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putt! w:th the list of boroughs. But the Noble Lord would perhaps seply, - that the neighbourhood had been added to Walsall ; and therefore it was not fair to take the borough alone in this calculation. But if so, he would ask whether none of the places in the list be had just read had neighbourhoods? He bad looked a little into that question too, and he ft iund that if the neighbourhood of Croydon was taken, the population would amount to 20,000; if Margate and Ramsgate were united (and thee were only two miles apart), the population would be 20,000 ; and if the neighbourhood of Kingston-on- Thames was taken, the population would amount to 18,000. He would now call the attention of the Corn. mittee to Kidderminster, and tell them how the Govern ment had acted in that instance. According to the return made by the Commissioners, Kidderminster, with a part of the foreign, was to constitute a borough of 16,000 in habitants ; so that, in this case. the Government clearly recognised the distinction between the befaligh and the foreign, and did not lamp the whole within the word " parish," as in the case of Walsall. But the case did not end here. Let them look at Doncaster : that town, accord ing to the return, contained 10,893 inhabitants; but in addition to the town of Dancaster, there was an outskirt called the Soke of Doncaster, which was certainly quite as much a part of the town as the foreign was in the cases of Walsall, Reigate, and Kidderminster, being a sort of outly lag district. over which the borough, he believed, exercised some sort of jurisdiction ; the Soke of Doncaster con. tained a population of from 1,300 to 1,700 inhabitants; but it had been very properly excluded ; and that perhaps MI the very reason why Doncaster had not been selected as one of the enfranchised boroughs. But if the matter was merely taken as a parochial question, he could cite numerous towns where portions of the parish had been deemed inadmi.sible—such as Frome, Clithero, Guilford, and others; but perhaps the strongest of all thesecases was Chatham, to which a portion of the parish of Gillingham was annexed, while another portion—for no reason in the weal that he could understand—w is discarded : and yet, 97tth all these examples of their own making staring them in the face, the Ministers still insisted, in the case of W on infringing all their own rules, for the sake of extending the franchise of a place, the claim of which was infinitely inferior to that of many of the places which he h id already specified. Sir JOHN WROTTESLEY really did not know whe ther he was in his senses when he heard the Right Hon. Gen lemon opposite talking as he did about the borough of Wal,all, a place which, he thought, he had known for so many years, and in the neighbourhood of which he had resided for the greater part of his life. If he could depend neon the evidence of his own senses, he should say that `,Valsa.l was the true rural district that the Right Hon. Gentleman had on a former night represented it—nothing like the deserted village of Bilston, with the suburb of Sedgley—he would look in vain for a deserted village . there—he would see no " Sweet Auburn" there—no bub bling brooks, unless those of boiling water issuing from the steam-engines. He begged to assure the House that it was a great diiatake to suppose that the foreign of `Val. sail was distinct from the borough for any other purpose than for the imposition of poor-rates. He would. conti dently repeat, that no truth could be more easy of proof than that the foreign and township of Walsall were perfectly identical. Not only was Walsall populous to the extent he had statt , d, but he was enabled to say that it was a thriving t twn, and one which could be shown to possess more respectability than any other town in the neighbourhood. M. CROKER said a few words in explanation, as did Sir C. WETHERELL against the motion. Mr. GEORGE BANKES expressed his intention of persevering in the amendment, of which he had given notice, to substitute the Isle of Purbeck for Walsall. There was not one of the reasons which he had that night heard given which did riot appear to him strong in favour of the claims of Purbeck, and weak and insufficient for those of Walsall. Purbeck was twelve miles long, and seven broad. It was like the Isle of Wight, though not so large. To give it a Member would be strictly conformable to the principles of the Bill, which had in several cases added places to boroughs to enable them to keep their Members. The population of Purbeck was nearly 7,000, which was more than several places which, under the Bill, would return two Members. He should move that Purbeck be substi tute I for Walsall. Mr. CROKER said, if this amendment should be ne gatived, he should still he at liberty to move that Toxteth Park or Merthyr Tydvil, or some other of the large unre presented towns, be substituted for Walsall. Mr. G. BANKES dial not wish to interfere with his Right Han. Friend, and would content himself by nega tiving the original motion in the first instance. Mr. LITTLETON expressed his surprise that it should be proposed to take a Member from Walsall and give it to a place in a county more gorged with Members than any other. Dorsetshire would have one Member to eleven thousand inhabitants, while Yorkshire had only one to Chitty-six, and Cheshire only one to thirty-three thousani. He could assure his Right Hon. Friend that he was quite mistaken in supposing that the foreign of Walsall was not part of the boa ough. Walsall was said to have only 6,000 people, but in fact it was considerably more. In point of population it was superior to Ashton and Whitby ; but in respect to 10/, houses, it was superior to Bury, and several other towns. la point of fact, it was a thriving, flourishing, and wealthy town. Mr. C. PELHAM said a few words, which were in audible in the g dlerv s Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET said it might he true that Walsall was a flourishing town, but it was not equal to Merthyr Tydvil. He contended that a Member ought rather to begiven to Glamorgan than Staffordshire. Mr. LITTLETON explained. Mr. TYNTE said a few words. The Committee tilers divided on the question, that Wal sall stand part of the schedule— Ayes Noes :Majority On re-entering the gallery we found Mr. CROMER on his legs, and the question before the House was, that Whitby should stand part of the Bill. The Right Hon. Gentleman said that Whitby was not entitled, either by population or wealth, to a Member. Other towns to which Representatives had been given had been in-. creasing in population, but Whitby was—he said it with regret—in a state of decay. After the recent decision, he would not trouble the Committee to divide, though it was a strong case. Mr. SCHONSWAR contended that Whitby was fully entitled to a Member on account of its connection with an important branch of our shipping trade. Mr. WRIGHTSON also contended that the import ance of the shipping trade of Whitby, although not so great a s formerly, entitled it to a Representative. It had above 10,000 inhabitants, and be believed there were be tween three and four hundred 101. houses. Mr. GOULBURN certainly did not expect, among the many it:consistencies and anomalies he had beard of in connection with the Bill, to find it at last argued that a place was entitled to a Representative because its coin merce and population were declining,—(Hear, bear.) There was not a single point urged in favour of the en franchisement of Whitby which did not apply in the strongest manner against the disfanchisement of Dart mouth. After a few words from Lord Mones:Tif, in support of the claims of Whitby, Sir E. SUGDEN contended, also, that they were about to enfranchise 'Whitby on precisely the same grounds as those on which they disfranchised Dartmouth. The po pulation of Whitby would be too small for their purpose if they did not cross the river.: put what then ? They refused to step across the river to save Dartmouth, while they were compelled to pass it in order to give a kind of claim to Whitby.—(Hear, hear.) Lord JOHN RUSSELL said the plain reason for giving Whitby a Member was, that they considered it of import ance as connected with the shipping trade; and he would remind the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite, that when the former Bill was introduced, he came down to the House and complained of the ignorance which the Go vernment had mani ested with respect to the shipping in. terest, when th ey om i tte d, i n t h e i r di v i s i on o f t h e repre sentation, to give a Member to the flourishing town of Whitby.—(Hear.) , Sir R. PEEL despaired o f d o i ng any thi ng w i t h th e case of Whitby, b ecause i t was rosily so bad a one, that nothing which could now he urged would make it worse. (Hex, hear.) Supposing thy were to take Lieutenant Drummond's calculations_ an d sure l y t h ey were as good for the purposes of enfranchisement as for disfrani.-11;tw rnent—they would find that of twenty-eight places which could claim a Member, the towns of Walsall and Whitby would stand last on the last.--(Hear, hear.) if they were fully convinced of the necessity of giving due repre sentation to the shipping interest, what would they say to the giving of throe Members to Liverpool ?—(Hear, hear.) be somewhatmore consistent That would, in his opini on, than the conferring a franchise on filthy. One of the reasons stated by some Hon, Members in favour of Whit by, was its connection with the fishing trade. He (Sir R. Peel) thought this plea had undoubtedly some foun dation ; for in settling the "boundaries of the town, he perceived that the Commissioners had added a pretty large slice of - the German Ocean.—(Heir, and a laugh). its claim portion of the ocean undoubtedly strengthene d claim to represent the fishing interest --(A laugh.) Vat if population or taxaticn gave; a right to re presentation, what did they say to Doncaster with 10,000 inhabitants ? There was no place, indeed, which could be named more deatituts of clairns thou Whithy and he knew nu reason for the Noble Lord's persisting in his proposition, unless it was that, having placed it in the Bill some six months ago, he thought it a pity to deprive it now of what he considered almost a vested right.—(Hear, and a laugh.) He thought the best thing, however, that the Noble Lord could do with respect to Whitby would be, without any reference to Toxteth or Merthyr Tydvil, to allow Whithy to retire with a good grace from the position in which he had placed it.—(Hear. ) Lord ALTHORP again reminded the Right Hon. Baronet, that the Right Hon. Gentleman, the Member for Aldborough (Mr. Croker) had given the Government credit for committing an error when they omitted Whitby in the former Bill. There were three reasons for giving a Member to Whitby. The first was, its connexion with the shipping interest ; the second, that there was no other represented place near it; and the third, that it was in a part of Yorkshire which required better representation. With respect to the objection in the case of Doncaster and others, he contended, that in manufacturing and com mercial towns mere payments of assessed taxes were nut always to be taken as a fair criterion.—( Hear.) Mr. GOULBURN agai❑ called the attention of the Committee to the inconsistency of the Government in passing the Esk for the sake of Whitby, wbi!e they so steadily resisted the proposal for taking both sides of the Dart, in computing the population and importance of Dartmouth. Mr. HODGSON maintained the claims of Whitby to representation. Mr. CROKER said one of the most extraordinary cir. cumstances attending this extraordinary measure was, that, taking the Noble Lord's own figures, it appeared that out of twenty-six places having a population above a cer tain number, and yet unrepresented, the lowest and the least important in the scale were Walsall and Whitby. Mr. STRICKLAND asserted the claims of Yorkshire to a much more extensive representation than that which it would enjoy under the Bill. Mr. HUNT wished to know why Doncaster was not to have a share in the representation ? The Committee then divided on the question, that Whitby stand part of the schedule— For the motion Against it l2O Majority --101 . On our re-admission to the gallery, we found the CIIAIRMAN reading schedule E. The propositions for—. Amlych, Holyhead, and Llangefni sharing with Beaumaris ; Aberystwith, Lampeter, and Adpar sharing with Cardigan ; Llanelly sharing with Caermarthen ; Pwliheli, Nevin, Conway, Bangor, and Cricceith sharing with Caernarvon ; Ruthin, Holt, and Town of Wrexham sharing with Der, high ; Rhyddlan, Overton, Caerwis, Caergwrley, St. Asaph, Ho'ywell, and Mold sharing with Flint—were agreed to without any observation. On the motion for Cowbridge, l‘ferthyr Tydvil, Aber dare, and Llantrissent sharing with Cardiff, A conversation took place, in which Lord James Stuart, Lord Granville Somerset, Lord Al•horp, Mr. Knight, &c., participated; but the hubbub in the House was so great that we were unable to collect its tendency. After same conversation, schedule E was agreed to. The next question was, That Cheshire stand part of schedule F. Mr. PIGOT proposed that Lieut. Drummond's system should also be adopted with respect to counties. Mr. LITTLETON said it could not conveniently be adopted, as some counties had a population almost exclu sively rural, and other counties a population in which the manufacturing interests exceedingly preponderated. Colonel SIBTHORPE made some observations, which were not intelligible in the gallery. He was frequently interrupted by strange noises, and concluded his addiess by stating that, under all the circumstances, he would proceed no further ; and, alluding to the conduct of the Hon. Members who had so strangely given utterance to their dissent from his opinions, observed that— " Want of decency is want of sense." _ _ _ . _ _ The Honourable Member resumed his seat amidst loud cheers. Lord ALTHORP vindicated the principle on which 3finisters had proceeded in regard to counties. Mr. CROKER contended that the population was a very imperfect test of importance. The motion was then put and carried. The CHAIRMAN put the question that Cornwall be included, and it was carried. It was also ordered, without debate, that Cumberland, Derbyshire, Devonshire, Durham, Essex, Gloucestershire, and Kent, sta❑d in schedule F. Hampshire was included, after a few words from Mr. GOULBURN. The following counties were als ordered to be inser ted :—Lancashire, Leicestershire, Norfolk, Northumber land, Northampton, Nottinghamshire, Shropshire, Somer. setshire, Staffordshire, Suffolk, Surrey, Sussex, Warwick, Wiltshire, and Worcestershire. The Committee then proceeded to schedule F 2, refer ring to counties whose population entitled them to return three Members each. Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, and Cambridgeshire were included without any discussion. On the question that Dorsetshire be added, Mr. BEST stated his opinion that Dorsetshire was bet ter entitled to four Members than Cumberland. Mr. W. BANKES also supported this view of the subject. Lord ALTHORP and Lord J. RUSSELL replied that Dorsetshire, with Bridport, Poole, and Wareham, under this Bill, had more than it. share of Members. It was then agreed that Dorsetahire should be inserted, as well as Herefordshire, Hertfordshire, Monmouthshire, and Oxfordshire. The CHAIRMAN then proceeded to read the clause refer ring to schedule G ; when Mr. CROKER protested against the principle of this schedule, as one of the most mischievous in the Bill, giving to the electors in boroughs the right of voting as free holders for the counties. Alter a conversation across the table, in which Lord ALTHORP and Lord J. RUSSELL and others took part, the motion was ►greed to. The following places were then voted part of the schedule :—Carmarthen, Chester, Coventry, Gloucester, Kingston-upon-Hull, Lincoln and the parts of Lindsay, London, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Worcester, York and Ansty. On the motion of Lord ALTHORP, The CHAIRMAN reported progrt•ss, and obtained leave to sit again to-morrow (this day.) In Luis , er to a question from an Hon. Member, Lord ALTHORP was not prepared to say, with certainty, on what day the Ref am Bill would be read a third time ; but he hoped that the third reading would he on Monday SUGAR DUTIES. Mr. BERNAL brought up, the report of the Com mittee of Ways and 3feans. Mr. KEITH DOUGLAS was desirous that the Noble Lord, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, would state the nature of the plan Ministers had in contemplation for the relief of the West Indian colonies. Lord ALTHORP was not prepared to detail the mea sures to which the Hon. Member alluded. Mr. BURGE and Mr. GOULBURN were desirous that the Noble Lord would give the Huu•e some intimation of the nature of the measures which the Government had in contemplation. Mr. R. GORDON hopedsome relief would speedily be .Zorded ; and trusted that the Noble Lord would take the earliest opportunity of stating the nature and extent of that relief. The Marquis of CI-1. 4 .ND0S begged the NobTe Lord's attention to the late hour of the night, and the thinness of the House, requesting him not to proceed under such cir cumstances. . Mr. IRVING said that any measure of the Noble Lord's, accompanied with such conditions as had been stated, woul.l be rejected by the colonists with scorn. The Report was then brought up and agreed to. The House next resolved itself into a Committee on the Dublin Coal Bill. After some amendments had been rgrted to, the House resumed, and the report was ordered to be received on Monday. The other Orders at the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at a Quarter before Three o'Clock, to to-morrow (this day). HOUSE OF LORDS, MARcir 9. The Earl of SgAFTESBURY presided, in the al:lence of the Lord Chancellor. Viscount CLIFDEN presented ;petition from the parish of Krainge, in Ireland, against tithes. The Earl RADNOR presented a petition from a, place in the county of Berke, in favour of the Factories Bill. Lord KING presented a petition from Caahell an! other places to the same effect. Mr. BERNAL and others from the Common& brouglit up the Mutiny Bill, the Marine Mutiny Bill, and a private Bill. Earl CALEDON (we believe) wished to correet a mistake which had occurred last night. Ou the subject of Irish tithes a Noble Earl bad said that the report which Ltd been laid on the table Cu that subject was nut that of• the Committee, but that of the Government. As one of C:at Committee, be gave the statement a flat contradiction, He for one would never be dictated to in such a , tray astt,ns insinuated by any Government. GLOVE TRADE. The Earl of COVENTRY presented a petition from Worcester, signed by 2,200 artisans engaged in the glove trade, against the importation of foreign gloves. Viscount STRANGFORD said, in rising to bring forward the motion of which he had given notice, had disavowed any opposition upon the question, and he taken it up as one of bare justice and humanity. The British glovers had fallen from a state of great prosperity to one of great suffering, and they were of opinion that the free trade system had been the cause of all their distress. He would not say that they were right in such opinion, neither would he say that they were wrong ; all he wished fur was an inquiry into the subject, for be believed that a Parliamentary inquiry only would lead to a satisfactory settlement of the trade. He did not intend to preach his own ideas and notions upon the free trade system ; be was most perfectly aware that they would not he favourably received ; hut he was of opinion, that the lights which had led us astray into this free trade system were not lights from Heaven. Why should Ministers refuse the same indulgence to the glove trade that had been extended to the silk and wool trades ? Instead of being worse treated, the glove trade had claims to be better treated, considering its intimate connection with some portions of agricultural produce and industry. Formerly, the glovers had purchased a million and a half of British skins, at 70s. for every ten dozen, and now they were selling at 335. or 325. 6d. for every ten (It zen, and mere gloves were made from British than from the whole of the foreign skins. But the trade had other claims to consideration. It af forded employment to 10,000 women and children, and the districts in which it was carried on were distin_ guished as being loyal and peaceable, and exempt from the riots and incendiarism which had prevailed in some other districts. The persons employed in this trade were also distinguished for their domestic and social habits...— No children were there employed in pestilential manufac tories, or exposed to contamination as to their morals and religion. There were no assemblages there of ienorant mechanics to be excited to riot and tumult by demagogues and agitators. It was the duty of Parliament ❑ot to re fuse inquiry when a prima facie case for it was made out, and it would be easy to show that such a prima facie case did exist. Let them look at the description given of the state of the glove trade in the petitions presented dur ing the last and the present Sessions from the towns i❑ which glove trade was chiefly carried on. They would find that the inhabitants had, from their earliest years, been brought up in this most peaceable and orderly busi ness, and had formerly been enabled to earn a com fortable subsistence for themselves and their families, while now they were reduced to a state of extreme distress. In one of these towns (Woodstock, as we understood), the rates in 1825 were 684/. ; in 1831 they had increased to 1,200/. At the former period the glove trade was its a flourishing state ; at the latter period it was in a very de pressed condition. He might mention that in some of the towns where the glove trade was carried on, the poor rates bad trebled between the years 1825 and 1832. Previous to the admission of French gloves into the competition, the glove trade of Yeovil had maintained not merely the greater proportion of the inhabitants of the town, but also great numbers in the districts around ; but since the new system prevailed, the trade had fallen off, as it was found impossible to support it against the competition to which it had been exposed. The consequence was that the poor rates of Yeovil, which in 1829 were 300/., were in 1831, 9961. Without entering into further details he believed he might say that a prima facie case for inquiry had been made out. Perhaps it might be said that he laid too much weight on the increase pf poor rates, since these would necessarily be increased with the increase of the population. But he was prepared to show that the increase in the poor rates had been much more rapid than the increase in the population, and that the poor rates had increased in a much greater degree. It might be said that the statements contained in the peti tions, and referred to by him, were ex parte ; but then it might also be said that the statements on the other side were ex parte ; and the only way to settle the question was to go into the inquiry. One word as to the quantity of French gloves. He found that on an average, of late years, the importation had been at the rate of 96,000 dozens of pairs in a year. The consequence was, that a vast number of British artisans were deprived of employ ment, which was thrown into the hands of French arti sans. He would take the quantity imported for a series of years in the shortest month in each of these years : Gloves imported in February, 1829, 4,688 dozens of pairs; in February, 1830, 6,036 dozens of pairs ; in February, 1831, 6,748 dozens of pairs; and in February, 1832, 9,162 dozens of pairs ; being an increase in February, 1832, as compared with February, 1829, of no less than 4,474 dozens of pairs. Surely this was a case which called for inquiry, to see whether the importation was not such as would soon swallow up the whole of the trade, and whether some remedy might not be applied. One word as to the state of the smuggling trade in gloves. The Noble President of the Board of Trade had referred to the evidence of smugglers, and to the testimony of office's of the Preventive Ser vice. Bet he (Lord Strangford), too, had put himself in communication with smugglers, and the evidence of his smugglers was, that the smuggling of gloves hail increased instead of diminishing ; that it had increased, was increas ing, and, as they said, ought not to be diminished. The testimony of his smugglers was, that 'muggling bad in creases in gloves as well as in silks ; and the evidence of his smugglers was as good as that of the smugglers of the Noble President of the Board of Trade. Another reason for the inquiry was, that the French sold their gloves at so low a rate that it was impossible for the British glovers to compete with them, and the tradesmen on the coast found it touch more for their advantage to supply themselves from the smugglers of the Noble President and of him (Lord Strangford), than from the British manufacturer. He now proceeded to the only argument which could he urged against his motion with any show of reason, and that was, that an inquiry could end in no beneficial result, and that, therefore, there was no use in going into it. But he would tell Ministers things could not remain as they were. Did they know so little of human nature as to imagine that it was no consolation to those who were labouring under such distress and hardships that their condition was sym pathised, and had met with ready attention and investiga tion ? A middle course !night be taken between absolute freedom and absolute prohibition. He would recommend an ad valorem duty, instead of one uniform duty; an alteration in the mode of proof as to smuggling ; and that smuggling should be punished by imprisonment, instead of by a penalty in money ; fur there were many ladies who cared little about the payment of money, but who would teel considerable annoyance at being thrown into prison. There was no part or the vituperation against the House of Lords which he would regret so much, as that it might be said with justice that they had exhibited an in difference to the prayers of the people when called upon to inquire into the cause of their distress. He called on their Lordships to show that they were what they ought to be, and that they were always disposed to pay every proper at ten ion to the prayers of the people, when they beseeched them, in the words of one of the petitions lately presented by a Noble Earl, to save them from the depths of despair. He coneiuded by moving " that a Select Committee be appointed to inquire into the causes of the distressed state of the glove trade." The Bishop of BATH and WELLS rose merely to confirm the statement as to the distressed state of the gloveis of Yeovil, in Somerietshire, without eutering at all into a discussion of the policy or impolicy of the free trade system generally. Lord AUCKLAND felt it to be his duty to oppose the motion of the Noble Lord, although he did so with much pain and reluctance ; for it would have been much more agreeable to him to be able to accede to it. He did not yield to the Noble Lord in feeling deeply for the distress under which those engaged in the glove trade at present laboured. But he opposed the going into a Committee, because the inquiry would be attended with no practical result, and the inquiry, unless it could be made the foun dation of some legislative measure, must be productive o f evil, and nut of good.—(Hear.) It could have no other effect than to create excitement and agitation among those engaged in the trade, and to unsettle their minds by expectations of changes which could not be realised. Ha was persuaded, that neither the majority of their Lordships, nor even the Noble Lord himself, would thick of adopting the remedies suggested in these petitions, and where could be the advantage of going into an in quiry on a mere c: se of distress, without a h o p e th at a remedy could be applied ? The reason on which those concerned in the glove trade rested their petitions for in quiry was the effect of the foreign competiti on , w hil e t h e reasons for which a Committee had been g rante d i n t h e silk and wool trades we re of a different description. The glove trade was regulated on as favourable terms as it could be. France came into the market on equal, or rather, be should say, unequal, terms of competition with our manufacturers, for her gloves were not introduced into enabled l e d to obtain a certain the market except upon a dut y of 22 per cent. We pur chaseodrlabour the material market ; but by superior skill de gree of superiority in the finer branches of the trade, but in the great hulk of the trade they were inferior. they the n same Thriingbont the discussion of this question a much greater, portion of distress. had been stated to arise from She im portation of foreign gloves .than was really capable of being traced to that source. During the last four years, the importation of foreign gloves had only increased in a small degree. In 1831 it was somewhat more than in 1828, though there was some falling off in 1829 and 1830. The whole annual manufacture of this country amounted to 15,000,000 of pairs, and the whole importation during the last year was only a little above one million. Surely that could not be said alone to have produced such overwhelming distress in the glove trade. The House must therefore look to other causes to account for that distress, and he believed that they could easily be found. They must see whether more capital had not been invested—whether more persons had not been employed—whether, in fact, the trade bad not been too much extended ; and then, whether, upon that exten sion, there had not been a change in the fashion, a choice of another article for wearing ; and whether these, with other internal circumstances, had not produced the dis tress. He thought he should easily satisfy their Lordships that such was the case. The glove trade had not posi tively declined, as might be seen from the fact that the im portation of skins had much increased. In 1829, the number of skins imported was 2,029,000. In 1830 the number was increased ; and in 1831 it amounted to nearly four millions.—(Hear, bear.) But at the same time that this increase of importation of the raw material took place, there was an increase of the number of those who were to manufacture it. The population of Yeovil, which had been so often mentioned, amounted in 1821 to 4,659 ; while in 1831 it was as high as 5,921, showing an in crease of 25 per cent. In Chard, the population in 1821 had been 3,000 ; in 1831, it was 5,000. In another place, the population had, in the same period, increased from 1,440 to 2,072 ; so that, in all these places, the number of those engaged in the manufacture had so much increased as sensibly to affect the amount of the profits to be divided between them. That increase of po pulation was not, however, the only cause of the distress now complained of. The consumption of cotton gloves and of linen gloves had materially increased within the last four years ; indeed, before that time, there was scarcely anything of that kind used. By a return which he held in his hand, it appeared that there were three hundred looms applied to the manufacture of cot ton gloves, and that the looms produced 187,000 pair of gloves. Besides these looms, there were manufactories of gloves, of which no return had been made ; and then there were the linen gloves—so that the whole number of that kind of gloves was 200,000 pairs. The effect of this manufacture upon the trade of Worcestor was, that within these four years it had fallen off neatly one-third. It had produced seven millions of pairs ; but there was now a falling off to the amount he had mentioned. Then, too, there had been a new manufacture established at Leicester; so that the extension of the trade in that di rection must have affected it, among those who had before carried it on. It was clear, therefore, that by a legislative enactment, this distress was not to be removed. But sup posing that the distress could be possibly removed by le gislative interference, was the Noble Lord prepared to point out in the Committee the measure that should be adopted ? The Noble Lord had mentioned an ad valorem duty. With respect to that he should only observe, that he had seen a great many of the leading manufacturers, and had asked them their opinion as to the regulations on that subject, and whether they wished any alteration of the duties ; but they all answered, that the duties were fairly placed, and they desired no alteration in that respect. He should, therefore, say for himself, that if a re-consi deration on the duties could be of any use or advantage to the glove trade, the Government would not for a mo ment hesitate to take them into consideration ; but such did not appear to he the opinion of the manufacturers, and he himself believed that the duties were fixed as exactly as they could be. There could be no advantage in raising the duties to a higher scale, for it was notorious that high duties only encouraged smuggling. The amount of smuggling in silk was considerable, because the duties were high, while in gloves there was no systematic smuggling whatever; the only smuggling of gloves was that of individuals. Another plan that had been referred to, for the purpose of relieving the manufacturers, was the affixing a stamp on the gloves. That plan had been tried with respect to silk anti lace, but it had failed ; and he believed it now e xisted with respect to paper; but the effect was, that the stamp in all these cases was invariably forged on the other side of the water. He bad taken evidence on that subject before the Custom house, with a view of seeing what time would be taken up in examining gloves, if they were to be stamped, and he found that the same quantity which it now took half an hour to examine, would then take a day and a half. It appeared to him, therefore, quite impossible to apply a stamp duty as a protection. But it was also unnecessary, for, as he had before said, there was no systematic smuggling in gloves. The authority he quoted for that assertion was a very high one on such a point—it was that of the under taker and insurer of smuggling at Calais. That person stated the prices at which smuggling might be carried on. After mentioning the prices as to figured silks and similar articles, he said to his correspondent, " But I should advise you to try nothing in gloves—they do not pay."--(A laugh.) Another authority which he could quote to the same point was, that of the Board of Customs, who were satis fied that there was no smuggling in gloves; but besides these authorities, there were those of the great dealers in Lon don, one of whom, an importer during the last year to the amount of 133,000 pairs, said, that if there was smuggling in glovt s, it would not pay him to import gloves on a hich the duty was paid, as the smugglers would undersell him in the market. The Noble Lord seemed to press for the adoption of a principle of retaliation. He trusted that the Noble Lord did not mean to hold out that as a means of encouragement of national trade and industry. If that principle were adopted, the evils of it would fall princi pally on ourselves. France had been referred to. There was no country on the face of the globe, in which so com plete a commentary was furnished upon the prohibitory system as in France. No country had been gifted by nature with more advantages—she had tried the prohibitory system in every respect in which it could possibly he applied, and yet it was notorious that in that country there was scarcely one manufacturer that was in a prosperous condition. He referred for proof of this to their silk trade, their cotton trade, their iron, which, by the way, on account of the prohibitory system, cost the inhabitants of that country double what they might otherwise get it for, and he might even refer to their vineyards, in which, as in others, the restrictive system led to nothing but to poverty. They had applied in France the protecting system to all the articles he had mentioned, and also to the manufacture of beet-root sugar, in order to force the cultivation of one particu lar kind of produce at home, and the result was highly h unfavourable ,tiwgh to the tthattiie peo yui ple. From rust look to all these circumstances, toothercausesforrelief from this distress; they must look to the effects of an im proved commercial intercourse with France, and not to those of a violent retaliation upon her; they must look to the greater diffusion of knowledge on this subject, to the greater power of public opinion, and to the effect which the later conduct of this country must produce on the minds of those who observed it. The Noble Lord had spoken as if the importation of French gloves was a pure la's to this country. He must declare himself opposed to that supposition, since it was evident that either they came here for nothing, or else in exchange for some of the products of our own industry; for, notwithstanding the old story about the balance of trade and the prohibition laws, it was the fact that our goods found their way into France. It was clear, therefore, that they could not check the importation of foreign gloves without injuring some of the other interests of the country ; and they must carry prohibition into complete effect, if they carried it into effect at all. He should deprecate such a course, convinced as he was that it could not be adopted but at the cost of our advantage. The Duke of WELLINGTON should be the last man to propose an alteration of the existing system to produce any such effect ; but lie wished to say, that when free trade was talked of as existing in this country, it was au absurdity. There was no such thing, there could be no th o is ur co m un a t t r ai y iactl Ys ir ' e e s pr a o n c d ee o d u ed r e produce,—the o such n t he thing _he s system freepro,du of protecting tradeeeof in our labour and our soil,—of pro tecting them for importation and protecting them for home consumption, and on that universal system of protection it was absurd to talk of free trade. He should be sorry to give his a nction to any other system than that which now existed. He concurred with what the Noble Lord o pposite bad said as to the intercourse between this country and France. Ile was most desirous of not check ing that intercourse ; hut that was not the question which had been brought forward by his Noble Friend. The question was not whether they should have an inquiry or not for the purpose of substituting prohibition for a duty—which, by-the.bye, was a prohibition to a certain eve nt—but whether some alteration in the present system could not be male so as to give the manufacturers protec ti.as better than the duty now gave it them ; and whether ,oirie satisfaction ought not to be afforded to the glove manufacturers, that the distress they were suffering was not the result of the measures of the Government. (Hear, hear, hear.) H e thought they ought to have that inquiry. Some said the duty was too high, and there fore there was smuggling; some said it was too low, and therefore the importation of foreign gloves was too great. The only means of deciding between these opinons was to grant a Committee, When he was on the other aide of the House, two Committees had been granted un der similar circumstances. The first was upon the wool trade,the other on coal trade. At the time those Committees were moved fat, he declared the opinion of the Govern ment, that after the fullest consideration of the question relating to the wool duties, they should not be able to al ter those duties; and after the Committee had sat, no al teration did take place. In the same manner a Committee had been granted to inquire into the state of the coal trade, although he stated at the time that the Government could nut consent to any alteration either in the King's duty or the city duties, in conseqence of the result of that inquiry. Now his Noble Friend only asked for a Committee of In quiry, without pledging the Government to make any al teration when that inquiry had taken place. Under these circumstances, without feeling a strong hope that any thing would or could be done for the glove manufacturers. he should vote for the Committee. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE should oppose the motion, which, he thought, could be attended with no be nefit, and which would only excite the hopes of the ma nufactarers, when the able statement of his Noble Friend below him had satisfactorily show❑ that there could be no legislative interference. Lord ELLENBOROUGH did not wish to encourage the glove-manufacturers, in the hope that the prohibitory system would be re-enacted ; for he thought no measure could be more prejuJicial to the interests of the country. He had heard with the greatest satisfaction, the clear, plain,: and statesmanlike speech of the Noble Lord op posite—(Hear, hear;)—but while be admitted the state ment of that Noble Lord, he must say that he differed from the conclusions at which that Noble Lord had ar rived. The Noble Lord admitted the existence of the distress, but said he did not see the means of remedying it by a legal enactment. That might be true enough ; but did that form a sufficient reason to refuse an inquiry? He recommended the Government to agree to a Committee, which would have the effect of tranquillizing the minds of tho e who now conceived that their distresses arose from the importation of a foreign manufacture, and who looked for relief to an inquiry, in which they hoped to show the true cause of the evils they suffered, and the remedy that ought to be applied to them. E al GREY fully agreed with the latter observations of the Noble Lord who had just addressed them—that, de pending as this country did upon foreign commerce, no thing could be more unwise or more dangerous than to consent to reverse those principles, which had only been too partially acted upon, but which, as fir as they had hitherto been adopted, had been productive of benefit. He should not at present go into a consideration of the prin ciples of free trade, but he must say, that as far as they had been acted on they appeared to him to have been wise in themselves, and beneficial in their effects. In the ex aminaiiin of the state of the exports and imports of this country, it appeared that these principles had contributed to the improvement of both. He trusted that circumstances would enable this country to proceed in ad vance with these principles, but he should net consent to do so without a cautious and careful attention to the varied in terests of the country, and the artificial state of society which was now in existence. It might be impossible to do at all times what was wished, for the faculties of man were limited, so that he could not always foresee the con sequences of what he did. The principles on which he acted might be well founded, but be must look most care fully to the application of them. It was true, as the No ble Duke had stated, that the system of this country had been to protect its manufactures to a certain extent, and be agreed with him that it would be inexpedient to depart at once from that system ; but the amount of that protec tion must depend - on what were likely to be the effects produced by it—and in the same manner the principle of free trade ought to be adopted only so far as it was seen to be likely to conduce to the general improvement. With respect to the motion now before the blouse, he disclaimed the aseertion that had been made, that this was to be treated as a question of charity to the manufacturers. He trusted he and all around him felt as much regret at the distresses of the glove-manufacturers as did the Noble Lard who had proposed this motion, or as any other Mem ber of that House, and that they were fully as desirous of improving their condition and removing their distress; but had any one stated any one view in which he thought the result of that Committee could be to improve the condition of the manufacturers ? The Noble Duke had said that no alteration was to be hoped for—that nothing could be done, hut then he thought the Committee ought to be granted, as there were conflicting statements as to the causes of the distress, and the Committee would ascertain which was true. He had always understood that it was the policy of Parliament not to enter upon an in quiry without knowing that the result was likely to be ad vantageous. Such a result was not likely in the present instance. It was proved that the importation of gloves had been increased, but to a very small extent, during the last four years, and that the importation of raw skins had been most materially increased—a fact which proved that the distress could not have arisen from the great and ruinous amount of the imported manufacture. It was shown, besides, in the very able and convincing speech of the Noble Lord the President of the Board of Trade, that there had been a very considerable increase of other manufactured articles worn instead of kid gloves, and that that had been one of the causes of the distress now com plained of. It was clear that a Committee of Inquiry could not propose to put an end to that rnanu'acture. But then the Noble Duke said that he had granted two Com mittees of Inquiry, though at the time he stated that the result of their inquiry could not alter the measures of the Government. The first of these was upon the wool trade. What was the answer to that? Why that Committee, so granted, with such a previous determination, had only produced inconveuience, which no one could wish to see produced with respect to this trade. As to the Commit tee on the toal trade, the subject of inquiry there em braced not only the amount of duties, which the Govern ment had determined not to alter, but the mode in which the trade was carried on. In the present instance there was no reason to think that they could alter the evil of which the glove manufacturers complained.— (Hear, hear.) The imposition of higher duties, or the etiactiment of prohibition, would but occasiim smug gling. No obj?etion was made by the manufacturers to the arrangement of the duties ; if those duties were badly arranged, the Government would be willing to alter the arrangement, but no alteration was required. There was, therefore, nothing but prohibition to have re course to, and that was acknowledged on all hands to be unadvisahle. Under these circumstances he believed that the granting of a Committee would only excite hopes which could not be realised, while at the same time they were perfectly satisfied that there was no human prospect of a Committee affording the manufacturers any relief. The Committee on the Silk Trade had, he was informed, already produced some of these evils. Under all the as now 1 of, idid x i the u sa evils s he which the i h ch cir cumstances relieve them, he trusted they would see that in the re jection of the petition, their Lordships we r e n o t act u at e d ctlnces of manufacturersti case,deploring complained a o u was by t any syeinpat causeshy for of t theirheir sufferings sufferings, wereb lt t beyond from a convict ion relief, a v d n hte of h a that a oped that the House would not grant the motion. Lord STRANGFORD, in reply, said that the peti tioners did not want the re-enactment of prohibition, but Gni) , a Committee to inquire into the cause of their dis tress, and the remedy to be afforded. The House then divided— Non-Contents 4l Contents Majority against the Committee —43 The other Orders were disposed of, and the House ad journed at a Quarter to Eight. In the commencement of Mr. Elliott's Tra vels in the North of Europe, of which so interesting a narra. the has just been laid before the public, the greater part of Holland was visited by that gentleman, who has presented to the reader, in the most striking and graphic manner, several sketches of the peculiar aspect of that country, particularly as regards the gigantic dykes which protect the land and its inha bitants from the sea. The account given, too, of the silent city of Brock will be perused with great interest. ry hsl Minister, we w o u n er i d sdt u oi cucbtotf whetherbt t e , efodrigen ity of ~nftne eh fle c h le a f s w t Sa a s k i reunniblseiecnrocl the e is more independent man. We understand that he is encouraging the Irish Members at meetings, where he has taken the lead, in all their jealousies and supposed or real grounds of dissatisfaction with Minister,. The Irish Members have hitherto behaved nobly in the cause of English reform : we confide in their continued sup port of that great measure. And surely they must see that the Irish tithe question is troublesome and difficult enough, and likely enough to provoke inconvenient disputes and collision, without any manoeuvring being resorted to as a means of ag gravating that inevitable evil. He is no friend to Parliamen tary Reform who would re-enforce the regular opposition in Parliament by draughts from the standing army of Irish discon_ tent. But whoever was the adviser of the opposition of last night, he had evidently not only chosen a blundering mode of proceeding, but had made a very blundering estimate when he spirited, hisas produc calculated on the support of the anti-reformers. So foolish an expectation met with an approp riate disappointment. — Times , ADVENTURES OF A YOU NGER SON. - -We believe the celebrated Trela wne y to be the aut hor of this powerful work, and that it embodies a considerable porti on o f ttahtee t o events rron o a f t, h n i c s e ea i t r earlier r b l e i life. wild,B t it we do not hesi. tion, written as only an eye-witness can write of scenes he has actually witnessed. It is just the wild and reckless journill we • could suppose kept by some bold buccaneer, MARKET INTELLIGENCE. LONDON MARKETS. (Flow the London, New Price Current of yesterday.) The limited periods for quarantine appointed:in the Millet Towns and us France, and the relaxation from 40 days to 13 days in Holland, have a favourable effect on commerce; there is the appearance of a general revival in the export trade of the country. SUGAR.—The quantity of Sugar on show this week has been on the most limited scale ; the sales are in consequence only 2,000 hhds. and tn. ; the prices are again higher, and scarcely any brown Sugars are now offering under 58s. The market this afternoon is again higher, on account of the news from Jamaica, and also on account of the holders refusing to sell. The esti mated sales this week 'are 2,000 !aids. and trs. ; Jamaica brown 505., other browns 4Ss. Prices continuing to advance in the Raw Sugar market, the refiners refuse now to make sales, unless at prices 2s. to 3a. above the present limits of the exporters. Our quotations are, therefore, for packing Lumps nominally the same as last week ; the home trade have given rather better rates for Grocery sorts; for fine crashed 345. is demanded, but there are very few parcels offering for sale. The market this afternoon remained in the same nominal state. Molasses sold at 255. This day's sale of Mauritius 2,221 bags sold is. a Is. ad. higher than yesterday, brown Mauritius 475. EAST INDIA SUGARS.-1,790 bags Mauritius and 501 bags Siam have been offered at public sale; the former found buyers at steady prices, and in some instances even at an advance of 6d. a Is., mid. brown selling from 465. 6d. a 475. 6d. mid. grey 495. 6d., mid. bright yellow 515., good yellow 525. 6d. a 535. 6dd. fine fine yellow 555. I'd. a 57s ; th e Si am so ld as f o ll ows : ord,. white 2'2s. 6d. a 235., good white 2,45. damaged ditto 21s. a 2'.25. 6d., being rather higher. By private contract a small parcel of good white Siams was sold at 255., being rather dearer. The arrivals bring 14,267 bags Mauritits. FOREIGN SUGARS.—By private contract nothing of any consequence has been done, and as the public sales have only offered 22 chests damaged Bahia, p r i ces rema i n nom i na ll y t h e same; for brown and white Brazils there continues to be a fair demand; the damaged Bahias, brown to ord. white, were bought in from 14s. 6d. a 205.; nothing appears to have been said in the House of Commons respecting the ditties, either on this article, or the drawback on Refined Sugar. The arrivals since our last are 210 cases and 6bags Brazil. . . COFFER—There is not much doing in this article, but prices have improved about 2s. on British Plantation, and about Is. a 2s. on coloury Foreign. The public sales have only offered 129 casks, 19 brls., 172 bags British Plantation, and 2,603 bags Brazil. Jamaica fine ord. sold at 825., fine fine ord. 84e. ; Berbice triage ißs. a 83s. 6d., good mid. 85s. 6d., and a few lots round berry 925. 6d. a 935. 6d. ; Demerara fine ord. bought in at 80s. exl. The Brazil was damaged, except about 400 bags, 60 of which sold at 565. for colouoy good ord., the remainder was bought in from 565. a 565. 6d. ; about 100 bags ord. pale sold rather cheap, at 50s. a 51s. ; the damaged was all sold from 51s. a 525. 6d. for first quality. By private contract there is rather an improved demand during the last few days. The arrivals bring 769 bags Brazil. There are no public sales this day. By private contract coloury Brazil sold 56a., ord. 51s. a 525._ RUM, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—The sales of Rum have been extensive ; the prices are rather higher, but as the holders meet the demand freely, the advance is not considerable; the estimated purchases are very large, still the great proportio n in Leeward Island Rum Is. W,,d. to Is. 6d. Brandy has also been in extensive and general demand, and the n.lw again fully Id. per gallon higher. In Geneva there is little variation. TALLO W.—The prices of Tallow have improved considerably ; yellow candle Tallow had fallen to 41s. Sd., at which point exten sive buyers appeared, and the market immediately rallied to 4 0 9. fid. and 425. 9d. ; the nearest quotation this evening was 425. 6d. IRISH PROVISIONS.—For Newry Butter an advance in price of Is. per cwt. has been obtained in some partial instance, upon our last quotations, but in no other descriptions can we note the least alteration. Bacon, as well as all other articles under this head, remain as last quoted. SlLK.—Trade is still in the same fiat state, on account of Go vernment coming to no determination ; we cannot quote any alteration since our last. COCHINEAL.—The prices are 3d. to (id. per lb. higher. COTTON.—The Cotton Market is very firm, and extensive transactions would take place had we any adequate supplies. Toe sales this week are 550 Egyptian 6%d. to 6%d. • 300 Egyp tian public sale 6%d. to 7 1 ,,id. • 1,550 Surat, Oid. tosd. This day's public sale 963 bales, SO half bales Surats, good, were all taken at 5 1 4., the full price of the Market, 5,4 d., being bid freely and refused. FRUIT.—The common descriptions are still the only sorts for which there is any inquiry, and of these the sales continue limited ; a public sale of 390 boxes, 419 half and 9'21 quarter boxes, and 100 barrels Eleme Raisins, and 102 barrels black Smyrna Raisins, were brought forward yesterday, the whole were bought in, excepting 74 barrels of the black Smyrna, which sold at36s. SALTPETRE.—There is more business doing in Saltpetre at 365. and 375. By public sale 2,605 bags rough Saltpetre, refrac tion 7y, to 114, sold 355. 6 i. to 365. 6d. SPICES.—The destruction of the crop of Pimento in Jamaica is certain : the damage by the weather being succeeded by its total destruction by the Negroes: the prices have risen from 6%(1. to Other Spices are little varied. This day's public srles, 1;132 bags good light Pepper, unsifted, a part sold 31.6 d. to 3Nd. ; Nutmegs at full prices, 2s. 11d. to 3s. Id. • Mace also at steady rates, 4s. 2d. to ss. 2d.: Cloves 9k, d. to 10}'d. OlLS.—Linseed Oil is a shade higher, and the demand is con siderable. TEA.—The sale is proceeding with Congous ; the prices are about Id. per lb. under last sa l e , common 2s. OY‘,cl. to 2s. Id., good 2s. I %,d. to 2s. TA,d., fine '2s. 3l d, to 3s. 241. This day common Congous are full Id. per lb. lower than last sale, the fine ones at about the same rates. PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the Returns made in the Week ending tne 6th day of March, 1832, is 265. Ed. per Hundred Weight, exclueive of the Duties paid or payable thereon on the Importation thereof into Great Britain. PRICES Oi HOPS.—March 9. 4/ 13s. 81. Os. to 41 10s. 5/. ss. to 41. 103. 31. 15s. to 9/. Or. 121. Os. to 01. Os. 71. Os to 41. Os. 51. 10i to 4/. 4s. 41. 15s. to 15s 51. Os. to Kent Srssex Ditto liticx Ditto Fatal= Ditto, Fine.... Seconds Kent Rags 8/. Os. 54 14s. 61. 15s. 01 Os. 91 N. 61. 10s. 51. Os. 51.-12% Sussex Ditto Essex Ditto.. PRICE OF OIL. Rape Oil, brown Os. Refined ....IV 0 Linseed Oil Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill, per thousand 12 0 Rape Cake, per ton. 6 0 PRICES OF LEATHER. Per lb. d. to d. Per lb. Butts, 16 21 English Horse Hides.,, Ditto, Foreign-- 14 18 Spanieh Ditto Dressing 13 15k Per dozen. Ditto 16 18 I Calf Skim.. 36 to 4Alb. 15 23 Ditto, light -- Ditto 50 to 701 b. 17 21 Crop Hides, light 12 13 Ditto 70 to 801 b. Ditto to 451 b 13j 15 Small Seals. Greenland 181 19 Ditto l5 161 Large ditto l2 15 d. to d. 12 15 14 16 WHII'ECHAPEL HAY MARKET.—March 8. Hay 455. Od. to 80s. Od. II Clover...—. 655. Od. to 120 s. Od. Straw Od. to 38s. Od. PRICE OF POTATOES.—March 9. ............. 2/. 54. to 3/. Os. per ton. —.. 01. Os. to 34 10s. ditto. . 21. las. to 31. Os. ditto. kidneys Scotch Redo RAW HIDES. Per Stone. s. el. to s. cf. Per Stone. s. d. to I. d. Best Heifers& Stuercs2 6210 I Ordinary 181 10 2 0 2 4 Market Calf 8 beach. SHEEP SKINS. 4s. 01 to tls. RI. I Downs 2s. Cd. to 4s. Od. Shearlings.......— 08.0 d. 1003.8 d. PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stone of 81b. Pricy of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Me1ter5).—.......25. Polled PRICE OF TALLOV Town Tallow 493. Cd. Yellow 445. Cd White 443. Cd. Soap Ditto. 423. 6d. Melted 375. Cd. Ditto Cd. PRICE OF The price of Store Candles, in t Candles, per doz. 7s. Od, to Bs. Od, SOAP. Ste. per 1121 b. Yellow 60s. Od. Mottled 66s. Od. 725. Od. Graves Od. Good Graves CANDLES. C'JAI. RIARIi Per Ton. Atlair's 19s. Od. Bensham Main --- 16 6 Dean's Primrose-- 16 0 Hebburn Main ---- 20 6 Holywell l9 6 Kenton West Pontop Windsor l6 6 St. Lawrence Main 19 6 Canfield Wade's Bensham West Hartley 19 0 Willington 2O 0 Wylarn l7 0 Walls End Bell & Co.— 21 0 Ditto Bcwicke and Co. 21 6 Walls End Boundary.. 18 6 Walls End Brown's—, 19 3 Walls End Callerion 17 0 Ships arrived since :he retail shops, is as follows : . I Moulds, per dusen—ga. 6d. .ET.—March 9. Per Ton. Walls End Carr and Co. I Ss. Bd. Walls End Heaton......_ 22 0 Walls End Hilda ---. 20 6 Walls End Hotspur.... 20 0 Walls End Jollift...—. 17 0 Ditto Killingworth 20 6 Walls End Newinarch... 20 6 Ditto Peareth 17 6 Ditto Perkins and C 0... 20 3 Walls End Hetton 23 6 Walls End Lyons 21 6 Walls End Stewart's 24 6 Walls End Adelaide—. 21 0 Hartley —..---.--: 21 0 Merthyr --- 25 0 Thorpe's Gawber Hall 17 6 Trimsaram Engine,,,.,. 24 0 market-day, I I. CoUN FRY CORN MARKETS DURING lIiE WEEK. Wheat. Barley. I Oats. Beans: Per Quarter. 162 72 134 40 26 3.4 40 48 Basingstoke 154 70 28 37 20 25 40 47 Bath Bridgewater 154 70 26 29 22 _ 26 28 36 Bristol Chesterfield 164I 64 70 .26 32 46 52 Derby —,.-- 61 64 :18 44 25 27 42 44 Devizes 66 70 28 40 20 28 39 43 Doncaster 57 68 32 43 17 26 40 44 Dorchester 52 59 32 37 19. 22 39 42 Exeter 61 64 28 67 18 A. - cot 4 8 Gloucester 54 66 26 39 18 25 34 44 Hungerford 46 64 27 36 20 29 34 44 75 44 -- 29 —.. 48 46 68 25 35 20 32 56 42 Roinsey 56 64 30 36 21 28 Shaftesbury 56 J 7 i. 4 4 She ton Mallet 52 62 3 4 43 20 26 36 46 56 62 32 38 22 t r 7 35 44 Taunton 58 72 35 20 38 Ye0vi1.,...... 56 -- 34 40 20 24 32 40 Per Bushel. s. d. s. d. s. d. e . d . s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Shrewsbury 89 9 3 58 62 50 6000 0 0 BIRTHS. On the sth inst. at Sidmouth, the lady of G. S. Harcourt, Esq., of a daughter. On the Sth instant, the lady of Edmund Jerningham, F.sq., of a daughter. On the 6th inst. at Dulwich, the wife of Dr. 'Webster of a son. On the 6th inst. at Elsham Hall, Norfolk, the lion. Mrs. Mines, of a daughter. On the Stli inst. a t N MARRIED. ew Fishbourne, near Chichester, Francis Smith, Esq., of Cumberland-terrace, Regent's Park, to Mary Ann, only child of Zadik Levin, Esq., of Salt-hill Park, Bu.7seY.: On the 6th inst. at Marylebone church, ,Ip4pph' frize, Esq., o eldest son of the R ev. Robert- Prce, 01 the vicarage, Shoreham, Kent, to Catherin e, relict of the l ate T. H. Moberly, Esq., of Wood House, Gr ea t H os k es l ey, E ssex . On the Bth inst. at S t. Th omas ' s c hur c h, Win c h es t er, J o h n James, Esq., of Kin g - s t ree t, Fi ns bury-square, to Miss Mary Anne, n daughter of the l a t e Thomas Leventhorp, Esq,. o f Bruns square. r e. DIED. On the Bth inst. in C a mbridge-street, Edgew are _ roa d . of epi lepsy, Mrs. Mayron Vilmet, aged 45. On the 7th inst. Jane, the beloved wife of Richard Eldridge, Esq., of Southampton. On the Bth inst. at Sidinouth. Georgina Catherine, the infant daughter of G. S. Harcourt, Esq. Ou the Bth inst. at St. George's-terrace, Bayswater-read, Mrs. 3, th e Sweet, late of South Audley-street, in the 81st year of her use. On the Bth inst. at Bedfont, Middlesex, Peter Henderson, Esq., in the 80th year of his age. PRINTED AN if PUBLISHED BY ML - RDo.yoUNG, ♦T TkiC Su:: 112, STRAND, LoNDoN, I