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' C OA V l'r • ''" 1: , 11" 1 %, , ' 7 1, 144 ; 11 ::: ;. : C., : : ,,i ,. ,11, P 1 AW„,: 7441'.4 Z ? ol r ~ 14 '1 ,t. 1 \ ' l r : ~,...... , ~.: 1 ~,, . ':. :„,, EVE NG EDITIOLT. ( I' ~~. 'Peace in Ireland of the number of prisoners cornm:t - ttl to gaol for trial in the year 1838. Rerhlp.-, the Noble Marquis wished to have it printed. Lord BROUGHAM thought it would he quite suf ficient to print the sums total—the return was of im mense size, it looked like a bale of broad cloth.—( Much laughter.) f • ----• ICU I e div - ;or b CORN-LAWS. No. 14,515. LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 1839. rcisc of tl PRICE sd. 11° be PARTED WITH ( t h e presont Pro prietor about to leave England), the LEASE. of PREMISES,' Very commanding. The . l3usiness may be taken also-;' at present 'in the Oil and Italian line, establisisesl Eight Year s •, average returns above 1,000/. per annum. No rremiurn required. For address, apply at R. LLOYD'S, 69; N.B. Various Shop Fixturos to be sold. ON DON AND WESTMINSTER MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, for Assuntnce on Lives and Survivorships, for Granting Annuities, Loans, Endowments to Children, and for the purchase of Re versionary and other Interests. PATRON. The Most Noble the MARQUIS of WESTMINSTER. DIRECTORS. R. Vaß g i latiparDeVcall, Esq.. !Thomas Huxley, Egq. Henry J o h n Beare, Esq. Colonel .Thurdain Joseph Bennett, Esq. ; Henry M. Kemshead,Esq. Major Wm. Bird Bleamire. Tavernei:John Miller, Esq. Jos. I . Alunt, Ben., Esq. Sir HarriSNicholas,K.CM.G. R. Edwards Broughton, Esq. I 'Captain Rattray, R.N. David C a ld we l l, Esq. P. Salomons, Esq. I,l_ y. Chas. Moreton-Dyer, Esq4Admiral Shippard . - • William Evrart, Esq. Tearsnii Thomson, Esq. John Welstead, Esq., F.II:S. David Salomon. TRUSTEES. , Esq. Sir Harris Nicolas, K. C.M.G. Taverner John Miller, Esq. AUDITORS. Sydney S. Bell, Esq. I Frederick W. Esq, George Robinson, Eiq. .) • Todd Thompson, ALD. PHYSICIANS F.L. 5.,. 3, Hir_dc-_tree'., Alan cliever-square.. IlLbert Willis, AI .D., 25, D er .treet • •,Dover-street. -- • sa RGEONS. Arthur Cocke, Esq., Holies -street, Cavendish-square. Jcsepl i Prcesnan, Esq.,' Spring-gard'ns. STANDING COLTNIEL. William Fraser, Esq.,King'sßeach 10, OL R. ICITOS. Are. ""- Rey, Blunt, D F. uncan, and Johnson, 42, Lothburv. Messrs, G. and C. Kempson, 31, Abingdon-strect,Westrninster. sANKrits. The London and Westminster, Bank, Lothbury and Waterloo place, and. its branches. T he LONDON an d WESTMINSTER MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE, SOCIETY will assure for *the Whole Life, or for a Limited Term, any sum from 20/. to 5,005., on a Single Life, Joint. Lives, or Survivorships. It will grant Im mediate, Temporary, Deferred, and Contingent Annuities; it will purchase Reversionary.and other Interests; it will grant endowments .to, Children; and also advance Leans upon Policies Bank P s.n good PersOnal Secu r ity, a ft er th e m a nner o f S co t c h theTsh7 advant ages w hi c h t hi s Society kolds out are shortly The principle upon which is founded, viz. Mutual As rance, draws a distinCt a n d broad- line between it and all Proprietary Com Plwies. • , This Society not only embodies all the new features of 1110- 9Ta Proprietary Companies, but also preserves the character istics of Mutual Assurance Societies, the success of which in (llsPutably proves the excellence of their principle. Li en addition to t hi s, several conven i ent and , novel modes of A siuranee and D e f erre d A nnu iti es are o ff ere d i n suc h a way !s to enable th e hn m bl er classes to sccwe every nklvantage which !:ife Assurance has hitherto held out to the affluent,_orJ3enctit ocietie s and Savings Banks to the humbler classes, free from the exclusiveness of the former, and the many obvious defects of the latter. A Temporary Capital Stock of 500,000/. will be raised to Ft,tarantec the immediate engagements of the Society, id 20,000 Nlares o f each,:bearing interest at Si. per Cent.. per an ers re, which su b scribed capital will be repaid to-the-Sharehold se soon as t h e Directors shall consider -the incofne and acc umulated fund of the Society are. of such .amount as to re9der its conti nuance unnecessary . Opta-rirTir of the divi slble profits o f th e Society will be sct aside and distributed as a on us to the Shareholders "whenever the Subscribed Capital is . 3 nugontnued. An• i ns t a l m e nt of per Share to be paid on bscri 2/. ption. • b Prospectuses may be had, and application. for Shares made, d Y a PPlying to the London and Westminster Bank, Lothbury, tn Waterloo-place, and at all its - Branches: and to Messrs. Bl unDuncan, nd Johnston. 42, - Lotlibury ; and Messrs. " C.t, Kerupson, a Solictors, 31, Abingdon-street, West- Minster. FRANCIS .EWART, Secretary ti 11-EMAS ------------------- O F. NS LIFE ' AND GENERAL ASSURANCE LOAN ANNUITY AND REVER "AONARY INTEnsT COMPANY. 11, Waterloo-pla ce , P a ll- ma ll, L on d on . Capital, , 500,000/.' in 25,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit; 1/. per Share. I , . The adv antages of thii Co m pany are as f o llo w : O-Tfi. To the assured with profits.—The option of taking those ;in cash, a ddi ng to the poliey,-diininishing the premium, n,~"ats ee ting an annuity for the remainder of life at a certain age. I T. th e assured not participating in profits.—Prerniuras h below those of most other offices. 45,. Increasing or 3 : To both Classes. —Facilities for effecting loans: decreasing premiums at their option. M. _ r half the amount of premiums may remain unpaid, at 5/ Illeyteeanrt;. interest, on the security of the Policies for the first the Policies not 'to ' to be forfeited if Premiums remain unpaid at •Per.od, but may be revived if health the same. 7 & Tlolieerror, but only fraud, to vitiate a Policy. ' a nd nreroi , ay be re,luced, if circumstances amount reduced to ii value require it, and- the urn ' ni ' - licieslo the'extent of the of•the po reduced Policy - considered as paid f. Y opu • in advance upon the ous of b ' "' aro , ll l. the course of appointment. Brethren desir A log appointed are, to apply to the Secretary. to 3 P P I be made 'cation for Shares, Policies, or annuities, also to oseph Berridge, Secretary,ll Waterloo-place, Pall-mall. , immEmATE BENEFITS'OFFERED TO . THE ANNIPITY ATES, ;CAL CULATED'on EQUITABLE PRI R NCIFIES ! ! ! Por Foit txx3rrr.E:— , Th r,7 1001 . deposited, this Association will grant , the An " 7 placed opposite the' Age of the Party depositing. From 50/. and upwards, in ; proportion. 7 Aged t040t045 to 50 to 55 to 09 • to 0t073t0 SO 101.£ 13 m £2O 0 £25 0 I£B - 17 I.£ 1 0 Kr"' Per Per Per Per - C 9 it Per t• Per Per Per Cent. Cent. Cent. Cent. Cent. I Cent. Cent. Cent LIFE AND FIRE INSURANCE RATES, Reduced 30 per Cent. per , Annum. LIFE ASSURANCE 'RATES.: "Re nn t • t to 35 -na ( 3 • 33 to 4, ~ t o . s Premium s s. .d..Z s. rIII9 1 la 0 0 012 IS 012 10 012 15 41 . § • 1 . This C ompany ma k e no. charges for 'intermediate agei under - 50 years. - • • INSURANCE RATES. FIRE - Common Insurance. , s. d • Privat e H ouses a n d Shops (not hazardous)... 1 -0 .. per lit. Hazardous Double .............. - 3 - 6 Farming St oc k , ......... . . 1 - • INDEPENDENT AID WEST MIDDLESE ASSURANCE-COMPANY, • ' ! Opposite the Bazaar, Baker-street, Portnian-square London. South St. David's-street, and kligh-street, Edinburgh; Ingrarnrstrect, Glasgow - • • And Saekville-street, Dublin . .. Established and empowered under the several cts,of.Parlia inent of 14th Geo. 111. c. 4.1 ; 2 Zcl, Geo: TII . ; 53a G OO .l HI.. e. 141 ; 3d , G eo . IV. C. 92 ; and Ist Vi c . c. 10. CAPITAL; ONE MILLION . . In 20,000 Sharei of 50/, each: MANAGERS: • - James Alexander, Esq.' Thomas Knowles, Eici . ; • George Anderson, Esq. James Drummond, Esq. Thomas Prim Estr. Samuel'ryie;Esq.— ' William Reid, Esq. Robert Ferguson, Esq. Edwanl Taylor, Esq. Thomas Hope, Esq. Jelin- Wilson, Esq. J • Hustler, Esq.- - William Whittaker, Esq.. • • - q. Williams,' Esq. " .k.nakrores. Eyre,'Esq: ['John Wilson, . E , tl IG. E. William -3$ Esq. SE cnETAitx---Mr. William Hole.• The. Bank of England ; - 1 -JAN l Kr:its Bank ofilrelaiul;• and • 7 - Western - Bank E s q.,- a su___ .oN—James Devereux llnstler, Suitor &To • •Park-street. .Thurston, Esq., I), S.outhampton-street, S uLl • Bloosbury-,isquarc. c 7" rn _ s— , essrs..Williams and .Son, 2, Hart-street, BloOm.shtiry-sqUare. • - With TWO. PRINTING 13,)'( MACHINES; NAPIER, about 300 Reath's of Paper and other Effects,. far Sale, under a-Piat a Bankruptcy. . ESSII.S. W. LEWIS and SON - hive , re -"- ceived instruetio n af rOm t h e A ssignees Of Mr. J. LAST, a Bankrupt, to SELL b PUI3LIC AUCTION; on Tunas owthe Premiss,,No. nAlr lixicr, Mardi 2 ~? 8.11) 'at .Eleven for Twelve o'Clock, Two valuablel66,. Fleet -street, - PRINTING iIIACIIINES, by Napier, of ~,)en used ; about !arneient dimension s for a New, .apor, and fir which tirYtha,ve Which Catalo.-ues I, inting Matcrisls, Gas-burners Fittings-uP, &c. Ike., 01 ZOO ilrarns . 7f Datble--demy Paper, sunary , T o he iciwbetl e ' Will b ' eel' ' lkprepared. 44 7 be had on thewloreY"' J t: ,hlm,•Ezq., Official _0 d ° "S i p m r in eviOu nt s te tti_the_sale, When entalOgnea , t s m;ses ; of G. • , r.- ' Il'ione,e, Ba singhalf-street ; and of the' Auctioneers, Nt',.;'ane, Cornhill. -•. i • Up t c ; j 9,. The Machines may be treated for by Private Contract 'I , da.y evening, the 18th instant. 11 413- PIELD'S bIAMOND PLATE POW- It i DER, warranted not to wear'the Plate. ally produces 1 p et aptly clears tarnish and dirt, and magically produces itr,,,,' Jnimitalslo Po:1A upon Gold,„Silyer, ter, a , a ' T in, CDpper, rnd Ma l:03 Oritishr.l4e. t ..., ,,a, as IT hitc as the b,?St Silver. • pa,tbru, wholesalo and retail, at Ballet andßritish Plat , . Zinc, and_Pe - bi te Y, 4l,Luilgate-',treet. N'nnn,Cbernist tithe' ueen MA, , 1 7 1 t e Cast , le street, Leicester:ll46k, f might Co.'s ... Ne . wport, Isle o 115 'Grafton-stireet, I. e ha s • ' !Holbrook, , Manchester ~r PP*ll, N a. kii::Lorrkkrel-1 Dublin Wil 3 eet a r. ; . !Parltinson,:Birminghara arm' `7, Fe achurch-street. INettieship,, Lincoln l' and Son, Carmartbea ißlootnfield; Pork, Dorset. A,And at the 11 Ianufactory, 92, Fend - lurch-street. _ ' N.tkltNTS WANTED for every .T•rn in the Kingdom. --Piatf,' h cleane d vrit this ”-O•or r -1 1"not a g ain tan-4,1h Ntit. . _ - &VOL 1)• / - 10$11 . ..S1'11.11ET. • ELI ASOLOAIONS' VOICE C0N „,,,,1 b ucToas for DEAF PERSONS leave' ert , - Ar, ~,.):„Pr-et'sibl in.the most .•:trt.trne oases of Detective •Ilek4ing ; and co r, tutperecired, being Only une quarter of an inch iu diameter, ca:b 4 , 1 1 ' . .17 t.he slightest sound - so distinctly*: to anord plc grciatest Th e ‘,. - ! , lslance In all et:Sea.of Decllness. -- •- .. ' 1., .;4.o!asa % .. A m b er iva,ci,, (tha ex.elitsie&dispbsi , ll. of I,,rtiiili:ertreti to Ins' house by Royal 'Letters Patent) has, s9(lslCi tion 1 . ,„!, 1 '4 0. Mblidy as a new inlet - 110n; prt , e...strg to relieve vi v,nrq.,:i„,7;l'neu ~awl C A:1 AitAcT, WllllO "fl' 0 l'EllAT101C; t '''' trien ' t7 a • B '''' °l' wan 7 years' standing ground int thiprineit'le of hb. bi .n.ert lens (entplord for spee - aeles fort y y, IrsAgt,),..which are \ b„is,,..,),,lnipt.rintts to the sight. These quack and a turd tnisrepresen. ~,,, , .,., 6 ,2011 t lu;re been tafely allowed•to pass :unt. pt Iced ; but as the wr :,`:, b, 4 otrte Inedical rentlemen Are u-etl, it lte.'it?‘ cr Tut to In. at e u, Y 4 ''llat means their signaturl., have b ^ -sr is;,_ titled Of obtne:i. th- ,I.,‘':ented. t•ipect,ltt:es ~.:,., i s. sanctioning a direct untruth, .hy prat lannusg . sucb as „. Jorrunen glasses ef 1 '! 'which are ita.,..Asvardl'iv-uothlng more ;,intc. - cr. re,1,11,11 t int. 'l. his tart ~A... be (i`il:,•Sicertsin ell - try art', i •,,, to Mr: II r: AItOON , - S ITC l'A t Lit ~i,', . .,:'- . ‘ ), t i_ 5 1, .2 y•tp viku r I, ..,,,, v , "sidiu, , at 4 t, - E1 r 'cni•;str* . •et, 1•:; , . - r C , ~,, --,•,, : ,: i • - , -,-, .. I, ,-'-_:::-.-...,,h,1 5t7,,,, 11-e e , ..,„"' , •- 5 C. ' . 7—e•l, ,• neat NI, t,' . , s st,br is ,' - ' - e - Pttrana 4.1 :Lt ',. i . stl. doz, 11 p..lr ':: Si ,Li, I ~. . Ment for 1,. _ ;leer' , nd d es, bu' ing fu A pro istenc evils of but iJ od the pc its owl ithert4 edit aow t 4 declare profits. publ , ;emen. Linage of their s ontrou , parr great' m tbc. see rh for or. king a of whs. at were ctors t did SR of tt Of th y urt AT. id. I. y do." 1 cOli gat th Iporar: ;stin ti t 3resol ll, se pros mad F. ey b arar• th tl!'• r J , a u . ion of :her en I replie vas lir ,cy his du! t shoo Al row irectorE nereas ( overno ndmer d be ,' .n in b'. the kW nt afford' con• warran t st of th,• led, thol Nvriio mreer -uvcie' urd Dr. n'inaje' )Rii , ettrOl o o ;Lsrol .1 es. r SiC5 .3af., „405. 12.4 • ; busin c ' (1 %Old 4 prefi° 'enoo' 'coo evi tor ___ I !r. ; frig' If a t igtt° .... V.sf- H ."~=, er rec" 1011, k ou , s'' 1 ,, of ri le , ' ~ of or i II •f• 1 r the 1 pußsu ANT to a Decree of the High 'Court of Chancery, made in a Cause of BROWN against WALKER, the Creditors of PETER SIIKRROCKS, late of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Publican, (who died in the month of :October, 1834), arc forth with to come in and - prove their Debts before Sir GIFFIN 'WILSON, one of the Masters of the said Court, at Ns Chun . - hers in Southampton-buildings, Chanicery-lane, London, or in default thereof they will be excluded' the benefit of the said decree. - BOWER and BACK, '46, Chancery-lane, London ; and' JOHN HABROP, of Stockport, ChcShiie, Plaintiff's Solicitors. Dated this 13th day of Mar Ch. 1839.' TjURSUANT to a Deeree of the Coutt • of Chancery, made in a Cause or .MARSII against IRELAND, the Creditors of THOMAS' HIE.L AND, late of Bridge-street, Westminster, in the County : of 'Middlesex, Fur .(who died in 11th month of 'June. 1535), arc, on or before the 18th day of April'next, to come in and prove their debts be fore Sir GI t-Frt Wt LsoN, oneof the Masters° f the said Court, at his Chambers, in Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, Lon don, or in default thereof they will peremptorily, be excluded the benefit of the Said Decree: HOWLET, 18, artlett's-builtlings, Pllintiff's' Soli( itor. ARTISTS' GENERAL BENEVOLENT INSTITUTIO.N, for the RELIEF of DECAYED ARTISTS, their WIDOWS and ORPHANS. • -- Uunder the unme(liate Protection of her Most Excellent Illajes.ty The QUEEN. pAraox. . His Royal Hizhness the Duke of SUSSEX, K. G. VICF.-PATRONS. His Grace the Duke of Bedford Right Honourable the Earl of Hii Grace the Duke of 13ue- Shrewsbury. • clench. [tight Honourable the Earl of His Grace the Duke of Devon- Dartmouth. shire., Right Honourable Lord Lynd- His Grace tl:e Duke of Sather-1 hurst... laud. {Sir John Swinburne, Bart. Host Noble the Marquis of Sir.T.:Barinx, Bart., M.P. Lansdowne. Sir George Phillips, Bart. Most Noble the Marquis of W. J. Denison ' Esq., M.P. Westminster. - Joseph Neald Esq., M.P. Jesse Watts Russell, Esq. • 'PAESI Sir MARTIN Alta] DENT. lER. SIIEE,'P. , R.k. • :SIDENTS. William - Wilkins, Esq., R. A. C. R. Coekerell, ~ R. A. 13. Bond Cabbell, Esq.: William.Brockedon, Esq. J. H. Mann; Esq. • VICE-PRE! Thos. Phillips, Esq., R. A. • . Sir Jeffry \Vyatville, 11. A. . • Sir Francis Chantrey, R. A. . Sir David Wilkie, R.A. • • Sir Robert Smirke, R. A. . Sir Richard Westmac , att, R. A: ,The aml Subscribers; are respectfully in formed that the TWENTY-FOURTH ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL will be celebrated in • Freemason's Hall, on. -:Sa- T U RDA V, the 23d instant. Sir EDMUND FILMER, Dart., M.P., in the Chair. 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It has.rcceired the sanc tion and support of .the,Londnrt,Trades',Combination Commit te"C, and of the Trade•§ocietics generally. , The CHARTER of SUNDAY ,NEXT. will contain APORTItAIT and. SKETCIi of W. LOVETT, Secretary of the •Convention. Office, IG, Catherine-strect, Strand. Orders received by all Newsmen. CORN LAWS. MEETING •OF DELEGATES —( YESTERDAY). The Delegates reassembled this day at three o'clock. J. B. SMITH, Esq. in the Chair. There were present also . Mr. • O'Connell, M. P., Mr. Swart, M. P., Mr. Scholefield, M. P., Mr. Baines, M. P., and Mr. P. Ains worth, M.P. • Mr. COBDCN was anxious to call the attention of the Delegates to a subject that was under-consideration yes terday—the desirableness of gaining- the co-operation of the . City .of .London in . this great cause.--(Cheers.) Looking at the character of the present Lord Mayer—re- mernbering how active he had been to abolish a monopol:, which pressed 'heavily on the poor, and remembering that the" Delegates were engaged not only in breaking down another affecting the poor, but that they were the declared enemies of all monopolies, they could not fail to command the sympathy of the Lord Mayor, and through, him the sympathy of the City of London,• if they appointed a deputation to wait upon him at the earliest period, respectfully to solicit his co-operation, and that of the Corporation. He therefore moved that Mr. Sturge, Mr. S:ansficltt, and Mr. Johnston be appointed a Deputation to wait on the Lord Mayor.---( Heir, hear.) A DELEGATE - wished the name of the mover to be added. (Hear, hear.) Mr. BoraTaan had great pleasure in seconding the Re solution, because the sanction of the City of London would contribute much to the efforts of the Delegates. A Gentleman, who said ho was not a Delegate, sug gested a Nether it might not be proper to press on the tent ion' of the Lord Mayor the particular situation of the in habitants of Loudon and its vicinage. It had been said that as corn rose, wages rose also. There was no part of England where it was iless true than in London, because the earnings of a great porion of the population were -regulated by Acts of"Parliament_( Hear, bear)—cabmen, watermen, Sze., for instance. They could only take so much for doing so inueli.—( Hear, hear)--and it vies most material to press on the attention of the Lord Mayor that the high price of provisicns must deprive the inhabitants of London and its sicinage of many of the comforts of life.--( Hear, hear.) The resolution was then put and agreed to. Dr. Bow/trate-begged to call the attention of the Dele gates to a document to which an lion. Member had alluded last alight, in the course of the debate in the House of Commons. The . lion. Member for Lincoln had quoted part of a document which had been presented to the House by the Ministers, and his objact in quoting it was to show that the introduction of the free trade in corn into Tuscany had not had the effect of regulating the prices in that country. He had quoted the table for the purpose of showing that the free trade in corn bed failed to do this. Now, what was the operation of this introduction.. The minimum price of corn had been 28s, and undo the greatest encouragement of demand the highest pike had been not more than 463. 101 re; quarter. The fact was, that since the introduction either free -trade in corn into Tuscany, the average price he'd been 383. per quarter, so that under no circumstances had the' price of . corn heen raised more than Bs. per quarter above the ave rage, and it had, not ever fallen more than 10s. 'below that average. But. the Hon. Gentleman had forgotten:to state what he would:have found in the previous page of the Re port, that, previous to the introduotion of the free-trade principle into Tuscany, the fluctuations in the price:of corn was from 1 to 20-that at some periods the value of corn was scarcely any thing, and at other periods rebellion and revo lution grew out of the starvation of the people.--( Hear, heat.) Dr. Botvrieg then proceeded to read the following extracts frtnii the report alluded to, for the purpese of Showing a hat had been the consequence of the introduction of the the trade principles into Tuscany : " The first and the most triumphant result on contrasting the present unlimited liberty of commerce in Tuscany with the restrictive policy which preceded it may be seen in una deniable facts. Our population has, increased more than 12 per cent.—our produce in corn 34 percent. Our trade in agricultural produce is .greatly augmented; our ruined I cottages have been rebuilt ; epidemics have lessened by the consuMption of better, corn. We have suffered little from ' rise of - prices, which have soon regulated' themaselves, and have ,never undergone the enormous fluctuations to which' they were, formerly subjected. Property has been —monopoly overthrown,--and litigations completely termi nated—while the revenues of the State have greatly in , creased by the removal of the trammels on commerce." The Prime Minister of Tuscany says, " Twenty 'years of free trade has led to a vast extension of cultivation, a great increase of buildings and inhabitants, both in town and country; the establishment of new manufactures; the enormous development of the growth of silk (whi c h was threatened with ruin, when foreign silk was introduced without duty) ; a very considerable augmentation - of the consumption of both the necessaries and luxuries of life r with all the enjoyments attached' to them ; a general rise of wages, .and a universal sentiment of growing prosperity." He would now call the attention of the Delegates 'to the fluttuations in pribe which had taken place in this country, - in Consequeace of the restrictive' system' a hich had been adopted. , Mr. Potter stated, that ;from I'Bl6 to 1837; the', average price of corn had been 60s, per quarter. The highest price during that period bad 'Leen 945. per • quarter,: and the' lowest price had 'been 395. 4d. per quarter, thus showing that it bad risen at' one period 345.: above the average, while it had fallen at another 213. Bd. below it; in the year 1812; 'rho aVerage price of cornin this country was 1225. 81. per quarter. The Report demonstrated the immense superiority of the free trade 'system over..the restrictive system, and the Tuscan G6vernm e nt b a d appea l e d to the GOvern„ ment of England on the subject, , expressing their hope that this Government would at length he induced t o modify their restrictive system ; they were induced to indulge this hope from the knoWn liberal tendency of the British Government, and also from the fact that it was more for the interest of England than of any other' country in the world that an unrestricted exchange of commodities should take place. The Honourable Gentleman had taken care to leave out .of view all these facts ; had he quoted the decurnent fairly be could not have • made out his case. The benefits of free trade were also exemplified by reference to another part of Italy—Trieste ; -in that country, since the introduction of free trade, every foot of land had been taken into cultivation, ' and -by the introduction of the'terraca method, the sides of mountains, which had formerly , been. barmen ; were now covered With vines. These countries fOrined a reMarkable , contrast; with the- Papal StateS,' in which the re`Sltictive system prevailed -; and he (Dr. '11.) wished that the jlon. Gentleman opposite (Mr. ()Ton nen, for whose,opinions he knew the - Pepe entertained the highest yespect-- , (Hear)—yrould'enlig,ht en his Holiness's mind on this: subject. Thirty' thOuSand people in attic of our manufacturing - towns actually produce more than the 3,000,000 of the inhabitants of the. Papal :States. ' In all countries in which the free trade system had been . introduced, the revenue of the State h a d i ncrease d. i n con sequence; while in those ,in which the restrictive system had - been adopted, the revenues had diminish c d. thought it would have been only fair and - . just in the Hon. Gent. to have stated the general principles which that docu ment had proved to be true, instead of taking from it one iso lated statement as he had done; this would have shown that wherever the free trade system had been intruslueed it hail been followed by an increase in the revenue,, and the go-, .neral-prosperitya while the restrictive system had invariably been productiveof calamity to the Government; Ruined operated t s o a the people. Mr. o.aac a cursea aoa t.t., having once cottv;nced him= self - that the Corn-laws had produced to goo d, b ut d one a great deal of mischief, he would inquire What. in `other countries had been the effecteof free tr a d e in everything. He . found that it was benefielal to all classes, and that what was lost by a few monopolists was. more than 4;100 times repaid to the community at large.,-•(Hear.) With that conViction on 'his mind, he had been cncounterbd: by -•persons who-talked of political economists with disdain, and stated their theories, to be inapplicable to trades. - They talked of the diatinctions between practical men andtbcorists. H e would Meet them on that ground, and say we were practi cal men, because theinstances in Which the principle of free trade had been applied had in practice answered so well, that it had increased prosperity everywhere.—( !fear, hear. ) The contrast was :powerful. In the same country—in the same climate, there were two .Governments, each well intentioned towards the other ; but he did norbelieve there was on the face of the earth a Government which meant better towards the people than in the Papal territories; and the proof of it was this, that there was more money ghien far the purposes of charity and in the exercise o f a benevolence which he thought mistaken, than itt any other country, its size, on the face of the earth.—( Hear, hearsheara) By reason of the Corti-laws the consumption of wholesome food was' taken from Ireland, and disease ensued. The 'Corn-laws might be traced in letteks of blood through' that country, and nothing demonstrated it more clearly than that in 1822, at the time a subscription was raised of nearly a million of money in England to supply with. food the starving population of, Irelapd; the vessels that, went :there freighted with Meat to be given away there, were met by many coming out, laden ;with . produce, to this country.--(Hear, hear.) What applied to mistaken benev o l ence applied also to miStakea political economy: 'Rome was the victim of one—lreland was the victim of the other.—( Hear, hear,) The gentlemen' who' met the other day in the county of -Roscommon were'very. angry with those who had voted for the repeal of theCorn laws.' They had, presented -a petition to the Hotie of COHMTIQHS since,, and it contained rather a remarkable statement, corning from the persons Who supported the ex isting,systern. They state ‘. that our rrianufacturea have beet deatroyed."--( Hear, hear.) That seemed an Fish reason for supporting the system.---(Latighter.) . And they add, " and the remittances of great portions of our produce to absentees increase the capital of England, and diminish the resources of Ireland, leaving. agriculture the '., only F,oeree nd naticnal.proiperity."—( Hear, and alaugh.) The idea of the Lords and country gentleman standing 1.1 2 . k I for national prosperity, that pro:Tanta , being the destrue. tion of, their manufactures and camunerce, wt.s rather laughable. If there was a single'inanufaelo r y in ReScorn mon, thepoople of the neighbourhood would receia s wages —the manufactory would employ mere men, women, and children than were employed by the agric-elteral interests of three eounties put together, and,if any thing was sent out theire would be a return for it. ,It•ivould.not 'operate on the Corn-laws, sending out corn to the absentee without any reterin-L(llear, ; hear.) 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If the demand in foreign countries was in., creased, manufactures would be forced into inland, and thus employment Would be afforded to her people ; whereas the Corn-laws as they affected Ireland, according to the testimony of the supporters of these laws, annihilated com merce aad put an end to industry.—( Cheers.) 'He ccebf-si scythe Lad another feeling on this subject. As a Chrisian man—(hear, hear)—as a Christian' man he coull 'not' entertain the idea that the aristocrat was' to fall upon the poor, to increase his;meal; and' fatten by measuring out, a pitiless morsel of breach° the widow and orphan.—( [lear.) It was astonishing that in such a country as England the good feeling arising f;em that sentiment 'alone did not 'prevail, ,and that the_ sense of moral obligation did not induce the people of England to advocate the repeal of the3e laws. Their opponents were a class that became prosperous by the labourer having less food, and by the person who, while in health, thriftily put by in the savings' batik a certain sum for his old age, haying that annuity di. ' minished in order that the Lord and the mighty man, who was the landed rooprietor, might share his loaf with him. - Ilear, hear. ) His feeling on this was so strong that it had created in his mind a great sensation against :the sel isliness of the landed proprietors.. But this selfishness was not confined to England, for they perceived that the Irish landlords were on the same scent. —(Laughter.) If there was anythin7 had in ' Eng land, he would l ay a wager that he could show sonic thing worse in Ireland, uni in that respect certainly our - Aristocracy were not worse than their S.—( Laughter.) He'did not know whether it was a calumnious thought or not, but hd had frequently imagined that if they fattened and served up infants there was a spirit among them that would gorge the instal—( Laughter.) That was really the idea of a really great man in Ireland, Dean Swift, who, finding the .persccu'ion of the Papists going on, published a pamphlet, in which he said---." Why do you-starve them to death in your own country—fatten, salt, and send them to the West Indies."—( Hear, hear, and " The system," said the Hon. an d Learned Gentleman, " that creates distress among your manufactures, di minishes your means of production, shuts foreign markets against you, prevents you from deyeloping your resources, gives misery to your streets, and creates typhns and disease in Ireland.—( Hear, hear, hear.) That system we arc opposing, and it is incumbent on every man to.exert every faculty of his nand and to.excrt every energy to abolish that systein.—(Hear, hear.) Let us not be thrown back by defeat.—( Cheers.) Defeat is the increased strength of the 1 caceable agitation in. a good cause— ( Cheers)—and being convinced that we are perfectly right, it being manifeSt that we arc perfectly right, and it being clear that our enemies are thorougly wrong—( Ilear)--all we have to do is to persevere until every mania England understands what we understand, and the moment, that is the case all opposition to - sound reason and common sense will cease, and we shall triumph in obtain ing what we now seek; as I hope we shall, in obtaini ng ma ny o th e r blessings. —( Loud cheers.) ' The nom EasitiNS MURRAY controverted the statements' made by Mr. Christepher in the House of Commons last night, and corrohated those of Sir G. Strickland.. It-would appear that Mr.. Christopher did nut wish manufactures to prosper; but he -contended that it would benefit the landowners much if they did'all in their power to get more manufactories establislied.-( Hear, heilr.) Mr. BanKiii, of Preston, begged t o ca ll t h e atten. : Lion of the Pzlegates to the observations made ,by Lord Darlington, last night. . His Lordship, at the commencement of his speech observed "that the manufac turers of England seemed impressed with the full idea that 1 1 they had a patent to manufacture for the whole world, and that no other country had a right to manufaCture for itself." Where the Noble Lord got such an idea as that he was at a loss to know, but his Lordship might certainly have told the House of Commons with a' little more truth that " the landlords of England seemed 'impressed with the full idea that they had a patent to grow corn for ,the whole world, and that no' other Country had a right to sell a bushel of • corn."—( Cheers and laughter.) That -Noble ,Lord also stated " that it ap peared to hint the Chamber of Commerce of Manchester had resorted to most. unjustifiable meant for getting up am agitation on this question. They had endeavoured to foment discontent in' every part of the Country, and had al most gone to the extent of seeking. to arouse the populace to , arins."--4 A burst .of laughter from all the Delegates.) He (Mr. Barker) had .not the honour of betonriring to that body, but as there were several gentlemen present who did, he trusted that they would give an answer to .that statement.—( Hear,' hear.) Mr. COBDEN; in the absence of the Vice, PreSident of the Chamber of Commerce (Mr. Holland Hoole), would remark that the gentlemen who took part in the. discus sions at`Manchcstcr, were the last men who would be come advocates of physical force—( Cries of " inasmuch' as they were more interested in the peace and moral 'ascendancy of the people than any ctlier - bOdy.— (Hear.)_ •They were- not- extensive landowners, but they , possessed property "of that kind, so exceedingly sensible •of violence, . that . one of the incendia ries who had been pretehing physical fercc recom mended, as a meant ".0 Alestroy that, property;ihe einployitie.nt of a knitting kneedle. Therefore it might be easily, imagined Low exceedingly susceptible of injury their property was. If the language of the Chamber of Commerce was energelie, it was because they felt. their- property was menaced with de.itruction, not by the knitting-needles, but by Lord Darlington and his followers. The CHAIRMAN Said he did not know whether the Dele-' gates were aware of it, but some one had made a present of a sword to Joseph Sterge—( A laugh) —not for the purpose of armins , according to Lord Darlington's notion, but for the purpose of showinr , the price at which it could be ma nufactured—it was of furcign manufacture, and it cost a Is., the cost of the sword being 93., and of the scabbard 3d. Mr. WEIR said, that there was no danger to be appre hended from the Chamber of Commerce—the danger arose from what they might have sit❑essed in the Legislature. After the disgraceful interruptions to Lord Ilowick last night, and Which he understood would be :repeated to night, fel' the purpose of annoyance, he feared that these proceqdings might drive thq people to despair,. and the despair of A suffering population was always to be dreaded. Mr. STURGE wag note aware that the sword hid been intended fo him. .The'l7lol'e he considered the subject, the Mere he wag convinced' hat flit; use. of pllysical force was in opposition to the 'dietates of Christilmity; but if, tho people, driven to despair, should have • recourse to it, the respori'sibility l'iottid rest on the heads .of those who hid driven thdm to it. The CNA IhMAN said the•sword had been maiiiiraCtured in Germanyto be sent to America, from whence exported to Africa: The coSt`of an Englifh sword a `that description would be 2s - . and a the scabbqd 101, So'lltat. we' were eompletely,driven Ont,,of the market, Mr. ST URGE Said he hoped that such a trade as' the one in swords would speedily be .discontinued. Dr. BowarNo said that these swords were very sbldinn used by the Africans. for Warlike purposes, but Were prin cipally used for cutting trees. Mr. BARKE4 said he. hoped they viou d, soon beat their. swords into plough shares, .and-their spears into pruning:. hooks. • . Mr. PLINT (of.. Leeds) would allude to some of the stateMents of that profound economi.,-t and statesman'," Mr. Cayley, who had borrowed what Le had said trod thecqually profound Mr. M' Quin. Mr. Crhad, in stating the amount of capital il'lcsted in !mad, included:tithe and pier rates, sand calculated this til thirty years' purchase; hi fact he had confounded annuity and capital--( Hear, , hear, lear)—but- they had, not done any such thing .in calculating ; the amount of capital invested in ,manufactures--in that case they had only calculated the value of the bricks and mortar, as the capital invested in mannfaMures. 'ln caleulating tlie taxes paid by tlle,ag,rl-: culturists, lie had included every tax, direct and indirect' paid by the farmer, even on his tea or his tobacco, so that the agriculturist was' to escape tax free, except in so far, as lie himself was a consumer .of agricultural produce. ' Now the manufacturer could not do this, because ho was. obliged to go to the forei g n markets, and compute with others in the sale of his goods. Our skill and machinery had formerly' given us a monopoly ofth zo-c mar kets. , The long peace had enabled the manufacturers than this counts v i a ,on the Conti nent w ere ine i n o ta o l s . per t ce u r t. of the Continent to rival us in those particUlars. and the only way in which we could compete with theM was by lowering the money rate of Wages, but i t b y no • me a ns followed tilt the Money rate of wages mu s t b e l owered to the e 1! r the th • reduction of , 20, per •cunt. would enabl e us to enter into n ( . o ,r tsandad . r ol if e y sueceslul competition with them, and under a system of fro,' opor: a . :* . l of corn the labourer would not suffer by this reduction, because his Nod would be lowered in pi=jce in proportion ; but if this reduction took place while the price of corn continued to be high, then the labourer would in deed tide. When the people understood this part of the subject they would join with the Delegates in urging a:re peal of the Corn-lawS. . Di. BOWntso hoped the time Would soon come when . of belly , led away the people,. instea'. _•_ . by the renney id ns t ider th amount of wages, won co. - c quantity of corriforts, they could procure • and indulgetw° whio)l t for a given &mount of labour. wi t h regard to the money rate of wages the introduction - of 643 ' ' fre trade sy stem had alWa s. produced the effect of raising wages. Wage s in the 14than States under the restrictive system were from sd, to llbd. the and in ?werefrom I the A to 4i. siatic ' per Sta tday.es under the tradesyistlll os. Tike CiliitsmAN announced the intention o f the P 1 to dine together to-merrow,.at Si De titie .• I 3 x o'clock The Meeting then adjourned. " Birmingham.' ERRAT CM. —l . l our previoUslist of Anti , :Co rn ..l, ll , Tid o _ gates, liessNl. Daniel Alati:cr, Robert Mather, slid Joihua Walrsley,: " Liverpool," were put for THE EXPORTATION OP THE PltEcrous METALS. port; during the Th e exportation. of the precious metals from tile port. of London to foreign to I lambur'g, pit,t week, ending Thursday. is as foll,ws:—Gold c o i n 9 .150 oz. ; Belgieln, 1,00 0 rz• ; 111 ° Janeiro, 144 oz. ;ILri, Hotterda.in, (3,,t3Zinoz.- .Silver Coin to Hamburg, 1;740 . 0 2 ; to;l3titish West inCies, 8,7c 0 uz ; Calcutta,. 43,136 oz,; 'Canton, ;36 Bars to Madras, 25,000 oz. ; ,oo- oz. ; Cal. 26,•215 oz. , i . .... , . The 'Marquis of I`. 01111anby has taken Ole - sna-- e:ous mansion in,iliii-street,. for the abode of the fate' Sir 'Abrah am Hum; Bart. The house i s to endergo re ::, - . pair an t i derorat?,r and n:11. 1 — 1 ,, ready for i:'.F, reception hip .Lordship'vvill °coup:. ,li''.l-,1,1,:nts .at t h e ci , reudvr, Hotel.' LONDON AND GIMENWICH RAILWAY. • A General fleeting of the Shareholders of this Com pany took place yesterday at the London Tavern, at o'clock. There was a very full attendance of Proprietors, and great interest appeared to be excited in the proceedings. • `W. SthanitoLT, Esq. took the Chair. The Report was 'then read. It was to the following effect • The Directors hare much satisfaction, in conveningthe present meetin' g, for they feel them4elves enabled to call your attention to a material improvement in the position end prospects of the Company, and they have only creferred this meeting for a few weeks longer than they had intended, in order that they might announce to you the conclusion of some important arragements on which they had been engaged. It will be rememb,red, that on entering on the management of affairs in last August;the preent arectors pointed out, as their first and paramount object, 'the abso lute necessity of obtaining funds to'raise the Company from its cnabaraised situation, and to carry out and complete the Railway ; and that, on the faith of their/ engagement that they could procure money for that, purpose, they became Directors of this Company. In meeting the Shareholders now, the Directors have the pleasure of pointing- to the fulfilment of that pledge, and of the ex. pectations which they had led you to entertain from it. The Railway was completed, and opened to . Greenwich on the 24th of December last, and the results are Most satis- factory, as will seen on reference to the comparative table of receipts appended to the geport. Ode or the first objects of the Directors was to subject all the books and accounts to a careful examination, and me. :hodical arrangement, and having separated those ac counts, which were mixed together, they made up an exact balance of all accounts owing to orby the Company, and they have adopted it as a true statement of your affairs, and contained the account upon the sarde basis to:the 31st of Dec. last. They hive now to submit to you a full and particular statement thereof as determined by the balance struck:on that day, and it will be satisfactory for you to know that the re.,l assets of the Company are amply suffi cient to liquidat6 all claims upon it. There ia one ac count which was not allowed by the creditors, no explana tion of it having been furnished to them, and , iciri which Your Directors would not hare felt themselves justified in passing without your sanction. 'lt con sists of a loss of 1.6001., which, from infor mat i on th e y have obtained from the former Directorp, appears to have arisen from an expenditure' which they deemed necessary, and incurred with a View of promoting the benefit yf the Company. With this impression, and under the peculiar circumstances of the case, your Directors feel it desirable to recommend that you should give them directions to pass . this account. There is, also a sum of 5,a501. due to' the Company for unpaid calls: on certain shareS, which, although they. had been standing in the names Of other parties, by whom they were long ago transferred, it ap peared they originally belonged to Mr. Walter, who, in his account, defivered in 1837; made himself debtor to the Company far - such unpaid Calls, but . at the same time sent in 'Claims against the Company for 9,1001, claiming a balance of 4,1501. Your Directors may here mention, that on entering upon their ditties, sthey found that one action had been brought egaiest . the Company by Mr. Walter, and was then pending, whereby he sought to recover 9 5,e411., subsequently reduced to 14 , 28 61 a, and they now find by a circular he has issued that he claims 15,541/: Your former Directors were advised that he had no legal demand, and instructed your solieitor to resist the action which 'has long been in a - situation to be tried if proceeded with by Mr. Walter.' The reference of the claim to arbitration has been produced, but hai been ref used both by your present and former Directors, because. they consider a , Court , and a Jury the most proper tribunal for the trial of such.a demand. Having in a great measure overcome the difficulties in which your affairs were involved from want of funds and a clear statement of the accounts, the progress of the works was resumed and carried on by your Directors with as much expedition as circumstances allowed, and the railway would have been eompleted ulna' cailier had they been able to obtain the necessary'machinery fee the drdeforidges over the Raivensbeton. Their immediate attention was directed likeiviie to the state of the locomotive power, and the car-. riage department. When they came into office nearly all the engines were in very bad order, and. the :repairs had formed a heavy . item •in the expenditure. .of. the last six 'months'. They have now sudceeded in bringing them into a state of 'efficiency, they hive in creased their force by the addition of One new engine, and they are in daily expectation of another. The carriages were also in a most unsatisfactOry state, and the amount ex, pended in repairing them. Was excessive, though their - - appeareece and condition was any thing but creditable to. the, Company. In order to place this department in a state -of complete cf ficiency, and to avoid the former heavy expenditure of se e doing, your Directors considered 'that the most prudent . course was to contract for the use of 'Carriages; arid they have great 'plea-sere in' announcing the completion of a contrect, With a very experienced and responsible, coach- Wider, *he figs taken ,the whole stock of carriages; , to his Own account, and contracted to repair them,;and to Simply such new ones s of a very superior, construction as may be requircd.to keep the whole in order.. Some of the I , new carriages Will be on the Line at Easter, and the terms of the contract are. such as to'-'establish an identity of interest' between the contractor and the , Company, and , the' Directors entertained no doubt that the arrangement wilt be beneficial both to the Com. I. piny and to the public. The iinportanee of securing to the Railway the traffic from places in the Vicinity of Green . - ' wieh, induced your Directors to enter into an engagement ' for that purpose with an extensive proprietor of omnibuses and other, carriages, and had granted bim the privilege of stationing his vehicles on the Company's ground, on con dition of his providing a sufficient number of good and well-appointed carriages to be under their control, and to communicate regularly with the trains on their arrival, 'on fixed and moderate charges, and there is every yeason to believe, that much additienal traffic 'will be obtained by this arrangement. AnxiouS te . reduce the.engagements the Company, the Directors haitc used their best endeavours to render thesurplue property available for that purpose,add Con - - siderable sums have: been raised by the sale of that propeety.. Nor have theybesitated to give their Own, pecuniary as sistance to attain this desirable .object, having theMselece taken up the greater part of the unappropriated' shares, which, as theyscoald nototherwise Mille been disposed of: at par, Would have remained unavailable. fly these means the liabilities of the - Company have been materially, nished,•and further talcs of lead are now in progrees but • as there is a leag6 portion of the property which itlsiould be most unadeisahle to part with•at preseet, loekinetVe'' the incrensed mess-an - iodation which . will be requirCA by the,. Brighton and South .Eastern, . and other Rail-; way Companies, ready . to use this 'line,' your Directive, cannot avail themselves of these 'means to a greater extent. Such being the case, they have hurried their attention to' other means of carrying out the remain dercif. the wail:; epential to the undertaking. It is part of the'crigagernepe With the coateactore e fer _the supply - of carriages, that the Company should erect sheds at tbeestae tions, for the pi otectiou and accommodation of passengers. It is likewise el Ole grratest.importane e . that an- enguee house should be coustructoct at Deptford as early res,itos, sible—that the station at Greenwich should be completed -.:.that some alteration. Lion---and thatTertaiti property s h ou ld be purchased, - become so . COnsiderable p that a ci p P o t ; : t f : be made inth e L on d on s t d . which ought not to be postponed beyond the sim mer . Th e IC. set apart for thaw pur. poses. But although this, might noG be objected' to, by. 4 tbo holders of .w shares, o lia sbe yet the or i g i na l Sh are h o ld ers might have cause to complain, especially as t h e ir int erests of per cent. ceased s'nee the 24 t h D ee: , i n conse q uence cien tiro inig Chtmr.. 9 r n have ' of the railway being opened to Greenwich. The funds, however, might be raked by other means, so as to fall more equally on both - classes of shareholders. The Direc tors, therefore, recommend that on application be Made to Parliament in the present - Session, for an Act, the preli minary steps to which have alreaay been taken, to obtaiii poWer so raise the sum of 60. 000/..for these purposes, in such manner as may be deemed, most desirable ; and they hoped the meeting would concur with them in the propri. ety of this proceeding, The Ra'irray being comp!eted and opened to Greenwich, your Directors have considered the contract of Camel : Landmann so . ftir a:s to re lease him from Vepatlaer furthdr plans mad sueefintending the.erettion of the buildings centemplated, which,belongs mere properly to tile department or your architect, and as the extension of the Railway. has been unfortunately so* much protracted in consequence:a the difficultiee which have occurred ; your. Directors did not tiiihk proper to with, hold any longer. from Col. Landmann the fair remuneration agreed on. At the same time they have secured hie seeeiees as conoalting-engincer, and they cannot close this part of their report without taetifying . • ee te the toli4iey ref the weeks wider lite LUrcdion, and considering that the, trains 'have already performed nearly 100 . 000 journies,. they think that all the rumours about the instability of the worki may be iegarded as finally disposed of. The total receipie - for 1837 we re ethoegie, and:tor 183 S, 41,2861. -The redepits for passengers alone were, from Dec.. 24, the date Of the ,:opening . to Greenwich, 1837, to March the same year, were 6:2861. ; for the same period in 1838 the amount was 6.428/. ; and for the sett period in 1839 it was '9731/. - The Directors would refer to the approaching opening of • the London and 'Croychin Railway, anti c ip a ti ng , as they . did, a great accession of. income from .their engagements Will that Company, and they Ole esrected to raise. a rental from the arches ender the Railway. The-Company was now at , the expense of maintaining an additional 'station at Gresneieh, and they'had increased the tffieiency of their service by the substitution 'of aestiperier class of men ;• but toteiithstandieg- all this, the at - event' or itelies . 'is per cent. less than the average slate the line tt'a2 opened to DePtford. . The Directors are convinced that • a rigid attention to economy, anal to the comfort ter passengers, ate objects of the first importance in an undertaklng of this kinde and they nasore the Proprietors that to ac'tlion snap be want in, on their-part to secure,, the advantages with which this important entereeise now promises to be attended l and they - have rely, in conclusion, to express their conviction that all 'the predictions which have been held forth as to the t c-.WU of 'enterprise will be amply fulfilled, and they trust that at the next general meeting they shall be able to preduuesiihstautial proofs of theateetireey of their vieWs.. It : sees moved, seconded,' and carried-by acclamation, that this "Report lie received, adopted, end printed. • ; The cordial tl;aulzx the •Shttreliolderfl were imani mouzly voted to the Diteetort s • VIII the' triOetir!tg,eqpiirited. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. ROUSE OF LORDS, ilLiscm 14. The Lotto CHANCELLOR took his scat on the Wool sack at five minutes before Five o'Clock. CORN-LAWS. A NOBLE LORD presented a petition against any al teration in the Corn-laws. Lord II ATHERTON presented a petition from Newcastle-Under-Lyne, in favour of an alteration in the Corn-laws, Lord FOLEY presented potitions from Worcester an , l another place, against an alteration in the Corn laws. Earl SHA FTESBURY presented petitions from places in Yorkshire, against an alteration in the Corn laws. On the motion of the Noble Earl the Transfer in Aids Bill, and a Private Bill were read a third time, and passed. Lord ROSEBERRY presented petitions from Stir ling, Pot tobello, and other places, praying for a repeal of, or alteration in, the Corn-laws. The Noble Lord took this opportunity of stating that in his opinion experience proved the present Corn-laws had not acted favourably, and that they were susceptible of alteration, which might be made without injury to the agriculturist, or any body else, and with great benefit to all.---(Hear, hear, hear.) The present mo ment when the warehouses were empty, presented a most favourable moment for an alteration of those laws. But to a total repeal, or any immediate alters• tion of them, such as the petitioners asked for, he was directly opposed. Such a proceeding would lead to distress, the extent of which no person could calculate or avert, and produce a greater pressure on the con sumer than he was likely at present to sustain. Lord WILLOUGHBY D ERESBY presented 97 petitions from the county of Lincoln in favour of an alteration in the Corn-laws. Lord WHARNCLIFFE presented petitions from several places against an alteration in the Corn•laws. Lord TEYNIIAM pre.sented a petition from the Barony of Kilmoine, in the county of Mayo, for a total - abolition of tithes. His Lordship observed, that as Noble Lords on the other side of the House had given' notice of a discussion upon the grievanCes of Ire land for next week, he would only then say he trusted they would succ<•ed in th&r voyage of discovery, and find out that tithes were a great injury to the Catholic population of that part of her Majesty's dominions, and cordially join in their abolition. Lord STRADBROKE presented petitions against a repeal. The Duke of: BUCKINGHAM presented 272 petitions, signed by upwards of 30,000 persons, against any alteratien in the 'Corn-laws. Earl rtrz WILLIAM presented petitions from Stroud, Huddersfield, Wigan, Dcvonport, Kirkcaldy, Halifax, Melton, Longwood, Roden, Hole►forth, Preston, Norwich, Poplar, Beverley, Marylebone, Newry, Scarborough, Carnarvon, Morley, Mor field, Ecclesfivld, Ayr, Wallacetown, Dartmouth, and a variety of other places, signed by up wards of 78,000 persons in favour of an alteration in thi Corn-laws. Lord RAYLEIGH presented several petitions in Favour of the Corn-laws. The Duke of RUTLAND present several petitions to the same effect, and remarked as to one of them, that he had asked some agricul tural labourers who had signed it, why they . had done so, and they replied that their object was to pre vent revolution. He (the Duke of Rutland) concurred in the soundness of this reason as much as in the prayer of the petition. The. Earl of RADNOR—Did the Noble Duke ask the labourers, why they supposed the repeal of the Corn-laws would cause revolution ? The Duke of RUTLAND said he had not asked that question.—(" Hear, hear," from the Earl of Rad nor.) But he had asked them at what price they considered wheat could be profitably grown in this country—and they answered, 31. per quarter. The Earl of RADNOR-4 should like to know whether those labourers were aware that the present Corn-law has never secured that price. Lord BROUGHAM thought the Noble Duke had done quite right to ask the opinion of these agricultural labourers, deeply interested as they were in the question. But he also thought that, the manufacturing la bourers ought to be consulted, and not only upon the subject of the Corn-laws, but upon other questions, on which they had a very strong opinion —Reform of Parliament for instance, of which they knew, at least as much as about the Corn:laws. and he should shortly have to present petitions from that class, praying for a further extension of Parliamentary representation, and he hoped their opinions would at least be as much attended to as those of the agricultu ral labourers. The Duke of RUTLAND said he quite concurred in the propriety of consultipethe - ,itianafacturinglabourers, and hie begged to,Present a " pdtiiion trop,tho town of 14eiceiter,io favour of .the.Cora,laws,,signe4-bY 1,100 miknufacturinglabc!urcrs,-and 1,600-tradesinen•and shop-, keepers, and by other persons, altogether to the number of 3,ooo—(Hear, hear)—and the petitioners stated one very important fact, that of the manufacture in which they were occupied—that of woollen stockings—the greater part. was required for home consumption.— (Hear, hear.) The Noble Duke then presented various other petitions to the same effect:. A Nopt.E Pimit in presenting various petitions to the same effect said, that a petition having come to him by post, charged, it had been returned—as it was stated that it ought to be directed to their Lordships' House, but it bad not yet reached him. The Duke of RICHMOND, said, although he was not at the Post Office, nor intended, hyGod's, help, ever to be there again-",(A laugh)—he might state that the Postmaster was obliged-to charge all petition§ above six ounces, but the universal practice was, upon the cover being sent back with " Petition" written upon it, the charge was taken off. ckitainly the-.petition ought to have reached their Lordships' House-by this time. Lord MELBOURNE said be would inquire into the subjeet • Petitions were presented against the repeal of the Corn-laws, by the Earl of Aberdeen, from Roxburgh ; by the Earl of Warwick, from different pnrts of War wickshire_;- by the Earl of Redesdale, from Monmouth, the Isle of Wight, and the eastern division of the county of Gloucester ; and by the Duke of Richmond, from Aberdeen, Sussex, Banff, and Elgin.. DUTIES ON FOREIGN. FRUIT. • 'The Duke of RICHMOND, in presenting a peti tion from the owners and iiecupkrs of lands and gar. deni iri the-c6Uuty or Sussex,. prayitig - for an alteration in the - Bill passed last SesSi,on, reguiao4; theduties on foreign fruit,, begged to state. that at. the time that Bill passed. the Noble Lord at the head of her Majesty's Government had promised, if it was allowed to pass without opposition, that should any of its,provisioas be found to be detrimental to the interests of.the fruit growers in this country the objectionable clauses should be removed by a Bill to be introduced in the present Seision. He tt;'erefore wished to know from the NOble Viscount whetherit waibiS intention, in con -sequence of the dissatisfaction that been caused by that measure or that of his colleagues, to bring in any Bill upon . the suNect. Viscount MELI3OURNE did not recollect having pledged himself to reconsider the measure alluded to by the Noble Duke ;- certainly several DeputationS had waited , mpon his. Right Hon. Friend, the-President of the Board of Trade, and if it was found'that the state ments of the fruit growerS were correct, some alteration ‘VOulil certainly,* Made in the Bill. rne Duke of WELLINGTON trusted that the Noble Viscount would give his attention to the subject at an early period of the present Session. Altar a few observation's from the Earl of RADNOR and tilts Duke of RICHMOND, the subject dropped. 'The Earl 'of HARDWICKE , presented a petition from the • county of Cambridge, against any alteration in the Cern.laws. The Ea:l of FITZWILLIAM thought it was rathera singular petition—it purported to come from the county of Cambridge, and yet the.mecting had'been held at Ely, which was nothing more than a great agri culttirtil The Ead of HARDIVICKE was Lorry to hear the Noble Earl call the Cathedral town of Ely a village. It, had a,very magnificent church. • • Edrl. fITYiNVIL LI A M-;-So it bas.—(Laughter.) The - Earl of HARDWICKE said it could not be &Irk:4.a hole•and-COrner meeting,_ becatisc was regu= larly convened by ,the Sheriff, and, he would. add, that all-the democratic party lived in the Isle of Ely. Lord StANIIOPE presented petitions against the repeal of the Corn 7 laWs . from four places in Northarep toushire,and a parish in Kent. liord .REDESDALE presented a petition • front Northampton to the same effect. • The Marquis of WESTMEATH presented 'it peti tion'froin the ("hand ;fury of Westmcath, to the same effect. .The petition stated that there were four nill lions cmi,lovcd in agriculture in Ireland, and he hoped the Noble had would state in the course of his address what Would becorne of that agricultural population. The Fhirl of Dull:it:01. presented petitions from Gateshead, Leicester, Bererley,•St. Andrews (Corn. wab), Berwick-on-Tiveed, Rochdale,' and several other places, for the repeal of the Corn•laws. The•MarqUis of NORM AN BY laid_ upon the table • papers' by,,commaid of her Majesty, Lord DUNGANNON laid: upon the table the Re port of the TitheConimi!. oncrs - of Enelandand Walev; 11'6'theSeventeenth Pcrort of the "In s pectors of Pri 5, 011 s; a'returnTrom the Um-ks of the Crown and • Earl FITZWILLIAINI then rose—He would he extremely happy to answer the question of th e Noble Marquis opposite as well as lie could, and perhaps he could not better preface what he had. to say on the subject than to express a doubt as to whether the Noble Marquis had taken a very accurate view of the effect which an alteration of the. Corn-laws would hare upon property in Ireland. Their Lordships would see that there was a very important preliminary consideration, and that was to define distiactly what their Lordships, and the Noble Marquis, meatt by the term Ireland. If the Noble Marquis meant by that term the 6,000 or 7,000 persons who owned the soil of that country—if he meant the somewhat larger, but still not very numerous, class who were seized of the owners' fee, it was very possible that the Noble Mar- quis might take an accurate view of the effect of the Corn-laws. Possibly, although b e di d not admit the position, or that it would con tinue for any long period ortirne, it was just pos sible that the effect of the alteration might be to reduc e the rents of the landowners of Ireland. But that it . ,_ ... would have any bad effect on the condition of the people of Ireland, was a point upon which he enter tained an opinion diametrically opposed to that of the Noble Marquis, and all those who said that Ireland was interested against the motion he was about to make ; because if there was any part of the community, any class, or any condition of society in that country in terested in having the means of good, and Wholesome, and useful means of subsistence placed within their reach, and not as they at present were, without those means, it was the great mass of the pbpulation of lreland..—.(Hear, hear.) The Noble Marquis said that there were five millions. of persons employed in agriculture in Ireland. He wished that there was anything like that number engaged in agri culture. There might be five millions or more who lived upon the land, and who paid all the surplus that remained after supporting a wretched existence in the shape of rent ; but to say that five millions Were en gaged in any thing that could be dignified with the name of agriculture in that country was one of the greatest mistakes ; and if their Lordships, who were unacquainted with the sehject, would run away with ( that idea and sustained by that feeling, would, think it their duty to resist the motion with which he would have the honour of concluding, he could only say that their Lordships had taken a most mistaken view of that law. So much for the Noble Marquis's question ; and Who had had . a choice, that was not the point upon which he would have first commenced addressing them. The great variety of petitions which had been presented to their Lord ships that day, and the great contradiction of opinions expressed in them, showed that no doubt a great variety of opinion was _entertained upon that great and import ant question. It was natural that these diffetenet s should exist. All of them he was afraid ivem but too apt to form their opinions according to their wishes and to form their wishes according t o their interests ; therefore it was, considering there was a great variety of fancied and supposed in. terests upon the question (although he believed there was only one real and solid interest), that great, variety of fancied interests formed the ground of the•variou s petitions presented to their Lordships' House. The duty which it appeared to him their Lordships had to perform on the present occasion was to discuss these pe titions—to examine those which were based on solid grounds—and to adopt them as the ground of their own opinions, and to discard those which were founded on erroneous convictions. With respect to the:. different classes of those petitioners as they were divided with regard to rank and station, he (Earl Fitzwilliam) certainly was not one of those who regarded their importance in proportion to the rank of the _par ties from whom they emanated. On the contrary, he agreed with the Noble Duke (Buckingham), and was not one of those who was disposed to disregard the petitions of the labouring classes. Many among them were competent to form a correct opinion. At the same time it could not be denied that in proportion as education was more or less extended among any class, so was the greater or less value of their petitions ; and if . so, he was afraid the agricultural labouring population, as being one of those classes in which education was less advanced—which had the few- est opportunities of observation and of arris ing at sound opinions, which men could not arrive at unless they had an opportunity of comparing their own preconceived no tions with the opinions of others. If again that portion of labouring classes who were engaged in agriculture were more likely to act according to the suggestions of their employers than any other class of operator* then undoubtedly it might so happen that the opinions of those labouring classes might not be these most entitled to their consideration or attention. His attention had been a good deal attracted to the con ditions of the islands in the South Seas. By one of those marvellous dispensations of Providence which was sometimes witnessed, Christianity seemed to have made a great stride in these countries, and placed itself on a foundation which he trusted would never be tbrown,down. If, when generations had passed by, any of the inhabi tants of this country were to be reading the history of .one of these islands, and that they prohibited the im portation'lof yarns,and plantains, and bread-fruit, from one island to •another, and would not admit them unless they had arrived at an extraordinary high priee=he helieved it would be said their conduct was most extraordinary. - If one of these islands experienced famine, it would be owing to false legislation. Now he was afraid that this country did in 1815 act pretty much in the same manner, when we prohibited the im portation of corn Unless it arrived at 80s. a quarter. But the extraordinary part of the story was, that the persons - in whose favour it was stated that law passed were not content with that law. From 181' down to 1828, when that l aw was practicaPjy in operation we were actu a ll y li v i ng under a 'law which prohibited the importation of foreign corn up to 80s. What was the consequence of that law to the agricultural interest of this country ? Was there a period in , history to he found, during which louder and better founded complaints of distress were ut tered, than during that period ? It was obvioui then than that law could not stand—that law was abrogated and the wisdom of 1827 and 1828, devised the law un der which we now live He thought the new law was a great improvement to the old; he thought th&t ti modified prohibition under which we were now liVing was an improvement on absolute prohibition ; but . _ even this new law appeared to him to have too much of a prohibitory character. But had agriculture been en tirely flourishing even under the new law ? Had there articelatrillYatlytihtiel 11 been no agricultural petitions—had there been no cons- 1 plaints of distress—were there no agricultural Co 111 ' tees ? His Noble Friend opposite called this A p n t o l t -t ; 'prohibitory law, but a regulatory law. regu latory law ought to have the effect of 1 prices when they had a tendency to to ris ° o7. c l i r 2 l l 'raising prices when they had a t a fa l? l o h ca. r N e d o . t Wi I , a the t tli e r law w was hadsu some uo elements such e Erie:: the late :i lli c t a i,i stre , s . ac:l t f ,: si i l l a tl n te d: d p with a direct contrary tendenc l y n , regard to the ascending scale. at 645-, the duty increased Is. for every average price diminished. So with the shillinga i u n t de tt e l t e ldi y a ti ri d i c v n e l d m a ti t aa point shilling a fo:rieleitellwhOl ascending t!l tl e i t tn 3 e , t s h ta e g d ea nt ; y i) diminished `,:ls. fin' every increase of ls in the averae— then at the point—then at the next point n- t forthe increase of. Is. there was a diminuti on i n the du last there was a di m i nu ti on o f 4 s . dut• forof 3 theincrease s " andat of Is, in pric e . . Lt.t their Lordships imaginei . a corilAetor with a large quantity of corn--what would he do under those circumstances? There was no doubt that -every corn-factor would conspire to raise the price in order to diminish ; the duty, and that wa s the Of that portion of the Corn-I.lws. The effect was riot to regulate prices by lowering them, but to give a temptation to speculators. He could not conceive any thing more 'vicious than this in the operation of any law that human ingenuity could devise. Now what was the result of all this ? Had the agricultural claSses I been prosperous? Had this law operated a s a regula tion of prices? There was a Committee of the house of Commons, at the head of which was a very able and distinguished member of that Committee, at the con chision of their report proclaimed to the country; that under the Act of 18'28 the fluctuations had beeln ex ceedingly small, -This was a most happy Committee-_a most fortunate Committee, which sat in 1833, but the c fl y u c a t d u i, e. , t i t tr i i n Committee of 1836 adopted the extraordinary ; p ro. lay. no opinion at all, but simply; icin)gedainmgansfseoNfPcrevskslienngee before the House of 'Co-n*ons. in stating there had been no flutto a . li m ie o h n t s li --,, , ,n as tTiointtoC,:igninT6i rt,teree'ferreti to the enormous HOuse Tanneinciletlo'cf peyrecsleesnt7frigfit'nie3i.rears, calculation to the , and they said that in one of those cycles thero,vks a ' fluctuation orS per cent. ,No doubt it was mischiei:ous to the grow er and the consumer. Now what had 1'....,erl t h e fluctuation since ? If they had to re p ort no;,v-inst-endcf repoiting only a fluctuation of 5 per cent., they would have to report a fluctuation of 1819 and 1820, so that this dill efnaLiro)re,i,. Sstatlinolioc:.qietu. ) had faded in t cg;:lati.ig the price of corn, but it h a d i not failed in raising..the price of corn. Did any man belie, 6 It 11":gearu.n,dhecrart,i: frgo:n'Y'Lk) ;oldr d we had the good fortune to be free . trade in corn?—( h " ca ll_ea b r: it b t e li ar e c Charles 11. system— a ( n; . other system?. The Noble Lord laughed—but mencement o ss f ,h t, e 4 , i i s wa sY s Stantope)— ; NV IL LIA AI —No •suelt thing—there v., a e 1:11 o ' l:i r ' : e i l i o a r t t l l STAN I 1(? I'F, said in tae reig n of and the lo no doubt, Corn-lanls; but the objeet Lo o r f d s il t : to give a bounty on the ,export of cern, and he 1.. was there lien laws passed which imposed d ut i es on ' 1 ;i 1 : 4:Tort ef core.—(llear, hew,: from The Noble Earl really did not think Cott , the (Lind thcre ivas the high thity,,the moderate d u t y, ( A hug'''. ) (it'u.tio.Tl. n81'1ATliOall:11;4:11-t slid n i o 4 t u 'a " l l- pl-ir ' EarI.I4 . IT7.IVILLIANI--.Did th e Ne;sh; F` r.l zi1...,.! irto his consi4r4ipn, that from the prices a that t hee. tbps, l aw :, were never in nay practical operation. The laws' of EVENING EIIITION. urrHE MODEL OF THE BATTLE OF -a- WATERLOO is NOW EXIIIRI'.7.ED.at the EGYP TIAN ,HAT I PICCADILLY; by brillia:v. Aitificial Light. Constantly illuminated from...T.wo.n'cloclz .in the. After o f the Day in Dark or unfavourable Weather. Open from Ten in the Mornipg until Nine in the Evening, without intermission..' 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