The Sun. — London, England, 1845-03-20 00:00:00

9 fO ril ter t it 9bi ec. . sob mf e oce e 01 ' 5 be ha i 1•11e r " liodati to t in °'l'r. t all " the " nvar';r.s ) et War n . , at 4'5 COO - at lit ' td °e for I t ; esr ,Atl f [e lf o ~oitollls 0 0 0 to list the s io i at eu 00 .- it r•fr ee th o' Pre' et a red _ . --•_. -- — - . _.--- i ng ' , cud rate of dety, because sheep farmers, possess- I will do everything which I can for them ; but, can it he ie thousandseeu of sheep in the falls of Westmorland and supposed by any person who has two ideas in his heal, dut,tictland, w seld derive a vast benefit from such a re- 1 that a farmer—a farmer who is entirely among his s ome , fl i for it was by no means uncommon to expend i turnip-field, his elieep, and his barns, can have a com ehase Iwo, three, or it might be 400/. a year in the pur- ' preheusive view of what is proper to be done for the rt°f grease for what they called " serving sheep." forcounty ?—(Tremendous laughter.) A M person writes co re a few words from Mr. EWART and Mr. DAREY, up me, and says, • Vote for Mr. iles.' I reply, re C. VILLIERS could not, in this case, join in the • I won't vote fur Mr. Miles.'—(Renewed laughter.) ioctuhrcern,.endation of ' the ' :boti. Member for ' dockermouth Let me tell such persons that I . will . nut vote for any that thrlol,Member for Essex, for he certainly thought man or any measure at their dictation. —(Hear, hear.) . the d RMember had as good a right to object to I have been in the House ever since 1841, aed I consider le ek () ,4 11 g away with the duty on grease as any other that I have done my duty.—(Hear, hear.) I am not They had had, in that discussion, a speakine to you, gentlemen—l am addressing my con i)iit4?tisler-nillbri'srt.ration of the working of the protective stituents.—(Laughter.) I have done my duty- T I say re e i ° : --- (Hear, hear.) An Hon. Member came forward honestly, conscientiously, and to the best of livability ; and s eot Old that they were protecting one country against when my constituents find fault with me, or discover a ime,renerr•—(Laugliter.) That meant, certainly, that they person of greater taleet—as they easily may—who will (La ne ] " b bing the one country to assist the other— do their business better than myself, I shall be happy to er ee i , lt ,er)—but each would willingly end the quarrel, resign the representation into their hands—(Hear, hear) Public_ Peels might with impunity rob the general —but never, as long as I hold a seat in this House, will ree e — (Laugliter.) The lion. Member fur Cocker- Ibe dictated to by the Protection Society in Bond street, etre,Lwiehed that grease should be imported at a lower or by any agricultural society in the country.--(Hear, e ti ? rbecause he wished it far sheep in Westmorland. hear.) Now, let us analyse that Bond-street Protection er sas , h e Hon. Member for Essex dal not wish to see Society.—(Haar and laughter.) There are a number of (N.': Imported at a Oland duty, for he had it to sell— country gentlemen. in that society, several members th ee "nncel laughter) thus it was that the man of of Parliament, and many noblemen and men of the 11 0 , 1 : recommended the man of grease not to divide the highest station and rank in the country. They issue ea ntri e t ; ,Ile thought th' %hole system a robbery on the their mandates to the minor societies.—(" Hear, hear," hik e n 'tYr but Hon. Members might, as they pleased, from the Opposition benches.) Here is my Lord Duke After sense or nonsense of the House upon the subject. pulling the strings behind the scenes ; and all these ii: a few words from Sir W. JAMES, little g o es are go t u p t o p erson ate agricultural represen- Ile ne A CLIONBY had no objection to Hon. Members tatives.—(Great laughter.) It strikes Inc that these tie e 'Per'se. so long as they did not impugn the repute gentlemen are something like Polyphemus, they have th e °,endividuals. He had a character to maintain with but one eye in their head—they can see nothing bat a th e Public, who might misunderstand what the Hon. turnip field.—(Hear, hear, and burets of laughter.) kee e er for Wolverhampton had said of him in a jocular What I mean is, they can see nothing in the world but k ern `' and he, therefore, was anxious to correct the Bon. their single interest."—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) The e f it her in t h e interpretation of what ho had said. The Hon. and Gall a nt M e mber concluded by stating that he to v• for Wolverhampton had evidently miscon- should support the proposal under the consideration of see ev erything he had said, or he could not have the House. i iis l l n into the error of supposing that he had an interest Lord A. LENNOX said. he would not have risen but te le :l ), or that he wanted grease for sheep. He had for the extraordinary speech which had just been deli ti e 843 anything which could lead to such a supposi- vered. He could not suppose that His Hon. and Gallant 1: 4 ;nor had he, in the slightest degree, advocated the Friend had meant to insiilt those who had returned him tie e c 't of the agrieulturist. He dependel a good deal to Parliament, but lie did not think the Sussex farmers h e e l ? "nd, but, nevertheless, since the first time he had were likely to elect him again as their representative.— le ill 4 seat in that House, he had always voted with the (Hear, hear.) jie Member on his motion fur a repeal of the corn-laws. Mr. WARD said, as one who was himself connected ir- B RAMSTON withdrew his motion. with land, he felt that it is as a degradation of that inte le r • C OBDEN, however, wished to take a division on rest that the time of the House should be taken up by te lie s e ' as, however, not supported, and the motion was discussing these miserable little monopolies.—(Hear.)— ' ids aie Te °- He had presented their petitions, but always said he O n e , e s tein was then agreed to. would not support them. lie had never curried favour te le en' , item being put for the admission of raw and with his constituents. The Hon. Baronet the Member eu hid a a ser , es at are uceduty, for Essex had twitted him with deserting the landed in kebgeant MURIeIiY said he had been requested by a terest ; it was true lie belonged to that interest—what oppos er of t anners, who carr i e d on b u sin e ss in Cork, to littl e h e h a d was b oun d u p i n it. B u t h e b e li eve d th a t tei e ; this reduction, b eca use it would give the fo- the course which that interest was now pursuing was wo; i f e er an advantage over the British manufacturer. It not calculated to benefit them at all. lie could not but tesl ie - , °lll Y put one-sixteenth of a halfpenny into the express his contempt—he meant in a Parliamentary N e e' of the English tanner, while they gave the fo- sense—(Laughter)—of those who were upholding this kV' the difference of the whole twopence, the course—who name forward with these beggarly Inca kW" amount of duty to be imposed on these sures instead of boldly advocating those which were kal e e s• There were peculiar circumstances affecting the large and comprehensive in their nature. If he held the tie of this countrywhich rendered it advisable that views of Hon. Gentlemen opposite, ho would vote to qtltieeduction should be postponed for the present. Most morrow for the repeal of the Corn Bill and the Canada eeith British manufacturers imported hides largely from Corn Bill. The course which those Honourable Ile ne America and the district of the River Plate ; and Gentlemen were pursuing was throwing eternal disgrace l ' e ld j i "i ° the present disputes between Buenos Ayres upon their party. They opposed the introduction of l -tit° Video, they were compelled to pay an addi• lard, simply because there was one country which could Ikat ed e 'cPense of 30 per cent. upon all articles they im- produce it better and cheaper than any other country in ttie Then, again, the American tanner had an ad- the world. That was one reason why they should go 4 111 ge Of being able to get bark almost for nothing, or, there ; and he believed that the peasantry , would be tre e events, much cheaper than the British manufisc- greatly benefited by the repeal of this duty, and he, RN Pic e ls:h_ile , in . Belgium . the tanner's labour was about half therefore, gave his cordial support to the Government. New: what it was in England or Ireland. lie should, Sir JOHN TYRRELL said the Hon, Gentlemen le r "e, move that the item be postponed. who had just sat down had made two vituperative N,*; GLADsToNE had heard a simMer statement speeches against the agriculturists. He had only fol ditipt,'„,.'n 18 43, when the whole question relating to the lowed the example of the lion. Member for Northainp !tte-'4.3„ in the district of the River Plate ton, who had imputed to that interest the basest and ''til ' 11 "Y discussed, and, he believed, satisfac- most beggarly motives. He (Sir J. Tyrrell) had thought tee Y th settled. He thought it was advisable to that it was understood at the beginutng of the evening 441 1 el e "Perinient of admitting a .great number of that they were not to discuss principles, but confine 111e,,,, e .5r these being simply articles of raw materials, or themselves to details, yet, notwithstanding, this, Member ~,511"ti , ,,1 8, ,in the first stage of manufacture, into this after Member had indulged in eitupereilee letignege ; :gr, s - '"ree of duty, and the question now to be con and he did not, therefoie„ feel that he was justified in 1 1 4 ief i w,as, whether ' this particular article was one remaining silent. The Hon. Member for Susses had ollee, tll '.ght be safely freed. Now, for his part, he made a speech whieh was very amusing. ite t Sir John Pith, lt was, and he would tell them why. The Tyrrell) had partaken very largely in that amusement. es i ee e rein of the tanning trade was predicted when fie thought he had seen the Hen. Member occupying a ‘°tlltletuuction was made in the duty in 1842. Previous very conspicuous place at the Freeneaeorie 'reveen, and 14th t hne the duties varied from Gd. to is. OP., and it he thought that there was some little inconsistency in 'tee „en reduced in some instances to 10d. What had the course which the Hon. Gentlemse lied midopted, but te til 'he . ie l e ffeet of tills change ? Why, in the first year, he did not think that inconsistency was confined to the Oths t , re 5 5,0001b5. of tanned leather brought into this other side of the House. In researches which he had :30,"1nd in the second year the 55,0001b5. had fallen latel made he found that the Hon, Member for \Vol t f,7 o ) bs•—(Hear, hear.) This proved clearly that verhampton (Mr. Villiers), who dealt so largely in ii.aise 'gners could not stand their ground in the accusing the landed interest of participating pi to Illarket. But the advantage which resulted to in public plunder—to his very great surprise, he le if elitl e tillt , r Y from the reduction of 1842, was more ma- found that the Hon. Member was in the possession of a ''Phile e 'flown in the returns of the importation of situation in that sink of iniquity, the Court of Chan 1t l e • - e 's. Since the Act of 1842, the importation of eery, and blest with the _possession of a jape salary. ilee te ", ° : 3 had increased by 200,000 cwts., while the Now that situation must be a sinecure, seeing that the 1 ,1 ,0 0011" 011 of tanned leather had only increased . by Hon. Member's . time must be almost wholly occupied e eete e se or about 15,000 cwts. Under these circum- by the Anti-Corn-law Leage. Now why did not the 7tim - ' u , did not think there was any ground for the Hon. Member apply his free-trade principles there ? of big 2' the Hon, and Learned Member. No doubt that office could be performed for 500/ a year, Zile, `IO.LIONBY bad also been requested by some instead of 1,0001. ; and under these circumstances he e 'gthe l ecn tstituents to oppose this item ; but after the must say that the Hon. Gentleman's principles and prac- N ,114,, e4. the lion. and Learned Member for Cork, he tice were much opposed, Ile (Sir .I. Tyrrell) had no 4m 'ett, 'l7fraiii from going into any lengthened state- hesitation in saying, with respect to use protection etli e - l a e begged, however, to remind the Committee societies that they were a great libel on a Conserve ielltst„..`e2evernment. that this was not an article in the five Administration. He thought that the Right sam.t e e','„ of manufacture, but it was an article which Honourable Baronet would derive much advert ee.rn ell intents and Purpoees, considered by the Bri- tage from the study of some speeches of the k . Bl rll 44llf tetUrer in a finished state. Hon. Member for Stockport, for he would there find that 1 - ' I %EL was confident, from what h e h a d gleaned the object of that Hon. Gentleman, and those with whom It tii '' deputation which had come up from Liverpool to he was connected, was to displace some of the ornaments I kti kr,, lll3 him 41 1 ' respecting' this subject, that the British of that House, and to bring in, for instance, the Brights I,4l`se t e t erer bad an infiniteadvantageeeer the foreigner. and Cobdens, and to displace the Egertons—that was kel e : eXanalised the two qualities of leather, and this the prospect which the agricultural interest had to look Meq,t.....t 1 up every doubt he might h a ve had upon the forward to. He would be glad to hear the principles of erl kelear, hear,) Since the year 1841, burdens protection fairly and boldly discussed. ei tt, p ress ~ .i le a et . ` s ea upon the +Armee had been removed to the Mr. VILLIERS inquired msiay the Hon. Gentleman k i N v . 00000/ , an d he could not understand what did not do so. The Hon. Gentleman had already made it was said they removed two speeches that night, but not one word had been said e e Pr e e. e "ad to complain of. eN, ilar, k etive duties of the manufacturer, but never in justification of protection, and what was the charge ,it ,, n 0 „),,,, , , 0,./ 1 : which . bore upon agriculture. Now this he had brought against him (Mr. Villiers)? He (Mr. 4 15 " .. _! r they did not propose to do awry with the Villiers) had never imputed base motives to any one— It o etl e , t 4 rte to benefit the tanner.—(Hear, and cheers.) he had merely stated what was the effect of the law -1 ' s *)/ nt ages the tanners had had was not less than end it was no answer to him to bring the charge trp • I T h ti - tt nn tie hoped the House would not think they which the Honourable Gentleman bad that night . made e e iee - e i tng the home manufacturer of leather to cons • when he said that he (Mr. Villiers) held a place in the ii:le ",' they allowed the free importation of that Court of Chancery. The Hon. Gentleman said that l e tt;e o • 4 e was sure the tanning trade were perfectly place was a sinecure, It was not. Was not a man vtiT,P4 liar ....competition with any country. worthy of his hire? If it was net a sinecure, why could eiltee p i'vvlCK believed that the fear of competition he not hold it ? It was no sinecure ; he was paid for his Va_ b4 C; a tittr Y , and was surprised to hear the advocates work. He did it ; and he told the Hon. Gentleman . that teeeett, r ,e'e asking for protection upon such an article the Hon. Gentleman was paid for work ho did not do.- 4 t Ztu - ,,",, For himself, he should always vote for the (Laughter.) lie came to that House to get paid. ki;iti tg anY protective duty. He believed the tan- The landed interest passed a law to swell their rent-rolls; Yeti e ; 3 country were perfectly able to compete with and in this opinion he was supported by the highest kimm, - ;rir in the world. Every facility given to authorities. That law was to provide settlements and . IN Y an a with all nations extended Commerce, maintenance for younger children, Now, what did they t tp : : /1 1 1,1 e nded with universal good. do in return for that? If they did anything, let them .. ‘let' v ",:RlNG could see no necessity for continuing show it. He (Mr. Villiers) did something in return l t.e/ i .e ee t enity on tanned leather. for his office, and he would venture to say that it could Sp,kll( t {. 4l) HY would not press the subject after what not be done for less than was paid. lie wanted to know tytiltve- f rom the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of what the landed interest had done? They benefited ittl tt r Ztent and the Noble Lord the Member for their property without working, If they were to be.cle lhpv* Gke, prived of that property, he would pity their condition. kiki 1 *,111, 1 7,4 1 % 1 1 then ordered strangers to withdraw, He would recontmeed the Hon. Member for Essex not el s. ? la u ee elr. Sergeant Murphy left the House amid to deal in personalities, for it could never be looked upon S te. Ver. as answering the public in favour of the present corn-law. $ l'lly supportßY said if a division took place he should Mr. S. O'BRIEN said that the object of Hon. Gentle kittNe the proposition of the Government. men opposite was to got every thing cheap ; but the t t ii:.ll were then ordered to withdraw and the Com- question of cheapness was not the only question which s'4", e e ds when there appeared— they had to consider. There were many other conside -4 t he remission of the duty ~. gelnst it. lekt tit ro Majority —46 made at coercion in any society to which he belonged he p t e e , Notion of the Government for the remission would resist it at once He could not but regret the )4,4 1 was consequently curl( d. personal turn which the discussion ha 1 taken. leit.(sednaieeion into the gallery, we found Mr, COBDEN said the Hon, eenth - cinan had laid Nikki JAN on his legs, moving that lard be omit- down the principles of the free traders as that of olseap tte th e eu e list of articles upon which it was proposed ness. He (Mr. Cebden) would venture to correct the ‘ltt 4 rte e st 'mes duties should be repealed. Every Eng- phraseology of the Hon. Gentleman. The free-traders Yve.ertwas interested in the question; and especially desired to obtain the greatest possible abundance of all Vrltit"; leas peasant and small farmer affected by the those articles which were eesential to the comfort of mars. ke e ki k i l e t tlt propesal Although the duty of 2s. per if by cheapnees the Hon. Gentleman meant abundance, h - 'r a " z !PPear small,. to persons of small weans the then the) were perfectly agreed. Now, if the object of' t o se, es aim k t e te tk port ant. The loss of a protection of 2e. the free-traders wee to obtain abnadanee, then that of i i . l.t leie. "c home producer, would be a serious one the Hon. Gentleman opposite must be to produce 'kei t G. at r classes 1 0 -zap 11 / : scarcity.—(No, no.) Then what was it ? Dearness h Le e i , ' i did not think that any case had been and scarcity were the same thing. Was not the iniquity 4 4, Etb, 1 r ejecting the Government proposal. This of the present system apparent when those who advo ii i k e t i l of a V,ele of - great importance to the manufac rated it - did not - dare to face their own principles? A : v 114{fult! country. A new application of this change, however, was coming over Hon. Gentlemen op. i'k ice "een discovered which rendered the posite. Agr ater change had come over them within the i 4 e, itt q en Pitertieularly desirable. By the exhaus- last two months than had previously taken place in two 11 1 1/ Y o i. r °l l l lard it would be of great utility th e th r. years. This was shown by the , exhibition which th . e ek ti ti eee eri e finer branches of machinery. Looking Hon. Baronet the Member for Essex had indulged in eie ° N u "cc of the last two years, he was convinced that night. It must be a bad case indeed which te 41 14 r Y would be inflicted upon any class of the required personalities for its support.—(Hear, hear.) ki!.-- / ii, i f the House sanctioned the proposed The Hon. Member for Lancashire could, no doubt, sit in P. ,it .`qle ti ar hear.) that House as long as he liked, for he was one of the m e t 'ltte 4 E'ne n S,ON supported the Government proposal. most consistent of his party, and one of that Hon. Mein ti7telniei r ' o ATE said the people of the United bees arguments was, that lard was necessary for time use ~r e De Lh e i r ated th at t h ey wou ld b e a bl e t o ma k e lard of' the manufacturers of Lancashire, and that, therefore, t e th s ee er l'aPle ca mmo di t i es. I t was i m p oss ibl e th a t English manufactured lard should be protected. But h e e t hey Uni ted s of this country could compete with those (Mr. Cobden) begged to say that those manufacturers !i 5 l O r 'ere k t ates, when the latter had such facilities did not consume lard, because they were paid well lePtc et t !el ne ee n ,,,own to have for the production of hogs. enough to enable them to use butter; but it was the tekti e leg ei'''Thi-lAM said he could not refrain from farmer and agricultural labourers who, from their low O t ; le e : sentiments on the question before the rate of wages, could not afford to use butter, were corn- IN)), likonsielered the manufacturing representa • gelled to buy lard.—(Hear, hear.) Well, now, he would 1,: s ° lak e ° jacks in the box, presenting themselves aslc, was it not deplorable to think that lion. Members, ei 4, l4 'es ee st t °f the country.—(Laughter.) Although em s tee ativ e who were so anxious for the welfare of the farmers, :r t ,`•?, n ot of an agricultural constituency, Vile e go with the ultra party—(Hear)— or who professed to be such, would not allow ke, eons.hecenratiantly forcing themselves on the notice ti; kt;, atia kS ir this article to come into the country at a cheap rate ?—(Hear, hear.) lint many of those agricultural Otee_aeoeet l 's it ,Y.—(llear, hear.) When the Right Members opposite who were such advocates for protee- R. Peel) brought forward these , 0 1 ii ° ala i ver y great measuree they were—ana tion, had not said a word upon this subject, but left the defence of it to be carried on by the Hon. Member for e s • NI te of ° a e _ Interest would he believed, profit by E ssex i n titio,;l ii i, 4 _ l a every other interest in this country— personalities.—(Cheers) Now, suppose he (Mr. Cobden) was to go down to Lancashire to-morrow, se t t 4 4, 4 4 t iket"tt Friends said to him, at the conclusion what would the constituents say to him of those Hon. Iv e i e lvh et e° n• Baronet's speech, "We are all in el e . ireere,,ts there for us?" His immediate reply Members who would not let them have cheap lard while t tl h ttei e a e t - t " ' ln nothing for you."—(G mat laugh- they could not afford butter ?—(hear, hear.) Why they would stare at him with astonishment, and ask him l l 4 t I le 1,„ e tell you " (continued the lio- could such be the fact.—(Laughter.) But to be serious, i h te: i t h e 4 4 1 itlee -- p a ' r Q i r i , with almost dramatic action), he we uld say to the alvocates of protection opposite that 'I D u b es site ar il", you have at thi,s time three whether they gained nothing- or whether they gained tat C oee ee lie___, l e ng. You have the Conciliation hum- 10,000/. individually a year by it, they should not sup- Meek " t. gaede"aer)—th e Anti-Corn-law League O garden Th eta , 13 t a Protective dui on this article of universal con e.*. heinous i n re, and the I roh -Pudor House s'u o ne r ptio . n.— . (Hear, hear.) to hi _ o to in Bond -street.—(Great laughter.) I Mr. DARBY was sorry that this subject had created w it q ~ . ,Y constituents 4 th: 4„,i-sltior, of and to the country-:-I . am such a prolonged discussion, and he begged to assure self-defence—l have been driven the Hon. Member for Stockport, that Hon. Members on tl i kl ' i - ,, p 4 ht e n i t th'3 sword is drawn.—(The remainder his side of the House had just as much to complain of— keit Br havee ,way lost amidst roars of laughter.)— with regard to the language that had been used,--. te l ",Y e s t e all this protection society, the members Of (Hear, hear.) As far as he (Mr. Cobden) was con voi,:!tre,tie th e i r d "? l eelen and Members of Parliament. cerned, he would say, that upon any occasion when cte kr _ ar i d te letates to the minor associations in the subjects of this sort were brought forward, he th:ti k iZt lie er u t ese minor associations take, I contend, a would vote upon them as he conceived his duty e tl ,e r i e r , ) / d uPon themselves with respect to us.— e i L k , 'the se' .° not bait one inch of my adherence to called upon him to do.—(Hear, hear.) He begized to , j 4 tul, - Intere l 1 at iee Iner t ea. _ 4 1 but I never will be one of these remind the Hon. Member for Stockport of the principle laid down by Mr. Huskisson, which was to this effect, tt s 'N e t._'e of art u° lll I have described. Let me take as applied to the article of lard, that he (Mr. Husk's -gt re eceie„, agricultural society —(Hear, hear.) s Pect " a letter . " ' • f ur tn.. c from one. Now I entertain .Y county and try constituents, and I f •n this coun cshorei)awasd, anxious that the working people should have produced event menu acturers 1 y i Abut tr in order to p these manufacturers 1)611 "" s THE S C_Ns_LONDON, RSDA EVENING MARCH 20, 1845. • damaged, he would prevent the i 'vinortation of the forts,' gn I:rtiel., by a protecting duty. The . Member then contended that injury hal been done to the "' I V' of this country by the removal of the duty on raw el i d es and hark, and that the same results would 101 l OW' ;the present propo-ition. Sir R. PEEL said lie could not help .7tpr ..issing his regret that the discussion he had been list enir .g to had arisen on this subject, although no doubt a. ,large and not unnecessary amount of interest was attada. ed to it. But he could not help saying that some Hon. ;.Members opposite him, had done injustice to lion. Members be hind him.—(llear, hear.) Let him here obse rye, that a great deal of forbearance had been exhibited by Hon. Members on his side of the House, while going through the tariff the other night, until the y came to the item of cotton ; but the mome ut the removal of the duty on that article came to l w dis cused, although it was then one o'clock in the m it was suggested that this was an item of so roue it im portance that it should be postponed; and he (. Sir R. Peel) should say that that was so reasonable a p..opo sitiou that he at once assented to it, in order that p tblic attention might be called to it.—(dear, hear.) Il ow ever, that had been now set at rest, and he had no doiriot but that its operation would be found effectual.—(Hear.) And now he would come to this item of lard; in regard to this he would say his impression was, that very great benefits to the people of this country would follow the removal of the duty on this article. Some observations had been made against such a proposition; but he felt so convinced of its ultimate utility that he had deemed it right to propose its removal, particularly when he re coLected the great advantage that would follow the measure, to the manufacturing portion of the commu nity.—(Hear, hear.) On these grounds he hoped Hon. Members at his side of the House would not persevere in their opposition, while, at the same time, he could not sit down without congratulating lion. Members opposite on their having so well avoided the use of personalities. Lord J. RUSSELL had heard some objections raised to this discussion ; but he should say that, to him at least, nothing appeared more reasonable than that dis cussion should have arisen. —(Hear.) For his own part he would say, that with regard to this, as well as many other articles, he thought the House and' the country were in a most unsatisfactory state as to the information they ought to have on them.---(Flear.) He did not think the Government had given anything like satisfactory reasons for those alterations.—(Hear, hear.) Surely if it was expedient for the benefit of the country to remove the duty on this article of agricultural produce, why would it not be equally b: neficial to the country to have the duty removed upon all other articles of agricultural pi oduce?—(Hear, hear.) Surely the Right Hon. Baronet opposite could explain why and how this distinction between the removal and the upholding of certain protective duties was made, and prove to thecountry that it was for their benefit one class ofartieles were admitted free, while others were prohibited by a duty.—(hear, hear,) There were Tritilly honour able Membrrs opposite who held out for protection, and if they did, let them be consistent, and stoutly maintain it all through—(Hear, hear)—not with regard to the small or trifling article of lard meroly, fait to any article hitherto subjected to such prohibition—(Hear) —let them say, , f this is our position, and be it good or bad, we will stand to the last,"—(bear.) Let theta not be doing things inch by inch in this way, and advocating protection in theory.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. GLADSTONE—WI:Weyer might have been the advice of the Noble je ) cd had just sat down, he (Mr. Gladstone) would say he feltassnred that Hon. Members on that side the Meese would vote in accordance with that which they conceived to be consistent with the national policy, and not render themselves ridiculous by descending to discussions on such minute and trifling articles as this. But the Noble Lord's argument was to maintain the oora-lqws,, and s. cwt. elf lard.-- (Latighter.) That might be a very good advice for the Noble Lord to give, but certainly a very odd one fur Hon, MPlTiberg at his side of the House to take.-- (Laughter.) And the Noble Lord further said, if the duty on lard was so very light, why rcrnoyF. it ? Ljp lie (Mr, Qladstone) should say this article of lard should not be regarded now as an article of food, fur if it were it was either too good or not goad enotigh. But he looked upon it as an ar ticle of trade and of raw material, and as such it was of importance that it should be had with facility and in ab!inclarlPP! Ip, f4pt l it 111 F of §o much importance to manufactures that its importance could not be overrated. It was well known that the supply of sperm oil was be coming scarce, and therefore there could be no better substitute for it than lard-oil, and another reason why they should have this lard iq almndanee was, because they could not hayefardToilin sofficient quantities frond America. But the lard-oil of America, thongh valuable for manu facturers, did not possess that degree of purity which would render it eligible as an oil for machinery in this country, and, therefore, the lard-oil of this country would be preferred. But it was not in machinery alone that the oil was used. He apprehended it was also used in the manufacture of soap to a considerable extent, He stood on the general principle that lard was a valuable article with regard to its application to the raw material of British manufactures. He regarded it as being an article to be need in manufactures, and not as an article of food. excepted against the doctrine of his Hon. Friend behind him, that the lard from foreign countries would displace the home lard, or be substituted for it. But that was not the questi in. The question was, whether they would allow the remission of the duty of 2s. on an article so important for manufacturing purposes, when it would have no perceptible influence upon the lard pro duced in this c.)untry, but, on the contrary, by extending trade, would increase the production of the article at home? Sir W. JAMES said that the Hon. Member for Stock port having said that his object was abundance, and asked them what their object was, he merely rose for the purpose of replying that their object was abundance with security.--(Hoar.) Mr. GROGAN replied, and said he would not press his motion. The motion was accordingly withdrawn. On the remission of the duty on rosin being proposal, Sir W. JAMES moved that a duty of Is. be retained. All that he desired was that they should proceed gra dually and with caution. He did not mean to say that the article of rosin was not of importance ; but, in order to protect the home manufacture, he thought it would be better to divide the duty. Sir GEORGE CLERIC opposed the motion. They still had a protective duty of ss. per cwt. on the most valuable product of distillation—the spirit of tur pentine ; and, with resgard to rosin, there was not the slightest apprehension of their being such an importa tion as would materially reduce their profits. Sir W. JAMES contended the reduction would have an injurious effect. He knew a case in which a person engaged in this trade had said he should be compelled to transfer his establishment to New York, if this pro position was adopted. Mr. GLADSTONE said if his Hon. Friend had been as much accustomed, from almost every class of manu facturers, to hear the threat of removing their business to another country, as he (Mr. Gladstone) t he w p a oi s vn i n t t ic l ;h 4 lwe anr haps lose much of its force on him. But i.‘ - Friend had said, he had sunrilt' i r ° i .rlt was wanted—in the expl ana ti on of e HoY 13 n. Friend, The l a r ges t p ro fi ts i n t hi s required— a il' e r cl i any business wore made by manufacturing on the largest scale t and the Government had enabled them greatly to extend their business by the reduction of duties made in 1842. The trade had increased 50 per cent. in the two years following the change in the law, compared with what it was in the two previous years. So far from the trade being injured, he believed it was in a fair way of becoming an export trade. It was certainly perfectly independent of the effects of any change of duty. The reduction on rosin was then agreed to. On the item of thrown silk being proposed, TATTON EGERTON said the reduction of the duty on this article would materially injure the silk throwing business, and would not give a corresponding benefit to the manufacturing interest of this country. In fact it would only benefit their continental rivals. No trade had ever been more tampered with than the silk trade, and he could not tell on what grounds the present reduction was proposed. Supposing it did benefit the manufacturers, what right had they to sacrifice the British throwster ? What right had they to sacrifice a trade which gave employment to 40,000 persons. He should no doubt bo told that the reduction would make no difference to them, but the House should recol- quence of the measures taken by the Government in 1842, it was not now worth as many hundreds.—( Hear, heap.) It was said these alterations were merely of an experimental nature, but surely when they found that the same experimental alterations which were adopted a few years ago, had only thrown the people out of employment, they ought to be satisfied that these experiments could produce no good. Sir R. PEEL regretted exceedingly hat the former mea sures of the Government should have thrown parishes, which had previously eujoyed prosperity, into a comparative state of distress, but his Hon. Friend must bear in mind that the rea son they had lost their manufacturers in Dorsetshire was, be cause steam-power had been so improved as 10 produce fabrics at a less cost than water-power. It was, therefore. not a want of exertion on their part that had caused this dis tress, but it was the introduction of increased capital and competition into their bran-hes of trade. There could be no doubt, then, these unfavourable changes were liable to take place, whether they reduced the duty or not. And if by reducing these duties they could stimulate the manu facturers of Manchester, and other large towns to compete with foreigners, he hoped they would not deprive the country of this advantage; because the experiment when tried on a former occasion had failed in one or two instances.—( Hear. ) They could only, however, judge of the efficacy of these ex periments by taking a large and comprehensive view of the ex ports and imports extending over a number of years. In 1841, and since the duty had been reduced, the quantity of raw siik brought into this country to be wove was not less than 4,303,0001b5. Now, there never was so large a quantity of silk brought into this country for the purpose of providing em ployment for our manufacturers since 1836,:a year of great and inconsiderate speculation, which had the effect of depressing the market for sometime afterwards. From 1835 to 1844, the quan tity of raw silk brought into this country to be wove increased from 15,214,0001b5., the amount of the former ten years, to 37,954,0001b5.—( Hear, hear.) But what was the case with thrown silks ? Why, in the former period it was 3,680,00011 m, whereas in the latter year it was only 2,900,0001b5., clearly showing the advantage of the reduction which took place in 1842.—(Hear, hear) Was it not worth while then taking steps to give the British manufacturers an opportunity of entering into competition with the foreigner, -which he believed they would be able to do at some time or other, and perhaps at no remote period with success.--(Cheers. ) After a few words from Mr. TATTON EGERTON, Mr. LABOUCHERE believed that the steps the Govern ment were taking would not turn out beneficial to those for whom they were intended, He had not consulted his con stituents, but he believed the measure would create great alarm among them ; but he ehould be ashamed of I , :,•i nse if , if he resisted a great improvement Ott t.'.11 account. He trusted, however, that in other matters the Government would recollect what they h?..d done with respect to silk. He believed the silk trade would improve under a revision of the duties. He thought the whole of the silk duties ought to he revised, and not those on thrown silk alone. On the whole, he felt inclined to support the proposition of the Government. Mr. BROCKLEHURST believed that the reduction of the duty on thrown silk would not do any good for those it was intended by the Government to benefit. Mr. HUME had heard with great surprise the alarm with which the Hon, Member had viewed this measure. He had visited the factories of this country, as well as those of Belgium and wher countries, but the factory of the Hon. Member for Macclesfield (Mr. Brocklehurst) was that which he had found in the most perfect state of any. He thought the Government would have done better by removin g t h e duty altogether from manufactured silk, far by title means they would have prevented . smuggling, and allowed the fair trader to enter into fait' com- petition, He thought the Government deserved every support the House could give them, and he hoptt,l the House would not refuse to let the reduction ray. Mr. WILLIAMS agreed with the policy of taking the duties off the raw materials of manufacture ; but if they took the import duties off the manufactured articles, great distress would he caused. They should first take the tax off corn, and give their labouring population cheap food, or they would do great injustice. He contended that great reduction should be made on the article of waste silk, for it was of very little value. Mr. ENTWISLE said that he visited a country district, and the people told him that, if they had free trade, they would not mind those duties at all. For this reason, he would lend his aid to any proposition for the removal of restrictions on cornmeree. Dr. BOWRING—The duty on India silks In France was not half so high as that levied on French silks imported into England. After a few words from Mr. BROCKLEHURST, the Com mittee divided, Shen there appeared • For the amendment ...• Against it Majority against the amendment —s9 On our return to the gallery, we found Mr, E, DULLER addressing the Committee. He had a notice of motion on the paper to introduce tallow into the reso lutions, but at that late hour of the night he did not wish to press it. He wished to know whether another opportunity would be afforded for bringing on the question. Sir. R. PEEL said the Hon. Member would have an op-. portunity of moving in Committee on the Bill. It would greatly interfere with the operations of trade if they were not to report the proceedings of this Committee before the holidays. A desultory conversation arose as to the propriety of pro ceeding with those articles, including butter, cheese, tallow, and railway sleepers, with regard to which Hon. Members had motions. And it was finally determined, that an early day alter the holidays should be set asile in Committee upon the Customs' Act, to enable those Hon. Members to bring for ward their motions, on the understanding, however, that no discussion should be re-opened with regard to these articles in the tariff upon which the Committee had already decided. Sir R. PEEL hoped a discussion would not be re-opened on those questions of the tariff which had been already before the House. Lord J. RUSSELL, agreed with the Right Hon. Baronet, and hoped the agricultural Members would not re open ques tions already discussed. Mr. DARBY said he knew nothing which bad been of more service in cultivation than the sowing of tares, and he would be sorry to see any principle adopted which would check their growth. Sir 11. PEEL said the Hon. Member need have no such apprehensions,__ Colonel SIBTEIORP sail, however trilling the question of taxes might be, yet it showed a disposition on the part of the Government to injure agriculture, or at least to be very careless of its interests. The resolution was then agreed to, and the House resumed. The Citi.tamaw then reported the resolutions to the House. SUPPLY. The House then went into a Committee of Supply, Mr. Greene in the chair, and tw• sums, of 100,0001. and 740,000/., were voted on account of the Ordnance Estimates. The House then resumed, and the Chairman reported accordingly. Captain PECHELL moved for a return from the clerk of each petty sessions in England and Wales, of the description of the building or place in which the justices of the petty session district hold their usual sittings, with the amount of rent, if any, and the parties to whom the same is paid. The remaining orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at Five Minutes past One o'clock. EAST INDIA HOUSE. A Special Court of the Proprietors was held yesterday at the East India House on general business. The chair was taken by Captain Sheppard, and the mi nutes of the last Court were read. TOE EX.-RAJAH OF SATTARA. Mr. TnostrsoN proceeded at considerable length to eh‘e? date this subject, and concluded by moving that ego.' connected with it should be printed, The CHAIRMAN, after su mo dt,„ 0 0.- that the Hon. Propri'Mor party who via , " 6 1 311 '''''' / m e d. The teen t;,-- ..in papers expressed his regret ..ave made charges against a especially as perjury had been im , —sent subject had been discussed fifteen or six ....es, and was thought to be entirely disposed of. He con sidered that the interests of the ex-Rajah were damaged by the conduct of his friends in that C our t.—( Hear, hear.) ag As the case would soon again be brought before Parliament, it was not necessary for him to say anything more upon the subject. He wished the Court of Proprietors to suspend their judgment until the whole facts were before them. He questioned the prudence or the friendship of the parties who had for two years brought the subject forward. He would order a copy of a dispatch that had been received upon the question before the Court to be read. --- The Clerk read the correspondence, which was a 3 fol lows : «k c o py) Political Dispatch to Bombay, No. 9, dated May 30th. 1843. " Your polit cal letter, dated Sept. 30th, (No. 37), 1842, transmits to us a letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Ovens, sub mitting observations arid affidavits, in refutation of the accu sations against his honour and character, contained in certain papers, read in the Court of Proprietors, at this House, on July 29th, 1842. " Your letter, No. 38, of the same date, further communi cates to us papers which you have received from Mr. Wil loughby and Lieutenant• Colo n el Ovens, in reference to the letter of Major-General Lodwick, to our Chairman, dated June 13th, 1842, printed by order of the Court of Pro prietors. " You express your opinion that Lieutenant-Colonel Ovens and Mr. Willoughby are ent;tled to whatever protection we can with propriety afford to them, against attacks open their character similar to those of which they complain ; and in the case of Major-General Lodwick, you further suggest that such means should be used for compelling them to bring the ques tions to a fair and open issue, as his position in our service leaves it in our power to empl oy. "We have felt it our duty to address a letter to Major- General Lodwick (a copy of which is enclosed), on the sub ject of a passage in his letter to our Chairman, which might be construed as imputing to Lieutenant-Colonel Ovans the crime of suborning evidence. _ _ teet that it was the last feather that broke the horse's back. If they passed the present reduction, they would almost, if not quite, destroy the " throwing" trade of this country. He knew it was useless to appeal to Hon, Gentlemen opposite, with their theories of free trade, on this subject ; but he did appeal to the Go- vernment to prevent this injury to a la . rke interest. Sir G. CLERK said no interest had been more frequently under the consideration of Parliament than the silk trade, and for the last 20 years they had been told that every reduction in the silk trade would involve great numbers in ruin. B u t not " The answer of Major-General Lodwiek, a copy of which we also transmit, was not such as we could have received as a satisfactory disavowal of the supposed meaning, but within a few days following Major-General Lodwick, in the Court of Proprietors, publicly and distinctly disclaimed having imputed, or intended to impute, subornation of evidence to Lieutenant- Colonel Ovans. . withstanding these reducthins, the proportion of foreign thrown silk had not increased with the quantity of raw silk con sumed. He believed the alteration would be fur the benefit of the silk trade itself.—( Hear.) ‘. We have, therefore, thought it necessary to continue the correspondence with Major-General Lodwick. We feel it due to Lieutenant-Colonel Ovens and Mr. Willoughby to record our opinion, that the investigation and discussions which have taken place have left not the slightest stain on their character, public or private, nor have tended in any way to lower the reputation they have justly acquired by their previous public services." Mr. THOMPSON having replied, the motion for production of certain papers was subsequently withdrawn. Mr. Sergeant GAZELEE inquired as to the execution of two coolies in the Indian army, after nine months had elapsed since the alleged offence took place. The CHAIRMAN and Sir JAMES LAW LUSHINGTON said the course pursued was perfectly legal. The most mischievous results might take place if discussions were entered into upon sueb subjects. Mr. TWINING concurred in those remarks, and the subject was dropped. THE FATE OF CAPTAIN CONNOLLY. Mr. WEEDING said he had no doubt that all present were acquainted that Captain Connolly was in the service of the East India Company, when he was Imprisoned and murdered at Bolchara, and he (Mr Weeding) wished that some testimonial should be granted, either pecuniary or otherv.ise, to the next relative of the deceased, if required. Major-General BRIANT said that Captain C onno ll y cer tainly died,ia Company, but t would St o ddar t , in the service of the be advisable to w ait for particulars until the return of the Rev. Dr. Woolff. Mr. WEEDING assented, and the Court adjourne d. Mr. GRIMSDITdiI entered into a long history of the silk trade from the time of the war, and would oppose the reduction. Mr. STRUTT said that he would point to one example where private interests had given way to the general good. About a week or two ago, when the intentions of the Govern- ment on this subject became known, a memorial was drawn up and signed by the great majority of the silk throwers in the borough and county of Derby. He would not add one word, but at once read the memorial to the House. The first part merely related to gentlemen whom the memorialists stated did not represent them in London ; but in another portion of the memorial they stated that although the abolition of the duty on thrown silk must be particularly injurious in a pecuniary point of view, yet, believing that the country would be benefited by it, they were willing to bear the loss they felt must accrue to them.—(Cheers.) It was their opinion that private interests ought to succumb to the public good, and they trusted that their representatives would support those measures which would remove restrictions from commerce_..restrictions which they beliesed to be the main cause of the distress in commerce and in agriculture.—( Hear, hear.) He would only ad.l, that the example ought to be fol lowed. Mr. IBANKES said that the Honourable Member seemed to think it a matter of duty to vote against the interests of his constituents.—(Loud cries of " No, no.") He understood that the Hon. Member took credit to himself for that principle. —( Hear, hear, and No, no.) He (Mr. Bankes) th oug ht h e could better discharge his duty by consulting the interests of those he represented. He agreed with the Vice-President of the Board of Trade, that trade Lad in many instances degene rated from the alterations made from time to time in those duties. One ease in point would show the ruin which had re sulted from those alterations. An Hort. MEMBER—Where ? Mr. BANK ES—Sherbourne. The Hon. Member had a perfect right to ask where. That town had had two flourish.. ing factories not long ago, but at that time only one of them was in operation. Perhaps the reason was, that steam power had usurped the place of water power, and it might be said that they had no right to complain of this, that they ought only to struggle against the disadvantage. To a certain degree the former reductions had ruined the trade of the county to which he belonged, while in the neighbouring county of Somerset, still worse results had been produced. Some time ago, he believed, there was a manufactory esta blished in that county at an expense of 20,00071., but, in cow- The Royal Hotel, at Slough, has not been idle, in spite of frost and snow. .The intermin a bl e w i nter may have kept some of Dotesto s friends away, but still we learn that himself and his establishment have been pur suing the even tenor of their course through a six months' winter, and that the fame of the cook still ranks as high as Monsieur le Ch. f at the Reform Club—at least, so says Sir George Warrender, and he is accounted a first-rate judge in these matters. By the way, wo are not a little pleased to disabuse the public mind in re spect to the charges at this hotel. " Splendour "is the 'motto made conspicuous on the outside of the Royal Hotel, and comfort within ; and to this may be appended, moderate charges throughout the establishment. PARLIAMEN TAR Y DIVISIONS. (From the Votes anti Proceedings ,of the House of Commons.) WEDNESDAY, MARCIE 19. CUSTOMS ACTS. —(IN THE COMMITTEE.) Motion made, anti Question put, " That the words ' Hides, tanned, not otherwise dressed,' stand part of the Resolution." The Commit tee divided : MAJORITY-IYES, 73. Ainsworth, Peter Forster, Matthew Plumridge, Ciiptain Ahlam, William (ucke'', J. M. Polhill, Fred,sriek BMHie, Colonel Gibson, T. M. Priligle, Alexander Baring, F. T. Gladstone, Captain Scrope, G. P. Baring. W. B. Goulburn, Henry Smith, T. B. C. Barnard, E. G. Graham, Sir J. Somerset, Lord G. ilentlnek, Lord G. Grey. Sir George Somerville, Sir W. Borthwiek, Peter Guest, Sir J. Stewart, John Bottleld, Beriah Hawes, Benjamin Stuart, W. V. Bowles, Admiral llindley, Charles Strutt, Edward Bowring, Dr. Howick, Viscount Sutton, Henry Bright, John Jenny'', Earl Tennent, J. E. Buller, Edward Johnstone, Sir J. Thornely, Thomas Bustbild, William Law, C. E. Tuinell, Henry Cardwell, Edward Leg'', O. C.: Villiers, Charles Clerk, Sir G. Lockhart, William Ward, 11. G. Colxlen, Richard Lowther, Colonel Wellesley, Lord C. Colebrooke Sir T. Marsham, Viscount Williams, William Collett, W. It. 3larsland, henry Wood, Colonel Coote, Sir C. H. Martin, C. W. Wonky, John S. Cripis, William Mitchell, T. A. Wyndham, Colonel Darner, Colonel Nichol', John Hntwisle, William Norreys, Sir D. J. TELLEUZ. Escott, Biekham Peelle!, Captain Baring, Henry Ewart, William Peel, Sir Robert Young, Joint Forman, T. S. Peel, Jonathan MINORITY-NOES, 27. Allix, J. P. I hirby, George Neeld, John Antrobus, Edmund I)ickiiisou, F. 11. Newdegate, C. N. Arbuthnott, 11. noughts, Sir H. Palmer, Robert Arkwright, George Egerton, W. T. Pusey, Philip Bankes, George Fuller, A. E. Tollemache, John Barrington, Viscount Grimsditch, T. Tower, Christopher Benbow, John Grogan, Edward 'Tyrrell, Sir J. T. Bowes, John James, Sir W. C. TELLERS. Braluston, T. W. Kemble, Henry O'Brien, A. S. Brocklehurst, J. Long, Walter Sotheron, T. T-1. Motion made, and Question put, " -• - 'll ‘..t ' not dyed,' stand part of th e Ites"'.- ation. . ~ a the words Silk, thrown, The Committee divided : Ainsworth. P^.: „.- 31 . 1 "...:0111TY—AYES, 85. 14,1114 ( ter Forster, Matth ew P a tt en, J . W . Colonel Ga.skell, J. M. Pe c h e ll, C a pt a i n .. 'taring, F. T. Gibson, T. M. Peel, Sir It. Baring, W. B. Gladstone, W. E. l'eel, Jonathan Beckett, William Gordon, Captain Plumridge, Ca';,t a i n Pringle. Boldero, H. G. Goulburn, Henry Alexander Ponsonby, 11 . F. A. Hot field, Berialt Graham, Sir J. Bowles, Admiral Hamilton, W. J. Pose" Philip Bright, • .. , Bowring, Dr. Hastie, Archibald :‘k r :ssell, Lord J. Bright, John Hawes, Benjamin Russell, Lord E. Brotherton, Joseph Herbert, Sidney Smith, T. B. C. Brace, Lord E. Ilindley, Charieei Smythe, George Bruce, C. L. C. H ope , G. W.Somerset, rd Q. Buller, Edward Hume, Je;seph Strutt, Edwa Lo rd Cardwell, Edward liumuliery, Alderman Sutton, H. M. Childers, J. W. Hutt, William Tennent, J. E. Clay, Sir W. Inge strle, Viscount Thonicly, Thomas Clerk, Sir 0, Jermyn, Earl. Trotter, John Cocklausit, Sir G. Jocelyn, Viscount 'Purnell, Henry CiApelaati, Alderman Lakmehere, Henry Warburton, 11. Cripps, William Lincoln, Earl Ward, H. G. Dodd, Gang . Lowther, Sir J. Wellesley, Lord C. Duncan, Go: orge M'Geachy, F. A. Wood, Colonel '' Dow'nntie, A. 31'Neill, Duncan Wortley, John S. ..-. ..gerton, Lord F. Marsham, Viscount Yorks, H. R. Eutwisle, William Masterman, John Escott, Ilickhant Mildmnay, H. St. John TELLERS. Ewart, William Mitchell, T. A. Young, John Flower, Sir J. Morris, David Lennox, Lord A. Forman, T. S. Nicholl,:John MINORITY-NOES, 26. Allix, .I. P. Puller, A. E. Repton, G. IV. J. Antrobus, Edmund Grhnston, Lord Ryder, G. D. Bakes, George Henley, J. W. Sibthorp, Colonel Barrington, Viscount Legh, G. C. Sotheron, T. 11. 13raniston, T. W. Lockhart, W. Tollemache, John Broadivy, H. Mundy, E. M. Tower, Christopher Brocklehurst, J. Newdegate, C. N. Darby, Geom.) O'Brien, A. S. TELLDR.9. DiCklUaan. Y. H. Palmer, Robert Egerton, IV. T. Eaton, R. J. Palmer, George Grimsditch, T. COURT CIRCULAR. --- --- The Queen and Prince Albert walked yesterday morning iu the royal gardens of Buckingham Palace. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Princess Royal, and attended by the Viscountess Canning, Lady in Waiting, left Buckingham Palace in a carriage and four, at a quarter before three o'clock yesterday afternoon, escorted by a party of the 17th Lancers, for the terminus of the Great Western Railway at Paddington. Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey, Equerry in Waiting, and Major- General Sir Edward Bowater, Equerry in Waiting to Prince Albert, followed in a carriage and four. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, and the Princess Alice, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, occupied the next carriage and four; and the Hon. Miss Stanley and the Hon. Miss Hamilton, Maids of Honour in Waiti ng , an d th e Earl of Hardwicke, Lord in Waiting, were in another carriage and four. Her Majesty and Prince Albert were conducted to their carriage by the Master of the Horse, the Vice-Chamberlain, and Sir George Anson, Groom in Waiting to the Prince. The royal party left the Paddington terminus by a special train for Windsor Castle. WurDson, WEDNESDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, and the royal suite, arrived at the Castle a few minutes before four o'clock this afternoon, in four of the royal carriages and four, escorted by a party of the Royal Horse Guards, under the command of Lieut. Bastard. Soon after the arrival of the Court at the Castle, her Ma jesty, attended by the Lady in Waiting, the Viscountess Canning, rode out in a pony phreton to visit her Royal High. ness the Duchess of Kent, at Frogmore House. • • His Royal Highness Prince Albart walked out, soon after his arrival, in the Slopes and pleasure -grounds. Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal was taken a walk in the grounds adjacent to the Castle. The royal suite at the Castle includes the Viscountess Canning, the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, llon. Misses Stanley and Hamilton, the Earl of Hardwicke, Captain Meynell, Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay, Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey, and Sir Edward Bowater. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Countess Wratislaw, and the Lady in Waiting on the Royal Duchess, will join the royal circle at the Castle at dinner this evening. Her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden, accompanied by Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar and the Marquis of Douglas, and attended by Baroness de Strum feder and Baron Roth de Schreckenstein, honoured the Sacred Harmonic Society with her presence, at the performance of the Messiah, at Exeter-hall, last evening. The Grand Du chess visited her daughter, the Marchioness of Douglas, in the afternoon, at her residence in Connaught-place. The Mar chioness is going on most favourably. Sir Howard Douglas, M.P., and a deputation , had an interview will Sir Robert Peel Y64*.-erday. The delegates of the Hand•loomy , : wers, their Secretary, Mr. W. IL Lowe , of Tanners accompanied by Trade. Tp . 2 . deos T otat Earl of Dalhousie yoteram— ., , nad an interview with the at; the office of the Board of ''...,n was headed by. Mr. Brocklehurst, M.P., AIVI Ilse lionbv M.P. ilte An , - - 'g . . , .e.rican Minister transacted business yesterday at Mr. Pellatt and Mr. Christey had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official resi denceft° I : oreig-n - -office. in Downing-street. Mr. Egerton, M.P., Mr. TollQmache, M.P., and a deputa tion, had an interview with Sir It. Peel yesterday. Dispatches for the Governor of Gibraltar were sent off yes terday evening, from the Oolonial-office. RE TA WELL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Slll,—ln your issue of yesterday, No. 16,406, I find in column 5, page 1, the following paragraph : " In deference to the wishes of the members of the Society of Friends, he will not be executed in the garb of a Quaker. Well knowing that you have ever stood the firm friend of toleration and religious liberty, may I, as a Dissenter, inquire why se small and respectable a body of Dissenters should be allowed to cast the stigma upon Dissenters generally ? I would in all Christian charity ask the Quakers whether they would be contented if an Independent, and a true one, without any nonsense, was to ask the executive power to allow a Protestant Dissenter, and not a Quaker, to assume the garb of a member of that body, under such circumstances, "in deference to the wishes" of the aforesaid members. What would be said by the purities? My conviction, and that of many of my friends, is, that some one more qualified than ourselves should take the mat ter into consideration ; and, whether Jew or Gentile, let each bear their opprobrium. The honest press is, we feel satisfied, the best qualified to bring the matter before the public. I remain, yours most respectfully, AN INDEPENDENT DISSENTER, Manchester, March 18. And a lover ofFairplay. Osborne House, with its prettily timbered demesne and pleasure farms (recently purchased by the Queen, but, it should seem, is not quite large enough), is, through the instrumentality of Lady Isabella Blackford, placed in Mr. George Robins's hands, to sell by public auction in June. In the mean time Thornhill Park estate, upon the purchase of which, and the completion of the splen did mansion, it is said 50,0001. was expended by Mr. Barlow Roy, late M.P. for Southampton. Mr. Robins's commentary in respect to the next vacant seat, shall speak for itself. Thus it is—" It is a fact not to be im peached—that if the new purchaser partakes of his hos pitality, and be of sound political creed, lie will walk over the course, whenever the next election arrives." DEAFNESS—ACOUSTIC INSTRUMENTS.-39, Albe marle-street, Piccadilly.—lnvisible 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 the sound of a distant, low speaker, at church, theatre, &c. They pour the conversation into the ears to such an 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 3f those instruments have received the approbation of :he Royal Society and Royal Institution of Great Bri, •ain. The Newly Invented Spectacles, immediately :hey are placed before extremely imperfect vision, it 's brought to its youthful; natural, and original state. Also Achromatic Telescopes, Opera-glasses, Micro scopes, &c.—Caution : Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, )pticians and Aurists, are not in any way eonnected with person of the same name in their immediate neigh )ourhood, nor in any part of the country. To prevent nistakes, be cautious, and observe—Only to be had at ig. Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel. DEATH OF ADMIRAL CARPENTER.—We regret to announce the death of Admiral Carpenter, which took place at his residence, on Sunday last, in Cumberland- street. He was in his 86th year; was the senior admiral of the white, and the eleventh from the top of the list ; and had been an officer in the Royal Navy for nearly 69 years. Admiral Carpenter entered the Royal Navy on the 11th of April, 1776, and was midshipman of the Sultan, in Lord Byron's action, off Grenada; he was made a lieutenant on the 18th April, 1782, and as such served in Lord Hood's action off St. Kitt's, and in Admiral Groves's action of the Chesapeake. He also was at the reduction of Martinique, in the beginning of 1794, serving there with a detachment of seamen, under the orders of Capt. E. Harvey. His commission as a commander was dated the 9th January, 1794, and for his gallant services he was made a post captain on the 25th of March of the same year. He was appointed captain of the Alarm, and with that vessel co-operated with the army of Sir Charles Grey and Sir Ralph Abercrombie, in the reduction of the Caribs, at St. yincent and other West India islands, in 1795. He attained the rank of rear-admiral 12th August, 1812 ; vice -admiral, 12th August, 1819; and full admiral, 10th June, 1837. THE CURRENCY. • A Lecture of a highly interesting cheat-aster was de livered at the National Hall, Helhorn, lest evening, or. this subject, by -- Duncan, Esq., which was attended by Mr.. Pattison, one of the Members for I .onclon, 'and several other gentlemen of rank and infl aence. The at •enlance, also, of the working-cla3see wits numerous, and the attention with which the o'oservations of, the lecturer were received, indicated an. intelligent apfre hension of a confessedly difficult subject. Those Aser rations, however, were so perspicuously put, that a matter on which but little information is possessed in the mass of society, was rendered perfectly clear, and, as the writers of school books would say, " easily under stood by the meanest capacity." The lecturer began by stating that he conceived the currency to be a subject of piremount importance, and that it was his .awn appro. I.ension of its importance which had first drawn leis attention to it. It not only affected these ho were distinguished as the property classes, hut, also, the working population. He did not like to see the spirit of antagonism which was now exhibited by the several portions of the community in Britain, because he felt that it was a necessity that all should prosper, and not only a few ; and it was as necessary that those who followed the plough shoehl enjoy their existence as those who plied the loom. had been what app eare d a spec i es of oppokse ` lO it3 duced into so c i e ty, an d h e conceived th,et , a intro .ne in;,erests hy of all classes o f th e S tate, whether irO' . were so or not, w ere identical. The • seen that they had to spe a k was o f a lsiiitete SP. matter on which he still he found that 4 i'au introJe xresting nature ; but would be attended with Action of a new subject would riot at nest be ome difficulty, and that it lion, leo ver y inviting. As som e justifica ';vever. of the topic, he might refer to the cir oe- enstanee of Sir e -T P:ines Graham having, in the House of Commons, maslai:he astounding statement that one-tenth of the whole population were at the present moment subsisting km the poor-rates--that out of a popu lation of. '.5,000,000, more man 1,500,000, whose only propert-i, was their labour, were at the present me -Pi - ant absolutely depending for their daily sustenance "'"A. the exertions of others. Sir James Graham had ac companied this astoundin g fact by another of equa ll y startling character. H e had in the face of the House of Commons affirmed that since the conclusion of the year 1815 no less a sum than 200,000,0001., equal to one quarter (if the debt, had been paid for the support of the poor. Sir J. Graham made this statement on the Tuesday, and it was a natural expectation that the Prime Minister, under whose notice this fact nad been so prominently brought, would in his budget on Friday have provided a remedy for the eviL But he did no such thing. There appeared in fact to be a sort of collusion by which the whole question was set aside. It seemed to be admitted as an axiom that when one great interest in the State was prosperous, that the other must stiff, r—that there must be an alternate sacrifice of the interests of the two great classes in the community. It might very well suit the objects of politicians to paint the bright side of the question and omit the gloomy one, but he did say that the Minister of State who pursued such a course, who was either deluded himself; or wilfully or ignorantly a . party to the delusion of others, was altogether unworthy to rule the destinies of a great empire. He did not wish to see one, but both, of these great classes flourishing. He did not advocate any of that system which left the currency of the country at the caprice of any man, or any body of men. He was no advocate for that which was generally termed flimsy, or kite-flying, and he was quite anxious that the instrument of exchange should be one for which there was every security of value to the public; but this he would say, that the money laws of the present day were based on nothing, either more or less, than a system of insidious iniquity. The prin ciple of that system was simply and solely to exonerate the rich from bearing their share of the burdens of the State, and to throw them on that class which, for six teen hours every day, whether man, woman, or child, had to work for their bread—on those who, if the greatness of the country, or their importance in the community was considered, were the most ins pottant part of the population. He was aware that it was generally thought this was a subject diffi cult to understand, but he thought, with a little atten tion, it would be perfectly clear to all. He would, for the sake of elucidation then, take money in three dif ferent points of view. Money, in the first place, he would take to mean or represent land, the structures on land, minerals, metals, and all the other property within the bowels of the earth; secondly; fisheries and all other species of property of a similar kind, on which labour had been expended ; and thirdly, the means by which all this property was made transferable from party to party, so as t o b e ava il a bl e f or t h e general benefit of the community. It was important to make this distinction, as otherwise money, and the object of money, would be confounded. It was the object of money to represent value; now it was not any particular thing, or the pos session of any particular thing, that rendered it valu able, but the labour which had been bestowed upon it, that gave it value; and money, symbolic money, the means by which the enjoyment of this Froduct of labour was transferred, was only the symbol or emblem of value. Money, indeed, might be divided into three classes. Notes or authorities issued from the Exchequer—bills of exchange—and that third class which consisted partly of coin and partly of paper but which we were in th e habit of using so as to distribute the exertions and the property of individuals for the general benefit of the community. Bullion in itself was not money, and the mere impress of a likeness of the Queen on a piece of geld did not alter its character as a commodity; it only indicated to the public and assured them of the wei,„;:it and purity of the piece of metal upon which it 'was im pressed. He hoped he should be excused fee. reverting, far a few moments, to the days of Itesue. The term money was derived from the Latin word Moneta, and had arisen in consequence of the 'homes having applied •o Juno, when they were in some strait or difficulty, and who had advised thew act with justice and honour, and their success was certain. In consequence of the good eirem fr e of this advice and of the suc cess which attended their following it, the Romans er e° te' a temple in honour of Juno Moneta, -s r el as the object of money was to indicate merely value, and advise the receiver of benefit he ought to derive by exchanging it, the proper designation was money. Money was simply the token and representative of value, the instrument by which all portions of society were enabled to satisfy their wants. It was, in fact, the dis tributive agent of industry. If it was desired that there should be a true notion of money, he would refer to the principle which prevailed in what was called savage life. The only means which the savages on the coast pos sessed for obtaining the benefits which they felt to be necessary was an interchange of their labour —or, if he took the shepherds in the interior of the country, it was still the same—the exchange of the produce of their labour was the only means which they possessed for ob taining the comforts they needed. Was it then to be a matter of wonder that there should be a great depres sion in the state of the industrial classes, when the in strument by which their efforts was made valuable was so greatly reduced in quantity? Adam Smith, the great father of political economy, had compared money to a road, and what would be the consequence if the whole country were again to revert to the position and the inconvenience which the country had suffered before the days of macadamization. As population increased, roads were multiplied and im proved, and why not the money ? And if thus much was said of roads, what would be said of railways? Sir R. Peel, in introducing his measure for the better regu lation of financial affairs, in a gross ignorance of the facts of the case, stated that it was his desire to revert to the ancient standard of value ; but he did not wish to revert to the standard es established by William the Conqueror, to Alfred, or Julius Caesar. The object of Sir R. Peel, so far as could be gathered from the vague and uncertain language which he was in the habit of using, was to return to the standard of money in the time of Elizabeth, - which would make money as scarce as it was in 1601. lle wished to give to the country the same standard as had been used nearly 250 years ago, and bring society back, in 1845, to the standard and in telligence of 1601. Why what would be the consequence ? They might just as well decide upon restoring the town to the condition it presented before the time when the various lanes and dark streets of London possessed thoroughfares, which, in the present day, would be to tally impossible ; or recommend blocking up that great artery of London fronrthe Strand to the Bank: he would restrict all the operations of custom and finance to his own confined views. What would be thought of him if lie had directed that the whole railway from London to Liverpool should be traversed on Lars of gold, and no thing else ? He thought that the outcry which had been raised of the evils of society was far beyond its mark. He could not accede to the propositions of those who were always ready to tax Divine Providence with neg lect and disregard for the interests of the poor. The evil lay, not in any deficiency of the blessings which we enjoyed, but in the imperfect distribution, which pre vented a fair enjoyment of the benefits which we pos sessed, and he thought this was not the act of God but the act of man, and he believed that the aggregate wealth of the country, if honestly distributed, would more than suffice for the full enjoyment of every member of the community. And was there not every reason why this distribution should be made? It was the labour bestowed upon the several articles of commerce which gave them all the value they possessed. This labour and degree it wai‘which constituted the standard of value. Now, he found that there were natural equivalents subsisting between the several great articles of consumption, and it was the labour expended in procuring them, or in adapting them to the use of mankind, which gave them all the value they possessed, and which constituted the rule by which these equivalents were measured. For the sake of elucidating this position, he would take the three articles of corn, gold, and silver. He would sub stitute corn for labour, as that was the main staple of subsistence, and better represented the value of labour than anything else. That it was labour, and laboeir ur alone, which gave to each of these equivalents ti peculiar value was evident from the fact that , in times of danger and trial, it was on the sinews of the strong that the' country relied for protection and 'safety. Yet how miserably had this Bill of Sir Robert Peel's effected the population of the country and cut down their powers. It appeared from the report of the Health of Towns Commission that the people in the manufacturing districts were fast degenerating both in size and power, and it was a noto rious fact that the tall and powerful men who, in former times, were readily obtained in Cumbe r l an d an d West moreland for the regiments of the G uar d s, were now but seldom met with. Sir R. Peel wished to dwarf every thing to his gold standard, and with an ignorance of historical facts, or a wilful misuse of them, it he was not ignorant, he had passed his Bill of 1819 to perpetuate that oppression under which the poor were destined by him at least always to groan. The whole mistake lay in this—the confusion between the standard of value and the measure of value. Now, by Sir Roberti Peel's scheme, gold was made to perform the double. function of both the measure and the standard of value. The fact was, that if indirect taxation did not come in to defeat the natural order of things, it was comparatively of little consequence whether gold was or was not the measure of value. There were thre e natural equiva• bents in corn, sil ver , and gold. It took about the same quantity of labour to grow and produce a quarter of ieliiat as it did to produce 5 grains, :3 dwts. (.1 . gold, or 81 ounces of silver ; sand thus it wee that these several commodities were natural equivalents fur each other, and acted as parallel rates of value. Now an ounce of silver was rated in the exchange markets as being worth ss. 2d.--it was, in fivA, worth only 4s. 11d., but for the ske of argument he would take it at its exchangeable value, and call it ss. 2d. Now it was seeiertaiiied that, according to the natural worth of gold, and the equiva lent value of silver, that a quarter of wheat, when not subject to taxation, ought to be wcrtit 335. 7,1., and coo sequently that 61 ounces of silver ought to purchase that quantity of corn ; but by the effect of indirect taxation the price of this corn was raised to 50s. It wes taxed more titan SO per cent., but the gold and the silver which ryas Isi%,•,intsceuVs to ptiredeve it were un t axe d , an d the had to give o ne - the farmer and the manducturer mere of their labour than they used to do. could not rise in price ;it Mas j ositiveles required ' de Act of Parliam.nt that it should be re 17s. 103,1. an ounce, and by thus placing a .axed equivalent against an untaxed equivalent the pro ducer only got 8-Cdwts. of geld for that %Melt ought to have produced him 12 da ts. Mr. Canning had de scribed Sir R. Peel as the acme of sublime mediocrity, and Mr. D'lsraeli, the other night, had stated that Con servative Government was only an organised hypocrisy; but he would go further, and assert that Sir R. Puel, when introducing his Bill of ISI9, ryas a ither shamefu le ienorantef historical facts, or criminal in misrepresenting them. He had stated that his object wa, to restore the standard of Elizabeth ; but what was the fact ? The sovereign of the present clay contained only 5 de ts. 3 grains of gold, or, in other words, 123 grains, whereas the sovereign of Elizabeth contained 172 grains, making a difference, at the rate of twopence a grain, of no less than Bs. 4d. between the value of the sovereigns of Elizabeth and Victoria, so that this profession was like many other of his professions, a vain and a Use one: his object was to keep down gold to the Mint price of 31. 17s. Wid e for he knew that if he could make gold cheap he would make labour cheap also. That his object was not security so much, was shown by ' the circumstance that the only bank which was allowed to issue notes had themselves the other day been obliged to go to the Bank of France to borrow 13,500,000/. There was no cabalistic power in a sovereign, for it was, after all, but a token of value, and the impression of the Queen's head upon it conferred no additional intrinsic value ; it only was a certificate of a certain weight and fineness, and if the Goldsmith's Company were to issue similar emblems, they would be taken by Mr. Rothschild or any other great capitalist just as readily as sove reigns. The belief that the intrinsic value of gold gave a greater security to the public was altogether fallacious, but the injury which it worked was a sad reality ; and the Act by which it was brought into existence was that attempt which, after the conclusion of the war in 1815, the landowners made to shift the burden of the debt. from their own shoulders to those of working men, and it was a well-known fact that the working man did absolutely pay 72 per cent. of the whole taxation of the country, and the Bill of 1819 was pssied in order to perpetuate tee high price in cern and the low price paid for the labour of the working man. Mr. Duncan then went into a series of statements to show that the foreign trade of the country is not nearly so valuable as it was supposed to be, and he beliered that attention was directed to it which might be much better applied to ob taining a better mode of distribaiing the wealth which labour produced. He showed that the attempt deriSed by Colonel Torrens, Mr. Joplin, and Mr. Jones Loyd, to secure a favourable rate ' of exchange, was fallacious, and that the only effect wrought upon the exchanges was occasioned by sending a continually-increasing quantity of goodef i into the foreign market, to bring that gold back to th.s country which, for our domestic purposes, was totally useless. Gold, he allowed, was a necessary medium of exchange between country and country, but the application of it as the standard of value in Britain was neither more nor less than obliging our arti sans to work esixteen hours a day to obtain those necessaries which a working eaan in Germany gut for eight hours' exertion. lie thought that, as he had pointed out an evil, he ought also to point out a remedy, and that was, issuing of Exchequer-bills for small sums to the full amount of the taxation;'and he showed that, as these bills would be based on the whole property of the country, no doubt could be entertained of their validity, and after showing that the present Ex chequer-bills were derived from the old Exchequer tellies, as evinced in the term bill for Lille, an old Nor man French word, and thence applied in its derivative, billet, to the Exchequer tally, which was a piece of wood notched is a particular way and then divided, one part being laid up in the Exchequer repository, and the other issued are' circulated in the country in payment for stores or other necessaries, and which was returnable at thel end of twelve months—he !adduced an instance of the utility cf using such notes where a new market had been erected, through the exertions of Mr. Brock, at St. Peter's Port, in the island of Guernsey, who issued notes of a similar kind in payment of the works, and who annually redeemed the notes, to the extent of 4,0001., out of the rents of the eighty stalls which the market contained. The same system might be adopted by Government and he felt sa tisfied that if the plan were adopted it would at once secure to the working man a full rate of wages, to those iu the middle classes a fair remuneration in business profit, and whether accompanied by direct taxation, of which he heartily approved, or not, would bring the whole available property into play for the benefit of the community at large, and would equalise those burdens which were now grinding all the lower petitions of so ciety into dust. Mr. Duncan concluded his long and perspicuous lecture amid the earnest cheers of what had been a most attentive audience. THE SALT-HILL MURDER. • AYLESBURY, WEDNESDAY.--It is extraordinary with litat avidity every morsel of intelligence relating to the mur derer, John Tawell, is sought and snatched up by the public. Far and wide inquiry and speculation are busily on foot con cerning him, but nearer the scene of the murder he is the general topic of conversation. As may be supposed, many incorrect stories concerning him find their way into circu lation, but nothing can be more absurd and reprehensible than some of the inventions which idle gossip has promul gated. - Public feeling is, generally speaking, against him, and ' every day some fresh amou n t o f cr i me , in th e wa y o f poison ing, is attributed to him. Sarah Hart is supposed by the credulous to be by no means the only person upon whom he has practised his knowledge of chemistry; and it is suspected that while he kept his druggist's shop in Sydney a wide field was open to him for the exercise of his skill. . His partner at Sydney is said to have died suddenly, leaving him all his property. His two sons are said to have left this world suddenly. His first wife, it is stated, died suddenly. Sarah Hart had a narrow escape once; and these circumstances, in connexion with her murder, by no means lessen the belief of his guilt. By those who have any knowlede of the prisoner he is re garded very differently. Everybody who knows the wretched man speaks well of him, and everybody who has conversed with him has received a favourable impression. Mild, gen tlemanly, and unaffected in his manner, he listens to what ever is said to him with respectful attention, and converses with all the serenity of a martyr. A convict of the gaol re mains with him at his request throughout the day, as a so r t of attendant, and to this man lie is particularly communica tive. He received the visiting magistrates yesterday with great composure, and expressed his thankfulness for the con sideration shown to him. It was intimated that nobody would be allowed to visit him but those whom lie expressed a wish to see, upon which he observed, that he desired to see nobody but his wife, and lie looked forward to another in terview with her. One of the magistrates suggested to him' the propriety of foregoing such a scene, and sparing the feel ings of his wife in particular, of whom lie had so lately taken leave. He, however, persisted in the wish and hope of again seeing her, meekly alluding to the affectionate terms upon which they had lived together. It is remarkable that the culprit has never once coat- - plained of the sentence which was passed upon him. When the hope of escape (which had been very great within him) was suddenly crushed, he observed that " The judge was a just judge, but a stern one." He has once remarked, with remote reference to his sentence, " that he could conscien tiously acquit himself of cruelty or treachery to anybody." But he rarely, if aver, adverts to his crime. lle continues to receive numerous letters from all quarters of the country. His time is dividad between writing and praying; and he oceasionally sees the chaplain, Mr. Cox, but no revelation has yet been made by Tawell. Great care has been observed by the authorities to prevent, what it is thought by many he will attempt, the making away with himself. Mrs. Tawell is known to have been aware of the existence of such a person as Sarah Hart, and even of Tawell's having children by h er; b ut she was utterly un conscious of his visiting her, and attributes his last visit to purely humane motives. Friday, the 28th instant, is decidedly fixed for the exe cution, unless the Secretary of State orders it otherwise. A petition to Sir James Graham has been this day set on foot .n the town of Aylesbury, praying that Tawell's sentence of death may be commuted to transportation for life. This pe tition is grounded upon an o bj ec ti on t o the punishment of death, and the praye r i s se t forth in beht!lf of all whe lie under such a sentence. The petition is signed by a . fevr tradesmen of the town, nearly all of whom are Dissenter& THE HAMPSTEAD MURDER. ROCKER'S DEFENCE.—The line of defence that will pro bably be adopted by Rocker on his trial, for the murder of Delarue, seems pointed out by his conduct, and by his anxiety to correct the evidence of the policeman who was left in charge of the body in the field whilst the stretcher was brought. lie will, most probably, assert that whilst waiting by the body, lie and the policem an agreed to plan der it, and that that was the whole extent of his criminality. Many of the circumstances would bear out such a defence. First, the great improbability that a murderer would revisit the spot so soon afterwards for no apparent object; secondly, the withholding by the policeman of the fact that any one had been with hint in the field; and, thirdly, the buttoned-up pockets of Delarue; as it wou ld not be likely for the mur derer to stop and button the pockets of the man he had killed, whose cries, continuing nearly two minutes, would most probably have been heard. Such a line of defence would also account for the blood on Rocker's •clothes, and for the silence he observed on the subject. The presence of • the three ill-looking men in different parts of Hampstead, on the day of the murder, who were last seen going towards the place, and have not since been heard :of, would also afford some countenance to the statement that Delarue bad 'been murdered by them, as originally supposed, and that becoming alarmed they had run away fiefore plundering the body. The fact of the supposed murderous weapon having been discovered before the murder was --eommitted, and the ,been of proof that the prisoner had possessed any other weapon calculated to inflict the wounds on the head of De larue, are also in his favour, so far as negative evidence goes. He would, indeed, have some difficulty in explaining other, though minuter, parts of the evidence against him; but the line of defence we have mentioned would be supported by . several of the circumstances that have been adduced ag ai nst him. THE GLOOMY I:Wm.—We understand that in consequence of the attention that has been drawn by the recent m urc li T at Ilainpstead to the gloomy path by the side ot' iCading to the Ilayersfock field; it is intended, to a!:, opt mea _ Fares erected for the within removal o ft last six late banker. The path is inclosed between t! act bl ack ttld bricl wa, A n fence, seven feet high, on one side, and an 1.! 11Pw'_ m --R ~~ itja 10 ,A , 13 ! * ' , 'fel -