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'e effect of giving a power to the Secretary of State on t.;~ .Y . •• - - "cling them with the Poet-office Feae But ii ;his cues tine was to be a hether they were to give the power, without modification, or not give it at all, certainly he should rote against its being given at all, for he must say, to slightly alter the words of the Hon. Member for Shrewsbury (Mr. D'lsraeli), that this system of opening letters was nothing either more or less than legalised h Ypocrisy—(llear, and laughter)---a system of false hood, countenanced. recognised, and legalised by Go vernment. Ahl if he were to adopt any opinion on the * abject, it would be the opinion expressed on another subject by the Hon. Member for I)orsetshire last session, that " what was morally wrong could never be politi eally right." T he very same argument as was used for the employment of spies, might he used in defence of this system of opening letters. They might concvive themselves justified if they suspected any man of being dangerous to the Government—they might, he said, con eeive themselves justified in employing a person to be come the servant of that man, and thereby get at all the Private sentiments and proceedings of that individual 'hrough the agency of one whose fidelity ought to he in orruptible, but who, i n v i o l at i on o f every sense o f d uty nd honour, should report the secret, and, as was sup- Posed, the unobserved proceedings of his master to the Gov ernment. He, therefore, thought that, under all these circumstances, he was bound to vote for the Bill of his Ron F r i en d ,and if they wished not to promulgate great fallacy throughout the country, they shonid allow the Bill to be brought in to abrogate, the exercise ef ehis power, an d i ntroduce aclause which should enable the Secretary of State, under certain cases. to exercise the Power, not in a secret, but in an open manner. He had understood thattheAustrian Government were in the habit of opening letters and of resealing them with the seal owl' ar d e post-office. That gas a m a nly and straightfor • Post-office and he could not see why this country could not imitate so excellent an example. For these reasons he should vote for the motion of his Hon. Friend. Mr. 111;NIE said, that the real question before the Rouse was, whether the Government • hould he allowed to interfere with the proceedings of foreigners in this c emtry. That it was in itself a most odious and ini quitous abuse,' end if the Right Hoe. Baronet the r, Secretary ic fee the knew how Home Department (Sir James Gra neora)l, had been his character, both political and (Cries of o No, li dantaged throughout the country — House) from the Ministerial side of the eelron. Gentlemen mi ht express their opinions i!_a_ they t hought proper, but according to his (Mr; Hurne's) experience, such was the case ; and he be lieved that if the Right Hon. Baronet were aware of it, that he would be one of the first to consent to the remise *ton of this most odious and unjust power ; and he could tohelp asking why he should object to the abrog,atien [ a power, which, b•• his own account, had caused him !e be h d d Y a gere , tormented and abused, from one end of the country to another. He could tell the Right onourable Barouet, that this torment and badgering was not w i t h out a ground, and the effect on his ewn reput a tion re would, h e (M r. H ume ) felt assured, perraanent as w e ll as i n j ur i ous .—(Hear, hear.) He ! l aw no reason w h y, if th i s power were to b e exercised in the supervision of foreigners resident in this country, and who w ere supposed to be sneaged in some prr?- "ed, ings ho s til e to the Governneent o f ot h er na ti ons , i t lowae`ed not also be exercised over Englishmen, who 'eight be en aged in similar combinations. England had hitherto been the refuge of the world for men per aeeuted for their political opinions in other countries, a tld were they now to throw aside this, one of the greatest of the glories which the country possessed, *i mply for the sake of interfering with that with which W e had nothing to do? He must say, that he could not " 11 7 the Minister who desired it, and the sooner the Power of opening letters was totally abrogated the Oe ttet —(Rear, hear.) Mr. T. DUNCOMBE rose amid loud and repeated e arl " of '' Divide, divide," and said that he was sorry to hear the decision to which the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir James Graham) had come. He had hoped that this question might have been amicably disposed of by ac ceding to his motion for the abrogation of the odious Power- which had now so frequently been reprobated in t hat Hous e , o f o p en i n g_ letters passing through th e -p 11° 8 t-office.—(llear.) Under present circumstances, the letters of every man were precisely in the same Position as the papers in a man's desk. If the owner of . t hene were suspected of dangerous or seditious proceed i-ngs, the issuing of a warrant would at once subject t hem e _ to scrutiny. His Hon. Friend the Member for ileolldon (L or d John Russell) was the only person who 'as sat un the Secret Committee who had spoken on the subject, and he had expressed himself as quite opposed to the existence of this power. He (Mr. Duncombe) t herefore felt entitled to consider the sentiments of that Y" o n. Member as the sentiments of the Committee.— ( No, no," from several Members.) Why, there was the Noble Chairman sitting there (Lord Sandon) and he said not a word in contradiction. But whether this Were so or not, this practice of opening letters Was abhorrent to the people of England—(Hear, Bear)—and, he believed, contrary to the principles °l' the Constitution. Such, at least, had been the ° Pillion expressed by Lords of Lords , Denm . sn and Campbell in t he House • and he might, it is true. be accused of possessing a " prurient" curiosity, but he w as curious to know how far the sentimeuts of the Q ecret Committee coincided with the opinions of those Noble Lords. At any rate, he was determined to know a ', hether th e l aw would justify any men in the act, either . by himself or his deputy, of opening the letters of ca,aother. H e s h ou ld cer t a i n ly a pp ea l to the Court of " 4 i,„ as tri's Bench, to ascertain whether the warrants issued SI t he Secretary of State were legal or not.—(Great cla mour was here made t o di v id e .) He (Mr. Duncombe) th ought that Hon. Gentlemen were more anxious about their dinner s , than about the business of the country— (l3leide, divide)—but he was determined to do his duty, botwithstaeding the obstruction, the unfair obstruction Which had been thrown in his way, and attempt with his utmost exertion to d o away w i t h t hi s o di ous, v ill a i no us, ail.. iniquitous p ower . he House then divided, when there appeared— For the motion Against it Majority against it —B3 ltru. MA AmINIE N ALTH OF TOWNS. t he ON then rose to ca ll the attention of ~,. House to the report of the Committee and of the l e o rumissioner s on the Health of Towns, regarding in 4:e c ents within t h e precincts of large towns. He thought , could uld not do better, inlhe few observations he was about to mak e , t h an state to the House the terms of a tetetion which he held in his hand, from the Mechanics' institute of Manchester. The petition was worded in so ei ngular a ma nner, and so applicable to the subject he Was about to shpropose to the House, that he onld read the first part of it. The petitioners stated that the wdoirekdedh hard, that they lived hard, and that they theiarrdd, and they deemed it doubly hard that, after to enorraoue expense eianthl; their families should be put after their being interred. their them interred, and, crated, as they gcgoond leavetly rrer,eminains should be dose towQlepresent that town petit i o o u f . Ma n n; brought this measure under3tharB ago, he was met with laughter ande attention of the House, when he first Were made upon the absurdit joking, and observations Was the case three years aftey of his proposition. What t he opinion of that House and what What was now of the country upon the 'ia what were the sentiments Without number topresentsubject? to that House. He had had u'l'lllictions withouend on the su bj ect, and the public tints were full oftthe nuisance of these interments. fsji:otu one end of the kingdom to the other there had 70,,...eti_ a u .str eu on t g and violent feeling excited in favour of 2 some ite ion in the present system He was perfectly ;si re this practice of interments Ought in some mea „ll_4__ _t b@ discountenanced by the House, and whether he e ;'! c _eerieet or not in getting , a vote in ' his favour that " L eg he would Use his Den endeavours at all times to get the he to come to a resolution that this nuisance t:atttvotoni)le.abate. But it might be asked, "Why —l- 4 en t6 Zeadt,ivcinudnugali, like himself, ?" His answer was that a pri mself, unconnected with the Go vinaea :1 uccess bring in a Bill, ch Anee _ s tud not by any possibility with the slightest because he was con the detal r Y o re who differed with him would cavil with tor hie a to ... tilt Bill—it would be utterly impossible tk i a t°lll'ol)o7eeceed in it. It was therefore his inter °P.nion,.fthis 4he following resolution--“ That it is the "qthin the z use thatit is inexpedient that interments should be Precincts of this metropolis end large towns a raltb of thec'etinued, both as being injurious to the L e eeneye , I f P e ople, and as being contrary to public he succeeded in persuading the House to bri ng ftouewthis resolution, he would then pledge himself to til3t hletly ard a Bill, but it must be at the same time tion eo _ .nlinderstood, that he should do so only as the tl ieq uirii r i _i the Government. Without going back to tit savi_uto__ het practice of interments in the time of nbj enteti "7, or h time of Constantine, who by the way Withi o 4 ,t( burying the dead, either in churches or ee l% _..41e. precincts of large towns, he would tibi o , a l; "nee to the recent reports upon this lerg l , t ,L The first notice taken of interments within r w s , bi n e s . Ntts by the Ecclesiastical Commission, which en t4 . t i a ti by he order of Govriament, which made its via and which h 'lltls ~II „ - report was signed by certain indi -I!)eveyer, 4 ee, names he would mention. Previously, tr„ re lltart i : ° tta g I% he would read an extract from -"' "he The Ecclesiastical Commissioners reported appe ar s, Practice of burials in churches or chancels c ti l 'asive_ e t° ,l l9 Irt many. respects injurious —in some eases he eh ur.. ,_ to some instances to shut out the public from T/es of to in others it has a tendency to affect the that „.3,01, inhabitanta. We are, therefore, of opinion _et,:ltln practice should be discontinued, so far as the lei r ,,,, c,_ be effected without trenching on vested rights." 7 dZnea °37 he m was this report signed? Why it was 1- '''e iirreitt).Y,,tl(l‘e_Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of Ti 444 .4 Ln Bishop of Durham, the Bishop of Lincoln, ndalTenterden, Lord Welford, and Mr. Chief' Justice rttilreiZthat was the use of issuing this Commission, 0 oe se ~_, himwas not to be attended to? In 1842 the e the ' s i__ , l, . c the honour to print him a Committee e n tl isi ste ," o °A _t, of which he was chairman, and which ..ftbe iits,._tctientlemen who occupied setae on both sides 'Net C LI ! • Now what was the unanimoae report of eli t e. ° totnitteee It was, that te a .4% th as, the practice of Interments precincts of large towns was injurious to the ltl oft he inhabitants thereof, and frequently offensive 4.4ter ievesti if ee Pnb lic deceneS t % . Of what' use , now was that Comrnitt ee, 4 dead lettegra?lng• evidence, its report was to be treated her* W her Benjamin Brodie and Dr. Chem 'did te! l : e examined before that Committee, and what Vi l , 11 7,e_e, eminent practitioners say? Why, the first eae._:"(le ' Do you consider the crowded state of the i s e‘e;; Yard Sin this metropolis is in soy way ' the cause 1;;;I‘.`. er nr disease" The answer was, '• I ligNe, always ii l i de A red it is one . cause." Than Dr. Chambers' being raaaity Was oreo whether the health of the ' ce t4 to, as - la rge townswas not injured by interments in t hat nr the fey , Cave this statement:—" I have no doubt Lo udon er cam typhus, even in the cleanly quarters th tadthe:Le origin to utr mia e s r evidence He ho o t trouble e House with p any id furth taken before that Committee. Now, - TIIE_SITN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 9, 1545. after this report and the report of the Re • , , did. bib Iligut Hon. Friend the Horne Secretary state ? Why, the Right Hon. Gentleman stated that he did net believe there was any injury done by interments. in large towns. But the Right Hon. Baronet not being satisfied with the results of fortner inquiries, apppointed Mr. Chadwick, the secretary to the Poor law Commissioners, to investigate this suaject. Mr. Chadwick was engaged from the middle of 1842 to the middle of .1843, in inquiring into the matter, and then his report was laid before Par liament. And what did they find in that report ? Why, that all interments in close towns contributed to produce atmospheric impurity, and yet the Right Hon. Baronet was not satisfied with this opinion. It seemed to him quite clear that his Right Hon. Friend having that report before him, was afraid to give offence to certain parties. He reminded him of the Pope at Rome, who said that the acknowledgment of a certain fact represented to him would be inconvenient, and that, therefore, the only course fur him was to deny it. One objection to the measure was, that it would interfere with the vested rights of the established clergy. But the fact was, that a large majority of the members of the church were in favour of the measure ; and in support of that statement he relied upon the evidence of the Bishop of London and the Rector of Leeds (I)r. Hook). The great mass of the Dissenters were also in favour of it, and they were not at all adverse to a provision for preserving the vested rights of the clergy. Before he sat down, he would call the attention of the House to the Second Re port of the Committee on the Health of Towns. The Second Report stated, that the attention of the Commit tee had been brought to the injurious effect of the crowded state of churchyards in large towns—(not re ferring to London) —especially in Shields, Chester, and other towns named. He would now come to another statement made to him by a gentleman, a principal member of one of the Inns of Court, who wrote to him to communicate facts of the most startling character iii support of the Bill. t)ne of those statements referred to a place formerly called Enon chapel, in the immediate neighbourhood of Lincoln's Inn. That place was used in the morning as an infant school, and in the evening as a place for dancing. In the cellar were deposited the bodies of nearly 9,000 persons, from which an intolerable stench was emitted. In the summer a peculiar insect made its appearance, whilst infectious disease was spread through the neighbourhood. The police had been applied to ; but the authorities declared that they had ne power to interfere to remove the charnel-house, or to prevent the saturnalia that were carried on within it. The letter was signed by Mr. G. Grace, the principal of Clement's Inn. The Lion. Gentleman then referred to a work published by the amiable and learned Evelyn, in the year 1729, in which that good man referred to the practice of the ancient Christians not to allow -the dead to be buried within ihe precincts of their towns ; much less (according to Evelyn) would they have allowed inter ment in their temples. The practice of interment within churches commenced in the reign of Charles 11., which was no high authority for the practice, The number interred in this metropolis amounted to 1,000 per week, making a tow of upwards of 50,000 a-year. Look, then, to the enormous mass of human bodies accumulated in the grave-yards of the me.ropolis in the course of twenty years. He was assured, upon high medical authority, that if the practice were continued many years longer s,me dreadful epidemic would suddenly spread amongst the people. He put it to the Right Hon. Gentleman (Sir James Graham) to think of the responsibility which would fall upon him, if, by rejecting this measure, he was the means of bringing about any such plague. Was it not extraordinary and disgraceful, that in this great metropolis, the centre of the civilisation and the wealth of the s•se•rld, such an evil was continued ? That we were so wedded to the abominable practice of interment in large towns that neither the Government not the Le gislature would interfere to put an end to it ? He sup posed that his Right Hon. Friend would plead the diffi culties of the question. But surely those difficulties ought not to deter his Right Hon. Friend from the per formance of a great duty. What ho proposed to make to the House was an abstract proposition condemnatory of the practice of burying in large towns as injurious to the public health and to public decency. In submitting that proposition to the House he was willing to leave the measure in the hands of the Government, if they would take it up. If they did not, he would proceed with his measure himself ; and he would renew it next year, and again and again, until he succeeded.—(Haar, hear.) He concluded by moving a resolution to the effect which he had stated. Mr. HUME seconded the motion. He thought it highly discreditable to this country, that whilst Ger many, Spain, and even Sicily had taken measures to prevent pestilence to the living, from the indecent sepulture of the dead in crowded towns, the abomination was allowed to continue in this country.—(Hear, hear.) It was vain for us to exclaim against the barbarity of savage nations who destroyed one another, whilst our Legislature allowed pestilence to be engendered and pro pagated for the destruction of our own people.—(Hear, hear.) He could not believe that the Hon. Baronet would allow this state of things to exist longer. He had stated that there was a measure to that effect about to be introdeced, hut it was his (Mr. Hume's) opinion it would be of no effect without comprehending Interment. In stead of bothering themselves with curtailing the hours of labour of citizens in a healthy state, the Government ought to interfere to cheek this practice. They seemed, however, to be utterly apathetic as regarded this important matter. The Honourable Gentleman then proceeded to read extracts from the observations of Dr. Reid, and Mr. Brandt, respecting the dela tcri Ills qualities of the miasma, arising from churchyards, remarking that though it did cause material and sudden disease yet it frequently ge nerated it by slow degrees. What would be the state of those inhabitants in the neighbourhood of a churchyard ? If - they had a regular plague in London how soon the Government would take measures to stop it ; but what was this but a plague in a lesser degree. Their infor mation was not founded on their own country ; Professor Brandt " states that in Paris the water generally con tained a quantity of organic matter, and that it received a colour from the soil, and that a great number of them were adjacent to churchyards." It was near 18 years ago since he moved for returns of the number of church yards, their extent, and the number of bodies interred in them during the year. The reports laid on the table of the House. Let any one take up the list and it was enough to disgust any individual Member of Parliament, and persons of high reek should recollect that they had duties to perform, and that they ought to consider the situation of helpless masses of the people, and ought to see that they were not hastening the death of their fellow-creatures in this manner, which was nothing less than savage. Dr. Reid gave instances where 20 coffins were interred in the space of one grave, and stated that they were se full of carbonic acid that the grave digger could not venture to go down. He hoped that the Hon. Member's motion would be supported, and that Hon. Gentlemen would lend their aid in removing this evil. Every passage of the book from which he quoted contained evidence so strong that any one who read it woul 1 be convinced of the great mischief result ing from the practice. When the returns were made, he was sure that Hon. Gentlemen, by paying attention to them, would see that tens of thousands of pounds which they were employing to improve different parts of the world, would be better made use of in assisting that un fortunate, hardworking, and valuable class, who became incapacitated, and were disabled by the bad atmosphere which they breathed. From the humane feelings of the House he knew that the Hon. Member's resolution would be carried triumphantly. If the Hon. Gentle man the Secretary of State for the Home Department prepared a Bill to abolida that nuisance, it would meet the same fate. He should like to see the man who would oppose it. The latter was the course which he would recommend, and he was of opinion that the Right Hon. Baronet would pursue it. Sir J. GRAHAM said that the Hon. Member for Montrose expressed a hope that he should hear some thing from him on this subject which would be satisfac tory. But he was afraid, from the exaggerated view taken on this subject, that he should disappoint the Hon. Member. The Hon. Member for Lymington (Mr. Mackinnon) had stated, that when he first brought this matter forward two or three years ago, it was received with jeers anti laughter. lie (Sir J. Graham) must say, that the Hon. Gentleman's memory was deceptive on that occasion. He saw and heard many discussions with reference to the public health, and he was sure that a discussion respecting the health of so large a portion of the community was never discussed with the slightest violation of decorum. His Hon. Friend had referred to his responsibility in this matter—not in direct terms, bet in terms not to be misunderstood. He called him timid, supine, and negligent, and said that he was courting spurious popularity, and went so far as to say, that persons in his position—Members of the House of Commons—from their station were disposed to neglect the lower orders. He (Sir J. Graham) was perfectly aware of his responsibility. He was guided by a sense of his duty in the matter. But looking to the importance of this matter, and seeing how much it was connected with the interests of the poorer classes, he should pause before he should give his assent to this resolution. He must be permitted to observe, that customs in foreign countries were quite inapplicable to the consideration of this question. In foreign countries they had no scruple in having recourse to quicklime and various other matters for the purpose of decomposing bodies, which would by no means be admitted here. With regard to the particular case, it was no such easy matter at once to declare by force of an Act of Parlia ment that relations should not be buried in places where their kindred had been buried. He would not believe it to be a matter of expense or outward decorum. There existed inward feelings—feelings which were entitled to the utmost respect, and which were not peremptorily to be violated by any one. his [lon. Friend said that, with respect to the practice that prevailed in this city regard ing the interment of the dead, there existed a strong feelug—that the practice was abhorrent to human na ture, disgusting, and classed teem with barbarians. He was reminded of his duty with respect to publie health ; he demurred to the opinion that public health was injured by interments in cities. Con sidering the amount of population, there was no metropolis in Europe where public health prevailed to the same extent. Then the Hon. Member said that this was a painful subject, and not suited for discussion in a public assembly like this. The Hon. Gentleman the Member fur Montrose referred to the fact, that health was impaired by residing in the neighbourhood of churches. That he did not agree Q. Tile Bishop of London, for he did not see why he should not give his authority, told him that, when he was the rector of elishopsgate, that the rectory was contiguous to the churei,,,,-;,nd he remarked that at no period were his wife and family more healthy than when they residered there. With regard to the rector of St. James's and St. Giles's, he did net believe that these residences were unhealthy; nor did he believe that Gedig-eteeke near gt. Mar garet's, was unhealthy, but he undersloo'd that was one of the most healthy places in the City. He should wish to see the Hon. Member for Lymington b . 'es; - IL has. given his attention to this sub ject, end had been the chairman of a Committee who in quired into the matter, and ought to be able to give them much information as to the mode of legislating. Having presided over a Committee, and knowing what the measure should be, he ought not to proceed by an abstract resolution of this kind. He thought it an impe diment to legislation. He would ask him as their pioneer not to press his resolution, but at entree to produce his measure. He begged to be allowed to call the attention of the House to the importance of his resolu tion. He said that interment within the City was a breach of public decorum—that it was in consistent with social feeling, and with public health.—(llear, hear.) He (Sir James Graham) was not prepared to coincide with these statements. With regard to public decorum he could not understand how any further legislation Kas necessary to check it. With reference to the case of the Spa-fields burying ground, he thought it his ditty on the part of the Go vernment to institute prosecteions. The matter was now 'pending. At the instance, and by the in stigation of the. Government, the parties had been prosecuted, and - if the facts should be fully established, he thought the law was strong enough to grapple with the matter. Let them proceed to the Bill prohibiting interment in cities, adopting the suggestion given them by Mr. Chadwick, he was perfectly sure that public feeling would be excited to the strongest de gree; and if they did not take care it would be violated. As long as they confined themselves to abstract reolu tions, the public would not become very much interested. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners reported only against interment in chancels; and the report of the Sanatory Commission, which glanced on the rubject incidentally, proposed nothing specific. He admitted that the health of the people in large towns was only to be dealt with by the Government in a comprehensive measure. The Bill was almost prepared, and it. would be brought before the House by his Noble Friend the Earl of Lincoln this present session. Yet •he thought that this sub ject was so marked and distinguished from all other causes of disease that it would be expedient to keep it out of the operation of this measure. Then; with respect to the terms of the report of Mr. Chadwick, his labt.urs on this subject had been me. , t extensive, but he thought there was something ex aggerated in his views, and his remedial measures had convinced him of the ill effect of legislating on the subject. Now what was the proposition of Mr. Chad wick? Why that all the arrangements for interments, which had been hitherto conducted by private hands, should be carried out by the Government, and that those interments should take place at least four miles outside the walls of the metropolis. He thought that they ought to take care how they . adopted such principles by premature enactment; he thought matters had much better be left to them selves, and.by that means the community would be much more inclined to accede to the plan. He believed that the adoption of the proposition of Mr. Chadwick, to take out of the hands of private parties, and place irt the hands of the Government the conducting of inter ments, whatever sanction it might meet with within those walls, would out of doors be generally repudiated. He though the utmost caution ought to be observed in legislating on the subject. He would willingly agree to any measure—indeed, bring it forward—if he could only meet one that was likely to turn out satisfactory; but, as at present advised, he had not as yet been able to pro cure or meet with a measure that was, in his opinion, worthy of adoption. It had been asserted in that House that he (Sir J. Graham) ought to bring forward some measure on the subject, but the question was, what that measure should be, in order fully to grapple with the •evils cora -1 plained of ? He must say, that on the part of the Government, he was not prepared to bring in any mea sure, and he thought, therefore, it would be most im proper to agree to the resolution of the Hon. Member for Lymington. His Hon. Friend had told the House that he was prepared to bring in a Bill, hut it was ac companied with the condition of the House passing the resolution. He (Sir James Graham) could not see the necessity of carrying the resolution before bringing in a Bill. Why not, he would ask, let the Bill be brought in, and then let the House give its opinion upon it? With every disposition to give the most candid consideration to any measure brought forward by his Hon. Friend the Member for Lymington, he felt bohnd to tell him that he was compelled to oppose the resolution. Mr. BERNAL thought there was great difficulty in the resolution proposed, and although he was prepared to go along with the Hon. Member for Lymington, in the principle of the resolution, he could not agree to all its dogmas. As to saying there were no dangers in in terments in large towns, he need only refer to some of the first authorities in medicine and science to contra dict that assertion. He believed there was a great deal of exaggeration on the subject of the number of burials that took place in the metropolis, because it must be ad mitted that the cemeteries of Kensal-green and other places drew a great number of interments from the centre of the metropolis. But still, however, it must be admitted that a great number of burials took place, especially in the neighbour hoods in which the poor resided. In fact, the poor were the parties who generally suffered, and as a proof of that, he need only call upon Hon. Members, if they disbelieved him, to go to such places as St. Cle ment's, Clare-market, and St. Anne's, Soho. If the Right lion. Gentleman was prepared to say he would bring in seine measure to relieve the poor of the neces sity of but ying their dead in those places, he would say at once to the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Lyming ton, abandon your resolution and leave the subject to the consideration of the Government. He thought it un'air to say that it was the ministers of the Established Church alone that offered the only difficulty to the re moval of these nuisances. He considered that his Honourable Friend the Member for Lymington had not . presented to the House such a resolution as he could agree to vote for, but, at the same time, he must say that the Right Hon. Baronet at the Head of the Home Department would not do his duty either to the House or the country unless he did some thing on the subject, either in the course of the present or the next session. Some endeavour should be made to close those places of infection to which he had alluded— namely, the burying-grounds of St. Clement's, Clare market, and St. Anne's, Soho. He, for one, should be heartily glad to see them closed ; and it was his firm belief that some arrangement might be made with the parish authorities to obtain so desirable an object as that of preserving the health of those who lived there. Dr. BOWRING was afraid that the speech of the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Home Depart ment gave no hope to his Hon. Friend, who had intro duced the subject, that it would receive the favourable consideration of the Government. He thought it a dis grace to a country like England, that the example of foreign states had not been followed by it. In France, Spain, Germany, Denmark, and in the Oriental world, the cemeteries were removed from the inhabited places. Nothing could be more distressing than the manner in which the poor were interred in this great city. It was stated in the report of Mr. Chadwick that Mr. Wild had stated that in many instances no less than from ten to fif teen funerals were appointed to take place at the same time. That, of course,'the funerals took place in a hur ried manner, and that the poor constantly complained of this, and asked him the reason. As far as re garded the middle and the higher classes, they were" leaving the city and interring their departed friends in the cemeteries surrounding London. He believed the receipt of the fees for burials was the great, if not the only cause for the objection that had been made to the removal of burial-grounds out of great cities.—( H ear.) He could not concur with his Hon: Friend (Mr. Bernal) that the resolution of the Hon. Member for Lymington was exaggerated, because it was his firm belief that in the vast number of burials which took place in large towns, especially in London, the public health was sacri ficed and decorum violated. If the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Home Department would take in hand the fees, and tell the clergy that they would lose nothing, the whole difficulty would be removed. Let any person follow the poor man to his grave — (Hear, hear)—and see the dreadful receptacle that was prepared for his body mingling with its parent earth, and he would at once exclaim that the proposition of the Hon. Member for Lymington ought to be carried nut. Let that same individual go to Turkey and see the difference there. The interment of the most menial was respected, and his body left to moulder in a paradise rather than in a charnel house.—(Hear, hear.) Lord MAHON did not think the Right Hon. Baronet had exaggerated the difficulties of the subject, but he certainly had underrated its importance.—(Hear, hear.) No question was more essential to She health and well being of large towns.—(Hear, hear.) True, they had been told that the Government had measures in view for improving the health of large towns by draining, ventila tion, supplying them with water, and so on; but that was nothing compared with the importance of the present question.—(Hear, hear.) Of what use,. he would ask, was ventilation, when it carried with it an atmosphere that contained pestilence and death? or what was the use of supplying those places with water, when that ele ment contained all that was rank and noxious, and inimical to human life? He could not follow his Right Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Home De partment in the manner in which he treated so lightly the course paneled by foreign nations.—(Hear,hear.) He believed that there was no country in Europe. with the exception of England, that permitted interments in the hearts of their capitals. On those grounds, then, he would say that there was no subject could come before the Legislature that more emphatically demanded the attention of the Legislature and the public than this.—(llear, hear.) But at the same time he should say that he had very little hope of any beneficial result following public legislation upon it, because there were so many private interests con nected with those burying grounds that would be sure to interfere. However, if there should be l ie v any upon the subject, he would be very happy to g assistance in his power, for he did think the subject was one the, demanded immediate attention ; but at the same dine he should say he could not agree in the terms of the resolution proposed by his Honour able Friend. When the Honourable Member for Lymington first mentioned this subject to him, he told him he would always vote for any resolution declaring that interment within large towns was not conducive to the health of the inhabitants of those towns, but at the same time he was of opinion, -that any legislative measure that should be proposed on the sub ject should be confined to the metropolis ; and then, after a little time, extended to the country towns. But he saw, by the resolution of his Hon. Friend, that he did not even mention large towns, he merely said towns. '.l\ MACE INNQN here interrupted the Noble Lord, and, as we understood, tokihim he e a h t a t r h t e b r e ee en olu m ti i tank 4 n d in contain the words " large to w n s . Lord still ii then, he could not concur i n t h e resolution did Ltboatrd particularlAllON ; l but r resolution in its present shape, while, at the same time, he would always be ready to urge upon the Govern ment Cite necessity for some useful and efficient legisla tion upon 'the subject.' .• 1 Lord EBRINGTON said he believed that the princi ple advocated by the Hon. Member oppo-ite was one which that lion. Member believed woold -be one of public utility ; but be (Lard Ebringtony had ht and other speeches upon the . proposition. 'which to him appeared to contai n many unwor thy and noxious preju (bees, and . into which had been thrown a set of °We tiens to public improvement that would impede and delay measures necessary fer the better gulation of the morals and decency of the community. He did think, that the reasons assigned by the Right lion. Baronet opp: site for his opposition to the measure were not borne out by the facts ; and even his facts had not been borne out by the statements of those who were better qualified, from their information upon the sub • ject, to speak upon it; and nothing but the speech he (Lord Ebrington) had heard from the Right Hon. Ba ronet would have induced him to address the House on the proposition. When the Right Hon. Baronet had said, that the object of foreign countries in their inter ments was to acc e l era te decomposi ion by artificial means, he appeared to haVe forgotten or not to have read what had been written on the subject by men very con versant will, it. He (Lord Ebrington) held in his hand the report of Dr. Reid, in which it was stated that at Frankfort, arid at-Munich, and many other places on the Continent, not more than one body .was permitted to be interred in one grave, in order that the process of de composition might go on regularly; but the passage did not contain one word about " artificial means," but quicklime had in some instances been used, though it hed not been practised generally. Any ther instance mentioned by the Right Hon. Baronet as the practice of interments in foreign countries was rather unfortunate for him, nr melee that those who lived in the vicinity of St. Margaret's Church had net found any noxious or offensive exhalations coming from that churchyard. But what did Dr. Reid report? Why, that the air in the vicinity of St. Margaret's Church was very tinwhole s,ane and injurious, not only in the morning and the night time, but also during the day, and that offensive exhalations had been frequently observe I by many per sons. Surely, then, when such a statement as this comes from such an authority as Dr. Reid, it way rather too much for the Right Hon. Baronet to say that the vicinity of St. Margaret's was a healthy locality. And, again, as to the statement of the Right lion. Baronet that those who resided in houses surrounding churchyards, in crowded and populous localities, were not injured by noxious exhalations, he was again contradicted by the same report ; but he would not trespass longer on the time of the House by reading further extracts from it. Tie (Lord Ebrington) was fully aware that the Right Hon. Baronet had very many, and perhaps much more, important matters to attend to, and that he might not have given this question all the attention that ethers seemed to think it demanded. If he had he would have found that this was one of as great importance to The public as any now under his consideration, for nothing could exceed the effect upon the health of the people of interments in churchyards situated in populous localities and large cities. Those clients were felt in a sanatory, in a moral, and in a religious point of view. And he had no doubt but that so long as such interments were continued the localities would not be freed from the dis tressing and disgusting exhibitions they had heard of. — (Hear, hear.) The Right Hon. Baronet had suggested a remedy, it was true, but he had forgotten that that applied only to rich people, and the poor could not avail themselves of it. On the whole, then, he should say he would be very glad if the Hon. Member opposite would modify his motion, but even as it stood he would support it.—(tiear, hear.) Mr. HAWES said that he differed from his Noble Friend, for it did appear to him that great difficulty lay in the way of legislating upon this subject ; and that fact had been proved when a Bill Was introduced upon a former occasion, when the opposition to it was so great by those who possessed private property in the places proposed to be affected, that the Bill was abandoned. If the proposition of the Hon. Member opposite was to be carried, the Dissenters would give it their most deter mined opposition, for that body had upon a former occasion recorded their opinions in reference to it in a resolution which he found in Chadwick's report. The Hon. Member bad stated that he was willing to protect vested rights, but he (Mr. Hawes) would ask what means had the Hon. Member of ascertaining the extent of those rights?—(Hear,hear.) Reference had been made by an Hon. Member near him to the practice of foreign countries in this respect, but he would ask wads the House prepared to adopt similar measures for this coun try. In those foreign countries the burial of the dead was a regulation of police which it would be impossible to bring into practice here, because it would involve the formation of a peculiar tariff; a scale of charges, and the establishment of a staff of officers of various sorts, and all this would entail upon the country a vast increase of expense. The Honourable Member for Montrose, in his observations upon this question, had forgotten to say one word in regard to vested rights; hut as he (Mr. Hawes) had already occupied the House longer than he intended, he would not take up its time further than to say that the difficulties in the way of legislating upon this subject were so great and insuperable that he should vote against the motion of the Hon. Member. Mr. BORTHWICK said that this was a question which required the most laborious attention; in fact, he conceived, that too much attention could not be paid to it. lie did hope that his Hon. Friend would modify his resolution, when he considered well the form in which he had placed it before the House. As to the practices in Oriental countries and the South of Europe, in regard to interment, he begged to remind the House that those differences arose, not only from the differences of cli mate, but from the differences of the religious creeds of those countries. lie would recommend his Hon.Ftirnd to modify his resolution in such a way as to induce the House to adopt it. The Earl of LINCOLN said the lion. Member for Lambeth (Mr. Hawes) had so candidly and so very ably stated the difficulties which attached to any legislation upon this very important subject, that he would not have risen to address the House at that period of the debate if' it had not been that the Noble Lord the Member for Plymouth (Lord Ebrington) had so strangely mis represented, and therefore misunderstoodl, the observa tions of his Right Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department. The Noble Lord had charged the Right Hon. Baronet with endeavouring to revive and establish old, vulgar, and almost exploded prejudices on this subject, and of throwing his weight into the scale of private interest. His Right Hon. Friend, he was sure, in the statement which he had made, had done nothing more than endeavour to impress on the House the extreme importance of not exaggerating the evils which they were called upon to remedy, at the same time impressing on the House the difficulties which attached to a remedy for those evils. He (Lord Lincoln) thought that was a sufficient answer on the part o f hi s Ri g ht Hon. Friend , when he was charged with th row i n hi s weight into the scale of private interests. His Rieht lion. Frien d had told the House that he h a d hi mse lf en d e avoured to apply a gre medy to some of th e ev il s com plained of. He stated that he had instituted proceedings again st some of those parties who had privatep interests in bur ial- g rounds, and to be his Right Hon. F r i en d t h en sta t e d that it would be diffi cult to introduce an lislative mea sure on the subject, such as would be likely adopted by Parliament. He (Lord Lincol n ) wou ld w i s h to impress on the House that this was not a mere quest i on of vested interests , but it was one especially i nvo l v i ng the interests of thos e v e r y parties for whom the Hon. Member for Weymouth and the Hon. Member for Bolton in the course of their ad dresses had endeavoured to impress on the House the propriety of agreei ng t o thi s measure — he meant t h e poor. He conside re d th a t th e poor man was mo re mate rially interested in this matter than the rich, and it was on account of the interests of the poor that they ought to hesitate before they adopted a resolution such as that which his Hon. Friend had proposed for restraining for ever and entirely all interments in all the towns throughout the kingdom. Let the House consider how such legislation as this would affect the pecuoiary interest bet polr e . _ l o t might be of minor importance to the rich tocompe I d t . Look must entail on the poor an enormous additionnadl expe n n t e. Mahon) at this metropolis, where, as his Noble F • Friend to be foun n d ) inter their relations at a distance from their residences, but it of Giles', to Would they compel the poor inhabitant to a cemetery had truly said, the principal difficulties St. ac company the dead body of his relation the House beyond coneder Hampstead, half-way to Harrow? a heavy . e charge wouldbu .b t e almost impossi bilitybinotonly f theits beingp e pecuniary n effectedi ary expense - i b e o te f s e , t for coach hire, which could not affect the rich, but which the poor could never bear. This difficulty was felt most strongly by the very individual who had made his report to the Home office, which had been so much dwelt upon that evening—he meant Mr. Chadwick. How did he pro. m eo a in tt p e l r ai s n ho ed uld of be ? left l t Vi o l Polic in e or artisan who would not be would look upon this mode of burying the poor-rate, whereby he would t f P o l o i r e se L a m m t n a b n e n t h e r r e i n n e a s d l In l y u e dr y t d i : eataoetvti therefore,bl by the wou would rest Honourableupo upon th A e l e p m o b o er r re a g te u s l , at a i n on d s e . ser T y h • ;s oo p r la n n 3 , an th e e p w o . o .: F e w_ere very materially coll et' d . that their bones should will inghis rteolalotiseveausdaayr'selwieofrkfr,om be placed in the position of a pauper. me r . i s tre as this. He did not wish He (Lord Lincoln) bn t thought o r n u me g id h n t gi nit ied ws t the h question.feelings those 0 0 fTf their eir relatives, and therefore they the . details of any future mea sure,uu_tect, he merely wished to impress on the House the I les which attended it ; and twoulddeprecate be a verse to legislation s uch a o n ttvifies departed from the usual he was anxious that the House i s io h n oult ri n e o n t d, ad w o b p i t eb a w r o e u so ld lu p ti r o o n . such as that proposed by his triroenvocoafbly pledge them to a principle clude andthe oowonusildderai recommended his Hon. Friend from which they never afterwards Lo d uld recede. He could not see why his HonourableFriend upon H subject which would be discussed in one of its stages. The on. Gentleman who had and move for leave to bring in a Bill I p a r s a t c a t d i e d e re o s f s i e n d t introducing e fl i n to modify his resolution. (Lord Lincoln) hoped his Hon. Friend would do no such thing, but he hoped that he would a on this Even if his resolution upon this subject. should be affirmed it would not advance any measure which he might introduce, withdraw the resolution, it would considerably and if it should be negatived impede its progress. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said that in compliance with the oguse had the Member f or Lymingtor,, he wish of his floe. Frien d, was about to propose an amendment, which he trusted would meet with the general consent of the House, at all events he hoped it would be supported by a majority of that House. ' The amendment which he had to propo.e, in compliance With the wish of his Hon. Frie nd , was, that the n ts within the precincts of practice of interments the metropolis and large cities is injurious to the health of the population and demands the serious attention of Parliament. What were the objections with which the question had been met? It bad been said that his Hon. Friend should at once have brought in a Bill. Why, his Hon. Friend had already tried that course, without success, and he now prol'osed to try a resolution. He (Mr. (Duncombe) had had the pleasure of serving with his Hon. Friend on the Health of Towns Committee, and never was there a stronger case made out for legislative inter ference than in that Committee. He represented that por tion of the metropolis in which great excitement at present existed with respect to the Spa-gelds burying ground. The Noble Lord hadi stated that to make thy atteretion in the law on this suNect would be to strike at the feelings of the poor of this country, as they wished to mingle their berms with those of their ancestors. Why, what they complained of was, that they could not de this. The reason why an objectiee was raised to any alteration of the law was, that certain parties were making large fortunes under the existing ss stem, Enor mous fees were demanded for the removal of a C:)rvse c t9l the parish in which it had died. "Itis a most monstrous princi ple," said the Hon. Gentleman, " that a demand of 7s. or 12s. should be made because my relations think proper to bury me out of the parish in which I died."—( Loud laughter. ) But in some cases, where the parties were Dissenters, burial was re fused altogether. In legiilating upon this subject, the difficulty they wou d have to contend with would ht. the Church, aria therefore he had great pleasure in moving the amendment he had jest read. Dr. BOWRING seconded the motion. Mr. M ACKINNON said he felt himself placed in a very de licate situation.--( Laughter.) His Hon. Friend, the Member for Finsbury, with his winning ways, had come over to him, and asked him to amend his resolution, and it appeared to him (Mr. Mackinnon) that the only alternative open to him, was either to give up the resolution altogether, and give up all chance of his Bill, or allow the amended resolution to be carried, which had just been proposed. With regard to his bringing in a Bill, it must be recollected, ti at he would have to incur a great deal of trouble and expense, and would have to consult several legal gentlemen, and after introducing it, he would be told on the second reading that it was wrong in its details, and therefore it would be thrown out. If this resolution should be passed by the House, it would give an impetus to public feeling on the suleject. With respect to what had fallen from the Hon. Member for Lambeth, respect the Dissenters, he would state that he had not the slighte.t intention of reflecting on the Dissenters.- He would not further trespass on the House than to say that he gave the amendment his entire concurrence. Sir R. INGLIS said that as he had taken considerable in terest in the Committee which was appointed to inquire into this subject, he trusted the House would indulge him for a few moments. He believed that the evils which were ccmplained of had arisen from the general neglect with which, tkronghout the whole of the eighteenth century, the religious part of the community of England were treated by the Government. The remedy for these evils was to be found in the extension 'of the parochial system for the dead. A plan had been sug gested by the Committee, which was that 1 wishes should be empowered by Act of Parliament to join in the purchase of ground for the sepal - ure of the dead. The Hon. Member for Finsbury had said that the great difficulty they had to contend with was the Church. Now let not the House be led away by the pleasing delusion, that all those who were the advocates of cemeteries at Kensal Green and at Norwood, or any other part of the circumference of this metropolis, were embued with a pure disinterested zeal to provide the cheapest place of sepulture for the poor inhabi • tants of the metropolis; they were interested in inducing steps to be taken for tha sepulture of the poor in the suburbs of the metropolis. It must be recollected that, in this metro polis, in many cases, a large proportion of the income of the clergy depended on what were called the surplice fees. The maintenance of the ministers of religion, in the metro• pops, was derived almost exclusively from the voluntary offer ings of their congregations at Easter, and whatever fees were got for the burial-service, marriages, and baptisms; and un less they could, by extending their parochial system acsording to the necessities of the case, so as to give places of sepulture to the people more consistent with public decency, and even health, there did not occur to him any other mode of remedy into the evil, which would not injure tho e whose maintenance depended on the present system. If that were so, it would be a poor consolation, if it were a consolation at all, that they encouraged joint-stock companies in seven or eight locali ties round the metropolis, while they injured the efficiency of the ministers of religion within the metropolis. All he desired was this, that if her Majesty's Government undertook the remedy of an evil which they all admitted was great, they would pay due regard to those interestswhich it was his humble desire to advocate in that House. By providing that many parishes should unite for the purpose of purchasing places of burial, and at the same time taking care of the interest of the incumbent in the metropolis, he thought they might succeed in overcoming the difficulties which surrounded this subject. Sir G. GREY said he concurred with the Noble Lord op. petite (Earl of Lincoln) in thinking that the proper mode of proceeding would be by Bill, and not by resolution, and also that it would be better to have any measure en this subject in troduced by some Member of the Government. The diffi culties which encumbered the subject had been ably stated— difficulties which induced him to think that a mea sure on the subject could not be introduced with any prospect of success, unless it were brought forward by a member of the Government. The question they had now to consider, he apprehended, was whether, after the facts which had come to light with respect to interments in the metropo lis and other large cities, it was not a subject well deserving of the consideration of the Legislature, and it seemed to be the opinion of the House that any measure on the subject should be brou*ht forward by her Majesty's Government. But if her Majesty s Government were of opinion that the difficulties at tending it were so great that they declined to bring forward a measure, he then thought that it was the duty of the House to interfere, and even the very difficulties which attended it were, in his opinion, an additional reason why the House should in terfere.—(Hear, hear.) The subject was so important, and its evils were so pressing, that they would be forced to apply a remedy.—(Hear, hear.) Sir J. GRAHAM *aid be deprecated proceeding in this matter by resolution, because it would lead to great incon venience, and give rise to false impressions out of doors. It would be supposed that they were going to apply a remedy, whereas there was no particular remedy proposed. The Right Hon. Baronet (Sir G. Grey) said that Govern ment ought to turn its attention to the subject. Now he could assure the House, that he had bestowed the greatest possible attention upon it. He was the person who directed the atten tion of Mr. Chadwick to it ; but though the facts which that gentleman collected were of the greatest importance, he must say the remedy he suggested appeared to him (Sir J. Graham) to be inapplicable. The question, as it affected the clergy, which had been stated by his Hon. Friend (Sir R. Inglis), was not the only difficulty. He did not think that that difficulty alone would be insuperable; but in this instance that difficulty was enhanced by others on the part of several Dissenting bodies. Several Dissenting chapel s h a d b ur i a l groun d s attached to them, not for the direct benefit of the minister or the congregation, but in trust for the benefit of all who worshipped in the chapel, whether minister or congrega• tints. And those were not the only consderations involved. There were besides peculiar interests and feelings on the part of the congregation, and even on the part of each member of the congregation. And if they made it compulsory upon those Dis senters and others that they should not bury their friends in their accustomed places of sepulture, but that they should be removed elsewhere, then the objection stated by his Noble Friend would arise. It was well-known that there was a natural a ish on the part of the friends of a deceased person to ac : company his remains to their last home, and, if they had to the taken to a distance, his relatives would (in the case of a poor man) be obliged to ' forego their days' wages ; and in winter they would be driven to the alternative of either walking four or five miles, or of procuring a means of conveyance at a great expense. But the great difficulty of all was the desire which was inherent in the human breast—a feeling upon which he could not reason, for it was stronger than reason—a feeling which he would not call prejudice, for it was connected with the best sentiments of human nature—the desire of a relative wishing to lay his bones by the side of his relative; and however the feelings of the public might be roused upon the great evils of the present system he was satisfied that they would act most unwisely in legislating hurriedly upon it. It was attended by great dif ficulties, but he did not mean to say that they could not be got over by great care, caution, and consideration. He had given his best auction to the subject, but he was not prepared with any measure at present. If, however, any other Member of the House who had given his attention to the sub. ject, was able to see his way more clearly through its difficulties, and was prepared with a remedy, he (Sir James Graham) would be glad, instead of carping at it, to give it every aid in his power. He could not concur in the abstract form of the resolution proposed by the Hon. Member for Finsbury, though it was an improvement upon that of his Hon. Friend. He would continue to give his attention to the subject; and from interviews which he had upon the subject with various Dis senting bodies, he was satisfied, though convinced of the great difficulties attending it, that any reasonable arrangement would be agreed to on their part. He did not think that a little delay in a matter like the present would be thrown away. A case like the present was one in whi c h first impressions were always strong, but it was one also where the greatest deliberation was required. He would, therefore, advise the House not to pass a resolution like the present, which would only impede the object they all had in view.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. MACKINNON having withdrawn his resolution, The House then divided, when there appeared. For the amendment 66 Against it Majority against the Government 17 Loud cheering followed the announcement of the numbers. AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS. Mr. MILNER GIBSON brought forward his motion re garding agricultural statistics, of which he had given notice. He wished to ascertain the number of acres which were in the United Kingdom, and the amount of agricultural produce which they yielded. The House and the public were in total ignorance on this subject, and last year its importance had been fully recognised, when he brought forward the subject. The Government then expressed its approval of the attempt he had made to obtain this information, and tho then Pre sident of the Board of Trade said he would endeavour to ac complish the object. He would not now enter into the details of the measure, but simply submit to the House the resolu tion which he had introduced last year, with a view of eliciti ng from the Government w h a t progress had been made in ful. • filling their promise. Scarcely a day passed, that statements of a most conflicting character were not made on this very subject ; and it was most essential to the public that ex act and authentic information should be obtained. The motion having been seconded, The SPEAKER put the resolution, which was, " That an humble address be presented to her Majesty, to the effect that it was the opinion of the House that it was desirable to obtain information regarding the amount of acres in cultiva tion in the United Kingdom—the amount of agricultural pro duce, with a specification of the various kinds, and such other information as might enable the House to arrive at a correct estimate of the agricultural capabilities of the United Kingdom. Sir G. CLERK said he thought the Hon. Member brought forward the matter rather with the view of ascertaining what the Government had done on the subject than with any serious intention of taking the opinion of the House on the resolution itself, which it was impossible they could accede to. He was ready to admit the great importance and the great benefit that would result from the attainment of accurate information on these points. The Right Hon. Gentleman the late Pre sident of the Board of Trade had promised to make an attempt to obtain the requisite details, and in pursuance of that promise had, during the'recess, written to the Right Hon. Gentleman the Secretary of State for the Home Depart ment, who communicated with the , Poor-law Commissioners on the subject, as it was thought the information might be fur nished by the various poor-law guardians throughout the king dom. '1 he Poor-law Commissioners, in reply, stated that there were innumerable difficulties and objections to such a course, and that it would be found almost impossible to carry such a plan into operation. There was no objection on the part of the Government to lay before the House the letter which had been written by his Right Hon. Friend to the Poor law Commissioners on the subject, and their reply upon the subject. The substance of the reply of the Poor-law Commis sioners was, that they could not impose any duties on the poor law guardians throughout the country, except what were in some way connected with the poor-law system. He (Sir G. Clerk) had no objection to give all the imormation on this subject t hny obtained gnttihraet, accu rate,uanndlessthe He was sorry he could not point out any satisfactory means for overcoming these full, comprehensive, m ust satisfactory. be difficulties. He must again repeat that he was willing to give statistics ih wouldis paver, riot were e at u ll t , t all every facility to obtain the information required, and that he considered it most important. He, however, hoped that, on the present occasion, the Hon. Gentleman would withdraw his motion. _ _ ---- iiir.AGLIONBY thought the subject well worthy the at tention of the House. He supposed his Hon. Friend must withdraw his motion ; but he would be anxious to see t h ese letters, and to ascertain what the gentlemen had sa id on the subject. The Right Hon. Gentleman had admitted the im. portance of the information, but did not show much anxiety to obtain it. 'They had applied to the Poor-law comm;s sioneri, it . was true, but why had they not applied to the Tithe Commissioners, Who cowld give the largest atrumut of informa tiow, and the most accurate? There would be no difficulty Lis part, he would under whatever in obtaining the requisite infotratiOn, if a real l ett d t° ay Pr w ° :e li k r , e IC:obtain a return of the number a o 6n ia ei c 'e r tl e p s ewl c "e ultivated in his parish, and the ar;iquat of the various kinds of produce, and every Hon. Mem'ber could do the 811T11,4 Mr, CHRISTOPHER as the representative of a large agricultural community, must say a few words on this subject. Since last year he had made inquiries among the most intelli gent of his constituents and found that there would be great difficulty in obtaining the reqnsite information. He Therefore saw very great difficulty in proeuring an)thing like accurate information. Ile had communicated with very intelligent persons among his own constituency, and they had all agreed that it was next to imp ssible to give the information so as to lead to the result which his Hon. Friend the Member for Man. chester, ' evidently aimed at—he meant the quality of the pro duce of the country. It would be, he must acknowledge, a very desirable thing if this could be done, but he believed that perfect accuracy was next to impossible, and if the returns were not accurate they would be worse than useless.' He did not wish to prevent these returns, but it was a well known fact, that appearances were frequently deceptive, and last year the crops bore every appearance of a large yield, but it turned out that it was much lighter than was generally expected, and he believed that if five stacks were to be taken in rotation they would find that the grain pre duced would be at least one-eighth more this year than it was last. He believed that ,it was a general impression that persons speculatively'• engaged in the corn-trade could send individuals throughout the country who from a mere inspec tion of the crops as they stood could arrive at some vague notion of the quantity of the produce. But that was not suf firient for the purpose of the motion of his lion. Friend the Member for Manchester, and he himself could not see in what way they .could come at any satisfactory conclusion. if he could render any assistance in arriving at that conclusion he would most readily do se, but as the meter stood he did not see the likelihood of any great utility from acceding to the motion. Mr. WARBURTON was glad to see such a concurrence of opinion in the importance of this question on both sides of the House. But believed that the information would not be so diffi cult to obtain; as some Gentlemen imagined ;.and if the Govern ment really felt that the information was desirable, he believed that where there nas a will there was a way. His Hon. Friend the Member for Cockermouth (Mr. Agliotiby) had referred to the Tithe Commission. He believed that they would hind no difficulty in getting the acrealee surface under cultivation ; and if they wished for the amount of produce they might apply to the registrar of births, deaths, aid marriages— ( Great laughter.) Well, all he meant to observe was, that there was machinery already in existence; and if they objected to the returns of the Tithe Commutation Act, they might employ instead the officers engaged to make the ordnance survey. He believed that a saving would be effected and that some thing like 7(;0,000/. or 600,000/. would he saved from the cost of -the Poor-law Commissioners in the aggregate of parishes. An objection had been taken to say accurate survey of the country, because lion. Gentlemen conceived that it might lead to a remodelling and an increase of the land-tax. Within the last four or five years repeated attempts had been made to obtain this survey, and Lord Sydenbam especially had used every effort to obtain a Committee with a view to that object, but he had been beaten, and the matter remained still in abeyance. He was, however,. glad to see that there was an alteration in the views of Hon. Gentlemen opposite, and that they were wiser than they had been. Put he was only fearful that there was not the disposi tion, for he must repeat that where there was a will there was a way. Mr. DARRY conceived that this discussion could not pos sibly lead to any useful end. It was true that the Tithe Com mission would give them the returns of all the acres under cultivation, but those returns contained no data to meet the requirements of the Honourable Member for Manchester, for it was next to impossibility to get at the amount of agricul tural produce. They could not guage the barns, nor ascertain the amount of stock in its several conditions. No Voger than two years ago it was conceived that there was likely to be a very large crop ; the straw, it was true, was a very large crop, but when the grain came to be thrashed out of it, the yield proved to be exceedingly light. What he would ask the Hon. Gentleman then was, who was to furnish the information ? If it were not accurate it would be mischievous, and he thought that any attempt t o ma k e i t accurate would prove entirely futile. For these reasons he should oppose the proposition. Mr. BARING said that be was glad to see that such a sense of the importance of this question was on both sides of the House. He was aware that there was the utmost difficulty in obtaining correct statistical information on agricultural topics. Lord Sydenham had used ever yexertion to obtain it, but he had failed. Yet to the extent to which the Hon. Member for Manchester desired the returns, he thought there would be no difficulty. He feared some • corn-law reason for refusing the effort to obtain that information. What might be a bugbear at first, was frequently found easy of attainment afterwards, and if they began by making these returns from year to year, they would be able to get them more and more regularly. lie was, not sure whether he should have risen on that occasion, were it not to refer to the valuable statistical details presented by the Board of Trade, and commonly called Mr. Porter's Statistics of Trade. He re gretted exceedingly that these returns were now two years behind-hand, because the returns were of 'ouch service to the country, and would be still more so if they were regularly made from year to year. Sir W. JOLLIFFE was convinced these statistics could not be attained without considerable difficulty, and even then he should be inclined to question their accuracy. The Ho. nourable Member for Bridport admitted that the surveys were fifty per cent. erroneous ; and if this statement were true it would be necessary to have another sur vey of the whole country before they could promise these statistics. Now if they had to wait for that cheque, the lion. Member for Manchester would have some time to wait before he could see the produce. Dr. 130 W RING admitted any calculation could only be of an approximate character, but experience would bring them as rear the truth as possible; and thus they would form an important element for the information of the country. /Ur. Porter furnished them with some valuable information upon nearly all other topics connected with trade, and he could see no reason why they siwubt not have correct returns of the produce of land. Mr. GLADSTONE said it would be imagined from the arguments indulged in by Hon. Members opposite that the Government lacked the will or the zeal necessary for obtain lag this information, but so fares he was concerned, he must altogether disclaim any such indifference. He thought the in formation was valuable to the public at large, but it was especially valuable to the agricultural eommuni'y. There was, however, great difficulty in the way of obtaining it with any degree of accuracy, for the farmer had not the same opportunities for making calculations as other trades and professions. So far from there being a disinclination on the part of the Government to adopt steps on this subject, he be lieved they had been examining every class of officers, who were in any degree, prima facie, capable of undertaking the inquiry, but none could yet be found, to whom they could intrust so important and difficult a matter. One Hon. Member opposite recommended that the returns ought to be collected by the clergymen of the various parishes throughout the country, but, for his part, he thought they were sufficiently occupied in other matters without thrusting upon them other duties. Then, again, the lion. Member for Cockermouth had advised the House to entrust the inquiry to the Tithe Commissioners, but, independently of their bein4 also sufficiently occupied they had not pursued their operations into all the parishes of the country . Up to the present moment m an y parishes had not come into the views of the Commissioners, and with respect to tt ose parishes the functions of the Commissioners had t eased.— ( Hear, hear.) They came to this discussion unL er very tin _ avourable circumstances. Ile would "..commend that the House should wait for full infororgilen, and he had no doubt that it would be 'show n tbm',, there were great difficulties in the way of obtaining tast information. Tbere would be ex pense certainly, — But he did not think that the Muse would grudge tte expense. There was nothing inquisitorial in the inquiry, if they could, in the course of the spri ng , ascerta i n the breadths of they employed in the course of the year upon particular kinds of produce. The farmers had but little oppor tunity of stating what really affected them. He hoped, there fore, that when the House came to read the correspondence, they wonld be disposed to give the statements on both sides their fullest consideration. Mr. HUAIE thought that with all the time the Commis sioners had been engaged upon this inquiry they could have .given a full statement to the House. The Commissioners of Tithe Inquiry had had plenty of time, and he would undertake to make a fuller report at no greater cost than 3,00 1. When the Reform Bill was in progress he (Mr. Hume) suggested the employment of the parish schoolmaster to do the duty of the re gistration. If the Government would only take a lesson from the practice of the East India Government they would see how easily the proper returns would be made from local agents. In every district in Bombay the whole of the produce, twice a-year, was receided by an Acer in each village. He hoped the time was coming when we should have similar returns of the produce of every acre in the kingdom. It appeared to him that they were making difficulties which did not exist.—( Hear, hear. ) Colonel SIBTHORP said that he would object as much to a man coming to discover the produce of his land as he would to one who came to learn what was the quantity of wine his cellar contained.—(Laughter.) Nothing could be more absurd. Mr. VILLIERS thought that when the Gallant Member made that observation, he forgot the distinction between the produce of land and the contents of his cellar. He would tell him the difference—one was for food for the public, and the other for his own private use. He did not undertake to supply them with wine.—( Laughter.) What they wanted to knew was, what was the amount of food in the country, which infor mation he did not think it difficult to obtain; but the Govern ment did not wish it to be known what the difference was be tween the supply and the demand. The Hon. Member for Lincoln stated that the tenants objected to the information, through fear there would be an immediate rise in the rent. They had given their sanction to persons being sent on the continent, to obtain information whereon to found their ar rangements. He only mentioned that to show that they thought it possible to know and to learn correctly what was the amount of the produce when it suited their purposes. Mr. DENISON did not think there was any unwillingness on the part of the Government to seek for this information. For one, he should be glad to see such returns produced, and considered that it could be accomplished and might be ob tained by parties properly appointed. If the machinery were geed, he was sure that the results would be beneficial. He hoped that the Government would pay attention to the sugges tions which were made. Mr. MILNER GIBSON said it had been complained that he had not proposed a plan. He would, however, refer to the opinion of Mr. Saunders, who was stated by the Honourable Member for Newark to b e the most competent authority on the subject. When the Right Hon. Gentleman the Secretary for the Home Department asked him whether' twould de sirable to have correct statistical information furnished be y the Government with regard to the quantity of land sown with barley, wheat, and oats, in the United Kingdom, he sa id that there could not be a more imperative duty on the Go vernment than to ascertain the quantity of food the people were supplied with, and that he was surprised that the Government had not got such returns long before. The Hon. Gentleman concluded by recommending the House to appoint a Committee to inquire into the best mode of ascer taining the produce of the land. Sir ROBERT PEEL had not the slightest objection to the production of the information. As to the poor-law guardians, he doubted the policy of mixing up poor-law unions with poli tical objects. He doubted the poli c y o f employing Poor law Com missioners to furnish the info rmat i on required, considering it much better to have parties appointed for that purpose. He con. sidered that the best plan would be to have the correspondence before them, togeth er w i t h the statements of the Poor-law Commissioners. H e trusted the Hon. Member for Manchester would not press the subject to a division, as he could assure him the Government would be most happy to give all the assis tance to obtain the information. His Right Hon. Friend the la,e President of the Board of Trade while in office— ( Hear, hear)—had done all in his powe to obtai n information. Ile thought the Execwive Go ern.. anent would be better a bl e to fortis plan than a Committee ' • but if it was f ound necessary, there could not be the slightest objection to that Committee. Mr. RICARE 0 thought it would be better if his Hon. Friend t , hould wait till the papers had been produced. Mr. M. GIBSON then withdrew the motion. On the motion of Dr. BO.WRING the following Members were appointed in Committee on colonial accounts:—Dr. Bowring, Mr. Hope, Mr. Spooner, Mr. Trotter, Mr. M'Geaehy, Sir Thomas Hepburn, Mr. H. J. Baillie, Mr. Grogan, Mr. Pringle, Mr Forster, Mr. Cobden, Mr. Bouverie, Mr, Aldam, Mr. Hume, and Mr. P. M. Stewart. he Customa Duties ilia \vas reported, the Bill ordered to be engrossed, and wad a third time to-morrow. The rtiblic Museums Bill was reported, and ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. The Glass Excise Duties Bill was reported, and ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. 1: 14. i ~4 ~~ A 4! 7:1 714. I The Mutiny Bill and the Maisie Mattnyßill - severally_ Wet c t\ ,ff through a Committee, and the reports were ordered to be . ceived to-morrow. Mr. CARD YELL brought iu the Sugar Excise Duties Bill, which was read a first time, and ordereit to b read a se cond time to.morrow. The House adjourned at Twelve o'clock. PARLIAMENTARY DIV ISIONS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) TUESDAY, APRIL S. POST-OFFICE. Motion made, and Question put, " That leave be given to bring In a Bill to secure the Inviolability of Letters passed through the root; office." 'The House divided : . , MINORITY—AYES 2 ‘ 78. . • . Aglionhy, H. A. Ellice, Edward Peehell, Oiptais Aldam, ll'illiain Elphinstone, H. Plararidge, CsPlain Bellew, H. M. Forster, Matthew Ponsonby, C. I'. A.. Berkeley, Craven Guest, Sir' J. Protheroe, Edward Bernal, Ralph Hamner, Sir J. - Bice, E. R. • Blewltt, H. J. Hawes, Benjamin Rose, D. X. Borthwiek, Peter Heron, Sir R. Itntheriltrci, A. llonverie, E. P. Ho'Amuse, Sir J. Shell, R. L. Bowes, John . Howard, C. W. Sheridan, B. B. Brotherton...JneePA Howie's, Viscount Somer. - 111a, Sir W.- treidneoV.. i _ , , ilamphery, Alderman Strickland, Sir U. Buller, Charles . Hutt, William Strutt, Edward littsfelld, William Macaulay, T. B. Tattered, H. W. flutter, Colonit Mangles, R. D. Thornely, Thoums iiyng, C. S. Alanuers, Lord J. Trelawny, J. S. - - Chapman, B. 11 arjoribanks, S, Turtlell, Henry Christie, W. D. Mariland; Henry Villiers, Cbarlaa Collett, John Martin, John Wall. C. H. Curiois, H. H. Mitealte, Henry Warburton, Henry Dalmeny, Lord Mitchell, T. A. Walvu, John 'l'.. Dent&totin, J. Morris, I)avid 'Williams, 'William Dtvett, Edward Murray, Alexander Wonky, Lord Dra.i, J. S. W. S. E. Napier, Sir C. Yorke, U. 11 6 Duncan, Viscount O'Conor, Don . Ditnoan, ileorge ' Pa ge t, C o l one l `r EULESS. Dundas, Admiral Parker, John I)untoinbe, Thoutas EhrMg ven, Viscount Patitsott, .Tam ,- .4 , !Dime, Joseph, .kekt;rs, dames Achim', Sir T. D. Acland, 'l': D. Acton, Colonel .1 dare, Viscount Arbuthuott, H. • Arkwright„ Georg./ Bagot, Bailey, J.,jun.: ilaillie, 11. J.: Baird, Iv:thaul Baldwin, Barry Bankes, George 'taring, F. T. Baring, Thomas Baring, W. B. Baskerville, T. 11, Bateaou, Thomas - Ilenbow, John , Bentinck, Lord G. Berestbrd, Major Blackburne. .1. 1. Blackstone, W. S. Bolder°, 11. Bottichl, Bcriah Bowles, Admiral Brisco, M. Bruce, Lord E. Buller, Sir J. Y. Campbell, Sir H. Cardwell, Edward Carew, W. 11. P. Christopher, R. A. Chute, W. L. W. Clerk, Sir George Clive, Robert - 11. Cockburn, Sir G. Codringtcn, Sir w. Corry, Ilenry Courtenay, Lord Crippa, William Dame:, Colonel Darby, George Deedes, William Denison, E. B. Dickinson, Douglas, Sir li. Douglas, Sir C. Douro, Marquis Drummond, H. H. Duff, James Duneombe, A. Duncombe, 0. Du Pre, C. G. MAJORITY--.NOES, 161. • Eaton, R.. 1. Long ' Walter Egerto.l, W. T. L owt her, Sir J. 11, Egerton, Sir I'. Lyall, George . Etulyn, Visconlit Lygon, General Escort, Blekhaut Mackenzie, T. Estcourt, T. G. Mackenzie, W. F }'ellowee, Edward Mackinnon, W../. Fitzroy, Henry M'Geachy, F. A, IloMutt, John Masterman,',T.ti t ' Forbes, William MIIdnIdY, U. St. Jobb Forinau„T. S. Morgan, detaAlus Fremantle ' Sir T. Mundy, E . M. Fuller, A. E. „ Newry, Viscount Gaskell, J. M. Icorreys, Lord Gladstone, Captain O'Brien, A. S. o.,rdon, Captain Palmerston,Viseount bore, Montagne Patten, J. IV. Gore, W. It. Peel, Sir H. (lore, W. It. 0. Peel, Jonathan Goring, Charles Pennant, Colonel Graham, Sir J. Plumptre,J.:P4 tireene, T. Polhill, Frederick Grimston, Viscount Polllngton, Viscount Grogan, Edward Freed, W. T. Hale, It. B. l'ringie, Alekandet Hamilton, G. A. Reid, Sir John Hamilton, W. J. liepton, G. W.J ; llamiton, Lord C. Round, .Iphn Harcourt, G. G. Rou.s, Captain Harris, Captain Siutdon, Viscount Hayes, Sir Edmund Shelburne, Earl Henley, J. W. Sibtliorp. Colonel liepbuni, Sir T. 11. Smith, T. B. C. Herbert, Sidney Somerset, Lord G. Ilope, Charlea Somes, Joseph Hope, Alexander Sotheron, T. H. Hope, G. W. Spooner, .11ieharel Houldsworth, T. Stewart, John Howard, I'. 11. Stuart, Henry Ingostrie, ViNoutit Sutton, Henry Irton, S amuel Tennent, J. E. Jennyn, Earl Thesiger, Sir F. Jocelyn, Viscount Tollemache, F. J. Johnstone, Sir J. Tollemache, John Jolliffe, Sir W. Trench, Sir F. W. Jones, Ca,,tain Trevor, G. R. Knight, F. W. Tyrrell, Sir J. T. Lambton, 11. Verner, Colonel Lawson, Andrew VilUers, Viscount Letroy, Anthony Wellesley, Lord,C. Legit, G. C. IVortley, John S. Lennox, Lord A. Liddell, H. T. Lincoln, Earl Lockhart, W. East, J. B. TELLERS. Young, John Baring, Henry HEALTH OF TOWNS. Motion made, and Question put, " That the practice of lutarautut Within the precincts of the Metropolis and of large Cities is Injurious to the health of the population, and demands the serious attention of Parliament." The House divided : MAJORITY—AYES, 66. Ackers, James Ebrington, Viscount Mahon, Viscount Aeland, Sir T. D. Escott, Bickham Manners, Lord J. Aglionby, H. A. Esmonde, Sir T. Marton, George Althorn, Williatu Flower, Sir J. Mitcaße, Henry • Armstrong, Sir A. Forster, Matthew Morris, David Itaillie, H. J. French, F. Monts, G. F. Bernal, Ralph Gibson, T. M. O'Brien, A. S. Borthwick, Peter GiSborne, Thomas Pigot, David Bowling, Dr. Grey. Sir George Pluntridge, Captain Brotherton, J. Hamilton, W. J. Protheroe, Edward lirowno, W. Hatton, Captain Ricardo, J. L. Busleild, William licatlicoat, John Rice, E, it. Carew, W. H. P. Heron, Sir Robert Somerville, Sir W. Cavendish, G. it. MIL Lord M. Staunton, Sir G. Chute, W. L. Ilorstnan, Edward Strickland, Sir 0. Cobden. Riebard Iloward, Henry Tancred, H. W. Craig, W. G. Howard, Sir B. Trelawny, J. S. Cripps, William llowick, Viscount. Villiers, Charles Curteio, 11. B. Htune, Joseph Wawa, J. T. Dalrymple, Captain Inglis, Sir It H. Yorke, Henry R. Dodd, George Jolliffe, Sir W. Tr.l.l.kas, Duke, Sir J. Lambton, H. Mackinnon, W. J. Duncan, George M•Gestehy, F. A. Duncombe, T., MINORITY—NOES, 49. Arkwright, George Fremantle, Sir T. PlUMptre, J. P. Ilaillie. Colonel Utiller. A. E. Pringle, Alexander taring, W. IL Ci.tskell, J. M. Smith, T. B. C. Bernard, Viscount Gladstone, W. E. Somerset, Lord G. Illaekburue, .1. I. Graham, Sir J. Stuart, Henry Bolder°, 11. (1. t ireenall,Peter Sutton, H. X. Bowie!. Admiral Greene, Thomas Tennent, J. E. • lirnee, Lord E. Grimaton, V. seount Thesiger, Sir F. Buckley, Edmund I hints, Captain Thornely, Thouatm Buller. Sir J. Y. Henley, J. W. Trench, Sir M. W. Cardwell, Edward Herbert, Sidney Villiers, Viscount Christopher, R. A. Hope, G. W, Warburton, IL . Clerk, Sir (3. ..lertnyn, Earl Wetesley, Lord C. Clive, It 11. Lincoln, Earl Corry, Henry Neville, Ralph Dart's, c, co ,, ‘ , Patten, J. W. Denison, E. It. Peel, Jonathan Fit zror Henry Pennant, Colonel TIVZ.BII. YounZ, Jolty - I.elmum, Lord A. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. FROM THE MOitrINO PAPERS OF TIIIS DAT. CITY, TUESDAY EVENING. TIIIES.—ate premium on geld at Paris is 17 1 . 2 per mills, which, at jhe English Mint price of 31. 17s. 100. per ounce t'cT P!:andard gold, gives an exchange of 25 59; and the exchange at Paris on London at short bein g 25 77,i, it follows that gold is 0.73 per cent, dearer in London than in Paris. By advices from llamburgh, the price of gold is 434 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. laid. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 10i-; and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13 113, it follows that gold is 0.40 per cent. dearer in LoutlOn thq in llamburgh. The speech of Lord Brougham last night on the subject of railway speculation completely echoes the warnings that have been given under this head since the commencement of the mania. That a reaction must come, and at no very dis tant period, is, we believe, the opinion of every intelligent person on the Stock-Exchange, the only question being how they realise larger profits, are uneasy in the midst of long the present state of things can endure. The jobbers, who from a period of comparative inactivity that almost threatened annihilation t) their business, have come to another, in which prosperity, so fully are they convinced of its temporary character. The present speculation, it has been observeu, differs in its aspect from all that have preceded it. The bubbles of 1825 had, for the most part, such an appearance of instability that reflecting persons could soon discern that they were mere bubbles and nothing more, but the present schemes are all brought forward with an aspect of public usefulness, and of possessing a sound basis that renders them the more alluring, while the interest. which the Legislature takes in the various projects gives a sort of sanction to speculation. The direction of money into this one channel has served to keep up the prices of the various shares, and as long as no diversion takes place, the present state of things will probably be maintained. The discovery of a new and more profitable employment of money by the capitalist' whose advances keep speculation afloat, 11 mild be the first cause, it is thought, of that change which, sooner or later„ must arrive. One fact stated by Lord Brougham is well worthy of repe tition under this head, as more likely, perhaps, to reach the class for whose benefit it was intended : " A respectable clergyman in a northern parish, 'havit?; saved about 5,000/. for his family, sent it up to a friend La town, with peremptory instructions to buy (railway dares, as he was determined to treble or quadruple his fortune; and another person, who had accumulated about 2,800/., sent it to be laid out in these shares, but added, that as it was a small stn, his agent bad better borrow 3,000/. more for him, and not be nice about the terms of the loan, and lay the wholt out iu railway shares." 9% SUN.—The value of Consols has been 99 1 4 for ne y ar.d Account, and they closed flatly. New Three-anti-- a - g oat _ ter per Cents. were 101 N ; and the Three per 2 Bank Stock was 212. ; The Foreign Bonds were steady. 5i!a93:.11 Five per Cents. - ' ; Mexican Deferred, ; C olombian,.lsl4 ; and 8e117,,an tour-and- a -H a l f per Ce.n e t e s z 3 :7 l 4 4 6 . t o ; The closing prices of 110:way Shares will be found below. lower Theagain Exchthis pft",rnoon.anges Oil 1, ) :e Continental c iti es were generally The following: is the official returns of the exports of Did lion from tte port of London fer the week ending Thassflay last - Silver Coin to Cape de Verde....,.,, 3,000 --• Sydney ................. 10,000 oz. DEAruss—Acots-rlc I NsTatTurns.--39, Albe marle-street, Piccadilly. Invisible Voice Conductors, when fixed in the cavity of the ears, are not more uncom fortable nor perceptible than having a small piece of wool in its place. They enable individuals at an ad vanced age, and of forty or fifty years' standing of ex treme deafness, instantly to join in general conversation, and to catch this sound of a distant, low speaker, at church, theatre, &e. They pour the conversation into the ears to such en extent, that in most severe cases deafness cannot be observed. Also original Ear Cor nets, French, German, and Spanish Artificial Ears, and improved hearing Trumpets of every description. Many of those instruments have received the approbation of the Royal Society and Royal Institution of Great Bri tain. The Newly Invented Spectacles, immediately They are placed before extremely imperfect vision, it brought to its youthful, natural, and original state. Also Achromatic Telescopes, Opera-glasses, Micro-- Scopes, &e.—Cantion : Messrs. S. and B. Soloraonsv t ipticians and Aurists, are not in any way connected with a person of the sam e name i n t h e i r immediate neigh oourhood, aor in any part of the country. To prevent nistakes, be cautious, and observe—Only to be had at. 39. Albemarle -street, Piccadilly, opposite the YorkfloteL [ADVERTISEMENT.]—CURE or A CASE OF INIXI• GEsTION, WITH CONSTIPATION OF THE BOWELS, BY HOLLOWAY'S I'ILLS !—Extract of a letter from G. Bai ter, Esq., author of " The Book of the Beadles," &c., dated the 13.. , 1 , 0 Professor'rynn e ,Neatovin,M Hontgoollmoiev ay. Sir, ryshiretbl: con siderl3 t tl March, 1840 y o o f u il th r. at lj a f r ew is, bo dr xe u s ggis ory tt our of h m ic y Pills, h d t l ity p t u o rc i h n a ro s r e in d constipation of the bowels, whic app .Newtown, have cured use of co i nstan o i t ca r in ti d o i n ge to sti n o trar tta y d pursuits d l ii s po hO s tLX td p r e o n ng on ly a recommea n d ad a l u o t n h g er e s n t il d ed studio usly generally t o, use your ‘•aluablePills.v-o(Vud.ogrnsedoi Medi cine:., R. W. Baxter . 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