The Sun. — London, England, 1844-06-27 00:00:00

munity by the corn- laws ? The corn-laws were a direct I manufacturers of this country. Regardless of any other interference with the freedom of trade—the freedom of i consideration, however, they adhered to rent—rent.— ralustry ; and it was incumbent on those who main- i (Cheers.) The object of every change of the corn-law tined this interference to prove that the community was , was to keep up rents.—(Hear, hear, and Oh, oh !) benefitted by restriction.—(Hear, hear.) Th e Hon. 1 Gentlemen might laugh and cheer, but this was not the Gentleman had stated that the tenants themselves were language of the League alone, it was the language of the the originators of the Pro-Corn-law Society. Coming ; wisest statesmen, the greatest poets, and the first phi from an agricultural county, he knew how easy it was to I losophers of the time. A poet, the first of modern time, give a hint, through the steward, that the tenants were who was himself a lord and a landlord, expressed the required to attend. on some particular day, on behalf of shme opinion in these words:— the interests of agriculture.-(Hear, h ear .) H e wante d 1 "The last to bid the cry of warfare cease, to know who it was that represented the agricultural 1 The first to make a malady of peace ; labourer in the A gr i cu l tura l S oc i et i es. When the Pro- 1 For what were all these country patriots born ? Corn-law Soci e ty was f orme d , no one appeared to repre- 1 To hunt, and vote, and raise the price acorn." sent him ; no one said, on his behalf that it was for his (Cheers.) That was the language of one of the most advantage th a t security should be maintained. It was ; eminent poets of this country, and he (Mr G.) would denied by the Hon. Member for Lincolnshire that the i tell the House what the noble poet said of the conduct declarations of the Right Honourable Gentleman of the landed proprietors : — at the head of th e G overnment h a d h a d any ! " Safe in their barn, the Sabine tillers sent effect on the value of land, or on the bargains 1 Their brethren out to battle. Why?—for rent ! between landlords and tenants. Why he himself i They roared, they dined, they drank, they swore they had seen in the London papers, the other day, an adver- f meant tisement of the sale of estates by Mr. George Robins, in ;To die for England. Why then live?—For rent! which one of the grounds stated why agriculturists The peace has made one general malcontent should come forward and give a large sum for them was, i Of this " high market patriot"—Wart was .It si.— that the Right Hon. Gentleman had declared that the i Their love of country—millions all mis-spent. corn-lawof 1841 was a final and irrevocable settlement of i How reconciled ? —by reconciling rent. this great question. Did an eminent auctioneer want to And will they not repay the treasures lent ? get less for an estate than it was worth ? He regretted No ; down with every thing—but up with rent. those statements which disparaged the authority of the ! Their good, ill, health, wealth, j o y, an d di sconten t, Right Hon. Gentleman at the head of th e G overnmen t, ; Being, end, aim, religion—Rent, rent, rent." He regretted the disposition which was exhibited, to ' —(Great che:ring.) But the noble poet did not except put forced interpretations on his declarations. the Church itself from its share of participation of mono- As a friend to the English farmer—as- one whose i poly in the corn-laws. He said:— interest was bound up with that of the agricultural class, i "So Mother Church' while all religion writhes, he complained of such an interpretation of the Right Like Niobe, weeps o'er her offspring—TiTnes." Hon. Gentleman's statements. For what mdst be the —(Cheers and laughter.) lie knew that many excel effect ? They were teaching them that the corn-law I lent men thought the corn-laws were necessary, and he protection was to be permanent, while at the same time I quoted those lines only to show that one of the landlords' the Right Hon. Gentleman had never said that he con- I own class was convinced of the evils of those laws; and templated the permanence either of the present or of any he believed that the time was coming when the whole other corn-law,—(Hear, hear.) His assertion was that i community would raise its voice against them. It had at the present moment he did not contemplate a change, been said that manufactures were protected ; but the that he had no measure then to submit ; that was a very manufacturers, in their petitions, had called for the different Thing from saying that he contemplated the per- abolition of protection of every kind. The landlords, =anent maintenance of the protective principle. For however, did not stand upon the same grounds with re gentlemen to put that interpretation on his words epect to protection as other interests in the community. was to strengthen the fatal error into which the agricul- Protection did not increase the wages of labour or raise tural tenantry had fallen, namely, that it was better to the rate of profits; the unlimited competition prevented rely upon what Parliament could do for them than upon that. But the landed aristocracy had all the benefit of their own industry and enterprise. Gentlemen who did their protection to themselves from the limited nature this were not acting as the true friends of the farmer ; of their monopoly. It had been said that the they were not promoting the real and permanent kite- trade of the country was very great—that rest even of the landed proprietors ; nor were they, in our export of manufactures had largely in any way, advancing the truewelfare of the community at creased. But the manufacturers complained that these large.—(Hear, hear.) Now the Hon. Member for Lin- laws deprived them of a trade which they might now colnshire said he felt conscious that the incendiarism in enjoy ; and the question between them and the land- Suffolk, arose from the deep-rooted discontent of the peo. lords was, whether the latter had a right to deprive pie, and that that discontent arose from distress. He said them of that trade. The Noble Lord, the Member for that the farmers must pay the labourers better wages, North Lancashire, had presented a petition in favour of the very expressionshowing that he had taken an erro- agricultural protection, signed by 16,000 person=, who neous view of the whole question of wages. Why people were represented to be manufacturers. Now, he would could not pay what wages they pleased.—(Hear, hear.) ask the Noble Lord (Lord Stanley) were one half of It was not in the power of individuals to regu- them manufacturers ? late wages. From the redundancy of population, and Lord STANLEY—Those from Preston and Blackburn the pressure on the means of existence, men would were. work for the smallest possible amount of Mr. M. GIBSON—But those from Preston and Black wages upon which they could live. Let them consider burn did not amount to one half.—(Hear, hear.) But iiihether there were not some causes arising from their the petitioners did not state what amount of protection legislation which prod uce d thi s di scon t en t an d di stress th e y- as k e d for. They did not say the fixed duty, or the in a count r y which apparently had within itself all the rising and descending scale, or what other scale. As the msources of happiness and prosperity. It w as remar k- Noble Lord was the representative of a manufacturing able that incendiarism should prevail in Norfolk, Suffolk, county, he wished to ask the Noble Lord, would he inl and Essex, where protection was supposed to confer the dertaite to rise in that House, and say that the corn greatest benefit—counties which were, to a great extent, laws conferred a benefit upon his constituents ? grain-growing counties, and in which there were all Lord STANLEY said he thought so. He was sup those means and appliances in the greatest abundance porting the manufactu r i ng i n t eres t s st ill. which they wer e f requen tly t o ld were essent i a l to M r . M. GIBSON wished the Noble Lord to give the the morality and good conduct of the pope- grounds on which he thought so.—(Cheers and laughter.) lation. There were no counties in England in They might laugh if they pleased, but the Noble Lord which the clergy so abounded. To such nn extent did state the grounds once, and what were those did they abound, that if a gentleman's calling did not grounds ? Why, that they might be enabled to keep happen to be known, he was set down as a clergyman.— grooms and gardeners.—(Cheers.) They had heard ex (Laughter.) Yet, notwithstanding these means and tremely little, considering the position the Noble Lord appliances for good, a system of the most awful crim e held in that House, upon the subject of manufactures. prevailed ; for what system could be more a pp a lli ng th an It was true, that he did once threaten the agriculturist incendiarism ?—(Hear hear.) They had a right tv ex- by the vision of Tamboff, but he had never satisfied pect that they should be allowed to live in their homes, the manufacturers that the keeping out of corn was for without having their lives or property endangered. He their benefit.—(Hear, hear.) He thought that they were denied the insinuation thrown out by the Right Hon. treating this question in a way that amounted to little Gentleman, the President of the Board bf Trade, that short of insult. Whenever gentlemen got up they never this incendiarism might be the result of agitation in fa- came to the question.—(Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord your o f the corn-laws.—(Hear.) He conterided that that and the gentlemen on these heaches—(Great laughter insinuation was unworthy of the Right Hon. Gentleman. from the Ministerial side of the House, in consequence Ile defied him to prod uce th e sma ll es t a t om o f proof o f t h e b enc h on wh i ch the Opposition leaders sit being that any inciteme n t to incendiarism had been thrown entirely empty) —the Noble Lord and those who sit on out by the opponents of protection. For one placard these benches were not responsible for the law. Those which had been circulated by the Anti-Corn-law who sat on the other side of the House were re h sponsible, .League in the county of Suffolk, he ven t ure d to say, b ecause t h ey could alter the law. The Right lion. that ten had been circulated by the Pro-Corn law Baronet was their ruler—he was their Minister, because League.—(Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord had laid they could not get a leader out of the Central Pro. ec down the doctrine that the less corn there was in the tion Society. The Right Hon. Baronet would not tell country, the greater would be the share of the labourer, them that he would keep up protection permanently. He He ventured to say that they would then find that would tell them that the League was right in principle. during cheap years the wages of the labourer had —(Laughter.) It might be all very well for gentlemen not given him a greater command over the comforts to laugh and sneer, but he was dealing with facts as and necessaries of life than he had in dear years. They they were. The gentlemen opposite were responsible would find that in the cheap years the lab ourer h a d h a d, for the corn-law. They brought it in, and they kept it it was in his power to obtain a larger quantity of food up, and, doing so, they ought to tell him what good they than i n th e dear year.—(Hear, hear.) The Ri g ht H on . had done for the people by keeping up the law. The Gentleman, the Vice-President of the Board of Trade, right of the people was to freedom of industry. Those seemed to think that his Hon. Friend the Member for who sat on the other side of the House kept it from Wolverhampton had no right to ask for an explanation them, and he. therefore, on the part of the people, had a of the grounds on which protection was based, those right to call for a satisfactory explanation.—(Cheers.) grounds being fully explained in Hansard's Debates. Mr. BANKES then rose to address the House. He Now he confessed that although he had read nearly all could assure the Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down the speeches on this subject, he could not find one i n that they, on that side of the House, were most willing which the advantages of protection were clearly set to hear all the Hon. Member for Manchester had to forth. The Right Hon. Gentleman said they state, and it was only in consequence of the Opposition were visionary theorists and schemers, and bench being empty, that the laughter had taken place. that without proof of the disadvantages of the corn. He agreed with the Hon. M em b ers f or M anc h ester .and law, they we re no t en ti t l e d to call upon the Sheffild that it was desirable to keep as close to , the Government to explain why it was maintained. Now question as possible. If, however, any side had departed he took a completely different view of that question. from it, it was the Opposition rather than the Ministe- He maintained that those who maintained the corn-laws rial. During the present session of Parliament number were the visionary schemers ; for they interfered with less petitions had been presented from agriculturists, the natural course of things, they came forward with a complaining of the interference of the League. The ac subtle and refined scheme of ascending and descending count which they had had that night of the proceedings duties for regulating the importation of corn, for ma,kne of the League was a summary of its life—it had eaihted mankind happy, an d tra d e an d agr i culture prosperous. six years, and he trusted that it would nut live; six He (Mr. M. Gibson) did not concur in these extreme months longer. lie had read many of the papers of the opinions. He preferred trusting to plain common sense, League. but he was not aware until that night that the natural course of events, and the operation of men's it owed its origin to the Honourable Member , for interests upon their actions, rather than to that visionary Bolton (Dr. Bowring), and he trusted the Honourhble scheme which was maintained by the Government, but Gentleman would live to write its epitaph.—(Laugher.) whichhe hoped w ou ld notlong be - maintained in this coun- There had been in the co urse o f th e present debate try The NoblelLord, the Member for the City ofLondon, some questions addressed to him which would have - held extreme opinions in favour of a moderate fixed rendered it fit that lie should have offered some obseTva duty; believing that that was the device for making tions to the House, even if he were indisposed to dq so. trade flourish, and for promoting the improvement (I' It had been asked of him and others, why they had taken agriculture and the happiness of society. To both the part in the Factory Bill, and how they could reconcile devices he preferred that men should be allowed to buy it to themselves to venture to interfere with the grand in the cheapest and sell in the dearest market, believing manufacturers unless they were disposed to show ;the that Providence had intended that as th e means of same feeling towards the lower classes ; for his own securing general prosperity. He maintained that those part, he was sure that had he felt that the lin were else visionary schemers who interfered with the terferenee would have affected one class and ;not natural freedom of industry. They had a right to call another, he would Lot have consented to it. Ile ' st, upon th em to exp l a i n c l early and definitely what were in the strongest terms, deny the statements of the lon. the advantages whi c h th e y con f erre d upon :society by so Menahe,. fur Manchester, that they d es i re d to m .n -subtle a scheme, and if th e y f a il e d to prove t h ose advan- tarn those laws for the purpose of crushing sthe tages, th e y were ent i t l e d to ask for the total and imme- manufacturers. He was surprised th a t th e Hen. Member diate repeal of the corn law. Now he wishcel to know could for a moment have conceived that, in the vote on'the how the corn-law benefited that particular class with Factory Bill, he fixed upon one portion of his fellow whom he was connected namely the man e . subjects and not upon another. Those who desired to fwiturers ? Wh en a b uyer went from the keep up protection to agriculture had no such wish or town of Noiwich to Manchester toerchase object ill view, and ther e w as no suc h w i s h on t h e P art a fall of goods for th e purpose o f retailing then in No r - of those who had voted in favour of the factory question. folk, would he give anymore for them tha - n a buyer from It had been steed el - tether those who voted were refuly America ? If he would not what was the ale vantage to get up in that House and state why they had (Ilene conferred on the manufacturer s by the corn- law ? sO ; he fur one was ready to accept:the challenge. lln (Float-, hear.) But if he reversed the case he found that the vote he had given he was not guid e d by t h e st te the manufacturer had t o g i ve a great- deed more ments which he had read in newspapers or pamphie for his wheat in Norfolk than he would have to give i n he saw the men them se lv es , an d it was not until a, ter New Yorke—(Hear, hear.) Thi s a p peared to hire to be many interviews with them that he ventured to give that a very odd kind of reciprocity. He defied the Hon. vote. If he was travelling from the question it was ?lot Member for Dorsetshire to show that he had any pro- his fault, because lie had been taunted to give his opirpon party in the raw material, the machinery, or the labour on the subjmt, which he was ready to do, and reso to '.Mich was employed in the production of a particular defend the condi et lie had hitherto pursued. fabric ; and how could he say, then, that he The Honourable Member for Wolverhampton, ho had brought furward this mo ti on , h a d adopted a diffe .nt was entitled to special protection a s a l an dl or d ? Could it b e said that the proprietors of the land bad any tone to that which he usually did. Differing as he ( Ir, Property in the ind us t r y o f o ther me n ?—(Hmee, hear.)Banks) did from that line of argume n t s a d opte d b y h e Could it be said that by any right, human or divine, they lion. Member, yet still they had been conducted in s eh were entitled to deny to the manufacturers thee Freedom a gentlemanly manner, hitherto they had been expres •ed of industry which they demanded ?—(Cheers.) They in such a proper tone and feeling that he could not ut came to this House on the same grounds as the Dig- think them worthy of attention ; but upon the pre mt venters had formerly come—to complain of dish bilities.— occasion he had come forth in a new character. ' 'he They told the House th a t they could only live l)• the .ex- speech was delivered in an almost uninterrupted tone of ehtang,e of the products of their labour. They - said that defiance. He had asked whether they dared do this and their trade was legitimate and proper, and the ally call- they dared do that ? That might be all very well: in ing.whieh they had to follow. But the Legislatu re — not another place—(Cheers)—that might do all very wel in for revenue—not for St a t e necessities—but for the in- Covent-gerden, It did so th e oth er n i g ht, because there • tercets of a particular class — (Cheers)—prevented them when an individual said "he dare" two policemen lin from obtaining, the advantages which Providence h a d stantly took him out. In that House, however, it should . Placed within thei r reac h.—(H ear, hear.) Thsey did not be remembered, they had no polic emen , " I (exclaimed use to the aristo crac y th e en j oyment of their restates— the Hon. Meniter) dare" t e ll th e li on . M em b er for ,Z,,,ether they were h e ld b y i nher i tance or by p urchasv.l Wolverhampton that I desire to maintai n p rotect i on hstAnasked no more than that the aristocracy aitiould be for the good of the tenant•farmer, and the whole popu r with their estates.—(Cheers.) The Yandlortis lation.—(Cries of " Oh, oh," and " the tendon's.") Yt s, • never bought, or had inherited their estates, but; :they had and the landlords. Nobody who argued this question bought ur inherited any right over the i, ai'ustry ef ether menomitted landlords.—(A laugh.) But there was one , — (Cheers.) The landlords were untitled to class that was omitted, and that was the tenant-farmers. the full value of their estates, but they were not en titl e d . Those ieeividnuls had come forward in a body and re . te take the largest slice from the loaf of the ei , )(nest class pudiated the doctrines of the Members fur Stockport and ' of her Majesty% subjects. He called on the e . te Boltun• Ile hoped there were some tenant-farmers in . a ymus r i , • of the Forces, after his lone experience tooteevhat was I the House last night to hear the speech of the Noble the ground on which the landholders ti te country I Lord the Member for Sunderland. What said that had a matter of right to i nterfere with the i odustry of Noble Lord? Why did they not do in this country as others. When he (Mr. Gibson) was ' ' at Cai n winoge, he in Canada:: There there were no tenant-fhrmers, there read the works of Paley, as part of his acade n c'c course. was only the landlord and the labourer. But it must be That great philosopher said that everyrestrai t.t wag, in remembered that that country was in a very differ en t itself, an evil, and that those who imp ose i t sae Add prove ' state to this; and here they ought to legislate for the whole its advant ages , an d t h a t it w as not incumbent "von those —the tenant farmers as well as the labourers. The who suffered from the restraint to prove that it 'Joan evil. i move that had been made on the part of the tenant -(Hear, hear.) On that ground, he (Ah e re — v. —Ben) farmers was spontaneous, and was not encouraged by any demanded the immediate abolition of this gre. It evil and landlord ; b ut they were pleased to see that they were cruel restraint. Th e tota l an d i mme di a t e - ah *Mien of perso ns w h o w o uld, attend to their own interests. On the corn-laws was the only mo d e of se ttli n g thesaquestion. his part there had been nothing to encourage them to rise for any other expedient will still leave mincer tai nty and ,as men agai ns t t h e b u llyi ng sys t em o f t h e Anti•Corn doubt. And whe n th ey came to veste d i n ter t , 9tS, he I ,a. w League. Th e y h a d r i sen as one man , and lie lie must inquire what w as th e nature of the post essloil ? It " ev ed• thy wo:tld ultimately put it down. The Hun. vas an adverse possession, and no time c ould give a Member for Manc:iester (Mr. Mark Philips) had late from an adverse possession.—(Hear, I bear.) The I asked him a question with respect to cotton. law was paSsed by a Legisl a t ure o f landloi d..--(Tory The lion. Member had as k e d hi m w h at greater advan ,cries of " Oh, oh l") Yes, it was a Legislatu. et ,of land- tare it was to the manufacturer to have him for a cue ;lords, for no man could be a Member of thee • House of tomer, than to have as a customer an American residing Commons who did not swear that he was possessed in New York. Ile had asked if he supposed that lie eif land 'of the value of 3001. a year.—(P Co ar, hear.) him more for his (Mr. Bankes) would have to p ay the large manufacturing towns were not at t b e time re- cotton goods than his American customer.. Why, if the presented, and the aristocracy had an especia E. mono of manu f ac turer were an honest man, he ce r t a i n l y s h ou ld of legislati on b y means of close boroughs.—(l gear, hear.) not have to pay more, but the manufacturer would have might be a n A.t . the time of th e pass i ng of the corn-law, lAI )rd Liver- this advantage in dealing with h i m — that as a home pool a vowe d t h at the object was to prevent the settle- customer he could be more certainly relied on.—(A meet which wou ld ot h erw i se take place bet we en landlord laugh.) Why, certainly, the home customer __ . ht tenant up on t h e restoration of peace. 1 lei the de • more certainly relied on.—(Hear and laughter.) There =ands not, attended entreaties of th ose w h o opposed t 30-measure I might be a change in the American tariff, which m i g h t the expressed°t; attended to, and the law was p as re d aga i nst 1 a lt oge th er p revent t h e sa l e o f our m anufactures in th at will of th e country, for that . objeCt alone I country. Why, one of the persons who was at present which Lord Lord not the landlord Liverpoolpool avowed.—(Hear, he ar.) Were a candidate for the Presidential chair of that empire, s would indtfce the aware,at inscribed, the time, tha h the peace he supposed he might call it, went about with! banners tend . their works, and to , manufacturers of other coy - ata 'ice to ex- " Protection to native industry." - come into competie i chn with the hear.) Now, suppose they should place a prohibitory . . duty on the importation of our manufactures,. did not e landovvners. If you r a i se th e p r i ce O f corn h ow will r Sir Be PEEL said, I can assure the House that it is advantage of the merchant. So the Noble Lord is pre • the Hon. Member for Manchester think that even he I that enable those people to pay their taxes? They are i not my intention to trouble it at any length to-night on pared to guard the merchant against loss from excess in would be a better customer to th e manu f ac t urer th an p eo pl e w ith a fixed income. If you tax them for the 1 this subject. I consider that the House has to-night the quantity of importation. lam afraid that the inhabitant of New York? It would be no difficult purpose of raying your taxes, then you make them pay i been en . .gaged for the benefit . o f th a t company w hi c h concurrently with a good harvest in this c oun matter to adduce many reasons to prove to the not only their o wn ta xes b ut yours too. Why, I really 1 generally performs at Covent-garden Theatre—(Loud try there might be good harvests in other Honourable Member for Manchester, th e ad va n- belie ve th a t the proprietors of land have a confused No - I cheers and laughter)—and I have very great reluctence , countries, and a great glut of corn coming into this tages of the home trade. They were secure of th a t a t a n ti on th a t the national debt only means private mort- ;in interposing myself, so as to prevent them from having . country would be the result ; whereas, if the tenant has events, as long as they could assure th e m a suffi c iency o f gages. I have one or two facts to show what are the the full benefit of the occasion. lam exceedingly sorry i a guarantee against a sudden glut, I cannot help think money to purchase.—(Hear, hear.) Th e N o bl e L or d , consequ e n ces to the labourers of the country of high ! that at an earlier part of the performanees the front' ing that there must be more certainty in the application the Member for Sunderland, who was no t now i n hi s p i ces o f cern. I have in my hand a list of the prices of 1 benches were not occupied. For a very considerable lor capital. I have heard it asserted to-night I gave an place, had, last night, referred to the con diti on o f th e corn si nc e the corn law was established in 1815. I part of the debate, those places were without a single ! assurance that there should be an average price of 565. labourers in the county which he (ma. B an k es ) h a d m e It i s a very remarkable fact, that the price I oecupant—(Renewed cheering)--until the Gallant Ad- (Hear, hear.) Sir, I ask hew can any gentleman say honour to represent. The Noble Lord had said that the of corn is a kind of barometer of the state ' miral came in and took his seat alone upon them.— go ?---(Hear, he ar .) Hon. Member for Stockporthad s t a t e d more t h an (nice ~f ta xa ti on . The revenue of the country alwaysdeclines (Cheers.) I hope the assistance the Hon. Gentleman Mr. COBDEN—It was so understood. - had e never ws6lla, twslaosivad said n hw y as s , u such a t t h thing. that their condition was worse than the condition of any just as the price of corn rises, and rises as the price of and his friends gave to me at my benefit the other night wa S s i s r ai ß d . th F e E o E th L e — r n l ig d b o t ntio,tatknlogsavvwlsiaottnewasassuunidaenresetroda, the other labourers, and that statement had not been contra- corn falls. It is , so touch so, that, as I said before, it is —(Great cheering and laughter)—has not been the dieted. It was true that the Hon. Member for Stock- a perfect barometer of the state of the revenue. Now I cause of depriving them of a fuller audience.—(Cheers.) Subject of the Bank Charter; but I could only reply, that I port had made the statement more than once. He was will take the four years from 1817 to 1820, when the I only refer to it as a fact, that for the far greater per case wha t L i t h i ar hink h ear.)tha t a Aiens,d average s in the habit of making statements more than once • but average price of corn was 84s. 4d. the quarter, and when tion of this evening almost the only occupants of the c tran if those statements were contradicted, it was rather hard the farmers and landowners were rejoicing at high prices, benches on the other side of the House, upon this 1 to o lower a l ta d u h e remunerating, and that the pric! .. ought not 5 • that those persons would not take the trouble to attend What was the effect to the revenue? Why there was an great and important discussion of the corn-laws, 1 kr. COBDEN said that the Right Hon. Baronet was un to the contradictions, but would continue to repent them addition to the annual taxes of the country of 2,400,000/. have been that particular class of gentlemen who have I derstood to guarantee the average at 563. as if they never had been contradicted. H e wou ld now impo se d. I then take the six years up to 1825, when rehearsed their parts on another stago.—(Cheers and Sir R. PEEL—I have only stated what I said.—( Cheers.) refer to the report of the Commissioners appointed to in- there was unparalleled agricultural distres e During laughter. An Hon. Member—" Your own benches !") I said that I took 563. as the average of the last five years. 1 quire into the condition of the women and children em- those years you had taxes repealed to the nmoent of Well lat least 'ire were here.—(Cheers.) An Hon, read these words from the printed r e po r t of the debates. It is ployed in agriculture, as a proof that the report which 8,100,000/. Now I come to the next period of exceeding Gentleman commenced his speech by attacking ray Hen, not my report. It is the report of a disinterested witness. had been laid on the table at the close of last session, had low prices of' corn, viz., in the years 1833, 1834, 1835, Friend the Member for Northampton for having con- , ( The ltigtit Hon. Baronet then read an extract of his speech been the foundation of mach vituperation of the county and 1836, when the average price for the four years was sumed a considerable portion of the time of the House by ' from Hansard's Debates, in which he was reported to have which he represented, and of the other counties of the 465. 9d. During those years there were taxes repealed referring to the speeches of the Hon. Gentlemen who said that "it was beyond the power of the Legislature to south of England. He believed that the true reason why to the extent of four or five millions per annum. I now were members 'of the Anti-Corn-law League, and he f n u c ,r a ati d t e e l e ns t i h o e p t r o i - e ol c: i f r h out hopes easnd th t a ti p a s t ue it would b . e enfcourag the county of Dorset had been fixed on in this manner, come to the last dear years. During the years thought that reference was entirely misplaced— r tion would be g iven to•agricu p ltuee.") Now, sp l ee a ' s e k s e cou P l i d et a e n e. was because it was represented by a Noble Lord 1838 to 1842 the average price of wheat was I (Hear, hear)—he said he ought to have addressed reasonable ma n, from this put that construct on u y upon my who had taken up the cause o f th e factory women 64 5 . ed. th e quarter, being 20s. higher than himself simply and solely to the main question words that I would uphold the price to 56;? I referred to and children, and it was thought by H onoura bl e th e p rev i ous four years. During these five years, before us.—(Cheers.) But I wish he had given that ad- former Acts, and I stated how they had failed, and that it was Gentlemen opposite that it would be a fair retaliation you had first of all five per cent. additional taxes, and vice to his Hon. Friend the Member for Wolverhamp . impossible for the Legislature to guarantee prices which were to move for this Commission.—(Cries of " Oh, oh." ten per cent, additional assessed taxes; and then came ton—(Loud cheers) —because it is the gentleman who determined by other considerations.—(Hear, hear.) That is Now, he would read a few extracts from the report of the income-tax, amounting altogether to as much as commences the discussion who gives the tone to the what I said; and I hope that in future the Hon. Gentleman the Commissioners on the state of the agricultural 8,000,0001. sterling Per annum. That was at a time vt hole debate— (Cheers)—it is the leading performer will rather refer to what I said, than to so high an authority labourers in the county of Dorset.—(The H en . m em b er when re n t was rising, when the landowners o were laying from whom all the others take their cue..— (Cheers.) l as Mr. George Robins.—( Laughter.) Sir, we haee been here read several extracts from the report alluded to, in extra rents, and when the farmers were in a state of heard the Hon. Member for 'Wolverhampton speak I taunted with having ask made ' predictions house ie f ti o n s to which oe k h t a n v e th not be e n front which it appeared that the w omen th emse l ves prosperity. Now, I want to ask the Right Hon. believe for three hours and a half, and if I mistake not, 1 tions which lil v e e wou ld made bY the entlemen who :o Pr t e au l n e ; stated that out door work was beneficial both to their Baronet, who, I presume, will favour the House with his one hour and a half was occupied in the production Of us —and which have not been realised! (Hear, hear.) They health and spirits, and that th e m e di ca l men who were opinion on this question—l wan t t o as k hi m w h ere i s newspapers w hi ch contained the speeches which had predicted in 1812 that the averages would be lowered by the examined, stated that, in their opinion, such was t h e th e diffi cu lt y o f carrying out the principles of free trade been delivered at every agricultural meeting, and which addition of the new towns. ease. Th e Hon. Gentleman also read an extract, de- in everything? I wish to state, honestly and empha- he with great solemnity referred to. And if that is the Mr. GIBSON said that the average had been lowered. scribing the clothing club at Blandford, which, last year, tically, that lam an advocate of free trade in every course which the author of the debate takes, if that be Sir R. PEEL—On referriug to the returns, it would be had expended 2,000/. in the purchase of articles of thing. If you go into Committee on the corn-law, and the example set, really the Hon. Gentleman is the last seen that the averages are rather higher, in consequence of th e clothing for its members.) He begged to call the atten- the rules of the House sill permit me, I will move t h at p erson w h o oug h t to complain that other gentlemen addition of thos e new towns.—(The Hon. Baronet then read tion of the Hon. Member to the amount expended by every article that is protected be inserted in this resolu- came provided with similardocumentsin order to remind an extract from an agricultural paper, which was intended to this clothing club in a limited district, a s a p roo f o f t h e li o n. N o w, the Noble Lord the Member for the City of him and his Hon. Friends of the speeches they have deli- show hi that the new . corn-law did not give encouragement to gambling—that pr ices did not dep end now upon fluctuations of value of the home market.—(llear, hear.) He now came London expressed some surprise that we did not bring vered. I wasglad to hear the second topic to which the Hon. fh a e ni we ln ather P ' , but fluctuations of supply.) Hon. Gentlemen to the subject of wages.—(Hear, hear.) The report forward a free trade motion. Why, the Right Hoe. Gentleman referred. He delivered a homily against opposite predicted, w h hen t e present system was pr o p ose d, th a t sested that, in the district of Blandford, wages were by Baronet at the head of the Gover n m en t t o ld us t h at we ca lli ng names. It is a bad practice, and I have re- iwould be a progress from bad to worse and that the re no means low, and, so far from placing the county of ought to deal with corn i n a very diff erent manner to marked that those who are most lavish of attacks on vival of trade was incompatible with the new corn-law. The . Dorset lower than others as to wages , it showed th a t it any other a r ti c l e . U n f ortunate l y to our sorrow, we others are the first to shrink from the application of a Hon. Member for Stockport said that if the law were carried . was not so low in this respect as Somersetshire and know that that is true and we know th a t b y a b o li s hi ng s i m il ar i nstrument when used against themselves.— into effect, Stockport would be a howling wilderness, and all . Wiltshire. He did not say but that, in many parts of the corn-laws,we shall abolish other monopolies. Now, (Hear, hear.) If there is any party in this House who the middle classes throughout the country would be reduced , the county, wages were lower than in the Blandford 1 h am for free trade in everything. And lest the Right deals largely in the practice of calling names, and affix- to the condition of paupers.—( Hear, hear, and a laugh.) , dis trict, owing to the superabundance o f th e popu l at i on. Hon. Baronet should think this a revolutionary Proposal, ing odious imputations on the motives of those who dis- • Now, Sir, that prophecy has net been realised—( Hear, hear 1 ' He wished the wages were everywhere as good as th e y I want to show that you can adopt free trade, and that sent from themselves, that party is the one to which the —but I reg et that the improvement has not been so great as we to at Blandford; but he was certain or this—that there is no national o b s t ac l e to i ts b e i ng carr i ed out l i on. Gentleman belongs. —(Cheers.) Ido not defend we within eitid have wished. The H on . G ent l eman pre di cte d t h at wa;ges would not be made better by the rePeal of the corn- immediatele . I wane` to show you that, barri ng the practi ce , b u t t h e example provokes retaliation, stateofsi di x sa r o Lor t lt o h n s the manufacturing interest wou ld b e i n a ' laws. —(Cheers.) That was the q ues ti on b e f ore t h em, your own class interests and the interest of And those who first resort to the practice are very Mr. COBDEN—And it was so. and. he felt convinced that, however much manufactures the landowners, and the farm labourers, there is no frequently the first to say the calling of names ought to Sir R. PEEL—What is the state of dissolution ?—( Hear,-) m i g ht be extended by that measure, they could not be national impediment to your carrying free-trade to-mom- be distinct from legitimate argument, and they beg that H as th ere b een no i mprovement? In cotton the declared value ' so ea:tended as to give employment to all those who row.—(" Hear, hear," ironically from Lord John Man in future the p ract i ce may b e avoided. The Honeurable of the exports in 1844, as compared with 1842, showed an in , would he thrown out of employment in the agricultural ners.) lam glad to see the Noble Lord, because the Gentleman asked how the Anti-Corn-law League were crease of 16,300,000 lbs. The export of yarn had been in , districts in consequence of th a t measure.— (Hear.) Noble Lord professes an assumed benevolence. I am to be combatted. I think they have greatly diminished creasing. It had, however, since diminished, and the export Even if the exchange could be made, he was not satis- glad to see the Noble Lord laugh. because it is a laugh their power by the use of the instruments they have had of goods in a more advanced state of manufacture had increase. , fled that it would be for the advantage of the labouring of incredulity. It shows that he votes for the corn-laws recourse to.—(Hear, hear.) They have provoked in- Se with respect to earthenware, the exportation of that com modity- , class. He had never drawn any distinction between because he believes there are national grounds for his dignation on the part of the tenants of the country, at t n 184 e t w t a e s srl,oo a i? l i. t , i s t s; e hile in 1843 it was 659,0001. • Itla7lllfactures and agriculture—their interests were doing so. The Noble Lord cannot be sincere in his pro- the free use they have made of unjust imputations, and , creased cin es ri P : e the continuance gas, of t t h h e e exportation s h e al at in i - t : auirdtea,mated; but if they looked to the comfort, the hap fessions (if humanity in upholding the corn-law they have provoked, by the attributing of base, and selfish , would be seen that the exports, as compared between 1842 and , pinisas, and the morality of the l a b our i ngc l asses, b e m i l d f o r class interests, I want to show you that you can and interested motives to honourable men, a combination 1843, had considerably increased. But then it had been said, not 'give the preference to the manufacturing over the carry out free trade anywhere.—(Hear, hear.) against themselves. It was but a short time since a take care of your imports. Now, what was the fact with re . agriesultural dietricts.—(llear.) Admitting that the What is carrying out free trade ? Nut by a boast was made that the tenants and labourers were in sped to them? Why, in 1842 the imports were 65,204,000/., agremiltural labourer received less money, it must be removing all custom-houses. Ihave heard that an Hon. favour of repeal of the corn-laws ; but I apprehend, and while in 1843 they were 70,093,000!. I am, continued the rersoseabered that money was not all that contributed to Gentleman, in writing to his constituents, has said that I infer it from the altered tone I perceived in the Right Hon. Baronet, only stating these things for the happa ness. Admitting that wages were lower in the we wanted to abolish all custom houses, and I have seen debata, that they have discovered that they have Purpose of showing that the confident predictions that agr 2 icaltural districts, sail the labourer had more a letter in the Times newspaper declaring_ that such is out-stripped the . : limits withi n w hi c h it wou ld b e have been made as t o th e part i cu l ar operat i on timer to attend to his comforts; and as to my doctrine. Fre e t ra d e d oes Lot mean the abolition of prudent to have confined themselves, and the use of the iil the Bill have failed and been falsified.—(Heaia hear.) The hap . pfness, he should cc rtainly give the preference customs' duties. It means taking off the duties which instrument they have' employed has recoiled on them- He e ble Lord, the feelings for Sunderland , for total repeal. • to . the labourer of the agricultural districts, are levied for protection. How much was the amount sel% es.—(Cheers.) The HOU. Gentleman, then went to trem a c i ir e lat s e t . e e 4li t e e lV'ob a l n e Lord s a id , tha t wi if the t r h e ink a com r e ex. l The.:Noble Lord (Lord Howick) had ver y muc h exagge _ of that? The whole amount of duty paid last the particular motion, and said we would not es-ape from of the Y corn-laws there would be an increased demand w s a for ep in rate d the distress which prevailed in the southern coins- year for protective duties was 2,800,000/. ; that the discussion of it. It would appear from the speech -dustry, and the result would he an immediate restoration of • ties o.f England. Ile hoped, as the Noble Lord had read includes the duty on corn, on timber, on silk, of the Hon. Gentleman that the question they were now prosperity. Now, there have been many years in which there the ,ac cusatio::s against the landowners there, he would and other items, in which there was a protective discussing was,the total abrogation of all protecting duties. has been an unrestricted importation of foreign corn. There read their vindication in the report. The Noble Lord duty. Now lam an advocate for r, moving the whole of If that was the question, why was not notice given ac- was no duty on corn at the time of the war, but there was had contrasted the condition of the people of Dorset- those Protective duties. The whole duty paid on foreign eordingly ? Nothing would have been easier to frame no cessation from those privations which are inseparable shire, with those in Northumberland. He (Mr. Bankes) manufactures does not amount to 300,000/. How much than a motion, having for its object the repeal of all pro- from society in a i great agricult ura l an d coat • ackn cewledged that in some parts of Dorsetshire 'S their do you suppose was paid of' duty for cotton and f ore i gn t ect i ve d ut i es, b ut it referred to one particular depart- merc i el country. It my firm belief that if there dwel lkngs were bad ; but th e repor t state d that i n many manufactures last year? For cotton there was paid ment of industry, which it was thought expedient should was a d repdeal for of industry w hich there wo uld not be • parts of Northumberland they were still worse. The 3,700 Z ; for lace, 7,600/.; china and earthen- cease and determine. The Hon. Gentleman shakes his Noble e n n ui Baid Lat r the rabourer " shru t ld anticipated. a The advocates of the repeal of the corn-law said the repeal ware, 3,600/.; linen, 12,000/.; wool, 16,7001.; silk head, but lam not wrong in saying that this motion has day's wages for a fair day's work, and that the rep e eal of the would? - not throw a single acre out of cultivation. Well, manufactures, 240,600/.; the whole amounting to 284,000/, reference to only one particular branch' of industy. Now corn-laws would ensure' it to him. For my own part I believe he tie 31 tght differently • and he ,thought, moreover, that Now abolish all these duties, let there be no protection I defend protection to agriculture—(Cheers) —on the that no legislation could effect that, and what would not be the the cceedition of those ' labourers, who would be still em- on manufactures ;we do not want them, for I began my principle and to the extent that I defended it before. 1 disappointment if, after the repeal of the corn-laws had taken ployedl ,in agriculture, would be much worse than it was address by saying we have no protection. The test of am about to address no new opinions on the subject to Place, it turned out that that perfect prosperity which the Noble at pr ese nt. In those weekly displays at Covent-garden this is, that manufactures in this country are much the House. I have a strong feeling that, speaking Lord prophesied did not occur, and that the labourer did not Theatre in which the Hon. Member for Manchester cut cheaper than they are anywhere else. The protection generally—l am now speaking of the amount obtaia a fair day's wages for a fair day's work? Would they not such al. figure, great stress had been .laid upon the de- on silk manufactures is generally on peculiar ki n d s , o f o f p rotect i on—that the agriculture of the country is then revert back to the N o bl e L or d , an d ca ll upon h i m to make clarations of Lord Ducie, who, it appeared, had been which the fabrics are rich and the patterns peculiar, I entitled to protection from considerations of justice as good that which he had promised. Th e . analogy between Ca prese nit at some of their meetings; but he thought his say abolish the protective duties on silk and other menu- well as of policy. I consider there are special peculiar, easilye an b d e th ab s ow co n un w r b y i t s h t e o r t e al ‘ y va ina a p e ph i c ti able a ; se b d ecr e se it dfe could r LordeNp, however amiable and estimable his character factures, and if there is any one here who supposes that burdens on land which entitle it to this protection— labotir in Canada and wh y there colonies which re there was not in might be entertained wrong opinions on this sub- lam for a free trade in corn, and not in an ythi ng e l se , b ur d ens i mposed on the land for the relief of the poor. others. Now, I look to the state of the United States, and I ject, elm; arrived at wrong conclusions.—(Hear, I repudiate his co-operation. I say you have no more On considerations of policy, I think agriculture is en- find that, even there, where there are no restrictions upon hear.) He thought he might be termed rather a right to put a protective duty on silk than on corn, titled to protection, because I think that great public food, there exists great distress. In New York and Phila. farmer among lords than a lord among farmers. Having Where we put out our proposal for subscription to the evils would be the result if this motion were carried to- delphia, there is certainty on the part of the labouring corn detaine i the House so long, he would not trespass fur- Anti-Corn-law League amovenhe manufacturers of the night—that is t , say, Ido not believe there are ten re- munity. On these grounds, Isdo not believe that the removal them on their patience; nor would he have taken up so country, we distinctly stated that we did not ask a single fleeting, thinking men out of the Anti-Corn-law League of restrictions will realise the expectations of the Noble Lord. much_ se,f their time had he not felt it necessary to rebut shilling from anybody who was not willing to abolish all who are of opinion that if the announcement were made I thank the House for the indulgence with which they, have those e elumnious assertions which had been put forth Protective _duties . in connection with his own to-morrow, that the House of Commons resolved that listened to me while I ventured to assign the reasons avhy I regal diseg the landowners in that part of the country trade. This is the case. The amount you have from next Monday week all protection were suddenly totally disapprove of the absolute whi f ch l t l he ro ll in o b n i . i Gentle - with wl iich he was so intimately acquainted, to deal with would cause an apparent loss and immediately to be withdrawn from agricultural n m o a t n a n do as tenadeano new opinions lue and removal p incnipleas prohibi t i on, the t en, only Mr. ;HUTT would be very brief. He would support to the revenue of two millions and a half' but you must produce, such a precipitate withdrawal of protection occasion' adopting g ly in opposition to the Noble Lord, who, ajth es me, the a 3.0 tion of the lion. Member for Wolverhampt on , recollect that by equalising the sugar duties you are would be for the advantage of the general interests of admits the principle of protection. I prefer the principle of but not for the reasons with which he had recorn- voting away two pillions per annum in protection to the country. —(Hear, hear.) Suddenly to withdraw all the Bill of 1842 to the principle of the Bill of the Noble Lord— mende d. it to the favourable consideration of the House. sugar. That is not enough for Hon. Gentlemen opposite, protection from the coffee and ginger producers of (Cheers)—and I have only to repeat the declaration which, on He pa .e ferred the adoption of a low fixed duty to the and they want a little more • but if eou equalise the . the colo n i es, an d to w i t hd raw all protection from agri- the part of her Majesty's Government, I made at the corn aboliti on of all duty on corn under prese n t c i cumstances, d u ti es on sugar, on coffee, and on other colonial products, culture and manufactures, would have the effect of mencement of the present session, that we do not intend, and we A low 1 1, ixed duty would not be paid for by the consumer, you will make up every farthing of the revenue you are paralysing the commercial industry of the country, and have not intended, to diminish the protection vvhich the existing but by the foreign exporter; and if he erred in his going to lose by abolishing protective duties. You may would produce general distress, and the labourers of the corn-law gives to the agricultural interest.—(Loud cheers, from opiniot ),„ he erred in the company of most intelligent and abolish every protective duty, and yet if you equalise the country would be involved in the general ruin. The the L lV er lintit tl i to r f o t s h e e to Ho e u x se. House.) The Right Hon Gen indepe ttlent men. The Hon. Member concl u d e d by colonial duties, the statesman will find himself' without question, then, we have to consider to-night is, whether tleman had so entirely mistaken ') what he (Lord Howie's) had saying he would support the motion. . the loss of one shilling of revenue. The Right Hon, we shall affirm this resolution, which, though confined said last night, and it related to a matter of so much import- Mr. COBDEN then rose, and said—lt is not my in- Baronet, when he wished to benefit by an opinion as to to the question of corn alone, involves the sudden ance, that he trusted the'House would allow him to state-what tention,, Sir, to follow the example of the Hon. Members an exception from his general rule, quoted with great ' and immediate removal of all protection from it was that he really had said. The Right Hon. Gentleman for No: cediamptonshire and Dorsetshire, in making this a appiobation the opinion of Mr. Deacon Hume with re- our colonial and domestic . products. We should had imputed to him that he had said that, repeal of the corn questio a of the character or conduct of the Anti-Corn- gard to slave grown sugar Now, I have reason to know deal dispassionately and graduallY with the removal of laws would produce such an immediate effect as to insure, under law Le e t sue, for to my apprehension we are met here to that Mr. Hume's opinion on that point was the only part those protective duties, looking to the money expended all circumstances, to every labouring man a fair day's wages for discuss - tl le character of the corn-law s , an d not that of o f hi s ev id ence before the Committee which he regretted in the cultivation of the soil, and seeing that Ireland is a fair day's work. Now he had said no such thin„e, lie had the As iti-Corn-law League.—(Loud c r i es o f e H ear, having given. I was in correspondence with him at the wholly dependent on agriculture.—(Cheers.) I know said that, in his opinion, society was so constituted by Provi hear," from both sides of the House.) If it were not so time of his death as to the Publishing of that evidence that, according to your rigid principles of political eco- d ti en e ce s ca !ha u t r if it l were net interfered sound and by artificial restric very trite and familiar an anecdote, I would illustrate with notes, and the qualification he had made with re- nomy, I cannot abstractedly contest your principles.— ° ' l° society,secu w re e i n ts d d t ti lw e a gar ' a i r n d a . He had said n tl e m an t r a e had been e o n f the con iuct of these Hon. Gentlemen by t h at o f t h e b ar _ epec t t o s l ave grown sugar, was the only part he re- (Hear, hear.) Speaking mathematically, they may be admittd, on both sides of the House, that there had been a lister w hoe, in complaisance • with the wish of the defen- gretted ; and if he had lived he would have expunged it. true. It may be true that the population from which progressive diminution in wages and in profits. He had said dant to. %abase the Plaintiff or the Plaintiff's attorney, What was the opinion of Mr. Deacon Hume with respect production is sought to he withdrawn, ought to be em- that there existed in this country artificial restrictions, and that lost his clieut's case.—(Laughter..) The corn-laws are to protective duties ?He was asked by the Committee ploved in other avocations. But is that practicable ?if those artificial restrictions were removed in the majority of now on their trial, and there is only one way by which whether he thought the revenue wou ld present any ob- —(Hear, hear.) If we are no t mere p hil sop h ers or men cues, and under ordinary circumstances, they would secure to they care be tried, and that is by the i r effects on the an- staele to the • simultaneous abolition of' all protective of science, having to deal with abstract and imaginary the poor, industrious man, a fair return for his labour, and that tion at lay gc.—(Hear, bear.) Whether the farmer or duties.' His answer was "Certainly not; nay hesitation . quantities, but men having to deal with the comforts and a system of legalised relief was a proper resource under extra. the farmer 's labourer is a little better or a little worse, or applies only to the interests affected by the change, not subsistence or millions of human beings, host can we d or inary circumstances, but one which ought not to be had re whether the landlord is a little richer or a little poorer, the revenue, which I have no doubt would be instantly disregard those considerations which are presented to the cou s r i se r i t t o r s de E r L ordinary ee cir t e a um i stares.— (Cheers. ) , does nest, to my mind, form anything like the w h o l e o f increased by • removing the prot ect i ve d ut i es. " Th ere contemplation of the legislator and the statesman ? . - ssoble Lord had w o u ld f t r h in y aoe words whipt the version which th e given o the he had spok en l as t the question which we have to consider. Now, I ne ver appears to have been on the Co mm itt ee some gent l emen Y ou may regret having voted on the strict principles or night, and he would abide by that construction on all future heard but two arguments, on national grounds, in favour who entertained an idea that it was not podsible to pay rigid philosophy and political economy ; but when you occasions; but the Noble Lord would perhaps permit him to o f th e men-law., One is, that it is a part of a system of the State texeettnless theY continued the protective sys- have endanged the peace and prosperity of the country, read the passage of his speech by which he had b e e n misl e d. protectio n. This is one ground upon which the corn- team; and it was in answer to the questions of these you will have but a sorry return. Therefore, I say, for The Noble Lord had said we might give a new value to labour law is defended. Is that a good ground of argument? gentlemen that Mr- Deacon Home made this statement, considerations of justice, looking at the long endurance by diminishing competition, and he had then proceeded trl, say The other national argument is, that without the corn- He says that a highly taxed People cannot afford protec- of this protection—looking at the amount of capital in • that all that the poor man asked for was a fair day's wages for laws you cannot meet the taxation or pay the interest on lion. An individua' , , wh ". 4 e exPences are great, cennot. vested—looking at the nature o f th e p o p u l a ti on —l oo ki ng a f a ir d a y' s wor k, and they had a r i g ht t o as k t hi s, an d the the heavy debt which has be en incuerech Now, with re- be generous. • That tue,very circumstance of the people at the f ear f u l magn i tu d e of the i nterests, not from a re- Legislature bad the power to gi ve th em t h is , b y simply reliev gard to the argument that it i s a p ar e of a system of pro- being taxed for the goo" of the State is a reason why gard merely for the interests of landlords and tenants, f rom them from those artificial restri c ti ons which prevented th em tection of native industry in all its bra they cannot be taxed Is it so ? d between . themselves. A peopl e but th e i n t erests o f a ll c l asses of the community—l must furnishing their labour to their best customers,— If it bc so—if you can eit , v me that it does protect na- obliged to pay high p u blic. taxes are less able to pay pmi- give my decided and unqualified opposition to the pro- (Cheers.) He read the passage f or th e p urpose o f s h ow i ng that the Noble Lord had made use of exp ressions which, With. Live industry . , I will give up the c orn -l aw .. But h ave y ou vete ones. . Now, upon Mr. Deacon Hume's opinion, and p o sal f ur th e i mme di ate repea l o f t h e corn-laws.— out those qualifications which the Noble Lord had intended, done so ? Can you protect the exportin es manufacturer the facts I have stated, I take my stand against all (Cheers.) lam speaking now of the first proposal. If would bear the construction which he had placed upon them. of this country ?—(Hear, hear.) One lit en. Gentleman Protection. If protection cannot be given equally, it lam asked whether lam prepared to bring under Lord HOWICK said that the passage which the Right has referred to the case of a p erson wh o is a candidate must be unjust to some Portion of the community ; and, the consideration of the House any modified Hon. Gentleman had quoted was perfectly consistent with! the for the office of President of America, who bad inscribed if it is unjust to any portion,- if they have the spirit proposition, I reply at once that I am not prepared. explanation which he had given. He did not usually look over on his banners the motto, " Protection to nt itive indus- of Englishmen they ought never to submit quietly to The Hon. Gentleman says that my Right Hon. Friend the reports of his speeches, but it so happened that he looked try." Why, there is a party in America in larecisely the such a system. e lf 'you can apply generally, it can be of and myself' are using language different from that which this morning at the report of his speech in the papers—( Loud same situation as the manufactures eere.--:ar. mean the no advantage to anY ?ne• Then, I say, abendon this we used at a former period. We are not holding dale. laughter)—and owing to the late hour at vvhich he had spoken exporters of cotton. They receive no pro.% ction from system. It is unsound, and can no t b e d e f en d e d on any rout language. We said then, and we say now, that we de observationshoia: ha b had d been entirely omitted in the news industry." so much abridged that many mm those parties who affect the cry of" P ro t ec ti c ea to native Principle of sound 'policy. - Therefore it is I ask you to n o t contemp l ate any alteration in the corn-law.—(Hear,) P rt Paper reports. qualifications industry." There is precisely th e same di scos i t 2 u A me - give your decision against thi s pr i nc i p l e. Y ou may say hear.) The Noble Lord, the Member for the City of Mr. ELLICE had originally entertained no intention of ad rica, and precisely the same kind of agitatii en as that "We are strong in power —we have the const:tuencies London, whose absence on this occasion I regret— dressing the House, and he should not have done so had it not in England. Everybody must recollect the cotin•se wffiell with us."—(lronical cheers.) Yes, hut how long will (Laughter)—has declared his intention of not voting been for the allusion which had been made to was taken by the'South Carolinists when thciy threat'- you stand firmly .oo that pinnacle of power, if the against the proposal of the Honourable Gentle- him 'by the Right Honourable Gentleman.—( Hear, hear.) ened to pass an Act of nullification. This is thse case in t foundations of your. pedestal are placed in jeopardy? man. Now the Honourable Gentleman has very fairly There was no choice left him between supporting the present France. The wine-growers are the exporting producers, You must show that you .are on a just footing before called upon us to declare to night whether we are motion and voting for the continuanee of the existing corn-laws, and they require no system of protection for native in- y o n can hope to maintain your power. Now, I have for or against a total repeal of the corn-laws. Nothing and he should, therefore, support the motion. With regard to dustry. This is the secret which is at the bottom of the neve r ,heard the question argued how protection benefits can be fatrer than the course pursued by him. You silk duty, he would what the Right Hon. Gentleman had said on the su bj ect o f t h e .observe t b at it was not all for protection, i opposition which now exists to the corn-law. How do the fin u. er, the farm labourer, or any ot h er c l ass o f t h e cannot impute to him that he wants to catch ilk and that f they were to raise a revenu e by duties on imports, I you suppose you will put that opposition down? B y cominue • ity You tell me that you do this to benefit stray votes by an equivocal motion. The Noble it was better to raise it on an article of luxury like silk, jcalling names ? No. Show me that the corn-law is a the farmer and the farm-labourer, but my Hon. Friend Lord says distinctly that he is not prepared than on food, and the whole of the duty o n ilk ust law, and we will dissolve th e A n ti. Corn-law League; the Membee for Wolverhampton has as k e d you to s h ow for immediate repeal, being of opinion that agri• was only one-half the duty imposed upon feami. but, unless you can show that, do not deceive yourselves how it does thtet. Do you do so? No, you immediateiy culture is entitled to protection. On what ground does He had always, in discussing the question of the corn-laws, by supposing that such displays as those which have rise up and talk PS you always d o , i n t h e f u t ure t ense , h e withhold from his party the light of his countenance, and those other propositions which would most affect the work. been indulged in to-night—such childish displays and you tell us w lot effect the opposite system has m and the advantage of his efforts, against the proposition ing classes, said, begin with reducing the duty on the raw ma- I may call them—can ever effect the dissolu- injuring the farm er and the farm-labourer, but you do of the Hon. Member for 'Wolverhampton ? The Noble tonal, reduce the tax on food, enable the poor man to enter Lion of the League. You talk of protection not tell us how th a preeent system benefits them. But Lord said that he found himself in a position in which into competition with his rivals in foreign countrie;. He to native industry in all its branches. Now, I Ido ask the Righ t Hon. Baronet not to fly off into de- the Government had been, namely, in a very unenviable thought, considering the whole question, it would be absurd to will bring that question home to you, and I will ask tails—not I mean the mere expediency of this matter. one. At any rate we have not solved the difficulty by say the present corn-laws ee as d 'ou tn ld be permanent; could they, you to show me how you protect the tabourer of the The Hon. Membei s for Wolverhampton has brought the rurtning away. The Noble Lord says, that because we for , instance, be i h i e e e m en a t i e n e t t ai to com p etet ro wt t i r t opolis . ; would the country. I have told you before, and State it to you agai n , question fairly bef 'ore the House. This is a question, I maintain the existing corn-law, he cannot vote with us, ar t is ans more for their bread than in any other to sr n in E'puaryom g?onecHeiar, that you may depend upon it that these 'vague declar e . admit, which is no t sanctioned by the leading men on though he concurs with us in denouncing the proposi. hear.) This country formerly possessed exclusive advantages tions will not serve you in this House. I will have y ou this side of the Hi else. But it is the sole question of tion of the 'Hon. Gentleman. The Noble Lord has not regar di ng s t eam an d machinery, which no other countries en declare, and show, how you protect labour in thi s Loan_ controversy out of doors. The question out of d oors is always been so squeamish.—(Hear, hear.) Th e o th er j oyed ; but those advantages they possessed no longer, and it try. I will meet you on th e poor -l aw quest i on. I will t h e pr i nc i ple of pie etection or no protection; an t i when night the Noble Lord vindicated himself from voting with became therefore imperative on the Legislature to enable our not avoid that discussion although an attempt ha s b een a gentleman on t; als side of the House, possessing so those to whom he was opposed, by saying that he mechanists to compete with those of other countries. made to avoid it by the Ministry. You shall not avoid large a share of the public confidence as my Hon. Friend should never have carried the Reform Bill and various Mr. Y. BORTHWICK rose amid loud cries of ," Divide," it. It shall be brought befor e th e country; an m d th e the Member for Wdi verhapton, brings forward a Pre- other Bill s , if h e had not combined with th o se w i t h w h om, , and one or two exclamations of "T u r n him out ! ' He at. working classes of the country s h a ll t h oroug hl y under _ pos i t i on aga i nst pr etoction, 1 say the Right Hon- Baronet though generally opposed to them, he occasionally con- ! tempted to explain, amid great confusion, some aspersion s stand the gross imposture you put upon th em . N ow with will not be treatin g h.lm or the people of this country cured in approbation or di sa ppr o b a ti on o f a particular ' which had been cast upon him in the course of the deb a t e , regard to the revenue. It is said th a t w ith out a protec- f airly, unl e ss lie fairly met the argument b e b roug h t measure. Well, the Noble Lord does concur with us in The Hon. BRIGHT Member, then rose failed in obtaining a hearin g . hr. was received with loud cries tive duty on corn we cannot pay the taxation of the forward on this occasion. The Right Hon. the disapprobation of this particular measure, yet he cannot lof " Divide, divide," and mingled cheers and uproar. He country. I heard a remark fall from an Hon. Gentle- President of th e Board of T ra d e said that he make up his' mind to give that vote which his judement I said that he could assure the House that he did not intend to man sitting opposite to me, who spoke with as much would not argue the principle of protection, because it tells him is the proper one.—(li ear .) Th e Hon. 'Mem- I t a k e up many m i nutes o f t h e ir time. He f e lt t h at he would gravity as if he believed what he wa s sa yi ng was un- was recogn i sed by the Leg i s l ature of t hi s country. put ber for Gateshead, on the other hand, who is the advo- n o t b e performing his nine to those who had sent him to that 1 answerable—that unlees we maintained the corn-law we we come here to cr ntest that principle, and to call upon cate of a fixed duty, intends to vote with the lion. Gen- I House if he did not state the grounds upon which he w ou ld ' could not pay the taxation of the country. Why if weare to you to justify it. Is it not then sophistry . , to say the Homan (Mr. Villiers), who has done all he can to repu."l give his vote thatnight- _He w 3, s exeeedinglyglad that th e ni g ht had spoken upon this be taxed to pay the taxes of the corn-grower,who is to be least of it, to tell us ' that because the principle has been diate his company, and who tells him that his le scan- i Hon. Baronet question that night, for poke upon it he generally brought th e question taxed to pay the taxes of the manufacturer? I think it admitted we will no t argue it, unless we make an exceP- tion is as much directed against a fixed duty as against ' when he spoke compass than it - has been shown that you cannot protect the manufac- tion to the mode in . which the tax is laid on corn. But a sliding scale. I think the Hon. Member has just as i into t b e e n ar rower Right Hon. Gentleman op pose d was he h fore. Three years turer; and the Hon. Member for Dorsetshire, with great I say again, we rt . ject the principle, and call upon the little defence for giving his vote, as the Noble Lord ! a gfound that he did then, that tisellembnurpdoennsthne po s n am th e e candour, admitted that he does not pay more fur manu- Hon. Baronet to a bow how that principle benefits the has for stopping away. (Loud cheering.) Now landowners and farmers were a claim sp e cial a just claim to pro factures than the foreign mer c h an t p ays f or t h em, an d coun t r y at large. The Treasury Benches on the other the more I h ear thi s quest i on di scusse d , t h e more tection. On this occasion the Right Hon. Gentleman had therefore there was no protection for the manufacturer side have shown a 'disposition t o eva d e this question. convinced am I that it is infinitely better to maintain narrowed his ground, and had only addressed himself to the either in the home or in the foreign market. I heard an The Noble Lord, the Member for South Lancashire, , the present protection than to attempt to conciliate sup- poor-rates.—( Cries of "No, no.") He would not like to mis- Hon. Gentleman say that unless we have a high range of (Lord Stanley), wl tose great talents for debating no- 1 pert in favour of any slight modification.—(Cheers.) ! represent any Member of th a t H ouse, b ut certa i n l y t h e only prices it is impossible f o r u s t o mee t t h e nat i ona l b o d y denied, was sc sit to this House to defend the corn- The real, practical question, is betw e en the mainte- ' special burden to which the Hon. Gentleman had allud e d was taxatior. Does anybody suppose that the corn-laws laws. Now, I have never heard him open his mouth on nance of the existing law and the total a nd unqualified . that of the poor -rates. Now the Noble Lord, the Member for keep up anything but the price of corn? You would the subject of Prot& , tion, and I challenge him to justify repeal; and I cannot conceive of any p u blic a dvantage _L a aneashire, came from a county where the landowners and have high prices, yet have you not admitt e d th at manu _ this principle. I et. ellenge him to justify it to the ma- arising from the substitution of the Noble Lord's duty . tarrmicirs .were not so large a porti ti of the population as corn factures are sold cheaper here than in any other part of nufacturers of Pres ton and Blackburn, not to the foe the existing syst em . Ido believe that, for the bene ,iobele with other h classes as they wnedte if so, other counties. The I The the globe? And I want to know why you cannot pay minority who had p etitioned in favour of it, but to fit of the con sum i ng classes, the present system works ' t aNw k r n i o a w p l s e a d w e ar t e o , his colleague, e th w at u the P re r we a l: communicate ?' the taxes the same as the manufacturers? There is a the majority. who op . i . sosed it. I ask him to show upon better than a fixed duty of' Bs. a quarter could possibly such things as poor-rates in his county, and if the poor-rate were great and fundamental fallacy lying under this argument Public grounds, the j, Istice of this law. Ido not ask , do. I have never heard a better .argument in favour of aground for tax ing the community, to enable the land-owners —that protecting duties tend to the benefit of the him to engage in a pet ems' skirmish in this House. 11 a graduated duty in preference to a fixed one, than we to; pay their poor-rates, they were also a ground for taxing country. Protecting duties on corn, as has been ex- do not ask - him to engs v v upon that which he is so well I heard from the Noble Lord last nigh The Noble Lord -t. plained by the Noble Lord the Member for Sun- able to do—to engage nit a slashing debate upon personal ' goes quite as far as I do, in objections to the He would ask, where was the difference between the two cases? deriand tend to lower both wages and profits; and how topics. I ask hini:to sh 4 .w upon public grounds, the jos- removal of all protection. He asked last night what He would be glad if the Right Hon. Baronet, when he spike in the world, I ask, can it, ther e f ore , t ( a d to ti ce of the syst em o f' gotection. If the R ight n . could we reasonably expect from a sudd e n revo l ut i on, on t hi s quest i on, would b e a li tt l e more explicit. No one was I H o enable the country to bear the taxation? Thi s i s an B a ronet rises in hi s phis e in this House, to def . end the from a state of considerable Protection to one of f ree .. more capable of going into detail;, d eve: the most insignificant. argument, argument, let me rem i n d you, which applies not merely system, it will go forth to the country, a nd the pee-plc trade? The landlord and tenant would, said the Noble If the vpeots.dr-rtttes make 1 k to the farmer, f arms,seie i w that, when the manufacturers as against the agriculturalists— would see whether the argument of the lion. Member Lord, be in doubt as to the manner in which their capital the would In were lowest, rent was at se e ing highest. that is not the application of my argument. I contend for Wolverhampton wet i founded in reason and on facts, I could be profitably employed. lam afraid that a low fixed d P when th han , w e poor-rates were high, rent was low? that You are losing sight of the great body of the peopl e or whether the weig he of argument by which they were : duty would not remove the anxiety. The Noble Lord Let them cross the Tweed, and ask the farmer there why he when he House You come to use this argument about protection, going to vote is on us 0 'side. Ido appeal to t e i further stated, that the effect would be a diminution in the paid more rent than his neighbour on the other side. They I want to know how it will affect that great body of' net to go the vote um isl some argument has been given ! employment of' labour, and that there would be a much would be told that he had but little tithe and little . poor-rate to people who are neither manufacturers, farmers, nor to show the justice of 'Jour principle of protection, greater importation than would be consistent with the pay, and that the"difference went to the landlord ut tile shave THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 27, 1844. of rent. He remembered a speech delivered mor e thal),;, years ago by L or d Eld on , i n which he stated that it Wri t" sible for any t ax on agr i cu l ture to b e rem itted withal , 'Ty ing the difference into the pockets of the landowner' , ed k Right Hon. Baronet spoke of the capital inre e b ee ' t the soil. He granted it. But if be ni be as the capital of the landowner thus invested'_. st denied that this was a claim against the repeal of the ',w il d to the farmer, the complaint was that he did not invest pr e of capital in the land, and it was notorious that be w" - ' 8 1;131 Th h e aa beet vented from doing so by the operation of this law. Hon. Baronet spoke of farmers half a century old, who he cs oli brought up to look to this system of protection. But he tell him that there were men in the towns, manufacturers'tesit were quite as much en titl e d to protec ti on . One snor e e h r et ifisf on the speech of the Right Hon. Baronet. He sai d i found no f a ult w i t h the present corn-law—that tbelto opposed it as a violation of the principle of free /30004 It was satisfacto r y t o th em to hear the Right Hoe' i le , 0 state again what h e h a d s t ate d b e f ore, that the rin' F l 4, 0 4 bring before the H ouse are t rue ones , an d that he se willing to contest them. He believed that no man Who pired to the'character of a great statesman in this countrLrdeyduld long continue to allow that great principles were tree, 1 " .1 oppose their being carried into of flea e r e l , the had spoken, too, of the predictions of his lion. Fil let ir Member fur Stockport. lie believed that no ma e bet dulged in predictions than his Honourable Friel ' vieo they did predi c t i n 1849, 18 4 1 , an d 1842, rbld not be the price of provisi ons were re d uce d , t h e cou ntry eeu about raised from i:s state of depre ss i on . Th ere was a feet w t bst it this law that nothing but sophistry could get ever sto g it o was a law for m a ki ng f oo d scarce f or t h e purpose of fee dear. It was a l aw th at ra i se d rent, an d bad no e he iog raising wages, while it prevented the landlords &O bis coo s subject to the same competition. So strong oes • le, viction of th e m i sc hi e f o f th i s law, its insidious pr in lo the danger that aw a it e d th e country from it, if it should he toose visited by a suc cess i on o f b a d ha r ve s ts, that he Was. the it w toild overthrow the G overnment , as it h a d overthr to Government that p r e cee d e d hi m. H e did no t wish tbi o ! be repealed in a time of great excitement, or a ticne o r t ' t sr He wished that these who were sent there to rePr a ese a ltar whole comm u nity s h ou ld treat t hi s question as a oven and not one merely of the interests of a peculiar alai""' &obi, Colonel SIBTifORP rose , am id st l ou d cries of; u st IP He was surpris e d th a t t h e H on. G entleman w h o na',f or tr down should talk about c l ass legislation, when he 'o°' introduction o f s l ave l a b our produce. 0) 4 Mr. VILLIERS replied. He would not oeenPt.dgine the time of the Ho use , f or H on. G entlemen oppos ite uj s t ote him nothing to reply t o . N o answer h ad been g i ven to t"er. ments which he made with regard to the agricultural r o ot , debate had now concluded because the Right Hon• had spoken, a n d h e h a d h ear d t h at there was grea t fle"' e stb▪ al, even amongst his ow n supporters as to the c h ar acter et toP s?eech.—(" No, n a") The Right Hon. Gentlema n T o te° that if he mad e a broad and distinct & c u e! that he would resist the attacks of the Anti-Corn-l wh aw - up stn i i it would tend t o u n it e th e di v i s i ons of the party e so the a Right Hon. G en tl eman . H e would then hear nt, • , ) ," ad a ten hours' Bill or o f th e poor -l aws —(No, no ) rie - o slr mannerin which the conclusion of the Right 1 105 ' man's speech was r e c e i ve d h e conc l u d ed that w h a t he t aa b l o x is( perfectly satisfacto r y t o th em. — (Ch eers.) But in t ioli t i 18,39 the Right Hon. G en tl eman ma d e a speech of character, characterised by levity, and an utter disres o• r the privations of the poor—(Oh, oh)—at least 0 5' 0 01 allusion to the condition of the poor. But Hon. Gev should recollect what had taken place between 1844, and th e y s h ou ld ta k e care l es t .0 happened during this time should not occur .1305 The Right Hon.Gen . leman, the Vice-President of t" - he l . t . , , of Trade, had offered a sort of reproof to him, because. occupied some time in reading extracts from newsPaP e l; a t thu s he had done was strietly in point. He maintained tilos, who opposed free trade were bound to show that they he srtw i adequate supply for the wants of the people; and b e As e O . l extracts to show that under the present system that be Lb hope of an adequate supply. Now what was it whie",,,l e fet a brought before the House. He had shown that the Pe.. e r to "'' suffering great privations, because they had not see e 4 thee; first necessaries of lire. He had reminded them tot e ,e 0 pulation was increasing at an enormous rate, that, if t'g r itb e was correct, it had i ncrease d b y two m i ll i ons , s i n ce he ) 0 8 i ..4 gag to discuss the question.—( Cries of " ()nest le "' old :0 might attempt to g e t r id o f hi s statements, but tbeq: e y procure contempt an d d etestat i on for themse l ves . only get contempt for their maudlin professions. of , night had been occ up i e d i n talking about the suffertt p . Ord' people, but wh en th e i r own i nterests were at stake, Die Pres tlement scouted discussion. He bad asked them for t : stto tification of the policy of stopping trade in food, be fie them to show why that policy was continnee'd s e t; been visited that snornin s by a working man, %du: l , h ! t he I .d e e to him the sufferings which he had endured &rats Ohs of bad harvests ; and he expressed but little hope - „ t be - with the present system of protection. What me" resod, reflections on readi ng th a t d e b ate h e cou ld not say Strangers were then ordered to withdraw. On our mission to the gall er y we un d erstood t h at M r . e e e d oa withdrawn his amen d ment , an d t h at the H ouse dirt c original motion, when the numbers were, 12 4 For the motion .................................. Against it .................... ......... the Majority against the motion •••••• , sad The other order s of the day were then disposed • 0 " House adjourned at a Quarter to Two o'Clock. TO THE EDITOR /OF THE Srl iV 01: SIR,—I beg to be a ll owe d to correc t a mista k e ference to a case of " Suspected Child Murder, /00 appeared in your journal of yesterday evening',, made to say that "the child had been born ali re i . o " r, feG though the ca se i s one o f a most ser i ous charse L ,,w ro tic s in the entire a b sence ( tor the present) of corro% 55 or confirmatory post mort em proofs of the mother at jo' pected guilt, I should consider it an act of gL e a tics l justice to the p oor creature to vo l unteer so cion o and damnatory an o pi n i on .—l h ave t h e honou r main, Sir, your most obedient servant, n . GEORGE A. `VA S 11, St. James's place, Thursday. OPENING LETTERS AT T $ 6 — l-16 POST-OFFICE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SO' •ce Stn,—The expose of the l et t er open i n g prectinto London has caused great alarm throughout the ° II I re' I have no do u bt ; a t a ll events i n t h at p a rt wh ere igter i side, I assure you, Si r , t h ere i s a f ear o f sending having to pass through the General Post-officeo_„ to wonder that there should be—the recent disclos;so) enough to alarm any one. We boast of an Eogl isi ?, house being his castle, and, with all this boast, l', l o .heo vale and confidential communications are not st o ,,in° passing to their destinations ! Many p e ople ent er ; the notion that the Government have a desire to PP 9 b - r oso' people. I hope not, but such impression is realli4,oolll A question oug ht t o be put to the Duke of IV elm let ter J Sir Robert P ee l, or Sir J. Graham, whether th e w oe' opening system ex t en d s i nto t h e prov i n ces? T h spread alarm is daily increasing. June 25, 1844. 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They think it necessary to add, that bY a " strictly to the instructions given with each bottleritbou" numerous persons have succeeded equally we ll ' ri d I' l° ' coming to them.—Address Ross and Sons, 119:00et!A' Bishopsgate-street,the celebrated Perruquier s, r a ttend Hair-cutters, and Hair-dyers.—N.R. Fami lies at their own residences, whatever the distance. forteei; THE WEATHER.—After some thirteen °,,r , ss re fl e a weeks' drought (excepting a fewshowers last weel'lLd sn'" yesterday visited by a heavy rain, which cowm en- to P 9 o'clock, A.m., and still continued hn we went - Ac ker with every appearance of its continuance.—Ca mbridge iser of this day. ssi to ° it , SIX POUNDS of TEA, and up war d s, sen t, carrite t ff j ; part of the Kingdom, at the Wh o l esale Pr i ce , on rec tauce, or Post-office order. 40. Bd '' Black, 2s. Bd., 35., 3s. 4d., 3s. Bd., 45., 4s. 4d. , 7 9 . Green, 3s. 4d., 3s. Bd., 4 5. , 4s. 4d., 5 5 ., ss. 4d. 6s ", od., 2s ' CA" • Coffee, 9d,. Is. Is. 2d., I s. 4d ,Is 6d., Is. Bd '' 2, 7°u ts° G. T. ISIANSELL and CO., .Wholesale. Tea Deid er i o res.?' LERSBURY, CHEAPSIDE. A genc i es w ill be gird parties BIRTHS. On the 24th inst., a t D a t c h e t, the wife of t he Iligb t Henry Labouchere, Mdaughter. m olt , On the 22d inst., at Warwick-road, Uppe r cra nci l W. Turner, of a son. On the 22d inst., at Sp r i ng -pl ace , Hackney, 3tri‘ loti of Lovell, of a son. re, the On the 23d inst., at B ur t on A gnes , Yorkshi ,sder Henry Boynton, E sq ., o f a son an d h e ir. W. 0 On the 25th inst., i n Woburn-square, Mrs' don, of a daughter. 1' ARRIED. On the 22d inst., at t M he Chapel of the Britiabkve°379ll7 Paris, Frederick Janvrin, eldest son of Fred eri „ c hiaai 1" Esq., of York-place, Portman-square, to daughter oft he late Thomas De Lisle, Esq., 0 .: On the 21st inst., at Pilton, Barnstaple , J° gent, Esq., of Clonlost, Westmeath, Captain ,' t , sir Guards, to Anne, youngest daughter of the ' a •on Will o Robison, of Edinbingh. to At Brockley Church, Somersetshire , th e n — e - v onsh ir p e. Wellington, 8.A., Rector of Upton Heliona , „). O tt, Florence, second daughter of John Hugh Smyth rig of Brockley Hall, Somerset. DIED. c• FA • bid n March last, at Moulmein, East Indies , Captal° L. Coxe, of her Majesty's 84th Regiment. a b Viii . On the 18th inst., at Beaumont-street, Oxford, J°sl - Randall, Esq. • itio urfi ll '''. On the 20th inst., at Maidenhead, Mary, onlY,s ~ i daughter of the late John Lee, Esq., of Woolley Lodge. the On the 23d inst., at Dover, Harriet Lucy, daughter of H. Taylor, Esq. u 10 4 ' re , On the 23d inst., at 'Uphill Lodge, Somer9ets`i Knyfton, relict of T. Knvfton, Esq. ,-, wriatilc- t On the 24th inst., at Kensington Gore, Mr. C. " -- t o JP - In London, Lady Catherine Bernard, relict of Colonel Bernard, of Castle Bernard, Ireland. a F A' On the 15th inst., at Ludlow, Richard Wakeflel t el surgeon, of that place. On the 18th inst., at Aberdeen, Mr. John Esdaile, sll James Esdaile, Esq , of Upper Bedford-place. ~• Sile p .. 0 : On the 19th inst., at Chester-terrace, Eaton-gin-I.4st: Jane, the wife of G. B. Tattersall, Esq., of her .b ,,, Ceylon Rifle Regiment. an Fran ce* On the 20th inst., at Earl's-gift, Tyrone. G eorge the fifth daughter of the Hon. and Rev. Charles D ou g1,..p , 0 . e ter On the 21st inst., John Peter, eldest surviving son of i• Grant, Es q., of Acton. n re ill. On the 21st inst., Caroline, the wife of the Rev. •I'' it berton, Vicar of' Wandsworth, ' Surrey. '' g 94 On the 92d inst., at Trenodden , Richard Doid_cp magistrate for the county of Cornwall. O the 23d inst., at B, Mr. Frank -li ge:o On the 234 lust , at Aberdeen-place,erwick-on-Tweed Maida-hill, ‘" Foley Hodgkinson, Esq., aged 36. Vitle' Od the 234 inst., Hannah, the wife of Mr. Willisol of Tulse-hill, Brixton. a 0 London : Printod and Published by MURDO. c o . No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Ofi,:e,,,,funty Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in th Middlesex. Thursday, June 27, 1844. yr ~A~ b Banda, Etitii, 1 0 — the Inl Add tc kern telt s . l To b, selv es Arise s ; hail I 14 . we 444 Ui 11 $efu licoct Rd! Fa ~,ii Brisk bla Very bl a rivie Fi ne Choir Very So floo Fins Hy Tin