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persevere in such a toani•se, and when that was done, his to move for a Selecttomenitiee to inquire into the present Hon. Friend oft. Perceval) could not but withdraw his distressed state of the glove trade. A few facts would motion. As to what had fallen from the Hon. Member satisfy the House that such an inquiry wss necessary, and for Bridpnrt with respect to a comparative breach of pri- that something must be done to prevent the British glove "eges if there wer e a b reac h he did not see how such a , manufacturer from being driven out of even the home , nice distinction could be drawn. market. There were 120 master glove-mantracturers in Sir C. 'WETHERELL could not consent th a t a print er Worcester, whose averaee produce was hitherto 100 'should b e called to th e bar when Members of the House had dozen per week. At ;wettst such was th e diminution of acknowledged the fault he was accused of. the demand; that not one-third of that amount was manu- Mr. HUNT h a d no cause t o complain of either the factored ; in other words, 30001. of weekla. wages *as Hon. Member for Middlesex or the Hon. Member for taken nut of the circulation of Worcester, ana the work- Bridport, for he (Mr. Hunt) had never been better re- men who were in the liabit of receiving those wages were ported than on the occasion complained of. Bet he should thrown for existers's nn the poor-rates. In 1825 the aims say that if the gallery hod been (leered night after week'} payttelars out of the poor-rates was 141., the as night, during the Reform Bill, and reporters excluded, se Ailment being 2s. 6d, in the pound ;at present the weekly the public would have hews much better informed of what payments wire 40/., and the assessment 4s. Cl.. u that is, p used than they bad been.—(Loud laughter.) lie con- the poor -rates since 1825 have nearly trebled. The Gal warred in all that had been said on both 'echo of the House, lant Colonel then entered into a :statement in order to show and the Hon. Gentleman (M r . P e rceval) might as well that at present thete *ere hut 113 families in full employ move to have the types and printing-press brought to the merit it the oleve trade in Worcester; 465 partially em bar as the printer, upon this occasion. preyed, some of whom did not earn more than 2s. 6d. per Mr. HUME had no hesitation in saying, th a t h e had week ; while there I se re 420, i nc l u di ng 1,748 c hild ren , risen b e f ore to a d m i t that he 1.;a5 the agent., car an agent, totally out of employment. Now this distress wan not at in . communicati ng to the - public what bid pa's-eel the other all compensated by the benefit derived by the public from night when strangers, were excluded, and having made that the changes in the rate of duty on PI ench gloves, intro_ avowal, to leave ,c to the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Perceral) duced by Mr. Hushisson and the present Lord Goderich. whether he twould then proceed with his motion a ga i ns t It was said, for example, by these Ministers, that the ten the PrinAer. The Speaker had laid down th e law, with - dency of the reduced duties would he to put an end to the respect to which he (Mr. Hume) should f e et is his duty, smuggling of French gloves, besides inducing the French at an early day, to take the opinion of the House ; for if to take our manufactures in return for our admitting theirs he were to he prevented from tahinft a note of what out- freely into our market. But the facts showed, as he cursed in the House, it would bet impossible for him or for 'voul,l undertake t o /move before the Committee, that the any other Member of the House so to regulate his condu c t practice of smuggling hail actually increased, wl ile the as to be free from a htnach of privilee,e, and at the same French hale declined to act on what was called the reci time to do his duty by his constituents. If any M e mb e r' procity system of commerce. In 1825, for example, i hke of the House wished that the proceedings of the Hon-e imports from France into this country amounted`wto should be kept secret, he was not that Member, her could 1,110,000/. ; while the mimes (exclusive of our colonial he give his assent to the correctness o f th e pri nc i p l e upon pr. duce) of British manufactures amounted to 211,000/. which the present privil e ge was f oun d e d. H owe ", In 1830 tie imports bad increased to 3,050,000/., while consistently with the present rules of the House, I e f e lt the exports cols had inereasu dto 448,000/ ,—a fact con that he was bound to anwornm o dat e himself to tie m, and riusive as to the value of our reciprocity intercuurse with as the law was as the, Speaker had laid it down, he mew. France. Then, as a question of mwas revenue, these onform to it.—.-Hear, hear.) changes of duty hod operated prejudicially. The duty, Mr. WARBURTON still considered it no greater which now produced hut 20,000/.annually on foreign skins, breach et' privilege for a Member to furnish a report of formerly averaged 63 000/. per annum. He was free to what passed in the House, than fer a r e port er t o d o so quoit that he was himself friendly to free trade principles Undoubtedly, if the Hon. Member had made a particular in the abstract, but he would contend that the heavy tiles Motion for the exchteion of strangers, and haul stated his en the industry of this country rendered a protecting duty reasons for doing so, he would have considered it more against the competition of less taxed nations, a mottr of culpable in a Member to report what passed. He believed justice and necessity. It should besides he recollected, that that it had been, and was, a common practice for M e m. gloves were a luxury, and not a necessary of life, so that hers to report speeches delivered in the House. When he the argument founded on the general advantage (if purchas was a young man, he remembered reading a speech made lug articles where they could be obtained cheapest did not by Earl Moir a at the breaking out of the war, during the apply to gloves as to articles necessary to existence. Then, Pitt Administration. The speech was delivered whilst owing to the distressed and crowded condition of every , strangers were excluded, and must therefore have been other branch of national industry, the unemployed glover furnished to the public press by a Member. In conclusion csulel not transfer his exertions to other channels of pro. he begged to observe, that if it was to he understood to .'uctive labour, an excess of production, as compared with. , be a breach of honour to report what pained in the House d. mand, being the general complaint of ell our tnanufac whilst arrangers were excluded, he would subscribe to the tures. The Gallant Colonel concluded with moving for a rule laid down by the Chair.—(Hear, hear.) Select Committee, to inquire into the distressed state o f th e Mr. PERCEVAL said, that after the avowal ma d e h e glove trade. the two Hon. Members, he felt bound to concur with the Mr. ROBINSON seconded the motion. generally expressed opinion of the House, and to withdra w Mr. P. THOMSON felt himself compelled to dissent his motion. He felt thankful to the Noble Member for from it. The Gallant Colonel bad failed to show that Northampton, and to the Noble Paymaster of the Forces, there existed any connection between the distressed condi for the clearne-s with which they had stated the value of Eton of his constituents and the cause he assigned for them, the privileges of the House for preserving the freedom of namely, the importation of French gloves at a low rate of debate, thereby showing that it was the dots of the H ous s tail'}'; and he (Mr. P. Thomson) would undertake to to the best of their power to preserve them entire. He show that there was no such connection, and that the would not reply to what had fallen from the Learned Memn- die ress was owing to very different causes. The Gallant ber for Kerry, expressed in the, to him, very well-known Colonel said he was friendly to free. wale doetrinesnin ge tongue of sneer and irony. He claimed no peculiar and neral, hut would make an exception ;n favour of his awn special mission to speak in that House on any subject, but stituents. This reminded him or an observation of Mr. merely the common right which every Member had to liushisson, "that almost every Hon, Member or manu speak on matters of common concern- --(Hear. ) lie f %tourer was an advocate for free trade in every commodity wished it to be understood that be would proceed against o r mantifmtuue excu pt that in which he had an individual all parties who might hereafter, with full noti ce b e f ore moterest, so that be was very willing to avail himself of the their eyes, presume to violate the privileges of the House. :cts of others, performed with um view to the general ad. The motion was then withdrawn. yantag,e, but very unwilling to promote that advantage by RIOTERS AT NOTTINGHAM. persowal sacrifice."—(Hear, hear.) The Gallant Colonel Sir F. BURDETT press rated a petition signed ht contended that smuggling had not been checked by the 17,000 inhabitants of Nottingham, praying that the reduction of duties on foreign gloves, but most ihogically House would address his Majesty to extend his mercy to deduced h:s inference from the smuggling carried on in the men sentenced to death at the late special commission foreign silk. It would not be difficult to show that glovee at Nottingham. The Hon. Baronet merely observed that were an article ill adapted fur smuggling,—that, in fact, it the petition came ton late to he of any service. was the importer's interest, even as a question of pence, Mr. HUNT said, that in all protmability the fate of the to pay the duty instead of the premium on the risk of persons to whom the petition referred was already de- smuggling the article; and that as a consequence not tided. He wished Ministers had relented on this occa- more than 100 dozen of gloves are smuggled annually eion. He put it to them whether blood enough had not into this country.—(Oh ! oh ! and a laugh from she been spilt already. Was it necessary to take the lives o f Opposition.) The distress, in fact, of which the Gallant these poor deluded wretches, who had been worked up to Colonel complained, was by no means attributable to le commit acts of violence and desperation by the atrocious vislative enactments, and least of all to the reduction of instigations of the public press? Was it proper that they duty effected in 1826. One or two facts would satisfy the should expiate their crimes on the gallows, whilst those House the manufacture of gloves had increased instead of who had instigated them escaped with impunity? being diminished by that reduction of duty. If they Mr. E. DENISON did not mean to enter at any length compared imports of foreign kid skins—almost exclusively into the subject to which the petition referred. The used in the manufacture of gloves—in the five years pre lion. Baronet had stated, that the petition came too late ceding the reduction, with the imports in the five years to be of any service. He might with equal truth have since the reduction—that is, from 1820 to 1824 inclusive said, that at whatever time it might have come before the in the former period, and from 1827 to 1831 inclusive in House, it would have come incorrectly before them. He the latter period--they would find the imports of skins lamented that the opinion expressed by the Attorney- to the latter five years were an increase over those of the General, which ought to have great weight with his con- former five years, as 3,679,000 to 2,600,326. From stituents at Nottingham, had not been attended to on this which it followed, that if the raw material increased in occasion. He thought that the different authorities in ~mount of import, the employment founded on that raw this country should be kept within their respective limits, material must also have increased in the same proportion. and that no attempt should be made to connect the legis- The average quantity of gloves made out of 120 skins was latiye with the executive power. He did not wish to oc- 18 dozen. Taking that average as the basis of their cal cupy the attention of the House upon these points, but as culation, they would find that 396,000 dozens of gloves the petition which had jibe been presented, an d wou ld g, had been manufactured from foreign skins in the five for- Jerth to the public, contained allegations which were un- uner years just referred to, which, with 203,000 dozen true, and with which, he had, by the courtesy of the Ilon. manufactured out of British skins, would give a total of Baronet, been made acquainted that morning, h e 598,000 dozen manufactured in England in the former begged leave to offer a very few remarks with respect to period; while in the latter five years, ending with 1831, them. The petition alleged that such short notice was the numbers stand 552,000 dozen manufactured out of given of the special commision, that it was impossible for fireign skins, and 240,000 dozen Ininufactured from the prisoners to prepare their defence,—that the Magis- British skins, giving a toad manufactured in the last five trates used thr ea t s a n d temptations to extort confessions years period of 79'2,000 dozen gloves. This was far from from the prisoners, and that they did not caution them confirming the Gallant Colonel's allegations. He could that their declarations would be used against them,—that also prove, from papers in his possession, that an In the Magistrates also employed threats anti temptations with crease of employment to the amount of 109,000 pairs of th e witnesses. He was informed that these allegations gloves on the average had taken place during the last were incorrect. It was also asserted in the petition, that five years. The case of Yeovil was certainly somewhat in the court of justice, in the presence of the Judge, foci- remarkable, and although it proved the existence of distress brie,: were not granted to those parties who acted as inter- at the present moment, it likewise appeared that in that mediators between the prisoners and their Counsel. H e town there were only twenty-seven glove-factories when regretted that a petition containing such allegations should the prohibition was taken off, whereas they amounted at have been presented to the House. He was afraid that this (lay to not less than forty. The population there, the only effect it would have would he to prevent the re- moreover, had increased at the rate of twenty seven per turn of good will between the labouring classes and the cent. during the last ten years, according to the census of authorities in the neighbourhood from which it proceeded. 1831, while in S mersetshire itself the average increase An attempt had been made to induce the former to believe cone to about thirteen per cent., and that of England that a vindictive spirit had prevailed at the late prosecu- generally was not more than 16 per cent. during the same Lions. Nothing more incorrt et could be stated. If evi • period. The existing distress, he believed, was in a great dente were wanting to prove the contrary, it might be degree produced by the late increase in the import of skins, found in the address of the prisoners' Counsel at the con- a circumstance which his Hon. Friend had seemed to over elusion of the trials. Mr. Hilt was impressed with so look in his calculation. The Berlin gloves also had been different an opinion from that which was attempted to be very much worn during the last year, and this, he con conveyed, that he addressed the Court, and said that on be- ceived, together with the other causes he had mentioned, halt of the prisoners who had been discharged, they deeply afforded quite sufficient ground for the temporary distress felt the lenity which had been exercised towards them. of which the Hon. Gentleman complained. The Leg!!i a- Mr. LAMB merely rose to state that two of the per- ture had fixed the limits of protection so recently as 1825, sons on whose behalf time petition was presented had been and he thought, on the whole, that his Hon. and Gallant reprieved, and he hoped the House would consider that Friend had not made out a case to justify their now inter circumstance as a proof that a full and bona fide conside- fering to disturb the arrangement then agreed upon. ration had taken place with respect to all the other cases. Mr. ROBINSON observed that the fact of the distress Sir R. FERGUSON believed that the allegations of the Right Hon. Gentleman had admitted, and such a case unfair conduct on the part of the Magistrates at Notting- having been established on behalf of the manufacturers, it ham were unfounded. The ;Magistrates, however, hld was certainly the duty of the House to grant an inquiry. been accused of remissness ; and it was said that if they The silk question, it should he remembered, was also in had attended to their duty, all the disorders which had b a d volved in the same decision, and therefore it behoved them to such disastrous consequences would have been prevented, to give the subject the greater consideration. He denied He regretted the severity of the sentences which had been that the distress of time manufacturers was temporary, for passed at Nottingham. He had long been of opinion that it had existed ever since 1826 to the present period. . A the punishment of death should be inflicted in cases of mere abstract principle ought n e ver to he weighedd apt t murder only. the distress of a large population, and assure ly mt they Mr. E. DENISON said that he would not be included recognised the principle of tree trade as far as it applied in th e c h arge w hi c h t h e G a ll an t Officer had made against to the poor glovers, they ought to pushit still farther by the M ag i strates , f or at t h e t i me t h e di s t ur bances took place abolishing the Corn; Laws, an dternative which he appre he nous attendi ng t o hi s d ut i es i n Parliament. He thought h en ded Government were not prepared to adopt.—( Hear, th e Gallant Member ought to bring the subject forward, hear.) He certainly would not . be so uncandid as to at if he w ere in possession of information on the suluject. tribute the whole deficiency wlmehha principles;dtaleen place i but he then Sir R. FERGUS ON sa i d that he had no i o l ormat i on, revenue to the operation of free r trade . except wh a t d epen d ed on vague rumour, was of opinion that the deficiency was partly owing to the Colonel PEEL said, as we understood, that he had adoption of the free trade system. heard reports of the want of proper conduct on the part of Mr. ATTWOOD described the answer given by the the Magiatratcs. Right Hon. Gentletnan (Mr. P. Thomson) to the state- The petition was then ordered to lie on the table. ment of the Gallant Officer, as being inconsistent with GLOVE MANUFACTURE. Mr. HERRIES p resente d a pet i t i on from certain glove- biteseenlCuargned in no wise dtorthe n appointment ivaiiing of uf t'' argumentsahCtutnmittee which had of Inquiry. manufacturers, complaining of the importation of foreign It only showed the determination which existed in the gloves. Right Hon. Gentleman's mind to support a particular Lord ALTHORP rose to request the Gallant Member theory, however absurd and pernicious that theory migl t opposite to postpone his motion for a Committee on this Ibe proved to be.—(Hear, hear.) The facts stated by the subject, in order to allow the Reform Bill to be proceeded Gallant Officer were of such a nature, as in his opinion with. If tl a friends of Reform did not abstoun from warrauted, and indeed called upon, the House to agree to making motions, it would be impossible to get the measure the motion before it. The system of free trade had been through the House. fairly tried and had failed, and, far from supposing that any Colonel DAVIES said, that it was impos s ibl e f or hi m o f these wh o wer e its advocates would still stand forward to comply with the Noble Lord's request. in favour of the continued application of their principles, Mr. ROBINSON deprecated the postponement of the he had expected that they would have candidly acknow motion. There was a short way of avoiding all discus. ledged that, however correct their theory might be, the sioll,—namely, by agreeing to the appointment of a Corn- event had proved that it was adopted at an inauspicious mattes. moment.—(flear, hear.) Th e H on . M ember contended, Colonel Davtzs and Mr. Alderman VENstaarts then that looking to the state of the countr y it war the particular presented other petitions against the importation of foreign duty of Ministers to institute a grave inquiry into the causes gloves. of the distress that so universally prevailed. Colunel DAVIES rose, pursuant to notice of motion, Colonel TORRENS maid, that it the existing distress were restricted to the silk and the glove trade, thaa might be a plea for inquiry, so far as regarded these branches of industry t but he regretted to state that in Leeds, Man chester, and the seats of various other manufactures, the profits of capital were low, and the profits of labo u r l ower still. The Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down had alluded to the prosperity of American manufactures as having resulted from the adoption of the restrictive system, but he b.:ged to remind the Hon. Gentleman that with us that system was more severe than with the Americans. England, for example, had her Corn Laws ; America had none. What was the cause that America was seen fluurshing in such an astonishing degree, while Britain, both in agriculture and manufactures, was laaouring un der such acknowledged distress ? The cause was th e difference in the amount of taxation paid by the inhabi tants of the two countries—the Americans being lightly, and we heavily taxed. Lrbour in England was without adequate reward, because we had not real free trade,—be cause our regulations commenced at the wrong end, and because we had done that which must be undone ere pros peri•y could arrive. If our taxation were not reduced, and cheap corn introduced, our capital, would fly to other countries, and England would be reduced to the abject condition of Poland. In these chances the landed pro prietor was deeply interested, for whatever tended to the general improvement of the country imparted to the soil a higher value. Sir R. V YVYAN believed that the system of free iiihde had beer, tried, and had entirely failed.—(Hear.) In answer to the comparison which the Hon. and Gal hint Member had" drawn between England and America, he (Sir R. Vyvyan) would beg to refer to the different measures of prosperity enieyed by this country when pro visions were cheap, and during the late war, when they were dear. Provisions were much dearer during the struggle that terminated in 1814 and 1815, and taxes were heavier by 20,000,000/. or 30,000;0001. Adopt ing the Hon. and Gallant Member's line of reasoning, he would inquire why we were more prosperous then than now ? This was a question understood by the people of England—a question, too, which those who real lectures on political economy, and who were always for legislating on abstract theories, were there called upon to explain. He must cenfess his astonishment that Government should oppose a motion for inquiry. Here was an experiment, showing, that notwithstanding the principle of free trade, gloves had been smuggled into the market in enormous quantities. Was it not just to allow the manufacturers ofgloves and silks the benefit of a Committee, for the purpose of trying how the principles of free trade, as this play ed with respect to these articles, worked, and of de termining whether the allegations concerning the new sys tem were true or false.—(Hear ) Lord ALTHORP drought that as the Hon. Member for Worcester had given notice of his intentian to bring under the consideration of the House, some time during the session, the general question of fro e trade, it would be more conve nient to enter upon it at that pet iod when all its details would be before them, than tt, follow the example of Hon. Members on the present occasion, who had associated it with the condition of the glove-manufacture. For his own part he should not feel bound to adopt a course similar to that pursued by these Hon. Gentlemen. With reference to the prohibitory system in America, he would remark that a report of a Committee of Congress had set forth, that the manufactures of their country, now so very flourish ing, had attained prosperity notwithstanding" restric tiiin, and not " in consquence" of it.—(Hear.) It was, he admitted, undoubtedly of importance to investigate the causes of distress in the state, but before going into Com mittee it bee one them to examine whether it was possible for that Committee to suggest any legislative enactments dint would remove unquestionable grievances and eft ct amelio ration. If such a result could nut possibly be expected, it was the usual and constant practice of that House riot to appoint a Committee under the circumstances.—(Hear.) What were the points to which the attention of the desirtd Committee would be directed? Was it to examine whether the revenue laws should undergo a revision ? For all the si:ks smuggled from France, there was a regular insurance paid in Paris for their safe deliver)? here. This was not the case with gloves, as the amount of the insurance would excel d the duty. Such was the information afforded by the Board of Customs as regarded the revenue laws, With relation to the question, whether the distress were occa sioned by the admission of foreign gloves, it was clearly proved, by documents on the table of that House, that since the change of sy,tern, there had been a great increase in the importation of the raw material of gloves. There could be no better evidence than this, that the manufacture had not declined. On these grounds there appeared to him to be no case that called for the appointment of a Com mittee on this occasion. A cert tin quantity of gloves had no doubt been imported, but the importation was not to any considerable extent, while, on the other hand, tho im portation of the raw material had greatly increased. Great distress, he was sorry to admit, did prevail at present, but he entertained the conviction that when the presen stock was disposed of the glove manufacture would flourish Mr. A. BARING said gloves were essentially- a luxury ; and never doubted that, with respect to articles of luxury, it was sound policy to give protection to our own manu facturers. The only question was regarding the smuggler; and there he agreed with Mr. Huskisson, who said that he would give protection to the extent calculated to prevent the injury sustained through contraband trade.—(Hear.) 30 per cent more would, he aided, drive the business into the hands of the smuggler, out of those of the fair trader. When Hon. Gentlemen opposite denied the exis tence of smuggling, he (Mr. Baring) was inclined to go into Committee, to see if a duty of 10 per cent. might not give a balance in favour of our own manufacturer. Al. lusion had been made to America and its floutish ing manufactures ; and while he did not mean to deny that the subject of the corn laws touched upon by an Hon. and Gallant Member was worthy of grave con sideration, still he would call upon the Hon. Member to recollect, that in America labour was thirty or forty per cent. dearer than in this country, and that iu the price of bread it was the second dearest country in the world.— ( Hear.) Toe Hon. Member was aware that the price of manufactured articles did not depend upon the price of corn merely, but upon the price of lab tor and other matters. The present prosperity of the American manufacturers, he (Mr. Baring) believed, would not have existed but fur the protection afforde4 them by prohibition—(Hear)—yet in the United States prohibitio❑ was least justifiable, for in their territories ample room could be found for every body ; and if they took the manufactures of Europe, they had the means of living in abundance. Though protection was least applicable to the necessities of America, still there was no doubt but her manufactures bad originated in it ; and if we did not look carefully to the tax on raw cotton, amount ing to five eighths of - a penny on every pound of the raw material, we might eventually endanger the superiority of our Lancashire goods, and might enable the Americans not only to keep the markets of the other world, but to under sell us in coarser articles at Manchester.—(Hear.) He (Mr. Baring) thought that the position of the glove and the riband-manufacturers was such, that nothing hut pro_ hibition would do; that thirty, or forty, or fifty per cent. protection would be none at all, and that was the language of all sensible men in the trade. But a total prohibition is impossible, because the smuggler would come in ; and should any additial protection be given, even ttn per cent., the smuggler would then come in. Lord MILTON, in reply to the Hon. Member for Oke hampton (Sir R. Vyvyan), observed, that compared with . . ;he latter period of the late war, the present war not a time of distress. Although there was, undoubtedly, some distress at the present time, distress could not be predicated of it generally, as compared with former periods. There was no distress in the woollen and the cotton trades. The present question resolved itself into this, whether we would have a restriction on the importation of raw materials. Mr. WHITMORE said that if be had not been satis fied w th the reasons offerel by the Right Hon. Gentle man (Mr. P. Thomson), he should have ♦oted in favour of the 'notion. The effect of a prohibition would be, that the temporary distress, which was on the eve of removal, would be increased nearly to paralysis ; the result of a prohibition would he a complete stop to improvement in the glove trade. Mr. MORRISON observed, that there was no question, for it was admitted, that distress existed in the glove trade. The mere question was, whether that distress was occasioned by the importation of French gloves. He dif • fered from the petitioners and from some of his Hon. Friends ; for though lie admitted the distress, he was of opinion that it was not occasioned by the importation of Fr, orb gloves, and that it criuld not be remedied by any measure adopted by that House. The French and English manufacturer purchased the raw material in the same market, and nearly at the same price. The French ma nufacturer had latterly paid higher wages than the English. Therefore, the French and English manu facturers w e re nearly on equal terms ; an d i t was im possible for the French to undersell the English after paying a duty in this country of at l east 4s. the do zen on gloves. Comparing equal periods of t i me, i t ap pears teat the importation of skins for gloves had in - creased fr•na 2,600,000 to 3,600,000, or fifty per cant. The importation of Frenes gloves would augment the con sumption of kid gloves , and therefore would not only im prove their quality but increase the demand. The causes of distress were these—the manufacture of Worcester con sisted of heaver gloves, but the ear of oth er g l oves ha d been introduced, and this bad diminished the demand for Worcester gloves, and th e re was also th e competition of Yeovil. It was, thetefore, not French importation, but competition, which occasioned the distress at Worcester. • Then the exports to America had diminished to one quar ter of their former amount. These were not the only causes. A general pratrice had been introduced of wear ing the articles he had on—white cotton gloves, manu factured in other places ;' and he should lay himself open to the hostility 14 the Hon. Members for Nottingham and Lticester, if he dissuaded ( '-m• the use of them.—(A laud].) It was well known that a change of fashion often threw hundreds of thousand s ou t o f employ ; an d the practice of wearing cotton glares, the consumption of which was very great indeed, did much injury to the ma nufacture of Worcester beaver ;,doves. If he stated the consumption at from 200,000 to 300,000 dozen, he should he below the mark. It was commonly sup posed, that if the trade in any article was had, the consumption bad stopped ; but it happened that stocks were kept, and when there was an expec tation of a fall in the price of labour, or any other reduction of price, thete was a stoppage of a demand from the manufacturer. At this season, when purchases were usually large, they had not been so. He was bound to state, that there had been for some time a tendency to what was c Wed a bad trade, and that when the Reform 1311 was rejected by the other House. it had an immediate effect on trade.—(Hear.) He was also hound to state, that since the division in the last month, there had been a great ins provement, and be believed it was entirely occasioned by that circumstance.—(Hear.) He had heard it stated on all sides, that there was ereat reason to expect great ins provement in trade, only as•uming that the Reform Bill passed.—(Cheers and laughter.) Mr. SADLER was surprised, if there was qach a de mand for the cotton gloves of Nottingham and Leicester, that so much distress should exist at , hese towns. He did not deny that there had been great distress in the country during the hate war, but there were reasons for it—the or ders its Council and Berlin decrees. But we were now in Cie sixteenth y,ar of profound peace, and th re e as no rea snn why the country olauld suffer the extreme misery it di.'. He hoped he migliTl:e a false prophet ; but h e feared, if some measures were not taken to renew the wasted ener gies of the country, we were on the verge of a vortex which would swallow up its whole wealth. Ott the Royal Ex change it would be found, on inquiry, that the wealth of the country was not half of what it was at the termination of the war. He (Mr. Sadler) knew that many of the statements made on the subject of the petitioners' represen tations were errors; and if a Committee were granted, he could show that there had been smuggling of French gloves to an extent which he was sorry to see his Majesty's Mi nisters were ignorant of. Mr. HUME said, the Hon. Member for Aldbormigh had laid down a principle, which, if acted on, would put an end to all trade together. If restrictive measures were resorted to, which would keep out the productions of other countries, would not the latter naturally retalia.e, and whs. , would then become of the manufactures of Eneland ? Allusion had been made to the system adopted in Americ,, hut he was confident that that country would soon abandon her extravagant tariff, and return to her former position. He denied that the cause of high wages had been fairly stated. They did not depend on rerrictive or prohibi tive measures. High wages had always been, and would still be, paid, when there was more employment than there were labourers to perf.rm it. When gentlemen in stituted a comparison between this country and America, they should recollect that the whole expense of the Ame rican Government did not exceed 13,500,000 dollars an nually, while here the cost of the army, navy, &c., without including the Civil List and other sources of expenditure, amounted to 73,000,000 of doll as. He, however, wished for a Committee, because lief. .re it the fallacy of the reasoning which they had heard on this subject !night he demonstrated, and the wr.mg impressions of th o , e poor people, who attributed all their distress to the system of free trade, might be removed. It was a well known fact that the French had prohibited British gloves, which showed that they could not compete with us in that manufacture. To the prohibitory system he was decidedly opposed. He wished to see the ports of France open to our manufactures, and ours open to the manufac tures of France, for the benefit of all. Not a word bad been said to-night except with reference to the glove manufacturer; no mention was made of the consumer. And yet it was the imperative duty of the Legislature to watch over the interest of the consumer, and to enable him to procure every species of article as cheaply as possible. He certainly should vote fa. a Committee, and he was ex tremely sorry that Ministers refused it. When a large class of persons applied to that House for inquiry, he con ceived that it was right to accede to their request, and thus to prove to the people that the Legislature did not turn a deaf ear to their entreaties. It was better, if irri tation existed, to allay it by inquiry, than to exasperate it by what he must call their uncourteom manner of refus ing to entertain the question. Mr. SADLER explained. Mr. 'l'. P. COUR TENAY should vote against the motion, on the grounds stated by the Noble Chancellor of the Esc/ equer. Mr. HUNT had not heard a word from his Majesty's Alinisters th it justified them in refusing a Committee. The Committee ought to be granted, and an attempt made to show the petitioners that their opinion was erroneous, instead of driving them to a state of desperation by refus ing inquiry. Mr.SANFORD said, that after the able statement of his Gallant Friend, and the answer of the Right lion. President of the Board of Trade, the debate had diverged entirely from the original question, and had become a dis cu,sion on the general question of free trade. Under these circumstances, he feared being a young Member, that he would have been considered as unnecessarily ob truding himself on the House if he had attempted to bring it back to the original question. lie therefore had re mained silent, nor should be, even aow, have addressed the House, but for the personal aqusion that had been made to him by the lion. Member for Preston. Colon e l DAVIES briefly replied. The last and only hope of the complaining parties, he observed, was in Par liament ; and he should be extremely sorry if, by the de feat of his motion, they should find that hope deceived. The House then divided, when there appeared For the motion l6B Against it Majority against the motion... 55 On our re-admission to the gallery we found Lord ALTHORP moving that the order of the day, for the House going into Committee on the Reform Bill, should be read for the purpose of postponing it until to morrow (this day.) Lord STORMONT complained that no notice had been given in the course of the evening of the Noble Lord's intention to postpone the Committee until Wednesday. The consequence was, that several Members who would otherwise have gone away had remained, and he hoped the Noble Lord would not persevere in his motion. Lord ALTHORP really had no expectation that the debate, which had just concluded, would have continued till such a late hour, and that was the reason that he had not given any notice of postponing the Committee on the Reform Bill. Mr. CROKER had never opposed the Bill through factious motives, and any delay that had occurred in its progress through the means of the Opposition had been productive of good, as their suggestions had, generally speaking, been adopted by his Majesty's Ministers. He did not, therefore desire to interpose any delay in its pro gress now ; he was ready to go into Committee on it on the first reasonable occasion, and at the first fair hour, but he did hope the Noble Lord would adhere to that propo sition to which he had originally pledged himself, and, by passing over to-morrow, avoid a Wednesday, which day the Noble Lord had already intimated he would rot fix as one for taking the Committee on the Bill.—(Hear.) Lord MILTON observed, that if to-morrow were passed over, there would be probably but one day more for the Committee on the Bill this k, as Thursday would be occupied with a motion on foreign affairs. After a few words from Sir F. BURDETT, Mr. CROKER, and Mr. fruNT, The Order of the Day was read. Lord ALTHORP then moved, that the Committee should be postponed till ti-morrow (this day.) Mr. CROKER would give a decided negative, grounded on common sense and a common understanding, to that motion. The motion was then put, and agreed to. On the motion of ;Mr. W. BROUGHAM, the Contempts in Equity Bill was read a second time, and was ordered to be committed this day. Mr. BERNAL brought up the report on the Sacra mental Test Bill. The Nisi Prius Court (Ireland) Bill was read a se cond time. To be committed on Friday week. The other Orders of the Day were then di.posed of, and the House adjourned at Half -past One o'clock. It is reported that his Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON, in a conversation with Mons. ZUYLEN, remarked that it would be well for the King of the NE TIIERDANDS to recognizt, the independence of Belgium. his Grace is said to have added that, if the treaty should he ratified, if he were to return to office he should be bound to enforce it,.-.Everting Paper. LORD ABERDEEN'S MOTION. LIST OF PEERS Who did not vote for Lord Aberdeen's Motion on the 2 fith of January, but who voted against the Second Reading of the Reform Bill. IL R. H. the Dike o Gloucester Abingdon A ylesford Arundel A rdcn Bath Bradford Beauchamp Bolton Cardigan Coven: ry Combermere Colville Carteret Calthorpe Churchill Colchester Charleville Carrick Carbery Dorset Dudley De Roos De Dunstanville I)elarnere Doneraile Dufferin Elgin 1 ' Foxford (Liinerielo Forrester Feversham Forbes Farnborough Guilford !Grantham Gage (Vise. Gage) Grinstead (Enniskil len) Gray Harrowhy Harcwood Howe Hopetoun Leeds Liverpool Loftus (Ely) Lucan Marlborough Manchester Macclesfield Malinesbury Maynard Melville Monson Meldrum (Ahoyne) Melross(Haddington) Mayo llottutcashel Northwick Plymouth Poulett Powis Rodney Ribblesdale Rivers Ravensworth Ross (Glasgow) Stamford St. Germains Sidmouth Se,rsdale Saltersford (Courtrai)) St. Helen's Skelmendale Saltoun Talbot Tenterden Westmoreland Winehilsea. Waidegrave Willoughby deßroke Walsingham Wemyss Wigan (Bakarras) Wharnelitre THE ARMY. MONTHLY MILITARY OBITUARY General Sir Geo. Don, G.C.B. and G.C.H. Col. of 3 F. Goy. of Scarborough Castle, Gibraltar. Lieutenant-General Darby, late 54 F. Donaghu, Ireland. COLONELS.—Sir T. N. Hill, 13 Dr. Comm. of Cavalry Depot, Maidstone; Mallet, S 6 F. St. Lucia. LIEUTENANT-COLONELS.—BreretOII, 1118 p. Field Officer, Bris• tol ; De Jonquiere, late 2 Dr. Ger. Leg. Major Timmus, l Line Bn. Ger. Leg. CAPTAINS.— Nicholson 55 F. Madras; Ellegood 55 F. Madras; Laing 90 F. Glasgow; Doyle, late Barrack Master at Braemar; Backhouse, Unatt. Greenwich ; Redmond, h. p. 102 F. Dublin ; D'Orbe, late Neuron's Regt. ; Issenbart, late 7 Line Bn. Ger. Leg. ; Ilatzenbuhler, late Greek Lt. Inf. ; Zehender, late 6 R. Vet. Bn. ; Amherst, h. p. 21 Dr. ; Craufurd, h. p. 26 F. Lim7TENANTs.—Proud, 16 F. ; Twigg, late Bourbon Reg. ; Mackenzie, late 8 R. Vet. Bn. ; Hennell, h. p. 39 F. at sea; Grahn, 8 Line Bn. Ger. Leg. ; Vassmer, 5 do. ; Balderson, late 7 It. Vet. Bn. ; Shields, do. ; Baron, h. p. 10 Gar. Bn. ; Armstrong, h. p. R. Sappers and Miners, Ireland; Lowman, h. p. 40 F. St. Vincent's. CORNETS AND ENSIGNS.—Parker, late 7. IL Vet. Bn.; Gib son, h. p. 1 Dr. Gds.; Macdonald, late 6 It Vet. Bn. ADJUTANTS.—.Abbott, late 2 R. Vet. 13n.; Cameron, late Shef. Regt. QUARTER.MASTERS.—WiIIiaIIIg, late 4.3 F.; Spours, h. p. 3 Dr. Gds. SURGEONS.—Owen, 22 F. Jamaica; 31`Kee, h. p. 3 Gar. Bn. Ireland. ASSISTANT-SITRGEONS.—WAndrew, 96 F. Chatham; Macke sey, It. Newf. Vet. Comp. at sea; Mondo, late Chass. Britt.; Samniut, late Cors. Rang. ; Herring, late Roll's Regt. COMMISSARIAT DEPARTMENT.—COMM. Gen. Bullock, h. p. France; Dep. do. Rodwell, h. p. ; Dep. Assist. do. Van Zuilicon, h. p. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.—IDSD. Gel). Knight, London; Assist- Surg. Craufurd, Landguard Fort; Hosp. Assist. Gibson, h. p. 4 Dr. AGRICULTURE. MONTHLY REPORT FOR JANUAR Y. The country business of the season is universally reported in a state of great forwardness, notwithstanding the general coin , plaints of poverty. The few days or week of mild frost were taken advantage of for carting manure upon the land, which succeeded upon light and dry soils : but certainly the damage done thereby to wet and poachy lands far outweighed the expected benefit, taking into the account the extra and severe labour of the teams, and the cutting up both public and private roads. The mild weather continuing, all possible expedition has been used in finishing wheat seed, but little of which re mained to be done over year, excepting in the warm south western districts and on some parts of the northern border. The scarcity of English wheat, and that chock-pear to the farming interest, the immense import, have stimulated our farmers to the greatest exertions and there surely never before was so great a breadth of land sown with wheat in England, Scotland, and %Vales as in the present season. Turnips, potatoes, carrots, all the root crops, with some exceptions against mangold, have proved abundant, almost beyond pre cedent. Of hops nothing new; the dull state of the markets and absence of speculation are sufficiently indicative of ample stocks.—Monthly Magazinefor February. FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT, DUCHY OF LANCASTER, JAN. 30, 1832. The King has been this day pleased to appoint George Richard Marton, Esq., of Capernwray-hall, to be Sheriff of the County Palatine of Lancaster for the year ensuing. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Durham. G. T. L. Blenkinsopp, Esq to be Deputy Lieutenant. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Nottingham. Royal Sherwood Foresters or Nottinghamshire Regiment of Militia. R. T. Hewitt, Gent. to be Lieutenant. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Gloucester. M. H. H. Beach, Esq. to be Deputy Lieutenant Winterbaurne and Stapleton Troop of Gloucestershire Yeomanry Cavalry. B. J. Elton, Gent. to be Lieutenant; T. Jones, jun. Gent, to be Cornet. Alveston Troop of Gloucestershire Yeomanry Cavalry. W. C. Master, Esq. to be Captain ; W. Taswell, Gent. to be Lieutenant; J. Codrington, Gent. to be Cornet. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. BERKLEY KING, Charlotte-street, Rathbone-place, litho graphic printer. JOHN STEPHENS, Red Lion-court, Fleet-street, bookseller. CHARLES WAITE CRESSEY, Bristol, tea-dealer. HENRY LEWIS CROHN, John-street, Minories, commercial agent. BANKRUPTS. HENRY HUDSON, Harrow-street, Paddington, stable keeper, to surrender Feb. 6, at twelve, and March 13, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Harvey and Wood, Lincoln's-inn-fields. ADOLPHUS K AUL, Camomile-street, Bishopsgate, watch manufacturer, Feb. 10, at two, and March 13, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Dyte, Clement's-inn. RICHARD PULLEN, Newgate. Market, carcass-butcher, Feb. 10, at one, and March 13, at ten, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Dimes, Bread-street, Cheapside. WYNA ND JOHN DE BUCK, Broad-street-buildings, general-merchant, Feb. 3 and March 13, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Jones, Crosby-square. ISAAC HILL, Strand, hatter, Feb. 10, at twelve, and March 13, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Barrow and Raw lins. Salisbury-street, Strand. JOB GLAVES, Upper East Smithfield, master-mariner, Feb. 14, at one, and March 13, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Clarke, Basinghall-street. GEORGE WALKER, Orange-street, Bloomsbury, linen_ draper, Feb. 13, at eleven, and March 13, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Coombe and Wright, Tokenhouse-yard. Tlli MAS BOND, Bath, cabinet-maker, Feb. 6,7, and March 13, at the White Lion Inn, Bath. Mackey, Bath; Williams and Bethel!, Lincoln's Inn-fields. JOSEPH WALKER, St. John's, Worcestershire, tanner, Feb. 13, at three, 14, and March 13, at eleven, at the Crown Hotel, Worcester. Lowndes and Gatty, Red Lion-square, London ; Cresswell, Redditch, Worcestershire. JOHN WAGSTAFF, Denton, Lancashire, hat-manufac turer, Feb. 15, 16, and March 13, a t n i ne , a t th e Star Inn, Man chester. Clarke, Richards, and Medcalf, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London ; Higginbottom, Ashton-under-Lyn e . THOMAS WEBB and WILLIAM PRITCHARD, Pillg wenlly, Monmouthshire, coal-merchants, Feb. 16 and March 13, at one, at the Commercial Rooms, Bristol. White and Whit more, Lincoln's Inn, London ; Bevan and B r itt an , B r i sto l . GEORGE SA MDGE, Bedminster, Somersetshire, butcher, Feb. 11 and March 13, at one, at the White Lion, Bristol. Hud_ ' son, Keppel-street, Russell-square ; Pallin, Bristol. JOHN NICHOLS, Stourbridge, Worcestershire, wine-mer chant, Feb. 13, 14, and March 13, at twelve, at the Unicorn Inn, ' Worcester. Smith, Basinghall-street ; Parker, Worcester. W ILLI A M COOK THOM AS, Plymouth, Devonshire, hatter, Feb. 13, 14, and March 13, at ten, at Pile's Naval Hotel, Ply mouth. Edmonds, Plymouth ; Blake, Essex-street, Strand. THOMAS WILKINSON, Shrewsbury, ironmonger, Feb. 21 and March 13, at eleven, at the Crown Inn, Shrewsbury. Black. stock and Bunce, King's Bench-walk, Temple ; ltoutledge, Shrewsbury. ILLI AM AXON STOKES, Kidderminster, bookseller, Feb. 14 and March 13, at eleven, at the Swan Inn, Stourport, Worcestershire. Dangerfield, Lincoln's Inn-fields ; Brinton, ' Kidderminster. RICHARD HUG MES, Welch pool, Montgomeryshire, saddler, Feb. 17, 18, and March 13, at eleven, at the Abermule Inn, Aber mule, Montgomeryshire. Yates. Welchpool. RICHARD LANG DON, East Stonehouse, Devonshire, rope-maker, Feb. 13, 14, and March 13, at eleven, at Pile's Navy Hotel, Plymouth. Edmonds, Plymouth ; Make, Essex-street, Strand, London. DIVIDENDS. M. Carroll, Newcastle-place, Edgeware-road, baker, Feb. 21, at ten, at the Court of Bankruptcy—E. Wigzell, Lime-street, agent, Feb. 21, at ten, at the Court of Bankruptcy—T. Watkin son, Marsh-gate, Lambeth, publican, Feb. 21, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy—G. Shillibeer, Bury-street, Bloomsbury, livery-stable-keeper, Feb 21. at ten, at the Court of Bankruptcy —A. Fletcher, 51illbrook, Southampton, iron -founder, Feb. 20, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy—R. Badnall, jun., F. G. Spilsbury, and H. Cruso, Leek, Staffordshire, silk-manufacturers, Feb. 20, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy—T. Lee, Liver pool, cotton-dealer, Feb. 22, at one, at the Clarendon-buildings, Liverpool—J. Bexworthy, Wells, Somersetshire, currier, Feb. 22, at two at the Bush Tavern, Bristol -J. Graham, Liverpool, linen-draper, Feb. 25, at two, at the Wellington Arms Hotel, Liverpool—E. Spencer, Wells, Somersetshire, dealer, Feb. 24, at eleven, at the Bush Tavern, Bristol—J. Critchley, Ityetbrcl, Stone house, Gloucestershire, coal-merchant, Feb. 21, at eleven, at the Lower George Inn, Gloucester—S. Clarke, Barlborough, Derby shire, grocer, Feb. 22, at eleven, at the of of Mr. J. Dixon, Sheffield—T. ,Ward, Seamer, Yorkshire, maltster, Feb. 23, at eleven, at the Bell Inn, Scarborough—W. Darke, St. Colomb, Cornwall, linen-draper, Feb. 2S, at eleven, at the Commercial Inn, St. Colomb--W. Barnard, Frampton-upon-Severn, Glou cestershire, grocer, Feb. 29, at eleven, at the George Inn, Stroud, Gloucestershire—J. Sendall, Heigham, Norwich, distil ler, Feb. 22, at ten, at the Rampant Horse Inn, Norwich-- J. Physick, jun., Bath, scrivener, Feb. 22, at eleven, at the Lamb Inn ' Bath—W. King, Worcester, draper, Feb. 29 , at eleven, at the George Inn, Stroud, Gloucestershire—R. Hird, Wakefield, Yorkshire, bone-crusher, Feb. 23, at twelve, at the Court-house, Wakefield—J. Robinson and J. Bitching, Sheffield, Britannia. metal-manufacturers, Feb. 23, at eleven, at the offices of Mr. J. Dixon, Sheffield—E. Elwell, Westbromwich, Staffbrdshire, iron monger, Feb. 23, at one, at Dee's Hotel, Birmingham. CERTIFICATES--FEB. 21. J. Ditchman, Goldsmith's-Place, Hackney-road, builder—J. Dring, Oxford, nercer—T. W. Sadler, Old Bailey, oilman—G. Odell, Northampton, horse-dealer—J. Goodehild, Heading, Berk. shire, grocer—H. Hart and John Davis, King-street, Hammer.. smith, clothes salesman —W. Byerley, Bucklersbury, eating. house-keeper—J. Matthews, Bristol, picture-dealer. PA It TNERSH I PS DISSOLVED. W. Sheldon and J. Scholtield, Exeter, blacking-manufacturers —O. Ceal and E. Hetherington, Whitechapel-road, cheesemon gers--T. Wilkes and R. Taylor, !iirkdale, Lancashire, wheel wrights—T. Thatcher and J. Griffith,, Birmingham, saddlers—B. Doughty and Co., Norwich, dyers—J. Benton and Co., Binning ham, iron-casters, as far s regards A. Faraday—J. Marshall a Co., Norwich, cudbear-manufacturers—J. Eden and Co., I vizes, Wiltshire, coach-maker , , as far as respects Jos. Eden- Nicholson and NV. Hardman, Eckington, Derbyshire, surgeon, .T. Lumb and Co., Leeds, millwrights—J. Thompson and R. I eras, Sheffield, Yorkshire, joiners —W. Oldham and J. Oldha Kingston-upon-Hull, engineers —H. C. Giles and J. Friel Manchester, scooohnistresses—L. Averill and Co., Warwii street, Golden-square, tailors—R. Sandison, sell, and NV. San son, Maiden-lane, Cqvent-garden, smith A- W. Crabtree, jun. a Blackburn, Lancashire, carriers—NV. Ridding and M. Ccu Iron-bridge, Madeliy, attorneys at law--F. Southgate an G. Rich, Milton, Gravesend, Kent, attorneys. THE COURT-MARTIAL ON CAPTAI WARRINGTON. BRISTOL, TUESDAY. (FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.) At ten o'clock the members of the Courtentered and to, their seats, and were immediately followed by Captain Warrin ton and his friends. The Court was quite full, but not so e cessively and inconveniently crowded as it was yesterday. The following witnesses were called : Major Mackworth, examined—Had you any opportunity judging of Captain Warrington's conduct during the Brist riots ?—I had. State the opinion you formed of it ?—1 thought he shewo great willingness to act, and strict obedience to his orders. Did Cornet Belson of the 3d Dragoon Guards command ar detachment of that regiment during the disturbances in tl Forest of Dean in the year 1831, under your orders ?—fie did What opinion did you form of his efficiency ?—I thought I did his duty in an active and intelligent . manner. Cross-examined by General DALBIAC—Had you any of portunity of judging of Captain Warrington's willingness I act, lietween sun-set on Sunday night and sunrise on Monda morning, the :31st Oct ?—None. Re-examined by Captain Warrington—Had you pot le Queen-square before the arrival of Captain Warrington wit the reserve of his troop on Monday morning, the 31st Oct. ?- I had. By the COURT—What were the orders, to which you hay alluded, that Captain Warrington received P—l heard him r€ peatedly ordered by Colonel Brereton to clear the square on Sz turday night, and I saw bins instantly and efficiently obey hi orders. During the whole time that you had an opportunity of wit nessing Captain Warrington's conduct, did he in any one in stance evince a want of that vigour and activity, requisite ii the situation in which he was placed P—ln no instance withii my knowledge. Under whose orders did Captain Warrington act on Month': morning, the3lst Oct. P—l don't know of my own knowledge Major Beckwith, 14th Dragoons, examined. Were you in the command of the cavalry in Bristol on Sun day, the 31st of October last commanded the 14th Dragoons Colonel Brereton was the senior officer, but I gave all the ma. terial orders. Did you give any orders to the 3d Dragoon Guards on Mon day morning, the 31st of October P—About ten o'clock on Mon clay morning I recommended Captain Warrington, of the 3c Dragoon Guards, what to do. About twelve o'clock Colone Brereton gave me authority to give orders to the 3d Dragoon Guards, if I deemed it necessary, accordingly after that time I slid give them the necessary orders. Did you see Captain Warrington employed with his troop in Queen-square on the morning of Monday, the 31st of October 1 I ( - d. When you had an opportunity of observing Captain War. rington's conduct during a considerable period of the riots, did he shew every disposition to:co_operate with the civil authorities ? —lt would be impossible for me to give the Court a correct idea of what I know of Captain Warrington's conduct, unless I be permitted to give some details of the circumstances in which he was placed on my arrival at Bristol. Please to state the circumstances in which Capt. Warring ton was placed.—To do so I must rotate in what manner I saw the civil and military authorities co-operating, in order to show to the Court the difficulties in which he was placed. On reaching Bristol, on the morning of Monday, the 31st of Octo ber, I immediately went to the Council-house, where I found the Mayor and several Magistrates, who appeared to me be. wildered and stupified with terror. On hearing the state of affairs in Bristol from those gentlemen, I urged that one or more Magistrates should accompany me on horseback, for the purpose of restoring order : they all refused to do so, stating— Here Sir HENRY FANE interrupted the witness, and again begged of him to confine himself, as much as possible, to what concerned Captain Warrington only. " I cannot," said the President, " allow parties to be inculpated who are not on trial, and who have not an opportunity of defending themselves. The witness will, therefore, be good enough to confine himself, as much as possible, to the matter of the charges before the Court." Examination resumed—The Magistrates all refused to accom pany me, stating that it would make them all unpopular, and would expose their property to destruction. They also added, that none of them could ride on horseback, except one, and when I applied to him to accompany me he said that he had not been on horseback for these eighteen years.—(Loud laughter.) Seeing, therefore, that any assistance from Magistrates was out of the question, I demanded and received from them a written authority to take what measures I deemed expedient. From what I have related, and from what I saw in another quarter to which I cannot refer, the impression on my mind was, that Captain Warrington, and the 3d Dragoon Guards, were in a great measure paralysed by the imbecility and misconduct of those who ought to have directed them. I have further to state, that during the time I had a personal op. portunity of observing Captain 'Warrington, he appeared to me alert, zealous, and desirous to do his duty. By the COURT--Under whose immediate command was Captain Warrington acting on Monday morning, the 31st of October, previous to ten o'clock ?—I suppose under Colonel Brereton's. During the whole time that you had an opportunity of wit. nessing Captain Warrington's conduct, did he in any instance evince a want of vigour and activity requisite in the situation in which he was placed do not think he did. In your answer to a former question, you have made use of phrase—" Ought to have directed them." Do you mean to allude to the officer commanding the troops, or to the Magi. strates P—To both. At the time you drew the conclusion you have mentioned, relative to the conduct of those who directed, or ought to have directed, the troops, were you aware of the letter of the Mayor, dated at three o'clock a.m., on Monday morning, directing the officer commanding his Majesty's troops to take the most vigorous, effective, and decisive measures in his power to quell the existing riots ?—I was. At what time on Monday morning did you arrive at the Council-office, in Bristol ? About seven o'clock. Were you acquainted with the demand made in the Mayor's letter alluded to, when you requested the written instructions for your own guidance ?—I was not. Had Captain Warrington acted with his troops in Queen. square, previous to your arrival on Monday morning, the 31st of October ?—When I first went into Queen-square, about half past seven, I found Captain Warrington there with a part ol his troop. Captain Gage, of the 14th Dragoons, examined. Were you with the 14th Dragoons in Bristol, during the riots on the 29th, 30th, and 31st of October last P—Yes, I was. Did Captain Warrington in any instance, when you had an opportunity of witnessing his conduct, evince a want of that vigour and activity requisite in the situation in which he was placed P—No, I should say quite the reverse. Lieutenant Dawson, of the 14th Dragoons, examined. Were you with the 14th Dragoons at Bristol, during the riots on the '29th, 30th, and 31st of October last ?—Yes. Did you at any period during the days referred to, Observe that Captain Warrington was unwell ?—Yes. Had you any opportunity of judging of Captain Warring ton's conduct during the riots on the days mentioned ? If you had, state your opinion of it —I saw him on Saturday night between seven and ten o'clock, keeping the front of the Man sion-house with the 14th Dragoons. He was then at the head of the troop, and seemed active and alert. I saw him on no other occasion particularly. This was the last witness for the defence. Captain W.arrington addressed the President, and said— " I now beg !Cave to state, that I have closed my defence, not withstanding that I have been deprived the benefit of a mate rial evidence, that of General Pearson, as the Court are aware. 1 leave my honour in the hands of the Court, and feel assured that I can confidently rely on its impartial decision." The PRESIDENT called on General Dalbiac, to knot, whe. ther he was now prepared to go into his reply. General DA LBI AC said he would first beg to refer for a mo ment to the evidence of private Denny, received yesterday. At first his impression was that he should call fresh evidence to re but the testimony of that witness, as it went to impugn the statements of most respectable persons to a most important part of the charges. On consideration, however, he said he would not take up the time of the Court, and would slecline calling further evidence. He said it wou!cl only be necessary to refer to that evidence more parti cularly in his reply. He could assure the Court, that no one could desire to see a termination given to the labours of the Court more ardently than he did. He would mention to the Court, that since his arrival in Bristol, the evidence had been arranged exclusively with reference as to the circumstances to be considered, and bad been altogether arranged by himself, with the exception of making out fair copies, and he could also assure the Court that he had not wasted the time between the sittings. The Gallant General said, that he would not be able to go into his reply to-day —a short adjournment would be necessary, as it would be his duty to observe at some length on the par ticular parts of the evidence, both as they were important to the present case and to the service. He said he must contrast the evidence offered for the prosecution with that given in de fence, and as he was desirous that it should be clothed in lan guage due to that Honourable Court, and be fit to be referred to as a record to the army at large, he should request the favour of the Court allowing an adjournment till eleven o'clock on Thurs day morning- He asked that delay as he was anxious to be properly prepared. The PRESIDENT—The Court cannot fail to give Sir Charles every credit for his desire to expedite the proceedings, and I do not see any objection to granting the time required. The Court immediately adjourned till eleven o'clock on Thursday next. A gentleman in a public room last night, ape king of the reduction of the tax on candles, said the public got nothing by the reluction, as candles were in general twenty per cent. worse now in quality than they were before the duty was reduced. A tallow-chandler who was present remarked that the observation was all stuff. " True," said the gentleman, " all hitcher; atuff."