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/12 Y • r -; ~~~%~•~ EAST INDIA HOUSE, Ma Reg 21, 1827. THE COURTof DIRECTORS of iheUNITED COMPANY of MERCHANTS of ENGLAND Trad lag to the EAST INDIES, do hereby give Notice, That a GENERAL COURT of the said COMPANY, will be held at their House in Leadenhall-street, on WEnrumnAY, NEXT, the 28th Instant, at Eleven o'Cloek in the Forenoon, by Adjournment from this day. _ _ JOSEPH DART, Secretary. PORT OF BARCELONA IN THE PROVINCE OF CA- TALONIA.—TO ENGINEERS. THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT of the above PROVINCE in SPAIN, having resolved on cleansing and deepening the above Port, by DRAWING up and REMOVING FIFTY MILLIONS of CUBIC FEET of SAND and MUD, ani conveying the same to a certain distance into the Sea by means of Steam Apparatus, have sent Proposals to this Country to contract for carrying the same into execution. Printed particulars may be bad, by applying (if from the Country, post paid) to Mr. Robert Moore, No. 80, London Wall, London. REGENT'S PARK. ACapital well built detached FAMILY RESI DENCE, with Coach house and good Stabling, together With all the Modern FURNITURE and FIXTURES, surrounded by a well stocked Garden ; the whole occupying about one acre of Ground, held for an unexpired term of nearly ninety years; at a moderate ground-rent—To be DISPOSED OF, in one Lot, by PRIVATE CONTRACT, without any after appraisement. Particulars and cards to view, to be had at Mr. T. Jeremy's, rurniture Printer and Upholsterer, 28 and 29, Southampton street, Covent-garden. APUBLICATION having ap p eare d in various Public Journals, charging a Catholic Clergyman with hav ing at a Meeting held in the Chapel of Roscommon, on the 19th of June last, made use of the following words :—" Blood has be en shed in France, bl oo d h as . b een shed' in Spain and Italy, and why should not Ireland assert her rights?" We, the undersigned, who were present at the Meeting above referred to, feel ourselves called upon distinctly to declare, that no such sentiment was uttered by any individual at the Meeting. At this distance of time it is difficult to state the precise words which fell from the Rev. Gentleman alluded to ; we-have, however, a dear recollection of their import, which was to the following effect :--" That while other nations had sought b y violence and blood for th e a t ta i nment o f lib er ty, the Catholics of Ireland would struggle for their liberty only through Constitutional means." Whilst we acquit the Noble Personage who is reported to-have given publicity to this charge, of wilful misrepresentiou, we re gret that he should become the dupe of Incendiaries, anxious to Vilify the CatLolic Religion, and to slander the characters of its Pastors ; and we appeal to the generous feeling of the impartial and liberal in both countries, to concur with us in reprobating the means adopted to prejudiee the Legislature against the conces sion of our just and inalienable rights. Dated Roscomnmn, llth March, 1827. O'CONOR DON, Ralauagare. 0. D. J. GRACE, Mantua House. EDWARD MAPOTHER, Kiltevin House. PAT. TAAFE, Foxboro'. THEOBALD DILLON, Mount Dillon. NICH. JOS. FFRENCH, Ffrench Lawn. JERRARD E. STRICKLAND, Loughlin House. WM. P. O'CONNOR, Wills Brook. EDMD. FRENCH, Jun„ Bella. 3. P. COMYN, Ballinderry. COMYN, Rutland -street, Dublin. BAKER'S PATENT MANGLES and AGRI CULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.---R. BAKER (by ap pointtnent), Mangle and Engine Maker to His Majesty, reePeet ffilly acquaints the Public that he has manufactured a large assort ment of the following Machines : PATENT and Portable Mangles; Washing and Wringing Ma chines ; Laundry Jacks ; Crimping Machines, and Table-cloth Presses, with other articles used in the Laundry. GARDEN and Green-house Engines, Rollers; Insect Des troyers, Syringes, Fruit Gatherers, and Gardening Tools of every kind. CHAFF Engines, Malt, Oat and Bean Mills, Corn Measures, 1 :-/r. Munro's Cattle Tubes, Haymaking Machines, Ploughs, Drills, Turnip Sliners, Cattle Weighers, Winnowinghtchinss, and Agri cultural Implements of every description. BUTTER Churns, Cheese Presses, and Dairy Utensils. COFFEE Fanners, Cane Top Cutters,lndia Corn Husking Mills, and Wine Coolers, with other Colonial Tools. FAMILY and Counter Weighing Machines, Patent Dial Scales ; Bennett's Patent Filterer ; Machell's Patent Shower Baths ; Masterman's Patent Bottling and Corking Machines ; Patent Water Closets; and Iron Bedsteads ; with a variety of do mestic and commercial ]Machines.-.—To be seen at R. Baker's Pa tent Mangle Manufactory, 65, Fore-street, or at his Warehouses, 4 2, Fenchurch-street, corner of Mincing-lane, and 309, Oxford- Street, opposite Fladong's Hotel—The Trade supplied. ECONOMY AND CONVENIENCE COMBINED. WILLIS'S PATENT PERIPURIST, or Portable Economical Cooking Apparatus, enables any person in a few minutes to prepare a comfortable meaI—BREAK. FAST, as it prepares coffee in a very superior manner, boils Eggs, and cooks a beef-steak or a slice of ham, and all in less than ten minutes. For Dinner it will prepare soup, steam potatoes, and cook a mutton chop or steak, &c. at the same time, and for this one FARTHING's-WORTH of FUEL is more than suffi cient, and the operation may be performed upon a dining table Without soiling the cloth or producing smoke or unpleasant smell, and travelling in a Carriage without danger or inconvenience, and for Pedestrians it may be carried in the hand, and in cold weather ans wer two purposes, for Tea, it answers the purpose of an Urn, an d saves the trouble and expence alighting a Sre; it is admira "el adapted f or warm wea th er , an d h o t c li ma tes, for Taverns and b °free Hou ses , an d part i es o f p l e a sure i n rura l rambles; also on "rd uf vessels in rough weather, as the motion of the vessel does not affect it, and the saving of fuel will more than pay the ex- Peace of it the first voyage. To h e of the Inventor and Patentee, No. 20, Henrietta street, Cavent-garden, from 14s. and u pwards according to size, a liberal allowance made to Captains and others going abroad. CLARK'S GENERAL OUTFITTING WAREHOUSE, for the EAST and WEST INDIES " 4 " SOUTH AMERICA, EXETER 'CHANGE, STRAND. I ,„_.rs, Cadets, and Writers going to India, and Ge ntlemen ` - `ung to S ou th A mer i ca , or any other part of the Globe, will find in this Establishment the whole of their Military Ap ti&n.ents, Swords, Chacos, Sashes, Belts, Pistols, &c. toge uer with a large and well-raanufaCtured stock of Sea Cots, Couches, Z d a , l3 o ed k di ng ; Cabin Wasla-hand Tables, Chairs, and Lamps ; Cheati ng; Mule and Bullock Trunks, and every other descrip .°An rt . L ayell ing Equipage. ASSO RTMENT OF CANTEENS, ready fitted with the wi etsea se ry requisites for India, and other tropical climates ; like- Fork: gr,at variety of Silver and Plated Articles, Knive( and i suitabl e for families go i ng a b roa d ; Mili tary an d Hindos 'LlAße 9 10 0118, Map s , &c. phItetotASHIONABLE STOCK of Carriage, Curricle, Tandem, Lion e ; 3Sta , 4l °Pe and Chaise HARNESS, with every descrip and s oi ;, — C A ni ' e q , B cc. &c. for home use, East and West Indies, quali t icZerica, which merit inspection from their excellent Y• " All St ylQ of workmanship and moderate prices. e.Artiel es i n this Establishment are warranted, and the excellent plan asking one R o e f 4 f 7 x y_e_a e rs standing is_ still strictly adhered to, will be mad e . y Price, but from which no abatement LITERARY PROPERTY. A party of literary men, with the Duc d'Aumont at their head, atrheeaFt r the present moment endeavouring to prevail up on al teration in the existing if Government to consent to an al property, which,laws for the regulation of literary in the course of time carried to into effect, would tend probably aristocracy among our tablish a species of literary supported by many whoseinfl neighbours. The roected law is secure it a favourable hearin g , influence at Court , will, at least, eidedly calculated to prove a l d id the principle is so de tinguished author, that the voice of to every dis tinguished doubt be loudly raised to advoc ate the whole tribe will the policy of the measure. According to the existing laws in France , o f a work, and what is called the droit cii,, the copy-right ramie production, continue in operatio n for a uteur of a perioddra matic of t en 'ears a f ter the author's death. The intention of this law '! evidently to prevent the family of a liter ary nsliddenly plunged into penury by his decease, from notwithstanding this regulation, the children of • But the most distinguish literary characters are frequently utter • found in destitution, • . possible against and it is with a view to provide as far a s against a recurrence. FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 23, 1827. THE ARMY. A large Detachment of Irish Recruits arrived in town on Wed nesday morning, from Bristol, and received orders to embark, yes terday morning, on board a steam-vessel in the River, for Grave send, on route to join their respective. Corps and Depots, at Chatham, Canterbury, and Dover. A detachment belonging to the 82d Regiment of Infautry is ordered to march from Westminster, for Harwich. Another Detachment of Irish Recruits arrived in town on Wednesday morning from Liverpool, and received orders to em bark yesterday morning on board a steam-vessel in the River, for Gravesend, on route to Chatham and Canterbury. A detachment belonging to the 56th Regiment of Foot was ordered to embark yesterday morning on board a canal-boat, at Paddington, on route toManchester. A detachment belonging to the Stith Regiment of Infantry was ordered to embark, yesterday, on board a canal boat, at Pad dington, on route to Bolton-le-Moor. The 2d (the Queen's) Regiment of Dragoon Guards 'has re ceived orders to hold itself in readiness to proceed to Ireland in the course of the ensuing month. The 7th (the Prince Royal's) Regiment of Dragoon Guards has received orders, on being relieved by the 2d Regiment of Dragoon Guards, in Ireland, to return to England, and occupy Birmingham. The Depot of the 16th Regiment of Infantry has received orders• to march, this day, from Weedon, for Halifax. The Depot of the 40th Regiment of Foot is ordered to march, to morrow, from Weedon, for Hull. indistinct comparison instituted between that romantic drama and Quentin Durward, ingenious, if not faithful. In fact, the Quarterly Review seems lately to have taken up two idols, on the altar of whose fame it offers up its, periodical tribute of praise—we allude to Shakspeare and Sir W. Scott. Novvi,ve are far from objecting to this adula tion ; it is warranted in both cases, as also is the criticism on those trashy twins, Brambletye House and the Tor-hill, but we do not like the doctrine of exclusiveness, whether of praise or censure. The following criticism—or rather hyper-criticism—on Fielding and Smollett, which occurs cursorily in the article to which we have just alluded, seems to us, to savor of what in vulgar, but expressive language, would be called, sheer humbug.--." The actions and man ners of his (Fielding's) characters, proceed rather out of their peculiar dispositions than from accidental impulses, and the characters themselves are in a similar manner pro _ _ duced voluntarily and freely from the mere fertility of his fancy. Smollett, on the contrary, individualizes his characters by the peculiarities of their situation, their per sonal appearance, or their habitual eccentricities." Now, this is really exquisite ; Fielding, it seems, produces characters from the fertility of his fancy; which same fer tility, the Quarterly in its last number (coincidieg with an opinion of Sir Walter Scott's), peremptorily denied him. Again, fielding produces characters out of their peculiar dispositions : Smollett, out of their habitual ec centricities. Pray, 'let us ask, is not a miser a man of a "peculiar disposition," and by the same reason, of habitual eccentricity.' Where then is the difference ? We have hazarded these remarks as, we trust, they will be taken, in the sincerest spirit of candour; the Quarterly Review possesses too much excellence in every department of literature, to dread the voice .of reproof, and when we prove that it is not without its defects, we only prove, what the whole world knows, that it is not absolute perfection. With this observation we conclude. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, MAncx 22. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY presented a peti tion from the Thread Lace Manufacturers of Buckingham, pray ing for the abolition of the duties on the manufacture of that article. Lord ROLLE presented petitions from Chard, Somerset, and from several Parishes in Devon, praying their Lord ships not to grant further concessions to the Catholics. The Marquis of CLAYRICARDE presented pe, titions from Dundalk, Roscommon, and Athlone, complaining of abuses in the Corporations of those places. CORN AND WOOL. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY presented a peti tion frOm the Landowners of Dunbar, against the Resolutions before the House of Commons, particularly the import price of oats, which, the petitioners stated, would be too low. . . The Duke of RICHMOND presented petitions from several parishes in different parts of the County of Sussex, complaining in strong language, of the principles of free_ trade, and imputing to them the 'distress they were suffering. They were new experiments which the petitioners thought were in jurious. The petitioners also prayed that no :iteration might be made in the Corn Laws, and that some restriction might be laid on the importation of Foreign Wool. Lord KING presented a petition of a contrary ten dency. It was a petition signed by certain inhabitants of Man chester. It had been got up since the Resolutions proposed in another place had been known, and which had not given any satisfaction to the landowners; and no satisfaction at all to the consumers of corn. It was indeed supposed that they had given satisfaction to the landowners, but that class thought it right to cry out loudly against them, in order to make the consumers sup pose that they had not received a great bargain from the Minis ters. If they had not been got up by the landowners themselves, they hid at least been prepared by those. who had the fear of the landowners before their eyes. The petitioners called their Lord ships' attention to the hope they had entertained of the Corn Laws being repealed, which they said would have relieved their distress, by lowering the price of food, and creating a demand for our ma nufactures abroad, _which would have kept down the rising manu factures of foreign countries. The Earl of MALMESBURY rose to move for the Returns relative to Wool, of which he had given notice. Two of the Returns for which he meant to move, would be amended Returns, already moved for by another Noble Lord ; the two others were new ones, and not comprehended within the Returns already laid on their Lordships' table. The Return he meant to move for related to the trade in wool. Within three years the price of this article had fallen from 16d. to Bd. per pound ; and one cause of this depreciation was, he had no doubt, the variation which had taken place in the duties. Those duties were, he be lieved, never meant to be protecting, but were adopted as a finan cial measure. From October, 1811, to September, 1827, the average importation of wool had risen from five to twenty-one million pounds. The duty was then 6d. In 1824 the duty was lowered from 6d. to one halfpenny ; and in that year the impor tation had augmented from seven to eight million pounds. The consequence of this was, that the wool growers had been seriously injured. Their Lordships must not regard this as an isolated question—it was one of itself, of great interest, and it was closely connected with the question concerning the Corn Laws. Every person, at all acquainted with the agriculture of the country, ' knew that the production and price of corn and wool depended very much on one another. There were many districts of great fertility, which could not be cultivated to any advantage without flocks. When their Lordships took into their consideration the important measure relative to corn, he hoped they would extend their consideration to the subject of wool. They might see, also, by the consequences which had already ensued to the Wool trade, what would be the consequences to the agriculturists if the trade in corn were also made free. As long as the duty on wool was sixpence, the wool grower had found in this country a good mar ket for his produce; but, after the duty had been reduced to a halfpenny, a great deal of foreign wool had been imported, and they felt the deepest distress. The glut had been such, that many of the farmers had two and three years' growth of wool on their hands. He hoped, when their Lordships had these facts before them, that they would hesitate to give their consent to a law, which might have the same ruinous effects as to corn as the alte ratisn of the duty to which he alluded had had as to wool. He considered the grower of wool to be a manufacturer, like the clothier, he required a large capital to carry on his business, and must be treated in the same manner. He held in his hand the last Act for consolidating the customs, and he found that duty on the importation of foreign wool, which was to operate as a protection to the wool grower, was about four per cent. on the value of the article. But, on turning to the same law to find what protection the clothier enjoyed, he found that all manu factured woollens paid an ad valorem duty of 15 per cent. or ' the protection to the clothier was four times as great, nearly, as the protection to the wool grower. He supposed that the clothier was, for some reason or other,_ entitled to this greater degree of protection ; but he had been unable to find opt for what reason. He had consulted the Returns on their Lordships' table, and he found that the average of the sums paid from the land as poor-rates, &c. for the years 1825 and 1826, was 4,892,0001., while the amount of the sum levied on fact - hies and other manufacturing property was only 259,0001. Neglecting fractions, therefore, it appeared that the landed interest paid 24 parts out of the 25 of all the money collected for the support of the poor. If there were any difference, therefore, in the protec tion given to the two classes, it ought to be in favour of the agri culturists. If such a disproportion as that he had described were suffered, it ought to be in an inverse ratio, and the greater degree of protection should be on the side of the wool grower. As the law now stood it was in principle most unjust to the wool grower. In the return already laid on their Lordships' table relative to the importation of wool, he found that, in 1824, the amount of wool imported was 19,378,0001b5. ; in 1825, it was 22,558,0001b5. ; and in 1826, it was 43,795,0001b5. Since that period the wool trade had been ruined ; and if a similar system were adopted with regard to corn, the same ruin would ensue. Their Lordships might learn also, from what Mr. Jacob stated in his Report, what would be the effect on the Continent. That Gentleman had described the great exertions made on the Continent to increase the quantity of wool for this marlet, and their Lordships world find, were they to allow -corn to be imported, that the end of it would be to put a stop to the growth of corn, in the same manner as to the growth of wool. When the duty had been lowered from sixpence to a halfpenny, the exportation of long wool had been allowed, and it was said to have been allowed as a boon to the agriculturiSts. Ile believed that the whole quantity exported since the exportation was allowed, did not exceed 90 tods—and this was the boon given to the agriculturists. He did not want to injure, the manufacturer—he did not wish to stop the importa tion of foreign wool, for he knew that there was some species of foreign wool which the manufacturer could not dispense with ; but he wished that the protection given to the manufacturer should be extended to the • agriculturists. ' He thought that the protection ought at least to be equal for both parties. It was curious that the export of woollens had not increased with the im portation :of foreign wool. - If the consumption of woollens had increased, therefore, it must have been at home, and of the home consumers the landed interest were the most numerous. It could never be the interest, therefore, of the manufacturers, to injure or ruin the agriculturists. The Noble Earl concluded by moving for, first, an Account of all Foreign Sheep and Lambs' Wool Jul , ported into this country from 1800 to 1826 inclusive, distinguish , ingthe quantity imported in each year, and the countries whence lit was imported; second, an Account of the Rate of Duty levied in each year, from 1800 to 1826 ; third, an Account of the 'official and declared value of all Foreign Woollens imported into this country between 1810 and 1826, distinguishing the countries. IThe Noble Earl eiplainedi that his object in moving for this Re turn, was to shew to what extent the manufactnrers and the con sumers had been benefitted by.the alteration of the laws. The fourth return moved for by the Noble Earl, was for an AcCount of all the Long Wool exported from this country from 1821, when the duty - nris 'reduced from 12d: to ld., to 1826. Lord - BEXLEY made several observations in answer 'to the Noble Earl ;- but his Lordship spoke in such a low tone that he was nearly inaudible below the bar. We understood him to say that the Noble Earl was under a mistake in supposing that he had made a discovery when he stated that woollens were more highly protected than wool. It had long . been the policy of this country to give very great protection to _every 'species of its manufacture, and the difference which the Noble Lord seemed now to think so great had formerly been much greater. The al teration had made at the solicitation of both parties ; the agrictil turists wishing' to have the export' of long wool allowed, whiCh had before been almost prohibited.' It had then been stated, that as long as England was the best market for wool, she would be assured of obtaining a supply—a prediction which bad been veri fied by the small quantity of long wool exported, and the great quantity: imported. The present system of policy which the Noble-Earl had deprecated, was not so novel as be seemed to sup pose; for under a similar system this country had flourished for many years. The Duke of RICHMOND rose to confirm, the. Noble Earl's statement, that the farmers had yet on their hands . the wool of two or three years' growth.' They could not find a market for their produce, and this was the - result of the experi. ments of the ffee trade gentlemen. But the experiments had completely failed ; and they directed attention tO . other subjects in order to gloss over their failure. He hoped the Noble . Earl whci baknioved for the returns would call their Lordships' atten tion to this 'subject' by some specific motion, and 'that they would shield the flockimasters from the ruin with which they were threatened. . Lord KING thought there was an opportunity of making out a strong case, and as he saw two Cabinet Ministers present, he had hoped they would have stated this case. They were the guardians of the general prosperity, and bound to take care of all interests. He was surprised, therefore, that the Mi nister had not observed, that although the agriculturists were in distress, the manufacturers were in still deeper distress. But would that distress not have been greater if the wool had not been imported ? He had no doubt, that the importation of foreign wool had diminished the distress of the manufacturers. If it were so great with this advantage, he might ask, what would it have been but for that ? This, he thought was a strong case ; and if the general guardians of the public prosperity did not de fend the manufacturing interests in that House, it was not likely to be defended. _ _ _ _ The Earl DARNLEY, though he agreed with the Noble Mover, as to the state of the wool grower, did not there fore agree with him in thinking there ought not to be any altera tion in the Corn Laws. He thought, however, that some addi tional protection should be given to the article of wool, and he was surprised, as he knew that many of the farmers had still their stock of wool on hand for two years, that a greater number of pe titions had not been sent to their Lordships on this subject. He thought it more deserving the farmer's attention than the proposed alteration of the Corn Laws. The Marquis of SALISBURY confirmed the statement of their being two years' stock of wool on hand which was quite unsaleable, except at ruinous prices. Foreigners sent their wool to this country, and would take back nothing in ex change but money. If this were a beneficial trade, they no doubt would be ready enough to continue it. The Duke of BUCKINGHAM rose to address their Lordships, but was interrupted by The LORD CHANCELLOR, who informed the Noble Duke that the Commons were in waiting, Sir Alexander Grant, Mr. N. Calvert, and other Members of the Commons, were then introduced, and brought up two public, and several private Bills. The Duke of BUCKINGHAM then addressed their Lordships, and expressed his regret that the discussion of the Corn Question had not been brought before them. The con sideration of that question had been postponed Session after Ses sion, and Session after Session their Lordships had heard that the question should be put at rest without loss of time. Resolutions have at length been moved in another place, and their Lordships had been told that similar Resolutions should also be moved in that House, or that the question should be brought before them. When that catastrophe occurred, which he lamented as much as any man, and which had fallen on the Noble Earl who was to h nO a t v e br s o ubm d ugh i t t tfeorltvhaersde because ßesolutions the to Ministers their Lordships, wered e pr4 t .e b d e y were ftlle only one amongst them who could discuss the- subject properly. If the Bill were to pass in another place, their Lordships might agree in the principle, but they might differ as to the amount of the duty, and their Lordships were aware that on this point they were precluded from making any alteration in the Bill. They dare not make any alteration in the duties, or it would endanger the fate of the Bill.—(Lord Holland said their Lordships did not admit that.)---This was, however, the practical effect—if they altered the duties, there could be no doubt the Bill would be thrown out. The question, however interesting it might be to the other House, was also of great importance and interest to their Lordships. He hoped, therefore, that before the Easter Recess, some Noble Lord would give them an opportunity, by submitting some motion on the subject of discussing this im portant question. As to the question to which the motion more immediately related, it was an indisputable fact, that two years' growth of wool was yet on hand; and although the Noble Lord might see some consolation in this, he could not. He could not call that a good market where nothing was sold for two years. The Earl of WESTMORLAND admitted that it had been the intention of his Noble Friend to open his views on the subject to their Lordships, when he hoped to have made such an explanation as would have satisfied their Lordships and the country at large of the propriety of the measures he meant to pro pose. But he had reason to believe that his Noble Friend had not exactly made up his mind as to the course he would adopt, or in what manner he would bring the subject before their Lordships. It was a subject which, often as it had been discussed, had never originated in that House. He saw nothing different in the state of the question now, which would make their Lordships expect that a different course would he pursued. When the misfortune overtook his Noble Friend, there was no reason why another per son should not bring forward the motion, and make the explana tion which he was deprived of the power of making- If any disrespect o r i t g h i n e i a r t eLordshipswas meant lie trusted their Lordsdheii ;where, uo d tarild c i a h s. thtv o , chose siy. t s o tul b el e r h i n g e ea t a ss h u e ur re : sh u , a e v s t ni i a o gt n ba l s ) ne e yn f o re their Lordsh ps would, t was open for him to d o so , b u t n t N aos o o t tl b iv t l l a e l e l si i L r n u k o Ls r , Lord ELLENBOROUGH said . , • .c --- • had been obliged to acquiefii4tbe poatponetnentOf ih eAt i.i i ti ost ; because tbere.waa no other. Nob - upp9sitci who could gir e that explanation which had been, promised by , e IVoble Mari who thr the 'House • was not.,en in Lord REDESDALE .said, the Corn Law Ques tion was a very wide one: Their Lordships had heard how much the the import of foreign wool had injured the farmer, and if the farmer could not get a good price for his wool, he 'Must have a higher price for his corn. He had also been in jured by the importation of hides and tallow, which had lowered the price of these parts of his produce. The i m p ortation of cheese had also injured him. In some places dairies bad been put down, because it was no longer profitable to make che es e .— The Corn Law involved a consideration of all the se sub j ects, and he thought the whole matter ought to be discussed b y their In Lordships before the Bill. came up from the other House. his opinion, the Resolution's placed on the Votes of the other House of Parliament went the length of fixing a maximum on the price of corn, and there was not one writer of any eminence, not one political economist who had mentioned the subject, who had not condemned the practice of fixing a maximum price for anY tl4ng. All experience proved the injurious nature of the law of this description. It must, and it always had, checked the pro duction of the commodity on which the maximum wax fixed. II the Reign of Edward 'III. a maximum had been fixed, but it lasted only a year, and was then repealed, on account of the disor ders it created. According to the Rest/idioms proposed in ano ther place, corn was never to rise above 60s. Such a measure would be, in his opinion, most impolitic; and of commodities, corn, on account of its being affected by variations-in the seasons, was the last which ought to be subjected to any -such restriction lie was prepared to spew that, in.auch a case, Ititi high-priCsit of the year, when there might be a short crop, would not compensate for the low prices of the year when the crop. was abundant, and the farmers would lose on both. If no Other Noble Lord should submit a motion to their Lordships, he should feel it his duty to submit some Resolutions to them, not with a view of obtaining a decision, but with a view of inducing them to devote their minds to examine the propositions, and ascertain distinctly their probable effects. They would then see, it it were right, by ,the establish ment of a maximum, to discourage one species of industry and benefit another. It was plain, from what had ensued, from the importation of foreign wool, what would be the consequence of introducing foreign corn. That must have raised the price of corn, and, on the same principle, the importation of hides and tallow had raised the price of meat. The value of horns and hoofs had been reduced, and therefore the butcher was obLiged.to sell his meat dearer. It was an old saying, the meaning of which was well understood, that the fifth quarter was the butcher's profit. The four quarters enabled him to pay for the beast to the farmer, and the fifth quarter paid him for his labour. It WAS no longer so, the fifth, quarter was of lees value, and the hutch& wits • obliged to charge higher for meat. All these were 'subjects their Lordships ought to take into consideration. Government had already destroyed the credit of the farmers. He knew from good authority that farmers could not at present borrow money, unless they had landed property. Their capital was gone, and they could not borrow any more. In Charles the Second's reign, there was a true system of political economy established, which he thought well worthy their Lordship's attention. He contended that Ministers had never given the measure that consideration it deserved. They had answered a few objections, hut had never taken a. profound and extensive , political view of the question. Under the present circumstances of the country, it was surprising that corn was sold so cheap; and this could only be accounted for . by the fact that the farmers were contented with much smaller profits than other people. Adam Smith had long ago said, that the high 'profits acquired by our merchants were ruinous, and were the principal causes of high prices. But since his time merchants had required still higher profits. The merchants of our time lived in Portman-square, or Portland-place, or in the Regent's Park, and merely had a counting-house in the city. They had departed from the velvet caps and square toes of their ancestors, and only went into the city to sign their names to letters. They knew little or nothing about business, and ‘Vert obliged 'to have one or two confidential clerks, 'who managed e v erything for them. He contended, that the great profit required by master-manufac turers and dealers to keep up their establishment'', was the great cause why we were undersold by foreigners, 'arid why their Lord ships were to be called on to adopt a measure which would injure the farmers. _ _ _ Lord KING thought it could not be denied, as the Noble and Learned Lord had spoken of the horns and the hoofs, that his arguments had been drawn from the extremities. The Earl of MALMESBURY was glad to learn from the Noble Lord that he meant to bring the subject of the Corn Laws before their Lordships. It would enable their Lord ships to state their opinion, and it would be desirable that they should do so before the Bill came up from the other House. _ Lord ELLENBOROUGH was glad to hear of the Noble Lord's intention ; but he thought the subject ought to have been brought under their Lordships' consideration before. Lord BEXLEY explained ; and the returns were then ordered. . . -.---- ------- The Marquess of EXETER, presented a petition from some place in Rutland, praying their Lordships not to grant any further Concessions to the Catholics.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMON'S.—Menem 22. TREGONY ELECTION. The following are the Members appointed to try the merits of the petition complaining of an undue Election for the Borough of Tregony :—J. Denison, Viscount Barnard, J. Grattan, Lord Pal merston, R. F. Wilson, Sir J. Beckett, Sir A. Grant, J. Far quhar, R. Downie, J. Calcraft, T. F. Buxton, Sir N. C. Tindal, James Blair, Win. Holmes, Hon. J. H. Paulett. The names of Members who had not attended the Ballot were then called over, and those who did not answer to their names were ordered to attend on Tuesday next. DENBIGH ELECTION. The following are the Members appointed to h r the merits of the petition complaining of an undue Election for the Borough of Denbigh :—Mr. William Leader Moberly, Hon. Mr. T. Knox, Mr. Williams, Mr. Tomes, Honourable G. Vernon, Mr. E. Lock hart, Mr. C. Burrell, Marquis of Blandford, Sir G. Rose, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Rumbold, Lord Wm. Paget, Lord Wm. Russell, Mr. G. Dawson. BREACH OF PRIVILEGE. Mr. SPRING RICE rose to call the attention of the House to a breach of its privileges, and such a breach as re lated to a matter of the greatest importance, namely, the necessity of securing witnesses summoned by the authority of that House from being tampered with or obstructed. Before he proceeded, however, he would move " That the Standing Resolutions of the House on that subject be read." The Clerk read the Resolutions in question, which stated that if any person should tamper with or obstruct witnesses summoned to give evidence before that House or before any Committee of that House, he should be considered guilty of a high crime and misdemeanour, and be subject to the severest punishment. Mr. S. RICE then proceeded. The breach of privilege was described in a petition which bad been put into his hands by a gentleman complaining of the conduct of a nothf_r u g,e s , tleman, and the House were aware that an election been presented complaining of the late return for e tb of Galway, which petition had been referred to the con sideration who had a Committee of that House. Among the individualsevidence ou been summoned by order of the House to give th f ei L am bert and ' the subject were two gentlemen of the name o the substance French. The Hon. Member then read the pet its Lambert, of the of which was, " That the petitioner, Thou:teal_ d as a witness to county of Galway, had been summoned to s ouse H on the subject of give evidence before a Committee of that , 'that, while in the lobby es r talu ti dn Finc h, who, he believed. ,iiith; t f n r a o t mp t w h r e o Pe htie p e te° e l h e t t t in i ° h i o ll t ne i t o Yn .h n ,zt oa e f the late election for the county of Gal b w o nY had long been in a very delicate state of he immediately obeyed but tlle j s u u s m t m re o c n o s ve o r f e t d he provocation ,and " last, he was insulted and County of Galway ; ' assaulted by the Honourable_ ort , s i t , in the late Election a n d of the House of Commons, on notwithstanding, Ci i‘ T_ t° l hai u s 3 was an active partner of Mr. 3 1 therefore that the ere , fore wod afford him its prayed that the House . did not mean to say, that the. wit spirit e of the Resolution Spring Rice) n He (Mr. • • came exactly within th conduct described in the petition Clerk had just read e letter of the Resolutions which the ; for, it did not had been absolut 1 w pe h t o it w ion as er al s h o ad a gi,,en Magistrate A ir. Frenchfor th the no appear that the n on applied to it ; and e y deterred or ob no Resolution on the ' • if there had been ...... subject--(hear, hear, even the bear, from Mr. yn structed ; hoped, would n) exert it, House undoubtedly had the power, and be hop., the of protecting any witnesses who were su mmoned by authority of the Speaker. In presenting but o tho petition, however, it was not with the intention of moving at that moment that the parties should attend. There could be no doubt that the House had the power to protect its witnesses ; and when the personal irritation which generally attended "elec tion cases, and e s p ec i ally (he was sorry to say) Irish election_ cases, was considered, it was evident, that if witnesses wer; i na protected, the consequences, both private and public; ' follow up the presentation of the petition with any motion for . the exceedingly mischievous. When he said that he did n?t w ni ou eanto parties to attend, his abstaining from taking such a step did not arise from any doubt that such a course was expedient, but beA A -..... : 77, ,,,.....,,. , '--,--4\ ci.,- 4 ,..1f--- ~ • ..-= i 6 ''• . !tik. A ,v a l - 7.N. ~ /A- - °, l `-'," ~ ..:', '. , , 40 s- ,A,' , ,,... „ ... iL ,H ,- ;• - •1z , "-s., \ c,.., .-, :fi . , ,, -5. --- -" ,,, ,,, c ,),..,, , ~„,r, .:,i , , , . 4 5 ;,_ f '•': ..., , ~......, , • i ,„/,0-..... 4 , ..... • . ' ' ` k") . -% tl ~',-"' ' .fiv, ~,_ 4,i,,,L.,- • ---,_, ',,,, _,4: 4 t ft _ 6 - c - . , ~,,,.., , , , fr tiff/ sl- 3 7 ')'... •, 4 '4 ,4 1 - - -- , '-'\ 4.... w 40 , , ,movlittr QUARTERLY REVIEW, No. LXX. The present-Number of the Quarterly Review is un usually good, whether as regards the liberality of its politics, the spirit and sagacity of its criticisms, or the miscellaneous nature of its information. Adapting itself to the tastes of the day, it has very adroitly bestowed corresponding pains on its notices of Voyages and Travels, so that it is not only valuable as a record of opinions, but also as a manual of Geography, where the reader will find the ablest and latest accounts of the different nations in the Old and New Worlds, received or rejected according as their merits may deserve. The first article, entitled " Mal-ad ministration of the Spanish Colonies" (i n S ou th America) possesses much light amusing knowledge, and enters very minutely into the elaborate system of oppression by which the Viceroys established their Government in America, and in part rendered themselves independent of the mother country. The following spirited remarks on the South A nw sican administration do infinite credit to a Journal which has usually been considered the mere abject tool of Government In South America, the whole state, from the Viceroy down wards, was corrupted to the core, and the most offensively so that portion of the community to which all the rest ought to have looked up for an example. So utterly without principle, indeed, was the whole Executive Government of the country, that at first sight it strikes us with wonder how it held together from year to year. But one ruling motive to action pervaded all public men's breasts, and this by keeping every eye directed one way, and every hand engaged in the same task, lent a certain fatal vigour to a system which otherwise must speedily have fallen to pieces. The golden calf certainly was never worshipped with such single-hearted devotion in any other land. The criticism on " Milman's Anne Boleyn" is in the hap piest vein of discrimination •, the passing remarks on Shak speare, in particular, though somewhat alien to the sub ject, are so correct, that we should do injustice to a shrewd critic, were we to withhold them. "His (Shakspeare's) worst characters have always some claim on our kindly feelings. Genius is the power of reflecting nature, for genius, as the word imports, is nature. The mind of Shakspeare was as a magic mirror, in which all human nature's possible forms and combinations were present intuitively and inherently, not conceived, but as connatural portions of his own huma nity." Any one who is familiar with Shakapeare's most abandoned characters, will instantly recognise the truth of these observations. The writer, however, has thus done honour to his memory in the opportunity offered by indi rectly comparing him with Milman, as if any comparison could possibly be instituted between them. The one is all nature : the other all art ; the one is wild, irregular, discursive, metaphysical, " every thing by fits and nothing long;" the other cold, polished, and mechanical; the 1 poetry of the one is suggested by the heart; that of the other by the head. In fine, the one is a man of skill, the 1 other a man of genius. The Review of Henderson's Bib lical Researches and Travels in Russia, is much better than its subject deserves, for we ihave a confused recollection of ', the book, and remember it reluctantly as a prosing piece of methodism, drowsy as a Chancery suit, and long as a Cambridge tailor's bill. Lord Byron's voyage to the Sandwich Islands is, however, a work of far higher pre tensions, and fully justifies the extended notice that the present Quarterly has assigned to it. It seems that on the death of Rhio Rhio and his Queen, Lord Byron was commissioned to convey their bodies to the Sandwich Islands, which gave him an opportunity of exploring the country, and ascertaining the exact state of its manners, and the progress of its civilization. Owhyhee, the chief , Island of the people, which b u t a f ew years since when ' Cook visited it, was sunk in ignorance and sensuality, has, it appears, not only renounced the barbarous worship of former times, but comparatively speaking, has familiarized itself with the arts of modern Europe. The Missionaries, however, through whose agency this vast change was effected, have, by a bigotted enforcement of the abstruser dogmas of their religion, introduced a spirit of Sectarianism among the reformed islanders, which bids fair to neutralize the good effects of the Reformation. The Quarterly corn ments on this " more in sorrow than in anger," and while it does justice to the pure zeal of the Missionaries, em phatically reprobates their mistaken ardour. Can any thing indeed be more preposterous, than to compel a poor igno rant u nsophisticated savage,to believe,as a matter necessary to salvation, the abstruse mysteries of the Trinity,—myste ries which have puzzled the wisest theologians in Europe, and which reduce even such men as Warburton, Johnson, Louth, and Paley, to a level with the most unlettered clowns ? The intelligible principles of Christianity con tain all that is requisite to ensure happiness in this world, salvation in the next : they concentrate in themselves the germ of every excellence, afford glimpses of perfection which without them it is impossible awn to conceive, and are the golden chains let down from Heaven to link us to the Godhead. Surely then it is sufficient to enforce these simple, beautiful, and lucid doctrines, without clogging the unformed mind with mysteries, which, from its very nature, it must rej ec t. I t i s lik e filling a young child's mouth with mustard. We now turn from this to the more agreeable subject of Doctor Heber, whose memoirs are ably introduced in an article entitled "The Church in India." It is difficult from th ese memo i r s (which bear , every stamp of authenticity) to conceive a more truly good and great man than the late Bishop of Calcutta. As a Christian, sincere, charitable, and enlightened ; as a man, firm, open, generous, and lowly-minded ; as a scholar, deep and versatile in his acquirements, prompt in acquiring, and tenacious in retaining know ledge ; he really seems to have approached as closely to all that we can conceive of greatness as the imperfect limits of human nature will allow. The article headed "Burmese 'War" is interesting; but, as it seems chiefly made up of details already familiar to the public, we for bear entering into particulars. " Historical Romance" is, generally speaking, a very splendid and eloquent piece of criticism ; the analysis of Wallenstein is as discriminating as the translation which originates it ; and the sort of r •":". Oh. • S . , . • • • . • . « • . / `, •' • , :1/ :l i t, ',••• No. 10,775: ) nfl PRICE 7D.