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Grant) saw no Each dangers, but he, wad very willing:to join with the Hon. Baronet in the appeal "lie had that 'Hon. Gentlemen would think for themselves, and look at the question upon its real Merits, balancing its advan tages and_disadvantage s , without reference to party or per venal considerations. He was confident that the iciod.feel ing and - g:iod sense of the House would ansWer the appeal satisfacto r il y ., i n approaching a change of the law- like theReeea..,'........, it.-was4onsolatory to teem; thee no old English ptejudiene and assoniationt eoalti hie brought lei rally round it, for the Bill .now,to be altered Was only patted in 1815. The Hen.. Baronet, had askeda very stature' questionej why was ie requisite to make any change at ,aII ? Hit (Mr. C. Grant's) answer was very abort and plain-e-lhat the existing law is erfoneous in principle, arta It'as failed in pracL tice. `That were the objects to he attained by the Act of 1815 ? Front the debates at the time, and general impress sion, he should say, they were mainly three-1. Unifore mity of , price; 2. Protection to agriculture; 3. Inde pendence of foreign supply. Ide would ask whether as of thes e purpoees had beet:. hecornplished , (Hear !) ? Thli P a pers Von. the ,table ehewed how e thr Uniformity of, price had been secured. In 1817 the average price of wheat in June was 112 n. ; and in ,September, 745. In 1818, in April, it e .g ..: el s . ; and - in August '7Bs. ; and, in 1312, the v 'eriation had been between 78s. and 644. In 1822 a nther law had .been passed, which, in some respects, etas an improvement upon that of 1813, and what had been the fluctuation of price previous to, and just after that improvement? On the 29th September, 1821, it was 70s. 7d., and on the 20th December, 465. 2d.- In January, 1822, it was 505., and in October of the same year, ns. In one month of 1823, it had been 395. 11d., and in another 625. ;• and the variation in 1824 , was between 675. 7d. and 530. 7d. The difference in the price of oenk and barley had been about in the same prO portiou. So much liir the supposed uniformity of price. Next, as to th e p ro t ec ti on a ff or d e d to t h e f armers . Th e skewing oftlie agricultural interest themselves was sufff dent evidence that the Act of 1815 produced among them nothing but ruin and disaster : the testimony brought be fore the Committee of 1821, by Mr. Webb Hall and Me. Wakefield, established this point; and, since 1822 all that had been said at meetings and written in periodicals on that side of the question was grounded upon the aSiling tion that the farmers had been much depressed. What had been the effect of the :nets of 1813 and 182.:' on foreign supply, as it had been at all times urged that it is a paramo u nt o bj ec t in thaw measures to render the kin - dom independent of other nations as far as regarded the growth of grein? During . the whole of the last twenty years, wit' s one exception, there had never been so lare e e an imp 'i rtation of foreign g r ai n , as i n th e years 1817 an d 1819.,—it amounted to 2,32.5,000 qrs., or only 100,000 qrs. less than in the great scarcity of the years 1801 anti 1802. In 1817, the quantity of barley imported wile not less than 700,000 quarters, and of oats 900,000 qr 4. —both larger iraportations_than hal ever before occurred. :Row did the Atte:4;B22 affect importations? Had , the country avoided the necessity of . the introduction of grain from abroad? Far from being independent, 'the Legisla ture had been compelled to sanction importations to a large amount. The documents before the House proved, that in the three years previous to the 20th November, IS26 e , 643,000 quarters of barley had been brought in, and abolit a million quarters of oats. The quantity of wheat brought into home consumption in the same period was 807,000 quarters. It was stated in some circles, that at a meeting not far from the House of Commons, it was admitted that the law of 1822 had failed- in its objects ; and in reply to the question then if it have failed, why do you suppoit that law ? It was answered, that many circumstances had hitherto interfered with its operation ; but thit it was now on the point of being effectual and Of rendering - the • price stable, of protecting the forme}, and of making the country independent of foreign supply. It appeared, however, th a t th e A c t o f 18,12 w as passed for the purpose of meeting certain given circuril stances, and of struggling against certain contingencies, vie. falling prices and the change in the currency—and that when they occurred, the law had proved totally ineffectual. It proceeded , rpon an erroneous principle, that Parliament was hound to keep the prices of corn in this country abo s e the prices abroad,- , and to accomplish that design, resort had been had -to a very high prohibitory price. The as sernptieet*angratnitous and unsound as well as unjust, that. in at greit commercial country like England it was p, o ,,,ibi e to eat at!- Zone main branch of intercourse with other nations; without injuring both its internal and ei ternal trade. - Much uncertainty of price and injury to tile agrieultitral as well as other interests of the country, might wise either Aeon': art excess or a deficiency of supply, under *he existing state of the law. If there was a deficiency of hot - Resupply, the prices woukl. advance rapidly towards the poisstwic,msramicebassmatisswessraa, carcla ''Peculatiess-itticakeign-.Coent would take place, and a 'ante stock of iewould be accumulated; and the result would be a great and sudden revulsion in the prices, and the farmers would, in many instances, be ruined. In the case of an excessive supply,. the price, unless exportation should be en couraged, might he ruinously low. But it was clear that this country could not be altogetheindependent of the supply of foreign corn ; and if so, in what circumstances was tile country* placed under the existing law? The foreign farmer would make no provision for the supply of this country, and therefore when a supply was required; we were at the mercy of the foreign market., and the supply must be pro cured on the worst terms. Another view of the subject related to its effect on the exchanges between this and fu reign countries. In the case of an unqualified prohibition, until the price rose to that which the existing law ate. ' pointed, then when corn did reach that price, a greatquab tity would be suddenly imported upon,. speculation, will the knowledge on the part ofe the importers, that as ttie ~ ports had suddenly opened, so they might be suddenly slnit. These sudden and violent operations must havea perniciohs effect on the exchanges, whereas a regular trade in corn would not have any great effect upon them-more than the trade in any other article of commerce. Another point was, that such an unqualified prohibition as he had stated must materially affect our own currency. The dealings :in corn in this country were immense, and a monopoly price could not have a pernicious effect on our currency and cir culating medium, and produce those sudden expansions and reductions, from which so ninny evils had resulted. lilt? might also notice the effect of a prohibition on the manji factures of the country. Such a prohibition must create a t en d enc y in manufacturing capital to go abroad. It albs generally admitted, that the price of corn regulated the price of all other commodities, and thesacrifice which Must be made in consequence of .a monopoly price of that article, would fall not only on the profits of the manufacturing - capi talist, but on the wage' of the l a b ourer. Th e condition of the labourer might be and would be depressecf. He might be made to work for a greater number of hours than for merly, in order to procure sufficient w ages to ma i nta i n himself and his family. His comforts might be diminishd until at last he could hardly,tvith the utmost exertion, earn what would be necessary for a bare subsistence on coarsest fare, and to that state lie was apprehensive this country vies fast approaching.—(Hear, hear.)—A change would be effected in the habits and comforts of the labourer, and the result would be, that manufacturing capital would seek another country. The prohibitory price of corn was, in reality, a premium upon foreign manufactures.—(lleac,) .--He had before said, and he now repeated, that the ex isting law had fail e d in practice, because it was wrong in principle- The change now to be effected, consisted in the substitution of a scale of duties for the prohibitory price. He atetkoof a scale of duties as contrasted with the prohibition, or a'fited duty, and - considered . it re far pre ferable to either.. ' , helves not prohibitory, but softened the gradations in the change of prices. With respect to a fixed duty, it ought :to be observed, that although the sca l e , of dutieseet te te mbiy varying affected the operations of the corn merchan ts, the interests of the agriculturists, and great body o f consumers, (night to be chiefly consult ed. Then, a s to the medium price to be fixed, it mist be in some degree arbitrary ; but 601. appeared to be a fair medium between the part ies who were most deeply con cerned in the question. The Hon. Baronet (Lethbride ) had said, that corn cou ld not be g ro ws at home un der these circumstances ; and he had entered into some cal culations, as evidence that the assertion was well-founded. But, i n reality, these ealeulations were extremely-uncer tain, as much of - them mus t depenfd on nonjectural es nie mate ; as in the case, for instance, o f turnips , which were usually consumed on the ground- The best way, thee, fine, to arrive at a sound conclusion was, to look at th e even • 404 ; and it Was material to bear i n wind, t hat under th e existing law, the price of wheat had of late been en -cultuial i tinder 57 5 . per quar t er . H e a ll owe d that the A other I nterest was i n a very depressed state, like al l in teresta of the community, but he at the same tim e main tained, that th e A gr i cu lt ura l I n t eres t s had of late very much. 'mPtened; th e best proof of which was, the increase d atnd l ue m'aing capital, employed in agriculture, such as in drain ings end other imprpvements. After all that had been said bout the depresed state of the agriculturists, he had not her d "! aue -l' of late about &tellers abandoning their farms, te e eenrg t° brinentip their sons to the same occupation. to , - . .hCarit from farmers, that if agriculture were for thii u s e / '. l .- 411 4; 4ilaPideted state in which it had been ahateles en nXv, years, they would advise their sons to that if ti v 4 NA* altogether, To this he had replied, a rifinouse ' -., . -9. f cultivation. had been so long in such ex traordicary, L AZ"t44 ha 4 represented it to be, it was it l on g age. --- 'W i z . ct advieed their sons to quit against the notion oft ' - , " 1 4 1 . 1 strongly militated Az 4 r . e treat d ' - ' epressum of agriculture, was the great quantity of foreign manures, which had of late been imported into this country. Re alluded par ticularly to bone manure. In the year ending the sth of January, 16245 the 'value of . bones imported for manure was 14 5 900/. ; irr the year ending the sth of January, 1825, it was 44,000/. ; in the year ending the sth of January, 1626, it was 56,0001. ; and in the year ending the sth of January, 1827, it teas 95,0001. It was impossible, under these circumstances, that agriculture could be in the _ ruinous state in which it had been sometimes represented to be. Then, as to the rags, the quantity imported in the year ending the sth of January, 1824, was 350 tons; in the year ending the sth of January, 1825, it was 341 tons; in the year ending the sth of January, 1826, it was 615 tons; and in the year ending the sth of January, 1827; it was 428 tons. Then with respect to linseed, rape-seed, and cakes, the quantities imported during the corresponding period above-mentioned, were, for the first period, 170,000 tons; for the second, 495,000 tons; for the third, 686,000 tons ; and for the fourth, 527,000 tons and upwards. This proved clearly that a great deal of capital was employed in the progressive improvement of the soil, and its more effective cultivation for the produc tion of corn. It was true that the duties on the importa tion of some of these articles had been reduced, but not on the importation of all of them. The Hon. Baronet had appealed to the consequences of a sudden exportation of manufactures. Now, a sudden exportation of nianufae tures might have some injurious effect on the agricultural interests, but a regular commerce .would not. The in creased exportation of manufactures would, on the con trary, add a new stimulus to agricultural industry, and the number of consumers at home would be increased in con sequence of such importation. Then with respect to the importation of corn, this country had for some time been importing corn from Ireland, and yet the agriculture of this country had not the less flourished. Manufactures had been exported to Ireland for the corn imported ; and thus, a new stimulus was given to the manufactures of England, while the consumers of its agricultural produce were pro portionately increased. The Hon. Baronet had also con tended, that the importation of foreign corn would most materially and perniciously interfere with our home corn market. But, if the facts were examined, it would be found that the interference would not be at all so material as the agrieulturists appeared to apprehend ; for, dur ing a tract of years, the importations of barley and oats had been but trifling, and the importation of wheat had not exceeded 6 or 700,000 quarters in any one year. He would show, by reference to the official documents, what had been the total and average qUantity of wheat im ported during the last seven years. The quantity import ed in 1820, time first year of that term, was 1,300,000 quar ters. The whole quantity during the seven years was 4,800,000 qrs., making an annual average of only 660,000 quarters. This, it was to be observed, too, was the result under circumstances of peculiar advantage to the importer. The Right Hon. Gentleman then referred to the Returns of the quantity of foreign corn imported from the principal countries abroad from whence a supply of that commodity could be obtained during the last 20 years, ending with the year ISI9. From this statement it appeared, that the total quantity imported from Prussia during that period was 4,270,000 qrs., making a yearly average of 210,000 qrs. From Germany the total quantity was 1,508,000 qrs., the yerly average of course was 75,000 qrs. From Poland the total quantity was 839,000 quarters, the yearly average 41,950 quarters. The Right Hon. Gentleman also stated the amount of corn imported from the United States and from some other countries ; but in so low and hurried a manner that the numbers could not be heard in the Gallery. The conclusion he drew from these facts was, that there existed no great ground of terror with re gard to the possible amount of foreign corn that could be imported into this country. It was his absolute convic tion that the agriculturists were entirely mistaken as to this part of the subject. The leading fallacy that pre vailed through all their arguments was, that things would remain exactly as they now were, and that importa tion would take place at the same prices as were now obtained, without taking into consideration the ex pences of carriage, and the stagnant state of the fo reign market. But the effect of throwing open the British Market would be, immediately to raise the prices in all the foreign markets. Mr. Jacob, in his Report, had given an instance of the effect produced on the markets abroad by the opening of the British ports. From 1816 to 1820, there was at Dantzic a great demand for this country ; and the:result was, that the average price of wheat during those years, was 545. bd. per quarter. During the next five years, when this demand had ceased, the average was only 265. 2d. per quarter. This was the consequence of closing the British market. The same effect had taken place in Canada, where, from precisely the same cause, the price of evteseaaise4-esseae on she bushel one shilling in _five. The atteinpti, on the part of those who were friendly to the existing system of Corn Laws, to chew that grain could be imported in vast quantities at very low prices, Lad com pletely failed. With respect to that frightful part of the world, the Black Sea, out of which so many dead phan toms had been raised to terrify the landed interest—(a laugh), what was the true state of the case? The mer chants in the Odessa trade had ahewn, in their evidence, that it was not possible to bring corn to this country from that port at a less price than 60s. a quarter. What were the facts with regard to Dantzic? The latest price of the best wheat at that port was 295., and according to the esti mate of the most expert ealculators, it could not he brought to this country at a lower rate than 445. a quarter, inde pendently of the duty. These facts were incontrovertible, and, in his opinion, were decisive of the question. By the latest accounts from New York, it appeared that, including all the expenses of bringing wheat •to this country, it would Cost 54e. a quarter, independently of the duty. If ever there was a delusion, surely then it was, that Foreign Corn could he sent in such quantities from abroad as to inter fere materially with its price in the British market. All the testimony given before the Committees of both Houses of Parliament confirmed these statements, and those of Mr. Jacob also; of whom, having mentioned him, he would say, that though h e did no t hold himself answerable for every allegation in his Report, it was but an act of justice to that Gentleman to remark, that that Report had now been a long time before the world, and had not been im peached in any material statement. Mr. Jacob might have been inaccurate in some points, but in the main he had been correct. The Right Hon. Gentleman, after some further remarks, said, that for these reasons, he hoped the House would oppose the Amendment.—(Hear, hear.)—He con jured the Landed Gentlemen not to deceive 'themselves by thinking that they had not arrived at an important crisis. One of the greatest evils of the existinglaw was, that it was calculated to excite deep and dangerous animosities between the first interests of the country.. He had hoped that the agriculturists would have embraced the proposition' offered to them with wisdom and delight, and would willingly have acceded to the abolition of a law which had failed in every other purpose but that of exciting animosity and pro ducing irritation between them and the rest of their fellow subjects.—( Hear, hear, hear. )---The late Resolutions of that House, and this Bill, which was founded upon them, af forded an opportunity to the Landed Interest to remove every trace of that animosity and of that irritation. —(Cheers. ) He believed that in general, whatever might be thought of it by extreme parties, the public were satisfied with this Bill. The proof of that fact was, that those who were opposed to it had not been able to show popular feel ing, either on one side or on the other ; and he had no doubt that when it was passed, it would soon lull to rest those afflicting and pernicious complaints which had too long been murmured against the Landed Interest (Cheers). He appealed to them, therefore, for their own sakes, not to lose this opportunity ; for, could they conceive, that if it were postponed until circumstances of great pressure, when actual scarcity had excited panic, any measure on this subject would not be viewed in a very different light? There would then be no longer an option, whether 60s. should be assumed as a protecting price. When the coun try was driven to this extremity, Parliament would be obliged to look to the wants of a starving population ; be cause humanity, if not justice, would demand it.—(Cheere) The rejection of this Bill he should regard as one of the most fatal events to the prosperity of the country. When he looked at the growing intelligence, and enlightened mind of the people—the power of the public Press—a n d the real justice of the question—he thought the Landed Interest were much mistaken, if they expected it would not be again presented to them, under circumstances of so different a character, as would probably leave that House ' no power of arguing it.—(Cheers.)---On these grounds in statin g which he had ventured to trespass so long on the attention of the House—he would support the second read ing of the BilL—(Loud and long repeated cheers.) Mr. W ESTERN complained that Government had ha bitually directed the attention of the public to the corn law of 1815, as t he comae of the distresses of the country, when they were really attributable to other circumstances. He averred, that however manufactures might be supposed to have suffered, the distres ses of agriculture were in general e qual, had been greater, and lure, were little below them. But for the behaviour of Govertuatea l t, the people by this time would have become satisfied With the working of the l a w of 181 5 . The p ractice of charg ing all the difficulties of the country to that measure was unfair. He did not mean to go largely into the sub j ect of the curr enoT but lie must be allowed to say that the Bill of .1819 w t ch re stored the old standard, had produced all the fluctuations which had occurred since. It had been avowed by the Mi_ meter in 1822, that the measure he was proposing had f or its objeei the enlargement of the quantity of the circulating medium, and it was Well known that it increased in quan tity during the years .1824, 1825, 1826. In fairness, then, the Right Honourable Gentleman ought to have shown that the fluctuation of prices in grain in other coun tries under a different system was less than it had been in this country. He undertook to show that they were less in this country than elsewhere. By Mr. Jacob's report at Hamburgh, that emporium of free trade, the prices va ried in 1817 from 625. 3d. to 81s. 9d.; average for the year, 725. In 1820 the average was 565., the lowest price being 265. 4d. The average of the last years for the same place was 235. 5(1.; that of March, 1825, being 20s. 9d. that of Sept. in the same year 19s. Id. In 1817, at the same place,barley averaged 355. id.; which fell in 1825 to 10s. Bd. average for the last five or six years, 118. At Cracow, during the same periods, wheat, first at 575. 10,1., fell at last to 12s. 9d. ; average for six years, 19e. Sd. At Dant sic, in 1817, average price of wheat 84s. ; in 1811 it was 225. 6d. ; in 1825, 265. 4d. The variation was qua druple in those countries, while at home it was only double. He objected to making corn subject to those principles of free trade which had failed with respect to other commodi-, ties. He was completely hostile to the application of those. theoretic principles which, he believed, would bring fatal consequences in their train. The design was to keep our. markets always open to the commodities of all the nations in the world. They were bound to look forward. England must necessarily remain the highest and most enticing market unless they could reduce her superior wealth and resources to the average standard of property, and to the poverty of other nations. He complained of the bonding system as another means of inducement and temptation to speculate in corn. The tendency of the bill proposed was to drive capital abroad, not only to grow corn, but to pro vide ships and navigation to bring it here. This was proved by the increase of foreign tonnage whenever expor tation was admitted. If the measure could be proved to have no tendency to increase the importation and consump tion of foreign corn, his objections to it would be dimi nished. Of this he was quite persuaded, that the hn portation of foreign corn would have the effect of driving capital from the cultivation of British laud.-. It had, he knew, been assumed; that the high war prices had brought poor land into cultivation; That he denied, and on the contrary ; was prepared to contend that the high prices had brought into cultivation large quantities of the richest land-they likewise stimu lated a more improved system of agriculture, so that in point of fact the public had in the result a greater and a cheaper supply. What was the time when this blow was aimed at agriculture? When they were told by a disciple of M‘Culloch that an Emigration Committee must expa. triate the hest part of their agricultural population-when 100,000 of the peasantry of Ireland were to be sent to Canada, at an expence of 1001. for each man. In this state of things, to call for the introduction of foreign corn upon the proposed scale, would be to promote the growth of labour abroad, and discourage it at home. They had beard a-great deal of the average prices according to Mr. Jacob's report, but they should recollect what value ought to attach to averages when the paper prices and restored currency prices were jumbled together in one common amis. The Hon. Member then referred to Mr. Jacob's prices (upon a five yean's average) ; at Hamburgh of 235. 5d., Dantzic, 275. 4d., Berlin, 275. Bd., Warsaw and Prague, 21s. 5d., and Cracow, 19s. ld., which made a main average of 235. Bid. This would he to promote a delivery of the article in the Thames, at 30s. This price, with the additional duties, would at once bring the fo reigner to compete with the home grower, when the price was 555. in this country. In any view which lie could take of the proposed measure, lie thought it was an expe riment not only doubtful, but dangerous, and more parti cularly so in the present depressed state of agriculture ; and that, if carried, it must inevitably have the effect of annihilating capital, and driving the most able agricultu rists from the country. . Captain GORDON said, that connected as he was with Scotland, he could not refrain from making a few observa tions on the present occasion. It was obvious without any great insight into political economy, that the beat criterion of the prosperity of any country would be found in the con dition of its labouring population. At present, he re gretted to say that there was not an adequate demand for labour. In 1815 it was said this country could grow her own adequate supply of corn. At another time they had been told by the same authority, that distress had fallen upon the country by over production ; and at a still later period, they, were informed that they ialttistelford some en couragernent to obtain the aznieta,nee ~oe t ,thet.-gre t wat og foreign corn, to supply the home market. If the last pro position were adopted, that in the proportion of the contri bution of the foreigner to make up the 15,000,000 of quar ters, which was the average consumption of the country, there usu.% be a subtraction et borne :lablessas, Wow, unless this diminution were to be supplied by a counter vailing increase of demand for the manufacturing interests, the country would be injured by the depreciation of its agriculture. Whatever injury followed, would be first felt, he feared, in Scotland, from the nature of the land which was there cultivated. They might be told, per haps, that pocir land ought not to be cultivated. What, however, was to happen to these for whom it furnished labour? That was what he apprehended. When the proper time came, he should propose that, with respect to the averages, the prices at the maritime ports of Scotland and Ireland should be included, in order that the averages might be taken throughout the whole United Kingdom.- For the present lie should support the amendment of the Hon. Baronet. Mr. R. PALMER disapproved bah of the resolutions and the };i11. Mr. W. WHITMORE said, that as hehad so often de livered his sentiments upon this subject on former occasions he did not feel himself justified in trespassing long upon the attention of the House. He could not, however, re frain from offering a few observations upon one or two points. It had been said that the result of this measure would be to throw lands of inferior quality out of cultiva tion. No such thing would take place. No such thing had hitherto taken place, although the average prices for the last seven years had been less than those of the preceding ten years. Since 1820 the average prices had been 575. 3d., and during the ten years before 1820 they had been 87s. The land in England was not capa ble of producing sufficient for the consumption of the country, and therefore a quantity of Foreign corn might be admitted without injuring anybody. With respect to the low price at which it had been asserted And foreign corn would be imported, the matter had been very highly coloured. In 1821, at Dant sic, the best wheat fetched from 345. to 365. per quarter ; wheat of the second qua i lity from 31s. to 325. per quarter; and wheat of a third quality from 28s. to 295. per quarter. He did not believe that any but wheat of the latter quality would find its way into this country. The agricultural gentlemen had therefore been frightened at a bugbear ; and in truth it was impossible to bring corn into England at the low price which has been stated. In all the calcula tions upon this subject, the profits which the merchants must necessarily make upon the transaction had been wholly left out of the question. When these were consi dered, together with the freight, he was sure it would be found that this wheat could not be brought from Dantzic, and sold in the London market, for less than 475. per quar ter. This was really understating the matter, and he believed it would be found that it could not be brought to market for less than 50s. The opposition which was made to this measure was founded in gross delusion, and reminded him of a petition which had been presented to that House 70 or 80 years ago against the making of turn pike-roads, which the petitioners stated would ruin their markets, by facilitating communication and introducing competition.—(A laugh.)—He should certainly give his vote in favour of the second reading of the Bill. Mr. G. PHILIPS thought the bill before the House preferable to the present system, and therefore he should vote for it. He thought that Government had no right to busy themselves with calculating and enumerating prices, and fixing a minimum of price as they were now doini , . , but that people ought to be left to buy and sell by them selves. The doctrine, that when prices were high, the profits of the manufacturer and the wages of the labourer were high also, and that therefore the best policy was to raise prices by artificial means, was one which he thought that no man in his senses would adopt. By a parity of reasoning it might be proves that high poor-rates were ad vantageous. It was a remarkable fact, that the price of corn and poor-rates had risen and fallen together, that the poor -rates were high when the price of corn was high, and low when the price of corn was low. The only objec tion which he had to this measure was, that it did not carry the principles of free trade far enough with regard to the trade in corn; he had, however, no alternative between this bill and the old system, and therefore he should vote for the Bill. Mr. E. WODEHOUSE could not bring hinn•elf to be lieve that 60s. was a fair remunerating price. A great deal had been said about the prices of corn abroad, but he thought that the House was still only imperfectly acquaint.• ed with the prices of the foreign markets. The H o , Member entered into a detail of the various prices which foreign and British corn had reached for several years past, and deprecated any rash alteration of a system b y which the agricultural interest of the country had been hitherto protected. Mr. C. PELHAM made some observations, which were totally inaudible in the gallery. Sir THOMAS ACLANI) was extremely unwilling, after the discussions which bad taken place, after the arl?i tration of the Government had as it Were been awarded, the subject should come to be again agitated in the next Session of Parliament. If he doubted whether it would be wise for the agriculturists to press for the 645., against the opinion of the House, it was because that opinion had been expressed in a satisfactory manner, and on repeated occasions. After all that had taken place, he was con vinced that any resistance to the Bill would be to place the agricultural interest in a worse situation than it had been before. For this reason he found it impossible to concur with the amendment of his Hon. Friend (Sir T. Leth bridge), but as he was desirous that the Bill should he passed in as complete a state as possible, lie should propose any such alterations in the Committee as he thought might tend to its perfection. Mr. BANKES thought it was much better for the coun try to stand by the law of 1822, than to trust to the ex periment of the Bill before them. The universal prayer of the farmers was that the House would let them alone. If the prices from 1793 to 1799 were referred to, it would be found that the present prices of corn were as low within a shilling (last week they were lower) as they had been then. He conceived that the system of prohibition to a cer+ extent was the safest principle after all for the coun try ~. .illow.—(Coughing, and cries of " Order.")—His 's Ministers, in framing the resolutions respecting the iiumission of foreign corn, seemed to act on the prin ciple that corn in this country should be as cheap as it was elsewhere. Now this, he conceived, tb be perfectly erro neous. If you want corn as cheap as at Odessa, why the only way to effect that object would be to go and live at Odessa.—(Here the coughing, and cries of " Question," became so general, that the don. Gentleman was forced to discontinue his observations for a few moments.) There was one maxim which he conceived should govern a nation as well as individuals,--he meant that maxim which en forced the necessity of industry, in order to increase the means of life. He could not see why a nation should not follow this rule, which was so useful to individuals; and he would further say, that the best mode to secure the in dependence of a country was to encourage the production of its own lands, and to give employment to its own labour. Every other means of enriching a country would be illusive and perishable.--(Loud laughing.) An Hon. Member, who sat at the Ministerial side of the House, but whose name we could not learn, gave his sup port to the Bill, although he was of opinion that his Ma jesty's Ministers had not acted altogether fairly to the coun try by proposing a rate of duty which they afterwards al tered. An Hon. Member, whose name we were unable to learn, gave his cordial support to the Bill. Mr: PORTMAN wished for a change in the Corn Laws because he - was persuaded that the system heretofore ptw sued could, not be maintained any longer.—(Hear, hear.) He did not like the resolutions of his Majesty's Ministers ;: hut, objectionable as they were, he preferred them to the' existing state of the law. The country considered that the question of the Corn Laws was disposed of; therefore, if the House rejected this Bill, the country would be placed in considerable alarm. Sir EDWARD KNATCIIBULL had seen no reason to change the opinion which he bad expressed before with re spect to the resolutions proposed by his Majesty's Ministers, which he now felt it his duty .again to oppose. The Hon. Baronet complained, that those who composed the majority by whose vote the resolutions were carried on a former' evening, were members in the interest of Government, aided by those Members who composed what should be the Opposition.—(Hear, hear.)—His Majesty's Ministers, in proposing the present Bill, seemed to act upon the principle, that the system of free trade was good for the country. Now, he was one of those who thought that free trade' might be carried too far, in which case it was a system the most unwise for a country to pursue, unless, indeed, a re-! duction of taxation were to follow it, without which, the' principles of free trade could never be enforced. When the Chancellor of the Exchequer brought forward his financial statement, the House would then see hovi far the resources of the country would warrant a reduction in the taxes. If the price of corn wasreduced, it ought inevitably to follow that the price of every thing else should be reduced in the same propor tion. Were his Majesty's Ministers then, he would ask, wil ling to reduce the taxes ? Were, they willine• to propose, that every description of foreign commodities should be impor ted at a reduced duty ? Were they. willing that all de partments of the state, civil and military, should be placed ,upon a less expensive footing? But the country would yuel whether,oLnot liras- a time to reduce the army believed iit,to be quite impossible to reduce those establishments at present, consistently with the wel fare and safety of the country. Under these circumstances he was of opinion that these resolutions would produce, if any, only a partisl good ; and unless the Government was 1. 1 11 1 3+.4 Lisa public 'establishments, lessen the duties on foreign goods, and reduce the taxation, the passing of the present Bill would produce no relief what ever to the country. Sir W. W. WYNN gave his cordial support to the re solutions proposed by his Majesty's Ministers, and should, therefore vote for the second reading of the bill. He denied the truth of the observation of the Hon. Baronet (Sir E. IC...itchbull), that the resolutions proposed by Ministers -1-2 re carried by their friends, aided by the votes of the Opposition ; for he (Sir W. W. Wynn) had given them his support, although he belonged to neither party. . Sir T. GOOCIL had not changed his opinion with re gard to this Bill, although he had come down to the House with his mind open to conviction.—(Laughter and cough ing.)—He had not heard any argument w alter his opi nion, or to cause him to change the vote which he had given on a former evening. The Hon. Member for Bridge north had given the House a detailed essay on political eco nomy, but he (Sir T. Gooch) had heard so much of politi cal economy as connected with the corn question, that without any objection to the men, he was heartily sick of political economists altogether, and he wished_ them no further harm than that a clause should be inserted in the present bill, enacting that every vessel laden with foreign corn destined for this country should take back, instead of ballast, a cargo of political econornists.—(Great laugh ing. )—lt was all very fine for his Hon. Friend (Mr. Whit more) to talk of the benefit which the country would de rive from cheap bread ; but if his Hon. Friend were in a country where the bread was only 3d. a loaf, and he had but a penny to buy it, he would derive very little benefit from his doctrine of cheap bread, and would soon wish him self back amongst the electors of Bridgenorth.—(Renewed laughter)—Whenever this law passed, it would have the effect of stimulating foreigners to bring land into cultiva tion. which would otherwise lie neglested. Thousands an ausands of acres of poor land would thus be brought int mpetition with the poor lands of this country, and he mtt, be a bold man who could tell at what low price fo reign corn could be sold here. In conclusion, he must say, that not having heard any thing in the arguments of this evening to alter the opinion he had before expressed, he would oppose the Bill. The House then divided, when there appeared. For the second reading, 24,3 I For the amendment, 78 Majority 165 The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed to-morrow (this day). SUSSEX COUNTY ELECTIONS Mr. CURTEIS presented five 'petitions from different parts of the county of Sussex, praying - that a Bill might be brought in to fix the holding of elections for Knights of the Shire for Sussex at Lewes. The Hon. Member then moved, pursuant to the notice he had given, for leave to bring in a Bill to alter the places of holding county elections at Lewes, which lie observed would be a great convenience to several parts of the county. If he were allowed to bring in the Bill, he would move th , at, after it was read a first time, it should lie over for consideration till after the holidays, to give the House and the country time to consider of it. Mr. D. GILBERT seconded the motion. Lord G. Lpa' 4 4 . o3C said, that whenever the Bill was brought forward, he would give it his decided opposition, as a measure most injurious to the town of Chichester, and tl:s western parts of Sussex. After a few words from a Member whose name we could not learn, Sir C. BURRELL said he would not oppose the motion for leave to bring in the Bill, but he would by no means pledge himself to a concurrence in the Bill when brought in. The question was then put, and leave given to bring in the Bill. Mr. HUME gave notice, that on Friday he would submit hi s m otion for a return of the number of corporal punishments in the army. Adjourned at half -past 12 o'clock. On a young Lady who was continually scream ing H om e, sweet R ome , Young Music-mad, with lungs of leather, Will yelp " Sweet Home" w hole,hours together, M a ki n g such a noise about her, That home, if sweet, must be without her. [ Opera Glass.] At a late meeting of the fraternity of Ranters, near Chester, - preacher, after descanting for some time on the superiority of the brute creation over man, on the ' , ore o f gratitude, clinched his argument with the following illustration —4 ` If you look to the hens, they never much as take a drink of water without raising their bills to heaven in token of gratitude ;" and then added " Oh, that we were all hens ! congregation loudly responded-" Amen !" "--To which one of th e trul y edified FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Journal des Debats of Saturday.) PARIS, MARCH SY.—The obsequies of the Duke de la Rouchefoucault-Liancourt took place this day, at the Church of the Assumption, his own parish church. At ten o'clock in the morning the old pupils of the School of Arts and Trades of Chalons, of which the illustrious deceased was, for a lung time, the Inspector-General and the benefactor, assembled at his hotel, and, of themselves, carried his remains to the church. A considerable assem blage of persons of the highest rank, among whom we noticed the Dukes of Fitzjames, Duras, Decazcs, Ragusa ; the Counts Darn, Lafitte, Cassimir Per rier, Ternaux ; General Sebastiani, Baron de Ba rante, followed the mourning train, which was headed by the Duke d'Estissac, the eldest son, and the whole of the family of the deceased. The Duke de Doudeauville supported one of the corners of the pall. A deputation of the Chamber of Peers, and one from the Academy of Sciences, of which M. de Rochefoucault was na honorary member, were also present at the ceremony. After the Divine Service was over, the young people arranged themselves, in order to continue to the barrier of Clichy that ho mage with which they had commenced the funeral procesSion, bearing the body to that point where the train was to take leave of it. At that instant one of the superior officers, who commanded a detachment of the funeral escort, advanced towards the groupe, which were about to lift the bier, and declared that he could not permit the body to be carried other wise than in a hearse, and manifested his inten tion of executing by force the orders which he had received. This prohibition appeared so inexplicable especially after the decent manner in which the body had been borne from the hotel of the deceased Duke to the Church, that the young folks thought they were not called on to yield obedience to a ver bal order emanating from military authority, which, in addition, no known law enforced, nor any known regulation of the Police, and which was opposed to numerous recent examples which had not called forth the slightest murmur; they proceeded, there fore, to do what they had so innocently projected. On this the Officer alluded to immediately began to use violence. Bayonets were fixed ; a number of the young people were struck; and witnesses, in whom we repose perfect credit, affirm that serious wounds were inflicted, and that blood flowed, and, in the midst of the frightful confusion, the coffin of a Peer of France, of a friend of humanity, of one of the moat respectable men, abandoned by the hands which supported it, fell to the ground, and remain ed in the kennel for a considerable time. It was at length raised and placed in a hearse, and the train again moved on, while indignation, mingling in every heart with the grief which so mournful an event oc casioned, added to the mournful appearance of the funeral ceremony. Arrived at the barrier, the train halted, and the Baron Dupin, Professor in the Con servatory of Arts and Trades, pronounced the fu neral oration over the illustrious deceased. Count Alexander de la Rochefoucault, his second son, then thanked the young folks, and requested them to re tire peacefully to their respective homes, which was done with religious respect. - We have-tliis moment received from Count Gae tan de la Rochefoucault, third son of the late Duke de Liancourt, a note which too fully confirms the truth of the recital which we have just given.-- When the facts Which we have hastily collected are better ascertained, they will suggest some reflections, of which our readers must already foresee the great importance. We limit ourselves for the present to the transcribing the note, which the Count de Gae tan has done us the honour of addressing to us : I shall not say one word more upon the dreadful scene that occurred at the funeral of my father. I ask, however, what right the police has to hinder a family from allowing the body of a citizen to be borne by hand, instead of being borne in a vehicle ? - I ask what is the use of such a prohibition ? Po pular homage, which is honourable to him that has merited it, is actually paid when the wish to pay it is manifested. - Count GAETAN de la ROCHEFOUCAULT. We participate entirely in the sentiments of Count Geetan. Let us be allowed to add, to-day,a single observation which naturally presents itself. Though it were true that the police had a right to give or ders how a body is to be carried, which we are far from granting, certainly they ought not, after hav ing suffered the carriage by hand from the Hotel of the Duke de la Rochefoucault, as far as the Church of St. Magdalen, to have indicated, for the first time, their prohibition at the moment when the corpse was coining from the church. Why should that which had been allowed before the Divine Service be forbidden after ? How could that which in the commencement was lawful become illegal by the lapse of an hour? Is not this altogether an arbi trary proceeding ? And looking to its consequences, might we not be authorised in giving to such a ca price of power even a severer name ? (From the Quotidie;me.) " Our letters from Madrid state, that it was on the 12th of March, and not the 16th, that the letters re-accrediting the Marquis de Moustier, as Ambas sador from France, were presented to his Catholic Majesty by M. de Beaurepaire, First Secretary of Legation, who remained at Madrid in the character of Charge d'Affaires after the departure of the Am bassador. The date of the recal of the Duke of Villa Hermosa, therefore, coincides perfectly with that of the presentation of the Marquis de Moustier's new credentials. What we farther know is, that ne gociations had been opened at Paris, between the Spanish Embassy and English Commissioners, for settling a plan by which the claims of British sub jects might be liquidated. The principal agents in this negociation, the ratification of which has been refused by the Court of Spain, were, it is said, MM. Cordova and Carnezero, Secretaries of Embassy at Paris; and they are understood to have received, on this account, an unlimited authority to reside any where else than in Spain." (From the Moniteur of Saturday, March si.) (Non -official part.) " PARIS, MARCH 30.—Several journals published yesterday the contents of an article of the Jamaica Gazette, dated January 30, which says, there had been an engagement in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, between two French corvettes and two American men-of-war. According to custom, three French ships of war were stationed in 1826 off the coast ofl Newfoundland,. for the protection of our fisheries, 11 from the month of May to the end of September, during all which time they were on the most friendly terms with the foreign vessels, Americans as well as English. Since that time no French man of war has appeared off those coasts, and those which are to beitationed there this year will not sail from France before the beginning of April. " The account published by the Jamaica Gazette is, theref ore , w h o ll y apocr y P hal• • (From the Elaile, dated Sunday, April 1.) " The funeral of the Duke de Rochefoucault took place y es t er d a y at t h e Church of the Assumption, as had been announced, and thence the body was conveyed to his estate of Liancourt to be interred.— Two battalions of infantry accompanied the proces sion to the barrier of Clichy, where they paid the military honours to the deceased. " We have to deplore some disorder which took place inside of the church. At the moment when the coffin was brought out, and had just been placed on the hearse, or bier (corbillard), several persons having put aside the escort and the barriers, took off the coffin, declaring that they intended to carry it as far as the barrier. Th e undertaker and the police gave o r d ers to replace the coffin according to th e regu l at i ons, b u t the pe.rsons who had seized on t h e co ffi n attempt ing t o resist this order, the armed f orce was o bliged to i n terfere to have it replaced on the carr i ag e, every thing might be done according to c ustom, and With the pomp proper to'b b ed on such an oc e o serf , casiOn. " The coffin fell on the grP un - u. "Among the P who followed the funeral, the Dukes de Choiseul, Were Prince Talleyrand , told that DocateS, Treviso, mid - the Marquises Maison and Lauriston ; Counts Million, Molitor, Rivard ; Barons Barante and Pasquier ; of the De puties—Messrs. Sebastiani, Cassimir Perrier, De vaux, and Boulard; lastly, Messrs. A. Lafayette, A. Lameth, Gilbert des Voisins, Ternaux, Lafitte, De lessert. " After the mass, the offering, and the absolu tion, each of the persons present sprinkled holy water on the coffin. The procession passed through the streets of Neuve du Luxembourg, Caumartin, St. Lazare, and Cliche. It stopped at the bt:n3aux, and a discourse 'was spoken by M. Ch. Dupin, member of the Institute. Other discourses were to have been delivered by Messrs. Million, Lafitte, and Ternanx, but the tumult at the door of the church: having separated them from the procession, they did not go to the barrier. After three volleys of musketry, the coffin was removed to the carriage' which was to convey it to the Chateau of Lien court." SPRING GUNS. The Bill for preventing Spring Guns. being set in weeds, &c., passed the House of Commons on Friday last. Several divisions took place in thc progress of the Bill, but it was carried through out by majorities. On the 23d March the division was, for the Bill going into Committee 104 to 42 against it. We give the ma jority who voted on that occasion, and the minority against the Third Reading, on the 30th. Aclaud, Sir Thomas Alexander, J. Attwood, M. Alexander, H. Barclay, C. Baring, Sir T. Bernal, R. Baring, F. Binning, Lord Brougham, James Chaplin, Thos. Calcraft, John Calvert, John Carrington, Sir E. Cooper, R. B. Cooper, E. S. Clive, E. Courtenay, T. P Corbett, Panton Clerk, Sir G. Denison, W. J. Du Cane, Peter Dawkins, H. Drummond, Home Dundas,' Hon. Thos. Pandas, Sir R. L. Pundits, Hon. G. L. Easthope, J. Eden, Hon. R. E. Fergt sum, Slr R. Fasakerley, J. N. Eyler, T. Gilbert, D. Grattan, James Gurney, H. Guise, Sir W. MAJORITY. Graham, Sir J. IHarvey, H 'ay, Lord A. Heneage, G. F. Hastings, Sir C. Howick, Lord Heron, Sir R. Hobhouae, J. C. Hume, Joseph Horton, W. R. Halse, J. Jenny'', Earl of Lott, H. Lamb, Hon. G. Lushington, Dr. Labouchere, H. Littleton, E. Lushington, Col. Li:Telles, Hon. W. Lewis, 'l'. F. Lumley, J. S. Maitland, Hn. Capt. Maitland, Viscount Morpeth, Viscount Monck, J. B. Martin, J. - Macdonald, Sir Jas. Nugent, Lord Peel, Rt. Hon. R. Pallrner, N. • Parnell Sir H. Ponsenby, Hon. G. Price, Robert Protheroe, Ed. Powlett, Hon. W. Phillimore, Dr. MINORITY. Mountcharles, Earl Morland, Sir S. Mackinnon, C. Peel, J. I'Paget, LOrd W. ITullamore, Lord tWard, W. Feel, L. Poyntz, W. S. Robinson, Sir G. Ranclitre, Lord Ramsden, J. C. Rowley, Sir W. Russell, Lord Wm. Rice, T. S. rtickford, W. kes, D. ' Sinith, W. Sefton, Earl of Sandon, Viscount Thynne, Lord W. Talmash, F. Thomson, C. F. Tindal, N. Vivian, Sir H. Van Homrigh, r • Wetherell, Sir C.. Waithman, Weed, Ald. Wood, C. Wilson, Sir R. Wrightson, W. Warburton H. Whitmore, W. NV. Wynn, Rt. Hon. W- Whitbread, W. H. Wodehouse " Ed. Western, C. Warrender, Sir G. Werreyss, James illitEss. Tennyson, C. Althorpe, Viscount AntrobilE, G. Chichester, Sir A. Capel, John Cooper, E.. S. Dick, Quinten Graham, Marquis of Grcville, Sir C. West, M. Wilson, F. Wilsoli, J. TELLER. Belfast, Earl of Blandford, Marquis. THE ARMY-. The 36th Regiment of Infantry has received orders to Prepare for embarkation in the course of the ensuing week, at Liverpool, for Dublin. Detachments belonging to the 47th Regiment, ander .the command of Lieutenant Lane, and the New South Wale Veteran Companies, embarked ou the Slat ult. at Chatham, on hoard,the Marquis of Hastings, for New. South Wales- Detacbments belonging to the 67th and . 47th Regiments of Foot, embark this morning onboard a steam vessel in the River on route to Canterbury. A Detachment belonging to the' 14th Regiment of In fantry is ordered to embark this morning on board a steam vessel in the River, on route to Chatham.. • A detachment belonging to the 35th Regiment of Foot was ordered to march this morning from Westminster for Portsmouth, on route to the Isle of Wight. Detachments belonging to the 4th Foot, and the 2d bat talion of the 60th Rifle Corps, were ordered to march this morning from Westminster, for Portsmouth. A detachment belonging the 76th Regiment of Infantry was ordered to march this morning from Westminster, for Portsmouth, on route to Jersey. Detachments belonging to the Ist battalion of the 60th, the 71st, and 96th Regiments were ordered to march this morning from Westminster for Plymouth. A detachment of the 67th was ordered to march this morning, from Westminster, for Weedqn. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.—AraiL 2. There was a very numerous attendance yesterday of the leading supporters of the turf. At the beginning of the afternoon the betting was flat -a great deal of talk, but no business. A reaction, however, took place towards the evening, and it became remarkably interesting. The Bears seemed to predominate, several of the favourites being sent back—indeed, the betting on the Oaks would indicate that a complete revolution in the odds is about to take place. Maria opened at 6 to 1, but she speedily fell back to 7} to 1, where she left off, with a strong party against her; this says something for the report (alluded to some weeks ago) that she was lame. As if, however, that notwith standing the odds were changed, the horses should keel' their relative places with each other, Pantina retrograded in the same proportion as Maria, and closed at 10 to 1. Reviewer kept the same position assigned to him by last Thursday's betting, tut Nivalis offers fair to catch him in the odds, she won twice last year in good style, has never been beat, and is a fine promising filly. The Riddlesworth was not touched upon.—The general odds may be relied on as under : DE R BY. 5 to I agst Glenartney Si to 1 agst Tatler 15 to 1 agst Defence 15 to 1 agst Trumpeter 17 to 1 agst Espagnolle is to 1 agst Catherine 20 to 1 apt Mameluke 20 to 1 agst Spondee 22 to 1 agst Gustavus 22 to 1 agst Gaberlunzie 23 to 1 agst Dahlia 35 to 1 agst Eliza Teazle (tak.) 35 to 1 agst Turcoman 40 to 1 agst Edmund (taken) 140 to 1 agst Cressida 1,000 to 20 agst Huldibrand (to) 2,000 to 30 agst Rhoda (taken) OAK S . 5,000 to 60 agst Tamworth (tkn) Li to 2 agst Maria 10 to I agst Pantina filly 14 to 1 agst Totteridge filly 14 to I agat Calypso 16 to 1 agst Morel filly 16 to 1 agst Brown Duchess :GER. 15 to 1 agst Reviewer 18 to 1 agst Nivalis 18 to 1 agst Olivera 20 to 1 agst Jupiter 20 to 1 ago. Popsy 22 to 1 agst Granby 22 to 1 agst Moonshine 23 to 1 agst Matilda 23 to 1 agst Emma 30 to 1 agst Nonplus 35 to 1 agst Pelican 1,000 to 20 agst Chorus (taken) STAG HUNTING. BRIGHTON, APRIL l.—On Friday last, our celebrated Derby Stag, Robin Hood, in presence of a numerous field of well-mounted sportsmen, company in carriages, and pe destrians almost out of number , was, for the second time of the season, turned out at the Devil's Dyke, and ample a nd brilliant was the sport produced. On being set at liberty, about noon, he betrayed no inclination to be - on sociable or visiting terms with the field, but instantly bore off, with a grace and velocity charming to witness, in an oblique di rection, for Siddelscomb bottom; crossing the latter and the Henfield-road, and then stretching his agile limbs uP the front hill facing Newtimber, and on for Guiler's Gorse. Here he ran, apparently with the intent of descending to Patchatu-street ; but, turning short to the left, he wen t down by Pacham North Heath, crossed the London-road , and made for the North-east angle of the Earl of Chiches• ter's Park. The rapidity of his career now ended, an d showed him visibly di s t resse d ; the hounds were come quently stepped. Ei g ht m i nutes b reat hi ng t i me having been allowed t o hi m, the dogs, the instant after , w ere again in full cry , an d the stag, renovate d b y the respite, dipped the hill, crowd the Lewes-road, and . sprang for Newmarket D own , d escen di ng pass ing the Lunatic Asylum there, and sealing , in a strai g ht were again stopped, to give b t u he t course, the stupendously high mount facing it, nor did he thence to Baldsdean,. pab advance pack t n h lev e ea g sn r o eat e again further.r p art put o At nt t the ho rses the o no( ' his point ; when, taking flinch until he. had reached its summit.- Here the dogs Rae a oi t , te in r , ed in fi t e h ld e time to interim, had a brick-shed which fell in his expiration.be w k as u 0 ehoe;pfiinnvpge, minutes,h t i h s e w y a y e o ufil, thedr bolted for Kingston, and route, he entered it, and where he remained and w as Ise cured, after travelling over upwards of sixteen miles of dif toNewtlhieavehno,llouwntilo,ntehxinsprtedighbt,y fieult ground, in cluding stoppa g es, in o ne hour and forty two minutes. Mr. Russell, Mr' Coventry, Mr. Crave n, Mr. Brackenbm7, and the huntsman, were among the veil few in at the capture. REatetNETS.—lt is r ea ll y unjust to the i • I • that more time s not all owe d to the Judges o n the ircul an d that parties should be put to -immense expel: lo o . 2i Peeing Counsel, bringing, witnesses, &c. and atilt' "r„, Want of time, their causes cannot lie heir& and the je,i 443 :" . • interested are kept in, a painful suspense , until the sett cult. At the late Stafford Assisee there firer awn Spe Jury Causes for trial, but in couseluepee of 'anti o ti a six were deferred. We , hope this subjki ivill attritct , lr j , ,f attention of Mr. Peel, to whose u seful labOure we arc" , ready so much indebfed.... Worecsta;;futsrUal