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LAW INTELLIGENCE. ROLLS' COURT, Feb. 15. KIRKMAN V. ANDREWS. The object of the bill filed in this cause-was to have it declared by the Court fhat the plaintiff; who had been removed from the office of Resident Manager of a Life Insurance Company, was en. titled, under the resolutions and articles of partnership, entered into with him by the defendant, and other members , of the Com pany, to receive from the Company a sum of 3,5001. with the interest thereon from February, 1340, the time of his removal from of f ice, which was a sum equivalent to seven years' purchase of a salary of 5001., or that an equivalent annuity should be secured to the plaintiff out of the assets of the Company ; also that the Company should .be declared liable to the debts incurred on their behalf by the plaintiff, and unless assets were Jain:Wed on their part that an account should be taken. In the articles of partnership it had been resolved that the plain - tiff, who was one of the principal projectors of the Company, should not be removed from his office of resident manager, unless for mal versation or gross incapacity; and hence the ground of his pre. sent claim. • :The plea put in by the defendants stated that the plaintiff had twice become bankrupt ; and that on his second bankruptcy he had t►ot paid I as. in the pound, which, being tile case, it was contended bi Mr. Turner, that, under the Commission of Bankruptcy, all the plaintiff's Property became vested in the assignees, and that no un. certificasrpd bankrupt could ever sue without his assignees being made patties the suit. His LORDSHIP thought that according to the authorities on the subject, he should overrule the plea. However, until he should look over these authorities, and satisfy himself on the various points which had been so ably advanceddn argument by Counsel on wither side, he should postpone his decision for. the present. VICE-CHANCELLORS' COURT, Feb: 15. (Before Vice-Chancellor W►nßnw.) THE ATTORNEY-UENERAL V. THE CORPORATION OF NEWARK. In this Case the bill was filed by the Attorney. General, at the instance of the Charity Commissioners. silrence and Mr. Blunt appeared for the relators; Mr. Skirrow for the Trustees under the Municipal Corporations Act; and Mr. Birt for the Corporation. The original information sought an account of the management of certain charity estates, supposed to be vested in the defend ants.. It came on for hearing before Sir John Leach in . tile year 1830. On that occasion it was referred to the Master to take an account of the rents and profits since September ' 8'22, and the Master was also to inquire whether the defendants ead any lands, or other property, to answer what might be due from them. Lord Cottenham subsequently decided that the Court had no power to direct an inquisy as to the assets of a corporation with a view to charging them with costs, but that their funds might be proceeded against by means of a distringas. It appeared that the charity property, consisting of houses, was sold in four lots. On the passing of the Municipal Corporations Act, a supplemental information was filed for the purpose of bringing before the Court the ex-cor porators, and also the trustees under the Act. Whilst this suit was pending it was discovered that the property had been held on charitable trusts,. baring been devised to the Corporation by Anthony Collingwood,. for the use of the poor, and that it could not therefore be brought within the scope of Sir John Leach's order. Mr. Knight, one of the purchasers, applied in May, 1836, to be discharged from his purchase; whilst Mr. Massey, the other purchaser, abided by his purchase, and paid the purchase.money into - Court. The present information prayed a reference to the Master, to inquire and state whether it would be for the benefit of the Anthony Collingwood Charity that that part of the property for the purchase of which Wright sought to be discharged, should be re sold, and that the sale to Mr. Massey should be upheld. Mr.'l3ner, on the part of the corporation, consented to the in. guar on the ground that it would be beneficial to the charity. Mr. SKIRROW, for the new trustees, resisted the prayer, his clients refusing to sanction the proceedings under the sale. The else was part heard yesterd a y. His Froatouit pronounced judgment this morning. Lord Cotten. ham had clearly 'disapproved of this decree directing a sale of the property ; but as there had been a sale under that decree, the pur chasers were entitled to the benefit of it. By arrangement there might possibly be a stay of proceedings. That, however, was only a question of form. The question of substance was whether he should direct an inquiry before the Master, whether it would be for the benefit of Anthony Collingwood's Charity that these sales should he completed. Such a reference assumed that it was proper for the Court to sell charity lands. The only ease in which he had ever known it to be done, in the course of Weenty-one years experience at the bar, was the case of the Attorney.Oeneral v. Netbercott. The result was, that fourteen cottages of which the South Molton Charity consisted were sold in fourteen lots, and the expenses of the sale had swallowed up the charity property. He had been in formed by a gentletnan, who was acquainted with that part of the country, that the charity had, in fact, wholly disappeared. That was certainly a caution against selling charity lands with the idea of benefiting the charity. In a case head before Lord Eldon, Isis Lordship said that an Act of Parliament was the only authority which could properly direct the sale of charity lands. The rule in such cases was that, when a trust had been fixed upon the property, the Court had no right to change the nature of that trust. It had been decided in several cases that even grammar.schools could not he altered, and it was not until the case of the Attorney. General v. the Ha berdashers' Company it was decreed, on the principle that they would accelerate the learning of Latin and Greek, that reading and writing might be introduced into those schools. It could not, therefore be a matter of course that he should direct the inquiry sought by the bill. But it had been stated, that that inquiry might be directed in certain cases, and the question was, whether this was a proper case? Now the proceeding had not been originally instituted on behalf of the Collingwood Charity. In the course of the proceedings there had been a sale of the lands belonging to *at Charity; then an information had been Sled for the purpose of bringing before the Court the trustees, the object still being to June& other charities. Failing on these grounds, it was then suggested that the iuquiry might be for the benefit of this par.. titular charity. The Court would not direct the inquiry unless a very special ease were made out. In this Case the principal ob. jest was to carry on the old information. Honour said he must therefore dismiss the information, so far as It sought to con firm the sale of lands. The plantiff might take the usual decree in a supplemental suit. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Feb. 15. (Sittings in London at Nisi Prius.) MOORE V. WOOD. This was an action In this case, to recover from a wine merchant the surd of 611., the amount of two claims—one for a return in part of tine price paid for eighteen dozen of wine, supplied by the defendant to the plaintiff; the other for the value of the bottles returned, for which, as agreed at at the purchase, a full al_ he:thee was to be made. The case of the plaintiff (a bookseller) was, that the wines were interior to the quality which was paid for, Jliti,at which they were warranted ; and several witnesses, wine , •dealers: and others, gave their opinion to that effect. The defence was, first, that the wines had been several years in the plaintiff's cellars, and had deteriorated; and 4 d5 to the bottles, that they had not been received back, In support of the•latter, witnesses were called that the signature of the re ceipts given for the bottles on their being returned, was in the name of a person who was never in the employment of the de. fondant_ . 'The defendant also pleaded a set off of 594 , a book ac count, and paid 9.1. into Court. The jury found for the defendant on the set-oft; BOTIBEL V. WILSON.. This was an action for false imprisonment. It appeared that the plaintiff and his brother in March, 1840, took apartments from the defendan t,.a grocer, In Old 'Change, for the purpose of carrying on the business ofplumasiers and artificial florists. In March, 1841, the defendant distrained for rent due, and again in June following, for a further. arrear. In the first instance, the rent was paid ; in the latter there was,not sufficient property to pay, and the goods distrained were bought in upon a valuation. In the mean time differences had arisen between the parties respecting the fastening of the door, the defendant refusing to give the tenants a key for the street t door, because he had recently been robbed tla an amount by which he would have been ruined but for the assistance rendered him by the contri. butions of his neighbours. At length the plaintiff's brother had the lock of the hall-door taken oft by a locksmith, and carrieJ away to have a key made. The defendant, on discovering this, called in a policemani. and gave into custody the plaintiff, whom alone he • found in the apartments. On taking him before the Lord Mayor, upon a charge of felony, the case was immediately dismissed and for this the actors was brought. The plaintiff's brother swore that he himself was a traveller in the employment of his daughters, and that the plainti fr was an assistant in the business which belonged solely to the young women. But in his cross-examination, he admitted • that when he and his brother took the premises from defendant, the eldest girl was not nineteen, and the youngest not seventeen. lie had 4ratiAlerred the business to his daughter because he had been unfortunate in business, and made a compromise with his creditors,. but. could not go into business i n his own name. It was by him the lock was taken off, and not by plaintiff who knew nothing about it. The whole family, his son, brother, and his daughters lived on the profits of the business at his dweiling-bouse in the City.road. The manufacture was. carried on in Old'eliange. Witnesses for the defendant swore positively that the apartments wire taken by the plaintiff and his brother in their own names ; but that • when people called to be paid for goods furnished to the concerti,s the plaintiff, who was always attending to the business of the father of the girls, and was travelling for orders, would refer the creditors td his brother, who said that the business belonged to his daughter, and these were minors, against whom proceedings were inoperative. Tye defendant did not put in the second distress until he saw the plaintiff' carrying away the tables and chairs, a discovery which he . did not make until after the whole of what was valuable had been removed. • • The LORD CHIEF JusTtca said, that there was no ground what ever for a charge: of felony, and the Jury must find for the plaintiff; in such reasonable damages as they might consider ade quate tinder the circumstances of the case. The Jury, after deliberating about half an hour, found for the plaintiff', Damages, 40s. • 7ROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. WHITEHALL, Fgß. 14, 1842. The (I*n has been pleased to direet letters patent to be assed und'e'r the treat Seal, p., , Tranting the dignity of a Knight 'of the Unfired Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto Jamsetje, Jeejehhov, of Bombay, in the East Indies, Esq. ' 'the Queen has been pleased to appoint Hercules J. Robert- Esq. ' Advocate, to be Sh er iff D epute of t h e s hi re or she riffdom of Renfrew, void by th e d ea th o f J o h n C. D un l op, E sq. , • CROWN-OFFICE, FEB. 15. MI:USERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIA MENT. KING'S LYNN.—Robert Jocelyn, Esq., commonly called ViS'eaunt Jocelyn, in the room of the Rght Hon. Stratford 4 Canning, who-has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. TAU:4 T041...-Sir Thomas Edward Colebrooke, of Park ' lane, in the county of Middlesex, Bart., in the room of Edward Thomas Bainbridge, Esq., who has aecepted the Chil '' tern Hundreds. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire. F. T. Voljambe, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant. Commisiion by the Vice-Lieutenant of Devonshire. Ist Devon Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—T. Rosser, Cent., to be Adjutant, vice Macartney, June 22. C oramissiLes by the Lord Lieutenant and Vice-Admiral of Devonshire. Sir W: H. Tonki n , K n t., t o be Deputy Vice-Admiral for the port of Exete r , April 10. of WPlym . Eastlake, E , to be Dep u ty Vi ce -Ad m i ra l f or t h e P or t out G h; : g Eastlake Esq. to be ditto; J. Smith, April 10. E , e., to be Deputy Vice_ A dmiral for the port of Dartmouth, South Devonto oe C a pt a i n ; Regim en t o f Mili t i a— Si r W . P . C arew, Bart ditto ; C.-11 Sir J. T. B. Duckwo r th, B ar t , t o b e Ilayne, Gent to be Lieutenant ; J. R. V. Boller, Gent., to be Ensign ; J. W. Dickenson, Gent., to be ditto, Jan..,20.. North Devon Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—M. Cooke, Esq. to be Captain, Jan. 28, 1842 E. G. Cann, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Nov. 17, 1841; T. F ridg es, Gent. to be Cornet, Jan. 20 1642; J. N. Yowler, Gent. to he ditto, Jan. 20, 1842. ADMIRALTY, FER. 12. Corps of Royal. Alarines— Col. Second Commandant G. Beatty to . be Col-Col:mai:dant, vice Adair, retired on full pay; E. S. Me rcer to be C:d. Second Com , Dandant, vice Beatty, promoted.; Brevet Major D. A. Gib.- , . to he Lieut.-Col. vice Mercer, promoted ; Captain S. R. Wesley appointed to the Artillery co mpan i es of the I Corps, vice Gibsone, promoted; First Lieutenant W. Lee to he Captain,.. vice Wesley; Second Lieutena n t P . H. Fel lowes to be• First Lieutenant, vice Lee, promoted; C o l one l Second Commandant T. A. Parke, C. 8., to be Colonel Commandant, vice 'Connolly, retired on full-pay ; Lieutenant4Colonel J. 31‘Cillum to be Colonel Second Com. mandant, vice Parke, promoted ; Brevet Major D. J. Bal_ lingall to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice WCallum, promoted ; First Lieutenant R. 0. Bridge to be Captain, vice Ballingall, Promoted; Second Lieutenant W. C. Y. Elliottto be First Lieutenant, vice Bridge, promoted; Brevet Major B. Bunce to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Murton, retired on full-pay ; First Lieutenant and Adjutant H. \V. Parke to be Captain, vice Bunco, promoted; First. Lieutenant B. Varlo to be Adjutant, vice Parke, promoted; Second Lieutenant C. W. Adair to be First Lieutenant, vice Varlo, appointed Adjut an t ; Brevet Major J. Hewes to be Lieutenant - Colonel, vi , e Walker, retired on full-pay ; First Lieutenant and Adjutant A. B. Stransham to be Captain, vice Hewes, promoted ; First Lieu tenant W. R. Maxwell to be Adjutant, vice Stran. ham, pro moted ; Second Lieutenant R. Farmar to be First Lieutenant vice Maxwell, appointed Adjutant, Feb. 12. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. JOSEPH NORRIS, brickl a y er . R egent-street, Chelsea. JOHN HUTTON, merchant, Fenchurch-street,_ JAMES COCKBURN merchant. New Broad-street. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. THOMAS KING, ship-owner, Crofton, Northumberland. JOHN RUSTON, commission-agent, St. Pall's Church yard. BANKRUPTCIES ENLARGED. GEORGE FORSTER, woollen-draper, Newcastle-upon- Tyne, to Alarch 9, at Bankrupt Commission-room, Newcas tle-upon-Tyne. BANKRUPTS. HORATIO JOSEPH CANNING, scotch-warehouse man, Wood -street, Cheapside, to surrender Feb. 22, at two, and March 29, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pen nell, official assignee ; Murray, New London-street. HENRY FISH, glazier, Prince's-row, Pimlico, Feb. 22, at three, and March 29, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee; Keene, Dorset-street, Port man square. JOHN SAMUEL LENNARD, victualler, White Conduit fields, Feb. 23, at one, and Mareh 29, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lackington, Coleman-street.buildings, offi cial as, lance ; Heathcote and Holman, Coleman-street-buildings. WILLIAM RIC HARD S, victualler, Oxford-street, Feb. 22, at twelve, and March 29, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Turquand, Copthall-buildings, official assignee; Dyson and Flavel, Bedford-row. 'WILLIAM MORRIS, leather dresser, Long-lane, Ber mondsey, Feb. 25, at one, and March 29, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, Basinghall-street, official assignee ; Bennett and Bolding, Scot's -yard, Bush-lane. JAMES CARRON, draper, Blaekfriars-road, Feb. 24, at one, and March 29, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Gibson, Basinghall-street, official assignee ; Cattlin, Elv-place. ANDREW JOPP, insurance -broker, Cornhill, Feb. 24, at half-past one, and March 29, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Green, Aldermanbury, official assignee; Kingsford, Mark-lane. THOMAS SLEEMAN, wine -merchant, Tenby, Pem. brokeshire, March 1, and 29, at two, at the Commercial-rooms . Bristol. Makinson and Landers, Middle Temple, London; Haberfield, Bristol. WILLIAM GRUNDY, yarn-dealer, Manchester, Feb. 26, at twelve, and March 29, at ten, at the Commissioners'- rooms, Manchester. Makinson and Sanders, Elm-court, Mid dle Temple, London ; Atkinson and Sanders, Manchester. THOMAS STATHAM, hosier, Huddersfield, Feb. 25, at four, and March 29, at ten, at the Wbite Swan Hotel, Hud dersfield. Lever, King's-road, Bedford-row, London; Bar ker and England. Huddersfield. WILLIAM SORBY, chemist, Choriton-upon-Medlock, Lancashire, March 1, at two, and March 29, at three, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Bristol. Walrusley, Keightley, and Parkin, Chancery-lane, London; Humphrys, Cunliffes, Charlcwood, and Bury, Manchester. JOHN LA WTHER, timber merchant, Newcastle-upon- Tyne, March 14, and 29, at Eleven, at the Bankrupt Commis sion-room, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Crosby and Compton, Church-court, Old Jewry, London; Hodge, Newcastle-upon- Tyne. 'JOHN BROOKE. jun.; manufacturer, Dewsbury, York shire, Feb. 23, and March 29, at twelve, at the Commissioners' rooms, Leeds. Hornby and Towgood, St. Swithin's.lane, London ; Savery, Clark, and Fussell, Bristol. JAMES SLY, draper, Melcombe Regis, Dorsetshire, Feb. 21, and March 29, at the King's Arnie Hotel, Dorchester. Sole, Aldermanbury, London. CHARLES GATEHOUSE, brewer. Chichester, March 1, and 29, at twelve, at the Dolphin Hotel, Chichester. Ran dall and Eldridge, Southampton; Tilson, Squance, and Til son, Coleman-street, London. WILLIAM LOONEY, COoper, Whitehaven, March 1, and 29, at twelve, at the Black Lion Inn, Whitehaven. Stubbs, Furnival's Inn, Londo n ; M essrs . P err y, Whit e h aven. DAVID WARD BANKS, dealer in piano -fortes, Manches ter, March 9, and 29, at ten, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester. Capes and Stuart, Field-court, Gray's Inn, Lon don ; Law, Manchester. SAMUEL NI CH 0L S, gold pencil-ease maker, Birmingham, Feb. 22, and March 29, at two, at the Waterloo-rooms, Bir mingham. Holmes, Great Knight Rider-street, Doctors'- Commons, London : Yeates, Birmingham. JOHN WARD, cattle-dealer, Irstead, Norfork, Feb. 21, at three, and March 29, at twelve, at the Royal Hotel, Norwich. Sewell, Blake, Keith, and Blake, Norwich ; Wood and Blake, Falcoln-square, London. JAMES GRANT SMITH, brewer, Bath, March 2, and 29, at twelve, at the Lamb Inn, Bath. Adlington, Gregory, Faulkner, and Follett, Bedford-row, London; Gaby, or Bat chellor ; Harford, and Staunton, Bath. JAMES HUNNYBUN, ironmong er , Cambridge, Feb. 23, and March 29, at twelve, a t th e Hoop Hotel, Cambridge. Eaden, jun., Cambridge ; Clark and Davidson, Essex-street, Strand, London. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. E. Petch, wine merchant, Atherstone, Warwickshire, March 10, at twelve--W. and J. Newton, silk throwsters, Maccles field, March 10, at t wo—W. Morrison, stationer, Fenchurch street, March 10, at two—J. Maberley, merchant, Bread street, Cheapside, March 10, at twelve—T. Robinson, 'tallow merchant, Leadenhall-street, March 10, at twelve—A. M. Saubley, wine -merchant, St. Mary-at-hill, March 10, at two— W. Kaowelden, engineer, Great Guildford -street, Southwark, March 8, at half-past twelve—W. and J. Walker, manufac turers of apparatus for heating buildings, St. John-square, March 8, at twelve—G. Gandy, silk manufacturer, Spital fields, March 9, at eleven. In the Country. J. C. Read, tailor, Leicester, March 9, at two, at the Castle of Leicester, Leicester--H. E. Harries, draper, Dowlais, Gla. merganshire, March 15, at eleven, at the Commercial •rooms, Bristol—T. Smith, tailor, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, March 8, at two, at the Commercial-rooms, Bristol—J. Swettenham, scrivener, Wirksworth, Derbyshire, March 7, at twelve, at the Red Lion Inn, Wirksworth—J. W r i g ht, matc h et manufac turer, Birming ham, April 6, at two, at the W a t er l oo - ro o ms , Birmingham—R. arnewall, merchant, Liverpool, March 17. at one; at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool—H. and C. Grove, grocers, Birmingham, March 9, at three, at the Waterloo rooms, Birmingham—D. Howarth. sen., D. Howarth,jun., and R Howarth, ironfounders, Rochdale, March 9, at one, at the Comrtissioners'-rooms, Manchester—E., E. P., 8., and J. A. Cooper, clothiers, Trowb r id ge , F e b . 25 , at ten, at the W h i te 1 Hart Inn, Chippenham. 1 CERTIFICATES—MARCH 8. E. L. Ireland, and J. C. Blyth, factors, Birmingham—W. Duffield, nail .manufacturer, Darlaston, Staffordshire—ll. Wheeler, innkeeper, Witton, Cheshire—R. Smith and S. Mar shall—J. Macaire, J. Linnemann, and J. C. Berger, merchants, Liverpool—W. Biddle, fishmonger, Holborn-hill—J. Ander son, oil merchant, Liverpool—J. Brown, upholsterer, Mi nories—R. Harris and S. Ki ng , woa ll eu -d rapers, High Hol born—J. Moore, hatter, Old Bond-street. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. F. Fagg and V. Page, millers, Newington, Kent—J. and J. G. Plomer, solicitors, Heleton, Cornwall—A. and H. N. Brewer, wire weavers, Surrey-place, Old Kent-road— G. Braginton and W. N. Vicary, lime burners, Bishop's Taw ton, Devonshire—C. Bartliff and J. G. Hood, wholesale wine merchants, Lowe Ousegate, Yorkshire—R. Haggett and J. W. Edwards, cheesemongers, Upper King-street, Bloomsbury— J. Wood and J. Howard, merchants, Leeds—G. England, T. Lester, and W. Johnson, coal masters, Bradley-lodge, Staf fordshire (solar as regards W. Johnson)—P. Firth, J. Dug dale, and .1. Firth, sawyers, Huddersfield (so far as regards P. Firth)—W., J., Z., T., and S. Peacock, hat manufacturers, Denton, Lancashire (so far as regards W. and T. Peacock) — F. A. Wheeler and B. Aspland, percussion -cap manufac turers, Birmingham—A. Ponton and J. P. Watts, saddlers, Warminster, Wiltshire—E. I. and B. Atkins, paper hangers, Northampton—E. Leaf and T. M•Dougal, wholesale haber dashers, Wood-street, Cheapside—N. Yates and A. A. Griggs, milliners, Mortimer-street, Cavendish-square —R. Lyon and W. •Hotson, cabinet makers, High Holborn—J. Nicholson and T. Brown, linen-drapers, Wisbeach—E. Germain and J. John son, tow spinners, Leeds—W. Hambley and C. E. Marriott, architects, Winchester-buildings, Broad-street, City—W. Babb,S. Prosser, W. R. Best, C. Smith, H. W. Trims, and J. Denman, bill discounters, Strand (so far as regards W. Babb, H. W. Tymms, and J. Denman)—R., T. G., and W. Dawes, iron merchants, Manchester—E. Mitchell, jun., and G. Purdue, wine -merchants, Upper Thames-street—E, Wilson and J. Tate, brown earthenware manufacturers, Newcastle— P. Phillips and S. Samuel, coal-merchants, Crown-street, Finsbury—F. Swift and J. Fell, brass founders. Wolverhamp ton—T. and G. Martyr, carpenters, Greenwich—J. Smith, J. G. Lockett, and J. Heap, jun., calico printers, Yorkshire .-- G. Metcalfe and 3. Driver, copper-plate printers, Manchester -T. Dawon snd G. Sutherland, corn merchants, Darlington, Durham—.J. Hicks and P. IM. Edgar, architects, Bristol— J. N. and G. W. Franklyn, tobacco manufactu rers , B r i s t o l. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. JOHN CRAIG, provision merchant, Glasgow, Feb. 18, and March 18, at one, at the Chambers of Andrew Glemnill, Glasgow. ANDREW BRICKNAL, merchant, Dundee, Feb. 18, and March 11, at one. at the Royal Hotel, Dundee. WATSON, PELLATT, and CO., glass bottle makers, Glasgow, Feb. 22, and March 15, at one, at the Chambers of Messrs. Moncreiff and Paterson, Glasgow. THOMAS M'MURTRIE, innkeeper, Edinburgh, Feb. 22, and March 15, at twelve, at the Qneensferry Arms Inn, Edinburgh. SAMUEL COCHRAN, manufacturer, Glasgow, Feb. 21, and March 14, at twelve, at the Black Bull Inn, Glasgow. THOMAS THOMSON, manufacturer, Paisley, Feb. 23, and March 21, at one, at the Saracen's Head Inn, Paisley. ELIZA SU'T'HERLAND, worsted dealer, Leith, Feb. 21 and March 143, at twelve, at the Old Signet Hall, Edinburgh. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of February 15. Suosa.-Government not having yet made known what course they intend to pursue relative to the Sugar duties, has kept th e market in a dull state for all descriptions admissible for home can sinnptioa, both grocers and refiners have operated with caution is British Plantation, taking barely ample for their immediate wants and although importers have submitted to a reduction of is pm cwt, still only 400 hhde and trcs have been disposed of since out last report. . _ To.day the demand for British Plantation Sugar was extreme; limited for both grocery and refining purposes, and the purchases are not worth enumerating; the supply being scanty, enableif merchants to obtain prices nearly equal to those of Friday. Thi trade are enabled to supply their wants with other kinds of Sugar on more advantageous terms. REPINED.—To.day . refined goods met with a good demand fot home consumption, sales of standard lumps were made at 80s pet cwt. In pleces and bastards several purchases were made, at the rates quoted above. Treacle dull of sale at 26s 6d to 325. Bonded crushed sugar sells more freely, first sort at 284 9d to 29s per ,cwt. 31sua1riu3—This afternoon there was no improvement in the demand; at auction 5,990 bags were disposed of quietly at Is to Is 6d per cwt decline; tine yellow at 68s to 695, good 62s fid to 64v, mid 60s 6d to Gls Gd, fine brown 53s to 63s 6d, low 45s to 46s per cwt ; several lots were taken in. EAST INnta.—This afternoon a dull demand existed for Bengal, and 1,267 bags at public sale went Is 6d to 2s lower; good brown sold at 47s to 48s lid, damp 42s to 465, good sound white 69s 6d, mid 63s to 645, low Gls Gd per cwt. FOREIGN.—The market for Foreign has been firm since this day week, and a better demand has existed. To-day holders of both Havannah and Brazil evinced firmness, entertaining an opinion that Government will shortly propose to make some reduction in the duty. But buyers did not operate with freedom. At auction 5,455 boxes white Havannall were all taken in at full rates, viz. good white at 271 tid to 28s Gd, mid dling 26s 6d to 275, low 25s 6d to 26s per cwt. Since the sale, nearly the whole of the Havannah has been sold 6d per cwt under the buying in prices; the Sugars were of old import. MoLassEs.—Although there are sellers of West India at rather lower rates, still there are few buyers, and the transactions have been extremely limited since our last report. Foreign Molasses dull of sale at 6s Gd to 7s per cwt. CoeFez.—For British Plantation Coffee of clean quality prices have been full.' sustained and a good demand has existed, Indeed the supply of riddling and good middling sorts is net ample for the wants of the trade; at auction 35 casks and 1.09 barrels were readily disposed of, good to fine ordinary Jamaica 63s to 88s; Tri. nidad Gee ordinary 75s to 80s. This afternoon the Coffee market presented a firm appearance; by private contract a fair demand ,existed for all clean sorts for home consumption, and rather higher rates were paid for West India. Ceylon was in good request, good ordinary 70s to 71s per cwt; at auction 226 bags East India, and 21 bales Mocha were offered, the former sold as follows—good ordinary greenish Singapore Java at 505 Gd, good ordinary yellow 46s 6d to 48s Gd, good ordinary grown Sumatra 34s per cwt, being full rates, the latter at 82s Gd to 83s 6d for good ordinary. COCOA.—For West India few inquilies have existed privately; holders are reluctant to submit to lower rates; 273 bags 191 brls at public sale were only partly sold at 37s to 43s for mid to good red Trinidad, being full rates. Foreign at reduced rates. FRIT/T.—For Fruit the demand increases prices bring still ma• derate, Denia Raisins at 28s to 295. Valencia Raisins at 36s for the best. Currants at 55s to 56s for Zante and Cephalonia, and 60s for Patras. Turkey Pulled Figs have been selling at 56s to 655. Prices have advanced for Jordan Almonds ; damaged Patras Currants sold at 52s to 57, and Cephalonia 50s to 52s per cwt. TEA.—Since this day week the market has presented a firm ap. pcarance for free trade Tea ; there has been a good demand for black descriptions to supply both town and country orders, and the advance previously established has been fully supported. To.day several purchases were made in Free Trade Tea, and the prices paid were rather higher; salesof common Congou made at is lld cash, and ordinary Twankay ls.lo %d cash. The mar. ket closed with a firm appearance. SPICES.—This afternoon the public sales consisted of 300 chests Cassa Lignea, and 351 bags Pepper ; the former sold at full rates, good mid at 85s to 86s, mid 81s, low mid 80s 6d to 81s, mouldy and broken 63s 6d to 78s 6d per cwt ; and the latter sold at 24d to 213 d for fair Sumatra. At public sale 145 bags Bourbon Cloves went at is Id, 2 bars Cayenne is 3d per lb. Ru►r, BRANDY, AND HOLLAND 9.-111 West India Rum the ope. rations have been upon a small scale only in Jamaica as well as Leewards, and thelpurchases have been only 150 puns, &c., proof Leewards at 2s Old to 2s id, andsome parties are asking 2s 2d per gallon ; the market is scantily supplied. For East India prices have improved, and the demand has been good; the sales have been 350 hhds at the 9s 4d duty at Is 9d to Is. 10d for common, Is lid to 2s for good clean, proof, 26 per cent. over improved quality 2s 2d and 170 hhds at high duty is 4d to is 41c1 proof. The operations in Brandy have been upon a small scale only, and prices have suffered a further decline of Id per gallon ; the follow. ing are the quotations—Cognac first brands of the vintage of 1836, at 5s 10d for hhds, puns 5s Bd, do. 1837, hhds, 5s sd, puns 5s fid, ditto 1838 hogsheads 5s 3d, puncheons 5s Id ; ditto 1839 hogsheads 4s 10d puncheons 4s Bd, ditto 1840 hhds 41, puns 31 lid per gallon. , Geneva has sustained the former value, but little business has been transacted. We have still to report a dull market for British Corn Spirits, sellers at 9s 9d per gal, cash. To-day West India Rum was in better request, and a fair busi. ness was done at imported rates for common sorts : sales of proof Leewards made at 2s Id to 2s 2d, good to fine Jamaica at 5s 3d to 5s 7d. Nearly en the Leewards have been cleared off' the market. Calcutta Rum in good request at is 910 to 2s, subject to low duty. RICE.—For Bengal Rice prices have been fully supported, and a fair demand has existed. Carolina for home use, first quality at 365, and inferior 28s to 345.. Patna at 16s to 2ls per cwt duty paid. This afternoon Bengal Rice met with a steatly sale, and 5,006 bags Bengal at auction were principally sold, but at rather lower rates, low middling white went at 9s 6d to 10s, good middling lOs 6d to I ls, good 1 Is to Its 6d per cwt. Oits.—Southern and Brown Seal Oil since this day week at firm rates; the former at 351. for fine, and 321. to 541. for common to good ; the latter at 28/. 10s to 291. for dark• quality. Pale Seal 401. lOs to 41/. Cod Oil 29/. For Sperm Oil prices arc firmer, British at 88/ to 901 per tun. Rape Oil 51s for pale, and 40s for brown. Linseed Oil at 34s 9d to 35s per cwt ; for delivery at 353 to 35s 6d per cwt. Olive Oil has been in brisk request ; Gallipoli. at 601 to . 621, and for Spanish 501 to 521 have been paid; there are not further sellers under 53/, and some parties ask 54/ per tun. Palm has met with a fair sale; first sort at 32/ to 321 10s per tun. Cocoa Nut Oil has been in limited request only, and 92 casks Cey. lon at public sale were taken in 36s to 40s per cwt. Prices have been sustained fir Cocoa Nut Oil this week ; Cey lon taken in at 36s to 40s per cwt. TALLOW.—For Russian Tallow, former rates have been fully sustained ; P. Y. Candle on the spot at 48s to 48s 3d per cwt; for delivery, holders require 48s 6d to 40s for the last three months of the year. South American at 43s to 45s 3d for good to fine, and 40s to 42s 6d for low to mid quality. An opinion still exists that Government will increase the duty on Russian Tallow; under this idea, nearly all the merchants have paid duty on their stocks in the Docks. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, Feb. 15. ROYAL ASSENT. The Royal Assent was given to-day, shortly before Five o'Clock, by Commission, to the Appropriation Act Amendment Bill. The Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Shaftesbury, and Lord Wharncliffe. CORN-LAWS. The Marquis of NORMANBY presented a petition from the borough of Hull, signed by above 7,600 per sons, praying their Lordships to repeal the present Corn-laws. Lord BROUGHAM said he agreed with the petition, if it prayed for a removal of all taxes imposed for - Mere protection, but he did not go so far as the petitioners if they expressed themselves in favour of a duty imposed for the purpose of raising a'revenue. The Marquis of NORMANBY said, 'that some time ago be did present a petition from the Town Council of-', Hull, praying for an alteration of Corn-laws, and the adoption of a fixed duty • but the present petition was 1 from the inhabitant s of Hull,; praying for a total repeal of the Corn-laws. Lord BROUGHAM said, of all modes of raising a revenue a duty on necessaries of life was the very worst. They had no mode of calculating the revenue, and in case of exigency they could not tell whether it would be possible to raise the 1 revenue or not. Another obvious objection struck every one as soon as a duty was mentioned for the purpose of raising a revenue. For instance, in order to raise a million and a quarter revenue, by imposing a fixed duty, it would raise the price of all other kinds of grain, as well as of that imported, and thus they would draw eight or ten millions from the consumer, while only one million and a quarter would go into the Exchequer. A duty on consumable commodities was in fact a poll-tax, and was exceedingly to be repudiated, as all paid alike according to their means ; in fact the poor paid more to it than the rich, as the amount of their means spent in food formed a larger proportion of their expenditure. He perceived by the Votes of the other House of Parliament that a great number of places had been added to those where the averages had been usually taken. He begged to ask the Noble Lord opposite whether the places so proposed to be added were places in which the price of wheat had generally been lower than in the places where the averages had been hitherto taken ? :The Earl of RIPON had no obj ec ti on t o answer th e question of the Noble and Learned Lord. The principle that had induced them to add a number of towns to those that now made returns, was in order to prevent the possibility of any essential fraud, and not with the view of lowering the averages. If they had had any such object in view, they would have been committing a fraud. They had taken such large market towns as would be most likely to give a fairer view cf the average price of the country, and diminish the chance of fraud.—(Hear, hear, hear.) If his Noble and Learned Friend would only look at the towns they had selected, he would find that although they had given towns in agricultural districts, they had also given towns in the manufacturing and maritime districts. The principle they had acted upon was not for the purpose of diminishing the averages, but to give a fairer view of the quantity sold, and therefore diminish the chance of fraud. Lord BROUGHAM did not for a moment impute to the Noble Lord, or his colleagues, the intention of doing any thing improper; but he was afraid that the averages , might be affected, by the proposition they had made. . . The Earl of RIPON said that such could not be the case, and the averages were struck by putting the quan tity together, then adding up the money, and substract ing one from the other ; no effect would be produced upon the averages, except from the larger markets. The Earl of RADNOR had no doubt that these towns had not,been selected with any improp er mo ti ve , but he had as littl e doubt. that the result would be to lower the averages, which would be a disadvantage to the people. There was no doubt it, might have a tenden c y t o prevent fraud, but he (Earl Radnor) very much doubted whether that tendency would do any good to the public. He believed that that tendency to fraud, however much they might repudiate fraudulent transactions in them selves, had been a benefit to the people, because it had been the means of introducing a greater quantity • of corn into this country. He believed that the present plan would be more stringent, for he believed that the proposed sliding scale would possess all the objections of the sliding scale under the present system, and that in a very great degree. He also believed that it would equally Open a - door to fraud. .He could not under- stand why the Government had.introduced this Bill. They expected no good from it ; they did not expect that it would be any relief to the country. He (the Earl of Radnor) believed that the farmers would be better off without any protection.—(Hear, hear.) The whole principle he contended for was admitted by the Government in last September, or about that time, in the course of the correspondence between Mr. Henry Gunter, the Board of Customs, and the Board of Trade, on the subject of the reduction of the duty on preserved turtle, which was admitted duty free, the same as live turtle. The Earl of RlPON—There is a duty on live turtle. --(Hear, and laughter.) The Earl of RADNOR—He had lately seen in the newspapers, and he believed there was no doubt of the fact, that the Government had distributed certain pa uisn gt raa k xt i etisi dn .t . 0 ti t tsel dedei Ord nance stores among th e di stressed weavers of Spitalfields d for their relief. Now b e ( t h e Earl of Radnor) could it n .cb, o ri tnwkahpti which approve the e stores poef people bl h eo a u r io:d ty be of ti that ss:tiid ifnot h relief were to be afforded to the wearers of Spitalfields, why, it might be asked, should it not also be extended to the distressed operatives of Manchester, Birmingham, Paisley, and other places ? For his part he believed that the practice was unjustifiable in principle. He had heard of a memorial lately addressed to the Government from Paisley,. praying that the provisions lying in st ore i n Liverpool and other places might be admitte duty free, for the use of the poor of that town ; and he was sorry to say that it appeared the request could not be acceded to. It was his intention to move, be , fore the House separated, 0 tbr certain returns connected with the use made ,of the Ordnance stores, and with the Paisley memorial, when he would again re fer to those subjects. He wished to take that opportunity of stating, that he considered the new measure would in effect be more stringent than the present Corn-law Bill, inasmuch as it would tend to raise the ave rages, and thereby to•exclude a good deal of foreign corn which now came into the country. The Earl of RIPON said that the Noble Earl had been very jocose about a matter which, he must have thought of great iniportance—namely, the free impor tation of turtle. Now he (the Earl of Ripen) hap pened not to be very intimately acquainted with that very important matter. The inquiry about which the Noble Earl joked so much was a necessary one, inasmuch as it had not been before determined what duty preserved turtle should pay. Such questions were not uncommon. About five years ago the same Mr. Gunter imported a large cargo THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 18, '1842. of ice from Norway, and the whole Customs were in commotion as to what denomination it should come under, and then what duty it should pay. The question was referred to the Treasury, and by it to the Board of Trade, who decided that ice was goods. — (Laughter.) Lord CAMPBELL said the ice was dissolved before the question was solved. —(Laughter.) The Earl of RIPON then proceeded to censure the manner in which the Noble Earl had alluded to the efforts the Government had made, on former occasions, to relieve the distressed. Lord BEAUMONT referred to the new mode of taking the averages, and said he much feared the factors would influence the new markets as they did the old. The. only way to ascertain the truth on this subject was to take it from the grower. The scale which they had heard proposed elsewhere was too great a sacrifice for the farmer to make, unless ,an alteration was made in taking the averages. • Lord BROUGHAM thought the Noble Lord would admit, that the nearer the averages were taken to the place where the corn was grown, the less distance they would have to go to find a market; and corn was likely to be higher in the more distant parts. The subject then dropped. Lord BROUGHAM then presented petitions from the west of Scotland, complaining of the price of food, and praying for an alteration of the Corn-laws. Messengers from the House of Commons brought up the Loan Societies Amendment Bill, which was read a first time. Lord CAMPBELL presented a petition from the Presbyterians of Belfast, praying that some remedy might be had for the present defective state of the law relative to Dissenters' marriages. Another object of the petition was, that the system of registration of births, marriages, and deaths in Ireland, as the law at present stood, was extremely defective and inconvenient. Many families in Ireland of different persuasions, were at times anxious to ascertain their pedigrees. A new system had been introduced in England which had been attended with very great success. At firstit encountered great proju dice,and people were averse to register their children under it, but the prejudice had gradually died away. Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal ,together with his Royal Highness the Prince of \Vales, were registered along with the other subjects of the realm. He (Lord Campbell) thought that all objections to the system had disappeared, and it was now attended with great benefit to the com munity. Why should not the Irish people have the be nefits of this system as well as the other parts of the em pire. The Poor-laws had been established in Ireland, and he (Lord Campbell respectfully submitted to the Noble Duke opposite that the system of registration might be introduced through the district officers in Ireland. Lord REDESDALE said that, so far from the system having given satisfaction, he knew that in many parts it had given great dissatisfaction. LOrd CAMPBELL said that he was aware that the system had been met with considerable prejudice, and that indictments were issued against many persons re fuiingqo comply with the Acti, but he hoped that the law would now be obeyed. Lord MELBOURNE presented petitions from Oak hampton and other places in Devonshire, for the repeal of all duties on corn and provisions, except for purposes of revenue. Lord ENNISKILLEN presented a petition from the Presbyterians of Sligo, praying for a Bill to settle the marriage question now agitating the Presbyterian com munity. Lord DITCIE presented a number of petitions praying for a repeal of the Corn-laws. The Noble Lord pre sented several petitions from Gloucestershire to the same effect. LOAN SOCIETIES. On the motion. of Lord WHARNCLIFFE the Loan Societies Bill Continuation Act was read a first time. EXCHEQUER BILLS. Lord MONTEAGLE said, that having heard from the Noble Lord opposite that he should be absent from town on public business on the 17th, he should postpone to the 28th the motion of which he had given notice for the 17th. The Noble Lord then moved for returns of minutes of the Comptroller of the Exchequer and others, relating to corn and bullion, the terms of which were not beard in the gallery. DISTRESS IN PAISLEY AND SPITALFIELDS. On the motion of the Earl of RADNOR copies of the correspondence between the Government and certain parties, relative to the distress in Paisley and Spital fields, were ordered to be laid on the table, Their Lordships adjourned at Twenty Minutes past Six o'Clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS, FEB. 15. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Five Minutes before Four o'Clock. The following Members took the oaths and their seats.—Colonel Wemyss, for Fifeshire, Captain Dun combo for East Retford, and Lord Jocelyn for Lynn. REPEAL OP THE CORN-LAWS. Mr. WOOD presented petitions from two parishes in Westmoreland praying for a total and immediate repeal of the Corn-laws. Sir GEORGE STRICKLAND presented a petition from Saddlebourne, in Yorkshire, with the same prayer. Lord DUNCAN presented a petition from Bath, signed by the City Sheriff, Aldermen, and twenty-four Town Councillors, complaining of the inefficiency of the plan proposed by Ministers for the alteration of the Corn laws, and humbly praying for the avoidance of class le gislation.—(Hear, hear.) Captain DUN DAS presented a petition from Green wich, praying for the abolition of the Corn-laws. - Mr. RAIKES CURRIE presented petitions from Northampton with the same prayer. Mr. FERGUSON :presented similar petitions from Banffshire. Mr. VERNON SMITH presented petitions from several places in Northampton, praying for a total abo lition of the Corn-laws, and an alteration in the Suffrage. Dr. BOWRING presented 61 petitions from different places in Scotland and England, all very numerously signed—one from Burnley, with 1,782 signatures, one from Wortley; with 1,800 signatures, and various others with many signatures—all praying for the entire and immediate repeal of the Corn-laws. PRESBYTERIAN MIXED MARRIAGES. Mr. EMERSON TENNENT presented petitions, praying for alterations in the law relating to Presbyte rian marriages in Ireland. Sir R. BATESON presented petitions from two places in Derry, regarding Presbyterian marriages, praying that the House would be pleased to pass a law, to legalise all those marriages which had already taken place. and make such marriages valid in future. This question caused great excitement in the north of Ireland. METROPOLITAN BRIDGE TOLLS. Mr. MASTERMAN presented a petition from the in habitants of the metropolis, pr a yi ng th a t, th e tolls on the different metropolitan bridges should be taken off. Mr. B. WOOD presented a petition to the same effect, from the inhabitants of the Waterloo-road. Mr. G. W. WOOD brought up the Report on Public Petitions, which was ordered to lie on the table. CORN -LAWS. Lord SANDON presented a petition from the Ame rican Chamber of Commerce, in favour of the plan pro posed by Sir Robert Peel with respect to the Corn-laws. Mr. W. EVANS presented a petition in favour of the total repeal of the Corn-laws. Mr. VILLIERS presented several petitions from Nantwich and other places in Cheshire, praying for a total repeal of the Corn and Provision-laws ; also peti tions to the same effect from the shoemakers of Cheshire. Mr. AGLIONBY presented a petition from an agri cultural district in Cumberland, unanimously signed by the occupiers of estates, and farmers, praying a repeal of the Corn-laws ; also a petition from the weavers of Car lisle, to the same effect. The petitioners stated that great distress existed in the town, which they attributed in a great measure to the system adopted by the manufac turers in endeavouring to undersell each other—a system which ought to be checked. The petitioners suggested that a Bill should be introduced into the House for the purpose of regulating the price of wheat, as a means o f alleviating the sufferings of the people. The petitioners further stated that for ,orne time past they had not received more than 3s. 3d. per - iveek each individual, and they were now further reduced, and many of them were now only in the receipt of Is. 3d. per week. Mr. ALDIIAM presented a petition praying for a repeal of the Corn-laws. - Mr. COBDEN presented a great number of petitions from Lancashire, Yorkshire, and a variety of other places, praying for a total repeal of the Corn-laws. Captain PECHELL presented a petition from an indi vidual of the name of John Ball Browne, surgeon of Brighton, complaining of the provisions of the Act for Re covery of Small Debts, and praying that execution should be had against the bOdy, and not against" the goods.— (A langh.) Also, a petition from the Endfield Congo's , gado)), against the plan proposed by Sir Robert Peel, respecting the Corn-laws. Also a petition, signed by the members of the congregation and other friends of Union street Chapel, Brighton, praying that that House would immediat e ly take into . heir consideration the Corn and Provision-laws. DISPUTED RETURN. The SPEAKER informed the House that the parties to the petition complaining, of an undue return for the county of Carlow had no intention of proceeding with the said petition, on both sides.—(Hear, hear.) CORN-LAWS. Sir. C. NAPIER presented twenty-four petitions, praying for a repeal of the Corn-laws. Mr. BUNBURY presented p etitions to the sam e eff ect. Mr. J. PARKER presented p etitions from Rothe rham , Blackburn, and several other places in the West Riding of Yorkshire, praying for a total repeal of the Corn-laws. THE NEST INDIA BISHOPS. Sir C. NAPIER wished to ask the Noble Lord, the Secretary for the Colonies, where he intended to put the three new Bishops in the Leeward Islands ? Lord STANLEY said it was the intention of the Government to divide the dioceses in such a manner that the residence of one Bishop would be in 13arbadoes, and of the two others the residences would beDemerara and Antigua PRESBYTERIAN MARRIAGES. Mr. LITTON presented a petition from the congre gation of the Presbyterian Church at Cromlin, praying the House to pass a measure to legalise all marriages heretofore solemnised by - a Presbyterian clergyman be tween Protestants and Dissenters, and also such as were to be solemnised in future. SUGAR DUTIES. Mr. C. BERKELEY begged to know from the Noble Lord the Secretary for the Colonies , whether it w as th e intenti on o f her Majesty's Government to propose an alteration in the Sugar Duties. Lord STANLEY sa id that it was impossible f or him, under p resent c i rcumstance s, to give any answer to the question of the Hon. Member.. The subject was o n e o f great . i m portance, and, i n conse quence of th a t ver y great importance, and in con sequence also of the more extensive measure which was .in contemplation by his Right Hon. Friend, it w ou ld be unwise if he were to give any answer on the subject of the alteration of the Sugar Duties, or the intention of her Majesty'S Government with regard to them. PRESBYTERIAN MARRIAGES. Colonel RAWDON hoped he should be excused for asking a question on a subject in which a large portion of the community took a great interest, which was connected with the great cause of civil and religious liberty.—(Cries of " Order, order.") The SPEAKER said the Hon. Member might ask any questions he liked, but be must not introduce them by any observations. Colonel RAWDON would ask, first, if the Govern ment had prepared any Bill to legalise the Presbyterian mixed marriage§ in Ireland ; and, secondly, if it were the intention of the Government to introduce a clause into such Bill, bestowing on the Presbyt er i an m i n i s t er s of Ireland the right which they had so long exercised, of uniting in marriage the members of their order. Lord ELIOT could only reply, as his Right Hon. Friend at the head of the Government had replied to a similar question, on a former occasion, namely, that it was the intention of the Government to introduce a Bill without delay, legalising the marriages referred to, but that they must take time to consider the prospective measures to be adopted with regard to such marriages for the future. He would add that directions had been given for the drawing of the Bill which would be introduced as speedily as possible. SPANISH AFFAIRS. Colonel FOX wished to ask if it was true that the noto rious Cabrera had had permission from the King of the French to leave Calvadosin the south of France, to come to Paris ? He had been informed that Cabrera was either now in Paris, or was expected there daily. This report had caused considerable alarm in the minds of many Spa niards in this country. He had also understood that a committee of disaffected Spaniards was about to be formed in this country, for the purpose of aiding in the organi zation of a revolutionary movement in Spain, which it was intended should break out in April. Sir R. PEEL had received no official announcement of the arrival of Cabrera in Paris ; but the same report which had reached the Hon. Gentleman had also reached the GOvernment; therefore he could not positively state that Cabrera was not in Paris. With regard to any attempt to organize a revolution in Spain by a committee in this country, he had no hesitation-- ROYAL COMMISSION. The Right Hon. Baronet was interrupted by the ap pearance of the Black Rod, who summoned the House to attend at the Bar of the House of Peers, to hear her Majesty's assent given by Commission to a certain Bill. The SPEAKER. then left the House to go up to the House of Peers, attended by several Hon. Members. The SPEAKER shortly after returned, and informed the House that the Royal Assent had been given by com mission to a certain Bill (for which see Lord's Report.) Sir ROBERT PEEL said that he had been inter rupted by the necessary departure of the Chairman from the House, in answering the questions put by the Gallant Officer opposite. The Gallant Officer had asked him whether or not her Majesty's Go vernment were aware of the arrival, or of the ex pected arrival; of Cabrera in Paris. To that question he (Sir Robert Peel) had answered that they had received no information of the arrival, or with respect to the probable arrival of Cabrera in that capitaL But the same report which had reached the Gallant Officer had reached the Government, that Cabrera had arrived, or was expected to arrive, in Paris. But what his object was, if he had `ar rived, it was impossible for them to say. As the !lo nourable and Gallant Colonel had referred to conspi racies he (Sir R. Peel) could only express his earnest hope that the Spanish Government, supported by the great body of the Spanish people, would have strength and energy enough to resist any such machinations. Colonel FOX begged to add that his principal object in putting the question was to give the Right Hon. Baronet an opportunity of refuting a report stating that the French Government lent itself to such proceedings. Sir R. PEEL desired it to be understood that he did not in the slightest degree allude to the French Go vernment as being connected with such proceedings ; in fact, he referred to an alleged conspiracybeing commenced in this or some other country ; and he repeated that the Spanish Government would have power enough to put down such proceedings. EASTERN AFFAIRS. Sir C. NAPIER asked whether the Right Hon. Baronet would give directions for search to be made at our embassay at Constantinople, for those . papers al ready asked for, respecting the instructions given to our officers with regard to the retreat of the Egyptian troops? SIR. R. PEEL said he would give those directions, but if the papers should be forthcoming he would use his own discretion as to bringing them forward. Sir C. NAPIER asked then if the Right Hon. Bart. would produce to the House a copy of the instructions given to Sir R. Stopford.—(Hear, and laughter.) Sir R. PEEL would decline for the present. Mr. MURPHY gave notice that on Monday next he would call the attention of the House to the deten tion and imprisonment of certain of her Majesty's subjects by the authorities of Central America. Also, that he would move for copies of any correspondence that might have taken place on the part of her Majesty's Government on the subject, and also for any despatches which the Government might have received from Sir Charles Metcalf. Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN gave notice that he should move, when the House went into Committee upon the subject of the Corn-laws, that all British colonial wheat be admitted into this country at a duty of ls. Sir CHARLES NAPIER gave notice that when the House went into Committee on the West India Bishops Bill, he should move, as an amendment, that two be sub stituted for three. Mr. 11. BERKELEY gave notice, that at the first opportunity he would call the attention of the House to the present state of property in British Guiana. If means were furnished for facilitating the importation of free la bour, and that means were taken for bettering the condi tion, both spiritual and temporal, of free labourers in that country, the merchants of Guiana would not fear compe tition with those of any other part of the world. SCOTTISH JUDGES. The LORD ADVOCATE trusted the House would bear with him while he trespassed for a short time upon its attention. It would be in the recollection of Hon. Members, that in the course of a debate which had taken place last week, a statement had been made by the Right lion. Gentleman, the late Under Secretary of State for the Home Department, that the late Lord President of the Court of Session in Scotland had not, during the last two years, performed the duties of that im portant branch of the Courts of Scotland. That statement was so inconsistent with the real facts of the case, that he (the Lord Advocate) considered the Right Hon Gen tleman had made it upon erroneous foundation. He could state with confidence that the Lord President, down to the close of the Civil Court, had regularly discharged the duties of his office. The Honourable Gentleman bad .moved for a return of the number of jury cases during a certain period ; and in the course of the discussion strong reference was made to him (the Lord Advocate), and allusions were made of no very de licate or pleasing character . . He had felt considerable diffi culty as to the course which he ought under these circum stances to pursue. He might have stated that the re fusal to grant the return was the act solely of her Ma jesty's Government. He wished, however, to give every publicity to the facts. Indeed nothing could be so foolish as to attempt secrecy with respect to a document which 'night be obtained from the attorney's clerks. His at tendance in that place rendered it impossible for him to speak at the time of the discussion from his own personal information; and he felt that it would be better to remain perfectly silent, than to make what might appear to be a qualified statement. He had, therefore, written imme diately after the debate to Lord Chief Justice Clerk ; and his Lordship, on receiving his letter, had taken to his councils the Solicitor-General of Scotland. He would read to the House that part of the reply which ap peared to him, to hear mo s t immedi a t e ly u p on the question. The Chief Justice Clerk said, as to the statements he (the Lord Advocate) had made, that the late Lord President had presided at all the Jury trials up to July last, and had remained in Court in one of those cases until near nine o'clock at night, and was out next day at 10, for the next trial, not one whit the worse for his attendance so late on the evening before. It so happened (said the Chief Justice Clerk), that after the Solicitor-General and he • had taxed their memories with reference to the Lord President's attendance in his Court, they recollected that there were no more than three cases in which any one had sat for the late Lord President since Nov. 1830.—(Cheers from the Ministerial benches.) Such was the statement he (the Lord Advocate) had received from such very high autho rity as the Lord Chief Justice of Scotland. He did not Impute anything unkind to the Honourable Gen tleman opposite, but he seemed so urgent in the observations he had made that he (the Lord Advocate) was determined to take measures to ascertain how the facts with reference to the matter really were, and he thought it right to lay those statements before the House.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. WAKLEY observed that the discussion arose the othernight upon the motion proposed by the colleagues of the Learned Lord opposite (the Lord Advocate) ; he had no right to blame his ( Mr. Wakley's) side of the House—(Laughter)—for the acts that gave rise to the dis cussion were those of the Noble Lord's colleagues. If the motion was granted there might be no blame at all attached to the Lord President.—(Hear, hear.) how ever, the statements made by the Lord Advocate were, as far he (Mr. Wakley) was concerned, perfectly satis factory.—(Bear, hear.).. Mr. ROEBUCK said he would take all the blame to himself with reference to the observations which were called indelicate by the Hon. and Learned Lord opposite. He objected to the refusal of the motion upon constitutional grounds, for he thought justice should be above suspicion, and if the motion was refused he felt that suspicion would rest not only upon the Lord President, but upon Honourable Gentlemen opposite. The explanation then made should have been made before. Mr. HENEAGE made some" observations which were inaudible in the gallery. Mr. VERNON SMITH said that he should defer his motion for " a copy of the Order in Council relating to the emigration of Hill Coolies to the Mauritius, recently is sued ; and any correspondence relating thereto since October, 1841," till Tuesday, the Ist of March. ADJOURNED DEBATE ON THE CORN-LAWS. The Order of the Day for resuming the adjourned debate en the Corn-laws having been read, Sir W. CLAY rose, but the great noise occasioned by Hon. Members leaving the House, did not enable us to catch the commencement of the Hon. G en tleman's address. He at once confessed his want of ability to reply to the speech with which the Hon. Member for Knaresbormigh closed the debate last night, and if he had the ability, he should not have the incliTa tion to do so.—(Hear.) He should be unwilling to do any thing to damp the ardour of the Hon. Gentle man, or to check the career which was. likely to afford so much aNusement to the House, and to debar the party to which he had the honour to :belong, from the enjoyment of that amusement. He turned with satisfaction to the speech of the Right Honourable Gentleman, the Vice-President , of the Board of Trade, and he (Sir W. Clay) was quite sure he was only ex pressing the sense of the House when he said, that all who heard it could not fail to have appreciated the ability, as well as the courtesy and moderation, which characterised it throughout.— (Cries of "Hear, hear.") Before, however, he (Sir W. Clay) attempted to reply to the speech of the Right Hon. Gentleman, he would briefly advert to the speech of the Right Hon. Member for Tam worth, in which he introduced his motion to the House. The Right Hon. Baronet had omitted all reference .to the influence of the Corn-laws upon the currency, al though he could not but know that amongst all who were acquainted with that subject, whe ther in theory or in practice—whether by com mercial experience, .or by the laborious applica tion of profound thought to its investigation—there existed an universal opinion that the Corn-laws did affect the currency, and produced those fluctuations, those alter nations of expansion and contraction; the effect of which produced such extensive suffering. He must know that such was the universal opinion, and he (Sir W. Clay) must think it was his duty to show either that so pre valent an opinion was unfounded, or that the measure proposed would remove the tendency.—(Hear.) But in the elaborate speech which occupied three hours, the Right Honourable Baronet did not make the least allusion whatever to that subject, or to the disturbance which the Corn-laws occasioned in our commercial relations with other countries, Now it certainly did appear to him (Sir William Clay), that the silence of the Right Honourable Baronet on such a point, and his abstaining from denying that the Corn-laws had an effect more or less in producing the languishing state of our commerce, was not without some significance. Indeed, he thought that silence spoke volumes. But there were still more extraordinary omissions in that speech.—(Hear, hear, hear.) It was an extraordinary omission to make no reference whatever to the reports to Government upon this sub ject. There was a gentleman sent out by the Govern ment itself to obtain practical information as to the comparative cost of the article in different coun tries. Before the meeting of Parliament, many rumours were spread abroad as to the probable result of that inquiry upon the plans of the Right Hon. Ba ronet. The adherents of the. Right Hon. Baronet were exulting and exclaiming, " You see that Sir Robert Peel will nottake a matter in hand without proper information. He would not bring forward any crude or un digested measures —he would ground his pro position on accurate information. He had sent for accurate information." Such were the opinions of the people out of doors with respect to the measure, which they hoped from the Right Honourable Baronet. (Hear, hear.) The House also ex pected that his measure would be grounded on the details he had so obtained, regarding the protective duty he meant to give to the landed interest.—(Hear, hear.) But so far from that being the case, the Right Honourable Gentleman never alluded in his speech to Mr. Meek's report, and the public would never have heard of its existence if it had not been laid on the table. It did appear to him that the Right Hon. Gentleman made a careful and well-digested speech. Looking to his great ability, and his acknow ledged skill in debate, it was impossible not to feel that those points which he (Sir R. Peel) must allow to have been important, were designedly omitted by him, knowing that they were incapable of being used for his assistance. He would now address himself to the speech of the Right Hon. the Vice-President of the Board of Trade. That Right Hon. Gentleman did not follow the example of the Right Hon. Baronet, but he boldly faced those difficulties from which the Right Hon. Baronet. had shrunk. It may be doubted. however, whether the discre tion of the Right Honourable Baronet was not better than the courage of the Right Hon. Gentleman the Vice-President of the Board of Trade. That Right Hon. Gentleman assumed throughout his speech, that the question was one between a fixed duty and a sliding scale. No doubt the question between his Noble Friend (Lord John Russell) and the Right Honourable Gentleman might be fairly said to be one between a fixed duty and:a sliding scale ; but the Right Hon. Gentleman had no authority to assume it to be a question between a sliding scale and a fixed duty of Bs. His Noble Friend had carefully abstained from stating the exact amount of duty—be only advocated the principle of a fixed duty. Th e Noble Lord said he conceived the agricultural interest entitled to protection for the exclusive burthens to which it was subjected ; and he also advocated a fixed duty to prevent too great and too sudden an alteration. If a fixed duty were calculated upon the burdens borne peculiarly by the landed interests, then the duty ought to be much lower than Bs. Mr. M'Culloch had calculated that a ss. duty would be sufficient. In 1637, when he (Sir W. Clay) had brought forward a motion for the repeal of the existing Corn-law, he had been anxious to find arguments to justify a ss. fixed duty, and he could assure the Right Hon. Gentle man that he could not on the score of -any peculiar burdens borne by the landed interest, find any arguments to justify it. If the imposition of a duty were grounded on the necessity of preventing too sudden a revulsion among the agriculturists, then it would bernore capable of defence. He felt bound to say that in his opinion a fixed duty could not be justified on the grounds of anylpecuhar burdens borne by the landed in terest. There was one feature throughout the arguments, both of the Right Honourable Baronet and of the Right ion. Gentleman who had spoken last night, which had peculiarly struck him (Sir W. Clay). It was that both the Right llon. Gentlemen had strenuously denied that the Corn-laws had caused the present distress in the manufacturing districts, and they both frequently and emphatically declared that they did not antidipate that the proposed alterations would tend materially to alleviate the distress. They had so frequently made the statement that he thought their agricultural supporters might well ask them why they interfered with the existing law at all.—(Cheers.) lie (Sir W. Clay) might perhaps not be prepared altogether to deny that, perhaps, in some instances, too much had .been attributed to the Corn-laws as the cause of the existing distress ; but if it was meant to be contended that the Corn-law had not any affect in producing the existing distress, that was a proposition which he was by no means prepared to admit. (The Hon. Gent. then read extracts of evidence taken be fore the Agricultural Committee, as we understood, show ing that the present Corn-laws tended in a very great degree to bring about a decrease in the growth of corn.) With respect to the arguments of the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite (Mr. W. E. Gladstone) in reference to the growth of rye, if he (Sir W. Clay) were disposed to take any one thing as an illustration of his own view of the case, it would be the instance cited by the Right lion. Gentle man. He (Sir W. Clay) would show them, from a case in Prussia, where no stimulus was denved from any corn law, that it was merely a question of supply and demand, and that the fluctuation in the price of rye was as great as in the price of wheat. This was precisely the case of those who thought with him (Sir W. Clay) on this subject—the more extended the circle was from which the supply was drawn the more were the chances of invalidating the supply diminished. For instance, afield was more uncertain in its produce than a farm ; a farm was more uncertain than a county, a county than a kingdom, a kingdom than a continent, and even a continent would be more un certain than the whole world. If then, under a free trade, they committed themselves to the system of de riving their supply from every country and variety of cli mate and soil, precisely in the same degree did they incr ease the steadiness of that supply, and diminish the chances of fluctuation. The next point taken up by the Hon. Gentleman was an attempt to show that the existing Corn-laws—for he had expressly referred to them—had been falsely charged with having an injurious effect. He would state the Hon. Getleman's arguMent, and he believed it to be this, that at present two millions of corn were annually. imported, and that, taking the average amount of their home produce, and the chances of bad harvests, no less amount of importation of foreign pro duce could be reckoned on ; he could not, therefore, see but the same effect would be produced on the currency under a free trade as at present. Now, the fallacy into which the Hon. Gentleman had fallen was this—that he had taken no notice of the very great difference between the creation of a market and the exten sion of one.—(llear, hear.) At present, if they wanted corn, and went suddenly to any corn producing country—say the fertile valley of the Mississippi, they found no demand for their manufactures, nor in clination to take - them ; there were neither dealers, nor store-keepers, nor agents, nor any of the ma chinery without which their manufactures could be distributed.—(Hear, hear.) They were all essentia to a market, and a market could not exist without them It was in vain to expect to prevail upon such a people in a moment to give corn for their manufactures. But let them reverse the case, and ask what this district would have been if they had been doing a regular trade with them to the amount of a million quarters a year ? When the period came that required an increase in their trade, there would be a better opportunity of doing so in consequence .of the American pur chaser having acquired the habit of enjoying their manufactures, and thus creating a demand for thelN. He confessed that, to his mind, this was absolutely con cltisive against the argument of the Right Hon. Gen tleman. Now, the Right Hon. Gentleman had attempted to show that, under the law proposed by the Right Hon. Baronet, there could really be as free trade as there could possibly be with a fixed duty. It was absolutely essential to the very existence of a mutually beneficial trade that there should be a free interchange and com- munication between the merchants of either country. He really believed that out of Parliament the question had in a great measure ceased to be a political ore. This was the case to a great extent is the large borough which he (Sir W. Clay) had the honour to represent; there those who, in other respects warm supporters of the Government, regarded the sliding scale as a sys tem highly injurious to the country.—(Hear, hear.) If his Noble Friend and his colleagues could have carried their Bill of last year they might have gone to the people of foreign countries, and have said, "Bring us that corn whi c h y ou can produce more cheaply than ourselves, and we will give you in return those articles which we can produce more advantageously than you." " Come when you will," they might have said, " our ports are at all times open to you • at all times will you be able to calc u l ate t h e price at which you can supply our people with food ; at no time will we entrap or deceive you by fiscal regulations ruinous to your enter prises, and the fluctuations in which you can neither foresee nor prevent." Such was the language which his Noble Friend and his coll eagues might have used, could they have prevailed upon Parliament to accede to the mea sure. But could the Right Hon. Baronet and his Go vernment do so ? - -(Hear.) He thought they could not. He thought the Government should not invite the people °lithe country to engage in a gambling, a destruc tive, and a ruinous commercial intercourse.---Hear, hear.) The people of this country know of the existence . s o e f c f u o r o e d fo i r n th a en b l u i n f e t lan he y ce :ve w r h e that the harvests of the whole world are at their t c o :!„ mand, if their own Government would permit them ipcehrmthitetierdotowgneitnidtr tthryeryni4o:lll avail themselves of them.—(Hear, hear.) Instead of that, although they stand in need of food, they are tope restricted in their supplies, and the Government inte.rp,,„ and tells the people, though they do want food, shall not be permitted to get it unless certain one e!: duties are extracted from them. (The lion. Bart. the,,, the measure proposed by Sir 11. Peel, and showed. clears a very inaudible tone of voice, entered into a detail °f and then proceeded in a very low tone of .11 %* that the duties he proposed were high and prolabitoory: t h e which rendered his remarks scarcely audible 1 gallery, to compare the different plans respectively pr;io posed by Sir Robert Peel and Lord John Russell.) _„, Right Honour a bl e G en tl eman h a d sa id that his sYs7 - , would torture the people with some uncertairousio as to the su pply o f corn when the Prie em o r to 68s. or 70 5 ., an d if t h at t orture occur red on i .,) twice in the c o urse o f a year, he (Sir William t-,!- should prefer the pl an o f the Noble Lord, tho.l4', ng!' did not altogether approve of that, which W ilc o some little torture, when Compared wit ‘i l L ro b e t. imposed by the measur e . of th a t Ri g ht Hon. 'u e Neither the Right Hon. B arone t, nor the Rigs' -Jr, Gentleman the Vice-Presid e nt o f t h e Board of Telt had alluded to the grounds upon which they r in s g u y justify a protective duty. Neither of them ma d : du ty. attempt to explain the reasons fo r i m p os ing seel i .,", t hey' They talked of 'the burthen s on agr i cu lt ur e, wh" tho se absolutely shunn e d entering i n t o a s t a t e ment of cos t burthens. They talked of the comparative ~l'ej of producing corn her e an d a b roa d, b u t they abstsibo from entering into details u p on th e su bj ec t. r fl ie) d ' ou bt sent for information from abro a d, w hi c h was no for , very important, but they had made no use of that' s matron ; and, at the moment a fter h av ing hen"' anti speeches of the Right Honourable Baronet ose ti the Right Honourable Gentle man , he COl e c iple himself utterly ignorant of the Pr'oey upon which they justified their protective system. , e f or had not explained in the slightest way what w e t du ty grounds upon which they assumed one scale °t oil rather than another. The only thi ng a pp r oaching t hi , , explanation given by the Right lion. Baronet wii , „ s l e H that he found the average price under the ex istins w i was 565. per quarter for wheat, and he h a d tt econr .eu re his new scale to the purp ose o f en d eavour i n g to s.' ot y that price. That was certainly a mos t e sti-0(0 11 ,m answer to the people of England.—(Hear, hear.) i r e e complained of the existing laws, they stated the To l e! ings which they we re en d ur i ng from 9 those laws, e n a nd complained of the high price of corn to which tK g t. f rise. And what was the answer of the Right Hon. w He said he would i n t ro d uce a new measure, t h a t lie aif' bring forward a modifi ca ti on o f t h e Corn-laws, s li t be reply to the prayers o f th e p eop l e , h e to ld t h e m ti n :o I 8 would endeavour, by his new law, to maintain Yet,. het steady the prices which had o bt a i ne d un d e r the l oo li4 system, which they det es t e d. I n f ac t h e cou ld not' ing at that measure with th e grea t es t care an d arixte" , t ' h et could not see any other motive for its introduction, 0 a desire to relieve the agricultural interest from as' of the gratuitous obloquy which the absurdity ' l , O ll existing.law caused to be thrown upon them. It do nothing to lower the prices of the food of the 'p o et, the author himself of the measure, the Right Hon. 3 ° * ; h o it shrunk from holding out the very slightest hope would afford any relief to the public. He tibsiiit 3 from encouraging an y ex p ec t at i on t h at i t wo uld o r e es ' the languishing trade of the country, or give einPl n •r t i l eo , to the unemployed millions.--(Hear.) Was t hus, t ies the measure which, after s i x mon th s ' prepay"„ the after announcing a change in th e C o rn-laws 1 " Speech from the Throne, after admitting ts e plel exampled distress in the nation, and the unelt .„, iro fortitude with which it was borne—was that the nnaii; which the Right Hon. B arone t th oug ht p ro per to ss lore to Parliament?—(Hear, hear.) Deeply did he , de t ii i e et; that such was the determination of the Right lien' b olo But if he came there a s a p ar ty ma n he 5 per rejoice in the determin a tio n , b ecause he Ws*, the fectly satisfied it would sea l th e fate ei ato Right Honourable Gentleman's Administration . D i ll , Right Hon. Baronet could no doubt pass his Go' but it was beyond his power, or the power of agc,,,ro' vernment, to maintain the present system of the Le ers) c , " laws or any modification.—(H ear , h ea r, and Not only was it beyond his power, but 1 feg' beyond the power of legislation. The people 0 ' t oo land had taken the qu es ti on u p, an d lik e all cee * c hef which they took up ear n estly, an d w ith go od inn' Oft would settle it according to their own pleasure - oil years ago, he (Si r Willi am Cl ay ) b roug ht. CV . ' self a motion for th e re p ea l o f t h e Corn'-laws, and "„ e o sti' scarcely any supporters even among his own,: d ee tuency. He was most glad he had given up t,",, n tion, and that it had fallen into the hands of t iw p a ser B Member for Wolverhampton, who agitated the ,tn„- stotsevi, with such ability and perseverance. But whatwat,"o - the question now ? He believed that last year tu t. ' i t el' would have been content with the remedy tu fi hi eo proposed, and would have accepted it with . to ow' but he did not think that they wou ld be content wit h * He believed the people would not be content now d fixed duty, and that their demands would all,", e df crease in proportion to the tim e th e y were rteers: (Cheers.) He did not believe that th e repeal of o ot el laws would altogether remedy this. He had n o , I t the same hope which he entertained five years i ng hen e the repeal of the Corn-laws would effect all the tii1)„1 he anticipated at that time. At the Om - r ese" p _Ae• he believed that the repeal of t to,„ system, and the restoration of a fr e r o ul;: i; ,11wouldilhhvnieciritle3prd.loeaxl(miHosufteectadhhro.t)sobe eilmltaN:ip,esereownvgioe..tollhadurenagdresrooorsnepnwotvsheilboliifial,e,reabcioc,:op". classes was as insecure as the sand h h was .virshr i t mountain tide ; and, in his opinion, if the Bill l ig pf though the 'settlement of the question itof be delayed, they would at length be coin; very soon to rescind th e Bill.—(Hear.) Aga), storm of public opinion they could not contend~~~t, they should be caref u l th a t t oge ther with, th e law, many other things might not also be swept ir's°/ Capt. HAMILTON said he should not feel trepre had performed his duty to thOse who sent him W s bo r t sent them in Parliament if he did not trespass for t e L j time on the attention of the Hou se . He suPnobje"' every Member who addre sse d th e House on t D er would agree with him that the adoption of silatt* f a sure with respect to th e C orn -l aws w as a of vital importance to all classes. On t`„ - t ete; hand, they had the whole manufacturing 17f the of this country clamorous for' a total repeal 4 „ilic,c Corn-laws. On the other hand, there was a ° l e . ,' v e able party, headed by the Noble Lord who oP en e j Jo t t i, debate last night, who were in favour of a en corn ; but they were in a minority comp"''` those who argued f or a t ota l repeal ; while he try that he mi g ht s t a t e , w i t h out fear of contra di c tion; p ore the agricultural b o d y generally, and certainly thil.,oo°) tion of it which called itself Conservative, were i n boo of the principle of a sliding scale.—(geft r ' an' • L i On the pr esen t occasion lie should not ende sil .Jlo ,l combat the arguments w i t h w hi c h the N o ble Lni commenced that debate in favour of a fixed du t y'' against the measure ' of the Honourable ve; ronet, and of those who followed the Noble ) 4 , had opposed the proposal of the G ove rnment . _ he would confi ne hi mse lf more part i cu l ar ly to the jl of duties proposed by her Majesty's Governni!nb abstained from combating the arguments win i ' Q ith been made use of by Hon. Gentlemen o pposite l : o 4,, in favour of a fixed duty, or against any duty " th y t' t from a feeling that th ose argumen t s were unwn l f . ro ol attention of Gentlemen in th a t H ouse . Far o cilo i Those opinions were entert a i ne d by t oo mail 0 fr f il high standing, and station, an d a tt a i nm ents ti d ) country, not to be entitled to the greatest respec t ' the earnest attention of every Member.—(lleii r ' But as, on a former occasion, he had expresos'otio conviction that the principle of a sliding scale „01 , 1 ,,, maintained, and as he had not seen or heard ft",," g lit ito since to induce him to alter that opinion, he t in) ,[o ls ti should best consult the feelings of the House, a ."' n ter e .' o o of those who had sent him to represent thei r . i i ierti t , l e t , in that House, if he confined himself to the con' 1 14 ,0 01 ; e • of the scale of duties proposed by the Right Hon. "the fi e - Perhaps he might be allowed to state, that sine e .„,ta sent measure was brought forward, by the I "rhsti c hl nourable Baronet, he (Captain Hamilton) tended an important meeting of the farnier s t ' ir lo i r ; f , at Aylesbury, on the subject of' the C n r ein e i f e and the proposed sche me o f th e Gov e ei ent er . He (Captain Hamilto n ) was no t the rePr es re- 4 P l e i of the opinions of an y body o f men , howev e L o alti i et table that body might be ; but he thought it "...,for" io Au. .le admitted that when a measure was brought Caf aie * Parliament which affected their interests, he o pt •ei Hamilton) might shortly state to the House the pi eet t y of those gentlemen, more particularly as thus t the(B ureeksionlguht resolution (Buckinghamshire). r w e ) th 'chHe the w m o e u e l t d ing re h a e d h to d d e e p ‘ e l / 2 , - ;0 0 0 , was called 'by the Agricultural Society of til i ; P,`j o el come to. It was as follows :—" That it is t ,.. j t je ee t ta't . of this meeting that the farmer should be l' o te the amount of 605., while the proposed ' t toi" Robert Peel extends that protection only too 5 (1 , 1 0 consider that at 55 5 . th e d uty s h ou ld b e Ole,' eels when the avera ge p r i ce was 60s . t h e duty I , s is 1- r in' • 155." The N o bl e L or d (L or d J . R usse ll) in 'i1 t 0 0, : 4 ,10 the other night, h a d sa id, as h e (C apta i n lien l 'oe e re derstood him, that the p ro p ose d a l tera tion in o the t he would have no effect but in ma ki ng th e w o re, stringent. He wished the Nobl e L or d had 'pie i t t of meeting he attended ; for th e gen tl eme n of l ie ettr ao o composed had come to th e conc l us i on that t to r the Right Hon. Baronet's measure would tc, b ey e t the farmer's capital at least 20 per cent. 605 ,,, Op of tiered the proposed duty, between 555. and si n g anal big adequate protection. They liked the grade s t like tee the Right Hon. Baronet, but they did n iii ° o re r n r° figures. They thought they ought to hov e 1- ro tion, and he (Captain Hamilton) collet; L ore i t i er• opinion. He conceived they might lis y ' eons ° w he tection without any injury to the thos e pot But when he stated this, he should sity j r ty 51 0 ,. 11 , attended the meeting thought that the t hat t"'',,tee be higherthan2os. Those farmers also thinc t h e a P r t ee proposed by the Right Hon. Baronet inig fiord P r ped' tion to good land, but would fail to i n fer ior tion to heavy and clayey soils end . e otati ve ' fi s The question whi c h h e put, as their repr,e,s_ on et a whether th e scale proposed by the Ilom hot 700 was not a sufficient protection. Now there ea t tu o je notice given to that House of' an Lunen, en d's , ores scale of the Right Honourable Baron e " rt t he of certainly afforded a protection het`f t ;, e h the Se gal" he had named from 555. to 605., Iron. 1 1 0 1 the Honourable Baronet did not; but then t 255. b e d wa • o s ber forNorthLincoln commences his scal?, e. of e in his opinion was decidedly objectioneTat the t ra of'" to be clearly understood as thinking Taw , to the Hon. Member for North Lincoln warotection i f be superior in that particular point of P rone t ' " scale of the Right Honourable De heh t alc own .„ 0 00 , - were speaki ng on ly on his alp might give his approval to I !. 40,