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MRS. TROLLOPE'S NEW NOVEL. "TOW ready at all the Librar'es, in 3 vols., PETTICOAT GOVERNMENT. A NO VEL. By Mrs. 'rROLLOPE. Author of " The Lottery of Marriage." " Father Eastaee," Re. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. 13, Great Marlborough-street. GENERAL SIR CHARLEi NAPIER. " LIGHTS AND SHADES OF ‘IILITART LIFE." Edited by Lieut.-General Sir CHARLES NAPIER, G C.B. Commander-in-Chief in India. The New Edition is NOW READY, in one vol, Om, price.l2s. bound. To be had of all Booksellers. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough•street. Now ready; in 1 vol. 16m0., ALETHEIA ; or, The Dlom of Mythology. With other Peenas. By WILLIAM C. M. KENT. Lonion : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Madame SONTAG has the honour to announce that her BENEFIT will take place iO-3fORROW EVENING When wl.l be presented the First Act of Russinl's celebrated Opera of SEMIRAMIDE. Semiramide, Madame Sontag ; Arsaci, Madlle. LIA Bertrand ; Assur, Signor Coletti. After which, will be presented the admired Pas de Six, from the highly successful sew grand Balet, by M. Paul Taglioni, entitled LES METAMORPHOSES, By ILllle. Carlotta Grist, Mesdames Rosa, Julien, Lamoureux, and Aussandon ; and M. Charles. To be preceded by Rosmi's admired Opera (compressed into one act) IL BARBIERE BI SIVIGLIA. Rosina. Madame Cont Signor Calzolari ; Figaro, Signor Belletti ; Basilio, Signor F. Lablache ; Bartolo, Slnor Lablache. In the Lesson Scene Madame Sontag will sing Rodeo; celebrated Variations. To conclude with the admired Ballet Divertissement LES DELICE4 DU SERIAL. the new Pas de la Bayerdere, by Madile. Amelia Ferraris, Mesdames Lamoureux and Julien. Director of the Music and Conductor, Mr. Balfe. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box office of the Theatre. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. EXTRA NIGHT. TO-MORROW EVE3TLYG Will be performed L i JLIVE. Composer, Director of the Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costa. The Scenery ty Messrs. thieve and Telbin : the Dresses by Mrs. Bailey and Mine. Mirzio ; the Appointments by Mr. Bla mire ; the Mac' inert' by Mr. Allen; the Dances arranged by M. Alexandre: and :he Spectacle under the direction of Mr. A. Harris. The Performances will commence at Eight o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will he 'produced a new Domestic Drama, entitled THE EMI GRE's DAUGHT. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Boyce, 0. Smith, Wright, Cadenford, ; Miss Woolgar, and Miss K. Fitz william. After which a new Terpsicorian Burlesque Entitled ESMERALDA. Characters by Messsrs. 0. Smith, Wright, Y. Bedford ; Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, and Miss K. Fitzwilliam. To conclude with a new and original Farce, in the Vulgar 'longue, to be called JACK LN TILE GICEEN ; or, Hints on Etiquette. irKSICCH PLAY".-4T. JAMES'S THEATKE 3fatille. A — C - 1 - lE.L .- *S . ITIEFIT:AiId Last 3. , Tlglit but Two of her Appearance. THIS TEVEIgING, The Entertainments will mummies. at Eight o'closk, with LES RIVAUX D'EtJX MEMES. After which the Tragedy of MARIE STUART. Marie Stuart, Madlle. Rachel. Boxes and Stall; may be secured at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which Ls open daily from Eleven till Five o'clock. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. The best ventilated Theatre in London. Mr. Batty begs to Inform his patrons that the Tournament at Vaux hall does not interfere with the amusement at Astley's, as the com pany leave the Gardens at Six, to enable them to open at Seven, at Astley'4 every evening. Crowded Houses to winless the attractive and magnificent Spectacle of Mazeppa, which, with brdiiant novelties in the Wonders of the Arena, form the most varied and attractive Entertainments in the 3letropolls. VVENING, Will be produced I:Ard Byron s gorgeous Spectacle of MAZEPPA and the WILD HORSE. To — he succeeded by an inimitahle Display of Batty's Feats of Equitation in the Cirque Olympique. To conclude with tl'e Ballet of LOVE IN THE HIGHLS...NDS. Box-office open From Eleven till Four State Manacer. Mr. W. West. Under the Patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c. ROYAL SURR EY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. OPE.N every MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, and THURSDAY. Re-Engagement of M. JULLIEN. The new Irish Quadrille, the " Hibernian," composed by M. Julilen. " The Derby Galop," composed exprsseAy for these Gardens, is one of the most successful of Monsieur Jullien's compositions, and in • consequence of the nightly encore, will be repeated till further notice. The Grand Ghorka March, performed for the first time before the Nepaulese Ambassador. Prodigious Success of the entirely new-modelled Dioramic Pic ture representing the PASSAGE of the ALPS by Napoleon and his Army! the largest Picture in the World! with innumerable moving Figures the size of life. Modelled, Fainted, and produced by Mr. Denson and Son, assisted by Messrs. Adams, Wilson, &c. &c. The Picture has occupied the Messrs. Denson for many months, and it is confidently submitted to the Public as a chef-d'oeuvre of art, and not inferior to any production of the day. The Splendid MENAGERIE has lately been enriched by several valeable Presents from the Queen. The Musical Department will be conducted by Mons. Julllen and Mr. Godfrey. It will be the aim of the Establishment to offer for the gratification of the Subscribers and the Public, the most Splendid Military Band In the Kingdom I I Selected from the Bands of her Majesty's Horse and Foot Guards, and the most eminent Artistes in the profession. The following fist of engagements will, it is hoped, convince the Public, that the long-acknowledged excellence of the Band of this Establishment will be fully maintained ! The Repertoire of Music ill be most extensive and varied, arranged from the most Popular operas In this and other countries. Solo-Players—Messrs. Rani& Lazarus, Prosperre, Colinet, Pratten, Jarrett, Sonnenberg, Sommers, and Winterbotham. _ During the evening a grand Colossal. Scenic, and Pyrotechnic Tableau illustrating the celehrated Picture by David, of Buonaparte Crossing the Alps ! Showing a general view of the Region of the Alps, stretching from the small mountain lake in the foreground to . the distant snow-clad mountains, crowned by the stupendous Mount St. Bernard and its far-tamed Monastery. A portion of the French Army is first seen "en bivouac," presently the drums beat to arms, and amid the clash of Military Bands and Martial Music, the Troops commence the Ascent. The Soldiers are aeon dragging the Artillery In Trunks of Trees, now ascending almost Perpendicular Heights, and traversing the most Terrific Ravines, but all difficulties are overcome, and the Gallant Army is seen pursuing its course to the Fertile plains of Italy. The whole to conclude with a Gorgeous Display of Fireworks, by Messrs. Sonthby, introducing, amongst various novelties, the most admired feux Wartlike of former seasons, jets Weau, water rockets, revolving pieces, a magnificent Transparency fifty feet in height, painted by :essrs. Danson, representing Buonaparte on Horseback cheering on his Troops, surrounded by warlike emblems, insiguia of honour, flags, trophig, &c., amidst a cerruscation of various coloured flrc s. the complicated and difliadt machinery, and the erection of the picture under the direction of Mr. thos Lowe. The e•ctensive gas fittings by Messrs. Botcherby and Dixon, 23, King-street, Covent garden. Admissinn. le. MOD WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAT adorning 4 min. after 'A I Eveninx 21 wan. after 2 To-21oxsow— adorning 41 min. after 2 I Evening 53 min. alter 2 THE WEATHER.—SUN Orincz, Jccy 24. THERMOMETER, IN TUN SHADE. 78—highest since noon yesterday. 57—lowest this morning and during the night. 68—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29.99. WEND S.W. light breeze and fine sunshiny weather. 4 teb 4 - S ix _ ts. ^ , * NZ 4I :S , t *, ' 011 ~~ IWfltnL U'lL LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 1850. A significant allusion was made on Saturday even ing to one of the most felicitous testimonies ever afforded of the advantages accruing from British sympathy with the constitutional movement of a foreign population. This testimony, in favour of the policy pursued by Lord PALMERSTON, is altogether so remarkable, and has been hitherto so egregiously overlooked, that we deem ourselves more than justi fied in directing the particular attention of the public to it, as a matter otherwise likely to be passed by without observation, having been merely inciden tally mentioned in one of the speeches delivered at the banquet to the Foreign Secretary. The re ference of our observations is to the attitude assumed by the Spanish nation at a period when the rest of the European coun t r i es were convu l se d b y revolu tionary agitations. The tranquillity maintained, generally speaki ng , a t th at momentous epoch through out the chief portion of the Spanish peninsula must assuredly be regarded as a token favourable to the diploma tic system of the Liberals. It was an evi dence, at any rate, that the social changes effected of rate years among the Spanish multitude has been beneficial rather than retrogressive. Even with arbitrary men in power at Madrid, even with men whose despotic predilections and domineering tem perament induced them to display an indecent amount of irricability towards the Ambassador from the Court of St. James'!, it was evident that the Spaniards were still so far advanced by the spirit of their political institutions that they, almost alone, among the continental nations of Christendom, preserved their bearing of serenity during a time of extraordinary turbulence. The fact was conspicuous, and it was not less satisfactory than conspicuous. Looking back to those times of prevailing anarchy, it is a circumstance somewhat entitled to consideration, that Spain and Belgium were almost the only portions of continental Europe that shared with England the glory of pre serving an aspect of almost unbroken tranquillity. Belgium, it is sufficiently well known, has progressed within the thirty y,ara last past very wonderfully in the scale of civilization. Her improved prosperity, her moral amelioration, and her intellectual develop- ment alike arrest the scrutiny of the philosopher and merit the panegyric of the historian. Within the lique r ititsrval, 'moreover, Spain, if less perceptibly, has_ _ vot , I g* a c t aklly advanced socially and cOnrneremorally and intellectually. This mo'Cid morioiletiOas teen secured in her iistance in lefiance4siirtiere, of the moi.t unpropitious circum stance. WW2/ intrigue has been -nurtured in the Pttlueft; Ist ii; 4 ; 1 y eterioration has been evident in the Gevern' , while licentiou.,ne 31 has been permitted in high quarters, and the manners of the barrack room introduced i nto the saloons of the Administra tion—the people h aye steadily progressed in the way of general civilizati 'on. Naturally, of course, the multitude, while securing to themselves the ad vantageous qualities accompany ing the great national i'nlprovernent, or rather, perhaps, we should say in conr.i quence of the acquisition of those qualities, have acquire d likewise a greater sensitive ness to the short-comings of their rulers. They have regarded, indeed, thi 3 proceedings of those exalted personages for a long while past with conflicting emo tions of dismay and suspicion. So enormous, indeed, has the national suspicion become, that the most ex travagant rumours have' been set afloat, and by some individuals it would ea-ell appear actually believed, in reference to the recent birth of en heir to the Crown of Queen ISABELLA. Reports so exaggerated h e been flitting about since the announce at of the premature decease of the Royal i ant, as to be comparable only to the stories pro mulgated in the seventeenth century, in allusion to the birth of a son to the unfortunate King JAMES the SECOND, stories which cannot even now be forgotten in respect to Father PETRE and the warming-pan. Whisperers, in feet, have gone so far ae to question, on one hand, the reality of the reported birth, and, on the other hand, the possibility of the child having re ceived fair-play—The former insinuation being directed against the possessors of the Crown, and the latter against the aspirants for its possession. Meanwhile the recent sojourn of the Duke and Duchess DE MONTPENSIER in the peninsula has re vealed a fact of no slight importance, namely, that the heirs presumptive to the Spanish diadem are cursed with a notorious unpopularity. Even under circumstances calculated to put the people in the beat temper imaginable, namely, during the performance of their favourite amusement, bull-fighting, when the matadors have bent the knee in homage to the IferArerz and her French husband, the crowd has tes tified its annoyance by the most undisguised sibilation. Much of this unpopularity of course may be attri buted to the jealousy inspired by a sense of the Orleanist intrigue in which the marriage originated ; but, no matter what the source to which it is trace able, the fact is at once unmistakeable and important. Another subject for consideration for all those who would conjecture the future reserved for Spain and the Spanish population, is the espousal of a Neapolitan Princess by the Conde DE MONTEMOLIN. The bridal festivities of the son of Don CARLOS had more over, it should be remembered, been preceded by the marriage of his most chivalrous adherent, the celebrated General. CABRERA, the hero of Catalonia— each of those occurrences, purely personal though they may appear, being calculated to effect in a remark able manner the fortunes of the peninsula. Within the last few days a desire on the part of a certain class of French politicians has been avowed in the columns of the Assenzblie Nationale, that the Republican Government of France should, in the event of the demise of Queen ISABELLA. without offspring, resume the policy of the Orleanists, by merging all consideration for the wishes of the Spanish people themselves in the question of the pre dominance of French interests in the peninsula. Against such doctrines as these the genius of this age of liberality and civilization protests most audibly. The problem to be solved for Spain, as for any nation similarly situated, is, not the predominance of French interests, or the predominance of English interests in her government, 'but the establishment of free institutions, and the consolidation of a constitutional authority, in accordance with the will of the Spanish people—whether the personage selected by that people, for the conduct of its affairs be the Duc DE MONTPENSIER, the Conde DE MONTEMOLIN, or some unborn child yet destined to succeed to the sceptre of I ISABELLA. 1 After sustaining four distinct and unequivocal de feats on the Attorneys' Certificates Bill, the Go vernment have at length succeeded, on a filth trial, in obtaining a majority, and thus throwing out this just and equitable measure for the present session. It had reached the last stage of its progress—the third reading—and, as it was a subject on which the here ditary branch of the Legislature could not interfere with the decision of the representatives of the people, there appeared to be but little doubt of a satisfactory conclusion to the contest. Toe cup, however, has been dashed from the lips of the eager t xpectants ; their reasonable hopes have been frustrated, even at the eleventh hour ; their exulting pains have been changed into lamentations. These unto ward results have been produced, not through any accession of strength on the part of their oppo nents, but by the scandalous neglect and apathy, the gross dereliction of duty by their professed friends. Had the 139 gentlemen who, on the 15th instant, recorded their votes in favour of the second reading of the Bill, and thus affirmed its principle, been in attendance on Monday evening last, the measure would have been sanctioned by a majority of 27, in place of being rejected by 24, and Sir CHARLES Woon would have learned that no Ministry can with impunity disregard the dictates of fair play and common honesty. The 51 absentees have indeed much to answer for, and they cannot plead the want of sufficient notice: On the preceding Saturday we emphatically cautioned them against the " dodges" that would be attempted, and exhorted them that they should not, "in the moment of victory, exhibit any apathy or negligence that might by any possibility convert their former tfiumphs into an ignominious defeat." The salutary warning war, however, in vain; they suffered themselves to be drawn by ether pursuits from the performance of the important duties they had undertaken. Perhaps the mysterious in fluence of the Ministerial " whipper out"—the pa tronage Secretary of the Treasury—might in some degree account for the absence of " the dirty half hundred." But, whatever might be the cause, we trust that the numerous and influential body whose interests were so shamefully disregarded will scru tinize the division lists of Monday, the 15th, and Monday, the 22d of July, with curious eyes, and require full and satisfactory explanations when Hun. Gentlemen are again appealing to their respective constituencies for a renewal of confidence. We would earnestly recommend to the profes sion that the names of those who voted on the five divisions, for or against the Govern ment, should be printed, and hung up in the office of every attorney and solicitor in the United Kingdom, to be referred to in case of a vacancy in the represen tation of the district in which he resides. If this course be adopted, and that the fifty-one absentees be marked with double lines of black, we premise that extraordinary vigilance will be exhibited on the re appearance of the Bill next session, and that the ob noxious tax will only once more be demanded. Each person interested will thys, for the outlay of a few pence, get rid of an annual payment of 12/., or of 81., as the case may be, according to the locality in which be resides. It will be a cheap mcde of at taining a great object. We trust that this hint will not be thrown away upon the acute and clear headed parties who have just sustained so grevious a disappointment. But, although Sir CHARLES WOOD has !whirred a temporary triumph, h e w ill h ave but little cause for seb-gratulation. Th e r e i s " a good time coming," longe r be when the entire taxation of th e country must sub jected to revision, when he will no n bethe enabled to defend unfair and unjust imposts oground that there are other duties equally atrocious—whena tax is to be judged of not on its own intrinsic merits merits or demerits, but according to the propriety of other taxes, which are still maintained de..pite the serious objections that may be put forward from time to time. Next year the property and income-tax will expire. Five-and , a• half million of pounds sterling v, ill be taken from the revenue at one fcll swoop, and Mi nisters, if they desire to preserve the public credit, and to meet the interest of the ntional debt, must apply to Parlbanei,t for a renewal of the charge. This necessity will afford a golden opportunity to fiscal and financial reforms for remodelling the public burdens, and diitributieg the weight more equitably, so that every man in the community may contribute to the e xigencies of the nation secundum statum et facultates. Such a chance cannot again arise fur many ' years, possibly never. It is certain that an attempt will be made by Ministers to render it perpetual, but that should be most strenuously resisted until it be extensively modified and placed on an entirely new basis, so that the precarious earnings of industry—of the diligent tradesman, or the hard-working professional man—be not charged as highly as the dividends of the fundholder or the ground-rents of the landed pro prietor, and until every crying grievance be redressed. We need scarcely say that we are not opposed to the principle of direct taxation, and that we consider judiciously and fairly assessed property-tax as the most eligible impost that can be levied, being at the same time more just and equitable, more politic and expedient than any other that could be adopted. Yet, while acknow ledging this much, we must remind Honourable Gen tlemen of what the proceedings on the Attorneys' Certificate Bill has so forcibly illustrated—the great difference between carrying a positive enactment and resisting any alteration in the law. The vexatious tactics adopted by the Government on the present occasion may be exhibited towards themselves when applying for the renewal of the income-tax, and divisions may be taken at every stage of the Bill, and whenever there is a chance of defeating it, unless a full inquiry be instituted into all the public burdens. Although sympa►hising with the attorneys in their recent disappointment, we can scarcely regret that the fiscal reformers will be ensured the zealous co operation of such efficient allies in the general con test that is rapidly approaching, and for which timely preparation should be made. They are, perhaps, more heavily taxed in proportion to their income than almost any other class of the community ; they have to pay heavy stamp duties before they can enter on the practice of their profession, amounting to no less than 1451., which, if invested in an annuity, would produce say 141. 103. per annum ; they hare also, if admitted three years, and resident in London, to pay 121. per annum for taking out their certificate. These sums are in addition to the income tax and all the indirect. imposts to which they are inflected, in common with .the other members of the community. If then, we suppose, the average earnings of London solicitors to be 2001. per annum, and we believe that we are esti mating at the very highest figure, if due allow ance be made for the various expenses and draw backs to which they are subjected, it will be seen that they have to pay direct taxation to the amount of 32/. 6s. Bd. per annum ; that is to say, 141. 10s. for in terest on 1451. sunk in payment of stamp duty, 12/. for certificate, and 51. 164. Bd. for income •tax, being as much as is demanded from the proprietor of 38,0001. Consolidated Three per Cents., and no less than 16 1-6th per cent. on their incomes. This is not as it should be. It cannot be defended on any principle of equity, and yet it is but one of many similar in stances of injustice equally demanding redress. We trust that another session will not be suffered to elapse without suitable remedies being provided, and we have pointed out the means by which a com plete victory may be achieved. The Army Estimates are to be taken to-morrow evening in Committee of Supply, and Mr. HENRY BERKELEY has . given notice of his intention to op. pose the vote for the Yeomanry Cavalry ; his op position to this vote, if successful, will be tantamount to a disbandment of this most useless, and if not useless, then most mischievous and most dangerous corps, and we trust that every Free-trader, every financial reformer, every lover of peace, every hater of disorder, will be in his place to-morrow night to support this motion. Their presence will be needed, for among the representatives of " the agri cultural mind," there will be a large num• ber of Yeomanry officers, who will, if they can, make the country pay fur this mischievous and ex pensive toy ;we shall find their names the division list on Friday morning, as having voted to a man in favour of saddling the country with an expense of 81,000/. to enable them to play at soldiers for one week during the year. An admirable paper by Lieu tenant-Colonel Wiexig, which appears in the number for July of Colburn's United Service Magazine, has proved that for all military purposes the Yeomanry Cavalry, as at present constituted, are worse than use less; that in the event of an invasion, or of their being opposed to disciplined troops, they would be of in finitely greater harm to their friends than to their foes ; that, in fact, considered in a military point of view, the Yeomanry Cavalry, which has only one week's disci pline and training during the whole of the year, is merely an expensive playthine ; and, as we cannot afford just now to expend 81,000/. for the purchase of a plaything fur the country gentlemen, it would be but becoming in the Minister to at once accede to the very reasonable proposition of the lion. Member for Bristol, and to withdraw the vote. But then we shall be told that, although they are utterly inefficient as a military force, yet they are of great assistance as a police force. This we entirely deny ; their organization is so clumsy that it requires at least 48 hours' notice to call them out, and when called they are unamenable to discipline, and either refuse to perform their duty at all or perform it in such a partisan spirit as to bring great discredit upon the institutions of the country, and to excite that hatred of class against class which, next to actual civil war, is the greatest curseehat can befal a nation. We re member the Manchester massacre, when persons peacefully assembled for a legal object, and be havine in a legal manner, were set on by an undisciplined mob of armed yeomanry headed by the squires, and hounded on by a clerical magistrate, and were ruthlessly massacred ; the bitter fruits of the cowardly onslaught of the JOWLERS of 1819 we are reaping to this very hour; it was at I'eterloo that the foundation was laid of the class hatred between the industrious classes and the squire archy, who, on that occasion, rode roughshod over them, which has 'not even yet entirely disappeared. While, however, at Manchester, they acted with that cruelty and undue severity which invariably charac terise an undisciplined corps, there have not been wanting occasions in which, as in the " Swing" riots of 1830, they have refused to act at all, alleging that if they did so their own property would be in danger. As an aid, therefore, to the civil power in case of disturbance, they are, when not absolutely useless, positively mischievous, and, seeing the ardent desire which many of these gentry have expressed at recent protectionist meet ings " to .mount their oases, ride into the towns, and carry the re-enactment of the bread tax by- force of the sabre," we think that, as a matter of precaution, these gentle men should be at once disarmed and disbanded, not because we apprehend they will attempt to carry their threats into execution, but because persons who can be found so far "left to themselves," as to give utterance to them, are in intellect mere children, who, for their own safety's sake, and to prevent them from doing themselves a mischief, should not be suffered to play with edged tools or fire-arms. A GOOD CHARACTEII.—After enacting Havnau in cruelty, and Schwartzenberg in policy, Sir Henry Ward, is unable to imitate even the clemency that Hayden. at last resorted to in Hungary. There is not a potentate, from the Adriatic to the Indian Ocean, more despotic, more detested, more extra-constitutional, more the foe of all reform all economy. and ad liberal principle, than Sir Henry Ward.— Daily A - eu.s. THE WEATUER. — The mean reading of the ham. meter for the past week at the Royal Observatory, Green wich, was 29.814 inches. The mean temperature was 65.6 degrees, which is four degrees above the average of the same week in seven years. On Monday, Tuesday, and Wednes day it ranged between 8 degrees and 12 degrees higher than the average of the same days. The temperature was highest on Tuesday ; and on that (lay the highest in the shade was 87 degrees, and the highest in the sun 105 degrees. COLONEL SALWEY, M.P.—We regret to learn that the lion. Member was taken with a fainting fit just before the House came to a division on the Attorneys' Certificates Bill yesterday morning, between two and three o'clock. He remained in a state of insensibility until the arrival of Dr. Nittih:le co Cie. p ann lo , n o re. f Parliament-street, who was sent for by order of Mr. W a kl e y, M.P., w h o h ap p ene d to be near him at th e draught ht was which promptlyhad the in e a t t r t e e c n t attendance. and rousing gavehll bd so i n r after ha was removed to Dr. IVlCann's, and was put tpinagreatersos,rentii morning several t ea the rt o a f lu hr. o n h Several Members accompanied him, and remained a t , shua Waltual g ev t idh o h n e i : ta ; mi, l; si m wo o them t n ahs ts .rt t sh.at hh ee w H a r s eol M ,no.r r t . c ee h ms ot Member e er _ - r U l r ' s '.3a in tranquil sleep, and felt much b O'Gorman 111411 on paired i n f avour o f t h e Attorneys' Certificate Bill with M r . ll orn b y against. r r n . e thetteys ESQ.—D UBLIN , M ONDAY. DEATH OF M 4110 NY, —Yesterday Pierce K. Mahony. , Acco a un fa ta ll nt irm tieneral y ' a v lt ki b l y i-e' t i bi b s y melancholy o - his h tt s h e. e CourtTeoffice x r c e h n e d q e u re e d r, catas trophe is worth 6001. a year. Advice that is given arrogantly or sharply can scarcely be expected to be received with humility and grati tude.--E/iza Cook's Journal. ERRATUM,—In our report of the officers received on Tuesday by the First Lord of the Admiralty, there was an inaccuracy. Is appears Charles T. llill, Royal Navy, holds a commission as lieutenant and commander, bearing date 20th July, 1835, and by an official letter, dated 931 mee, 1850, signed by the Second Secretary (W. A. B. Hamilton), is styled therein, and addressed on the enyeiope, " Commander Charles TII9JauI.S Hill." SIR ROBERT PEEL. BORN FEBRUARY 5, 1788. DIED JULY 2, 1850. BY WILLIAM CHARLES RENT, Aunton OF He has perished in peace, yet departed in glory, The senator's robe, not the hero's, his shroud; No blood-streaming battles emblazon his story, Yet still with his fame the whole land rings alma In the slumber of death he is silent for ever; No more may his accents the nation rejoice— The nation who loved him, the nation who never Can hearken again to her orator's voice. Oar dreams of his future have died in their splendour, Have died with his death, and are drowned with our tears; Alas I that one moment of anguish can render Thus vain and evasive the vision of years. Alas! that the genius a realm is lamenting Should thus have been quenched by the pangs of a day; Should tempt the DeA.oyer who knows no relenting, And sink with me sigh to the depths of decay. He sleeps—but the world is awake to his actions; He dies—but the age is alive to his worth : He failed—but in failing dismenaliered all factions; He ruled—and in ruling replenished the earth. And now o'er his tomb are the multitude mourning The loss of their statesman, their idol, their chief, The sense of whose greatness, their conclave adorning, Enhances their pride but to heighten their grief. Though lowly the fate that bereft him of power, Sublime was the sorrow that rose o'er his fall, When millions, dejected, awaited the hour Replete with calamities dreaded by all. Oh, dire were the portents and deep the emotion That threatened the State like a shadow of gloom, When Princes and People, with common devotion, At sundown and sunrise sought news of his doom. For well they remember'd the light of his reason Shone brightest when blackest events were combined, The horrors of famine, the terrors of treason But winning new store from the wealth of his mind. Their gratitude turned to the thought of that valour That shelter'd the islands when ills o'er them swept, And musing with awe when he lay in death's pallor, The senator trembled, the warrior wept. No Minister ever more nobly presided O'er councils that never more needed control, And ne'er hath ambition more grandly derided; The baubles of empire that gleam in its goal. Was England's command on injustice dependent, His large and magnanimous heart chosa aright— He abandoned to foes his position resplendent, And yielded to weakness the wand of his might. In opulence lull'd, yet his life was devoted To watch o'er his country and toil in her cause; Though leisure allured him, his aim was denoted By drudgery pass'd in amending her laws. A passion for letters and science, uniting Their blandishments, sought to decoy him in vain— Him—the gentle and brave—only stern when requiting The crafts of intrigue and the wiles of chicane. Yet, brilliant his acts of political duty, More brilliant the deeds of his private career, When for virtues, more sweet in their homelier beauty, Most loved the great man, some might only revere. Oh ! solemn the proof of his generous feeling Drawn forth from its stealth by a blood-stained despair, The suicide's hand, in its anguish revealing His nature, still tender, when ravaged by care. The People he loved more than Place, ever yearning To govern them wisely, their good to ensure; And oft from his measures the nation was learning How, reared 'mid the rich, he yet lived for the poor; Their homes were the scenes of his fond asp ration, The cottager's blessing his brightest reward, More prised than the pomp of a dukedom's creation, Than wealth or nobility gained by the sword. Then leave, as he wished, his frail ashes to moulder Beneath the old fane near the scenes of his youth ; Though humble its shade, nobler structure were colder To him who viewed death through the spectrum of truth. No pageants sepulchral accumulate round him The symbols of pride that he spurned on life's shore; More grandly his great recollections surround him= The Patriot Chief whom the People deplore. London, 9th July, 1850. MADAME BOMPIANI'S CONCERT. — Madame Bom piani gave her annual evening concert on Monday. By the kind permission of Sir 'l'. N. and Lady T alfourd, it was held at their residence in Russe.b.square. The principal vocalists were Mdlle. Parodi. Mdlle. Uccelli, Miss Lowe, Madame Lemaire, Signori Furtado. Ciabatta, Coves, Mengis, Mas siani, &c. The instrumental music was rendered by Madame Bompiani herself (an excellent executant), Mr. Norman, and Signor Ikelheimer. REPRESENTATION OF CHESTER —We have already announced that the Honourable William Owen Stanley was the successful candidate at the poll which was closed at four o'clock on Monday afternoon, and that the num ber of votes recorded in his favour greatly preponde rated over those of his opponent (Mr. E. C. Egerton) in the Tory interest. The Sheriff held his court at five o'clock on Monday evenig, to declare the state of the poll, when the official return was declared as follows: Stanley, 98d; Egerton, 645; majority fur Mr. Stanley, 341. Mr. Stanley was then chaired through the city, amid the applause of thd great multitude who lined the streets. OPENING OF THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.— The important portion of the Great Northern sys:em of railway communication, extending over seventy-six miles is now complet e d and between ready fc r L g to The Government officer is to go ov er i t i n a few days, and o o p n e d n o i n n unit t he public Peterborough, bythe 7th of nex t mon th. report to the Railway Commissioners as to its fitness for traffic. The total area of rail that will be connectedly thrown open on the occasion will be 220 miles, with termini at Peterborough, Boston, Lincoln, Hull, Gainsborough, Great Grimsby, and York. Of this mileage seventy-six miles con sist of the trunk between London and Peterborough, anti 14't miles known as the Lincolnshire loop, with various links and branches. When what is called the town's-line between Peterborough and East Retford, and other branches, are com pleted the Great Northern will represent a network of rail way, north and south, little short of 300 miles, constructed at a coat of between 7,000,000/. and 8,000,000/., and so far on a much less costly scale than any other railway in the kingdom. Arrangements on an extensive scale have been made at the King's Cross station and at the various stations on the line for a large coal traffic, at reduced prices, to be brought from the South Yorkshire coal tidds, the trucks con taining the coal from which will unload at the -edge of the Regent's Canal for the supply of the London market. UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOVV.---W e understand that Dr. James Adair Lawrie has been appointed to the profes sorship of surgery in the University. vacant by the demise of the late lamented Dr. B urns. • Dr. Lawrie has for some time occupied a similar office in the Andersonian University. The appointment is in the gift of the Crown. —Daily Mail. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. FL A O L R I) /;; ss The 2 3. LN.c mt GALL r rHAI oftir R U GI S CL HOUSE, O the inhabit ants of the north riding P of prevented a petition from Tip perary, complaining of agricultural the county ral distress and the present poor-law system. They complained were completely driven ou t or thec plained th a t they English mar ket in consequence of the large importations particularly Ft ench, ft var. There was also an immense of foreign, and quantity of foreign bacon and pork greatly interfered with the sal e theirnow imported which produce. The alterations in the tariff had also admitted d hides and a an variety of other articles duty free, thereby lessened their means of paying rent, culti,a3 •ug their land, or giving employment to the labourers. POPULATION BILL. On the motion fur the third reading 0 f (he Population Bill. the Earl of MALMESBURY begged to offer sug gestion to the S,2crc otr e D tary of State for t h e U a epart tne::t relative to the returns, which it appeared to him Acre susceptible of great improvement. lie want e d to have the form altered so as to define more clearly the persons engaged in agriculture, commerce, trade, and rnaaufactares, and those dependent upon these several branches of industry. Some small towns which were entirely depea:tent upon agriculture were in the popu lation returns of 1841 set down as manufacturing. Atter a few words from Earl GRANvILLE, Lord MONTEAGLE, and the Earl of ELLENBOROITG Lord STANLEY said the object of his Noble Friend's suggestion, in which he quite concurred, was to show what had not been done in the former returns, those who were dependent upon manufactures and those who were dependent upon agriculture. In the small rural towns it was well known that 1,11 the tradesmen and artizans were dependent upon the agricultural classe;, ;aid could nut be fairly set down among the manufac turers. Earl GREY doubted whether any improvement could be made in the forms adopted on the last occasion. The Earl et MALMESBURY did riot want to throw in these dealers and traders among the agriculturists; what be wanted was, to prevent their being thrown into that body called muntVacturers, and thus unfairly swell their numbers; they belonged as little to the one class as to the other, but they ought to be clearly described in the returns. The Bill was then read a third time and passed. The Linen, &c., Manufactures (Ireland) Bill was read a third time and passed. The Population (Ireland) Bill was read a third time and passed. MILITIA BALLOTS SUSPENSION BILL. On the motion that this Bill be read a third time, The Earl of ELLENBOROUGII said it waa now the 20th or 21st time that a similar Bill had bet n passed, end it was time that the ballot should he altogether abolished, as tending ton,,:rds the maintenance :of a system unsuited to the altered state of warfare. This country had not improved as compared with other countriecountries in a ruiliiary point of view ; and if the new principles of foreign policy recently promulgated were to be acted upon, it behoved them to to p re p ared for the contingency of hostilities. The principles themselves, as enunciated were certainly trite and commonplace enouzli, hut the Classical allusion the Roman citizen, whore the British citizen hereafter was to resemble, showed that something more WaA meant. Undoubtedly it woukibe very a greea bl e for Englishmen to stalk over the contin, nt'a s th oug h th e y we re some superior beings, and affect t o b e releas , ql from all obligations of obei:innce to the laws of the country in which they might happen to be, and rely on the prot‘etion of the strong arm of this country. But their Lordship must recollect that if the II British citizen was to eijoy the immunities of the Roman citizen, he must be content to take them on the same conditions, nod an army must bo maintained to preserve these immunities. But nothing could be more absurd than to institute a comparison between the two nations. The Government of Borne was essentials military, with arms its chief study, war its prime object, and conquest its desire. The desire of this country was, not to make war, but to m .ke money.—(dear, hear, and a laugh.) But it would be most irrational to suppose, end might lead to great calamities if they indulged it he delusion that British subjects would be respected as Roman citizens were respected if they did not provide the same means of protecting them. But it had been said we must not suppose, when angry words were used, that blows were always to follow. That might be true when rations were of equal strength, but where one state insisted. on remairiog like this country in a state of per severing weakness, determined to take no means what ever for its protection, resolved to be defenceless, it was not for us to incur the anger of armed states desirous of war, and anxious to wreak on us the vengeance which they had treasured for ages. It was very w,ll to talk of sympathy with Governments co-operating with their subjects in the advancement of conetitutiona! principles; but if they waited for this concur rence in the pursuit of freedom—if they waited fir the concurrence of the King of Naples with the people of Sicily, or the Emperor of Austria with the Milanese or the Venetian States, he did not think they would at a very early period be called on for the exhi bition of their sympathy. This word sympathy was of a somewhat questionable and dangerous character, for, if he mistook not, the United States' borderers who in vaded the territory of Canada' not long ago assumed the peaceful name of sympathisers. If they were prepared to persevere in having a very small peace establishment, in keeping our coasts perfectly defenceless, it was abso lutely necessary to make our language abroad conform to our weakness at home. It might be very well far us to do as we hail done if we had 40 sail of the line, 100,000 soldiers at our disposal, and 10,000,0001. iu our Treasury. But with no larger fleet than that possessed by France, and with no more disposable ships than would equal one-third of the force which Russia in a few weeks might bring full of troops to the mouth of the Thames. with not a corporal's guard disposable, and not a single spare florin in the Treasury, it would be a sheer absurdity to indulge in such aspirations. He therefore hoped that our Government, under these cir cumstances, would at least abstain from giving offence to nations with arms in their hands, and who were both ready and desirous to use them to our disadvantage. Earl GREY said the Noble Earl had begun by stating that the time had come for abolishing the militia bal:ot altogether iastead of continuing to suspend it, and then proceeded to state that this country was in a state of great weakness as compared with other nations. On neither ef these points could he agree with the Noble Earl. With regard to the first, he thought it - most de sirable to keep such a power in reserve. With respect to the second point, he believed the position of this coun try to have changed, not for the worse but for the bet ter, in respect to its preparations for any sudden out break of war. In the first place, very large sums had been expended within the last twelve or fifteen years in various works of strength in our principal arseuals, and in the formation of harbours of refuge on points of ex treme importance, with reference not only to commerce, but to hostile operations. Again, a new force had been created within a few years past by enrolling the pen sioners, to the amount of 15,000 he believed, who, al though not E qual to soldiers in the vigour of their age for field operations, would always he cf great use in garrison and in the defence of our coasts. A very great change had also been produced of late years by the in crease of the artillery, a force which could not be sud denly created to meet an emergency. Though a consi derable reduction had been made in the army in the present year, it did not apply to the artillery, which was upwards of 2,000 men stronger than it was three or four years since. But, said the Noble Earl, look at the force . kept on foot by other countries. Now there was no more fallacious mode of estimating the real strength of a country than looking at the mere amount of force kept on foot. If they wished to estimate the real, though dormant power of this country, which the spirit of our people would render very speedily available if this country were ever iovolvi d in serious danger, they must take a diffeient view of the matter, and above all they must look to the state of the finances. His firm convic tion wee, that instead ef being less powerful than those foreign countries which the Noble Earl had adverted to, or loss powerful than they were at a firmer period, when they looked at the state or their finances, and regarded the progress of wealth and industry in this country, they would find that in real and substantial power this coun try was advancing far more rapidly than those rivals with whom the Noble Earl had compared it. He was certainly not a little surprised to hear the Noble Earl talk of there not being a single florin in the Treasury, after having seen in the Gazelle that at the quarterly meeting of the Commissioners, notwithstanding the great reduction in taxation which had taken place. there was a considerable surplus applicable to the reduction of the national debt. He believed there was no country in the world where,if it should become necessary to make a great effort, you could at a moment be so certain of obtaining any amount of money you might choose to call for. That he held to he the greatest element of our power. But the Noble Earl also surprised him by urging the necessity of maintaining a very large force on the ground of a change which he alleged to hr.ve t sken place in the foreign policy of this country. He knew of no such change, nor had any such taken place in the foreign policy of the nation. The Noble E srl had commented on the reference made to Renee, and said it implied that we were to aspire to universal comfiest. Re did not so understand the allusion. The inviolability of the Ru men citizen was maintained by Rome when she was an inconsiderable Italian state, and such had also been the policy of this country at least from the time of Crom well, and he earnestly hoped, notwohstending what the Noble Earl was pleased to consider the weakness of this country, that it would be always strong enough to maintain that policy, and that an Englishman, in what ever part of the world he might happen to be, might always find himself protected by the shield of British power. As to the observations made by the Noble Lord with reference to our sympathy with nations struggling for freedom, he must remind him that al most from the earliest period of her history this country had always shown an interest in the efforts made by foreign nations in the cause of constitutional liberty, and when the Noble Earl illustfated his argu ment by a reference to the American sympathisers, he begged to tell him that it was not because the word was used to cover atrocious designs that sympithy was to be discouraged and reprobated. It was his firm belief that though great reductions had undoubtedly been made in her forces, no nation could attack the honour of this country with impunity.—(Hear.) After a few words from the Earl of GLENGALL, The Bill was read a third time and passed. STOCK IN TRADE BILL. Earl GRANVILLE moved the second tetvling of this Bill. Lard STANLEY asked whether the Government would be prepared next session to bring forward any measure to remedy the gross inequality and anomaly oc casioned by the exemptions involved in this Rill? The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said the Government would be prepared to listen to any plan which would have the effect of making a more equitable adjustment of the burden of taxation. THE ALIEN ACT. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said, that in reply to a question which had been put t him the other evening by a Noble Lord opposite (Lord Stanley), he wished to state, that in the condition in which this country was at present happily placed, her Majesty's Ministers did not think there was any ground for their proposing a re newal of the Alien Act which was about to expire. The measure had only been introduced as a temporary one, and he believed it might at present be safely dispensed with. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, July 23. IRISH POOR-LAW. (Continued from our Third Edition of last night.) Mr. F. FRENCH said the Hon. Member for Stroud proceeded on the principle that the proposition of the Hon. Member (Colonel Dunne) was to put a stop to out door relief, which would make the Irisu poor-law worse than it was at present. He was surpri•ed to hear the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Stroud advocating the right of tne nominees of the Crown to tax the people of Ireland.—(Hear, hear ) The very idea of such a doctrine, if applied to this country, would be scouted from one end of the land t) the other ; and he, there fore, hoped it would not b e t,lerated, when it was pro posed to continue it in the sister kingdom. The im provement which he wished to introduce into the present law was some test against deception and hypocrisy, and that was all he asked for, Major BLACK ALL thought all the improvements which had been suggested could be accomplished by the board of guardians under the existing law without the intervention of the Legislature, and he therefore hoped the House would not be induced to adopt this Bill. Still, if it would afford any satis faction to the Honourable and Gallant Member who proposed it, he should have no objection to its being introduced for the purpose of being considered during the reces4. Sir G. GREY would not stand in the way of its intro duction, but ho begged it to be distinctly understood that Government in no degree. sanctioned the principles laid dow n by th e Honourable and Gallant Gentleman who had proposed the Bill. Fur instance, Government altogether differed with him in supposing that out-door relief could be abolished, nor could he sanction any ex tensive scheme of employing the poor upon public works. He believed the law to be a very valuable one, and he should be sorry to ses any course adopted out of doors that would prevent its full operation. Mr. STAFFORD supported the introduction of the Bill, and denied that Members on that side of the House were opponents of out-door relief. There could be now no doubt of the failure in a great degree of the potato crops in Ireland,and he thought it theduty of the Government to adopt some course to avert, if possible, the fatal cala mity which would otherwise fall upon Ireland. Sir 11. W. BARRON said the Irish poor law was the greatest grievance of Ireland, inasmuch as it was pau perishg the whole country, particularly those who had any thing to lose. This arid the effect of free trade were ruining the people.—(Lear, hear.) Ireland was and ever would be the difficulty of England until Ireland was go verned by a majority of Irish Members. At present the Irish Members were swamped upon purely Irish qut salons by English and Scotch Members voting at the beck of the Minister. It was that which lost America to England. As far as he undi-rstood the Bill, for he had not seen it—(Laughter) —he entirely agreed with his Hon. Friend that outdoor re li e f in Ireland was wholly impracticable, and therefore he support, d the motion. The English people complained of a paltry 7d. in the pound income-tax, and then they appeared asto nished that the Irish people should complain of 25., Bso and even 10s. in the pound poor elaw taxation. The English complained of the poor-law as oppressive. He denied that they had any right to complain of the poor law. The Irish people were the only people who hat a right to complain of the poor-law. The Englishman's property had been acquired and purchased with the ourden of the poor-law tax on it. The Irishman had scquired his property without any such tax, end it was, t`nerefore, monstrous to impose it on Irishmen. The peer-law was a new tax on house end landed property in Ireland. Why ghoul I those pecies of property be only subject to the poor law tax, and all other descriptions of property exempted? It was a monster grievance, this poor-law, and the Government should have no peace until they redressed this, and all other of the monster grievances of Ireland. Ireland would be the great difficulty of Government so long as Government refused to look into these questions, and neglected to legislate for them. As long as be had breath in his body—(Laughter)—he would not cease to press on Government the necessity of remedying these great evils. At that late priori a the session he felt he should have neglected his duty had he not told the House and the country that Government had, this session, done nothing for Ireland. Mr. S. CR LISN'FORD was willing to place out-door relief under such restr ;int as would mitigete that amount of evil which he believed must flow from establishing that principle without limitation. The Hon. Member for Portarlington had said that Irish gentlemen acquired their property and purchased their estates without being subject to a poor-law. That was oue of the grievances of Ireland. It was a slerme that no provision had been made by la.idlords well lately for the people of Ireland. Much of the evil under which Ireland laboured was re ferable to the land. Tee towns were overburdened by the poor Fpulation being driven from the country into the towns. This ought not to have been permitted, and would not have occurred under a more judi cious system. With respect to poor-law relief. he was of opinion that everybody who had relief ought, as far as possible, to work for that relief. Then, with re spect to state-paid officers, ho was favourable to that system; but it was a system that ought not to be pursued longer than it could be avoided. The Hon. Member for ‘Veterford complained of the starving pour in Ireland; but what would have been the fate of the poor had not th it great deceased stateman made such commercial changes as enabled them to bring food into the country at tne cheapest possible rate? Understanding that the Birl would not absolutely forbid out dour relief, ho should support the motion for its introduction. Colonel DUNNE did not wish absolutely to prohibit out-door relief. All he wished was that it should be given by other means than were adopted under the pre sent poor-law. Allusion had been mede to free trade. He denied that free trade existed in Ireland. Colonel CHATTERTON said oat-door relief might be entirely abolished in tho Cork Uidon, but several of the pour-law guardians were desirous of forcing out-door relief on that union. Sir W. SOMERVILLE wished to have proof of that. Leave was then given to bring in ti,e Bill. TENANT-FAR MERS. Colonel SIBTHORP ruse to bring forward the mo tion of which he had given notice, relative to relieving the tenant-farmers from the operation of the income-tax. He wished some abler Member, and one more competent to enter into the details et the question, had brought forward this motion. The tenants were suffering from free trade, and they were less able than almost any other class to bear the losses to which they were exposed by the operation of the new system of commercial policy. He wished the Right Hon. Gentleman 'the Chancellor of the Exchequer would relieve him from the necessity of bringing forward this motion from his own sense of what was due to the tenant-farmers and justice, by acceding at once to his proposition, and thus relieve him and his Hon. Friends who attended in that House from a tire some speech, and an unsatisfactory speech on the part of himself, because of the weak efforts he was only able to make in favour of the motion. But as he .despaired of this proceeding the motion he should submit to the House was this :—" That from and atter September the duty payable by tenant-farmers under schedule B of the income- tax. should cease and determine." He had been asked why he selected this particular period? He did so because ne found it would give relief to Scotland and England equally. He knew he should be met, and fairly met, by a statement from the Right Hon. Gentleman that the period of three years would expire in April 1851. If the Right Hon. Gentle man would assure him—he did not wish to bind the Right lion. Gentleman to an impossibility—that during tne recess he would look into the whole matter and give it his serious consideration, and that it he found suffi. cient reason he would be disposed to give relief to th.t class of persons for whom he humbly, deeply, and ear nestly entreated sympathy—to the tenant-farmers of the country—if the Right lion. Gentleman would do that, and hold out a hope of the probability of the removal of this tax, he would net trespass on the time of the House or of the Right Hon. Gentleman. But as he was afraid the Right Hon. Gentleman was not disposed to give him such an assurance instanter, he must take the liberty to lay before the House the grounds cn which he conceived he was justified in resting his motion, to which he trusted his Hon. Friends in that House would give their support, and thus bring the Right Honourable Gentleman to a sense of duty, which, however, he would rather see emanate from the Right Hon. Gentleman from a sense on his part of what was right, avid what ought to be granted to those for whom he now ventured to plead. He did not wish to speak ill of any man who had ever sat on the Treasury Bench. Though it was his duty to differ from a d ceased statesman—the late Sir Robert Peel, to whom he gave the utmost c-edit for t'se exercise of every duty in private life, and with whose family he deeply sympathised in their bereavement—still, as a pub lic servant, and reteeeibering.whet had passed in tstit House during the period the Right Hon. Baronet held, he might say, the neat important situadoa in the coun try—recoil cting what had taken place, and what had fallen from the ltight lion. throe, t which led to those great disappointments felt by all in the House and every body in the country—except the Free-traders, certainly by the great and iwportuut agricultural body—landlord, tenant, and not least important, the Isbourieg class; he was bound to eall the attention of the House to facts. He well recollected that whets the late Right Hon. Baro net, in 1842, brought in it Bill for what he considered to be an amendment of the existing corn-laws—which many on his side of the House teought was anything but an amendment—but, in reality, a violation of those rights and engagements admitted by every statesmen, Mr. Huskisson and others; he recollected the words which the Right Hon. Baronet used to introduce his measure, and he would read them to the House. The Right Hon. Baronet commenced by saying—" Sir, I rise in pursuance of the notice which I have given, to submit to the House the views of her Majesty's Go vernment with respect to the modification and amend ment of those laws which regulate the import of foreign corn." The Right lion. Baronet went on to say—" I am aware of the difficulties which encompass the sub ject I am about to bring under the consideration of the House. With regard to a matter in respect to which such adverse opinions prevail, it is difficult to discuss it without making statements or admissioas which will be seized on by those who entertain opposite opinions ; but I feel that the best course I can pursue is to submit to the House the considerations which influenced the judgment and decision of Ler Majesty's Government, and to leave them to be decid d on by the reason, mode ration, and judgment of Pardament." " The only object which I shall aim at in bringing this subject under the consideration of the House will be to state, as clearly and intelligibly as I can, the considera tions which have induced her Majesty's Govern ment in reference to the nature of the mea sure I am about to propose. One other object I shall aim at—namely, to discuss this question affect ing such mighty interests, in a temper sod spirit con formable with its great importance, bearing in mind how easy it is on each side to raise exaggerated apprehen sions, and find inflammatory topics by which the feelings of the people may be excited. Her Majesty's Govern ment have deemed it their duty to consider the corn laws with a view to their modification and amendment. They undertake the consideration of this question at a period when there is commercial distress, and when there exist grew' suffering amid privations connected with that distress. But I feel it my duty, in the first place, to declare that, a' ter having given to this subject the fullest consideration in my power, I cannot recommend the prop:sal which 1 have to make by exciting a hope that it will tend materially and immediately to the miti gation of that commercial distress. While I admit the existence of commercial distress—while I deplore the sufferings which it has occasioned, and sympathise with those who have unfortunately been exposed to privations, yet I feel bound to declare that I cannot attribute the distress—to the extent in which it was by some sup posed imputable—to the operation of the corn-laws. I do not view with those feelings of despondency with which some are inclined to regard them, the com mercial prospects of this country. * * " But looking at the general state of the commerce o this country, I neither see grounds for that despon dency with which some are in the habit of viewing it, nor can I s-me any ground for imputing to the opera tion of the corn-laws, as some do, any material share in the evils at present existing. I think we are too apt to assume that there must be a constant and rapid in crease in the amount of our exports to other countries, and we aro too apt to despond when we find any occa sional check in the amount of our exports. We decline to compare the extent of our commerce in the last year with a period of time more distant than the preceding year. We insist on comparing it with the year imme diately preceding; and if there appears a decline we are too apt to apprehend that the sources of our prosperity are dried up. At all periods of our commercial history there have been these alternations cf prosperity and de pression. The latest period to which the returns respects , ing our trade are fully made up will include the year 1849, and comparing the state of trade in 1840 with its condition in preceding years, during the operation of the corn-laws, I see no ground for the inference sometimes drawn, that the corn-laws ate the cause of our mis fortunes, and that the repeal or alteration of them will supply an immediate remedy." "I refer to this for the purpose of confirming my im pression, that to look fur any rapid or greet change in the condition of the working population of this country from any extensive change of the corn-liwy, would subject you to great disappointment. My firm belief is—l am now speaking with reference to those who wish for an absolute repeal of these laws—that if the House of Commons should be induced to pledge itself to a total repeal, which we on this side of the House deprecate so much, without relieving permanently the manufactures of the country, you will only superudd the severest agricultural distress. Any such disturbance of agriculture as must follow from a total repeal of the corn-laws would, in my opinion, lead to unfavourable results, not only with respect to the agriculturists there elves, but also to all those numerous classes who ate identific I with them in interest." Th e Right Hon. Baronet went un to say :—" Nothing can be more difficult than to attempt to determine the amount of protection required f,4 the home producer. ............••••••'''....".......•............"..'"-- price I shot l i l l * 41 ; . • say, that or the protec• • .„ te men t tural interest, as far as I can possibly form sin" for its laithreferenice toth e pro . b , jaebrlie,)rfeint beuneegrrsitcianigt. if the price of wheat in this country, allowing , to natural oscillations, could be limited to some ace amount as hi tseeen 545. and 585., I do not belt it i:, fq• the interest of the agriculturiit tbst itr,..r. be higher." The average was now much under 40 ~:ru _ r i Cher ou the Right Hon. Baronet said :--" ' ut t r the h-' • .. belief of my colleagues is. that it is imports _ ~„ this colettirey, that it is of the highest importat.ce i° the weitare of all classes in this country, that Y eti 5 1 . o f cord take care that the main sources of your suPP II - 0 w hile w should be d • derived from domestic agriculture ; P o t h lso feel that any additional price which ru may rice d litmus! P . effectiner which cann 6 ot be vindicated as that object is an It i or P re ply belie! ' u o .. 6 balls ero od , Illiuln to agriculture, . but only en t he loge. er its being advantageous to the country at be3r i from • e were the statements in 1842 which th e y the Right Hon. Baronet. he wished to give was not protection to anY Psrl! pose class. His belief and the belief cf his colleegue4e6 an d to all e; o f that it %Vali important to this couetry, the% care should be taken that the main sowee eu r , r o. supply of corn should be derived from domestic "g aid Jo The protection wheel ture—and that any additional price which 'We s P b a t ile effecting that object would be countertialdc;dhe liiellt general gain in other respects. The words of tie r 0 lion. Baron e t were, that it was essentially neessals/th, give protection to domestic agriculture; and I . ll) , c oslci :th e A 41 quotations which could be referred to, it tonn e b r . seen that the increasing imports from foreig n ; n o tries contirno d to depress, and would, uliiiinlt' ;SO; hileve the productions of this country. le , D tee the Right Hen. Earonet brought In sel3i which gr ll wha , t ee to her Majesty an income-tax on the properq April, country for three years. The tax wa s to certie t. n old 1845, it was renewed from time to time, erl d it goo. expire on the sth of April, 1851. He wishei soil:1%13111 elember, between 1842 and 1851, had introduce woo to ciftct the removal or the cessation of the tax 00 per importent branches of our national industrY.,_o not since 1842 there had been a constant deprese,° ' w itb only in grain, but in every thieg connect', 00 the landed interest. And to what w e f o reift° depression owing? To the importation of . i he produce. And this had w..rked again sP on t of tenant-farmer in t No- ways. It had also personthrg4 l' andtheir employ went an important class d i la t he thrown an additional burden on the count increase . of' poor-rates and other burdens. Mu Thes• e#oolB this it bad tended to the increase of crime. eot os the d e l °. ca some of the evils which had arisen from at home caused by the importatioa of foreign c orlit c, or tie, butter, cheese, and other articles from foreiguou'iteg for po i. tries. These he considered sufficient grounds the remission fur the cultivators lief the soil, vill °. , e nest) on in 1851 was quite impossi to P redict.'` . the ) is ~, The imports of corn (wheat, bailey, and - cd tai r el in led three years ending 1849 were 18,514,249 Vie %port", eight years from 1842 to 1849 the eusetitY • re s' was not less than 206,422,739 qrs. ll e W 3 ,: s r° li r i tt : the Hon. Members for the Nest Riding en- c eusei chester would say there was no distress in thetbsgros notwithstanding their ground of opposition to t oec i l proposed the other day was the distress of th e ee r. Anubt t e 9.. But he would ask, did any Hon. Member `"""-- I SOP istence of distress among (Hear, h , hear.) lie knew the Right Hon.° awitheet could not carry on the business f the count* ? ir. ° lee 0 0 eh certain impositions,' but he called on h im t „weir., home, to the agricultural class encourage trade and bome tnen'vte co"' a to d protect the cultivator of the soil, and to Lek! ' to said fa eration the pressure of this tax on the I: , oe' mers. He trusted the Right Hon. Golden:4,o placeabotitvi'ool acquiesce in the motion which he was before the Hott , e. It' be should not do 9°,„ 11e 1 -00 0 , new the application in another' session of ra r I lo ad P , (Hear.) The Hon. and Gallant Member 00cettb° SePt e ' n"r u j3 eh iii moving that from and after the 20th hedule cease atm dote r • duties payable by tenant farmers under Sc m . _ reine.—(Chcers.) , ev iesie tlictign lit The CHANCELLOR of the EN:Cflr''‘ -- a - c ( I te- h r. the Hon. aud Gallant Gentleman would bal e - °7 t io °.l , ü bjec x wo o judiciously if he had brought forward the next session, when the renewal of the inc ere lee 11 ,, e , t3 ; come under the consideration of the House. gee el and Gallant Gentleman must be aware that t 0 consi st one class from the 'would be income-tax A n cle.' % with the principle on which it was levied. ;. nc h sl s under a certain sum were relieved, but whe" e 6- cote °3ll : was . levied it must be paid by all classes of w e n , eft': nit l y. It would be manifestly unjust to favour,°„,ted It c_ii ar class at the expense of another, and he 'r." matioe' Hon. and Gallant Gentleman would not pros hie, b , 00; Mr. BUCK trusted the subject would recei.,,,vag'oo3,°„°; slderalion of the Government before the cOul" f it e ted y e of another session. No such injustice vide I :, 00 the any other class in any country in EuroP e , ; - he re l y re " tenant farmers of this country. He believed '- oddeell,'-, not a farmer who could not come forwsrd ittret/P:, that he had not gained a shilling. Ori tbe u () f n a lly 011 ,," . was convinced that a great many g. had Suuk..,'„-uld bt,,. 8 third of their capital.—(Hear, flear.) Ic, :: - Gove',i n some encouragement to the fainers it the hello'', meat had held out any prospect of elief• but be obi they would never obtain an atom of r redress' eic6 their . own exertions —(Cheers) 00 Mr. NEWDEGA l'E said it. app eared the ' P . 9 1, 1° 6 130 ' 4' about to a close as it had commenced. The Itg , " un il li ef' Gentleman, n, In stating that the income-tax a f ide e - b tr talY imposed, seemed to forget one rewareeh t her -:. tn ''` l Y' nalud—teat the farmer must pay le ,er et l4- , made.iowe profits } or nut.—(Hear, beer.) When' s ' JO' In t et bvyer' wee brought before the House, it in - 115 P ° : the sternest refusal to consider the anoto' - 9 01 sition in which they are played.--(Hear, bear.) o eer had iuvested their capital to a large extent on Or, ray of lime which they did not suppose would b ° o f ol u te t s y t e a t l t: n e ti l o l r o l gated;the al i g but D re u t i n ta se: tbleesti d o e f cus.ion on the malt-tax, the Noble Lord at toed tb ° itisolth(e'fir (Cii°s'tirilens's).llB the Government said he was not unprepared te P o or agriculturists distressed by the change in lbe e c e ° oo oi ; (dal tariff; but he hoped their distress would 7 4 , lit; tory. The Noble Lord, however, did not 5 ".. - L i e ldr long he thought the depression likely to 1 04 " to 01161 bold out the least hope of anything being d °ll n e ly //04 111 viute their sufferings.—(Hear, hear.) The, °;' bi t -s produce an impression upon the Governmen" „- i ris a ° t er pressure b from without, and he believed it W°" -ci e ll t ''' e f long traa l e ore they would discover that they cache WI t ti b te e prosperity aerit of o o t t h h e er c s. ll -- ha Vg o r t o ck i l e .el l , portions of the community a d 0 t-e b° 6l.. e' time maintain According ta t i o n Exchequer, he bed to deal with a surplus e.t .3 4 - bier,; but yet nothing had been done for the relief 01 ,,be ti t P l- class, except, indeed , the abolition 0 1 %welt ge isi o l u r s . t ‘ o v on bricks, which was, hi point of fact, rathe r ,:lotl•; 4 1; the I DEHOUSE said th • . f the 'tile towns than to the agricultura l Eggdisl'" farmer was erfectly new d e position inieo t peR O r ..s , mustbe fully considered :l as w ell t (1 00 0 : 1 / 1 10 sition of the landlord, and e sembled it —Clear, hear.) There nev v e e •r ry w o a n s e a ePereiod in w il t i o c r .. .b it t i a z g a r d iculture of the country was exp(P.ised to g re l - co P " : 4 , or one in which greater feelings of dePretisliP,o alarm had been created by the inconsiderate le y lt r which foresight and prudence might o°6- 04 averted.—(ll,-1 was ts Of Mr. SPOONEE said that tenant properti,:r c 105 6,01 which did not apply on a prineipi.. property._ The tax was levied according to t he t it 14* / - of rant, and nut the tenant's profit. NOW /he ar re tc e e r ' 0 no criterion of the profit obtained ") a bY nY t hit4- w ei:. :: : b ri6B: ( Hear.) There was another point which h`be-1 Petc"tot press on the attention of the Chancellor of chores o a q u ue th r : that was the propriety of introducing 0 ~,,reoo h 'rising the Commissioners of the PrdP,, e ea oo l. se d old meetings to hear appeals, right to appeal, for the purpose of showing 4 ; :i w th " ot and givina e ' et W e al of having gained during the last twelve 0 3 ° 10 00. eet have in re alit been subjected to a considerablepooP' place. On its being The gallery a b w e a u s ig cl r e e a - r e V en fo d r a division, O il rot s Mr. DISRAELI was stati e ng his d e tertein st ,le %)et rb ° . on for the motion agriculturists not only After the alteration made in ion 0,/ foreign co . rn, Parliament was b and to tri go tiv: h e quer that it would (Ileac.) The objection- ample, ii(l,e obbnite:etoion3ta,l)l;oeititibeile-vPO a01:0.101: this session s h v y as th an e impossible to peso a h ' a 0 9 , e of the Chancellor et t o 00 00 . subject ported by the Oppos H iti e on i , m and ve t r h i cure, it introduced e im re en vvo ,_ utla z i e o p o, l l o before the cud of the sessiO i n culty in passing it. be introduced by the Government a a and s d Pl i ug s bb e l ei ece : e : s 9if i l n °l BlPill Avert ' tied. In supporting the motion he was acti-7 1/ oc.• ;o tr i harmony with the plinc.Ve he had alw- I .! ° e de ' - t 0 ' i v i i e z t . i , e t s h e a n t after the alteration which had been l e ley doing eerfectfign corn no opportunity . sho uld to iles justice to the agriculturists c d , Ol e Kingdom. Mr. BRIGHT said that one would st l Pll. ese die ff rr: f l' e ' ir° speech of the Hon. Member that the 1 0 ; g It e e . t o suffering some great injustice from the P r . es- e n Os cv se - re _, ri.(C n eers.) He was not surprised at the Vocrfermast t ," oi "' "un. Gentlemen opt, ts•t ould pose that the farmer was ( at all tOimaeedserneithieeve)°oll%-oth,• e tb°: a beast of burden. The !clod wodP Fome•tax on the tenatit•farremseenrtsnlwoas adnPtt-h- their P'. te impossibility w of ascertaining precisely wh at very ; cc ti a inie, inasmuch as they did not observe acJ a bterei 0' rate method of book-keeping—(Oh, and latreeteoPtbert believed it could be shown that the present farms "ost posed a smaller r..t, of taxation on the iro., - 130 that paid by other parties. If the propositiont 04.'00 the tenant-farmers should pay no inconle't °en / 4 6 i0 .4 1/ ' the other classes were to continue to ral en i t t ' ,p t r b oe e d i ," i w t tiv e —(Oh.) Hon. Gentlemen but an il e t se d tO 11 , 4 s del not only an extraerdinar that the end of ▪ ig the recess it would be necessary s aPP t 0 loeP2 t 4 1 ;0 worn together—and ut t seosest other n o a ii t a ol c a t o yh s el e i F k r r e : : t t ew e b e b e i t ilio p g .. ;:e i, :e liP ic i ro ° : ( ; nearly lowers requisite. He was opposed to the income OM', but he was how convinced of the Pr e P riel 0 gee ro e : direct taxation. The Marquis of GRANBY said the W el. the 11 14 the income-tax was mistaken a tenant-farmers s rwi t aa o s,, t f h ir e s r poruorpidoase,r thoinic,jeti;hesipec°o9ite; adepted. At the time pr° ee i „,10 ,; A a tB u x d v.i.tasseialms toed therefore th f.aanrmadevrasnwtaetrree t m o a t k b ill etn g 1' t l3l3B:grf l' ibl tax II s s q , e,.sed on half their rents 17insteed ef ' 913 e ltS eti s • , but n profits. At that time the cern-law exist -d i asch t ‘ l4 o o° it was repealed the condition of the farme rs W o ba t e c 0( a ,( n ) :l B. they were paying the tax nest on a Pr°s4'erebe pill ' (dear.) He could assure the lion. oied, Manchester that there was no fear of the P, 191 not being b kept up in the country.-0 1e4r* Lare d „ T a !louse then divided, when there ePk''' 3A For the motion ••• ••• •• s ci Against it ... ... ." ..- 19 Majority against .;i3e motion ,„"'s, , t o D e GENERAL PRACTITION•ra 13i1 j icilij et Mr. WY LI) moved for leave to Ong 2 „,. - i 03°-:e°,ll - the general practitioners of e urgefi t 'l l e a l p: and midwifery. His object was to " t ' h eat erfe e ea c practitioners on being incorporated 0 e .- ,lsioae v dates desirous of practising as general P ooo ' _.... THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 24, 1850.