Commissioned or Warrant Naval Officer, who shall be entitled to' receive Half-Pay, and shall be desirous to receive and be paid the tame, at or near the place of his Residence," he may apply to the Treasurer of his Majesty's Navy in:London, have such Half Pay paid at or near the place of . his Refidenee, &c: in the manner pointed out by the said Act." And by a fur , ther Act passed in the 86th year of his late Majesty's. Reign, entituled, " An Act for enabling the Officers in his Majesty's Navy, and their Representatives, to draw for and receive their Half-Pay," it is enacted by the Pit and 3d Clauses of the said Act, "that if any Officer in his Majesty's, Navy, who shall be entitled to receive any sum' of trioney for or on account'of his Half-Pal, shall - be desirous of arkiwing 'a Bill of Exchange for the same upon the Commissioners of hiS Majesty's Navy, instead of receiving the-same by Remittance . 'UM, he shall signify such desire by Letter ttitheTreaSitter of his;Majesty's Nacy ; and that itanyJOlficer in Ma jesty's Navy,. who shall be entitled to receive any suns of mu !ley for or on account of Half-Pay, shallbe deSirdris of having' „I's Half-Pay paid to.hirn by Extract, at any (if MaXsty:S Yardsochere Clerk's for the Payment of Wages 'for the shall reside, instead of receiving-`Or !rattle by Remit 17e Bill or Bill of Exchang e, he is td-apply either to. he., IP'Per Clerk.at the Navy Py-Office irt London,: or at the y 4 Y.OlliCe at such Dock Yard, signifying such his desire." "otiei• is hereby further given, that . the Half-Pay ending the .I, lst of Ma tc h, 1824, w ill commence p a ying o n the 241 of and all Persona-desirous of drawing for, or of hating their Neat. E l - , l T alf-P a y rem itt e d to them, may app l y as a b ove di rec t e d. of Exchange drawn under,gr by virtue of the Act above r e cited, are not liable to the Stamp D t • No Per Sons residing out of his Majesty's D u io ) ti . s are en .titled to the . privil egs of this Act. EAST INDIA HOUSE, April 40:•1825; • E 'COURT of 'DIREnTORS' of tilt . UNITED COMPANY of MERCH.A.NTS of ENG LAND TRADING to .the EAST 'INDIES; do hereby giee Notice, That.. a SPECIAL. GENERAL'COURT of tke said Com pany will be held at their House in Leadeoliall-street, on S VEDNgSDAY,. the 27th Instailt;. at 'Eleven Clock in the forepoon, for the purpose. of submitting for confirmation the Resolution of . the General Court of the 2311. the Resolution of the Court of Directors oftlie.46th January last, for the appointment of .a Person in.the capacity of First Assistant in the Office.of .Surveyor of Buildingsi'at a' Salary of C. 3 .50 per annum. . . 7 ~. • • Copy of the said Resolution ,now lies. at this• House for the perusal of the Proprietors- The COURT of DIRECTORS do. also give Notice, that -tree Paid General Court. is further made SPECIAL, forthe pur pose of submitting for..confirmation the Resolution of - the General Court of the e3tl nit., approving the Resolution of the Court of' Directors of the.s.th January last, granting to Major -General Sit : John Malcolm, G.C.B. a Pension of k 1,000 - per annum, on the grounds therein stated. • - • The Report requirtd..by.the Bye Law, , Chapter-6; Sec. 19, together with the Documents upon 'Which - the said Resolu. lion has been formed, are'open for the inspection. of the pro pfietors. this-1100 Se. • The'COUßrof DIRECTORS do further give Notice, that at the said General Court will be laid before the Proprietors, Draft of a Bill, now befOre Parliament, fur further. regu lating the Payment of the Salaries to .the Judges of .His Majesty's- Courts -in India; and the Bishop of Cticutta ; for 4t altorizing"tbe . Tranipoltation 'of Oftnders fei4ll.the ISland of St. Helena ; and for . providing for the adminisirittion of J ustice in Singapore and Malacca, main certain Possessions on the Coast of COrouitilidet,'and in the Northern Circars. JOSEPH r DART, Secretary. EAST INDIA HOUSE, April IR, 182 a. P rI.E , COURT of DIR,ECTORg of the us _ NITED CMPANY Of MERCHANTS of .ENG N' tt ? c l:) , U TRADING O to the EAST INDIES, do heiehrgiVe hat at the GENERAL COURT . of the sald'CrOmiiny - ap- Pointed to he held at this House on WEDNESDAY, the ( T r " t rit, 'the lolloWitig'ResolotiOn of the Court of Directors the 30th alt.,. will be reported to the. General Court, ' t greesitly:to the Act o f the stith Geo.'3.•cap. 83, viz.: • ! That it is ,the opinion of this Cinirt, that the Coni roan tvit - Oers of the ship Eent.are from C • 4" 11.1PLI thatof ship. " = • JOSEPH DART, St.cretziiy: TO 131% SOLD BY AUCTION, y Ate S OTHEBY..at his House, .NO. 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CHEVALIER RUSPINI'S CHEVA:LIER Rl3 SPENI - begs to in-. 411. form.the Nobility, - Gentry,.and the Public, that he haS appoint Mr. Charles Butler, Chemist, N 0.4, Cheapside, his Agent for the sale of his Medicines, viz. -the Dentrifice and Tincture for beautifying and presel . ving the Teeth and Gurus, and fastening .thost , Teeth that are lo.se; his Elixir fur curing the Tootbrache, and the Balsamic Styptic for stopping all Bleedings,external and internal - -They are now prepared by the CHEVALIER, from the original Receipts of liiS Father, at his House, No. 7, Pall Mall, oposite Carlton Palace, where be attends kofessionally from Ten till Five. NORTH and SOUTH SHIM:DS -PATENT • WRQUGUT IRON SUSPENSION BRIDGE, Designed by Captain SAMUEL BROWN, R.N. PROSPECTUS. - _ . Though the advantages that mist . ,be derived from the erec tion of a Suspension Bridge' over the Tyfie from North to South Shields, both in a local and national-point of view, are obvious, a few of the. most important may be thus enu. nierated - • .t The population of North Shields. and Tynemouth, and the population of. South Shieldi and Westoe, form a total of 50,000 inhabitants, exceeding any town on the great North Road" between London .and Edinburgh ; but the river: is a greatpbstacle general intercourse:, In passing', .or conveying : goods,across the river at .Shields. by boats, it must.:,be aiiknowledged that the risk,-st'all tones greati has been rendered more so of late by the increase of. traf.:. fie, and the rapid movements of the numerous steam meakels, which greatly tntlanger the liVeS of persons crossing, of which there are innuwerahle instances. • The Bridge would rente the evil, :and the large population of both towns, now divide d, Would derive iticalculable advantages from the. Union. North. Shields wouldihen be'within.7 miles of Sunderland, though' , at present any person travelling post between those towns, _will', find the distance to be nearly 20 miles ; and the line of cont. munication between Sunderland and South Shields with Mar- • peth, the great_mart for cattle, would be considerably .shortened. Sunderland is 27 miles from Morpeth by Newcastle, at preserkt the only road, but by way of North Shields, where there now:an excellent turnpike, the distance would be reduced -- to • 2:3 Miles. The distance from South Shields •to MOrpeth, thiongh. Newcastle,lS 26_milea, but by North Shields it Would not exceed 17 wiles of good and level turnpike-road. In each eaae; the hills and pavement, ii-om the llamas Bridge at New castle fo the head of, Gateshead (an inconvenience much corn. plained of, and which does more injury to cattle than driVing them t or 7 miles upon an ordinary t urn Pik e y wou ld b e • avoid ed, - and the expence and delay of keeping the cattle upon the road (no.friiiing consideration) would be saved... , • The Resident in North Shields would have a conveyance from his own door: directly,southward, . those f S . Oouth. Shields and would find a similar advantage in Pro ceeding north ward. The increasing populous _town& csf,Blytli and Hartley, (of great consequence from their connection- with..collieries which are multiplying in their neighbourhoOd) the former distant from North Shields ten miles, the' atter six miles _both situated On the sea coast,' w il l 'receive the greatest bLefit.from the Bridge- . in their communication with the south, through sea: port towns with which they have considerable and important intercourse ; and they will alSo partake'of the general improve. meat of North and South Shiel d s . _ _ _ The persons interested in Stinderland Bridge and in the roads front South Shields to Durham and Stockton, fro North Shields to Newcastle, and froth Shieldi to nt orpeth; must reap great • adtantage from' the • increase "of passage which - the Bridge will promote. . . • . The project will bear consideration not only as ainere matter of local importance; but in a national point of view, as regards the advantage Government will derive from the facility which will be given to the passage of 'troops, ordnance; • and stores' from North to'South. Shields. TynemOuth Castle has been long used as a depot • for Military stores ; but the want of a ready communication with the southern bank of the river, was con- - istantiv felt during the late war, when a bridge of barges and.. flat bottomed boats - was constructed at enormous expence to little purpose. ilt s UnderAtiOd that the distance from North Shields to Edin lihrgh, by a coast road, is shorter • than from Newcastle to.that city, by Ave or six miles, and, by a more level road; and that a 'saving of six or seven miles can be made in the distance from .York to South Shields. It follows, then that,' by a Bridge over the Tyne at . Shields; the:distance is shOrtened, between York and Edinburgh, fwelVe or thirteen miles, which will deserve the attention and•suppOrt of his Lordship the Postmaster General An alteration is about to be - made in the running of the mail, to pass from Sunderland to Newcastle;missing South Shields; yet it is certain this measure, so serious an evil to the inhabitants, is only resorted to for want'of the projected - Bridge.. • It is needlesS tci,ccinirrient - on the advantagcS.whicli.will result to individuals whose estates are 'in the immediate vieinity . of the Bridge, or the eastern parta of Durham and Northumber land. The 'establishment of a 'good' Market at Shields must necessarily follow, from the • encreased demand of the large united population and the facility of supply. • Though the great benefit the ,ancient and. commercial town of, Newcasile, the capital of the North, must derive from the prosperity of Shields has not been. stated as one of the advant tages to be calculated 'upon froni the - Suspension Bridge, •i ought not to be overlooked, especially when the great. increase of ' trade is Considered which must accrue from the proposed rail-road to Carlisle. . . Capt. Brown undertakes that the cost of the Bridge and erec tions shall not • exceed 93,0001., which • is to be provided for b y a capital „of . 100,0001.. i n shares .of one hundred pounds each.' It onlyi• therefore,' remains to satisfy the Capitalist that he will receive a remunerating - inter:eat, of which there is eve ry prospect; • The tolls are estimatett on the Present existing intercourse between the two towns and tlja . ,Ccut.• country, at a. ;very nuiderateCalculation, to prodUce6,6ool. - pe t annum, though ltl immense increase may be fairly conte M plated as soon as. the Bridge's opened, Indeed tliere can be no dolitt; independent Of all the intercourse of the districptu,•rtlisuaittigth t i 1 8 1 et . 111 r: oi):tea consider : alng the opportunity crossing the. 4 .co b a l i e t t , h w o h ro o ug v h i ca i re th f u o s r e tr th a b y r .e a l c l:rs the S to be Bridges of Sunderlanddkrd t S h bie k lils,„.the'Utt er pro c is i ng one of the noblest wny e kingdom, 'i'he adiantaktti to , veL :t o l ar s e o ll r on ot s ar in "3 1 ° t s he i le f " of the prese.4% ; dah• falleCin • the projecp benets • can be no dieePtl! ) ,n,, and ~T hretiat. ,.a public and private, nlay be conternP"`" every one possessing - local 4 D o wedge ' • ono liStaarleft•atil . banks •- ' the eweattle; Stockton and with Messrs. Fry and Qne , third of the capital :Sh4l'sjiejilsl3,-S'Suhnattd:erlaanini:dtli!ukrehrsr to ; ap n , d d on.. is already subscribed. PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS , Arttu:2s. A copy of a deed fbi regulating' the Equitable. Loan. Cam pang was presented at the bar, and ordered, on the motion of Lord LAUDERDALE, to. be printed. • . CORN LAWS. • - • . Marquis CAMDEN presented two petitions tram certain places in. Kent, against any alteration in the Corn Laws. • The Earl of DERBY presented petitions from Manchester and Rochdale, to tbe same effect. Lord SUFFIELD presented a petition to the same erect from a place in the county of Norfolk, in doing which the Noble Lord observed, that the question was one in which lie had so strong a personal interest, that he .could not well trust himself istformingan opinion upon it, and still less in making it a sub ject of his vote. The Earl of LAUbERDALE took the present opportunity of asking the Noble Earl opp os i te whether it was the intentionof his Majesty's Government to propose any alteration in the Corn Laws during this Session ? It was net his wish to. enter into any premature discussion on the. shbject e but he thought it would - be desirable that their Lordships should be infortned of the views of his Majesty's Ministers on this important ques tion. If any doubt were left on the subject, their Lordships would have their table covered with petitions. The Earl of LIVERPOOL could have no objection to giv ing the Noble Lord •the. satisfaction he -desired, by distinctly answering his question, in the negative; but at the same tithe he felt it to be inconsistent with his sense of • duty, to do so, without troubling their tordsltips with a few wOrds of explain Their Lordships must recollect, that the last time this subject was under the Parliament was in 1822. The system adopted in 1815 was, however, - continued, though it was g e n era ll y agree d:that:that system ought not to be adhered tOs. hutqthat some alterations should be made. The Committee appointd in• 1822, in their report, recon - nnended farther alters- dons,. which, however, had; not been , made. This was the state in .-which the question now stood. In reply to the Noble Lord, hefeertainly could, not object to state in public .what he often had dechtred.in- prisiate—hamely, that some alteration in the present state, of the Conk Laws was, in hi s opinion', neees. ; sary • .an4;l yet he was net., prepared to go int o the question during the present'Session but hoped that it would be fo un d Convenient for their 'Lordstiipso.,Wtoke it up in the course of the Aezt ; ,Session,: sand-to enter:inSo4e , :cOnSideration of it in, all its bearings,lie..waaperfectly sensiblethat if any - uncertainty as to what might he dune this Sessionwere to be allowed to continue, their Lordships would have their table covered with petitions on the subject, and, c,potitions Coneeived.in -a very different sense. Some Mons a4arge and respectable body of the population, would be in favour of the present law ;..others, from another artenSiv#.4tB4•AMOtetftble part, would pray for an alteration.— Theit.l.AnWplamost not conceal from themselves this truth, . that though the classes connected with land viewed the Corn Laws in a di fforent light front.those_connected with. trade, the true interse4a-a: all classes were on this. question really the same. One class, hewever, looking to immediate interest, 'la.. ;Is : naturally desired to raise the price. of the ammo turally iriatied.tozentayfe' ell restrictions on importation, while the other dity it produced. Ile had endeavoured. to do. his dory between - 1 4 1 4:c0.1113iclinglOterests. There Wei, •in his opinioni.a diffi. 'chit) , in this question which he did not think hadievcr.yet beet) 'fairly considered. No man conlithernore. desirous than be was to see the trade of the'cOuntry placed on the most liberal foot.. • ing ; but when.) ommercial princTiolve.l'4ll).l44tSAll)) ohms.; cles arose which were not. easily overcome. In all other kinds Of manufacture,' if a fixed pi-o(4'mA; :duty were imposed, it ;Would be easy-to abide-by it. Witsitever-sulk4 he the state of the home supply ave. particular. titrie'i., things -would at length come round, and ilia utanufacture , wonld find its.level.;.'But it Was otsti;stianfthpkt to com,.bsehtstifluattieverequituble.a rate the duty migheihrlived,ristilk-fieirieds and. .seasons might occur in which no protecting duty whatever could be atlheretl`- td. ,• Ina time of greit SeartWilriould not be said to a stitrii- - ing population that they should pad any thing in addition to 'tlfe natural price of.lorn. 7 Tle l thretv out these observations merely to . Sheratttliiit. 414 ere was -a great difficulty-belonging to 'this questioa r -but.he was perfectly satisfied that their Lord-. ships must preeeedatti , its-consideration with the vieiv'ef making Some alteration in, ,Abe pres e nt system. Thi s ,' he thought, would appear to be calledfOr on several grounds. Th e p r i ce ofcornin this country was now nearly 'double what it was in MS, when - the present system was fixed- The argument used in making thavarrangemeht was, that it was necessary to raise the price, in order to secure a reasonable profit on cultivation. ',Etas appeared to-be, by no means necessary now, with fOs. tOr the iniportitieri priee.."‘He felt, htiwever, that he should not be rightly .dischargitlg- his duty if lieszentured to give any opi nion_ as to what ought to be the ditty or import price, .Next Sessiort:oppnrtwroly would be affoided their Lordships for a.full consideration of thk subject; and in the mean tittle he should only:Stati iiliat.saPpeared to him to be the different principles on which their Lordships world have to decide. lie had stated that iltO msetWa3ige.m could...n o t .b e maintained,--that . was to say, with respect to iinpoitation .consequence of the effect which it had oti. value of l a b ot t r . Th e i r ;Lordships would, "therefore; 1)44 to- proceed. on one of three principles. Wt. They might , aiier the . lmnortation price and in other respects retain the 'system. N. They might 'alter the exist ing system, altogether, - ar t d etiopting the reconnuendation of the Coinmittee of 1822, irtipose• protecting duties with a maximum, beyond which importation. should' be perfectly free, and a miniwizieri, Under which. no AmPortatiou should be allowed. 3d. A. general:Protectin g duty might be fixed, getting -rid of -the preiept. system. of averages. Either of these latter-plana would 1,-.9rn) ascomplete alteration hi the, pte: . . , sent state of the Corn Laws rblit the last mode could not be resorted tO Without placing somewhere a di sc r e ti onary p o we r t o remove the'duty-altogether lir it time ofscarcity. illtich diffi culty would be found - in establishin g. asnax i muni or minimum along - with a fixed .protecting duty. -If, therefore, a fixed.duty • should be rejected 4. -their Lordships. would have the option, • either of adheringtti the present system with an alteration of th t e.,import - ,Priee, orestablhaiing a sy s t em of protecting ditti es with a nici.bn.ium and milqvaim;- or els e o f ta ki ng a maximom and Wiiitiinurn without enyprotecting duty. Ile knew not whe ther - he - had Made but lie thought it right. atic lar th p e e ir rt io of presents, consideration m to lay before the House the diffe rent systems which it was likely ,their-Lordships would ha ve te 'd iscuss. He must now.again Y tlid not now repeat, that it was net-his i n t ent i on to proposean alteration in , the Corn-Laws duringth e present Session. He c,cieyrastuen. mholawhieverso;anburt,btle brought mt oneP r underu —he meant' the question r e l a tin g to the b antl ed corn which had been and still was - in warehouses. Th que s n• at on had already undergOne some alteration With respect t o Cannitit 'corn. IVith regard to -the other bonded cern, those members of the landed interest whom he, had consulted on the subject were favourable to the cOriteriaplated alteration. As to the general • uestion, he • certainly could not think it ri g h t to enter on its consideration at this late period of the Session.; but, aware that it must in tide time Come under consideration, he was anxiou s t 'put th - Hotist in pessesSion of hii.views and feelings on the e subjeit. e The the of L NSDOWN had it ' petition f -•• nt hem the .city Of •Lendo'n, praying- for a revision . ° } P• r " e of t Le - (:urn Laivs, which lie should :submit to their Lordships t u-morru He concurred in much of whailnut fallen from the Noble Earl opposite; - at-die same time he must obserys that the result of many deliberate and ;serious . reflections on this - subject had - brought him to thecOnclusiop that it would be ultine tt-1 impossibk' for Parliament to continue a, system of. .. Y corn - laWs. ft *would therefore be-the duty of parliament look forWard . to the doing away of the. system alto's. itr.rtentitioe agreed with.the Earl as to.the difficulty y which would 'not be _fiiiind'very incon ven i ent in periaoZtl. liti scarcity or anclabee; ,bUt at the same thne, he regardedelt a plan as .the best calculated to: preveot scarcity.,• • Nirhik en_ tertaining this opinion as .t . O a fixed duty; he m ust confess' that lie was far from regarding 'Parliament t o b e now hi a situation to determine- What 'that.(lntY should be. They must first de termine the average price which would afford, a sufficient,- ua:. rantee to thelyitiSh cultitiator„ and next. :average .state of prooluctiverieSs.on 06 continent. Ile was sureltliat Most erro neous notiohs"keyailed to the iweiage COs t • grid 1 .1 ) • of agiieultUra;Srpflpc'e pnithe centinent, an ch at there was great eteoiiii'ng what. was , likely to be.,, in such n enable their Lititiships accurately to .tia f way as to . •, . a .rate o duty. id coining to a uetermin t s ',ono mouitt b their L onciliaie all tl e ort - ships' duty,to.endeavour , at , on6 ie i nterests, in, the. country; . and to 'take' care .that should-not incline too much to the une.s. 4l6 .9 l A b ! iii -_9 Ci punufre4ohjeet should - be, to r •arriv`e., at. -kon*Pfinic: iathgr fc ,r,- , bail :as. thepresent system was, lie wbultl still to " 3v4t " an . its faults than change it for one Ai .fluctuation. It was 'ee were fixed, the m f • • obvious that if too high a pis _ a. anit :inuring interest would have just reason to comPl in of the dearness of price of every ki nd of labour, provisions, which must raise the fi t If the price were fixed -toe low, the landed 3 interest would be injured, and with , it; as recent events he 'mat - strikingly proved, every. Other interest in the country . wgtild be seriously affected. -Their Lordships Would then be asSailed with a cla mour, and Parliament :Wohid be again compelled toraise the price. On these grounds he. thought he could not too strongly impress- on their Lordships - the necessity of considering this important subject in all its bearings ; - and, in their revision of the present system, of looking- to the establishment', of a per manent law, which would be - c a p a ble of c on c ili a ti n g tlO inte rests Dial! the different classeS of the-empire. • The Earl of LAUDERDALE thanked the Noble Earl for the exposure lie had given •of his vieivs on the Corn Lads. , It was nut his intention. then to deliver any opinion as to any par ticular plan Which• it might be proper for Parliament to adopt, but lie must remind their Lordships, that while they were con sidering the subject, speculation would be at work. It was therefore necessary to delay their determination as little as .pos sible, and, to make the new system one of - more certainty than the present. A • fixed and permanent arrangement ought to. be , adopted for a time of peace. The Noble Earl had stated, that under the present system, corn was now in this country tv'iCe the price it sold lot on the' continent; - but he should recollect, ' F . that when the last arrangement was tirade, the agriculturists were told that IlOs. was to be the minimum.. Their complaint, however, was, that the price had never reached BOs. However, during the existence of the arrangement, .bread had never been at an unreasonable price. if it were intended to come at last to a_permanent-arrangement, he did not conceive that. - the task could be accomplished without a most laborious, in.q . uiry, not only into the state of agriculture in this country, but into its relative situation in the restolEurope. When their Lordships considered that the present system, under various modifications, was the Same which had endured for more than a century, they could not be too cautious in departing entirely from it. _lle • did not say. tha; it was perfect; but it was one under.Whicli the 'agriculture of this country had tongflourished. On this ground, lie dreaded-alteration: He dreaded it, becauSe, if any change was to be made, it ought to be to a permanent system,_ which Was 'difficult ; and b•ecause the situation of the landed interest was different from that of any other. Capital was embarked on land tinder leases of 21-years, and the value of that capital 'would be instantly affixted by any alteration of the law. 411 he should farther say at present-was; that he hoped the inquiry would be carefully conducted, and that the discuSsion would be deliberate. • The Earl of LIVERPOOL wi s hed to make One obs erva ti on. more in consequence of what had fallen friun the'Noble Lords 'opposite. _He , fully agreed with them in the importance of a carefill investigation, and. that if a change 'of system were Made, it should be one of as permanent A nat u r e a s p o s s ibl e . . R ut it' they were to look-to the price of grain in this country and abroad, • they would find that .-nothing could be of A more varaying na ture. To be convinced of this, they had only to refer to the prices of the last 30-years, The different rate of taxation in this and other .• corintrieallecessarily caused a great difference of price, and rendered:it difficult to come to a decision on the.ques-, tiori of duty..' The variation in the weight of the taxation, too, - ooth 70 to 30 millions, was a cause of fluctuation. Prussia; Po , land, and - other countries, 'from which foreign corn was usually imported, were ail poor; hut-as they increased in wealth and civi lization, their power of suppiying . us would become less. These were. all circumstances homile to that permanency which was so .desirable• - Their; I,ordships would, have. to consider„whether they would adhere to;the present- system, or adopt one - of pro , tecting or. fixed , ditti4s ; but, in whatever •way' they Might pro -Ceed, it appeared to 'him that they never could eXpect to ob tain- that certahtty which would enable them to fix art un alterable prig. • , Ord KING -wished . a determination to be come to on this subject .as speedily as - posiible ; for, in consequence Of the . agi, tation of. the'question, ,bargains between indi v idu a l s M b ust at . ; a stand.tra. a , settlenient took :place. He :'was, , however, glad that ihe Noble Lord opposite was to call the attention of rat .liament to the subject, anti he hoped . an UnderStariding would be brought about between .the landed interest and the mamtfacturers.- Wheat in some of , the Continental ports was but if the market was opened in this country it would rapidly-rise - Terhaps to (Xs: or Os. ;. but, Whatever might be the r reseili "price, great difficulty. would be experienced in teuncliti~T on -it 'a fined rate for importation. One great incon venience of a high rate was, that when the ports were suddenly thrown open, an immense importation took place. Some mea sure, he thought, ought to be adopted to restrain the excessive_ importation which took place in such cases. • The Earl of ROSSLYN hoped - that nothing would be done in this matter without a complete inquiry, and having the. _whole subject sifted.to the bottom. The burden of proving the necessity of change lay upon those who proposed to alter the present system. As the change would • affect the state of every contract throughout the country, the intended investigation Was - One which would require great caution and delicacy. of the proposed investigation, • . presented . th n e Lord. CALTHORPE, after expressing his opinion in favour Chamber of Commerce of Birmingham, pray p i e n t b i r ti r l or . fr° r revis io n of the Corn Laws. • • The Earl of DARNLEY was glad_ to hear that this impor tant subject was to be inquired into. He - always regarded the landed - inal commercial classes of the country as • having one common interest. Of this- he 'was 'Certain, 'that if the landed interest: was injured by an y ch ange i n the Corn Laws, the Bit tish manufacturers wo u ld l ose , their' best customers. t - itp:. proved of the plan.of coming to nO decision until next session. CATHOLIC QUESTION. • Petitions against the Catholic-Claims were presented by Lord E o L LE, from St. Stephen's, Exeter; by the Bishop of Ex ET ER, from Lewes; by the Earl of LIVERPOOL; from Paisley -- ; ,by. Earl GROSVEN OR, from Chester; by the Mike of ItuT t. AN n, from the parish of St. Margaret, Leicester, and, from the Borough of Grantham and its vicinity ; by the Earl of Mutt 'WOOD, from Halifax. ' F ETITJON FROM, THE DEAN AND CHAPTER OF ST. . .GEORGE, WINDSOR: Ilis Royal flightless the Duke, of YORK.:-1 liold in tny hand a petition from the Dean and Cbaliter. of the Collegiate. Church of St. George, Windsor, rprayingthat no further con cessions may be made to the'ROman Catholics, 1 an: sure that • any representation from so learned, and respectable a body:will, be received with the attenfain which it deserves ; and therefore I should •not havetroubled youti,ortiships with any. observations in aupport of it it I- did not feel that this was an occasion on which any man • may well be permitted to .address your: Lordships. I do this more readily on the present ,eceasion, 'because, feeling that I have not the habit of taking .part in vonr discussions, . I will not ' Interrupt the "prog - ress of the 'ilehte on the Bill to which the_ petitioners, ref e r, if it should came into the House. It is now 25'year s since this meth sure was first frought into discitssion,,,L cannot forget witti What events that discussion was at that time connected.. ~lt was con nect.,:d with the most serious illness acne now Fro more; it.was connected also with the tempciary- removal'of uncut the ablest,. wisest, acid himestest ministers that this country . ever .had., J'rom that time, when I gave my first v,ote,en 'ibis question, to.. the present, I have never seen any reasoll . to regret or, to 'barge the line which I then took. I have every year,seeti more yea- , ' 'ton :to be satisfied with my decision. \Vi ten t h e ti n es:t i t:ln conies regularly' before your I:ordships, it will be dinusied nine!, more fully and ably than I can do it : but ther e pre two Or thriesttlijgcts on which I ant anxious to touch : o ne is, that you platz the Church of - England in a situati on i.it which no other church in the world is placed: the Human Catholic will , t , n d ye t h e requ i res you to allow him ointer not alai the Church of England or Parliament to int er f er e with li;:r church and to legislate fe,y it. There iS'antither which I cannot, Juiwever, - hell' fere , witti unit c hurch, subject, still more delicate , on sayiru , a few woods, I speak (1 beg tobt understood) anry as an inlvichial : I desire not to be understood „,, speaking, for any body else : but, consider, my Lords, the sit uat km in Which yon .place the Sovereign. By the coronatio a i n oath at th e.. 8 0 . e ., reign is bound to maintain the church. establish I , ti—, • oer uoc: trine; discipline,:and 'rights inviolate. : 'Alll'4(4. ef, . Par' lament May rel ease fittiire Svereigns and oilier men from tiiii. ,uxhi or from any other oa o th to b,c taltm ; - but euzi it release, an incti viduar who hiti already taken it ? - I speak, / repeat it . iiatn . , as an individual.;- but I entreat the .11 (los e t o eensider: the shoo-. 'lion 'in whielf,the Sovereign is thus placed. I . feel very strongly on this whole subject : I cannot forget the deep interest whidi was taken upon it by one now no ,more : and the longcan4 un happy illness in which,— E.t.IFI' kris Royal tii ttwess wa,,ri _ .., sibly , affected.] • I - have been brought . 1, 1 ) . trp,l,ll Triy -, ear l y . years in these principles.; and from, the tith e 4'o l 1 Jvg4lll. tp for myself, reason . ~ I have entertainV4 .their frorn cant' * . which I may be u. ion and in every ',situation in h 1 le Ood !—(4 3 t l ( Cheering ) n tain them, ao• e p n . d' 1.11 - ' ' / • • - ' The petition -was read.; - and lat on e table. „. ~ , , . : , . The Earl of HARROWPY presented a petition in.favou; of' the Catholic Claims from the Roman Cath o li cs of the mid land Counties. Catholic Clai m Farther petitions against the 3 Were presented Pli.ict StVEN.Prae,r,,, by the Bishop of LrNcoLivi from-a Deahery.in .the county of Bucks ; by the 'Bishop of BAT u us and the. Bistiop of CfrESTXR, from several other pliCeA, the .names of were not heard; and by the Duke of BEAUF6mt - , frJui stveral parishes in the city of Bristol.—Ailjourned. • I - 101NR OF COMMONS, Sir ItiVrtsON.Prelented a petition from artairritrd ivid4Als confined in the Borough Perurpter against the Southwark Ga[;l Bil4---Ordered - to lie on the t Ott , : • Mr. Lizin,SAY - Presented a igtii`i l o i - '.,!`put to T iltagistrates and Traders of the Royal Burgh of Forfar, 'ikrtving hus - .Alajesty's Ministers would take into their consideration the duties , on the raw materials used in the Manufacture - of len.—Ordered to lie on the table. • COUNTY - COURTS' BILL. A petition was presented from I.trewsbcry in favour the County:Courts' Biil.—Ordered to lie ofiAlto table.: • ELECTIVE FRANCIUSE IN IREI;AND. 31. r. LITTLETON said, he rose forthe purpose of postpor.- ing the second reading of the - Elective Franchise Bill, w tact. s,;tod for that night. Some alterations had been suggested te• hip, which h e th oug h t i t wou ld b e expedient to introduce into the Bill. 'Phis he could not do in suffi c i ent ti me to b r i ng 0 7 : the subject a t present. To-morroW, however,.he should* be ready to 'bring the Bill with the proposed alterations, ti:dtr the consideraiion of the House. A Noble. Lord,. whose tee -- thin stood for to-morrow, had consented to postpone it to a to-/ tore day. ir. PLUNKETT said his- Hon. Friend (Mr. Littleton) had shewn him the alterations he proposed to make, and it ap peared to him that they would be en improvement. They would, Obviate objections that existed in some quarters against the Bill in its present shape. This being the case, .it would be desirable• to put'off the motion till to-morrow. He wished to suggest; at the: ame time, the propriety of postponing Asti Commitee-on the other Bill till to-morrow, as it was the it, pression on the minds of m a ny Honourable Gentlemen, 'Olaf' the two. measures' were to go together, and some had supported that for' the relief of the Roman Catholics on this understai:d ing. He'. hoped the Honourahle Baronet (Sir Francis Bur dett) . would have no objection to postpone the Committee til to-thorrow.' • Mr. DAWSON said, if the alterations were important, he . wished his Hon: Friend (Mr. - Littleton) would State- what tbey were. They mightliave the effect of lessening the opposition to the Measure.. , . • 'Mr. GRATTAN said, it might be convenient for the House to know what,thd nature of the alterations were: .. • Mr. LITTLETO.N said, he could not at present state them precisely. The principal object; *however, would be to pre-: serve the existing interests. • The motion was Postponed till to-titorro. _ : • • CATHOLIC RELIEF RILL. Sir F. BUR DEVI! said,. that the' great tnedsure appeared to him of so much i m p or t ance ha would go great, length's to en, mire its success. o' had n objection therefo re t o postpone the Committee on the Catholic Bill ••till td4norrow. Bart: made a few observations which were inaudible in that part, of the galkry where the sat. . • ' • - The Committee was accordingly postponed: ASHURST presented-a , petition f r ani a p ar i s h in thc County of Oxford, th e nate of WI I we could not "against. the Catholic Relief Bill.—Ordered to be printed. Mr. H. MAXWELL said, he held in his hand a . petitiot : - front the Inhabitants bf Belturber, in the County. of Carat,. against any' further concession to the Roman Catholi cs . The feelings of every Protest an t h r the County were_oastile to th e • measure, .He cordlalty concurred in the - sentiruefita _of the pet 'tionerS, and deprecated Jesuit establishments. It Was tirtuitt necessary to'hanish thelesuit from every country in which thief existed. Even Roman Catholic cotintries-, knoiving their in trigues, and dangerdusprinciples, petition - ed the Pope to sup. • press`theni.-Ordered : to be printed.. ' Mr. CARTWRIGHT presented a similar, petition from Daintree, -• ' . • • • - DISSE NTE RS. _ _ The further consideration' of the report of the' Disseritc-rs• 31,trridge Bill was, poslponed till to-ntorroW. • • COMBINATION LAWS. • .• Mr.-110BHOUSE" said, he held in - his,. liand,,a petition from the Woollen Wearers of Rochdale. It prayed that fjp , alteration should be made In the Act passed last.Seasion for re pealing the Chinhination LAWS. Ile hoped Ministers would nOt attempt to retrace their steps, withmit paying the greatest atten— tidn.to every application that might be made on this subject. He tras - sUrprtsed to hear the President of ,The Board of Trdde - Hustissoxi) disclaim the Act of last SeSsion... The Right Hon. Gentleman wits completely a party . to the repeal of these laws.—The petition was ordered to be printed. • • ' Lord STANLEY presented a petition from, certain woollen weaver&of Rochdale.Arraying that' the Act Passed last Session for the repealrof?theCorabination LaWsrniglit,not be altered. • Mr. SI'KES supported the petition. The Act passed Session had not yet had a fair trial. It was now attempted t, stifle irbefore the etfeets , it• was calculated to produce Could. be justly appreciated. • Some evils,. it WAS true, had resulted from -it, but they were trifling compared to . those• produced by-the Cbtnbination Lit . 's. •To introduce them again would be most mischievous. • . . . . . • • Sir hI IV.II.IDLEY said there was nOintention to te-enact• the Combination - Laws: The Conmiittee was appointed merely to-enquire into the effects produced by the Oct of _last .Session, Head no hesitation in dee/ming that some alteration was ne:, cessary, but he was not •prepared to say of what precise naturg. it ought to lie.;:-Ordered to'be printed. . _ . „ . C1)It LA tVS. , . . Petitions, praying that no.altera-tion.might be tnade• in the Corn Liws ' were presented front the follo w i ng pl aces borough of Appleby, Hurton,,in. Kendal, the parish ot' Ili 4 ton, Ilte:Parish orßishop',., Town, the parish of Crav-en, in the, county, of Durham ; Darlington, and fr o m t h e owners :ion? k occuyiers of lapdresiding in-the city .of Oxford. . Ir. .1111,150,441VE presented a petition from praying . for a:revision of the Corn Laws. . . ; • AIr...JAMES supported ;he petition.. W:liere ibe.sttbject einne before the House he sliould,feel it his duty to support an alte ratiOn of the laws on principle-of tt JUoderitte.fixeci He could, notiliow.ever, vote for an 'entirely. free,';rade: in earn. Al'itli the expellees, to.which the AgriellitiltiSt here was Was impossible he• could compete : with Thelcireiv,togrovier.— When the average price here was at or below fiftyefbre shillings foreign corn sh,„ - iia then be exchuled., Between ,fifty.,tive. and... seventy shillings,he should impose a deity of:144.111e slimmer between severity : and eighty, 10s. antka.t.eighty, impcirtation should be as ,free as ,now. .Such a regulation would gie'e the:: manufacturer bread at a moderate price, Pied would nut ruin the:. .alqieulturist. It was inipossiblr 'that Ilinisteratoitlei:ed. principles of free trade in other articles -witliettinanpinxim a t lug, toe similar system in corn., ...34inisters,-he. heel iIOTIOUtat . willing to do the.best.for the:public interest,: but tbey werc,fet. tered ,lay,Tsome in that,llotioe, whose: 14watt:interests were op posed 10-those of the publie.„--(4clered : tu be.printeit. ..• Lord STANLEY presented as petition.:froni the: l'-resitle.‘rat, i President,. and t tubers of tike ehararr. Pi-Cot - Amerce:of; :tl.4uchter, in favour of a free iniportatiOnerfsson. .Lund presented a similar petition from Rochdalr.l-Ordereet to be pipted, . !. ti , r, t ; 4 petlliho was , presented from Wei - town and-borough of Eye, praying for reNtsion,of the Corn Lawf,. ; ", f • J. LOWTII4R, p resen ted.a. petit ion front the inliabitnnts: pf ‘Vbitehayen,„praying a revision of the Corn Laws.— Ordered to be laid Qn - : 1 , ,! LI Mr. LY,GON . presented a similar petition f - rorrnthe inhabit- • ants of 'Kidderminster. •,...()rdered to be.laid- o .:r '3lr WILSON held W I hands titien• Which! hei . thought entitled to thg,highest altention e:f the House. • It nurnerpn.sli and respectably . signed ,by slot less. than five.; th einsttra: I.{aukeri„, 4.lernhants,, Shipowners, -and Troller:kg of Linidon„.The.pray4 Id alit petition AVAIS, that ;the House-would. take ,into, its cpusicieriiduu tbe;e4isting, state of.(the.Corn•.Lawa;.,;: , and,' from the itopornince. of the. subject,. he thotzghb it welt_ ;* worthy - pf 0e,.4130pt serious, attention. With.respeetrOthe peti,,;' tion,itsel‘Arefelt litentaid•to say, that it: was. tbe;zeseilt .of - Abe most :respectable, ku*.etiug he Itoll,,eyer witnesstd,:t. ,rna'ybe ah,:ci looked t4ek- onanimous resnit.,ol thatineetier, rfors.' t amongst the asset4bled,nurrthers t .there was but ease handlrairea againat two ofAlle ; rOfinliitignm which wereenteted inte erpouttke °Sr-mi°°- W4l? - :.*V•qel• tn. - Any, Corn Laws,- as -they:,rstisted ui tof PraePtntrig , pvttAckUeirS ,beg. ..remark4 that ;the, bigh•price, OE , fefid.ii. thiaoputry, Alk.49lPpared with the.-price.ht:ochercoup-o. tries, !ilia beon3, 6 4:lik,moAt - W,-rproductive of:,thecgreatesis. , evils: XiisiOones tihemirect , .41.0.priving , thst great .tnais °T. I I 9P/ 741, 4. 1 9n; otAnAr.rejs . 69,Ankottiii.kaeaustiower - -the:price :0f.4 labout, and tend to retard the : accumulation of wealth. It is injurious to the Constitution generally, and causes the erporta , : ition Of English capital. They. also bes to impress -upon the Hon'. House, that the Variation of the price of corn is under the present system an evil severely felt. This is scarcely ever art wi , i ‘•N 40 4...,....„, .„...,...„..., 4.,..„,.,_ kft. • 5